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MUTT AND JEFF

LION ESCAPED!

ONE OF THE

BIG CATS IS

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HERE,KITTY, KITTY!

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 10, 1939.

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THE DAILY SHORT STORY

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WISE CRACKS

WISE cracks1· Curious how wise batting balls up against the rear of the cracks could be a girl's nemesis, garage. Batting tennis balls was an Before sho But there Was Maddening too.

no outlet for her feelings. denying it. Ginerva knew, a week knew it she became absorbed, trying to after she has arrived at the Stonerlam perfect her backhand.

"You should follow through more," colony with her folks for the summer, that she was going to be out of it with a voice said.

The Ginerva jumped and turned. the young folks simply because she wasn't quick on the uptake.

ball she had just struck a vicious blow and Wise cracks were in vogue, and whanged up against the garage Ginerva never could think of any, and rebounded straight and true, catching Ginerva went because she couldn't she simply didn't her behind the ear. count, that's all. She remembered that down like a log. For a moment her reeled. When at last things first night when she had been invited senses over to Esther Wheeler's to meet the stopped their crazy maneuvers she saw gang. They had just sat around and a face above her and recognised it as wise cracked each other.

"What kind of a coat has no buttons and you put it on wet?"

"Go on. Let's have it."

"A coat of paint."

Much laughter.

"Look, did you know little Brown had three feet?"

"How come?”

mer."

belonging to Brooke Gleason, ·

"Gosh!" Brooke Gleason said. "Are you all right? That was a terrific blow. I must have startled you. And am I sorry."

"

Ginerva moaned and sat up. Brooke I'm all Bessie supported her with his arm.

right. Just don't make a wise crack about it, that's all."

..

"She's grown a foot since last sum-: Brooke laughed. "Am I glad to hear you say that! That's why I came Sickening. Disgusting. Ginerva had over, sat in a corner, practically forgotten. "What's why you came over?" Even so she could have stood it if "Because you don't wise crack." Brooke Gleason hadn't joined in. Ginerva forgot the lump on her head He grinned. Brooke was her hero, in fact he was and looked up at him. the hero of every girl at Stonedam. A "I mean, I admired you from the first four letter man at college. tall. simply because you didn't make a weak the attention like handsome, laughing brute. A dancer attempt to gain

I ad- The answer to any girl's others by making wise cracks.

mired you for your courage in not do- She had thought hoped that ing it, when it's the vogue. You see, Brooke would have more sense, more I hate them too, but I lacked your

divine.

dream.

A

By Barbara Ann Benedict

dignity than to seek recognition by this silly wisecrack business. But when Chester Kemp wound up the tale of a college exploit by saying, "So there was old Prof. Irons looking up from his desk and not a single pupil in the room!". Brooke answered smugly, "Prof. Irons never did have any 'class'.!

Oh, it was disillusioning.

courage in refusing to chip in my two cents' worth.".

•

"Good heavens!" Ginerva déclared. "I guess I'm not a very courageous man. It's taken me three days to drum up enough courage to come over and ask you to go to next Friday's dance. with me. Anyhow, you riust be all As the dated up for it by now." talk ran on, Ginerva felt smaller and Ginerva thought swiftly, "I have emaller. She just wasn't in it. And been asked," she began, Brooke's face presently, as a defence, she began hat fell. "But the man I was going, with ing them. They were just a lot of caught chicken pox," she added quickly.. children. They bored her to tears. She "I guess I can arrange it, but no wise was glad to be out of it. She hoped cracks." none of them would bothering her.

come

around

They didn't. The week passed and Ginerva was left pretty much alone. Her hatred and bitterness and con- tempt grew. My goodness! The idea of normal, healthy people wasting their time thinking up wise cracks!

Saturday came and from her folks she heard about the dance. It was the annual event to officially open the sea- son and it would be held next Friday at the pavillion. It was the biggest affair of the entire summer.

Ginerva felt a pang. She wouldn't be asked. No one would want to take her because she wasn't wise-cracky. She'd have to stay home and try not to think of every one at the dance hav ing a fine time. And when Esther and. Helen and Grace asked her with whom she was going, what would she say?. What

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it was going to be humiliating. would she say?"

For a moment Ginerva was seized by [a menee of panic. She could think up some exetme to go back to the city. She could pretend being sick. Oh, any. thing at all

Buy Konday, the had come no hearer

· sollition to her problemt. After jaholt Looks har" terinia Twoket and; began

"It's a promise," cried Brooke happily.

"Ditto," said Ginerva,

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