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:TVTRS. GUPTILL was beginning
;A'A to understand, too. ''Let's
look over the lay at the land,'
;she suggested to my mother.
J They crossed the yard without
jatopping to speak to anyone and
i stood looking up at the chimney.
I The two upper floors were half
(hidden by heavy smoke. Ada
I rushed up to join them. She had
;lost them on the way. Her face
;was sweaty, and her hair hung
limply down her back.
, "It's as plain as day," Mrs. Gup
till said, pointing.
! A big flame broke out and light
led Mr. Cutter's window. He was
standing there, looking out, his
face quite calm. As they watched
horrified, he opened his mouth in
a yawn. The flame died down,
and he disappeared completely.
i Ada gave a long shriek and
dashed lor the kitchen door. My
father caught her on the thresh
old. "You can't go in there," he
told her. "It's a mass of flames.'
She pushed and screamed
harder.
My mother ran across to Ben
jamin, who was taking down the
ladder. "Walt," she cried, wail!'
' He turned and wiped the soot
from his face to the back of his
hand. "It's no use," he said.
"We've got the stable to think
of." '
"But Mr. Cutter," she cried.
'"He's in bis room." (.
Benjamin stopped short "What's
that?" i - i
"We saw him through the win
dow, Ada's trying to get back
In." i :
t Through the din we heard her
ahouting. "Let me byl Let me
byl" I. ' i I
I
said,
I
"I'll go f up," Benjamin
"you ten her."
"Only if you're sure. . . 1 rections. One of them hit the
i He moved the ladder right ove rung (hat Benjamin was grasp
where the flames were hotter ng. ' Ke swayed and caught the
Then he grabbed an ax from 1 lde of the ladder,
man who was passing. The chim- . My father started up.
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Military Leader
1
HORIZONTAL
1,7 Pictured
commander of
Allied Air
Forces In
southwest
Pacific,
Gen
'3 Trying
V experience
14 Type of fur
15 Kither
16 Mock
. 19 Babylonian
!!ty
20 Challenge
2.1 Kind of tldo
24 Young salmon
VERTICAL
1 Merchandise
2 Wondering
3 Alleged force
4 O! the thing
6 Chatter (coll.)
6 Enthusinstic
ardor
7 Retain
8 Make a
mhtake
9 Now Mexico
(ab.)
10 Symbol (or
nickel
1 1 Power
12 12 months
(pl.)
17 Comnass point
18 Symbol for
tantalum
26 Trap
28 Rusucd rocks
29 Cjnr
30 Breezy
31 Symbol for
samarium
3! Promlswy
note (b.)
33 Cloy
33 Sieillun
volcano
3D Mexican name
39 StaKireM
4! Demolish
42 Listen
46 Actor'j part
; 47 Afea measure
1 40 F.nelosuies for
'. fields
1 80 Within
1 51 On who
I pesters
I 54 Fruit ()1)
j 57 Redacted
58 Pompous
U ihO'V . uti.
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ney was already tottering.
"Where's he goin'?" someone
shouted.
"What's he after?"
"He hadn't oughter try!"
Four rungs. Five. . . .
"Hey, keep an eye on that
chlmneyl"
Seven. , . . Eight. . . .
Smoke hid bim from the waist
up. The two top floors were all
aflame. The roof was sagging.
Oh, Benjamin. . . . .
A brick fell, almost grazing the
ladder. Hands reached out to
steady It "Hey, are you all
right?". :
"All right." The legs were still
now. The ladder shook a little.
We heard glass breaking, then we
saw a quick, brief rush of flame,
My father rushed up.
"Come Back!" ne shouted.
'Come back. Do you hear?"
If Benjamin heard, he gave no
sign of it.
One leg disappeared. Then,
slowly, the other. He was inside.
Everyone was very quiet They
knew now where he was going
and what he was after. My
mother and Mrs. Guptill had
brought Ada to the foot of the
ladder. She was moaning softly.
That was all you could hear ex
cept for the crackling of the
flames and the whinnying of a
horse that had stayed near by.
It seemed hours. . .1 : 1
A leg cam out arocint for a
footing. ' He was safe so far.
Then a limp, heavy roll.
"He's got him in a blanket!"
More hands reached out to hold
-he ladder firm. '
Another rung, unsteadily, be
cause of the weight he carried.
Another. One more. . , .
"The chlmleyl The chimley's
foiling!"
Bricks fell, scattering In all di-
Editorial
Continued From Page t
will continue at high levels. As
a result, no early general im
provement in the civilian food
supply sitbatlon can be expected
Food production must be con
tinued at record levels.
7. The structure of many gov
ernment controls over industry
must be maintained to insure war
and essential civilian production.
Within this structure, restrictions
will be relaxed gradually wher
ever it is possible to do this with
out damage to the war effort.
Transportation restrictions, for
example, must continue in full
force, but generally speaking,
materials and manpower no long
er pre-empted for war will be
freed for civilian production.
8. One major home-front battle
that will continue to demand
strongest public support Is that
against inflation and rising prices.
Restraint in buying, observance
of price control and rationing
regulations remain near the top
of the list of civilian responsibili
ties. .A wage stabilization policy
must bo maintained during the
reconversion period to prevent
inflationary price increases and
to avoid a post-war deflationary
trend which might destroy wage
standards.
9. The - necessity for raising
vast sums of money through the
sale of war bonds and by taxa
tion for financing the war with
Japan will remain undiminished
for a considerable time. Taxes
and war bonds also etc essential
factors in prlco control.
10. Tho paramount command
is: Win the warl Victory over
Japan comes ahead of overy other
consideration. The war will
shortened and pence speeded,
lives will be saved, our men will
come home sooner, if everyone
dedicates himself to this main
objective.
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21 Headland
22 Obliteration
24 One who
prints
25 Swiss river
27 Muse of
poetry
28 Antic
3.1 In gear
34 Lords (ab.)
36 New (comb.
air forcci
38 Prattle
40 Perception I
42 Flock 1
43 Half-em
44 Symbol for
actinium 1
45 Harvest
48 Charge
49 Health resort
52 Sioth
5.1 Street (ab.)
form)
37 11 commindsS.IFnir (ab.)
a unit of the 56 Music note
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"Keep off," Benjamin shouted.
"Twon't hold."
He kept coming, slowly, slowly,
testing each step.
Flames burst out of the broken
window. Heavy clouds of smoke.
Just six more rungs. Five.
. , . Four. ......
"We've got him," my father
shouted.
The crowd closed tn, cheering.
Benjamin pushed his way through
it, looking neither left nor right
He was heading for the stable.
Jay and my father carried Mr.
Cutter to the steps of the Town
Hall. Ada. my mother, and Mrs.
Guptill followed them.
They had barely left when the
roof fell in -a shower of sparks,
that stung our faces and clung to
our clothing until we slapped
them out.
"Get back! Get back!"
Big flames shot up. Hot noisy
ones. Timbers crumbled. One
after another the walls fell in.
We could hear the windows crash
ing. The other chimney swaved
and collapsed. People ran back,
stumbling over buckets.
"UMk out!"
"Look out!"
A horse whinnied again, wildly.
Above it all. if you had feecn
listening, you could have heard
the Town Clock striking 9.
pi the middle of the night I
woke up suddenly. I was In
my own bed at home. But there
was something, it seemed, hanging
over me. Something I had for
gotten. Something immense.
3omethJng frightening. . . .
men it came to me. '
The comet!
I got out of bed and erent barn.
footed to the window, half afraid
to raise my eyes.
There it was. riant above the
Academy, streaming! across thn
sky, trailing its long, misty, nebu
lous tail. ...
I watched it gravely. '
After the events of the nleht
it seemed only a rocket, set off
on a Fourth of July, that had
never burned out And its tail,
the terrible, dreaded tall, seemed
only a wisp of fog.
(To Be Concluded) ,
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By SUE BURNETT
Very pretty and very feminine
Is this exciting " date" frock with
figure-hugging lines and gay
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Size 14, requires 3 yards of
39-inch fabric.
For this pattern, send 20 cents,
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