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Show Janey closed the bedroom door anda"ocykeCdit Alone at last I She threw back head and a deep sigh. Then sne p of the corner of her eye mirror to see whethershe realg did look like Hedy LaMarr. a lot, she decided. , And now to business. She drew forth from the s bottom rf her tog bureau drawer the sheet :oi P rdrbfgrt eVintothe bottle of greeny pen that her sister Rose was such a pig about. She wrote, with beautiful arabesques, ara-besques, "Dear Mr. Moreen-, thau," and held her head back to admire this effort of the best pupil in penmanship pen-manship class. . , "He myi SsatmrPted last bond. $18.75. 1 su'B Christmas when I got $3.00. JNol counting 50 cents, I have earned all the rest, working one or more days a week at a local -grocery store, and I'm quite proud to say I worked hard to get it. Janey stared out of the window at Peterson's house and beyond' at the big yard where the kids were playing football. She held her pen elegantly in air. "Sitting here looking out the window, I see a peaceful little town, and I wonder now tne wwU can be in such a turmoil and the people of this world can have such hate for their fellow men. So I m proud to send these stamps because be-cause I know I'm helping to make the whole world peaceful again like our little town." i She signed her name with an Important flourish, not forgetting a conspicuous "Miss" in front of the "Janey." After she had sealed the letter she went on staring star-ing out of the window. It really was awfully peaceful. Overhead she heard a plane go humming by through the sunny afternoon air. Then the voice of her best friend, Betty, called from outside-;-" Jan-ey ! " In an instant Janey was on her feet and tearing tear-ing downstairs and out. She was not Hedy LaMarr nor a deep philosopher phil-osopher any more, but exactly twelve years old. (Letter from an actual communication in the files of the Treasury Department.) Grown-ups and children alike should all help the "breadwinner" "breadwin-ner" of the family to budget for War Bonds. Let's all join a payroll pay-roll savings plan and "top that 10 by New Year's." |