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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 ,
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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.
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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? ? *
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- 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.
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from
tak,n«
OTer
‘ha
Deschute.
was
water
but
there
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n< n a m
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. 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_
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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
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f ar<l GrauU Catherine’« brether, he«»-
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
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special meeting.
1 he president .
about totatnc Herendeen, but Se
cluding the alhes,
from
trying
hut
no
water.
ari
‘
t„iv
«heu ae
_av .
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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
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e
f
ideahattc
ta
lk
.a
b
o
u
t
the
engineers
found
almost
ideal
Moro
wa>
attended
by
the
f#lipw.
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ONE YEAR .t........ ................. $150
find Hark
iving everyone a quart of tailk eonditions, after they bad modi- .
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ing people from Kent. Mrs. Ol- oreaLiUt and hifi him. Clay atarta out
a day la naioney. w e can vraoe fled their plan«» i t is estimated Hc Rel
Mrs
Barnet, Mrs. to And him SrsL Ua Sad« him a t Free
APRIL 2, 1941
with other nations, sell them what that the project(the details have
asauut«» w .
w «».
i'orU » « « “deen arrive«, and 'here is a
we hsve. buy w b st they have snd not been ann.uneediwfi, eost a-
M .U he. « d
SCHOOL SITUATION
provide international trade fair- bout 60,000,000or more and employ
<Mpg
w G Helyer. Mrs. *“ lhc wu*. c u > * ar» ^
rwi WU1-
Certainly there is no informed ly enough that all can live. This 10,000 people or more, and these
ae.Kin««J
tv.,.
«..r, *“ «• * “»eater* he eace befriended, that
person in the county who will nation h a . no responsibility fur- workers will be . housed on a ® , conteat beld for noble grand,
^t«/44sí$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
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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.
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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.
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pause as he came to them. Crossing each shot saw his face snap Into
l.ll.
_a. Ik„
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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
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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.
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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.
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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-*
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— 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
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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
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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
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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 *