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This Could Be Your Story
f MARGUERITE GAHAGAN SS?$S!&?gk
.to bedl
. ,low affair. She
K Tme to reality witn
r herself waving her
forth like. Jan.
"j through her hair. Twice
JffiiW up her dress
2S um 'he sank down on
'SffoT another moment of
The day had been
ra day 'n whIch
tn 'fhffir.t few
the art exhibit, when
desperately that she
but then Nick had
tufting- w.i simple to
? wick and when he had
there, merely
SlS had nothing better to
Sifihe had time to waste,
lS wumed control. Other
Too. during the next hour
Tm waved casual greetings,
IJS, Sue who held his
f'fide her talk about her
?d. her tU of her work,
Zwu abrupt in his man
'idniting in his i""'?:
, St hi very interest held
mat food looking, she re
K3. H was too dark, too
nsfressive. He wore
r. haic lnnffpp thsn
HICL wavy " ------
i. the office, and it
knee a day. his coi ar was
Lmi he wore no tie. You
(it impression tnat cioines
Clearance was an after-
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i m,i the Bift of listening.
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SuMary 11 was uiiuciiui
nniii couifl actually oc m-
pinner numarum me.
listened and asuea more
mi- what sne reaa, wnoi
r'
plays she'd seen, what sh hari
studied in school, what she thought
of current problems.
She had blushed when he asked
her if she had gone to the Young
Voter's rally last week.
. "i m terribly stupid about those
things," she confessed. "I'll have
a Dirtnoay pretty soon. Twenty
one. And then when I can vote,
pernaps i m taKe an interest in
things like that. I mean like pol
itics, and crusades, and well.
you know "
"And what will you be: Re
publican, Democrat, Socialist or
maybe Communist?"
She smiled and shook her head.
"It s funny to you, I know. My
father was a Republican. I guess
all my folks were. Mother doesn't
take much interest, and well, I
never thought much about it
either. My brother-in-law's a
Democrat. I used to hear him talk
some but really I never made up
my mind."
"I can see I'll have to take you
in hand. We'll have to continue
your education."
He changed the conversation
abruptly. "We might start with
a party. Ever go to parties?
"I don't mean the kind whera
you sit around and drink tea. I
mean where people talk and think.
This crowd's always throwing
parties. None of them has money
enough to make it much of
affair. We get some sandwiches
and beer or coffee, play some
records, and criticize somebody's
latest picture, or poetry, or idea
on how to make the world a better
place.
"You'll have to get better ac
quainted with Natalie and Vera
They'll find .- ings for you to do
on your tme Jff. '
The rest of the afternoon had
passed In a blur of confusion. Nick
had jumped up and taken her from
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la.. "lw oivebomber. be nr readied lor v. a. ny
r.Wt,!!s-WriBnt P'ant. Buffalo, N. Y. The a
1 artist
IjfejT" 't at the bottom of dive, just after releasing
Tt.u ",r aircraft carriers, the low-wing, an-mciai
k-1 V1. "as unusually heavv fire power and carries
H . ad' ovcr lonS distances. It has a M-cylln
group to group, introducing her
10 everyone now crowding into the
rooms.
Vera Oliver, dark, with Mark'
hair parted in the middle and
drawn back smoothly from , a
broad brow, a vivid painted mouth
and dark eyes that flashed em
phasis to her rush of words, had
accepted Sue Mary as one of them,
when Nick Informed her that here
was a girl Interested in the things
they were doing.
What he hasn't explained is
that I know nothing about this "
sue Mary hastened to add. 1
mean, I don't know anything about
modern art and poetry, or politics."
no Barriers to break down
then," someone said. Sue Mary
turned around to the tall girl who
nad been naniinc oictures with
Nick when she first came in.
"If you want somethin to do
with free time you've found the
right ones to help you out. Vera's
starting now with a new project
for the Youth Progress group. I
bet she's already planning on how
you can help."
Natalia was a strlkln contrast
to Vera. Her honey-colored hair
was worn in a shoulder-lenith
bob; her eyes were blue and calm;
her voice almost languid. She
wore a simple print frock with
an air, but there was a hidden
forcefulness about her that Sue
Mary had never associated with
artists.
"She'll have to come to one of
our parties," Nick said. "Meet the
crowd and get adjusted."
"Oh. I guess you'll take can of
that," vera added. "Nick'a boss.
He pushes us around and do we
love It."
She looked at Sue Mary with
interest. "Can you type, file, do
stenograpnic work?
"Yes, of course. I work In an
office."
"Then I put first claim on you.
Whom do you work for?"
"Clark, Kenny, Malone and
Clark they're lawyers."
"Divorces and murders?"
"No, not much anyway.' Cor
poration law. They handle the
work of the companies: like
Centerville Motors and the Gull
Plane Company."
There was a moment s silence.
Sue Mary wondered if they had
ever heard of the firm. "Its
pretty big business "
"Yes," Nick said. "I guess It is.
And I guess your office must be
busy right now. War orders. At
least that s what the papers say."
"Yes. I read that too," she
agreed. -"I know that the plane
people are working on something
new. For the government I sup
pose. I heard Miss Crant say there
were a lot of new patents-
She stopped abruptly, blushing
again. "I don t really know much
about that. I just heard my boss
say something. I didn't mean to
talk office. I guess it s just Be
cause I don't have much else to
talk about."
Sure," Nick said. "But we'll
fix that. All work and no play
you've heard that one. Well, work
with us and play, too. We'll start
before you re a day older.
We re having a studio party at
Natalie's after we close the show
here tonight. And youre going
with me."
But Sue Mary had not heard
Natalie and Vera whispering be
hind her.
(Te Be Continued)
THE KEGISTIR-GTTARD,
little orphan annie
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REUNION HELD
HORTON, Sept. 12 (Special)
The Surcamp-Mabe and Benning'
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union at the C. B. Benninger home
at Horton on Labor Day. The fol
lowing members and friends en
joyed a picnic dinner alter norse.
shoe and a ball game: Mr. and Mrs,
A. L. Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. J. W,
Taylor. Audrey Taylor. Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Benninger. Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Surcamp, Emma Jean, I
Geneva and Letha Surcamp, Mr.
and Mrs. Ross Martin, Wanda and
Wesley Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Ira
Surcamp, Glenn and Eldon Sur
camp, Mr. , and Mrs. Carl Sur
camp, Mr. and Mrs. Emery Raugh,
Mr. and Mrs. Lesslie Craiger,
Gary and Carellee Craiger, Ed
Mabe, Ray Surcamp, Deidre Dick
Maeda Butler, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Minter, Patricia, Jimmy and Bar
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ITALIAN air attacks en British
1 naval bases at Malta bring
1840 s brand of war to the little
Mediterranean island that has
oeen the scene of fighting since
the Roman Empire. One of the
chief targets of Italian bombers
was Valletta harbor, pictured en
the 1S37 Coronation issue above.
Colonized by the Phoenicians in
the seventh century B. C, Malta
passed under control of Rome and
Constantinople. In 1090 Normans
ousted the Arabs, introduced feu
dalism. The Knights of St John estab
lished their order at Malta in
1530, and in 1565 successfully de
fended the island sgainst Moham
medans. This great siege of Msl
ta checked the advance of Mo
hammedan power in southern and
western Europe.
Britain seized the Island In 1814
with the help of the Maltese.
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was an Important base tor naval
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