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Tuesday,

NANCY

SOMEHOW, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT --- I WONDER

IF IT'S TRUE ---

OH, TEDDY-- CAN

I BORROW YOUR

LITTLE PET FOR ABOUT

AN HOUR?

SURE,

NANCY!

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

By

April 9, 1940.

Ernie Bushmiller

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ANDY HARDY GET& SPRING FEVER

AT THE auditorium door, Rose Meredith bade the last of the "actors" good night. She had already telephoned the light com- pany and everything would be fixed by morning. Then she turned. “Last as usual, Andy?"

"I guess so."

He leaned against the wall. "Gee, it was a terrible show, wasn't

it?"

She spoke comfortingly. "You know what they say about bad dress rehearsals.

It means the show will be good."

"MMhmm."

Then

he leaned forward and there was desperation in his face. "Rose, will yn let me ask u favour?"

She didn't reprove him for the "Rose" this time. He hadn't even known he had said it.

"Lemme walk home with you to-night," he begged.

She looked at him know- ing that he was waiting for the sick, awful disappoint- ment of her "no." Then she said, quite impersonally. "all right. Let's go."

They sauntered down the street and middenly they were at the Carvel Park Gardens with its white fountain alt silvery in the moonlight. Andy looked up at.- the-sky.--"Gee, Ifx-n-swell- night.".

She quoted softly,

"How sweet the moonlight sleeps

upon this land,

...Look how the floor of heaven Is thick Infald with patines of

bright gold..."

per-

He was staring at her, fuseinat- ed. "You know." he said huskily, "I used to think Shakespeare was all a bunch of junk. But when you say it, it sounds different." Is face clouded with honest plexity. "Now isn't that peculiar." Suddenly he reached up to the bridal wreath above them and shook the blossoms in her hair.

You

look beautiful like that." He gazed at her in wild worship and sald hoarsely, "I wish it was or- chida."

"Why, I think this is a lot nicer Andy. Orchids are a lule obvious don't you think? They cost a lot of money, yes, but there's more poetry to these."

never

His face tht of that before."

and suddenly he seized her hand. "Gee, will I ever again meet anybody like you? Gee, when I'm grownup, suppose I want I only meet the orchid kind? somebody like you, Rose." He bent suddenly and kissed her hand.

* *

THERE was pity in her eyes. "Andy dear," she said casually, "let's sit down on the bench."

They faced the water lilies floating face.

pool with its

the aur. OR

"Are you going to lecture me?" Andy asked.

"Why, I think that would be very unkind."

be

"The-cnn I talk? And can I

sure that you won't laugh at

me?"

"Have 1 ever?"

He shook his head and tried to ntil his young pounding heart. "That's one of the things I like about you. Well," he didn't dare look at her, "Rose, can you be love anybody my age can be in love?"

"Yes-I can." voleo

TIIN

sum-

was steady. He was speaking almost like a grown man. "I want to get a job thia mer Rose, start earning my own living. I'm younger than you, but you're not much older than me. What I wanta know Is-"Ho set his jaw and struggled on. "Could

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I have any kind of a chance with you?"

She gruped for the right thing lê nay, "You're a very uttractive boy, Andy, but my dear, there are so many barriers between you and

"

but you like inc.

I know you du. Oh don't you understand?" he cried. "I'm trying to ask you to marry me." With trembling fingers he brushed back a lock of hair, "It's kind of an important step to tufte, isn't it? I

mean. I've never thought about marrying be- fore. And I've never asked

nny- body before, either."

Thank you for the compliment "but I Andy," she said slowly

inust be honest with

He jumped up. "Don't don't. I know what you're going to say. He struck one fist with the other. "Why did I have to be born younger

"Andy,

listen to me won't listen. I won't go on with the play. I'll hop a freight out of town, I'll do anything but slay here, I won't stay here."

She rose and grasped his arms and gave him a little shake. "Now that." He was quite still and slop she smiled at him. "Don't ever iry and fool me that you'd be a quitter. Five hundred people are coming: to see us to-morrow night and we're going to give them the best show we can. But we won't do It If we Kat

confused and emotional and led into knots to night."

know-

"Listen Andy, to-morrow night after the play's over I want a few minutes with you alone. I want tell you a story, Andy,

and then you must make your own answer to the question you asked me to-night." She put out her hand. In it a deal?"

He grasped her fingers. "Ok," he said quietly. "It's a dent."

She turned away from him. "Now I'm going down the path to my house, alone. I want to think. Goodnight Andy."

*

*

WHEN she was out of sight, he began to plod home. wards. But as he was walk- ing up the front steps he realised feverishly that he must talk to Dad again. Now he had something really im..

portant to say, now there was

a decision to be made,

As usual at this hour, the Judge "what" în ̄ ̄his"deïn~This "Une Andy wasted no time in coming to the point. "Dad," he said directly, "I decided it was only fair to tell you I'm making, some plans for the future."

From the heaviness of his own heart, the Judge forced a smile. "Cone young fellow sit down. Now then, what plans?"

Quickly, Andy told hin. He was going to get a job. He had a few things in view and he had decided not to Anish high school, College, of course, was completely out. There were more important things than that in life.

The Judge stroked his chin ner- yously. "Well, maybe you're right Andy." Handling this, he realised: was going to be touch and go. "May I ask why you're making these changes?"

"I wants get married." "

"I rec. Well, Andy, your mother's te ask this so I might as going well. To whom?"

"Rose Meredith."

"Hm." The Judge digested this gravely, "She's a nice young Indy, of course, but don't you think the difference in your opes-?"

Andly got up and began to pace the floor. "Look Dad, what's a difference of five or six years? I'm pretty near Seventeen and she's twenty-three. I'm thinking of the future when we're both past thirty and settled down to gracefully together."

Andy's face was long with misery."I guess this is once you and I just don't hear cach other

Dad. But you're a swell guy and-"

"When are you going to ask the young Indy?" The Judge' held his breath. Maybe he'd been wrong about that girl. Maybe this was one of those things that he wasn't. going to have any way about, after all.

"I did. To-night. She's gonna answer me to-morrow night"

"Andy, I hope that no one gets hurt."

"Andy's smile was tender and far off, "Oh I wouldn't hurt her." Then he looked at his father. "Gee, I wish it was to-morrow night,”

"Andrew, Andrew," the Judge cried. "A year from now you'll remember this moment and you'll

tu wish you'd tried see it my Way."

Swiftly, Andy went to the door. He turned once. "Goodnight Dad," he sald sorrowfully and moved toward the stairs.

ONG past midnight, Judge

"Does 117 Suppose you come with me and see." She drew him to the window. Outside, far, far to the east, the sky had paled to a shimmery grey. "Darkest before dawn, darling..

"Then you you think I enn Bg- ure it out?" He was begging for her belief.

Think? I know. Of course you

can."

**

SOME hours later he was on his way to the Court- house. So deep in thought was he that he hardly noticed Don Davis' greeting until the man's second try. Don but- ton-holed him."

"Say listen Judge, I'm a member of the Citizens Protest Committee and we need some legal advicċ." Protest Committee for what?" "We're going to raise a little coin with the Public Works Cum- mittee In the charge of the road building campaign."

Way?"

la

"Well, Here we're paying expen- sive taxes for all this work to be done and you know what Jef Ada ins discovered? That thut

Committee

Importing gravel-get that bringing gravel In from another county to be used on our reads at a price that'il mare your hair curl."

The Judge Was thoughtful. "Bringing in gravel

"You'd think they were buying gold dust the, money they're pay- ing out. And who pays the bills? We do, the taxpayers."

"Did you say-gravel?"! Judge Hardy asked in a curiously hushed voice.

then Don

"Why

yes." And the Judge had clean gore crazy. "Say what

the

"Gravel!" the Judge yelled and The began to wave his arms likteņ madman. Then. without a word he turned around and began run-

breely over

ning back to his house, his coat tails ying behind him in the For one hour he toiled his law books. Then he left the house to pay a few visits. His first stop was at the headquarters of the Protest Committee. Next he went to the Public Works Bureau of the Town Council.

It was time And finally, t for the Board Meeting of the Carvel Aluminum Corporation.

Standing of the head of the directors table, he faced the men who had been his partners in the venture. "Gentlemen," he said gravely, though for the first time In days, his heart was light, "Mr. Willis and Mr. Hansen having been called out of town, it is my unpleasant duty to bring you bad news."

"Bad news, Judge?" Benedict asked suspiciously.

"The City of Carvel has issued is an ultimatum. Elther we sell the aqueduct property to the town for its nominal value as a souren of gravel or the town will condemn the property and take it over." That was the idea he had workerl out in his den and the Public Works Bureau had heartily en- dorsed it. It remained now to con- vince these men that it was the only thing to do.

It cle

But all five of his partners Im- inediately started an uproar. Hig- ginbotham was ready to tear the town apart. Anderson wanted to

Miller fight.

yelled that

they'd carry clear to the Supreme Court. "Just a minute boys," Benedict Fald quietly. "Frankly, I'd ogree to fight to protect our money by fale means or foul if he turned to the Judze and smiled, "If you weren't In this with us Judge. Isn't that right men?” There was a hesitant murmur of assent. "I don't think any of us wants to see honest

Jim Hardy Aghting tax payers of Carvel!"

Hardy was still sitting there in his den. Andy, the board meeting-it was all jumbled together in night-lips. "That's a mighty fine senti-

mare. grow old

The Judge's eyes were serious but warm with affection," "Andrew, Haten to men moment. Do you want to take on premature respon- billes? Do you want to grow up suddenly, instend of wisely? Do you want to make that transition in one foolish leap?"

The sooner you get married. the sooner you grow up."

"Thousanda of young people have tried that theory and crippled themselves for life."

"I don't know what you mean,” Andy muttered.

"Oh yes you do. At forty you don't want to find that you were trapped into being an adult, you don't want your Ilfo filled with the bitterness and tragedy that passes. through my courtivom every day, you don't

Andy stopped back as if he were at bay. "Dad I do know what you mean but it's just as though some- tling inside me keeps saying, "ho's wrong, he's wrong, don't listen.*"*

The Judge's gazo hold infaite pity. "I know what that voice is. It's Springtime."

softly and his wife stood there, Toward dawn the door opened

She came to him and put her hand on his head. "What's wrong, dear?"

"Everything." His voice was thick. Then he began to speak in miserable confession. “Emily, I've been a fool, I smelled some illnes In bloom and I got to dreaming. For the first time in my life I got greedy."

"I don't see any harm in that,” was the staunch reply.

I've "But

lost a lot of money. And you know how hard ft le'and' how long it takes us to save, Half *of it belongs to you and I've lost It. But that isn't the worst. I've led others in this town in with good faith because I endorsed the deal. And there's no way of pay- ing them back their money," ho went on brokenly. We don't have enough. Yet I'm responsible,"

"James dear," she said, "there's always to-morrow. There's always another chance, another opporti nity, to find some way out."

He groaned.

Judge Hardy moistened his day

ment but now he forced the truth from himself, "gentlemen, what I have just told you is true -but it's based on a lie. I've been trying to save my own face but I Willia can't go through with it. and Hansen have disappeared and laken our seventeen thousand dol- forn with them."

There was a gasp of horror. "But what about the chemist'u re- port?" Benedict demanded "The land has eight per cent, of alır- minum."

The Judge nodded. "I checked that yesterday with a friend of mine in the State University. The entire surface of the earth is eight per cent,aluminum.” He smiled grimly. "But it's commercially' Impractical to extract it."

"Well, I'll be figgered," liggin- botham

rasped. Judge Hardy wiped his forchend. "The town will buy the land for gravel. We've been saved by the skin of our teeth."

"Buy nothing of the kind," Bene- "You can't tell

dict gold that idea of

me you didn't

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