Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 September 1936 — Page 30

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THE BOSS—By Russell Tatum

Daily Short Story

before the door marked “Private.” Behind that door, was the boss. 1 adjusted my coat, straightened my tie. swallowed two or three times and pushed through the door. Mr. Ellsworth glanced up as I

entered, smiled questioningly, and asked “Well, Joe, what do you want?” “A raise in salary.” I blurted out. I had not planned to say it so bluntly, and inwardly cursed myself for a fool.

“A raise in salary,” the boss slowdv repeated, his face assuming its

most serious expression.

“Yes, Mr. Ellsworth.” I summoned my courage. “I feel that I deserve a raise. And I know that I need it.” = = = 3 EANING over the desk, he said, “Feelings and one’s needs do not enter into a matter like this. A raise in salary comes when one merits it. When 1 think you've earned a raise, Joe, then be sure you'll get it.” “Yes, Mr. Ellsworth,” I said, my throat dry. “What prompted you to ask for 8 raise when you've been with us for only one year?” he asked. “Well, Mr. Ellsworth-——you see, Ruby and I have been married about a vear. There's going to be ~—well "we're going to have a—have | a baby.” He grunted. “And you think that. because vou're going to have a baby, I should give you a raise?” | = nn n - ES. SIR. And then, too, Ruby needs to be out a lot, so we wanted to buy a little second-hand

car. We can't unless we get more money.” “You could get along without the car, I suppose?” . “I could.” I replied. “But Ruby

suggested getting it, and I" “1 surmised as much,” the boss cut in. “Now, my boy, youre a young married man. Just starting. I can help vou get started off right, for I've been on the matrimonial Would you like some advice?” I assured him I would. “Then, take this hint—you have to be firm with women. Their whims can’t always be gfven éonsideration. Now, I've always been firm with Mary, my wife. When 1 think we can't afford something! she wants, I tell her so, gently, but emphatically, and she knows I mean it!” » un un OOKING at his stern face, 1 A 4 didn't doubt that he carried the same authority into his home that he exercised at the office.

“Yes, Joe,” he was continuing. “In .

the beginning, Mary used to pout when I laid down the law, but now we never have any argument when our opinions differ. You must be firm, and use reason.” “1 g-guess you're right,” I stammered. “Make up your mind, and then geliuse to change. I'm sorry, Joe, but vou can't have a raise now.” Seeing that my case was hopeless, I turned towards the door. = = =

T that moment, a large, buxom woman entered the office un-

announced. She scarcely glanced &t me as she came straight to the gesk.,

“Mary!” exclaimed Mr. Ellsworth.

.*1 wasn’t expecting you.”

“Well, I won't detain you long. Ive bought a new car, and I came in to have vou sign the necessary papers in making the transfer of the old one.” Mr. Ellsworth laughed. “But, Mary.” he said gently. “you know »e can't afford a new car. Besides, our own one is still good.” She was busy drawing papers from her purse. : . “Richard,” she said, “you kno¥v we never have any argument when our opinions differ, and we're surely not going to have one now.” . She placed the papers on the desk before him. To my astonishment. Be sheepishly reached for his pen. “But Mary, vou—" “Richard!” She spoke but word.

one

= = » HEN all the papers had been properly signed, she gathered them up and stuck them in her purse. At the door, she turned

HAD a singing feeling as I stood |

A large, buxom woman entered the office unannounced.

“Be sure to be home promptly at

6. Don’t keep dinner waiting.”

“Yes, my dear,” Mr. Ellsworth re-

plied meekly. I started stopped me.

to leave,

look of mute appeal.

“Joe—uh—just - forget this

“Yes, Mr. EHsworth.”

“And since thinking more about “I suppose you do need a cheap little car. In this particular case, I think it

your request,” he went on,

best to break my custom, and change my mind. Your next pay check will include a $10 raise.”

“Thank you, Mr. Ellsworth!”

THE END (Copyright. 1536 by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)

{The characters in this story are fictitious)

too, but he His face had become stern again, but in his eyes was a

little matter between my wife and me.”

1 said quickly, and made for the door.

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BEGIN HERE TODAY Kay Dunn, pretty young nurse, is hired as a stewardess on Overland Airways and, the same day meets Ted Graham, veteran pilot, who flies the trans-Pacific route. Kay is assigned to the western division of the service. Monte Blaine, apprentice pilot, pays her marked attention. Monte is daring, romantic, but Kay is more interested in Ted. She and Dickie, Ted's adopted 7-year-old son, become close friends, Ted leaves on a flight across the Pacific. Monte and Ralph Bangs, another pilot, call at Kay's apartment one evening, decide to hold a house warming. Doris Lee, a stewardess and close friend of Kay's, arrives, announcing that land planes are ground-

ed because of fog. Other guests come later. Though the

evening passes gaily, Kay thinks of Ted over the Pacific and is worried. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

BY DECK MORGAN

CHAPTER TEN knew that two things stood

AY K above all else in Ted Gra'ham's life—his adopted son, Dickie, land his job. And she knew, too, that she had come to idolize and to love Ted Graham. It rather suprised her. She had always imagined that she wanted the man she loved to be gay and impulsive, to sweep her off her feet. Monte Blaine was such a man. | Monte had tried to sweep her off her feet with his impetuous manner, but Kay distrusted him. He seemed only to seek new sensations, to think lof having a good time at the moment, with never a thought for the future. el While Ted was away on the Pacific flight, the other pilots kidded { Kay mercilessly. Ted, they said, was the last man in the world to whom a girl should lose her heart. They all had heard him say, over

and over, that romance, for him, was behind. He was never going to fall in love again. Then he returned. = = = E came down out of the skies, after two weeks of gazing at the blue Pacific, and the first person he saw on shore was Kay Dunn. Dickie was at her side, trim in his grey military uniform. It seemed so natural that the pair i should be there, waiting for him. {| To Ted Graham's disciplined mind lit seemed well-ordered, exactly | right. : ; | Kay sensed this and, for some | reason she could not have explained, she feit annoyed that he should accept the incident in such

\| “I don’t like to stay up in the bar-

1 up. Be brave.”

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Dickie, had secured leave for him to come to meet his father. Kay thought that Ted should have been thrilled at this reception. There was no doubt, though, that he was pleased to see Dickie once more. He took the boy in his arms, lifting him high until Dickie, recalling his military dignity, asked to be put down. : : “Regulations, sir!” Dickie said. “No scufiling in uniform.” Dickie was inordinately proud of Ted in his flying togs.

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ED said to Kay, “And how is the job on Overland Airways?” It was Dickie who replied for her. “Pal lives here now, and works. Right on the beach near us. I had dinner with her almost every night during the holidays.” Ted looked at the girl a moment, then said quietly, “I think you will

like it better at the airport here. |

There's more life. colony?” “I adore them all,” she told him. His eyes were searching hers steadily. “I thank you for looking after Dickie—during his holidays. I'm afraid Jerry lets him run wild. The Japanese boy who tends the house is supposed to look after him, but he doesn’t.” - “Sato doesn’t cook as good as Kay, either,” Dickie put in, and they both laughed. Dickie went on, “I don't like the. military school any more. Yd rather stay at home!”

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B= all little boys have to go to school,” Kay said. “I could stay at home and go to day school,” Dickie said, tearful.

Do you like the

racks every night. It's cold. And dark.” . Kay patted his head. “Now, that isn't being a. big soldier. Brace

“But I want to live at home, Dickie repeated. “I never had a home—like yours—with flowers in the windows and pretty curtains. There’s nothing at the barracks but iron beds and bare walls—" i Ted put a hand on the boy's shoulder and they walked toward the roadster. Kay began to talk of trivial, : things—the weather and the new Bay bridge. Ted nodded occasionally, but he was looking straight ahead, looking at nothing. He didn't seem

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= = zn HEY drove up the beach to Ted’s little house on the shore. For a few moments they watched the other children playing games on the sand. Then Ted opened the door of the car. Sato came running out to greet them, his mouth in a toothy grin. “It’s almost 6; why don’t you stay ! and have dinner with us?” Ted said to Kay. “Yes!” Dickie said eagerly, “Yes! She can help Sato cook it better.” Kay cried out with gay laughter. Ted was apologetic. “Dickie You don’t ask a lady to dinner and then tell her to go cook it.” “Dinner ready,” the Japanese said, with his toothy grin redoubled. “Pork and beans. Boss home from long trip. Me open six cans. Got coffee, 100.” Kay bent double with laughter, but Dickie was almost indignant. “Pork and beans again, Sato!” “Six cans. You no like 'em? I fix you bread and milk.” = = = ED turned the switch in the | car. “I think we'll dine in a restaurant,” he said, “as usual.” But Kay stepped out of the car. “No,” she said. “You go to the corner grocery and buy a steak this) big!” She spread her arms. “And all the trimmings—mushrooms, potatoes, tomatoes. Bring them back to the house here. And don’t forget a brick of ice cream for Dickie.” She didn’t wait for a reply. She went inside with Dickie at her heels. Ted looked after them, smiling, then drove off toward the grocery. , Sato was pleased to have Kay in the kitchen. He had usually worked in a house where there was a “missy,” and padded around in his sandals, grinning, and showing her the kitchen implements—all of them spotlessly clean. Sato did know one thing about a kitchen. hn “Steak velly good,” he said. “Velly easy to cook. I put him in the stove then I go out and sit in the sun. Pretty soon he is done. Sometime one hour. Sometime two hours.” Gay went about her preparations for the dinner as if she were in her own little apartment. Dickie and Sato both helped.

= = =

N a few imnutes Ted was at the door again with the groceries. Kay didn’t look up from the salad bowl. “Did you remember to buy butter?” she asked. Ted beamed with pride. “Butter!”

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quality. It was certainly large enough. “I'm really hungry,” Ted said. “Then take Dickie in the livingroom and tell him all about your fiight from Manila,” she said. “Sato and I will manage here in the

kitchen.” When he hesitated, she said, “Please. Dickie has been dying to |

hear about your trip!” Ted went then with Dickie, and she could hear the murmur of their voices. Dickie’s high and shrill Ted's voice quiet and full of that resolution that Kay so much admired. : =n 2 = HE wanted, herself, to hear the details of the trip. She wanted to know what he had done in onolulu, what was going on in Manila. She wanted to know what Ted had brought to Dickie. Siie heard one loud cry of delight

1 the child and knew Ted had

him some present from one of those fabulous lands. Then she for a

| the huge platter and garnisiiad with { red and green, she turned and saw | Ted, in the doorway of the Xitchen, | regarding her with a fervent smile, Kay blushed. Her sleeves were rolled up and her face was damp from the heat. “I must look a fright!” she said. “You'll give me a minute to—" “I was just thinking what a marvelous person you really are,” Ted said. “And how pretty you look. With that hair—" “I know,” she said. “It’s red. Please don’t poke fun at my cate green eyes. I was born with them. They weren't painted on.” Ted laughed. (To Be Continued) Copyrigst. soe, Nes Serviee toe)

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