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"W h y, yes, I think so ," said
"W e ll, now that you ask me, I do CONGRES» HAS NOT
Megan, and then rem em bered, "O n. believe it was som ething M ix Ste DESTROYED OPA
•'M iss M e g g ie !”
I t was Annie's y o u 're P rofessor F allon, the new venson said, t ’ other day when we
W A S H IN G T O N .—The overlooked
voice lifte d above the ro a r of a high school p rin c ip a l! Welcome lo was all sewing fo r the Red Cross
fa ct in m ost accounts o f the house
tru c k in the b a ckya rd
H it's de feed Pleasant G ro v e !"
W hether you spray your crops by airplane
over at her house.” she a dm itted O P A continuance was that the legis
m a n .”
or by other methods, there's a Stauffer tested insecticide available to
"T h a n k y o u ." said Tom . and his "She made a rig h t sm a rt sto ry out la tio n proposed extension u n til next
meet your individual needs for an insect control.
"A U rig h t, A n n ie ." Megan looked handshake was w arm and frie n d ly. o' it. Said she went over to call, M a r c h 31, n in e
Stauffer Insecticides sprayed from the air provide a thorough,
up fro m the desk where she was "T h a t's v e ry kind of y o u ."
ta k in ’ some chrysanthem um s fro m m onths m ore. The
over all coverage. Effective. Quick acting. Stauffer Insecticides and
" I t 's going to be nice to have her garden, and some new maga
w ritin g labels fo r the latest batch of
w ay some o f the
Fungicides rid crops of insects and diseases w on after application
canned goods.
"The money's in the someone in the W estbrook p la c e ," lin e s and a book, th in k in ’ lik e ly
stories
read
you
said Megan pleasantly.
" I 'd like wom an that was an in v u lid m ig h t m ig h t th in k discon
Increase crop yield. O rder front your dealer now.
old brow n teapot.”
" A in ' no money in de brow n tea to c a ll on M rs. Fallon as soon as lik e to read—w ell, she says this big, tinuance was im
husky-looking woman, a 'M iss M a r m ediate. The oppo
pot, M iss M e g g ie ," shouted Annie you are s e ttle d ."
th a ,' come to the door and fa irly sition statem ents of
a fte r a m om ent. "C e p 't je s' a dim e
She saw the shadow fa ll over his glared at her and w o u ld n 't let her
P e e l l l e W a rth w e s t D iv is io n
an' tw o pennies."
Messrs. Bowles and
face. Even in the dusk she could in. Said fe r a m in u te she d id n 't
N O R T H
P O R T L A N D ,
O R E G O N
P o rte r absorbed a t
Megan sat v e ry s till fo r a mom ent sense the tightening, the stiffening,
th in k she was goin’ to let her leave tention o f the re
and fe lt her h eart go down in to her th a t made him look o lder and some
the flowers, and she w o u ld n 't let her p o r t e r s
S p rin k lin g Clothes
e n tire ly .
G rocer Co-ops
w orn shoes.
Dad had found her how, aloof.
leave the books and magazines. When the extension
To
get
clothes ready In a h u rry
M
ore
than
100.000
sm
all
Independ
secret cache!
T hat was w hy he
H ow ies
"Y o u 're very k in d ," he told her Said M ix' Fallon d id n 't w ant to be
fo r Ironing, sp rin kle them w ith w a rm
d a te
was m e n
ent grocers conduct co-operative
had been so eager to take advan
fo rm a lly . "B u t Mrs. Fallon is —an read to. and she was in bed so she
w ater Instead o f cold.
tioned, it fre q u e n tly was presented purchasing p ro g ra m s modeled on
tage o f M r. M cC u rtie 's o ffe r to in v a lid . H e r health does not p e r
d riv e h im in to the county seat that m it her to have callers. Her siste r co u ld n't read to herself. M ix ’ Ste as I have done above, in a confus llie fa rm e r co-op plan.
venson said the house, w hat she ing way. A c tu a lly , the extension
S avory Dish
m o rn in g !
lives w ith us and takes care of could see o f it, leastw ays— was neat
F
o
r
a
savory
dish, sp rin kle grated
w
orks
out
to
be
m
ore
than
11
Annie, vast and black, loomed in h e r.”
and clean but depressin' lik e .”
cheese o ver tuna fish flavored w ith
m onths fro m now, and nine months
the doorw ay. H er eyes were gentle
"O h — I'm s o rry ," said Megan
"P ro fe sso r F a llo n said that his beyond the e x p ira tio n date o f OPA
lemon Juice.
and w a rm w ith affection.
q u ic k ly and m eant it. "Y o u w ill let w ife ’ s sister lived w ith them and
powers on June 30.
"M is s Meggie. yo ' re ckin yo' Paw us know, though, i f there is an y took care of h e r,” said Megan d ry
toaouow «m em '
E n e rg y Food
A lo t o f w a te r m a y go o ver m any
—” she began im p u ls iv e ly , but th in g we can do to help? We p rid e ly
“ O f course it would be like
Honey
Is
an energy food fo r chib
dam
s
in
the
next
11
m
onths
and
the
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Megan silenced her w ith a glance ourselves on being ne ig hb o rly in A lic ia Stevenson to m ake up a story
dren as w e ll aa adults.
IA X A T IV I
continuance
o
f
the
go
ve
rn
m
en
t's
Pleasant
G
ro
v
e
."
and reached fo r her checkbook.
about m yste ry o v e r there
I im a g
Tom s m ile d and the darkening of ine M rs. Fallon m ay be crip p le d — powers to act against p rices for
A nnie accepted the unspoken rebuff
Pre-Salted C elery
RET A 25* BOX
good h u m o re dly and said h e lp fu lly, his face was gone now. He said there could be any one of a lo t of th a t long a tim e could h a rd ly be
A W isconsin tru c k fa rm e r Is grow»
called
de
stru
ctio
n
o
f
OPA.
pleasantly,
“
I'd
alm
ost
forgot
th
a
t
consulting a s lip of paper in her
reasons—anyw ay, she is an in v a lid
lng pre-salted ce le ry.
hand, " H it's fifte e n d o lla rs an' six- such a th in g existed—n e ig h b o rli and not p e rm itte d to have com pany,
What angered the adm inistra
ness, I mean. You don’ t find any so why c a n 't we ju s t leave it at
ty -fo ’ cents. M iss M e g g ie ."
tion
to
unusual
bitterness
Megan nodded, w rote the check, evidences o f it in a c ity any m o re ." th a t? ”
against the bill were the amend
The F allons had moved in to the
"W e ll, 1 re k in there a in 't much
rip p e d i t out, and signed the slip
ments.
One amendment pro
A nnie extended. A nnie padded out Westbrook place e a rly in Septem else we can d o ," a d m itte d M rs.
posed
what
was generally de
ber. B ut by the tim e school was S tuart, but i t was p la in th a t her
and the door closed behind her.
scribed as "cost plus reason
in its second week, people were liv e ly c u rio s ity was fa r fro m satis
able profits to produeers and
F o r a m om ent M egan sat s till, speaking a p p ro v in g ly of Tom F al-
fied w ith any such u n e n te rp risin g
handlers.” OPA contended this
h e r elbows on the desk, her chin
decision.
would upset their ceilings on
propped in her hands. She could
many of the m ajor Items of
have wept, and y e t she trie d hard
There was som ething about Tom
produetion, autos, rubber and
to laugh a t h e rse lf fo r the w’ave of
F a llo n th a t made Megan feel so rry
such. This would depend upon
discouragem ent th a t sw ept over
fo r h im ; som ething, too, th a t put
The Baking Powder
her.
whether their ceilings now deny
h e r on the defensive when he and
"cost plus profit” on these
She had been carefuUy hoarding
with
the
BALANCED Deeble Actiea
his fa m ily a ffa irs w ere being dis
items and It would require a
the egg money in th a t old brow n tea
cussed.
Pleasant G rove was a
Clabber Girl It today's baking powdor . , .
skilled m athem atician a week
pot, to pay fo r feed. She had been so
sm a ll town where everybody knew
to figure out the involved formu
fho natural choice for the modem recipe. It»
sure th a t her fa th e r knew nothing
everybody
else's
business;
you
la for one item .
Frankly I
about its being there. He m ust have
balanced double action guarantees just the
m ig h t th in k you had secrets fro m
prow led—o r else he had spied on
would not attempt to referee
right action in the mixing bowl, plus that final
y o u r neighbors— perhaps they let
this argument.
her. N e ith e r thought was pleasant.
rise lo light and fluffy flavor In the oven.
you th in k so—but occasionally there
Megan finished the la st o f the
w ould be little spatters o f ru m o r, NEARLY YEAR LEFT
labels and straightened w e a rily .
w hispers, revelations th a t y o u r se FOR NEW ADJUSTMENTS
As she went out o f the s m a ll s it
c re t was no secret at a ll. but th a t
C e rta in ly , how ever, the general
tin g room th » t was her "o ffic e ” she
y o u r frie n d s and neighbors were
notion
of "c o s t plus a reasonable
glanced across the road and saw
p e rfe c tly w illin g th a t you should
p ro fit" does not sound lik e an un
the g lim m e r of lig h ts in the shabby
th in k they were. ,
little cottage weU back fro m the
Megan s fa v o rite re la xa tio n , when reasonable invaasion o f the eonsum
e rs' rig h ts, o r w hat OPA is sup
road, th a t was her nearest neighbor.
she could find tim e fo r it, was •
H U 1 M A "
A N O
C O M P A N Y .
1 f « > I
N A U T I.
IN D IA N A
So A lic ia Stevenson had. returned
w alk to the top o f the lo w -lyin g h ill posed to have been doing.
fro m her v is it to A tla n ta . She knew
beyond the m eadow, th a t re joiced
T here was one am endm ent
a m om ent o f sharp envy fo r A lic ia ’ s
in the a m b itio u s title o f the Ridge.
w hich seemed to m e lo g ic a lly
ease and freedom fro m the g ru e lin g
H ere she craw led under a barbed
w hat m ig h t possibly be called
fa rm la b o r th a t was the lot o f prac-
w ire fence, w alked a hundred ya rd s
"m u rd e ro u s ” of O PA. as one
ticaU y a ll the residents o f Pleasant
m ore and was on top of the Ridge.
ira te D e m o cra lic congressm an
Grove.
H ere there were lo rd ly pines whose
te rm e d the b ill, w hich was ap
Busy w ith m ilk in g , a task w hich
green fe a th e ry tops seemed alm ost
proved on a final passage by 205
she had done so m any tim e s that
to brush the sky; here the aisles
i t was p u re ly autom atic, she found
between the pines were kept clean
D em ocrats, in clu d in g h im se lf,
h e rse lf th in k in g about A lic ia . The
and free o f underbrush, and th ic k ly
and 148 R epublicans. T h is was
shabby little old cottage across the
carpeted w ith resinous, slip p e ry,
the one to d rop co n tro l o ve r cer
road fro m the M acT avish place had
brow n pine needles.
Here there
ta in a rtic le s when tlfe lr produc
stood vacant fo r years, ever since
were several big fla t rocks th a t o f
tion reaches the le ve l o f pro
O ld M an B rig h a m had died, six
fered a pleasant place to s it and
d uction of the ye a r J u ly 1, 1940,
m onths a fte r the death o f his w ife.
rest a fte r the w alk. And fro m here
to June 30, 1941—w hich was fa r
one had a b e a u tifu l view o ver r o ll
fro m the "p e a k y e a r” It was
Then, late one June evening, the
in g m eadow land and pasture and
described to be In one of the
N ew Y o rk L im ite d , w hich o rd in a r
green woods.
ily raced through Pleasant Grove
accounts.
P roduction did not
She saw a m an standing w a itin g
w ith m e re ly a d e risive toot o f its fo r her at the steps and was sta rtle d .
reach a peak u n til the la st year
On an afternoon late in October.
w histle, had stopped and a woman
of the w a r.
Megan em erged fro m the barbed
had alighted, a woman of perhaps Ion— “ P rofessor T o m ” they were w ire fence and straightened, to look
Now it would be e n tire ly lo g ica l
fo rty , s m a rtly dressed a ccording to c a llin g h im , and g ra d u a lly it came back down the low meadow va lle y.
Pleasant G rove standards, and sur to the te rm , ” ’ fessor.”
The dogs were scam pering w ild ly ; and sensible fo r p ric e controls to
rounded by a sea of luggage.
" I was rig h t w o rrie d at firs t," ad D ixie , the s m a ll black w ater span be rem oved the m om ent production
She had announced herself in m itte d old M rs. S tuart, helping
iel who was a superb hunter, self- reaches c u rre n t dem and. O f course
B urns M e rca n tile , Pleasant G rove’ s Megan m ake sau e rkra ut. "Seemed
taught, had treed game and was c u rre n t consum er dem and is g re a t
general store, as A lic ia Stevenson, lik e he d id n 't have enough spunk to b a rkin g his head off; Bessie, the e r than Ju ly , 1940-June, 1941. I t is
o n ly ch ild o f the B rig h a m s, and m ake
the
old
boys
behave.
—-
—— e r
v/viiurv.
i-----
u iiu u g
rj uie
pointer,
was
ra c un
in g through the un- ve ry m uch gre a te r, due to the ac
cu m u la tio n o f demand fo r consum
stated th a t she had come to liv e in Seemed lik e he ought to 'a took a | derbrush a t the edge o f the pines
the old B rig h a m place— at least stick to ’ em m o re ’ n he d id —but now her ta il q u iv e rin g w ith d e lig h t at e r goods d u rin g the w ar. I t m ig h t
" f o r the d u ra tio n .”
seems lik e the younguns has settled the scent she had d istu rb e d ; w hile be "m u rd e ro u s ” to OPA to impose
F ro m the firs t, Megan had been down rig h t nice w ith him . And they the cats w ere c lim b in g trees w ith th a t new fo rm u la on cessation of
re g u la tio n s, but i t w ould be what
established as A lic ia 's best friend, say the oth e r teachers is crazy joyous abandon.
fairness demands. R e lie f o f re g u la
although Megan was ashamed to about h im .”
B ut as she stepped out of the
tions should be tim e d to the period
a d m it to herself th a t she n e ith e r
Megan said q u ie tly, "H e seems pines to the sm a ll cle a rin g where
lik e d nor trusted A lic ia . T here was j ve ry nice. I th in k we are fortunate the rock lay. she paused and said, when p ro d u ctio n can care fo r the
som ething about her th a t was, to to get a m an lik e him in a s m a ll sta rtle d , “ Oh—I'm s o rry —I d id n 't present dem and, when the pressure
of shortages fo r h ig h e r prices has
Megan, a lm o st s ly ; perhaps the re l town school.”
know there was anyone h ere.”
been relieved.
ish w ith w hich she pounced on the
M rs. S tu a rt shot her a glance.
Tom stood up. s m ilin g , eager.
sm allest m orsel of gossip and rolled
The o th e r im p o rta n t am endm ent
“ W hy'd you re c k in he come to a
"W e ll, M iss M a cT a vish ! How are
It s a fact! Fram Filcrons. . . the modern oil and motor clean
i t about on her tongue and found little b itty place lik e th is? ” she won you? A m I trespassing on y o u r called fo r g ra d u a l e lim in a tio n of
ers
are g u a ra n te e d to give complete satisfaction on your car,
e xa ctly the m om ent to m ention it dered innocently. "F o lk s says that p ro p e rty ? ” he said q u ickly.
subsidies. F ra n k ly , I have never
truck and tractor or at anytime within 90 days after purchase,
when it would do the m ost harm .
like
d
subsidies.
The
th
e
o
ry
ii
w ith good teachers s ca rce r’ n hen's
"O h , no, as a m a tte r o f fa ct this
you can return them and get your money back. You’ve every
O ccasionally A lic ia departed on a teeth ju s t about e veryw here in the p ro p e rty belongs to y o u r p la c e ." w rong to pay fro m the tre a su ry,
thing to gain . . . nothing to lose!
w
hich
is
the
money
o
f
a
ll
the
people
trip . She was qu ite closemouthed co u n try you’d th in k a m an w ith all
Megan assured him .
"T h e circus
(and
th
e
ir
debt
now
is
he
a
vy),
a
about where she was going and them fancy d ip lo m a s and papers and and I ju s t use it as a finish to our
Fram Saves You Money
ce rta in p o rtio n o f the p rice w hich
w h y; Megan suspected th a t A lic ia , i things could get h im a b e tte r job w a lk .”
I
than
th
is
'un
h
ere.”
should
be
paid
by
the
m
an
who
buys
lik e d being “ a woman of m y s te ry ,” ;
"Shall I go?” suggested Tom
Millions of Filcron filters and cartridges have been used by our
the a rtic le . N ot even M r. T ru m a n
and th a t it fed her sense o f im p o r- '
Megan frowned a m om ent in deep lig h tly .
armed forces . . . while Fram is standard equipment on more
tance to know th a t people wondered thought, hesitating.
" O f course not—how s i ll y ! " pro has defended subsidies as a p e rm a
than
50 famous makes of car, truck, tractor, bus, marine,
nent
proposition.
W
hether
the
tim
e
w here she went, and why.
"W e ll, he said his w ife was d e li- tested Megan s w iftly .
“ A fte r all.
Diesel and stationary engines. Experts agree on Fram!
Annie Megan finished the m ilk in g , cate— m aybe he wanted a m ild c li- there are tw o rocks and plenty of lim it fixed by the house would
Motorists, operators of big fleets of trucks and buses, suc
w o rk e ffic ie n tly , again calls fo r In
and she and Amos took the b rim - J i m ate fo r h e r,” she suggested at room fo r both of u s !”
cessful
farmers the country over . . . all recommend Fram.
tric a te te ch n ica l know ledge of the
m in g m ilk pails to the sp rin g house, ' last.
“ T h a n ks,” said Tom, and sm iled
It
s
the
proved way to remove dirt, grit, carbon and sludge
e
ffe
ct
o
f
the
re
m
o
va
l
on
each
a
rtic
le
cool and d a rk, where the m ilk
M rs. S tu a rt paused in chopping as he watched h e r settle he rse lf on
from motor oil . . , to keep motors humming.
would be le ft o ver night and where, i the crisp, hard cabbage heads and the rock w hile he selected another at each tim e .
in the m orning, A nnie would churn. shot Megan a look. “ You hear any one.
A re visio n of the b ill by the sen
C om ing back across the back th in g 'bout w h a t’s w rong w ith his
Ask Your Dealer
The fo u r cats, shy of strangers, ate is being prophesied by m ost au
ya rd , alm ost com pletely d a rk now w ife ? ” she wanted to know, an odd stepped d a in tily in to the c le a rin g ’ th o ritie s , but It i* not lik e ly to be
If your tractor, truck and car have no filters, your dealer will
’ h a t the sun had gone and tw i tone in her voice th a t m ade Megan
saw h im and d re w back sta rtle d , a fu llp o w e r lease o f e xistin g au
install Fram Filcrons to help save motor trouble, breakdowns
lig h t was deepening, she saw a look at her sharply.
th
o
rity
as
the
a
d
m
in
is
tra
tio
n
has
ve lve ty ears erect, flu ffy p lum y
and costly repairs. If your equipment is already filter-equipped,
m an standing w a itin g fo r her at the
"W h y, no,” she answered.
ta ils q u iv e rin g a little , tin y grow ls been dem anding.
have him make the Fram Dipstick Test. The Dipstick tells
steps and was startled. He was a
"W e ll, I thought m aybe you sell s ta rtin g deep in th e ir soft throats.
stranger, and stra n g e rs—especially ing him m ilk and eggs and things,
the story 1 If oil is dirty*, he’ll put in Genuine Fram Replacement
N ot o n ly have the p a rty chieftains
"B e ha ve yourselves, b o y s !” M e
m asculine strangers — were su ffi m aybe you m ig h t 'a heard some
Cartridges to get the most out of your present filters. There’s a
gan ordered sternly, and Tom e xh ib ited confusion in a series of
c ie n tly ra re in Pleasant G rove to th in g o r seen som ething.”
Mrs.
Fram cartridge to fit 'most every type of filter, so see your
laughed as the arched ta ils relaxed rid icu lo u s "m is ta k e s ” as to w heth
arouse a b it o f surprise.
S tuart was alm ost on the defensive.
dealer today! FRAM CORPORATION, Providence 16, R. I.
a little and the cats went on about e r they are running M r. T ru m a n or
Miss
M a cT a vish ? ”
he
came "F o lk s say th e re ’s som ething m ig h ty
th e ir business of in ve stig a tin g fas congress this year, but they have
tow ards her, s m ilin g , and she saw p e c u lia r about her kind of s ic k
• C ertain heavy-duty o ih , due to th e determent additive used.
c in a tin g scents, y e t keeping w a ry been b u ild in g up a sideline ca m
th a t he was ta ll and rugged looking ness—”
" ’/ I * u rn d a rk in color alm ost aa aoon aa p u t in to the engine.
golden eyes on h im as they did so. paign on the Roosevelt bier. F irs t
and th a t he m ust have been close
Where euch oila are uaed, filte r cartridgea m u s t be changed on a
O ddly enough, Megan found h e r
"T h e y are beauties, a re n ’ t th e y ? " one m e m b e r of the R oosevelt fa m
to fo rty.
" I ’ m Tom F a llo n —yo u r self suddenly furious.
mileage or h ou rly baaia.
said Tom in qu ite honest a d m ira ily was tro tte d out as a prospective
neighbor down the road there.
“ I d o n 't suppose it would be A lic ia
candidate fo r g o ve rn o r o f New
tion.
We ve ju s t moved in, and they told Stevenson who said that, w ould It? ”
“ Well, n a tu ra lly 1 think so.” Me Y o rk ; a young m an w ith o u t p re v i
m e th a t you m ig h t be w illin g to she asked d ry ly .
ous experience o r p o litic a l preten
gan laughed.
supply us w ith m ilk and b u tte r and
M rs. S tu a rt chuckled and her col
Tom nodded. “ I ’ m a little th a t tions, who, i f he wanted to s ta r’
egg«.”
o r deepened a little .
as his fa th e r d id at th a t age, would
way m y s e lf,” he adm itted.
run fo r the tow n council.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
CHAPTER I
STAUFFER CHEMICAL COMPANY
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TO-NIGHT
CLABBER GIRL
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when you pul
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