Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-15
By ALMA and PAU ELLERBr

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II WAS SUNDAY and several
Il thousand OF The boys were gems
10 town. II was FiArlda -iali
ieatherl' Expresses ou both sides
Of The road and about their broad
bases orChli-Coloro6 water hs5-
cnths m acres oi hIoomA
The boys in Johnry prohl~~
ieep outSauc an the others Johnny
kept leading 'hNw Oh inioA>onc
after song fie had "a EnaCk OF
getting people ~ 7'I pm behind
hiN'
He WIS % te4I> ami e~mantbs
old BOO good PIN ~uA. .trW and hc
}olco The aruy Ire WAS amazed
bur So lt Was fNey abou.
- came To mu easily AND it was
an $50 different from T6c lle he
had !n7 -sD6 l6arfed. *
Nobody ans ~ The icep,
knew % bar Johnny was J Pcndlc-
ton Prrn.Is>. whose every thought
aci-a-- L1Lse OIL t.ar Vas news Lie
had so much money that nobody
knew how much 10 was. and hc
had earned il sIl hs hte until now
like 2 hump on ms back
The more JOY of walking around
among AS comrades AS Johnny
Prcnti>S sumplFSS 'undlSun-
guSheo a good guy among Tot
OF other good guys was enormous
Song followed song and The Jeep,
FoIlcd INTO the town
"Humph." said Dick Nallon
There's YOUR old dame, Johnny.
Hope her ialopN holds together
a. far a. that shack she lives
in down on the beach Well
think OF YOU. won't We. Sam.
when we're eating the towns
best food with the banker and
his wife a"
SUCH \ PUNK PICkER.
yeah Sam Duggan said
How come you're such a punk
picker. Johqny, haven't YOU been
around"
Johnny grinned
"A little. Enough 10 tell how
uAit lUdA OdHhfT - .NUN NNfIf
something about my old gal"
lie waved his hand 10 her. She
was about 65. weathered. plain and
hardy looking. with direct friendly
eyes. lie Jumped down and she got
out 10 meet him And then a girl
got out after her and the whole
ieep-load gasped She was a brown,
slim girl straight as lance blue
eyed, IN a blue sun SUIT and a blue
hat
IVY friend. Miss DENLY"
Johnny'S hostess said. and II
seemed 10 Johnny that the whole
blue eyed world began TO sing
while he and the girl shook
hands.
He gave a wave Of Satiric-elo-
Quence 10 his friends rolling of TO
meet the banker.
mir. PrentisS could have dined
with the banker" Mrs. Mason
said, "but he chose me intsead,
not knowing about you. Nina.
What sort of young man do you
suppose he - ."
Nina DENLY looked him over
with ain eye Of quick intelligence
Lets take him Ia the beach
and find out" she said.
The little shack rested among
sand dunes and waving sea oats aS
casually as a sea birds egg.
A few Segments of palmetto log
served as foundations; the rudl-
.mentary plumbing fixtures We're
black from the sulphur water, the
bath was an outside shower boxed
in with unupainted boards. but
one with dunes. sea and sky, the
place had charm.
ITS the kind Of a house" said
T. Pendlctton PrentiSS II, that
like" thinking Of The vast piles
belonging 10 himself. inherited
from J Pendletou PrentiSS ! IN
which he had felt lost and for
loTn since infancy
They were in several states and
two countries, and ne had names
for them Grand Central Station
Metropolitan Museum War Navy
and' State Building and CRAM $
Tomb.
SHE ACQUIRES NINA
Mrs Mason who had dropped In
al the Community Center that DAY
and invited hlm 10 dinner because
She wanted TODD something for
her country had acquired Nina
since
Went 20 school with her
-t44A4hAE- " h4-- died " I.ers-Al l4.4.
child. Whenever she wants a
touch Of life in its simplest terms
She comes 10 me