The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-19

! mouse and MADE me promise 10 Duy
her an engagement ring"
But now the soldiers face be-
came bitter. For that was the last
sweet recollection he had OF last
Christmas at home with the folks.
For his dream Of happiness and
love with Dixie Lee had come to
sudden ending.
His Dream Is Shattered
Three weeks after Christmas he
had been drafted into the army.
He didn't even have a chance to
say goodbye to Dixie Lee. AS luck
would have it she had gone to
spend New Years with her folks
in another small town nearby and
when he had passed the army ex-
animation she hadn't come home
yet.
He'd mailed her a letter after
he had gone 10 the army recruiting
station but she never answered his
letter til two months later. Then
she'd told him that she and her
folks had moved TO Detroit
Loses His Girlfriend
He'd tried TO find her through
his friends in the Sourh. but none
OF them knew the Detroit address
Of Dixie Lees family.
And that had been almost nine
months ago now. No telling where
she lives in this big place. Pvt.
Johnny Nobody now told himself,
still looking UT into the faces of
every passer-by as he stood in rhe
doorway of the rooming house.
He could hear signs OF laughter
mirth and meFriment coming from
one of the many rooms in the place.
Once he heard z yodng girls voice.
happy in laughter.
lie Hears y Familiar Voice
"Sounder like a southern gals
voice" Johnny told himself, All
at once he was curious. Something
in the bell=like peal OF Ler laughter
sounded strangely familiar to him.
That sure sounded like some
body knew" the soldier spoke.
Then he glanced upwards. Just
over his head on the second floor
OF the apartment house, he heard
that sound Of southern girl laugh
ing again.
IF that amt Dixie Lee, IFS the
spittin' image OF her." Pvt. Nobody
spoke. Then felt his. heart beats
quicken with excitable wonder.
Gould it be her? She's here in
Detroit. 1t couldn't be, Just my
Imagination"
Where To Now?
The soldier stood for a moment
debating within himself IL he'd
look like fool II he went into the
house and rried to find that iamlli-
ar voice. "Wh5t would folks think?
Suppose it wasn't Dixie Lees
voice? I'd be fool right"
But then soldiers are taught to
ae. quickly and on instinct.
With some doubt OF the wisdom
OF what he was about 10 do eau
iioning him, Pvt. Johnny Nobody
opened the front door OF the room
ing house and stepped into long
narrow hallway, with numbered
doors leading off each side Of the
hall.
A narrow stairway led upstairs.
It was upstairs where he'd heard
the young girls voice before. TAX
ing the stairs two flights at a time,
the soldier paused uncertainty at
the top Of the stairway. Which way
now?
Must be back this way" he de-
cided and quietly walked back to-
wards the upstairs front of the
house. No one seemed TO pay any
attention to him. even though he
did see several persons leave their
rooms and go into other rooms of
the large rooming house.
Just as he had decided he'd been
fool and had only imagined he'd
heard a voice sounding like Dixie
Lees, the same voice rang through
out the upper hall OF the building.
Searches For Dixie Lees Voice
This is the room. Maybe I'd
better not knock, Better listen