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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-02-21

skupaj v prezgodnj jildruei svet,
kamor jih je slo to1ikoStod sa-
mega ,gladu. Tisti, kateri srpo
donna bolj slabo ziveli, tisti srpo
lazje prenasali lakoto in vse te-
lave. IL vasi mas je bilo 80 v ta-
boriscih. Diva sta umrla: Peri
novsFrance pa Lovrinov Anton.
Tri so. pa Lahi subili.
IL Laza Grosa, Mozinceteve-
ga TJozeta, &c Sc jih se kaj spo-
minjas. I
s.'Ljubi domaGi, .'veiko s m 0
prestali z emo besedo povedano.
Vse, kar sje najslabsega in maj
hujsega. ma svetu. .Samo Sc umr-
Ii nismo. Tako sem YAM malo
popisal, malo so pa mama. Ia
ko, da boste vedeli, kaj smo vse
pretrpeli v tel vojni. Oh prvi
vojni Sc nj pri mas mic .vedelo "a
strahotej pred soyraznikom, kot
sedaj. Ljubi sdomaci, ko hi ,bilo
.mogoee, bi. Sc JAZZ podal ma dol
60 pot, ,samo da bi Te Sc enkrat
videl, ljuba sestra, pa Tvojega
Franceta in hcerke Vase. Ali kaj
pomaga, ko smo tako dalec ma
razen. Ne vem, ali 81 sc pomo-
tia, ko 81 zapisala datum, ali
je res ma .posti lezalo ,toliko ca
sa Tvoje pismo, ko pises, da 81
pisala pismo 3. januarja 1945,
Ma posto je bio pa oddano 4.
julia, 1915.
III koncu Vas vse iprav lepo
pozdravim in Vam zelim ljubo
zdravje, Tvoj hvalezni brat,
"Joze".
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-02-21
"a .smeh in ..kratek Gas
Zbral prijatelj humorja

Zbral 4prijatelj humorja
MazIjeni newburski poroee-
valec ga je kunde, da malo ta-
kin. Svoje "dusevne- produkte'
raztrese cd casa do casa v Sen
klarski fasisticni cunji. Njego-
va kolona je; pravcata "filozof-
ska menestra" in cello "a njego-
We newburske backe, neprebav-
.ljiva. Pa 81 oglejmo kaj vse pre-
nese nedolzni papir:: Tale disi
po skebstvu:
"strajk Sc vedno drzi stotine
|ljudi brez della in .zasluzka. Me-
nj sc zdi, &c bi voditelji strajka
med strajkom ne dobivali do
.bre place, kot jo tudi splosno
delavstvo ne dobi, ,bi bill vse kaj
boil pripravljeni delati e "a po-
STEM sporazum. Je .pac ,tako: de-
lavec dobi .brco cd Industrial
cev, kateri ga skusajo pripravi-
ii doll ma najnizjo stopnjo in
place, XII ga morejo, cd druge
strani ga pa brcnejo voditelji
unij, kateri Sc toliko ozirajo ma
splosnega delavca, kot ma Ian
ski sneg."
HIM, kaj pravite ma to-. stay-
kari? Lepa unijska zavest, kaj?
Nato nadaljuje.
"Dokler pa .je strajk, kaj pa,
ko bi Sc katoliski delavci neko-
likos bolj posluzevali zlate prili-
Ike in bi prisli k masi zjutraj
tudi med tednom in bi tam pri-
porocili svojo zadevo tudi Bogu-
Ali bi ne bilo to lepo? Pa tudi
koristno bi bilo. Bog lahko vo-
di misli in mnenja ljudi. Mofda
bi bila ia pogajanja vse bolj
uspesna in sadonosna."
Torej stavkarji, kar v cerkev
pa Sc bodo omehcali kapitalisti.
Unijskim voditeljem dajte pa
brco v zadnji del -telesa.
Pa tudi mad Mr.. Zupana Sc je
sprawl dicni mazac. O MEM
pravi to-le:
"Urednik glasila KSKJ sc ie
poslovil. Pravi, da je sci " ,po-
koj. Vsi mu privoseimo pocitek.
LIE to obzalujemo, da zs- pred
lett nj tega storil, ker to bi bilo
Jednoti v korist, kakor tudi Slo-
vencem v Jugoslaviji. TIA, ha. }
Kar pa Sc tice odpuseanja, pa
nina on mic "a odpustiti in ne
mi njemu. Gleda maj, da porav-
ma z, Bogom. S svojo moralno
oporo, katero je dajal sovrazni-
ku krseanstva - komunizmu v
Jugoslaviji - je delal proti Bo-
gu. ''Nikdo ne more dvema 60
spodarjema sluziti," pravi ,Kri-
stus.
No, Mr. Zupan ina cisto vest
in ne DO mu treba dajati odgo-
vora pred Bogom. ~Ce Sc pa slu-
cajno znajde v belcebubovem
kraljestvu, mu pa ak ne bo
dolgcas,, ker bo druzbo vseh DO
stenjakov, katerih ne 'lajka''
Father Oman.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-02-21


sInili, ker sta siE.bila tako do.
bra. ~
"V Catezu je padel, pa ga je
ia teden domov vzela, ma donna
se pokopalisce. Kaj DO sama?
Nista .imela .otrok.. France .moz,
je donna, .je prestar. .Nissel nika-
NOR. Ona ina tudi pet otrok:
stiri sdekleta pa enega fanta.
Breze so tudi vse gorele. Franci
nj mic, ~smo jake branili. En- par
his je. .sostalo. Sama ne morem
popisati hudine.
'Ljubi moi otrok! Pises, da
bi mi kaj poslali, ko bi mogla.
Tukaj je vse ma karte. Ampak
sblaga MI. ker4 SO nam vse pobra-
Ii in pozgali in vse tovarne so
unicene. Zdaj je toliko boljse,
da je mir. JAZZ sem jako- slabe-
ga zdravja, ma zivcih sem boil
ma. q .levo roko .zelo ;tezko de-
lam. SPIN prav 4malo. Oci me ze
bolijo cd junija. Pa sal nj euda.
.Glavno je, da sem Sc ziva. Emo
raztrgano jopico sem dobila cd
Rdeeega kriza. Pravijo, da Ame-
rika poslje. Eni ze dobivajo do
bro. Ustmeno bi Sc najbolje po.
govorile.
"Joze Zinovski bo tudi umrl.
Je v bolnisnici in tako slab, da
ga pitajo. Lareki je tudi stiri
sinove izgubil. Franceta so do
ma ubili, ia druge pa v borbah.
Je tudi YES pozgan. So ga Lahi
unicili. Pa Sajevski tudi ne bo-
do dolgo vec. Mica je re emo leto
v postelji. Ne more mic ma noge.
Neza je pa tudi slaba. Kar vse
gre narobe.
ives, slabo pisem, cato, ker
ne vidim. Bog daj, da ne bi emo
leto hodilo to pismo, kakor
je Tvoje sem in da bi Vas naslo
zdrave in vesele. Vesela sem, da
sem tako srecna, da I'll enkrat
lahko spet pisem. Bod prisrc-
no pozdravljena cd meme, Tvoje
matere, cd Tvojih bratrov in Sc
ster, cd vseh sorodnikov, znan-
cev in sosedov. Enako Tvojemu
mczu, Francetu. Enako Tvojim
hcerkam. Pozdrave cd mas vseh
nepozabljeni. Pridi domov pred
mojo smrtjo, ,da me Sc enkrat
obisees. Ljubi moi otfoci, ne
veste, kako Vas vse ljubim. Pa
Yam ne morem mic pomagati,
ker sama nimam.
''Tvoja matt
Kot, 4. nov. 1915
''Ljuba moja ,sestra in celia
| drnzinai
"Prej ko Yam kaj nadalje pi-
sem, Vas il srca lepo pozdra'
vim. Sporocam Vam, da smc
prejeli po stirih letih Vase ta'
ko tezko' pricakovano pismo
Solze so sc nam utrnile oceh
ko smo Sc enkrat videli Tvojc
pisavo cd zunaj. Cd znotraj je
bilo pa Sc bolj zalostno,: ko ste
bill .tako nesrecni.
"Ljuba Ivana in vsi. JAZZ SEN
Yam pisal preje, ko pa sem pre-
jel Vase drago nam pisemce ir
res sem Vas tudi poprosil, ke
Sc nisem vedel "a Vase nesre
co.
"Pri mas smo pa drugace ne
5recni. Nam so pa Lahi mare
dill ogromno skode, potem, kal
je Sc prvim ostalo, so pa 81
Svabi pokradli. Tako, da smt
skoraj Oh vse prisli. Ia debit
pa tudi Sc nj, ker so vse tovar
ne razdejali, Lahi in svabi. M
vem, &c boste dobili ono pismo
ko sem ga pisal re pref: V MEN
sem opisal mole in nase zivlje
ME v sedanji vojni. Kaj smo vst
prestali. Pises, da ste brali v Ii
stu. Ali nemogoce 81 je Sc take
predstavljati kakor pa ako clio
yek take stvari dejanskot dozivi
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-02-21

smo cd brata Jozeta Mihelicat IL
vasi Kot st. 80, Ribnica pri No.
vi Stiff ma Dolenjskem, nato pa
cd matere Ivane Mihelic Lesar,
potem pa spet cd brata. Zelo Sc
pritozujeta mad grozotami, XII so
jih morali vsi prestati vsled VOL
ne podivjanosti, a Sc stejeta
sreona, .da sta ostala ziva. Pi-
sma sta sledeca.
Kot-Ribnica pri Now Stiff.
"Ljuba sestra, France in
hcerke!
"Po dolgem casu Sc zopet en-
krat oglasamo. PREF ko Vam kaj
nadalje pisem, Vas vse skupaj
lepo pozdravimo, ter upam, da
ste Sc vsi zivi in zdravi, in da
Sc niste popolnoma pozabili ma
start kraj in ma mas.
"Ko bi mogel clovek vse po-
pisati, kaj smo vse trpeli v teh
stirih letih, tudi verjeli ne bi.
koliko cloveskih zrtev je bilo,
pa vse Cd gladu italijanskih in
nemskih taboriscih. Nase Mice
moz je tudi med mimi in Pezi-
nov France, pa Lovrinov An
ton. Tudi mi smo bill ze cisto
blizu smrti. &c bi bilo to ira ja-
10 Sc en- mesec, da ne bi bill do
bill cd donna paketov, pa bi bill
sli il tega sveta. Koliko smo pa
donna pretrpeli pred avijoni in
kanoni. Koliko vasi je pozganih
in razrusenih. Vas Kot, kar je
cd Mozincevih doll vse, razen
Pezinove in Matjeve hise. Pa Cd
nase tudi vse. Tadrugi smo pa
vsi razrustani, tako, da DO tre-
ba vse prezidati ma novo. Dane
SO tudi skoraj vse unieene. Bu-
kovice, Jurjevice, Breze, Ribni-
ca, Vince, Sodrazice, Zigmarice
in vsaka vas kolikor toliko je
unicena.
''Ljubi domaci. Vem, da sc
morate tudi vi ma same zulje
ziveti. Pa vseeno, &c bi bilo mo-
goce Yam, da ne bi prevelikC
skodo trpeli, da bi nam kaj po-
slali Cd obleke in cevljev, ke1
pri mas nj Sc teh stvari. Pa tu.
di denarja nj. Sal je dobro sta.
70, tako, ko morda I'll vec ne
nosis ali France in pa &c bi Sc
svoje prijatelje poprosila. To b.
nam prav prislo, ker smo take
vse porabili in raztrgali, pa pro
simo ako Yam je mogoce posla
ii.
"Mati so Sc zivi. Samo boleh
nj SO zmeraj. Tadrugi smo Sc VS.
zivi in zdravi, kakor tudi Van
zelim. &c bi hotel vse gorje po
pisati, bi moral pisati emo lete
skupaj. Pa tudi verjeli ne b
vsega, kar SO nam prizadejal
Nemci in Italijani. Najslabse je
di nismo mogli dobiti, ko splof
same ne mores jesti, in to je sol
Smo jim morali dati skoraj VS.
mas5obo: en- kilogram masti u
en- kilogram soil, in smo moral
pa nezabeljeno hrano uzivati
Sedaj imamo soil dosti. Tistt
pomanjkanje soil je bio "a cas-;
ko so bill Sc Nemci po Jugosla
viii.
"Iz Sinovce bratranci so tud
kar stirje ubiti in donna vse po
zgano in IL Vic SO bill tri let;
po taboriScih, tako da so sam,
Sc malo zivi ostai. JAZZ in ma;
France .sva bila tudi emo leto
Eh, ko bi mogel vse popisati
Pa zal, nimam casa sedaj. j.
proved Sc vse poruseno. M al
s e m tt ze popisal, drugic ka
vec, &c dobis to pismo, pa pro
sim vas, odpisite. JAZZ ne VEN
sGe imam pravi naslov, ker srn,
Sc toliko prekladali IL eneg;
kraja v druzega.
'"'Sedaj pa prejmite vsi skupa
srcne pozdrave cd vseh skupaj
posebno pa cd m enc in Tvoj'
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PISMA az STAREGA kRAN
elias cd mo+ere in broto
sKot pri Ribnici. 4.snov. 1914!

.Kot pri Ribnici 4.anov. 1945
'Draga .moja .hci!
'Minilo DO kmalu pellet, cd
kar ne vemo sena "a drugo. Sc
daj sem prejela neprieakovano
pisemce >.od Tebe. Dobilo me je
Sc 1.-Two. Ali dolgo je bilo ma po-
ii, celih 10 mesecev. Medtem ste
lahko ze :pomrli. >Najprvo Vas
vse lepo pozdravim, predno ma
daljujem S pisanjem.
me tmorem Ii popisati moje-
ga veselja, ko sem dobila v roke
Tvoje pismo. Preje sem pismo
poljubila, predno sem ga brala.:
Mislila sem, da Teboj govo-
rim. Hvalabogu, da> ste Sc zivi.
Tezko mi je, da ste pogoreli, Sc
ne smem domisliti, ker Sc "a
cnenem jokati. Uboge sirote,
zdaj vidite, kako je hudo. Bog
Vam daj zdravja, da boste kaj
zasluzili, ker Sc dobro zasluzi,
sci ste vsi pridni, pa DO slo.
"Zdaj pa malo cd nasega ziv-
ljenja. Use Sc jc zgodilo, samo
zivi smo Sc ostali. Boga hvali,
da nisi bila donna. Kaj takega
docakati, kot Sc je pri mas 60
dilo, to ni.za popisati. Tudi ne bi
verjeli. Najprvo so prisli Itali-
jani. Tresli smo Sc kot sibe ma
vodi. Koliko nedolznih ljudi SO
pobili ali odpeljali v internaci-
10, moske in zenske. Tudi nasa
oba, Franceta in Jozeta. Tam
so bill osem mesecev, pa tako
lacni. Koliko jih je cd 'lakote
pomrlo.
"Tam je umrl Pezin France,
Lovre Anton, Ravni dol; Pepe
MOI, Ogradnik; Joze Ogradnik
Kadetov Karel. Pepi so 1tahja-
nj sina ubili. Koliko pa po dru-
9Th vaseh. Samo ma Jurjovci SC
jih deset pobili kar donna. Moi
sinovi so vendar hvalabogu Sc
zivi. So jih pa V internaciji stra-
dali. Cd same lakote so take
oslabeli, da so Sc morali prize.
matt "a oporo, da SO hodili. Kc
smo Jim enkrat smell pakete po-
slati, je bilo malo bolje. Pa tu'
di sami nismo i'm eli kaj, ker
nam je vsega manjkalo. Pet me-
secev so tako stradali. Pa koli
ko so pozgali vasi. Ribnica, Bu'
kovca, Dana, Kot, Jurjevca If
Vince, to je samo okoli mas. Ka
ko je pa drugje. Sal je dan zs
dnem gorelo. Tudi bombardiral
so mas. Anton Kanikar je yes
pozgan. >Korenava, Herman, Ma
teva, Pezinova, Kanikar Janez
Kusov, Mrtinov, ii so vsi bill pc
zgani v enem dnevu.
"Kar MISC pozgali, SO pa bonn
bardirali stirimi aeroplani
Eden cell dan so S stirimi aero
plani bombardirali Kot. ST mo
ras misliti hudino. Zgodaj zju
traj so prisli aeroplani. Ma na'
skedenj SO najprvo virgil bombo
pa Sc nj uzgala, .je celia doll pa
dla. Ma hiso SO vrgli pa DIV
bombi, XII so Sic kar skozi. Sv
Anton mas je varoval. Hisa j
precej pocena. Pod goro sm'
imeli barake, .je pa S kanon
gor metal bombe, smo morali p;
spet bezati. Zmeraj smo bezali
kar naprej, pa po grmovju in p'
kleteh smo Sc skrivali. Grozn'
zivljenje. Skuhati 81 nismo mo
gil kje. Tiscali .smo .se pri ka
ksni smreki.
"Enkrat sem bila ma njivi, p;
| je pred me padla. granata. To n
"a ,popisati. Ne hi verjeli, ka
so delali z nami Italijani. Pr
mas so Italijani trikrat ropali
so vse razkopali. Prasica so nan
well, XII je tehtal 120 ky. Krav
smo imeli pa Pod goro. Oblek
so nam dosti well, Joze in Fran
ce sta bezala Y gozd. ,Joze nj bi
sposoben. France je bill pa dom
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-12-27
CHAPTER 4

Understand. I'm not ordering
you to take this assignment"
intoned Chadwick. a departmental
head OF the Narcotics Division. lie
hunched himself forward. planting
bis ample elbows on his cleared
desk and studied the man before
him.
You never order me 10 do any
thing. Chief-you just toss a weird
assortment OF clues into the air
and watch me leap TO catch 'em
before they fall in someone else's
uap."
But the other only grinned
"Stl stubborn. aren't you? /
thought four years In the Navy
might cure that"
1t cured me Of a lot. but not
smoking"
"okay. it's your body Anyway.
the war
What's the layout"
The country Is being flooded
with opium. 20 much so that there
has been a big drop In the price
OF course. We expected IL 10 in
crease after VI Day. but not To
the extent it's doing. The intake
seems 10 be quite terrific. You
know what that means"
Yeah. an ample supply for the
mere asking"
Right. strangely. the center or
port OF entry seems 10 be New Or
leans. But were just surmising
that because that's where it's
thickest"
That's strange. the Pacific
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L any particular gray hairs"

! OF any particular gray hairs"
Chadwick interrupted this ex-
change. II see you've listed your
uncle, State Senator Ames, as your
next OF kin"
THAT has an ominous sound"
she laughed.
Just a necessary point. | also
noticed that you speak French and
Spanish both. That may be inval-
liable TO you. Well. how about it,
Lotus returned his direct gaze
steadily. her gray eyes widening
slightly IF III suit your purpose,
Id like to help. What do you
think. Mr.. Lawrence?" She smiled
encouragingly.
Il don't approve of sending a
woman on this sort of a mission,
but there's a bare chance you
might accomplish something" he
said slowly.
This time the disapproval in his
voice could not be denied.
The day was warm in New Or
| leans and as Lotus emerged from
the crowded depot all the concen-
trated smells of a busy city as
sailed her nostrils. There was the
/ fresh aroma of rich coffee waited
from a little shop nearby and the
/ salty fishy odor OF broiled shrimps
mingling with the sweeter fra
/ GRANGE of delicate bouquets Of
tered for sale by stalwart Ne
gress with flashing teeth and a
bright orange tignon over her jet
! hair
Taxi Lady"
4 ginger-colored man pointed
| suggestively at her two suitcases.
She nodded and after they were
in the car. handed him the slip of
paper with the address of the Cafe
Duval. He gave her strange look.
You shuah this where you wanta
go, Ma'am?"
"Yes. that's the correct number.
They told me it was just off Gal
latin Street. Don't you know the
place."
"Yessum, All knows it all right
| But that Gallatin Street"
lie wagged his head with disap-
| proval then turned his attention
to maneuvering the car through
the tumble of traffic They tore
along the streets honking at the
jay-walkers and dodging through
signal lights. In the near distance
the modern buildings of Canal
Street lowered skyward but most
of the houses were of the old
French type of architecture so
adaptable to the Louisiana climate.
They excelled in overhanging bal
comics Of wrought iron scroll-work
and plaster walls flush with the
narrow sidewalks.
After a great deal of winding
they entered the short length of
Gallatin Street, thoroughfare OF
unsavory memories which para
lelled the docks and which a cen
tury ago was famous for its tales
of murder, robbery and shang
haied seamen that were enacted
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Es1zlsaA sA4Ss4sS:5ss, e.4!!ss So, 1177| laE.

asset. II you hang around there.
Chadwick smiled a bit smugly.
This will give you shock-the
lead goes 10 a woman
Stu Lawrence sat up abruptly,
his long. thin fingers gripping the
arms OF the chair a woman! Are
you pulling my leg. Chief? You
know don't approve of women In
this sort Of work"
only a woman can fill the bill
we want her TO get a job at the
Cafe Duyal as a singer"
The lines around Stu's mouth
deepened. Whom did you have in
mind ?"
Lotus Ames.
Never heard OF her"
This will be her first case"
Holy Smoke. an amateur. and
you're sending her into a set-up
like that"
only because think she Is
capable and can fill the bill She's
been pestering me for job; now
I'm giving her a chance
Lawrence's eyes glittered with
anger He shifted his gaze to the
budding chestnut trees beyond the
window. when he again faced his
chief the anger had faded TO mere
annoyance.
Who and what Is she?"
She's an orphan. the niece OF a
state senator. Her father was IN
the consular service. Very good
background. Family but no money.
Graduated from college summa
cum laude. has a secretarial job
but likes adventure. | knew her
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Section 2 Page 9
Cooling azs@ examiner
Friday. December 27. 1886

mother - she was a very lovely
person."
She was good-looking. he admit
ted unwillingly; Chadwick had not
lied. But there was a catch some
where - brains and that sort OF
beauty didn't go together. Pretty
women were shrewd and even very
clever when ot came to wanting
something personal. but when you
depended on them to use some
real intelligence they failed you.
II looked away suddenly. In
Miss Ames' eyes. still resting on
him. he had seemed to detect a
CLINT bordering on amusement.
When they were all seated. Bill
Chadwick lit fat cigar and again
hunched himself forward in his
favorite pose: he peered at Lotus.
Il suppose you didn't expect to
hear from me again."
Her answer was a soft. throaty
laugh. Frankly. had about re-
signed my self to breaking my fin
gernails on some typwriter or
other for the rest or the year"
We'll, stenographers-good ones
are in demand. but something OF
more importance has come up.
You may be able to help us.
Briefly. he sketched the narcotic
situation and what had happened
to arouse their suspicious OF New
Orleans as the key city Lotus
leaned forward. rapt and eager.
her face flushed slightly. With a
start OF annoyance. Stu Lawrence
realized that he hadn't taken his
eyes from her since her arrival.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-12-27

coast usually has that billing.
Yeah. that's what makes THIS
case interesting.
Stu's brows scared slightly.
What about Mexico"
"Verv doubtful. The Mexican
authorities have been very decent
about working with Us and watch
ing the border"
Yes. but don't you think the
stuff Is coming in by water
we do. but it's just a shot in
the dark.
Haven't you any clues at all
Chllef?" Chadwick must have lost
his grip. Stu unused. IT wasn't IKE
him 10 be so completely unin-
formed.
We'll one tip. but our folloW-up
didn't get US anywhere One high
school kid we caught peddling the
stuff said he bought IL from a
s,eyedore Later. he saw this same
steyedore entering the Cafe DuVai
a waterfront dive We hung around
there with him for days. but NJ
couldn't identify the bird.
Waterfront. EN-"
yes. or course. we've seareheu
In. ships. even the crews and some
~ the officers. but We haven
found anything but the usuai I'M
raft trying to smuggle In stuff. but
no narcotics" 49,
What do you think can DO
"our man in New Orleans may
be known by the ring down there'
hu, someone from here could get
by. You've been out OF circulation
for four years. which would be an
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-12-27

When he finished. Chadwick
poked in one OF the desk wrawers
and drew forth a sheaf of papers.
then turned his genial blue eyes
on Lotus again.
Miss Ames. what | have to say
to you is in the greatest secrecy.
II for no other reason than your
own protection. you must confide
in no one.
Il understand that. Mr.. Chad
wick"
He stared at the upper sheet of
paper. hurriedly running his eyes
down the list of items on it. Lotus
recognized her own handwriting in
dossier she had filled out on
previous visit
I'm looking over your qualifi-
cation listed here. Miss Ames.
noticed that you put down singer.
music?"
He looked embarrassed and for a
moment she wondered if he We're
Joking. but no. he seemed quite
serious
Perhaps I'd better explain" she
said. Il studied singing before go
inig TO college. and while there |
belonged to the choir and the glee
club II is mostly classical, of
course but can swing ii If
have to-" she added lightly.
His ruddy face wrinkled in
laughter Il won't ask you for a
sample right now What | meant
was can you do this stuff they go
for at night clubs?"
Il think so"
I'm asking because we believe
certain spot in New Orleans, the
cafe Duyal may be meeting
place for some Of the heads OF this
ring. 1t is a hangout for sailors
and stevedores. and possibly an
attractive. intelligent woman like
yourself can pick up some infor-
nation there
She began To understand what
he was asking OF her. The descrip-
tion OF the Cafe Duval sounded in
triguing she was to know il well
before her adventure ended.
You want me to obtain a posi-
tion there as a singer" 1t was
half question. half statement.
THAT was our plan. But you
don't have to go job-hunting-we
have ways or arranging these
things. You must understand that
il involves great danger. There
will be ways to communicate with
us but your connection with this
department must never be discoy-
cred"
1T sounds .,teresting and excit-
ing"
Stu Lawrence sent a smoke ring
wavering ceilingward. You're a
very independent young woman,
aren't you, Miss Ames?"
"A woman has TO be independ-
ent In this age II she wants to see
something OF life. I'm an orphan,
so my actions won't be the cause
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-12-27
Coolidge Locals

oMr. and Mrs. l.. A. Means. of
Eugene. Oregon. are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Roger lies. They are
Mrs. lies parents.
OMr. and Mrs. c. NJ. Lloyd, of
Miami. spent Christmas day with
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard McCrum.
OMr and Mrs. G. w. Ware will
spend Christmas in Glendale. with
Mrs. Elizabeth Ware Paul Ware.
stationed with the navy at San
Jose, will be there. and Dick Ware
will also be present.
oMr. and Mrs. A. NJ Clark and
family spent Christmas in Mariana
with relatives.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-12-27

in the dim light of its flickering
lanterns. Now it was strangely si-
lent in the mid afternoon heat.
(To be continued)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-10-24
TOlbert = Hays

Before an improvised altar of
white roses, ivy and tall white
tapers, Miss Elizabeth Ray HAYS
and Major Samuel H. Tolbert were
married Saturday, October 10Th at
4 o'clock at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. ard Mrs. Frederick
Sprigg Hayes, at GAINESVILLE. The
ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Herbert Jukes, pastor of st.
Peters Episcopal Church, Pooles-
vile.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, wore a
white marquisette gown with fin
ger-tip veil of heirloom lace. She
carried white roses AMI stepha-
rotis.
Her only attendant was Mrs.
Joseph Milton Boland of Pooles-
Vile who wore blue marquisette
and carried rust chrysanthemums.
Captain George r. Hall was best
man.
Before the ceremony Miss
Peggy Woodbury., a classmate of
the bride, sang several selections
accompanied by Mrs. Charles
Davis of Beallsville.
A reception followed the cere-
mony, after which the bride and
groom left for a southern trip.
Major and Mrs. Tolbert will
make their home in Washington
where Major Tolbert is now
stationed.