anaheim-gazette 1944-11-16

Dox Winslow WHAT A TIME I'S HAD...FUST LITTLE FINGER WITH TH' FACE'O' A DEVIL, BROKE HIS NECK WHEN HE FELL AFTER I HIT HIM... N' THEN I HAS T TH' INDEX FINGER 'N TH' MIDDLE FINGER IN DEATH ROOM AFTER I FINDS THEM READY T REPORT US T' TH' RED PALM! NOW I FINDS MISTER WINSLOW'S PLAYIN' ROMYO 'N JULYET WITH TH' RING...WHUT'S IT ALL MEAN? GUESS I'LL LISSEN! YOU SAY THIS PENDANT REPRESENTS THE ORDER OF THE RED PALM? YES, DON! WHY ALL TH' EXCITEMENT TH'RING..WHUT'S IT ALL MEAN? GUESS I'LL LISSEN! BLACK ONYX EDGE..RED PALM CAMEO ON IVORY BACKGROUND..WHAT A THING OF BEAUTY! WHAT DOES IT MEAN? IT REPRESENTS THE HIGHEST AWARD IN THE SERVICE OF THE RED PALM...WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT IT? ON A SMALL ISLAND COVERED WITH DENSE JUNGLE LIES THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE RED PALM WHO ORGANIZED THE CLENCHED FIST. WE NOW ENTER ONE OF THE BUILDINGS WITH HUGE, HEAVILY ARMED NATIVE GUARDING THE ENTRANCE SQUATTING ON HIS HAUNC DRAPED AND PERFUME SO ROOM SITS A RED-BEARD OF A MAN...THIS, DON. DAJA, I WONDER WHY WE DON'T HEAR FROM THE CLENCHED FIST! HEAR FROM THE GLENCHED FIST! N THEN I HAS T' KILL TH' INDEX FINGER 'N PUT TH' MIDDLE FINGER IN TH' DEATH ROOM AFTER I FINDS THEM READY T' REPORT US T' TH' RED PALM! YES, DON! WHY ALL THE EXCITEMENT? LET ME EXAMINE IT CLOSER! HE'LL BE THE NEAREST THING TO IT AS SOON AS WE'RE MARRIED. AND NOW THAT YOU'RE THE WIDOW HALE... ALL RIGHT — AT LEAST WAIT UNTIL I HEAR OFFICIALLY MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN KILLED IN ACTION! MEANWHILE — YOU'RE SURE I C HELP ANY MORE WITH PACKING, SENHORITA DRAKE HELL BE THE NEAREST THING TO IT AS SOON AS WE'RE MARRIED. AND NOW THAT YOU'RE THE WIDOW HALE... ALL RIGHT AT LEAST WAIT UNTIL I HEAR OFFICIALLY MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN KILLED IN ACTION! MEANWHILE YOU'RE SURE I CHELP ANY MORE WITH PACKING, SENHORITA DRAKE THEN LET ME TAKE YOU TO THE LAND OF ROMANCE AND ENCHANTMENT IN THE WATERS OF THE CARIBBEAN. ...I DIDN'T WANT DONNA TO SEE THIS ACCURSED BLACK LEOPARD SKIN! IF ONLY, WHEN MY UNCLE LEFT IT TO ME, HE HADN'T INSISTED THAT I SHOULD NEVER PART WITH IT! HE BELIEVED WHOEVER WORE IT WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ALMOST ANYTHING! QUATTING ON HIS HAUNCHES IN A CRAPED AND PERFUME SCENTED BOOM SITS A RED-BEARDED GIANT OF A MAN... THIS, DON, IS THE RED PALM. GOSH-A-MIGHTY--THE RED PALM--A JUNGLE PIRATE! OH--BUT I'M BEING STUPID -- IT'S ALL NOTHING BUT SILLY SUPERSTITION! WELL, SINCE I HAVE TO TAKE UP LUGGAGE SPACE FOR IT, I WONDER HOW MUCH IT WEIGHS? GATO? UM GATO? DEAR FROM THE CLENCHED FIST! OH--BUT I'M BEING STUPID IT'S ALL NOTHING BUT SILLY SUPERSTITION. WELL, SINCE I HAVE TO TAKE UP LUGGAGE SPACE FOR IT, I WONDER HOW MUCH IT WEIGHS? COLONEL WOLFRAM PRUSSIA THE BARONESS COLONEL WOLFRAM PRUSSIA YOU SEE, ERICA, MOW WELL GARY HALE, JR. MINDS ME? THERE'S NOT A SOUND FROM HIM SINCE I PUT HIM IN THE OTHER ROOM AND CLOSED THE DOOR! A CHILD, MY DEAR, MUST BE DISCIPLINED RIGHT FROM THE CRADLE! I HAYE HIM SO TRAINED, THAT---- OH STOP! LISTENING TO YOU, ONE WOULD THINK HE'S YOUR SON! MEANWHILE — THE FLOOR' ABOVE ... YOU'RE SURE I CAN'T HELP ANY MORE WITH PACKING, SENHORITA DRAKE? VERY WELL — I'LL LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN FOR THE PORTER TO TAKE THE LUGGAGE! I CAN ONLY TAKE ONE PIECE OF LUGGAGE ON THE PLANE, SO I'D BETTER PACK THAT ONE MYSELF. BESIDES --- MEANWHILE — THE FLOOR ABOVE... YOU'RE SURE I CAN'T HELP ANY MORE WITH PACKING, SENHORITA DRAKE? VERY WELL — I'LL LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN FOR THE PORTER TO TAKE THE LUGGAGE! I CAN ONLY TAKE ONE PIECE OF LUGGAGE ON THE PLANE, SO I'D BETTER PACK THAT ONE MYSELF! BESIDES--- HE BELIEVED WHOEVER WORE IT WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ALMOST ANYTHING! BUT, AS THE INDIAN, ALBINO JO LATER SAID: "WITH EVERY FAVOR GAINED THROUGH BLACK MAGIC, GO TWO MISFORTUNES!" I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I WORE IT. AND WHEN I RECALL ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THEN... FIRST MY ENGAGEMENT TO GARY HALE WAS BROKEN OFF/THEM---- GATO? UM GATO? WHA---? WHO SAID---? GATO? UM GATO? WHA----? WHO SAID----? COLONEL WOLFRAM PRUSSIA BRUNO MISS FURY DR. DIMAN SARAF