Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1937, Page 9

GRIND By Robert Crist. C cnck. click . . . clack e clack ... click o0 clack, clack. Miss Pennorth awoke with a start. That dream again! Always, in that dream, she was basking in the Riviera sun, gently wooed in a Vene- | tian gondola, or surrounded by & brilliant coterie in & London salon. She was wealthy =% and admired, nev- er the poor, lonely “Old Penny” of Rennault, & Co. jewelers. And al- ways she was awakened by that prophetic click- clacking Miss Pennorth knew what that sound meant. It was not merely the ticking of her alarm clock. No, it was meas- ured—three, one, one, two. Miss Pen- “I want two north knew it was a voice telling her | . . . how to make this inexorable dream a reality. For years she had tried to choke that voice into silence, but its insistence could not be denied. There had been other voices, too; her type- writer, saylng, over and over, “You'll never be anybody but just Old Penny! . .. never be anybody . . .” and the wheels of the street car she rode every | morning, “Downtown at 8:30 each | morning forever and ever and | ever . . ."” Many nights last week Miss Pen- north had lain awake, thinking with- out restraint of the voices. She had | decided to be “Old Penny"” no longer. | EIEE Y TODAY Miss Pennorth arose and | clothed her sparse body in the usual trim suit. She put her toilet | articles into an already packed trav- eling bag, put on her hat and left the | gloomy boarding house. She was one- half hour early in leaving. Plenty of time. Miss Pennorth turned the corner, taxied to the railroad station, checked her bag, bought a ticket for the 2:15 train to New York. She returned by | taxi to a corner near her boarding house. At 8:12 she got on the street car which every morning for 10 years had taken her downtown to her ever- lasting accounts, letters, adjustments. | Riding, she once more searched her | plans for any possible flaw. She had | the address? Yes. It was that of a New York pawnbroker she had heard | one of the boarders talking of. “If you want to get some good jewelry cheap, go to Galew's at Forty-seventh and —. They buy hot ice. You| know, stolen diamonds and stuff. Safe, too.” Miss Pennorth got off at the usual| street and went into the corner candy | store. “Good morning, Miss Pen- north,” said the clerk as he took a white paper bag and began filling it with peppermints. | “Good morning, Norman. I want two bags today.” “Yes, ma’am. Here you are.” | Miss Pennorth left the shop and | entered the neighboring jewelry store. “Good morning, Miss Pennorth,” sald the handsome clerk, the older | one, and the pretty girl clerk. “Good mormng every one.” SHE renchtd me omce at the back of the store and sat down at her | desk. Opposite was the more imposing | desk of Mr. Rennault. In the wall behind a tapestry was a safe .. . click, click, click . . . Mr. Rennault bustled in. “Looks | like you'll have good weather for your vacation,” he said. “Now, about that reply to Masons—" She was soon immersed in the office routine. Occasionally, she ate a peppermint. At noon Mr. Rennault arose. “Go- ing to lunch, Miss Pennorth?" “Not just yet. I want things cleared up before I go. And, ah, Mr. Rennault, I'm leaving for the West on the 3:15. May I leave here early, about 2? I have to finish packing.” “Why, certainly.” About 12:30, Miss Pennorth arose from her| & desk, opened the { door, and looked into the sales room. Every one but the girl and the guard had gone to lunch. The clerk was oc- cupled with a cus- tomer; the guard never left the sales room. She closed the door and re- turned to her desk. Hurriedly, she emptied all the peppermints into one bag, and leav- ing the full one in her desk drawer, walked over to the tapestry with the other. Hastily, pulled the cord which parted the tapestry. She gripped the knob of the safe, as she had seen Mr. Rennault do time and again. Click, click, click . . . clack clack . . . clack. Miss Pennorth tugged at the han- dle: the door swung open. With trembling hands, she pulled out one tray and transferred the contents to the paper bag. Scores of diamonds. | Another tray—diamonds and rubies— went into the paper bag. Suddenly, she heard some one com- | ing down the sales room toward the office. She swiftly shut the safe and | yanked the tapestry over it. She reached her desk just in time to put the bag in the drawer before the door opened. | * % ok x MISS PENNORTH caught at hzr‘ desk with one hand in the open drawer, took out a peppermint and turned to the intruder. “Yes, Betty?” “When will those new watches ar- rive?” “About the 5th." Miss Pennorth hurried back to the safe, and, with her handkerchief, wiped off possible finger prints. She must leave behind her no permanent link between “Old Penny” and the | wealthy lady of London, Venice, the | | Riviera. She sank into her chair again, breathing rapidly. Only when she heard Mr. Rennault returning could she control herself sufficiently to ap- pear hard at work. ‘Two o'clock at last was proclaimed by several clocks in the sales room. Promptly, the secretary her desk. After saying good-by to her employer, she took the innocent-look- bags today.” she one knew her fondness of pepper- mints), and, stopping to say good-by to the staff, bravely marched out of the store with it. * x ¥ X SHE boarded a trolley at the corner, but she got off at the first stop and took a tax: to the station. ‘The porter grinned at his tip; the conductor smiled kindly as he punched her ticket. Men like the distinguished-looking gentleman across the aisle would also notice her as soon as she had made her “quick change.” She would do that now. Besides, she must get the jewels into her traveling case. She took the case, the paper bag and her punched ticket (return to this coach was impossible), and went forward to the washroom. After locking the door, she took hair-dye and a smart traveling suit from her bag, and put in the precious sack. She smiled at the dyeing outfit and the clothes. No one would ever rec- ognize her 'as “Old Penny” of Ren- nault’s. The white paper bag caught her eye. She would take one peep, now, at the diamonds; maybe even count them. After making certain the door was locked, she knelt and opened the sack. White peppermints gleamed at her invitingly . . . The train wheels be- neath her repeated merrily, over and arose from | no sale ing white bag from her desk (zvery‘ THE EVENING IRVIN GOLDSTEIN QuITS 0. 5. POST Younger Brother Recom- mended to Fill Vacancy on Garnett’s Staff. The resignation of Irvin Goldstein, an assistant United States attorney since 1929, was announced today and simultaneously, United States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett revealed that he had recommended the appointment of Goldstein’s younger brother, Albert Goldstein, to fill the resulting vacancy. Although only 34 years old, the re- signing assistant is one of the oldest members of the district attorney’s staff in point of service. He will be associated with Julian I. Richards and Lowry N. Coe in the private practice of law and maintain offices in the Natlonal Press Building. Albert Goldstein has been a clerk in the district attorney’s Police Court office for the past three years. Like his older brother he is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law School. Both brothers are married. Irvin lives at 1315 Concord avenue and Albert at 2013 New Hampshire avenue. The new assistant will be assigned to work in Police Court, Gar- nett declared. In accepting Irvin Goldstein’s resig- nation, Garnett said he experienced real regret, adding: “Since my term of office you have prosecuted with marked ability and success some of the most important cases that have arisen, and | your resignation is a distinct loss to the Government service.” The brothers are natives of Wash- ington and attended the local public schools and George Washington Uni- of law. Irvin Goldstein was appointed & ! ends” over, click, click, click, clack, click, clack, clack. . (Copyright, 1937.) 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NW versity before embarking on the study STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., clerk in the district attorney’s office in 1925 by Justice Peyton Gordon, then district attorney. Two years later he became Justice Gordon's sec- retary_and when the then prosecutor was elevated to the bench, Goldstein became chief clerk. A year later he was appointed an assistant district attorney. HONORED BY CHILE Past Presidents of Cosmopolitan Given Certificates. Lewis A. Payne, Col. William H. McCarthy and C. Emery Galliher, past presidents of the Cosmopolitan Club, were awarded certificates at yesterday's meeting of the club citing their work while in office and voicing the appreciation of the club. The méeting was held at the Carl- ton Hotel. The presentations were made by Fred J. Rice. Ernest Erber to Speak. Ernest Erber, national chairman of the Young People’s Socialist League, who has just returned from Spain and is organizing American volunteers to fight for the Loyalists, will ad- dress & mass meeting at Workmen's Circle Hall, 1502 PFourteenth street, at 8:15 o'clock Sunday night. S Toy Imports Increase. South America is importing nearly twice as many toys from the United States as in 1935. S5’ LOW l'/f-f'PAINTS INSTANT STARTING WITHOUT DRAIN ON THE BATTERY 51O -W-20-W * & & WINTER MOTOR OIL * * =» LUBRICATES AT SUB-ZERD You will drive longer upon AUTOCRAT than you have ever dared to drive upon any other oil, and it drains from the crank case with all the “look” and “feel” of an oil that has gone hardly 100 miles. ! Today, tomorrow or any day in the year, Won- der Clothes give you the greatest dollar for dollar value in the country! We’re not a Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde. We are not one thing one day and something else the next! Wonder prices are consistently low—priced right in the first place. You don’t have to wait for a sale—you can do better any day in the year at a Wonder Factory-Store. And don’t fox;get this--you can come in at any time and find a complete stock—no “odds and —no clear-outs. We've got the most com- plete collection of sizes and styles in town. And because we buy our own woolens, make our own clothes, sell direct in our factory-stores—we can still say $18.50! Sale or no sale—Wonder Clothes are the biggest buy for any man’s money! No Charge for Alterations Super Tailored Wonders, $22.50 ||ii Largest Collection of All- Wool Suits and Overcoats in Washington at $18.50 Wonder B i(Clothes 1012 F St. N.W. 611 7th St. N.W. Both Stores Open Until 9 P.M. Saturday * r FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1937. trawberries! Strawberries! Strawberries! Our first carload arrival of fancy, red-ripe Florida berries, at a price you can afford. A delicacy and a rare treat in the middle of January! We won’t attempt to describe them to you. Come in and see for yourself and you are sure to serve strawberries for Sunday dinner. ON SALE SATURDAY A.M. IN ALL OUR STORES (WENA] BOXES SANICO DESSERT CUPS 6 ror 12¢ SINGLE PINT____15¢ for FRESH TEXAS SPINACH - _® 5¢ Other Big Bargains This Week! Cigarettes. =, » 75709 Pure Lard : 15° Spry 53 Sugar 48 Milk Egg Phillips Delicious Soups cans Phillips Clam Chowder . . Libby’s Sauerkraut Sanico Peanut Butter .. >3 Clicquot Club Ginger Ale sou"cov. Karo Blue Label Syrup - __ i can pkg. Carton of 10 11c pkags. Pure Vegetahle Shortening Ibs. in cloth sack Pure Cane Granulated 10 3 : 20 33: Sealect Evaporated SANICO U. S. Grade ingin BREAKFAST U. S. Grade np doz. 25¢ 5¢ 28 oz.loc 29¢ 10¢ 2lc For Your Health’s Sake EAT GRAPEFRUIT In many cases of influenza physicians recommend the liberal use of citrus fruits and juices. If it is good as a cure, why not use it as a preventative? 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