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PPPS Page 8. The Haileyburian_ | Thess : pack * é as he Deuce; & By W. L. Roper 3 - "It was nearing midnight, New Year's eve and the Macambo in Hollywood was aliye with gay, stylishly' dressed celebrants. 'Suddenly the smile faded from Myra Walton's face. She held out a card-toward Bob Bancroft, her' publicity man, who was seated at the table with her. 'Is' this an- gther of your fool publicity stunts?' she demanded. ; Bob smiled. 'Why, it, looks like the deuce of spades. Where'd you get it?' 'A little dark man in-a black suit laid it beside my plate when your back was turned. I thought for a minute he was a waiter. But if this is one of your-' ! "Cut it, Myra,' Bob's. voice was a bit.edgy. 'I, didn't have a thing to. do with it. Here let me see it.' Inscription . She handed him the card and he studied it closely. 'Hey, look,' he e@xclaimed, "There's seribbled on the face of the card.' ! Slowly he read: 'Chopper Joe, a; jungle buzzard, is after your junk. Be careful. Benny." 'Bob continued to study the card| thoughtfully. 'It sounds like some ee lingo,' he said. 'I've eH re MEN EMILE EPEC IEIRIECIEIET, FRANCOISE BEAUTY PARLOR OS 2-3101 AAAAMAAMAMAAMA STATIS (Ee OER ORR Re REY} = y .& : é : Z Oe Bs Haileybury; (Biz LABIA AAMBAAAS something | = |ed him to the eurb. 8|rear, window of. the ; |truded the nose of a ' gun, i}deep voice si |We're in a hurry,' & ,don't know what you're ~ | about,' Thursday, December 22, 1960, a notion to step into the office and show it to Detective O'Riley. Myra's eyes flashed fire. you don't. I've had enough em- barrassment from publicity. I don't want anything to do with the police.' Mistaken Idea , Bob sighed. 'Yeah, I guess you're right. Since I was sitting here at' the table with you when a mysterious little dark man handed you this cryptic message, both the cops and the press boys would jump at the conclusion that it was some kind of a screwy stunt to get your name in the pa- pers." Myra smiled, 'but her hand trembled slightly as' she lifted her eT zi Bx 5 Bob studied the card. "It looks like \some kind of underworld lingo." 'Here's to a'happy,..pros- perous New Year,' -she said. Bab's roadster was _ purring along Sunset toward ' downtown Hollywood, -when the. 'big black sédan,swung alongside and crowd- From the sedan pro- submachine glass. Sadie?' a 'Talk up. the junk, growled, "Where's not Sadie and I talking 'My name's Myra said. Rescue On the road behind them sound- ed a siren. A police car with red lights flashing was approaching? Quickly letting go of her wrist, the man sprang back in the black sedan. It roared away as_ the police car stopped behind Bob's roadster. Bob pointed. excitedly . at the 'fleeing sedan. 'Get that car,' he Ste: Fg te CIR UIRRELEREUERUEICIEEIRUEIEIEIEIRIRICIRIE EUR URNA IAIN IRIE TELE NEUE UE EEE IERIE IRIE Fs ' & x i fz | | La FLEMING SALES Distributors for BP Broducts -_ OSborne 2.3749. Hallaier 'No, |' : Buy. Wisely" '|angrily,, O'Riley Toys, of course, are the first thing we think of when we start running: down the list of young folks on our gift list. For the very young, that is. When we start de- ciding what to give to the pre- teen and early teen set, we have to use a bit of imagination-as well:as a bit of realistic thinking: Too. often, we overlook the won- derful world of books. To 'the impressionable. young- ster, good books open the door to adventure, travel, mystery, to recreation' and. education. "| Books are easy to select and give. All one must know is the. age, reading ability and capacity, "land interests of the youngster for whom the gift is intended. While books are ageless, youngsters are not; they have their own individu- al likes and dislikes and a~- book on a-subject in which they are not interested;.would be as useless to them as a shirt four sizes too big. The::same is :true if the subject matter' of the: book jis. 'too- old' or "'too young". There is. no. such: .| thing. as a-book- for -youngsters "6 to; 16"..-The age..span.-is - too wide ,and the diversity of -inter- ests will, be. even: wider. Some wéll - intending persons buy. books or book 'sets for the school-age as' gifts for infants, thinking' they are purchasing a asting' gift: -Actually,~ they are wasting' their' money. If the books are not torn or misplaced by the time the ehild is old enough to read' and appreciate them, most likely the information -contained in the books is outdated. | Books for youngsters are writ- ten for a select age group-not for a select age. At 13, two-boys: may have. ..entirely different. reading tastes-as, wells as reading _-abili- ties. Books» make' excellent gifts for persons of all. ages. But, like a glove ora shoe, -they must. 'fit' the, recipient if they are to be fully appreciated. Give Toy Box. The do-it-yourselfer, who is handy with hammer and saw can come up with a good, personaliz- ed gift for his favorite youngster- a box to hold all the toys he will receive from others. Both the child and the parents will ap- preciate a toy chest large enough to hold the Christmas collection: |For those not so handy with ham-= mer and saw, an unpainted chest can be purchased inexpensively; a couple of coats of enamel will make it bright and the . name' stenciled on the front adds that 'personal' touch. shouted. "They're. gangsters. Got a Tommy gun and-' 'Sure, we know,' Captain O'Ril- ey replied. 'We've just radioed ahead... Did they hurt you? That deuce 'of spades we found on your table with a warning mes- sage scribbled 'on it sent us out 'looking for you.' Later at Central police head- quarters downtown, O'Riley and the officers on the narcotic detail explained the rest of the mystery. "Those gorillas in the sedan were after Sadie McCabe Gomez, the dope queen who's keen run- ning the stuff between Tia Juana and Hollywood,' O'Riley explain- ed. 'She tried to make-up to look like- you, Miss Walton, and that eaused the confusion. Government agents captured Sadie early this evening. She won't be masquerad- ing as you.any more for awhile. '|Why, even that dark guy, Benny, one of her pigeons, who left the warning card at your table, was fooled by the resemblance.' ' As Myra's dark eyes flashed added: 'Neither he nor the gorillas who were after Sadie's stuff had noticed that her jeyes are a pale green, not als He} 3 smiled at Myra. She smiled back e beautiful brown like yours.' ins DRIVE CAREFULLY DURING HOLIDA zu Se are Gt RENE CWE RIE FREE ECHR CE cu dic com CIE NE TCRIEIC RaneEE RRR MERRIE MNCRCOH 5 "CPR HCPS PPE NRE U MPN NE NH NI MIEPEISISIEICA nh Warmest greetings at the j Holiday time! May this be the most joyous of Yuletide seasons for you and yours. 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