THE S/lTUF(pAYEVENING POST "An American Institution'
"Th/a ia the life far me," Alberta aaid. "Ifi were a man, I'd be a sailor."
Rere through hia hair. His toilet was com- They grinned at each other; the clerk because he plete when he rescued his coat from the back knew tbere was no auch place, and Rick>' because ALOHA MEANS of a chair and hia overcoat from the closet. he knew there was. He wished that he could have He had no hat. sppn her face. That kind of a figure would undoubt- The bellboy came and they went down- edly have something special to go with it. GOOD-BY ataira. Ricky paid his hill at the cashier's He stopped to buy cigarettes and then followed window. The night clerk was ataring out bis luggage outaide. The night was raw and dank across the tall, empty, gloomy lobby. Ricky and windless. The taxi came up. He handed the turned to look. bellboy a coin and climbed into the car. There was a bellboy struggling under too " Know where the Genoa Muru is? " he asked the many, very new haga. Bebind him walked a driver, ItLVSTKATED BY BEN STAHL girl-a amall girl with alim, compftent ahoul- " Pier A," tbe driver said. dera, a straight back and long, quick legs. The Ricky opened one of the windows made steamy hair tbat fluffed around tbe edges of ber white by the car heater and looked out. His after-dinner HE telephone on the night stand rang and knitted skullcap seemed yellow as ripe corn in the nap had set him up. He felt line. Ricky woke almost without movement in the yellow light from tbe remot« lobby chnndelierB. They rolled on tbe pier and crept through a Twarm darkness and picked it up and said. She wore wbite sharkakin slacks and a jacket of warehouse lit by glaring, ungbaded bulbs. The cub "Hello." the aame material, with a little short white coat «topped and Ricky (¡ot out. He stooped over for "If 8 nine o'clock, Mr, Leland," the hotel oper- thrown over ber ahouldera. On her feet were wedge- his bags, brcathinc the exhauat Kuaeu of the depart- ator Baid. soled play shoes, apparently of canvaa. ing car. "Thanka. Send somebody up to get my bagB." It was winter in Vancouver, and cold. Ricky A small brown man, batless, in a thick overcoat Ricky sat up and switched on the night-etand glanced at the clerk. tigbtly buttoned, walked up to bim. He bowed witb lamp. His ehoea were waiting bcaide the bed. He "Canada's a wonderful place," he remarked. a quick motion of his head and inhaled sharply and slipped hÍB feet into them and tied the laces. Then "I've been here six years," the clerk «aid, "and rcHpt'ct fully. he rose and stretched, yawning and tucking his I've never seen exactly that before, even in the "Passenger?" he said. rumpled ahirt Into hia panta. summertime." "Yea." Ricky Bplaahed cold water on his face in the bath- "Probably where ahe's going," Ricky aaid, "it's "Bags," the amall brown man said, taking them. room and knotted his loosened tie and ran ftve ñn- always spring." "Should be." 9 10 THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
"When do we sail?" Ricky watched him for a moment and then like, except that it was "Soon. Half an hour. Hour. Should be." sat on the bed, which was hard. The steward oval and appeared reason- "Should," Ricky agreed, and watched the waa slow at his job, which, Ricky noted, gave ably human. She was brown man depart with his bags. him time to get a good look at each article. shivering. He lit a cigarette, n faraway, indecisive ex- Finally he finished and turned around. "Wouldn't it have been pression on his lean, tanned face that was de- "Bed hard," he said cheerfully. better," Ricky asked, "if ceptive, Hia thinking wns general, fast and "Very hard." you'd taken the train?" accurate, but once he recalled tbe girl in white "My name Sugi," "I couldn't take a train in the hotel lobby and grinned faintly. Seeing "I'll call you Should Be," Ricky decided. where I'm going." things like that somehow made life easier. She "Do you mind?" Hawaii, Ricky thought, must be on a train at this verj- instant, bound— "Should he," Sugi assented. "Anything and grew very pleased. It God bless her —for Hollywood. else?" was a nice voice, low and He headed for the boat. Ricky shook his head and Sugi bowed again with a good accent; not a A floodlight shone down on the foremast of and left. The foremast floodlight had been voice belonging to the kind the Genoa Maru, and they were still loading shut off and the noise of the steam winch had of ladies who sometimes lead and zinc pigs. A short officer without an stopped. There was the banging of a hatch went cheaply to Hawaii overcoat stood forward directing operations. being battened down. Ricky rose, took a and returned later with Ricky saw the gangplank. sheaf of papers from the upper drawer of the fortunes. Ricky never got An officer waited by the rail as he came chest where Sugi had placed them, and put really discouraged or wor- aboard—another little brown man who looked them in his pocket. From the direction of the ried, but occasionally he at him incuriously and did not speak. Ricky stern came the throbbing of a tug. A man wondered va8:uely if things moved aft, picking his way through the deck shouted. couldn't be better. They litter that freighters always develop when Ricky walked into the alley and, not seeing were getting better now, they're in port. Entering a doorway, he Sugi, halted for an examination. AU the doora fast. smelled the greasy rankness of a galley near at were open. There were three single staterooms "I've dreamed of this," hand. He glanced down an empty alley and and one double, the latter evidently having he said happily. "I, too, decided these were officers' staterooms. On his been converted from the ship's hospital to have wished the gods right was a large, gloomy brown room, evi- passenger accommodations. The rest had ob- would love me. So has dently the saloon. He poked his head inside. viously been officers' quarters before conver- every other man. But it Not a Boul was about. A companionway led up sion. At the aft end of the alley waa the bath- rarely happens." to tbe boat deck. He climbed it. room. One of the singles was stacked with new- "What?" At the top was the man who had taken his looking airplane luggage. " I only know of one bags, o^t of his overcoat now and wearing a The Genoa Maru'a airen hooted twice. The man it happened to, and he white jacket. He bowed jerkily. "Steward," he tug answered. A hawser stretching off into the was on a short voyage. said, and consulted a slip. "Leland Richard?" fog from the stern grew taut. Down to the Canal or "Richard Leiand." Something in white was leaning on the port something, I think. Be- The man smiled, exhibiting large white rail, and it wasn't a ghost. Ricky altered his sides, she was married. By teeth. "Should be." x course abruptly. The rail felt wet and cold to the time they got to Colón, Ricky followed him into a narrow white his hands. he found out she loved stateroom. There was a single bed, a washstand " Spring will never come to me again nor the him —her husband, I with a mirror above it, and a chest of drawers. earth he painted green hy the vernal equinox," mean." One porthole waa forward, another on the side. Ricky said, "but that I think of you in your " I hope they were very Rick>''s bags were already open and part of white pants. 1 saw you in the hotel." happy," the girl said. his things in the chest. The little man resumed The girl turned her head and glanced up at "To get on a boat at working on them. him. He still couldn't tell what her face was night expecting to spend a
He was Just one degree from being a bum in appearance.
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dull time with a bunch of Orientals, resigned to your fate, hopeless—and then discover a pretty girl. A pretty girl on a boat with no college boys, handsome officers or bachelors with honorable intentions. How do you think I feel?" "Drunk," the girl said. "I understand that's cus- tomary on sailing. Aren't you?" "No," Ricky said, "hon- est. My name's Ricky-Le- laod." He shook a amall, cold hand. "I'm Alberta Marlow." "Misa?" "Yes." "It's too good to be true," Ricky said. "Do you mind pinching me to see if I'll wake up?" îi-
•I, In a Ihlek owvoat tightly buttoned, vralked up to him. He bowed with a quick motion of hie head and inhaled »harply and reipectfulty. "PamsengtrT" he »aid.
"I don't know you well enough for that yet." light went by them not far off. A horn hootiHl. The " You need your sleep," Alberta aaid. She opened "Later, then," Ricky agreed magnanimously. Genoa Maru hooted in return. Ricky yawned. the door of her stateroom. "1 hope I'll see you The pier was melting into the fog. Swinging "Now you can look," Alberta »aid. again." alowly in the oily wattT with the tug straining on He trailed her into the alley. She halted under " We'll probably run into each other," Ricky aaid. her stern, the Genoa Maru camt* nround. The siren thp finit bulb. The dnor cloHf?d un this marine vision. Ricky sounded. The noise seemed to run in an endlesa Her face waa timall and delicate, with a firm jaw pnuiied irresolutely, yawned again, and went tlown circtp through long halls of fog, constantly coming and skin viñth a faint radiunce underneath that to the saloon. An officer was atanding just inaJde back. Casting off, the tug moved fre*. A bell made it seem milky. She waa blond, but not ao the door, ninding hin wriat watch. He introduced jangled. Dieseln thumped deep in the boweln of the blend aa sbe bad aeemed in the hotel lobby. And himai'lf in pnssjibii- Eni;lish: First Offîcer Miyuma. Genoa Maru. her eyes were blui*. "Thick night," Ricky tuiid, "Can't open the "Here we go," Ricky remarked. "For heaven'H Hakes!" Ricky said. "On a Japa- liquor »tureii till you get outside the twelve-mile "I've never been on a boat before," Alberta wiid. nese freighter!" limit, can you?" "I alwuys thought there was more to it than thi.H." She looked »eriouitly at the tall young man with " Yea," Mr. Miyuma said. " That is so." "There is on linerB. But freightera are like ferry- the wide aboulders, mussy hair and »hubby clothes. "Yes," Ricky said. "Silly rule, isn't it?" boat«. Getting in and out ia old atull to them." He had an bonrat fuce and guik'Ipss gray eyoa. "Yfti," Mr. Miyuma said. "HavR you traveled a lot?" "I'm glad you like it." she HIIÍII. " It looks better TIR- Genuii Miiru was rolling aligbtly and still "Some," Ricky fuiid. "But never so luxuriously when it has more ntull on it. thoußb." cret'ping. Mr, Miyuma wound hia watch some more. before. Would you mind coming inaide under a "I'd rather see it firat without powder and llp- " Excuse, please," he said suddenly, and departed. light, no I can see your face? I keep thinking tbere atick," Ricky replied. "You can form a more un- By the door waa a board with a ahoet of paper muBt be a catcb wimewhere." biaHcd opinion that way." tacke
he made his elderly guest sleep on the how to feed them at one half the cur- floor, stay outside at mealtimes and rent cost and make them twice aa walk seven miles with hia luggnge. \ngorous. The suggestion was coldly Miscellaneous enterprises and politi- received. Macfadden then imported cal ambitions may have caused Mac- an assortment of Italian boyB. fed fidden to forget now and then that he them, aent them home greatly im- IB primarily a crusader and world fixer, proved, and received a decoration but his idealism usually prevail« in the from Italy. long run. His fundamental charac- A fanatic about physical culture, ter—that of the physical-culture mea- but a skeptic about other kinds, A!ac- aiah—ia alwayB breaking out. The fadden distrusts book^-orms. He newspaper sellers of New York once grieved a good deal because Pulton tendered a dinner to him in honor of Oursler, his ablt lieutenant, read the exceptional profit which he allowed Shakespeare every day. That one of them on each »ale of the Graphic. A the chiefs of the Macfadden organiza- jjathering of newastand people is usu- tion should waste hia time on poetry ally the signal for maudlin conde- when he might be e.xercising hia scension and Kush. Macfadden looked muscles was a sore affliction to the from one table to another and saw that health prophet. Breaking young men his hosts and hosteaaea were fat. He of their weaknesaed had been Mac- ^w incensed at their multiple china fadden's lifelong specialty, and he and globular torsos. Instead of culling struggled to induce Ouraler to brace up them the Corinthian pillars of society and be a man. And aristócrata of creation, he de- nounced them as disgusting weaklings, The argument went on for years. slackers, loafers, traitors to the Body One theatrical season when Shake- Beautiful; he demanded that they speare was piajnng in many theater? on starve themselves forthwith until they Broadway. Ouraler pointed out that nirw C-E Ruain Cundilioncr adds lo recoveredsomesemblanceof the human the Swan would be the richest man in tcry day oftlii^ yi-itr. llnni form, and then maintain it by diet and the world, if he were liN-ing today. He M and ciri^ulnlrn air exercise. The corpulent neft-sboya and would be drawing the author's percent- • •I a ruoiii...il nliHi COOLS ID hul Mcatlicr. newsgirls were first hurt and then age from the theaters in nearly every Score« of iliidunt and liiiainrui em- pleased. They cheered tumultuously. part of the globe and getting royalties ploi VI-A reaililii ni-knowlcdf;«-tlir brnrliu They feltthat Macfadden really cared. from nearly every man who reads. uuiii (JiiiidiliouiD^ YOII, lou, can That put the matter in a different light. ctijoy ¡L, ul u Miir|irÍH[ii(;l}' low ront for On one of his trips abroad Mac- Macfadden yields to nobody in respect icliuiiin>|tiirliiiil (luyiii^ilayoiiCniTvic«. fadden had an audience with Musso- for real success. He asked questions Look ia t'hiâtificd Dirrrlnty under lini. The publisher would ordinarily about Shakespeare. Finally he turned Air CviltJiliuriinn fur p/ioni* number have been greatly impressed by the on the Stiaktäpearean student. and nail \itur Utrnl G-E Drtitrr ur irrite fact that Bernarr. the illiterate Mis- "I know something about Shake- Div. 1333, Ul.mm/teld, K J. souri farm hand, was bandying civili- speare that you don't," he Baid. "To ties with a great world figure, as have accomplished all that, he must Muasolini waa then considered. But have kept himself in wonderful physi- before the interview, Macfadden had cal condition. Shakespeare was a ROOM CONDITIONER by visited an Italian army post, and he great physical culturiat." took Mussolini sharply to task for mis- Biltto('* Nott—Ttti$ ia tbe MCVMI of two artKl«! by feeding his soldiera; he offered to show Mr. John*IOD. GENERAL ^ ELECTRIC
If ÍDS«U mike a hippodrom« ALOHA MEANS GOOD-BY Of your beloved ••Home Swe«l Home," /ron POfr Jl) Co Reí jourecll »me Buc-«-boo— n ipray l( 'round, and pllt— Alberta Marlow. Ricky thought. A Sugi appeared with a plate of sand- they're Iliroushl ' very calm dame. Very calm. Artillery wiches and coffee. Doctor Barca spukc You'll Und Ihn Dug-a-boo U fau- ofTicera were not generally brushed off to him in Japanese. Sugi replied in the lt has Ihu iniect wor hy amateurs. The Air Corps had more same language. Then he went out. Thcrc'i bren ron of a reputation, but the Artillery never "I happen to know a little Jap- Go BC( Mme al jour local store t got any complaints. anese," Doctor Barca aaid. "It helps, A small fat man stepped into the traveling on one of their boats." saloon. He was dressed in a neat blue " I imagine it does," Ricky said. pin-stripe suit and a hat a size too They sat down at the table and small for his head, and there was an Ricky bit into a sandwich. Doctor Elk's tooth on the watch chain lying Barca took charge of the coffee. across hia vest. Despite his round " Cream?" he queried. " Sugar? " body, hia face was square and angular, "Please." and the coffee-colored skin waa Rickj' drank the coffee slowly, ab- stretched tight over his high cheek- sently massaging one bristly cheek. bones, Uke all Filipinos'. He looked Doctor Barca ate two sandwiches with genial and unimposing, except for his great speed and then aat back to enjoy eyes, which were a cold and glinting his coffee, sighing and patting hia bulg- black. ing vest. "I enjoy freighters," he said. " Hello," he said to Ricky. "Are you " You meet int«retiting people." Mr. Leland?" Ricky said. "That's right," Ricky replied. "Are you going to Hawaii for the "I'm Doctor Barca." fímt time, Mr. Leland?" They Bhook handa. Doctor Barca "No." smiled. "Vacation?" "I was down reading the passenger "No." OTHER BUG-A'BOO PRODUGS: list a while ago," ho said. "Not much " Have you lived there before? " chance of mistaking your fellow voy- Doctor Barca asked patiently. BUGA BOO MOTH CRYSTALS —Pino- • They i¡lvv oil a viipor which agers on the Genoa Maru." "I was born there." Ricky said, fin- kill» moth wormn that dama A« cloth es. " We don't seem to be awfully ishing his sandwich. "Grew up more Sold In l-lb. nicrul t-nporlivra, nl>o 3- crowded," Rick>- said. or less around Kaneohe." unJ 5-lb. cnn* wlrh free bag raporlzerB. "Are you bound for the East?" "You're fortunate. I grew up on Kills f/i BUG-A.BOO GARDEN SPRAY— KJIU or "No, Hawaii." Mindanao." moths,onts and monv controls practically ¡lit tmublcsumcln- '|So am I," Doctor Barca said. "To "I've heen there. Vou have my sym- « W fMiusíÍMJd Jaic< '^ nccia on Ilutvi-rx un>l shrubn. Highly deliver some lectures at the university pathies." , 4 CI. muko 12 to IH (tail. there." He smiled again. "We educa- Doctor Barca smiled again. A Jap- l',.iiily mUird, will niiï cli»iî tho npraycr. tors have to travel economically." anese in a plain dark tiuit and bow tie "The same as reformed Boldiera." came noiselessly in and handed him a ANTS • ROACHES • MOTHS Ricky said. "If there was anything cigar caae. cheiper than a Jap freighter, I'd be "Thank you. Oki." Doctor Barca tM Iw «tcMb nUnia rni^wiiti ii D. S. on it." aaid. . g1 CimMiti t«r u U %n,U luaci lyrtf. 94 THE SATURDJÍY EVENING POST June 28,1941
The man bowed and went out. Doc- edly. It stayed there, a credit to the tor Barca opened the case and extended tenacity of an old race. EVERTAKEADARE it to Ricky. Ricky closed hia eyes peacefully, re- "Will you have one?" he asked. flecting that they did everything for Prevent Insect Just For The Fun of It? "They're Manila cigara. The best in him on the Genoa Maru. They even the world," watched over his slumbers. You proh- "No, thank you," Ricky said. "So ahly couldn't get that kind of service that's T. Oki, of the passenger list?" on the Manhattan. Doctor Barca smiled his ready smile and held out a lighted match for Ricky's BITES cigarette. " My man. I take him npHERE was light on Ricky's eyelids everywhere. The Japanese make great X and a knocking on the door. He servants." sat up in the uncomfortahle hed, ñex- PROTECT YOURSELF from roveooiis They puffed their tobacco and lis- ing his arms and shoulders, and called, mosqulcoes, black fiies,gnats , chîg- tened to the siren sounding regularly "Come in." above them. The Genoa Maru was Sugi entered and bowed. He bad a gcTs aod Olher insect pests with picking up speed. tray with coffee. "STA-WAY" Insect Repellent Lo- "Are you an American?" Doctor "Hello, Should Be," Ricky said. tion. Perfected after years of re- Remember that 4ih you mugh( Barca said. "You're a thoughtful heathen." SbrnlT Jeoki cupixn' anil "Clubby" " Yes." search by eminent scientists of a dnntl you to wt off b cannon crnckrr " Breakfast here? " Sugi asked. undL'itiijchiir? You stiook tD}ourlKK>U "Then you probably don't share my "Should be." leading university, this remarka- —i!ui you d J u I enthusiasm lor the Japanese. We're "Should," Ricky agreed. "Anything ble product realty works! Just rub Enjoy Rich Pipe Flavor much closer to Japan in the Philippines, you say, and don't take too long." you know." Sugi returned with hacon and eggs, it OQ to tceep insects With Cigarette Mlldnessl "As a matter of fact," Ricky said, toast and cereal. Ricky ate content- off! It has a, pleasant How about tnlcinc a diire to try Croshy "I like them very much. One of them edly and with appetite. Again Sugi .Sfiiiiin-Ï We'll talto the risk. Smokers was my nuree. She raised me. I BUp- appeared, found cigarettes in a pocket odor, is greascless, col- hnvc discovered that tliia bk-nd has wlint they've bcR» looking for—the po5e that's why I can never understand of the coat on the floor, and struck a orless. Non-irritatioB mildnc&s of a cigarette with ihc full fla- talk of fighting them. She was the match for him. ro the skin. Only 354 vor orn real piyic toliaico. If you don't kindest and gentlest woman I've ever " You have a talent for going through find that Crosby Sqiian- lilla your "pipe- known." pockets," Ricky told him. " If I ever a bottle. Get "STA- bill," you can get nil your innney buck. " We ought to have more exchanging miäs anything, you can expect me in WAY" Insect Repel- Why not take a dare now? of nurses," Doctor Barca said. "There the pantry." lent Lotion frotn your might be peace in the world if we had "Clean pantry," Sugi said. "Very Buy a package For the enough oí it." He pushed back his clean." dealer todayl 4th of July chair and rose. "Well, I've got to work He departed with the dishes and Week End off the effect of those sandwiches, Mr. Ricky rose, put a dilapidated rohe over Leland. Do you care to take a turn his pajamas, found his slippers, and 15/ around the deck with me?" shuffled out, on the boat deck. "Good idea," Ricky said. They were going down the Strait of STA-WAY They went above to the hoat deck Juan de Fuca and the breeze waa fairly and paced briskly to and fro for several atiff and the sea had a chop to it. Pale INSECT REPELLENT LOTION minutes. sunlight filtered through an overcast "I understand," Doctor Barca said, sky. The Genoa Maru was hitting a Tbt uvrj "STA-tTAY" 1J J rttilltrtJ IraJt-marh tl "that we have a charming young lady good clip, hut, like any freighter with a NATIONAL CARBON COMPANY, INC passenger aboard." decent load, she rode heautifully. "A beautiful blonde. Doctor Barca," Alberta and Doctor Barca sat to- r • TENNIS or , Ricky told him. "I'm a happy, happy gether on canvas chairs beside a big man." ventilator. 'Ice! BADMINTON! "You've seen her?" The girl wore shorts and a tiny fuzzy ABSORBENT Bolts, Court Uronls, Catalog "I wna up here with her a while ago." aweat^ir, and Ricky saw that night TOWELSJÔWELING' "Usually on a freighter " didn't help her as it did most women; " 1 know," Ricky said. " But not this she looked even better in daylight. He RffCQUETS one. You couldn't do as well on the walked over to them. Osyions jre extra iironR and Washington." " Good morning," Doctor Barca said. "»hippy"—help you pljy J (jifer gitne. Aid iccuritc pbcemenl. Not Through a porthole behind them "Did you have a good night?" GO^IRECT TO VACATION LANDl âcd b^ Jny wcjihcr. NccO no came Alberta's head. Ricky tumed tai ai covtr. Cu.ifiiiiliid. Lui "I don't remember," Ricky replied, I lilr limt with Cite. Pftlcrtcd admiringly. "It's a shame you can't "but I must have." by miny Ctijunpioni. Send l poll cird (or free oflci above. see her blue eyes," he said. "You missed seeing something by "I don't object to your discussing sleeping so late," Alberta said. "We DAnOH RACQUET CO., INC i me," Alberta told them, "but would dropped the pilot at Race Rocks a S AltatlEht SI., ArcKBin, OhIeJ you mind doing it a little farther away? little while ago." I'm trying to sleep." "What I came to see." Ricky said, HULLMFC.CO., P.O.BoK246-Re,WAnREN,0HI0 Her head disappeared 33 they moved "I didn't miss. Are your legs always aft. blue like that?" 'Dynair" Backyard Picnic Toble "You're fortunate," Doctor Barca "They're not blue!" said. "Fortunate and young. Occa- "Should Bel" Ricky yelled, and sionally I wish I was young again." presently Sugi came running. " Get me He tossed his cigar into the sea and it a blanket." hissed out of sight. "Good night, Mr. " I wantBomesunshine,"Albertasaid, Le!and." and suddenly her teeth chattered. She MICHIGAN R0RD5IDE TABLE CO. " Good night. Doctor Barca," Ricky added, with difficulty, "I'm not cold." said. Ricky took the blanket from Sugi. He undressed hastily in the narrow "Stand up." cabin, blithely dropping hi.s clothing on She rose unwillingly and Ricky the floor. He slid into bed, switched off draped the blanket around her. He SOLVED—the Housinc Problem! With theligbt and pulled the covera up. Ina shoved her down in her chair, where ahe a handsome, private, liomc-on-whccli moment his eyes were accustomed to half reclined like a roll of carpeting with thai has rperjtbinf^ for comfonablc living: the aemidarknesa. He felt quilo virtu- only her head protruding. Sugi brought complcicl/ furnuhed, Seng beds, âne ous and at peace with the world. Only Ricky a chair. cooking and dining faciJitits, super in- the girl bothered him a little. He was suUtion, plenty of storage space, larger "Thanks," Alberta said. lii fairly certain she was all fight, but he "You don't need to thank mo." BOYS! couldn'thesure. Fortunately, business EASY PAYMENTS..modMi loi.l ioit Rickysaid. "It's only selfishness on my O'LL •rnct Y<3u thli beautiful ^inru wnlcti ,..«nJ whcD ïOLiie ibioush you OWN coincided with pleasure in this case. part. Suppose you caught a had cold. Wwilli cliromiutn linlili cue ami dc|MMitlit)li.- mnicihinBl Midi br the ¡ladrr in ilit movcmfnlfnr tvrn l-ynu Salurday littnint i'oil ¡ndiULry—fof ihmt »ho hie Btiicr LI The thing to do was make a big play Then what would happen to our ro- •utwCTi pilons which you have suld ul $.' Mrh ini UTTRAlL£RSlD for her. If she was a Barca plant, he'd (U. S, prier) ID i«-t»onj livlrB oulüidi- voiJroan 906, ElLbut. mance?" hnmf. Orti'ful fiiur l-yirar Ladiu' flomr JtmriiAl find it out Hooner or later. "What's going to happen to it any- »ubsCTlplioni, said al tl i-ach (U. S. price). Vojt The mirror over the washstand re- way," Alberta asked, "if you don't tlûniivillnolcouiniiiwan)lhi»prlic. Cirl'iim«ld supplied wilh cord tinicrlcl. I'ln lubucrilx-n' flected the side porthole, a fact that the shave?" runicj anil nddri^_-n wllli yriur o*n to llil.' ad. Oriental gazing into the porthole ought Ricky grinned at her. Doctor Barca Tlmn miiil wlih cli.ct ur moiiry nnlT fnr H In SCHULT to have taken into consideration. He smiled benignly and lit a long cigar. CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY didn't, though, and Ricky gazed at the "I'm happy we're all bound for (M Indspmdia» tqiurt, Phllatl'tpiili, Pwnna. dark, indistinguishable face interest- Hawaii," he remarked. "I shall enjoy : Ogar wood m U.S.ontfj THE SATURDAY EVENING POST 9S
you two, if you'll permit "Hot enough to wear ahorts?" Alberta said. "That would suit me." me You can referee, Ricky aaid. " Tbat'H a Canadian for you," Ricky "Relationships between modern said. " If they can take oil their clothes, Young Americans seem most peculiar tbey're happy." He stood up, con- YOU CANT CLEAN to a man my age." scious that Alberta was glaring at bim, . "I'm a Canadian," Alberta said. and looked around. "Hey, there's a " That makea it even more peculiar," war boat." Ricky said. . Passing on the port Hide was a Cana- Doctor Barca waved his cigar. Now, dian destroyer, traveling fast, hot black smoke billowing from her funnels. Sbe raise retTHM children. Can't we talk something safer? You Anglo-Saxons give your was stained and weatherworn, and her love-making an assault-and-battery Kuns weren't under canvas. "We're inclined to forget," Doctor twist." ^OUIKW* "You were talking about Philippine Barca said, "that most of the world is economics before we were interrupted," at war already. And more war to come, Alberta reminded him. perhaps —in the Pacific." "My own field," Doctor Barca said "If it comes," Ricky said, "they'll apoloKetically to Ricky. "Miss Marlow have to do without me." «•as kind enough to listen to me." "Why? You seem about the right "You people are going to be free in age, Mr. Leland." 19^6, aren't you?" Ricky said. "Ever hear of a genera! court- "I don't know. Are we?" martial?" Ricky said. "Well, that's Dentists say PLAY SAFE—USE POLIDENT "Are you for it?" wbat tbe United States Army gave "Definitely," Doctor Barca said, me before I was kicked out. I don't Cleans Without Brushing, Ends "Denture Breath" "providing America doesn't insist on think they'd want me again." In the tiny crevices of platoii and bridges, revolutionary cleiinser thnt purifies •ïishting a war with Japan. But I'm He turned abruptly and disappeared ilL'hris collccu and decays. A tounb, everj* tiny crevice, diaaolvca away all afraid that contingency is going to into the deckhouse. dingj', nlmpst invisible film nbsorba film, »tain, tarnish, odor without bruth- keep us from ever being free. That and Doctor Ôarca and Alberta looked at gcmi» and impurities . . . RÍVCS teeth a inff, acid or danger. the stupidity and covetousness of some each other. o". mor»; noticeiibly artificial look ... POLIDENT actually poliêhet plates of cur people." "Interesting young man," Doctor and bi id;:e5. Thvy look clean, uttractivc Barca said. uHVH that vile mouth odor, "Denture "Won't Japan gobble you up?" Breath." —[IS milural luoliin-i as the day you "Why, if we're a good neigbbor?" " Did you notice," Alberta said ßot them—plates nn
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slippers. Ricky, who knew something "There's no romance climbing up of how engineer chiefs, in any language, and down ladders," Ricky Baid. feel ahout passengers and the socialites He left, his hands in his pockets. from the bridge, appreciated this quiet " Sonietimea," Doctor Barca said, JUNE 28, 1941 sartorial contempt. Mitsudo lacked a "he strikes me as being a sad young command of English, hut he did know man." how to shake hands. He did it vigor- "If you had no better clothes than* PACK PACE ously and then sat at the second table. he has," Alberta said, "you might be Absorbent Towels nnd Toweling, K
(Continued frum Pagr 961 "I'm your friend, honey," Ricky body along his flank. Tbe sinking sen- "I wish I had a better suit," Ricky The hot tea did something to her. said. "I dearly hope so." sation started again. said. Gradually she iorgot about the Genoa "How are you on boata, Mr. Le- The Genoa Mam waa digging sol- The blue eyes shifted to him. "That Maru and him. Ricky noticed her land?" Doctor Barca asked. idly into huge green combers that came doesn't matter. You've got a kind flickering eyelids. "You couldn't turn my stomacb in, rank on rank, tufted with white, face." "That's right, angel child," he snid. with a crank," Ricky said. "And from the horizon. They slugged the "Do you think so?" bows in unending succession hard "Get some sleep. I want you bright you?" "Yes, I do, Ricky." • and spnrkliTig tonight." Doctor Barca smiled. "Nothing enough to send repercussions booming down the steel sides of the hull. Cur- "That's the first time you've called " I don't want to sleep ! " Alberta re- bothers me." me Ricky." plied, rousing herself with an effort. Ejrcc])t vte, Rickj' thought. tains of salt spray drifted across the foc'ale deck. "Is it?" "I've been looking forward to thia for "I wonder if it'll get really rough," "Yes." three years, and I can't afford to miss Alberta said. Up here the pitch was much worae. He kissed her, tasting salt on the anjlhing." "This is rough," Ricky replied. Ricky saw that the waves wouldn't softness of her lips; bitter sweetnesa. " There's nothing to miss." "It's not rough enough," Alberta have to get much bigger for the Genoa She closed her eyes. A roll caught them "Then the trip's going to be dull." said. "I want to go through something Maru to be wetting her nose in them. and they banged against the rail. " No," Rickj' said, " it won't be dull. I can talk about afterwards." Captain Higoto would be reducing Clutching quickly, Ricky remem- Honest." "I'm practically aure you will," speed before long. bered that he had forgotten to hang UI Ricky said. "You migbt not want to Alberta freed a hand, turned and onto anything but her. It waa a nj« EYOND Point Sur the weather talk about it, though." looked aft. Ricky watched Alberta, thought. B turned mean and the Genoa Maru " I don't suppose I should smoke my her slim legs wide apart, balancing to "Look," he Baid huskily, "I didn't began lunging into big greasy swells. cigar right now," Doctor Barca said. the roll of the ship, her clothing mean that." Ricky, Doctor Barca and Alberta had "No," Ricky said; "let her be happy molded tightly to her body by the "I did," Alberta said. "Why didn't spent two days eating, reading, talking for a little while." wind, her bright hair blowing. you?" desultorily and playing cards. They " Well," Ricky said, " I did, but " had been almost constantly in one an- He stopped, realizing the lovely crea- other's company, and the strain was ture was turning green in his arma. , beginning to be felt. Unconsciously "Are you getting sick?" * they brightened up at the prospect of a "I don't know. How do they usu- little excitement. ally act when you kiss them?" At noon the coast line of California "They don't turn green." was blotted out in a sudden deluge of "Then I'm getting sick," Alberta rain. Wind snarled through the upper said. " Get me out of here !" gear. The ship developed a wicked roll. He hurried her down the steps and Luncheon was gay in the saloon. All across the heaving deck. \Vhen they the officers stayed topside, and only reached the boat-deck alley. Alberta Oki ate at the second table in Oriental halted and grabbed feebly at the wnll. silence. Sugi served the dishes one at a Her eyes were glazed and she seemed to ; time, balancing to the heave of the be bending in the middle. floor, and coifee slopped into saucers " I've been stabbed," she groaned. even when the cups were half full. They "It was so beautiful," Ricky said. ate in snatches and food went awry, " Why did you have to eat that slufT? " sometimes with hilarious results. He propelled her ahead of him into Alberta was wearing a yellow dress her stateroom. Like a wounded animal and a ^^nsp of a sweater and short socks crawling into its burrow, she crept into that left her handsome legs bare. Her a cocoon of blankets on the bed and eyes sparkled with excitement and her moaned faintly through a couple of A hair was tumbled and her cheeks thicknesses of cloth. stained with rain from sticking her Kicky walked out in the alley and head out of a companionway to see yelled, "Should Be!" what was going on. Ricky, who had Sugi came hurrying up, bouncing only been kidding up to now, felt a from wall to wall. Ricky jerked a peculiar sinking sensation in his chest thumb at Alberta's room. that wasn't connected with the ship's "Bread-pudding victim. Do what motion when he looked at her. you can for her." "It takes a storm," he said, "to "Bread pudding," Sugi said cheer- bring out the best in a woman." fully. "Too bad. Should be." He had felt like this once or twice Ricky walked down to the saloon. before, always with intoxicating and It was empty. A deck of cards lay on near-matrimonial resulta. In those one of the tables, so he sat down and dear, dead days of a few months ago spread out a game of patience. Sugi when he was a cannoneer with hairy hurried through on the way to the gal- ears such feelings were natural and ley. not contrary to the regulations. That "Hey!" Ricky said. "How is Misa was not the case any longer. But she LITTLE LULU Marlow?" was so pretty. They could have charm, "Bad," Sugi said. "Very bad. Bread wit, humor, a philosophy, position, pudding gone. Everything gone." money, education —and still guys like "Should be," Ricky said. him would take those lovely creatures He began a second game of patience. that walked in beauty, usually without When they returned to the boat "What a figurehead you make for a Sugi popped from the galley with a pot' brains, and sprang unhuralded from deck the rain had stopped, though ship," he said. of tea and headed for the boat deck. tenements and Canadian prairies. the sky was still jammed with a heavy "See how the stem goes up and Ricky yawned and combed his liair Ricky felt very sorry for himself. scud of clouds. The wind waa rising. down," she said. " It goes so far you'd with his ñngers. The boat was dull " I hope you're a good sailor. Misa Doctor Barca excused himself and re- think it would never come up again. without the springtime gal, and he Marlow," Doctor Barca said. "The tired to hia stateroom to smoke his And the masts! Look how they're go- must presently resume with that Phil- Genoa Maru has her moments when a cigar. Ricky and Alberta stood in tbe ing!" ippine educator. blow comes on." alley, hanging on. " Don't look too long, and keep your Sugi reappeared. "Miss Marlow dy- "This is wbat I've been waiting "You know what I'd like to do?" eyes off the water right underneath ing," he reported simply. "Want to for," Alberta told him. "I'd have felt Alberta said. you." see Ricky." cheated if I hadn't had one storm for "Smoke a cigar too?" Ricky asked. "Oh, rata! I feel wonderful!" " That's me," Ricky said, getting up- my money." Alberta frowned at him. "I'd like to "You are wonderful." Alberta waa almost entirely covered ^ Sugi brought bread pudding for des- go up in the bow if I had a man to hang "This is the life for me," Alberta by a blanket, her eyes and nose pro- sert. The stuff looked sticky enough to onto." said. " If I were a man, I'd be a sailor." truding from one end and her shoes hold together in any kind of weather. "Any place," Ricky said." The crow's- " Don't let me interrupt you," Ricky from thé other. Ricky aat down beside "I'll pass," Ricky aaid. "More cof- nest, if you'll hang onto me. Lot's go." said. the bed. "I understand you're dying," fee. Should Be." They saw only one man on the way "Can women get jobs on boats?" he remarked. Doctor Barca contented himself forward, a small, yellow seaman, "You could be a stewardess. I never "Yes," Alberta said, "and before I with coffee also. But Alberta ate hers bowed down by the weight of oilskins saw one that looked like you, but I go I wanted to tell you that if I've said with reliah. as he hurried for cover. Climbing slip- suppose it's possible." anything unkind to you in the past, I "There's something elemental in a pery, wet stairs, they came out on the " I think I'll do It," Alberta aaid. meant it." ßtorm," Alberta announced. "I aup- foc'sle deck. Ricky gripped the rail She held him again with both hands, "Do you want to be buried at seal pose they appeal to women more than and AMjerta clung to him. He could facing him, her head tilted up at the They have a very nice service." men. Women are more elemental than feel thc coolness of her hands on one of foremast, eyes wide with childish won- "No." men." his wrists and the soft roundness of her derment and her lips slightly parted. (CantintMd on Pa^ 100) 100 THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
('Continued from Page 9S} "Have another," Doctor Barca "I can't understand that." Doctor "I can't tell you how I sympathize! "Then I'll have Should Be put you urged. Barca said. "I should think they'd with you," Doctor Barca said. " I sup- - on ice." "I shouldn't," Kicky said. "Oh, want all the trained men they could pose you were stationed at Schofield." "It's quite amusing, isn't it?" Al- well." get." "All over the place. Fort Katneha- berta said. "A woman suffering." The gTay afternoon merged imper- " They do—but not men kicked out meha, Fort Weaver, Armstrong, De "You'll be well by tomorrow. Stop ceptibly into darkness and in the of another army." Russy. I waa attached to staff." being such a baby." saloon long black shadows fell across "You're frank, anyhow. I admire "Kamehameha and Weaver guard "Even if I live, I'll never be the same the table. that quality." Pearl Harhor, don't they?" again. You should have seen what Doctor Barca did most of the talk- "Why shouldn't I be?" Ricky said. "Yeah," Ricky said. He swallowed happened to me after you left ! " ing, about nothing in particular. He "I had a raw deal. I was accuaed of "hard, a peculiar expression coming on "It happens to everybody. You automatically poured Ricky more something unjustly. I'm not apologiz- his face. "I'm afraid I've had too shouldn't have eaten that bread pud- drinks, without comment. His own ing for it. But they ought to." much " ding and looked at the maat." stood untouched, the ice melted into "Can't you do anything about it?" "You're ill?" "The mistake I made," Alberta water. Finally he got to the point. " I don't want any part of them. The Ricky nodded, wetting hia lips with said somberly, "was kissing you. I was " From some remarks you've dropped, American Army expects its ofRcera not his tongue, and rose hastily. He nearly all right till then." Mr. Leland," he said, " I judged you've only to be gentlemen but also Little fell over the table wben the ship rolled, "I resent that." been a soldier." Lord Fauntleroys. I don't go for and Doctor Barca got up and steadied "Don't ever ask me to kiss you Ricky's tongue was getting thick, that." him. again. I'd sooner kiss a pig." "Yeah, that's right." Ricky's voice bad risen. "Can I help you, Mr. Leland?" "We won't argue," Ricky said gen- "A very interesting profession." Doctor Barca said soothingly, "I "No," Ricky said. "Thanks. Ex-l tly. "You're not well. You don't know " Not so interesting." understand how you feel, but you can't cuse me." what you're saying." "Were you stationed in Hawaii?" afford to be bitter against your own He blundered out, a hand clapped "I do too!" "Most of the time." countrymen. Not in these troubled over his mouth. He grinned at her, rose and started "What branch of the service were times." In his room, Ricky spread himself removing her shoes. She jerked ber you in?" "Can't I?" Ricky said. "How do on the bed and buried his face in his feet convulsively under the covers, " Coast artillery." youknow what I can afford?" arms. Presently Sugi showed up. "Stop that!" " I see," Doctor Barca said. " I hope "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to in- "Sick?" he asked. "Need help?" "You don't want to lie in bed with you don't think I'm too inquisitive, trude." " Go away," Ricky told htm without your ahoes on, do you?" Mr. Leland." "Okay, doc'* lifting his head. "I need them on," Alberta said, "Not at all," Ricky said. "You're "Was your—ah—difficulty in Ha- "Tea? Hold head?" " for when I have to suddenly run down furnishing the whisky." waii?" "Beat it!" the hall." Doctor Barca smiled. "That'shardly "Uh-huh." "Too much whiaky," Sugi said. "All right, darling. I'll humor you." an excuse for asking a man bis his- "I'm surprised that you should he "Very sick. Sbould he." "Humor me!" Alberta said bit- tory." going back there." Ricky raised his head and looked at terly. "Hah! When you go down to "I haven't got any history. I was in "It's a good place to live when Sugi balefully. The steward left. Drop- eat your head off tonight, juat think of the Army, I got kicked out, and I went you're broke," Rickj' said. "I have ping his head again, Ricky remained the ^rl upstairs whose happiness you to Canada." wrecked." some friends there still—I think. where he was. Someone else stopped "To Canada? Why?" Even if they won't speak to me, they'll in the doorway, hissed sorrowfully, and "Yes, darling." "To join the Canadian army. Tbey help me. All I want to do for a while is went on without speaking. That would " I pity the woman you ever marry." wouldn't have me." get by. I can in the Islands." be Doctor Barca. Ricky groaned Ricky paused in the doorway and loudly and kept his position. said sadly, "Oh, I'll never marry, the After a few minutes, he heard the kind of a kisser I am. It wouldn't be doorway receive another occupant. fair. So long." Ricky assumed that Doctor Barca was Alberta abrupt;ly sat up in bed. again with him. He stood it as long as " You're not married, are you, Ricky?" he could and then raised his head. " No," Ricky said. " Does that make Alherta leaned against the jamb, you feel better?" white and grim, a dressing gown over "You make me sick," Alberta said, her pajamas. She was regarding him "and if you'll hang around, I'll prove with honest pleasure. it to you!" "Aw, go back to bed," Ricky said. Ricky stopped and looked out on "I will," Alberta said. "And I'll feel the boat deck. Rain was falling again. better wben I do. This is the happiest His own stateroom appeared singu- night of my life. Do you feel awful?" larly uninviting, so he continued to the "Yes." saloon. "My prayers have been answered." Doctor Barca was there, trying a "Close the door when you leave." game of patience with the card». "I never thought I'd be this lucky," Ricky dropped into a chair across from Alberta said in a trembling voice. bim. "Can you heat it?" he asked. "They have a very nice burial at sea." "I couldn't." "I want to die alone," Ricky said. "No," Doctor Barca said, "and I'm " Without a friend. Go away." probably as bored as you were by the "You are. Is there anything I can game. Sugi tells me our charming little do? Something to make you sicker?" traveling companion has a touch of "Just hang around." mol de mer." " Keep your shoes on," Alberta, said. "It was only a matter of time. She " I hope you need them." speeded things up by watching the She tottered away, closing the door maata for a while." as she did. Ricky waited for a couple "What a pity." of minutes. Tben he slipped off the bed "Yes," Ricky said. "She doesn't and softly shot the bolt on the door. look well with a green face." He washed his face in cold water. His "Will you have a drink with me?" head was singing a little from the Ricky eyed him innocently. "I'm Scotch, but he wasn't at all muzzy. sorry, but nothing in the alcoholic line He sat down on the edge of the bed.. Beema to agree with me except cham- The business in the saloon bothered pagne." him. There was no way of telling at the "Perhaps Sugi has some cham- moment if it had been successful. Those pagne," Doctor Barca said. things were very hurd to time juat "No, really," Ricky said. "I'm right. Doctor Barca wasn't exactly a strapped right now, and if a friend I'm sucker, and he might have overdone counting on in Los Angeles doesn't bis role. On the whole, though, he was kick through, I'd never be able to re- pretty well satisfied. The eminent econ- pay you." omist aeemed to Hke the bait, and the " That doesn't matter." springtime gal had been made happy. "Make it Scotch," Ricky said. One other item bothered him. 'The "That's the next best on my liat." whisky had given him a violent appe- Doctor Barca called Sugi, who put a tite, and he couldn't eat any dinner whisky bottle, glasses, ice and soda on that night. He wouldn't even dare to the table. Ricky poured himself a stiff get sandwiches from Should Be later drink. Doctor Barca had a very thin on. And it was a long time till break- one. He was still sipping it when Ricky fast. drained hia second glassful. (TO BE CONTINUED)