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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 ­
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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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