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    The Scapegoat
    The Scapegoat
    The Scapegoat
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    The Scapegoat

    By Richard Maples

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      The Scapegoat - Richard Maples

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      Title: The Scapegoat

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      THE SCAPEGOAT

      By RICHARD MAPLES

      Who would not have pity for a poor, helpless victim? Nobody —except another poor victim!

      Illustrated by WEISS

      THE OLD GUY didn't have a chance. All he could do was shield his head with limp arms and moan, while this other fellow—a young, husky six-footer—gave him a vicious, cold-blooded beating.

      Hey, there! I yelled indignantly. Cut it out!

      But the kid kept belting away, as if he were methodically working out on a fifty-pound training bag. Finally, the old man sagged to the pavement. Then this hoodlum began to kick him.

      I'm not a hero. I'm a newspaper man whose job it is to look at things objectively. But I know right from wrong.

      My one punch caught the young bruiser back of the ear and spilled him on the ground. He lay there for a moment, then rolled over. Even by the street light, it was easy to see his eyes were glassy.

      It gave me lots of satisfaction. I'm not a big man—just compact—but I take care of myself. I don't drink or smoke and I exercise regularly. The result is I can handle myself in the clinches.

      The kid sat up and pushed himself unsteadily to his feet. I could see now that he was a college boy. The red sweater with the terrycloth border and the white pants with a shortened left leg were a dead giveaway.

      Listen here, I said roughly, you nuts? Beating up an old man!

      He appeared to be desperately searching for an explanation—something to say. Then, abruptly, without having uttered a sound, he reeled away and shambled hurriedly down the street.

      My first inclination was to give chase. But the old man groaned and I turned to help him. That was when I had it—a virtual brain storm.

      This whole episode, I could see, was a perfect answer to the damnable criticisms leveled at my series on juvenile delinquency. More

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