PA'GE EIGHT
MEPFO"RP MAIL TRIBUNE, fEDFORD, OBECrOy, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER IT.'. 193 6.
THE WORLD
WITH A FENCE
A New Ncvtt by Marian Sims
SYNOPSIS: Carof ignnir,
epent working In Blak Thornton't
advertising agency, ha taught her
two thing! On M that it it were
not lor Blaks't older and selfish
wile. ehe might become muoh in
terested in her employer. The other
is that ehe is becoming popular
with Atlanta' "beat young peo
ple' Even Porter Murray who hot
been Atlanta' prise bachelor catch
for a good many year. And Carol'
company delightful. Porter it driv
ing Cam home Irom a most expen
sive dinner ; he no atopped in front
of her apartment.
Chapter M
BRIDE8MAIO
VOU wouldn't tell me we were out
of gas?" Carol asked.
"I would It I could get by with it."
Porter put as arm around her and
drew her towards him; put his tree
hand under her chin. "I've been
wanting to do this tor two months."
Her first impulse was to refuse
htrn. She hadn't kissed a man since
Denis, almost a year ago. but she
had wanted a great many times to
ha kissed. Not by anyone she knew;
merely an unfocused desire to feel a
man's arms holding her, and a man's
mouth on hers.
i Ehe supposed every girl felt that,
jbnt she resented the hunger never
Itheless. Kisses were not significant
any more she was modern enough
to feel that but none of the men
who bad attempted It had appealed
eyes were grave again. "The break
will do you good."
Oh, stop ltl she wanted to scream
Be a regular employer, so 1 can re
member that that's all you are. Stop
considering me being so damned
human.
No woman Is proof against that,
week In and week out. ...
She stood up quickly, and Blaks
rose and stood looking at her with
sober, searching eyes.
"If you want to go a day earlier,"
he said carefully, "that will be Quite
all right."
"Oh, but 1 don't, thanks. . . ." She
turned and lied to the Impersonal
haven of her desk.
SBE wrote Ellen that night, and
managed to be convincingly en
thusiastic. At her lunch hour the
next day she went to the big store
and sought out Mrs. House. Cor
nelia, drifting by, spied her.
"Hullo! What're yon looking for?"
, She suppressed a smile. "A period
dress In orchid taffeta," she said seriously.
Cornells, stared at her. "For oaf a
sake, whyr
"Oh. 1 Just thought I'd like one. I
need a new dress. . . ."
Cornelia's face was a study. Sales
manship fought a ludicrous battle
with honesty. "Oh," she said blank
ly, and Carol burst Into laughter.
"Hullo," eald Cornelia, "what're you looking for?"
lo bor. And so she had put them off
with a casual laugh.
But tonight the hunger was
keener, and so she let him kiss her.
When his lips touched hers she
stiffened. "Not like that, please."
"Sorry," he said huskily, and tried
again. This time the kiss was light
and slow snd expert. "Is that
'better?"
".Much," The hunger was satisfied
for the momont, so sbe ssld quietly:
' Xot'i go home now." ,
He hesitated as If In protest, and
then acquiesced. "Okay." He drove
to the entrance and got out to open
her door. "Is It too late for ma to
come up for a while?"
"I'm afraid It Is. Don't forget I'm
one of the toilers of the world."
"I won't. Well-goodnJght, I'll call
you tomorrow or next day."
Sbe said; "Please do," and left
him.
.JTAHLY In October there was an
i- ecstatic letter from Ellen. She
was to be married on the last Satur
day in October, and she was count.
Ing on Carol for maid of honor; sbe
ihad selected Saturday because Csrol
i would be better able to get away
ifrom the office then.
She put the letter aside and smiled
ruefully. Ellen, bless her, was run
nlng true to her own enviable type.
Ellen would Insist upon and revel
In every one of the traditional,
faintly ludicrous gestures. And a pe
riod dress, to be bought, of oourse.
jfrom Carol's own salary! But she
would have to go, unless Blake
couldn't spare her; that was a ray
of hope.
She spoke to him about it the next
morning, nil smiling ruefully.
"If you think 1 oughtn't to take
the time, 1 hope you'll say so. It
won't break me up."
He cbuckled and she knew he un
derstoodall the things she hsdn't
eald.
"Of coui so you can talcs Ihe time;
It won't mean but a day and a half
from the office. If you want an out
I'm willing to be Simon Leiree and
put my toot down, but actually It's
up to you."
She wrinkled ber nose. "Oh, heck!
1 gums I'd belter go; 1 wouldn't hurt
ber foellngs for Ihe world."
"1 think you'd better go too." His
"rm going to be maid of honor at
Ellen Sauds's wedding," sbe ex.
plained, "snd that's the presorlp
tlon."
Cornelia's eyes crinkled. "Yov
ass! I thought you'd gone crazy."
Mrs. House appeared with tb
model In pink. It was a else four
tees, and Carol slipped It on whlli
Cornelia stood by with her eyes pro
fesstonally narrowed. The dress wai
bouffant, with a dropped shoulder
and a tlght-attlng bodice. ,
Cornelia grinned. "Of course II
looks like a bridesmaid, but It's sol
so bsd as I expected. If It weren't
tor that gosb-awful pink. . . ."
Carol sighed. "Orchid wont be
much better." She looked at Cornells
and laughed. "What'U you buy It
back tor, If I take good cars of It
and don't spill a highball down the
front?"
"Not a cent," Cornelia said llrmly.
"We wouldn't be lucky enough to
sell that model more than once. 1 tell
you what," she suggested; "You
eould dye It black afterwards. That
wouldn't be quite so bad. It makes
you look real demure, and the men 'II
love It. Sophistication's wasted on a
man anyhow," she said crisply;
"most of 'em would prefer this little
pink number to the smoothest Im
portatlon In the store."
Carol scowled at her. "Fat lot of
comfort you are!" She turned to the
bewildered Mrs. House. "What's the
tariff on this?"
"Twenty-nine seventy-five." Mrs.'
House made a valiant effort. "It's an
excellent value, I think," sbe added
earnestly.
"Well It might bs worse. Take It
off, and order me a fourteen In or
chid damn It!" She looked at Cor
nelia. "Had lunch yet?"
"No. Hsve you?"
"Not yet. I'm not very hungry
after this, but 1 have to keep my
stren'th up. Let's go upstairs and get
a bite."
Cornelia glanced at her watch
"Okay. Let's."
(Copirrlgt. ttSI, by Uarlan Sims)
But Carol tlnde, tomorrow, she
eannot escape Blake'a attention.
BE
SAYS PRISON EXPERT
CHICAGO, 6ept, 17 (AP) flan
Inrd Btw, heed of the It. . bureau
of prlwina, enealled county to
fity as a ''roiten" eystm whl-h "de
UKrately wres the .Iveo" of no1e
In rrime.
H- ituevr his. aupr-irt behind a
flrlve to ebolieh them aftei tending
a ttirulng "Indictment" at, the Sfltn
annual oomtreea of the American
Pr'.eon Association.
There were elht mawns. he mjd,
why the aytm should be wiped out
a the congress' committee on Jam
advocated. Taey vuti
1. Ineertmtv, u demonstrated by
the escape of the late ,lohn Dillln
ger snd Harvy BaJley.
9. Inefficient personnel.
S. Almost Inevitable dirt- and filth.
4 Continual ptwn.- of idle,
new
8. Vu c of engregatii'o of negro
and whiles, men and women, and Ju
venile and edult prisoners.
t? "Almost uubeltevmhl. laxity" tn
Uie handling of prleonere "who could
affnrd to pay for" eKh privilege at
attendance at ball gemee and rt
tracks.
7. The fee eTPteiri of paving Jail
administrators
8 "Continual presence of political
c-iitrol "
Pate whirled the prison rename
for "pawing resolutions veu after
year in condemnation of the county
Jail" without getting action.
Be correctly corseted in
an Artlsi Mudel by
Jtlielwyo 8. Hoffmann.
WHALER BREAKING UP .
ON AKUTAN ISLE ROCKS
6BATTLB, tVpt : 17 (AP) Cas
guard headquarters reported here to
day tab 05-foot 6te4 whaler Westport
of Seattle wae breaking up on the
rocks QiS AJcutan Island in the Aleu
tian chain. ' '
Commander . W. Derapwolf of the
coast guard Bering Sea patrol wire
leseed that the Weatport'e crew .was
safe and en route to Unalaakal
Th ooest fuard eaid foe ve&sel was.
a total wreck andrtfoat all equipment
was let .
FIRST BUILDING PERMIT
IS ISSUED FOR CAPITOL
RAliEM. .Sept. 17. (AP) The city
of fialam Issued the first building per
mit for the ' new state capital when
the'lnapector passed upon the excava
tion proposal estimated to cost
400.
Work of removing trees on the site
and construction of the superintend'
ents's quarters has been In progress
several days. Excavation work will
start immediately upon completion' of
the fence around the site, .
WINDOW GLASS We sell window
glass and will replace your broken
windows reasonably. Trowbridge Cab
inet Works.
Join Hollywood Doubles Contest
Corley Photos. 215 B. Main.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
for further proof address .the author, Inotoalng a stamped enrelope for reply- Reg- D. 8. Pat OS.
1 ftR6 TORN ttoWM FROM. .
villr JohnsiJ., j Anp ftedfcie U6nt& in hisowm
X7. HM WOW hiP IN COrVSpiRfcCI&J
Telephone Prolilbltlon
With hie entire reign as 34th Sul
tan of Turkey made ceotlo by a net
work of IntrlguM, sMasstaatlons snd
rebellions. Abdul Hsmld II, various
ly known sa "Abdul, the Damned,"
"The Unspeakable Turk." and "The
Great AsMesln," waa in constant far
of his life.
Though he had telephones end
electric lights In his own luxurious
apartments, he forbade their instal
lation snywhere else in the entire
city of Constantinople, fearing that
they would facilitate the plotting of
conspiracies eglan&t him.
As a consequence, in , 1801, Con
eantinople was the only capital In
the world still lighted almost en
tirely by gas. It Is believed only five
buildings In the whole city were
lighted by elenr.riclty and the equip
ment, for these hsd to bs smuggled
la-
. Abdul's tvranlcel and unstable reign
was finally brought to an end by the
Young Turks, e revolutionary politi
cal party, In 1808. The deposed Sul
tan wsa banished to Salonika where
he spent much of the remaining nine
years of his life In making writing
desks, being an expert cabinet maker.
TrIple-TIo Man
- Competing for St. John's university
In a trlsngular meet held st Victory
field. Woodhaven, N. T.. May 18, lew,
Henry" Egal competed to tie 890,
the one-mile snd the two-mile runs.
Strange as It seems. In all three
events he ran dead heats for firs
with members of bis own team.
Skyscrapers
TJnder modern methods, skyscrapers
sre wrecked from the botom up. The
baeemente are first cleared of all
partitions, holes then being cut
through the floors, a story st s time.
Through these sre dumped all the
debris of the demolished floors, leav.
tng only the building's steel skele
ton, which Is taken apart later.
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