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By Rene Ryerson Mart
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KEN CARTER
CIIAITEIl IV .
rpilE innn who had coma out of
4 the laboratory door n Barbae
tried to open It win In overall!
wltli a smoke blackened face, lie
steadied Dnrbco with grimy paw
on her slcevo. j
"I beg your pardon, Mint. T
didn't hrnr you coming." lie spoke
with southern drawl.
"' Barbco backed away from hi
touch and looked wllh dlnrnuy at
tit black dunt Imprinted acroM
the front of hor ault whore aha
JjjM brushed a(iilnit him.
Qlti al,t rluhU" she said In a
rnultlcd voice. "It will brush off."
'I'm afraid not, Mis," the man
Informed hor. "Carbon duit don't
eomo off, It Jut stick."
6ho looked up at him angrily,
and law tor tho flint time that he
Waa young, and that hi eyes,
(tartllngly blue In the grlmlnma
tt hlf face, worn looking hor over
with lively appreciation.
' lie felt that he wi upiet. "I
really am sorry. Would you let
me pay I ho denning bill?"
Borbro stiffened. ' "Ccrlulnly
not." Her most immedlato desire
wa to cut thin conversation short.
"I'm looking for Mr. Kent. I he
Int"
"Pave ye, ho' In Uiere." He
irtood grinning after her ai he
flounced Uirough the door,
aaa
T JF.lt entrance waa unnoticed In
the node and confusion of
J4 plan.
CjTh rough a blue haze of some
Tend mnka that Hung her aye
Barbee made out tables cluttered
with dirty glum apparatus, long
row of hooded, strange-looking
machine along one wall, and cab
Ineti, once presumably painted
white, now a dirty drab color,
.hero through grimy glau door
could be icon rowi of bottled
chemical.
Slowly without her' usual self
assurance, he mad her way
toward a man ilttlng at a deik.
"Mr. Kent?"
Ma looked up at that, pushed
hi hat back on hi forehead and
tilted hi head to get a better look.
"The guard ent ma back to
see you. I came about a Job."
"Oh yet." HI glance continued
to appraise her, moved down from
her face, took In the mudge of
dirt on her suit Involuntarily ha
jrnlled.
O Barbee relaxed from ner un
natural tension." She smiled, too.
"I ran Into a man at the door."
. "Oh, that mint have been Ken
Carter. He Just went out of here.
He' an aulitant foreman out In
I the furnace room." Belatedly he
i remembered manner. "Sit down,
on't you." He Indicated a chair
beside hjs deiik.
Barbee took it and handed him
Una card that had already gotten
her pet the guard.
I The chemist read It quickly and
, looked back at her with renewed
llnteret. "Wo can ue you," ha
said promptly. "Wo neod mora
technician than wa can get. How-
over," milling ruefully, "I'd better
tell you Just what you're getting
Into. We don't want to train any-
lone who won't ty with u."
1 III glanco again went over her
l well-UlUored light suit, her ex
pensive hoc, the ring on her
finger.
"Thl I dlrly work. The women
Jwear old clothes or (mock. They
Yually tie a bandana over their
Affair to keep It from getting dusty.
We men," apologetically, "wear
our hat for the same reason,
Wa run two shift here In the
laboratory, one from 7 In the
morning to 3 In the afternoon;
thu other from 3 until 11. Each
worker has to take the second
, shift every third week.
"Think you want to try It?" ha
finished abruptly.
Barbee swallowed hard and her
stubborn little chin went up. "Ye
and I'll stick. You don't need
to worry about that." Her words
were a promise.
a e
JJIDrNO into town on the bus her
1 spirits began to rise. Perhaps
It was distance lending enchant
FUNNY
"I nl rnu lilo I ho I voalowlnv.
j( V'-r- like tliose fellows do
0
GIRL
COPYRIaHT, 14.
NCA Slavic. INC.
ment. At any rate the laboratory
thut hud shocked hor with its dirt
and grime now seemed a funclnnt
Ing pluce. She began to foal an
eagernoss to gat on the Job.
She was still bubbling with that
engnrneas whnn she sat across a
luncheon table from Charles
Mowry a little Inter. "You've no
idea how thrilled I feel and Im
portant. Yes, that's It, For what
I do In that laboratory will really
help us win this war."
A Charles watched Barbae'
shining and eager faco, his own
grow troubled. "You moke mo
ashamed you and Ned. I feel Ilka
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"Think you'll stay a while.
Rookie?"
BUSINESS
hut I rnn'l 1'Avp nhnnt Ihpm
when they miss onel" -
-B-y
slacker staying In chool to
greduato when thoro nro so many
other sacrificing their personal
umblllons for tho duration."
"That's sheer nonsense." She
touched his hand with a wormly
Impulslvo gosture. "You know
you'll be much moro valuable)
when you get that degree In chem
istry." She hod leaned across the table
toward him in her earnestness.
He has bluo eyes, too, she thought,
but not as blue ai that man' at
the lub.
She -stopped her thoughts an
grily. Why in the world should
slio bo comparing fulct, conscien
tious Charles Mowry with thut
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black-faced rough-neck who had
nearly run over her at the lab
orotory door?
(To B Continued)
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has been produced at 373 de
grees Fahrenheit far above the
ordinary boiling point by sub
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30 Cereal grain
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38 Long meter
(abbr.)
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40 Footlike part
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45 Begin
46 Plant part ,
47 Of Troy
48 Spinning toy'
49 Fish
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59 Symbol for
samarium
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(abbr.) .
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63 Street (abbr.)
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