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| By KATHL THIRD (NSTAI.MENT Maggie Johnson, whose father is a letter carrier, r* the domestic drudge of the humble home w.Here her mother Joes little except hemean the fact that she has "seen better days" and her sister Lix, who works in a beauty shop, lies abed late. Maggie has to get the family breakfast before she starts out to her job in the Fivr-and-To Cent Store. There is a new boy at the Fiveand-Ten, Jae Grant. He tells Maggie that he has been assigned to work as her helper in the slo':k room. He seems rather dumb, but Maggie helps him through the first day at the store uud s.'iarcf- her lunch with him in a cubbv-hole of a place that belongs to a mattress factory next door to the Fiv?:-andten. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY "Oh. sure I do! I read it in ; paper, " she said, bediming on he o.vh milk. and talking; through, o a.-'and. the aiaws. "You Have to ea iron md starch and?and fosters." said, somewhat uncertain of th< last word. "Iron and starch and?what ?" h< asked; fishing for the extraovdihav: worth lint she would not be baited "All sorts of things." she sui. evasively. "These sandwiches are tu : i-h and egg?they're always tb ones. Unit are left. We never get th chit a-.'!: or ham oner, but we don' care, do we?" she ended a little jinx "1 don't!" Jov said, ravenous. "Hpw'd you happen 10 find thi place?" he asked, approving of it. "I was after some id eels in ou basement." she said. "An' 1 seen th: winder. Ain't it nice in here?" "You were after some what?" h "'r>ome id eels. Some . ?i" tiiem iilti ? v 11. sorter prayers they have a colored up, ori cards." Maggie e? plained. "Like No man is useloj while ho has a friend.' air "To ear a little, to spend a little h... ai "There's so muehgood in the wor. of us,* " she went on. lint at sue lightfdpg tfpeed that dec could n< m;\ke a beginning or an end to vvh: she said. Me burst out laughing. ?U laugh like you were pic older than yon are." said Mao-ad. Pj >?tru "K with some s.udderr suspjfeion. "I'm almost twenty," Joe ^ai< "Why?how old did you think "1 thought you was a kid." Ala; gie saic! frankly. "That's," she ?-nck fnnocontl\Ba"that's why I sorter tp<i an interest in you." "How old are you?" Joe counter* p&j?"arc you thirteen?"'^ ^Thirteen!" she echoed, al'frontei "Fve been workin' four years. 1' he eighteen my next Birthday. I vvs seventeen last Valentine's nay!" And suddenly both were ernba rassed. and they stopped talking. i some confusion of spirit. "But when I first went to work, Afaggie resumed, "I, was awful li tie. I oAnihtyd; a door an' < becked un wonder they let me i 'Pretty tough!" Joe commenvc sympathetically. "Oh, I've had my share V' she r sponded. "We* ought to have som thing green with this." said Magg isSrefe again, extending toward him a ties SPSSS# 01,??u,- tiin t?1? ^ v? vnc 01 onci; OtSgUIlS. "Wherc'd you get all ill is di? stuff?" Joe asked, diverted. "Ob," she flashed carelessly, "tt evenin* papers has it, always, a healt , eolunyi." "But you don't believe all yc.u s<. in the papers!" joe teased. "1 do some Things/' Maggie coui tered uncertainly, after a moment thought. '' ''And do you do all the things th papers say to do?" .Joe asked. / . / "I'm doin" one now." she answei ed,.moving only her lips. "I'm rela> in'. Relax ten minutes after meal: if you're thin. Stand if you're fa ' 1 n,;' .Exercise every mornin'?" "We have twelve minutes," Jo said, glancing at his wrist. "And il you believe all the ideal cards, too? he pursued. "How do you mean?" she asked. "Well, don't they all have rule for life on them?" Joe suggestec ** 'Lest we forget,' and 'I am the cat ! V == PINKY DINKY : | WEUt/W?LL/ V*tV2 t TMC rw TtR s What <C AKfc Ik S5? jst Girl" I EEN NORRIS j j i tain of my soul/ and all that?" 1 "Was you readin* them today?" . : she asked, surprised. v "Xo. But 1 know that kind or j stuff!" ! 44 4Let ps then be up an' doin* " j Maggie was murmuring, as if ^he 'heard the words for the first time, t . '"taugh an" the world laughs \vith!t { you.* " I 4 "Oh, gosh, it makes me sick at my j y j stomach"!" doe said faintly, between I ^ a langhi and a groan. ( i Maggie laughed, puzzled but sym ! pathetic. j j "It sorter doesn't mean anything," j j : ;li.. i'imwi-iIkiI "P.uf th?> *Si sezzes* l j are funny," she submitted doubtful-L | ly. | j | "The whats?" j "The 'si sezzes*?we call thegi , that," she elucidated. "They all be- . , gin, 'Si sez." " : j "Bunk!" Joe commented dsigust- . ! < diy. L aj She was staring at him. fa.ntly l", I suspicious. j v "Joe," she began after a moment.; 1 , "is this your first job?'' "What makes you think it isn't?" if " he parried. , < "Becauz?he can?, fellers of nine-' " teen don't usually begin on what; you're doin'. stoefcrbom work. ' said',. Maggie, " specially when they talk j j d ; like you do." j ^ -} "I worked on a farm awhile-." Joe * | said. "And I traveled with a circus!' "; and worked in a bicycle shop," he t, added imaginatively. Maggie was satisfied. She revert j ed to a more interesting topic. ( i "My mother says that all of that newspaper stuff about budgets and , ' systems and all that is the bunk." * ' , she offered. ".My sister has to keen , 1 her hands white bocauz she demonstrates a beauty cream, and my t ' mother dor't get round much." "But;my mother doo'i like Li/, to use a j , e make-up? and she won't let me cut; 11; my hair?she says it ain't ladylike j c - \ ,for girls to bob their hair." "Father living?" Joe asked, n She hesitated. T j "My father's a wonderful man?pj -i | ^ < >, lie s Living. h i "\Vhat's his profess--"what's he!, h far* Jt^. - kedr? itj -he's a travelin man." Soinci how she wanted .Joe to admire Pop. hi'And my mother's?fleshy/' said; o,! Maggie delicately. Kr : 1 /Well. !*t! tell V"!i one thing. * said ( d.1 Joe, as they hegan to gather up the i I j signs of then feast ami prepare to ' return upstairs to the store, "1*11 tell. ; you one thing I wouldn't like yo>n id sister." ?k "Oh. Joe. why not "! dinjjr. know. 1 .just know that..; >d j And here's another thing, that bud-1 j get and system and efficiency talk j cJij is all true." j !lki< Maggie's beautiful hlue eyes wici-j is! ened almost as if in pain. "Oh, Joe, I don't believe it!" -he r- i said* again, n He was cross. "All right, don't believe it. Hut j / i what do you think the newspaper^' t- print it for?" ii-j "You meirii so much for groceries in : rind omiisorviontv: :?n.T -.inH"t - ...... .......v.. ..... 1 y j'denti.sts?" she demanded, aryesuiijrl iiii'ii With it aiiiA!) eltlLchj?ij4T hand oil ,j his anil. "Certainly!" e- She seemed tc. droop. L.. "My mother'd never do it. though! e ; She hates managing." ,\x "Well, because your mother vvu-mI ; j n't tS> it, Maggie,** he said unplea.s- j .t:antly. jffisn't make it less true,! t does it?" ,L.. "No,'' she said sadly, briefly. And' h t-loe suddenly i'eJt ashamed of him-, self.' ei He gave her r? steadying hand a>j j they scrambled back through the/two j j. i windows, and over the bales and the j vj boxes in their own basement. Just in j time to hear the gong emit its sharp'i e double ring. But once again in f.hej' roar and rush of the stove upstair.-, fcs? he noted that she did iiot Vjiiite lec store him to the footing s, upon which he had Wen before, t. At ton o'clock two (hi women,! armed with pails and mops, made e their appearance far al the back of j o the store, and purchaser!, began 1 " take on a slightly apologetic note. ] Then, suddenly, a gong .struck, and j | a hundred saleswomen were jamming; s j through the black back passage, past ? Lithe enormous service elevator into i ._jthe wet street. Joe, stooping toward l| Af--re? ALL. J plggRfigBBHti J ^HOULPI MAT X> 'y-?-<-^ \loc -^r ? ; v- " . - --.-.iSK2ti2tiS62ui. ^ai- dffl0taSSB0afflffl THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVEH ? heap of rubbish that was advsnc- m? ng steadily ahead of a charwoman's ad vide broom* picked something up and an |ut; through the crowd to follow the ve >odden little coated figure that was \v?. Vlaggie .Johnson. fJHere." he said, handing her a yo >cnt card. "1 just found this. It was he brown out. Since you believe every- thi hing the newspapers tell you, how's nu his?" eh "The way to begin iivin' the idee? su ife is?to begin,' " she read slowly, at \nd she looked up blankly. "Begin ins vhat?" she asked. "That's all therejlui s. It don't finish it." "It's all bunk," he said, trying to J a augh. ) in. "Well, 1 don't know, Joe!" she mswereeu with a flash of animation in} rossing her pale, dirty little face. 4What you said tonight made me cinder wonder. I've been doing ail sir hese things about eatin'. and exer ise and washinV she said eagerly,! ryut 1 guess this thinkin' is just as j thj mportant I've been handlin' t.hemitm deels, and crawlin' over them, and jtei icavin* about them for three years, | thi in today's the first time I ever real ! y looked at one! I guess you're tired, hi: loe." she added, concernedly, asthey|im ynikcd toward the corner together, j yo 'Xext week won't be so hard. An j guess it felt pretty good to getscSc hat pay envelope today, didn't it-?" j ;he asked encouragingly. I in "Sure, it did," .Too answered brief-1 St Do you go up? ' the girl asked, j sir '1 live on Goat Hill over there?my "I athe?* waits for me at the corner. Saturday nights!" j slv "1 live down the island," Joe said, j an "The ideal life?oh, my God!" iiejar said, thinking of the hard job sh'e.ra; lad left, of the sort ot home to which j a he waV probably going. "You've got ca i fine chance to lead the ideal life!" loe said with a bitter laugh; He turned abruptly and walked a ( h?> inserted block westward, glancing b"- ?. lind him to be sure that he had 'aped the home-going tide from the ?' Mack. And in the second block, be zz: stopped short at a handsome road- :zz tor, parked before a vow of unpi?tentious homes. t ^ Joo got into it, fished a key from : Zi: bis pocket and swept from the street, j ss: The engine purred, the big cav raov | = cd smoothly away from the city,< ~ passed the parks and the faclory di?>!~ trict and scattered lights of the j ~ humbler suburbs, and so came to M*'EE splendid trees and the great wails'55 ir?/i ..< mi?; 1 .*? -- I ? WPW ^..vv- --1 ?.jnwuj;uiiict noinc OS | ZZ the richest and most fashionable men j EE and women of that partieiih pa it , E: ol" the world. jr= 7; ?r"TyViwcvn ceTiaiu "rma^.ffieenvj zz posts of stone and brick went .Joeirr and his car, anil to the side door ?.f rr one of the most imposing: 01 :;!i the ~ RAY'S REPAIR I SHOP ( I now .Save my place of business j ~ apen. near Sprinkle's Filling Station. EE Ani prepared to render first class ?j BATTERY. GENERATOR, START- Ej ER. HORN and MECHANICAL = SERVICE. Call and see me: fairest EE prices in Boone. All work guaranteed. ZZZ [ also carry Pure Distilled | Battery Water | Ray Brendeii I Boone, N. C. j -"N HAT CAN THE- 1 TtR S5-? Z voy { 'K MOURNFUL^// iY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. . . ' . i~ msions there. An elderly bailer mittijig without question the dirty ] d weary stock hoy of the Mick, < ntured so far as to lay an eager. ? jlcomiug hand on his arm. i "Mr. Joseph?sir! I'm glad cc -see 2| u back safely, sir. What with?" coughed delicately?" what with . i' little unpleasantness yesterday i nniiig, sir, and your?your eery < >phatic remark to me, sir, on the "j bjcct of your parents'?ancm! - i| titude, and. then your not return- < j last night or today, either for | nclieon or dinner?" I "I'm all right. Allen, and you were brick to he on the job to let mcj | I'm late because I got a job." "You mean you really arc work- > r, Mr. Joe?" ? "1 mean I really am.'* I "You're not orbing hack io eot.oge.j ( Vs "Not" on your life!" "Why. but look here, sir," pleaded j IV ol.Jo.1! nni? JigtriKWll IV fa-! 2i- never meant a word he said yes day morning. nor your mother, oier." : "Allen, ' Jmo interrupted, slipping < ; arms into rhe dressing gown J he t in held ready behind him. " u keep a secret?" x "Anything you Wid me in confi- i ixce, sir ?" he began reluctantly. r "Well, then listen. I've got a job t the Alack Merrill Department < civs?the Eighth Street one." t "A job in tlu Mack Merrill stores, i V" The butler was actually pale, t n the office. sir:" h "In tin office n(?tliing! In the ,S ?o. Calling wall papers and ink i d cleaning brushes and earrings i mind the place. I'm going to show ; fat her th.it he can't stand nie i|i| ti corner and throw mud at me! IK* t n't call* me a thief and ;> iia: - " 1 "Mr. Joseph, sir. he never called i u that?1 never heard that." the t rrificd old butler interi upted. Illlll!!!l!lllllllllll!lll!llllll!l!!!!!llll.lliill! | Can SHE : R i cnange a f lire? = Tira Ironblc on llie no\in<? ? fruamtnt = esjiwiallj il SHE is | WHY RIS1 j (iiioo, vcAPt PATH l-iIt-fmic- (.iiarantei'il Stri - ( iTsIl Sl?M'k I !xir**t'llll\ free RbCK-BOTTOM PR ~ j l ull Ovcrsi/.iv SXaJ 1 : I YOUR STANDAN I COURTESY CARD 1 GOOD AT THIS 1 STATION Z Courteous Standard service ren ^ by efficient workers at Centra! ? Company is just another fcatc ? our one-stop service. Washing 7 i?ig, Greasing, Radiator Inspe Z Battery Inspection, Ignition W ? everything your car needs is he E teni, educated to a rmearka- I | Centra = DISTf | X | Boo I = LEE MAST SERVICE STATIOf iNllllllllHmhttitllllHIHIIHllllllHHUiili ?! ' ( v r-C; V v/hat'i "Hear him! Everybody iti the neighborhood heaid him! No, sir, he d ioesn't pet away with it," said Joe. 11 'Nov you run along, Allen, and keep h mum. and tell 'cm Fra all right and o I'm home:' p The message was unobtrusively ?arreid to a handsome middle aged g man .who was playing bridge with ij three other men in the library. It penetrated into a luxurious dressing; t< room, where a beautiful and avisto-j r .rati'; woman was making up her face' t< between a dinner dance and a late; li >ali. li This woman merely raised her eye- n prows at the news. c; And in a little while she mounted cj he flight of wide, palm-decorated j ci stairs that lay between her suite andjp lis. and appeared, expectantly, in his' g iloorway. CONTINUED NEXT WEEK h j (.1 JSE IDLE ACRES FOR DAIRY b COWS, ADVISES A. C. KIMREY ft i CM band left over when the cotton ind tobacco acreage has been prop- a riy reduced this year rnasl he p?it| ci r. some practical and profitable use.j 1< "We should not fail to heed the! yovninjr to reduce the cotton and L obacco acreage this year, but, wo mist also remember that diversifi-! ration means the production of feed! rops for livestoc k and thus making j <> he dairy cow and othei kind of do- 11 nesfic livestock the means of selling! It hese crops for cash.*' says A. ('. A: Cimrey. dairy extension specialist :>t A tate floljjpse. "'This is the proper way o i? think about livestock production j n the "front cash crop areas of the w jtate: it is foolish to think that a U iait y cow is so miraculous that she! si an return a profit to a person who'p* uis some extra land but who has ti wither the inclination not the will, o feed the cot properly or milk berl n epulaViy." I llllll!l!ll!llll!ll!lllill!Eiill!i!l!llllilillll!liliii al?ne. ? IT ;S?MI,C ntticmuc. ??: ' i su SJZfc all prsc ^ALLGOC idered We'll take VO ire or Oil- worn tires as pi ction, payment on n< ork?~ | Gjimlyear A ROIN e Goodyear D< I Tire Coi tIBUTORS FOR WATAUGA COUNT V. R. Winkler, Manager me and Blowing Rock, N. LOCAL DEALERS: i, Mabal. M. C. A T. A. McCUiRE, Todd, N C. iHiiiiiiiiiiiininitH!i;i!niimniiiimiiiiHiiii : ::::::: : _ 9 , WOM , THAT? J f THE MATTER f ) /aore'N FULU// JANUARY 15. 1!?!)0 It is Mr. Kimrcy's opinion that the airy cow best fills her place as an acome earner when she is in the amis of a family that lives on its wn land and mkacs it a custom to roduci; feed and care for the cow rifch their own labor or at least ives personal supervision to hired ibor. Neither is it necessary for the cows ? be in sections where there is a eady market for fluid mill:. The cot>n and tobacco belts of North Carona have few such local markets, [owevtr, any farmer in these belts lay ship cream to a butterniakinp reamery and feed the .skimmilk to alves. pips and poultry. He will revive a <i;ood market price for every ound ef home produced feed fed to ood cows. For the man who wants to reduce is acrcace to cash crops arid to use u* resulting idle cares in a profitale way. Mr. Kimrey suggests this >rnuil:i: not less than five good ows; not less than five acres of good rass pasture; sufficient legume luty n-.l grain for winter feeding; a ream separator and three five-gal ?ii cream shipping cans." EES-McRAE WINS OVER NEWLAND IN BASKET BALL Banner Elk.?A basktt ba'i game n January ">th bet\voe<. New land tigh School and Lees McRaV; Col:ge, opened the activities of Lce->IcRae after the Christmas npliday.V. L spirited game resulted in a score f 2p-2X in favor of Lces-McRae. College work betwari on the 6tb ith four additional students regis;rcd for the new term. A terrific towstorm is raging with zero terneiature and has prevented the reirn of some of the students. 'emocrat Ads. Provide a Short-Cut to Better Business. iiiiiliill!lliiillll!illiliiillll!ii!lliilll!!ig *ge left in those ? y's low prices? ill-Weathers == imble Eagles = mpany j . A. GREF.NE, Deep Gap, N. C = : By Terry Gilkison - C*OKt 9t*CK A ?OR WILL't RO? HT VltNT ^KAT!M4 AND *ROZ Hi* TOE' ilM Pnjt/y At OMUXf ?.. ,.
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