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PAGE SIX trEDFO'RD MXTL THTBUNE, fEDFORD, OTCEfiOX, "MONDAY. "DECEMT3ER 6, 1937. SLOW FREIGHT By GLUYAS WILLIAMS wo ontvanu STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHtf HIX For further proof addreaa the author, lncloalnf a itatoped enrelope for reply. Kti. V. 8. Pat Off. y MAftCAJtCT CUION HEAZOG V V The Cburuclcri Nina, Junior Leaguer and ex debutante, impulsively married 'David to escape her love lor her stepjather. Blchard, the charming, well' tailored stepfather, is on a i month cruise with his wile, after shamelessly talking love to Nina, Honey Nina's uay, youhjul mother who it u'lld about flich ard, is traveling on doctor'! or iters, David, a bright youna auto salesman, adores Nina and strives to make ner happy on hit jmall salary Chapter 37 iNina'a I'lea IN the morning the blow ielL "Well Mrs. Uay," said McDuff, with a face a mile long, after David had gone, "the bride, the won. They a gonna take it" Nina was stricken. "They's only one thing I can suggest, Mrs. Uay. Get your lius- oanu to spare tne extra 4U t month, ana sign a lease yourself quickly. These people only let me know this morning. I'll put off re porting to the office till tomorrow, to give you a chance to work on him." . "Thank you, Mr. McDufl . . . I'll ... I'll see what i can do.". She got rid of him, somehow, and wasted a precious half hour in tears. After that, she dressed quickly, and went out She knew the best the only possible way of getting David to stay on. She had till the next morning. She cnecked off the addresses on the classified list in the papers, as she went to them. After those apartments were exhausted she went into inexpensive looking places, at random . . . East on one street, back west, again, on the next. She went intj cheap new houses, and cheap old ones. Into converted private dwellings . . . walk-ups. At 1:30, she went into a drugstore for a sandwich, but -he was too tired to eat. She drank a frosted choco late and went out again; took a car to 8(ith street, and began her sys tematic search higher up town. bvcryining, ior ou a montn, : was heart-breakingly dismal. She had brought a large sheet of writing paper along, and she HUIOI Ull C VCi J VUB OlIO BOW. No. East 91st street Opposite wall two feet from living-room windows. Rooms tiny. Iron tire-escapes ... No. East 84th street. No window in bath, only sky light. Impossible . . . No. East Hist street. Large living-room, but only curtained alcove for beds. Delica tessen ground floor. Smelly ... on and on. Lining lip Her Arguments AT 5:30, she returned home in such a state of fatigue that she was mumbling to herself. The breakfast dishes still stood on the covered bridge table, the remainder of the eggs quite un pleasantly congealed on the forks. There was an odor of souring oream, and melting butter In the room . . . and of something else, too. . . . Ah, yes, of course, Button, his dally walk overlooked, had seen to his needs, as best he knew how, in a corner. ... In the bedroom, the bed was un made. She left everything, and took a Bold shower. Let David see, for once, what she had to clear up every day. It was a good day to let him see it. She had her arguments for stay ing all ready. When her husband came home, he found her standing in the bath room a pale, little wax doll, without any clothes on. Her hair was gathered into a feather duster on the top of her head. "David," she said pitifully, "those people want the apart ment!" He went Immediately for the gin. He came back, and he was so dar lingly so boyishly so terribly stricken with the news, that he was the most tremendous comfort. He said things about this being the last straw, when she had been such a mnrvclous sport about be ing poor. He said he could kick himself round the block for being such a rotten provider ... he was dear. Nina sh'.ished him just enough but not too much. It was balm to her soul, and also she would want to remind him of all he had just snld, when she got to the point of argument. We've GOT To Stay Here' SHE talked to him as she dressed herself in some soft silken pa jamas . . . brushed out her damp hair. "Listen, darling, McDuff told me this morning. I've been out hunt ing all day . . . looking icr fcjU-o-month-ers. I saw over 40, David . . . see, I kept notes." David said: "You poor 'kid." "Listen, darling, we can't live in any of them, that's all. We can'tl" Her voice began to climb, so she stopped and started over again. Took a steadying sip out of her gin rickey. "David, you re not going to like it, but I must speak out. . . . We've got to stay here, darling. We've simply got tol I'd die in one of those places. . . . David looked horribly upset. He said the first thing that came into his head. "But, baby, it's already rent ed. . . ' And she caught him up. "That's just it. It isn't. Dear old McDuff isn't reporting it to the of fice till tomorrow, so we can get in aheid of them, if we want." David reached for her, and drew her down on his lap. His brown eyes looked like an unhappy dog's. ...... jiJIIIl Ntna looked a.t cheap ,cw houses, ami cheap old ones. "Nina . . . sweetheart. I'm so tor riblv sorrv. but how can we pos sibly do it, kid? Forty dollars extra a month . . . why that's a (lfth of my income!" She put on her best smile, just as she had put on her best pajamas. imow. da-a-nrnng . . . you don t really think I imagined you could swing it yourself, do you?" David's brown eyes began to look less like an. unhappy dog's, and more like a worried one's. 'David ... . she wheedled, "for get all your fine ideas about self- respecting manhood . . .'just about this one thing, angel. Let me pny the difference. I can't possibly use my money, 1 still have all the clothes I need for next winter, left over from Inst . . . and besides it would only be a tiny part of it!" David began to fish around for a cigarette. "Darling," she pleaded, mwii i Hiiiiiv uiu inuvc tiwtiy , He couldn't seem to find a smoke. so he lifted her down oft his lap, and went for one ... or perhaps he didn't want her there, any more. we ve oeen all over that. Nina " was all he said. fOiiyHfjAf, J..7. itt.rgnrnt Rfrtnp Richard unrxprclrrilr rrturtu to Nina, tomorrow. WASHTNOTON. Dec. 6 (APt TC fourth inniVTrwiry of federal prohi bition rrpral tomorrow will find thi bootlrRRpr utill In exltnco but his Activities "flrently reduced." Th fifth year of mpriM opeiu with 43 out of the 48 t a tea permitting the Nile of hard ltquor. with liquor tnic revenue rising and with the flrH Isnfe. supply of bonded whiwkey ready to tup. Orflclnt say the qunltty of whiskey It Rrnriunlly going up Rod the prim down. This procoM. they believe, will be flperded up next July 1 when he-twc-n 10,000,000 and I5.ooo.ooo Kal Ion of bonded whlnkey will be rrdy Bonded whMtey must be aged four or more years and next July will be the flrt releiuie date for the pwt repeal product. The Impact of this supply on rrlces will be watched closely by enforce ment officers. They believe that, al though bootlegging probably ntver Will be wiped out altogether, rnrap lean I vm.sk"? win make most boot leiftiuc unxuuXlUbla, Sams Valley Club Bazaar Wednesday HAMS VAMEY, Dec. 6. (Spl) A iiemune n.Ki time ond eventnK of tun 1 In More for nil attending the lArilea' cluh bar.mr Vednediy, le cemoer 8, t 8 p. m. In the school autiltorltim. Al! men are i'!peoilly Invited to wiitrh the Indies perform. Two airuiilnt!ly funny p:v will be presented, one entitled. "Be a Little Cuckoo." will he niven by the hluh seliool girls. The other, "How the Story Orew." given .y memheri of the club. AritnlMion will be free. The Uidles hnve finished acme beautiful piece of fancy-work for the btiiviAr. which will mull perlcct Christ mas lfts Candy, doughnut, etc., win he tor krIc during the evening. Proceed will be iiwvl for a pood r-itue such as Corl.tnna cunrty lor all school children and Improve ment ot st a nr- in Auditorium. ( urlen tor t Iremen DKItHY. Conn. (UP I A 10:30 p. m. curlew tins bevn proposed to all volunteer tiro riKiiteie to pre vent fire Motions tiom tnn$ used as all-nttth cluh lumvs, rh sug gestion was made alter a tt reman fell from a econd story window at 3 a. m. and tuffe-ed serious in juries Dm Man ui duus want aa. 7ft A -aaftM f ftw tov cftWMp, Popfu&uese explorer, W MOWN CUnK haw memumin; VJHlie CaW3W& OFF AFRICA INTO THE MOUTH OF THS AMAZOM He ctAiiAep Trie NEW VANP, eRAHU, 4an Diefo Aiiard, GU&sTiTuTei? HIMSELF- ..i K tX(U I z&EvLAe fit &RErK UPATRICK(HltE0lir; & (ftKKM& etHrjHP AtWiNfiCP piActt? wlHe chTcr e.ork -rue cpupU fc.$arm 'Barbara, 1 cwowHua- V Comffli Ohio rr - - tuffrd&etfe, 1HeuNflfep5TATes-- Akiyfi WML C?P.tmHPt IN ENfiLkNO ! I (Equal Rights Fdrtl), IS7Z, I8&03mi fflfm tftz KoMiNfTepTotrt office . mum ,r7'A'7f i f!m?r mtf &' , . TtNnshl Srxlkata. Inc. . "Victoria for Preshlent "Tea I Victoria we've selected For our chosen head: ' With Fred Douglass on the ticket We will ralsa the dead!" Strange as it seems, these words, sung to the tune of "Comln' Through the Bye," formed the battle cry of the Equal Rights party In 1872 In the first attempt to seat a woman as president of the United States Victoria Claflln Woodhulll Bom at Homer, Ohio, In 1838, Vlc torU as a girl traveled about the country following the career of a char in ton, selling patent medicines and telling fortunes. She found her way to New York and, through a mutual Interest In spiritualism, met the elder Cornelius Vanderbilt and obtained enough Influence to open a stock brokerage office, making a success of the venture. With her sister, Tennessee Clafltn, sbe published a newspaper In which she proclaimed her advocacy of the principles of constitutional equality for women, free love, spiritualism and finance. She was the first wo man ever to obtain a hearing before congress, demanding votes for women under the fourteenth amendment of the constitution. In 1872 the Equal Rights party selected this amazing personality os Its candidate for presidency, with Fred Douglass, a negro reformer as prospective vice president. She act ually Included "free love" among her platform promlsesl Victoria Woodhull was defeated In this campaign by Orant. Republican candidate, but ran again In 1880, although residing In England at the time, and In 1804 made a final, futile attempt at the office. Wind of Discovery In the spring of the year 1500 Pedro Alva res Cabral, sailing to In dia with a Portuguese armada over the' trade route discovered but two years previously by the explorer, Vasca da Gama, swung wide off the coast of Africa to avoid the calms of the Otilf of Guinea. He found a wind so strong In fact that It car ried him westward to the -mouth of the Amazon! Cabral claimed the land Brazil in the name of Portugal, Tomorrow: Gamble for Deathl Rnme Old Clmrge ROSEBURG, Ore., Dec. (AP) Faye Springer, released a few months ago from the Oregon state peniten tiary, to which he was sentenced Nov. at, 1936, for one year on a charge of forgery, was back In Jail today. He la facing a new charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. Divorce Ideas I'pset COQUILLE, Ore. (UP) It may be fairly easy to sever marital ties nowadays, but not so easy as one woman thought. Going to the office of the clerk of the circuit coxirt here, the woman asked, "Is this the place where one gets a di vorce?'' When Informed It was, sne replied: "Well, I want one." Snnke Awakens Sleeper ST. JOHNSVILLE, N. Y. (UP) Seward Smith felt something tickle hl cheek while napping. Drowsily, he brushed his hand across his face. Again he felt the tickle. Opening his eyes, he sawn snake colled be side him. Smith leaped out of bed. The snake followed. He killed the reptile by dropping a flatlron on Its head. 6f0ip-foBRIN6 SOME OF His -ToVS DOWN AND TiflV KIKEW Wlfrt MfrfiLDA joMr, Who has come WITH HER MOfHER MAfiLDA A D)JHV U)Dk, AND 60K UP, CUMBIN6 OUTSIDE BAN ISTERS BECAUSE IT'S 6ETS00T A FEW TOYS AND SfARft VLttflrte Wlfrl Wi MECHANICAL Top MOfHEf? CMS rWM Bt 1W 1b HUTJRV UP. MWiL- DAIS WA1TIN6. SfAUS.BV PREfEHDIMfe HE CAN'T (JUrfE HEAT?. SWS L0ADIH6 UP-AN INfERMlHABLE PROCEED' Mb, BECAUSE VEEP OFT W RESPONSE 1b MORE UR6EKT HUKRV UP CMS. PWS E0ERV1W1K6 DOWH To EX.PIA1M IH DETAIL WHW'S DELAYING HIM STARfS L0AD1N& UP AfeAltJ, PIAYIN& SOFT LY ON HI5 HARMONICA AfLONS IAST ARRIVES DOWH&TMRS WlfH ToYS OUST A& MATH-DA HAS 10 60 H0MF (Copyright. 1937, by Th, BtU Syndicate, Inc.) 11-33 6u)Ys S MATTER POI PAYNE By C. lu. c. -Tmm. r : r ( &,OK , S V' 7 MA13H. NO NOW, T" ehs?' TvJL" r'l CAM EW &f "l"" J& AL-U'TE- LooKiwa) XT S How "1 111 Kll MB 1 K MT ffi l (Copyright. 1937, by The Bll Bynaicm, Inc ) C?oTJk TAILSPIN TOMMY Tragedy! : K " By HAL FORRESI jg BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Good Advice? By EDWIN ALGER .1., w-., ..)! nun w 1UU VV, JUKUftM-IKCVKtbtMl " mk. eRABrcR OP THE COUTlUtUTAL SVSTEM-1 VOU SOW Of XOOV. OUB. DUUABBtll S1R.AIE ,-.F0RAR0E,.: LWDU'T YOU? - A, J RCCOU 0U 1H1HK. Wfc' TO UP. fLlfc DDirt LlCilC rttccnen waii en tin? 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