anaheim-gazette 1944-10-26

DON WINSLOW WINSLOW, YOUR MORON FRIEND SURE PULLED A FAST ONE! I HOPE IT'S AS ACCURATE AS IT'S SPEEDY! THAT'S GOOD, ISN'T IT? NOW WHY DON'T YOU CALL A BOLD, BRAVE, FIRE-EATING FIREMAN FOLLOWING HIS FALSE ALARM, SNOOP HIDES, WITNESSES A FIGHT BETWEEN THE THUMB AND FROG WHO FRANTICALLY SEARCH FOR HIM THAT'S GOOD, ISN'T IT? NOW WHY DON'T YOU CALL A BOLD, BRAVE, FIRE-EATING FIREMAN TO PUT OUT THE FIRE? OH SHUT UP YOU...YOU... WHEN CROOKS FALL OUT ONE R'BOTH DIE...TH' THUMB BLAMES TH'FROG FER ME GETTIN' AWAY 'N THE CROAKER DON'T LIKE IT! GOTTA GIT THAR FUSTEST OR ELSE... OW--O--OUCH! NOW ONE CRISI OW--O--OUCH! AS IT'S THE IMBECILE STARTED A FIRE JUST AS THE THUMB WAS ABOUT TO PULL THE SWITCH! THEY'RE BOTH OUT...TH' THUMB'S SHOT 'N TH'FROG'S SLAP HAPPY...NOW'S M' THEY'RE BOTH OUT...TH' THUMB'S SHOT 'N TH' FROG'S SLAP HAPPY--NOW'S M' CHANCE! COME, GARY! COME HERE, GARY—THIS MINUTE!! FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, DIMAN, DOESN'T THE CHILD KNOW HIS OWN NAME? VERY POSSIBLY NOT! YOU KNOW, BRICA, THAT I NEVER LIKED THAT NAME—and, AS THERE'S BEEN NO BIRTH RECORD FILED YET, I WAS HOPING YOU'D CHANGE IT! NO YUH DON'T! MY — HOW HEAVY AND SOLID HE IS! WHY DO YOU PUSH BACK, DARLING—YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF ME! NOW YUH BAD SMELLIN'AIGS-- ONE MOVE 'N I'LL FRY YUH CRISP 'N BROWN! NOW YUH BAD SMELLIN' AIGS-- ONE MOVE 'N ILL FRY YUH CRISP 'N BROWN! ON THE FLOOR ABOVE → MARLA DRAKE (MISS FURY) I'M CERTAINLY SORRY TO SEE YOU GO, SENHORITA DRAKE, BUT I GUESS YOU'LL BE GLAD TO GET BACK TO THE UNITED STATES! THAT'S RIGHT, DONNA, AND I'VE WAITED SO LONG FOR PLANE PASSAGE. I'M HOPING I WON'T HAVE TO RELINQUISH MY SEAT AT THE LAST MOMENT. COLONEL WOLFRAM PRUSSIA THE BARONESS COLONEL WOLFRAM PRUSSIA HERE COME TO MOTHER, DARLING! WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HIM DOESN'T HE UNDERSTAND GERMAN? OH, YES, HE UNDERSTANDS SOME AND ALSO PORTUGUESE! NOT! YOU I NEVER AND, AS NO BIRTH ET, I WAS HANGE IT! INDEED! AND BECAUSE YOU'VE APPOINTED YOURSELF AS THE CHILD'S FOSTER-FATHER, YOU'D PREFER I CALL HIM DIMAN, EH WELL MY SON'S NAME REMAINS GARY HALE, JR. AND IT SUITS HIM PERFECTLY BECAUSE HE'S THE IMAGE OF HIS FATHER! HMPH! I THOUGHT YOU SAID HE WAS SO BRIGHT AND ABOYE AVERAGE. HE DOESN'T TALK AT ALL! SURE HE DOES—IT'S JUST THAT YOU'RE STRANGE TO HIM. AFTER ALL, ERICA, NO MATTER HOW BRIGHT, HE COULDN'T REMEMBER YOU—SINCE HE WAS ONLY THREE MONTHS OLD WHEN YOU LEFT HIM! COME, GARY, I WANT YOU TO TALK TO MOTHE--- YOU WRETCHED LITTLE IMP. AND LET GO OF MY NECKLACE NOW—LET GO--- LOOK OUT. DON'T DROP HIM! HERE I'LL TAKE CARE OF HIM! TIME HAS GONE SO SWIFTLY, IT SEEMS INCREDIBLE I'VE BEEN IN BRAZIL FOR PRACTICALLY THE DURATION OF THE WAR! YET, WHEN I RECALL, THAT ORIGINALLY I CAME DOWN HERE TO MARRY GARY HALE, IT SEEMS AGES AGO! HIM — THERE'S A BABY CRYING SOMEWHERE AS IF ITS LITTLE HEART WOULD BREAK! DO YOU HEAR THAT, DONNA? IT ALMOST SOUNDS AS IF THE CHILD WERE TERRIFIED OR BEING SEVERELY PUNISHED FOR SOMETHING! COLONEL WOLFRAM PRUSSIA BRUNO MISS FURY DR. DIMAN SARAF