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INSTALLMENT FOI RTEEN— The Story So Far
Laura Maguire, w ife ot happy-go-lucky
Mike, editor ■nd mayor ot Covington,
ia mother of four children, hit by the
depression:
Tom. who »eparate» from hl» wife.
Mary Etta, when she refuses to give up
her secretary Job. to Join him in the
•mailer town after hia real estate Job
peters out.
Alec. who. out of a Job, had been run
ning around with a flashy divorcee and
who becomes interested in Lou Knight,
the town drunk's daughter. Her father
died rescuing a crippled boy in a Are.
He takes her to his mother'» home.
Shirley, engaged to Jaird Newsum,
who Is also out of work and whose
mother wants him to marry Connie
•
•
CHAPTER XX
two. It shone from their eyes.
Laura, with Lou's aid, was set
ting the table for dinner when Shir
ley and Jaird came in. Their faces
were a revelation. They did not
need to say anything.
“You're married! And you didn't
tell me!”
For a minute Laura felt she
couldn't bear it She had tried nev
er to fail her children. And yet
Shirley, her beautiful sweet Shirley
had married without a word. In
someone else's house. Laura had
not even been there, or Mike. It
wasn't as if they would have dis
approved. Laura was glad, terribly
glad that Shirley was married. But
it hurt that in the biggest hour of
her life she had not come home to
her mother and father, had not even
told them.
And then with a glance at her
daughter's radiant eyes, Laura
swallowed her resentment
“You see," said Shirley when they
had explained about the sandwich
shop, "Jaird's mother wiU be furi
ous. But she can't be angry at you,
Mother, because you knew nothing
about it. No one is to blame but
Jaird and
And I’m afraid we
Shirley took a quick step forward,
then paused abruptly, her knees
trembling as Jaird went on.
“I found a second-hand clothing
man who relieved me of my dress
•uit and studs for thirty dollars. But
I’ve nothing else to sell. Joe. And
you gotta be reasonable. A hundred
■nd fifty's all this hole Is worth.
There it is on the table. Take it like
a good boy and call it a deal.”
"No! No!” cried Joe violently.
“Two hundred dollar! Not a cent
less.”
"But, Joe—"
“No can do.”
"I’ll pay you the rest so much a
month.”
“All cash, no credit.”
"But, Joe, have a heart." Jaird's
voice was hoarse. “You don’t know
what this means to me. There’s a
girl. I love her better than—she’s
everything to me. Everything! And
I’m losing her because we can't get
married. You say there’s a living
in this place. If a man can make
good by sweating his heart out, I
will. Maybe she’d laugh in my face
if I asked her to move into a dump
like this. But it’s my only chance.
For God’s sake try to understand.
Fm losing the girl I love and I can’t
do anything about it”
“Two hundred dollars," insisted
Joe.
"And I thought I'd found the way
out” muttered Jaird with some
thing that was almost a sob.
“You have,” whispered the girl In
the doorway to the rear room.
“Shirley!" At first he could only
stare. At her radiant eyes, her trem
ulous lips.
“I sold your ring, Jaird. for a hun
dred and twenty-five. Here it is.
Give Joe his price and tell him to
clear out.”
.She was in his arms, They clung
together. • it will be hard work and
everybody will laugh at us.
whispered.
"Do you mind?”
"1 don’t mind anything when I
have you in my arms like this. ••
“Neither do I." whispered Shir
ley.
Again his laugh rang out exultant
ly. He added to the pile of bills on
the counter.
“Pack up your duds and beat it,
Joe. This place has changed hands.”
“You’re married!”
They hung out a sign, “Closed
Temporarily for Repairs” and vis don’t care a lot whether she ever
ited the dollar store. They had some forgives us or not.”
working capital, that precious sev
At least, thought Laura, none of
enty-five dollars above the cost of her children bad ever said quite
the place. Shirley selected pale yel that about her. She went upstairs
low dishes and green glasses with a with Shirley to pack her overnight
. cut crystal effect and glittery new bag. Her other things would be
pots and pans that had green han sent on in her trunk the next day.
dles. They bought yellow oilcloth Laura managed to be very gay as
by the yard for the table covers she helped Shirley collect her frilly
and window drapes. Shirley knew little pink negligee and a demure
how to scallop them with the scis white nightgown from her hope
sors. Jaird purchased paint and chest.
hammer and nails.
But Laura was not really gay. It
They were back at ten. They wrenched her heart when Shirley
hired an ancient Negro with a moth- closed the door on her girlhood for
eaten mule to cart off loads of rub ever and came down the stairs to
bish. They scoured the floors and Jaird, but Laura did not betray it
Jaird painted the walls an apple Mike was waiting with his new son-
green while Shirley did the chairs in-law apd he kissed Shirley and
in ivory. They tacked up the yellow told her she had never done a smart
oilcloth drapes and stacked the new er day’s work and warned Jaird to
green glasses and yellow dishes be expect him to drop in often for a
hind the counter. Jaird solved the free handout and sent them off with
bedroom problem by turning the a chuckle. Only Laura knew that
hose on it and leaving the sun and Mike's lips were quivering. Only
air to do the rest. Late in the after she was there when he turned to
noon they moved the furniture back her with blurred eyes.
The moon had risen when Shirley
Inside and Shirley made up the bed
with crisp new sheets and a green and Jaird came back to Joe's place.
It silvered the oak leaves. Jaird
crepe spread.
"It doesn't look half bad,” said snapped on the lights inside. They
Jaird with a throb of pride in his gleamed on shining walls and new
voice. “You aren’t weakening, are china and glittering green glass. But
in the back room, the moon cast
you. darling?”
“No! No!” exclaimed the girl In light enough.
"It isn’t the way I promised,”
bis arms.
Again they clung together. They Jaird said, "but I love you, Shirley.
were going to be married at last, And I'll work myself to death to
after four years! This was their make up to you for everything you
wedding night. Shirley’s heart thud ought to have and haven't.”
"What haven’t I?” whispered the
ded deliriously against her side.
Jaird’s face blazed with fugitive col girl. "I’ve the man I love, I’ve his
or. They locked up the place and name and his love and his respect,
walked down the street. Jaird’s The right to make him a home and
coupe had gone the way of his dress bear his children. The right to live
studs. But he had a marriage li for him and for them, What more
cense in his pocket. His hand tight can any woman want?”
“Darling!”
ened on her arm. And they laughed
His lips found hers.
above the tumult in their pulses.
Of course it was nothing like their
"I love you, I love you!” whis
plans, that quiet ceremony in the pered Shirley who had been unable
old Methodist parsonage. There to say the things that mattered.
Back home Laura Maguire wiped
were no bridesmaids, no flower-
strewn aisles, no music. It was very her eyes and carefully put away the
still in the old-fashioned parlor. But miniature of Great - grandmother
the windows were flung open to the Ashe.
It had served its purpose.
garden. The air was soft and sweet
with dusk, the old minister’s voice
CHAPTER XXI
very gentle and reverent.
•
—
“I do pronounce you man and
Alec Maguire did not come home
wife.”
Shirley’s hand closed convulsively to dinner the night Shirley married.
on Jaird’s. He stooped and kissed He did not even telephone. Laura
her. The old minister’s wife wiped found herself wishing that her son
her eyes. She wasn’t always happy
■bout the couples who came unex
pectedly to be married under her
roof. But this boy and girl bad
A SELECTED STORY
meant it when they swore to cherish
BY A GIFTED
each other always—in sickness or
in health, for better or worse, till
AUTHOR
death did them part. They were
wedded to each other's hearts, those I
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Mays, the banker's daughter.
Kathleen, who against her will, la be-
coming Interested tn Ritchie Graham,
who to also a newspaperman and aids
her father tn angering the banker. The
latter causes the paper to lose Its ad
vertising
Shirley pawns her ring to buy a ham
burger stand Jaird also comes to buy it.
•
Alec was not too old for a session
with the hair brush. It seemed to
Laura that on top of everything else.
Lou was just too much. Of all days
in the year to be saddled with the
girl. And such a tongue-tied, nerv
ous little creature. Laura had talked
herself hoarse trying to relieve the
child's dreadful timidity. But Lou
still trembled when Laura spoke, and
her eyes watched the door—for Alec.
Kathleen was 'dining out. She
might have helped. Lou had seemed
less afraid of her than of the others.
She shrank every time Mike ad
dressed her. He had even less suc
cess than Laura with the poor little
tiling. Tom looked tired and de
pressed. He scarcely spoke at all.
(Sec Recipes Below*
Mike had had another run-in with
YOl It DEFENSE: HEALTH
Banker Mays over an editorial in
THIS WEEK’S MENU
the morning Clarion. Mike detailed
the episode with gusto. He thought
Help yourself to your share of
Tomato Soup
it highly entertaining. But It wor health by giving your meals plenty
•Liver and Vegetable I’ie
ried Laura. Mike laughed when he of health-giving f<x>ds and wurd off
Creamed Spinach Cabbage Slaw
discovered that Kathleen's engage the lack of resistance to disease that
Bread and Butter
ment was with Eugene Mays’ gon. comes from not getting enough of
Prune Whip
Laura also failed to find that amus properly balanced foods.
Beverage
ing.
Economy and health will be the
•Recipe Given
Altogether dinner at the Maguire key words this season and through-
house was not a happy occasion that
the country by the ultraviolet rays of the sun.
night. Laura was glad when they
homemakers
That's the round-up of vitamins.
rose from the table. Mike had a
have to take
Now,
how about minerals?
Council meeting. He was gone when
your part and
Laura finished in the kitchen. Tom.
You've probably heard that you
build I the back-
looking drawn and white, went up to
bone of the coun- need calcium to build good bone»
his room and closed the door,
try by feeding and teeth, but did
haggard face haunted Laura,
your families food you know that
it had not invited confidence^
that builds strong you need it to
wanted to be alone. She was
bodies, steady help your blood
mother and she ached with his pain.
nerves and high to clot when you
But she could do nothing. Another morale, Fortunately, good, health have a wound
woman had his happiness in her building food is not just achieved and that you need
keeping.
through more buying power, but it also to regulate
Laura, with Lou trailing after her through wise buying. You can use your muscle contraction’ No food
like a shy dejected shadow, sat down I canned vegetables or low-priced keeps people from Writing old in
in a big wicker chair on the veranda ’ fresh vegetables, cheaper cuts of definitely but If you’ve good calcium
deposits, you'll at least postpone old
and leaned her head wearily back. ' meat, milk and canned fruits.
Milk and green
For once Laura's natural buoyancy
You've been hearing lots about vi age for awhile
deserted her. She had a wild de tamins, so check yourself on them: vegetables burst with calcium so use
sire to indulge in a few well-salted
Vitamin A is for resistance to in them every day. Don't forget the
tears, a luxury she rarely allowed fection. for growth and general well- salads: carrots, cabbage, and cel
herself. Shirley was married, a bride , being. You’ll need it for your eyes, ery aren't too expensive in winter
this night in a hamburger joint. The too, for poor vision and night blind and they're calcium-rich.
bride's mother always weeps. Laura ness are common symptoms of the
Phosphorus works together with
felt in the humor to do a lot of that body’s lack of this vitamin. You'U calcium in building bones •nd
Only there was Lou, huddled In the I find it aplenty in milk, butter, vege- nerves Milk, cereals, meat, cheese,
porch swing, small, dejected, piti tables green and yellow, fruits and eggs, nuts—al! these have a good
ful. Laura felt like sweating. She eggs, It's also the one vitamin phosphorus content.
couldn't let down even for a minute which you can store in the body.
Iron's a marvelous pep-you-upper.
and be just a plain discouraged hu
Vitamin Bl. sometimes called thi Not only docs it guard against lag
man. She knew Lou would most
I amin, is for appetite and g'x>d diges ging energy but also digestive dis
likely faint with fright if her hostess tion. This vita
turbances and general Irritability.
put on a sob act
Iron goes to work and makes red.
min’s for good
"It’s a lovely evening. Isn’t it?" morale. If you're
red blood cells that are just about
murmured Laura, trying for the lazy, grouchy or
th«» hardest working cells you'll ever
hundredth time to thaw the
'
irk- nervous look
find. The red blood cell shuttles
some ice between herself and hcr the "matter,
between your lungs and your 7.000-
guest.
mile-long circulatory system drop
chances are
“Yes,” whispered Lou.
ping off the oxygen and carrying
you've been
“At least with Shirley gone I lecting pork,
out the carbon dioxide.
needn’t inflict you with the couch.” er, meat,
You need lots of iron so don't miss
murmured Laura, thinking with a riched cereals and enriched bread a day on iron foods. That means
pang that Shirley would never again and bread flour, and pcab
you'll be eating plenty of liver, mo
share Kathleen's virginal bed.
Vitamin B2 is sometimes called lasses. oatmeal, dried apricots.
Lou's small hands clenched. “I’m vitamin G also and also goes under eggs, whole wheat, lean beef, cab
going tomorrow,” she said huskily. the name riboflavin. If your nails bage, oysters and raisins from now
Laura glanced at her quickly. The have been brittle and grow slowly on.
girl’s eyes met hers. They were very and break off easily or your hair
Iron by itself is apt to be a bit
unhappy and very apologetic, Lou's and skin are generally in poor con lazy, It needs copper to make It
big blue eyes.
dition, add some of these good get to work, so be sure to have
“Alec shouldn’t have brought me sources of vitamin B2 to your diet: prunes often, whole-grain cereals.
here.” she said. “And I shouldn't milk, liver, eggs, cheese, lean meats oatmeal, dried fruits, liver and oy
have come. I knew you’d hate hav and leafy vegetables.
sters at some one of your three
ing me.”
Gums bleeding’ Teeth decay eas meals.
Laura flushed. “I don’t hate hav ily? Perhaps you're missing out on
Iodine spells power. It is released
ing you, Lou. It’s just that I’ve vitamin C, for this is the vitamin to your system by the thyroid gland
been a little at a loss fitting you in.” that goes right into your system and which is near the Adam's apple.
“I know.” Lou said. “That’s why helps you have good teeth and bonea. Sluggishness, mental and physical,
I shouldn't have come. I don’t be If your diet contains plenty of citrus are the result of lack of iodine or thy
long here. I've never had anything fruits (lemons, oranges, grapefruit), roid deficiency.
Seafood contains iodine as well
or been anywhere. I’m poor white tomatoes, fresh fruits and vegeta
trash and you—you’re lovely and so bles, you won’t have trouble with as garden vegetables. Salt has been
kind, but I—I’ll go away tomorrow.” teeth, bones, or wounds not healing. iodized to help out general deficien
“Where will you go. my child?”
Vitamin D boosts vitamin C and cy, and cranberries if raised in low-
asked Laura very gently.
calcium into action, makes them lying lands near the sea are a popu
Lou looked away. “I don't know.” utilize the other vitamins and min lar source of iodine.
Magnesium balances calcium, and
Laura reached over and laid her erals. Vitamin D isn’t easy to find
hand on the girl’s knee but Lou in foods, although eggs, salmon, as you're getting your milk you'll
shrank away.
sardines and herring contain some be getting magnesium, torr. Other
“You’ll stay here till I can work of it. Milk can be fortified with this sources are green lenfy vegetables.
That’s the line-up. You’ll notice
something out for you,” said Laura. vitamin and then it is called "ir
“I would never forgive myself if I radiated.” Most common way of that many foods contain both or sev
let you go otherwise. And neither getting the vitamin is either through eral kinds of essential minerals and
would Alec.”
milk of this type or by taking coa vitamins. Of course that should
“He’s ashamed of me,” Lou burst liver oil in winter, sunbaths in the make the job you have to do easier.
out in a smothered voice. "He took summer, for it is formed in the skin
•Liver and Vegetable Pie.
me to the Airdrome on a bet. But
(Serves 6 to 8)
he doesn’t like me. He’s just sorry
¥4 pound salt pork
for me and kind like you.”
1% cups cooked pork liver, cut In
LYNN SAYS:
Laura drew a breath of relief. So
pieces
there was nothing between Alec and
1 Mt cups sliced onions
Here’s your guide for meal
the girl except his instinct to be
1 cup diced carrots
planning for health:
friend a friendless creature. Laura
2'4
cups boiling water
Milk: % to 1 quart a day for
remembered how all his life Alec
1 Mt teaspoons quick-cooking tapioca
each child and nursing mothers.
had brought in crippled sparrows
Black pepper,and salt
1 pint a day for everyone else.
and dogs with broken legs and in
¥4 teaspoon celery salt
Vegetables: 1 or more servings
sisted on repairing them.
Mi teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
a
day
of
the
leafy
green
or
yel
"I can’t believe Alec is ashamed
Fry salt pork, add liver and brown
low vegetables; 1 serving of po
of you, Lou," she said. "It doesn’t
slightly. Cook onions and carrots
tatoes
or
sweet
potatoes.
matter that you are poor. So are
until tender in boiling salted water.
Fruits: 1 serving of tomatoes,
we.”
Drain, measure liquid and add wa
grapefruit, or oranges a day; 1
"But Alec’s
so wonderful!”
ter to make 2 cups. Add vegetables
serving of another fruit.
breathed the girl with a little sob.
and meat to liquid, then remaining
Eggs: 1 a day or 4 to 5 a week.
"He’s just as far above me as those
ingredients and bring to a brisk
Lean meat, fish, poultry: 1 or
stars up there, and always will be.”
boil, stirring constantly. Turn into
She got blindly to her feet and
more servings a day. About %
greased casserole.
slipped into the house. Laura heard
of a pound of meat or fish is the
Cover casserole with the follow
her going up the stairs, heard th«
day's quota.
ing: Mix 1 cup sifted flour with 1
bedroom door close behind her, and
Cereals: 1 serving daily of en-
teaspoon double-acting baking pow-
knew Lou was crying In that mute
riched cereal.
der and ¥4 teaspoon salt. Cut in 3
heartbreaking way she had.
Of
Bread and Butter: At every
tablespoons shortening, add milk
course she was in love with Alec.
(about 6 tablespoons) and mix uijtil
meal.
Laura sighed. And he hadn’t come
Sweets: some sweets occasion
soft dough is formed. Pat to ¥4-
near her all day. Laura wondered
ally to satisfy the appetite. This
inch thickness, cut several slits on
where he was. She supposed he
may be included in the dessert or
top. Fit over casserole. Bake in »
was helping Myra Boone massacr«
an occasional piece of candy.
hot (450 degrees) oven, 20 minutes
time as usual.
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(TO HE CONTINUED)
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There ia no intrinsic vice in
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