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i Chapter 12 PHYSICALLY Doug did feel bet- ter after he had bathed, shaved and donned his clean shirt, but l he was despondent. He certainly wasn’t being of much help to oid Slocum or to himself for that mat- ter. Getting into fights with his logging boss was hardly the way to further himself. Yet what else could he have done... . Hardin had been drunk and in a belliger- ent mood. Elsa was waiting for him in the hall. She wore cream corduroy slacks and an open-throated light. blue flannel shirt that accentuat- ed the orange lights in her eyes and hair. Now she smiled at him. “What did I tell you? You look like a new man.” “I wish the bump on my head had gone away with the old one.” “Maybe some coffee will help.” She led him into a_ broad- beamed room; the hand-carved furniture in it was gaily deco- rated and the long tavern table set for four. “I’ve never.been in Norway,” Doug remarked, “But your house makes me feel right at ome.” “Grandfather likes things the way they were in the Old Coun- try,” Elsa explained. “He was born in Oslo and _ this Puget Sound country reminds him of the fiords and mountains of his Norway.” “Does he know I’m _ here?” Doug was apprehensive. “Of course.” “What does he think about it?” ‘I don’t know but if he doesn’t approve you may be sure he’l] tell you.” : Doug studied her curiously. “Doesn't he frighten you? He’s so stern.” Her eyes softened. “I love him Doug. He is Stern and I suppose almost formidable to strangers, but he doesn’t expect from an- other man ane he wasn’t once capable of hiMself. He is never unjust.” They sat down at the table and Elsa glanced across at him, “It’s nearly twelve so this is sort of a brunch. You can have steak and potatoes or bacon and eggs. Coffee first of all.” " Exee AP Newstfeatures TH "Forty Plus" club movement is coming back to life now | | utives Shelved By Youth Make Life Begin Again At 40 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Doug flushed slightly. “I didn’t realize it was so late.” “Sleep was what you needed.” The Indian woman came in, glanced shyly at Doug and de- parted. He gazed after her. “What |is She—Siwash?” Elsa nodded. “Yes. Sukie is her name. She’s a wonderful person; we couldn’t get along without her. Believe it or not, that awful In- dian Joe who runs the gambling house is her son.” “I can’t believe she ever did anything to deserve that.” Elsa gave him a peculiar prob- ing look and he remembered sud- denly that her half-brother, Ed Frawley, had left the dance hall early the evening before for In- dian Joe’s. He hoped she wasn’t offended but before he could say anything old Sven Larson en- tered. Doug get to his feet im- mediately but he didn’t see the faint pleased quirk.at the corners of the old man’s mouth. “Sit down, sit down,” Sven ordered, then fastened his clear sea-green eyes on Doug. “SO you got_yourself in fight last night?” “Yes sir.” HE old man studied him care- _fully for a long minute then said surprisingly. “Do you think you could have beaten ‘Hardin?” “I don’t know,” Doug admitted honestly. “At first I thought so, then I got tired and I-didn’t seem ws be wearing Hardin down at a Bi Old Sven looked pleased. “You do not boast anyway. Hardin was drunk.” *“T can’t understand it,” Elsa in- terrupted quickly. “I’m sure that Bill doesn’t drink much — I’ve never seen him that way before.” “Maybe he had reason.” They ate in silence until Sven looked up and pointed with his knife to the scar high on Doug’s cheekbone. “You didn’t get that last night.” “No sir, a Jap sniper did it at Buna. Glen Slocum and I were sent out on a scouting party. We got the Jap later,” he added. “Gien was a fine boy; we hoped he would come back.” Old Sven ‘ sighed. The silence of the meal was not broken again until Ed Frawley i omameammmmesmenam=entasinmatt lounged into the room. He looked evish and his eyes were badly loodshot. Old Sven looked at him disgustedly and helped him- self to more bread, . “You get up late, Ed.” “Well, it’s Sunday, isn’t it?” Ed snapped. “God knows I get up early. enough every other day so you'll get your quota of lumber.” Sven’s eyes became steely but he said nothing and Elsa, as though knowing from past ex- perience what was needed, poured a cup of steaming coffee for her brother. He took it in a shaky hand, smiling unpleasantly at Doug. “How come you're here, An- drews?” Before Doug could reply Elsa said “Norway and I brought him.” “Against his will?—Irll bet!” Frawley sneered. : “He was unconscious. Didn’t you see the fight?” Elsa said. “No. So Hardin knocked you out, eh?” Frawley chuckled. “Maybe he would have,” Doug said, “but I slipped and save him the trouble.” : Frawley passed his cup to Elsa again. “I suppose you know what you’ve done, Elsa? By playing favorites you’re putting Andrews in a nasty spot.” Elsa’s face grew pink. “You took me to the dance Ed. If you had been there to look after me none of this would have hap- pened.” “Since when do you need pro- tection? You bullied me into tak- ing you. If you'd gone wit» Hardin as he asked he wouldn’t have gotten drunk. Oh, I know what you’re up to—you’re like all women, licking your chops over being able to play one man against another.”. d Sven Larson’s cup came down with a. bang that shattered it. “Ed, I will not let you speak to your sister that way!” e had turned red with anger and Elsa put her hand over his quickly. Doug saw that there was real fear in her eyes. : “Grandfather, be calm—it does not matter what Ed says.” She turned pleading eyes on Doug. “Why don’t you and Grandfather go out in the garden for awhile? Vl join you in just a minute.” (To be continued) ‘TAMPA MAN TO OPEN {here tomorrow at | street. | WATCH REPAIR STORE William Solis, for 20 years in ithe watch vepairing business in ;Tampa, Fla. will open his store 706 Duval Solis wiii specialize in repairing that some older businessmen aren't drawing salary checks Swiss waiches, and states in an , advertisement in today’s Citizen In New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Detroit among ‘hat he will give 24-hour service. in the style to which they have other cities, unemployed men over 40 who have earned at least | $4,000 a year as executives are profit, cooperative organizations. to help each other find execu-' tive jobs. With the manpower shortage beginning to crack, widely as- , sorted jobiess males are rally- | ing together in these patrician | personnel services under the | banner, “there is no substitute for experience.” The Detroit club had member- ship applications from one man been accustomed. banding together again in non- age placement is in a job paying | between $8,000 and $10,000; in} New” York, the’ average range is ! from $4,000 to $10,000 and = in Philadelphia, from $6,000 to-$7,- The Boston president reported: “One of our men was canvassing 2 downtown firm and was told, ‘we’re not interested in $10,000 to $25,000 men, but if you hear of anyone looking for $50,000 to who “went through two for- , tunes” and from another who needed a job althgugh he had made $600,000 fronm¥ patent royal- ties on a machine tool. An. army general facing tiiement joined the Boston club. So did an ordained minister un- able to support his family on a church salary. Both had had pre- vious executive experience. In New York, a former admir- al became a “forty-pluses,” and in the Chicago club two of the men handling telephone queries | and typing chores are a former | colonel and an ex-major. Generally however, the mem- ' bers come immediately from jobs , plant managers, comptrollers, , ‘ vice presidents in charge of per- | as sonnel, brokers, bankers and ‘other executive posts. Their for- ' mer salaries range from $4,000 a year to $60,000. The Philadel- ' phia club once had a president who joined after his $12,000,000 iron company went kaput in the | depression, The Forty Plus idea was start- ec in the late thirties (some say in Boston, others say in New York) and all but died out dur- ing the war when manpower of | ell ages was at a premium. The : end of the war and the availabil- | ity of many younger men began | the revival of the movement. The clubs in the various cities operate independently— without a gentral organization—although they generally use the same name, slogan, elisibility rules and modus operandi, *§@qW The clubs are not interested in any job paying less than $4,000. And frequently _ they land ones for members which pay much better than that. - The star alumnus to date was a Detroit member who recent- ly landed a $40,000 job as gen- eral manager of a large man- ufacturing concern Chicago and New York have $20,000 graduates. Che Detroit club savs its aver- Tre- \ having | plants throughout the couniry. nrc nee nn ‘$75,000, send them along.” There is no late word on what happen- ‘ed in that case. The New York club has about / 1,300 solvent alumni; Chicago, '550, and Detroit, more than 900. One of Philadelphia’s proudest placements was that of general ;consultant to a big company {there. The man who got the job i was 82. i To get an idea of how the clubs work, consider the New is Guaranteed PURE PHONE NO. 8 —— = en ee employers. Place You Refrigeration on @ REAL ICE BASIS and You Will Get GUARANTEED Re:rigeration Service REAL ICE Thompson Enterprises, Ine. (ICE DIVISION’ | York organization, which has | found jobs as close to home as two floors above its office and | as far away as Korea and Al- aska. The. membership in New | York before the war.ran close, to 100. dropped to 10 or 12 dur- I" ing the war*and'‘rivw is back up to 70. Each member musi allot | two and a_ half days every ' week for the club. There aré no paying jobs. The two days may be spent in field work or handling office ‘chores. The half day is for at- tendance at the regular weekly meeting. Every member contrib- {utes a little toward the expen- ses. Every month the club publish- es a bulletin sketch of what each has to offer. About 5,000 copies of each bulletin are printed. 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