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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.
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VJHlie CaW3W& OFF AFRICA
INTO THE MOUTH OF THS AMAZOM
He ctAiiAep Trie NEW VANP, eRAHU,
4an Diefo Aiiard,
GU&sTiTuTei? HIMSELF-
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(Equal Rights Fdrtl), IS7Z, I8&03mi fflfm
tftz KoMiNfTepTotrt office .
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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.
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