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s '.^ V r • I'A UE 2. MKCRMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON C m m tç J a w sud Skqqpan Coanty Observer Established Nov. 2, 1888 Grass Valley Joaraal Established Oct. 14. 1897 CONSOUDAXED March 6, 1981 Wasco News News-Enterprise , . Established Nov. 1891 ¿ONSOLI DATED March 4, 1932 P a U te M Every Friday at Moro, Oregon ¿ ¡k . U P M ck - flia Giles L. rrenen rxuvor the peace is written. As a matter of fact .it looks as if he should. Joe may be a communist in theory. In practice he is a darn good fighting man and he governs Russia in such a way that the people fight for him. He can have any religion he wants—and any kind of government he wants — a3 long as it work8 where he ha» it That it none of our bu.inesr. Neither is it any of his business Whttt kin<i Ot k0Vernn,« 1‘ we h*'Z; Foj> or two of aj|ied HUDAV, APK1Ç 2. I t a Kent Rebekahs KellyVColumn I Siïifc&v <1 /Continued fr« m : a^e o’»**’" woukj suspect that Ellsworth is a Republican and not a new deal- er War department wanted 10 sqUare miles in which to Ibcate a project. it had aurvey. made of most isolated sections of ° " « » n and Idaho but flnalli. __ --------------- Install New Officers Wheatland lodge held infctalIatioiJ Mtfrch 4 when the fol- q „ « L j weye installed: , E<Jna Schilling. Noble Grand- Marguerite Deeper, vice Grand: h? ? * ■ • ,* - Í * <•< IF n,in ’ r nest H a y c o x M uiaiu x«iw«e iwvijv*, Or«t tonala over Clay's wu». standings that will do damage to reason the project was not loca- Floye vonBorstel LSNG; Edith / bavins Liiai r> bo ¿¡ca sattec him hod bsUevtes international amity during the ted in Oregon—in the Deschutes j yona LSVG; Dorothy Dunlap, > o «':oold have married Herendeen, actual war. canyon > in Harney or Malheur D Q vn. - T ’« qon,»r rbnmlain r»rc»» •» * »oUUry «sure. devoted to Otte] Right now we an- fighting to countiea_ that in each c . . e ° 'H M- »TIO« P u n is Ollie He Iyer, musician. I ’.tm-h two r o o m , Catbertae G ram and win the war and stop the aggres- something was lacking. On the Wheatland ReBekah lodge was ____ Z :a McGarrah, teve " with him. _ . _______________________ _______ _______ — are - *• la tove CDITORIAI---- "»*«"• from tak,n« OTer ‘ha Deschute. was water but there Ma„ h 24 by , w, a. c a « « " “• NATIO | A T I IQ M n< n a m i l rnftH and is rh w a v an d _. . .» . I “ tser friend«, only Back B r e a u m t - i»a» earth. When When we we have have succeeded succeeded v. ^as railroad and h highway and M»ri-.u«aa j_ :__ *!..♦ rwawi 4rvrwrv_ ___ _____ m v . r \ _ n ____ t _ Atu. M a d e lin e R O 0S lier, p re s id e n t , j.nne over to Herendeen * side. Seen y P T Z r r *" doin* that W can g* .tOe^ 11 was near The Dal1” - I n t thc of the Rebekah aaaemMy. Refresh .!« -•= , « .* r .u B»rd«r.. a rustler. ther and write a peace that will waste region there was everything mente wer- served . * following ,,__ »____ a r r. ’ ¡« . ruritiv« imn Hercnc prevent some other aggressor, in- exactly as the engineers desired . . f ar<l GrauU Catherine’« brether, he«»- OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER , „ .,- » < » j . special meeting. 1 he president . about totatnc Herendeen, but Se cluding the alhes, from trying hut no water. ari ‘ t„iv «heu ae _av . .. - , ~ . 4. . gave an interesting talk., : tam e More at»« «worn enemy wnen ue SUBSCRIPTS ON RATES corner Gw earth in the future On the upper Columbia ryrer The Retiekah eOTVention at c o v e r « tea . Catherine Cata.ru. a. a t ¿ «covered that had been “ to Payable in Advance When “ he J learn« that Here» A „l?t e f ideahattc ta lk .a b o u t the engineers found almost ideal Moro wa> attended by the f#lipw. “ • ONE YEAR .t........ ................. $150 find Hark iving everyone a quart of tailk eonditions, after they bad modi- . ------ , . „ M -*n l_ ' ________ ..... .. ____ . __ „ „’“¿J’ . ing people from Kent. Mrs. Ol- oreaLiUt and hifi him. Clay atarta out a day la naioney. w e can vraoe fled their plan«» i t is estimated Hc Rel Mrs Barnet, Mrs. to And him SrsL Ua Sad« him a t Free APRIL 2, 1941 with other nations, sell them what that the project(the details have asauut«» w . w «». i'orU » « « “deen arrive«, and 'here is a we hsve. buy w b st they have snd not been ann.uneediwfi, eost a- M .U he. « d SCHOOL SITUATION provide international trade fair- bout 60,000,000or more and employ <Mpg w G Helyer. Mrs. *“ lhc wu*. c u > * ar» ^ rwi WU1- Certainly there is no informed ly enough that all can live. This 10,000 people or more, and these ae.Kin««J tv.,. «..r, *“ «• * “»eater* he eace befriended, that person in the county who will nation h a . no responsibility fur- workers will be . housed on a ® , conteat beld for noble grand, ^t«/44sí$i»T fig ur “Listen,” said Hillhouse in a jumpy, hard-pressed tone, “make It easy for e man. What you think I’m thinkin’ about now. Hack? What yon suppose I feel?” Breathitt showed his old partner an iron insolence, a black cutting wisdom. There was something ih that look which none of them, long as they lived, could ever answer, or ever forget. Hack said; “There’s a Ifjot in your head and nothin* can chinge i t But put this in your book, kid. You’ve got a damned good memory, too— and this is something you won’t shake loose. It'll go to bed with you and it’ll kill your sleep and it’ll make your grub taste like sawdust and all the drinkin* in the world won’t drown it Take a good long look at your peace ot mind. Charley. It’s the last you’ll ever see of i t ” give much praise to tha county ther than that. We do not have government building project far Mr ftnd Mrg Robert Tatum of Charley HiUboue, Herendeen*« foreman. “Get on the horse,” said Hill Khool system It has been criti- to feed the world. from the place where they will p ortland Were visitors here Sun- rw o ja u t e ’ . P o a H m I f m a ” »fl«r . - i o . house. a party Ine lad in i Gurd Grani. clsed because it gives too little There may be some police work work. Hack smoked his cigarette to the dav at the home of Mrs. Non contino« «rith Ih« »tory. education and because it costs to be done after the war is over • • * bitter end, tossed it into the dust parents, Mr. and Mrs J. E. “Before the week’s out you’ll wish too much. Either criticism is a and we can take our part in that Bureau of mines has issued a Norton. /to Ged you were in my place. Never CHAPTER XIV fair one. • the understanding that it is printed pamphlet on “The Pos- Mrs Frank vonBorstel returned • mind the horse. Charley.” The hl < argument advanced police work and nothing more. sibilities of Coal Production in Hillhouse pulled his feet together h imo fr~Tu he” stay at Rosebu"y The Potholes wai a section of land against doing something about it We cannot write the peace now. the Coos Bay Field.” r.”d C"”””J1i‘’., She ?r»oke over th? perhaps ten miles square, composed and dropped the rope. His chin is the age old one of keeping the If we could it wouldn’t fit the --------------------- radi*' Fridav * of gulches and ridges shapelessly came up and the gun slowly rose In schools a local affair, of keeping conditions after the war, for one Mr and Mrs. Robert Sehlllinv twialed. a . though g o ld e n O n»,sn . his hand. . . . . . ,a a .. upthrust of the earth’s lower levels He fired three times, shoving each district an integral unit for thing we all must know by now s -d fam-ly were , visitors at the had hfted >nd dropped this crust. the gun toward his target as educational and taxation purposes, is that conditions always change. Johnny Decker hemp. Grant didn’t know the region well titough he could not get it done Under this theory some districts There is some danger of getting Mr. and Mrs. Toni Preece and enough to orient himself, but Char- quickly enough. are able to keep their taxes very sc obsees^d with talk «f the peace Froni , he observer April 1, 1901 Robert Grcgg were vi, it0„ in lcy (;i,ihdb.e w s. thoroughly st Shocked windless, Gurd Grant low. Also under this system the that we fail out with our allies Grandma DeMoss is again R(.nd Frjday nigbt returning the home, selecting the trails without saw the foreman’s lips pull back at tvae of education offered is very before we have won the war. ttble to be up and about the house. zi„v pause as he came to them. Crossing each shot saw his face snap Into l.ll. _a. Ik„ . . .. .. _ _ .. . 1 1 A*«*- - _ Potholes . grotesque and openmouthed expres creek that rote in the Therefore let’s-ta lk about the At the meeting of the Repuhli low. Rev. O. W. Jones and daughter end 0 sions of craziness such as be had died in them, they reached a ind we WMr Rn^ I*®0* conle can primaries’ Saturday the fol- jvipg .___ , x - a a Bervl Brown were vi8itor8 meadow and carefully skirted its never seen on any man’s face be The time is coming- in its turn. lowing men were nominated and p rjday night and Saturday in e(jge Beyond this meadow the land fore. The shot echoes pounded along hope it is here—when this county elected in the various districts Hof>d Rivcr ncain broke up Charley Hillhouse the corridors of the pine forest. will decide that the educational ovei1 the county. Moro-B. F. Pike an(j ^frR William Jefferies lifted a hand over hla head, aignal- Hack bowed his head and bent his advantages of the children are RUML PLAN L. H. Martin, J. B. Hosford, L. Rny Barnet and Mrs James Mat. inS caution; a mile forward, coming knees as though tp kneel. Haif- of more value than money. The major weakness of the Barnum, G. W. Brock, W. II. thep were vigitors in The ^Dalles to 0,6 llp of a d?Cp glen’ hA ^ aVCd * kneeling, he fell forward. Hillhouse walked toward him. the Consolidation of schools would Ruin] pjan j8 that is would prob- Ragsdale and W. B. McCov. Vnndaw. , , . . . . his arm by way of command. Grant m tke it po».ible to eave money , erve forrive U xe, for Grant A Po,tt „ Hll(, b ‘ Dorte Holdawav of Moro visited î X ' h i . hOTM^nd g” ‘" X * . V ‘eP gup sagging at full arm’s length. He removed his hat and stood this iT.JÎLeOUnty £ °"e yT u Thu“ i , “ nthi"kab,e1in Chrisman, H. Glass. B igelow - at the home of erandoaTedt,.. Gran, dismounted and led the oth- way. staring down at the dead district« more. There be times like this when the nation W. C. Harper, Joseph Omduff, Mr and Mr< w G Helyer last er men down the trail to the bottom Breathitt He said: “Well, he had equalization of financial respon- cannot get enough tax monfey for Wasco—Clark Dunlap, Gene Cat- Wf€kend. of the glen. He climbed the fai; the last word, like always.” And sibflRy—and there should be, just war needa at best. It would aid tron. Wan. Walker, Ç. C. Cuney, Mr and Mrs Rf>y j usteBen weTo ,ide »lowly, abreast Hillhouse. Hill- then his Ups framed silent words. The vitaUty left his face. When he aa there should be equalization the rich who always do pretty R. p. Orr, E. D. McKee, Ed Buf- visitors in The Dalles Mondav hou,e P°*nled »head looked around to the others he and improvement in education. we„ in inflationary t i m e s and fvm. Monkland- George Meloy. c wilaon la, t we. k. J' • 'X 'V seemed faintly dazed. He said: Elementary education in Sher- would give little aid to the or- J.-H . Elliot, ■ Elwood Thompson. pnd ¡n p ortland with his wife and Btood Hack Breathitt’s horse. There “We’ll take him back to the ranch man county per pupil costa, _ in t<k|ia/«r who ca^ we 1 Grass Valley— Envmet Olds, L daUghter returning Monday. , was a dead fire in the middle of and; get a wagon and run him into the. now past Wennium, <207.62. afford to put tip his <100 ¿o <600 Olds, C? A. Buckley, I. N. Lemen. - the depression, and Hack's saddle War Pass. His family are all bur The average in L lh a state was for the war.* Del Coon, L. R. French: Rutledge-* « —— - — gear. H^ck lay beside a log. sound ied in the cemetery, which is where he should be. These Potholes ain’t <96.72. High school education in The only valid argument for a Grant Hawley, Clyde Smith. Kent- Tuesday as clean up and fix ’em asleeP’ with hi’ hat Pul^cd over his flt for any white man.” Sherman county cost, jper pupil, pay as you go plan of any kind Wm. Hall, R. W. Montgomery, J. day. It is the intention to divide hca ' « À« eiaiit of M b Gurd Grant swung around, physi <226.48. The average i n t h s is that so many people do not Walton, C. P. Ragsdale. The con- the city into sections with a lead- h o u s^ th e^ u ? other ridera crawled cally sick, and slid down the ravine. state was <113.92. make arrangements to pay their vimtion for Sherman County will er for each; also, that the places to the foreman’s left and thus the Be had to stop here long enough to D o s s anyone our *<5hil- income tax when they are earn- be held tomorrow, April 2, a' of business yvill dosé during the four of them watched the loosc- lose his breakfast and catch his wind. Climbing out of the ravine, d btained twice as good an an<^ consequently may not be Moro. larger part of the day. rprawled shape of Hack Breathitt. he Cached his horse and turned it 7"* £. «tate average * pay w^en and incomes Mr. and Mrs, Charles Hull wern R. J. Ginn has been confined to The Three Pines foreman had let back on the trail. This was pretty t« t. °AnuhKul H tbi« countv can droP hcc»118* o i l e s s favorable guests of Mr .and Mrs. Wm. Hog- his home this week by sickness. his gun a"d a5,m . dr0? a l° ? S * * * much a wilderness to him but he It is doubtful tf this county can a , î ground and on his faca lay shadows «ver educate children as cheaply « o n » ™ ' conditions. g«rd this week. Athur Smith waa m from hie darkcr (han du„ Ught o( p„,. was so absorbed by what be had seen that he let the horse have its a , more populous counties, V e It should be possible to peisnit , rom , he observer April 4. 192t Kutlc<1<te fa ™ la,t "week; he re- h0| „ Yet on m ., (ace wss no ‘ own head, and so eventually he might, however, approach the re- or encourage payment of taxes Mayor N. W. Thompson has ports that the wheat cr°P» in W® particular sadness and no visible • came out of the Potholes on Heren cord of Gilliam county where t|,e before the actual due date with- ¡Mued a proclamation declaring aection are lookin* <*<*Ptionlly eagerness All Gurd Grant » « " * a’ deen’s range. Turning right, he per pupil coat« are <170.08 for out forgiving a year of taxes. Friday> Aprn 4 a local holiday - / J 7. Hinhouke’ Ufted^th« gun. sighted it threaded through the Haycreek HillT and reached his own place. He left elementary and <128.86 for hign A little study on the magnitude aRd aB jojn ¡n helping plant e usines« men of Was^o on Breathjtt and spoke quietly: school pupil«. the job of establishing a pay trees along the Sherman highway. ®c ay®d a bolidag for April “R is a hell of a time to be pound- the horse in front of the house. Go ing up the stairs he heard Catherine We can either do something a- as you go plan for all kinds of , Frank Hulery of Rufus is en- 9th and wiU join with. the up' to‘ in’ your ear, Hack. Wakeup.” eaU from the kitchen. She came to bout it or wait u n t il' necessity taxpayers w i l l convince almost joying his new car, purchased this dote farmers of that section in a Soft as the cal! wai. Mack Breath- the hell and saw his dead-white face makes the change mandatory, anyone that it n very difficult ja!,t week f rom the DaUes rara(r(î. dn> o f work on the McDonald itt s awakening was Instant A ll in swing around. This * may * come ^through state indeed. For those on wages or Dr. C. L. Poley of this city has John Day river *rade*__________ a moUon he «ung bi« biBnyt . “Gurd—What's the matter?” •'Nothingt” he said. “Nothing.” law or through the removal of »alary it is simple. For profes- decjded to make the race for Eureka Ixidge No 121 A .F.A A .M . JeachiL^for h™ g m * Hillhouse’« “You’re lying.” Meets on the 1st and 3rd Thur«- flat warning stopped Breathitt’s so many children from the county «¡onal men, farmers or business county Coroner, “Ufct m e alone.” he rasped out day evenings of each draw, to other schools that inaction will ™en it is almost impossible. W . h . Williams drove to Port- and went up the stairs. He locked month. Visiting mem- “Cut that out. You’re covered ties door of his room, slowly pacing no longer be possible. To do The main features of the Rumi jand Tuesday to meet his father hers are cordially in- four ways.” nothing is like refusing to fe- plan might better be forgotten, {j. a . Williams and family, who back and forth. . This was a wrong gue^i on Char vited to meet with us. pair a piece of machinery until 'We are going to have to arc moving to this city from Cess- ley Hillhouse’« part, fog only three Lite White, who loved hunting as it is completely worn out. P*y f ° r ^ e Wftr anyway, some- f ord> Alberta, Oanada. F. McLeod, W.M. , of them had drawn q|r Breathitt fie l^ved few things, returned to his --------------------- time, and postponment at a time Roy F> Dean has had a lanfe . f t Gurd Grant rising s i the others ranch that day and turned a fat when every one is making a pro- g iass door installed in the — - •P’ Secr*^1T rose, hold his arms beside him. mule deer over to the cook. He EVERYTHING IN GOOD TIME flt „ no <et done front entrance of his home and Breathitt’s horse grunted when Ri had been gone from the house since ley heaved up the latigo strap A two ____ that _ morning, riding down some French doors placed between the Here in the United States we p h y s ic a l -restlessness crow’s strident squawking echoed' of the ci two front rooms of his residence.- ■teem to be doing • lot of worry- NOTICE TO CREDITORS through the timber. Shade pressed which seld permitted him to •re ing about how we are going to AU having Claims From the Observer April 3, 1914 around them and even though the main long In one spot He ate a our. enemies are properly flicked. aga|ngt tke Estate of Bart Bur- J.C. Freemen, as mayor of day wae tiatf-warm. Gurd Grant fett late dinner in the kitchen and after Orc. a ¿rowing ohiU in hieetomech. along wards sat on the front porch to rearrange the world after all ^ ^ ^ 4 , are hereby notified Mcro, has appointed April 14th, M o r o his nerves. He could not help asking smoke a cigar, meanwhile listening It is < brand of conceit of which to pregent them, with the proper his question. to the soft step of his wife as she we are particuarily fond, thia alt- TOUche„ and du|y verified, to the •'V/hAt are you going to do. Char moved around the second floor of tin t in th* «in and thinkln< about underairned the d„iy appo|nted. the house, engaged in those endless ley?” what we will do when our »hip quaiifled and ^ in|t .A ai^atra- Hillhouse ignored the question, little occupations which seemed to comes in. trix of y ,e E ^ t e of Bart Bur- whereupon Breathitt’s grin showed fill her day. He pitched the cigar across the Aa a matter of fact our on- , t the office of T. vety white against his steel-black porch and entered the house. She stubble. 1 «Sea are not licked yet. That j obnaon> ta „ oro, Ortron, Breathitt reached into his shirt was on the second floor, moving might be hastened If thoxe In monthl fr(m) pocket, producing cigarette materi around from room to room, but authority »pent more time work- tbe flj>t tw , no. al. He rolled a smoke, still showing when he went up the stairs he found ia t at that and leaa at planning March 12 1M# that thin-lipped amusement He her seated in her own bedroom with the poat war world. Leota Burrell, Adminiatratrix lighted the cigarette and dragged in a pile of darning on her lap. She “Well,” says Judge Cunning friends, Is a way people keep oai -Thia nation haa. and will, give D>u aI Flr>t publication. M.rch a deep breath of smoke. “You won’t had beard him come and this was of trouble, not get into It! ham. “I see they’ve got it’” get far with a jury, con. You know her way of throwing up a guard many tons of food, many ship- 1943 that.” against him. loada o f materiel and equipment d ; u Ijall PubHeation. XpriI From where I sit, I certainly “Got what?” I says. ’’Yes,” said Hillhouse. “I know It He stood half-across the room, agree with the Judge. The fellow, toward the eventual winning of 9 1R 2 ’ “Look,” beams the Judge. Arid blackhaired and smiling, favorable Riley, bring me his rope ” the war. It may give much of J ___________ . - 'h e pulls out an article about a with the alibi about a “couple Riley released the rope from the enough in the eyes of most women, its blood, too. We do not expect special kind 0’ lie de;cctor-an of beers” is reflecting on good thong of Breathitt’s saddle. He came watching her face come up from the citizens everywhere who enjo> to give as much, or suffer as' “alcoholometer” they call It across the depression at a slow, bow- pretense of'work. Her voice, cool a quiet glass of beer with thel: legged straddle and handed tbe rope as it was, never failed to stir him. much as has China, for instance, When a fellow gets haled Into to Hillhouse. Hillhouse hooked it “Did you have good luck?” or Russia. Those nations have lost court for doing mischief, and meals -sittin’ with their friend* • r just relaxing after a day’s ¿’Nico fat one.” territory, production, millions of blames It all on a “couple of He said: “Old girl, you’re a hell Bethlehem Chapter No. 78, O.E.S. beer».” this sdMtlflC machine * ’'•ork “ ° der?te fo,ks l,ke that dead and more wounded. They of a good-looking woman, do you Moro, Oregon prove» whether Just a "couple of are entltlcd t0 «■nsKioratlon. have lived oa what they could Meets Every Second and know?” beers” is really the true answer. get .not on what they were ra Her voice wouldn’t let the silence Fourth Thursdays i n remain. It hurried back to him. tioned. , And o' course it Isn’t. Because Each Month. Visiting “The peaches should be picked. I Right now it looks as If when a couple of beers, enjoyed with Members Invited. think I’ll turn Joe loose on them to the war is ended the bushy mous N o r m a B a ls ig e r W . M morrow. We’ll can a lot of them, tached Mr. Stalin is going to of court«. But it would be nice U ZSv U4.WAR BONDS No. 55 o f a Hcries Mario Hoskinaon. Sec. *^5É2Iîfi l' Industry fotutdaii<m have the most to eay aheot how In Other Days C. A . Ruggles INSURANCE From where I s i t ... / / Joe Marsh z « ¿i Bs fired three times, shoving the gws teward his target. you loaded up a wagon of them and went around to the neighbors.” “What neighbors?” he said, shak ing his head. “It is a poor word to describe what they are now. to each other. Herendeen and Morgan are ready to fight at the drop of a hat. Gurd's got it in for Morgan over something—I don’t know what'. We are going to have a fight and I hate to consider i t ” She said: “You should know the reason for it, Llge.” ’Why yes,” he answered. “Heren deen wants to clean up the range and Morgan is a little shy on corn in’ in.” She said: “No, Lige. In the be ginning it was over a woman. Lila And now It is over another woman, Catherine.” He looked down at her. cloccly z thinking it over. “Lila—mt ybc yes. But Catherine. 1 doubt that. He's closer to the McGarrah girl. ' “There's one thing you don’t know. Lige. Catherine was his first girl. Even- before Ula She still is. I don’t know if he realizes that. I don't know if he understands why he is so bitter against Herendeen, or why Herendeen hat.23 him so. It is Catherine. L ife.” He said: “You’re damned pretty, sitting there ” She gathered up the darning and rose, turning to a corner ot the room; “I ought to go down and see wbat Chin's cooking for dinner." He came over the room. Hearing his quick steps she swung around, her face dark-set and stiff. Lige White showed her his quick smile. ; he showed her the gay. excited and unruly expression she knew so well There was that insistence in him. that quick need He put his hapd on her shoulder, compelling her to come toward him. He said, voice giving him away. “ Don't freeze me out. Grace.” She whirled back from h im . re treating until she had reached a wall. She put her shoulders to the wall and it was this picture that hurt Lige While, the sight of his wife shrinking away, actually in pear. with that darkness on her face and that adamant pride in her eyes, as though she hated the things in his mind then. Ij took all the drive out of him, it Swung him around. At the door he turned, once more covering up his feelings, speaking as though none of this hod hap pened. “I’m going over to see Herendeen, and maybe Gurd. Probably be gone overnight” She remained by the wall until he had left the room, listening to the crush of his feet on the stairs After wards, posted at a corner of the win dow so that he wouldn’t see her, she watched him ride out of the yard and settle the horse into a singlefooted dancing across the Fan- olango Desert. As long os he was in sight she stood by th^ window. When the corrals and barns cut him from view she dropped the darning material from her hands and crossed to the bureau mirror She placed her hands on the bureau top, watching the way her face re mained set and dark. She said, “Why is it always like that?” and slowly turned from the room. Chin had left a broom and pan in the hall; she bent tQ pick up the ptn ’ and saw the uncollected dust along the floor. She went down to the kitchen and filled a pail with water and got a rag from a closet and lugged the pail up the stairs, kneel ing on the hall. She had forgotten about &er dress, or she didn’t care. She drenched the rag and slowly scrubbed the floor, not with very much method; she kept pushing the rag around and around the same spot, and her lips were tight-placed and tears showed in her eyes. She said, “This .started long ago. Why do I always push him away? I always did. Now he * goes somewhere else. It Is too late." She moved along the hall, water staining her dress. Her hair loos ened at the edges, coming across her forehead. Chin called up the stairs. “Miss Lige White, what you do there?” She cried, “Get back to the kitch en,” and was openly crying. (TO BE CON TIN LED J *
