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TheWolf by Sansone
ACROSS 50-Solidifies
1- Half score 51-Crafty Cop,-,illrit 1945 by Leon,rd S..nson•. dist.ibuttd by C,"'p N•w,p1~, S.ffiu
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Roman calendar 5-Showy spring 1 1(}r'!'I,
19-Achieved flower
21-Wise men 6- Nothing 1~ .· ·- --1·· ,~i'--'-t_'..3)
23-Bombastic talk 7- Refinement Y'd ·;: ,,~I,~'>~
24- Dash 8-Elf l
25-Judgment 9-Golf club KJ~ \ ~- _· '. \• . ~i
29- Corrode 10- Swinging .. ~~ 1lf · , · · · ·--. · .
30-Tranquillity . gallop
31- Eternity 11- Was indebted to
32-Dissirnulation 16-F amous .1_:, .. /f~:
34-Minstrel Englishman
35-Intensity 20- Poker stake 11
36-Listens 21- Ooze
37- Next to last 22- Winged
syllable 23- Respond ~1;il!ili . ,.. ~~;wII I : ll~illtr)•
25- Legislators
40- Anirnal shelter 26- Propinquity
41-Entry 27- Plug 38- Sewing case 43- Contend
42- S u perintenden t 28-Achievements 39- Promontory 44- Elongated fish
46- Horn of a 30- Rind 40- Vanquish 45- Beam
crescent 33-Dull blows
47-Ascend 34- Obstacles ( Solution on Page 11)
48~ Ocean 36-Rodents
49-0sculate 37- Pluck -Courtesy Dell Publishing Co.
the stove. His wife entered the As she put it on the table it
" D,d you en1ov the movies?"
room to find his coat smoking and quivered and shook. Most of the
his tie ablaze. "Fire!" she youngsters crowed with delight,
Sp1,ce4 oiJ .f4'e s::reamed. He woke with a start, but one pushed back his chair and
jumped to his feet, grabbed the got up. "None of that for me," en?ugh- let me by." "Sorry, sir," later the commanding officer ap-
family cat and thrusting it in the he said. "It's not dead yet."
1st Wave: "Here comes the pa- stove, slammed the door. "Num- said the sentry, "I've got to have proached the ,gate and the guard
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heard his instructions to · the
rade. Where's Alice?" ber one gun ready!." were his first Chi_ef: "What are you doing the password." A voice from the chauffeur to "drive on through."
2nd Wave: "She's upstairs wav- words. with your socks on wrong side guardhouse interrupted the con-
ing her hair." * * * out ?" versation. "Well, don't stand "I'm sorry, sir," said the recruit
stopping the car. "I'm new at this.
1st Wave: "What's the matter? Our idea of an optimist is of Recruit: "My feet got so hot, I t~er~, arguing all night. Shoot
can't she afford a flag? " the old man who took the mar- decided to turn the hose on them." him. * * Whom do I shoot- you or the
driver?"
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* * * riage vows at the ripe age of 87 * * * Hubby: That fellow on the third
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"Are you allergic?" and started house hunting for a Field Day: The day sailors re- floor says he has kissed every Jeanie: "Why did you quit
"No, I'm Harry." nice place close to a school. arrange the dust. woman but one in this apartment school-teaching to join the chor-
"Were you inoculated?" * * * building. us?"
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"No, I was drafted." Little Audrey drank some of the Nosy Lady: !'Does Wife: Hmm- bet it's that stuck Mabel : "Well, I think there's
* * * your mother
"Got your appendix?" contents of her father's liquor know you smoke?" up Mrs. Green upstairs. more money in showing figures
"I haven't been issued one yet." cabinet and as punishment her Small Boy: "Does your husband * * * to the older boys."
"Good night man, don't you mother made her stand in the know you speak to strange men * * *
"What did you do when her
know the king's english ?" corner. She just laughed and on the street?" dress started to come off?" S2c: Her niece is good looking,
"The hell he is!" laughed because she knew the * * * "I helped her out as best I too.
* * * walls were plastered, too. A sentry was approached by an could." Slc: Don't say "knees is," say
First of the tall tales about the * * * officer who replied to the sentries * * * "knees are."
return to civilian life concerns a The children's party was draw- request for a password by say- A SP recruit was given his first
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gunner's mate, who spent his first ing to a close and the cook ing: "Drat it man, my name is Lt. tour of guard duty and instructed Sounds in a night club booth:
night at home reading the paper brought in the afternoon's special Hammer. I don't remember the to a llow no car to pass without a "Hands off Columbus, you've dis-
and smoking his pipe in front of treat- a heaping platter of J ello. pass word. You know me well special permit. A few minutes covered enough for tonight."
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