Southern, Oregon Miner, Thursday, June 20, 1946 Spool S h e lv e s fo r T ' H E S E g r a c e f u l c o r n e r s h e lv e s * a r e 10 in c h e s w id e a n d 7 in c h e s d e e r a t th e b o t to m . J u s t t h e r ig h t s iz e to h o ld th e q u a in t m a t c h h o ld ­ e r , th e o ld - fa s h io n e d c h in a d o ll h e a d a n d o t h e r in te r e s t in g t r in k e t s t . h . . a t y o . u h a v e b e e n t r e a s u r in g - . In V ic t o r ia n t im e s s u c h s h e lv e s w e r e s t r u n g t o g e t h e r w i t h c o r d a n d th e s p o o ls s a v e d f r o m th e v o lu m in o u s »UN BOTH END» OF WIRE DOWN ZHROUtM I BACK SPOOIS WIND WNU T1... .... . „ „1 .- r „ m ration had described h i. wit», '**■* shivered a t the went on home. Jim MacTavish was happy as he announced th-“ •»» had »old the (arm . They quar- * n<* Meg railed L arry tor ad­ vice He told her no tale w at valid with out her signature, l a t e that night Meg w at awakened by a knock at the doer. Il w at Tom Fallon, who said that M artha. titte r, had fallen and hurt herteK. He wanted to call a doctor. M et called Ihe doctor, then rushed Io ________ _ M artha did .... the Fallon ____ home. not want her in. but but Tom Tom allowed allowed"he" her to to come come In, hei Io enter and bandage the Injured ankle. X blood-curdling cry came (rum Ihe next room. C H A P T E R V II RUN ___ _ C P J T H R O U 6 N S IO C SPOOLS a m o u n t o f s e w in g d o n e e a c h s e a ­ s o n . T o d a y , w i t h s p o o ls p ilin g u p f r o m o u r s e w in g , w e m a k e s i m i l a r s h e lv e s t h a t h a v e a l l th e o ld c h a r m b u t a r e m u c h m o r e r ig id a n d s u b s t a n t ia l. The spools and shelves now m ay be practically welded together with new easy-to-use types ot glue. The w ire or cord Is then run through, as shown here, so that the shelves may be hung In a cor-, ner ready to hold articles of considerable weight. > • • • N O T E —M rs Spears has designed an actual-size pattern for these three grace­ fully curved corner shelves which a re graduated In size. This pattern also con­ tains complete directions for cutting anti joining these shelves as well as a p atterii for another larg er set of spool shelves. Ask for Pattern No. 255. Address: MRS. R V T H W Y E T H SPEARS Bedford Hills, N . Y . D raw er 10 Enclose 15 cents for Pattern No. 255. Nam e- Address. Laws by Wholesale Megan rose and lit the o il cook- stove. She was ju s t p u ttin g w a te r on to heat when suddenly a c ry rang out th a t was lik e ic y Angers ta p ­ ping up and down her spine, a c ry th a t c h ille d the blood and le ft the h e a rt beating w ith m ad. staggering haste. "T o m — ” M a rth a cried. Megan said q u ie tly , her voice not qu ite steady, “ M rs. F a llo n m ust have had a bad dream . They can frig h te n one to pieces.” M a rth a 's eyes widened a little , and her expression relaxed e ver so s lig h tly . She was p la in ly sta rtle d , and a little suspicious, but as M e­ gan scalded out the teapot, M a rth a nodded slow ly and said uneasily, “ Yes—it m ust have been that. She's —she's—i l l and doesn't sleep m uch, and m y fa ll excited her and—yes, she m ust have had a n ig h tm a re .” Megan poured the b o ilin g w a te r into the teapot, and said, her tone d e lib e ra te ly qu ie t and n a tu ra l. “ P e r­ haps M rs. F a llo n would lik e a cup o f hot m ilk ? Would i t soothe her. do you th in k ? ” M a rth a hesitated " I t m ig h t, at th a t,” she agreed. "T o m could get her to d rin k it . ” T h e v o lu m e o f le g is la t iv e a n d ju d i c i a l la w e x is te n t in th e U n it e d Megan nodded and poured some S ta te s t o d a y f a r e x c e e d s t h a t o f a n y o th e r c o u n try . S in c e 1900 m ilk in to a saucepan. When i t was a lo n e , a p p r o x im a t e ly 40,000 fe d ­ hot, she fille d a glass and w ent to - e r a l, 420,000 s ta te a n d 2,700,000 the door w ith it. She knocked w ith m u n ic ip a l s t a t u t e s h a v e b e e n en ­ the tips of her fingers, v e ry lig h tly , a c te d a n d a b o u t 1,200,000 ju d i c i a l and a m om ent la te r, T om opened the door. She m ade h e rs e lf speak d e c is io n s h a v e b e e n p u b lis h e d . flfta k e A D E L IC IO U S FRO ZEN VK DESSERTS1 \SER \SERVES 8 O'SULLIVAN SAYS 'Cat O'Sullivan SOUS as wall as Haa/s naxt time you hava your shoos repaired. EASY DOES IT UP M U op down : A M E R IC A 'S N o .l H E E L •••••a n d s o le One of the best home ways to 6UIL0 UP BLOOD if you lack BLOOD-IRON You girls and women who suffer so from simple anem ia th a t you're pale, weak, "dragged o ut”—this may be due to lack of blood-iron. So try Lydia E Plnkham 's TABLETS— one of the best home ways to build up red blood—In such cases. Plnkham 's Tablets are one of the greatest blood-iron tonics you can buyl At all drugstores M ART* N he star ot « "True y " to . UJ*’ one a of the ® ount £ * e u ^ îo o » ed. wel1; o inform ’ ” ««} 4 H o Tooth U r » « Powder. 4 ,ta A Robbins. I “ «- McKesson Bridgeport, Conn. CALOX tooth POWDER o r how to apologize fo r M artha he said a w k w a rd ly . “ Please don’ t say any m o re ," M e­ gan begged h im q u ic k ly " I under­ stand p e rfe ctly. Sick people, o r peo­ ple who are in pain, should not ever ! be held accountable fo r th e ir ac- tions—and she was in g reat pain to- J n ig h t. Get her to bed and see that | she takes one o f those tablets D r. Alden left. It w ill help her to sleep.” Megan let herself q u ie tly Into the ' h°use. g ra te fu l fo r its w a rm th and j darkness. But as she m oved across the kitchen tow ards the h a ll, there i was a sudden sound and the lig h t flashed up and she faced her father. She gave a sta rtle d gasp, and trie d to laugh. "O h, d id I wake y o u ? " she said. " I 'm s o rry —I trie d to be v e ry cautious— " "S ly would be the w ord I'd use," said her fa th e r w ith insolence and sharp accusation in his voice, his eyes ta k in g her in fro m the top of her h a ir, tum bled where she had ju s t rem oved the closely wrapped scarf, to the tips of her shoes, dusty fro m the q u a rte r-m ile w alk along the unpaved road. " I would not have believed it if I h a d n 't seen it casually and offered h im the glass of m ilk . He took it fro m her w ith a flash o f g ra titu d e th a t was touch­ ing. She came back to the stove, and tested the tea. M a rth a said i t was " ju s t rig h t” and Megan poured her a cup o f it. They w ere d rin k in g the la st of the tea when there was a sound of a c a r in the d riv e , and a m om ent la te r. D r. A lden, stout, e l­ d e rly , tire d -lo o kin g , the ty p ic a l coun­ tr y doctor, cam e b ris k ly in. " I t ’s not fa r and the dogs a re "H e llo —you here?” he greeted w a itin g fo r m e outsid e. You stay -Megan c h e e rfu lly , lo oking at M a r­ he re .” tha cu rio u sly. "W h a t seems to be the tro u b le ? ” w ith m y own eyes! How long has “ T h e re 's no seem ing about i t , ” th is—this d isg ra ce fu l business been M a rth a told h im ta rtly . " I fe ll and going on?” he added his voice th ick tw iste d m y ankle somehow, and w ith righteous anger. Tom w ould have it th a t we m ust ca ll Megan stared at h im , wide-eyed a d o c to r.” and bew ildered by the depth o f his D r. A lden made a s w ift e xa m in a ­ anger. tion o f the ankle, c o n g ra tu la tin g " I don’ t know w hat you’ re ta lk ­ Megan on the way she had ban­ ing about— ” she began. daged it. “ Don’ t tr y to lie out of i t , " he He straightened at last, saying snapped at her fu rio u sly. " I heard b ris k ly , "P a in fu l, but not danger­ th a t—th a t—F a llo n m an come to the ous. Ju st keep up the tre a tm e n t, back door and tap. fo r a ll the w o rld Megan, and see th a t she stays off lik e some—street bum beneath the her feet fo r the next three o r four window of his—lig h t o’ love! And 1 days—o r a week. I d o n 't look fo r heard you go down to h im —I any co m p lic a tio n s .” couldn’ t believe th a t you would As he turned to w a rd s the door, leave the house w ith h im —” Tom came out of th a t room th a t was < " I f you heard so m uch. Dad. w ith ­ in such sharp c o n tra st to the drab, out even sufficient in te re st in m y cheerless house, and shook hands 1 a ffa irs to ask a sim p le question, w ith the doctor, th a n k in g him fo r i then you m ust have heard m e tele­ his trip . phone D r. A lden—’ ’ He w alked w ith h im out to the ‘ I heard nothing of the s o rt," her car. When he cam e back, he said fa th e r cut in fu rio u sly, p la yin g the to Megan, “ I don’t know how to role of an outraged fa th e r and en­ thank you— ” jo y in g it, she was a little sickened "T h e re 's nothing to thank me to realize. "1 only heard you creep fo r—” down the s ta irs to let h im in. Then “ I know —i t ’ s ju s t the ne ig hb o rly a little la te r, 1 heard you come up­ s p irit o f Pleasant G ro ve ,” he told s ta irs and get some clothes on. You her, s m ilin g . then went out w ith him and yo u ’ ve "W e ll, i t is, a t th a t,” she assured been gone m ore than three hours! him s tu rd ily . Now i f yo u ’ll help ’ M y d aughter! A M a cT a vish —this, me get M iss— the p a tie n t to her bed- | Megan, is the last stra w . I do not room, I ’ ll get her c o m fo rta b le fo r propose to have you c a rry in g on like the n ig h t." some com m on—w anton— ” M a rth a stiffened. " N o !” she said M egan's eyes flashed w ith anger. sharply. " I can put m y s e lf to bed—" “ T h a t’ s qu ite enough, D a d !” she " B u t you are not to use your said. "Y o u don’ t w ant to know the foot—” tru th —” “ Tom can help me. I d o n 't need " I don’ t propose to have m y in ­ you to help m e,” said M a rth a w ith telligence insulted by some weak- such unexpected savagery th a t M e­ kneed s illy lie ! ” he blazed at her. gan fe lt the co lo r pour in to her face " Y o u 're going to listen to me ju s t "M a rth a , fo r Heaven’ s sake— " the sam e,” her voice cut across his. pleaded Tom in an agony of em ­ " M r. Fallon came here »o use the b arrassm ent and helpless anger telephone to c a ll a d o cto i. His sis­ "Y o u are behaving lik e a shrew —" te r-in -la w . who lives w ith them and "W h y? Ju st because I said I could takes care of his in v a lid w ife, had put m y s e lf to bed?” snapped the fa lle n and h u rt her ankle. She was woman, her hostile eyes upon M e­ in pain. I called the d o cto r fo r him gan. “ I a ppreciate a ll she’ s done and when I found he couldn’ t get for me, but she d id n ’ t have to both­ there fo r m ore than an hour, I went e r; the d o cto r would have got here over, as any good neighbor would, in plenty o f tim e to do w hat was and made use of some of m y F irst necessary. There was no c a ll fo r Aid tra in in g —” her to come pushing in here— ” H er fa th e r sneered at her. Tom said, ig n o rin g her, ’ ’I ’ ll see "A n d th a t was e xa ctly w hat I you home, Megan, o f course.” m eant by some weak-kneed, s illy "N o ,” said Megan firm ly . "Y o u lie ,” he told her s h o rtly. "Y o u are needed here. It's not fa r and sneaked out o f this house and were the dogs are w a itin g fo r me o u t­ gone w ith th a t m an—a m a rrie d side. You stay here. G oodnight, man, whose w ife is a bedridden in ­ Miss—M a rth a , and I hope you’ ll be v a lid , and were gone three hours— ’ ’ much b e tte r in the m o rn in g .” " D r . Alden was there. I'm sure M a rth a d id not answer. Tom he would be glad to back up m y w alked w ith Megan out o f the w arm , s to ry ,” she In te rru p te d him . la m p lit kitchen and to the d riv e . He " I t ’ s lik e ly th a t I ’ d go around ad­ walked beside h e r to the road, and m ittin g to people in this dizzy little there she tu rned and said, "T h ia ia h ick tow n th a t I don’t even know fa r enough. You m u stn ’ t leave where m y daughter was fo r three them alone.” •o lid hours a fte r m id n ig h t? Oh, no, you are p e rfe ctly safe in o ffe rin g me “ I don’ t know how to thank you, a lie like th a t—” He was lashing * KoolAùt NEEDLEWORK PATTERNS a n d be / in i/¿ o L Q In te r e s tin g T r in k e t s M id r iff Sports Set for Tots R ELEASE h im se lf Into a fu ry , and Megan eyed h im fo r a m om ent, w ith a look be­ neath w hich his self-righteous blus­ te r faded a little . “ Y ou'd lik e to m ake It im possible fo r me to stay on in Pleasant Grove, Dad'.’ " she suggested q u ie tly. "Y o u 'd go even to th a t length to tr y to force m e to se ll—" "Y o u are being insolent and b ra ­ zen,” her fa th e r cut in lo ftily . " I a d m it fr a n k l) that i f yo u 're in love w ith this m a rrie d m an, the wisest thing fo r you to do is put as m uch distance between you and h im as possible.” Pineapple M otifs to Crochet /S, M egan’s eyes were w ide and In­ credulous. " In love w ith Tom F a llo n ? ” she repeated as though she could not believe the absurd charge H er fa ttie r shrugged. H is eyes were cold now und fra n k ly hostile. "W e ll, I a d m it I ’d ra th e r th in k you were in love w ith h im than th a t you were m e re ly —chasing an Indecent t h r ill, " he told her savagely. Megan was suddenly conscious that she was ve ry tire d . " B u t—I ’ m w illin g to be broad­ m inded about tonight. M e g g ie ," her fa th e r said at last. "Y o u 'v e alw ays been a good daughter, and i f you te ll m e there was nothing in yo u r going out w ith F a llo n — I ' l l take yo u r w ord fo r i t . " " T h a t’ s— w h ite o f y o u !”- Megan forced the words through her teeth, I her voice tre m b lin g . • H er fa th e r shot her a sw ift, vin- ' d ic tiv e look. 5530 P in e a p p le D o ilie s "B u t of course, only on condition that you see no m ore o f the man, T o t ’ s M i d r i f f S et and th a t you sell out and we both get as fa r fro m this place as pos­ I I T T L E g i r ls o f th r e e , f o u r a n d s ib le ," he w ent on ste rn ly. “ Y ou’ ve | L - / f iv e lik e to be c o o l w h e n got a chance to m a rry a fine young t h e y 'r e f r is k in g a r o u n d o n h o t fellow , and liv e a m uch easier life I s u m m e r d a y s . H e r e ’ s a g a y b a r e than yo u 've known here. F a rm in g m i d r i f f p la y s e t to d o th e t r ic k . I T h e b u tto n e d to p p e r h a » a p r e t t y is no jo b fo r a g ir l— " Once m ore, she dared ris k only a s q u a r e neck and c r is p w in g I few words, lest the th re a te n in g tears s le e v e s . M a k e i t in s e e r s u c k e r , overw helm her. flo w e r e d p e r c a le s , p la in cham - ’ ’I'm not se llin g the fa rm . D ad— b r a y s , c h e c k e d g in g h a m s . • • • th a t's fin a l,” she told h im , and m an­ To obtain eomplete cutting pattern, aged to get up the s ta irs and to her finishing Instructions (or th» M idriff Play own room before she gave way to Suit (P attern No. 5131), sizes 3, 4. 5 years tears. , included. Send 20 cents In coin, your I name, address and pattern number. She a d m itte d now, fo rlo rn ly . In the firs t m om ent o f her em otional reaction, th a t she had never liked her fa th e r. B ut now she hated h im ! The thought shocked her. But she had to a d m it its tru th . She was b itte rly ashamed of her weakness when she awoke in the crisp coolness of the dawn a few O ne T h o u g h t hours la te r. She was s ta rtle d to M o lly — W h e n is th a t y o u n g j ste th a t it was nlm os| e ig h t o'clock, a good tw o hours la te r than she was s c h o o l te a c h e r t h in k in g o f g e t tin g { accustom ed to rise, b u t she re m e m ­ m a r r ie d ? D o lly — C o n s t a n tly . bered that it w a s Sunday, and Amos w ould have finished long ago the V e r b a l B a n k ru p tc y m ilk in g and the e a rly m o rn in g horn \ly unt ie went broke trying Io chores. Z” \ N E o f H ie m o s t p o p u la r o f do- s ig n s is tiie c r o c h e te d “ p in e ­ a p p le ** m o t if — s h o w n on th e d o ilie s il lu s t r a t e d a b o v e . A t to p , t h o f lo w ­ e r p e ta l c e n te r m a k e s it a n u n ­ u s u a lly e f f e c t iv e la c y p ie c e . T h e c o m p le te d d o ily m e a s u re s 10 in c h e s in d ia m e t e r . T h e d o ily a t b o t to m w a s c o p ie d f r o m a n o ld 1 1 -in c h d o ily . 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