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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-10
Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Thinus

TO receive attention In this eoi.
umn letters must give name and
address % writer ONLY Initials
uil De published when requested
Mr.. FiSit: We would like Ia
know whether YOU should or
should not remove the cello
phane from a lamp shade.
BROOkIE AND MURRELI-
All in me world the cellophane
il on there for is to insure
cleanliness Of the shade Al the
time the customer receives IL.
Il should be removed. But on
the other hand. many folks leave
the wrapping on 10 insure the
freshness Of the shade during
its lifetime. Some Of our best
families do not remove the
cellophane. Go on. tear 1t off.
MIR. FiNit: We have had quite
an argument about the running
time of the n and 1lth II. buss-
rs. Some one said the n NJ. bus
runs only every half hour. !
say they run every to 10 min
ufes during the busy time. Can
you give the schedule on this ?
MRS. &. O. ".
The dispatcher-and he should
know-tels me the service on
these lines varies from 6ig-min-
ute service between 6 and $50
p. m. and after 8 80 to 20-min-
ute spacing. Accidents or I'M
usual congestion Of traffic
might throw trip or two off
that schedule. but that's what
they try TO maintain on week
days.
Mr.. Fixit: Was popular music
or syndicate publishers music
barred off of the radio a few
days starting Jan. /?
x. l.. X.
One might say. in effect, that
IL sho' enuf was; that is. II
ASCAP controlled the music.
But you'll have to start reading
the news columns II you want
to know what's going on in the
world. This music broadcast
fight Is still live news.
Mr.. FiNlt: I am In .erested in
building some cabins and would
like to know where I could get
some cabin plans. l have tried
the lumber companies and they
do not seem tn carry any line
on cabins. DON KRUGER
RI. 9, Box 5lI-A.
Write 10 Sunset Magazine.
San Francisco. They publish
rather comprehensive booklet on
cabin construction and II is in
expensive. Also they may know
Of government publication.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-10

congressman, who are warning
US to stop the mad rush to war
before 1t is too late. The 18th
congress has convened. Those
men who represent US there will
be called upon soon to make de-
cisions which may entail terrible
consequences.
You who believe that We can
best serve our own nation and a
war torn world. not by becoming
a part of this horrible holocaust.
not by spilling the blood of mil
lions Of American boys on far
flung battlefields. but by a policy
which Will defend our shores,
solve our own internal problems
and preserve democracy in
America. do you ask, What can
we do =" You can do this:
Now, today, as individuals and
organizations. you can deluge
the president and the congress
with letters. cards. kilograms.
etc. bearing one clear-cut man
date: You dare not again be
tray US into any foreign war We
charge you with this sacred re-
sponsibility'
MAUDE n. RICHARD.
1921 So. L ST.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-10
WHITNEY's INVENTION

Strange as 1t seems. Eli Whit
ney's cotton gin was Of little
consequence when compared
with his system of using inter
changeable parts in manufae-
turing.
In 179s, having given up all
hope of remuneration from the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-10

water crashed over the bows and
stove in wheelhouse windows.
flooded the rsdio-telephone and
electric switchboard and put
them out Of commission. carried
away the encineroom skylight
and filled the compartment
enough 50 that the six-cylinder
engine couldn't do much more
than sputter on its fuel COM
posed Of $3.50 seswater and
petroleum.
They spent the rest Of the
night pumping bilges by hand.
lmping before the gale. patch
ing up as best they could
Two days afterward they were
snorting along in pretty fair
stvle when boom, And another
sea came aboard. this time car
rving away all wheelhouse win
dows and flooding the ship
properly. They holed up in
Three Hole Bay
Finally. after boarding up the
wheelhouse and make-shifting,
the Justine made seward.
Mooney Quits
Incidentally. aboard ever since
she'd left Tacoma had been a
crew composed of Capt. NJ lines,
Mate Nerrol Swartz. Cook Van
Banentine. Deckhand Frank
Mooney The last-named gent
was fed up by this time. so he
quit. Back 70 Tacoma in his
place came Elmer Nogt
After getting somew h a
thawed out at Seward. the Jus
tine continued southwark two
days before Christmas.
Christmas eve was devoted to
a blizzard off Cape Spencer.
while the crew felt rightfully
glum and the Justine wallowed.
New Years eve menu was exact
" the same weather in a diff
ferent place.
Christmas day was spent
hove-to while salt was lured out
of the engine and fuel strainers,
and then topped off later in the
day when an engine bearing
burned out - thanks to those
seas boarding earlier.
A spare bearing was shipped,
but that went haywire a few
hours later. Petersburg was
made on five cylinders.
Things were patched up there,
and more salt and muck was
removed from the engine. The
tug was under way again.
Off Zarambo island the bear
ing went again. BY this time il
was getting monotonous. and
all hands were better acquainted
with the inside of that mill than
they were with their hunks.
They anchored and tore her to
pieces and put her back to-
gether again.
The straw which nearly bust
ed the camels back. however,
occurred when it came time to
weigh anchor the blessed wind
lass was so full Of seawater and
ice and stuff it couldn't be
budged A messenger was rugged
aft to the towing winch and the
job was done that unhandy,
soul searching, curse worthy
way.
But this week, as we said. the
Justine and her dauntless crew
made their home port, in spite of
all Quite a trip.
Capt. MINES opinion of the
proceedings can best be judged
by the fact that ne could barely
manage TO tarry long enough in
Tacoma 10 comment upon win
ter tugboating in Alaska waters
in terse and unflattering terms,
before departing on voyage
by land TO California.
Always at your service, this
department offers the following
important fact for your deep
consideration; From birth 70
maturity. the sunfish increases
its size $4,000 times. Amt ma
ture wonderful
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-10
SO THEY SAY

There are some people who sre
open-minded. so much 50 that
thsy live IN 8 vacuum.
Bishop W. T. Manning Of the
Protestant Episcopal Diocese
Of New York
American students are awake
10 the need Of the time and seek
a way = meet that need
President MscCrscken Of Vas
ssr College.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-10

when one made made and hand
fitted an entire gun. All ma
tional armories later adopted his
methods. with the result that
mass-production b came the
recognized basis Of American
manufacture.
Tomorrow: Modern Pony EN-
press.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-10
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions Turn 70 the
womsn's page for the answers
!. Herbert Hoover was born
in California. New York or
Iowa.
?. What name was applied TO
President Jackson small group
q intimate Trends wno vert
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-10

fleet II S re
ported IN re-
liable quarters
that its vr-
tually impos-
sible 10 even
bait him into
a n Y Z h i n &
except u n re-
strained praise
Tor his vessel.
{ W Q h a V e
heard il ru-
mored that the
Justines crew
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-10
AN APPRECIATION

Editor The Times: Whereas
The Tacoma Times has during
the year 1910 been generous IN
granting space for news items in
connection with the work OF our
congregation and its societies.
Therefore be II resolved that
We. Emmanuel Lutheran church
OF Puyallup. Wash, IN regular
meeting assem- bled. express our
thanks to The Tacoma Times for
such courtesy.
And be it further resolved that
d copy OF this vote Of thanks De
sent 10 said paper.
IMMANCEL LUTHERAN
CHURCH.
c. c. Nettnin, Sec'y.
Thee. BRAKEMAN. Pastor.
This resolution was unani-
mously adopted at the annual
meeting Jan. 5
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II0E3
G2.Hz1N1E21
QzzalCylE3r'

Capt. Tom McInnes is
home this week = fully
qualified as an expert on
why the tugboating season
in Alaska waters doesn't
include the winter months.
Capt NcInnes is the veteran
skipper Of the Justine F0ss, a
60-foot 200 HORSEPOWER Diesel
member Of the well-known local
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-10
PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
FEARS WE ARE BEING
LED INTO CONFLICT

Editor The Times: Is our pres
ent foreign policy designed for
defense or are we subtly but
surely being led into foreign
war? In spite Of the fact that
recent polls indicate that goo of
the American people still are
opposed to any war but one
against invasion, leaders OF the
non-intervention bloc in Wash
ington insist that. step by step,
We are being committed 10 the
European conflict.
Senator Burton X Wheeler,
who is the admitted leader of the
protest bloc in the new congress,
said Sunday night, Dec. 20: We
are not merely trudging along
the road TO war, we are actually
running into war" He denounced
the scrapping Of the Johnson act
and neutrality act and said that
guns, loans. and ships to Great
Britain would inevitably call for
men" Speaking again from the
capitol just prior to the conven-
Ing of the congress Friday morn
ing. Senator Wheeler said. The
responsibility for peace rests
upon you the people. You must
speak now "
Labelling the All aid short of
war slogan as rank hypocrisy,
Senator Hiram johnson Of Cali
fornia recently declared: The
United States is headed straight
for the European war. and when
we get into it. II will be with
men as well as material Those
in command Of US are perfectly
mad TO be part Of the game.
Asserting that the United
States is being taken down the
same road We took in 1867,
Senator Robert NJ LaFollette
warned IN nationwide radio
broadcast. Unless we stop in
our tracks. there VIII be no end
10 the policy of taking every
thing that Britain wants and
labelling II surplus or average
and obsolete The next step
will be middle-age battleships
Then it viii ne youngish cruisers.
In the end they viii be calling
for our right-aEed sons"
These are typical statements
from that courageous group OF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-10

said TO have Influenced the
presidents political actions more
than did his official cabinet?
5. Name the famous document
that begins When in the course
Of human events 1t becomes
necessary for one people TO dis
solve the political bands" etc.
I. Where Is the Hayden plane
tsrium
s Name the mayor Of Chi
esgo. Illinois.
6. Who was the first woman
70 SWIM the English Channel ?
:. Oh OF vitriol IL another
name for banana oil. eonoen-
trsted sulphurle acid, or Paris
green
s. Vslona is seaport in
Greece. Albania or Italy?
2 From whom did Joe Louis
win the worlds heavyweight
boxing championship
10. Who composed Moonlight
So1ata"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-10
An Inside Picture of Finan-
cial and Political America
LIC H T
By RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON-The strange series of power backouts
and shortages in Virginia the Potomac from the
capital are blamed bad utility practices in unpublczed
reports by the SEC and the federal power commission
For while they had been attributed to sabotage against
government torpedo plant and other essential war in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-10
ToDAY's COMMON ERROR

"Humorous" is prom ouneed
humorous and the n is dis
tinctily sounded. The frequently
heard pronunciation u-mor-us Is
ohnosseA
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-10

nearly developed gills and were
manning to rig a periscope 10
her while engaged in a towing
chore off California, but capt
Tom denies it. Loyal
We'll the crafts epochal Voy-
age lust ended commenced the
middle of last May She took
scow loaded with pipe and head
ed for Womens Bay, site Of the
new naval base on kodlaH
island
Arrived safe
Despite some dirty weather
and some bearing trouble (ah'
more about that letterD the
good ship arrived at her destina-
ton about three weeks later.
For four months the Justine
tended dredge. hauled scows ana
workmen to and fro. and like
Jobs Those were routine hum
drum summer days.
Next she hooked onto a scoW
and junketed out TO Dutch Har-
Dor. Thence even further toward
China-Unalaska. Those were
fine. interesting days on that
trip.
Thence she returned as far as
Dutch Harbor There is moored
the famous old passenger steam
er Northwestern, which is used
as a floating hotel. For Is days
the Justine hung around fooling
with the Northwestern while
new morage was obtained and
a few other little tasks were
accomplished.
To Kodiak
On Nov. 3 the intrepid tug
boat returned to Kodiak TO re-
sumo her work there. Of she
hadn't been so actively engaged
in doing her bit for the navy
and national defense, you may
be sure she'd have observed the
end of the Alaska tugboating
season and made a bee-line for
the barn in Tacoma Unsteady
The Justine continued work.
ing around Kodiak until Dec.
i before starting home. That's
when the real fun began!
Only four hours at sea, the
foul Alaskan winter gales beat
up fancy head seas. A few min
utes later few tons of icy
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Because every that exalted himself shall be humbed;
and he that humbleth himself shall be exaltedLuke l4ll
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-06-06

Klara pc celou noe nezam-
hourila skorem ami Okla; rozci-
lenf nedalo j usnouti. Rano Sc
velmi pecliv6 ustrojila a spe-
chala pryc.
"Pfeji yam mnoho stestf, mi
Ia Klarko!" volala ma nj domo-
vnice. Gale jen mi povezte,
jak mohla jste vcera vyvesti
hrozitanskou tn hloupost! Roz-
trhati kupnl smlouvu a nechtft
Sc staff majitelkou letohradku
Kdo to kdy slysel!"
Klara pokrcila s dsmevem
rameny, vlidne domovnici pc.
zdravila, spechala do ulice eau
martin a vesla pred devatou dc
kramu modistky.
"Prichazfte v pravy cas-, mi.
lie dite," vitala il PAM Thoure.
tova pTivetive. "Jest to dobrf
odporucen1; urovnejte klobou-
ky do vykladn1 skr1ne, chef sc
presvedciti, mate-li vkus."
"Pricinfm Sc, abych YAM We
vsem vyhovela, madame"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-06-06

pevnym predsevzetfm, re Wy
patra, kde bydlf.
Klara pozoruj1c, re jest sle-
dovana, spechala malymi xii
katymi ulickami, az vesla v uli-
ci Chariot do pr6chodnfho do
mu a stanula "a malou chvili
prede dvermi sveho bytu.
Nezny prizvuk a dojemna
slova mladeho muze znely il
neustale v usich, a myslenka,
zda-li j hezky mladfk skutec-
ne nemiluje a nepTehnalila-li Sc
odmitavym svym chovanfm, ia
nula il ma mysli.
Adrien zatim cekal jiz drah-
ny cas- pred prdchodnfm do
mem.
"Pockam jeste pdl hodiny,"
pravil k sobe, "neprijde-li, pax
zde zajiste bydl1. Nedam Sc
prvn1m nezdarem zastrasiti a
pGjdu k nj, nebude-li chtit "a
Sc Sc mnou mluviti, vyznam Sc
z toho svemu panu a popros1m
jej, ably Sci "a mne poprositi G
ruku teto d1vky, kterouz milu-
il, &C neznam jej1 jmena. PAX
snad prece uver1, re jsem il ne.
chtel uraziti."
Kdyz uplynulo p1l hodiny q
Klara sc nevracela, vessel A.
drien do domu a ptal Sc domov.
| nice, nebydli-li zde mlada div
ka, jiz podrobne popsal.
"Zde v dome nebydli zadn
svobodni, a ma chodbach heinz
Sc cele hejno detf, pane" pra
villa domovnice, jfz byl Adriel
vtiskl frank do ruky, pr1vetive
"Vsimla jsem 81 vsak, re pre-
BELLA mlada bleda divka dvd.
asi pred hodinkou. Sla snat
,timto pr1chodnfm domem d,
ulice Saintonge."
"Mdj Boze, tot veru k you
fanf!" zvolal Adrien vraceje S
do dilny. "Nynf, kdy jsem
konecne nasel, opet mne unik;
a muslin hledati znovu jeji sto
pu!"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-06-06

smesnym a odejdete!'
Leopold Sc vzchopil a koktal
nesmele:
"Kdybyste vedela."
"Nechci praniceho vedeti!"
"Nemohu bez vas ziti!"
"Musite Sc prece o to poku-
siti nechci o vas ami sly
seti!"
"Tak mi aspon odpustte."
"Odpoustfm yam, avsak jen
S tou podminkou, re mne ne
chate ma pokoji."
"Dovolte mi, abych smell as
pom doufati."
"Nedoufejte pranic a odeJ-
dete!"
Gale"
"Odejdete, pane! Chci byti
sama!"
Mlada divka ~vystrcila Leo
polda, jenz stall jake zmameny
odsouzeny hr1snik nedaleko
dverf, bez okolkG z pokojika a
zastrcila zavoru.
"Bohu diky!" zvolala Klara
a klesla ma zidli. "Mela jsem
dosti silly a zmuzilosti, abych
vyhnala toho cloveka jest
mi protivnym -. opovrhuji
Jim Jsem jista, re duse je-
no rovna Sc serednosti ma Was
jeho telu. Jest pry bohatym,
co mi vsak ma tom zalez1, az Sc
jednou zamiluji, nebudu hlede-
ii ma to, je-li mGj mily chud ne
DO bohat."
Leopold belhal sc schodI ia
ko polity pudlfk.
Domovnice, kteraz videla cd
chazeti notafe S mrzutou tvarl,
eihala dole u schodou ma Leo
polda.
"Nu, pane" tazala Sc pima
zvedavosti, "jak pax jste po-
chodil?"
"Pekne jsem pochodil!" ma
ITfkal 81 hejsek. "Jen 81 povaz-
tie, ona dar odmitla! Roztrha-
la kupn1 smlouvu a vyhodila
mne re dver1."
"ze roztrhala smlouvu!" zvC
lala domovnice hnevive.
INA tis1c kouskG!"
"a re vas vyhodila! Vas, pa.
ma Jouberta! -. tax hodneho.
Isporadaneho mladika,jenz me
Inejlepsf 1mysl. Tot neslychanf
vec! Coz sc ia nestastnice
Zblaznila?"
"Vse nenf jeste u konce!'
kurdil Sc Leopold. "Nedam sc
TAX snadno zastrasiti. Mus
mne milovati. Nevim jeste, ja-
kym zpusobem il k tomu donu-
tim; jsem vsak jist, re il donu-
tim. Klara Gervaisova musl Sc
|stuj CO stdj staff PAM Jouberto-
lvou!"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-06-06

V hodinu, kdy mlada divka
vesla do kramu, vchazel i Jou-
bert, sledovan Bonchonem, do
budovy policejnlho reditelstvi
Kdyz Sc nahonci presv6dcil,
re Placide vstoupil opet do kan
celare nalezenych dftek, ode
bral sc do sveho fiakru a kra-
til 81 cas- koufenim cigaret.
AZ do dvou hodin probfral sc
Joubert marne v listinach, a
chystal Sc jiz k odchodu, kdyz
zrak jeho nahle utkvel ma jme-
nu: Marie Jana.
"Dcera slecny de Rhode jme
novala Sc Jana Marie male
dfte nedovedlo Sc snad jasne w
jadriti," mumlal Joubert S uta-
jenym dechem. "Pod1vejme Sc,
co jest zde dale psano."
"Mala, ash dvoulete holcicka
byla naleZena v ulici de la Ro-
quette v posledni den insurek-
ce; ma ramene byla ranena ku-
Ii a sedela vedle mrtvol nekoli-
ka obcanu a zeny z lidu. Mimo
to, re jmenuje Sc Marie Jana
nevedela praniceho, ami jmena
svych rodicI, AMI jich byt neb
zamestnan1. Ma krku mela "a
veseny peniz s obrazem Matky
Boil"
Pc precteni p~oslednlch SLOW
Joubert radostne vykrikl.
"Nasel jste konecn6, co hle-
date, pane?" ptal Sc urednlk.
"Myslfm, re ano Jmeno,
start, ulice a vse ostatni sc sho-
duje medaile-avsak -"
Wesley vyraz nahle zmizel z
tvare Joubertovy. 'Prave mne
napada, re zlata medaile prave
Jany Marie byla znamenana
trent prohlubinami a stale ma
nj: cave Maria "a O tom
nen1 zde zmfnky."
xxx.
Stale sc to snad nahodou;
tehdaz nebylo veru casu vsima-
ii 81 takovych malickosti."
"Myslfte? jest peniz ten
zde uschovan?"
"Nechal Sc dlteti ma krku,
kdyz bylo poslano do ustavu
nalezencG. Jsem jist, re jest to
dfvka, jiz hledate."
eco vsak Sc s nj stale? Kde
jest? Jak sc O nj dozvfm?"
(Pokracovani.)
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-06-06

Placide vessel do naznacene
kancelaTe a dial 81 predloziti Sc
znam detf,jez byly nalezeny pc
hroZnych dnech komuny.
Seznam zalezel re dvou Cd
delenf; v jednom byla zapsana
jmena onech, jejichz puvod Sc
byl zjistil, We druhem pax byla
zaznamenana jmena, jez udelil
Trad neznamym. Ia temito by
10 udano domnele start nalezen
Gu, m1sto, kde byli nalezeni,
popis satu, jez NELL ma sobe a
vSeho, CO bylo u Mich shledano.
Joubert probiral Sc drahny
cas- v seznamech, veskere patra
nj vsak bylo marne; unaven
dlouhym hledanfm v listinach,
pravil 1redn1kovi, re pride Ii
ira op6t a odesel z uradovny.
XVII.
Bonichon, vida re Joubert
neprichazi dlouho z kancelafe,
bal Sc, re stane Sc nekomu z d
rednictva napadnym; i odesel
ma ulici, vsedl opet do sveho
fiakru a klidne cekal.
"Bylo jiz pozde, kdyz konec-
ne Joubert vysel z policejni bu-
dovy. Byl patrne We velmi spat-
ne nalade.
"Jest mrzut :. neporidil 49,"
mumlal Bonichon. Kan asi n.y.
nj pdjde?
Jel "a Joubertem az k jeho
bytu a pax vratil Sc do ulice
Bleue ku svemu panu.
"Nuze, co jste Sc dozvedel,
Bonichone?" ptal Sc lacquer.
"Vcera v poledne byl Joubert
u notafe Lamarche u ulici Buci.
Jake tam mel Tizeni ovsem ne
vim; kdyz vsak odtamtud Cd
chazel, vypadal zurive a vseda-
je do fiakru, hovoril hnevive
sam sebou. Sotva byl chvlli do
ma, vybehl z jeho kancelafe u
rednlk, jenz chod1va obycejne
ma vyzvedy, chce-li Joubert
provesti nejaky obchod. Clo-
vek ten, jenz kona u Jouberta
tytez sluzby, jake obstaravam
ia u vas, mel patrne ma speech,
sledoval jsem jej az do ulice
Lions Saint Paul {. 27, kde no.
vofil s domovnici. Vratil sc pax
rovnou cestou k svemu panu,
nacez tento hned odjel do ulice
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-06-06

OAAANS w JoSO
zvolala dlvka, poznavajic
floutka. "Jak prichazite do
m6ho bytu? Co zde chcete?"
Notar poklonil Sc dvorne pred
mladou dfvkou a pravil:
"PTinasim yam kupnl smlou-
WI, slecno, a saldovany 1cet "a
vesker6 vylohy. Prosim, aby-
ste laskave svym podpisem stvr
dila, re koupila jste letohradek
We Fontenay sons Bois."
ga re jsem koupila letohra-
dek? JAZZ" zvolala Klara ma
nejvys prekvapena:
"Koupila a %zaplatila, ano,
slecno, neschazf nez vas podpls
a pax vlozfme vSe do knih!"
Klara Sc nyni uplne vzpama-
tovala; vzpomnela 81 ma slova
a narazky domovnice a tusila,
kan asi cfli zaletny panacek.
"Naridila jsem YAM, re mate
uzavffti koupi We jmenu mem,
pane?" tazala Sc Klara, marne
Sc snazic, ably hlasu svemu do
dala pevnosti.
"Prostrednictvim sveho "a
stupce, pana Leopolda Jouber-
ta."
Mlada dfvka vrhla svrchova-
ne opovrzlivy pohled ma Leo
polda, jenz zasahl mt az do
I1Nrh1 cx.Ioo
"SIecno Klaro!" koktal mrou-
elm hlasem, ~"pT1snost a odmi-
tavost vase zav1raly mi vzdy u
sta, kdyz chtel jsem YAM mlu-
viii O sve lasce k YAM, miluji
vas az k sflenstvi! Prosfm,
pTiim6te ode mne skrovny ten
to dar jest to hezky, p6kne
zaTizeny domecek Sc zahrad-
kou. Stravfme tam lfbanky .
budouci vas chot nabfz1 yam
tento dar. NJ, CO tomu nyni RI
kate, slecno?"
Klara neuznala hejska Ia
hodna odpov6di.
"Dovolim 81 precfsti kupni
smlouvu, slecno," pravil notaf
rozevfraje spisy.
Mlada dfvka, jej1z tvar vzpla-
la zivym rGmencem, vytrhla
mu listinu a zkTikla ruce pevn6
ma prsou.
"Dost jiz te komedie!" zvo-
lala hled1c LeOpoldovi primo
do tvaTe. "Zbabely nicemo!
Kdo dial yam pravo, abyste mne
urazel? Gin jsem vas kdy o.
pravnila k commence, re laska
ma jest prodejna? Odkud wal
jste smelosti, re nabidl jste mi
tuto hnusnou smlouvu? T6zite
z me opust6nosti a mystic, re
sm1te sirotka, jenz nema O.
chrance, klidne urazeti. Vite
velmi dobTe, re vas nemiluji, a
vite tez, re 81 mne nikdy nevez-
mete "a zenu, protoze nejste
samostatnym a zavisfte cd sve-
no otce! Hled'te, jak 81 vaz1m
vas1ch darG, bfdny lhaTi!"
S t6mito slOvy roztrhala Kla-
"a kupnf listinu ma tis1c kous-
XII, jez hodila znicenemu hejs-
kovi do obliceje.
XVI.
Klarka obratila sc nynf k no.
tart, jenz hledel velmi rozpaci-
te ma trapny vystup.
"Odpustte, pane" pravila,
"ze netajila jsem Sc pred vami
svym Uneven a svym opovrze-
MIN; nebyla jsem S to Sc opa-
novati jste-li cestnym mu-
zem, o cemz nepochybuji, "a
jiste mne pochopite."
Notar poklonil Sc hluboko
pred mladou d1vkou a obrativ
Sc k Leopoldovi, pravil velmi
usecne:
"Lituji velice pane, re uvedl
jste mas oba v tax trapne posta-
ven1, nez jest zaroven svrcho-
vane smeSne. Vratim Sc do kan
celafe, kdez promluvfme 81 je-
ste O tie veci."
Pozdravil Klaru velmi ucti-
We a odesel.
Leopold bled jake stena a
chvejic1 Sc pc celem tele, nehy-
bal Sc AMI z m1sta.
Mlada d1vka vztahla piano.
vite ku dverfm ruku a pravila
pTfkTe:
"Odejdete, panel"
Leopold klesl ma kolena, sep
jail ruce a prosil 1penlive:
Co., nevyhanejte mne! Coz
jest to mou vinou, re vas milu-
JILL"
"Kdyz clovek miluje, neutr-
ha ma cti!"
"Ani We snu mne nenapadlo
vas urazet! Prfsaham, slecno,
re k YAM chovam svrchovanou