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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY, S. C.
I TH l FICTION CORNER
THE PORK BANDIT
By DEE RANDALL
N OSEY COLLINS, as you know.
is the Number One Egoist of
the day. Just as Napoleon once laid
claim to the title. But that was back
in the 17th or 18th century. And no
body bothers much about *him
any more. Except those who like to
dig and delve into musty old history
books.
Napoleon had only an Empire to
conquer. Nosey had a newspaper
office and an ever-loving Tillie as
his territorial grounds.
It’s true, it proved rather expen-
aive this ego-building business. But
no matter the cost. Nosey is ac
claimed as a self-made man. One of
the finest men on the staff of the
Daily Gazette.
Besides Tillie and the newspaper
office, it must be revealed. Nosey
has still another love. She now lay
cozily in her private retreat . . . the
right hand drawer rf Nosey’s desk.
There was a quiet purr as Nosey
patted the soft, dirty white fur on
D e r m i e's neck.
Dermie was the
nickname for Hy
podermic. A name
fitting to the over
sized cat because
you really had to
stick a needle in
her to make her
stir.
There was only
one other thing that would rouse
this reflexing feline. That was the
smell of boloney or liver, even from
the farthest corner of the ink-smat-
tered city room.
Originally from the restaurant on
the corner where she was expected
to rid the place of mice and make
herself generally useful, she had
found refuge in Nosey’s comfort
able desk drawer. The clatter of
dishes and hustle bustle of the
crowded restaurant had proved too
much for her sensitive nerves.
Nosey stopped his tender patting.
This annoyed Dermie no end. Rais
ing her head, which was more en
ergy than she cared to use, she
perked a quizzical eye at him.
“Dermie,” Nosey spoke seriously,
“If we could get a beat on this Pork
Bandit case, we’d sure have some
thing.”
Dermie’s answer was an assent
ing hiss.
“Seven butcher shops in seven
days,” Nosey went on, "that’s a
record for any criminal. He’s
plenty nervy, too. Sent them all a
notice beforehand. He’s got the
cops in a quandary. Must be a
ghost bandit.” Here he snickered
scornfully at the idea of a ghost
ransacking a cash register and
sticking a butcher knife in a man’s
back.
"What puzzles me,” Nosey went
on with his one-sided conversation,
“is how he gets in and out with the
cash right under their eyes. And
why does he always pick on pork
stores? The same chain all the
time. If we could get to the bottom
of that, we’d be getting some
place."
Dermie’s boredom with this con
versation was evident. She settled
back on the comfortable pillow in
stalled in the drawer. But not be
fore looking at the empty plate be
fore her. Soon she was snoring
peacefully. She knew the plate
would be filled later on.
plate. She let out a growling hiss
and rousing herself, waddled off in
dignantly. She wasn’t used to such
shabby treatment.
Nosey had no time to worry over
this breach of friendship in Der
mie’s indignant stamping off. In
fact, she was back in a few mo
ments, rubbing her face against his
pants leg as a reminder of her
gnawing vitals. She hadn’t been fed
in two hours.
Nosey paid no attention to her
pleading. He was waiting for the
stranger who was to visit him. At
precisely three o’clock, as the note
stated, a tall, shabbily dressed man
appeared. His dark hair was
sleeked neatly back, but otherwise
he was hardly a picture of sartorial
elegance.
“Mr. Collins? You received my
note?” Nosey noticed the stranger’s
The stranger’s hand quivered
to a chair.
Nosey read and reread the un
signed note on his desk. “Maybe
I’ll be able to get a lead out of this
after all," he reflected. Some butch
er has received a note saying his
store would be next. He was coming
in to speak with the editor. The edi
tor had turned the whole business
over to Nosey disgustedly. News
seldom walked right into a news
paper office. Leads that came in by
mail might better have been called
“misleads.” Usually some quack
seeking publicity.
Grim determination could be seen
in the set of Nosey’s features. The
editor had faith in him. He would
have to get to the bottom of this
thing. As number one egoist, he felt
certain he could.
AN INDIGNANT public was be-
^ coming boisterous in their vehe
ment denials of this Pork Bandit
who slew and robbed at regular daily
intervals. The editor had hinted at
a bonus or something equally satis
fying financially to the guy who got
a lead on this story. It would sure
come in handy. Nosey dreamed.
Next month he and Tillie were get
ting married.
A glint of happiness filled his usu
ally placid eyes. Sweet Tillie with
her flaxen curls. And how she could
cook! Nosey’s mouth watered in an
ticipation of the daily meals, like
those he had already sampled at
Tillie’s little apartment.
Dermie opened drowsy eyes and
looked reflectively at the still empty
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nervously as Nosey motioned him
t
hand quivered nervously as hi
beckoned him towards a chair. Ht
took the paper the man handec
him.
“I’m manager of the store oi
East 80th street. Received this not<
early this morning. I left the placi
and hurried right down here ai
soon as I could. Didn’t have time to
change my clothes,” he looked
down apologetically.
"Your store will be next. This
afternoon,” the note read. It was
signed: “The Pork Bandit."
Nosey scanned the writing care
fully. Nothing there to give much oi
a clue. “Have you seen the police?”
“No sir, thought I’d speak to you
first. They seem to be getting no
where fast,” he laughed ruefully.
“There has been a note before each
crime, you know,” he reminded
him. Nosey absent-mindedly pat
ted Dermie’s neck. She stirred,
looked languidly at the visitor and
dozed off again.
Nosey asked him a lot of ques
tions and the visitor seemed anx
ious to supply all the details pos
sible. “I’m flattered you have so
much confidence in us,” Nosey told
him. "Will you pardon me a mo
ment while I get my notebook. 1
want to jot down all the information
you can give me."
Now Nosey never bothered with
a notebook. Any old piece of copy
paper did for the hottest scoop.
Outside the city room. Nosey
headed for a telephone booth. He
made a call, picked up a notebook
from a protesting stenographer and
returned to his nervously waiting
visitor.
He wrote down sentences scrupu
lously, making sure to dot every
“i” and cross every “t.” To anyone
looking on, it was evident Nosey
was stalling for time.
It was only a matter of a few
minutes before the two husky cops
arrived. A pair of handcuffs were
clinched on the now sputtering visi
tor who demanded to know the
meaning of this.
“Here, boys,” Nosey addressed
the cops, “is your Pork Bandit." He
kind of sneered over the name as
only a real egoist could do.
The man suddenly stopped bat
tling. “How did you know?” he
asked.
“Well, you see,” Nosey drawled,
his five feet four swaying magnifi
cently, "you said you just came
from your pork store. When Der
mic woke up and just went right
back to sleep again, I knew that
was a lie. If you had really come
from there, she would have been
over there sniffing your pants and
licking your leg, maybe even chew
ing a piece out of it. It’s past her
meal time now," he smiled down
fondly at Dermie who. had stirred
at mention of her name, looking ex
pectantly at the empty plate.
He went on: “Then you told me
some details that the police have
carefully guarded from the public.
Nobody but the Pork Bandit himself
could have known them.”
The man hung his head despair
ingly. “I used to own half of the
chain of stores,” he spoke bitterly.
“Until my partner swindled me out
of my share. It was the only way I
knew of to get back what really be
longed to me."
For a moment Nosey’s gaze was
sympathetically bent towards the
man’s back as they led him away.
Then he returned to Dermie.
“Have patience, old girl," he pat
ted her head. When he returned,
there was an extra cushion in Der
mie’s drawer domicile and a brand
new plate. It has two sprightly mice
painted on it. This has caused no
end of concern to Dermie, who,
minus her once sharp teeth, can’t
figure out just how to bite into the
little rascals. She doesn’t have any
trouble with the extra helpings of
boloney, though.
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Pickles, Relishes,
Jams Satisfy Taste
Needs During Meals
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Late-in-season grapes are ideal
for use as conserves, a jam-like
product which gives a true lift
to fall and winter menus. A true
conserve contains raisins or nuts,
or both, but they may be omitted.
Even though most of us like sim
ple meals, well cooked and attrac
tively served,
there’s an almost
universal hunger
for something
tart or a bit of a
sweet that we
look for in addi
tion to the basic
foods.
This may take
the form of a col-
orful tomato relish, a crisp green
pickle, or a thick sweet jam or con
serve. These accompaniments are
often the finishing, "polished”
touches to a meal that make the
difference between a success or a
failure in the food line.
Now that sugar is plentiful, we
can indulge ourselves a bit in the
way of sweet fruit mixtures.
Pickles and other relishes don’t re
quire much sweetening, and there’s
enough in the gardens and on the
markets to make our shelves both
bulge and sparkle with other good
ies.
Think of sandwiches and you im
mediately remember how good
pickles are with them. Then, too,
you can use them with meats, in
dressings and sauces.
Bread and Butter Chips.
3 quarts sliced cucumbers
3 onions, sliced
5li cups cider vinegar
3 cups brown sugar
1 pod hot red pepper
1 teaspoon cinnamon
>4 teaspoon ginger
2 tablespoons mustard seed
1 teaspoon turmeric
H tablespoon celery seed
1 piece horseradish
Soak the cucumbers and onions
(separately) for 5 to 10 hours in
brine, made by
dissolving % cup
salt in % gallon
of cool water.
Drain well. Add
onions, 2% cups
vinegar and 2)4
cups of water to
the cucumbers.
Simmer about 15
minutes. Do not
cook until soft. Drain; discard
liquid in which scalded. Make syrup
by boiling the sugar and spices with
3 cups of vinegar and 1 cup water
for 5 minutes. Pack well drained
cucumbers and onions in hot jars.
Cover with boiling syrup and seal
at once.
This next is a variation of chili
sauce that has seasonings you’ll
like. It has the same thickness
as chili sauce when you have fin
ished cooking it.
Peruvian Sauce.
24 ripe tomatoes
3 large onions
3 green peppers
1 pod hot pepper
3 large cucumbers
4 tart apples
3 cups brown sugar
1 clove garlic
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon ground allspice
1 tablespoon mustard seed
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 cups vinegar
LYNN SAYS:
Use Ingenuity for
Breakfasts
When apples are in season during
the fall and winter, serve the family
apple-spice pancakes. Add 1 cup
chopped apples to yaur pancake bat
ter and serve them dusted with a
mixture of % cup of sugar and 2
tablespoons of cinnamon.
One cup of minced ham, cooked
pork sausage meat or roast beef
also may be folded into pancake
batter.
LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU
Boiled Smoked Pork Shoulder
Mustard Sauce Baked Potatoes
Pureed Squash
Tomato-Coleslaw Salad
Beverage
Baked Pears with Honey
Scald and skin tomatoes, skin on
ions, remove seeds from peppers,
pare cucumbers
and discard their
seeds if very
large, pare and
core apples. Run
vegetables and
apples through
a food chopper.
Add sugar and
cook until thick. Add spices jnd
vinegar and continue cooking until
of the same consistency as chili
sauce. Pour, while boiling hot, into
hot sterile jars. Seal at onces
Pear Pickles.
1 gallon pears
6 cups sugar
2 cups water
4 cups vinegar
2 pieces of ginger root
2 sticks of cinnamon
2 tablespoons whole allspice
1 tablespoon cloves
Select firm pears. Pare and leave
small ones whole. Halve or quarter
the larger ones. Boil for 20 min
utes in clear water. Boil sugar, wa
ter, vinegar and spices (tied in a
bag) for 10 minutes. Add pears and
let stand overnight. Cook until ten
der. Pack pears into hot jars. Cook
syrup until thick and pour over
pears. Process for 5 minutes in a
hot water bath.
Peach Chutney.
1 gallon peaches
2 onions
1 clove garlic
1 cup seeded raisins
5 cups vinegar
H cup white mustard seed
2 tablespoons ground ginger
I pod hot red pepper
1 cup brown sugar
Chop peeled peaches, onions, gar
lic and raisins. Add % of the vin
egar. Cook until soft. Add all oth
er ingredients. Cook until thick.
Pour into hot jars and sea) imme
diately.
The above chutney recipe may
also be used with apples, pears or
plums.
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Work Is Good
LESSON TEXT FOR AUGUST 31-
Proverbs 6:6-11; 18:9; 24:30-32; Ecclesi
astes 3:12.
MEMORY SELECTION — Whatsoever
thy hand flndeth to do. do it with thy
might.—Ecclesiastes 9:10.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Lesson subjects
end Scripture texts selected end copy
righted by Internetionel Council of Re
ligious Educetion: used by permission.
Make your butter go further by
having a luscious spread for the
bread or an accompaniment to the
meat course with relishes and oth
er goodies made now while prod
uce is still available.
Grape Conserve.
2 quarts stemmed grapes
6 cups sugar
1 cup nut meats
<4 teaspoon salt
For the Concord type grapes,
press to remove pulps from skins.
Run skins through the food chop
per, then boil for 20 minutes in just
enough water to prevent sticking.
Cook pulps down in their own juice
until soft. Rub through colander
to remove seeds. Combine skins
and pulps with sugar andfboil rapid
ly until thick. Add nuts and salt.
Pour, boiling hot, into sterile jars
and seal at once.
Plum Conserve.
2 quarts seeded plums
1 lemon
% teaspoon salt
1 large stick cinnamon
6 cups sugar
1 cup raisins
1 cup nut meats
Use firm-fleshed plums. Cook un
til soft with pulp and grated lemon
rind, salt and cinnamon. Add sug
ar and raisins. Cook until thick.
Remove cinnamon and add nuts.
Pour boiling hot into hot jars and
seal immediately.
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When you’re serving melon, make
it the best you’ve ever tasted with
a light sprinkling of mixed and
powdered spices.
Do you like a sweet, southern type
pancake? Fold in 2 tablespoons of
brown sugar with % cup chopped
pecan meats to the batter before
baking.
Use your leftover rice in pancake
batter. Fold in % cup of rice to
batter with % cup of grated cheese
before baking if you want to serve
substantial fare.
By WILLIAM CULBERTSON, D. D.
Of The Moody Bible Institute, Chicagor
W ISE indeed is that legislator
who understands that there
are two extremes to be avoided in
dealing with the problems of the
working man. The one extreme is
that heartless, cruel exploitation of
labor which grinds men to powder,
which deals with individuals as
chattel. The other extreme is to
provide such an amount of free time
for the individual that both his per
sonal life and economic prosperity
are in danger.
Work is good. It is well to keep
in mind that before the fall man
was commanded to tend the garden.
Perhaps to some of us that com
mand is not a command to work,
because the evidences of sin in a
cursed creation were not present!
Life without purpose, life with
out activity for good, would be
vain and actually intolerable.
I. An Illustration of Prudence and
a Warning Against Indolence (Prov.
6:6-11; 18:9).
npHE illustration from the crea-
ture world is apt. Ants, as this
scripture states, have no overseer,
and yet they are diligent in provid
ing for the time of need.
It would seem as though they are
constantly active in caring for pres
ent and future needs. In Palestine,
where they may be active through
out the year, there is still the need
of stored provisions for the rainy
season, and so it is true that the ant
gathers food in the harvest for future
need.
Anyone who is tempted to be in
dolent would be wise to consider
the ways of the ant, and to manifest
as much concern for present and
future needs.
The sluggard is described as one
asleep, as one who is never satis
fied, but constantly wants more
slumber. Such folding of the hands,
such indolence, brings poverty,
and that poverty comes as a robber.
Indolence is not mere passivity.
The man who fails to work is not
guilty of omitting to do what he
should do, but he is actually a rob
ber of society. There is an active
element involved in indolence; not
only has the man failed to con
tribute, but, in addition, the good
that he might have done has re
mained undone. The sluggard is
therefore a brother to the destroy
er (Prov. 18:9).
II. An Illustration of Indolence and
a Lesson in Prudence (Prov. 24:30-
32).
T T IS striking that the Word of God
* presents the ant as the illustra
tion of prudence, but when it comes
to an illustration of indolence it di
rects our attention to man.
The illustration is that of the man
who is lazy, who is void of under
standing. The Preacher visits him.
Going to his field and vineyard, he
finds it grown over with thorns, cov
ered with vetches, and the stone
wall broken down.
’Instead of citing the particular
lessons learned, the Preacher
simply observes that he looked on,
thought deeply, and received instruc
tion. Perhaps the best antidote
to laziness is to see it in its inac
tion. The squalid conditions, the in
ability to cope with emergencies
that we normally see in the life of
the man who wants only ease are
sufficient to warn most of us against
it. ♦
Entirely apart from the dignity
of labor, the homely recompense
of being able to meet our own
needs is the compensation of self-
respect that initiative and re
sourcefulness bring. May we have
a higher goal as we labor than
merely providing for cur owu
needs, though this is certainly im
portant. Beyond it, of course, is
the ability to help others also (cf.
Eph. 4:28).
HI. A God-Given Reward for La
bor (Eccles. 5:12).
O NE of the great compensations
of faithful labor is sleep. This
passage speaks of the sleep of the
laboring man as sweet. When as
Christians we have fulfilled our
duty, when we have given an hon
est day’s work, the recompense of
the Lord is surcease from labor.
The great stress of the Word of
God is similarly on the man in
authority doing that which is right
for those who labor under him,
and on the laborer, to be worthy
of his hire. Thus does the Bible
guarantee a cordial and happy re
lationship between employer and
employee. When either party de
parts from biblical standards,
chaos results.
Here is a plan as up-to-date as the
present hour, as workable as the
most precise mechanical device
ever made. AUf that is necessaiy
is that the Word of God be followed.
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