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Friday; January 5
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I Re-opening Day
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Children in tHe city and coun
iy schools, as well as students at
the University, will begin the
Christmag holidays Friday, re
turning to classes on Monday,
January 5.
One schoo® however, jumped
the gun on the holiday question,
Junior High not holding classes
today because the hoiler which
heats the school developed trou
bie and school officials dig not
wish’to run the ‘risk of the chil
dren contracting colds by study
ing in roems without heat:
Superintendent B. M. Grier
said an effort is being made to
get the necessary part for the
boiler out of Atlanta and it pos
sibly will be received during the
day. He said that if the boiler
part does not arrive in time for
installation to provide heat
Thursday, Radio Station WGAU
will carry the announcement that
the children at Junior High will
have another holiday tomorrow.
However, the children will be ex
pected to attend unless announce
ment of the extended holiday is
heard over WGAU, :
Closing Hours
Kindergarten pupi's will be re
leased from classes Friday at
12:30 o'clock, and all other class
e« will be dismisseq at 1:30 p. m.,
that day. The lunchrooms will be
cpen the closing day of schooll
as well as January 5. A full class‘
cchedule will be in effect when|
the schools re-open. |
University studentg are in the
midst of final term examinations
this week, the exams endng Sat
urday and many of the students
leaving for their homes ag soon
' 25 they complete their examina
tion schedule. The University
ctudents will also return on Jan
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Caused Him To
Sian Confession
ATLANTA, Dec. 17— (AP)—
Fear caused Isaiah Grimes, 217
year-old negro farmer, to sign a
statement that he burned two ne
gro churches and a negro school
at Loganville, Ga., his attorney
said today. / ¢
Austin T. Walden, Atlanta ne
gro attorney representing Grimes,
said yesterday his client had
written a note repudiating the of
ficially reported confession. Wal
den added that Grimes wrote that
he signed the confession only be
cause he was “afraid” after his
arrest on arson charges.
Visited Grimes
Solicitor General Marshail Pol
lock had commented earlier that
two negro attorneys visited
grimes in the Walton county jail
at Monroe and he understood the
prisoner admitted his guilt to
them and said he was ready “to
suffer the consequences.”
Pollock announced Sunday that
the negro had confessed firing
the buildings because he was an
gry at two negro lodges which
met in them. He quoted Grimes as
saying he was infuriated because
the lodges awarded SIBO of insur
ance on his step-father’s life to
an adopted daughter instead of to
his mother. He added that the
negro told of setting fire to his
step-father’s clothing with a
lighted lamp but said no
charges had been brought on this
count. ;
Repreduced Letter
The Atlanta Daily World, negro
newspaper, meanwhile repro
duced what it said was a letter
from Loganville City Clerk B. A,
Cox seeking to persuade the con
gregation of one of the burned
churches to re-build at another
site in the interest of “harmon
ious racial relationships.”
The paper also printed a letter
pu_rportedly written by a Logan
nville physician offering to ex
change an acre of land near a
negro community and SSOO for
the church property.
Cox said at Loganville that he
understood .such an offer had
‘b‘een made. He explained that
the negro church was located
near a white cemetery and about
a block from the white business
section.
The letter the Daily World at
tributed to Cox also said the
church had been “used as a blind
for liquor dispensers” and that
liquor was found under it after
the fire. v
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PLASTICS BLAST HOSPITALIZES TWELVE ;
This is a general view of the blasted Celanese Plastics Corporation plant at
Newark, N. J,, after an explosion from an nnknown cause blew out the front of the
building and sent 12 men to the hospital with injuries.—NEA Telephoto.
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Solons Won't Accept Andersons’ Refusal
To Furnish List Of Big U. S. Traders
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17— (AP) —Senate and House
Republicans quarterbacking a double-barrelled investiga
tion into commodity gambling refused to accept an asser
tion by Secretary Anderson that the law bars him from
furnishing’ 2 list of bi§' trader'st : ' .
Over Elizabeth's
§200,000 Salary
LONDON, Dec. 17—(AP)—
Like many another pair of re
turned honeymooners, Princess
Elizabeth and her husband,
Philip, began working on a bud
get today as they awaited the out
come of a Parliamentary debate
about their allowance.
The bride and groom are living
with “in-laws” at Buckingham
Palace at present. The groom has
a desk job at the Admiralty.
There were indications of a
growing revolt in Parliament
over granting a suggested year’s
allowance of 50,000 pounds
($200,000) to the newlyweds—
four-fifths of it to Elizabeth and
the remainder to Philip.
A special session of the Laborites
in the House of Commons was
summoned prior to today’s de~
bate on the question. One Laborite
motion to cancel the allowance
and let the couple get along on
Elizabeth’s* present allowance of
$60,000 a year previously was
tabled.
An all-Parliamentary commit
tee recom/mended the $200,000 fig
ure, but five of the nine labor
members on the committee held
out for reducing both the bride’s
and the groom's allowance by
$20,000 apiece—or $140,000 for
Elizabeth and $20,000 for Philip,
whose pay at the Admiralty is
$51.80 a week.
Prime Minister. Attlee is re
ported to favor the larger figure.
Special Session May Adjourn Friday:
REPUBLICANS RACE WITH TIME IN ORDER T DRIVE
THEIR ANTI-INFLATION PLAN THROUGH BY NIGHT
' WASHINGTON, Dec. 17—(AP)
i——Repuincans raced time today ir
a drive to jam their own anti-in
flation legislation through the
Senate by nightfall and open the
way for possible House action this
week.
With adjournment of the special
session tentatively set for Friday,
Chairman Taft (Ohio) of the Sen
ate Republican Policy Committee
told reporters:
“The Democrats can block the
program if they want to. There is
no doubt about that.”
‘Just what the Democrats’
strategy would be was up for de
cision at a meeting of their Sen
ate Policy Committee (10:30 a. m.,
EST). -
Republicans won a unanimous
agreement to start debate at noon
on a Taft-sponsored three-point
bill which the Ohioan offered as
a “stop gap” substitute for Presi
““Chairman ‘Bridges (R-NHJ of
the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee told reporters his group’s
legal staff says the Secretary of
Agriculture has “full legal au
thority to give out the names to
a congressional committee.”
Bridges indicated the commit
tee, which is trying to run down
rumors that government officials
used inside information to profit
in commodity trading, will con
sider only as a last resort Ander
son’s proposal that Congress au
thorize release of the names by
special legislation. * |
Senator Ferguson (R-Mich.), a
committee member, has suggest
ed that if necessary the names
can be secured by calling in hun
dreds of Dbrokerage records
through use of subpoenas.
On the House side, the Rules
Committee was expected to ap
prove at a forenoon (11 a. m,
EST) session a resolution setting
up a special seven-man commit
tee to go into the whole field of
commodity speculation.
Rep. Andresen (R-Minn.), who
wrote the resolution and is slated
to head the inguiry, told news
men:
“If I have anything to do with
it there will be a' full dress in
vestigation,” he added that
among other names he wants to
make public are those of war
refugees and other aliens active
in the commodity markets. |
He declared that Edwin W‘
Pauley, who already has disclos-i
ed to the Senate committee that
he was heavily involved in com-'
modity futures while serving as.
special assistant to the Secretary
of the Army, ought to resign. {
«He has violated the trust of
the American people,” Andresen
said. s ; ‘
Pauley insisted that (a) his
market position was known when |
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[living plan. The Taft measure
would:
1. Authorize voluntary indus
try-wide agreements for distribu
tion of scarce commodities under
temporary suspension of the anti
trust laws.
2. Extend export controls.
3. Continue transportation con
trols.
The House two days ago smack
ed down a similar bill by Rep.
Wolcott (R-Mich) when the Re
publican leadership attempted to
forbid any changes. '
But Taft said he feels the House
would “almost be in a position of
having to take up” his bill if it
should clear the Senate today.
He added that on the other hand
there would be virtually no
chance for House action if the
‘Senate were-to put off a final vote
O ouee Spesker Martin (R-Mass)
ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1947
Uncle Sam Got Mad:
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Girls Toss Uncle
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Sam’s Tax Records
Down The Drain
NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 17—(AP)
—Tax officials told a federal court
judge yesterday it will take until
next February to recheck the rec
ords of 800,000 income tax returns
thrown into confusion when two
girl clerks at the Internal Revenue
Bureau here threw away 400 with-"
holding returns. ‘
Federal Judge Guy L. Fake
heard testimony by tax officials
that an FBI investigation was
started and weeks of extra clerical
work was made necessary by the
action of the clerks.
Pleas of no contest were entered
b m_,fll%, o Mus, Yetta ;f‘;m‘
‘sém,’ 19, and Mrs. Arline Green
stan, 21, both of Newark, on
charges of destroying government
property.
Judge Fake paroled them in
custody of the U. S. probation of
fice to await sentence.
The federal tax officials told the
court the girls flushed bundles of
the returns down a toilet.
FBI agents said Mrs. Greenstan
told them that Mrs. Greenstein
suggested they meet their daily
quota of work in that fashion. i
FIFTEEN ATHENS HIGH SEN'ORS ARE ELECTED TO
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP RECENTLY
Fifteen Students Were Selected From
The Upper Third Of Their AHS Class
BY JULIA ELLEN ASKEW
Fifteen Athens High School seniors were recently
elected to membership in the National Honor Society by
the Athens High faculty. The names announced by Prin
cipal S3am W. Wood are as follows: Isabelle Cabaniss,
Jeanne Damron, Virginia Harris, Babs Hubert, Mary Lee
Kittle, Joan Skinner, Nancy Mackey, Anne Smith, Pris
cilla Stone, Elinor Tillman, Tom Fort, Jimmy Llewellyn,
Alva Mayes and Griffin Moody.
These fifteen seniors were elect
ed by a plan used at Athens High
for several years. A list of the stu
dents in the scholastic upper third
of the class is compiled and from
this, the faculty elects students to
the organizationn on the basis of
scholarship, character, leadership
and service. The entire member
ship is limited to fifteen per cent
of the entire senior class, five per
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and contin
ued cold tonight and Thurs
day.
GEORGIA: Mostly fair
and continued rather cold to
day and tonight; Thursday,
partly cloudy and slightly
warmer,
TEMPERATURE
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .
Tatal since Dec.'T .. 4
Excess since Dec. 1 .. « 8
Average Dec. rainfall ) -8
’_l‘_otal since Jan. 1 .. t E
Truman Signs $597,000,000
Stop-Gap European Aid Bill
Toll Climbs To
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JERUSALEM, Dec. 17 —(AP) |
—One British police sergeant was
killed and another seriously
wounded during the night when
they were attackeq in Jerusalem,
bringing the Holy Land’s toll »f
dead in 17 days of Arab-Jewish
strife to 260.
Violence, however, appeared 10
be tapering off, and ‘this morning
was the quietest since the United
Nations decision to partition Pal
estine touched off the wave of
disorders.
There were unconfirmed re
ports that a Jewish band had at
tacked thé Arab residential area
of Wadi Jose near Herod’s Gate
in Jerusalem just before dawn.
The precarious position of the
Jews in Arab areas resulted, how
ever, in theclosing of the Kallia
Hotel on the Deag Sea—the Holy
Land’s swankiest winter resort,
'vshich is owned by Jews and staf
fed by both Arabs and Jews.
Police were unable to place
the blame on anyone for the at
tack on the two British sergeants
last night. One police report said
that Jews fired at the men, while
another blamed the attack on
Arabg in a stolen armored car.
. In Cario, Haj Amin El Hus
seini, the exiled Mufti of Jeru
saulem, indicated (the Arab
league’s anouncement on its
“Council of War” against Pales
tine partition may, be made pub
lic tonight. ]
Also in Cairo Samir A] Rifai
Pasha, Premier of Trans-Jordan
announced Arab Legion troops
will not be 'withdrawn from Pal
estine as long as British troops
remain in the Holy Land. Jewish
Jeaders have demanded the with
drawal of the Britich - command
ed Legionnaires, a d¢tdchment of
whom machinegunned a truck
convoy near Tel Ayiv Sunday,
killing 14 Jews. ]
TWELVE ¥¥.LED
TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 17 —(AP)
Twelve of the 20 ¢rew members
of a Jamaica-bound B-29 died in
‘the flaming wreckage of the four
engined bomber & few minutes
after taking off from Davis-Mon
than Fie'd last night, Maj. D. D.
Burke, press relatigns officer, an
‘nounced today. {
cent of which was chosen last
spring. The plan for election up
holds the National Honor Society’s
standards and the A. H. S. chap
ter’s regulations.
Beta Club Member
Isabelle Cabaniss is a member
of the National Beta Club and
literary editor of the school pub
lication, The Thumb Tack Tri
bune. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. O. Cabaniss.
Jeanne Damron, daughter of Mur.
and Mrs. W. C. Damron, is a mem
ber of the National Beta Club and
chairman of the Community Serv
ice Committee at the high school.
Virginia Harris, daughter of
Mrs. J. C. Harris, is an associate
editor of the T. T. T., member of
the National Beta Club and chair
man of the school’'s Assembly
Committee.
Daughter of Dr. and Mrs. M. A.
Hubert, Babs Hubert is on the
basketball team and is circulation
manager of the T. T. T.
Mary Lee Kittle is a member of
the National Beta Club and is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
Kittle.
Nancy Mackey, daughter of Mrs.
Agnes C. Mackey, is a member of
the National Beta Club and photo
graper on,the T. T. T. staff.
Joan Skinner is a member of the
National Beta Club. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. C.
Skinner.
Anne Smith, a member of the
National Beta Club and business
manager of the T. T. T, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. C.
Smith.
Advertising Manager
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Stone, Priscilla is a member of the
National Beta Club and advertis
e
President Signs
Bill In Office
Without Ceremony
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17-—(AP)
—President Truman today signed
the $597,000,000 stop-gap Eu
ropean aid bill
Aides disclosed in mid-fore
noon that the bill was signed at
9:20 a. m. (EST) in the Presi
dent’s office without ceremony.
Culy members of the Presi
dent’s staff witnessed the sign
ing. ; -
Yesterday, presidential press
Secretary Charles G. Ross told
reporters a special ceremony was
planned to emphasize the impor
tance of the measure.
But Ross told reporters today
that the President found it im
possible to arrange a ceremcnizl
signing because of the difficulty
of getting to the White House at
the time all of those who had a
major part in the passage of the
legislation.
‘The ‘announcement that the
measure had been signed came as
the House went back to debating
the $88,000,000 cut its appropria
tions committee recommended in
the program.
It was part of a 30 percent
trimming the committee made in
producing a $772,726,000 measure
to finance foreign aid and Army
occupation costs.
The measure went to the House
floor with an appropriations com
mittee recommendation that the
$1,118,165,000 total asked by Pre
sident * Truman be shaved by
$345,439,000.
While some members voiced
dissatisfaction with the commit
tee cuts in the stop-gap foreign
aid and occupation funds, chair
man Taber (R-NY) predicted the
‘bill would clear the house with
out gubstaritial change, Senate
apgroval myst follow. e
SRR N serondmows (5 e i
'rope’s economic plight, the House
Foreign Affairs Committee
jumped off to a head start toward
setting up the machinery for
'fong term aid.
' Without waiting for Mr. Tru
man to submit the multi-billion
dollar Marshall plan in detail la
ter in the week, the committee
opened hearings on a proposal
advanced by a special commit
tee headed by Rep. Herter
(R-MASS) for managing long
(Continued on Page Two.)
Carolyn Whitehead is secretary
of the National Beta Club, secre
tary of the senior class, a Home
coming sponsor—‘“Miss Senior
Class” and is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Whitehead."
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos.
M. Tillman, Elinor is vice-presi
dent of the National Beta Club.
Tom Fort, whose parents are
Dr.'and Mrs. Tomlinson Fort, is
in the National Beta Club and
managing editor of the T. T. T.
« Jimmy Llewellyn is a member
of the National Beta Club and the
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Lle
wellyn.
Alva Mayes, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Mayes, is editor of the
’4B annual and associate news edi
for of the T. I'%
Griffin Moody is on the football
squad and Lieutenant Colonel of
the R. O. T. C. unil. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Moody.
Seniors who were elected to the
National Honor <Society in their
* (Continued on Page Two.)
{SI'IIH I Valid
Says State Solon
; ATLANTA, Dec. 17—(AP)—The
1947 city home rule act has vet to
be ruled invalid, and its co-au
thor appealed today to munici
paiities to take advantage of it to
{ legislate locally instead of through
the General Assembly.
Rep. Charles Gowen of Glynn,
a m.‘xjm.j force in putting the act
!?hrough the Legislature, referred
i to a statement of Attornev General
{ Eugene Cook that ‘“all bills are
iprvsun‘]od to be valid until de
i clared otherwise by the courts.”
| Cook made the statement yes
{10;‘(1:0’ in turning down a request
from Gov, M. E. Thompson for an
lopininn on the law’s validity. He
{said it was his province to rule
| only on matters affecting state de
!partmems and the home rule bill
( was not in that category.
Gowen sgaid municipalities would
be in the elear to proceed under
the law until it was attacked. He
added that he did not expect the
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L. C. lrove RESIgflS Joh
Groves Also Announces That He Has
Withdrawn His Candidacy For High Court
ATLANTA, Dec. 17— (AP)—L. C. Groves of Lincoln
ton resigned today as Staté Welfare Director, effective
January 1. At the same time, Groves announced his with
drawal as a candidate for the Georgia Supreme Court. in
1948.
One Known Dead
In Goiiapse Of ’
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 —
(AP) — Firemen tunneling
through tons of debris early to
dav rescued a woman from the
irterior of an apartment build
mmg whose collapse killed at least
one person and injureq 11 others.
Dr. William Claudy, fire de
partment surgeon, said .“I
wouldn't be surprised if there
are five or six more in there.”
Guided bv her cries, firemen
found the woman wedged in the
ruins between the second and
thirg floors .
They dug her out near'y five
hcurs after the collapse occurred.
A section of the seven-story
building’s interior containing a!
dozen apartments fell with a
roar shortly before midnight,
plummeting timbers, plaster and
room furnishings into the base-
The walls remained standing.
Firemen dug out the body of
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Big Tax Payments
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Will Net Uncle
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Sam Big Profit
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 17——(AP)‘
—The government, just moving in
to its heaviest tax collection
neriod, may be $7.000,000,000 to
the good by the ‘end of March.
And there is a good chance itl
will be able to show that same
budget surplus for the entire 1948'
fiscal year when it ends next June
30. This would be far above the
President’s original official esti
mate of $4,667,000,000, which he
will revise next month. |
Already receipts have exceeded
spending by more than $715.000.-4
000 and officials said today an
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SANTA AND THE GOOD BOY .
CHAPTER 12
Mr. Sleek Tempts Tom
In Santa Land, Santa Claus sat
all day long in his cottage too
worried even to eat the upside
down pineapple cake Mrs. Claus
made especially to cheer him up.
It was late at night and Santa
was pacing his kitchen when sud
denly the whole house creaked
and groaned, the window panes
rattled and the smoldering fire in
the fireplace blazed anew.
The door burst open and Mr.
Sleek stomped into the kitchen.
His face was tight with anger, his
eves were little red slits and his
voice, when he spoke, was sharp
and biting like a January freeze.
“I wiil not give in!” he roared.
“I'll set my sprouts to work this
minute burning Santa Land. For
I am determined there’ll never
by Christmas again.” ‘
‘“Tell me, then,’ cried Santa.
“Did Tom Clover pass vour test?”
“He got the red sheep’s wool,”
snapped Mr. Sleek. f
“Then does that not prove he
is brave and clever and good?” |
“In that particular case, yes,
perhaps.”
“Remember your bargain then,”
said Santa. “For you declared you
would leave my land if there was
one good child in the world.”
Mr. Sleek did not want to re
member the bargain. He cursed
himself for ever having made%
such a bargain. He would like to
have screamed and stamped his
foot and withdrawn from such a
bargain.
But it was too late. For even
an evil creature like Mr. Sleek
must keep his word. Suddenly, he
got a new idea. ;
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Govemnor M. E. Thompson, dis
closing the resignation, said he
had accepted it with regret and .
indicated that Groves would re
ceive an appointment elsewhere
in the state government after the
iirst of the year.
The Governor did not indicate
whom he would name to succeed
Groves. :
Groves’ resignation coincided
with prolonged criticism from
Thompson’s political opponents.
Herman Talmadge repeatedly
has charged in his political week
ly, The Statesman, that Groves
was violating the Hatch Act pro=-
kibiting political activity by per
sons dispensing federal funds.
Talmadge has frequently de-~
manded Groves’ resignation.
Washington reports recently
d'sclosed that the Federal Social
Security Boarq had inquired into
Groves’ activities, but Capitol
sources said that the federal gov
ernment had given Groveg “a
clean bill of health.” g ;
Groves said he was not at lib
erty to discuss his future plans,
ond the governor declined com-=-
ment,
The Governor praised the re
tiring welfare director, declaring
“there is no more loyal, consci
entious amd capable son con
',nected"‘ vfllm t&"% :
ment.” u
Thompson said he gave Groves
major credit for obtaining recent
salary increases for those work
ing in Georgia’s Welfare Insti
tutions, and for obtaining $2-
(00,000 annually for additional
benefits to the aged, blind, crip
pled and dependent.
The Governor said that during
the seven months in which Groves
headeq the Welfare Department
he had directed completion and
equipment of two new buildipgs
a2t Milledgeville State ° Hospital
for insane, and had let contracts
for two buildings at the Georgia
Training Schools for boys in Au
gusta. and one new building at
Gracewood Schoel for -~ deals.
Groves said contracts would
be let tomorrow for three new
dormitories at the Augusta Train
ring School. 1
Groves was appointed to a sub
ordinate f(oosition in the State
Revenue hy former Governor E.
D. Rivers in 1936, anq later sefv
ed ac Assistant Attorney General.
under Governor Ellis Arnall. He
was promcted from Assistant At
torney General to Welfare Di~
rector by Thompson.
roar went out of his voiée. “I
‘shall test him again.” -
. “Go ahead,” agreed Santa
}cheerfully. “But Christmas soon
will be here.”
“I will be back on time,”
snapped Mr. Sleek and he went
out and called to his sprouts. “Ge
'into the forests. Make me a moun=
tain of ashes and 10 tons of
switches and have them ready for
€Christmas day.” :
Then Mr. Sleek hurried back
to Mizoo. This time he dressed
like an elegant lady. He covered
his bald head with a wig of pow=~
'dered white hair. He wore a black
satin dress with a diamond brooch
‘and a fur coat and soft kid gloves.
Oh, he was very elegant looking!
He went to the edge of Mizoo
and knocked at the one room
house. Little Tom Clover opened
the door. ’
“Good evening, young man,”
said Mr. Sleek in a high voice.
“May I come in?”
“Please do,” said Tom and he
led his strange guest into the
small room. “My mother is out at
work.”
“Good,” said Mr. Sleek. *I
wanted to talk to you alone.” :
Tom had never seen so beauti
fully dressed a lady and he cougd
not imagine what she would have
to talk to him about. He stood
and waited and Mr. Sleek said.
“You are a smart boy, I hear,
Clever and tough,, too.” pORR
Tom wondered where ‘she %,
have heard such a thing but still
he said nothing at all. -~ '=~
' Then Mr. Sleek said, “Do yow
know the story of the *»i
scarf?” Lo
~ “Why,” said Tom, “It
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