Judge — June 28, 1930 — page 31: what you’re looking at

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Ernest Void: An Interview (Continued from page +) ing of the third day I felt the grow- ing tension in the air. The men were beginning to shift uncasily from foot to foot and b: to foot again. A few seconds later Starbuck, my second off , broke in on me. ““Scurvy’s broken out, sir!’ I or- dered Scurvy put back in the laza- ret and given thirty lashes with the On the evening of the third day I was passing the twenty-third story, falling briskly. Below me eddied the thoughtless Broadway crowds, bent on their mad round of pleasure, youth's high heart beating to the pul- | sating rhythm of the crooning saxo- phones ing like froth on the swollen g tide of Gotham’s night life. The fourth day dawned as I passed the sixteenth story.” “And then?” I urged with humming pulses. “And then?” “Then I lost’ consciousness,” re- plied Void slowly. “When I came to 1 was in Ingeborg’s arms, and she was chafing my wrists. She told me I had fallen on a hay-rick. Or maybe it was a man named Meyrick; I too exhausted We were married the next morning by the registrar.” I heard a soft step behind me; Mrs. Void, an unforgettable patch of color in the breathless hush of the larkspurs, had come into the room with their three children, They seam- pered into his lap, and Void, no longer an executive but a father, pat- ted their little scamperers. It was a touching picture in regards to which I felt my presence profane in_ this rustic abode of pure thought and deed. As I tiptoed through the tulips bor- dering the drive, I realized as nev before the infinite tenderness 13 behind the grim mask men call Erne: Void, the Tycoon of the Ticker. Re- pose to his assets, Lover or Suakespeane — Then what about Othello? Tueatnicar Propucer—Yes, that’s not so bad. I can call it the “Moor the Merrier,” and write in a scene for the Tiller Girls. —Everynopy’s WEeKkty all the glittering tinsel tloat- | press her for details. | JUDGE’S | CROSS-WORD | E BOOK 009 humorously clever 41 make oah Web: ave. Edited by the that have ever ap- ontrol forsakes you 4 the suspense any the back of the 4 compare your an swers with the correct ones. y Roth | There are humorous The attractive cover was desi an Rox titles and clever captions on every page Order Your Copy Now! You'll have > many la} nuch fun or get hs anywhere for $1.50. JUDGE PUBLISHING CO., Inc., 6-28-30 | 18 East 48th Street, | é copies of Judge's Word Puzzle Book, at $1.50 each, hich I enclose $ PREFER BUTCHART- NICHOLLS GOLF ‘CLUBS |FULL LINE OF \\ ASK YOUR PRO - HE SELLS THEM |BUTCHART-NICHOLLS CO. SPRINGDALE CONN. comicbooks.com