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SERIAL STORY
HIS CHRISTMAS CAROL
BY ADELAIDE HAZELTINE
NCA ftKRVICK. INC
TUB ftTORYi Tb terms ef An
ttrww Dearborn 'a will aneltlna;
that htm aeerlarr Carol, and flv
other employ h 1 1 Jad
(rrhrlafr or not him nlnyfcor
Andr U rannlnir the hnalnraa ar
nordlnjr to htm fathrr'a poller of
"turtle to th propl." tut Carol,
Who paa loved Andy alnca ajlrl
kood. In a dim colt apot. Her heart
alnka ivkrn Andy, current I r In
volved with aleelc Linda, Julian,
turn m ana rente nt over to an
aernpvloaa Mr. Herrick, whoa
only Idea la to make money. Her
rick blamen employ 11111 Heeeo
"r for the toyland elevator aeeldent
f t hat lajaree ewhoy Nicky, U
I thooRh Nicky dUeovera that 1HU
-jjk ? had reported the elevntora condl
tin and waa not to Mam p. Her
rick nil takea credit for cah
. n ndjuatoieate made to eamtomera
- hy Carol without hla knowlrddf,
8ft In an effort to aave the atore'a
reputation. At the annual at ore
party Andy fclsaee Carol, tndleatee
fr8r he fa thro tilth with I.inda. Next
'0l. day Carol Anda the vrlll'a envelop
vw- In tho van It, bnt the will la srone.
't Herrick then Urea her for wrtitna?
m retirement eheek for an employ
he haa dlamUaed. althouah attain
abe waa only following the Iar
T born policy. Heturnluir to the
? 9 office for a Die, ehe overheare
Andr tell In r Herrictt ie i-
envered the truth from Nicky
bout the elevator accident.
5
1,
WHO HAS THE WILL?
CHAPTER XV
'MTTS not true, I tell you!" Mr.
Herrick glared at Andy. "Bill
t""tOdnt report that elevator."
"I'm going to be the judga of
n that," Andy snapped.
Carol's heart leaped. Andy was
'awake at last. Thank goodness
. for Nicky and his inndcent repeti-
"' tion of their conversation at the
''"hosDital Christmas morning!
,.'v "You're forgetting that the store
'U making money," Mr. Herrick
sS said levelly.
p- "Money?" Andy's laugh was a
jt3 inockery. "If saving the cost of
repairs is your idea of making
money, I don't want any of it. I
want some humanity in my store. -"And
something else." Andy's
voice was relentless. "Those re
funds to Mrs. Milligan and Mrs.
, Grover. You must have thought
"V you were pretty smart to take
' credit for them. Well, Carol got
mad last night mad enough to
igive me a hint about those checks.
rf I'd never have thought to look
them up if she hadn't"
Andy had taken her hint about
the checks!
"So what?" There was menace
to Mr. Herrick's words.
"So you're through. All through,
-..Herrick. From now on, I run
- father would want it run."
'-"AM ominous silence followed this
3 declaration. Carol longed to
fce able to see defeat on Mr. Her
ii rick's face.
But his next words were like
at! .TNT.
"No, I'm not through, Andy
Dearborn." He paused, continued,
"In fact you're getting ready to
give me a ten-year contract to
p manage this store as I see fit."
Andy was aghast. "A ten-year
contract?"
H "Yea. I didnt intend to mish
lit just yet but you've called my
hand. You see there's the small
matter of a will. The will your
father left."
The will? What does Mr. Her-
.-xlrick know about the will? Carol
(thought frantically.
iC'i' "I happen to know what that
wtwlll contains," Mr. Herrick was
Itaying. "I happen to know that
jit disinherits you, leaves every
thing to charity!"
: Carol stifled a gasp. If Mr.
Herrick had read the will he was
distorting the facts.
"It what?" That was genuine
surprise in Andy's voice.
"It suggests that you aren't
capable of running the store, An
dy. It orders the stock sold and
the doors closed for good."
"How do you know that?" An-
dy demanded.
4 "I know the wtU has been
Hound."
. . "Found? You mean my father's
will has been found and not re
corded? Do you realize that is a
criminal offense?"
Foundl Carol's thoughts echoed.
Then it wasn't AnHv at nil whn
' had taken the will from the ledger.
It must have been Mr. Herrick
or someone Mr. Herrick knew.
i lAnd Andy's determination to run
ithe store in a manner worthy of
a Dearborn was real.
He was waiting for Mr. Herrick
Ho reply.
"I don't admit anyone is with
t holding it. I only say that a con
T 'tract for me would be, shall we
Jsay, a satisfactory reward for my
'failure to let the will turn up?"
"That's blackmail!" Andy ac
' leused him.
"Blackmail's an ugly word."
i "No uglier than the conditions
-'jyou suggest!"
nq, "I wouldn't call them that."
X-i "You've lied about other things.
atHow do I know you aren't lying
'-about the will?"
"tlr "I thought you'd wonder. Well,
, the party who found tho will took
j the precaution to leave its en-
"velope behind, right where the
.jwlll was found in the inventory
record for 1940."
"In the Inventory record?"
"Yes. Your father was a stickler
tor exactness, Andy. He put the
..jwill where you would be certain
'-(to find it. Only someone else hap
' ipened to look there first. For
CSunately." r
S i"TT won't do you any good, Her
oa r rick," he said after a pause.
,I can prosecute you for this."
"Oh, don't take that attitude,
r)Andy." His tone was conciliatory.
Mlt the will should be found, you
on't think I'd be fool enough to
.Jet myself become involved. Your
Hprosecution wouldn't touch me!
ton the other hand you don't like
jithe store. You never have. You
jean turn it over to me and forget
"tit Take the Income and enjoy
purself. That's not asking much
of you. That's doing you a favor."
"'"What's your proposition?" Was
lAndy's voice less angry?
"."You give me ten-year eon-
tract," Mr. Herrick hurried to tell
him. "Of course, I'd want a slight
salary increase." Ho emphasized
the slight. "Then the will simply
wouldn't appear. Nobody would
be to blame. It'd be Just one of
those things. A case where a man
was understood to have made
will but evidently didn't"
Carol waited breathlessly. Would
Andy give in now? Would he let
Mr. Herrick have his way after
the stand he had taken such a
short time ago? The stand his
father would approve and which
would guarantee his inheritance?
"That's fair, tsnt it?" Mr. Her
rick urged.
"You'll have to give me a little
time," Carol heard Andy say. Her
heart sank. He waa weakening.
"I'll let you know by Saturday."
Saturday! Delay meant he was
seriously considering it. When
he should have knocked Mr. Her
rick down for insulting him with
a bribe!
"Well, til draw up a contract,"
Mr. Herrick said confidently.
Sick with the knowledge that
Andy had failed again, Carol fled
from the store. For a few brief
moments Andy had shown a strong
self. She had gloried in him. At
last she had thought he was going
to make his father proud of him.
Only to be scared out of it by
the fear he might lose the income
which meant an easy lite!
She could go to him and tell
him the true contents of the will.
That might give him courage to
defy Mr. Herrick. But she
wouldn't You can't make a man
strong by removing temptation.
If he were saved, he would have
to save himself.
Now, more than ever, she was
burning with the desire to find
the will herself, show up the
whole miserable scheme and revel
in the part she would have to take
in disinheriting Andy.
It was a resolution that brought
her little comfort on New Year's
Day.
(To Be Continued)
JINX CALL
CHICAGO (P) An alarm
sounded in quarters of fire en
gine company 85.
Fireman Thomas Ryan slid
down the pole too quickly and
uffered a leg fracture and pos-
!o brain concussion. The
truck was damaged a few
in ules later when it collided
with an automobile.
The fire was a small one.
OUT OUR WAY
By J. R. Williams
OUR BOARDING HOUSE, with Major Hooplo
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FOR. THE COMERS
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
By William
Ferguson v
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WATER.
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ONE
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WHALE
WEI&HS ABOUT
MO,
COPft. 1943 IT NCA SfRVTCL InC lSHft
ARE THE FOLUOWIN&!
COOAK.
ANSVyER: Hardware dealer, cowboy, barrel mak
MEXT: Keeping the earth in balance.
STAR ON ICE
HORIZONTAL
lfi Pictured
expert ice
skater.
II Mountain
nymphs.
13 Type of cap
(Pi.).
14 Small
firearms.
16 Tasteless red
crystalline
substance.
IT Drunkards.
18 Pleasure boat
19 Foot covering.
Answer to Previous Puzzle
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20 Compass point 37 BiUn to he
23 Half an em.
24 To fall in
drops.
27 Paving
material.
29 She is an
expert skater
on .
30 Erbium
(symbol).
31 Not closed.
32 Thing (law).
34 Land measure.
35 Chinese
measure.
taste.
39 Prattle.
43 Top of the
head.
45 Produced.
47 Respire.
49 Monitor.
50 To wind again
51 Ether
compound.
52 Liquid mortar
VERTICAL
1 Dips in a
liquid.
2 Constellation.
3 Put into a
nest
4 Members of
an important
Hindu caste.
5 Bustle.
6 Pronoun.
7 Cupid.
8 Lower.
9 Noun suffix.
10 Domestic
slave.
12 Cunning.
13 Nocturnal
flying
mammal.
15 Symbol for
samarium.
16 Chinese
(abbr.).
21 Cubed.
22 Severe,
Bl 25 Tear.
26 Writing
implement,
28 Exist
31 Far East
33 She is one of
the world's
foremost
34 160 square
rods (pi.).
36 Not the same.
37 Highest point
38 Desert fruit
.19 Through.
40 Road (abbr.),
41 Tuberculosis
(abbr.).
42 Sin.
43 Kind of
rubber.
44 Wriggling.
46 A jutting rock
48 Snaky fish.
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RED RYDER
By Fred Harman
VIE SOT ALL TnE
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LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
By Harold Gray
YOU SHOULD
HAVE BROUGHT
YOUR MAMA.
LORETTA- - WE'D
BE MIGHTY GLAD
TO SEE HER-
NO--SHE-SHES
SORTA SICK
SHE NEVER
GOES OUT THAT
IS.NOTCALUK-
SICK? OH
THATS TOO BAD
WHffT DOES
THE DOCTOR
THE MATTER?
3
ER-WELL. SHE
DOESNT HAWE TH"
DOCTOR ANY MORE-
SHE HAD LOTS
O" DOCTORS FOR
A WHILE
THEN SHE
JUST HAD
DOCTOR DUBB-
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WONT COME ANY
MOR--SnYS ITS i
NO USE-
si
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DR. DUBB. PH?
OH, YES-1 RECAI.L
DR. DUBB QUITE
WELL I'D LIKE
TO SEE YOUK
MOTHER-WONDER
IF I COULD. SOME
TIME- y
6HE--SHE i
Doestrr let
ANYBODY IN I
-SHE SHE
HIDES IF THEY
KNOCK-1 DONT
KNOW IF
f 1
9
I KNOW JUST
HOW SHE FEELS -LOTS
OF FOLKS
I DONT CARE TO
SEE. EITHER--BUT
I'M GOING,
TO SEE YOUR
MAMA-
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