Fridav, October 31 1941 SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Paqe 6 ■T $ I I e £ o H arry C> V ” © Me Ctuwt ‘V Ht I !» 0 .Pipiti ChatuPeA-i. W.N.U.Service •MtntfUMV 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 ...V.'l 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 fds 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. 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