Evening star., 1938-03-20
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Destiny:s Daughter
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spiritual cast to it, a magnetism
perhaps, an aura of warmth, a definite
drawing of people toward himself; she
knew suddenly that she had thrown
her car key into the Tashno as
dramatic rebellion against that feeling.
She hoped his broken arm wasn't
giving him too much hell, but she was
glad she had refused to drive him to
Domm, because ever since she could
remember she had known that she had
the power to draw people to her -
and this was the second time in her
life that she had felt drawn.
She moved over to the window again
and another newspaper celebrity came
alive suddenly below her in St. Geneve
Square. He was fat and he wore
magnificent uniform with white faced
lapels and broad gold stripes on his
trousers He got down from his Daimler
and stood taking the salutes gravely.
Captain-G General Gorsch Zu Stu. He
was gray-faced with the morning, and
puffy-handed under his military gloves.
Everything he was, was quite evident
with the sunlight on his face The pure
exhibitionist, with as simple a case-his-
tory behind it all as one, two. three.
Inventor of uniforms and titles for him.
self. Minister General of Justice Cap
tain General of the Party Militia.
Minister General of Propaganda - an
ex-hophead who blithely covered up
the fact that he had run his legs off
on the Bengan in 1916 with the rest
of the army, by wearing glittering
fire of medals and orders on the left
side of his outsized tunic.
He finished saluting and went into
the Palace of Justice. gravely. between
two lines of the drawn-up escort of
Party Death Guards.
Josephine was restless suddenly.
The room was too small to walk in
and there was no comfortable chair, 50
she was quite glad when they came for
her. Her Major of the car ride from
Nauburg came for her with two Party
militiamen. They took her down the
service elevator and out of basement
entrance of the hotel that led up, by
way of concrete ramp, into the old
Chevalier Carde Parade They passed
through gateless archway in its wall,
crossed it and went into the back
entrance of the Palace of Justice They
walked down a long white-washed
hallway to short fight of stone steps,
mounted them and entered a small,
bare room. Almost Immediately door
opened and a Party Death Guard in
his black kept and black gloves clicked
his heels sharply.
The Major nodded to her to 60
through and she followed the man
without any more feeling about it all
than she would have had if she had
been picked up on traffic charge.
Captain General Gorsch Zu Stu pre-
sided. His cap was off. Sunlight from
the high windows to his left glinted on
the wet pomade of his thin hair. He
was flanked on each side by robed
justices of the Civil Department.
Corsch Zu Stu took pince-nez from
his tlnic pocket and placed them on
his nose. He read through a brief
dossier before him. He took off his
zlasses and spoke. Manner"
Josephine Wayne"
proof" He looked at the Major.
mo definite proof, the Major said.
"Why isn't there?" Josephine asked
him. you have my passport, my car.
my car papers and my baggage"
"Quietr' Corsch Zu Stu said. There
is no definite proof that they are yours
rightfully. The charge" he intoned-
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the Month Two subversive interests.
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