A
MANS
DUTY
By A1 Stein II
Bill Peters and his wife Mary a happy
ily new, married couple. They had been
married now for about three-weeks. With
their honeymoon over they settled down
in a new neighborhood to start "the* old
family routine, Bill, working and Mary
taking;care of the house*
Bill was a store detective in one of
the large department stores in the city.
He had -worked there now for over two
years. In those two years with the store
he had encountered the usual run of the
l^nill shoplifters. Little did he know
^that this coming day had in store for
him. It had made him wish he had a dif
ferent job.
He left the house as usual about 8:30
on a fine -sunny morning. He left a
little early every morning so he could
have tipie to enjoy a cup of coffee be
fore the store doors opened and the
crowd rushed in*
It had been about a week since he had
had any trouble in the store, Last Thu
rsday he had encountered a women walking
out of the store after putting a few
things in her handbag. Along with the
routine she was taken to the office, qu
. estioned and ordered to pay for them or
P^e turned over to the police. To the
^habituals they had no .choice. ,
He was standing by/the book sounter
looking over the front part of the store
when his eyes cqught a women at the per
I fume counter adding a few things to the
I contents of her bag. • The womens back
i was to him. As he waited for her to
| start to leave the store, she turned to
1 ward him and he was startled when he
| gazed upon the iface of. his next door
j neighbor.'
I By now a couple of saleswomen had seen
i the action and he know now there was
i nothing to do now tort his duty. Thoughts
went through his mind of what<her hus
band would think when he found out. They
had played many, games of golf together
and he would probably have to look for a
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j new partner*
\ The women began walking toward the
| doors and Bill started after her. As
j soon as she went out the door Bill plac*!
! ed a hand on her shoulder and she turned
j around with a‘ startled look. She saw at
! once who it was and she knew that she
! would have to go with Bill and started
| explaining why she had done this thing,
j After a long talk in his office he found
| out in his records that a few of the!
| other stores had her listed for the same!
| offense. He didnft have much choice. Hej
| figured that it was his job or placing\
| her in the hands of the police.
On his way home that night he was fullj
| of thought of how this would effect his!
! near future. As he stepped out of hisj
| car in the garage he said to himself aaj
! he shrugged his shoulders,"what the heck!
j It»s my job-aint it??. ..j
""DEATH""
Death Wears a mask of beauty,
Clouded by deceit, man turns •
is face from it* . >
Death goes on, and on,,
like the silent fog, ..groping
here,.touching, there,
Everywhere it searches,.
seeking here, strangling there,
Bringing sleep, to every being*
Leaving behind the stench
of sorrow, of mourning,
Eternity is its goal*.
Your power, your riches
Death knows, it nought,
But claims'you as its own*
"Oh wicked of heart and soul,
Listenl Death steals closely by
Repent today; Tomorrow you die.
By Allen Heide
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