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Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25
I3-City Prop. Tor sale

FOR SALE-Around Camp Lockett.
Camp has just been turned into a
conValescent camp for returning
boys; civilian pay roll over $25 900
monthly; largely army personnel;
several nice buys in homes and
ranches with an abundance of
water; a particular fine buy of
IL acres two nice modern homes;
smaller rents for $500. Price
one thousand under cost, $500,
$4,000 down, balance easy terms.
FOR SALE-Nice home in Jacumba.
3 lots. Own water if desired
fifty foot well. A well built home.
$2500, terms.
FOR SALE-6 room house almost
new; double garage; one single;
30 acres all fenced; spring right
by house; several springs in addi-
ton; so acres tillable; chicken
house; this is not a run down
place but built for a home; owner
in defense work; very pretty
setting and the coolest place
around HipaSs. Price $1,000 and
terms.
FOR SALE-320 acres; good house,
well and numerous springs; run
ming creek 80 acres tillable over
200 acres fenced; grazing. Soil
very fertile near HipasS. $1,000,
$500 down, balance $50 a month.
w. P. CAPEHART, Jacumba, Cali
fornia, except Tuesdays and Fri
days. 1923
$400 MONTH income. Price Sis 1000.
Beautifully furnished ID room
guest house. Home and income Sc
curity. $500 month income, price
$12,000 furnished 7 rental apart
ment. Owner 2374 7th st. River
side. Tel. 4791W.
2 BEDROOM HOUSE with small
rental in rear. Large well kept
yard. 3 coolers and water heater
go with house. Immediate possess
sion given. Phone 1915 or see at
1915 Ell Centre Ave. 8-29
FOR SALE-Well built 2 bedroom
house with Venetian blinds, hard
wood floors, electric hot water
heater, water Softener and many
other attractive features. Full
price $4750. Terms $500 or more
down.; cash price $4250. Posses
sion Sept. 1St or at close of escrow.
See Starr Won Fluss, 664 Holt. 8-25
FOR SALE-Large bedroom home
on south side with rental in rear.
See Starr Won FluSS, 664 Holt.
1926
FOR SALE-DupleX on south side,
$3000.00 unfurnished or $3500OO
furnished. Terms. See Starr Won
Fluss, 664 Holt. 8-25
FOR SALE-2 bedroom Stucco house
on north side, $2650 cash. This
house is in good condition and a
good buy. See Starr Won Fluss,
664 Holt. 8-25
FOR SALE-Large home in Ell Gem
tro, 6 bedrooms and 3 baths, 3
fireplaces. $4,000. Some terms to
right party. Shown by appoint
ment only. See Starr Won Fluss,
664 Holt. 1926
FOR SALE-One of the new FHA
stuccos. south part of town, hard
wood floors, lots of tile, garage
and a nice lot, good neighborhood.
Call for appointment.
TYLER INSURANCE AGENCY
$40 Main st. Phone 660
22-Electricar Appliances
~~>~c~~~~~~~~~ON~>~~N->~>
WE HAVE a nice assortment Of
Hnoleum and congoleum rugs.
Many items from which to
choose.
DELOZIER FURNITURE
542 Main ST. IL Centre
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25
l0-Apartments tor lent

MODERN air cooled Broom apart
mentS. Ice box, large coolers.
Reasonable. Green Lantern Auto
Court. Phone 370-W 8-2g
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25
9-Business Opportunities

FOR SALE
DRIVEN business and equipment.
Seats thirteen. Good location.
See Rohrbach, 75012 Len Rey Ave.
. between 9 a. m. and p. m. 8-26
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25
l2-Wanted to Rent

WANTED by permanent party, 3
bedroom furnished house by Sept.
lst. Call Mr.. HalverSon at Sears.
8-28
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25

WILL care for children below school
age in my home. No. AZ, Los
PalmaS. 1928
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25

RELIABLE colored woman wants
Servicemen'S waShingS at my
home 1865 Brighton. 8-29
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25

FOR SALE-Caterpillar 80. Butane
equipment; l 7la 1T. tandem disc:
l 10i2 1T offset Int. disc; l T'um-
BILE Bug scraper; Towner Martin
hydraulic land leyeler with pump:
loft. spring tooth renovator
harrow. Inquire RobeSon Ranch.
cor. Ave. so and Monroe ST., Indio.
B-2B
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25
Cards of Thanks

WE WISH TO express our sincere
thanks to our many friends and
relatives for the floral offerings
and expressions of sympathy dur
ing the illness and recent death
of our son and brother, Alfonso
Gonzalez. 1t is our true belief that
even though Al las left US, his
jovial disposition, keen sense OF
humor, his tenacity of purpose in
all his undertakings, his willing
ness to lend a helping hand to
those more unfortunate than he,
ancl his honesty and fair play in
all his business dealings are not
dead but will continue to be a
source of inspiration and comfort
in the hearts of his many friends
and loved ones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Gonzalez
and Family. 1926
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25
Lost. kound, etraYed

LOST-New truck tire, 7.50-2O, off
of a P.FL. truck. Reward. Nc
questions asked. Return to P.F.L.
Co. at End and State or Phone
1243.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25

WANTED-News correspondent in
CaleXico and Holtville. Write or
apply to E. E. Hale, PoSt-PresS.
8-21
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25
8-Situations Wanted

RELIABLE LADY will stay With chill
dren evenings. 845 Ell Centre.
8-26
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25
27-farm Implements
AVAILABLE
NOW
32-Used Cor

"A h1LADl
NOW
NEW
LISTERS, BEDDERS,
PLANTERS
LARGE TRACTOR PLOWS
Alfalfa Renovators, Cultivators
Discs, Harrows, Scrapers
Sub Sellers with Knives
HYDRAULIC JACKS
ton capacity
CATERPILLAR TOOL KITS
USED
7 bottom disc pillow
Killefer lettuce bedder
II foot Killefer disc
Atlas four-yard Scraper
1897 Chevrolet truck, 4 ton
Heavy duty equipment trailer
Heavy duty equipment carry-all
Cultivators Combine, trap
trailers
Cat" 80 Diesel. trap wagon
Be-Ge Scraper, Gallon grader
Float, Subsoiler, bedder disc
FAURE TRACTOR
& EQUIPMENT co.
Ell Centro Brawley
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25
Lost, Found, Sirayed

LOST-Ration books No 4, belong
ing to Maurice and Dorothy Sig
mon. Return to ration board.
1923
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25

3 BEDROOM MODERN HOME
Large living room with open fire
place. Concrete foundation, ex-
cellent water system. 2cre-,
yard equipped for chickens and
rabbits, horse corralS, plenty of
shade trees. About 2 miles east
on Holtville Highway, first house
west of Red Star Auto Court.
Phone 8704-J-4 A. C. Walton.
LIVE in Beaumont or Cherry VAL
ley" Elevation 2600 TO 5000 it.
Pure Mt. water. Have several
good buys in homes, small farms
and orchard properties of 2 to 10
acres each. See Carl E. Meller,
660 Beaumont Ave, Beaumont,
California. 1926
lG OR 20 ACRES of pasture for
sale. 20 acres of land for sale or
rent. L. A. Bright, l mile So. of
Ell Centre and L mile east. 8-29
FOR SALE-3-room modern house,
separate store building grocery
stock and fixtures. F'rigidaire
equipped. Lot 58xlOO. Come look
1t over. Possession at once. Must
sell, moving to Arizona. Real bar
gain. j. H. WARNER, Sis S.
Maple, Escondido, Calf. 6-27
S ACRES in good alfalfa, 7 room
house, chickens, turkeys, rabbits,
milk COW; $6000 terms. Phone
324R. 81
I3-City frop. FOR Sa,e
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25

MAN WANTED to cut and trim
grass at 502 Brighton. 826
GOOD WAITRESS wanted. Must
be fast, top wages, teady work.
Phi. 7, Jacumba. $50
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25
2-PersonaIs, Spec. i-ofrces

80 DAYS after July goth clocks fol
repair will be sold if not called
for. BURKE'S FIXIT SHOP. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25

CAFE COUNTER, 16 chairs with
leather seats, booths, "A TT. ma
hogany wall shelving with glass
slicing doors, fountain, ice cream
cabinet, steam table, 2 wall mir
rors, clock, slicing machine, toast
master All apart. Phone 234
Calexico or call 108 End ST., Ca
leXico. 8-29
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25

HELP WANTED - Laporers, S100
per hr. See Hartzell Roofer, Phi.
251W. 8-25
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25
FOH SALE
FOR SALE

Reconditioned automatic gas
water heaters, double laundry
trays, toilets, sinks, lavatories,
showers, cast iron soil pipe, Wit
relied clay pipe, fittings, black
and galvanized pipe.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25

WANTED-Man for ploWing and
general farm work. Write Box
1865, El Centre. 8-25
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25

UPHOLSrERING seamstreSs, eX-
perience not necessary. Perman-
ent. Apply Geo. Morris Co., Gel
Man ST. Phone COG. 8-3l
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-01-13

see in real perspective how truly
great each citizen becomes in
m ssing national str ength
against the Nazis and the Japs.
Capt. Maurice WitherSpoon.
Navy chaplain aboard the Car
rier Wasp when she sank. tells
of a rescued wounded sailor,
who, as he regained conscious
mes, asked: did I DO my
That's the only question you,
too, have to ask yourself when
you decide the extent Of your
personal participation in the
Fourth War Loan.
There undoubtedly will be
large single purchases of War
Bonds in this community, but
yours-if it is "your best" will
deserve equally the red, white
and blue shield you are prlvi-
legged to display in the window
of your home.
So "Lets All Back the Attack"
THE EDITOR.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-01-13

Millions Of dollars worth Of ma.
terial that was paid for by the dol
lars we saved and invested in War
Bonds. Thousands of man hours
have been lost.
We can have but one answer:
work harder, save more and invest
more frequently in War Bonds.
U. S. Treasury Department
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-01-13
4 x
MAotNo~4~1MiM
WAR BINDS
X

The sixteen-inch coast gun is the
most powerful of all American guns
and costs about $2,000,000 each. 1t
will throw a shell weighing up to
ton many miles. The Coast Guard
also has an eight-inch mobile rail-
way gun which will hurl a heavy
projectile about 18 miles.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-01-13
X X
Mh01Ho~4~YWiM
WAR BONDS
Torpedo Junction
''AWash amidship!"

"Awash amidship!"
Sparks" the radio operator, has
sent his final message from another
U-boat victim. The lifeboats are
pulling away from the doomed YES
sci as millions of dollars worth of
food, supplies and munitions settle
to the ocean bottom in another al
lied catastrophe in the Battle Of
the Atlantic.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-01-13

A sprig Of green on the Mediter-
ranean front; today it's camoufage
for an American machine gun nest.
To win quicker our soldiers must
have munitions and materiel, more
and more. To provide them all of
us must buy more and more War
Bonds. Us. Treasury DEPARTMENT
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-01-13

I'm p or I ance
in your mind
in making up
a 5h billion
dollar total
for individu-
ais.
But multi
ply yourself
by 100, 900, 600
anI than Won
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-01-13

For defense of our homes, the
Coast Guard needs many of these
powerful weapons. You can do your
part to help pay for them by invest
ing at least ten percent of your in
come in War Bonds and Stamps ev-
cry payday. US. Treasury Department
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-01-13
TO the People
Of this Community
YOU ARE IMPORTANT

There is no such thing as
little" investment in the Fourth
War Loan.
Your $25 or $50 or $100 Extra
War Bond may not have great
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-12
EINDs DIX M -


lie climbs the barcF ladder 10
The vardroon deck m find n
3blaze Hc looks In the galley
Observing a large hole vavninr In
he hulkhead steam burns him
nat his Icf band T. Wounded
q compound fracture OF Tho wrist
boaex bgt Ea wasn't actually
aware Of n until now
BIZ ILir+rrt from the ex-
plodrd So. Q urrct. Dlck finds
he cannot reach The main dock
because Of steel urerkaer block
i1C the exit fIa peer. through
small ,ren hole only flame is
while
Still u7Uaflrr no one and Vet
for some strange reason not the
least afraid mSt rcacting me-
chanically" the 2i.ycar old lieu
tenant Steps hrsklv into the ward
room and there for the only time
in his life sees a man literally
scared 10 death The man rs
standing in the doorway. legs
spread and one hand resting on
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-12
RdtionIeSS Food
SubjettofDrdn;

A quest challenging the inge1
nifty Of American Homemakers p11
be The thame of FRONT PAGi
DRAMA 70 he lo7sored by Tn
Detroit Sunday Times over sta
ton WJLB at 1915 p m. I'd
morrow
To help an American familid
through wartime ranonlng read
ers OF The American Weckly
great weekly magazine whicl
comes with the sunday Timed
were asked ~ submit recipes "a
low point dinner.
The enthusiastic Spons
proved ,onclHne.y THAT a house
wife has q vrre variety ~ non
rau0ued Ingredients with whic
90 prepare tasty nourishing an
wholly satisfactory meals.
Tune in WJLB tomorrow 70
FRONT PAGE DRAMA
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-12
oRnERs MEN To JUMP

He orders tho thrce men N
lump. advising them 10 dive fat
10 escape the propellers Wharton
follows quickly. goes down about
% feet and hears the grinding
sound OF the propellers a few feet
away. He comes up IN two sec
onds, the propellerS SAFELY past
and thinks. now what
SO far he hasn't inflated his
hfebelt. which doeSn worry him
He's done lot Of swimming
since he can remember He
calmly initiates and ughtens the
belt. then SWIM. after The sailors
who wear kapok hfc-lackets He
gets them an together and they
take Commute turns holding up
the sailor who has lost his leg
and arm
It's pitch dark. but they can see
the battle continuing a mile or 50
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-12

another shell hole. lie can see
water IN the hole below He tries
10 get up 10 The bridge. but the
outside ladders arc a mass Of
debris.
Tho ship is SUI, doing about p
knots eut as far 81, IT. Wharton
can discover there IS no one alive
on her until ne meets three sailors
coming down from the wrcckaCe
Of the bridge one Of thcn. with
an arm and legs hopeIcssly man
Eled is being held up hy two
others The sailors report that
the captain has long 20 ordered
abandon ship. They all climb tho
ladder up mo mast 20 the next
n q * Somehow tt Wharton
manages 10 open his clasp knife.
Using his wounded 'of' hand
C'Somrthing I cou.d0 do win 2
now hut IS unable 10 cut loose
a life raft.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-12
UNDoG DOOR

For three minutes 1t Wharton
and the eight enlisted men strug-
Gled 10 open The water-ught door.
It has become bent by the eXplo-
Sions and only with great effort
succeed in undoGcing the door
leading into the crews mess hall.
In the large Feem- the ships
doctor is coming toward them IN
the hIckcrlnC- GLOOM and together
they tav-aHe- al me badly wounded
sailors on a table whore the doc
Tor can treat him Another she'll
eXpiodeS IN the mess hall and II
Wharton immediately orders his
men te-ecr out advising the doe
tor 70 follow The doctor refuses
10 leave the wounded boy An
other shell lands IN the mess hall
a few seconds later 1t kills the
wounded sailor and the doc
tor
It. Wharton sends his men 10
escape matches forward. he him
self determined 10 reach the
bridge where De can find out
what CoIUC on
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-12
HIT BY SINGH SHELL

To the men IN the plotting room
the battle overhead IS somehow
far off and Inpersonal With
automatic precision they 90 about
their duties only haif identified,
themselves. with the news that
drifts down from above the water
lire We are now engaging q
l0.000-ton enemy cruiser and
then they feel the impact of an
s-inch she'll exploding m the for
ward engine room Snufflng IL out
Still the indicators on the dial
show the Duncan closing on the
cruiser until the needle waverS al
.. 800 yards and. though he docsn {
know II Tor sure. lis at this polnt
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-12

WaT0ns friend burning and nigh explosive
Robert Fowler III Iar- uUforEe7hly nauSeatEs
0n another part of the Cut or superior officers
ship the order with shfapnel flying everywhere
topedoes Jap
and earn for himself postum kneedeep that
mously. Navy Cross Only Wharton takes
e. himself abandon ship He
Wharton Jap doesn't know that the captain
struck and sinking from three who with the executive officer
torpedo bulSeyes guess stu mracloNsy alive, has
that his pal Bob Fowler already given that oderl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-12
J Hits Scored
on Jap WarshiP
Yank FoiiIIs De ath

a 1855 that night It. Wharton
/ n Newport and Harvard
tafe- eef su- tl1c plotting
room seven fert under The Wa5or-
Inc o. the T. s destroyer Duncan
The dial indicates a Jap force
AZ 10000 Yards our in the dark
ness behind The island and clos
inc fast
j. is Sunday oct. II.
I'm the unvenulated plotting
room the heat grows oppressive.
Eight men besides the Lieutenant
SIR az phones and Instruments.
silent and tense as the needle on
Tie dial moves from 10000 to
5000 70 10000 10 5000 ...
BIG MOMENT ARRIVES
This moment thinks 1t Dich-
ard T Wharton has been a long
time coming since he left his
seat on the Stock Exchange IN
March OF Al an inevitable moo
ment since the American task
force began the mancuvers over
these waters a few days AGO IN
a chess game 20 trap the laps.
It's 'check-mate' now-one way
OF the Other
Ar 11.55 the dial hand touches
$500 Nerves and heat in the
plotting room stretch 70 an un-
hearahle tension which suddenly
and completely snaps with the
broadcast words from the bridge
eleetrifying words that sound
on the Duncan for the first time
n her siX months of life -" Com
mence firing"
From end 10 end the ship trem.
pes with Salvos of all guns and
over the interphoneS It. Wharton
IS assistant gupncry officer. can
hear running commentary from
the bridge as the four cruisers -
San Francisco. Boise. Helena and
salt Lake City and five destroy
erS, including the Duncan, let so
with pVaf-,rtbi,u
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-12
COMMUNICATIONS HIT

About midnight the last word
comes from the bridge seven
hitS scored on enemy destroyer
and then the phones 90 dead A
blasting explosion from a Jap s.
inch shelf has swept the Duncan s
bridge, killing IS men and Off
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-12
JUST HEARD ABOUT son

Before he dies Dick crawls nVer
10 him, bat Bob doesn't recognize
his friends voice It's some con
ISOLATION 70 know that a few DAYS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-12
UsE JACKET As RAFT

Once a ScarchHEht flashes over
them from some ship. but 1t
Wharton doesn't dare so s with
his na-hrcht for fear IT'S an
enemy ship
AS dawn cones planes Gy OYER
TOO high for Identification one
Of them dcScends 20 circle a DO
stroyer now visible d few miles
away
81 q m the badly wounded
sailor dies They remove his life
Jacket and with a mu'tered
prayer let him 90 They use his
Jacket as a raft
Before noon plane flies over
their heads revealing the most
glorious sight | ever saw big
white star" Soon men are pull
ing them aboard the L. s de-
suoyer which all night has risked
destruction 10 pick Up survivors
and Dick Wharton finds himself
in the bunk Of a warm stateroom
fairly comfortable from the min
lstrati0ns Of three navy doctors
until he hears The news that In
The Sta'eroom opposite lies his
friend Bob Fowler dying.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-12

Instantly all communication in
the plotting room terminates
phones. machinery and apparatus
completely knocked out and two
minutes later an S-inch she'll
bursts through the plotting room
itself ricochetS off the machinery,
giances off the overhead and eX-
plodeS. plunging the ship in dark
ness and wounding every man in
the shambles of the compartment
To 1t. Wharton the noise is like
"A waiter dropping six trays Of
dishes on a metal floor two inches
from your ear and the stencil Of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-12

away Then the lights fade sud.
denly and darkness covers them
Somewhere about siN miles away
1t. Wharton Scos the deeper
shadow Of land He directs the
men 10 head upstream against the
strong current and keep SWIM
ming toward tins island
Washington Journal., 1944-03-17

Unsere Regierung hat die Weir
macht unseres Landes yum Schutze
ihrer Rechte und Freiheiten aufge-
boten. ALE Amerikaner ohne Inter
schied der Geburt und Herkunft,
darunter die Landesbirger deutschen
Blutes, stehen in diesem Kriege elm
miitig hinter ihrer Regierung. Anne
rika ist unser Land, das Land unse-
rer Kinder, das zu schitzen jetzt
unsere h0chste Aufgabe ist.
Washington Journal., 1944-03-17

Citizens of German blood IN this
war, as in every other war in which
the United States have had a part,
certainly should not let themselves be
out-done by other groups. We are
all American citizens and we stand
as one in the defense Of our nation.
Washington Journal., 1944-03-17

Wir betrachten ale Krie-
ge ais bedauerlich. Aber,
wenn elm Volk NIT Krieg
uberzogen wird und bis es
einen ehrenhaften Frieden
erringen mag, ware es YER
heerend, zu unterliegen. Da-
her halten wir es fur die
Pficht aller treuen ameri-
kanischen Burger, allies in
ihrer Macht zu tun, unserem
Lande, den Vereinigten
Staten Won
Washington Journal., 1944-03-17

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fetnen Angriff BON auBer befiir9tete.
@r bate nur bdrum @1es perI9loRen,
um feline @efangere gu bitten uno benz
9duie oas unbepobnte Nusieben gu
geben. Oa Nismdno oas &iihenfens
fer entbeden tonnte, obne ben tIetnen
9Of gu betreten, adtte er fi4 bdrum
feline Sorge sema4t.
4lan itreifte ieinen 9unbidub db
uHb Sog etRen Uidmantring pom Sim
ger. ~Sbr @eident an unlerem 9o4s
oeitstage." fagte er Dor fi9 bin. Ods
nit tonnte er bas @las pobl 5erf4neis
ben, aber bic S9ei6e pusbe nab ins
men fallen. pl0bli9 fam ibm Elm See
Oante. Gr 3os ietn MeFer berOOr
unb f9nttt bamit Elm mDglihit eroBes
Slid 2eoer aus ietnem 9unDI4u9.
0us mari er in cine batb geIiGteWaIs
~Iertonne unb lisB es einigs Winuten
lang bur9pei9en. Sin Stid9en
S9nur. bus Ii9 au9 in Ieiasn Sds
f9en fdnb, befeiigte er in Der Msttte
bes bur9pei9ten 0ebers. Sober
S9ulbube fennt bic Spielerei uro
peiB, pel9' f9psrer Stein humit gu
beben lit. NGan breitete 6 iiber bic
S9ei6e, briidte ale2uft borunter berl
Dor unb iiber3eugte Ii9, bcB es felt
fab, bann = bic S9Rur nit Der 2in@
fen baltenb = begann er, ben Oids
mant gu banb6dben.
Die Mrbeit mar feline lei9te fir
cine ungeibte 9aub, aber nab einis
gen @eriuden fuBte bic Sacette urb
Mnan tonnte Elm groBes DIAL UNI ods
Stid 2eoer einf4netoen. Nu9oem
er ben Hins pieber ungeItedt, i4lug er
porii9tig segen Oas @las; bas Stiid
fiel slei9 binein unb blieb = gu feis
ner groben 8efrieOigung = an Der
@9nur bdngen, bic er nod INNER in
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tpobl gang leiIe gegen bic untere S4eiz
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es in bic 9Obe unb 3og es bur9 Die
Oeffnung; odnn, ebenfo i9nel pie ge>
rduf4los, brebte er bel SenltertnOpf.
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Ri9e. SEPT erit bu9te er Oaran,
boB er o6ne iebe Maffe Iet; aber er
beOurfte beren ni9t. Gr mar Elm grD>
Ger, trdftiger Mann unb bate bic
l1eberaeugung, buB = fobalb iein
6etnb inn unter bic 9Gnbe fam,
@affen niGt mebr BON NDtben pGren.
Ni9ts binSerte bic freie 8epegung iets
ner musfulD1en Mrme.
@r ging lautlOs iiber ben Steinboz
ben unb fdnb bic Sbir pffen; i'm
sSlur ftano er Dor elmer Sdpetentbiir,
bic perI9lDHen mar, o6er Bel nG6erer
unterlu9ung als elm einfa4 be3ogeS
ner &abmer ii9 6erdusfeIte. Gr 3Og
fem SaI9enmefer berDor, ma9te Ell
men groBen @ini9nitt in bic 5iilung,
Ttedte bic 9anb 6inbur9 unb 19ob
ben Mieqel 8uriid. Die Sbiir Dffnete
fi4 gerdui9los; er ftanb i'm SIur beg
8or6ergebdubes unb idbS6iiren re4ts
unb linfs.
@r bDrte feinen 2aut, nabm aber
beutli9 gigarrenruu6 pubr. DIS er
bic S6ir binter fi4 f9loB unb - in
p0liger Ountelbeit e6en elm
Strei9bol5 anaiinben po1te, UNI feline
l1nterIu9ungen ~fort5uieBen, erfdBte
i'm Elm @9inbel, iein 9er3 f9lug gum
3eripringen, feline Singer iprei3ten fiA
uno bulten ii4 5ufammen; er muBte
cine @tiiBe iuden an Der @unb, benin
er bate Ioeben einen 2i9tl4immer
bura bic Sbiir gu ieiner &e4ten err
blidt, unb ndbrenb er feiner Sinne
md6tis gu peroen iu9te, 5Orte er
audi ipre4en er unterl4ieb bic
Stimme einesMannes unb einerSrau.
IS mar dlfo borbei! Nur ems mar
inn geblieben, bic &a9e! Sin StoB
gegen bic f9na9e Sbir unO SigbD
mar in ieiner 9ano.