SERIAL STORY
LUCKY
BY GLORIA KAYE
THH fcTORYl Wmllkr VtmmT
)-. Kirk tiaa rrrnriiwl from Parla to
. . Klrkforra 4p leant aomrlhltiB;
about la arraat atal mllla aar
nun. and the people woo Trork '
l thtm. "lie areta m Job a waft
. rM, aader the Bam of Penny'1
.''iVallMB. a4 m K''
.aeea a taat netweeni wll'l
' worker a.r.4 tka Cfeatro camr.
. 'ftomblen rrbo .prer upon the
workmen. Jim Vlekera,- loeal
' i neTrananer editor folna the
1 0kt. . Penny.' hna met him be.
fore In Parle nvt ke doean't
reeoaTBleo ker. '
, .. .
' v: JEWS STORT
CHAPTER IV ! ' .
TTS a deal, Jim," Penny decld-
i. 'ed,r "Will you come back at
4T . .; ' "' ;
."I'd like.-to" Me anyone try to
atop me," he answered. .
'. Penny hummed the rest of the
day away. The hours slipped by.
Promptly at 4, Jim Vickers walked
in, hat In-hand, grinning. They
fra.ved goodby 'to Midge and
Pietro. ' .. '. '
Jim's ear was an un-streamlined
model of early thirties vintage. It
seeded paint, fenders, new tires.
The. running board protested as
Penny stepped- in and she settled
back comfortably on a squeaky
seat. .. She was more tired than
she would have admitted.
, ',TVhat. would, you like to see
first?" asked Jim. "Our imposing
skyscrapers? Our beautiful parks?
Oor'ilovely residences?" -
: "You're the, guide,"said Penny.
"CeaS on."
,'!Weu7' -Jim. said ' seriously, . "I
suppose our best bet would be .a
drive around.' the' steel' mills. . If
you've never seen them In action
before", you." have - a - real thrill
ahead."'- j .-. . - .....
, ,'ey-found a bridge that crossed
over -the .busy industrial '.valley.
Below, steaming locomotives
tugged huge, bucket-shaped cars
: ladsn1 with, red-hot-molten steel.
Jim stopped the car when they
were halfway; across'. and for a
moment -they surveyed a magnifi
cent panorama that stretched into
the distance ;on all sides. Penny
bid -never -seen, anything so
breath-taking. It was as if an
-. artist had painted' this scene with
sweeping strokes of a - colorful
brush.', ' ' ;-. ".
. They' stepped out "of" the car
and -leaned against -the bridge rail,
absorbing the spectacle. Jim
talked . of . blast furnaces, ' giant
ladles, open- hearths- and Besse-
. mers, explaining 'the processes of
steel-making to Penny. ;
i' Absorbed in his description, he
.didn't .notice Penny's admiring
glances. She liked his looks. She
: found it pleasant to be here with
him.
.- "It's fascinating," Penny said,
softly, when he paused for a mo
ment. 'Tfou sound as if you really
like this.place." .
; "I do," Jim answered. "It's hard
to .explain until . you get to know
the 'town , and the-people in it.
They deserve a lot more out of
life .than .they've '..been . getting.
Steel men are a rough lot, but
there isn't-a finer gang alive than
..the'.feilows who work in the Kirk
r mills.'! i - ...
.; . . . - ,
W'S-'.loo'Wd '. t Penny with- re
! Snad.interest.:; : :.";.;;'; .
" "You've never lived in a mill
;' -town,have you, Penny7" he' asked.
; I '."N6t" sho; answered. . "No I
fcaven't!'. . . . J . :
' ."My. guess is .that you've spent
. IH tout life in a litUe bit of an
. outrOf-the-way place, where ev
erybody, knew you -and knew-all
about everything you did," he
ventured. :- " -: "
' . "YouYe right," Penny said, hon
estly. . But; she . failed .to mention
France, and the fact that' everyone
knew; of- her.-: activities because
they were so often on the society
pages.. . ..
"My: home town is a little burg
like that," Jim reminisced. "It's
just a-little village, out-on the
prairies, in -Kansas. -. My dad-has
oeen a country lawyer out there
for 0 years.. I haven't been back
for a long, long time."
' "I'd like to see your home town
spraev day," said Penny. "I've
never been that far west."
. "You'd like iti"'Jim said simply!
Then he turned toward her and
caught the glow in her eyes, warm
and inviting. He laughed.
; "Just being with you is" fun,"
he said. "I don't often have such
a- good listener to hear, my tales
of woe; Where are you. staying,
Penny? It's getting late. I'd bet
ter drive you home."-
' "I'm sharing a little place with
Midge Carter," Penny , said. ,
- "You're in ' good hands," Jim
encouraged, leading Penny back
. to the car. "Better step into my
chariot before I do my quick
change act and become the old
professor again. I'll bore you with
more details about the Kirk mills
If you don't watch out."
"Bore me?" Penny protested. "I
couldn't be more interested in the
'. Kirk mills if I owned them!"
. She caught herself quickly, sud
: denly tense. as the thought struck
her that Jim must surely guess
her identity now.
"l wish you did own the Kirk
mills," said Jim, happily unaware
. df her identity. "Unfortunately,
they're owned by a nincompoop
named Penelope Kirk."
' Penny flushed. Unwittingly, Jim
had brought her back to the reali
ties of her situation. . They drove
back to Kirktown in silence,
both preoccupied with their own
thoughts.
"Jim," Penny said finally, cau
tiously, "have you ever seen ire
nelope Kirk?" 1
."Yes," ha answered. "Often,
years ago."
"What' she like?" Penny an
swered. . - i .
"She's like a lot of other female
wastrels who've never done an
honest day's work in their lives.
She's flighty, selfish, snobbish. Her
Life is just one grana pari.
knew her in Paris."
a . . -
JIM fastened bis ayes on a point
PENNY
COPYRIOHT. t4J.
NIA (iRVICK. INC
far up the road.
"You might not believe It," he
said, "but once I did a bit of
traveling myself. Newspaper work
France, and other nieces before
I came to my senses and settled
down. I knew Penelope Kirk In
the good old days."
"Would you know her now?"
Penny asked, feigning innocence.
"Any time," said Jim confi
dently. "Her type never changes.
Of course, she was just a kid
when .'. saw her last. I would
recognize her, though. She always
looked as it she had just stepped
down from a cloud. I don't think
she could ever come down to
earth."
Penny smiled. She recognised
her old self in Jim's description.
She. had. certainly changed.
Strangely, she was proud that Jim
didn't recognize her.
"How did you happen to come
to Kirktown?" she asked, realizing
it was time to change the subject
: "That's a long story. Penny,"
Jim's voice was thoughtful. "I had
my own weakness. Drank my way
out of one good job after another
abroad. ' It's hard to explain to an
American. There was so much
underhanded, shady, crooked stuff
going on things I knew, but
didn't dare write about. After a
while that sort of thing does some
thing to a man.
"I knew what was coming. I
knew a lot more than was good
for anyone to know. Guess I just
couldn't take it One day I put
on my hat closed the apartment,
started back home. Halfway across
the Atlantic I threw the key
away."
He looked gravely into Penny's
eyes, searched her face for under
standing of the things he could
not say. -"I just didn't 'belong
there, vou see. No more than you
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EARLY PRESIDENT
HORIZONTAL
t Pictured early
V. S. presi
dent, 13'Tidy. '
14 Also.
15 Girl's name.
17 Ascend.
IB Paradise.
21 Eight side
(abbr.).
23 Largest river
in France.
26 Senior (abbr.)
27 Greek letter.
Answer to
Ig eiorgei. In'or.rIi ;sl
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29 Deportment cerium. -
31 Mineral spring 46 Threefold
32 Wise men.
(comb. form).
34 Samuel
(abbr.).
35 Hawaiian
island.
37 Roman road.
38 Iron. 9
39 Cure by
salting.
40 Mourning
hymn.
47 Names (abbr.)
48 Paid notice.
49 Hops' kiln.
51 Of the thing.
52 Antelope.
53 Javanese
tree.
55 Needy.
56 Repulse.
58 Level.
42 Nine and one. 59 Diplomatic
43 Russian agreement.
measure. VERTICAL
44 Dawn goddess. 2 Upon.
45 Symbol for 3 She.
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would."
Penny glowed with the flattery
of his confidences. Her heart
danced: she felt warmly happy.
"Glad you're here?" she asked.
He turned toward her with a
smile.
"Right now, for the first time
yes." She matched his grin with
iier own dimpled smile.
(To Be Continued).
If after the war we do not suc
rpri In raiiKiuo 0rmny to rm
through an Internal change and
revolution of the profoundest na
ture which will purify the Ger
man people from all the filth and
evil into which Germany has
been dragged not only by nazism
but also by its whole national
political education of the last 60
or 70 years since 1870, and even
since Frederick the Great,' then
we shall have a third world war
in another 20 years or so." Dr.
Edward Benes, former president
of Czechoslovakia. -
It's really a simple matter to
be popular with everybody. Just
go out and get rich.
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20 He was born
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22 Depot
24 Assault.
25 Reimbue with
courage.
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scattered.
28 Dyeing appa
ratus (pi.).
29 Manuscript
(abbr.).
30 South latitude
(abbr.).
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through th
nose.
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36 Playing card.
41 Bear.
43 Eventide.
45 Woo. .
4 Metallic,
fastener.
5 Quarts
(abbr.).
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to the presi
dency in 1825.
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(abbr.).
9 Also.
10 Actor.
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of cotton.
52 Gazelle.
54 Body of water
55 Plural (abbr.)
57 Lieutenant
(abbr.).
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(Scot.).
12 Parent.
16 His father
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