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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY, S. C. ^ FICTION caws? HARD GUYS By MILTON BRACKER T HE dead man’s foot protruded from the blanket like a dis carded boot. A pan of water rested on the sidewalk; they had tried to do something for him. without being able to. Just an ordinary sidestreet, a speeding car. a rat-tat-tat and that was all. Another not-so-big shot was through. Five minutes after the cops came, a squeaky sedan jolted to a stop at the opposite curb. Half-a-dozen men piled out. “Reporters.” someone in the crowd decided. The newcomers took in the scene in a matter-of-fact way. then swarmed about the lieutenant and the homicide squad man and plied them with questions. One of the newspapermen was chewing gum. The others were smoking and one rotund fellow laughed raucously at something the homicide squad man said. Soon a few broke away and headed for the drugstore across the street with the blue and white tele phone emblem outside. Within twenty minutes all of them squeezed back into the car. “S'long. Mac, see y’in church,” the man at the wheel yelled to the lieutenant as the gears meshed. “Hard guys,” the man in the crowd muttered, as the machine turned the corner. “You said it,” his companion agreed, dryly. An hour later, Joe Melsner of the City News Federation, “Old Man” of the borough’s police reporters, left the smoky-walled pressroom on the ground floor of the Supreme Court Building to buy an afternoon paper. Johnny Hennessy, of the Globe, the kid of the shack, sat in a corner figuring out his expense account. Jim Reide, of the Post- Flash, Nason, of the Mail, Cohen, of the Reflector and Lenox, of the Home Press, with a few of the usual pressroom hangers-on, were at the inevitable rummy game. Opposite, Delany, of the Star, legs stretched majestically across his desk and feet high in the air, sat back read ing a fat book with a scarlet cover and yellow edges. Levito, who was with an up-county paper, fidgeted in a phone booth, waiting to “clean up” the shooting story. A voice thundered in the corridor. The others looked up; they always did when Melsner spoke. He was pointing to something huddled at the doorway. “Now what d’ya call this?” the Old Man grunted, stooping over. He picked up the cringing some thing and deposited it gingerly on his desk, a massive roll-top affair with “Private: Keep Out!” on it in forbidding letters. The “something” was a very tiny dog. a bedraggled puppy that looked as if it hadn’t eaten in as long as it hadn’t bathed. Its eyes were red-rimmed, as if with weeping. But there was a pink spot on the end of the moist black k nose. And the eyes themselves sparkled, giving a pert look to the whole tangly bundle. Hennessy stopped pondering, De lany tossed his book aside, and both ambled over. Reide turned his head from the card table. “The mutt probably has fleas,” he remarked. “Keep it offa my desk." As if understanding, the puppy turned to its critic appealingly. Melsner laughed gruffly, ignoring the complaint. “It’s a cute-lookin’ mutt at that, ain’t it, kid?” the Old Man winked to Hennessy. “Send out and we’ll give it a feed.” One of the ever-present boot blacks was dispatched across the street. In a minute or two, the pooch was sipping milk and sniff ing chopmeat, oblivious to further criticism, or his audience. Ginger, temporarily deserted, sniffed in and out of the chair legs, feeling for Reide, who always petted him. The dog rubbed against Brown’s trousers by mistake. “Why, the .” the startled clerk swore. He reached down, picked up the pup clumsily, and tossed him carelessly to the floor about a yard away. “Wonder you guys wouldn’t keep animals outa here,” he growled, drawing a card. "You’d think it was a zoo.” Nobody replied. Hennessy looked up queerly from his typewriter. Ginger, not having sensed the re buff, returned to the table. Again he brushed Brown’s trousers. As If having anticipated the annoyance, the clerk k^ked vigorously. There was a sharp- squeal, then Ginger, living up to his name, bit. Brown roared, grabbed the pooch from his leg, and before anyone could protest, hurled him with crushing force against the wall. There was a crunch, then a whim per. Every eye in the place turned to the battered little body on the floor. But in a split second, every eye was glued on the centre of the room. ‘Hennessy caught the clerk with a hard left to the jaw. “We’ll call him Ginger,” Hen nessy suggested. “Lookit the fire in his eyes, will you?” Ginger yapped appreciatively, provocatively. That finished the card game. Reide, the most die-hard of the players, threw down his giapimy cards, and with the others, gathered around Mels- ner’s desk. Fondly they watched the grimy little mutt push his snoot into the worm-like chopmeat. Two days later. Ginger was part of the life of t/vj shack. A bootblack had been commissioned to give him a bath, to provide a lined box for a bed, to continue general caretaking. While the men were out on stories— holdups, suicides, fires, whatnot— Ginger tripped around impatiently, until they came back. Then he greeted them joyously, with quick, short barking yelps. • • • I The pressroom was crowded one sultry afternoon, crowded with sweaty men in shirtsleeves. At the card table, next to Reide, was A1 Brown, a thick - necked hardware clerk who spent his idle hours with what he called the “newshounds.” Horizontal 1 To surpass 6 To diminish 11 To stimulate 12 To be in dignant at 14 Egyptian deity 15 Cupola 17 Poker stake 18 German river 20 Unusual 23 Hint 24 To require 26 At no time 28 Note of scale 29 Of longer standing 31 Person named for an office 33 From a distance 35 Comfort 36aFails to follow suit 39 Post of a stairway 42 Bovine j quadruped 43 Souvenir 45 Roman emperor 46 Consumed 48 Ecclesiasti cal council 50 Tier 51 Kind 53 To redact 55 Prefix: down 56 Three in one 59 Expunging instrument 61 Small drum 62 Withered Vertical 1 Outer coating of the teeth 2 90 3 Spanish hero 4 Short jacket 5 Citrus fruit 6 Land measure 7 To exist 8 Man’s name 8 Movable shelter Solution in Next Issue. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 il IS 16 n n 17 18’ 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 n 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 n 35 36- 37 38 l 39 40 41 42 M 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 P 50 v SI 52 i 53 54 P 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 10 Complete 11 Goddess of peace 13 Indian shelter 16 Uniform 19 Type of automobile 21 Cry of the Bacchanals 22 Archaic: sweetheart 25 To put off 27 Ascended 30 Rants 32 More recent 34 To depend 36 To ridicule 37 To gain by compulsion 38 Trigonomet rical function No. 34 40 Ate away 41 To decrease 44 Systems of rules 47 Silkworm 49 Dreadful 52 Vat 54 Viscous substance 57 Not any 58 Comparative suffix 60 Compass point Answer to Puzzle Number 83 H I 0 a E Ie V I L L A V A L I E D I A 3 E nnn Series H-47 and Ginger was forgotten. Hen nessy has sprung from his chair like a starting sprinter, yanked Brown from his seat, overturning the table at the same time—and smashed a hard fist to the outsider’s jaw. Brown reeled, regained his foot ing, swung, and missed. Nason and Delany started to intervene, but Melsner, who had taken everything in quietly, stopped them with a move of his hand. “Let ’em go a while,” he said, grimly. The others backed away. Thoroughly aroused. Brown lunged at his lighter rival, who danced aside just fast enough. As the clerk plowed by, the reporter grabbed'him by the scruff of the neck, swung him around, and sent him sprawling away with another punch that cracked against his jaw. Brown shook his head, spat, then went for Hennessy again. The re sult was still another crack; he could feel his eye swell as if air had been pumped around it. Clear ly he was no match at boxing for the fire-eyed “newshound” who side stepped and stung him so deftly. He dropped back, then plunged low like a football player and threw Hennessy to the floor. \ Again Nason and Delany leaped forward to interfere, but the Old Man, an intense gleam in his eyes, restrained them. It looked bad for the reporter. Brown pressed his advantage, bore down with his full weight. One of the newspaperman’s shoulders was down, the other twisted consul- siVely as the panting fellow on top sought tb wrench it into the dirt of the floor-boards. Then suddenly one of Hennessy’s legs appeared, en twined about the body of his foe, the other leg applied pressure from beneath, and a perfect wrestler’s "scissors” hurled the heavier man to the side, almost reversing the positions. The knotted pair whirled crazily across the floor like a two-headed fiend. They crashed into Melsner’s desk, upsetting a bottle of purple ink, which spilled over both of them. Then they tore apart, and each staggered to his feet, a livid mess. Brown wiped his brow, smearing it grotesquely with sweat, ink, and blood. He lunged again, but for the last time. Hennessy, his whole frame taut for one blow, poised like a matador and as the clerk rushed in, brought his left fist forward and up like a lead mallet. It caught the hardware clerk on the point of the chin, and he went down for good. From the corner, a faint bark signalized Ginger’s approval, and jolted the wide-eyed onlookers to their senses. Ten minutes later, a few blocks down. Brown was telling his boss how he’d been “mobbed” in a card game brawl with a “half-dozen” re porters. “I told you to keep away from those fellows,” he was told. “They’re hard guys.” In the pressroom, Reide held a blue bowl and Delany held Ginger. The others were clustered around, beaming. The puppy’s bruised side was bandaged clean around his fat little middle, and tied with a funny bow on top, like a Christmas parceL “Will ya look at the rant go for that milk, will ya?" Melsnei grinned at Hennessy. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ * HOUSCHO IP ‘Memos. **« Economical Cuts Of Meat Are Tasty If Prepared Right Leftover meats are easily creamed and served in patty shells on a platter generously heaped with vegetables—an econ omy note for your budget. Budget-wise homemakers are tak ing a second look at their budgets this season, and most of them are keeping one eye on their purse strings, while the other eye is glued to prices. One item that is getting extra consideration is meat. There’s hardly such a thing as a budget cut of meat anymore, but naturally there are some, that are less ex pensive than oth ers. Breast of lamb is among those as well as some of the beef cuts including tongue; if you mj like pork, you’ll have to be satis fied with a suggestion of the flavor. A roast is good economy if it is beef or lamb because you can count on two or three meals as well as sliced meat for sandwiches. If you plan on one roast per week—careful ly cooked so as to avoid expensive shrinkage—then it’s easy to use the economy items I’ve already men tioned to fill up the other days nicely. Liver-Rice Cakes. (Makes 10 cakes) 1 pound sliced pork liver % cup shortening H small onion 1% cups cooked rice 1 teaspoon salt % teaspoon pepper 1 egg tablespoons milk Y* cup milk Fry the liver in the % cup of shortening until nicely browned and let cool. Put the liver and onion through the food chopper. Add the rice, salt, pepper, egg, milk and mix well. Shape into small cakes and brown in % cup of shortening until brown on both sides. Barbecued Lamb Breast. (Serves 4) 2 pounds breast of lamb 1 medium onion % cup chili sauce 1 teaspoon salt Pepper % teaspoon red pepper 1 tablespoon vinegar 1 cup water Cut lamb into 5 pieces. Season with salt and pepper. Place in a hot skillet with the fatty sides of the meat on the bottom so they wjll brown easily. Mix chili sauce, red pepper, vin egar and water and pour over lamb. Slice onion and place over meat. Cover. Sim mer for 1% hours, then remove lid and cook for about 20 minutes or until most of the barbecue sauce is absorbed. A pot roast is very nice to have as the roast of the week, and then it’s easy to use as sliced meat for supper, or ground and used for meat pies, stuffing for peppers, pin- wheels with biscuit dough, etc. If you make it creole style, it will have plenty of flavor for other uses. Creole Pot Roast. 5 pounds chuck of beef 34 cup salad oil Juice of 1 lemon 2 bay leaves 1 onion, minced 2 teaspoons allspice 5 teaspoons salt Pepper 2 tablespoons flour 2 tablespoons lard or drippings 2 cups tomatoes LYNN SAYS: Add ‘Beauty Touches’ To Vegetables Curl your raw carrots by slicing them with a potato peeler and curl ing them around the finger. Slip oft the curls and place them close together in a dish of very icy wa ter. Let stand for one half an hour and the curl will stay. When you broil ham for dinner, place com or green beans in the dripping pan and let the vegetables catch the delicious juices. LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU •Cream Swiss Steak Browned Potatoes Lyonnaise Carrots Pineapple Cole Slaw Bran Muffins Floating Island Beverage •Recipe given. SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 3:1—«:5; 9—10. Matthew 4:1*11. DEVOTIONAL READING: Philippian* 2:1-11. Apostle of Better Things Lesson for October 12, 1947 Mix oil, lemon juice‘and season ings; rub well into meat. Dredge meat with flour and brown slowly in fat. Add the tomatoes. Cover closely and cook in a slow oven for about 4 hours or until meat is fork tender. Swiss steak is cheaper than some cuts of meat, and the leftovers may be used as the meat from pot roast. •Cream Swiss Steak. 134 pounds round or arm steak 134 teaspoons salt 34 teaspoon pepper 34 cup flour 2 tablespoons lard 34 cup sliced onion 34 cup water 34 cup sour cream Have steak cut 134 to 2 inches thick. Season with salt and pep per and pound flour well into steak. Brown steak on both sides, in lard or drippings. Add remaining in gredients. Cover closely and sim mer for about 3 hours, or until ten der. Rice-Beef Balls. 134 pounds ground beef 34 cup uncooked rice 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon grated onion 1 can tomato soup 34 can water 2 tablespoons chopped onion 2 tablespoons chopped green pepper Mix meat, rice and seasonings. Shape into small balls and drop them into tomato soup to which the water, onion and green pepper have been added. Cook very slowly for 40 minutes. Serve with tomato sauce poured over them. A few slivers of leftover meat are easily used in an attractive salad served in shells to make a substantial luncheon dish. Add eggs, cottage cheese and vegeta bles if you are some what shy of meat itself. Here are two real economy dishes which you’ll like for the cooler weather: Breaded Oxtails. (Serves 4) 2 oxtails 3 sprigs parsley, chopped 3 sprigs thyme 1 bay leaf Salt and pepper Dash of cayenne 1 egg, beaten 1 cup sifted dry bread crumbs Wash oxtails and cut into 4-inci. lengths. Cover with boiling water. Add parsley, thyme, bay leaves, salt, pepper and cayenne. Simmer tails until tender, about 2 to 3 hours. Let cool in stock. Drain meat, dip in egg and roll in crumbs. Fry in deep, hot fat (370 degrees) until brown. Ham-Sweet Potato Puffs. (Serves 5) 1 cup ground, cooked ham 2 cups mashed sweet potatoes 1 egg, beaten 34 cup sifted flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 34 teaspoon salt Combine ham, sweet potatoes and egg. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Add to ham mixture. Drop by spoonfuls onto a hot greased griddle. Brown on each side. Released by Western Newspaper Union. For cooked carrots, fleck them with chopped chives or parsley by adding the latter to the melted fat you use for'seasoning. Season chopped, freshly cooked spinach with crumbled bacon and a dash of nutmeg. Top with hard- cooked egg white and yolk, separat ed and put through a sieve. Scalloped or stewed tomatoes take on added color and flavor if you add a dash of herbs to them and also a suggestion of finely minced onion and chopped green pepper. Dr. Newton T HIS lesson opens, Hebrews 3:1-8, with the explanation that Jesus Christ is the minister of better things in that he is the apostle and high priest of our profession, per fectly faithful to him that appointed him. The comparison is made with Moses, who was also faithful, but within a very small circle as con trasted with the Son of God. Called to God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec, Christ, the author of eternal salvation, dealt no longer with sym bols, but offered himself as the per fect lamb to take away our sins. “And for this cause he is the mediator of the new covenant (testament), that by means of death, for the redemptions of the transgres sions that were un der the first testament, they which are called might receive the prom ise of eternal inheritance,” Hebrews 9:15. * • • Jesus and the Bible TESUS is introduced in Matthew 4:1-4, as he quotes the Old Testa ment to Satan in the wilderness temptation. Having been reared by a God-fearing mother, Jesus was familiar with the Bible as a child. What is the best thing any par ent can do for his or her child? I would answer without hesita tion: Teach them to bide God’s words in their hearts in the im pressionable years of youth. A Bible verse learned in youth wiU serve through all life’s testing situ ations. “I will not forget Thy Word,” Psalms 119:16. • • • He Helps Us Use the Bible T HE better ministry of Jesus is reflected in the fact that, “We have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God. . . . For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our in firmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need,” Hebrews 4:14-16. Study the example of Jesus in his answers to Satan in the wilderness temptation, and He will teach us when and what to say to Satan. We are not dependent upon our wisdom and words. Our great high priest will supply wisdom and words to match any situation that Satan ever presents. / think of a story of a junior boy, re cently accused of stealing. The boy was the victim of a wicked man who sought to turn circumstantial evidence upon him to cover his own sin. The boy told me that he was innocent. I went tvith him to the juvenile court. The judge asked him if he was guilty. He looked straight into the eyes of the judge and said: "Sir. I have not sinned. Who con- victeth me of this charge?" The man dropped his head, and said: "Your honor, l ask for the privilege of withdrawing the charge.” • • • His Laws in Our Hearts ««T WILL put my laws on their * hearts, and upon their minds also will I write them,” Hebrews 10:16. Jesus declares, “I do always the things that please him,” and he enables us, by his grace, to do the father’s will by his indwelling in our hearts. Thus, his will becomes the law of our lives, through the grace of Jesus Christ. It is impossible for us to keep the law perfectly, but Christ, the better Christ, becomes our righteousness, and then his law is kept by his grace. In the olden times, men claimed to keep the letter of the law, without the spir it, as in the case of Moses. Now, through the offering of Christ, we are enabled to satisfy the spirit of the law. • • • The Sufficient Christ T HIS lesson should enhearten ev ery trusting child of God, since it makes clear that, “He is able to save unto the uttermost them that draw near unto God through him,” Hebrews 7:25. He is not only able, but yearns to save unto the uttermost. He wiUs to save everyone. God has done everything he can do to save every sentient soul on this earth. Those who go to hell do so be cause they decide to go to heU. It* is not the pleasure of God that any should perish, but that all should repent and be saved. • • * (Copyright by the Internttionel Council si Religious Eiucstion on bebell oi 40 Protestant denominations. Released by WHU Features.) 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