davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
La gaceta., 1931-05-13
DECIAN QUE IBAN A EN-
TRAR EN- Ell n DE
ESPANA

Madrid, mayo 13.-Los sol
6ados lograron ~dispersar hoy a
IN grupo de jovenes que Sc ha-
ban reunido frente al Banco de
Espana, Orlando: "Vamos a
entrar en- ell Banco y a distri-
BUR ell dinero al pueblo.
Los soldados, al cargar con-
ira la juventud para dispersar-
la, lastimaron sacramento e hi
rieron a muchos de ellos. No hui
DO ningun muerto.
El gobierno no ha dado i'm
portancia a este incidente, que
atr ibuye a influencias monar-
qui;as y comunistas.
La gaceta., 1931-05-13
LAS TROPAS CUSTODIAN
Ell BANCO DE ESPANA

Madrid, mayo 13.-Avisado
de que los comunistas pensaban
atacat Ell banco de Espana, Ell
gobier 10 moviliz6 las tropas,
colocal doias frente al edificiO,
en- la mayor demonstration de
fuerza hecha, en- Madrid en- los
ultimos amos.
La cGballeria rodea la cuadra
donde tsta ell bancO, guiandJ
sus caballos por entire la multi
tud, que Sc preparaba a hacer
una der1ostraci6n.
Esta preparada la artilleria
ligera, amatralladoras, tanques
Y autom 6viles armados, con el
fin de aooyar a la infanteria.
Ell transito fue desviado, los
establecinientos cerrados y ce-
rradas las pue tas y yentanas
de. 9snco.
IntimiCado por Ia demostra-
ci6n de fuerza, Ell pueblo Sc dis
pers6 a los IS minutes, sin que
Sc ~alterara la tranquilidad.
Dicese que los eomnnistas
uensaban aproyechar los mo-
mentos en- que la policia lucha-
IA con Ell pueblo para saquear Ell
banco.
Los revoltosos Sc han calma-
do, aunque la ley marcial toda-
via cOntinda en- yigor.
La gaceta., 1931-05-13
NUEVA AGRUPACION FRA
TERNAL

Aver por la tarde tuvimos ell
gusto de Yer ell diseno de la ban
dera elegida por un grupo de
j6venes que estan constituent
do en- Ybor una nueva Agrupa-
ci6n de Fraternidad.
La bandera es de fondo azul.
En- ell extreme izquierdo figura
una Flor de Lis de Orc con tres
iniciales S. F.. A. All extreme de-
recho, Y sobre un triangulo de
orc aparecen las letras azules
con ell nombre de la Sociedad
BON-TON.
Bon-Ton Club sera una socie-
dad de fraternidad y de recreo,
que tiene ell prop6sito de crear
ayuda mutua para todos sus
miembros y protection 81 esta
fuere solicitada por alguno de
ellos.
Muy en- breve publicaremos
los nombres de la Directiva. Los
muchachos quieren guardian Ell
inc6gnito hasta que esta sea ele-
gida definitivamente. Ell local
Sc esta escogiendo en- un lugar
centrico.
La gaceta., 1931-05-13

Pat, ell Querido Pat, ha deci-
dido que tengamos otras eleccio-
mes honradas, como aquella de
la Carta, Y para c0nseguirlo nos
ha dado una junta electoral.
Con gest0 de suprema elegan-
cia, que no podemos reconocer
en- sus enemigos, Pat design6 la
junta que da igiera TO de Ia Car
ia y supo tolerar la derrota y
"que lie dieran Candida.
Pero va ell pueblo "latino' Co
noce meior a su senador y los
de la "brava" no cobra"an.. 81
Dios no dispone otra eosa.
La gaceta., 1931-05-13
Dalia Gonzalez

Dalia Gonzalez 4
Horas felices son rs actua-
les para el Sr, Arma,ldo Con
zalez y su joven y elegante es-
posa Jennie, con motive del
nacimiento de una hermosa nj
ma, linda como una alborada.
Dalia.
Tai es ell bello nombre ele-
gido para ell angel que ha We
rido a coronar la dicha de sus
padres, que tienen fijada su
Residential en- la Gale de Beach
numero 1907, en- la simpatica
barriada de West Tampa.
F~elicidades.
La gaceta., 1931-05-13

Una grandiosl' cinta dialoga-
da, EN- espanol, Sc exhibira la Sc
mana pr6xima, Lleva ell titulo
de "Charros. Gauchos Y Mano-
las. Es la primera revista es-
pamela que Sc ha filmado.
M1sica y ate espanol, meji-
cano Y argentine; una gran CO.
rrida de toros; bales espanoles
V un coro de mas de so voces.
La gaceta., 1931-05-13
RecOrddtOriO

Para dar soluci6n a varios
asuntos de interes sumo, efec
tuara esta noche una junta, a 10
bora de costumbre, la Secci6n
de Damas del Centre Espah0l.
Su presidenta, la encantado-
ra Mayita LIMA, aguarda la a
sistencia de todas sus distingui-
das companeras.
La gaceta., 1931-05-13
s 0 CHA | E s

toda una virtuosa y sencilla ia
milia, encuentrase desde hace
tempo ell Sr. Joaquin AcoSta,
hombre de una ejecutoria digna
de TODD encomio.
Estan ultimandose todos los
preparativos para ell viaje que
dentro de POGO, por conseio de
la ciencia, emprendera rumbo a
Cuba.
La gaceta., 1931-05-13
C%ABLEGRAFTCA De E>PAa3
DE PROVE
GAS

C1AS
Madrid, Mayo '13.-Al mi :
historic de la gobernacion Sc
ha communicate que en- Valen-
cha, soldados con ~bayoneta ca
lada cuban las ruinas de las
~iglesias.
Como reSultado del -saqueo
Nctuado EN- horas de la no
che, las trepas tienen orden de-
tirar a matar.
La multitNd recorri6 las Ca
Hes de Granada hasta la ma
drugada de hoy, luego de ha
sido.Quemad6s tres conVen
tCS residencia de los Je-
suitas.
BESIDE Santander llega la ~
ticia, que no ha sido confirma
da, de que ell palaojo de Boz
bon la sido despojado de OBJ
jetos de valor y que la pc
licia cuida de los edificios ca
t6Iicos.
Cinco personals han perdido
la vida en- Cordoba, a contar
del domingo, y la atm6sfera
no ha perdido tension.
La bolsa de valores continua
cerrada.
De nuevo ha bajado la pc
seta y hoy Sc cotiza a 1902
por ell dollar.
Los cuerpos de las personas
que murieron en- Cordoba eS-
tan deposiatdos en- la morgue
y seran enterrados secretamen
te, con ell fin de evitar demos
traciones p1blicas.
Ell convento de los Sa,esia-
nos en- las c~ercanlas de Alica3
tie fue quemado por la multi
tud. Dos conventos y la reda2-
ci6n de I'm diario cat6lico fue-
ron quemados en- Murcia.
Tn incendio, puesto por la
multitud, destruy6 ell convento
de Los Capuchinos en- San Lu-
car de Barrameda, refugiando
Sc los monies Ell las casas de
sus amigos.
Tres iglesias en- Algeciras
fueron atacadas y las image
mes quemadas en- las GALES. La
multitud atac6 ell asilo de pc
bres y las casas de yarios sa-
cerdotes, pero no Sc derrari0
angre.
Partidas de comunistas de-
uvi2ron a los automobiles en-
os caminos hacia Gibraltac,
lin que molestaran a los turis-
as.
Algunos clerigos que huian
'ueron maltratados Y despoja-
ns De II one Sc llevahan.
La gaceta., 1931-05-13
En- Ia clinica ia Benefited"
Una ODeraci0n.

- ~ w tt''fftt 49, +>'t ~
Una operation.
ACADIA de sufrirla en- la re-
nomhrada clinica que encabeza
esta nota, la nina Josefina Ro-
driguez, figulina adorable.
Fue realizada la operation,
con ell mejor de los 6xitos, por
ell DR.. Parsons M. Garcia, dies
tro cirujano.
FL Quito j6ven Mariana Ro-
driguez, Luminar de la Logia
Nicolas Castillo Salinas, y la
bella y apreciada dana Matilde
Rodriguez, son los padres de la
pequena J~osefina, dada va de
alta.
La gaceta., 1931-05-13
CERRO Ell BANCO MEYER
KISER

indianapolis, mayo 13.-LOs
negocios del banco Meyer-Kiser
fueron aver colocados en- las ma
nos del departamento bancario
del estado.
Tiene ell banco un capital y
reserva de 5000, 900, con dep6-
sitos de ~apr6ximadamente
$2,240,O 900.
La gaceta., 1931-05-13

De Vidje
La adorable Adela Alchediak,
senorita TODD gentileZa y TODD
simpatia.
Sali6 en- ell dia de aver con di-
recci6n a Springfield, linda ciu-
dad del estado de Massachusetts,
donde sc propone permanecer
varios dias, siguiendo despues
viaie a Boston, probablemente a
fines de este mes.
Luego embarcara rumbo a la
capital de Portugal, ilevando ell
prop6sito de visitar Napoles y
Palermo antes de dirigirse a IA
Siria, en- cuya ciudad de Bear
nut pasara una extensa ter po-
rada.
la lntellgente Y culta AdeiI-
Ia, cajera del concurrido teatro
Casino de Ybor. va en- la grata
compania de su senior padre.
Pqr parte de sus numerosas
lmistades Sc le hizo objeto de Ia
mas carinosa despedida.
K. s.
La gaceta., 1931-05-13
BOda


De ca~acter intim0.
Fue la celebrada aver, en- no.
ras de la noche, ante el j6ven y
popular notario, Sr. Sergio Al
fOnsO.
La novia, Lille Hernandez,
sehorita muy gentil y muy gra-
ci0sa. uni6 gu suerte a la del co
rrecto j6ven Andres Quesada.
Union de amor.
Suscribieron Ell documentO
matrimonial, como testigos, la
virtuosa matrona, Sra. Tdesa
Alfonso Y ell Sr. Venancio To
rres, hijo.
Mis- votos por 81 felicidad.
La gaceta., 1931-05-13
CARA CABLEGRAFlCA DE CUBA
ESTA DE REGRESO Ell GE.
NERAL MACHADO

Habana, Mayo 13.-El pre-
sidente Machado regreSo aver
a esta capital despues de ha =
bes pasado varios dias, pes
cando, en- la costa norte,
POGO despues de su llegada
a conferenciar con
los miembros del gobierno.
La gaceta., 1931-05-13

En- SCI h0gGr
Lleno de satisfaction, COM
placidisimo, consigno aqui la
noticia.
Cast restablecida, allegro y
plena de sosiego, ACADIA de ser
trasIadada a su residential de la
7 avenida l51312 la distingui-
da y airosa senorita Maria Lui-
sa Quinones, presidenta de la
ejemplar Secci6n de Damas de-
Centre Obrero,
Como Sc recordara MaVia Lui
sa fue operada en- la clinica FL
Bien Publico, con toda urgencia,
por los j6venes cirujanos, ORES.
Julio Guerra y Gustavo Porro.
La gaceta., 1931-05-13

Aplaudase a la policia por ha-
Der recogido aver, en- la esquina
de la Decima avenida Y Gale "a,
frente al Circulo Cubano. a va
rios joyencitos que apaS ente-
mente perturbaban la tranquil
dad del vecindario. T
ICON mucha sua1idad Sc les
agarraba Y Sc les meta en- la
"jaula''!
6Aprenderan la lecci6n los
otros, los que tenian convertida
esa esquina en- un campo de
escandalos''?
La gaceta., 1931-05-13

FL Papa Pho va a escribir una
encicliea sobre ell trabaio, adj
tamento' a la que escribiera ell
Papa Leon XIII,
Yo declare, escribi0 Leon
XIII, que el trabajador tiene de
recho a un salario que lie permi-
ia vivir bien, en- compania de su
familia, ahorrar algo y ser due
no de su hogan. Los trabaiado-
res deben ~constituir uniones que
defiendan sus derechos'.
81 ell Papa Pic va a completar
csc escrito infalible, describien-
do las terribles condolences de-
presente Y pidiendo que Sc ayu-
de de manera positiva al ohre-
70 sin trabajo, Dios Sc 10 pre-
mara.
iCuanto mas popular y pode-
rosa seria la iglesia 81 en- vez
de elogiar la tiranfa y las nece-
dades de Alfonso y otros indivi-
duos d. la calana de este, Sc a.
lara con los humildes de toda
la terra para persuadir a los a
varientOs opresOres.
Cristo amaba a los ninos y a
los pob-es; pero la iglesia suyd
anna a los reyes primero, a los
ricos despues y, 81 sobra afecto,
a los trabaiadores y "seres in
significantes'.
La gaceta., 1931-05-13

audiencia a dos anos Y un dia
de suspension de su cargo.
Los amigos del teniente
Green que ell presidente 10 de-
jara en- ell puesto, librandolo
de la suspension por medic de
un indulto.
La gaceta., 1931-05-13

La bandera de la Repnblica
espanola sera enarbolada ell
pr6ximo domingo, a las diez de
la mahana, en- ell palacio asturia
no de la avenida de Nebraska.
Ell cafe frio" dara mayor
animation al acto, 81 Dios 10
quiere.
Los asturianos Sc habian de-
morado esperanto sc les hiciera
una hermosa bandera.
Viva la ~republica y que la
estaca Sc encargue de sus enc
migos!
La gaceta., 1931-05-13
OtiIiO Moreno
I'm saludo.

Que es de bienvenida.
Acojalo Ell apuesto y distin-
guido j6ven Otilio Moreno, a
ventajado "as" de la poderosa
compania de aviaci6n de Mia
mi, recientemente llegado a es
ia ciudad, donde disfrutara de
una corta temporada, en- viaje
de recreo.
Que su estancia entire noso-
tros sea gratisima es cuanto lie
deseo.
La gaceta., 1931-05-13

Quieren imponer derechos
prohibitivos al petroleo extran-
jero, de modo que los automovi-
listas dependan por complete
del "aceite" de la nacion.
Cuando este suceda debere-
mos pagan de cinco a seis centa-
vos mas por ell gallon de gasoli-
ma.
Protection para los petrole-
ros Y "cuchilladas' contra ell
bolsillo del pueblo.
La gaceta., 1931-05-13

Honorables cristianos dirigen
la companfa Empire Steel, de
Ohio que aver rebajara ell 1919
a los obreros que para ella ira
bajan.
Quizh sin saber que ell Papa
Leon XIII reconociera ell dere-
cho de los trabaiadores a sala-
rios que les permitan vivir CO.
modamente. la corporation dis
minuy6 ell 1870 de los peIuenos
inmresos de estes, cuando habia
anunciado que la rebaja no pa
saria del 1917.
los o1reros perdieron su cal
ma, trocaron la mansedumbre
per ~ebeldia, y Sc marcharon a
la lalle.
AhOra Sc les declarara Co
munistas', enemigos de la paZ
J 81 orden, y sc buscara rompe-
huelPas para que los sustituyan.
Los fabricantes de tabacos de
Tampa ,sueHan todos los dias
con la NigeIaei6n que perdie-
ron.
Ahora seg1n Sc nos dice, Ell
cherlto de a cinco centavos que
hace Garcia y Vega, ha provo
cado algo asi como una "revolu-
ci6n callada'.
Pero la Nivelaci6n no volve-
"a. por parte de los tabaqueros,
81 a estos no Sc hacen c%oncesio-
mes aceptables.
Hah-a que envolver en- cello
fan los sesos de los fabricantes
La gaceta., 1931-05-13
SUSPENDED DE EMPLEO
Ell TENIENTE CALVO, PA
YASO DE LOS EXPERTOS

Habana, Mayo 13.-Magni-
tica impression ha causado en-
,odos osAelos sOciales la
sentencia que aver dictara la
Audiencia de lq> Habana en- con-
La gaceta., 1931-05-13

Jooqa5n Ac0sto
Presa de una penosa enfer-
medad, que lena de affection a
La gaceta., 1931-05-13

IRA del payaso je1S de la sec
ci6n de "expertoA calvo te-
niente Miguel C!Eo, que es
liilonario.
Por haberse eltralimitado
en- ell cumplimientd de sus de-
beres, secuestranGP 5000 e.
iemplares del sem mario "Ka-
rikato," hace algumls meses, ell
teniente fu6 conde ado por la
La gaceta., 1931-05-13

Bien. nos parece csc impues-
to de 6 centavos p0r cada pa
quote de 20 cigarrillos. y
Las muchachas fuman pa
ra "adeIgazar' y que la boca
tenga ell SAILOR "delicado" de los
cigarrillos.
Con ell impuesto no disminui-
ra ell consume.
Pregunta a los senores fabri-
cantes de "puros' e ''impuros'
Han puesto su bGrbd en- re-
mojo?
La gaceta., 1931-05-13


springs Toc[T- q schtdUS ALI y
acusad0@de tirar la Bolita.
.Parece que la Bolita ha emf
gsado, por no poder desenvol-
verse en- Tampa, ciudad purifi-
cada.
Aqui va no Sc juega; aqui to-
dos respetamos las leyes Y vivi-
mos felices,
GCuando Sc extendera por Ia
Florida la cultura que irradia
de Tampa?
GCuando van a imitar esos
|pueblos y ciudades desventura-
das a esta lube del tabaco",
que detesta la Bolita y Sc glo-
ria de SUI ''limpieza''?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
Why An Ambulance Chaser
For Judge?

ATTY. Gen William d. Mitchell and United States
Sen schall are distinguished citizens OF Minnesota.
Mitchell was a democrat until the coming OF Wood
row Wilson. He bolted Wilson and he has been vot-
ing the republican ticket ever since. Thomas d. SchEu
Is . republican progressive. Schall and in fact the
entire Minnesota delegation Earnest
Michel for United States district judgeship in Mime
sofa. Michelis name was passed on to the attorney
general for consideration. Mitchell had been a lead
ing lawyer Of the Northwest before his appointment
to the office OF attorney general. Indeed he was one
Of the best known OF corporation lawyers. He spurned
the name Of Michel. He said 4 cannot myself be-
lieve that 1t would be anything less than a reproach
upon the administration Of justice to select for the
high position a federal judge. a lawyer whose firm
had solicited accident cases. He bluntly stated that
he would not recommend Michel to Pres. Hoover, and
he charged that the effort to have him selected as a
United States judge was 70 pay a political debt.
An applicant for office who has the endorsement
Of a solid delegation must have something 10 COM
mend his candidacy. Sen. Schal will continue 70
push the cause Of Michel There may be an extra
session on the way and Schall's vote in the orEaniza-
ton would make the senate a tie which would be
very uncomfortable for the old guard republicans and
their leaders.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
The Once Over


4 see BY the papers that they're going to court
martial General smedley wickersham."
What for2"
He made a speech In which he said that Daisy De
Doe ran over Clara Bow and didn't stop to see how
badly she was hurt or sumpin-"
or I remember reading about It. It's all got
something to do with that fight in Congress over
a relief fund for the sufferers from the George But
Ter commissions report on prohibition. amt tip"
Il think SO. Wasn't it the silliest report you ever
read?"
1T sure was. Imagine half the commission coming
out fiat for repeal or modification and the other
half saying II was all right for us To keep troops m
Haiti"
1T was so contradictory nobody could follow q.
The more ! read Of the report the less I could make
out whether the commission had reached any def
mite conclusions on Mussel Shoals or whether they
left It to Hoover to decide whether we should 60 into
the World Court"
7 thought the way Mr.. Hoover jumped in and re-
pudiated his own Investigators was terrible"
so did n After eighteen months elaboration they
came out with a 100000 report on their investigation
and the President sat right down snd wrote q state
ment in which he defended the tariff and a~pologized
to Mussolini"
1T was sch poor politics. thought Mr.. Hoover
should nave waited at least . few days until the jury
decided whether the De Doe girl really stole any OF
Clara's money and jewels or not"
"Of course its going to hurt Hoovers chances Of
. denomination
How SOP
We'll. If they really prove that Mr.. Lucas sent those
mushy kilograms to Clara Bow and that she bought
him that slave bracelet, the public will be pretty in
d~ignant."
II think the disgraceful thing about ID all was the
NV Mr.. Lucas tried to blame II all on al Smith"
so do J. Mr.. Lucas circulated those cartoons in
Oklahoma showing AL and Clara running over Mus
solini In a taxicab and not even apologizingl"
"Mussolini j. having troubles Of hts own Is presi-
dent Of Cuba without any outside annoyances."
The whole world is nervous and jumpy. I'm glad
England freed that fellow. er. what's his name? The
one they had In prison in India?r
"Mahatma Kemel?"
That's the fellowl They put him In prison last
May for not carrying out a reconciliation with Queen
Helene when he returned and reclaimed the throne -"
What ever became Of their son. Michel7"
He went to Soviet Russia under the five-year
plan
Well. these are certainly trying times. but I hope
everything turns out for the best and that Congress
and the Red Cross come to some agreement on fixing
IN that big hole In Niagara Falls"
so do ]. It will be q proof to the American people
that business has turned the corner and that no
country really wants to see another war, whether
Cornelius Vanderbilt. Junior. loses his post at GUAM
tico or not"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
STORY r o THE START

At a public dance Martin Forbes.
newspaper man. cuts In on Rhoda
Whites dance with Max Lewis.
whom Martin InstinctiveIy dislikes.
He overhenrE a conversation be-
tween Lewis and n woman which
he realizes concerns Rhoda- Sensing
4 newspaper story he tells Rhoda
OF a blind ad" inquiring the where
abouts Of "Rhoda Mcfarland" which,
he Ia convinced. ls the girls real
name She denies IT, but Its true.
After her mothers death she had
been happy with her father In Cali
fornla, where he vas = professor.
until misfortune came. Associated
with the blow was an uncle. Will
liam Royce The father brings
Rhoda to Chicago, where he IL en-
gagged In mysterious work. Rhoda
becomes n s~tenographer. The pro-
fessor dies suddenly, vainly trying
to give her a message about pa
pers" in a trunk. RhodA takes an
apartment with a fenow-worker.
Babe" Jennings. Martin learns that
the blind AL" advertiser In e.. y.
Forster. uncle or Lewis. Rhoda ad-
mits 10 Martin that her real name
is Mcfarland. A mysterious claire
Cleveland" ask Rhoda for an In
terview. She asks Rhoda for q pa
per belonging 10 her that was In
the professors possession Rhoda
promises 20 lock for a.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
The Sealed Trunk
By Henry KitchcIl Webster
copyri<h b y The Bobbs- Merrill CO. w1U Service
oopyrlshs ~ The BsBbs-xsrrn CO. wSU s.r-is.

the personal columns saying you'll
learn something to your advantage
by applying TO so and SO. That's
good. If it's Forster who put in the
al. or course / don't know that
It's him. II hasn't got his name
To II; just letters. like XYZ That's
enough IN itself to show that he
isn't on the level. Didn't your IA
Their ver tell you about him7 I
don't suppose he would. though"
Rhoda shook her head. It was
under the fascination Of terror that
she asked. almost involuntariIy. the
question. -What sort OF trick was
1t that he played on my fatherT"
why. it's my personal opinion"
said Claire. though OF course 7
don't know anything about II. II
happened long before your father
and I got acQuainted-but it's nv
private opinion that Forster was
somehow or other at the bottom of
the whole thing: your fathers trou-
Bile out in California. I mean"
TO nhoda IL was as if a buried
thing had reared its head after all
these years and stared at her. Ever
since her fathers death there'd been
an unacknowledged fear In the bot
tom or her mind that this would
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

But that state Of feeling didn't
last long. Claire's manner had
changed a little and had become
vaguely dlsquieting. She talked be-
tween and during mouthfuls all
through the rest OF the meal. about
anything or nothing. The meal
dragged 10 an end at last. But
when. having set down her empty
demEtasse. Rhoda moved back her
chair "A little as n preliminary to
saying she must 20. Claire suddenly
found that she had something left
to say.
Il said In my letter. she be-
gan. that If any stranger tried 70
communicate with you In any way
| hoped you wouldn't answer him
until you'd had this talk with me.
You haven't. have you?"
NO. ! guess not" Rhoda told her.
alert again and answering as cas-
ually a. she could. IL don't be-
Iieve ] know what you mean. What
sort OF communication"
"You haven't seen Il, then"
Claire said. with a sigh OF relief.
''or you'd know. IL was just a
guess OF mine and maybe I'm
all wrong. This dirty old goat that
I've been telling you about. the one
that made me all my trouble-rve
sort OF got him on the brain. l
guess. :" This much OF which
she was saying. Rhoda reflected.
was probably true. The hatred In
The woman's voice sounded genuine.
anyhow.
Maybe he isn't doing IT," Claire
went on, -but it's exactly the kind
OF thing he would do. He's old
and he's got rheumatism 80 bad
he can't walk without two canes
but / bet he still likes voung girls
as much as he ever did. He al
ways got them whenever he could"
Rhoda found herself getting
frightened The old man who had
given her and Babe a lift this
morning had two canes with him
IN the chr. There was some horri-
flying admixture OF truth IN the lies
the woman was telling her.
HE must know about you" Claire
went on smoothly. because ne was
IN business. in a way. with your
father. don't know very much
about that except that he played
your father about the dirtiest trick
that a man could play on another
man. For anything 7 know he may
think your father left you some
thing that he wants-so-nething
among his papers-but I don't be-
iieve it's that. 7 think It's because
he knows you're young. and pretty,
and have no one 20 look after You
Anyhow. when + saw the nd I'm the
paper FOR Rhoda Mcfarland. II came
over me Ike second sight that that
must be Forster ND to bis old tricks
again.
-ForgterT Rhoda asked Her
lips felt stir but she seemed able ~
talk all right HAS ne been ad
vertising for me7 What snrt ~ ad
vertisements"
-Oh the regular sort that's In