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Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, July 4, 1946 S E W IN G C IR C LE PATTERNS u n ci be JV /ill/ orc oe 'Z ..n U U l'i W.N.U. R E L E A S E T H E S TO R Y T H U S F A R " I'm load c l you, L a rry .* ’ M rs »aid q u ietly. " T h a t's not eunuch.” h r rrp lle d . ” 1» there tom e- one e lte ? ” No »n r rise, M egan a x tu rrd h im , but h r know the did nut love him enough They derided to r a il »IT their engagem ent and w ait another ye ar. Jim M a c T a v lth did not like that a rra n g e m ent. Mrs. S lu a rt was Brst to le ll Megan th a t her fa th e r was "ru n n in g a fte r” A llr la . and (h at it was "th e ta lk nl the tow n.” M egan could not b rlle y e It— d id n 't w ant to b rlle v e It. “ Folks Is ta lk in' about Mist* J im and M is Stevenson.” Old Annie confirm ed. Annie left a shirt of her fa th e r's and Meg picked It up. There was lip stick on It. She m entioned It Io J im that night. C H A P TE R IX The next m orning when she was assem bling the la u n dry, Annie came fo M egan c a rry in g a s h irt of J im 's and held it out, saying in that co lo r less voice, “ Do I wash dis one. Miss M eggie?” Megan looked at the s h irt, puzzled. And then she saw the unm istakable signs o f lip s tic k on the c o lla r! That of course, had been the reason An nie had brought the s h irt to her— so that she m ig h t see the lip s tic k m a rk ! Megan drew a breath and said q u ie tly, “ O f course. A nnie— w hat a s illy q u e stio n !” force me to consent to selling the place here— ’ ’ “ But. m y dear g irl. I thought we'd settled a ll th a t," he pointed out gent- ly. “ T h a t’s the reason A lic ia de cided that she m ig h t as w ell let M atthew s see what he could do w ith the sale of her place. When you come to th in k of it, it would be ra th e r s illy to keep both—” "A n d you w ouldn't consider shar- ing her p la ce ” ’ Megan could not stop the words in tim e, and knew th a t a fra n tic hope threaded them “ M y d e a r!” her father protested, h u rt. "W h a t do you take me for? A inan w ith o u t pride, o r the n a tu ra l desire to take care of his wife? Most c e rta in ly 1 w ouldn't consider m o v ing in to A lic ia 's place. This one is m uch la rg e r and m ore c o m fo rta b le and there's plenty of room. No, 1 th in k the whole arra n g em e n t is ideal. You are always so o ver w orked w ith the outdoor la b o r in sp rin g and sum m er, thut I th in k it w ill be v e ry nice to have the w o rry and re sp o n sib ility of the housekeep ing taken off yo u r shoulders,” " I t w on't w ork. F a th e r," she told h im fla tly. 1 [ w om an—and 2\,,, lime 7 • 3 */ vour fa th e r is lone b -" “ And she is s e llin g her place and com ing to liv e w ith us,” she went THE in c-JLartier f/4 Siiz mjri/ff., s, i I t w By P aul M allon on. "O h, good l-o rd . you ca n 't liv e R eleased by W estern N ew spaper Union. j •f | w ith h e r—” W ESTERN E U R O P E A N S R E JE C T 1 “ E ith e r that, o r 1 have to agree C O M M UN ISTS IN E LE C T IO N S j to sell the fa rm , and she and fa th e r W A SH IN G TO N . — The European «■< w ill liv e in her house." elections have projected a new "A n d you d o n 't w*ant to sell the j p o ltie ia l course fo r the w estern h u lf fa rm , or go away fro m it . ” Tom I ’ , » I u o f the continent. The su rp rise in understood that w ith o u t any words F ra n ce was the grow th o f the popu fro m her. " I'v e gathered since I'v e la r R epublican m ovem ent, w hich is known you how m uch the place best described as C h ristia n dem oc means to you—" ra c y (p a rlia m e iita ria n is m , freedom She found it v e ry soothing to sit fo r a ll parties, in d iv id u a l lib e rty ). here w ith h im . It was s u rp risin g Thus it represents the same trend to discover that they knew each o th ns the unexpected size o f the vote e r w ell enough fo r silence to be fo r the m onarchy in Ita ly and the pleasant and com panionable so that successes o f the C atholic C entrists speech was unnecessary. and C h ristia n D em ocrats in H o l G ra d u a lly the silence and peace land a few weeks e a rlie r. In each of the m oon-silvered pines seemed instance, a s im ila r new p o litic a l to d r ift into her h e a rt; her s p irits force cam e ris in g up out of the elec lifte d a little . Someday, some- i to ra te to challenge the grasp of the how. she would find a solution to the C om m unists fo r controls. E a rlie r problem s that now loom ed so te rri- j the S ocialists had been the m ost bly strong and b lack and e v il. P er im p o rta n t challengers o f C om m u haps it was only that she was em o nism . tio n a lly exhausted and had reached Now the Communists are try a place where she was conscious ing to arouse anti-Catholic senti only of a lack o f em otion th a t had ment by calling this new chal replaced her g rie f. lenge a religious movement, and They ta lke d q u ie tly , a fte r th a t in attributing it largely to the Cath te rv a l o f peace and stillness. She olic church, but it is not re asked about M a rth a and he told her ligious In nature. The issues it that M a rth a had co m pletely re co v raises are not religious in char 32-46 ered. She asked h e sita n tly about acter and of no religious sig Mrs. F allon, and Tom to ld her, his nificance except in common re m outh taut and tire d , th a t there was sistance to stateism as a reli no change there. gion, which has been atheistic in “ She's — co m p le te ly helpless, of character. There are no avail course, and there ts no change m en able forces of Christian democ ta lly ,” he added w e a rily . racy in France, Italy and much M atron's Sum m er Frock. “ You m ean—she can’ t leave her of western Europe, outside the ■"DELIGHTFULLY cool is tins bed? Can’ t get around by h e rse lf? ” Catholic church, to which the I m a tr o n 's fr o c k fo r s u m m e r asked Megan, re m e m b e rin g , w ith a bulk of the Christian population [ a f t e r n o o n s . T h e u n u s u a l y o k e feeling of c h ill, the m o rn in g when adheres. Hut this bulk includes tr e a tm e n t is v e ry fla tte r in g , th e she had sat here and had w atched many Socialists, and indeed Is s im p le g o re d s k ir t goes to g e th e r th a t grotesquely posturing figure or. unified politically only In Its re in no tim e a t a ll. T r y i t in a c o lo r- the back lawn. sistance to Communism. fu l flo w e r p r in t, a n d add a b o u q u e t “ She hasn’ t been out of bed in The only change in tru th then, is o r fa v o r ite je w e lr y fo r tr im m in g . m onths and m o n th s ," he told her h e a vily. "T h e doctors say that there the g ro w th o f the pow er o f C h ris tia n dem ocracy in this bulk. The P a tte rn No. 8043 com » ‘ n fi*’ »» 32 :*’ is a th in chance of her recovery 3ß. 38. 411. 42. 44 and 411. Size 34, 4 yard« T h a t's why we c a n 't bear to— send S ocialists had heretofore dem on of 35 o r 59-tnch fa b ric her away. I f I had the money to pay stra te d the greatest p o litic a l power fo r a p riv a te s a n ita riu m — ” He against the C om m unists, b u t they shrugged and his hands clenched com prom ised th e ir position by col into hard, tig h t fists. “ B u t 1 can't la b o ra tio n in F ra n ce and elsewhere. tu rn her over to a state in s titu tio n R E L IG IO N S M A L L FACTOR. N ot w hile there Is the sm allest, fa in t I t w ould be a serious m ista ke fo r est, tin ie s t hope that she can be us to fa ll fo r the C o m m u n ist propa made w ell a g a in ." ganda and m is in te rp re t the precise Megan asked uneasily, “ Bu*. n a ture o f results w hich are going On a n y s m a ll a p ro n sew n u m e r shouldn't she be having tre a t our w ay at long last by c a llin g them ous p o c k e ts . In to th e se s lip y o u r m ents?” re lig io u s in ch a ra cte r, as the Com to ile t a rtic le s . F o ld the a p ro .i and “ She's had tre a tm e n ts fo r the past m unists and th e ir propagandists p u t i t in y o u r s u itc a s e . T h e n w h e n fo u r y e a rs ," Tom answered w e a rily w ish us to do. The C om m unists are y o u need a fre s h e n in g up. to ile t “ E v e ry th in g possible has been done, s im p ly centering th e ir a tta ck upon a r tic le s a re w h e re yo u need th e m and a few m onths ago the dtW ors the C atholics, in o rd e r to have th e ir —- • to ld me th a t the o nly hope was to own resistance jo in e d by o th e r re li H e re 's a w a y to han g y o u r c ris s get her away som ewhere quiet, | gious denom inations such as P ro t- c ro s s c u r ta in s so yo u w o n 't ha ve among new scenes. ju s t tr y »c : cstants and Jews not on, jn £ u . to use a d o u b le rod. T a k e s a lit t le build up her physical condition. T hat 1 rope but throughout the w o rld sew’ in g on y o u r p a rt, b u t in th e m ig h t help to restore the lost m en Behind the sim ultaneous re p o rt of end n one o f th e ro d w ill show . ta l health, but they co u ld n't guaran the U nited N ations co m m itte e 's in S im p ly b a ste th e to p c u r ta in to th e tee it. She— went to pieces when our ve stig a tio n on Spain lie the same lo w e r one o v e r th e c u r ta in 's top son was born—dead ' . . . d isce rn ib le strings. The re p o rt pecu- ro w o f s titc h in g . R un th e c u rta in Megan said, her voice shaken and -----, . ...... , » ........ .. „ lia r ly held th a t Spain's F ra n co was ro d th ro u g h th e h e a d in g on the ragged w ith p ity , “ I'm so te rrib ly . not a menace to w o rld peace now, u n d e r c u r ta in . T o p one g a th e rs s o rry —” - but w ould be when the U. N. as- with it. Unconsciously. she had put out her mbJ meets jn s tc m b e r (fo r hand to touch h im , and as his hand Use tiie e u ffs fr o m d u d 's w o rn - ¡reasons not stated), and he should closed o ver it and held it hard fo r a be kicke d out then. Now there are o u t s h ir ts fo r m a k in g s h o u ld e r m om ent, she heard him m u tte r few believers in c h rig tia n p rin cip le s pads. T h e y 'r e fir m and g e n e ra lly som ething—she couldn t be sure in Spain who also are not C atholics, g iv e yo u u ll th e p a d d in g yo u need. — • — w hat. but G ib ra lte r is m ore im p o rta n t to They w ere still for a little, and In o rd e r to g e t m u c h V ita m in the w o rld than Spain in the m a tte r Megan wondered uneasily about his | pe™ ~ X ," O ib M lte r" w U l s till be C, tu r n ip s sh o u ld be eate n ro w . --------- ,u ~* his —* '“ ‘' had " J " not l' been " “ " there p resum ably in Septem ber, the T u r n ip s tic k s o r s liv e rs re a lly a re saying that w ife , h h rf‘ n ™ h e ïS » hm w hite re P °r t draw n the ch a irm a n sh ip d e lic io u s in th e r e lis h dish, o r s a l that she had seen her. a slim w hite i - ~ D ... l . * » ad b o w l. . .. ». . . __ ». I of a B ritis h possession, A u stra lia . fo rm , the s u n lig h t gleam ing «old on . j . . „m . created m uch p e rp le x ity . Indeed, in- spired stories im m e d ia te ly cam e to tesque dance— a dance in te rru p te d the press fro m responsible A m e ri by M a rth a , who had taken the w hite T h e d iffe r e n t ty p e s o f c a rs th a t can d ip lo m a ts th a t the co m m itte e figure into the house. had exceeded its a u th o rity in rec- m a k e u p p a s s e n g e r tr a in s v a ry Did Tom know, she wondered? om m ending action because i t was c o n s id e ra b ly in t h e i r a v e r a g e D id he tr y to conceal the fa ct that appoi nted t0 find the f acts about how w e ig h t a n d c o s t. In w e ig h t, th e y his w ife was not a helplessly bed- [ m uch of a tb re a t to w o r,d e ra n g e fr o m 52 to n s fo r b a g g a g e rid d e n in v a lid , in the hope of con- F ra n c0 re a lly was c a rs to 84 to n s fo r d in e rs , and in v in c in g people that, w hile she was Few a u th o ritics th in k B rita in w i], co st fr o m $30,ICO fo r b a ggage c a rs a "m e n ta l case, she was com plete. jo jn thp UNQ to $98,600 fo r s le e p in g c a rs . O f course he and „ r „ „ idod , . ....................A ly harm less? M a rth a were doing e v e ryth in g hu- ! - „„„„ ,, , , . j . otners s»> soon and thus open an- i m a n ly possible to keep anybody in i D l .. ’ . _ . , ■ . o th e r nation to Russia, w hich, if it Pleasant G rove fro m know ing th a t t c • ’ “ cam e to pow er in Spain, w ould sit his w ife was a "m e n ta l ca se "— upon the biggest lin k in the B ritis h She stood up suddenly and said. “I have to go—I shouldn't have life lin e . A grow th o f a C h ristia n d e m o cra tic m ovem ent in Spain, come, at a ll, but h a b it is strong “ I'm glad you d id ," Tom told her whi; h would assure some io tu r« q u ie tly. "A n d 1 hope you d id n ’t r? od! f atJ®n; J® unquestionably w hat is needed first. m ind finding me h e re ." Megan sat q u ie tly , her hands clenched in her lap. B u t a fte r all III there was surely no reason why her fa th e r should not see A lic ia Steven son, i f he lik e d —even to the extent of g e ttin g h e r lip s tic k on his s h irt c o lla r! A lic ia was a w idow , J im a widower. But th a t night when A nnie ana Amos had departed fo r th e ir own tw o-room cabin at the back o f the barn, and Megan and her father were alone in the house, Megan said q u ie tly, " I understand. Dad, that yo u ’ ve been seeing a lo t of Mrs. Stevenson?” J im looked up a t her fro m his newspaper, and his eyes darkened w ith anger. “ Have you any objec tions?” he dem anded c u rtly . “ None at a ll,” she answered him evenly. “ I t ’s ju s t th a t I was a little surprised, th a t's a ll—to hear a thing lik e that fro m the neighbors, instead of fro m you— ” “ A th in g lik e w hat?” J im ’ s anger had deepened. “ You sound as though I'd been conducting an—er — a ffa ir w ith a v e ry c h a rm in g and pleasant w om an.” “ I know nothing about it, except th a t—it seems people are ta lk in g —” iff “ Pleasant Grove people? Do you th in k I give a darn w hat the— scum in this place ta lk about?” There was something in the “ They are m y frie n d s ,” she point- I stealth, the furtiveness of his tread ed out. on the stairs— “ T h a t’ s y o u r own fa u lt,” he re m inded her. “ You don’ t have to "N o ? ” His tone and sm ile were liv e in th is—this h ick hole! You ta n ta lizin g . "N o ! I'm not se llin g ! And th a t's had a chance to get out of i t —” “ W e're g e ttin g aw ay fro m the th a t!” she told him again, her ja w subject, don’ t you th in k ? ” hard and set, her voice unshaken " I f yo u ’ re p ryin g , try in g to find She got up suddenly and caught out about m y intentions tow ards M rs. Stevenson,” J im said d is tin c t her sw eater. The night was m ild ly. a little m a licious lig h t in his eyes, fo r w in te r, yet there was a d a m p “ I have no objection to te llin g you ness and a c h ill in it that marie the „ „ th ............... „ ________________ the tru . I hope to m a rry Mrs. sweater, and the sca rf about her Stevenson— as soon as I can per- head v e ry welcome, as she stepped suade her! She’ s selling her place, fro m the back door in to the yard. and I th in k we can m ake her hap- [ The m eadow was washed w ith th in cold m oonlight, but under the py here, d o n 't you?” “ You w ould b rin g her—here?” [ trees the darkness was so intense that she had to feel her way fro m Megan gasped, appalled. J im ’ s eyebrows went up in pre m o o n lit pateh to m oonlit patch—un tended su rp rise , though his eyes til she reached the flat stone be neath the ta lle s t pine; and as she laughed at her. “ And where else would a man reached it, her heart turned over take his w ife , i f not to his own in her breast, and te rro r clutched hom e?” he asked. “ You aren’ t fo r at her, fo r a shadow moved in the g e ttin g th a t it is m y own home— darkness, "and she knew th a t she was not alone. The next m om ent qu ite as m uch as it is yours?” the shadow had moved s w iftly into Megan sat ve ry s till, stunned ,ith a patch o f m oonlight, and she saw the unexpectedness o f the blow. “ O f course,” J im w ent on a fte r it w hite on Tom F a llo n ’s face. "1 frig h te n e d you—I ’ m s o rry —’’ a m om ent, "w hen M atthew s was Megan managed an unsteady so sure he could get seven thousand fo r th is place, A lic ia and I planned laugh. “ And I im a g in e I frightened you, too,” she answered h im . to keep her place and liv e there because her place won’ t b rin g over “ W ell, as a m a tte r of fact, you tw o o r three thousand. B ut when d id .” he a d m itte d . Then as the you decided not to sell—w ell, A licia m o o n lig h t touched her w hite face he gave the lis tin g o f hers to M atthews, added h u rrie d ly , concerned: “ Why, and we feel sure th a t we can all w h a t’ s happened? Y o u 're i l l —” be q u ite cozy here to g e th e r.” “ Oh, no—ju s t—w e ll, upset—and M egan d re w a hard breath. “ You tjve r since I was a ch ild I have know th a t w ouldn’ t w ork out. Dad. ’ brought m y troubles, big and little , Whether this development had " O f course not. T here's room on she said. to this spot and trie d to find a way the R idge fo r both o f us—and who anything to do with the resig ” 1 c a n 't see why not! There is out of them ! It's a ha b it th a t’s hard knows? M aybe w e’ ll both flnd solu nation of the im mediate father su re ly a m p le room —fo u r big bed to b re a k ,” she added w ith an a t tions to our problem s here,” she an of UNO , Edward Stettlnius, as room s u p sta irs, five room s down tem pted g a ie ty that had an alm ost swered as she tu rned to go. “ No. our man in its leadership, Is s ta irs —w hy, there’ s room enough m acabre q u a lity . you m u stn ’ t come w ith me—” subject to legitim ate specula here fo r h a lf a dozen people—” “ C ould—a frie n d help?” “ O nly to the fe n ce ," Tom told her. tion because it developed im m e “ I f there w ere fo rty rooms, there She shook her head. “ F ro m there on, you have the m oon diately after the report. M y per w ouldn’ t be enough room under one sonal opinion is that there are “ I —I ’ m a fra id nobody can, re a lly lig h t cle a r to y o u r back door and roof fo r A lic ia Stevenson and me —th a t is, the only tw o people who I can w atch u n til you go in to the American and British diplomats b o th !” M egan to ld h im rashly. who have found the promised can have no inte n tio n o f doing it. I house and know th a t yo u ’ re safe.’ " I th in k yo u ’ re ta kin g a ve ry un sound as confused and m ixed up as I Incessant haggling with the Rus There was a look in his face that reasonable a ttitu d e , m y d e a r," said fe e l—so i f you could ju st overlook sians as hardly a desirable life m ade the protest stop on her lips her father gently, m a lic e tw in k lin g i t - ” prospect. Some may feel there I She nodded and they w alked to in his eyes. “ A fte r a ll, having A licia is no future in it, in view of the gether to the fence. When she had here w ill m ake things m uch easier stand of the Russians resisting And to M egan’ s own h o rro r, and fo r you. She w ill take o ver the T o m ’ s shocked surprise, she burst crossed the meadow and stood at compromises common to west [ the little foot-log th a t bridged the mangem ent of the house, w h ile you in to tears! ern civilization. sm a ll, busy creek, she turned to look can give a ll y o u r tim e to y o u r be H ow ever I have no personal A fte r a stunned m om ent, Tom put back and saw h im s till standing loved fa rm in g ! I th in k it w ill be a his a rm about her and held her close there. She threw up her arm s in a know ledge beyond the announce ve ry good a rra n g em e n t, a ll a ro u n d .” as though she were a frightened, be little gesture th a t said good night m e n t th a t M r. S tettinius decided to “ It's an im possible arra n g em e n t w ildered c h ild , and his soothing and caught the flic k e r of his re tu rn h old M r. T ru m a n to a personal and you know it , ” Megan told h im words were the words one would gesture. And then w ith her heart p ro m ise to le t h im go when the o r hotly. have used to a g rie v in g child. considerably lig h te r than It had been g anization got d e fin ite ly under way. He shrugged ever so s lig h tly and “ M y fa th e r Is going to m a rry when she le ft the house, she went said gently, “ Oh, w ell. If you are The election results dem onstrate going to take th a t a ttitu d e — ” He A lic ia Stevenson,” she to ld h im , and back in and up the s ta irs to her own o nly th a t p o litic a l arg u in g w ith the pretended to lose in te re st, but Megan so strong was the bond o f frie n d sh ip room. The house was d a rk and sile n t C om m unists is e ntering a new knew th a t he was a le rt, th a t he was between them th a t it did not occur to h e r to be surprised th a t she There was no thread o f lig h t be phase. Also dem onstrated is the w a itin g tensely fo r her answer. neath her fa th e r’ s door, and she was fa c t th a t in fre e and open elec " I know why you are doing this, should confide in him . She heard h im sw ear under his surprised, when she reached her tio n s the C o m m u n ist p ro g ra m has F a th e r,” she said at last, one of the w id e ly lo st p o p u la rity since the end few tim e s In her life c a llin g him bre a th , but a fte r a m om ent, he trie d own room, to discover th a t she'd o f w a r. 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