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Friday, November 28, 1941
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W.N.U. Serv.ce
1NSTAI.I NEXT EIGHTEEN—The Story So
Laura Maguire Is wife of happy-go-
lucky Mike, editor and mayor of Cov
ington. whom banker Mays threatens to
ruin for criticizing his banking meth
ods. She is mother of tour children,
hard pressed by the depression:
Tom. who had separated from his
wife when he decided to move from a
a
CHAPTER XXVIII
bigger city and aha wouldn't give up her
job ai secretary. Laura patched that
up. however, and divorce acUon hatted.
Alec, who fell tn love with Lou Knight,
the town drunk's daughter, and secretly
married her.
Shirley, engaged to Jalrd Newsum.
also out of a job. who pawns her ring
e
e
He hadn't even kissed her. And
six weeks ago Hot Shot Mays would
not have believed that possible.
"Have you told your folks about
us yet?” he now demanded with
asperity.
Kathleen winced and shook her
head.
"You act as if you were ashamed
of me or something. Hell, you're
doing grand to land me and you
know iL How'« for my «peaking to
your father tonight?"
"All right,” she said at last, "i'll
tell Dad at dinner that you have
something to say to him. But. odd
as it seems, don’t expect him to
fall on your neck. He won't Maybe
everybody else in town will think
I've pulled a fast one to grab you
off. But Mike will hate the idea.
He’s funny that way.”
"He’s as funny as a hearse.” said
Hot Shot Mays sourly. "But he
can't go on acting the fool forever«
My old man says the Clarion won't
last out the summer, You aren’t
kidding me. With the bread line
staring him in the face your dad
will heave one sigh of relief when
I'm his son-in-law.”
"You are mistaken.” Kathleen
said icily. "My father will never
lick your boots nor anyone else’s.
And it won't mean a thing to him
that I’m marrying money.”
"But it does to his daughter?”
sneered Gene Mays.
"What do you think?”
His hard blue eyes mocked her.
"You’ll find out some day," he said.
Kathleen felt a rising tide of nau
sea. She had thought if she mar
ried Gene Mays she need never wor
ry about the cost of anything. But
it came to her with a thud that
Mrs. Eugene Mays had paid a ghast
ly price for her limousine and her
mansion and her trips abroad. She
hadn't had to make over last year's
Mr. Eygene Mays, his pompous
face apoplectic with rage, stumbled
through
the outer
office
and
slammed the door behind him. Mike
stood in the doorway, grinning,
"The old so-and-so," he cried
blithely. "Have I got him worried
or have I got him worried?”
"If you ask me,” laughed Ritchie,
"he’s on the ropes.
"Though he may drag me down
with him," admitted Mike ruefully.
He and Ritchie strolled arm in
arm into the inner office. Two of a
kind. Kathleen thought Impracti
cal idealists with a gay, almost flip
pant disregard for consequences,
and thoroughly charming with it aU.
"You think it’s heroic to fling Mr.
Mays’ money back into his face."
she told Mike in a thick jerky voice.
"You think it's noble to bankrupt
yourself in favor of a town full of
people who show their gratitude by
refusing to buy your paper or adver
tise in it. You are all puffed up be
cause you can't be bribed or scared
off. But has it ever occurred to
you who really foots the bill while
you do your Don Quixote stuff?"
Mike went quite white, But Kath-
leen could not stop.
"It's mother who bears the brunt
who has borne it for years,' ,” she
said furiously, "It doesn't bother
you If we haven't any money or a
decent house to live in or if the
car’s falling to pieces under us and
there aren't glasses enough to go
around. You’d just as soon be penni
less as not You'd probably get a
kick out of begging on the street
corner with a tin cup. But Moth
er—” Kathleen's voice broke. "Do
you realize she's putting up 60 jars
of watermelon preserves today in
this heat to get money toward the
taxes? And she hasn’t had a new
dresa in two years. She grew up
with the best people in this town
but she can't run around with them
any more because she can’t afford
to. And it isn’t fair. It isn't fair!”
Mike did not speak. But suddenly
he looked almost old and his blue
eyes stared at her with something
stricken back of them. Kathleen
realized abruptly that it was her
father to whom she had been speak
ing. The father she had always
adored. And her heart almost broke
at the look in his face. But the bit
terness had been accumulating in
side her for months. She could not
bite back the words, although they
were such dreadful wounding things,
the angry words she spat at Mike.
“I thought you were swell,” she
ended with a sob, "and I guess you
are, but it's at her expense. I used
to take it for granted she was happy.
But she isn't. She's been short
changed. By life and love or the
brain storm that passes for love.
And it makes me sick. Thank God,
I'll never make the same mistake!”
She whirled on her heel and
walked out of the room. At her
desk she dropped into her chair and
stared blindly at her note pad. And
she quivered with the agony of what
“You act as if you were ashamed
she had done.
of me.”
Ritchie stood beside her. He was
very white. “How could you?” he evening dresses nor had she been
compelled to patch the living room
asked.
She flung out her hands in a goad curtains, But she had lived with
tarnished standards and bedraggled
ed gesture.
"Do you think I liked telling him illusions, Her children had grown
those things?
My daddy!” She up in an atmosphere that belittled
sobbed once and then her face hard integrity and made a mock of hon
ened. "I don’t care what you think. or. No wonder her daughter had
Despise me if you like. It doesn’t no shame. And her son’s strongest
attribute was cruelty. They had
matter.”
His long, slender fingers gripped seen their mother humiliated from
her shoulders till she flinched at his their cradles. They had lived in
fierceness.
timately with luxury purchased by
"We do matter to each other, their mother's acquiescence in their
fAthleen. Whether we want it that father’s degeneracy.
Way or not We can’t escape it. I
At least Laura had never known
live you. And you love me.”
that particular hell.
J "If you still think I’m in love with
She had drudged and economized
j ou—” she cried in a choked voice and employed every ingenious arti
i nd picked up her telephone.
fice to manage on Mike’s erratic
She was several minutes securing earnings. But corruption had not
i ter connection. "Gene, this is Kath- brushed her or hers.
Kathleen
een,” she cried into the receiver. thought of her father. A quixotic
‘‘You know that little matter you’ve egoist perhaps, but clean. As clean
teen trying to get me to consider? as a fierce wind from the poles. Mike
ll’ve made up my mind at last. Sure had not swaddled his wife in sables.
ly you’ve won out. I’m telling you. But neither had he taught her chil
I’ll marry you. Whenever you say. dren to sneer at her.
Certainly I’ll have lunch with you to
celebrate. Until then, all of the best,
CHAPTER XXIX
dear heart”
"I’ve got to go back to the office,”
rose
abruptly.
"You
Kathleen and Hot Shot Mays had Kathleen
been engaged for a week. And a lot shouldn’t have enticed me away in
of good it had done him, he reflect the middle of the morning. At least
ed as he stared at her with morose while I’m on the payroll I can
eyes over tall frosted glasses of fruit make a pretense of earning the old
salary check.”
punch in Henderson's drug store.
"Six weeks from now,” said Hot
Kathleen had promised to marry
him. But she never had been more Shot Mays, "and the Clarion payroll
exasperating. She had refused to will have gone up in smoke.”
Kathleen’s slim hands locked.
wear his diamond. Although he had
selected a handsome two-carat stone “And that will tickle you and your
impressively set in platinum. She father to pieces.”
“We won’t shed any tears," ad
said it would be time enough for
that after their engagement had been mitted Hot Shot Mays.
Kathleen stared into his compla
formally announced. She insisted
he could name the day and she would cent eyes and her throat tightened
be there with the orange blossoms under a revulsion of feeling that
and a yard or two of bride’s veil. shook her from head to foot Eu
But if he so much as laid a Anger gene Mays and his son did not de
on her, she turned on him like a lit serve to triumph over Mike.
“Can you, shed tears, I mean?”
tle jungle cat
"You don't own me yet" «he al she asked in a stifled voice. “If so,
turn on the faucet Because I think
ways said.
to help him buy a hamburger aland.
Their marriage follows.
Kathleen, who despite herself become«
Interested tn Rltchla Graham, al«o a
newspaperman. She thinks her father
and he carry the light to Mays foolishly.
She spurns his love Mays offers Mike
a $10.000 bribe
•
I've been a little goofy, But I've
come to. And I'm not marrying
you."
Hot Shot Mays gasped ai if the
breath had been knocked out of him
and his face mottled with a furious
dark flush.
"You can't do this to me,
cried.
"Can’t 1?“ Kathleen's lips curled.
"But I have. I've been cuckoo, I
think. Unbalanced by growing pains
or something. But I'm over It, thank
God. And I'd rather die than mar-
ry you.”
She turned and walked into the
rickety building which housed the
Covington Clarion. Hot Shot Mays
Meet the Pot Roast — Juicy and Tender
stood perfectly still where she had
left him. his big hands clenching
(See Recipes Below.)
and unclenching helplessly.
But
Kathleen forgot him completely
Savory Menis
THIS WEEK'S MENU
when she entered the newspaper of-
Ace.
Something was drastically
up the personality of your
•Pot Roast
wrong. She knew it by the gray of meals by serving meats more often
Carrots
Browned Potatoes
Roger Whyte's twitching face and
as the weather
the way Tommy South's mouth quiv
Apple, Celery, Ruisln Salad
becomes
frost-
ered when he looked at her and the
nipped and cold
Bread and Butter
Beverage
beads of sweat on old Ducky Mil
er. Meats are sy
Biikod Custard, Strawberry Jam
ler's upper lip.
nonymous
with
Sugar Cookies
"What Is it?" «he asked, stopping
• good, wholesome,
•Recipe given
quite still.
F hearty meals be
"Do you know where your father
cause they're sat
is?” asked Roger Whyte at last in isfying and Alling. Meat sets good
Vcul Is tender and delicate and de
a thin quaver.
tone to the meal and rounds it out serves careful cooking.
Breaded Veal Cutlets.
Kathleen caught her breath. "Has to give you a sense of complete
(Serves 6)
something happened to my father?” ness when you've finished eating.
2 pounds veal steak, cut in 0 pieces
Someone was opening the door.
Meat is honest and straightfor
Kathleen whirled. It had to be Mike. ward both in flavor and purpose.
1 egg
Cornflake crumbs
She couldn't endure the knife that Its abundance of vitamins and min
1 small onion, chopped
was jabbing at her heart, But it erals really come through and give
Salt and pepper
wasn't Mike. It was Ritchie, and you sustaining energy. All in all
4 tablespoons lard
he was very white. From a great meat contains nine out of the thir
1 No. 2i» can of tomatoes
distance she heard Tommy South’s teen food essentials of a normal
Dip pieces of meat Into the egg
thin piping voice.
diet:
and cornflake crumbs which have
“Gee, Mr. Graham, didn't you And
First is protein and meat's pro
been seasoned with salt and pepper.
him?”
teins are complete. They help to
Ritchie shook his head. Roger build or repair body tissues which Brown In hot lard on both sides, us
Whyte suddenly dropped into his you wear down every day and keep ing a heavy frying pan or skillet
chair and covered his face with his you on good maintenance level. It Add tomatoes and chopped onion,
hands. Old Ducky Miller carefully has iron the oxygen carrier, copper, cover and cook slowly for 1 hour.
Variation: Make as above omit
polished a piece of type while slow iron's partner and the builder of
ting tomatoes and onion.
Add 1
rusty tears ran down his withered hemoglobin.
cup of sour cream after meat Is
cheeks. Kathleen put out her hands
Meat has phosphorus that helps
browned and cook for 1 hour. Thick
blindly.
calcium in building good teeth and
en Die sour cream gravy with flour
"Ritchie, no one will tell me
bones and helps give you energy.
and water and serve.
what's the matter.”
Meat has fat, too. producer of more
A cut which you may not have
"No one knows, Kathleen. "Were
energy and heat
used is lamb shanks, but I assure
only afraid."
As tor vitamins, meat is an im you they are simply delicious when
Tommy South began to blubber.
"I'd ought to have followed him aft portant source of four: vitamin A. braised. They'll be a good food dol
er I seen him going over those the resistance and growth vitamin; lar stretcher for you this season:
thiamin (vitamin Bl) which helps
insurance papers.”
Brained lamb Shanks.
the body translate sugars and
Roger Whyte shivered. "The pre
(Serves 6)
starches into energy; riboflavin, of
mium's due tomorrow and he hadn't
6 lamb shanks
the cash to pay it," he said. "He which meat is the top source, that
2 tablespoons lard
helps prevent nervous disorders, and
told me so yesterday.”
Salt and pepper
Anally nicotinic acid, which prevents
1 cup celery
“He called up Lawyer Isgrigs this
a nervous digestive disorder known
1 cup carrots, cut fine, if desired
morning and asked about the in
as pellagra.
1 cup green beans, cut fine, if
surance clause.” said Old Ducky
Fortunately for economy's sake,
desired
Miller wiping his eyes on his inky
Brown the lamb shanks in hot
shirt sleeve. “That’s when he told the lower-priced cuts of meat are
me he was worth more to his wife just as good for these minerals and lard. Season with salt and pepper.
vitamins as the higher-priced ones. If you're using vegetables, place
dead than alive.”
Today's column
them in the bottom of the casserole
Kathleen clutched at a chair. "My
gives you tricks
and add a small amount of water.
father has fifteen thousand dollars'
and tips on how
Put in the lamb shanks. Cover and
worth of insurance in favor of my
you can use them
cook in a slow oven (300 degrees)
mother,” she said in a high color
for savory meals
2 hours.
less voice. “You think he's killed
and have them
Kidneys are right up there among
himself.”
juicy, tender, and
the top-notchcrs as a source for ribo
She felt herself breaking up. Shat
full
of
flavor.
flavin, preventer of nervous diges
tering into a million pieces.
First call is for pot roast which you tive diseases. They're good broiled
“Kathleen!” cried Ritchie and
can make just as desirable as the with bacon and good also in this de
caught her beating hands.
best steaks and chops:
licious savory loaf:
"I said everything cruel to him
that I could think of,” she whis
pered. "I said he'd taken his fun at
Mother's expense. I said he’d cheat
ed her. I said he and love had short
changed her between them. I was
always his favorite. And now I've
killed him.”
Laura stood in the center of her
shabby living room and held onto
her dusting rag until her fingers
ached. Until for weeks afterward
she had only to close her eyes to
feel the gritty cloth clenched in her
aching hands.
"I’m afraid I don't understand,”
she said.
You’ll have to tell me
again.”
“I told him he had been an ideal
istic clown, while you bore the shock
of his beau gestes,” repeated Kath
leen In a dull voice. "I said he
had never been fair to you. Never!
I twitted him because you’ve had to
wear shoes from the basement and
trim your own hats. And I said you'd
got the dirty end of the stick al
though you never complained be
cause you’re not the whimpering
kind. I asked him if it had never
occurred to him what a rotten bar
gain you made when you refused Eu
gene Mays to marry him. And I
sneered and inquired what he
thought you had got out of it, if any
thing.”
Laura’s clear cheeks were sudden
ly scarlet.
‘‘I’ve had the only man I ever
wanted. He's been mine. Body and
soul. With no reservations. Never
once has he failed me when I need
ed his tenderness and his under
standing. I’d stake my immortal
soul on his integrity. He's given me
my children.
Each of them is
stamped with his idealism. When
the blackness threatens, his strong
arm gathers my weakness in and
strengthens it He’s the rock under
my feet The breath in my nos
trils. Sometinrss I lie beside him
at night whili he sleeps and my
heart almost bursts with gratitud«
because God gave him to ma.
(TO BE CONTINUED»
•Pot Roast With Vegetables.
Wipe meat with a damp cloth.
Brown in hot fat and add one or two
small onions sliced to meat while it
is browning. Season meat with salt
and pepper. Combine 'A cup catsup
with 1 cup hot water and add to
meat Place in a roaster or cast-
iron skillet or pot, cover tightly, and
allow to simmer gently 45 minutes
to the pound. Add mors water if
necessary. Whole carrots and onions
may be added to the meat and
cooked with it the last 45 minutes of
the cooking period.
LYNN SAYS
You're going to sell nutrition to
your family not just because of
its virtues but by attractively gar
nished, well-cooked food. Here's
how:
Whenever possible serve the
vegetables with the meat, as
browned potatoes, whole carrots,
browned onions. These can be
placed around the meat for ef-
fective coloring.
Radish roses with parsley
brighten almost any kind of meat
platter.
Spinach,
chopped,
seasoned
and mixed with white sauce can
be made into nests or mounds
and served around meat.
Baby beets may be scooped and
Ailed with green peas served
around the meat or on a plat-
ter by themselves.
Ham can be scored in circles
for a change by using a small
cookie cutter and a maraschino
cherry placed in each circle. Cir-
cles look best if they overlap.
Bananas or pineapple slices
broiled make a tantalizing ac
companiment to baked ham, roast
beef or lamb chops.
Slices of orange topped with a
smaller slice of jelly is excellent
for meat platters.
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Kidney Loaf.
QUINTUPLETS
(Serves 6)
1 pound of beef kjdney
■
relieve misery of
1 cup milk
8 slices bread
V* cup bacon drippings
3 slices bacon
1 small can pimientoes
Salt and pepper
3 tablespoons grated onion
■A teaspoon powdered sage, if
desired
Ready for Good
Wash kidney in cold water. Drain
Be always at loisure to do good;
well and grind, using internal fat.
Pour milk over bread and soak. never make an excuse to decline
Combine all ingredients except ba the offices of humanity.—M. Aure
con and mix thoroughly. Line bot lius.
tom of pan with uncooked slices of
bacon, add meat mixture and pack
^Relieves distress from MONTHLY^
firmly. Bake in a moderate oven
(350 degrees) for 1H to 2 hours.
What could be better than spare
ribs with barbecue sauce as a tasty
meat dish on a
cold night? Bake
the spareribs
Pinkham’s Compound
tablets (with added iron) not only
brown and crispy
help relieve cramps, headache,
and brush them
backache but also weak, cranky,
with the sauce for
nervous feellngs-duo to monthly
a dish you'll long
functional disturbances.
Taken regularly - Lydia Pink
remember and
ham s Tablets help build up resist
enjoy looking at:
ance against distress of "dlfflcult
Barbecued Hparcribs.
days.” They also help build up red
^lood. Follow label directions^
(Serves 6)
5 pounds spareribs
Brown spareribs under broiler.
Cover with the following sauce and
bake about 2 hours in a covered pan
in a slow (325 degrees) oven.
Barbecue Sauce.
1 small onion chopped
2 tablespoons lard
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
TATHEN you see the specials of
8 tablespoons lemon juice
•• our merchants announced
% cup catsup
% cup water
in the columns of this paper
Salt and pepper
you can depend on them. They
1 teaspoon paprika
mean bargains for you.
Dash of ground cloves and cin
• They are offered by merchants
namon
who are not afraid to announce
Brown onion in lard and adu re
their prices or the quality
maining Ingredients. ' Brush over
of the merchandise they offer.
spareribs.
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