Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 287, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 11, 1940 Page: 2 of 4
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MAP PUZZLE
HORIZONTAL
1 Pictured is the
map of the
Pacific island,
6 Its capital.
2 Seaweed.
;3 Whorl.
15 O llection
oi facts.
16 Custom.
17 Carols.
18 Flat round
plate.
SC Chart.
SbO!t«r..4d.
M Indian.
24 To sharpen.
25 Adjacent.
27 Unbinds.
31 V.-.gue.
32 Hangman's
halter knot.
33 Ridge.
25 :>r,ake.
36 ')> way of.
i ; intern plated
AO Jones.
44 10 changak
45 oeaus of
pineapples.
Answer to Previous Iv arte
BOON
them'S TH' PEOPLE
that won TH' BANK
night MONEV-- GOSH.
aint they happv?
r sure love to see
a whole family happy
like that, don't
VOU?
PUBLISH KB
MANAGER
EDITOR
ASSISTANT EDITOR
CIRCULATION
ST'XSi T M KG. u. a MI, I
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SERIAL STORY
SUMMER THEATER
BY MILDRED WILLIAMS
COPYRIGHT. 1940b
nea •■■vice. inc.
47 Southwest
(abbr.).
49 Priests' hoods
51 Signal fire.
J5 This land is a
huge grower
of pine s.
56 Wood sorrel.
57 Its other im-
portant crop.
—— cane.
VERTICAL
1 Laughter
sound.
19 Rabbit skin.
20 A volcanic
crat<- in this
island.
21 Gladdens.
22 Obtained.
24 Sage.
26 Musical ne'e.
28 To bow.
29 Thick shi iifc.
30 Enamels.
33 Grand parental
34 Men'ally
sound.
38 Situation.
2 Largest 39 Gaelic
species of toad 41 Dress fastener.
3 Stinging insect 42 Coarse
,. „ hominy.
43 Shrub yield-
Time Rolls By
Old Fire Lads
4 Form of
5 Sallies forth.
6 To insinuate
7 Large wind
instrument.
ing indigo.
46 One in cards.
48 Existed.
50 Therefore.
8 Put into a nest 51 The :-:>ul.
9 Boy.
10 Fresh water
mussel.
11 To endure.
14 Harbor.
52 Cubir .a'obrl
53 Giant kin.;
of Bashan.
54 North .tuner*
ica {=hir).
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KEARNEY, Neb. (U.PJ—Modern-
ized fire - fighting equipment, j
winch made obsolete the fire
horse, has eliminated a great
American pastime of the Gay
Nineties — inter-city fire depart-
ment track uieeta.
Kearney old - timers remember
"way lack when" and recall that
it was M years ago that the Kear-
ney extinguishers distinguished
themselves as fleet - footed fire
fighters Xt happened during the
era *h n racts between fire sta-
tions from all over the country at-
tracted as much attention as pres
ent day football games and inter-
clleglate track carnivals.
On July 25, 1890, the Kearney
firemen journey d to Plattsmouth
Neb, and set a world's record
that has never been equalled.
The nine-man team ran 300
yards, laid 300 feet of hes? and
completed the required coupling
in 38 4-5 seconds. The squad pull-
ed a hose ear weighing 750 pounds
and besides running the distance
and laying the hose, they had to
attach it to a hydrant with three
full turns, bolt a coupling and
put on a nozzle.
On another outstanding, race at
Leadville, S. D. the Kearneyites
ran the distance in 32 1-2 sec-
onds but made no couply. Again
at Denver, the team rau 200 yards,
liid 20 feet of hose and made a
coupling in 30 1-2 seconds.
Kearney had several world title-
holders in the coupling races In-
volving individual -/'iformancei.
by firemen who had to compete
over a 25-yard distance.
Between 1887 and 1892, Kearney
won seven major contests, defend-
ing its world title at Kearney,
Deadwood, S. D.; Decatur, III ;
Red Cloud, Neb.; Denver ,ancr
Chicago.
i
Shortwave Heard
90 Miles Away
ilT. WASHINGTON, N. H. 'L I''
—A new record In shortwave radio
broadcasting is claimed by two
members of the Mount Washing- ,
ton Observatory Inc., a private J
experimental group.
Standing atop Mt. Washington,
Arthur E. Bent talked with Henry
3 Shaiw at Exeter, 90 miles dis-
tant and slightly below the line of
vision, on the 1 1-4-meter wave-
length.
Previous record for two-way
transmission on this wavelength
was 16 miles and nvithln the line
of vision.
Equipment Included parabolic
directional antennae and pocket-
size transmitters.
Read Ads For Bargain
OPENING i
AT
406 N. Flint
VERA GOODWIN
SCHOOL OF DANCING
AUGUST *4
Tap - Ballet - Acrobatic-!
Ballroom - Body Plastic
YSSTUBaAYi
*rlt Iuk with Haalura when
Johnuy kvu up. to he «|teiid the
4a with Jean. Jt-uu >uai(r«u
that Molly may br uaiuit lb*
eumru lu gti MmIhi' help. Molly
Klntw with a >l(u4 cuntraei.
Wk Juhnuy demand* the eameu.
•he remember* that ehe left It la
•he <ureuluK room.
CHAPTER XI
JOHNNY REGAN could hardly
believe what Molly Travers
was saying.
"You just remembered that you
left the cameo in the dressing
room!" he repeatee! after her
"How could you forget it if it
meant as much to you as you
said it did?"
Molly reached over and put her
hand on his arm as if trying to
quiet him. "Don't be cross, John-
ny. I've been afraid to tell you
That's why I went off to Dennis,
I guess. . .
Johnny lifted her hand away.
He didn't want to be confused by
any contact with her. He wanted
to think clearly.
"Am I to take that as meaning
you were just putting on an act?
You've known for some time that
the cameo was lost?" He was
almost shouting.
Molly began to weep softly.
"Oh, Johnny, you make me feel
perfectly terrible. I'll buy an-
other one, or pay her for it. I'll
have a job, and I'll work awfully
hard."
She came to hjm, put her arms
around him in a gesture he knew
so well. He threw her away from
him, and buried his face, in his
hands.
"And Jean had decided to give
^t to us for a wedding gift," he
said to himself rather than to her.
"Why, Johnny, why didn't "you
say so?" Molly exclaimed happily.
"Then it was mine all the time.
That makes it all right, can't you
see?"
That was Molly's reasoning, all
right. She was so damnably logi-
cal when it came to seeing things
her way.
"She need never know it's lost.
I'll thank her for it, and she won't
see it any more. Why, nobody
ever complains when you lose
something that's your own . . ."
she hurried on, trying to make
him understand.
"It wasn't yours when you lost
it, and I'd planned to give it back
anyway. You were supposed to
be marrying me, not the cameo
And now that the marriage is
'postponed,' you'll have to tell
Jean Reynolds right away that
you've lost the most valuable
' ■ce of jewelry you ever laid
,l*.ir hands on."
Molly drew herself up to her i you'd think so badly of me.'
full height. She was ice, hard i "How about your conscience?
and frozen .ce. Her voice chilled j Was it hurt enough to call Jean?"
Johnny. | oh, darling," Molly was exas-
"I said our marriage was 'post-
poned.' If I explain everything
to Jean Reynolds it's indefinitely
postponed. Do you understand?
"You'll explain. I'm not going
to get you out of this jam." He
spoke evenly as he always did
vwhen really angry. "As for our
marriage. Somethingtells me that
was about as empty a promise as
ail the rest of your pretenses."
He turned away from her and
went down the walk. He had to
think He must tell Jean tlu-
truth. He knew Molly didn't in-
tend to.
Molly called after him, but he
didn't answer. He heard her laugh
softly, as if to say, "He'll be
back " The screen door slammed
after her.
« ♦
JJALFWAY up Rutherford street
toward the Meltons', another
idea struck Johnny. Why not go
dpwn to the theater and look
around? The cameo might be re-
paired, if he could find it.
Johnny, threaded his way care-
fully through the ruins until he
found the charred skeleton of a
staircase. The acrid smell of wet,
burned timber stung his nostrils.
He jumped Cnvn into the base-
ment.
He recognized Molly Travers'
dressing room without difficulty.
Mrs. Lyons' gray muslin, scorched
a little, lay under two fallen
beams. He knelt down and ex-
amined the dress carefully. Even
the black jet buttons were intact,
he noticed exultantly. .
But the cameo was not there.
His hands trembled as he searched
the neck of the dress. Suppose
someone had taken it! Perhaps
Molly was mistaken when she said
the cameo was on the dress.
Johnny found the dressing
table, overturned and half hidden
by charred piles. He opened one
of the drawers, A make-up kit
was there, the sticks unmelted,
the little plaits of hair unsinge-d
But there was no cameo. He
found Molly's purse, with 60 cents
in small change. If anybody had
robbed the dressing room, money
would have disappeared first.
Had Molly lied to him?
TJE must know before he told
Jean. He stuffed her pocket-
book in his blouse, and for the
third time that day found him-
self at 43 Cottage street asking
for Miss Travers.
"I thougiit you'd come back and
apologize," Molly said when she
saw him. "I'm terribly hurt that
perated. "you're still mad, aren't,
you? I don't think it's necessary^
to tell her since she'd given tbg
brooch to us. If you think
has to know, you ought to
her yourself."
"That's your story and you're
sticking to it," Johnny said calm-
ly. "But I've been down to thaf
theater ..." *
Molly interrupted with laugh-
ter. "Which theater? Ours burned
last night."
"Ever hear of a fire sale?"
Johnny asked. "Salvaged goods?"
"What are you talking about
now, Johnny Regan?" Johnny
thought he detected alarm in her
tone. "You didn't have a monop-
oly on any salvaging, you know,
if any was elutiu. Those Portu-
guese ..."
But Johnny was ready for her.
"They'd h ive taken this first, ,
don't you think?" He threw the '
purse in her lap.
Johnny waited for her to reply, •
but silence hung between them
like a screen. "If you haven't
anything to say, I'm going to Jean
Reynolds and tell her what has
happened. Unless you tell the
truth, I'll believe you gave the
cameo to Masters in exchange for
that contract."
Molly stared at him incredu-
lously. Then she began to sob.
"Oh, Johnny, you make me
sound like a thief. And I didn't
mean to be, really I didn't. I
knew Jean would give you the
canteo and that it was ours. Mas-
ters is nuts about old jewelry,
and it seemed so simple. . . . And
now that I have the contract, I
can pay her for it, really I
Johnny looked at her. Tlhe
wasn't acting now; she was
scared. She clung to him, sob-
bing, "What will they do to me,
Johnny? What will they do?
Please don't leave me! I didn't
realize what I was doing, can't
you see I didn't?"
Johnny believed her. He felt V
sorry for her, but beyond that, he
had no des're U*. help her. What
love he had felt for her had been
stripped from him. He was no
longer under her spell.
"I'm going back to Jean," John-
ny said quietly. "If you don't felts
her the truth, I'm going to. What
happens to you is entirely up to
her. Personally, I don't care."
He ran up the street to the
Meltons'. As he rushed into the
house, he collided with Andre
Masters.
"What are you doing here?"
Johnny demanded.
But Masters didn't answer.
Johnny saw liim go toward Cot-
tage street. Was he going to hav«
it out with Molly, too?
(To Be Concluded)
FRECKLES and HIS FRIENDS
OM , yeah— YOU'RE? "THE
Two KIDS KRlTTS SPOK.g
To WE ABOUT/
WFLL, YOU
START lO
WORK RIGHT
NOW — LET'S
GO/
Imperial
Washable Wall Paper
5c PER ROLL
ROCKWELL BROS. 4 CO.
THEY'RE ALL OVER.
Town—but we.
have- Three
OF 1EM
corralled
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close By / cam we -
HERE I I SEE
THEM?
WHERE
ARE THE
RED BATS?
id
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NOW SNEAK OVER. AND
RAISE THE? CANVAS COVER-
WITH THIS POLE BUT .
DON'T LET THEM FLY OUT/
I'LL SEE YOU LATER/
X WISH WE
HAD A LONGER.
POLE I GET READ1/
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READY TO RUN EVER.
SINCE WE, LEFT
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