Judge — February 19, 1927 — page 29: what you’re looking at

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Love’s Whirlpool (Continued from page 5) the din for a moment and then my door thrown open. stood a policeman, “Get up, you're pinched!” he said roughly. “G'wan, ’ll knock you for a row of red-headed Riffians!” I re- torted, but it was no use; and scantily clad in a pair of seal-skin bootees, a meal-sack, and a square piece of aeroplane cloth I was taken to the jug. How shall I describe the period that followed? I often used to wonder, as I sat making shoes up there in Elmira, who the h—Il ever wore all the shoes I made. The food in the reformatory was pleasant and we used to get a finger of brandy other Thursday, but these luxuries soon palled. re the day of my release and again IT was in New York. This time I secured a job as a gov- erness to some trained fleas in a museum, And it was through this circumstance that I met the man who was to become my hus- band, Gregory Garfinkle. One one of my fleas—a cute little thing with blonde hair—came in with a tall blue-eyed stranger, just like one of those Yale boys, only bright-looking. “Papa, this is Miss Furniss,” said the little flea, wrapping her arms around my neck. “T've often heard about you from my daughter,” said Mr. Garfinkle. “You must be a red- hot mamma !” There every “Heh, heh!” I said, appreci- ating the jest (I ain’t so dumb), “try me!” And so his courtship began, to “Good afternoon, thank you—call again.” “AU right, I will; and you come and see us, too!” Madame; —AvssIE end six months later with my consent to marry him. We took his little daughter to live with us, but very nearly lost her when my husband sent one of his suits to be dry-cleaned. She had fallen asleep in a vest-pocket and was awakened by the noise of hissing steam. But two weeks at Lake wood cured her and our happy circle was re-united. And then, after four years, my dead past leaped up and bit me in the arm. One of my cell-mates from Elmira saw me on the street and threatened me with exposure unless I paid her money. I gave her huge sums, took her to. the movies, wined and dined her. But she was dissatisfied; and I lived in constant fear that she would tell all to my husband. And then, one day, after I had refused to give her more money, my husband came in, his brow black like thunder in the summer sky. “Why, what's — the Gregory?” I asked, my thumping like mad. matter, heart “T've been trying to clean out that ——— —— furnace and I'm so full of clinkers I feel like an ash- cursed. My heart leaped with excitement. He did not know! Just then the phone rang and I answered it. My daughter had learned all, and determined to save me, had bitten my black- mailer on the knee-cap so hard that the woman went out like the tide in the Bay of Fundy three days later. I was saved! Now we own our own home, drive a Ford car, play the saxo phone, read fifteen minutes a d and talk topic. I am a happy mother at last, and I owe it all to Bilge Re ducing Gum, which I have chewed ever since I left primary school. How can I ever repay them? intelligently on any —PERELMAN te Briggs—Why have you got the end wall of your garage on hinges Griggs—My wife can’t always stop the ear. Answers S228 All the loot obtained from a Wembley house by a burglar was one fountain pen. It is feared that he may revenge himself on society by writing his reminis- cences. —Lonpon Opinion 100 WORDS Se At Your Stationer’s—or Send 50c for a Trial Dozen to GENERAL PENCIL COMPANY Jersey City New Jersey makes a scoop! It is the first magazine in the worlcd to come out this year with a Fourth of July Number NEXT WEEK AT ALL NEWS-STANDS It’s sure to be hot enough for you! Clark’s Famous Cruises BY CUNARD LINE BIGNEWOIL-BURNERS at rates including hotels, guides, drives, fees. NORWAY siecirennancan 52 Days, $600 to $1300 ss “LANCASTRIA”’ July 2 Includes Lisbon, Spain, Tangier, Algiers, Italy, Riviera, Sweden, Norway, Scotland, n (Paris, London). Jan. 16, ’28 Around the World 125 days; $1250 to $3000. Jan. 25, ’28 to the Mediterranean 65 days; $600 to $1700. FRANK C. CLARK, Times Bldg., N. Y. BRIDGE BY YOURSELF: Play SOLOBID, the new solitaire card game based o ‘Auction Frid ‘only solitaire game involving a bid. Ielp: ory. Completa instructions, ald, 81-00. comicbooks.com