Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 116, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 26, 1948 Page: 3 of 6
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XIII
JESSICA talked tu Doris. *lt wa?
•* a relief to pour out her bewil-
derment to the other Kirl who lis-
tened gravely and then tossed
(aside her cigaret and said, "You've
'had a touch break but there's
'no solution that I see but to put
it squarely up to Tom. Either
that or leave Akron and go back
to Kentucky."
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"That would be running away,
wouldn't t?"
"That's up to you," said Doris.
"My father won't take me back."
"Do you want to go?"
"I haven't the chance," said Jes-
sica evasively.
Doris said. "Maybe you want to
run away from something more
than a mother-in-law,"
shrewd hatel eyes fastened
Jessica's downcast face.
"What do you mean?"
"1 saw you come home a
i or two ago in that swanky
ster with David Gregory.*
"You know him?"
Doris shrugged. "Would he
know me? He's a new man at the
plant and corn s through the fac-
tory occasionally. He was an ace
pilot in the first years of the war.
He's an authority on synthetics
now and Hugh Linton's right-band
man. Gets a huge salary and lives
at a downtown club. Anything
else?"
"I'm not interested In him."
"Then you're the exception, for
plenty of girls are."
Jessica explained, "I've met him
ttwice. He talked to me at the air-
'port and I met him again at the
Mayflower one afternoon and he
insisted upon bringing me home."
Doris cat staring thoughtfully
across the street. "The BLakes
know about him?" '
"There's nothing to know. Lucy
\fras properly shocked, but every-
thing shocks Lucy. She never
looks at a man except her em-
ployer."
* * •
T}ORlS made no comment and
shortly afterward Jessica left.
She found Lucy just returning
from the office looking drawn and
haggard. She refused the supper
Jessica offered to prepare for her.
She said, 'Where's Mother?"
"Gone to a church meeting. Bet-
sy's in bed and asleep and 1 went
across and talked to Doris for a
few moments."
"I can't understand • mr Interest
in that girl." Lucy ,.jk off her
plain felt hat and ran her fingers
through her blond hair and loos-
ened it
JesMra stood watching her. How
lovely Lucy could be if she'd only
try. Something of this colored her
tone as she said. "You can't under-
stand anything but working like a
slave for a man who probably
doesn't appreciate what you do."
Lucy whirled. "But he does!
HuRh Linton took me in to work
tor him when I was inexperienced
and he held Just a minor position
at the factory. That was four
years ago. He says that he owe;
much of his present success to my
efficiency, and I owe him every-
thing. . . ." Her voice broke and
she sank into a chair and leaned
her heud against the back and
closed her eyes. Then she sat up
and said apologetically, "I didn't
mean to seem abrupt, but my job
means everything to me. Mr. Lin-
ton has been liberal, as you must
know, for my salary helps to keep
this home. Mother had only a
tiny income from an insurance
policy my father left her."
"What was he like?" asked Jes-
sica curiously.
"My father?" .Lucy stared
thoughtfully at her clasped hands
Tor a mofrient Tfttat BTTflnCT
don't think he was any success.
He was lazy. He worked at dif-
ferent jobs, as I* remember, and
then became a city fireman." She
smiled faintly. "As far back as
I can remember, Mother always
listened for the fire siren, and
even yet she has a passion for at-
tending fires. It seems silly, doesnt
it, when she's so strong-minded
and emotionless?
• • •
«]VfY father was kilted to a fire
L downtown. I was only 12
years old and Tom was 14. Tom
worked after school at odd jobs
until he was old enough to go
into the factories. Mother went to
work by the day and I took care
of children nights. You wouldn't
understand a life like that, would
you?"
Jessica shook her head.
Lucy went on, "Mother and Tom
provided the money for my busi-
ness course because they didnt
want me to go into the rubber
factories. When Mr. Linton gave
me a position as his secretary I
was proud."
Work and save. That had been
Lucy's life. Jessica rose impul-
sively and kissed her. She said
briskly, "Nevertheless, there are
limits to what any girl should do
for her family, Lucy."
She went downtown the next
day. leaving Betsy with Doris, and
told the jeweler with whom she
had left her ring that she had
decided to sell it. He smiled, well
pleased. He said, "Mr. Linton wilt
be delighted. He is quite deter-
mined to have the ring.*
"Mr. Linton?" she asked.
"Hugh Linton. He's an execu-i
tive in one of the rubber plants'
and a very good customer."
Je>sica didn't want that thin-
lipped arrogant man with the cold
light eyes to possess her mother's!
ring. She concealed her astonish-
ment that he and Lucy's employer,
were the same. She debated wheth-t
er to tell Lucy that she had seenj*
Hugh Linton. But then it she
discussed Hugh Linton with Lucy,
she would have to divulge the pos-
session of the money brought from
the ring's sale: and for the present
she determined to keep that money
u secret.
(To Be Continued)
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JESSICA debated ways and
•* means of using the money fiftm
the sale of her ring to further her
y plan to take a business training.
But Lucy discouraged the job
idea.* "It will place an added
(burden upon mother." she hinted,
"and she has quite enough to do
'already.**
This was the Lucy Jessica dis
liked. The martyred Lucy who
refusecfto have fun like other girls
and constantly flaunted her rigid
adherence to home obligations.
Duty—Lucy was a slave to duty,
her home and her work. The
latter claimed more and more of
her time and energy, until one
evening in late September, when
she dragged about the house com-
pletely exhausted, Jessica asked
her, "Why are you such a com-
plete idiot, Lucy? A man like
Hugh Linton doesn't appreciate all
this self-sacrifice in the line of
duty."
"What do you know about Hugh
Linton?"
Jessica wasnt too sure Just how
to explain. She said lumely, "Doris
works at the same plant She's
■told me about him."
"Mr. Linton doesnt know that
Doris exists."
• "Probably not, but that doesnt
alter the fact that she has seen
him and hears—"
"What does she hear?" demand-
ed Lucy, her eyes flashing.
"How should I know, but I
Judge he might be the type—*
"What do you mean?"
Lucy's thin cheeks were flaming
red with anger. She tossed aside
the evening paper she had been
reading and left the room.
• • •
;TTfTHAT did I mean? puzzled
1 Jessica. Exactly nothing. In
fact she had fibbed when she
mentioned Doris, for Doris had
never spoken to her about Hugh
Linton.
Now her curiosity was aroused,
and the next time she saw Doris
Jessica asked her, "Tell me some-
thing about Hugh Linton. What
is he like?"
"Why do you want to know?"
Doris stooped to stuff leaves deep-
er into the bushel basket she was
filling. The scent of burning
leaves was in the air.
"Because I'm curious." Jessica
moved a swirl of leaves closer to
Doris' basket with her shoe. "Be-
cause Lucy goes into hysterics
whenever his name is mentioned.
He must be a saint"
"Quite the contrary," said Doris
dryly. She paused to dump the
leaves from her basket on the heap
outside the curb. When she re-
turned she and Jessica sat on the
steps and watched the pile of
leaves go up In flames.
Jessica said, "He has my ring—
at least I'm quite certain Mr.
Lfhton bought my mother's ring."
"Your mother's ring?"
Jessica explained. Doris
shrugged. "Probably a present for
some sweetie," she said briefly.
Let's go in. it's getting cold."
Jessica refused and went back
across the street remembering that
Lucy was alone working on a
piece of needlepoint
But Lucy left the house as she
came in, explaining that she was
worried about her mother. Th->
bonfires might easily start a Are
fend her mother worried about
Ares.
"That's ridiculous," Jessica said.
Lucy stood shrugging into her
coat "No." she said, "not if you
understand Mother. She always
went to fires as far back as 1 can
remember." N
Jessica said. "I can understand
your mother's anxiety when your
father was a #fireman, but why
should she worry now?"
"You can't change Mother,"
Lucy stated flatly as sne left
Jessica and hurried off down the
smoke-fogged street
• • •
TT rained that night and the
fallen leaves lay damp and
sodden on the walks the next
morning. Betsy escaped from
the house and played outside for
a half hour before Jessica dis-
covered her absence. She caught
a dreadful cold. Several terrify-
ing days and nights followed for
Jessica until the baby's fever
broke and she was out of danger.
Then Betsy was up again and
able to be bundled up in her new
coat, and in spite of Mrs. Blake's
dark forebodings that fresh air
would bring a return of her ill-
ness, Jessica took her Out one
bright, unusually warm October
afternoon and went to the park
half way across the city.
The afternoop sun was as hot
as August and Betsy ran up and
down on the grass and squealed
and laughed and looked more like
herself than at any time since her
illness.
Jessica whipped off her hat and
felt the sun warm and welcome
on her own face after the long
weary days in a sickroom. There
was a tang tn the air, the stir of
drifting leaves overhead. She
watchcd the cars circle past in a
constant stream. Then suddenly
she straightened up and called
sharply to Betsy who ran about
a little distance away, "Come,
Betsy, we must go."
She was too late.. The driver of
the big red car moving along the
drive slowed and halted; the car
swung open and David Gregory
leaped down and strode toward
her.
"Jessica!" He seized her hands
and held them tightly in his own
firm hands. Betsy raced toward
them, stopped, smiled, and said,
"Mans." David dropped Jessica's
hands and lifted the baby and sat
down beside Jessica with Betsy
on his knees.
Jessica's heart raced. She had
almost forgotten him—No, that
was not true, she had kept the
thought of David hidden, only to
revive it now as her thoughts
whirled and she felt tongue-tied
and self-conscious.
(To Be Continued)
Population Sq m,
359.231 9,609
.. 1.912,000 10.429
Few people realize how small
Palestine actually is. As this
map shows, this trouble spot is
little bigger than Vermont, one
of our smaller states. Yet the
Holy Land supports 183.33 peo-
ple per square mile, compared
to Vermont's 37.38.
Anything Found
In Woman's Purse
ST. LOUIS <U.Ri Mr*. Ruth
Abernathy, who lost her watch
five years ago, agrves that you
never can tell what you'll find at a
rummage sale, or in a woman's
purs*. I feeds, about $125.
Her mother, Mrs. Kdgar W. | Her father helped
Anderson, took one of Mrs. Aber- : money." Whtut he found
r.athy's old purses to a church I the lining of the purse
lammage sale, then divided to use ! it open. There was the
I it instead to carry home the pro- i wutch.
count the
a hole in
he ripped
lost wrist
Arthur A. Schuck Is the new
Chief Scout Executive of the Boy
Scout Organization. An expert
on organizing and financing so-
cial service organizations, hs has
been Scout Executive of ths Lie
Angeles Area CoundL
GLISTEN WHITE
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1S?8-WECKENRIDGE AMERICAN—3
Shoot not the duck from yon
blonde's head—it's part of the
h;rt, bub! The decoy is part of
the decor for the Ducks Unlim-
ited Show in Los Angeles, to
rs i?e money for the preservation
or migratory bird life. Phillis
Ccstcs, who's not a migratory
bird, is the gaL
Sit-Down Strike
Breaks Up Show
BUENOS AIRES (U.R) — "The
show must go on" tradition of the
theatrical world was rudely shaken
ht rt when performers of the Ca-
sion Theater staged a folded arms,
folded legs and a sit down strike.
Delfi de Ortega, leading lady in
"Boite Russe," a psuedo- Russian
musical extravaganza, led the com-
pany in demanding their pay.
When the curtain went up, the
company sat on the stage with
arms folded and the dancers' legs
crossed. After ten minutes staring
at the audience stonily, the per-
formers showed no sign of getting
on with the show.
While the box office went
through that most painful opera-
tion in show business of returning
the dough to patrons, Delfi led the
clamour for her money.
But the show will go after all.
Th< theater lessees took over the
performers' four months' contract
and will use the "Boite Russe"
players for another musical.
o-
Nebraska's winter wheat crop
this year will total aboift 75.12:*,-
000, according to state-federal
agricultural statisticans.
PIANOS BOUGHT & SOLD
Tuning and Rebuilding
R. P. CONDROX
The Piano Man
Write Box 285, Stephenville,
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One More Good Pitcher Is
All Indians Need—Boudreau
BY HAtBY GRAYSON
NBA Sports Uitor
TVEW YORK— (NEA)—"If we Just had one more dependable pitcher
to go with Feller and Lemon," Manager Lou Boudreau believes
the Cleveland club would run one-two with the additional handcuff
king.
Gene Bearden, a huge left-hander who bagged 16 while losing seven
with an earned-run average of 2.86 tor the Oakland Coasters last
trip, may be the man.
"Bearden had good stuff against the Giants on the spring training
trip, and when a pitcher can check Mize and Company he can stop
any outfit," said Boudreau, hopefully.
Bob Muncrief may be considerable help when the warm weather
•sets in. Don Black and Allen Gettel have been disappointing. Steve 1
Gromek is one of those promisers, but the tall sidearmer hasn't lent
much of a hand since the war year of 1945. Russ Christopher and Ed j
Klieman are the relief workers, and the former has saved a half dozen
games already. Bill Kennedy, a large southpaw drafted from Scran- |
ton, and Lyman Linde, with Oklahoma City in 1947, have caught the ,
boss' eye.
A deal may be arranged between now and midnight of May 19,
when the clubs have to whittle down to 25.
Boudreau is optimistic for the first time since he assumed com- '
mand in 1942 because this is the first season his club has had balance 1
—outside the box.
A LOT of learned baseball men contend the Indians have the best
all-round infield in baseball built around the incomparable double
play combination of Boudreau and Joe Gordon. Kenny Keltner started
off pacing the home run derby. Eddie Robinson played first base
despite a sprained ankle, and is backed up by vice-president Hank
Greenberg. Johnny Berardino is ready to step in at shortstop, second
or third.
The Tribe's outflclding was on the weak side last season, with
Edwards, Peck, Mitchell. Seerey and Metkovich.
Now Thurman Tucker is covering center like the dew and Mitchell
and A1 Clark alternate in left, with Larry Doby and Seerey doing
the same thing in right, depending o the pitching.
Tucker, Mitchell and Doby are keeping such an accomplished left-
hand hitter and flychaser as Walt Judnich in the dugout.
Doby, the young Negro four-sport star of East Paterson, N. J..
High, only has to shake over-anxiousness. He smacked towering home
runs in Washington and Boston—three in tour games.
Back of the plate, the sizable target that is Jim Hegan is ably sup-
ported by Joe Tipton, who hit .375 for Wilkes-Barre, and Ray Murray,
up from Oklahoma City and bigger than Hegan. Working the second
game of the double-header in Boston, young Tipton belted a homer
that put the Injuns four runs on top.
To jo, formerly owned by ex-Premier Tojo and now top ranking
horse in the U. S. Army's First Cavalry Division stables in Tokyo,
talks over his prospects in a benefit race with S/Sgt. Robert E.
Dougherty of Washington, D. C., and Los Angeles. (Signal Corps
photo from NEA).
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