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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C.
Thimble of Gold Settled
Battle Over Pirate Loot
NEW ORLEANS. — Pounding
golden doubloons into thimbles
might appear to the 20th century
mind to be an odd way to make
sewing attractive.
But. as Justice of the Peace Mer
cedes Adams will tell you. the thim
ble-making method solved at least
two loot arguments for the notorious
Gulf coast pirate, Jean LaFitte.
Judge Adams owns one of two
known thimbles salvaged from the
LaFitte gang. According to her in
formation, the golden gadget, which
doesn’t fit any of her fingers, result
ed from a division of piratical spoils.
"Each buccaneer had to have his
exact share,” she explained. "One
time, when everything had been
divided equally, two golden Spanish
doubloons remained. LaFitte settled
the matter by hammering the coins
Into a thimble for the wife of one of
his men.”
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A CASE OF JITTERS
By WILLIAM CUTHBERT
J OHNNY LISIK sat In the barber
chair smiling as he fingered
through the pages of the magazine,
looking at the cartoons.
In the mirror in front of him he
saw the two men peer through the
store window. He expected that
they would move on once they saw
that Tony, the owner of the shop,
wasn’t there. Johnny’s reputation as
a barber wasn't too good, and he
bad bad only one dissatisfied custo
mer all night
Suddenly it dawned on Johnny
that these two men had appeared at
the window a few minutes before.
He couldn’t be mistaken. They
both had several weeks’ stubble on
their faces, and hair was growing
over their ears and down their
necks.
The door opened and the men
stepped inside. Johnny winced.
It was almost eight o’clock. He’d
have to work overtime.
Johnny pushed himself out of the
chair and noticed that both men
were as tall as he, but lean. He
saw eyes that were alert, but could
• stand some’ sleep. Beneath the
growth of whiskers were thin faces
that needed a few square meals to
help fill out the sunken jaws. And
a good whiskbroom could be used
to advantage to remove some of
the dust from their clothing.
"You the dhly barber here?” one
of the men snagped as he set a
small valise on a chair.
Johnny didn’t like the man’s
surly tone. He hunched his broad
shoulders, stretched to his full six
feet, and was tempted to toss the
two haggard looking gents out of
the shop, but decided that that
might hurt Tony’s business.
"Yeah,” answered Johnny cas
ually, realizing that he had never
seen the men in town before, "the
owner of the shop took his wife out
tonight, and I’m filling in for him.”
“I’ll go first, Ed,” the spokesman
for the two said as he began to re
move his coat.
The man called Ed grunted, “I
don’t like takin’ this chance, Dick,”
then he flopped on a chair near the
wall and pulled the valise to him.
"Forget it,” Dick grinned, "I feel
lousy with all this hair on me. A
good clean shave and haircut will
pep us up.”
Johnny walked to the door and
started to pull down the shade.
Ed jumped to his feet knocking
the valise on the floor, his hand
flashing to his coat pocket with the
same movement. "What are you'
doin’ that for?” he snapped men
acingly.
Johnny was stunned by the sud
den outburst. He found his voice
and explained, “It’s getting near
closing time. I’m pulling the shades
down so that no one else will come
In.”
Dick giggled and said, “You’ve
got the jitters, Ed. We don’t want
anyone else to come in here, do
we?”
Suspicion arose in Johnny's mind.
The men’s names had a familiar
ring. Ed and Dick! Where had
he seen or heard these names link
ed together before?
He went to the store window and
pulled down the big shade, and the
three men were hidden from the
eyes of any passerby. He wished
he hadn’t thought about the shades.
He had an uneasy feeling now that
he was alone with the two men.
Ed saw the bolt lock on the In
side of the door and said, "That’s
right, Dick, we don't want anybody,
else cornin’ in here.” With two long
strides he reached the door and
pushed the bolt barrel into place.
"Nobody can come in now,” he
sneered. Then he went back, re
trieved the valise, and sat down.
Johnny walked to the barber
chair and adjusted the headrest.
He had an inkling now of whom
these two men might be, although
it seemed fantastic that he could
be right.
Dick loosened his necktie and col
lar then eased Into the barber chair.
He looked at his fingernails, brushed
them on his knees and said, “You
ought to have a girl here to mani
cure my nails. They could stand
a polishin’.
At first Johnny winced at the
thought of a man having manicured
nails. Then, although he showed no
outward emotion, he was jolted in
side. Dapper Dick Crane! Surely
that was the name of the man sit
ting in the chair! And the jittery
man near the wall who was staring
at him with cold piercing eyes was
his twin brother, Ed.
Johnny took a long linen cloth,
spread it in front of Dick, then
pinned it around his neck. So these
were the kidnappers who had made
the headlines two weeks before!
They were 700 miles from the coast
where they had collected $50,000 in
ransom money, and the F.B.I. was
supposed to be hot on their trail.
"Don’t cut it too short,” Dick
said, "just give me a good quick
trim, and make a neat job.”
After picking up the clippers,
Johnny turned his back on Ed. He
had a good view of him in the
mirror.
"Been in these parts long?” Ed
asked behind him.
"Lived on a farm outside of town
all my life, except when I was in
the army,” Johnny said as he ran
the clippers up the back of Dick's
neck.
"You don’t look like a farmer
to me,” Ed growled, his voice full
of suspicion.
"What’s eatin’ you Ed?” Dick
grunted.
Johnny became shaky when he
saw Ed’s hand grip something in
his coat pocket again. He began to
work faster and the back of Dick’s
head didn’t look so good.
"After all,” Johnny thought, "a
fellow who had cut hair only
aboard a transport on the way back
from Japan couldn’t do too good of
a job, especially on a mop of hair
like this Dapper Dick had.”
For a minute or two Ed watched
In silence, then he stood up and
put the valise on the chair. Put
ting his hands on his hips he turn
ed toward the barber chair.
He snapped, "I told you, Dick,
that this idea of stoppin’ at a barber
shop was no good. You know those
F.B.I. boys are smart, and I bet
they figured that Dapper Dick
Crane wouldn’t be able to resist
stoppin’ somewhere for a trim.”
The clippers po'sed above Dick’s
head, Johnny looked in the mirror
and said nothing, although a wild
thought was running through his
head.
Dick straightened in the chair,
"You’ve got the jitters,” he said,
"what harm was there in cornin’
here?”
"If this guys’ a barber, then I’m
Santa Claus,” Ed snarled, “I
think this guy’s been planted here
and we’ve walked into a trap!
Pullin’ them shades down was a
signal!”
Dick ran his hand over the back
of his neck, and Johnny forced a
smile.
Johnny said, "It doesn’t look so
good now, but wait until I put the
other clippers on it.”
He moved around the chair with
Ed’s eyes watching intently. After
pulling open a drawer he reached
far inside.
Suddenly he whirled about, a .32
In his hand.
The brothers were taken by sur
prise. Ed mumbled, "I told you he
was one of Hoover’s men.”
Holding the gun in his left hand,
Johnny used his right to throw
the clippers at the big bulk store
window.
Amid the crash of glass, Johnny
backed around to the door, and as
he unbolted it, he could hear run
ning feet on the pavement
Sheriff I^e Williard was among
the crowd that hurried to investi
gate the noise caused by the break
ing window. '
After Johnny explained who the
brothers were, Ike smiled and said,
"Local boy captures big city slick
ers.”
Still rubbing his hand over the
back of his neck, Dick mused, "then
you ain’t a Fed, heh?" He looked
at his brother and added, "Why
didn’t you shoot the punk?”
Johnny waited until Sheriff Bee
took guns away from the brothers,
then he smiled and said, “I thought
Tony was crazy for keeping an un
loaded gun In the drawer—but I
guess It was a good idea after all.’’
By NANCY PEPPER SSS3
Dance Mis-steps
When the record seems endless;
when you can think of at least a
half dozen othef
things yon would
rather be doing
at that moment;
when a cut-in
would be as wel
come as a ’phone
call at 8:30 Friday
night — it’s time to
change partners.
And, according to
a survey we’ve just made on this
vital subject, any change would be
an Improvement when your part
ner is guilty of these corny crimes:
UPS AND DOWNS — You have
plenty of ’em, when your partner
uses the pump handle technique with
his left arm and your right. By the
time the dance is over you feel as
If you had been harnessed to a
see-saw which might have been
more fun.
DISAPPEARING ACT—Don’t you
love the boy who leaves you stranded
in the middle of the dance floor when
the record Is over? You know the
type—as soon as the dancing stops,
he mumbles something and silently
fades away—leaving you with what
seems like six hands and six feet
and a fervent hope that someone
will rescue you or that the house
will catch on fire.
JOLLY GOOD FELLOW—Does he
have to be so sociable—with the
other boys’ partners — when he's
dancing with you? He carefully
steers you from one couple to an
other in order to exchange pleas
antries with all the girls he’s NOT
dancing with.
Don’t Neglect Lunch
If You Want to Stay
Full of Pep, Health
ARE YOU ALONE at home for
lunch so that you don’t bother to
prepare something for yourself? Or
does the family come home, and you
simply rummage around the re
frigerator and don’t know what to
serve?
These are frequent situations in
many homes throughout the country.
Lunches of this type—or none at
all for the homemaker alone at
home—don't help pep, vitality and
health. If you get a lag in the after
noon and wonder what’s wrong with
you, check your luncheon habits.
Physicians and nutritionists are
of the opinion that if you skip a
meal, it places too much of a load
on another meal. Let’s say you’ve
skipped lunch and eat a very full
and ample dinner. Do you feel like
doing anything but flopping into bed
and wasting the evening? And have
You may be busy, but you can
prepare cottage cheese with
oranges, grapefruit and berries in
season with a buttered muffin and
a glass of iced tea for a lunch
that’s healthful and balanced.
you ever thought of what it does
to your disgestive process to have
it called upon suddenly to digest a
big meal after having been lazy
for many hours?
It’s much better to try to dis
tribute your calories evenly through-
eut three meals during the day. In
between you won’t feel an energy
lag and you will keep your system
in good working order.
Don’t give the excuse that you
think lunch unimportant and simply
don’t feel like bothering with it.
Even if you're alone at noon, it
doesn’t take much efforf to prepare
a nice cottage cheese and fruit
salad and a glass of milk with
roll or toast. Or, if the youngsters
are at home, it’s simple enough to
cream some leftover vegetables into
a piecheese, serving it with fruit
and cookies for dessert.
Planning will give you plenty of
the right foods on hand from which
to choose a nutritious and well-bal
anced lunch. And if you value your
health and well-being, you’ll cer
tainly not count half an hour at
noon much to give up to it.
• • •
HERE ARE SOME HOT DISHES
from which to choose for lunch if
there are several of you at home.
They are made from "planned”
leftovers and are quick and easy to
prepare.
Corn Scramble
(Serves 6)
1 cup cubed leftover han
2 tablespoons fat
2 beaten eggs
Salt and pepper
1 No. 2 can cream style corn
1/4 cup green pepper, cubed,
Brown ham in fat and then mix
with other ingredients. Mix thor
oughly. Cofck over low heat, stirring
constantly until the eggs are set.
Creamed Meat in Potato Nests
(Serves 4 to 6)
Combine one 10%-ounce can of
condensed cream of mushroom soup
with % cup milk. Blend and heat.
Add 1% cups of diced, cooked tur
key, chicken, roast veal or pork,
ham, or fish and % cup of diced
pimiento. Add some of this hot
sauce to 1 egg yolk and sBr into
remaining sauce. Heat thoroughly
and serve in nests of reheated,
mashed potato.
Beef Rice Croquettes
(Makes 12)
Combine 1 cup seasoned white
sauce with 1 cup ground leftover
roast beef, 1 cup cooked rice and
LYNN SAYS:
How to Be Ready
For Summer Entertaining
When guests drop in unexpectedly
during the warm weather keep cool
by being ready for them by having
special foods ready In your refriger
ator.
No refrigerator should be without
a platter of chilled fruits for warm
weather. They’re excellent as
snacks, and they can be even more
festive when served with quickly
baked Ice-box cookies.
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•Cheese-Vegetable Pie
Date Muffins with Butter
Wedge of Melon with Lime or
Bowl of Fresh Peaches or Berries
with Cream Cookies
Beverage
•Recipe Given
% tablespoon chopped onion. Form
into croquettes. Dip into beaten egg
and water, then in bread crumbs.
Fry in shallow fat.
♦Cheese Vegetable Pie
(Serves C)
Pastry for 1 crust
1 cup freshly grated American
cheese
‘ 1 cup milk, scalded
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/8 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sance
2 1/2 cups mixed, cooked vege
tables
2 fresh tomatoes
Blend % cup of cheese with dry
ingredients when making the pastry.
Roll out and place in pastry tin.
Bake in a hot oven for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, add milk to beaten eggs;
add seasonings and vegetables, ex
cept the tomatoes. Pour into pie
shell. Cut tomatoes into eighths and
arrange on top. Sprinkle with re
maining % cup of cheese. Bake in
a moderate (350 degree) oven for
about 30 minutes or until a knife in
serted in the center comes out
clean.
Salmon Macaroni Salad
(Serves 6)
1 8-ounce can of salmon
2 cups canned peas, drained
1 cup shell macaroni, cooked
1/3 cup mayonnaise
Drain salmon, removing bones and
skin. Combine with remaining in
gredients and season to taste. Serve
on crisp lettuce. Garnish with slices
of hard-cooked eggs.
Asparagus-Ham Luncheon
(Serves 6 to 8)
20 stalks of canned or cooked as
paragus
6 slices of cooked or cold ham
I can of mushroom soup
1/2 cup cream
6 slices buttered toast
Mix mushroom soup with cream.
Heat thoroughly. Place ham slices
over toast, top with a few stalks of
asparagus. Pour soup over all and
run under the broiler for a few
minutes.
If the family is home for lunch,
it doesn’t take long to prepare
delicious and nutritious cheese,
vegetable pie and serve it along
with fresh fruit and berries for j
vitamin-rich lunch.
Stuffed Onions
(Serves 6)
Cook 6 large Bermuda onions in
boiling salted water for 30 minutes.
Remove center and stuff with fol
lowing: Combine 1 can of pork and
beans with % teaspoon dry mustard,
% teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons
chopped onion centers. Stuff onions.
Sprinkle each with 1 teaspoon brown
sugar and heat through.
Stuffed Baked Tomatoes
(Serves 6)
Scoop out center of six large to
matoes. Brown 1 tablespoon of
chopped onion, 2 tablespoons chop
ped green pepper in 2 tablespoons of
butter. Add 1% cups com cut off
the cob, 2 beaten eggs and % cup
bread crumbs and season to taste.
Stuff tomatoes and sprinkle with
grated American cheese. Bake in
a moderate oven for 25 minutes.
Chopped leftover ham or crumbled
bacon or cubed sausage may be
added to the com if so desired.
Another good stuffing is canrted
macaroni or spaghetti. Stuff the
tomato and bake until the tomato is
done.
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Fillings for dainty sandwiches can
be prepared ahead of time and the
sandwiches made finger or triangle
style at a minute’s notice. These
will keep well: Deviled ham and
cream cheese; peanut butter moist
ened with honey and orange juice;
cream cheese and chopped nuts;
liver sausage wtih chili sauce; dried
fruits, honey and nuts.
If you have room, store small
cakes in the refrigerator to serve
for guests. They’ll keep better when
chilled.
Cut violets will stay fresher longer
It leaves and flowers are kept close
to the water—spraying gently and
frequently also helps, since cut vio
lets won’t absorb much water
through their stems.
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When packing lunch boxes, stand
sandwiches on edge Instead of lay
ing them flat: this way the filling
is less apt to soak through the
bread.
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