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LUCKY
. BY GLORIA KAYE
Tim mom i Wcaiiar ir
' Kirk haa rttarara from 1'nrlB
f Ktrklowa to Irani Bonrthlnc
... abot the great airal nillla aae
wh B ae people who work
f; Ik tacaa. "ha irrla a Job aa watt
- rra, aaaer laa Baraa of I'rnnj
. KellaSH. A aat breaks ant In
aa rrataaraat brlwrra a work
klH aad Ike Caalroa, a Kan- of
. . ffeBialrra who prey on th mllU
vrarkrra. Later aba nrcta Jim
: . Vtrkrra, local newapaprr rditor,
. Wbont ake kan met In I'arla but
. who aaraa't rrcoimlaB brr. On
. a rlae ka trlla ker tka alorr nf
' kia Ufa,
',' TROUBLE'S BREWING
CHAPTER V
TIM studied her upturned, eager
fa.
V "Are you very tired, Penny?"
"Not a bit," Mid Penny, stretch
ing the truth a little. "Why7"
1 "I'd like to show you somc
. thing." ,
.' By now they were back In the
center of Kirktown, bumping along
decrepit Central avenue. Jim
steered into one of the side streets,
shifted scars and climbed slowly
up .the hillside.
"All this is terrible," said Jim,
waving his hand In the direction
of the tumbledown shacks. "No
one should have to live like that.
Ifs criminal to herd people into
such unhealthy holes."
At the top of the hlU he stopped,
Inviting Penny to join him as he
jumped out of the car.
"This street," he said, "is the
only decent street in Kirktown.
It's high enough so that the air
is pure and fresh. In summer,
cool breezes make life pleasant up
ncrc.
"There's a plateau stretching
back beyond the Kirk Memorial
Building that's big enough to build
at least 500 homes, enough to
house everyone who lives in Kirk
town now. There's a lot more
room for expansion, too. I would
tear down every one of the shacks
along the lower hill. Make all that
land a beautiful park, with a
boulevard winding down through
It to the edge of the mill."
Jim studied Penny's reaction.
He was flushed with the excite
ment of his idea.
"A model town would pay for
Itself," he said. "I know it sounds
revolutionary. The councilmen
and the mayor and the few busi
nessmen with sense in this town
think it's impossible. They laugh
at me."
"Wonderful!" enthused Penny.
"Some day, Penny, I'll show
.them. I have an idea." He paused,
searching for words.
"Do you see that house hidden
up' there in the trees?" Penny
followed the direction of his fin
ger, pointed at her home, the Kirk
estate.
. "VThat'i where John Kirk lived."
(he- heard him say. "I have a
bunch, Penelope Kirk will come
back there, eventually. Then I'll
get my chance to tell her a few
things. I'm going to tell her,
Penny. Even if I have to go back
to Europe and kidnap her."
. She started to say, "I'll help
you, Jim." Then she clamped her
hand over her mouth as if to hold
the words in. He studied her,
curiously. "
a
XTE was so full of his crusade
for a better Kirktown that he
didn't notice Penny's embarrass
ment .
fJTou're the first one who hasn't
laughed at the idea," he said. "But
it's just a dream that sounds good.
What could you or I, or anyone
else do to make it come true?"
"You'd be surprised," Penny
said, finding new courage. Jim
Vickers, though he didn't know it,
had won a powerful ally for his
reconstruction program.
If Jim could have understood
the determination in her chin, and
the resolution in her eyes, he
might have wondered just what
was running . through Penny's
mind. In the gathering darkness,
he noticed only that she had a
lovely profile.
"Hop in," said Jim, "101 take
you home."
Thanks," Penny saitL "You've
made my first day in Kirktown
a real pleasure."
"it's only the beginning." he
told her. "I'm going to make it
my business to see that every day
is pleasant"
.The week that followed was an
illuminating one for Penny. She
was glad, now, that no publicity
had attended her return from dis-
Itant shores. For a little while, at
least, she preferred to remain un
noticed; With increasing frequency, Pen
ny observed, the men who came
to Pietro's huddled together in
serious conversation. She studied
their set faces.
"Midge," she asked one day, "is
something wrong? Have you no
ticed the strained way the men
are acting?"
"Yes, Penny," was the quiet re
ply. "I've noticed a lot of things
in the last few weeks. There's
trouble brewing at the mill."
"Trouble?" Penny asked, be
wilderedly. Before Penny could make fur
ther Inquiries, Midge had lost in
terest in the conversation. Over
Penny's shoulder she grinned the
big smile she reserved only for
Bud Walsh.
"Bud," Midge called, "what
brings you here so soon?" In her
eagerness to reach him, she
dropped her towel, and saved her
self from tripping only by a mir
acle of acrobatic balancing.
"Howdy, Midge. Hello, Penny,"
Bud answered, with a shy wave
of his hand. He was tall, husky,
handsome. His hands were the
tough hands of a steel man accus
tomed to hard work. He had the
quiet power that characterized so
many of the workers Penny had
met
a a .
pENNY waited until Mldgo was
called away. Then she asked,
nonchalantly, "What's new at the
mil?" ;
- "Nothing much," 'BuUahawerb'cL
"If always tha same."
PENNY
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"Do you like working at the
mills?" Penny questioned.
"Do II The Kirk mills are tops
for my money," he said proudly.
"Did you know that we made some
of the steel for the Grand Coulee
Dam? And some of Dad's steel
was used in the Panama Canal."
Bud hesitated a moment, debat
ing his next words. "Dad says
things aren't the same at the mills
ow. Not like they were when
John Kirk was running tilings.
Old John was a wonderful fellow.
He knew every man by his first
name. He often brought his dinner
pail along, and had lunch with
the men.
"By today's standards," BudVe
flected, "John Kirk would be con
sidered a slave driver. He wasn't,
though. He worked as hard as the
rest of the men. They liked him
and they respected him. And John
Kirk always took care of his men,
too. He had a reputation for pay
ing better wages than any of the
big mills, and for taking an in
terest in the fellows that worked
for him."
"You certainly make the good
old days sound swell," said Penny.
"Old John Kirk doesn't seem so
much like an ogre from your de
scription." "He was a great guy," said Bud.
"Ask any of the old-timers. They'll
tell you. The mills could use
someone like John Kirk now. He
understood men as well as steel.
The gang that's there now under
stands steel only. Morale isn't the
same. John Kirk knew how to
get his men to work for him until
they couldn't lilt their hands.
That was the secret of his suc
cess." Midge was back now, glowingly
happy as she always was when
Bud Walsh was near. "Break it
up," she pleaded. "Give me a
chance, Penny."
But Penny wasn't listening to
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14 Boat paddle.
15 Age.
16 Trouble.
17 Decays.
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21 Greek letter.
22 Doctor of Sci
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23 Military police
(abbr.).
25 Incline head.
26 Electrical
engineer
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27 Symbol for
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28 Swell of sea,
30 Gain.
32 Amount of
rent.
41 Moves by
turning.
44 Pedal digits.
45 First woman.
46 Alleged force.
48 Nova Scotia
(abbr.).
49 Menagerie.
52 Deposit ac
count (abbr.).
53 Jumbled type.
54 Courtesy titles
56 Statements.
58 Quiet.
60 Australian
bird.
61 Metat.
62 Drag.
64 So (Scot.).
34 Snares.
36 International
language.
37 Mythological
maiden.
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(symbol).
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Midge. In her mind a bold plan
was forming. She would need help
Jim Vickers' helpto execute
it. Trouble at the Kirk mills
meant trouble for Psnny. She
wanted to strike at its source.
(To Do Continued!
HOW IT ORIGINATED
The word "tonnage," which Is
used in referring to the cubical
content, burden, or capacity of
a ship, originated as "timnngc"
and was used to designntc the
tuns, or rask of wlno the ship
could carry.
OUNCE OF PREVENTION
Allegheny county citizens.
near Pittsburgh, Pn., once con-J
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ivy on the hillsides along the
scenic Ohio river boulevard in
order to prevent sign painters
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outburst.
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33 Before.
35 Friend.
39 Recess for '
storage.
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43 Grins.
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3 Permit.
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5 Pale.
6 Persia. ,t
7 Conduct,
8 Sun.
9 Manganese
(symbol).
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piece.
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51 Wide-mouthed
jar.
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55 Speed. V- 1
56 Twice.
57 Total.
59 United Service
Organizations
(obbr.).
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titanium.
63 Graduate In
Pharmacy
(abbr.).
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