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Show FAMOU YD YDt FAMOUHEADLINE t ' HEADLINEI HEADLINEV HEADLINE I V ! Xk1 _ _ _ bodJ bodJll ll [ ! ] "At At " Terror's Terrors ' Door'9 Door9 Door Door'9Hy ' " Hy By FLOYD GIBBONSANOTHER GIBBONS Gmnor.s Gmnors GIBBONSNOTHER . A ANOTHER NOTHER good way to find adventure is to go around aroundrIngIng around-1- around 1 1 around1ringing 1 1ringing doOl dooibells bells I - - for ringing looking it . And who rings more moreI doorbells moredoorbells than a house-to-house house to - - canvasser canvasser7 canvasser9 ? Olga l\icComlc l icComlc McComic \ McComicof licComlcof of Astona Astorm Astoria , N . , Y . , , can tell you all about that On a day dayIn dayin dayin In April , 1936 , when the wolf was howling around the door doorand doorand doorand herhand and there weren't werent ' any other jobs to be had , Olga tried her herhand herhand hand at canvassing , and for a weekshe week she went around push push- pushIng pushing pushing - ing bell buttons , 1 i icceivmg eCelVIng eceiving some pleasant greetings , some somescowls somescowls somescowls scowls , some angry outbursts , and having a good many doors manydoors slammedin slammed m In her face . Monday was tho the toughest day of the whole bunch she says sa s We- We Well- Well ] - Monday Well-Monday Well Monday WeMonday WellMonday always ] : seems to be bad awlYs a day People arc are usually cross on onthe onthe the onthe exceptionIn blue day after aftcr the week end , and this morning mormng : was no exception In two twohole " \/hole hole "hole rhole \ / ; blocks Olga hadn t taken a single order D1SCOUr Discourage Discouragement 1ge- 1ge 1gemcnt < - . ment mcnt was taking takmg hold of her She walked into mto a block r " where "here here here only one house onehouse stood shaded by rows of trees and surrounded by pa patches tches of grow grow- growmg growing growing - ing mg vegetables vegetablcs vegetablesLooked vegetablesLooked Looked Like a Chance for an OrderThat OrderThat Order OrderThat That house looked inviting mvltIng . Olga was sure she'd shed shc'd shcd ' get an order orderthere orderthere orderthere there . Disregarding DlsreA'ardmg DlsreAardmg ' a sign that tbat said sud : , "Beware Beware " of the tlle dog , " she sheopened sheopened sheopened opened the gate , \ ttent seat cJt : do\/n do n dOUD down \ / a board walk , and finally came to totbe tothe tothe tbe the front door . There Thcre was n no ? doorbell m sight . Olga knocked knocked.No knockedNo . - No answer ans\\cr ans cr \ , . But canvassers know that ' No ansv/er ansv er answer / " doesn t always mean that no noone noone noone one is home Olga knocked agam-and agam and again-and again agam - and when that didn't didnt dldn't dldnt ' bring brmg any anyreplv anyreply anyrepiv replv reply she reached over and tapped lightly on the window wmdow pane Suddenly Suddenlya a gruff growledAt voice VOlce came from , within rnthin thm ! 'What What ' What do you want " ? " a man growled At the same time Olga hcaid hcald heard heavy footsteps walking walkmg tov/ard tov ard toward / the thedoor thedoor thedoor door But before they reached It-before It before it - before the door opened-she opened she opened - she heard hearda a low lour 10 " , throaty snarl behind behmd her and felt something somethmg tugging tuggmg at her skIrt skIrtand skirtand skirtand and coat coatOlga Olga turned-and turned and turned - and almost let out a scream . . At her side pull pull- pullrng pulling - . ing rng at her clothing clothmg , , was "as as sas " a dog almost as big as herself , . . It barcd bared barcdIts baredits baredits Its fangs and snapped at her hcr and then crouched , , as it If gcttIng getting gcttIngready gettingready gettingready ready to spring sprrng . , That reading readmg "Beware Beware "Bevare Bevare " , of " ' ' sign , , the dog , , hadn't hadnt hadn'tbeen hadn'tbeen hadn'tbeen hadntbeen been the thc idle bluff : Olga Oga had taken it for . Worse 'Vorse Vorse ' Than the Fierce DogOlga's DogOlga's Dog DogOlga's appealWould Olga's Olgas ' eyes turned toward the door of ot the house in m frantic frmtlc : appeal Would it open open9 ? ' Would the owner come out before his dog had torni torn tornThe i a N,9 N9 , ' j 1 , IH h11E * . , ? The Man Was Big and Frightfulher Frightful Frightfulher her to pieces plcces ? ' It seemed to Olga as though he'd hed ' never get there The Thedog Thedog Thedog dog let out another growl and crouched lower . , Then the door did open- open openand openand open openand - and O Olga ] a didn dldn t know which WhlCh she was more afraid of , the man or the dogThe dogThe dog dogThe The man was big and frightful , with dark whiskers , a stubbly gro\/th gro th grorth growthof grothof grorthof \ / , of hair on his ) jowls owls and the dirtiest dutIest clothes Olga had e\ e ever eer \ er seen in m her herMe herlife herlife Me life Olga says he looked more like a gorilla than a human being bemg , but buthe buthe buthe he snapped at the dog and the do dog slunk away to the rear of the hcuse house houseOlga hcuseOlga he use useOlga Olga looked lool.ed looled . down at her clothes . Her coat and dress were wcre both bothtorn bothtorn bothtorn torn Her sample casa case was on the ground and samples of soap , 10tJons lotions 10tJonsand lotionsand lotionsand and perfumes were wcre strewn right and left . . With Wlth shaking hands she started startedto startedto startedto to pick plck them up The man glared at her and bellowed , 'Wc Wc ' Well ] , what are areyou areyou areyou . selling sellmg " ? " you anyway He Bought Four Dollars ' WorthOlga ' Worth WorthOlga Olga told him In to a voice voIee that trembled . , Then she got her sec sec- sea seaend second second - ond end big shock of the day . The TLe man sat down and ordered four fourdollus fourdollars fourdoll-irs fourdoll irs dollus dollars - worth of her goods-the goods the goods - the biggest order she had had yet yet.Olga's yet.Olgas yetOlgas . Olga's Olgas ' ' coat and dress were torn and she'd shed ' ' had a terrible frIght-but frIght but frIghtbutshe frightbutshe fright - butshe she had an order , , too-and too and too - - and a good start for the day da ; ) , . She heaved heaveda a contented sigh and started down dawn the wooded path tow t towardthe o w a r d dthe dthe the gate She had just reached the gate when she met a woman , , her herarms herarms herarms arms loaded with Wlth bundles bundlcs , , commg coming m The woman gave her a hard hardhostile , , hosble hostile look "Well Well " what do you want here here7 ? " she askedOlga askedOlga asked askedOlga Olga did dld her best beft : to smile , ' Good morning mornmg , ma'am maam ' , " she began began"Tm beganTm . . . "I'm Im " " ' ' sel1mg- sel1mg selling - = " . sel1mgNever * ' ' " "I I " 1 don't dont don'twant don'twant don'twant dontwant ' Never mind what you're youre selling sellmg , the woman snapped want any of it . She brushed past Olga and started for the house , but buthalf buthalf buthalf half way up the walk wall . she stopped and called back , "Say Say " , were you at atthe atthe atthe the door " ? " Olga thought shs'd shsd sha'd shad she'd shed ' better not mention the order the man had glven given glvenher givenher givenher her . The woman was apparently the old fellow's fellows ' ' ! wife wlc and she might mightchange mightchange mightchange change bis hlS his mind mmd about all that soap and perfume he had bought . So Soshe Soshe Soshe she said , "Yes Yes " , I was at the door-and door and door - and that dog of yours almost scared scaredme scaredme scaredme me to death . . " Was on HisYay His Way \Yay Yay \ to the \ Mad l\fad l fad HouseThe HouseThe House HouseThe The woman sniffed smfIed . "Humph Humph "numph numph " ; , " she said . "It's Its " ' a wonder youwouldn't youwouldn't you youwouldn't wouldn't wouldnt ' pay eome some attention to that sign we've weve ' cot got posted . Andnot Andnot And Andnot not only the doe dog , but it s a wonder yon you didn't didnt ' pet get killed by thatmadman thatmadman that thatmadman madman . He's Hes Dc's Dcs ' off of ! his mind-stark mind stark mind - - stark crazy . , I just jnst called on thedrug thedrug the thevirus virus drug store telephone for an ambulance , . " Olga could feel her legs getting gettmg weak under her . , The dog had been beenthe beenthe beenthe the least of ot her troubles troubcs ] She had been sitting slttmg and talking talklng to a man manwho manwho manwho who , if 1 ! his mood had changed , . might have murdered her . And what whatabout whatabout whatabout about the goods she had sold hIm him9 ' From the back of her memory came camethe camethe camethe the thought that a contract signed by an insane msane person was void VOld Was Washer Washer Washer her prize prlZe sae-her sae her sale-her sale sale ] - - her urst first sale of ot the day-going day going day - going to turn out to be a dud dudShe ? She looked at the woman . . "But But " ho ha just gave me an order , , " she stammered stam stam- stammered stammered - mered mered"Oh "Oh Oh " , he did , did he , " snapned snapDed the tho woman . . . "Well Well 'Well " ' , if 1 ! you want to todcl1ver todeliver todeliver dcl1ver deliver that order you'll youll ' have ha\e ha e \ to take it to Bellcvue Bellevue or the Island , because becausethat's becausethat's becausethat's becausethats that's thats ' where he's hes ' going " And with that the woman turned and stamped stampedInto stampedinto stampedinto Into tlie the bouse house . , So it 1f if you're youre ' looking Iookmg for adventure , boys and girls , get a job as ns a atanvasser acanvasser acanvasser tanvasser canvasser . You might even make a bit blt of ot money at i it . , too But you youwon't youwon't youwon't youwont won't wont ' if all your customers are like the one Olgi OIg\ OIg Olga OIgMcComlc ' \ McComic McComlc ran into at atthe atthe atthe the little tree shaded house at the end of the board walk down the block blockWNU blockWNU blockS -WNU WNU @ - ( > --WNU WNU - - WNU Service |