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(Continued from last week)
“There were two of them,” he
heard a man say. Their lights
flashed along the bank. A beam
swept over him; came back.
“There he is!” The boy sat up.
Ben had said to run, but it was
too late now, he thought. The men
swarmed over him, hauling him to
his feet. Someone held his arms
■ behind his back.
“Hey, Thorne 1” one of the men
called. “We got him!” The man
called Thorne made his way
through the milling figures.
“Gimme a light,” he growled.
Someone handed him a flashlight.
He threw the beam , in the boy’s
face. Blinded, the boy lowered his
head.
“Hold your damn head up, bum!”
The boy did as he was told. Blink
ing his eyes rapidly, he adjusted
them to the light as best he could.
“Well, looks like we landed a
minnow, boys.” said Thorne. “Bring
him along.” The boy was led to a
group of waiting cars. Ben was
already there. He seemed unper
turbed in spite of the rough hand
ling he’d taken.
“See you picked up a few friends,
kid.”
The man called Thorne slapped
Ben across the mouth. “Shut up,
wise guy.” He turned to his men
and began to give orders. Singling
out one of them, he said, “Ed, you
and me’ll take these guys with us.
The rest of you men follow us as
far as the station. After that you’re
dismissed.”
The boy scarcely heard Thorne’s
voice. His thoughts ran wildly. The
guy slapped Ben! It wasn’t poss
ible. Guys like Ben just don’t get
shoved around like that. He felt a
flush of -resentment well up within
him, but it was smothered by a
feeling of helplessness. His mind
stopped racing as he fought to
control his fear.
The boy felt himself shoved
roughly into a car. Ben was beside
liim. They were moving. What are
we gonna do, he thought. Suppose
the. folks hear of this. Can’t let
that happen. Gotta calm down. He
looked at Ben. Cool, he thought.
No worry, no fear. He’s been
through a lot of this. Cursing his
own weakness, he managed to quiet
his nerves. He watched the lights
of the suburbs flash by. Presently
the car pulled up at a suburban
station.
The man called Ed opened the
door for them. “Haul outta there,”
he said. He jerked a thumb toward
the station. “In there.” He follow
ed them through an'open door and
into the station lobby. Thorne led
the way.
The boy threw a quick glance
over the small room. In the rear,
seated behind a littered desk, was
a grey-haired sergeant. Directly
behind and to the left of him was a
large barred door. On his right, an
open door showed a small office.
Thorne had picked up the phone
and was reporting to headquarters.
The boy caught Ben’s whisper.
“This ain’t so good, kid. They
use these out of the way dumps
for their third degrees. Don’t let
‘em rattle you.”
“Break it up you two,” said the
sergeant. He pulled two large en
velopes from the desk drawer.
“Okay, Ed. Frisk ‘em and put their
junk in these.”
Ed made a quick search of the
prisoners while the sergeant filled
out forms containing their names
and descriptions. After dumping
the , contents of their pockets into
the envelopes, he noted the name
of the prisoner on the back. He
filed them away as Thorne put
down the phone.
“Take the kid in the office, Ed,”
said Thorne. He walked back to
the barred door, flipped the key,
and swung it open. .He motioned
to Ben. “In here, you.”
The boy heard the iron door
clang shut as he was led into the
office. Ed switched on the light,
closed the door, and ordered the
boy to take a chair against the
walk The officer seated himself
behind a desk and propped his feet
on its top.
The boy lost track of time as he
squirmed in his hard seat. Finally
he heard tire clanging of the cell
doors. Ed rose as Thorne entered
the room. He pulled a black kid
glove from his hand and tossed it
on the desk. The boy stared at the
red stain the glove made on the
desk blotter. Blood He followed
Thorne with his eyes as the officer
got a chair and sat down in front
of him.
Thorne’s voice was low and dis
arming. “What’s your name, kid’’
“Steve.”
Thorne grabbed the boy’s hair
and pulled him close. “Your full
name damn it.”
The face of the boy contorted,
blit he kept his voice steady.
“Steve Benson.” Thorne put his
hand in the boy’s face and pushed
hard. The boy’s head struck the
wall behind him with dazing force.
The ringing in his ears echoed and
re-echoed through the half empty
regions of his head.
(to be continued)
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Chesterfields
Here’s another Salem Profile Puz
zle. Here’s another chance for ten
people to win a pack of Chester
fields! Remember the rules, so you
won’t be disqualified.
Figure out from the identifying
clues who the Salem Profile is. Then,
bring your solution to the Salemite
Office, located under the loggia of
Main Hall, not later than 8 p. m.
tonight. Important: your answer
must be on a Chesterfield wrapper.
Here are the clues:
—usic major
—ver-working
—Ian is the man
—eared in South Carolina
—hesterfield smoker
—air, light brown
-^oves Dr. Vardell
—yes, brown
—ager pianist
—ever goes to bed
—ver-knitting argyles
—eeks of “Savior Paire”
Ten Get
Chesterfields
Pictured above is Sara Burts,
last week’s Salem Profile. Here’s
how ten lucky people arrived at
that conclusion :
She’s a senior
Always smiling
Ready' to help
Avid bridge plaj^er
Blonde hair
Unusual talents
Runs to Chapel Hill
Twinkling blue eyes
Sews and cooks
Tlie following people will receive
a pack of Chesterfields for correct
ly identifying Sara Burts: Peirano
Aiken, lone Bradsher, Joan Hass-
ler, Betty Holbrook, Ruth Lenkos-
ki, Catherine Moore, Lou Myatt,
Jeanne Tegtmeiex, Jane Thoma?
and Eaton Seville.
Spring Styles Previewed
by lone Bradsher
This spring there is no definite
New Look”, but there is a com
bination of the remaining look with
newer additions. Fabrics are pret
tier than ever before this season;
lines are more feminine. Colors,
more thaiv ever, are announcing the
importance of a harmonizing ward
robe. Now silks are more outstand
ing than previously. Surah, or tie
silk, is becoming increasingly pop
ular, as is shantung and linen. Other
fabrics that are good are wool wor
steds, tweeds and, of course, cottons.
One of the newer fashions coming
in is the dress-with-jacket. The
straight skirt with a bolero of
“shortie” jacket may be found in
checks, wool, taffetas. There are
many silk and fresh polka dot
dresses that have a separate coat
of the same material and may, or
may not, be worn together. The
dominant note of all these dresses
is the snug torso under the jacket,
the smaller waistline, and a wide
cummerbund.
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Did you wonder why the campus
seemed so lifeless over the weekend?
The reason seems to be that by Fri
day night about 130 people had al
ready checked out. v
Bet Epps Pearson went home to
Gastonia . . . and this time it was
really home because she and Tete
moved into their new apartment
Friday.
Patsy Moser took a trip to Reids-
ville to see Nancy Wray.
Sara Burts also went to Gastonia,
and treked to Charlotte to see “Ok
lahoma! ” while there.
Peggy Watkins went to see Ticka
Senter, class of ’47, in Albemarle.
Betsy Schaum and Sarah Walston
settled for going home to Wilson.
State College at Raleigh welcomed
several Salem girls for Mid-Winters.
Among them were Nancy Duckworth
to see' Alan McGee; Louise Stacy
for S. P. B. Grover McNair; “Sis”
Pooser for K. A. Mack Hendrick;
Lee Rosenbloom for Sonny Brenner;
and Eleanor Davidson.
Not to be outdone, Dolly Lough-
ran hopped a bus Saturday to see
Chi Psi Perce Flowers run in the
Southern Conference Track Meet at
Chapel Hill.
Dottie Wilson, though she stayed
here, says she had an exciting week
end which statement was justified
when we saw her jeweled Sigma
Chi pin Sunday night from Cease
Chapman of Hampton-Sydney.
Sarah Clark, dinky Clinkscales,
Carolyn Dunn, and Mary Gaither
Whitener journeyed to Chapel Hill
as Salem Stee Gee representatives
to the annual Student Government
Association Meeting.
Lizzie Hancock went home to Ox
ford to Chug-a-lug (her car), and
Bev Johnson went home to Mayo-
dan.
Laura Harvey and Fran Isbell
also went - to Chapel Hill to see
George Goodwin and Bo Jenkins,
respectively.
Bitsy Green went to Siberia hunt
ing for news for this week’s paper.
And now we find that three Salem-
ites visited the University of 'Vir
ginia in the Sorebaek state; these
were June Elder, Nell Penn Watt
and Joan Miller.
Annapolis received a visit from
M. T. Rule to see Tee Sease.
All in all, Salem girls spread out
to various places to have some good
times for the weekend.
The dresses this year are more
graceful in line. A new note is the
side sash. Among the remaining
features are melting shoulders, (of
ten without shoulder pads), and the
plunging neckline.
One variation of the jacket-dress
is the coat-dress which was popular
a few years ago. Particularly good
is the print silk dress with a har
monizing wool coat. Usually the
coat flairs open in front to reveal
a splash of skirt color. These are
adaptable for street or luncheon
wear.
Among the remaining fashions
are the body-line coats and the fly
away coats. The main idea behind
these coats is that they may be
worn next fall. They will go any
where. Some designers are showing
dressy wool princess coats, perhaps
with an insert of faille in the skirt.
Others are featuring bulky coats (in
tweeds or colors), that are caught
in by^ a narrow belt. Both have
either a flat or a flying collar. The
new changes in suits are the mould
ed shoulders and longer jackets.
As for the skirt shapes this year,
“anything goes.” They vary from
the “pencil” to billowing. The
skirt lengths are from twelve inches
for street wear, to fourteen inches
for after five. Gone are the eight
and nine inch lengths for afternoon,
it remains to be seen whether the
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Butterfly jackets are being worn
from early spring into late summer
over silks or dressy cottons. Many
of the coats feature a flaired back
and three-quarter-length sleeves-with
very wide cuffs. These jackets are
in plaids, checks and pastels.
This spring cropped hair remains
fashionable, often becoming shorter
and shorter! To go with this style
are all types of hats that range
from big cartwheels to perky sailors.
A great many of the hats are trim
med with flowers and veils and are
quite feminine.
Color seems to be the outstanding
idea of every wardrobe. The smart
thing to do is to select one or two
basic colors and plan around them.
Some of the more popular colors
are navy, pink, lavender, yellow,
blonde, amber together, and blue for
lingerie. Accessories are important
for changes.
Scatter pins are still good and are
being worn in threes and fives as
in the fall. Pearls are being worn
more frequently and in longer
lengths.
The shell shoe remains, but instep
straps have been added. Blonde
shoes and stockings are new.
Don’t discard last spring’s clo
thes in order to buy lots of new
ones. The good thing about fashion
is that it depends greatly upon the
individual. Buy a rose, tuck it
under the collar of last year’s dress,
liven it with new accessories, and
create your own fashion.
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