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Show - THE FICTION corner HARD GUYS By MILTON BRACKER dead man's foot protruded the blanket like a discarded boot. A pan of water rested on the sidewalk; they had tried to do something for him, without being able to. Just an ordinary sidestreet, and a speeding car, a shot that was all. Another was through. Five minutes after the cops came, a squeaky sedan jolted to a stop at n men the opposite curb. piled out. someone In the 'Reporters,' crowd decided. The newcomers took In the scene In a matter-o- f fact way, then swarmed about the lieutenant and the homicide squad man and plied them with questions. One of the newspapermen was chewing gum. The others were smoking and one rotund fellow laughed raucously at something the homicide squad man said. Soon a few broke away and headed for the drugstore across the street with the blue and white telephone emblem outside. Within all of them twenty squeezed back into the car. Slong, Mac, see yln church, the man at the wheel yelled to the lieutenant as the gears meshed. "Hard i guys, the man in the crowd muttered, as the machine turned the corner. his companion "You said it, agreed, dryly. An hour later, Joe Melsner of the City News Federation, "Old Man of the boroughs police reporters, left the smoky-walle- d pressroom on the ground floor of the Supreme Court Building to buy an afternoon paper. Johnny Hennessy, of the Globe, the kid of the shack, sat in a corner figuring out his expense account. Jim Reide, of the Nason, of the Mall, Cohen, of the Reflector and Lenox, et the Home Press, with a few of the usual were at the pressroom hangers-on- , inevitable rummy game. Opposite, Delany, of the Star, legs stretched majestically across his desk and feet high in the air, sat back reading a fat book With a scarlet cover and yellow edger. Levlto, whe was with an paper, fidgeted in a phone booth, waiting to "clean up" the shooting story. A voice thundered In the corridor. The others looked up; they always did when Melsner spoke. He was pointing to something huddled at the doorway, 77' "Now what dya call this? the Old Man grunted, stooping over. He picked up the cringing something and deposited it gingerly on affair his desk, a rhassive roll-towith "Private; Keep Out! on it in forbidding letters. The "something was a very tiny dog, a bedraggled puppy that looked as if it hadnt eaten In as long as it hadn't bathed. as if Its eyes were with weeping. But there was a pink spot on the end of the moist black nose. And the eyes themselves THE rat-tat-t- at not-so-b- Half-a-doze- sparkled, giving a pert look to the whole tangly bundle. Hennessy stopped pondering, Delany tossed his book aside, and both ambled over. Reide turned his head from the card table "The mutt probably has fleas," he remarked. "Keep it offa my desk " As if understanding, the puppy turned to its critic appealingly. Melsner laughed gruffly, ignoring the complaint. 'mutt at that, Its a aint it, kid the Old Man winked to Hennessy. "Send out and well give it a feed." One of the ever present bootblacks was dispatched across the street. In a minute or two, the pooch was sipping milk and sniffing chopmeat, oblivious to further criticism, or his audience. cute-Iooki- deserted, Ginger, temporarily sniffed in and out of the chair legs, feeling for Reide, who slways petted him. The dog rubbed against Browns trousers by mistake. the startled , "Why, the clerk swore. He reached down, picked up the pup clumsily, and tossed him carelessly to the floor about a yard away. "Wonder you guys wouldn't keep animals outa here," he growled, drawing a card. "Youd think it was a zoo. Nobody replied Hennessy looked up queerly from his typewriter. Ginger, not having sensed the rebuff, returned to the table. Again he brushed Browns trousers. As if having anticipated the annoyance, the clerk kicked vigorously. There was a sharp squeal, then Ginger,-Lyinup to his name, bit. Browrn roared, grabbed the pooch from his leg, and before anyone could protest, hurled him with crushing force against the walL There was a crunch, then a whimper. Every eye in the place turned to the battered little body on the floor. But in a split second, every eye was glued on the centre of the room. mlnutsi Post-Flas- ty p Horizontal To surpass To diminish 11 To stimulate 12 To be in1 dignant at 14 Egyptian deity 15 Cupola 17 Poker stake 18 German river 20 Unusual 23 Hint 24 To require 26 At no time 28 Note of scale 29 Of longer standing" 81 Person named for an office 33 From a distance 33 Comfort 36 Fails to follow suit 39 Post of a stairway 42 Bovine quadruped 43 Souvenir 45 Roman emperor 46 Consumed 1 ' 50 51 Kind 63 To redact 55 Prefix: down 58 Three in one 59 Expunging 10 Complete Goddess of peace 13 Indian shelter 11 16 Uniform Vertical Outer coating of the teeth 2 90 3 Spanish hero 4 Short jacket 5 Citrus fruit 6 Land measure 7 To exist 8 9 Man's name Movable shelter "Hennessy caught the clerk with a hard left to the jaw." "Well call him Ginger, Hennessy suggested. "Lookit the fire In his eyes, will you? Ginger yapped appreciatively, provocatively, That finished the card game. Reide, the d most of the players, threw down his gummy cards, and with the others, gathered around Mels-ner- s desk. Fondly they watched the grimy little mutt push his snoot into the worm-lik- e chopmeat. Two days later, Ginger was part of the life of the shack. A bootblack had been commissioned to give him a bath, to provide a lined box for a bed, to continue general caretaking. While the men were out on Stories holdups, suicides, fires, whatnot Ginger tripped around impatiently, until they came back. Then he greeted them joyously, with quick, short barking yelps. Hen-nes- die-har- 1 fire-eye- rical function If: a v yy- ssss.-s- t ,y v . a y v y. fa, fm iflgiF 'Wi!i ao&sucwid Clu CJ & I (yjtwn (ji Economical Cuts Of Meat Are Tasty If Prepared Right LYNN CHAMBERS MENU Cream Swiss Steak Browned Potatoes Lyonnaise Carrots Pineapple Cole Slaw Bran Muffins Floating Island Beverage Recipe given. Mix oil, lemon juice and seasonings; rub well into meat Dredge meat with flour and brown slowly in fat. Add the tomatoes Cover closely and cook In a slow oven for about 4 hours or until meat is fork tender. Swiss steak is Leftover meats are easily than some cuts of meat, and cheaper creamed and served in patty the leftovers may be used as the ahells on a platter generously meat from pot roast. heaped with vegetables an econCream Swjss Steak. omy note for your budget. 1)4 pounds round or arm steak Budget-wis- e homemakers are tak1)4 teaspoons salt ing a second look at their budgets teaspoon pepper are of most them this season, and )4 cup flour keeping one eye on their purse 2 tablespoons lard strings, while the other eye is glued )4 cup sliced onion to prices One item that is getting H cup water extra consideration is meat H cup sour cream Theres hardly such a thing as a Have steak cut 1)4 to 2 Inches budget cut of meat anymore, thick Season with salt and pepbut naturally per and pound flour well into steak. there are some Brown steak on both sides, in lard that are less exor drippings. Add remaining inoththan pensive Cover closely and simgredients of ers. Breast mer for about 3 hours, or until tenlamb is among der. those as well as Rice-BeBalls. of the beef some 1)4 pounds ground beef )4 cup uncooked rice 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon grated onion fled with a suggestion of the flavor. 1 can tomato soup A roast is good economy if it is H can water beef or lamb because you can count 2 tablespoons chopped onion on two or three meals as well as 2 tablespoons chopped green pepper Mix meat, rice and seasonings. sliced meat for sandwiches. If you plan on one roast per week careful- Shape into small balls and drop ly cooked so as to avoid expensive them Into tomato soup to which the shrinkage then Its easy to use the water, onion and green pepper have economy item Ive already men- been added. Cook very slowly for tioned to fill up the other days 40 minutes. Serve with tomato sauce poured over them. nicely. for fast Rub in soothing Ben-Ga- y conrelief from muscular soreness and pain. Ben-Ga- y tains up to 2 Vi times more methyl salicylate and menthol famous agents knowm to every doctor than five other widely offered rub-in- s. Insist on genuine Ben-Gathe original Baume Analgesique. gently-warmin- pain-relievi- y, Also for Pain dua to RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, and COLDS. Ask for Mild Ben-Ca- y for Children. It Is Wise to Read the Advertisements In This Newspaper Before Going Shopping ef Ginger we forgotten. has sprung from his chair like a starting sprinter, yanked Brown from his seat, overturning the table at the same time and smashed a hard fist to the outsiders jaw. Brown reeled, regained his footing, swung, and missed. Nason and Delany atarted to intervene, but Melsner, who had taken everything in quietly, stopped them with a move of his hand, "Let em go a while," he said, grimly. The others backed away. Thoroughly aroused, Brown lunged at his lighter rival, who danced aside just fast enough. As the clerk plowed by, the reporter grabbed him by the scruff of the neck, swung him around, and sent him sprawling away with another punch that cracked against his jaw. Brown shook his head, spat, then The pressroom was crowded one went for Hennessy again. The rewtth sultry afternoon, crowded sult was still another crack; he sweaty men in shirtsleeves. At the could feel his eye swell as if air card table, next to Reide, was A1 had been pumped around it. Clearnecked hardware Brown, a thick clerk who spent his idle hours with ly he was no match at boxing for d the "newshound who sidewhat he called the newshounds. stepped and stung him So deftly. He dropped back, then plunged low like a football player and threw Hennessy to the floor. Again Nason and Delany leaped forward to interfere, but the Old Man, an Intense gleam in his eyes, restrained them. It looked bad tor the reporter. Brown pressed his advantage, bore laUsa la Msst baas. down with his full weight. One of the newspaperman's shoulders was down, the other twisted consul-sivel- y aa the panting fellow on top sought to wrench It into the dirt of the Then suddenly one of Hennessy'a legs appeared, entwined about the body of his foe, the other leg applied pressure from beneath, and a perfect wrestler's "scissors hurled the heavier man to the aide, almost reversing the positions. The knotted pair whirled crazily across the floor like a fiend. They crashed into Melsner desk, upsetting a bottle of purple ink, which spilled over both of them. Then they tore apart, and each staggered to his feet, a livid mess Brown wiped his brow, smearing It grotesquely with sweat, ink, and blood. He lunged again, but for the last time. Hennessy, his whole frame taut for one blow, poised like a matador and as the clerk rushed In, brought his left fist forward and up like a lead mallet It caught the hardware clerk on the point of the chm, and he went down for good. From the comer, a faint bark No. 34 signalized Ginger's approval, and Jolted the wide-eyeonlookers to 54 Viscous 40 Ate away their senses. 41 To decrease substance 57 Not any 44 Systems of 58 Comparative rules suffix 47 Silkworm Ten minutes later, a few blocks 60 Compass 49 Dreadful down. Brown was telling his boss 52 Vat point how hed been "mobbed" in a card game brawl with a "half dozen reporters. "I told you to keep away from those he was told. fellows, "Theyre hard guys. In the pressroom, Reide held a blue bowl and Delany held Ginger. The ethers were clustered around, beaming. The puppys bruised side was bandaged clean around his fat httle middle, and tied with a funny bow on top. like a Christmas parcel. "WU1 ya look at the runt go for Melsnei that milk, will yaT 0rlM B"47 grinned at Hennessy. mnd d instrument Small drum 62 Withered 1 h, two-head- 61 ' j floor-board- s. 48 Ecclesiasti- cal council Tier Tuesday, October 7, 1947 THE DRAGERTON TRIBUNE, DRAGERTON, UTAH PAGE SEC Liver-Ric- ' Cakes. e (Makes 19 cakes) 1 pound sliced pork liver H cup shortening small onion 1)4 cups cooked rice 1 teaspoon salt teaspoon pepper 1 egg 1)4 tablespoons )4 cup milk SHE milk cup of shortening until nicely browned and let cooL Put the liver and onion through the food chopper. Add the rice, salt, pepper, egg, milk and mix well. Shape into small cakei and brown In cup of shortening until brown on both aides. Barbecued Lamb Breast. (Servea 4) 3 pounds breast of lamb 1 medium onion H cup chili sauce 1 teaspoon salt Pepper )4 teaspoon red pepper 1 tablespoon vinegar the liver Fry 1 SO XXI O MAW EA5Y. If OU USe REP STM t DRV yEAST in the txxsNTpRyyeAsr BETTER. WdiDwseR KAY KOOCRS f AYSl "Sv Um with Four ftetpet by Mint IED $TAt...nd to Mr to k Douhnuts for the 0 totch of HO $TAK HaIIowm eh.WW QGE) 61FAQ few slivers of leftover meat in an attractive salad served in shells to make a substantial luncheon dish. Add eggs, cottage cheese and vegetables if yon are some what shy of meat itself. A are easily used water cup Here are two real economy dishes Cut lamb into 5 pieces. Season which youll like for the cooler with salt and pepper. Place In a weather: hot skillet with Breaded Oxtails. the fatty sides of (Serves 4) on the the meat 2 oxtails bottom so they S sprigs parsley, chopped will brown easily. 3 sprigs thyme Mix chili sauce, 1 bay leaf red pepper, vinSait and pepper water and egar Dash of cayenne over and pour 1 egg, beaten lamb. Slice onion 1 cap aifted dry bread ernmbs and place over meat. Cover. Simlid remove Wash oxtails and cut into mer for Hi hours, then and cook for about 20 minute or lengths. Cover with boiling water. until most of the barbecue sauce is Add parsley, thyme, bay leaves, salt, pepper and cayenne Simmer absorbed A pot roast Is very nice to have tails until tender, about 2 to 3 hours as the roast of the week, and then Let cool in stock. Drain meat, dip meat for in egg ind roll in crumbs. Fry in its easy to use as sliced for deep, hot fat (370 degrees) until and used or ground supper, brown. meat pies, stuffing for peppers, Ham-Swewith biscuit dough, etc. If Potato Puffs. (Serves 5) you make it creole style, it will have plenty of flavor for other uses 1 cap ground, cooked ham Creole Pot Roast. 2 cops mashed sweet potatoes 1 egg, beaten 5 pounds chuck of beef '( , A cap sifted flour 44 cup salad oil " 1 teaspoon baking powder Juice of 1 lemon H teaspoon salt 2 bay leaves 1 onion, minced Combine bam, sweet potatoes and 2 teaspoons allspice egg Sift flour, baking powder and 5 teaspoons salt salt together. Add to ham mixture Pepper Drop by spoonfuls onto a hot flonr 2 tablespoons greased griddle. Brown on each 2 tablespoons lard or drippmgs side 2 caps tomatoes Released by Western Newspaper Union -- ls et DQY VGACY Experience is the Bestleacher Remember that wartime cigarette shortage? The many different brands people smoked? As a result of that experience... those comparisons... more people are smoking Camels than ever before I ri T r :fVP 4 " LYNN 8AYS: Add Beauty Touches To Vegetables Curl your raw carrots by slicing them with a potato peeler and curling them around the finger. Slip off the curls and place them close together in a dish of very icy water. Let itand for one half an hour and the curl will stay. When you broil ham for dinner, place corn or green beans in the dripping pan and let the vegetables catch the delicious juices. REP STARMOM SM it rises mst and makes ceucMwurs taste NOT For cooked carrots, fleck them with 'chopped chives or parsley by adding the latter to the melted fat you use for seasoning. Season chopped, freshly cooked spinach with crumbled bacon and a dash of nutmeg. Top with hard cooked egg white and yolk, separated and put through a sieve. Scalloped or stewed tomatoes take on added color and flavor if you add a dash of herbs to them and also a suggestion of finely minced onion and chopped green pepper. yOUR"T-ZON- E WILL TELL YOU... T for Taste... T for Throat... Thats your proving ground forany cigarette. See if Camels don't suit yourT-2onet- o at' tiORE PEOPLE ARE Si'AQMS an |