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oilr jffrrr ilrrfih ftljort tnrg a night clerk for the alamansor by dennis h 8tovall fiohard thuiuston wu pot- f lhlns th bottlrshrlved plats 3l shuts mirror of the ballyhoo when howard duoan thumped tn from hu truck shoumorine a heavy bucket ful of cracked toe iqrcetlnffs ur richard luiuly hail ed the husky bucket tourr u he opened the box hfchlnd the fountain to dump in hi load some to you howard richard genially responded keeping rlffht on with hi worjt belrnr only aevenuilrly no customrra were in the place ut he had been on duty lnee seven to look at him art would not have tfuwwed that lie uaed most of thl time as he did every morning in acrufeblmr floor and pollshtaff class he wore a spoils white jacket wheae lapeb and cufta were edffed with sold braid the name of the es tablishment was embroidered on the aleerea in fantastic red silk lettering howard duoan set his emptied pail on the floor and save the nattuyattlred rnirrorpoliaher a qxilsalcal stare i can read your mind howard just like a book richard thurston remark ed you re trains to rive me another invitation to that dclphia class parly you re a clever ffueaser commended the lor man or course you re ffolnff as richard shook his head he turned round and looked into the bis fellows healthily bronzed face t appreciate jvpur tnvttouon howard because 1 know its sincere but i must toll you once and for nil that i cant accept it vou icnow why without my solng into de tolls he wwrpt his arm in a gesture that encompawuxl the whole gaudy plncc im a legalised vendor of don t soy itl howard outran inter rupted raising his hand the ballyhoo isn t a saloon neither are the big bad woir the uans dra uic last round up nor the outpot saloons even if they do 11 liquor they can t bi saloons for dkln t the repba4bt tell us tn a clamor ing chorus that the saloons wouldn i come bock his ironic utterance brought a smile to young thurston serl ous features but there s one important mutt r you should no overlook richard quietly replied i have a job here im frrati ful for the ohance to corn enough to support my mother and sister supr i dugan grinned undi nitand lnffb just as im glad of the ohance to d lve on ice truck i never drink a drop of fchi stuff i mix and dispense tn the bullhoo hut un tooxs iys rfir i rr saturday nlnht nnd thut nieniui mm tiling ou iti t huve to u 11 mi thul dltjt but ilmen dimon s voice it 11 to u low note if nu wert oft nxl on 1hvf job one thnt pays lit tuaiu or hlght r were audited at the end of the year dick maintained it was a numerlaal error that could be corrected he got into heated argument with uncle jason and was discharged they have not spoken to each other since dick with his mother and sister moved from their little home near the mill weve tried to locate them fearlnstthey had gone some distance away possibly into another state and here you have found dick so near and working- in that terrlbc place yes and whyl dick working tn the ballyhoo howard dugan cut in you know lucy without my telling you it in because it was the only plncc that onyred him employment he doesn t drink yet i almost wondnr how lies kept from 4u lic told me dome thing of his i trouble of how lie walked the streets for month trying to find n job just thousands of other cltim young mi n luuo i done and her blue to give his friend a close puw i had you spotted far thu job howard you hae it coming to you it will pay higher wiujes than you are making now and be more in keeping with your train ing and ability diignn wnved hut heavy hand again nnd grinned 1 ve got a good hnalthy job i m erateful to you of course for thinking of me butwelli haven t a alllngham smiled uldowed mother to support nor a small w blowcd sympathetically she liked sister he could have said that he and ffoodlookln cousin and ahe could uucy alllnirham one of the attractive not t howard dugan s earnest ploa young women of the delphlaa expected hex heart warmed even more when to et married some happy day iioward conndcntlally revealed the pro i want to get that fine chap out of i to richard thurston placed that place where hea mixing drinks n cinrk ln new alamansor howard declared in nenulne slnoertty i ii do my best promised uicy it might become a habit trtcie jason is obstinate and hood- hugh understood he knew howard fltrohg but i have learned through and yet he aoemed never to fully measure motltter that he regret his quarrel with trie bigness of ha heart you realise dlck 1 will have a talk with him ln the this is a confidential matter he cau tioned the man who offers the place is a prominent stockholder of our bank only a very few of our business men know that he is the financial backer of the new alamansor hotel this will be a strictly highclass hostelry even with out a bar the position of night clerk remains unfilled and i have been re quested to look for the right man the one doing all this is none other than jason alllngham dugnn sat up wtih a jerk uicy al linghams uncle jason i this is a sur prlsel now i know why you spotted me for the job well im still eager to hove the other fillou get it thl men finished their lunch reorued their individual mml checks and went buck to their ork hugh iloscoe to his post at the hank wlcki l howard ditgan u bin leo truck not until four thlrtj thanks howard thurston interrupt cd surh ihh don t grow on irtt tbfac dayh i ua btumctxl from m f rmt r one on an hours notice m 1m hunglng on herr and ruidertng thetjet denier i can glvt jiutl as i tried to do before i con t it t n lotd onrs stairr or even go hungry well iii you again dick and i nk un ltc vou hi ward picked up his ice bucki t oixl relumed to hi truck during the noon hour that day uie truck as parked on a side street mhile its driver in htn wnrklnt clothes tmik lunch alth hugh romcoe the jining nnd nergeuc drli hul president the l i friends sut at a lablr in a quiet corner of an ea lug pisce not for from the mer clmuits national bank uhere huh srrwd as teller before the weir through tbh thrlr soup and lufcd begun on then- satid rosooe guessed lhr other had nomr aileclal business to discuss what a on your mind he wonted to know i ie got a topgrade poapwl for our delphi ounch dugan flnallj said i found him in a place out in the island district where i drlivcr lor rer da 1 should like to h4t him attend our next class part so as to get acquainted hes a stranger hi t ur town unmarried good looking educated with s m ithrr uid a i ung sutcr w lij own t he join mr butuji r attend ur hkt ir luuar uri usl aaktxl ttidc and mh nsvrl dubiii g i k l orunft ered hr i ngogrd ui a work tliat ntj neither hi charim t r n r hl qlllt necauw he must tain i 1 ing for hini3 tf in 1 iua tit prnot t 1 ii drlp an iiv k an 1 h id m h id up but i couldii t niu bikiar and ih 11 i it a pouhed bar t n if it isleval ni luier would uil ftnc irum im umni i t f now if hr had a better jot hugh roscoe utd with hu ohii in medltn ivr silence it so happen that i know i an opening hr prrsenu tr marked ttvrr orent mom of them now this mr lll be al able far the right part within a month or u arts its a particular place requiring a ourtg nsan of winning personality who u de pendable smughx who ha at least a high school echkatkm t described mj nuin to a dt howard duian stwteo i u see him again tod and arrange for him to meet you or whoever the persons are mho offer the job ou dldnt let mc fuush roscoe continued as he leaned across the table did the truck roll round to lhe ballyhoo the ploo wwh doing tui customary brlsk late afternoon business thurston and two helptrs were kt pi m the run m rvlng eonllal patrons nt the bar and tables he brought howard a glass of ice wnur nnd camuuh inquired i imppune you have tliat big job rtndy for mr oue giuaxed it dick the ice man answered he grabbed the gold braided sleeve and 1 twered his tone listen handsome i liaie good newsl can jxu give h to nw now or must 1 wait you can have part of it right now i lune it from a reliable mmrct tluit u plim- lll b avullahle within the next ii iilii r lx wetk1 it fit rs kod pftj ud ihuici t s re tlw hit prple rlctiiuvl lunied l wail n a customer when he t iinir buck his froturea wore btjimliu bi t his subdued words tndlcat rd a lurking d mbi it sounds too g d u b tnu hi declined con ou give me a hint is to u ho is doing it and what thi j la aun i cii iluword replied but iiiri l k p the information to youi 1 it tlu job will tx tlua of night cli i k n i lu iu w ai inmnsoi h t 1 the ba k 11 f tin t merprlse ls jamn aulngluun u kn w him r must have heard f i him i 1ilnuhu1 lht iintu of joyous untlrlmi hon faded from tliurston s fact jason auinghuml i know him ii that man ia back tnu it howard ou niuj ii unt me out he wheeled ttoruptl u a lug dujp ii gaping ln dumbfounded unuurmunt ilartly le followed up thurston what s wtong dick i don t under suuid and wish you would explain of course ou di u i understand and i m not blaming you but i can assure vt u therr s something sqiceee about uiu promised job jason alllngham iukl neer gle it to me im loo busy j n ra lo toll ini a hj prirthcr pteadlng would hae bren a mtalf of time nor dm howwjxi dugah w ish to ktse riciiard friendship b un neocatuu- queauonlng he gulped the cot ling ice water and hastll left the ballyhoo when he climbed in behind lhr steering wheel of his truck a look of itrlm delexmlnalkui was on his countcn nee a six o clock hr drovr his truck into lhe lompanj gwrage and checked out for the da b seven thlrt hr had eaten nupprr tuun show er bath changrd hi cl un and driven oct to luc auuigham b honv m his own car ii wunl krpt few ecreu from he girl he hoped to mr in tact he usually unit j lur when he foand hunself li uun he told her as much as he could f this peculiar tangle when he mm untied the ballyhoo and kjoliard thurst mi the girl uttered a aturtled gasp fao dick is lnlng here with his mother and ulur anne tlow what have i done you seem u know that handsome bo he is m cousin luiry replied he is the nephew of uncle jason and his mid wed ut er onh son they ar cry proud and poor now 1 begin fo unt ntsutd satd the hu frlkj 1 kn w vri litur about l n m of ur famih dij luc uid nv s trangemen beiwren lncle jom n and dick as due to aa unfortunate affair if a rar agi hrn dxk was emr4oed as s pujing clerk in the alllngham juu- mills at cunnarkvlle it apprars tht there was a shortage when the accounts morrung and 1 11 hold another session with dick at the same time agreed howard the ice man got an unexpected jolt to his determined resolution when he en tered the ballyhoo at seven thirty the following day rieard thurston was not in the place richard is at the hospital the whko coated substitute briefly announced tmck at the hospital i whats hap pened is he sick or hurw it a his mister thnt s badly hurt the otlu r explained she was struck b an iiutomnblk howard dugnn hurrledlv impllod his ice buckt t iilh bin heart stiirtcd xmnd ing excitedly which hospiuil is it he itmki d oeorgln street you kn w th id dns at th hi st coiim nit nt teli ph int howard stopped the lumht ring truck 1 mg enough to go into u u u phone booth and call up liury alunttham usun mcy he aim wt sobb xl dicks lltue slater v ax run over last night bj an nutodoblle she s at the oeorgla streit hospital dick is uh her i m on mj way lhrre now on ahead nnd talk uy uncle jason tt u him f th accident maybe he has it heivrl he hung up without waiting for it word fxom the girl and boiled from lhr booth more than an hour muscd bef re he could rviuh the hnsilnl richard thurston sat by a white ahcitrd col ixnditik over a bandaged nnd hwaihed lit tit lgiin uiat lay on uic bed oil tlu ppoill aide knell a whlu h ur d wtmian rletutrd s mi uier her i tn milling fuigi r u ndtb can vscd the little girls k idin lmlr slu r m and ami led when 11 w ird uppi lacjjed the big fi how laid a umklng hand on rlcliard s sh nilder u tried to c u but onl a mumjblid phrase or iw cam from his contracted tiiroat old man i m uw full sorry to h ai hi c uld say no m rr e nher t hand holding it sir ng kjmpitthcllc chup i flbout this i lit grlpjxd i whlh ln just then the little girl opened r y 1 thought at flmtyou were uncle jason ahe said in a childish voice richard caught his breath sharply ills mother straightened suddenly and star ed ln the direction ot the door two other cailera were admitted who quietly approached the cot howard dugan felt his pounding heart skip a beat when he renognlaed one of tltrm as jason ailing- ham the other was lucyt slie lrd her uncle straight toward the bed dirk dick im so sorry ho said broki nly please forgive me and tell mr how is little anno i heard auou the accident only a short time ngo lucy told me on1 e hurried here nt once is she badly hurt im nil right undo jason i im bet ter a hoery voice came from the col i d so bh1 youve come it has own n long while yes it hns been a long while annei ngrced uncle jason alterlngly bending lower to touch his hand to her cheek you are going to get well and strong nnd wl u have some more wondcrul tlmen together wlh big brother dick and mother lucy alungh un s trembling fingers clutclied howard s arm the two ex changed understanding glances and slip ped from the ward two dam later when howard dugan nnd hugh roscoe gut together or thiir npontlme lunch richard thurston and uncle jason sat with them the flnan- cl r insisted on paying for the meal also he produced the contract that made his m phew night clerk of the new alaman sor richard joyously elated looked into howard dugnn s grinning facte and re marked what will you give me for a white goldbraided coat with ballyhoo imbroldered on the sleeve i 1 ypu u lake the ballyhoo off i sway be able to use it howard dugan poniptl answered 111 need n wid ding coat laicy and i are going to he married next mouth i the ice company has made me dlmrlct manager i hv air maii stkkrrh trmpt soitvrnir ihint1rh i with lhi limiuniratl m f nlr mall on lhe ivntufoitnula air linen tin post office i ixirtnn nt ix giui putting stick i r n hi wlnnlmfi lelur htjxee the i bj i w u u it uke cltl iv ulrtxiiuclous tin t k u the idin wi readily that tin 1mh tn taking thr hllrjciri for i u mm the dtvlcxs ore circular five inches in dlam ter and sh w a whlu i lane on a blue ixm kgr mud nice souvenirs but m ii e public will be umd to them the p wl oftii h ipis wlien tlwy are dry he etui t be removed convprsation ii n t flattt r sniirclf lhat your ih nightn an und due conlr l jour tleslrit pr x rl reg ilated or your dlsxml ti us suit lrt u 1 a jd b o hrls dan prin ipli if mr intercourse with thi s u lsi man f frullous ki imptrtlnent iuiocdoiis specula u ms m tin iluruur unc ill his f jour nt itji tx is thi riprtltlmi t t rmer c mvers i tlons r i discussion f un cum nt peltj i in lul f mkii ly in it h liws it i ill w nirni if in cart loss oxaffkentllon n nil thtse xitnts tnd that grlr us iniltintlm to exact truth which is apt t attind uic staunienbi of thusr uhi inrsati m is modi up of uteec nutlcr tub h wiui royal canadian air fotvv fliors train in england turnips ths tabll quality axed for carrots scct and washed lbs for parsnips tts ahcd onions size for onions its bpinish w it j larc for bananas gnldctlello tbs for 9c 9c 9c 9c 17c 21c lettuce 2 large bumhcs fkg hothouse crisp av tomatoes 2tbs delicious jc firm kipi fcdc grapefruit mkmi sekdijvss 8 medium large oc delicious for wwc grapes 3fr25c butter flret grade mushroom cranbemoi special carrolls tlw flrnt lrft of iihort orli niminlmin ohln r tha h at at trenton onurloatte aliown reonlvulj u orrlvr in enaluid to complrtr uirlr nylng trnlnliio n iptui lilniii tnim mi b oftloi r ot tlw uxlirldt with the itoynl air pnwc nlnr pilot oltlrrni tmlni a in mulilliuul tliuntnir dfiwt at the signirg of the angloitalian pad wlill rori inn mlnlsur count clono of italy lands by illifht lird ii rth hrl ish aniiyutmul tr u ii d li stu 7i alirulnw um pari that in xn ted i nxl in i1 vretninti ix tuicn th luo ntll ju h kiiltl n i lhr ihiuett f fthlopu by ornil britain and the wltltdrawal f iiallan voluntctmt from sim in wn two of the term r tin i ui s j aultl an sdttt irais in k hgs silver sibbon lb 10c lb 10c rad id gan c cherries 10c iwc i v lb 21c tomato juice 2 15c j tomatoes sr 3- 25c v 79fl grocn valley siv 4 5ljk m i l k r fc t 19c flour u itn i cfbwn brand corn i r syrup 37c fc5y salada tea r 31c 36c bruntwick sardines 2 t 9c rntih licorice allso rt s u19c limited mill r street store open wednesday afternoon free delivery trjonb a 158