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HIS CHRISTMAS CAROL
BY ADELAIDE HAZELTINE
COaVRIOMT. laal,
MCA aERVICI. INC.
Wt TUB TOHVi Taa tarma at An-
' ' alraw DMirbnrn'a will aucelfrlnaT
that hla efiMsplary rarnl, and At
araha. aaaplayaa, aaall Jilxa
f avfcathtr or not kla plarboy aon
a'' Aadr la running tho hnalnraa ac
cordlnar to hla fnthrr'a poller of
, "aerrlco to ta proplr, put Carol.
mho kaa loved And? alneo alt-l-M"ini-
kood In dimenlt apot. llrr heart
artnka Andjr. curis-atlr In
volved with alrrk Linda Jallaa
Inrna wanaitrmcnt over to un
rrnpnlona air. Hrrrlrk, vrknat
' only Idrtt In to tnnk mcinc-T. She
. kntm that nnlran Andr mrada
hla vmra nndi tnkm over ko will
,T a oao the atom to rharltr br a
a .i art tha atranga "lory" th loat will
ahCrl provldro for. nurk-paaatna- Her
tick blamrn employe UU1 Rceco
for the toyland rlrvntor accident
thnt Injnreo newahoy Nicky, nl
Ha;. thnnch Mcky dlacorera that Bill
had reported the elevnlor'a condi
tion nnd wna not to hlanic Mer
rick niao takee credit for rank
djuatmenta made to customer
fey Carol without hla knowledge.
In an effort to enre the atore'e
- reputation. At the nnnual atom
T5 pmrtr Andy klaaea Carol, Indicate
he la throuah with l.tnda. Next
tiny Carol and the wlll'a envelop
9 t la the vault, bat the will la atone.
Herrlck thca.aa her for wntiw
1 a retirement' r oh; for an employe
he haa dlevrvjted, althouKa aarx-in
- ... aha wee oat? xotlowtna; the Urnr-
bora peU-T ' he la at home that
Ji J TaJeklM Andy caila.
-V 4"-
'awdt pleads
tt I CHAPTER XIV
pff WDT was standing in the dim
tij" A1-nes of Carol' porch, hat In
' ..,n He was unsmiling.
r!W. "This Is like drowning," Carol
;T r thought, her head whirling with
' irfuthe memories that passed in mad
parade tlirough her mind in the
' moment between her opening of
, 'the door and Andy's first words.
-"This Is the way they say people
"Tfeel when life is slipping away
BiS'-from them and they try to hold
i-ento It with remembering."
It was not Just Andy Dearborn,
playboy-executive, that she saw
before her. She saw, too, a shy
,,'boy returning from military school
. and giving her a half-smile as he
" passed through the store when she
,rwas working there on Saturdays.
T' 'she remembered a blue dress she
had worn and her eyes laughing
back at her in a mirror as she
smoothed her hair before a store
A party ever so long ago. She re
called a dance with an earnest
- young Andy Dearborn, and a sec
retary's anger with an indolent
Andy Dearborn, hundreds of miles
away, as his checks Tor sums twice
her yearly salary passed into her
bands for filing.
" "I trust you, Carol," the father
n had said. And remembering the
. 'words, the kindly, quiet tones in
"- which they were spoken, she re
V membered, too, that she had
sensed in them a warning of
tn heartbreak. Was it fair, her heart
tat: seemed to cry, that any girl, any
lii-u weakly human creature, should
j be given a greater responsibility
than she could shoulder without
-Jwinctag under its great weight?
In Finally, "Come in," she said,
r.'dragging her mind back to now.
I "This cant happen, Carol," he
so dtold her. - :...
jiii she had supposed ha would be
! indifferent He should be saying
TWMr. Herrlck was right
r Instead he followed her into the
nonliving room of her small apart
,a Cment and said, "We can't be with
iiroutyou. We wont hold the check
j-r-tgatajt you. Everybody makes
mistakes."
"It wasnt a mistake," she said
Cjuickly. "I did- it because you
wouldn't!"
"You're exaggerating the im--".portance
of it I told Mr. Herrick
Jyou meant well. I've fixed it up
"--with him. You're to come back."
no "Fixed it up with Mr. Herrick?
That's just it, Andy Dearborn
jijOiWhy should you have to fix
.?biithlngs up with him? Who's run-
fining the store, you or Mr. Her
vi Tick?"
He tried to answer. She rushed
Jir "There's no use." The words
V,iell over one another In their urge
to be said. "It's not just me. One
' person doesn't matter. It's every-
f :
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130;
bodyl It's Mrs. Milligan and Mrs.
. Grover." Go on, look up their
-:checks, she thought wildly. You'll
find out who wrote them. Aloud,
she continued, "Dozens and doz
0" ens of others you know nothing
S""' about. It's Mary Todd and Bill
lr Reece. It's Miss Fanny. Mr. Her
."rrlck is ruining the store your
".aifather spent fifty years building!"
a
i!i;:-CHE paused for breath before
H"! she plunged on. "What do you
.-do about it? Nothing.' Worse
J:,, than nothing! You turn Mr. Her-
urick loose and then sit back and
... llet him wreck it You say calm
,i -'Jly. 'I've fixed it up with Mr. Her
""'rick!'" "Carol! Listen"
"No, I won't listen. You can
take your job, your store, your
Mr. Herrick. I'm tlirough, Andy!"
She quieted suddenly, aware that
tii, she had gone too far at last "Now
,H Pase, quickly!" She closed
j-her eyes against the sight of him.
, Love? Yes, she still loved him.
That was the irony of it. But she
- wouldn't try to help him any more.
-t If he chose to let the will turn up
- it would be her one last duty to
ihelp disinherit him. After that
tnishe'd never want to hear the name
of Dearborn again.
ft In time she would get over it
(( jAt least she would get used to
m this heavy sickness in her heart
-, She supposed she let him out
" and closed the door. She didn't
,.know. She knew only that she
u suffered on as she relived the few
.tense moments Andy spent with
" her. She couldn't keep her re
'belliouff heart from wishing the
' Situation might have been a dif
ferent one, from thinking a girl's
t mind has no right to interfere with
"...love.
' She determined to go to the
hk, store in the morning and get her
file box. That was all, The will
4;; wasn't lost now. The person who
V was holding it would have to ba
responsible for the consequences.
If that person were Andy it would
rest on his own head.
.y, P Wat through, She wouldn't
even think about it ever again.
Then she went to bed and
thought of nothing else!
The conviction that Andy must
be holding the will persisted in
her mind. Who, more than he,
would profit by its disappearance?
And it would have been so easy
for him to dispose of it
Yet surely he wouldn't destroy
it just to save himself? Or would
he?
And if he did, why had he left
the envelope in the ledger?
TT seemed natural enough for
her to be walking into the store
again the next day, but very un
natural for her not to go to the
little office adjoining Andy's and
begin work. She was sorry now
that she had left the file. In get
ting it she might see Andy and
she didn't want to meet him again.
As she approached the office,
she heard voices. One of them
was Andy's and one was Mr. Her
rick's. She didnt Intend to eavesdrop
but Andy's angry words held her
attention. She listened, instinc
tively concealing her presence.
"The game's up, Herrick!" An
dy was saying. "I've found out
enough today to convince myself
that youre wrong. Wrong in every
policy you ever advocated."
"You can't say that, Andy," Mr.
Herrick answered. "You don't
know anything about running a
store."
"I know enough to recognize in
justice when I see it Nicky hap
pened to mention one night when
I was at the hospital that he was
sorry Bill was fired for the acci
dent He said ha heard Carol and
Bill talking about it They said
It was your fault That Bill re
ported it to you and you refused
to do anything about itl"
"Nicky? You're taking a child's
word, for it!"
"Oh, no, I'm not I'm taking
Bill Recce's word for it I went to
him myself and got the whole
story out of him."
(To Be Continued)
He must indeed have a blind
soul who cannot see that some
great purpose and design is being
worked out here below, of which
we have the honor to be the
faithful servants. Winston
Churchill, British prima minis
ter.
Maine man has a clock which
has run for 65 years without his
fixing it which probably is why
it still runs.
Headquarters for
Bicycles
Tricycles
Wagons
Lionel Trains
POOLE'S BIKE
SHOP
222 S. 7th. Phone 5S20
U. S. OFFICIAL
HORIZONTAL
1,6 Pictured
head of U. S.
Selective
Service.
13 Representa
tive. 14 Scholarly.
16 Germanium
(symbol).
17 Long.
19 Accomplish.
21 Duties.
24 Measures of
area.
25 Hi slid.
27 Print measure Sickness,
28 Perch. 44 Finish.
Answer to Previous Puzzle
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suffix.
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(symbol).
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at sea.
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(abbr.).
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54 Appropriately.
66 Pertaining to.
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VERTICAL
1 Music note.
2 Ova.
3 Periods of
time.
4 Into.
5 Pig pen.
6 Listen to.
7 Makes a
mistake.
8 Go hastily.
8 South Dakota
(abbr.).
10 Obscures.
11 English school.
12 You.
15 Boil slowly.
18 Each (abbr.).
20Rip.
22 Changed.
23 Transgress.
25 Plaything.
26 Eating utensQ.
29 Equipment
30 Fight
33 Pedal digit
35 Sick.
36 Frozen water.
37 Enemy.
42 Is indebted.
43 Island in the
Aegean Sea.
45 Entranceway.
47 Rock.
49 News article.
50 Upward.
51 Injure with
a knife.
52 Singing voice.
54 Altitude
(abbr.).
55 Yes.
56 Postscript
(abbr.).
57 Indian
mulberty.
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THIS CURIOUS WORLD
By William
Ferguson
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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA.
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