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T H E STO R Y T H I S FA M : "Vou ,r »
M M . M a rth a ." n,ib R eynolds told M a r-
,h a • " You <“ <« no« k ill h e r, your sister
««<•-•• M a rth a 's story was beaten down,
»•»d she ad m itte d th a t b e tty , the m ental
P atient, had done It, - I f , lik e a te rrib le
d r e a m ," M eg told L a r r y . T e n d erly t a r
ty rem in d e d her th a t To m F a llo n was a
tree m an and loved h er. She was too
apset to know. But good cam e out ol It.
'or J im M a rT a v Is h . now hum bled, de
’ Ided to do som ething lo r him self. H r
tnnouneed th a t he was to hero ine the
fd ito r o l a nearby new spaper w hile Its
publisher was In the a rm e d forces, " l.a r -
ry asked lo r y o u ." her la th e r stated
she had not seen him fo r several days,
and th ere was a tingle sent through her.
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im agined herself in love w ith Tom
because she had been caught by pity
fo r his unhappy p lig h t, and she had
let he rse lf be deceived into th in kin g
th a t her p ity fo r h im was a stronger,
m ore v ita l emotion. But now she
saw 'cle a rly, in the lig h t of the past
few m onths’ c la rity o f vision and
peace o f m ind.
B ehini
THE-
Gay Appliqued Party Dress
Fruit Designs to Cross-Stitch.
w ith tlic c a ll'' That Annie was m is
taken in saying you wanted to see
me— ”
" I had nothing to do w ith the
aul allon
c a ll," Megan cut in. " B u t of course.
I alw ays w ant to see you, L a rry
Rrlo.iard bv Western Newspaper Union.
Why w o u ld n 't I? You are m y o ld
WAR
CONTRACTU IN Q l’IltY
est and best frie n d ."
"Thanks a lo t,” said Laurence COULD GET OCT OF IIAXI»
d ry ly .
B ut th a t's not good enough,
W ASHINGTO N
— The p o liti
Tom stood up and said q uietly. Megan
You know w here I stand,
"W e ll, th a t's that. I d id n 't have a where I'v e alw ays stood, so fa r as cian« a rc ch u cklin g at the p o liti
cal im p lic a tio n behind the May
great deal of hope, o f course. M a y
you are concerned
B ut I m ade up scandal case.
be the reason why 1 even fo r a m o
m y m in d a good w hile ago th a t you
The inside story is that Mr. M ay,
m ent considered com ing back to
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w ere not fo r me. and I'm not fond
Pleasant G rove was because 1 did o f to rtu rin g m yself, so I'v e kept ch a irm a n of the house m ilita r y a f
fa irs com m ittee, w alked into the
not w ant to face the facts. I wanted
TUESDAY
away. I thought th is m o rn in g when d iffic u ltie s w ith the M ead in v e s ti
to go on b elieving th a t w hat we saw
CHAPTER XVII
A nnie telephoned me. th a t you were
and fe lt th a t nig h t was as real for in some kin d o f—w ell: o f a ja m . and gating com m ittee, and that the in
Suddenly he broke off, and a fte r you as fo r me. But, o f course. I see that you needed me And o f course, vestigation was not in sp ire d o th e r
WEDNESDAY
wise. As M ay is a conservative
now th a t I was a fo o l."
* m om ent he said. "O h. yes. I knew
that w ould always be the one th in g
D em ocrat, and Senator Mead of
" I 'm te rrib ly sorry, tr u ly —” she
ihere was som ething I had forgot-
that would b rin g me as fast as I
New Y o rk has a spirations fo r the
•en. I saw Laurence w hile I was managed w ith trem ulous lips, her could tra v e l.
But if Annie was
eyes m isted by tears.
governorship, ce rta in p o litic a l au
in to w n .”
w ro n g —”
th o ritie s had circu la te d the report
He turned tow ards the ddor.
"L o o k , L a r r y .” said Megan husk
Megan was sta rtle d to discover
Megan said s w iftly . " W ill you ily . " I 'v e —w ell, there's som ething 1 that the case against M ay was
that her needle had slipped and come back to Pleasant G rove?”
w orked up fo r purposes o f w iden
have to te ll you and it's not ve ry
ing the s p lit w ith in D e m o cra tic
pricked her Anger, s ta rtle d at the
He shook his head.
"T h e re is
p re tty.
I'm — asham ed—but y o u 'll
ranks by the lib e ra l side fo r the
sudden tin g le th a t ra n through her nothing to come back fo r—e ve r— have to know it —"
purposes of punishing a conserva
i t the m ention o f Laurence's name, now ,” he told her in th a t same quiet,
1 here s nothing I have to know
she looked up. fe e lin g her fa th e r’ s alm ost toneless voice.
tiv e Southerner. I f it d id not o rig i
about you, M eggie, th a t would be
On Sunday m o rn in g , a glorious hard fo r you to te ll m e.” he in te r nate in such purposes, it c e rta in ly
?yes upon her. and knew, by the sud
den w a rm th o f her face, th a t she June m o rn in g w ith a b rillia n t sun
had that p o litic a l effect.
rupted h e r s w iftly , his eyes upon
was blushing Which, she told h e r ly in g lik e a benediction on green her. tire d , som ber, steady.
However lo g ica l this re p o rt m ay
self fu rio u s ly , was p re tty s illy , an y fields and gardens burgeoning w ith
Megan caught her breath on a sob sound to some, the inside sto ry Is
SATURDAY
way you looked at it.
roses and zinnias and m a rig o ld s, and bu rst out s w iftly , “ Oh, L a rry , that the M ead c o m m itte e m e m b e r
Megan went again to the Ridge.
ship
was
m
aking
a
routine
cheek
He asked about y o u ,” said J im
do n 't be hum ble!
I d o n 't deserve
She had dreaded this re tu rn to the it.
a hen she d id not speak. “ He sent
I ’ ve been an a w fu l fool—but into the com plicated fin a n cial set
F r u it M o tifs
Ridge.
She
had
avoided
it
a
ll
these
Fou his lo v e ."
now that I can see c le a rly —now that up in the Garsson com panies. Some
I O O K IN G fo r som e s i m p l e
Once m ore the needle slipped and weeks, pretending to herself th a t she I know w hat it's a ll about, you m ake suspicions about the M a y tra n s
1 ‘ h a n d so m e p ic k -u p w o rk these
Megan winced, but her voice was was too busy, th a t there were tasks me so a s h a m e d !"
action were uncovered but not
w
a rm d ays? H e re a re some c o l
Suite steady as she asked, “ A re you to be p erform ed that made it im
Laurence stared at her. puzzled, made pu b lic. Then M ay brought llr .
o r fu l f r u it d e s ig n s to do in cro ss
possible fo r her to m ake her fa v o rite a little resentful.
H enry Garsson to see Mead to com
lu re he said his love?”
s titc h — b ig p e a rs , s tr a w b e r r ie s , b a
J im took his pipe out o f his m outh walk. But now she knew th a t she
"W h y
should
I
m ake
you p la in about the com panies being
n a n a s, o ra n g e s , a p p le s , p lu m s a n d
“
persecuted”
by
a
m
e
d
d
lin
g
inves
in d stared at h e r as though sur had lie d ; she had been a fra id .
ashamed. Megan? I th in k I resent
c h e rrie s in lo v e ly shaded e ffe c ts .
prised. "W e ll, of course I'm sure—
The sudden b a rk in g of D ixie th a t! Y ou'd b e tte r e x p la in ," he said tig a tio n , w hich, they contended,
T o t's P a r ty D re ss
was holding up reconversion to
le said, 'H ow 's Megan? G ive her w arned her o f the approach of some sharply.
r ^ A I N T Y a n d p r e tty and so easy
tr a n s fe r d e s . . tin
fo r inc
the
. T o : o .7 b . ta in 7 ...........
» a
iui
peacetim
e
a
c
tiv
itie
s
.
my love and te ll her I ' l l see her stra n g e r. She turned sharply and
Megan put out her hands in a l it
sh ad ed C ross Stitch D esigns ( P a tte r n Nt.
fo r M o th e r to make—a c h a r m 5J8D
lo o n '.”
looked across the meadow, and her tle gesture o f pleading.
11.11 ar. a m o u n ts o f
c o lo i c h a r t fo r w orkln
MEAD HAD TO ACT.
in g ro u n d y o k e d d re s s fo r to ts d iffe r e n t c o lo re d flosses, send 20 c e n ts in
And Megan, a lit tle w a rm some- h e a rt stood up on tiptoe. She fe lt
"T h a t's w hat I'm try in g to do,
The com m itteem en c la im other w ith a m e re w h is p e r o f a sleeve c o in , y o u r n a m e , a d d re s s a n d p a tte rn
:hing s tirr in g in h e r heart, bent her as though it, too, yelped w ith e x c ite L a r r y ,” she to ld h im unsteadily.
n u m b e r.
e fforts were m ude to get them to
Send y o u r o r d e r to :
tead above her sewing, and a tiny, m ent. F o r even at this distance, " I 'm try in g to e xp la in th a t I was I desist, but they w ill not id e n tify and b a b y d u c k s p a ra d in g a ro u n d
»ecret s m ile touched her m outh fo r she knew th a t figure. It was L a u fool enough to believe that I —was in these efforts beyond the point of th e b o tto m o f th e s k ir t.
S K W IN G ( lit« I .K N K F D I I W O K K
rence.
i m om ent
love w ith Tom F allon. And now I saying these came fro m w ith in the ■ T o o b tu in c o m p le te p a tte rn fo r the A p
709 M h slo n St.. San Francisco, C alif.
She sat v e ry s till and watched know th a t I w a sn 't—th a t I never
The busy, crow ded days o f e a rly
p liq u e B a b y D u c k F ro c k (P a tte r n No
D e m o cra tic p a rty.
Enclose 20 cents for pattern
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spring m elted in to the even busier 1 h im , w hile a new, sweet w a rm th was re a lly —”
p a tte rn . Send 20 ce n ts in c o in , y o u r n a m e ,
N o.
Despite
the
im
m
in
e
n
ce
of
the
days o f late spring.
E a rly sum spread throughout her body. H er
Laurence stared at her, his brows
a d dress a n d p a tte rn n u m b e r.
com ing congressional election, the
Name
mer came and the crops stood lush h e a rt shook a little and her hands d ra w n together. His hands m ade a R epublicans co-operated w ith the
snd green in the fields, but Lau- i closed them selves tig h tly in her little in v o lu n ta ry m ovem ent tow ards
Address
lap. The s u n lig h t g lin te d on L a u her. but he stopped h im se lf ju st ! D e m o cra tic m em bers in a ll ways.
•ence had not come.
The R epublican Sen. H om er F e r
rence's
bare
head
as
he
w
alked
before he could touch her.
J im was fin d in g the newspaper
guson of M ich ig a n (who does not
The deep, ric h co lo r poured in to '
business e x c itin g , though he q uar- w ith his hands in his pockets, his
M o s t g re a t d is ta n c e ru n n e rs
run again u n til 1949» has been
shoulders
drooping
a
little
.
'eled w ith M rs. M organ and came
her face, but her eyes m et his stead
h a ve m u d e th e ir re c o rd s because
And w a tch in g him as he plodded ily . "B ecause I know now th a t—it's term e d the "b ir d d o g " o f the com th e ir b odies h a d u n iq u e fu n c tio n a l
)ome o ccasionally s m a rtin g w ith
m ittee. Ferguson and his R epub
“u ry at some fancied s lig h t o r some up the m eadow slope and across the alw ays been—you, L a r r y .” she told
lica n colleagues were in a position p o w e rs , one o f w h ic h w a s a h e a rt
fence,
she
knew
a
contentm
ent
so
h
im
h
u
s
k
ily
Jo n tra d ictio n she had given to one
b e a t s lo w e r th a n th e n o rm a l ra te .
to force Mead to act #i f he trie d
>f his orders. B u t his e d ito ria ls had deep, so w a rm , so sweet, th a t she
F o r in s ta n c e , G le n n C u n n in g h a m 's
to
cover
up.
Perhaps*
they
m
ay
He bent and swept her up into his
was one w ith the June scene a ll
8 /6
peen w ell received.
le a rtb e a t is u s u a lly a ro u n d 49,
about her.
a rm s and held her so close and hard have been gleeful at the prospect '.u n d e r H a g g 's 47, P a a vo N u r m i’s
On a late June evening, when the
And then he was close enough to against h im th a t she could scarcely of roasting a D em ocrat on the eve
5 a n d L e s lie M a c M itc h e ll’s 40.
whole w o rld seemed locked in a
S IX FLA VO R S
of de p a rtu re fo r home and election
breathe.
see
Megan, and he said w ith a little
folden haze o f loveliness, Megan
His
cheek
was
against
hers,
as
he
A
nother
in
n
e
r
p
o
litic
a
l
sidelight
quick, m eaningless sm ile, "H e llo !
:am e up fro m the fields, in te n t on
said, “ I lost you once, Meggie, and is that the Garssons hire d as th e ir
M ind i f I in tru d e ? ”
pothing m ore e xcitin g than a b ris k
" Y o u 're not in tru d in g ,” she told i t —w ell, it ju s t about finished me counsel fo r the in q u iry Wayne
shower and fresh clothes, when she
I thought e v e ry th in g was fine be Johnson, a w ell-know n New Y ork
him , and sm iled and patted the rock
taw a ca r standing at the gate.
beside her. in v itin g him to s it down. tween us and th a t we were going to C ity D em ocrat.
She came on into the kitchen and
L o oking down at Megan he said be m a rrie d , and then you kicked me
The
evidence
c a rrie d
odors
laid, "H a v e we got com pany, An-
q
u
ie tly , “ A nnie thought I'd find you out o f m y fo o l's paradise, by saying reaching to high heaven, but did
lie ? "
up here. Why did you w ant to see it was F a llo n . I c o u ld n 't qu ite take i not prove co nclusively that May
A nnie's lo w e r lip was th ru s t out,
it i f you changed y o u r m in d again
m e?"
e ver received any money d ire c t
sn in d ic a tio n th a t A nnie was a n g ry
It's got to be—w ell, final, th is tim e, ly, although it produced testim ony
M
egan's
eyes
widened
a
little
and
about som ething; but h e r tone was,
she asked. "W h y did I w ant to see one w ay o r the o th e r."
For pipe or rolling-there’s no other tobacco
in d ica tin g money was sent.
The
as usual w ith A nnie under sucn
T here were tears in her eyes, as com m itteem en have been author- '
you? T h a t’ s a funny question_"
like
PRINCE ALBERT!
moods, alm ost expressionless, when
Laurence frow ned
"W e ll, a fte r she stood on tip to e and fra m e d his ized to look over the incom e tax
she answered:
face
between
her
hands,
and
set
all, when A nnie telephoned m e—”
re tu rn s of M ay to supply the m iss
"Y e ss u m —he w a itin ’ in de s e ttin ’
Megan gasped, and the hot co lo r her m outh on his, her w a rm , soft ing links, and w hile these cannot
room .”
flowed in to her face as she sta m m outh th a t was fa in tly trem ulous be used as evidence o r made pub
Megan stripped the g a ily figured
and v e ry sweet and that flowered lic in any w ay, the co m m itte e may
m ered, "A n n ie telephoned you?”
tc a rf fro m her head, shook out her
Laurence nodded. "She said you beneath his kiss.
get some leads to the lin ks. The
.umbled curls, and w alked in to the
"O h, L a r r y —d a rlin g L a r r y —I do law p e rm its President T ru m a n to
wanted to see me and th a t it was
iv in g room . The m an who stood at
love
you!
I
’
ll
alw
ays
love
you.
F
or
auth o rize such looks at the returns.
:he w indow turned to face her—and im p o rta n t, so I hitched a rid e over. g ive m e?” she whispered unstead
Why? W hat’s the m a tte r? ”
A ll in a ll, the newsmen who sat
Megan was s till, rig id w ith shock.
ily
a
t
the press table throughout the
Because the man who faced her was
F o r answer, his arm s tightened
Megan was scarlet. She could not
—Tom F allon.
and his lip s found and cla im e d her in q u iry thought the whole case
q u ite m eet his eyes.
could be put down as a scandal so
“ Annie— A nnie had no rig h t to do own.
He had aged, and his face was set
p
And Susie, the cat, was a wise cat | la in ly m a rke d w ith evidence that
anyth in g of the sort. She's re a lly
! no one could cover it on any side,
and g rim , his eyes those o f the tra g -
g e ttin g beyond herself—" she s ta m and knew there were tim es when
c a lly lost. B u t as he looked at her, mered.
hum ans were interested only in each D e m o cra tic, Republican, PAC, or
any other.
some o f the haggard look vanished
L a urence’s tire d face hardened a other. This, o f course, was one of t
from his face and he said in a tone
little and his eyes were cool. “ I take those tim es
REP. COEFEE INVOLVED.
lust above a w hisper. “ Y o u ’ re love
it, then, that you had nothing to do
B u t lo and behold, the case p ro
(T H E END>
lie r than e v e r.”
duced a p o litic a l ta il la rg e r than
"P le a se s it dow n,” she said.
the dog. The Coffee case, fo llo w
" I'v e been offered the jo b of p rin
in g im m e d ia te ly thereafter, con
cipal a t the school again this y e a r,”
cerned a left-leaning D em ocrat,
he said.
Rep. John M. Coffee, who received
Megan caught her breath.
GRAND PIPELOADS of the mildest, mellowest tobacco a man
$2,500 fro m a w a r co n tra cto r fo r
" B u t— but s u re ly —you w o u ld n 't
ever Lad, say, Frank Hansen, speaking of Prince Albert smok
services.
He
votes
m
o
stly
on
the
!
w ant to come back—here?” she
ing tobacco. “It’s choice tobacco, that’s what. And that special
le ftis h side.
gasped.
crimp cut feature make, Prince Albert pack better in any pipe.’
Thus
the
scandals
came
out
even
He studied h e r fo r a m om ent, and '
in D e m o cra tic ranks between the
then he said q u ie tly , “ You can’ t pos
s ib ly im a g in e m y being w illin g ever
tw o co n flictin g factions, and the
R epublicans
gained
the
most
to re tu rn here, to Pleasant Grove,
can you. Megan?”
ground fro m the e n tire transaction.
A t least no one showed they claim ed
" W e ll—no, I'm a fra id I can’t , "
Megan answered him qu ite honestly.
, to have o r were se lling any influence.
I t was Senator Brew ster, R epubli
"B ecause so m uch o f tragedy hap
can of M aine, who told the com
pened to m e here?” he asked, and
W N II P?ATURCt
m itte e o f the Coffee m a tte r, which
before she could answ er he added
firs t was m entioned in a m a yo ra lty
g e n tly, " B u t I had a very sm all and
cam paign in Tacoma, Wash., by
v e ry p e rfe ct g lim p se of Heaven, too,
Republicans.
Megan. Perhaps one could cancel
the o th e r—o r could it ? "
I th in k the sum total of the
Megan said h u skily, “ 1—don’t
scandal m a tte r is th is; I f any-
q u ite know w hat you are ta lk in g
one started tu rn in g over every
a b o u t.”
w a r contract, a t this p a rtic u la r
“ L e t's not beat about the bush and
tim e o f w orld crisis and d iffic u lt
te ll p o lite lies. M egan,” he said w ith
peace, even to gain ground in an
a fo rth rig h tn e s s th a t was ra th e r
election,
the
u ltim a te
outcom e
staggering. " I know th a t it w ill be
would be d iffic u lt to fo re te ll. A t
a long tim e before 1 can—speak to
any rate, the Mead com m ittee
you o f love, Megan. I t w ould be the
w ent to w ork on some presum ably
Worst possible taste fo r me to do
m in o r cases on the P acific coast
so now. But there was an evening,
Megan, when we spoke o u r hearts—
CAN'T GUARANTEE FREEDOMS
fo r the b rie fe s t possible m om ent. I
The P aris gathering of 21 nations
h a ve n ’ t forgotten. H ave yo u ? ”
to consider the B ig F o u r peace
Megan fe lt the co lo r rush to her
deal sta rte d off under unique c ir
face and she could not q u ite meet
cumstances.
The
170
m im eo
his eyes.
graphed pages co m p risin g the pro
“ So i t ’s lik e th a t,” he said very
posed texts are considered by ex
q u ie tly , his tone tire d and heavy and
perts to have been ve ry poorly
old. “ 1 should have known that I
d ra fte d fro m a technical standpoint
was ju s t seeing som ething that
of expression. T his was charged to
d id n ’ t re a lly exist. You w ere emo
the d iffic u ltie s of tra n sla tio n . As to
tio n a lly upset and you were so rry
the m eanings of the agreem ents
fo r me- was that it, M e g a n ? "
and guarantees, few thought them
Megan sat v e ry s till. Because that
any stronger than the governm ents
was it
She knew i t now
She had
w hich would operate them.
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/ G GERALD
BROWN
Duke McCale brought himself up to be a self-
styled private investigator—having nothing to do
with divorce cases, strike-breaking, bribery or key
hole peeking. His are the “special” cases, those
requiring brains, tact and ingenuity.
He is quite certain that Miss Adelaide Bigelow
is retaining him for something a lot more impor
tant than merely guarding her niece’s wedding
gifts. McCale is sure that she is deathly afraid of
something or someone.
Find out all about it.
Read this Absorbing M yste ry Story
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