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IIUBSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1941 THE 19AYNESYILLE 110UNTA IN EES EE HIGHNESS hu JOHM A MODnQO : 1 CHAPTER JV i I mob outside finally wearied Jrtfted away, and at one k "Flatfoot" Cassidy knuckled etition on the outer gate for Dstomary conference within. r ought they'd tear down the Pop," he said as hia host .t nut a bottle and a Ditcher ier. "Well, here's how! Those guys got her picture all I all right flashlights when jome runnin' up to the gate. I em talkin' about it Min be on the front pages by now. of the boys said it would be id by wireless over the ocean ndon and in the bun there was Je with spats he is from a jn paper-r-offerin' all kinds of f for an interview with her." 1 the devil with 'em!" snorted eyH be around before break bnoe more," advised Cassidy. were you l a get a lawyer to matters." naa for lawyers 1" snanned "One of them almost put me 9 once after me payin' him undred dollars." it listen, Pop. The other peo- ka already got a lawyer and tdrag you and Min to court, i shootinV bat other people?" ie Fogartys." hat Fogartys, Cassidy?" , Jn's brothers and sisters, were here tonight to get their 'of the half million. And their jl has the case on commission, kes half of all he can get for the Fogartys are with us, ley?" sneered the old man t ugly looks could annihilate fly, the Fogartys all except Minnie were as good as dead. "Fine business! They grow up and skin out, leaving the old folks and Min to scramble for a crust of bread, the old folks to die in pain and not a helping hand from a one of 'em. Now they want to cash in on Min's luck. Swell chance! Swell chancel'' "But they got one move they can make and they threaten to make it." .' "What's that!" "Take her to Children's Court." "What fori" "She's an orphan and Danny, the oldest boy. is twentv-threa and la married, so the lawyer says, and will claim her." "What do you know about Dan ny, if anything, Cassidyt" "He runs with a blonde named Lizzie Smalls and, if he's married, it musta' happened after the after noon papers printed the results of the sweepstakes." Pop walked the floor of the little room, pawinsr his bis? mnataciiA and pushing in his ferocious -white eve. brows nervously. 'Take mv advice. Poo. and mtt lawyer," said Cassidy. "Ill get better than a lawver. Cassidy, with your help. When you go off duty ask Captain Kennedv to let Duffy come 'round here to see me." ' "Bill Duffy, the Dudo nirVt" asked Cassidy, a grin sweeping his broad map, like sudden sunshine flooding all Ireland. "Him, indeed." "Lord help the Fogartys and their lawyer," laughed "Flatfoot," emptying his glass as he rose from the table. ' At eight in the morning the siege I Don't Waste Money Send us that euit which fou thought was worn aut. Our cleaning process es add color and life to farments made shabby poking by dirt and grime, ye always Satisfy. CENTRAL CLEANERS Main Street Phone 113 was resumed, the crowd of neigh bors and newspaper people milling about Pop's stout little side gate. In the tabloids, and even in the large and heavy journals, crowds know these people were milling, the people didn't know they were mill ing and, if some splendid orator had mounted a box and besought them to mill for the sake of the members of the press, they would not have known how to sto about it Dictionaries might have been pass ed around like hymn books but they would have found in them nothing that would warrant "mill ing." Further un the street thev might have "milled" in Tony, Caca valloni's gin mill, perhaps, but not before the gate of a closed brewery. So the mob just shifted from foot to foot and gaped at Pop's door, with that soul-bliss which is the New Yorker's when he arrests his rush about business and fastens his eyes on a mole in the ground or a woman in a window demon strating exercisers. From the precinct station house arrieved Bill Duffy, young and handsome, pink-cheeked, blue-eyed, husky, fair of locks, fastidioua nf raiment in a loud way famous in ponce circles as the man who changed his collar three , , oviiio uuuueu mm ine raper Collar Kid." With a nnrf t the lieutenant in charm of th lint. formed force, Duffy leaned his head against tne gate, displaying a Gre cian profile, and yelled: "Pop! Pop! Open up. It's me, Duffy!" As the gate opened the crowd surged forward, nearly milling, but the blue line bulged to meet it and the besieged were safe. The "palace chamber" was filled with sunshine, its panelled walls, manogany furniture and rugs beautifully dean. Even the gold frames of the defunct presidents of the brewery some of the por traits jn charcoal and some genu ine 'erl" paintings had been cleansed. The "Paper Collar Kid" blinked, stared around and exclaimed from the right side of his face, "Class!" Minnie offered him upholstered in crimson leather and stood gazing at him. In his tight- waisted purplish suit and cream. colored fedora, highly polished yel low 8 noes and dark green spats, he appeared "perfect" in her young eyes. "This is Min." said Pod. "I hnn w adopt ner later on. She1 RAF Marks Grave of Foemen x 'x -1 !J s&i - l t : .... - ,4;;v ;. " " J1;iHf,,,,l,",':;' ' " twin .in. i .m-,.v.. r..-,tr jf j'-nj can strong-arm me IH show you Outside the street was deserted, sumpin'." "WherVa Pop Dolan?" demanded cut, xanny," almost sobbed the tne officer. A Royal Air Force flier places a cross, made from the wreckage of an Italian bomber, oyer the grave of five airmen who died when the plan was shot down during a battle over Mersa Matruh in the Western Desert of Africa. Britain says a total of eight Italian planes were shot down' in the battle. 1 I IT PLEASES US TO PLEASE YOU II i . -v.v ! SEE HOW MUCH ORE YOU GET! RSEPOWKH S-CYLINDER MASTER ENGINE 119 VBEELBASE . BIGGER, FISHER BOOT NEW fOR LUXURY 4 COIL RHYTHMIC RIDE -FAMOUS ;UALITY THROUGHOUT! VTOW you can step right up into xN the fine-car clasa at a price well within your budget! Just com pare de Juxo models of lowest priced cars with the beautiful big Olds Special. YouTl find but little difference in price. And you'll find that Olds gives you operating econ omy that compares with the beat! iton iviiiiftijr witu IIYDRA-MATIC DRIVE! Dnr without a clutch I Drive without shifting gearil Try an Olds with nyara-Maoc ume- it motoring oawast tnnlli OptkHUilBt Extra OMt OT(Q)(Q)Ii3) COMPANY In) II H ma 3 DEPOT WAYNESVTLLE "Some kid!" responded Duffy. "A queen. Pop 1 Min's cheeks were like lilies dipped in wine as the dapper detective sank into the bier chair, touching his s-lorious cream- colored fedora fore and aft, to get it at just the right angle, "Well. Poo." announced Duffv. tapping a cisrarette thoughtfully on a cuff. "I got all the dope from Cas sidy and Captain Kennedy, see? The Queen lands on the chin of Dame. Fortune for a loop. Every body's looking for a cut evervnnn from the district leader's lobbygows to the apple woman on the corner oi inird. Avenue who gives it out that she's the little lady's aunt, see? Now, there's only one guy you got to worry about and it's Danny Fogarty, the Queen's brother. He represents all the other Fogartys and is outside now with Maxie Ui-eenblum, the mouthpiece. How old is the kid, Pop? "Thirteen," spoke up Minnie, still staring at her hero. 'Thirteen I" gasped Duffy. "I thought you was sixteen easy." "Hard work did that," explained Pop. "Never had time to play with a doll, if there was ever monov enough in the family to give her one. Now she's trot all the in the world and knows enough raise a dozen babies of her own." "What!" exclaimed Duffy. 'And me a bachelor I" He studied the lovely child in her blue mwn' tnr iMinnie had dressed for and was prepared to be treated as an heiress. She ain't human, Pop. fane's an angel. Say, Minnie, 1l wait for you." . "Well, how about Danny and the lawyer, wnen you get through with tne musni ' reminded Pop. "I better eo and brino- em in " Duffy replied, riaine- and atudvinir nimseii before a large mirror. His fastidiousness, dntisfipd. hn hurried forth and soon returned with Fogarty and Attorney Green oi um "Ohl" exclaimed the barrister a he stepped into the imnreHfliva cuamber. "Is Mr. Rockefeller and M r. Morean here vet?" "They're upstairs with Hnnrv rora," declared Duffy, "Sit down, boys, and make it snappy." 'HelUV Min." said .Dunn v FY. garty, with a Bickly smile forced to nis long, pimply face. Hia honv. ... F wmte Hands were twitching in hia . lap. "Hello, Danny." He had been carefully drilleri t the crafty lawver. 'I get you and make a home for you. min, ' uanny exDiamed. "Th n M folks is gone to their rest mil. . I'm the oldest, the court will look to me to protect you." inats tne law. nf Mnn sighed Maxie the MouthDiece. smootneo a cneckered A tmii witn his short, fat hands, a smile of Denevolence on hia oil v. mnnA Detective Duffy hitched his chair closer to Danny, a look of feigned admiration on his handsome conn. tenance. Pop lay back in hia chair with his eyes all but closed and watched and listened. Tom' nnt liking the company, moved about the big rug, whimpering, as if ask ing permission to take, a Tkiera nut of some leg. 'My wife I'm married now. Min is makinsr a nice room readv for you and shell take good care of you. Get your things ready soon as you can, Min, and well be going." -What do you think of that Min?" asked Pop. For answer Min- Be Quick To Treat Bronchitis wawuwu Wstaj 141. T ,AJJ AA your cough, chest cold, or acute bron- rliitis Is nnt. truafH on1 ' " J JA VOUUUI afford to take a chance with any medi cine less potent than Creomulslon which goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden nhlpirm BnH a iA nohiM n soothe and heal raw, tender, inflamed bronchial mucous membranes. Crpnmiilfiinn hlAnrfo HaaaKwam creosote by special process with other time testMt moriirinM ttr miiirha it contains no narcotics. No matter how many medicines you have tried, tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulslon with the understanrilno' vnn mnet life-a th way it quickly allays the cough, per mitting rest and sleep, or you are to nie ran to him with a cry of fear and threw herself in his arms, "Now, little one, coaxed Maxie, "you don't know what a fine woman your new mother is, how shell love you. She's just craiy about chil dren." Duffy turned to the lawyer, rolling his eyes in an ecstacy of ad miration and clasping his lavender silk tie. Minnie was sobbing bit terly. What do you think of it, Duffy?" asked Pop. 'Be quiet, Min. There's nothing to be afraid of." "It's just beautiful, this family love of these Fogarty," sighed BUI, "I never see anvthinc )ikA it outside of the pictures. Honest I" "Oh, help me! Help me 1" Min nie appealed aloud, thinking her hero was trying to tear her away from her only friend. "She sure need the rare nf a mother," said Lawyer Maxi softly. ' "She's Just at the age when shell neea a woman guidance most." "But can Lizzie guide her?" ask ed the detective, putting a hand on Danny's knee. "Can she, Danny t lull US ( Danny looked up furtively and suspiciously. Was this fancy-clothes "bull" kidding him? "Lizzie, who?" he asked. "Why, the girl you married yes terday, Dan! Lusher Lizzie Smalls, some call her Gas House Gertie." "Lissen, bo," came back Danny, I gotcha, but you ain't in no police gtation now and if you think you detective "We're thinking about your orphan sister, son. She needs care and guidance. Am I rightl" "My wife will be responsible to the courts for that." "But how can she, Danny?" - "What you driving at?" "Lizzie's locked up. locked un tight She ought to be on her way right now over to the Island, Just out there in the river. I see her taken out of a cell early this morn ing and started for .Yorkville Court. Captain Kennedv nt her during the night for peddlin' snow." "Well, if that's so, Pretty Face," "Inside. We need you." replied Max. "My client has been knocked down and a terrible dog set on me." 'Yeh?" The lieutenant waa not Impressed. 'Well, here's mora news. This reporter has the right dope. Minnie didn't win any handi cap or sweepstakes or lottery or nothing. There waa a mistake. Come on in for the conference. Maxie. You're out o' luck." "What?" grasped counsel. "No money?" "This young feller is the only reporter left outside. He says it'a a good story the little eirl who sneered Danny, "I'm still Min's thought she was rich for a day and nmthoii Anil f I.V. H . . . M brother and I take her. see?" "That's the law," snapped Maxie. "And anybody who harbors this girl is abetting kidnaping. Just get that Mr. Duffy. And you, to Mr. Dolan." "Minnie's distress was exciting her pet bulldog and the sudden change in the lawyer's voice from a half whine to command evoked a sharp, warning bark from Terry, Pop just reached the dog's collar in time to prevent a canine assault. "Better get the "cattle out o here," remarked Pop. "This rat catcher's going to tear somebody to pieces pretty soon." The lawyer leaped to the hall, as Terry tried to get free. Danny, ter rorized, had whipped out a revolver only to be caught by a crack on the jaw from Duffy which laid him low. "IH put Terry down in the cel lar," said Pop. "He ain't safe, this old fighter." Maxie, the lawyer, trying to reach the street was Bushed back into the brewery premises by a po lice lieutenant who entered, follow ed by a tired and sleepy young man. a night" (To be Continued) FOR ;argains il NaVI It I FIND YOU CAN THF.M HRRE READING THESE ADS Brick Homes Provide 1. ECONOMY 2. SAFETY 3. BEAUTY r? ETOWAH o) R D C K BUILDS BETTER HOMES Moland-Drysdale Corp. EiZ Etowah, N. C. none 3 Truck Deliveries to All Parts of Western Carolina This is to give notice that PENAL TIES will be added to all unpaid 1940 Taxes on the first day of February, 1941. Pay Now And Save The Penalty J. E. FERGUSON Tax Collector and Tax Supervisor Of Haywood County i , !. f i ; I- i I! have your money back. (Adv.)
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