Show The Fiction CORDIALLY DISLIKED Richard H. H By Wilkinson Corner I The thing to dO dp Dett Betty smiled Is ts to b be ba amused at et his hi ravings not annoyed He doesn't hurt any one and lond theres there's always Madge to think of ot Even Madge I replied wont keep me from hitting that guy one of these thele days Something I J repeated repeated re re- ought to be done about him Mm Whether Whether Of or not Dot my thinking about it had bad anything to do with what happened a couple of days later I will never know Henry was fired tired Without warning or explanation he be was given iven a couple of weeks' weeks pa pay and wa was bounced out on his bis ear My first tint reaction when Bett Betty told me about it t was one of ot exuberance s a fiendish desire to rush over there and sud gloat to sneer neer I J told you sol aol Why dont don't you call caU up 10 your friend Jay wise U guy But Dut this tee feeling Un passed immediately Curiously it was waa followed by one Cine of pity The more I J thought about it the deeper became my sympathy What pester greater humiliation I 1 thought could a man endure than this that confronted Henry Spafford r NEXT NEXT DAY I 1 called Hal Why ton and asked tint hinx to have 1 lunch inch with me Have you ou heard beard about Henry I asked when we were seated Hal nodded avoiding m my eyes I met the poor devil on the street this morning I dont don't mind saying that it was an ordeaL I thoughtfully lighted a retHal ret Hal I said think of Madge Isn't there something we can do doT Well said Hal Ive been wondering too Poor Madge He lie coughed I called Bob Dob Taylor Tay Tay- lor of the Taylor Lines Line this morning Bob Doh says that he might be able to do something for Henry on our recommends tion lion I guess I grinned tt the answer And it was Henry and Madg Madge were over three days later I un lm understand un 1 youve you've got a new Job I I remarked to Henry Yes he said with a bored look on his face Bob Taylor called up as as soon as-soon soon as he heard that I was free tree and asked if Id I'd consider a a position with him Well you know when aman a aman man offers you more money money- money money- I glanced at Betty There was I a faint smile on her face I suppose she was amused I hope so Because Because Because Be Be- cause an hour later with Henry still blowing I was mad enough to choke him and almost did r CROSSWORD R S O P PUZzLE ACROSS adna V Nut Next Tie Ja 1 Low I I. I a a concave vessel 8 5 Plant ovule a 9 shaped S-shaped molding it 19 10 Long eared rodent l 11 A diacritiCal Cal mark 1 Sp w 12 Rub out 14 Employ t z 1 A skin is s tumor 16 C Chromium I 21 td 17 Vt Deck with with vulgar a a finery Mary 20 Marsh JS 55 21 Part of a locomotive sr sa 22 Narrow w roadway 41 23 Flower 28 26 Wades across 3 stream 27 Shower w 28 23 Tease colloq No 35 29 Strange 4 Side 30 SO Canadian from away 28 Fabulous bird 33 sa Metallic city wind 30 Migrates rock 5 II 34 Officer 8 6 Gloss Closs 31 River 33 35 a Eager of ot the Day y Merit nymph 88 IS Spawn of 01 the 7 Epoch Class Clasa Ash 3 35 Portion of ot ofa 8 To go down myth h 19 39 Open pen a curved rued 11 U Slow 32 sa Colors poet poeL line low line c clumsy b boat oa t slightly 40 to Enclosure Enclosure 36 Breeze Drene colloq 37 A smithy 13 Sea eagles Aa Answer w r t t. t Punt milt 1 Nu N 39 Think 15 Network 41 1 Chef 18 Sacred 42 Fuel picture a au T 43 U Casks Russ ch u DO HD r OU 44 U Concludes 19 Slate Slate Slate-ax s ax c w o a 20 0 Distant Dissent u s a DOWN 22 Timber wolf e a u s a T 23 Test aea sTOa 1 Capital Capita 24 Fish aa O a S 0 oa p A As Idaho 25 U Coyer Cover p s v a u e LA a Z 2 Eyed 20 28 a a o o c r l 1 Coniferous row 3 Marry tree i s K I K art 45 41 |