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relief for her nervousness to tell
someone.
"rhe Blue Triangle"
Jerry and Ginger both burst out
laughing. Nancy thought they
would never stop.
Whats so convulsing about
that, is it such a funny place."
she asked.
She could feel the blood creep
Ing up around her ears and
spreading into her cheeks.
"Girlie, I'd blush too roared
Jerry, pounding the back of the
car seat, and 50 loud that he at.
tracted the attention OF paSsen-
gers half the length OF the car.
Say little yellow head" he
said, you're too classy TO be
wasting your days and nights In
a nunnery like the Blue Triangle.
Those golden curls of yours would
straighten out with despair over
there. Where you want to come
la right over to The CarmoGy
where Ginger lives. Ell, Ginger
The Carmody,' Ginger told
Nancy, was rooming house over
on the east side of town. And
from conversation between Gin.
ger and Jerry she learned that it
was run by a Mrs. Carmondy.
The rooms were reasonable"
they told her, but it's chief asset
was the fact that Mrs. Carmondy
could mind her own business.
She decided to take q chance on
Mrs. Carmondy's rooming house.
What impulse tempted her TO
make the decision she could not
explain, except she was tense
with the spirit of adventure.
She was absolutely on her own.
She was thirsty for life and ex.
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go anyway. From their CONVEX.
sation Nancy learned that CoIlette
was very broad minded" per-
son who did free lance illustrating
and occasional modelling. and that
she had a studio on Milwaukee
Street.
Bring your girl friend here
with you" Jerry said, looking
down at Nancy. Sure, come on
along, grille. It's free for all.
The more the merrier."
Sure thing" said Ginger.
like to go, kiddo?"
Half frightened, half thrilled,
Nancy looked at Ginger, then
back to the smiling, flushed face
of Jerry Durant. She certainly
was getting warm welcome 10
Milwaukee.
I'D like TO go, but you see this
is my first trip to Milwaukee and
don't even know where ! am
going to stay. A friend of mine,
a Mr.. Blair, said he thought ]
ought to go over to a place called
The Blue Triangle, where the
Y" girls live. Just to get my
bearings. you know. Then he
said ] could hunt up some
other place to live il ! didn't care
to stay at The Blue Triangle.
This Mr.. Blair is getting me
a job in the Wear-Ever Knitting
factory. and I'm going to night
school so | can work in an office.
I've never been to Milwaukee be-
fore and maybe I'd better so
right to The Blue Triangle before
start going 10 any parties"
She was talking too much,
Nancy knew 1t. but her tongue
just would go on. 1t seemed a
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fell back. / couldn't have hurt
him.
The man gave her an incredu-
lous look, rose from his chair and
began to pace the floor i'm
thought s'Somebody hurt him, =
he said. stopping In front Of her.
you left. Who killed him z"
she shook her head YEARLY.
II don't know--unIess II was
Pearl Hannegan herself. She WAS
the first 10 report finding him
dead, wasn't she?
The man wheeled on her. Don't
try that gaff, he said. We
know for certain Pearl didn't do
1t. Why. she was going to marry
him in q few months Shed be
a fool to knock him off when she
had chance TO share his vim
nings. Besides, she loved him.
Everybody In Pete's neighborhood
swears they got along well No,
Miss Waldron. you cant slip by
like that"
He was still standing giowering
dow nat her when the hall door
burst open and q shaggy head In
yellow journalism cap thrust
itself within the room. State
ment ready" asked the youth
who owned the. head and cap.
"Deadline In haIf an hour.
Johnson's face turned affable.
Sure. Miss Deal viii give you q
transcript OF the questions and
answers as soon as she writes the
shorthann notes. You can wait
outside
Nope" shouted the reporter.
Got to fake 1t now. I'll tran.
scribe 1t. read Gregg. Bring
your notes back to you in an hour
or So" He snatched the stenogra-
piers notebook and rushed from
the room.
Miss Deal turned an indignant
face toward johnson, but he did
not notice her. He was striding
to his telephone, demanding
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wells swathe their tnroats And
ii curls and wreathes about the
dead hollyhock stalks III the
garden of Old Brick Hall, and
turks under the portico roofs ol
the building
1T was o'clock when Linda
came out OF the archaeology ntu-
scum, descended tile three fIighte
Of stairs and stepped out into
the amethyst shadows Of the main
porch. She had sat alone in tho
museum since early afternoon,
witll her textbooks and her note.
books. forcing her eyes to follow
the lines Of print. refusing tn
think OF the mornings interview
She pecred into the purple cam
pus and saw that il was quite de-.
serted. Across the road, the lights
OF the Crows Nest blazed, and
now and then the laughter Of men
and girls bound for that rem.
devious rang against the quiet
night.
she walked slowly down the
steps and set out through the
ao1lyhock garden, her eyes fixed
;houghtfully on the broken ground
ahead she did not see the young
man who came out Of the Crows
Nest and crossed the street 10.
ward her. He was standing II
most directly in her path befOra
he spoke. "Lindavy
CTo Be Continued Monday.l
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The next moment Nancy found
herself following Ginger to the
third floor and into a room with
a sloping ceiling. When Ginger
threw open the door a wave OF
stale, hot, perfume laden air
struck Nancy in the face. She
sized up the room at a glance.
On the floor. at the foot of the
bed, probably where she had STEP
ped out of them, were peach
colored step-ins. A georgette
nightgown of a violent orange
hue hung over the foot of the
uTlmade bed. Everything was In
the greatest disorder.
The one drawer of an imitation
birds eye maple dressing table
was half OPEN its contents tum-
bling out. A half empty box Of
melted chocolates, a messy look
ing box of talcum powder, bottles,
lotions, rainbow colored perfumes,
a kewpie doll with red hair and
a pink paper dress-all these
were Uttered about.
Il Jerry Durant, with little beads
of perspiration running down his
face and neck, whiting the collar
of his pale green silk shirt, let
Ginger's heavy and expensive
looking suitcase. and Nancy's
pitifully light and cheap one,
drop TO the floor.
Lord, girl! it's good to see you
back in the old place again" he
cried to Ginger, 1.-The old towns
been g. morgue without you"
As he stood there, wiping his
forehead with a green bordered
handkerchief, a picture of John
Blair flashed through Nancy's
mind. She couldn't help con-
trast these two men, both OF
whom she had come to know In
such a sudden manner.
Jerry was sleek haired with q
pink skin. In his light suit,
tailored so perfectly, he looked
like a clothes ad. John Blair never
did. John was given to tweed
suits and somehow he never
looked 'slicked up" No, he didn't
have the style of Jerry.
you'll have to excuse this
ROOM" Ginger was saying, 1t
looks a sight,
Nancy rushed to the window
and flung II open. she was
sitting.
To BE Continued Monday
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element. Here was q girl beside
her, not much older than Nancy
herself, gay, bubbling with the
Joy of living, for all her COM
plants about her sunburn, UNI
afraid.
And here was a youth named
Jerry, good looking, we'll dressed,
owning a fine car. He was so
sure of himself too.
Those golden curls of yours
would straighten right out in
despair" Nancy repeated his
words in her mind.
She opened her purse, took out
that was written on slip Of
paper in John Blair's very de-
cided handwriting, and slowly
tore it into bits.
IL Mrs. Carmondy was broad
minded" the mind must be in
proportion to all her other dimen-
sions Nancy thought. When the
trio. Ginger, Nancy and Jerry
stepped from a taxi In front of
the big, dingy brick rooming
house on Biddle Street, Nancy's
heart thumped.
Whatever am dotnS! she
thought, lam crazy?"
Mrs. Carmondy had just come
into the front hall to turn on one
of the dust covered electric light
bulbs, as they appeared on the
porch.
IL got a new roomer for YOU"
Ginger said, Miss O'Day / want
10 acquaint you with Mrs. Car
mondy.
Nancy's "how do Won do, Mrs.
Carmondy," was uttered so faint.
ly that she hardly heard her.
self. She gulped. and tried to
smile. She wanted to scream and
run from this house and these
strange people.
Sorry, dearie, but there amt
one room vacant just now, and
/ won't have an empty till the
day after tomorrow when Mr..
Schmaltz goes"
Nancy breathed more easily
again. She was just going to
pick up her baggage, glad to
escape into the dark street, when
Ginger spoke up.
What do you say II Nancy
STAYS with me for a couple A.
nights till schmaltz goes. Eth,
kiddo. what say?"
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fon dress. They Law In 8 crumpIed
little heap against the stained.
rough wood.
Ever see EN- before?'' rasped
johnson.
she could not take her eyes away
from them. Yes.n she said duly,
They're or my violet dress.
She wondered why he laughed
20 raucousIy. well, miss, they
were found on the floor Of the
han 1T Stonewold. not six feet
from Pete's body. Glad TO hear
you say you recognize EN-. That
seWs our case up tight. You see,
we haven't got the dress. Don't
know where 1T Is any more than
you do. But we're glad you de-
cided to talk. It'll be best in The
long rum
Linda leaped to her feet, felt
her knees giving way beneath
her, and grasped at the edge Of
the desk to steady herself. Yoli Z
she began in high voice that
seemed to come from miles away.
But she got no further. For the
door burst open again. and the
deputy who had come for her the
day before came IN. His face Was
red with excitement. Beg par.
don. sir, looks like we've made 4
mistake. Will You come out
and talk to this queer old duck in
the next office He swears he'll
break the door down IL you don't.
We think he's dangerous, sir"
The county attorney looked
seornful. "Who Is hep
The deputy shook his head.
i've seen him around town be.
fore. but never did know his
name, sir"
Oscar Johnson pointed thumb
at Linda. You may stay with
her. he said, as he started toward
the door.
Linda and the deputy spent is
minutes in absolute silence, the
deputy red-faced and intent upon
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Heart Throbs, Thrilling, Situations and
Needless Love Abound in This
Serial Of College Life

) This morning, as vet unwarnned
by the inadequate heating system
OF the old building, and tracked
with innumerable muddy foot
prints, they could only dampen
good spirits and make bad spirits
worse.
Oscar johnson came into the
anteroom' to his little office and
bit back an expletiye common on
the Mesabi range but out OF place
in Marbury. But he had To
swear in some fashion.
what the hell are you doing
l1ere?'' He addressed the slim
young person In the simple black
s dress who was bending over the
magazine table. The young per-
son had golden hair and an In
souciant manner.
i've been waiting for you,
she answered him. Began to
think you weren't coming. Z
"Humphin said Oscar Johnson
1T isn't yet
The eolden.haired girl followed
him into his sanctum and sat
down In the old wooden chair
she had graced on her former
visit.
Il came down to save YOU the
trouble OF sending for sine" she
explained, and to ask you to be
careful hOw,tyom handle that viO-
let dress. Chiffon won't stand
much strain, you know
Oscar johnson stopped lii the
process Of taking Off his gloves
and looked at her. Wen take
care Of the. dress, all right, he
said, b trifle ominousIy.
Linda looked at him Ingenious
ly. IT hope you will. It's aWfully
becoming
The county attorney gave her d
grim. sidelong smile. He hung up
Ills fur.lined overcoat. rubbed his
cold hands q moment and sat
down at his desk facing her.
And so YOU suddenly decided
to be helpful" he unused. Well,
that's guOd. wasn't entirely sal.
isfied with our last interview, YOU
know
Linda's mouth drew tight, bur
she made no move to interrupt
him.
II you don't mind, he said,
X IL Tell IN NJ 1GEz% 1JC6Lt To I0hG
down your statement In short
hand. =
Linda nodded. a freckled girl
with mousey brown hair answered
his pompous signal When she
was seated he leaned back III
his swivel chair and clasped his
hands on his stomach. with your
help he said, smiling benefit
Gently upon her, "we'll get through
This troublesome business with The
creates speed and the least nm
pleasantness. You just answer
my questions taking your time
to 1t, and Miss Deal will take
down the whole business. First
of ali now, were you at the party
at which Pete Damoras was
killed.
Linda took long breath and
sat up straight. Il was she
said.
with whom did you go?" HIS
eyes peered sharply at her.
With Doyle HosIins.' said
Linda, "and other whose names
i did not know. There were six
of lis in DoyIe's car"
The attorney smiled knowingly.
And two OF those were Pete
and Peari?'
Yes, said Linda.
The man nodded and smiled and
went on smiling. We thought so.
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CONTINUED from Local page)
hands for Nancy to "lookit. "
Nancy wondered if she re-
garded her hands as her
complexion. They did bear
the traces of little
sunburn, just slightly pink on
the backs Of her hands and on
her arms, but the fingers were
white az milk. Her nails were
extremely long and manicured
TO elaborate points. They were
stained deep pink. too, and
shone like rubies
Say. let the preachers preach
that back to nature stuff till
they's blue in the face. Ginger's
never going to get tempted into
this summer resort Twin again.
Say. they told me it was swell
stuff at those resorts and that
II was full OF busted down
rlillionaires and the spoiled sons
OF the rich from Chicago and
Milwaukee and points south.
Say, I didn't bump into one
spoiled son nor one tottering old
duck with more than the price
Of a banana split. Nothin' up TO
that lake but a lot OF catty
women whose hubbys was gettin'
q rest from 'em down in the
little old city. Sqnalin bids and
women. that's what / got out OF
my vacation.
Say, there wasn't one bimbo
With any snap come into my life
In all the 10 days . was stag.
natin' up to that lake. So that's
why I'm beating it out Of there,
even though / Amt due back to
the store till Saturday.
"It'Il be three days fling for
Ginger, and then for the work
good and plenty. Fall style
ehnu.,n nnanirz af the AlIdifna.i nm
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What happened after you reached
the house?o
Nothing much. Music, dancing.
Al lot Of people had never seen
before. Everybody half drunk
Doyle and / got separated and
a IL went into the hail.
And them. The county attor-
ney stopped swinging iii his swivel
chair and lurched forward to lean
on the desk and stare at her.
And then. said Linda, Jelly,
s'Damoras came out and began to
annoy me. He was very drunk,
and he liked me to dance. / re-
fused. He grew angry, tried to
make me dance. Finally, he threw
hiG arms around me-
The eyes OF the county attorney
cleaned. AND
II pushed him away. said
Linda, and then ran out the
front door and that's all"
quite ALP The question came
az an insinuati0n
eyes" said Linda. III heard
someone coming out to lock for
Doyle, while i hid by bush.
And heard them talking about
something that had happened in
the house. / waited till they went
back In and then walked home
BY yourself in all that snow.
The man scoffed.
Yes"
Oscar Johnson seemed to be
gathering his forces for a tour de
force. He stopped drumming on
the worm.eaten desk and sat still
for a moment. his brows drawing
together.
He lifted his eyes to Lfnda's
calm face. And what was in
your hand when you pushed
him? What cut that cash in
Pete's forehead"
Linda paled, but her answer
came steadily. Nothing.
didn't strike his face. Just push
ed against his shoulder and he
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This was the check she had Of
fered TO return to Dudley for
Madame. From the moment she
had slipped it in the pocket Of the
frock she was wearing on that
afternoon. Linda had not thought
or it again.
She ran To the drawer where
she had laid the torn muslin.
Then she went out into the hall
and Knocked at Duley.s door.
There was no answer. Dnley's
hours were growing later and later
and had occasioned some grumb-
ling from Mrs. Morris and some
envirous catfiness from the other
girls.
Linda pushed the door open and
saw that the room was empty.
She went in quietly and turned on
the light Two cut-glass perfume
bottles with silver tops stood on
the warped and stained dresser.
Linda walked straight toward
them and lifted the stopper Of
the first One.
The bottle was half full of &
pale green fluid. Linda lifted 1T
to her nose. and met the unnais-
taxable fragrance OF eau de
cologne.
She set 1t down and picked MP
the other. It was empty Of per-
fume, and held not even the ghost
Of an old fragrance. Al broken
sorority pin and several pearl
beads had been dropped into it
Tor safe keeping.
Linda was about to turn away
when her eyes fell on small red
jar lying in pin tray. 1t was
no larger than q thinbIe. She
knew at once what II was, for
Dulcy had displayed it proudly
ut the breakfast table q few DAYS
before as the last word in cos
nefics.
The little jar was a purse con-
tainer for perfume In paste form.
Almost before she had screwed
off the tiny cap, Linda knew
that she had found what she had
come TO look for. The moment
the cap was off, the Jar emitted
the spicy odor that she had
Enelled on the muslin.
She set the jar down again and
LETT the room.
County Attorney Oscar Johnson
had lost x65 at poker the night
before and drunk bootleg sour
wine on top or home-made beer.
lie came stamping up the
sIushy steps OF the courthouse 4
Few minutes before 8. for the ex-
cellent reason that 4 splitting
headache had walked him earlier
than usual. and he had quarreIed
with his wife, so that home did
not lure him. Perhaps. he
thought to himself while trying
10 crank his secondhand car, IL
2 fellow got up at every morn
Ing, followed all that early bird
and-don 't-Watch- the-cIock hooev for
awhile. he could cut loose from
this damned job and 60 into pri.
yate practicecinch a few crack
defense eases and begin to I've
like gentleman.
Oscar, the son of a Swede who
worked for years on the Mesabi
iron range, had never lived like
q gentleman. That may have
been why the, life seemed so de-
sireabIe 10 him.
The Marbury Courthouse corri-
dors are not inviting at best.
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addition to what you see has georget re around me
front and the down the back She also wearing her
following the for On the table the right i
which wouldn't reasonable the
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ANSWERS TO TODAY's TEST

Questions Editorial Page
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the Ne About 80 miles from the North Sea- River
Lfey About 20 miles Naples; Ambdextrou Rroa8
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tin; L. Chopsticks; Is, Dives. ,
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hot day The highest the black silk
degrees; adys blue felt ciOche and ventilated
black derby both SO degrees.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-28
SATURDAY A. VI.

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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-28
BY FRANK /. WELLER

fAssoc1ated Press Farm EditorD
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2s.-tH1-De-
spite uneven spots rarely escaped in
an industry as large and varied as
the agriculture Of the United States,
most farming enterprises are su-
thoritatively declared to have exper-
fenced an upward trend in 1928.
Secretary Jardine says the situa-
ton was perhaps less difficult than
In any year since 1920.
The current marketing season still
has some months TO run, and what
the gross income Of agriculture as 4
whole will be is undetermined.
However, from the best available
evidence, production costs have not
been larger than n year ago and may
have been somewhat smaller. This,
together with prospects that the
gross income will be larger. leads
the secretary to believe there may
he at least a proportionate increase
in net income.
Distribution Changed
Latest comprehensive figures re-
late 20 the crop wear 1929. IN
that year the gross income OF Ameri-
can agriculture from all products
amounted 10 st2.253. 900 900. compar-
ed with $i2.i27.0 900, 900 for the crop
year 1926-27. II was lower than the
1925-26 income Of Sl2.670.000, 600,
but figures for that year were the
highest since the :l5,T 700 600 ,0O0
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Year
Brighter Than Amy
Since 1920 Period

gross income Of 1920, when the
postwar boom reached its peak.
In the last two years the gross in
come of agriculture has changed lit
tie. but important fluctuations have
taken place in its distribution.
In 192S-27 the income from grains,
cotton, fruits and vegetables was ma
terially below that of 1925-26. In
1928, grain and cotton growers
made considerably better earnings,
but returns from hogs. fruits, vege-
tables and poultry were relatively
low. Increased returns from live
stock industries will be materially
offset By reduced returns from GER
tain field crops, though the gross
income of agriculture IS a whole
promises to be larger than last year.
Confidence Seen
Last year was a season Of in
creased acreage and production,
sometimes pilinG up embarrassing
SURPRISES. despite previous warnings
TO minimize on certain commodities
notably potatoes.
Expansion, however. is taken as q
mark Of confidence In the future Of
agriculture. The increase was pref
~ we'll distributed throughout the
country and was divided among c1t-
ton. spring wheat, potatoes, and
other leading crops.
Cotton was planted on about 49,
T00,0 900 acres. an increase Of ia per
cent over the acreage planted the
year before. Weather conditions
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were unfsvcrable and the bill weevil
was the heaviest since the few
years after the pest spread through
the cotton belt.
In consequence the crop In Oe-
tober was estimated at less than H.
100000 bales, compared with 1871
600 bales in 1926.
Grain Crops Big
Wheat production exceeded 900,-
100000 bushels for the first time
since 1919. The increase was mostly
in hard winter and Gurum wheats.
Despite the increase, greater de-
mand abroad is expected to keep
prices more or less favorable. Amer
ica's share in the worlds output Of
wheat. unlike cotton, does not give
this country a determining influence
on the price of the crop. 1t de-
ponds on the total world production.
The corn crop is estimated at
about 1900. 600. 900 bushels, the larg-
est crop since 1928. In proportion
TO the number Of livestock on the
farms the output is fairly large and
is expected A. stimulate live ;tock
production.
A scarcity OF corn ard other feed
stuffs in Europe has been a factor
in maintaining relatively coed prices
for corn through the past seaso and
IL expected TO be n factor in the
situation for the coming season.
Live Stock Improves
Estimates for ~buckwheat, rice, and
bean crops show n production less
than last year. although sufficient
for current needs. Fruit production
was heavier than last year but less
than in 1925. Potato production
made a record. Possibly Is per cent
OF the supply will be utilized as
feed for live stock or wasted.
Sweet potatoes were a light crop.
Other vegetables we're grown on an
increased acreage but fave rather
light Yields.
Tobacco. planted or an increased
acreage, was harvested in rsther low