Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 268, Decatur, Adams County, 12 November 1938 — Page 3

—- tHESBy givEN PARTY i . «utß*’ ■ I'rM.'V <'V<>v " arc leaving for <n.ioyr,l «■>»>»*- . Clv.le Bon. r. IBST |; .■•, Holtlioiw. EliEconomics o.sday after* IK home of Mrs. Gilbert ~.r , urged to be present at K * T I'- wi ” meCt '' ,on ‘ . o’clock Olp,: Mjjoae ■ ' M:< Elmer Anspaugh - Dnko program will be prei, le'Ota Beery. rt -n > , ’ isswa,, “ r an<y Mrs - HpWpaugh. ' Indiana. Indians K Cteßnce Erake. of American negro?— U k . loirs James Weber. ..’ gession. flWaedu !i^k e 9 hian Xppd,e Club ' w,n Kt It ke K. f C nail Tuesday BernooJf' : ilvir regular meeting. E£H Wil' be Mrs. Lew Gerig. SB J»W| L ’' !lhart ’ an<l Mrs Frank , i jLlarSi members are ask.-d to be roijßneStliiau Sisters will have a ■L luck supper Monday evening tseriKtiie 81 of I’, hall at five-thirty. Ku cS and inspection will folKx ■ in-mi" rs are urged to >rk«K pr«t Hwate g. oTp. Swmt'EP FROM PAGE ONE) Kr*lHte authorities. ■ “We nh.ill demand a thorough Kresdgr. on of the methods of Kising Hinds for use in elections *#K India ~ notably by the notor■ti MB per cent club jn this ■R,J of ’he hidden expend!1 *Bb 9 that organization: charof lederal funds apfor the relief of the

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CARROLL tupyright, 1938 Feature. Syndicate, Inc. 1 ‘D —Must have been BjHjP in thrills to seven little Alice Faye showed up WWW te,ll y at the birthday party

of her hair dress e r’s 13-year-old son. She brought the kid a radio and had cameras for six guests. After the packages were opened, she stayed and played games with the boys. Not many Hollywood stars would take the trouble to be so

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, trouoie to oe so 0U Can Alice is a herohair dresser, Gale Roe. jk'W ! news dispatches carried story from Lon- ■ wiU lift e y ebrows in ■jßoed. Jt quoted Lili Damita | l> ..rW WS: retired from film work forgoing to settle down and ■ e and motber -" I one thin & would have tilted 12LJ cbi '°ws higher—if Flynn had £ " Im going to settle down a husband and father.” ■ * IlJkm, busy Irishman ( in Hono- • .]B ust cabled the Warner prop I i".iEp. ent to p* ck him up ade JHVailer for use on location dur- £ filming of “Dodge City". | **he wants in it are a private [ a bath and shower, a j - : Bpette and an expensive radio machine. JB> f or the life of a frontiersled by a Hollywood star. ! Wdy Ebsen is in the Good Sa'aa®an hospital. He was threat- ■ Pneumonia but is better "’’j In his new picture, Buddy °ne of the most uncomfortggKCostumes In Hollywood hisI Sill. He's the Tin Woodman in pMlWizard of OT’, losing nine turkeys at Ws ranch, Clarence Brown photo-electric cell that turn on floodlights if anycame within its range. The flashed on the other night. rushed to his bedroom winin hand, and saw a bobaway from the turkey

SOCIETY

I, CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Fanny Macy Phone* 1000 — 1001 Saturday Mission Band of Evangelical Church, Church parlors, 3 p. m. | Magley G. M. G. Bake Sale, Sorg i Market. Presbyterian Rummage Sale, Graham Building. Monday Pythian Sisters, K. of P. Hall 5:30 P. M. Junior Arts Meeting, Patsy McConnell, 7:30. Evangelical Kuin-Joln-Us Class, Mrs. George Roop, Wren, 7:30 p. m. Corinthian Class, Mrs. Adam Kunowick. 7:30 p. m. Research Club, Mrs. Fred Heuer, 2:30 p. tn. W. C. T. U., Mrs. Elmer Anspaugh j 2:30 p. tn. Tirzah Club, Ben Hur Hall, 8 p. in. Tuesday Pythian Needle Club, K. of P. Hall. 2 p. m. Catholic Ladies of Columbia. K. of C. Hall, 6:30 p. m. Tri Kappa Business Meeting, Elks Home, 8 p. m. Tri Kappa Executive Meeting. Elks Home, 7:30 p. m. Loyal Daughters’ Class. Mrs. Milton Brown. Preble. 7:30 P. M. Baptist Philo Class, Mrs. Floyd Grandstaff, 7:30 p. m. Root Township Home Economics Club, Mrs. Glen Beachler, 2:00 p. m. Wednesday Reformed Church Ladies’ Aid,. Church Parlors, 2:30 p. m. Decatur Home Economics Club,' Mrs. Gilbert Strickler, 1:30 p. m. Business and Professional Women's Club, Rice Hotel. 6:30 p. m. Shakespeare Club, Mrs. John Heller, 2:30 p. m. Historical Club, Mrs. Sam Butler, 2:30 p. m. Saint Paul’s Ladies’ Aid, Mrs. George Bluhm. Thursday Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, Mrs. R. A. Stuckey, 2 p. m. unemployed through WPA, and the exercise of political pressure, through fear and coercion, by authorities in control of these federal funds. “As for myself, I wish to say that I consented to enter this race because I believed it my duty to help break machine control of government in Indiana, to wage a fight against reckless use of the

pen. He killed it with one shot and proudly displayed the pelt on the “Idiot’s Delight” set. Gable promptly announced that his next hunting trip will be on Clarence’s ranch. Understand Wallie Beery wants to do another tramp story, one he is writing himself. There’s a part in it for a boy actor, about the age of Jackie Coogan when he appeared with Chaplin in ‘ The Kid”. Wallie probably will get a helping hand from J. Walter Ruben on the script. Xuben was co-author and director of "The Bad Man of Brimstone” which gave Beery a big hit at a time when his popularity was waring’ The ’.oughest line of dialogue ever giver, to a Hollywood actor probably goes to Constantin Romanoff, who plays a Polish sailor in “Charlie Chan in Honolulu”. Introducing himself, he has to say: “My name is Stanislaw Wzdakqpopocuskystx.” Sonja Henie is in the dog house with some of the photogs didn t pose for pictures during intermission at her ice show. Friends say

it wasn’t her fault . . . Corrigan drives to the R-K-O studio in hi s brother-in-law’s ’29 car. The other mornin g when it wouldn’t start, he rode a bus, changing twice. On being asked by an R-K-O executive why he didn’t take a

taxi, the Irish o flyer said: “I never thought of it. That was Diane Lewis with Eddie Norris at the new late spot, Stage I . . • Harry Crosby, the speed pilot, came too near to tragedy when he was taking off at an Alhambra airport for a scene in “Tail Spin” . . . They got him out lust in time . . . Autographing reached the ultimate when the “Jesse James” troupe was in PMevllle. Even the electricians and makeup men were asked to sign their names. Since returning t Hollywood, Eddie Phillips, one the makeup men, has received 35 fan letters . . Vic McLaglen cahs son, Andrew, “Baby” The kid is only 6 feet 6 inches tall.

COURT HOUSE Marriage License* Oscar H. Hendricks, Stanton. Michigan salesman to Doris V. Webster, Monroe secretary. Thomas Lloyd, Venedocia, Ohio farmer to Theah Davis, Pleasant Mills. Richard E. Davis, Defiance. Ohio railroad employe to Elaine Young. o WPA Workers Held For Slaying Boss Chicago, Nov. 12. — <U.R> —Two works progress administration employes were held today on a charge of manslaughter in the death of Charles Cummings, 50, WPA superintendent, who dismissed them Thursday for quitting work early. Cummings died last night from injuries suffered in a beating administered five minutes after he had dismissed the men. They are Benjamin Simons, 30, and -Walter Wielgorecki, 30, both of Calumet Park where the project on which people’s money; in short, to help restore in Indiana the confidence of the people in their government. “The question of a seat in the senate is of secondary importance to me — I mean to continue the important thing. the battle against bad government.” Will Irwin of Columbus, Republican national committeeman, also approved the election contest and appealed for financial assistance. Democratic leaders remained silent and declined to discuss the Republican recount plans for pub lication. In confidence, Democrats are said to “resent” the Implication that they “stole” the election and believe that a recount will show a gain instead of a loss by votes for Democratic candidates.

(/ by Hazel Livingston

CHAPTER -Kill In June, almost two months to the day since Ken sailed, Sue stopped in to su.y that Moms had taken it’into her nead to go to the Orient instead of Tahoe, the same old thing, and Pops had engaged passage on the President Coolidge foj the sixteenth. Moms. A lot Moms ever had to say about where the Deckers spent their holidays. Or Pops, either! Sue was pursuing Kenneth, and she wasn’t fooling any of the Wickhams! They asked her to dinner, because they had to make some sort of gesture for the going away. “We may as well make a dinner party of it, and ask a couple of men, too,” Margaret said gloomily, ■for we haven't entertained anyone for ages, and I, for one, am 'beginning to get self-conscious about never paying off.” Good old Paula, who would have come herself if her “new lady” would have let her have the day off. sent her young cousin Ellen instead, and when Aunt Bet saw a black dress and white apron in the kitchen instead of Margaret in a smock, she really felt like her old self again, and so did Daddy who missed the dinner parties, and the 'wine that went with them, more than he cared to admit. After an argument that at times threatehed to be a battle, they decided on Lane Penney, who was so diverting that he might actually take Sue’s mind off Ken and divert her permanently, though that was probably too much to hope—on Sue’s old "steady” Joe Atwell, who had always had an eye for Margaret and two runners up—Perry Dryer and Fred Lacey. There were others they would like to have asked, but better a really nice dinner for a few than a beanfest for a lot. It was like old times. The long lace cloth, the best china, the ruby glass. Alex Wickham, who could look casbal and lazy in a dinner jacket, mixed the cocktails and made the younger men feel men of the world with him. Aunt Bet trailed her amethyst chiffon to impress Sue, and the three Wickhams with their three tones of blond heads, were at their best in the shades of yellow they wore so well. Sue christening her best new dinner dress of stiff rose brocade, had the spotlight, and whenever Site had the spotlight she was happy, and kind, and good. She was deferential to Aunt Bet, she flirted with Mr. Wickham, she was at her gay, laughing best. She was mad with excitement, thrilled with power, flashing with youth and beauty, and looking at her Margaret’s heart sank. For she knew Ken. Ken was practical. He wasn’t like herself, he wouldn’t brood and grieve. If he couldn’t have what he wanted, he'd take the next best, and having made up his mind to it, he’d soon convince himself that it was the best after all. Nor would it be hard for anyone to convince himself that Sue was tops . . . she was, undoubtedly. She was pretty, gay, daring, different and—last, but not to be overlooked, she had mnney. Oh, well . . • there was nothing she could do about it now. Margaret let Lane Penney hold her \ hand, under the lace cloth. Why not be smart, like Ken ? 1 Why not make a play for second i best 7 1 •• • < Xt was weeks, months aven, be- <

Victor McLaglen

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1938.

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they worked is located. They are ; held in the police station at subdr-; ban Homewood. o Three Persons Die In Canadian Fire Rouyn Que.. Nov. 12 — (UP) —' Three persons were known to have died today in a fire which destroyed Albert’s hotel and eight other, buildings before the combined for-, ces of the Rouyn and Normandai Fire departments were able to bring it under control. . Freight Hits Bull, Two Wrecks Caused Laporte, Ind., Nov. 12—(UP) —; It was just a lot of bull that caused two train wrecks near here yesterday which resulted in more than several thousand dollars damage. It happened when A 1,501) pound short-horn bull owned by Joseph Gorski stood in the path of a Pennsylvania freight train. When the

fore the Wickhams knew just what happened in Honolulu. There hadn’t been much in Sue’s scribbled letters. All adjectives, and careful, very careful reference to Ken, who was getting along just fine and just as darling as ever. And Moms wa> so crazy about Honolulu that she’d persuaded Pops to stay over another boat Moms! That was good! June turned into July, and July into August, and it was September again, and Babs, little Babs. was a junior. Natalie had a really good position with an insurance broker

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Margaret went out, was gayer than she had ever been.

in Oakland, and Margaret was beginning to think she was cut out for business after all. She loved her work, the independence it gave her, and the exciting clothes that it permitted her to have. Elson’s allowed its “giHs" to purchase gowns, that is the best gowns, at cost. The cheaper the model the smaller the discount allowed. It really didn’t pay to buy anything but the best Margaret didn’t buy much, but what she did buy was the best that one of the fashion centers of the world had to offer. She'd changed the style of her hair and her makeup. She was no longer a very pretty girl, she was a very alluring woman. But something was gone. She didn’t know what. Maybe it was because she didn’t care about anything any more. She went out was gayer than she’d ever been. Kept lat< hours, found it harder and harder to get up in the mornings. "Margaret has the best times of anybody I know,” Natalie said enviously. "She always had all the luck! ” Babs sighed. Margaret just laughed. She laughed a great deal. She knew it was true —she had good times, she had lota of luck. That she didn’t care a rap about any of it didn’t matter, she had everything

' engine hit the Bull, 15 freight cars piled up and were wrecked. i Following the first wreck, a pasIsenger train prepared to detour ai round the freight train wreckage j and backed into an open switch. Three passenger cars overturned. I The bull was the only casualty. o Columbia City Man Killed In Accident Columbia City, Ind., Nov. 12 — I (UP) —Funeral services are being ! arranged today for John Gonnell, j business man here, who died last ' night in the Linvill Memorial hosi pital from injuries received in an ■ automobile accident. Sheriff Eli Sauers said that Gonnell’s automobile apparently had blown a tire, causing it to leave the road, turn over and burn. Gonnell was thrown clear of the wreckage, but suffered internal injuries icaus- 1 Ing death. o — i Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

.... well, nearly everything. She ought to be very happy, and presently, when she wasn’t quite so tired, and they could afford a maid again, she would be happy. Then Sue came back, and everything was changed. ■> She burst into the house about 9 o’clock on a warm September evening when both the girls were out, and Margaret had promised herself a quiet evening in bed. with a book and a box of chocolates. Flinging open the front door that the Wickhams never locked, she called, "Maggie—are you home?”

And then threw herself, silver lame coat, white satin and orchids, into her friend’s arms. "Sue!" Margaret could only grasp. "Sue, where did you come from? Why I didn’t know you were home! What happened, didn't you go to the Orient?” “Sh —no!” With a silver sandal, Sue kicked the living-room door shut "Are you alone? Who’s tn there ?” “Why—only Daddy, reading by the fire. The girls are out, and Aunt Bet’s upstairs. I was just going up myself. Why? What's all the mystery? Sue! You’re crying—what’s HAPPENED ?’’ Sue unpinned her gardenias and flung them on the floor. She pulled the pins out of her hair with a tragic gesture. “Can I stay? Nofiody’ll know I’m here?” “Os course you can stay. But Sue, begin at the beginning and tell me. Is it your mother? Is somebody sick?" “No, no—of course not! Why should SHE be sick. I’d like to know! Oh, Maggie, Maggie, I’m desperate—what shall I do?” "But what’s wrong? What's happened ?” “It’s Kenneth,” Sue sobbed. "They’ve parted us!” •

gERSONALi

l»ed In Decatur for a few hours Mrs. Terry Wertz of Elkhart visFriday afternoon. Miss Bertha C. Heller of Indianapolis Is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. W. Tyndall over the week end. Hundreds of'cars went through here this morning, carrying fans to the Notre Dame vs Minnesota football game. James J. Moran, well known here, has been appointed judge of the Jay circuit court to succeed the late Judge Mills, who died Monday of a heart attack. C. E. Holthouse visited in Fort, Wayne ’his morning. George Harvey of Indianapolis ”lsited his parents near Monroe this week. Ed Stephenson of the Chase National Bank, New York City, is visiting here over Sunday. Mrs. James Harkless will go to Fort Wayne soon for an extended visit with her daughter. Miss Ann Hoffman of Fort Wayne called on Decatur friends. Judge David E. Smith and son. Dick of Fort Wayne, were greeting old friends here last evening. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Byron of Peru are week-end visitors of Dr. and I Mrs. Roy Archbold. John Everett is receiving congratulations on his 58th birthday today. Mr. Everett Is in good health and is still avtive in his 1 business affiliations. Misses Edwina Shroll, Mary M. ■ Klepper, Arthur Shrik and Carl | Dew Weld left, this morning to at-1 tend the Notre Dame-Minnesota football game. ——O 1 — — Glue In Auto Tank Cincinnati, O. (U.R) —A new candidate for the title of the "world's meanest man" was discovered here when James Louis, 29, Negro, was sentenced to serve 10 days in the workhouse for pouring glue into the gasoline tank of a neighbor'sj automobile. o Lingerie Thief Fastidious I Lawrence, Mass. (U.R) —A clothes-! line thief with a fastidious taste in lingerie has raided the yard of a 1 CHAPTER XIV Ken . . . Margaret closed her eyes, and felt the hall whirling crazily about her. Dizzy, almost nauseated, she sat perfectly still beside Sue and waited with an odd, detachedjiatience for the whirling to stop She heard, and still didn’t hear, what Sue was saying. i It all amounted to the same thing anyway. It was what she’d known would happen. It was what she'd counted on, steeled herself to. And what difference did it make? She'd lost him! Why snouid it hurt that Sue should have him now? And what would Sue think of her queerness? With an effort she pulled herself together, turned to the other girl with a desperate attempt at attention. Sue wasn’t just putting on an act, and trying to divert attention from the fact that she’d succeeded by one means or another in winning Kenneth at last. Sue wasn’t paying the least bit of attention to her. Sue was hurt or scared. Maybe she really meant that she and Ken had parted . . . Margaret put her hand on her furiously beating hea r. t She wouldn’t think of It, she wouldn't let herself think of it And she heard herself saying: “Tell me— Tell me again! I don’t understand!" She saw, without compassion, that Sue had really suffered. She was sallow thin to the point of emaciation. Her scarlet lipstick was smeared, and her mouth was like a wound in her white, distorted face. But I kept my suffering to myself, Margaret thought and she said, not too gently, “if you won’t tell me, I can’t help you!" “Oh, I can't—l can’t” Sue moaned, and Margaret waited coldly, and presently It all came out. Margaret must forgive her, but she knew she’d always loved Ken, and Ken, poo» dear, was so low because Margaret-Lad failed him . . , I failed him! That’s good! Margaret thought. She went on: “I tried to cheer him up, because I knew it was unnatural for a grand fellow like that to be so cynical and everything, and we talked It all over, and he admitted he never understood me before, and I don't know just how it happened, Maggie, but I ... he . . .” I know, Margaret thought I know exactly. She saw the summer moonlight, the sea, the flowers, the hotel terrace ... “You don’t have to tell me. Sue. I know. Ken fell In love with you. He asked you to marry him." “Oh, Margaret! How did you guess?" "I don’t know. I just guessed." Then Sue wept again, and it was a long while before she got on with her story After Ken admitted that he loved her, after they were engaged, it seemed futile to go on to The Orient. It would be wasted time, without Ken. And Ken was so sweet about it. begging her to go and get the trip, because, even though he was making good his salary wouldn't be much for years, and after they were married she might not get another chance. But she knew it would be ail so empty, because the one thing she wanted was Ken. So she told Mom and Pop, and Pop had always been so perfect about everything, but he was meals because some business things weren’t going so well and he hadn’t

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Eduard Benes and wife Prior to departing for the United States where he will lecture as a college guest instructor, former President Eduard Benes of Czecho Slovakia and his wife are resting up at the home of a nephew in London, where the two are shown. Meanwhile, the national union party of Czechoslovakia began a movement virtually placing Benes on trial on charges of "malfeasance leading to the present fate of the renuhlic”.

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times. Each time the thief has carefully selected only the new articles of feminine apparel from the line. Brick of 1651 Found Greenwich. Mass. (U.R) — Search-

wanted to come on the trip at all, only Mom made him. So he got into a great passion and he and Mom had a terrific fight because he said Mom was to blame for everything. Just as if Mom had anything to do with it! Poor Pops, he couldn’t realize she was a grown woman and not a little girl any more. And so she had to tell him she was free, white and twenty-one and could marry whom she pleased . . . whenever she pleased . . . and Pops, who was always so sweet, just blew up and went all to pieces, and he ran Ken out of the hotel, making a terrible noise about IL so that it got into the paper and everybody talked about it, and it was terrible. And he cancelled their passage, and wouldn’t even let her say goodbye to Kenny, and brought her and Mom back home. And she'd locked herself- tn her cabin and cried all the way home and never eaten a thing, and tried to jump overboard when she found out the radios she'd ordered sent Ken each day were never sent because Pops had countermanded the order. And what was she to do, because things couldn’t go on like this! And did Margaret have any money? Because Pops wouldn’t give her a cent, not even a dollar, and she was nearly wild wondering what Ken was thinking, and how he was suffering . . . Margaret went upstairs to get, her purse. “Is that you, Margaret?" Aunt Bet called in her high, quavering voice. “I was wondering if you’d make me a cup of cocoa? Just one cup, dear. No cream. And one thin piece of toast I feel a little faint I didn’t care much for the chops tonight, I’m going to speak to that man, or perhaps you will, dear. You’re always better with tradespeople than I am You might just say—” “Oh, all right! ALL RIGHT! ” The sound of her own voice startled Margaret It was high and shrill, like Sue’s. What was the matter with her? It wasn’t as if It were new, or a shock, or anything. She’d kndwn all along. She'd have bet her last cent on It . . . "Ten dollars, If you can spare it, honey! ” Sue whispered. “Or maybe you better make it twenty, because I don’t know how much it costs, and anyway, I can't say it in ten words!” Twenty dollars. Her twenty dollars, to bring Sue and Kenny together again! “And honey,” Sue said, “If the> make me sign my name asd address, It’D be all right if I use yours, won't it? Because Pops might have some kind of an order in, cancelling anything from Susan Decker. You know how men are. when they get started. But I’ll sign it Sue, because he can't prevent all the Sues In the country from sending cables, that would be too silly. You don’t mind, do you hon?” Margaret smiled. “No, I don’t mind.” Sue stuffed the money In her bag. "Well, I can’t even thank you enough, and I’ll give it back as soon as I get it from Moms—in a couple of days, or I can get it from one of tlie servants, or something Bye!” The front door closed. Aunt Bet. In her lavender bathrobe, appeared at ‘the head of the stairs. "Oh, I thought I heard the door shut. 1 thought you might be going out, 1

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material •to build a fireplace, Charles S. Knight found a 287-year-old handmade brick. Slightly smaller in length and width but a bit thicker than today’s variety, the brick is clearly marked with the date 1651.

knew it was too early for the girls. You didn’t forget my chocolate?" "No, 1 didn’t forget it. Go on back to bed. I’ll bring it up in a minute.” Margaret went into the kitchen and drank a glass of water. It was bright moonlight. Moonlight in Hawaii, too. She mixed the sugar and chocolate in a measuring cup, and put the milk in a saucepan. Then, without warning, the tears came. She stood, all alone tn the quiet kitchen, weeping, and stirring the milk over the gas burner she had forgotten to light • • • By the next night the whole family had the news that the Deckers were back In town. "She was here last night, and you didn’t TELL me!” Aunt Bet cried, outraged. 'I was too tired. She cried so much she-wore me out.” "Cried? Susan ...What about?” Natalie asked hopefully. She thought that the trip might nave been a failure after all, and that Ken might come back after Maggie, and Maggie could tell him where he could go . .. "She was all upset because the family didn’t approve of her romance—her engagement—to Ken Raleigh. She wanted to stay over another boat or two in Honolulu and then marry Ken, and make the trip to Japan a honeymoon, I guess. Anyway, father Decker was furious and they had a fuss and he bundled Sue back home on the next boat, and there's the devtl to pay. True love crossed by cruel father and Sue having hysterics and everything else.” “So she got him,” Natalie said. Aunt Bet twirled her rings nervously. So that was why Margaret acted so queerly about the chocolate . . . Sue was there, and she was having to listen to the love story. No wonder she looked funny when she finally brought it up. Not that it wasn’t all for the best. Alex Wickham cleared nls throat. He said: "I can’t say that I blame Mr Decker for his stand. The young man was not just what I’d hope for in a son-in-law " “By no means." Aunt Bet said fervently. “And it’s all off?” Babs asked, hopefully. Margaret looked from one to the other. She knew what, they were thinking, knew how they were trying to spare her feelings. She laughed. "Off? Who said so? Don’t you know Sue well enough to know she’ll get her way?" “But if her father refuses bls consent—” Alex Wickham began stiffly. “And his support—" Natalie cut in. Margaret pushed back her chair! "Will you excuse me? I’m meeting Lane Penney for an 8 o’clock date, and I've got to dress Babs. you do the dishes tonight, will you? And, please, don’t everyone belittle Ken on my account. Heavens. I don’t want him, and Sue does I think it’s swell. I hope they’ll be terribly happy, and if he were to come home tomorrow I’d be glad to see him -and I’d tell mm so. too!” She felt rather proud of that speech. As she said it. she almost meant It. But she certainly didn’t expect to see Ken, on the ferry less than two weeks later. (To be continued) Copyright, King Features Syndicate. Im.