Library of Congress · resource:sn86075250/1941-04-04/ed-1:page:6
Image 6 of The Harlem news (Harlem, Mont.), April 4, 1941
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Page Six x J JBVMns Harry Pugh McClure WNU Service CHAPTER I Slap bang bumpteybump Kath leen Maguire smothered an eloquent Damn A rear tire had gone flat and was smacking the pavement with loose rubber It was no more than she expected The family se dan was on its last legs Nothing could do it any good except to jack it up and run a new one under it And a fat chance there is of that muttered Kathleen attempt ing to steady her wabbling vehicle But she had been hitting a smart pace and the pike was badly worn as full of holes as the sedans dilapi dated roof With a little wheeze and a groan the car slid off into the ditch to the right and coasted gently half up the other bank where it hung precariously poised on two wheels in the thick tangled under growth of blackberry vines and dog fennel She had been to the country for flowers Because they were cheaper than hothouse products On the front seat carefully balanced beside her to keep from damaging their tender tips was a bucket full of purple irises She had thought it a bril liant
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montana historical society; helena, mt. 1941-04-04. Image 6 of The Harlem news (Harlem, Mont.), April 4, 1941. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86075250/1941-04-04/ed-1/?sp=6
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