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Show I C.ngr, ROWAN TIMKS. tempt rar'ly deserted, the chair legs, feeing f r Retie, who alw.ics pelted h.m He d g rut bed against Brttwn l.tuM-by mistake, "ViTy. t'e the startled cleik w,r He reached down, puked up the pup clums.ly, and careles-i- y to the flot r "Wonder you . animals outa draw mg a card oud lh.t,k it was a zoo." Nobodc replied Hennessy looked up queerly from his typewriter. Ginger, not having sensed the 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, living up to his name, bit. Brown 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. Lvery 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, sruiTed in and ,.ut FICTION CORNER PAI50WAN. tTAII f r HARD GUYS By MILION man' foot protruded blanket like a fr, n A pan of water rested lot. enYe s iewalk; they had tried to o , etiirg for him, without being Jut on ordinary aidestreet, itie and , fjreirg ear, a rat tat tat shot all. Another 1-jI- ,lrp t un Jcrstanding, turned to its critic appealing Melsner laughed '8norlg the complaint If a cute lookin mutt at that ,a U.'ough. y ve minutes after th cops came, to a stop at (l;u ky sedan Jolted men Site curb. rriiv Half-a-doze- n out someone In TV u!a a- -' tha to Hennessy. Send out and we'U took in the scene five it a feed." 0f UJe ''"-presen- t then way, a matter-o- f fact In el was dispatched across about the lieutenant and jMarr-the pe homicide squad man and plied trect. In a minute or two, the pern with questions. One of the lppinR Rll!k and sniff-n- g chopmcat, oblivious to further newr3; ermen was chewing gum. p-ethers were smoking and one criticism, or his audience. neon i fellow laughed raucously at the homicide squad man jornet'-intsil Sv n a few broke away and hfj 'e . f r the drugstore aeross the e rrr 't with the blue and white emblem outside. Within all of them twery squeezed bark Into the car. S'lfg, Mac, see yln church," the man at the wheel yelled to the jeu'e-a- nt as the gears meshed. the man in the "Hard guvs, trewd muttered, as the machine turnei the corner. You said it," his companion igreed, dryly. An I our later, Joe Melsner of the Cv News Federation, Old Man" decided. T!e newcomers tP-- ' w J)li moon su l m, tcilli skilfully mnHtuUxi EHesiBioO Irons boot-blac- P?C.as 'ir.ently ihw how u.l Mnarttng xithing, relieves tin irritation oi omlim-h- t rud.-'- itil iiig, - 1 Oiy Tcoma ? toiiiMiun HaaheS 3- . rcmirkMUic rLaL,y has fleas" ,t ofTi my dIJlk .. not-so-bi- g reporters," 1 . lany tossed to, k ffdering, V nn.UeJ over Rode turned his heiH from the card table. i- -' p . , d.s-cl,- i jjjni R sparkled. fiveg a jert wit e tangly bundle d a4 E hit U M 6 Ways to Comfort 3X,e Droll: JIM, JJulU Dr - I iinpio Filoa 4 Oul 1 6 Mmur Horn 6 Pur Pimp lea I., lay fium any , rail) dniri.L I (rmty. i.Oam.-- f, Planning for the Future? Buy U. S. Savings Bonds! tele-pi-n-- Quality " Oil rater Llrmrntt gie you ilouMg fit n first, through irgin cotton fiber second, through the acid-proglass cloth Collector Tuba AC minutes boroughs polire reporters, pressroom on the ground floor of the Supreme Cc.rt Budding to buy an afternoon Johrny Hennessy, of the piir. Ci te, the kid of the shack, sat in i comer figuring out his expense account Jim Reide, of the Nason, of the Mail, Cohen, ef t! e Reflector and Lenox, of the Home Press, with a few of the usual were at the pressroom hangers-on- . inevitable rummy game. Opposite, Deiany, of the Star, legs stretched rajesticolly across his desk and feet high in the air, sat back reading a fat book with a scarlet cover and yellow edges. Levito, who was with an paper, fidgeted in a phone booth, waiting to "clean ip 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 fra-lio- 8202 With Slanted Lines A YOUTHFUL and utterly captl- vating date frock to win you a wealth of compliments. It fea- Y te kft smoky-walle- tures the popular slanted lines, gaily accented with brilliant buttons. 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Now what dya call this?" the While the men were out on stories Old Man grunted, stooping over. holdups, suicides, fires, whatnot He picked up the tripped around impatiently, cringing some-flin- Ginger and deposited it gingerly on until they came back. Then he his desk, a massive affair greeted them joyously, with quick, with "Private: Keep Out! on it in short barking yelps. 0 forbidding letteis. The "something was a very tiny dog, a bedraggled The pressroom was crowded one with crowded afternoon, puppy that looked as if it hadnt sultry eaten in as long as it hadnt bathed. sweaty men in shirtsleeves. At the Its eyes were as if card table, next to Reide, was A1 with weeping. But there was a pink Brown, a thick - necked hardware spot on the end of the moist black clerk who spent his idle hours with ose. And the eyes themselves what he caUed the "newshoundS. Ken-ncss- die-har- d Mels-ner- ty g roll-to- p d, y with a bard left to the jaw. and and of Pattern No 120 cnmri in ic 38, S3. 40. 42, 44. 40. 43 Ml and 52 .Sue .13. ahull sit-ev4 card ui 35 Inch; 1 yaid pur ched Trap, which ruffling Send your order to: ii-- ii e ef mi-St- No RH'2 13 Ginger was forgotten. Hen slightly larger figure. Dainty rufnessy has sprung from his chair fling at the neck and shoulder like a starting sprinter, yanked gathers give a nice feminine air Brown from his seat, see how smooth the skirt falls. overturning the table at the same time and Have short or three - quarter smashed a hard fist to the outsiders sleeves. jaw. Brown reeled, regained his footing, swung, and missed. Nason and Popular Calypso Song9 Delany started to intervene, but The Calypso songs of Trinidad Melsner, who had taken everything such as Stone Cold Dead in quietly, Negroes, stopped them with a move of his hand. "Let em go a in the Market, have become so while," he said, grimly. The others popular in the United States since 1935 that one singer alone, Wilbacked away. moth Houdini, of New Yorks HarThoroughly aroused, Brown has recorded over 400 of lunged at his lighter rival, who lem, them. 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 went for Hennessy again. The result was still another crack; he could feel his eye swell as if air had been pumped around it. Clearly he was no match at boxing for d the "newshound who sidestepped 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 for the reporter, brown pressed his advantage, bore cant rot and thus allow pollution of the oil. 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