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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-19

PARIS R-The Berlin confer
,eaee's promise Of Indoehina peace
talks posed . new obstacle today
10 speedy French action on the
hotly disputed European army
treaty.
Following Big Four agreement
to meet again April % to discuss
prospects fc- peace in Asia, even
the supporters Of the European
Defense Community faced this
dilemma:
I. Press for the French Nation.
al Assembly TO ratify the army
treaty at onee-as the United
States wants--and perhaps so
anger Russia that she would not
use her influence with the Chinese
Communists and the Communists
leaders Of the Vietminh rebels to
stop the war in lndochina; or
?. Delay the Assembly vote on
the army treaty until after the
Geneva conference on Korea and
Indochina, and run the risk OF the
American Congress cutting off all
important aid to France.
The conservative, neutralist az
ternoon newspaper lie Monde, an
about opponent of EDO. probably
sounded the rallying cry for the
army plans other numerous foes
as it proclaimed last night:
Solution of the Indochina prob.
lem Is prior condition TO the
ratification of EDO"
This was one Of the first times
this argument has been advanced
to stall final action on the edo
treaty, which was signed in May
1859.
The final decision on when 10
put the treaty before the Assem-
bly, rests with Premier Joseph
Laniel aud his Cabinet.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-19
|H-Borllb Area
is Patrolled
Against Spies

PEARL HARBOR HL-Tough
little destroyer escorts today patrol
the Pacific west of the H-bomh
proving grounds on . 24.hour
alert.
They watch the skies aud plumb
the ocean depth with electronic
eyes, alert for any strange sub.
marines or--in the words OF an
officer--any sneak attempt by hos
tile parties ''to set up shop" ON
deserted islands.
These sea patrols are closely
allied with air patrols sweeping
the skies from the Marshalls to
Japan. The patrols 60 on all the
time, but now with hints of i'm.
pending H-bomb tests at Eniwetok,
their presence 10 of even more
significance.
Having Just returned from one
OF these sea patrols, l can say
that there is more than the usual
alertness among the radar and
sonar crews.
Everyone in the Pacific il tight.
Tipped about the test which soon
may explode the worlds most
awescme weapon. But you may be
sure the. Navy is quite aware Of
ii.
Officers shudder II the word
"atom" comes up In casual con-
versation. You hear this from ton
officers on down: 81 don't know
anything about it and l don't want
to-"
The air lanes around Eniwetok
are so strictly regulated that no
civilian planes are allowed and
the only military planes going
there are those specifically or
dered.
A strengthened force of long
range planes, based at Kwajalein,
special patrols for the
upcoming tests.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-19
Visit

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Up - Fred
Beasley Sr. has three good reasons
for visiting the maternity ward at
burge Hospital.
He became q father and twice
a grandfather, ell within "a hours.
First, a son was born to his son
and daughter-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bill Beasley.
Then, his 33-year-old wife gave
birth to a boy.
And finally, the stork brought a
girl for his daughter and son.in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Brown.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-19
Esperl TeLs Why.
We Probably Have Company In The Universe

animal. vegetable or other organ.
lsms on other happier planets may
have far surpassed the terrestrial
forms. There is no reason what.
ever to presume that Homo Sa.
plens imam. Apis Meilifera (hon.
'eybees) and CorvuS Americans
(ravens or crows) are the best
that biochemiStry and star shine
can do"
No earth-sized planets have yet
been detected around other stars,
because the stars are too bright.
and the planets too small in grav-
ltational mass to affect the mo.
lions of their stars by present
measuring methods.
But there's evidence of a huge
planet for = nearby star, named
81 Cygni, a star which can be
seen with the naked eye.
DR.. Shapley says Mars Is he
only other planet in cur SUMS
family which might have life Of
some kind.
DR.. Shapley is editor Of, and
writes the introduction for, the
book giving views Of more than
20 different scientific specialists on
the causes of great climatic
changes on earth, and the effects
upon life.
Slight variations IN The suns
heat and radiations are one main
possibility Of changes which pro-
duced ice ages and warm periods.
Others are dust from volcanoes
and the rising Of continents and
mountains re directing air cur.
rents.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-19
~ ALTON 1. BLAKEsLEE
AssssIatsd Press Science Rsporfss

Asssslafsd Presa Science Reporter
NEW YORK 1--WE are not
alone b the universe, for there
are probably 100 million other
planets suitable for high forms Of
life, says a famous Harvard a..
tronomer. DR.. Harlow Shapiey.
The life on some Of them may
surpass our own, with beings su.
perior to humans, he writes In a
new book, "Climatic Change. pub.
lished today Harvard University
Press, 81
DR.. Shapley h cautious when 1t
comes 10 estimating just how many
planets may support life. He fig
ures h this way:
Suppose only one star or sun In
. million has any planets at all.
And suppose only one in a thou.
sand of those families OF planets
has the conditions Suitable for the
life experiment" That means a
neaf-circsaar orbit, proper distance
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-19
Indochina Is Block To Okay On edo Treaty

Laniel has been working toward
an Assembly vote during The sec
end half Of March or early April.
II was not certain whether he
would yield under the new pres
sure for further delay.
The Cabinet. awaiting the return
of Foreign Minister Bidault from
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-19
Fire Really Spreads

BELofT, Kan. H = Burning
weeds set a tree aiire on the
Emery Watson farm. An EVIL.
nesting in the tree, heH nearly
halt . mile VITA its wings adame
ana dropped on the Delnont jones
farm. starting q new Tire.
The second IRE spread 10 five
other farms, burning 100 acres Of
pasture.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-19

Berlin, may hammer out its stra.
tezy next week
A new excuse for french delay
on edo would hit the US. Con-
gresS just as it prepares to discuss
US. foreign aid appropriations.
Many congressman already are
impatient at the delay.
Evening star., 1954-12-06

ALEXANDRIA: 6l5 North Wosheston ST.. King $1,000.
o30o 9-Thudes December through December 23 Fidoys
November IS through December IT. Other doys $50 TO
Evening star., 1954-12-06

WHEN AND WHERE 70 SHOP AT WooDIEs
WASHlNGT0N 10Th Ilsh and Streets NV District $500.
$50 eMondoy November 2 through Defender 20; Thursdays
December through December =. Other days o:30f fo6
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MOVING. PACKING. STORAGE
HOUSES FURNISHED

N: ARL.-2-bedrm. brick semidet.
full bsmt.: nicely furn.. excel cond.
conv. Lee hwy. transp.: SIPS. Call
f I'm Sset Rs "a "a CO. $4,000 c ar
SILVER STRING, 702 Forest Glen I'd.
--3-bedrm home: beaut. furn.: lge
rear yard; full bsmt; oil hot ir
heat. Call JU. S-4871. 81
FAIRFAX CIRCLE, VA.-4-bedroom
attractively furn. house. Ia baths,
oil heat. $3.50 mo. ia. S-30l3 3.
$500 O ST. S.E.-5-rm. bungalow, tile
bath. screened porch. garage. oil
heat; Sl05 mo. LII. 2-7989. 81
1921 TAYLOR ST. N.W.--6 bed, ms q.
3ha baths lge. lot. lovely yard, -
car garage; steinway piano. SECS.
ALExANDRiA. VA.1Furn.
2-bedrm. home. Call ia. 1885.
WHEATON HILLS. on lovely corner
wooded lot-Furn. 5-rm. brk. bunga :
low, basement; near school. no.
N. xRL.--clean 2-bedrm. brk. bun
sx.ii.sle s'c; sias 5 5aa sssa1k i0' 10"
N.W:-conv. TO shopping center. Three
safase. IA. e-0o64.
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CALL HA. 2-7234

SIS Specialize Acres
Open for inspection Sun. South from
Fairfax. take Route 123 to inter-
section of Route $40. then to gro
right on 645 past pink stucco house.
take left on Route 6l1. Stay ripht
Last house on left. before Bull Run
Creek and bridge. Stucco and log
with new wood fence; all cow. in
house
JOSEPH w. SEAY CO.
] 13 w. Broad St., Falls Church. Va.
REALTORS LIE o-oRon
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HOUSES TO SHARE

COUPLE OR LADY to share 2-bedrm.
furn. house, fenced around. full
bsmt; good care for children ar
ranged. 10. 5-460l. rs
GIRL $3.50, share attrac. George
town house; 3 others: cow. transp..
beaut. location, very reaS., call after
q. EN-. 2-355I. i
GIRL, under 80. to share 3 bedrm
house in Sc. with ) others. LII.
1876 after 6 pm. -2S
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HOUSES WANTED TO RENT

WE HAVE excellent clients for 3 and
4 bedroom homes in nearby Viz
stnia II you have a home, avail
40 Spie hs sioi 40" 10 per ply IIoii, "a
you. CALL MR.. HAMILTON. Eve.
AND SUN. IA S-046I Weekdays,
GEORGE MASON GREEN CO.. ia.
4-l400
CLEVELAND PARK. Chevy Chase or
other. desirable NV section bed
rooms. nicely furnished $500 Cali
Mrs. Lee. no. "-l412 or DE. -
1877. J. c. CHATEL
FURNISHED OR UNFINISHED. .
or 3 bedrms.; sood residential area.
LU o-lOUn rs
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APTs. UNFURNlshED-vA.

A H., close, ,n, .6 best :ecsion; l,, and
sef B. e. senssso SCnY fors
no children. MRS. FANDRIcH. Out
Wilson blvd, left on Oak st.. right
to 1894 10th I'd. north. -27
. gir.s; unusually quiet. clean. 10
best best t ram $3.50. kE. 8 s-dTso. ''
ARL.. close in; best neirhborhood
loo I bedroom. $3.50; 2 bedrooms.
to 5: c, near oIsbe I'd. 4ol4 Co.
ALEX. tDei Raw Duplex. . bedrms,
liy. rm.. din. nm, kit, bath. pvt,
screened porch; l blk. shops. to ap-
RR ISYysa a5u hprs tr% TE sItn leas:
bedrms., liv. rm.. bath. kitchenette,
apt, blk. bus. shopping, for APP
proved adult family with lease
RAYMOND APIS. TIE, 6-3l90. ~
ARLINGTTooN, ssa:5o-1 bedrm., liv.
rm,. din. alcove, kit. bath. near
Arlinston blvd: and N. Washington
olyd. EN-. S-o67S Gays, EN-. 3-g2US
1901 N. Pocomoke St
= bedrms, liy. din. rm.. kit. bath.
garage. Utils. furn.. $11O mo. JE.
2-2S09. after Q pm. 81
ARL.--2-bedrm. cor. apt. 8 expos,
SOS 50, Incl wills H., bedrm' iEe: liv
$50. Mgr ia: 1929 p
apt. -SsS incl. gas: adults pref: at
bus. ia. .5-7270, 1900 N oak. =
ALEX. vA.-S22 s. Patrick ST; liv.
COW. bus and shop: ofi- street
parking. Call EN-. 3-4660.
to D. and
Pentagon-1-bedroo apt. $3.50.
Near Hecht Co 2-bedrms.. 500. so.
ia. $3.50. JE. 2-7732 tMr. Leath).
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BRAND-NEW


De luxe semidet. 2-family brick
homes incl. . Ice. bedrms., tile
bath. de luxe kit. with garbage dis
posal. gas h.-w.h.. full bsmt.: lge.
lots.
Imagine Only Sis Per Mo.
Including All Utilities
N on Baltimore blvd. left at Hot
shoppe in College Park. Md. con-
tinue ! blk. on Knox I'd. to houses
RE. 7-2461 or JU. 5-6334 81
ARLINGTON RENTALS
Two-bedroom. semidet. brick: full
bsmt., separate din. rm.; cow. To-
cation; immed. poss., $1O5 per mo.
Two bedroom Diet. Colonial: bsmt. and
din. rm., S127.50 per mo-; immed.
possession.
Three bedroom rambler; excel. N. Ar
hngton location. Sl35 per month.
Three bedroom. 2-bath Colonial: full
basement. porch. $3.50 per month.
For complete information, call LURIA
BROS, ia. 7-S500. 1900 Wilson
blvd. or come in to q. 80
VERY ATTRACTIVE ranch type bum
On Falls I'd. Rockville. Nd. Very
GOSS REALTY co.
'i44 K st. NV. Ma 81. .aasSs
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CnENI ChAsE-Den, powder nm,
complete Modern 0ds .f kit breakfast
S175. .JU. 7-6277. 80
3-BEDRM. BRICK BUNGALOW
Din. rm.. iv. rm.. kit. full bsmt.,
stove. refgr.. auto. gas h,-w H.. peri
cond.; sc. section: S110. LIZ. l.
Lee COR. LOT. OPP. elem. school
Ist A.: ga bedrms.. Ice. closets, bath
h.-w.h;; gar; mr.. bus, shop. churches
1mmed. poss. $3.50 mo. ia. s-5l64,
COW. to Pentagon and
Arl. Hall--2-bedrm. semidet., gas
heat, auto; washer; garb, disp.; like
SILVER SPRING AND BETHESDA
AREA-Several nice houses from
$50 up. sIoLER & CO.. 10.
A fisiSs IA 45sbeS row Sfiek
loc., 5 minis. Pentagon and b. C..
very short dist all conveniences.
spacious ,storage rnn., no bsmt..
auto. gas heat, Front and rear yds.
6%NER. re JE' s7 e 200 mo- ps9ns
BERWYN. Md rooms. bath: oil
REALTY CO.. WA. 7-0334.
LOVELY -7-RM.. two-bath home In
pleasant and well;established Bright
Schools = and S1V excel s trsnsp MI immedi.
ate occupancy. S135 mo. SHAN
NON 4 . LUUcHs CO., 1905 H st. NV"
SI25-Why pay more for q 2-story.
3-bedrm., detached home? Nice lot.
full bsmt Ask to see 2124 o. Co
s laTSss T. AIT lgc rs CO.. o.'l lso G'T Il
CENTER HALL CAPE COD; 3 very
large bedrooms, adjoining Sligo Park.
4: J. KEsSINGER o. CO.. JU. g.
LANDOvER HILLs-New rambler: 3
500. WA. 7-Oo4s or WA. II 80.
4 BEDRMs.. 2 BATHS. sep. din.
rm::: lge. lot. Ideal for children.
$125. Fairfax. Crescent 3-oss9.
FALLS CHURCH - New s-bedrm.
light bsmt.; S115-S130 mo. 1908
N. Westmoreland st. JE. 2-6575.
25O5 R. l. AVE. N.E.-six rms. and
Ssa1 fuTnsbed NC oSjeston saf ta
or children. Trsnsp. at door. %
m min; e : tO Xa Can siI MAURICE FITz-
ALEX. Huntington area). 2-bedrm.
Diet; home; !, y yrs, old; ayaiI: i'm
out; Ice. lot; off-street parking: 10
Minis. to Fl. Belvoir; IS minis. to
downtown WASHINGTON. 500. DI.
7.S?59 before 4 pm. 80
2-BEDRM. rambler, nr. Silver Spring,
R ssth s. ath .s ssr jS Sus :sb st0[ ste
BRADBURY HTS, 4s13 v st.---Nearly
new. detached brick: gas heat: 3
bedrms.. :, baths; front porch; lovely
corner LOT; S135 mo. MAX MILLER,
THREE Hi s.; BEDROOM spDi BRK. RAMBLER.
4slO 18th I'd. South Arl., Va: $135
mo-; immed. poss. ia. S-3366;
c syssi' r KE- r s1a . is;r s,o son.,
Completely redec.;. irepi.. din. rm..
fun bsmt:; lse. I'd. incl. by Anchor
PoRETsKY & SONS. INC. 5sio
Risss I'd. chillum. Md UN. 4-54ss:
u SOUTHEAST sEcTOR-3-bedrm.-
brick; avail now. $40. Cow.
Census and Andrews Field.
Tam shyEs sx sRRl Pes sloo brick
CD SILVER SPRING. very close IN,
mr. District line-3 hedrms.. apt.
style. sos Vacant
a. SILVER SPRING. bsdrm. brick
rambler; full bsmt., screened porch.
Ju. a-43so 20
BRENTWOOD. COOLIDGE HI AREA
Briaht 6-rm., semidet. redec. corner
brick home. full bsmt.. EAS heat:
immed. boss: Sl15. Ewes. RA.
AUERBACH & CO. DI. 7-650l
CHURCH. bedrms., ltv. rm.
with firepl., equipped kit. Ideally
located near transp.. shopping dis
trict and schools. Ready for i'm
mediate occupancy; 500 per mo.
JE. 2-2351
RANDOLPH D. ROUSE
ENTERPRISES
Builder-Developer
FALLS CHURCH-3 bedrms., . baths;
full bsmt.; screened porch. Located
in beautiful wooded residential area
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10 MINUTES Nav. Med. Center: furn.,
Oct. brick: 3 bedrms.. 2 baths. fire.
place. basement. gar. oil heat: SIPS
mo. Poplar 2-4543.
CHILLUM-2 bedrms.. fully furn. :;
almost new brick; $125 mo. ARTHUR
CARR AGENCY. AP. 7-9770. 20
WHEATON-Cor. brk. rambler with
lily. rm., din. rm. comb: 2 bedrms..
kit. and bath; attic: possession: mr..
schools and transp. Si15. J. LEE
DoENELLY. MA. S-3318; ewes. OIL.
SIS BUCHANAN ST. N.w.-3-5ed.
rooms, tiled bath, 6 rms. brk. house
gas heat: scr. porches; lge.. fenced
I'd: Gear det gar: avail. Feb Is.
$I35 mo; ia; "a, 9,444l; %
for 2; near Fairlington; furn.; 500;
avail, now. TIE. 6-4504. 20
SILVER SPRING-Lge, 6-rm. bunga.,
sleeping pch.; center loo. CHILDREN
ACCEPTABLE. Sl15. JU. $500.
RENTAL BARGAIN - Owner going
abroad for one year, will rent beau
tiful brick detached home, CON-
pletely furnished large lot. garase.
recreation room. 3 large bedrms.
Ia baths; available about 30 days,
at Sl15 month.
KELLEY 4 BRANNER
DI. 7-7740 Ewes. OIL. 2-sS44
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PRESIDENTIAL
GARDENS

Has Q few 1-bedrm. units
avail, priced from $75, stu
ated in convenient Alexandria.
A. Commute drive from the
x Whit II Hou se,,. Phone e ant, TI e. e.
ADAMS ADA II BLp ES' cor 70 MI eW Vernon IN
ave and Russell I'd. Week
days. til a: Sat. SIM. A pm.
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HAWTHORN. near

near 5-Nd and WesIFFn
aye.---Very charming Diet. brk.
rambler with large living room.
3 bedrms.. > baths. recreation room
and powder rm; gas heat; garaHe:
wcll-landscaped lot loft wide.
Must not be overlooked in your
quest for the best on the market.
Eve. Mr. MCDOWELL 10. 4-0l47,
L. T. GRAVATTE. 1918 K st. NV.
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Complete year-around air-condition-
ing > lge drawing rms, each with
fireplace. bedrmS., :! mod tile
baths: beautiful walled earden of
banouet-size dining rm. also with
fireplace; priced az $4,000. Must
be sold. FRANK S. PHILLIPS. D1.
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READ THIS!

in Va; $500 weekly
business. Beer and wine permit:
$4,000 plus stock at inventory.
NATIONAL REALTY
ia. S-0049; Ewes. ia. 7-5927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-27

3-BATH HOME. silver
Spring; consider end mortgage or
1854 autos. JU. 5-5533. 29'
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SHEPHERD PARK, ] Blk. 18th st.
hall, Ice. liz. rm. with firepl., sum
porch, Ice. din. rm., lee. modern
kit. powder rm. 3 lge bedrms.. 3
baths 2nd fl lge. bsrt., "a bath:
gas heat; slate roof; lot 5oxl13.
Owner take back large first trust:
ESTATE. TU. 2-22os. RIA. $3.50.
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RESTAURANT. nearby Airing ton--
Seats so Well established. ABC
OF and on sale. Priced only $4,000;
lock. stock. barrel. Easy terms svail.
REALTY. IA. s-21oo. IA. 1929.
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strengthen Israels free instltu-
tons, and free way of life, but
have helped to sustain and TO
deepen programs of humanitarian
assistance in some 20 other coun-
tries.
Great as this outpourlng OF
funds has been, and great as the
results are, many millions OF dol
lars are needed in addition in the
first several months of the New
Year to meet urgent and even
critical situations of need, both
in Israel and in behalf of stricken
men. women and children in Eur
ope and the Moslem world.
The United Jewish Appeal now
requires, and must raise, a mini
mum of $5O,O0O,O00 in cash. This
crucial sum is required, first, to
fortify the programs of immigrant
settlement and agricultural de-
velopment which the loan dollars
have already spurred to such a
high degree in Israel; and, second,
to continue to meet the welfare,
medical, rehabilitation and emf
grafton needs of tens of thousands
of men, women and children IN
Europe and in tension-torn North
Africa.
If American Jews now act with
the same acute awareness OF need
as they did in STA, know that
the New Year can be again year
of progress for democracy in Is
rael, and a year of redemption for
tens of thousands of suffering
men, women and children in
other lands.
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To Be, and Remain, Free

helped to make possible in demo-
cratic Israel and among Jews in
other parts of the world.
Thanks to the enlightened and
generous support which Ameri-
can Jews extended to the UJA,
there is betterment everywhere
as we go into the year Sis. The
more than $6O,OO0,OOO m a d e
available by the American COM
munity to the United Jewish APP
peal's loan campaign may be
cited as the outstanding achieve
ment of the old year. These dol
lars have already helped to place
Israels people on a sounder eco
nomic footing and have put them
in plain view of their main goal
the goal of economic independ-
ence.
Added to this, the many mil
lions of dollars made available
through the UJA's regular cam
paign have served not only to
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-09-24
BY Edward M. M. Warburg
General Chairman. United
Jewish Appeal

AS we stand on the threshold
of the year SITS, we find for the
first time in long time that one
can greet a new year with a
lighter heart and a more buoyant
mind. Although many problems
were far from solved in STA, and
some challenges remained unmet,
we can be deeply heartened by
the many significant advances
which the United Jewish Appeal
Evening star., 1954-05-23
SIEGE OF The LADY MOONSHINER
Conti,sued from page thirty-three

NOIsttstteU y1OSW P0Ss t"s'tJ
log steps led up to the porch.
Behind that window, or at a chink
in the logs. Belle doubtless sat
with her rife leveled, determined
to defend to the end what she held
precious in her hard, barren, soli-
tary existence.
/ COULD have given her man
Wally a life sentence, considered
the judge - not for the first time,
by any means, in the past fifteen
years. / Icould have given him per-
mission to come up here from
states prison once a year and help
Belle make a crop. / should have
seen this place. 1t takes so many
years to make a judge.
In the deepening dimness Of the
cars interior he drew off his scarf
and slid out of his topcoat. He
changed gloves and threw off his
dingy hat. He drew an ancient but
shapely black fedora from a box
beside him. He wished he had still
possessed an opera hat. No matter.
He unwrapped the parcel at his
side.
The putt-putt up the road was
nearing. It was the only sound. All
else was the tense silence of head
lights and searchligfts poised to
spurt, Of men crouched to spring.
Five to nine. The judge stepped
from his car. He lifted the contents
Of the parcel out after him. He
bent low and slipped through the
fence.
HERE was an exclamation. A
hand cIutched for him and slid of.
Beyond the fence. he rose fun
height and started for the house.
The last dusk and the powdeTing
Of starlight picked him up. tall.
spare, standing straighter than
anyone had seen him stand IN
years - a distinguished figure in
dress tails, snowy vest and shirt
front, white tie. white gloves and
elegant black hat, and on his arm a
bunch Of magnificent white roses.
/ must bee-line for the door,
thought the judge. I hope nobody
throws a searchlight in her eyes
before she sees. She ought to be
Evening star., 1954-05-23

able to make out this shirt and hat
and the general effect. How harsh
her life has been since that one day
when it glowed in beauty, when
she was a queen at the ball. These
tails must be rather out of style,
but she won't mind that. These
roses IN hold them out wide.
Walking as though to a cotil-
lion, he advanced across the hard
scrabble soil. If Belle was still
alive, and not in a stupor, she
surely saw him by now. If she
wanted a target, she had it. The
waxed shirt, about at the stud,
decided the judge. But she didn't
accept the target. Apparently she
was as numbed with astonishment
as those men back there behind
the searchlights; and this was as
he had hoped. After all, topper
and tails and roses are a rarity on
Grandfather Mountain.
liz AscENDED the four steps, not
ing that they were well hraced up
on cobbles, though his own knees
quivered. He crossed the roofless
porch. His kid-gloved hand fell on
the broken china doorknob. He
turned it. The door opened. He
doffed his hat and entered.
1t was dark as a pocket inside.
The room was acrid with burned
powder and liquor fumes.
But Belle was in no stupor. She
stood solidly. Her rife glinted as
1t swung.
Judge Mayhem bowed.
The rife stayed close to his
chest. What do you want?" The
voice was harsh. thin. furred.
TO give YOU these, Belle" He
hoped she could smell their per-
fume In this caustic reelk. ''They're
the prettiest in Marianboro.
think"
Ablast of light smashed through
doorway and window. It hit like a
blow.
Belle recoiled. Hastily he bowed
again, extending the bouquet. ITO
you. With the greeting of Marion
County"
Belle stood, small eyes and
mouth fixed and round in the great
flabby face.
JUDGE MAYHEw gently detached
the weapon from her fingers. He
placed it against the wall. He
guided her to the porch. At the top
of the steps. under that avalanch-
ing light, he put his fedora on with
apat. He tucked her left arm under
his right.
Belle was weeping. They're so
beautiful! / haven't had any
flowers since -"
Il know. my dear. But you have
them tonight. Perky shall bank
the dray high with Testouts,
Cochets, Marshal Niels, Hilling-
dlona a Eraucoa TNaynaalrn- Have