| Show the fiction MAGIC MONTH dyar ER by WILSON corner ELEN AND A ANDY N D Y H HELEN laughing they were sitting in metal chairs which were placed at right angles to each other instead of side by side on the glider and the glow in their eyes was replaced by anger the trouble la Is you have no ambition nl I 1 helen was saying as her wide set gray ey eyes es flashed signals you act bazyl the long curls were given a toss as she got to her minute feet 3 fiction ca andy got up too he gave her hen the one sided smile hed brought home from war with him and shrugged his heavy shoulders andy had blond curls too tight to his well shaped head and the merriest of hazel eyes you can say that again he told old helen 1 I act lazy do I 1 he thought well that and ill re enlist east and get rs far from byville as pos pas sible when he got home the radio was p playing jive and he wound one leg over the chair beside it his mother came into the room and said arent you going to look for a lob job today son As he worried for an answer the announcer interrupted the program to tell about a soap contest five hundred dollars for first prize he said just tell in twenty five words why you like gudzy S soap aap beal be astl im trying to think up an an entry for the contest mom said andy directing his hazel eyes up and grinning like an imp only ill ha have v e to have the wrappers from three bars of the darned soap andy tyson tried tred not to understand that she inferred he had wasted too many afternoons he made great work ot of wording his entry and addressed the envelope for mailing habit turned his steps into the corner store where the fellows laughed and teased caged him about his entry fait angry again he hurried out ont of the place and flossed the he letter into the near est ct mailbox in the three weeks that went by he go near helen nor did he look for or a job one day slipped nto into the next and a laxness seemed to hold him tight he was marking time and getting more dissatisfied with every passing hour T arhe HE NIGHT a day later when he got home to find excitement in the very air and mom holding out a telegram he ripped it open and nearly passed out SOAP IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE YOU J OU WINNER OP 0 FIRST PRIZE STOP LISTEN TO USUAL SATURDAY PROGRAM STOP congratulations next day andy got a job it was really easy he felt so good so 10 proud of himself and ready for anything that came along ho he just went right after the mechanics job he saw advertised in the morning paper saturday night the whole family gathered for the radio program telling of the contest and the winners ers but I 1 win vrin andy said helplessly when the program was over they hey mention my name and that robert am herst berst won the five hundred dollars 1 the door bell interrupted andy i and when the messenger boy g gave ave him a telegram he glanced at it and ripped it open HOW DID IT FEEL TO BE A PRIZE winnett WINNER FOR A FEW DAYS STOP TE fab E BOYS andy was halt half way out the door when helen caught up with him where you going she asked IU ill bust those guys in the nose andy cried of all the dirty low down tricks helen laughed as she read the telegram tears rolled down her lovely cheeks and still she laughed andy help laughing with her if they done it wed still be angry with each other she pointed out and you have hava yo your ur job boband end we be planning on getting married 10 |
