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HONGKONG TELEGRAPHI

DONALD ·DUCK

July 27, 19402

By Walt Disney

SATURDAY SHORT STORY SECTION

Three days after he came to town James

Ponny kissed Tiny. He'd have done

botter to set fire to the Bank.

Hear about Tiny Brown?

By BAIRD HALL

"Well" barked Mrs. Epps. "Wellf' The fresh-e ought to be arrested. know who he is. He's that Uncatre writer. That's New York for you, The fresh masher! George, why didn't you do something?. He ought to be horsewhipped, the mashert"

Tlay was blushing the colour of a cherry smash. but Tiny was the kind

eculdn't help having a spectul feellag about Ell Pride,, She couldn't help it her heart thumped and her cheeks who hated to think hord things about gut red and her eyes got soft and anybody, "Oh, Mra: Epps, I don't

A Short Story Complete in This Issue bright. Eli was big and brown, and think he meant to be fresh. I don't quiet. He didn't talk much. It think he meant to-to do what he wouldn't be

did. fair, Tiny thought, for

"Tiny Browal"

PEOPLE get mad at Oscar Ell never to get a date just because

Brown because they say he he didn't speak out as fast as other "But Mrs. Epps-maybe it was a can't make up his mind about buys did. Ell liked her to go places sort of accident. He didn't sound anything. It isn't true. Oscar with him. She knew he did. So, lo fresh. I mean, he went right out in makes up his mind more times be fair, Tiny would never make a

in ten minutes than other people

do in ten days. He takes a firm stand too--first on one side of question, then on the other.

a

make up his mind what to do about Timbuktu before her father could

Mrs. Epps went right over Sarah Hill's.

to

a nice way." date when there was a chance

This was the point where Oscar El might ask her-in a sort of mumble Brown came from the side room. But at the last minute. Sometimes his Mrs. Epps didn't waste any words on right like Tiny's if it was a Young could be picked up and carried off to fact got red and his eyes soft and Oscar.. Everybody knew that Tiny People's Club hike and he took her It's a lucky thing for Tiny Brown hand over a steep place. that her father is the way he is. AL least, It was lucky for her the winter The other boys made jealous cracks the playwright came to board at about El Pride and the Indies did a

When it came to scratch, none of Pride's farm up in North Drenham, natural amount of chattering. "You're the indies felt just like going straight Tiny was the prettiest girl in Dren. awfully young. Tiny, dear, to let one to James Penny himself. So three And there were eleven pretty girls in boy have so much of young time. And

them went to ceo Emily Pride. Drenham that winter, counting young

when he hasn't actually said any Mrs, pride was no ordinarily one to widow Payedek over by Drenham thing-Yes, there was a little talk.

alk. averlook loose behavipur. She was Then the playwright came to town shocked, but she stuck to her argu- Station. Tiny was the prettiest, and being through high school she kept Everybody knew he was coming ment that one little kiss didn't really on at the soda fountain in the fall. and thought it was one. A real New give her an excuse to throw the man Oscar's drugstore is central and next York writer with two plays running

uver

to the postoffice, so everybody stops on Broadway, He had rented the out bar and baggage.

Probably

Emmy Pride knew, in her heart, what

in, winter as well as sumuner, Oscar whole back ell of the Pride farm- the other ladies did that one kiss does the prescriptions and sundries house, three rooms just for himself- and George Wharf does the groceries to get away from his New York

fountain,

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to say anything, and then he didn't come in and she scrooched, down: in

**Quite o lady-killer her reading chair, but he saw her say much.

and came straight over. we've got staying up at the farm."

"Oh, is be, Eli?"

"You ought to know. Maybe 1 better take a poke at the guy."

"Ell, why?"

"No, please. Please don't look al me like that. I-I'm not going to- to be rude again." He smiled down nt her, nice hesitant smile. His hair was a little gray at the sides, but he didn't look at all old.

Cads to another. But she nisa knew, which the other ladies only suspected at the back. Tiny, for this particular friends so he could write another that James Penny had pald a full winter, was the main attraction at the play. Of course it wasn't young El month's board in advance, and the who told about it. It was Mrs. Pride. Oscar decided that Tiny had belter She said this James Penny seemed a money, in the shape of new asbestos

shingles,

was already half on the His game wear a green uniform; then be de- nice, well-mannered man.

dairy-burn roof cided it ought to be white. So Tiny was James Penny.

The men of Drenham, being men, usually wore pretty blue dresses like Well, the first Monday after he

chuckle. -to

"Can't exactly her blue eyes, and a funny little blue came, James Penny kissed Tiny bow of Fibbon cocked in her hair. Brown. He'd have done better to agree it's a mortal sin, Nettle

kiss fram a pretty girl." More or less everybody in Drenham slap Minister Comstock's face in the steal felt the urge to protect Tiny from middle of Sunday service, or just set But they were a good deal madder, everybody In Drenham. All the to the Drenham Savings Bank, a lot of them, then the women. In

a way the fresh soft little mouth that Most fellows would have said ladiles said it was a shame the way the Brenham people might squable among and been lessed incant more to them something like, "Because If any

themselves, but when sweet motherless child didn't have a came along and touched Ting-and than to the women.

-this-outsider

This author body's going to kiss you, I'm the

"I do want to apologize. I won- soul to look out for her except Oscar

ne," or, "Because you're my girl, der if I can make you understand. guy this Romeo from New York- Brown--and him not able to make up the way he did well!

HE came walking into the store gured he could just walk in and be Tipy." Ell Pride only grunted. And I'd been working. I was still thou- his mind to come in out of the rain.

a litile.

sands of miles away that day when All the older men felt that they were that first Monday and there was Tiny, the answer to a maiden's prayer. Tiny sighed a

Then ene sald, "What he did came into the store-almost ille fathers to Tinyor big brothers. All Oscar was in the side room mixing did be?

Oscar was plain upset. "If he doesn't

Eli.

Suddenly It being asleep. the young fellows the way cough syrup. The store old fulles dues got mad ating way toward the back, so James Penny shows his inge in here agala I'm doesn't mean anything because blue, woke me up and-well-there were. Just oli of a Budden. chaperoned her-and old guys tried to wouldn't have notleed Mrs. Epps at going to speak to that fellow, that's mean-when-if a girl already likes you

A what I'm going to do!"

sud- somebody else.

Tell me, haven't you ever felt a pat her on the head. But they got George Whart's grocery counter.

wouldn't be likely to nolice "Oh, Daddy"

Eli got just as red as she did. She den terrific desire to do something- maddest, of course, at each other in man

"Well, you the fight to date up Tiny's free time, Nellie Epps anyway when he was

may be right, Tiny.. knew he did like her a lot. Only and done even though you'd

Tiny.

know the next second that you Thy was a sweet girl. She loved getting his first look at Tiny Brown. We'll act as if he'd never been in he wouldn't say anything. her father. She always did exactly Tiny was leaning across the foun- before, that's whay"

could hear Mrs. Fairchild's warning shouldn't have? Do you know what He wanted to do the right thing words-and when he hasn't actually I mean?" what he told her to if she could get tain, wiping it. Penny started ut

did know what he meant, and it done before he decided for her not her started in such a startled way He wasn't trying to duck respon. sold anything." Tiny sighed again. to do it. She tried to behave as the that Tiny

back. Then he siblity. Oscar Brown would have James Penny could talk. Tiny she never could bear to be unplen- Drenham Indies said she should be kissed her. He just leaned forward been glad to die for his little girl found that out. Ile had a kind of sont to anybody. Besides, he was if a villain walked in, fnat, in the shy hesitant way with him because very modest and polite and told her Epps and Mr. Hill all Uncle John and "Oh, gosh!" he said,

When she told Uncle Hiram and Uncle Ned when shouldn't have.don't know why I fight. But Oscar didn't really like round conceited, but he wasn't really know it already.

him she was Tiny Brown he said he'd they asked her to."

did I beg your-oh, gosh!" And he to make a ruckus any more than very shy. THE boys were hardest. Tiny turned around and walked out the Tiny did.

Tiny found all this out in the call her "Very Small" because it was

She wanted to be nice to them all, but she way he'd come in.

Of course El Pride was the last Drenham library. saw him Turn to Page 10, First Column

started

meani

Tiny

have. She was proud to call Mr. and kissed her on the mousame moment that Oscar deelded 10 he was famous and didn't want to his name as everybody didn't

The

FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

By DAVID V. CLEARY

The story of a man and an orchard

THERE WAS big difference in plants, and stolen his profits. These didn't bother me much, What really along. His mind set the pace for his

price; but on this particular call things can take the heart out of a bothered me was, I had to drive with body. the nursery salesman was favoring man. They bent Johnny down alone hand over all that ice. Had to You've seen, yourself, how the the less expensive of his two grades little, but they couldn't lick him. hold my hat on," he explained, "with mind can do this. When your mind of trees. "There really isn't a lot of Johnny kept planting orchards. my other one."

gave

summer.

leaps,

.

A

work

lags, and you get a feeling of frustra- difference between them-in quality." "Couldn't be helped," he

he'd say, and

tion, your body probably gets 10 he said, "Of course,

RASH? Maybe. But that's these cheap the memory of one bad season would

the lagging, too. But when your mind trees won't hear quite as long-but be blanked out by optimism for the way Johnny operates. He did it at reaches out and accomplishes some they're good trees. And they'll save good seasons he knew would follow.forty; he's doing it at eighty. And thing worth while prestol your It hasn't hurt him, because he still body doem't complain about the you money.”

"Come out in the orchards-want to This was just before Johnny's show you, some trees that'll be wings on and off his truck in single missed sleep and the scanty meals. eightleth birthday.

feeling of satisfaction can Johnny

Arummed his thick finger, bearing next sum

When he was sixty, Johnny decided- It isn't desire for money that keeps wonders. And this feeling is keenest on the ollcloth table cover, drummed to take his fruit to more distant him going. If it were, he wouldn't, after you've helped to create some and scowled. Then he said: "No." markets. He bought himself a truck pass out so much fruit in return for thing worth while, something that His voice was positive and a bit irrit- and started a schedule that seldom promises. Nor is it superhuman will last something useful to other able. "No, I'll take your best trees,

him more than four hours' sleep strength

yourself. that keeps him going, people as well as I don't want to have to tear out part a night during the rush season. He Johnny is no more than average for

This mustill going into the Johnny's formula. At of this orchard in ten years and plant was following the same schedule lost, brawn.

eighty he's it again."

Perhaps the sun and the open air fields every morning, still buying So he bought the best trees; and It Tisn't so bad,"

блус Johnny. have had something to do with it. new trucks, still planting orchards, wasn't an act, elther. I'm sure of "This truck I've got now la a corker. Perhaps. But then--don't forget that And when Johnny plants orchards that, because I know Johnny, illa Put forty thousand miles on it in the Johnny overworks and undersierps, there's no doleful chatter about living name is John E. Powers and he's my last two years, and no trouble. And he isn't at all choosy about his to see them bear. Instead, he tells grandfather,

Agure I'll drive it another year. Then

you how much fruit he's going to alet. He's been raising fruit for sixty 1 aim to trade for a new one just like It seems raone likely that Johnny's take to market. years now, and doing pretty well at it

stamina traces back to a simple, and He's a grand character, Johnny is. it. He even retired once, thirty years The family has quit marvelling at yet a rare, combination of mental But he isn't alone. You meet other ago-bought a big house in Grand Johnny. Time has quit waiting attitudes. He has the ability to be folks like him-men in panelled Rapids, traded his best carriage team around for him. Johnny's too busy realistic about the present, and offices, men who punch time cards, for a pisne and took his case in a to be speculated about.

visionary about the future. He has women who work in jobs and its their morris chair. But it wasn't Д year A few years ago ho skidded on lee the patience it takes to plant alowly homes. Some of them seek worth- before he tired of that and want near Kalamazoo and rolled his high and deeply to-day, and the impatience while accomplishment in a job; some back to his orchards.

old sedan into the ditch. The fabric it takes to count, ahead of time, 'on; seek it in a hobby. Some of them Things have changed since then. top was demolished and the wind-the fruit of to-morrow.

make money at it, but they rarely We've had political upheavals and shield was completely knocked out, kun taa

started it to make money. And they business depressions. We've marked But, as soon as it was righted, Johnny

So Johnny gets to-day's work done, all have the same big human quali

a lot of time, lhtening to the timid drove it back fifty miles to Grand And all the while he plants for the ties, talk around us. But not Johnny Rapids in near zero weather. At years ahead. He keeps busy at it-- They're all happy. They're all He's been busy growing orchards, nine the next morning it was in a too busy to worry about polliles and useful to the rest of us. And, at any

Johnny has seen white frosts in the garage, being converted into an depressions, or to meddle with the age, they're all young. spring and realized, oven before he orchard pickup truck.

other follow's job; too busy to get sick.too busy even to get old.

looked at the buds, that his crop was "Didn't hurt me any," said Johnny, gone. Hallstorms have damaged his '"It was cold, all right. But that' It's Johnny's mind that carries him'

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HUNGRY FORTIES MAY COME AGAIN, SAYS GREENWOOD

NEW "Hungry Forties," far worse than those of the last century, were forecast by Mr. Arthur Greenwood, M.P., unless the problems of transition from war to peace were solved in advance.

He was addressing a Lanca-|

·

shire and Cheshire Home Front FRANCE

conference at Manchester.

The country might have to face an army of 7,000,000 unemployed after the war, he said.

The only way to deal with the pro- blem was to get men of commercial and labour experience to sit down to consider what was going to happen at the end of the war and how we were going to deal with it.

AND EAST

Petain's Treatios With Japan And China

Vichy, July 20, The Petain Government to-day- concluded agreements with Japan and The war was tragedy enough. But China designed to safeguard their the tragedy that could come after interests In China, particularly in the was even greater.

Shanghai and Tientsin. Concessions, Under the pact the French will hand The whole world was going to be unek to the Chinese the outside zone more impoverished than at the end adjoining the concession in Tientsin of the last war.

which passed under French control' Mr. Greenwood denied the sugges- several years ago when I Was tion, which, he sald, separated from occupied by French troops following mischievous elements in the Move disorders.

ment, that Labour had become al The negotiations with Japan wero party of yes-men, to the Government. concluded on the basis of increased/ "Our Party is as independent to-economic exchange between Japan day as it was before the war broke | and Indo-China, with out.. It will not sell its soul,"

clause

granting Japan the right to fly over It looked as though the Goverx- Indo-China in the direction of. ment was trying to undermine the Bangkok commercially, Kocial services which Labour, in Opposition and in office, had tried to build

hidup.

Now there was to be 'n sales tax. Sir John Simon thought the Treasury was going to make a lot of money out of it.

"Sir John has greater hopes of this child than I have," Mr.. Greenwood commented, "I do not think he will

rear it.

The French are now preparing for the conversations to open shortly at Bangkok intended to settle the frontier dispute between Indo-China and Thailand which will complete the

ogramme of negotiations intended. to settle wholly Far Eastern differ- ences.--United Press.

"We say there ought to be no more; taxation whatever on the necessities of life for the people.

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