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WELL, 1 NEVER \ } 9% DID HAVE THAT FEELIN’ ABOUT TH’ GOV' MENT, CAUSE WHEN 1 WAS JUST A LITTLE KID I KNEW A MAIL MAN) WHO TOOK

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DAILY BLATT

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/ ALL MY LIFE I'VE HAD A SORT OF FEELING OF AWE ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT, BUT ONE TAP OF THAT GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR'S HAMMER HAS KILLED “THAT IN ME. == SOMEBODY THREW AN EMPTY CAN AMONG THEM ROLLERS, AN’ IT CAVED IN WITH “TH' STAMP OF APPROVAL

: KAFE «KARE? GENTLEMEN! GENTLEMEN] WW WORD! REMEMBER THIS 1S A RESPECTABLE HOSTELRY ~ NOT A GROG MOUSE /

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By Clarke Newton

% CHAPTER ONE

OISY, impatient Grand Central N Station lowered its voice and consciously paused to make a path for Nikki as she walked across the concourse between the two tall men. It was a tribute to youth and loveli- | ness with golden lights. At the gate she paused and spoke to her i

fathes. | “Goodby, dear, I'll wire you when | we arrive. Steve will take good care of me.” She smiled at the young man standing hat in hand, kissed her father and patted him lightly on the shoulder. “Don’t worry so much about your old diamonds. I wish you were coming with us.” Peter Jerome smiled back at his only daughter. “Have a good time and give my love to Uncle Jim and Aunt Amy,” he said. “Have your bags gone on down?” “The redcap took them on to the train,” said Steve. “We'd better go, too.” He grinned. “I'll keep Nikki away from wild horses and tame | cowboys. Goodby sir.” | Nikki's father followed the course | of his daughter and the man she | was engaged to marry down the ramp and then he turned away lo take a cab. But as he turned his eve caught a figure going through the gate, and he halted, startled. He raised his arm in an involuntary gesture as though to call the man he had seen. Then he passed thoughtfully, wrote hurriedly in a | notebook, tore out the sheet and | gave it to a redcap with a dollar | and careful directions. That done, | Peter Jerome continued on his way, | a worried line creasing his fore- | head. 2 ” ” IE her stateroom Nikki removed the tiny jacket of her tailored | bolero suit, untied the wisp of a] veil and laid aside her straw sail- | or. Then she turned to the bags the porter had placed in her stateroom before she arrived. Nikki thought about the trip ahead with a feeling of anticipation. She hadn't seen her aunt and uncle for five years, which seemed suddenly a long, long time, because previously | she had spent at least part of every | summer on the Lazy R Ranch and Aunt Amy had really taken the | place of a mother in her affections since her own mother had died. | Nikki supposed that Uncle Jim | was busier now that he had turned | the Lazy R into a dude ranch. He had been very successful, Nikki | knew.

“The new farm editor certainly has his heart in his work!”

FLAPPER FANNY

By Sylvia

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“Our under-new-management sale didn't get rid of much of this lime pop. How about a lease-expires-positively-must-vacate sale tomorrow?

Five years away. And during those five years she had finished school, |

GRIN AND BEAR IT

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made her debut, spent a year in Europe and become engaged to Steve Mallory, the young attorney who was this moment arranging his own luggage in another stateroom. She had known Steve less than a year but he had a way of brushing aside opposition. Nikki glanced at the mirror, and pressed the release snaps on her dressing case. She raised the lid satring with sharply breath, For in the case

and stood indrawn instead |

of her own neat array of toilet | articles, Nikki saw bundle upon bundle of green and gold currency heaped in fascinating disorder.

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HE first thought Nikki had was ‘ that the interior of the case looked like a bank teller’s cage after an earthquake. Letting her breath | out slowly she touched the money gingerly as though expecting to see it fade away and be replaced by the familiar golden tops of the jars in her toilet case. But the money remained. There must be at least a hundred of the $1000 bundles, Nikki thought. Whose money was it and why was it in her bag? A dozen thoughts started through her head. She could call the conductor. No, better call Steve, Maybe the money was stolen. Maybe it was counterfeit. They might ke involved in some long investigation and have | to return to New York. They might | even be suspected of something. Then Nikki saw a brown morocco | edge among the piles of green and yellow, and she lifted out a man's | wallet that apparently had been | tossed into the case with the money. | She opened the billfold and across | the inside flap read in plain gold | lettering: “Charles Dillon.” Nikki repeated the name to her- | self and she held the wallet a mo- | ment and tiien dropped it back into the bag. As she did there was a movement at the door. The lock clicked. Nikki turned half in panic, | her right hand making an involun- | tary gesture to close the bag “That's right,” said the man | standing in the opened door. “Close | it back up. And then just forgot that you ever saw it.” His eyes were on the case. 5 2 = | T= voice wasn't unpleasant. It | was low and rather smooth, | the voice of a man very sure of | himself and very sure of the situation, Nor was the man unpleasant. His medium height fitted compactly into a dark suit. His age was indeterminate—maybe 35, maybe 40. A little too well barbered, thought | Nikki, She let the lid of the dressing | case drop and glanced back at the | owner of the voice. He wasn't] looking at the bag now. He was | looking at her. He saw the blond | hair and the wide gray eyes that | were even wider now as they | stared at him. | Then he spoke again, but his| eyes hadn't ceased their covetous | admiration. His voice was still | smooth, low: “I am very sorry. The bags were together and the porter made al mistake. Not a very serious mis- | take, although I really haven't! much use for the things in this.” He held out a dressing case and’| Nikki saw then that the bag in his hand and the one which held the money were identical. | He stepped over to her and set!

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