S o u th ern Oregon News Review, Thursday, August H, 1946
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T H E S T O R Y T H I S E A R : J im M ac*
T a v la b a d m its to M e t (h a t Alicia had
led him on and m ade a tool o l h im . I I
had seeme.: to am use he r. In th e ir m is­
e r y J im and M egan a re reconciled. It
was a re lie f when neith er one was called
to the Inquest, and Ib ey w aited anxiously
fo r L a r r y la retu rn to tell th em w hat had
been found.
“ She was k ille d w ith a
kn ife— which we found w h ere old Amos
saw a ehost burying It," he explained
Hob R eynolds, the d e tective, could And
no A neerprlnts due to a heavy ra in la te r.
Old Amos was In terview ed again to eel
m ore in fo rm a tio n on the sire of the ghost,
how It a rte d . and Ihe exact lim e he saw
IL
Both M e e and her fa th e r were
breathin g easier.
ir n
Low-Cost Protection
For \ our F urniture
W N U . R ELEASE
rig h t where he said the ‘ ghost’
stood. Doesn’ t th a t prove th a t it
isn’ t e n tire ly a ta ll ta le ? ” protested
Megan, resenting th e ir casual as
sum ption that Amos was a com plete
s tra n g e r to the tru th .
"O h . now. see here, Bob—be re a ­
son a b le ," L a rry shopped. " I f Am os
had hidden the k n ife there, would
he have told about it? Look,
fe lla , I know- Am os
He w ould nev­
e r v o lu n ta rily go near a place lik e
that, at n ig h t—especially w ith a
m u rd e r on his m ind. And i f he had
—i f he had been so frig h te n e d by
w hat he bad done th a t th a t fear
o verrode any o th e r—w ild horses
could never have made h im te ll a
liv in g soul about it. Look at it fro m
a sane standpoint
If he had hidden
it there, the object w ould have been
to keep anybody fro m ever finding it.
Why. then, w ould he tu rn rig h t
around and insist on te llin g m a
about it, and being p e rfe c tly w illin g
to te ll you? He even w ent w ith us
th is m orrffng and pointed out the
spot where the 'ghost' bent down.
Use yo u r head, m a n ,”
Bob g rinned. "S u re — sure—la y off.
p a l! I o n ly said th a t I d o n 't believe
I
M egan caught her b re a th and felt
j ns though e ve ry d ro p o f blood in her
j body had congealed about h e r heart
H e r eyes w ere w ide and frig h te n e d ,
and she was suddenly conscious that
Bob R eynolds was w a tch in g h e r n a r­
ro w ly . an odd lig h t in his eyes.
“ O f course, Annie, I ’ l l see h e r.”
she m ade h e rse lf say s w iftly , then
ste a d yin g her voice w ith an e ffo rt
" I f y o u 'll excuse me— T "
B ut Bob R eynolds said casually,
w ith a look in his eyes th a t was not
at a ll casual. “ Why not see her in
here. M iss M a c T s v is h ? "
THE gv ^
ro p — w eu, w n a i nave we koi in
the fa m ily now. a psychopathic j
case o r a ch a ra cte r actress?
R eleased by W e s te rn N e w s p a p e r U n io n
M o n t—What do you mean, Henry?
Top— I mean our daughter. I Just
M A R K -U P O F F O R E IG N M O N IES
C O M P L IC A T E S OCR P R O B LE M S got a gander at her down the street,
W ASHINGTO N — The
Swedes | She's rigged out lik e » refugee
have made the krona m ore costly fro m w a r-to rn F u rtip e l
M o m —Oh. you mean those knock-
to us. It is w o rth 27 cents plus. now.
instead of 23 cents plus The Cana- about clothes!
dians d id the same th in g
T h e ir
Cop— 1 mean she's w earing over-
M egan looked s h a rp ly at h im and d o lla r has been m a rke d equal to alls and a m an's s h irt . . . and the
said in s ta n tly , “ B u t w hy? It's no ours, instead o f 90 cents, ns fo rm e r- i s h irt outside the pants!
doubt a personal m a tte r— I m ean it ly. To w h a te ve r extent the rest o f I M om —G irls w ill be g irls , m y
C H A P T E R X IV
c a n 't possibly have any connection the w orld fo llo w s suit, Its money dear.
Pop—Okay by me but tin y wanna
—”
B u t beneath the look in his w ill go up in value and ours w ill
A nnie chuckled ric h ly .
"E ffe n
eyes her voice broke.
go down. T h e o re tic a lly it can buy he boys!
Why this costum e that
y 'a ll had seed h im sv’en he come
" O f course n o t," Bob agreed a m i­ m ore goods here, but only thcoret- w ould in dicate she Just lied fro m a
b u stin ' in to de house d a t night. M is t'
ably, b u t s till w ith th a t w a ry look ic a lly , because a c tu a lly our prices fire w ithout tim e to get her rig h t
L a r r y , y 'a ll would a'know ed rig h t
in his eyes. “ B u t ju s t the same— ” have gone up m ore than the 10 pet clothes?
den he'd seed p le n ty !” she assured
h im .
And behind Annie, M egan saw, cent increased value of the fo re ig n ] M o m — It's Just a new sum m er fad,
d a rlin g . The kids like to be com-
“ We s till are not q u ite sure about
w ith a feeling o f shock, M a rth a F a l­ currencies.
th a t eight-foot-high ghost w ith the
An Item fro m South A fric a
fo rta b le and cool
lon. short, stocky, com m onplace
g la rin g ye llo w e ye s." Laurence told
tells the Inside tale.
It s a y .
Cop—-Since when were m en's
looking.
H e r neat d a rk percale
o ve ra lls regarded us the sym bol of
Annie, “ but Reynolds is ta lk in g to
dress and the smoothness o f her
A m e rica n goods were being
co m fo rt und coolness?
Am os now. tr y in g to see i f he c a n 't
bought there In q u a n titie s h ith ­
h a ir th a t was streaked w ith g ra y
M om — Jum pers, not overalls,
get h im to scale the ghost down
o nly emphasized the look o f b a re ly
erto unknown— u n til the OPA
di'.u
som ewhat, so we can feel th a t it
price ce ilin g s went off, but since
re s tra in e d te r ro r in her eyes; ju s t
was h u m a n !”
Pop—They look m ore lik e m en's
then purchases have been lim it­
as the in e x p e rt daubs o f rouge and
io ve . alls than m en's o ve ra lls do.
He turned to M egan as A nnie pad­
ed. I)o we w ant them to till
the pow der th a t was not quite
And why the s h irt-ta ils outside,
ded aw ay. " I t was a k n ife ,” he an­
th e ir shops w ith goods (as they
smooth only em phasized the p a llo r
I ) K IG H T E K days ahead . . . and
th a t's w hat I wunna know?
swered the look o f questioning in
re p o rt) when we are short?
o f her d ra w n face.
y o u r c h a irs , footstools and
M o m —Oh, d o n 't take it so serl-
Well, we w ant to increase our
h e r eyes, and M egan caught her
sofas
deserve th em , too!
H ave
i
ously.
A
ll
the
young
g
irls
are
dress­
She
cam
e
in
to
the
room
and
Annie
b reath and w ent w h ite as the c o l­
w orld trade.
B ut ra n we do
fun m a k in g slip c o v e rs w ith these
ing that way.
faded out of the doorw ay. B ut Me­
this w ith shortages? O f such
la r of her tr im m o rn in g fro ck. "B o b
Pop— What for?
W hut's w rong d ire c tio n s .
gan knew subconsciously th a t Annie
considerations Is the c h a ra cte r
feels sure i t is —the k n ife .”
• • •
w
ith
the
idea
of
a
g
irl
looking sweet
had only slipped back a lit tle into
of our confusion.
She did not speak, but her eyes
E asy , low-coat up h o lxte iy protection )
the shadows and th a t she was lis ­
R eally it is worse Today we are und dainty? W hut's so a w fu l about In struction s H4I has s te p .In , t r p d l u - c -
pleaded w ith h im and Laurence
tlons fo r s lip co ver* for 0 ch airs. » foot­
tening w ith a lm o st v is ib ly distended p ro vin g we can have in fla tio n w ith her looking a little fem inine?
w ent on q u ie tly . “ T here's not m uch
stools and a couch.
M
o
m
—
I
th
in
k
the
kids
today
ears.
a balanced budget.
p o s s ib ility o f fin g e rp rin ts. The kn ife
D u e to an u n u s u a lly la rg e d e m a n d and
c u r r e n t c o n d itio n * , s lig h tly m o re tu n e Is
look ra th e r cute.
M iss M a rth a nodded to Megan BIGGEST PEACETIME BUDGET
was bu rie d h a lfw a y up the h ilt, and
re q u ire d In lining o r d e r * fo r a fe w o f th e
Pop— Bah! I f P runella is cute in m o a t p o p u la r p u lt c n i n u n .I"H
and addressed h e rse lf to Bob, a fte r
i t ra in e d la te r on th a t n ig h t, and of
The m a in business o f th is a d jo u rn ­
g iv in g L a u re n ce a steady, s tra ig h t ing congress has been its least those slop-ins und m an's oversized
Send yo u r o rd e r to:
course, the dews are v e ry heavy 1
s h irt, so is the W itch o f W indsor.
look.
th is tim e o f the year. I t was just
w id e ly re p o rte d aspect.
It was
H rw ln g C irri«" N r r d l r r r a t t H e p l
" Y o u 're the d e te c tiv e -fe llo w ? " she charged w ith a p p ro p ria tin g money She hud three kids w ith her a ll
an o rd in a ry kitch e n kn ife , such as
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S a n F r a n c is c o S. C a lif .
dressed the same. They look to me
asked Bob c u rtly .
any h a rd w a re store sells by the
fo r M r. T ru m a n 's unprecedented
Enclose 20 ce n t* for P attern .
as
i
f
they
were
w
a
itin
g
fo
r
a
broom
-
"Y e s , M iss F a llo n —m y nam e's peacetim e budget of n e a rly $40,000.-
gross e ve ry y e a r—p ro b a b ly every
No
rid e .
Where do they get these
R eyn o ld s,” answered Bob.
kitch e n in Pleasant G rove has one
000,000. The house trim m e d sharp­
scre
w
b
a
ll
ideas?
N
am e
M
a
rth
a
nodded
and
said,
''W
e
ll,
o r tw o e x a c tly lik e it . ”
ly b u t the senate p u t m ost o f the !
o m — Y o u 're being old-fashioned.
m y nam e's not F allon.
I'm Tom money back in the b ills, as is the ! , M
Megan was conscious th a t she was
A d d re **
don. knQW
P ru n ella wears
F a llo n 's siste r-in -la w , not his sister. custom . In the end M r. T ru m a n w ill ' ,
,
.
y . .
.
b re a th in g a little m ore e a sily. She
'
her
s
h
irtta
il
outside
but
it
prob-
M y nam e's E vans—M a rth a E va n s.” get a p p ro p ria tio n s fo r this peace­
said h u rrie d ly , lest Laurence should
Laurence u n o b tru sive ly tu rned a tim e fiscal y e a r (w hich began J u ly ably is ju s t a reflection of the de­
notice that, "T h e n —you a re n 't m uch '
c h a ir tow ards her and she nodded 1) th a t are ro u g h ly fo u r tim es and sire to be unconventional, unfet­
b e tte r off than you w ere before
her thanks and sank in to it w ith a more, g re a te r than w hat M r. Roose- tered, free.
so fa r as id e n tific a tio n . H ave you
R rlw vrd In 5 m lnutM of doufala ,o or m o a r, hack
Pop— B ilg e w a te r! 1 say i t ’ » Just
m ovem ent th a t was a lm o st o f col-1 v e lt ever spent. The highest Roose-
any suspects?"
WhRQ RICMR aturaRrh Rt-hl CRURM p R lo fu l. R ufforR t
In g « rr , aour aturnaeh a n d h e a rtb u rn , tk a rt^ r* tMuaJly
a sloppy custom th a t m akes a g irl
L a urence grinned.
"Y o u should
lapse, as though her knees w ere v e lt expenditures in p re w a r was
proRCTibe th o faateR t K - U n g m«MtkHrt*a k n o w n fo r
•y m iiU jin R llc rR llo f - m *< llrln *c 1th* thoR*J n f l * U rdr
shaking v io le n tly , and she was ve ry $9,665,000,000 in 1940. when he took look like u ch a ra cte r out of the
have heard M a S tu a rt a t the in-
m r U . N o I r i r U rr
1<*11 • a n ■ brlngR ewwnfnrt tn a
dressing room of the M a rx B ro th ­ J T lr r fy
o r <k*ubJ* y o u r m oney bach oo re tu rn o f b o ttle
glad o f the support the c h a ir gave in n e a rly $6.000.000.000.
quest,” he said d ry ly . "A c c o rd in g
In his
lu ua. X c a t a ll d ru g g is U .
ers,
a
sort
of
belle
of
the
rum
m
age
her.
to her. there w asn’ t a m an, woman
whole a d m in is tra tio n he roughly
"So you found i t . ” she said when took in h a lf o f w hat he spent, w hich sale, and I ’ m g ivin g m y u ltim a tu m .
o r c h ild in Pleasant G rove who
she had d ra w n a deep hard breath was thought to be in fla tio n a ry , al- ! M o n t—U ltim a tu m ?
d id n ’ t have a m o tiv e fo r w a n tin g
Pop— Yeah!
Get m y daughter
and Megan, sick w ith p ity and be­ though it never got p rices up. The
the Stevenson w om an out of the
And be­
w ild e rm e n t, saw the w o rk-ro u g h ­ spending is la rg e ly fo r a rm y and back in to fem ale a ttire !
w ay. She m entioned a few o f the
fore somebody names her Miss
ened hands gripped so tig h tly to­ navy, along w ith
reasons. Some of the people m en­
increases in
Is My Best Friend"
gether th a t the knuckles w e re R m a ll peacetim e a c tiv itie s o f governm ent. Hobo fo r 1946.• • •
tioned resented it q u ite a b it, and
H owever, M r. T ru m a n is af>- !
w h ite mounds.
fis tic u ffs w ere b a re ly avoided. The
I 4 V/S7/Z,VG A M EKICAHISUS
search fo r a lib is became q u ite in te n ­
Bob said gently, "F o u n d w hat. preaching a balanced budget at this
"N o w , see here. M iss M a cT avish,
sive, but except fo r tw o o r three, you’ re not going to te ll me you be­ Miss E va n s? ”
spending level.
W a rtim e taxes
* A ll you ran eat for 00 re n in !9*
a ll w ere e lim in a te d as suspects. And lie ve in ghosts?” he protested.
She looked up a t him so sh a rp ly have not been reduced m a te ria lly . (
0*
" .
to«
„ c« "’ '
the evidence against the tw o or
th a t the s u n lig h t fe ll h a rsh ly on the fo r fe a r o f the big debt, so he w ill i MI ry our beef pie 30 re n in !99
three is s lim ."
R
take
in
this
ye
a
r
around
or
upw
ards
in ghosts, y e t I c a n 't p ic tu re a hu­ round lenses o f her old-fashioned
m an being eig h t feet ta ll, wrapped spectacles and she m ade a sound o f $35,000.000.000. (R e tirin g Budget
“ Today'» Sp“c ia l: I tanked Steak."
♦
Megan touched d ry lip s w ith her in a w hite sheet and w ith g la rin g th a t was h a lf a snort, h a lf a sn iff D ire c to r S m ith calculated the figure
tongue and steadied h e r voice to y e llo w eyes doing a m u rd e r and of contem pt.
at $39,500,000,000, w hich is $8,000.-
"Concert, boal raren, baneball gunif,
t«g ' °* r,’
x U *"1
ask fa in tly , “ Who— are the—ones then p ic k in g th a t spot to hide the
“ The kn ife , o f course,” she an­ 000,000 m ore than the Ja n u a ry bud­ danre and nheepbake, $ I JrO per per
e°'
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ton,
beer
free.
who couldn’ t m anage an a lib i? ”
get
e
stim
a
te
d
.)
A
g
ita
tio
n
thus
has
weapon. In fa ct, I c a n 't p ic tu re a swered c u rtly .
R
Bob m ade a short, s w iftly con­ begun here fo r a re a l ta x reduction,
“ W ell, the Teasley boy and his hum an being eight feet ta ll—p e rio d !
“ il e m ake you a tu il for $30 u ilh
M aybe you can suggest som e­ tro lle d m ovem ent, but his face was but some a u th o ritie s w ant to re tire
w ife and baby seemed to have ex
extra pantn."
guarded, so th a t only i f you had the debt instead. In the w a r we
ce lle n t reason fo r d is lik in g M rs. th in g ? ”
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Stevenson,” said L a u re n ce re lu c ­
L a urence shook his head.
“ It's been w a tch in g h im closely could ro u g h ly took in h a lf w hat was spent.
Back H om e Stuff
A S a fe , S o u n d In v e s tm e n t—
you have noticed th a t in v o lu n ta ry I o r about $46,400,000,000 in 1945,
ta n tly . “ I t seems, acco rd in g to Ma got me lic k e d ,” he a d m itte d .
' w h ile spending $100.400.000.000
S tu a rt, th a t M rs . Stevenson m ade
“ M iss
M a c T a v is h ? ”
suggested s ta rt o f su rp rise .
P e rry 's boat house and cla m bar
B u y U . S. S a v in g s B o n d s !
a re m a rk th a t tended to d is c re d it Bob and she had to steady herself
“ Suppose you te ll us about the IN F L A T IO N IS H E R E
is no m ore. . . . F o r o ve r h a lf a
the le g itim a c y o f the Teasley baby,
and te ll he rse lf th a t she was a fool kn ife . M iss E vans,” Bob said gently. ( In the face o f th is prom ised sta- ce n tu ry it stood at the old iron
and th a t W ill Teasley p u b lic ly to be frig h te n e d o f th a t question in
M iss M a rth a nodded. "W h a t else b ility fo r the firs t tim e in 16 years, b rid g e across In d ia n Creek on the
slapped her face in fro n t o f the his eyes.
do you th in k I cam e here fo r? ” she we have in fla tio n . I t is a real in- w in d in g road along the C onnecticut
M e rc a n tile a week ago.”
“ I d o n 't believe in ghosts—but 1 sniffed. and a b ru p tly she added, Ration, due to a shortage o f goods shore, a la n d m a rk to young and
" I re m e m b e r th a t." said Megan,
do believe Am os' s to ry ,” was a ll “ O nly the Stevenson wom an w a sn 't in the presence of w idespread buy­
old. . . . D. B P e rry started i t as
“ Do yo u ? ” asked Laurence q u ic k ­ she could manage.
k ille d w ith th a t knife, young m a n .” in g power. The a d m in is tra tio n has a young m an, b u ilt his house on the
ly . “ Do you re m e m b e r how M rs.
Bob
sighed,
ran
his
fingers
“ N o ? " asked Bob ve ry s w iftly , figured i t w ry Id stop the in fla tio n w a te r's edge and raised his fa m ily
Stevenson took it? "
through his h a ir, le a vin g it standing v e ry p o lite ly , alm ost as though his as soon as it obtained production, there, re n tin g boats, selling b a it and
"W e ll, i t was p re tty unpleasant, on end, and said helplessly. “ W ell, in te re s t had been too casual to m ake but we are not g e ttin g production, fish and d ishing out clam s on the
and business estim ates it w ill be h a lf shell w ith a fla vo r of chestnuts.
o f course— but W ill T easley’ s a 1 th in k w e 're licke d , too. Though the statem ent o f any im portance.
three to five years before it can take . . . He closed the clam bar in the
P le a sa n t G rove boy, and his w ife w e ll keep slugging aw ay at the
“ N o !” the w ord came explosively.
care o f accum ulated demand, not shack w ith the q u a int iron stove
has liv e d here a ll her life , except case, of course, hoping that some­
“ Then w hy was i t necessary to
c a lc u la tin g the increase in consum­ in the center several seasons ago
fo r the y e a r she w orked in town, so th in g w ill tu rn up— ”
hide it so—e r —m e lo d ra m a tic a lly ? "
er demand w hich has developed m uch to the re g re t of n atives and
e ve ryb o d y sided w ith W ill,” Megan
“ You c o u ld n 't be persuaded, of wondered Bob aloud.
fro m the presence o f widespread to u rists. .
re m e m b e re d aloud. “ A lic ia s o rt of course, to accept M a S tu a rt’ s sug­
. O nly one son. E rn ie ,
M iss M a rth a breathed deeply and
buying power. To add to the d eter­ re m ained to run things, and w ith
staggered, and her face got v e ry
gestion th a t you ju s t drop the whole w ith d iffic u lty .
WAY
rents o f strike s, slowdowns, govern­ "D . B ." a ilin g , it was decided last | the
w h ite , and then she laughed and m a tte r, w ith the thought th a t who­
“ B ecause," she told h im —and M e­
m e n ta l m ism anagem ent, fa m in e re ­ week to sell the boats and w ind
said, ‘W hat is the old-fashioned e ver d id it. did P leasant G ro ve a
gan's eyes were th ic k w ith tears fo r
I Made with a jace cream bate. Yodora
c ra c k about a h it dog a lw a ys howls g re a t s e rv ic e ? " suggested L a u rence
lie f, the absence o f a fo re ig n trade up the business. . . . Now there isn’ t
the s ta rk agony th a t shone so c le a r­
j, is actually toothing to normal skins,
loudest?'
And w alked a w a y .”
p o licy, cheapening money, sensa­ a boat at the la nding and it seems
w ry ly .
ly in the tire d , faded eyes behind
' N o harsh chemicals or ir r ita tin g
tio n a lly high p rices and no real stra n g e ly unreal. . . .
Megan gasped. "O h , no, L a r r y —
Laurence nodded. “ T h a t checks
No m ore
those old-fashioned spectacles— “ be­
salts. Won’t harm skin or clothing.
peace, along w ith p itifu lly in su f­ w ill the sign th a t seemed to us to
w ith M a S tu a rt's te s tim o n y ,” he d id she re a lly say th a t? ”
cause—m y s iste r is a—a m ental
Stay» soft and creamy, never gets
ficie
n
t
p
ro
d
u
ctio
n
—
the
OPA
was
a d m itte d .
“ She d id !” said Bob laughing. ca se ," she managed at last.
represent the acm e o f in d iv id u a l en­
grainy.
sharply m odified ahead o f tim e.
“ And fin d in g the k n ife doesn't “ Boy, w hat a c h a ra c te r! She gave
te rp rise and success be seen there
Bob w aited.
h elp a b it? ” asked Megan.
Can we get out o f It? Yes,
the d e p a rtm e n t a going o ver th a t it
around O ctober 1. “ Closed fo r B usi­
Laurence was v e ry s till, w atching
IVy gentle Yodora—/erf the wonderful
“ A fra id n o t,” a d m itte d Laurence h a s n 't had since they d ra fte d our M iss M a rth a , his a rm s folded across
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fra n k ly . "T h o ug h i f we can get any ca p ta in fo r a jo b in the M a rin e his chest, leaning against the big
m ent. B y this I mean construc­
s o rt o f d e scrip tio n out of Amos, T ra in in g C am p!
tiv e m anagem ent of o ve ra ll pol­
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I would lik e to old-fashioned ro llto p desk where
about the so-called 'ghost' it m ig h t know th a t la d y b e tte r—under, of Megan kept her accounts and books.
icy, as w e ll as detailed a ffa irs.
A new m ovie “ N ig h t and D a y”
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O bviously we are en te rin g a pe­
course, pleasanter circu m sta n ce s ”
Megan was on the v e ry edge of
He grinned a t her and said, “ No­
rio d in w hich there w ill be no " n o r­ te lls the life sto ry of Cole P o rte r.
“ She's re a lly a grand person.”
her c h a ir, her body tense and s till,
tic e I said 'w e'? I'm sort of u nof­ Megan said e agerly. "E v e ry b o d y
m a l.” I t is a p re vio u sly uncharted And we w onder if it includen the
alm ost rig id , as she watched M iss
fic ia l assistant to B o b -b e c a u s e 1 loves h e r.”
period. We are in in fla tio n. Instead episode of his firs t m usical a t the
M a rth a ; and so deep, so intense
know the tow n and Ihe people,” ne
o f “ fe a rin g in fla tio n ,” as o fficia ld o m Shubert th e a te r in New Haven, "See
was her p ity and her sym p a th y that
explained.
v e rb a lly does (and then shoots A m e rica F ir s t,” w ith Liz M a rb u ry
M egan hesitated and colored.
her own body fe lt some o f the suf­
“ W e ll—A lic ia like d to —to s tir things fe rin g th a t stood fo rth so s ta rk ly in wages up, then prices, and next as his d isco ve re r and producer. We
A little la te r Bob cam e in, g re e t­ u p ,” she a d m itte d re lu c ta n tly .
wages ag a in), It m ust recognize we can re ca ll Cole, a dapper E li, n e rv­
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M iss M a rth a ’s tire d eyes.
ed Megan pleasantly, and lifte d his th in k she was v e ry bored here, and
are in it. I t we get production, and ously liste n in g to the com m ents In
“ You m ean,” said Bob, a fte r a m o­
shoulders and spread his hands she a d m itte d fra n k ly th a t she only
prices s ta rt to decline, we w ill rec­ the T a ft p h a rm a cy next door be­
m ent designed to give M iss M a rth a
p a lm upw ard in a gesture o f d is ­ cam e here to liv e because her in ­
ognize th a t the era in w hich we now tween thv acts. . . . In c id e n ta lly the
a respite so th a t she could breathe
couragem ent and fu tility .
come had shrunk, and because her again, “ th a t yo u r sister was not ac­ are was a period o f unprecedented p a rt of a m iddle-aged Yale profes­
“ 1 c a n 't get a n yth in g out of that m oney w ent fa rth e r here. And to
in fla tio n.
In a word, the govern­ sor in the m ovie is played by M onty
countable fo r her actions—”
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o ld m an to save m y life ,” he ad­ keep things s tirre d up gave h e r—
m ent has sta rte d the toboggan. The W oolley who, a t about the tim e P or­ JUST A
“ 1 mean, young man, th a t m y sis­ question now is: can it be stopped? te r was at Y ale, was also a student DASH IN FfATHIRS
m itte d . “ He goes on saying 'h it wuz w ell, som ething to re lie v e her bore­
OR S P R E A D O N R O O S T S
'b o u t eig h t feet ta ll, boss—an’ h it dom, I suppose. She did not lie, te r—had periods of lu c id ity ,” she Can it be stabilized? I t has reached there.
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wuz a ll w h ite and je s ’ floated 'lo n g th a t is, not to any g re a t extent. She said harshly. “ B u t Tom , her hus­ a new level. Can this be kept?
band, d id n 't know that those periods
V isito rs to Saratoga w ill m iss th a t
—and had b ig g la rin g y a lle r eyes s im p ly had a way o f d ig g in g out
w ere com ing less fre q u e n tly and C LE A R -C U T PURPOSES
ancient la n d m a rk, the G rand Union
lik e a c a t—d a t’ s a ll I know s’ .”
tru th s th a t people w anted hidden
C e rta in ly no sa tisfa cto ry foreign
la stin g fo r s h o rte r periods o f tim e .
"1 w onder w hat Am os had been and dropped them p u b lic ly where I c o u ld n 't bear to te ll h im ; he tra d e agreem ent can be made loose­ hotel, razed since the la st ra cin g
d rin k in g ,” Laurence said lig h tly . they would be m ost ce rta in to s tir thought, poor soul, th a t she was get­ ly on such developm ent as congres­ season there. The co il of rope in
the co rn e r of the room , the m a rb le I
“ Some of th a t ‘w h ite m u le ’ they up tro u b le .”
TO GET MORE
tin g b e tte r—th a t there was hope fo r sional a p p ro va l o f the $4.000,000,000
'She sounds lik e a la d y who was her. B u t I d id n 't deceive m yse lf. B ritis h loan (w h ich re a lly cancels washstand w ith the open p lu m b ­
b re w up o ve r at F ro g to w n would
ing, the soiled window shades, the !
m a ke a fe llo w see p in k cows and a self-elected ca n d ida te fo r a m u r­ Even if I had wanted to—her attacK n e a rly $25,000.000,000 o f lend lease
m assive chandeliers and the beds (
der, at th a t,” Bob com m ented.
green elephants.”
on m e one n ig h t—” H er voice broke although this fig u re was never m en­ that W ashington slept in (follow ed !
If your blood LACKS IRON!
“ T h a t’ s the darndest th in g of a ll
A nnie appeared a t the door be­ and her face w orked co n vu lsive ly, tioned in connection w ith th a t ac­
— he swears he hadn’t had a d rin k , hind h im , unobtrusive, yet o b vio us­ but she did not low er her head, nor tio n ).
To m ake a fo re ig n trade by B u ffa lo B ill and his buffalo '
and women who auffer so from
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and A nnie backs h im up,” exploded ly e xcited H er eyes w ere ro llin g and m ake any e ffo rt to hide her face p o licy, you w ould have to create h e rd s). Ah, w hat m e m o rie s! , . . ' ’ d?a4ertnn,u!“
And those tw o -m ile ra m b lin g veran- ! o fb l^ ic o m S o
m®y be due to lack
fu ll m anagem ent fo r it, m anage­
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fro m them .
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