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Editorial Page The Abilene Reporter~$2e1s
PAGE FOUR ,
APRIL 4, 1942
"We Aryan Moslems Have to Stick Together!"
His Words Match His Deeds
Soldiers are supposed to fight not talk.
Eloquence, generally speaking, has little
How Do You Dent Brass Hats?
The American inventor of the submarine,
Simon Lake, got the door slammed in his
face when he offered his sea scourge to the
place as men face cannon-hurled death. The
doer, not the sayer, wins the medals and dec- Navy Department in 1901. Later he was told
orations. Yet time and again men have leap-
ed to victory with a cry on their lips. Phrases
have fired a nation—"Remember the Ava-
by the same group, “Don't be silly,” when
Today's Thought
There the wicked cease from
troubling: and there the weary
be at rest.—Job 3:17.
Where tempests never beat
nor billows rodr.—Cowper,
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he designed a two-man submarine. The Japs
■ used them effectively at Pearl Harbor.
Now the same Mr. -Lake gets the same
brushoff from the Navy, the Maritime Com-
mission and Washington 'dignitaries in gen-
eral with his plans for a big cargo-carrying
submarine. Designed as the answer to axis
sinkings.of allied shipping, the cargo sub-
mo,” "Surrender, hell, we haven’t begun to
fight," “Give me liberty, or give me death,"-
"Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead."
Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg thought
“the -world will little note, nor 4ong remem-
ber what we say here, but at can never for-
get what they did here.” His words still ring,
but the battle rages only in history books.
Now we have a man whose words equal his marine reportedly is used.by Germany.
daring, whose phrases slash as did his men
on Bataan. Here’s proof that the MacAr-
thur’s' magnificence shines not only ‘on the
Safety for Cyclists -
battlefield. . . ‘ There is already a pronounced trend to-
"There. shall be no compromise. We shall ward pedaling to work and fun on a bicycle,
win or we shall die.” To the Australian Par
Lament. - ' '
saving tires and gasoline. The release of the
new Victory.bike is expected to put more
and more 'Americans on wheels, under their
“Men will not fight and men will not die
unless they know what they are fighting and
dying for.” Assuring reporters in Australia-
he would hold back only news valuable to
the enemy *: u j k u ... arterial traffic wavs, streets he must use if
. “I came through and I shall return. Arriv- he is to pedal to his job or spend a holiday
ing iin Australia from-the Philippines. - . in the open. If cycling is to become gener.
.p^Uon^^^ Pouterieei keep ■
..the flag flying.” Reply to officer insisting nances regulating and protecting the eye
flag should be removed from, Manila Army B_____:___________—
headquarters. , _ .----—--------. -
“Today. Jan. 30. 1942, the anniversary of, . Marriage Deterrent
your birth, smoke-begrimed men, covered
with the marks of battle, rise front the fox-
Manhattan
Moments
By GEORGE TUCKER
NEW YORK — Private Mel
Adams, that Jeb Stuart of the
mechanized cavalry, .writes
from Ft. Riley, Kansas ...I
used to see him kicking around
the Broadway clubs, Mack-head-
ed, ‘alert, bright . . , An’ever-,
present grin always lighted his
* countenance. , . I don’t think
I ever saw him without that
grin.
He’d come in and say, "Let’s
go get that coffee: , . . And
then he’d tell me something
about Toscanini, or Tommy
Dorsey. . . Once he took me
down to Camden and gave me
an assembly line view of RCA
Manfacturing company ....
We saw thousands of' records
own power. —
But today, in the averagercity, the cyclist .. .. . „. ..uuu
takes his life in his hands if he ventures into - made, and thousands of radios.
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WASHINGT
fhe administr
horitatively 1
mt labor leaf
of obtaining
nent for a 4
week at regul
ries.
Lieutenants
holes of Bataan and the batteries of Corregi-
dor to pray reverently 'that, God may bless
.immeasurably the President of the United
.States." Birthday message to President
Roosevelt. ~
"Only those are-fit to live who are not
afraid to die." To a West Point graduating
class. „ .
• “This job will last a long time.” After mar-
riage to Jean Faircloth.
“I shall lead the patrol to let the boys
know that somebody at headquarters is will-
ing to go with them.” Reply to officer in
1918 who tried to keep him from going over
the top:
“Americans never quit." Ordering U S
boxing team back into competition at 1928
Olympic Games after coach, withdrew team
in protest over a decision.
“Very well, if we lose 3000 men. we lose
3001.” When warned in France that a cer-
tain operation would result in 3000 casual-
The rush of war weddings apparently may
bring drastic measures in Washington. There
the Office of Price Administration has sug-
gested that bakers stop slicing bread. This
proposal purportedly is offered as a means
of saving time, labor, and paper, —
- If the prospective bride is well aware that
she.” may have to slice bread, she’ll think
again about marrying that lad before he goes
—off towar. Why, one ofthese days they
might even ask her to bake it.
From Other Viewpoints
Texas' High Divorce Rate •
...They’re making defense
equipment now ... -
It seems strang to think of -
the metamorphosis that haa
changed the Broadway night-
owls into hard-hitting bucker- .
oos of the U. S. army. . I
qualified as marksman on the
Garand rifle, he writes. . "."—
Before he left Times Square.
Mel Adams qualified on hit
tunes, and band leaders.
"This,” he says, “is the na-
tions only horse and mechaniz-
ed cavalry training center. Re-
cruits come here and are whip-. , .
ped through basic training ibut
tough; too) for eight weeks be-
fore they’re shipped out to
join regular regiments and divi-
sions.. . All the cavalrymen
here wear boots and campaign
hats peculiar to the cavalry
during this World War II.
"Incidentally A ran into a few
. odds and ends with a Noo York
twist that might interest you.
We had a sort of Manhattan
Remember Pearl Harbor!—Buy Defense Savings Stamps and Bonds
Thompson Sees Need of Council of Grand Strategy
reunion out here on the Kan-
a ■ sas plains, while that bluff
Kansas wind was whipping up
the dust around the Cavalry
Replacement Training Center. .
..: Ist Lt. Andrew White,
special service officer who used,
to sing with Fred Waring, now
entertains embryo cavalrymen
with his strong baritone.". ..
Sgt. Arthur .Cowan, who used
to sing on the Roxy stage;
ties. •
“I shall keep the soldier’s faith." Assum-
ing command of United Nations’ forces in
Southwest Pacific.
Here then stands a man who can and has
and will back up his words with his fists.
The enemy knows the sting of those fists
and has felt the lash'of that tongue Yet it
can be as gentle as a mother. He talks with
the simplicity of Lincoln, but those common,
straight-forward words drive deeper than
the oratorical blasts of a hundred sunshine-
From the Wichita Falls Times:
The fact that Texas’ in 1940 had a divorce
rate twice as high as the national average is
not comforting, nor is'it readily explained.
Texas’ laws on marriage and divorce are in
line with those of two-thirds of the other,
states, A year's residence is a prerequisite
to divorce proceedings in Texas, and there, ed to sing with the radio vocal
are half a dozen other states where a shorter!
period is prescribed by law Texas has prac-
tically no’ safeguards against hasty mar-
riage. but neither do .30-odd other states
whose divorce ratios are lower. There- is
nothing in Texas laws that makes this state
a haven, as Nevada is, for those seeking di-
Private Gerald Preshaw who us-
group “Six Hits and a Miss.’
. . . Private Eddie Duke Her-
By DOROTHY THOMPSON
The formation of a Pacific coun-
cil for "the joint planning of the
Pacific war by all the nations con-
cerned is a step in the right direc-
tion, but it would seem to thia
is Japan. Will it help us, in winning
the war, that is to say in defeat-
ing our enemies, to be very active
around the outskirts?
We were correct in not wanting
Japan in China. Japan in China is
more dangerous than Japan in Java
or even in Australia. Japan in India
would be even more dangerous, and
Japan in Russia could be disastrous
The political blindness of some
people is as great as their military
blindness. A victory of Russia will
leave the western world intact—and
liberate it. A defeat of Russia will
plunge us and the globe into chaos.
This is the supreme paradox of our
Washington
Daybook
By JACK STINNETT
WASHINGTON—One thing that
this war & doing to national gov-
ernment is to revamp Its filing
system. On the surface, this may
seem insignificant, but In the long
run it will represent savings of
hundreds of millions of dollars.
Under the new system, practical-
ly every record that possibly can
be will be micro-filmed.
When the war broke out, the
only agency which was using this
method no any extent) ofreduc- ■
ing valuable records to miniature
photographs on a reel of film was
National Archives What they had
accomplished in the way of re-
duicing tons of paper - records to
compact rolls of film set space-
cramped and record deluged of-
ficials In defense and war agen-
cies thinking. '
%% •
-Besides, the British ’government,
during the months of blitz on Lon-
don. had discovered that micro-
filming was the simplest way to
safeguard records.’
Some idea of the effectiveness of
this may be gathered from the
recent survey of the Army alone.
In various scattered places, the
army has about 180,000,000 inactive
records, requiring more than 13.-
000 standard-sized four-drawer IU-
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Music by tl
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mend Flesher
column inadequate. For, again, it
ft a council for the jointstrategy of
a Pacific war, instead of for the Russia is an Astatte power-not
grand strategy of the war, which is merely a European power. That is
her supreme significance in this
global.
What is needed is a war council, war. She is a great Asiatic 1 land
_ ing cabinets. This doesn’t include
Therefore, we should set up now, - all the tons of contemporary rec-
ords piling up under the present
war effort.
century..
vorces.- -
A great many factors enter into the ques-
tion..Some of them are economic. When con-
ditions make it relatively easy for women to
find employment and support themselves,
s there is almost invariably an increase in di-
vorces. If data were available on all of the
divorce factors, Texas’ unenviable rank
might be better understood; but there is no
- patriots. -
As an Australian reporter put it. "He it
not only a first-class thinker and fighter but
• a fine speaker. When you hear him, you
may not remember a word he says, but you. ------------ -
will understand how he -infused his forces ready-to-hand explanation for .the recently
with such a heroic fighting spirit.” published figures. , .
zog, who used to arrange for
such banks as Jimmy Dorsey.
Jack Teagarden, and. Claude
Thornhill . . . Al Lombardo,
who used to act with Orson
Welles.. . Seymour Magen-
helm, who played the accordi-
on. guitar and piano at the
Stork Club. . . Private John
M Hamill, who used to play
drums with Jerry “Wald > band.
. They’re all here now, in
the cavalry."
% %. 9
Mel Adams may be whistling
Boots and Saddles now, but′
the take decisions on . strategy to power and a small Asiatic sea power,
to take decisions on a strategyW in possession of one of the most im-
defeat Japan and Germany. That portant pomts for an offensive
consideration and that considera- against Japan. It is said that until
tion alone should move it. Its de-now, Russia plays no role in the
cislons would determine the over-Pacific war. That is not true. She
all strategy and allocation of troops immobilizes nearly a million Jap-
and material, ships and planes, for anese troops. The existence of Rus-
a common assault on vital points. | sian Vladivostok obliges the Japan*
We are in serious danger of con-jese to maintain an air fleet ontheir
ducting this war like domestic poll- islands and a naval fleet around
tics—according to pressure groups, them. They cannot throw all their
The pressure is understandable; planes and ships-against the south,
every nation has something pecul- because of Russia.
The largest and most powerful
The pressure is
Americans Are in India: It s One of Our War Fronts
By RAYMOND CLAMPER I
CALCUTTA (Delayed in ,
Transmission ’ —, India to one
of our fronts’ in the war.
American uniforms are seen
everywhere.
We are providing lend-lease
help We are sending a tech-
nical mission to speed„P In-
dian war production because
this is one of the big supply
bases in the future stages of
the war. Vast resources will
be needed .
Also. India is straight in the
path of Japan, and if she
were knocked out It would be
a disastrous blow. ,
We are in war all over the
world., no less here than in:
% northern Ireland. This is no
longer just a place in the
movies where people wear
funny clothes; it is where
Americans from many states,
will be for the rest of the war.
ft is no longer the romantic
land of Kipling tigers and ele- .
" phants. but a place where
three times the population of
America has possibilities of gi-
gantic war effort. Practically.
----------------------------------------------------
however, it will be lucky if even
moderate effort is achieved:
%% *
The toughest obstacle is the
attitude-of some native, indus-
trialists. A visitor hears much
complaint about the British,
but for -her - shelled, profit-
hunting individualists, regard-
less of general consequences,
the native industrialists would
be hard to beat. Example:
Their agitation against a
scorched earth” policy, of
which the government presum-
ably is thinking in event of
Japanese invasion. A
Gandhi’s friend the indus
I trialist Birla, isorie -of the
[ leading opponents of the,
I scorched earth policy. Several
chambers ot commerce, the
Bengal Mill Owners associa-
tion. and other native indus-
| trialists. Joined in a petition to
the government opposing It as
inadvisable and unnecessary.
I Contrast this attitude with
that of Madame Chiang Kai-
Shek. who aald on her recent
visit here: "We do not leave •
them - the invaders) a bowl of
rige.”
At a recent meeting, of the
federation of Indian cham-
bers of commerce, one leader
appealed .‘to the government
not to destroy. Industry built
up bv private effort. He said
it would not only be a heavy
blow to owners, but would dis-
- courage millions of workers by
destruction of their means of
livelihood.
This concern for saving pri- -
rate property, even at the risk
of allowing the Japanese to
capture it, well illustrates the
mental attitude of many na-
tive interests here toward the
-As the . newspeper . Calcutta.
Statesman said editorially:
When you find a man who is
against the scorched earth pol-
icy. or wants some city, declar-
ed an open town, you see *
man without fight in him. If
called such speeches as those
cited above shocking and
shameful evidences of defeatist
mentality When the enemy
a retreats, he destroys every-
thing. so property would not be
saved in the end anyway. ..
Alsbough this is, the bald
picture’ at the moment many
qualified persona tell me that
a Cripps settlement would re-
sult in fundamental change.
I am inclined to believe they
are right. Nehru ‘probably -
would be a different man once
he actually had power to lead,
India
when he was on Broadway he
was beating time to swing and
whistling Tschaikowsky .. . 4
"I saw Toscanini conduct Tsc-
haikowsky’s 4th," he’d say.
“He was padding around in his
’ slippers and yelling orders — .
He knew what he wanted and
he got it - Wait’ll you hear it.
. .. Wait tillyou get your al
burn." •
And so instead of mowing
9 down pint in Broadway s bowl-
ling alleys he’s mowing down
'targets with a Garand rifle.
. .. Instead of hopping about
New York in taxicabs he’s hop-,
ping about the Kansas plains in
armored vehicles ’. .
As somebody succinctly put
it "The war ...It does things
tc
War Quiz '
1 What type of' plane la thia
Navy aircraft?
2. rne United States acquired a
base in England’s oldeat North
American colony Which ds -it —
Bermuda, Jamaica, Newfoundland
Nova Scotia?
3- Is the northern part of Aus-
tralia. at which the Japs may
strike first, antarctic, temperate- or
tropical in climate?
iarly dear to itself But this is not
the way wars of coalition are won, armies on our sideare. in Eurasia-
It is the way such wars are lost- **—- * - *
the way Europe was lost; the way
the world can be lost.
Africa, on the continent'The great-
est source of manpower is there.
The decisive blow will be struck
there—for us or against us. And
At this moment influential groups
are insisting that, as far as America it will Be struck this year It will be
is concerned, only the war in thestruck within six months. If, by the
Far East is important. This opinion end of this year, the Russian and
springs from sentimental considera- | Chinese armies are still lighting
tions—the fact that more American desathys dice will have turned up
forces are directly engaged in this with our numbers if they are not;
area than elsewhere—and from a then this struggle can be of eotore-
primitive concept of political and seeable length and bitterness and
military geography that still thinks of unforeseeable revolutionary con-
in terms of two-oceans and islands sequences all over this earth.
Instead of globally. It also springs
from a continuance of the defensive
mentality. But our business Is not'
to defend this or that but decisively
to defeat two enemies and prevent
them from making a common strat-
egy against us.
Looking at the globe. It is clear
even to a layman that Germany
and Japan can be defeated only bn
the great continent— the continuous
land area of Eurasia-Africa. The
decisive center of this war is where
the word itself indicates: in the
center .And that center is Russia,
and the near East— the juncture of
the three Areas, Europe, Asia, Afri-
ca. We and the British are by na-
ture on , he outskints—and M
Answers to War Quiz
ANSWERS TO WAR QUIZ
1. This is a Navy patrol bomb-
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SHOW BOAT GIRL
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Chapter 3-
NEW OFFER
Melissa said swiftly, anxiously,
"Oh, Randy, darling—please dan’t
mind so much I don’t honestly—
I don’t mind a .t—i
Well, you should." said Randy
savagely, through his clenched
teeth "ft was the me deliberate
insult any girl could receive-
and you should have pride- enough
to be cut to the quick—humiliated
— as I am, for you!"
"But after all, they are people
who mean absolutely nothing to
me, nor to you," protested Melissa
almost frantically, because the
lovely day was being torn to bits
before her
They are the so-called ‘best-
a professional ‘gambler's female
asociates: Is as good a place" to
begin as any: Come on, let’s get
out of here" .
The sound of the bugle an-
nounded the third race. But
neither Randy nor Melissa heart
it She had almost to run to keep
up with him as he strode to the’
parking place where he had left
his car. And the gears roared as
he meshed them savagely so, that
the car leaped out of its parking
spar: like a cruelly spurred
classed In her lap.
Just before they reached the
show boat she said shakily,
"Randy, I think you’re being "pret-
15 much of a fool about all this.
After all. I was the one who was
—well, insulted, if you want to
put it that way—" . . ,
"There’s scarcely ar/ other way
to put it, is there?" demanded
horse.
During the-drive handy said
nothing beyond the briefest, most
curt monosyllables in answer to
her desperate attempts at conver-
sation. Her heart lay in the very
heals of. her smart brown suede
a supreme council of strategy In-
cluding Russia. And its object
should be to keep Russia and China
fighting, in the place where the
decision will be taken. To accomp-
lish that will require the prevention
of enemy concentration through
diversion of their energies. Such
diversions may not even be ,suc-
cessful as individual battle But if
theymprevent the concentration of
the enemys forces, they are suc-
cessful for the war Troops in re-
serve. for defensive purposes, in the
spring and summer of 1942, will
accomplish nothing. Germany will
hold no troops in reserve. Neither
will, Japan. They are going to gam-
ble for the world this spring and
summer If they fail, in 1943 the
war will be over—with a victory for
us.
By micro-photographing, those
same inactive records can be con-
tained in 50 cabinets of the same
size. Moving 50 cabinets of non-
inflammable material (the micro-
film is) out of an area 'threatened
by fire is not an impossible task.
Moving 12,000 cabinets would take
days.
In addition, the micro-film is
not subject to deterioration and any
number of new prints can be made
from it from time to time, elimin-
ating the likelihood of loss. The
film is also immune to mice and
paper-eating insects.
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What Interests wartime govern-
ment officials most, however, is
the prospective saving in office
space and in waste paper. Nobody
has been able to estimate yet the
Fellowship
For us. Lenten Season IMt
Prepared by
GAIUS GLENN ATKINS
For the Federal Council of the
Churches of Christ
in America. *
NEAR THROUGH’ ABSENCE
millions of square feet in govern-
ment buildings devoted to files
and records alone, but several
building experts have said that the
federal office space problem would
be solved tomorrow if we could,
by—that—Haw, reduce ell records
to micro-film As for waste-paper.
It .already is Washington’s great-
est by-product. More if it is ship-
ped out of Washington daily than
out of any other city in the land.
Saturday, April 4. "It is expe- out of any other city in the land.,
dient for you that I go away.". But the amount’ probably could be
(John 16:7a. "And lo. .1 am with doubled if there were no necessity-
you always ...” Read Matthew for keeping paper records.
28:16-20. — - It is interesting to note that In -
There is then a nearness which the survey of record filing made
exinee omliy --*--MORL Me I Not or than » percent ot can
A. cant - Which only absence can make en records filed are ever used again.
So years, old. during We know our friends Most of
grand through their presences, by voice
line of
' SANTA BARBARA Calif.-
Tom Moon Gung, SO years-old, during. We know our, menus Most of these are brought to Tight
. celebrating his second "grand through their presences by voice because of some litigation where
birthday" under Chinese tradition, and carriage and every line of contractual 0r personal records are
gave out the following advice: “If their dear faces but these are only | required [n court But since it isn’t
- " Incidents Friendships are affairs possible to tell whether a file is"
of the spirit Physical presence is going to fall in the 20 percent or
conditioned by so many things and -
subject to many hazards The
rommunion of spirit ’with spirit is
not thus conditioned.
the 10. the total 100 must be kept
Intact
when he said, "It is expedient for
you that I go away." How other-
wise could He be with us always?
Prayer: O Thou Who hast giv- •
Thou whom we have loved and
for a little lost, are thus always
with us They counsel us in our
perplexities and forbid our loneli- .
nesses with a comradeship no long-en to love a sovereign power over
er subject to time or change Here > brief lives confirm anew,‘n the
is something more than memory sureness of the nearness of thou
* or any mystic- sense of cherished
■ affection, it is a’ revelation of the
Ing plane
1 2 Newfoundland, ‘which was dis-
- covered by Jolin Cabot in 1497,
you would be happy three hours-
get drunk. If you would be hap-
abiding spiritual order in which
"Ours are they by an owner-
ship
we ourselves have loved Let the
sense of their presences banish
loneliness prevent us from evil
pay three days—kill a, pig and eat
just five years after Columbus dis-f it. If you would be happy’three
months—get married If you would
covered America •
3. The northern part of Austra-
lia is tropical.
Nor time nor death can free
For God hath given to love to
keep. -
be happy all your life-become a Its own eternally "
gardener." 1 This the Master must have meant
and assure us In our saith in Im-
mortality In His name Who is
always with us. Amen’.
The cheapest alarm clocks really
Are the best. Maybe they won’t
ring
"All right, but suppose you had
dragged me into a situation where
1 got that sort of brush-off—how
would you feel about it?" asked
Randy grimly.
“As though I’d like to wring
their necks of course," answered
Melissa. But I wouldn’t, take It
out on you by seeing how hateful
I could be to you." *
“I’m not taxing It out on you,"
WILSON
(Continued
First building
The office
Wilson, broth
Doyle Wilson
brothers, is bi
manager. Dei
, Glenn Moore,
the company
have service 1
years.
James Wils
been born in t
fer business. 1
a. ons, his lathe
son, opened h
the W. T. Wil
1895. The first
in December,
company was
James Wilsc
he was only
he started a
for his father
life here, exc
army in the
• months with
Wells. He can
Christmas, 19
work with his
the managem
■his father, wh
to-be more or
months befor
, 1939
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The West 7
was founded
late Ben Cohe
. Fannie Cohen
son-in-law. Al
years ago and
part owner
scrap’ business
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tion of the pi
enlargement i
sighted move
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gram in. thes
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metal and r
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age of hides
present set pri
brings $4 to
can use the le
.the money a I
form of our
bond purchase
“Let’s get in
Don't worry, angel-face, hell get
over his peeve. You’ve got him
reped and hog-tied.’
HEAVY HEART -
Melissa tried hard to accept the
comforting counsel that Alice of-
fered but her heart was heavy and
there was a growing feeling of fear
and uneasiness as the evening
passed and Randy had not re-
turned to the River Queen
She was, doing her first group
of numbers when she saw him for 1
a moment at the entrance 4g the
auditorium, watching her and lis-
tening to her song Her voice *
shook a little throbbing For just,
a moment she looked across the
room and into his eyes—and then
hewas gone
. When she had finished her last
encore and was free to leave the
stage she slipped out of the door- -
way that led directly to the deck,
intent on finding Randy and talk-.
Ing to him. But as she hurried to- %
ward the game room a waiter "
barred her way with a message.
See BERIAL, PE. ,
of the sassy little gals that flip
around in the society set. Randy’s
pretty hipped on his own reputa-
tion, too. He goes through life be-
lieving that people think he's
hand-in-glove with Satan himself
when as a matter of fact people
who know him think he's just
about the squarest little shooter
In these parts."
“But, Alice, what am 1 going to
do? How am I going, to convince
him that I don't care about people
like that wo—an at th track—and
that I love him and that nothing
elst matters?" wailed Melissa mis-
serably.
“Well, as ‘to that kiddie. I
wouldn't know,” admitted Alice
frankly. "I imagine you’ll just
have to give him time to get over
the blow to his pride.”
And then for the first time she
saw the emerald flashing green
fir- In its frosty setting, and she
gasped
- “My saints alive! Whit a head-
light" she cried, and lifted Me-
Itous hand for a better Tock “I’ll
say the mana mad about you.
BLACK MOOD
Melissa subsided, but she was
frightened, terribly frightened, and
she shivered a little, despite the
mildness of the. afternoon, and
drew the lovely fur about her slim
shoulders." She didn’t „quite know
what she feared; she only knew
that some darkness, some evil
shadow threatened her happiness.
And she didn’t know l ow to fight
it. ‘ ,
They reached the River Queen;
and as Randy let her out of the
car, he said curtly, I ve just re-
membered some business I’ve got
t attend to. You run along and
rest up for tonight. Ill see you at
supper."
And before Melissa could cffer
' "Hey, you," called Alice lightly.
"Why not come on board and give
a guy a chance to lock at all your
new finery? Where’d you get the
kitty-cat?"
Melissa stumbled down the pier,
a-d as she reached th- side of the
boat Alice saw hear face and cried
out in sharp concern. "Why, kid-,
die, what s happened?. You look
as though you’d been breaking
bread with a ghost — and a rather
loathesome one—".
' Melissa burst into tears against
Alice's shoulder, and Alice, alarm-
ed gave her- little comforting pats
on the back as though she had
been the age of Alice s small son
When the tears had expended
themselves and Melissa had man-
aged to recount to Alice the
events of the day, Alice looked
troubled
"Ace is such a suct er for re-
protested Randy "I’m just fac-
ing the fact that your association
with me is going to put you on
the wrong side of so-called respec-
table society—"
"I’m not associating with you-
I’m marrying you. Melissa- told
him hotly, knowing that she must
fight as she had never fought, if
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broadcast hear
Randy grimly.
"All right. if I’m not all hot and
bothered about it, why should you
be?" she answered with spirit.
"Put yourself it my place,” sug-
gested Randy grimly. “Suppose I
were being brushed off like that
by some of your friends—"
"They, were not your friends-
they were just people who thought
you’d help them win a lot of
people " snapped Randy sharply.
“And they are right. After all, one
must draw the line somewhere, and little as she held them tightly their bets,’ Melissa cut in sharply.
sliwhers and her hands shook a
money by telling’ them how to lay
she hoped to shake Randy out of
thia somehow terrifying mood - of
his. "And it just does: ′ matter
two pins to me whether the peo+
plc back there at the racetrack
think I’m nice folks’ or not.” 1
"It matters me," snapped
Randy "And if you don’t mind I
wish loud teep quiet a bit. I’ve
got to think.”
any protest he turned the car
about in a shower of gravel and
white dust and sped off down the
road, leaving her standing (here,
wide-eyed, distressed, shaken
the depths of her being
From the Rivet Queen there
came * cheerful hell and she
turned to see Alice there. wav-
to -spectability so far as you’re con-
cerned that the big lug leans over
backward" admitted Alice frank-
ing to her, greeting her gaily.
ly "It burns him up to have any-
body . behave as though you
weren’t the equal and then some
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