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Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, July 11, 1946 u n d be s tn if ¿ o v e NEEDLECRAFT PATTERNS Luxurious Mat in Cable Stitch. Uae rug cutton or old Rtockhigx fo r thia d u ra b le run P a tte rn 7X7< ha* d ire c tio n s f«»i It und fo r u m atch in g te a t* cover. Due to an unuMualhr la rge dem and and cur rent conditions, a lig h llv inor o tim e I« 11 - in . i . .1 in ii : i i o rd e i rot moat popular p a ttern n u n ib ri « Send y o u r o rd e r to? W.N.U. R E LE A S E T H E STORY T H IS FYR : Jim Mac T a v iih annnuncrd lhal A llrla w a i »ell- in f her place, and he wa< toing to m ar ry her. They would live with Megan. Again they quarreled, and Meg went out Into the night to be alone on the ridge. Tom Fallon »tartled her a* he walked Into the moonlight near the rock. She told hint of hrr father and A llrla. and the demand* to aril the farm H r talked again of hla wife and how ahe went to pirera when a aon waa born dead. She waa sorry for him The house waa dark and silent when she returned. She was half asleep when she heard a sound and tiptoed to her father's room. He had Just returned from another "w a lk ." and rudely commanded Meg to go to bed. a n yth in g . I opened the door—and she was ly in g there—a ll b lo o dy—" Megan urged her across the road and to the porch, where Annie stood w atching and listening. "O h —n o !" Megan said in a sm all, choked w hisper. Tom straightened His face looked as though it had been carved out of granite. M u re H oh'iP-arv D e g re e s F u r 191« if . . . Itox .1717 fa n F rsfcrlxco f , ( a llf. Y olcks, H a ir lr t f Sue (se cre ta ry, " O f course not— it never hap- Kucloae 2U cents fo r P a tte rn Megan was too shocked, too ap- , . . . . . . .1 pened! I d id n 't say it— 1 never even stenographer and ru n n e r up fo r the Nn - _ palled at what had happened, and ,, » . . . i. u ._,_____ . _ . .. .__ I th in k it. Forget it. w ill you? sai.l 1937 Miss Yonkers a w a rd ): P riv a te too busy try in g to soothe the h.vs se cre ta ry to A rtem us G. B ilge, Name . ----- Tom in that harsh, strained voice te ric a l g irl to realize that Annie's He took up the m ilk and the basket p ro m in e n t business m an and base A » I < 11 « • Hl . - ■ ... - ---- d a rk face was ashen, o r that her o f eggs and went s w iftly out o f the b all addict, at no tim e did you e ve r eyes were w ide and the whites house. The sound o f his footsteps m eet the telephonic in q u iry , " Is M r. showing to an unusual degree. A n on the old b ro ke n -b rick w a lk were Ililg e in?” w ith the re p ly, "W ho is nie's th ick-lip p e d mouth was tig h tly the m ost Anal sounds Megan had ca llin g h im '’ " This makes you an folded and she said no word ns Me ever heard in a ll her life . She stood unique and e x tra o rd in a ry cha ra cte r. gan and B etty reached the porch liste n in g u n til the la st one had died But above that It can be said that ! But A nnie's hands were kin d and to silence, and then she leaned, weak n e ith e r d id you ever get the c a ll-| gentle, and between them, she and and shaking, against the cabinet be e r's name and then re p ly q u ic k ly . C H A P TE R X Megan were able to get the g irl into hind her and put her cold, tre m b lin g " M r. B ilge is in Indo-China fo r the the house, aw ay fro m that ra p id lv Best Part week-end " Have a degree w ith ice hands o ve r her face. It was a fte r one o'clock, so she increasing crow d across the road, " I urn w ritin g a book about p a rt cream on top. knew th a t her fa th e r m ust be asleep She became conscious of A nnie s out o f reach of voices that were o f m y life . " by now. sharpened w ith excitem ent and cu presence, when A nnie said very " P u r t o f y o u r life ! W hat p a rt d a b b y , James I*, (sports w rite r She undressed in the d a rk and rio s ity . q u ie tly , her old voice gentle and a rc you lea ving o u t? " nnd gentlem an of in te g rity ): H elp slipped into bed. She fe lt a little The day cre p t on somehow. Me w a rm w ith tenderness. " Y o ' paw yo u rse lf to any degree in the house. ' "T h e p n rt I haven’ t live d y e t." done come, h o n e y." ashamed now o f the violence of em o gan and A nnie turned B etty over to w ith music. Assigned to cover the tio n that had sent her fly in g fro m She was too dazed to wonder how h e r fa m ily , and the house grew Oratory has been defined as the tra in in g camps in connection w ith ' the house to the R idge; in the face quiet. N either Annie nor Megan was long A nnie had been there, to won a w o rld cham pionship bout you re -I art of making deep sounds from o f the g rie f and heartache th a t Tom disposed to ta lk ; Megan, because der how much o f th a t taut little fused to b u ild up the b a ttle beyond the chest serin like im portant c a rrie d w ith h im tw e n ty -fo u r hours she was locked fa st in her sick, scene A nnie had witnessed. Some a reasonable point messages front the brain. You once w ent of the day, seven days a week, her shaken thoughts: Annie, fo r reasons how th a t d id n 't m a tte r at the m o so fa r as to h in t It m ig h t not be own seemed triv ia l. m ent. She only knew that she m ust m uch o f a b u ttle W otta m an! Ila ir-O w in g E xp erien ce accept A nnie's words as a w a rn in g She was h a lf asleep when she • Joan—T h a t so ld ie r is as b a ld as I and p u ll herself together before she heard the d ow nstairs door open and Sooks, H erm an G. i citizen, schol a b illia r d b a ll. H ow do you sup faced her father. her fa th e r s ta rt up the stairs. There a r and bridge p la y e r): Asked to pose he got th a t way? was som ething in the stealth, the He had gone d ire c tly to his room. serve on a high-sounding co m m itte e J a sp e r—He was p ro b a b ly ca ug ht furtiveness of his tread on the She heard him m oving around up to look Into the causes of ju v e n ile ! I T ’S E A S Y to do c a b le s titc h , in a h a ir ra id . stairs, and the way he opened his there as she and A nnie finished get delinquency, you let out a w a r 1 W h y n o t m a k e th is r u g —so lu x - door, inching i t shut, th a t roused tin g supper on the table. When he J whoop. banged yo u r desk and de- u rio u s y e t in e x p e n s iv e . U se i t her m ore than noise w ould have Following cam e down, he was fre sh ly shaven I manded. "W h a t! A no th e r co m m it- e ith e r ill th e b e d ro o m o r th e bath- la d y lu t p a rty l — If here's that p retty done. He so seldom bothered to be and his s h irt was im m a cu la te . He tee? There are too m any w o rk in g , ro o m m u id who uns sercing u w h ile ago? ca re fu l about noise. He w alked had bathed and shaved and changed on it already. To solve that prob- j ’ Hostess—O h , are you looking fo r re in to the house and up the s ta irs and before supper, as he had done ever lem a ll you have to do is take a look S ' e - e - «*-<*-n-<-e -<-•e- r*.n. freshments? closed his door fo rc e fu lly , no m a tte r since she could rem em ber. It had ! L a d y —N o , m y husband. at the m o v ie s ." H ere's o u r degree w hat tim e he cam e in ; but to n ig h t been one of the things that, as a as D octor of Candor. And have a he had crept so cautiously th a t she ch i!d she had been proud of. When | ¡ [ „ ¿ V b e e ' r aZ'Tou g o "o u t! N light No One was puzzled, and she slid o u t of she had gone home to supper and 1 " G o o d m o r n i n g , ” c a m e th e bed, caught up her cotton crepe k i to spend the night w ith some school c h e e rfu l voice o ver the telephone. 7 A General Quiz mono, and stepped into her bedroom H A R D TO G E T frie n d , and the school frie n d ’ s fa _______ <*-<*• <*• <*•<*- <*- f*~ <*.<*. (V. <\- fW. fu fA. f»- " T h is is M o rris o n , M oo rriso n & slippers. th e r had come to the supper table, M o rris o n ." collarless, a stubble o f beard on his I told the m an I'd lik e to get She listened at her fa th e r's door, T h e Q u e s tio n s " O h ! " r e t u r n e d th e s ta rtle d tire d face, s till w e a rin g the sweat . A little harm ony; and when she heard only a soft, j j . Canada is m ade up o f how voice at the o th e r end o f the w ire , ru s tlin g sound, she tapped and stained, g rim y clothes he had w orn He sa id ; "T h e ce ilin g s are too lo w ; m a n y provinces and te r r ito r ie s ’ "G oo d m o rn in g , good m o rn in g asked. "Is th a t you. F a th e r? " in the field, she had thought a lw ays P roduction Isn’t fr e e " ; , 2. The Rock o f G ib ra lta r, sym - and good m o rn in g .” of her fa th e r w ith pride, if not w ith 1 asked about some w o rld accord, b o lic o f s tre n g th , is co m p o se d o f "W ho the blazes did you th in k it affection. i p rcparpd or | „ the rough; w hat? w as?” he snapped at her. When a person is in a ja m , it's He cam e into the d in in g room , He shrugged his shoulders and re- 3. Calenda was the nam e given " I was a fra id it m ig h t be a b u r soon spread all over town. plied. g la r— ” m o vin g w e a rily , and when he had 5y the Rom ans to w hat? "W e ju s t c a n 't get the s tu ff.” seated h im se lf, he looked s tra ig h t "O h, fo r the love of—w h a t the 4. W hat was the o rig in a l nam e at her across the table and said d e vil would a b u rg la r w ant here? I liv e n the d e p a rtm e n t o f state? s te rn ly. "Y es. I know about it. We "W h a t are m y chances foe some fe ll asleep over m y paper dow n 5. The te s tim o n y o f w ha t ani- peace?" w o n 't discuss it. i f you d o n 't m in d ." stairs. and trie d to get up sta irs w ith x ia l is accepted in a c o u rt of law I asked h im w ith a sigh; W h e n s i p m s sto ra arh a rid eauaoo p a in fu l « u f f w a t - out w a kin g you. H ere a fte r. I ’ ll see 1 " O f course n o t," she answered, ac is evidence? In g ga a. aour a lo m a rii and h e a rtb u rn . dor to re uaoaiijr to i t th a t you are aw akened." There 1 v a r r t b a t h e f a a le u t a e t i n g n t s H l I n r i M k n o w n f o r cepting the dish Annie offered her. “ The tro u b le Is,” he answered me, 6. Does the o s tric h put its head a p r r in p to m a tir r a lt a f - m odtrinaa Ilk a th o a ^ ln H«N-«na "D e m a n d exceeds s u p p ly "; was som ething odd about his voice T a b ia ta . N o la ia U tr a H a ll-an a b rin g « .-snafort in a and serving herself w ithout in the in the sand to hide? J lf f y o r dottbla v o u r m o n ry back t»u r r t u m u f buttia "W e need some tru s tfu ln e s s ," I said th a t she co u ld n't qu ite distin g uish . least know ing w hat the food was to ua 8 k a t a ll druggist« 7. W hat is the b ird re fe rre d to "A n d honesty tru e b lu e "; He seemed to be b reathing hard, She managed to eat. w ithout the in W illia m C ullen B ry a n t's poem as though he had been ru n n in g o r I fa in te st awareness o f w hat she was He said, “ I t ’s a w fu l hard to get. that ends: "R o b e rt o f L in c o ln , Not m uch Is com ing thro u g h .” w ere la b o rin g under some te rrific j eating. *ome back a g a in ; chee, chee, excitem ent. ih e e "? H er fa th e r was equally silent. He “ Is tolerance yet com ing through? "G o to b e d !” he called to her 8. B u lle ts fired to the r ig h t of was pale and tbere were haggard H ow 's patience and re s tra in t? ” Is My Best Friend" sh a rp ly, and she turned and w ent I I s w iftly m o vin g plane have a ten- circle s beneath his eyes and his 1 Then others crow ded close and "P ro d u c tio n should be good,” back to her room. jje n c y to drop, those fired to the looked in and in s ta n tly stepped back hands were not qu ite steady. And said, e ft to rise. Why? I t was near noon the fo llo w in g as thoUgh thev had received a blow, she did not know when the e vil, stag " B u t ju s t the same it a in 't.” day and Megan was busy in her g e rin g thought began to creep s ly ly 1 9. W hat s c ie n tis t firs t d e fin ite ly O f m ilk of hum an kindness I p e rennial border along the w alk, re o f her own that she had. at the m o into her m in d ; when she began to 1 Ita te d the law s o f m otion? N ext made an in q u iry . se ttin g some clum ps o f phlox and m ent, no intention of revealing. re m e m b e r the unusual stealth and 10. The te m p e ra tu re o f the moon 1 But got the word I'd have to hav. th in n in g out some o f the oth e r Irop s 400 degrees a t sunset. Why Megan was too self-absorbed to be caution w ith w hich he had let h im - A high p rio rity . perennials that were ta kin g too aw are of A nnie's curious, fu rtiv e j se^ *n ^° tbe house la st n ig h t; the lo e s n 't the e a rth ’s te m p e ra tu re m uch room fo r themselves, when a glances as they went like autom a w ay he had clim b e d the s ta irs on '»ary so g re a tly ? I ! W S I I I H C A M E R IC A V IS U S sudden sharp scream of te rro r rent tons through th e ir re g u la r d a ily tip to e ; the way his door had closed 4 T h e A n sw ers the peaceful, m ild air. “ Here's a n ic h e l; go gel me a couple chores. P robably not a household behind h im . Suddenly the thought 1. N ine p rovinces and tw o te r Megan je rke d to her feet as the in Pleasant G rove sat down to a stood cle a r and hot in her m in d : o f melons." rito rie s . scream came again—fro m the d ire c m id d a y m e a l: w hat food was con where had he been? 2. Soft lim estone. "U anted: M u id u n d g e n e r a l house- tion of A lic ia 's house, and now she sumed was taken m ore or less on 3. The firs t day o f the m onth. She set her teeth hard to keep w orker : U S n w e e k " saw a g irl whom she recognized as the run. So it did not occur e ith e r — 4. The d e p a rtm e n t o f fo re ig n B e tty H endrix, whose fa th e r owned to Megan o r to A nnie to wonder them fro m chattering, and locked " 4nd I also u u n l some l o p round fo r affairs. a d a iry , come stu m b lin g down the when J im M acT avish did not appear her hands tig h tly in her lap. She no e dug and a little I r i s h l i t e r lor the 5. The bloodhound. longer could go through the m echan fo r the meal. p ath fro m A lic ia 's house, w rin g in g . . . I 6- No. I t gru bs fo r w o rm s and I ic a l m otions of p u ttin g food into her h e r hands and scream ing Tom , stopping on his way fro m Other food. m outh, of fo rcin g herself to sw allow , ‘W hat in the w o rld —” somebody i school to pick up his d a ily supply 7. B obolink. w hile the e v il thought crept through A b re w e ry w orker, denied ad asked. One o f the men ran up the of m ilk and eggs, paused fo r a mo i 8. The b ullets spin clockw ise her m ind. He had said, when she m ission to a union because he w a lk to the house, stepping over the m ent to say. distressed and unhap called to him through his closed couldn’ t lif t a 192-pound keg of ¡and fric tio n fro m the rig h t-a n g le ; m ilk p a il, whose contents had py. " I t 's a te rrib le th in g I c a n 't door, th a t he had fallen asleep o ver beer fro m the stre e t to a p la t tvind e xe rts fo rce a t the top of , "Get O'Sullivan SOUS as well as splashed over the porch, and looked help feeling te rrib ly so rry fo r her— his paper in the liv in g room ; but fo rm six feet high, brought suit. lthe b ullets fire d to the r ig h t and on I Heels next time you have your through the half-open door of A li alone there She m ust have been the bottom o f b u lle ts fired to the I she had known that he was not te ll In a c o u rt test to w hich six union c ia 's house. te rrifie d .” shoes repaired. ing the tru th . F or there had been b re w e ry m em bers were sum left. He gave a ye ll and stepped back. Megan said, in a sm a ll, strangled no g lim m e r of lig h t anyw here in 9. Isaac N ew ton. moned only one could do the Then others crowded close and voice, one hand at her thro a t. "O h the house when she had come in. MOKE MILEAGE stunt. Possibly the man who I 10. The e a rth is b lanketed by a ir, | looked in and in sta n tly stepped bacK —d o n 't!" When she had come in! made the union rules was a ¡which holds the h ea t caused by WITH GREATER as though they had received a “ I ’ m s o rr y ." Tom said compas the ra y s o f the sun. "light beer” man. It had been a fte r one o'clock when blow. sionately " I t m ust have been very she had come in. T hat m ysterious comfort The first man who had reached the unpleasant fo r you all day w ith that grapevine by w hich a secret w his place—B ill Logan, it was—pulled the mob—” The three biggest tobacco com pered in the kitchen of a house at door shut and said sternly. “ M u s tn 't one end of town w ill reach the fa r- panies In the co u n try have b e e n , anybody go in there t ill the police “ 1 hated her—and now she’ s dead therm ost house on the o ther side o f bcld to be a tru s t in v io la tio n o f the . f 1 lc c<?z p n o t\ n} ore v a rie tie s get here. M ig h t mess up a clue or —and I'm so a sham ed." Megan con town, in any sm a ll place like Pleas- a n ti-tru s t laws. We hope a ll were ° f sn ° w c la s s ifie d b y s c ie n tis ts , ant G rove, reported that the d o c-I able to lig h t a c ig a re tte and find )P’ e oddest is sand snow w hich has som ething. Somebody go c a ll the fessed h um bly " I d id n 't even try been observed in the A r c tic re la w ." to help her. M aybe i f I had—” to r fe lt M rs Stevenson had been com plete nonchalance, gions by e x p lo re rs . C onsisting o f "But what is it? W hat's hap “ Oh, come now, fo r goodness k ille d som etim e between ten o'clock fine p a rtic le s , th is snow, when pened? B ill, fo r Pete's sake—" sake,” Tom protested. "Y o u m ust and m id n ig h t! And she, Megan E4/V Y O U K E M E M H E R - Falling a t v e ry low te m p e ra tu re s , crie d M rs. S tuart, as usual one of not give way to such thoughts! M a cT avish, had been on the Ridge Au:ay hack when there teas consid the firs t at )•*' «cene of any catas You’ re on the verge o f becom ing w ith another w om an's husband fro m erable Irrolh erly lo te in this counlry? takes on the c h a ra c te ris tic s of sand, becom ing so h a rd and rough trophe o r n I event in Pleasant m o rb id .” eleven o’ clock u n til alm ost one! th a t n e ith e r sled n o r ski can glide G rove. “ They say It happened before m id The New Y o rk Telephone com- • • . . a n d s o le on it» ‘ ‘M iz ’ Stevenson's been — m u r n ig h t," Megan told him th ic k ly . H er fa th e r had come into the pany is 50 years old this ye a t. I t de re d ,” said B ill, sw allow ing hard "P e rh a p s she — she m ig h t have house a b it la te r. goes away back to the days when and lobking a little green. scream ed—perhaps i f I ’d been at The sile n t m eal ended and she people could be happy when not H er voice broke and she helped Annie cle a r the table. When ta lk in g T here was a stunned mom ent of home—” • • « silence and then a little buzz ran was silent, her teeth sunk hard in A nnie refused her help w ith the A Long Islan d doctor, unable to get around the crow d, and the word her lo w e r lip , her eyes sick and dishes, she went re lu c ta n tly in to the " m u rd e r” was the only word that frig h te n e d , d ark w ith h o rro r. J iv in g room , where her fa th e r had an auto, is m aking liis rails on a bicy could be distinguished in that buzz. Tom cam e in to the kitchen and a lre a d y established h im s e lf w ith tha cle. I t must Ire nice Io get “ W hat you need is exercise" from a snuihones u ho "M u rd e re d ? F iddlesticks, B ill L o put his hand on her arm and gave w eekly newspaper, w hich he had When she came e gan—you read too m any o’ them her a little shake. "S top th a t !" he read last n ig h t. m y s te ry s to rie s ," snapped Mrs. ordered sternly. "E v e n if you had into the room , he was s ittin g sta rin g Pfc. O scar P u rke y was asked how been at home—even if you'd been s tra ig h t before h im , his face w hite things w ere com ing along on his S tu a rt, th ru stin g her way fo rw a rd . "M a y b e M iz’ Stevenson's got h u rt_ down here in the liv in g room , you and s till, his eyes bleak and fr ig h t b a ttle fo r a decent home and re an accident. G et away fro m that could not have heard her. And In ened. plied, “ I t looks better. Most of door and lem m e see. We ought to your room up sta irs at the back o f She cam e then and sat down in the new ro lle r coasters, chute-the- see how bad h u rt she is.” the house—can’ t you see how foolish the c h a ir opposite h im , in fro n t of chutes and race tra cks have been !«»• yo u 're being, d a rlin g ? " the sm a ll, cheerful fire, and took up about com pleted ” "S he's d e a d !" B ill said g rim ly her basket of mending. And then The little endearm ent slipped out and M rs. S tuart saw the greenish • • • tin g e to his sallow face " A in ’ t no Yet the m om ent, the second, a fte r 11 she saw th a t her fa th e r was w atch The skip p e r of a fe rry b o a t has ing her c o v e rtly , out o f the corners discovered th a t in a bread shortage m ista ke about that. And the police had been spoken it seemed to crash alw ays w ant to be the firs t ones to in both th e ir ears w ith the sound of of his eyes, and that when shz seagulls w ill take cake. We asked Stauffer chemical production is geared to meet the get into a place where there's been doom. His face went w jiite and set looked s tra ig h t at h im , his eyes John K ie ra n fo r co n firm a tio n. He and his eyes were tra g ic. dropped alm ost g u iltily to the paper a m u rd e r. So I ’ m standing rig h t changing demands of modern agriculture. Scientific re reported th a t as an o’ d seagull stu here t ill the cops get here and there search; held testing; chemicals specially mixed according Megan caught her breath and She put down the sewing basket dent.he could state th a t those b ird s a in 't nobody going in til) then.” looked up at h im , her eyes wide and Her m outh was d ry , her th ro a t fe lt p re fe r cake and have been known to to proved formulas - all combine to give you economi There was a constricted w ith h o rro r, and a creep fly 5,000 m ile s fo r a chocolate la ye r Megan stood at the end of the dazed, incredulous. cal, effective insect controls for your crops. Ask your w a lk, » till holding the sobbing B etty pause between them th a t could have ing fe a r bred of th a t slow, e v il cake and put In another 1,000 m iles dealer about Stauffer insecticides. close. B etty was stam m ering, her been a m a tte r o f seconds; yet to thought wa3 spreading through her If there were nuts on top. • • • voice choked w ith »obs, " I b rought each of them it seemed to stretch m ind. Suddenly, alm ost as though her m ilk , like I alw ays do, and I endlessly. someone else spoke the words, she The line o f the w eek: J im m y Du- stopped at the door and I said *yoo- Tom said, his voice harsh and asked in a fe a rfu l w hisper, "F a th e r ra n te 's " I guess I came in to th is O a t llk t N » t l l i w i i l « I v I s I o r —d id you do it? " hoo— i t ’ » me, Mr». Stevenson—can I v e ry low, "Y es, I said d a rlin g —I ju s t to get into a place th a t was a ir N O R T H P O R T L A N D , O R R Q O N come in?* And when she d id n 't say have thought it often enough." Conditioned” on In fo rm a tio n Pie»«» ITU HE CONTINUED) J ASK M S ? ANOTHER ? Gas on Stomach ASTHMADOR ! Sand Snow : A M E R IC A 'S N o .l H E E L IN S T E P W IT H PR O G R E SS ! 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