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1942 THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER Page IS m m a bus" s 6u POLAN iVNKS CHAPTER VIII . ,ha telephone, Oscar Go'1 .'stance call for the tin8io.r New York :iW Dsnd reversed the charges.. V'- anu . ... : vw York P?IicA!r:; the wire listen- tve, otner if sav? Say it . -i. rv,!f ?" asked his the Detective Bu- ffhat league all. i? it, from and .!" " D.,r,L-hppr diamo Sd impatiently back to the l" ,.ye ves go on!-... He 1 8 litde mustache you say? And oman called him (Evergreen?" rZt Scott!" exclaimed the ur .., ..rhtr have known it 5the tvergi . - You kno VmT asKeu . jewel thieves ,n the world. Obv-we'll pick them up," the hertoMUsea, yes if it s reauy vne uwuwuu, a'll tret your rewara; ne nung So you tiuiiK tms ' If it's Mortimer evergreen nu wift. the stone's the McCoy," j h- other positively, uniy erereen couia nave imuucu iv oad daylight like that. Zat so?" The chiet was pusmng fcttons. . . Why. he s the guy wno stoie me Irish Crown jewels irom me wer of London," explained the , i. i i i un... tective, He snooK ins neuu. . xie Its about beautitul things. - II it n"t for his wife being so sentl- lerital about the Coronation, he'd er have put them back!" We'll send out a general alarm ween here and Washington," id the chief. A telephone on his sk rang. He picked it up. "Yes ? Who? Ronny Rockaby? Tell him call me back later I'm busy c" He hung up, just as a police h-derly entered. "George--we've ;t a line on the Bonkheer Diam ond. Now, get this out on the re..." Ginger sat alone now, behind ny, watching the back of his She was annoyed with him, ut she had to confess to herself that she did like his ears. Too, it as fun to scrap with him : he Ireated her like another man when argued with her, instead of flat- Jering or flirting with her, as other nen did; and he sincerely distrust- ll women. Take Ronnv. for in- tance: he always flattered her. iwever patronizingly he did so. nlike Tony, women and the adu lation of women were necessary to his life. Last, but not least, she did not care for his ears. Comparing the two men, however unconscious ly, she remembered the blow Tony had given the crooner that morn ing. She smiled, despite herself. It was going to be an interesting trip, she thought. The unbeliev able bus that looked as if it had wandered off Fifth Avenue and lost it way. Gertrude, the husband eater. Casanova, the feline Loth ario. And her fellow-share-expens-ers, themselves. Even as they came to her mind, she became aware of their voices. Desdemona Love and the retired lion-tamer seemed to have much in common. All afternoon they had exchanged reminiscences the ac tress about the stage, Daniel Smock his adventures training wild beasts during a long circus career. Like most professionals, neither had a kind word to say for the celebrities of their calling. To Desdemona, the stage had practically curled up and died since the advent of the talkies; all the beautiful women and brave men, artistically speaking, were dead. The lion-tamer, on his part, had only scorn for the newcomers to the wild animal world; an old timer, he loved the big "cats" for their own sake, to hear him tell it. "Speaking of lions," Smock was saying, "I used to hunt them in Africa myself, before I joined up with the circus, I remember once I was on safari on the Serengetti Plains or was it Western Tang anyika ?-when I saw a man-eater, with my own eyes, mind you bite off the head of a little black boy in a Nandi Village " Desdemona gove a little shriek. "The horrible beast! How could you be fond of such ferocious ani mals, Mr. Smock?" She shuddered delicately. "Not that I don't think you're awful brave, but " "The lion was no worse than your tropical fish," the lion-tamer pointed out, slightly indignant. "She ate her own husband!" "That's different," said Miss Love. " Speaking of animals and their psychology, I once played with Maude Adams in her sensa tional barnyard drama, Chantecler only a child's part, of course!" She simpered. "I remember, at rehearsals I played the part of a duckling " "A lovely duckling, I'm sure," said Mr. Smock gallantly. Just then the bus slowed down preceptibly. Ginger, who had been half dozing, sat up Straight, and looked up. A man was standing beside the road, just ahead, jerking his thumb forward in the approved hitch-hiker fashion. It was late in the after noon, but light enough for her to see, with some surprise, that he was dressed in a complete yachting cos tume peaked white cap, blue coat, and white flannels. In one hand he carried a brown jug. He must have aroused Tony's curiosity as much as hers, for he came to a stop, and opened the door. "Want a lift, fella?" Tony asked. "Ah the Admiral's barge!" said the marooned mariner. He swayed as he got aboard, but Ginger saw instantly that it was not from an unfamiliarity with land-legs, but for purely alcoholic reasons. Al most the first thing he did, as he sank limply in a front seat across the aisle from Ginger, was to prof fer his jug. "Have a libation?" "No thanks," said Ginger, and Tony, too, shook his head. The ladies in the rear sniffed disapprov ingly. Mr. Smock looked wistful. "How far are you going?" asked Tony. "Until I can catch up with my yacht," said the gentleman hitch hiker, smiling blandly, as he took a swig from his jug, stowed it away under his seat, and carefully wiped his lips "Your yacht?" exclaimed Ginger, amazed. "I m Stanley Briggs, of New York," said yachtman Briggs, held out his hand, and as no one took it, shook hands with himself. "My boat s the Little Casino. I was go ing down to Miami in it, and order 'No Bananas Today!' J Mike, the orang-utan at the Bronx, N. Y., Zoo, can legitimately sing (if he could sing) "Yes, We Have No Bananas," for the war has shut off the supply of his favorite food from South America. From ow on, soo authorities say, the animals will have to be satisfied with sweet po tatoes, and Mike seems to agree with them. (Central Prest) sighed. The bus lurched then, and Mr. Briggs fell back into his seat. "Looks like a stormy crossing, doesn't it?" he murmured, and shortly fell asleep. Ginger and Tony looked at each other and laughed, Then he beck ed my captain to get up steam and oned to her. sail at dawn, this morninir. I overslept, and they sailed without me," he grinned, owishly. "Stan ley Brigg's word is law aboard the Little Casino." He gulped, smiled apologetically. "Now I've got to catch up with it before it reaches Biscayne Bay.'' "And you're hitchhiking all the way down to Florida?" Ginger was incredulous. "Sure. Can't tell when the crew will run out of liquor and put into port for supplies," said Mr. Briggs. "I lost all my money in a poker game last night so I'm hitchhik ing. It's a nice way to see the coun try, anyway." "A likely story," sniffed Miss Love, who had been listening. "The man's plainly a" "Ah, pardon me, Madame," said Mr. Briggs, and rose unsteadily, as he sought his jug. "May I offer you a libation?" "Certainly not!" said Desdemona icily Mr. Smock, who had brightened Come on and sit up here with me it's lonesome." She hesitated, then joined him again. . "Here I am then, but I refuse to fight with you any more." "Flag of truce." He grinned and jerked his head toward the nautical drunk. "If that chap's really going as far as Florida, maybe he'll join Mountaineer Lists Order Number Of Registered Men (Continued from page 11) son, Route No. 1. 833 Leslie Layfette Moody, Route No. 2. 834 Ivadene Berry, Route No. 2. 835 Robert Cleveland Plott, City. 836 John William Caldwell, Route No. 1, Clyde. 837 Sam Jackson Marsh, City. 838 Clinton Medford Crawford, Route No. 2. 839 Lloyd Putnam, Route No. 1. 840 Robert Vance Welch, City. 841 Alney Robinson Mehaffey, Route No. 2. 842 George Wiley Franklin, us, and cut down all our expenses." "You re always wanting to share something, aren't you?" she mur mured. "Why not?" he wanted td know. "What's the fun of anything a drink a dollar a sunset unless you can share it with someone? ' She made no answer to that, di gesting it, and thought that his smile, like his ears, weren't half bad. Behind them, Desdemona Love began again. "I shall never forget my season with Maude Adams. Ah, Mr. Smock there was an elfish, diaphanous, elusive creature! There was a true Thespian genius!" "That reminds me," put in the Hon-tamer, "I had a cub lioness once when I was with Barnum and Bailey a chocolate-colored year ling with yellow eyes and whis kers" The two were off. Casanova, the cat, sat on his master's lap and gazed unblinking ly across- the aisle at Gertrude, still circling the strange foreign object in her bowl with puizled, suspicious eyes and indignantly vi brating gill-plates. (To be Continued) Route No. I. 843 Mark Rich, Maggie. 844 John Golden Zimmerman, Route No. 1. 815 Joseph Liner Frady, Jr., Route No. 1. 846 Haynes Messer, Route No. 2. , 847 James Lawrence Mills, Route No. 1. 848 Tom Messer, Lake Juna luska. 849 Horace Greely Hammett, City,, 850 Jess James Pipes, City. 861 Felix Eugene Alley, Jr., City. 852 Lonnie Clinton Waddell, Hazelwood. 853 James Welch Messer, Route No. 1, Clyde. 854 Lowell Claude Browning, Route No. 1. 855 George Albert Bischoff, Hazelwood. 856 Marvel Rogers, City. 857 Paul Smith, Route No. 2. 858 Dewey Buchanan, Route No. 1. 859 Guy Oren Phillips, Hazel wood. 860 Winston Frank Davis, Ha zelwood. 861 Ellie Sorrells, Hazelwood. 862 Will Dyer, Cove Creek. 863 Thomas Franklin, Cove Creek. 864 Monty G. Stamey, City. 865 McKinley Hannah, Cove Creek. 866. Harrison Price, Cove Creek. 867 Jainos William Singleton, City. 868 Charlie Robert Justice, Route No, 1, Clyde. 869 Raymond Lester Wilson, City. 870 Norman Feridy Burgess, Route No. 1. S71 Pinkney Dewey Cochran, Hazelwood. 872 Deny Medford, City. 873 Dewoy Edison Ford, Route No. 1. : : , - : 874 Carl Woodfin Duckett, Route No. 1. 875 Jack Williams, City. 876 Willie Charles Shell, City, 877 Cecil Reuben Robertson, Closing Date Set For 1941 AAA Applications March 31st has been set as that closing date for filing all 1941 applications under the Agricul tural Conservation program by tha U, S. Department of Agriculture, it was learned here this week from the county farm agent's office.. In order that every participant in the program may have an op portunity to continue in the pro gram, individual notices are being mailed each producer in Haywood county who filed with the 1941 farm plan, but has not filed his applica tion for payment. Howard Clapp, county farm farm agent, is urging that the farmers take note of the closing date and file by the designated time. City. . 878 Robert James Mintz, Route No. 1. 879 Edgar Wallace Sharp, Route No. 1. 880 Albert Kirkpatrick, Route NO.-1. ' 881 James Edgar Mehaffey, Route No. 1. 882 Walter Stringfield Ray, City. 883 Vaughn Massie, Route No. 1. 884 James Clifford King, Route No. 2. 885 Lowery Odell Ferguson, Route No. 1, Clyde. 886 Coy Hamilton Wood, Route No. 1. 887 John Walter Gofoith, Lake Junnluska. 695-A Thomas Ernest Wykle, City. 235- B Paul Jarvis Brock, Ha zelwood. 236 B Jack Smith, Lake Juna luska. 818-B Marvin Daniel Watkins, City. : The navy estimates that 1,600, 000 pounds of food are required by the navy each holiday. 1Z ALT Pay Your 2i Y r vx3 m 21 Added After April 1st and before the SsMay? Pay your taxes NOW and avoid further penalty and costs. J.E. FERGUSON Tax Collector and Supervisor For Haywood County 4 l2 Quality and Real Service, see These Firms! 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