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STORY T H IS FA R : Pleasant
accepted without any surprise
engagement to L arry M artin,
generally supposed Meg would
tell the old (arm and go to the county
seat where she and Larry would live.
Jim
MacTavtsh continued to "take
walks" each evening, and Meg sus
pected he was going to tee Alicia, the
widow.
Atop the ridge she sat and
thought It over a long time. She loved
the old (arm . every rock and every
tree. Finally she knew she could not
m arry L arry and leave the (arm . She
must tell him. As she walked bark to
the house she glanced toward the Fallon
home. In the backyard was a figure In
white, dancing weirdly.
C H A P T E R VI
She knew she could not sell the
fa rm . She d re w a long, hard breath.
B ut Laurence could not d riv e to and
fro m the fa rm to M eadersville,
where his own destiny lay.
P e r
haps when the w a r was over and
cars and tire s and gasoline were
once m ore eve ryd a y m a tte rs it
could be done, but not now.
I t a ll boiled down, she decided at
last, to the fa c t that she could not,
m u st not m a rry Laurence, not now.
Suddenly she fe lt ve ry tire d , but
she had reached her decision. She
could not m a rry Laurence and sell
the fa rm and go to liv e In a sm all
bungalow w ith a backyard-garden
and one c a t and one dog. H er life
was here. Somehow, she m ust m ake
Laurence see that. I t w a sn 't going
to be easy, but her m ind was made
up. A nd as though the achieving
o f a decision had relieved her of
some g re a t burden, she threw bacx
h e r shoulders, and stood up sudden
ly . s p illin g a sta rtle d and ind ig n a n t
Susie to the ground. Feeling sud
denly lig h t and free—
A m ovem ent in the b a ckya rd be
hind the Westbrook place caught her
sta rtle d a ttention.
A t firs t she
thought it was m e re ly som ething
w hite hanging on the clothesline,
flu tte rin g in the soft m ild wind. And
then she realized th a t it was a hu
m an figure, a woman in w hite, m ov
in g oddly, bending as though to pick
som ething up, stra ig h te n in g to flin g
her a rm s wide, her head back. At
th is distance, she could te ll nothing
m ore than th a t. And then suddenly,
w ith a little creeping feeling o f dis
co m fo rt, she realized w hat the w om
an was doing—she was dancing!
Megan stood stock s till, her heart
pounding, as she watched the danc
ing woman down below in the back
y a rd of the W estbrook place.
A queer, oddly rh y th m ic dance,
grotesque in its lack o f grace, c lu m
sy and a w kw ard. The sun glinted
on the w om an's golden h a ir, as she
bent and postured and straightened
and w h irle d , her a rm s outflung!
Suddenly a shorter, d a rk e r figure
h u rrie d out o f the house to that
w e ird ly dancing figure. The d a rk
figure, a short, ra th e r stout woman
in a d a rk dress, put her a rm about
the dancing figure, and managed to
d ra w it in to the house
NEEDLECRAFT PATTERNS
Medallion So Easy to Memorize
you'll
he pi m id o (l P a tle rn 7M lias ilir r e -
thins fo r M(|uai«*M
D u r to an unu M ia llv la rg e <h‘ inan«l and
c u rre n t conditional, M lg litlv m ore tim e la
re q u ire d in fillin g order« M r a few >f tho
m ost iM ipular p a tte rn iiu in tie ts .
Send y o u r o rd e r to:
W M U RELEASE
I ’m a fra id w ell have to sell whether
you want to o r not.”
Megan drew a long breath end
said q u ie tly, "1 don’ t th in k so. Dad.
The place was le ft to us jo in tly ;
n e ith e r can sell w ith o u t the consent
o f the other.
I am ce rta in that
1 can’t be forced to accept a deal
th a t you and M atthew s have cooked
up w ithout even consulting m e.”
pers, caught up her cotton crepe
kim o n o hanging across the foot of
the bed. and went s w iftly to the w in
dow that overlooked the backyard.
aul allon
"W h o 's down there?” she called
q u ic k ly , and rem em bered to w onder RrleuM d bv W r»tern Nowapnpor Union 1
By* P
w hy
n e ith e r
M
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( I n le N e e d le r r a f t lie n t
Man I* ra nel « ro 6, C a lif.
K n c lu ie 30 c e n ti fo r P a tte rn.
Bessie not Dixie had
barked a w a rn in g o f the stra n g e r's COMMUNISTS LOSE OUT
AT BALLOT BOX
approach.
W ASHINGTO N - The Russian
The m an who had been knocking
stepped back fro m the door, and fu ll program fo r w o rld p o litic a l action
"W e ll, perhaps n o t.” he a dm itted in to the w h ite m oonlight, liftin g his is losing, and u change o f fro n t
re lu c ta n tly . ‘ But of course, we w ill face to her, and she recognized m a y eventuate fro m the B row der
have to pay him his com m ission, F allon.
ta lks in the K re m lin .
even though the sule doesn't go
Severest setback to C om m unist
“ I'm te r rib ly so rry to awuken
through, since it was o u r fa u lt— y o u ," he said s w iftly , and his voice plans fo r postw ar p o litic a l aggres
yours, ra th e r—and not his. that it was ta u t w ith uneasiness, “ B ut 1 sion was defeat of th e ir new const!
did f a i l ! ”
have to use the telephone— there has tu tio n fo r F rance. M uscovites con
J
“ And his com m ission is ten per been an accident—we w ant a doctor. tro lle d the s p irit of the French gov
cent,” said Megan q u ie tly . "T h a t's
Megan said in s ta n tly, “ I ' l l be e m in e n t since they defeuted De
—seven hundred d o lla rs .”
G a ulle's p olicy of u strong a rm y,
down in a m om ent.”
,Crt O'Sullivan SOLES as well as
She stared at her fa th e r in de
-There w a sn 't tim e to do anything and acquired co lla b o ra tio n o f the
Heeh next time you have your
spair. but he m e re ly extended his but tie her kim ono about her, and Socialists. T h e ir co n stitu tio n pro
cup fo r m ore cotfee and said pleas to shake back the leaf-brow n b u r mised a single center of governm ent
shoes repaired.
a n tly, “ So I th in k it w ould be much nished cu rls fro m her face. She went a u th o rity in the cham ber o f depu
ties
w
ith
a
subservient
president
b e tte r i f we ju s t let the sale go s w iftly down the stairs, and unlocked
y o u CAN WALK
and cabinet.
through—don't you? I'm a fra id sev the kitchen door.
Facially
this
appears
like
ut
en hundred d o lla rs is ra th e r a lo t of
"Y o u r w ife ? ” asked Megan.
FARTHER
most democracy — somewhat
money in the present state of our
Tom shook his head and she saw
like the superiority of the Brit
finances—is n 't it? ”
that his face was w hite and set. His
WITHOUT TIRING.**
ish parliament you might say.
“ Quite a lo t,” she agreed, pushing ja w looked rig id and his eyes were
The majority of the French
back her plate. She had no longer bleak.
electorate
was
not
footed.
“ I t ’ s M arth a , m y w ife 's sister, '
E ve ry tim e the C om m unists go
he said c u rtly . “ She— fe ll and hurt
753
herself. W hat's the do cto r's r in g ’ to the electorate, it seems, they are
I have to h u rry —th e y 're there alone being rejected. In the French re f
—both of them com pletely help erendum on the subject last O cto
less.”
ber, th e ir proposal fo r a weak e x ACCESSORIES c ro ch eted of
Megan said q u ic k ly . “ You go ecutive was defeated, although they * * this medallion are prize win
back, and I ' l l c a ll the doctor. If succeeded in electing the largest ners. As lovely for scurfs and small
he's not at home, and out on a ca ll bloc of delegates to the convention. pieces as for a cloth or spread.
• • •
somewhere it m ay take a little tim e In the connivances o f in te rn a tio n a l
m ed a llion — o u lc k ly memo*
to get h im . So let me do it —”
conferences and dom estic p o litic a ll r i ^ Crocheted
d - u 's
• • • • a n d s o le
Inches In s trin g . H a n d iw o rk
d icke rin g ,
the
M uscovites
have?
Tom
said
huskily,
"T h a n ks
won the m ost ground, but at the
You're—y o u 're m ore than k in d .”
ballot box they have proved weak.
He turned and went s w iftly out
Labor Bans Communists.
into the moon-washed darkness and
Less conspicuous events than the
Megan went to the telephone. The
doctor was out, and it took some French election disclose th e ir forced
little tim e fo r her to locate h im , and re tre a t w ith even g re a te r c la rity A
Sine»
then it was w ith the assurance that spare three paragraphs in the Lon
don
T
im
es
re
ce
n
tly
revealed
the
de
it would be an hour at least before
he could m ake the c a ll a t the West cision of* the B ritis h L a b o r p a rty to
change its co n stitu tio n so as to deny
brook place.
Megan put down the telephone and m em bership to C om m unists. This
follow s
the
disclosure
hesitated fo r a m om ent. Then she decision
ran upstairs, got s w iftly in to o u t made in this colum n a few weeks
door shoes and stockings, a s k irt and back, and not ye t g e n e ra lly pub
a lig h t, w a rm sweater, because the lished, th a t the le ft w ing unions in
Thrifts are ugly looking peats
n ig h t was c h illy . She tied a sc a rf CIO were ta kin g s im ila r action, in
about her head, caught up the little s im ila r quietude. The constitution
that thrive by harming crops. If
F irs t Aid k it th a t she had acquired of several C IO unions is being
your crops are feeding Tbribs.
as p a rt of her c iv ilia n F ir s t Aid changed to ban C o m m u n ist p a rty
dust
or spray them now with
w ork, and le t herself out o f the m em bers, and unquestionably la b o r
in the tw o dem ocracies is a tte m p t
Stauffer D D T —the most effec
house.
She was answ ering the ca ll of a ing to purge its e lf of the C om m unist
tive insecticide for Thrifts and
neighbor's need as in s tin c tiv e ly , as influence.
tfc„
Il>n
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A M E R I C A 'S
N o.l H E E L
SAY G O O D B Y E TO
"MR. THRIPS’
with STAUFFER DDT
this is Megan—I'm in
any appetite fo r the d in n e r Annie
had prepared w hile she sat on the
R idge and reached the decision not
to sell the old fa rm . "M a y b e L a u
rence can figure a way o u t.”
“ The only way out, if you are
stubborn enough not to sell, is to
pay M atthew s seven hundred dol
la rs ,” her fa th e r assured her g rim
ly, looking at her w ith an g ry sus
picion.
“ And if you've got seven
hundred d o lla rs a va ila b le , to be
throw n away lik e that, it w ill su r
prise me a lot—a fte r I ’ve been kept
p ra c tic a lly penniless fo r longer than
I care to re m e m b e r.”
“ I ha ve n 't e xa ctly found it d iffi
cu lt to spend what little money I'v e
had e ith e r," she answered him w ith
s p irit.
“ And as fo r having sevei^
hundred d o lla rs on hand to pay
M atthew s th a t’ s a little b it fu n n y.”
" Is it? I hope it's a joke y o u 'll
e n jo y,"» sa id her fa th e r as he th ru st !
back his c h a ir, and leaving his I
b reakfast ha lf eaten, went out. She
heard the outer door close h ard be
hind him .
thoughtlessly, as had alw ays been
Pleasant G rove's custom.
People
who had been enemies fo r years,
who never spoke when they m et.
laid aside a ll personal anim osities
when the enemy was ill o r in trou
ble, and "p itc h e d in " to help, it
was
unthinkable,
in
Pleasant
G rove's creed, th a t one should do
a n yth in g else.
It was in the light of these
world - changing events that
Earl Browder flew to Russia on
his unexplained mission. The
I P postwar political action in
this country has been In the
hands of the Foaterltrs who op
pose co-operation with capital
ism. Browder was ousted from
party control here because he
brought CP Into co-operation for
production during the war. Will
the Moseovites now order a pe
riod of co-operation again?
She went q u ic k ly down the moon-
silve re d road, crossed the little
wooden bridge, and went on up the
Megan shuddered and put her
low h ill, tu rn in g in at the weed-
1 doubt it. Look at the m a tte r the
hands over her face fo r a m om ent,
grown, gateless drive, and through way Moscow looks at it. i f you
as though to shut out the re m e m
the shru b b e ry that had run rio t and , would find the answer. C a p ita lism
bered figure sw aying and postur
that to n ig h t gave the house an a ir was the firs t enemy chosen by C om
ing and tu rn in g . Tom F a llo n ’ s poor
of m y s te ry and furtiveness that wa3 m unism . Fascism became a la te r
w ife, o f course. "M e n ta lly i ll , ” he
alm ost unpleasant.
enemy. F ascism has now been
had said.
There was a lig h t in the kitchen e lim in a te d as a w orld power. C om
H e r own period o f troubled inde
and another in a corner room a' m unist aggression against ca p ita l
cision seemed absurd and childish,
the fro n t.
B u t the kitchen door ism can stop only through a genu
com pared to the h o rro r th a t m ust
was closed and it was there that ine reo rg a niza tio n o f its to ta lita ria n
liv e w ith Tom F a llo n all the days of
Megan knocked.
ideals, and this is h a rd ly to be ex
his life . She went back down the
She heard the m u rm u r of voices pected now as the Russian govern
Ridge and across the meadow to the
before she knocked, then an instant m ent, flushed w ith v ic to ry and new-
house.
silence, and the m ovem ent of feet won pow er throughout the w orld,
A nnie was getting the m idday d in
com ing tow ards the door. The door sees its greatest o p p o rtu n ity fo r
ner on the table as she came in. and
swung open and Tom stood there, w orld achievem ent.
by the tim e it was ready J im came
his coat discarded, his sleeves ro lle d
Superficial Co-operation.
down, a little bloodshot and draw n
up; behind h im she saw a kitchen
B
u
t
there is another stronger
about the m outh, but fre sh ly shaven
th a t was spotlessly tid y , though de-
and n e a tly dressed.
pressingly drab, and a short, stout reason fo r doubt. D e m o cra tic c a p i
"W e ll, m y d e a r.” said J im hap
woman huddled in a ch a ir, her face ta lism is stru g g lin g ,o its feet, fo l
p ily , “ I th in k wfe're going to be able
turned over her shoulder to look at low ing w ar. If the C om m unists co
operate and we get production, we
to get an e xce lle n t p rice fo r the
the door. *
place. I was ta lk in g to M atthew s
Megan said to Tom, " D r. Alden m ay grow strong again. T herefore
the B ro w d e r m ission is lik e ly to suc
yesterday, and he tells me th a t we
Megan sat on fo r a little at the i w ill be here as soon as he can m ake
should get seven thousand at the table, though her appetite fo r food it. I thought perhaps I m ig h t be of ceed only i f the K re m lin becomes
ve ry least. I confess I would have , had long since vanished; and then i some help, before he gets here. I ’ ve convinced c a p ita lism w ill fa ll any
way, and a period of false appease
been delighted a t six thousand, but w ith sudden decision she got up and ' had F irs t A id tra in in g —"
m ent is ju stifie d as a te m p o ra ry
M atthew s says the fa rm land is at ! went to the telephone and called
The woman said harshly, sharply
stra te g ic re tre a t. The decision could
a igh peak
Laurence in M eadersville.
"D o n 't let her in, Tom —do n 't you
fa v o r CP face liftin g , and superfi
"W e ’ re not going to sell the fa rm .
let
her
in
!
"
His voice sounded w a rm and
c ia l co-operation, but could h a rd ly
D a d ,” Megan told h im q u ie tly.
Tom flushed d a rk ly .
cheerful and eager, as though he
run into genuine depths.
" A re n ’ t you being a little rid ic u
"
I
am
always
glad
to
do
anything
lous, M egan?”
He seemed to bite j was delighted to hear her say, I possibly can fo r a neighbor,” Me- !
In these fundamental cur
| “ L a rry , th is is Megan— I ’ m in a
the words off.
" A fte r all, you've
rents, some are saying the
gan
assured
h
im
.
She
crossed
the
had a p re tty hard tim e of it these ' ja m .”
ultimate conflict will be be
j
“ Not you, d a rlin g ," he countered , threshold to face the woman, whose
la st few years, and especially since „ ,
da rk, a n g ry face and blazing eyes i. tween Socialism and Commu
‘I
don’
t
believe
it
—yo
u
're
A nnie's tw o sons and the rest of the gaHy'
nism. But Socialism is a word
watched her a n g rily .
a va ila b le fa rm labor in the section j covering fo r somebody else.”
which has lost more of its orig
"T h e re 's nothing you can do, and
inal definition than Communism.
was d ra fte d , o r went in to w ar J "W e ll, perhaps—in a w a y ,’ ’ she we can w a it p e rfe ctly w ell fo r D r
plants. How do you propose to run a dm itted re lu c ta n tly . Then as b rie f A lden,” she stated g rim ly .
The Nazis were Socialists, so
"So
ly as she could, she related her fa- )
the place w ith o u t h e lp ? "
were the Fascists. So is Russia.
you'd better go on back hom e.”
" I don’t qu ite know. Dad,” she i j th e r’ s conversation w ith M atthews, j
The name of that Communist na
Tom turned on her and said,
a d m itte d hum bly. " I jus» know that ’ When she had finished, she asked j
tion is The Union of Soviet So
) anxiously, "D o I have to pay Mat- ' through clenched teeth, "M a rth a , be
I'm not going to se ll.”
cialist Republics, British Social
quiet—
she—she
kn
o
w
s,"
and
moved
J im said fu rio u s ly , "W e ll, you’ ve thews' com m ission, even i f the sale 1
ism, on the other hand, clings to
his head tow ards the closed door at
c e rta in ly put me in a tough spot! does not go thro u g h ? ”
law, the parliamentary system
the
le
ft
th
a
t
would,
Megan
knew
"N o t unless you and yo u r father
You m ig h t at least have given me I
and Democratic forms.
open in to that corner bedroom.
some in k lin g o f the way you fe lt be both signed the papers w ith h im |
E vents th e re fo re are shaping the
M a rth a looked startled, incredu
fore I gave M atthew s the lis tin g on a u th o rizin g him to m ake the sale, ’
w orld c o n flict in to a clash of
lous;
and
then
anger
lit
up
her
face
Laurence assured her p ro m p tly .
,
the place.”
S tatism , D icta to rsh ip , C om m unism
"T h a n k goodness!” said Megan ! and she turned away, her teeth set on the one hand versus D em ocracy,
In s w ift a la rm , Megan said h u r
hard above w hat m ust have been a
rie d ly , "O h, Dad, you d id n 't_”
y o u th fu lly.
C a p ita lism , S ocialism on the other
fu rio u s ly savage anger.
" I most c e rta in ly d id ," her father
LEFT AND RIGHT
The n ig h t was superb.
A full
Megan hesitated, looking down at
told her c u rtly . " I happened to run moon, silv e r-w h ite in a pale blue
WING
RADICALS
the woman, and Tom bridged the
into h im up at the service station sky, rode high, and beneath the th ick
One d is tin c tio n m ay be noted be
tense,
unpleasant
m
om
ent
by
say
and he was looking fo r a place fo r d ark of the shrubbery on the lawn ing q u ie tly , ’ ’M a r th a - f e ll and h u rt i ween C o m m u n ist strike s and regu
some people who w ant to move and the ancient liv e oaks, the shad
la r union strikes. The C om m unist
down in here—though L ord knows ows were lik e soft black plush. Me- her ankle. I d o n 't th in k it is broken, s trik e g e n e ra lly seeks p o litic a l ben
but
it
is
sw
elling
fast
and
very
p
a
in
w h y! A m ore fo rlo rn and ghostly I gan s room was flooded w ith the
efits. (Crusades fo r p o litic a l issues
fu l—”
place to liv e I ca n ’ t im a g in e .”
or c a p ita lis t sabotage), w hile the
s ilv e r-w h ite lig h t when she awoke,
"W
o
u
ld
you
lik
e
me
to
m
ake
you
“ B ut i f you listed the place and puzzled to know why she had aw ak
a cup of coffee?” suggested Megan union strike s are p rim a rily con-
he made you a bona fide o ffe r and ened.
And then the sound came gently. “ O r perhaps a cup o f te a ’ ” 1 cerned Wlth wages and w o rkin g con-
you accepted i t —’ ’ she protested.
again, a knocking at the kitchen
M arth a wiped her forehead w ith ¡,?tlo n s' and 8 desire lo im p ro ve
“ W hich is e x a c tly w hat I d id ,”
.. back
u I o . f her
.
L.
J
wan ! them.
f wages
door dow nstairs, a knocking soft, the
hand
and said husk-
fo r a s I trik
e , ,ock are
fo r not
c p X the
e w re h a e s r o e n
her fa th e r told her w ith obvious sat urgent, repeated, insistent.
ily , re lu c ta n tly , “ Well I guess you in
the background.
ThT s w ift
isfa ctio n in his voice. "A n d he’ s go
W ith her he a rt h a m m e rin g w ith
" ." C i;“-
■ » c p "■ « -
in g to b rin g the people down here to sudden uneasiness, she slid out of ™ S
tea, not coffee.
the D a i|y Wor! er
see the place the firs t of the week. bed, th ru s t her feet in to her slip-
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