Radio Mirror: The Magazine of Radio Romances (Jan-June 1943)

"He says he won't let me go in the Navy," Julian cried to me. He was almost weeping. "He says he's my legal guardian and I can't go unless he signs the papers!" A slow, burning rage such as I had never loiown possessed me as I felt the impact of tnose words. I turned on Jed. "You promised. You said if I kept quiet, you'd leave Julian alone. You're going to keep that promise if it's the last thing you ever do!" "I've changed my mind. I've got other plans for the kid. The Navy's a sucker's racket." Julian strode over to where Jed stood, his young eyes blazing. "You can't say that to me — or to anybody else!" he said shrilly. "You're a slacker. You're a — a heel. You take that back or I'll sock you one." Jed laughed, but his face was ugly. "Yeah?" he said. "Like — this?" His right hand shot out and Julian toppled backward. It was more a push than a blow, but Jed was heavier by far, and bigger. The boy's head hit the mantel with a sharp crack, and for a second he slumped there. "That'll teach you to talk like that to me," Jed said harshly. Julian shook his head to clear it. Then his face set and he lunged back across the room. Jed side-stepped and reached for him. Holding the boy at arm's length with one hand so that his fists flailed the air, with the other he cuffed him roughly across the mouth. "Stop it!" I screamed. "Jed — stop it! Julian — let him alone!" Julian only lowered his head and bored in. "Take it back! Take it back!" he was sobbing. Jed stepped back under the onslaught and then with a final heave, he half threw Julian from him. The boy hit the floor hard. "I ought to break every bone in your body . . ." With a vicious glance at me, Jed whirled around and slammed out the door. SOMEHOW, by main force, I kept Julian from going after him. I left him bathing his cut lip, and hurried out. That slow rage was kindled now and I felt on fire with it as I ran every step of the way to Dean Fuller's house. Julian — the little brother I'd always had to protect — was a man now and he'd taught me a lesson. He'd found the strength to stand up for what he thought was right even though he took a beating doing it. What I was going to do would mean a beating, too, of another kind. I'd lose my job. I'd lose Andy. But Julian had given me the strength to do at last what I knew was right. I pushed open the heavy front door of the Dean's house without knocking. From the dining room came the sound of voices. The board of trustees was meeting in there. I stumbled in, unaware of the startled faces and the sudden hush. I didn't give them time for questions. I just poured out the story. Of our marriage, of Jed's other deals, of the people he'd cheated. "You can't go in on this scheme, whatever it is, with that man," I said at last. "He's only in it for what he can get out of it. He'll rob you!" There was a heavy silence when I'd finished. Then Mr. Price, the banker, leaned forward in his chair. 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