Show I Ill fen t The Fiction Fie t ion MAG MAGIC I c M MONTH 0 NTH DYER By ISM W ki idea ret uta trE Corner l E I ELEN AND A ANDY AND N D Y weren't H HELEN laughing They were sitting in ir metal chairs which were placed alright at al 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 is you YIU have no ambition ambition am am- Helen was saying as her hex wide set gray eyes flashed signals You act lazy I The long curls curl were given a tosas toss tos as she got to her Minute feet Minute 3 3 Fiction Andy got up too He gave her the theone theo theone o one n e sided smile hed he'd brought home from war with him and shrugged his heavy I ders Andy had blond curls too- too I tight to his well shaped head and the merriest of hazel eyes You Youcan Youcan can can say that again he told Helen I act lazy do I He thought Well that's that and Ill I'll re-enlist re and get as far from as pos sible When he got home the radio was playing jive live and he wound one leg over the chair beside it His mother carne came into the room and said arent you going to look for a job today son As he worried for an answer the announcer interrupted the program to tell teU about a soap contest Five hundred dollars for first prize he said just tell in twenty five words why you like Soap best besU Im trying to think up an entry for the contest Mom said Andy directing his hazel eyes up and grinning like an imp only Ill I'll have havet to t have the wrappers from three bars of the darned soap Andy Tyson tried not to understand understand understand under under- stand that she inferred he had wasted too many afternoons He made great work of wording his entry entry entry en en- try and addressed the envelope for mailing Habit turned his steps Into the corner store where the fellows laughed and teased him about his bis entry Half naif angry again he hurried out of the place and and to tossed sed the he letter into the nearest nearest nearest near near- est mailbox In the three weeks that went by he didn't go near Helen nor did he look for a job One day slipped into the next and a laxness seemed to hold him tight He was marking time and getting more dissatisfied with every passing hour THE HE NIGHT a day later when he got home to find excitement in the very air and Mom holding g out a telegram he ripped it open and nearly passed out SOAP SOAP IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE YOU WINNER OF FIRST PRIZE STOP LISTEN TO USUAL SATURDAY PROGRAM STOP LATIONS Next day Andy got a Job It wa was really easy He felt so good so proud of himself and ready for anything anything anything any any- thing that came along 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 ot the contest and the win win- ners But Bat I didn't win Andy said helplessly when the program was over they didn't mention my name and that Robert Amherst Amherst Amherst Am- Am herst won the five hundred dol dol- lars The door bell Interrupted Andy and when the messenger boy gave him a telegram he glanced at it and ripped it open HOW DID IT If FEEL TO BE A PRIZE W f FOR A FEW DAYS STOP t BOYS L Andy was half halt way out tt tU when Helen caught up where you going she asked In the k kAndy Ill bust those guys Andy cried of all the d dirt r down tricks Helen laughed as she m ml reel r telegram Tears rolled dm don r f- lovely cheeks and still she l lAndy la Andy couldn't help laughing her cr l For 1 tie It K If f they hadn't done It t Rid we i i he be angry with each other pointed out and you Y Ai Ie so j U l' l your job job and and we wouldn't ning on getting married tt J raid J |