SERIAL STORY
LUCKY
BY GLORIA KAYE
CASTRO AGAIN ;
CHAPTER VIII
POR her visit to the Kirk mills,
1'onny borrowed a slock suit
from Midge. Will) a dinner pail
under her arm and a pass clutched
tightly in her fingers, she joined
the men who passed the gate
watchman on their way to start
the 8 o'clock turn.
The mills stretched in an end
less maze along the river. Penny
was fascinated as she watched the
processes of steel making. When
the noon whistle blew, she was al
ready tired, her feet protesting
against the extended hike. .-. i
Men poured out of the mills,
stated themselves on piles cf lunv.
ber, and opened their lunch kits.
Penny was due for a pleasant sur
prise. As she scurried across a
railroad siding, she literally
bumped Into Bud Walsh. ,. , . ; .
"What in heaven's name are you
doing here?" Bud demanded.-when
- the first shock of meeting her had
e.-.ded.
"It's lonesome at the Courier
tifllM," ahc told him, "so I thought
I'd come over here to have lunch
with some of the boys."
"Glad to have you with us," Bud
said, warmly. "Come on over and
meet the gang." Delighted, she
shook hands with his friends.
"It feels good to sit down," she
said. "I've been wandering
around for hours." Happily, she
opened the lunch box. The sand
wiches M'dge had made tasted
good. She gave Bud one of the
pears packed neatly into the kit,
"You're not going to go wrong
on juiagc," .Fenny assured Bud.
"She sure can make good sand
wiches." All the men laughed.
The whistle signalling their re
turn to work blew all too soon.
DENNY returned to the Courier
A office to write her first story
about the Kirk mills, a light, per
sonalized feature story in which
she stressed the good humor of
the men. Jim was encouraging,
helpful. He took time off from
his proof-reading to suggest a good
lead paragraph. Both of them
were absorbed in their work when
.they heard heavy footsteps clomp
ing down the stairs.
A heavy-set, short, swarthy man
walked in. He held a rolled sheet
of paper in his hand.
"Hello, Vickers," he scowled. "I
want to see you, alone."
"Hello, Castro," Jim replied,
coolly. "Penny's my partner. She's
just as interested as I am in any
thing you have to say."
"Okay, Vickers," Castro an
swered, '1 want to run a full-page
ad in your paper this week."
Then he pulled a roll of cur
rency from his pocket, peeled off
10 bills, and lined them up on the
counter. . Each had a value of
$100.
"What's this, Castro?" Jim
asked, quietly.
"Thats payment for my ad," the
gangster replied, impatiently. "A
thousand dollars."
your rates are the same for
everyone' said Jim. "Just $50 a
page." -
"I know that," Castro answered.
"I just want you to know that I
like you, that's alL It's yours. No
strings tied."
"Castro," Jim told him, with ice
in his voice, "You're a swell guy
and I like you too. But I'll give
you just 10 seconds to get out of
here and stay outl"
Dynamite blazed in Castro's
flushed face. Penny could see his
' fists clench. Then he calmed down.
He picked up the money Jim had
'rejected. . . .
"Vickers," Castro said, "There
isn't room in this town for the
two of us. I'm warning you. One
of these days I'm going to blow
;you and your fly-by-night rag so
high they'll never be able to put
the pieces together again."
He turned on his heel and swung
out through the door and up the
stairs.
"Good for you, Jim," Penny
said, finally. "I know you're not
just making a noble gesture. You
could use that money."
Jim smiled wrily. "I'd rather be
broke," he said. "Keeps me out
of mischief." : -
"Castro1 isn't the kind who
throws money around promiscu
ously," Penny cautioned. - "He
means business. You're a real
threat to him. I'd watch out if I
were you."
"Don't worry, Penny," Jim an
, swered, grimly. "I've met his type
before. Jn Paris they.'were a lot
smarter, a lot tougher, and a lot
more dangerous. He's right when
he said there isn't room enough
In this town for both of us.-1 don't
like rats."
..;:..
DENNY would never forget the
Thursday afternoon when her
first story was published. She
would always remember the thrill
of watching the press roll slowly
into action.. Then Joe, the press
man, lifted a page still wet with
ink. She saw her feature em
blazoned on the front page.
There, too, was Jim's editorial
alongside his story of the fatal
bridge accident. He hadn't pulled
any punches. Involuntarily, Penny
shivered as she thought of the re
action his words would provoke
among Kirktown's politicians.
That first issue, together with
her first pay check, Penny put
aside as carefully as though they
were her most treasured posses
sions. She would always cherish
.them.
Now Penny learned the joys
that every creative artist must
feel. Her mill story had caught
Mho attention of many eyes in
! Kirktown. People went out of
I their way to meet her. She was
as much at home now as though
j she had lived in Kirktown all her
lllfe.
The days ahead were busy ones.
PENNY
COPYRI0HT, iM.
NEA SERVICE, INC.
.Penny was happy in her work.
Her first mill story began a series
of new adventures for her. Every
department in the mills had a
wealth of story material. She vis
ited the teeming, busy little mills
so often that she was soon a fa
miliar figure to the hard-working
steelmakers.
She wrote about their hobbies.
Many of the men were inventors.
Some had traveled extensively,
and they reported interesting ex
periences. Every week, she learned more,
too, about the grievances that dis
turbed the men's morale. They
were petty things, mostly. Ideas,
she found, were sarcastically re
jected. Men were discouraued
from trying new methods and new
techniques.
Despite the modern facilities in
stalled in most departments in the
mills, there were still a few places
where safety devices had been
neglected. There had been nasty
accidents.,
Many of the foremen and su
perintendents were hardbitten, ar
rogant They aroused resentment
rather tiian loyalty. Then, too,
Kirktown offered little recrea
tional outlet, and the workers had
little incentive for self-improvement
All these things and more Penny
discovered in her conversations.
She found out, too, that in the
men who worked in the Kirk mills
there was the foundation for prog
ress and growth. Steel making
coursed through their blood as
much as printer's ink had begun
to run through her veins.
The time was coming, soon,
when Penny must make her de
cision. Should she take an active
part in management of the mills?
Should she shoulder the problems
she knew existed? How would the
Kirk executives react? And how
would tough, independent scrappy
steelmen feel about working for
a frail girl who was a tinymite
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