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The heat in tow n had been in ­
tense. and J u lia M cF a rla n e ro lle d
the station-wagon under the iv y cov­
ered porte-cochere g ra te fu lly .
The big old house w ould be cool.
I t was always cool, the solid b ric k
w a lls b u ilt over a century since
sh u ttin g out the sun w ith aloof d ig ­
n ity . J u lia je rk e d o ff her hat be­
fo re she opened the door and slid
out o f the coat of her s m a rt g ray
suit. She dropped the hat and coat
on a c h a ir and was pushing the
heavy, m o ist auburn h a ir off her
forehead when a y e ll cam e down
the cu rv in g staircase. A young ye ll.
• Dooley, is th a t you?”
J u lia sighed. She was so tire d .
I t was five o'clock, and she had had
no lunch. She had spent hours in
an airless office, gro w in g m ore
fu rio u s by the m om ent, and then
she had argued fo r another hour
w ith a young governm ent re present­
a tive who quoted regulations, a l­
m o st sm acking his lip s o ver them .
To her desperate plea th a t there
had to be m ore w irin g fo r pow er
and pum ping on B uzzard's H ill, th a t
there had to be m ore fence i f they
w ere to raise ham s and bacon fo r
the a rm y , he had s m ile d a m adden­
in g ly superior sm ile.
To his smug vision a ll th is had
spelled w ire — copper w ire , steel
w ire — and w ire was not to be su r­
rendered, even to a handsome w om ­
an in a sty lis h hat. So J u lia had
come back to the fa rm , w ru n g out
and exasperated, and now here was
J ill y e llin g fro m upstairs.
•'Dooley, come up here rig h t
a w a y !”
J u lia w ent up the s ta irs slow ly.
In the b rig h t little room a t the
end o f the h a ll J ill was standing on
a stool before a looking-glass, her
slim legs hidden in folds o f w hite
je rse y, her face fu ll o f woe.
‘ ‘It's a ll c ro o k e d !” she w ailed.
‘ "They stretched
it
when they
cleaned it, and i t ’ s a ll in scallops.
I t looks lik e the d e v il. W hat am I
going to do?”
J u lia dropped on the bed and
looked a t her child. J i ll ’s h a ir was
lig h te r than h e r own, ta ffy and sun­
lig h t and w ild c u rlin g m isch ie f,
w here J u lia 's had darkened to the
hue o f old ch e rry wood and la y back
sleekly under a brush. J ill's eyes
w ere d a rke r, too, alm ost b la c k un­
der s trik in g , a rro g a n t brow s; d ire c t,
dem anding eyes, im p a tie n t, w ith
lit tle com prom ise in them .
“ W hat do you w a n t to do, J ill?
C ut the hem off and even it? ”
“ I haven’t got tim e . It 's ya rd s
around the bottom , though i t does
hang so stra ig h t. W ould i t look aw­
fu l, Dooley, i f we cut off the w o rst
places and hem m ed it? I t has to
be rig h t, i t s im p ly has to .”
"W h a t cooks?
Som ething t e r r i­
b ly special?”
‘ ‘F rig h tfu lly special.” J ill je rk e d
a n g rily at the stubborn folds. ‘ ‘I t ’ s
Spang. And the club dance.
He
has a three-day pass. He’ s com ing
on the bus.”
‘ ‘Do I know Spang? He sounds
lik e some kin d of canned dog-ration.
“ Oh. M other, you know how m uch
a ttention R ic pays to m a te rn a l ad­
m o n itio n ! You only had one d u ti­
fu l c h ild —m e.”
"S tand s till, or I ’ ll never get this
rig h t.”
She was so tire d th a t her legs q u iv ­
ered and her eyes b lu rre d . And now
w o rry was spinning lik e a d e n tist's
d r ill in her brain.
F o r now she
was beginning to know w hat before
had been only a nagging fear, a
m o th e rly apprehension.
Now she
knew th a t the th in g she hated had
not died, had not rem oved its e lf
fro m her life .
It was going on.
R ich a rd , her son, born in loneliness
and to rm e n t—R ich a rd was going on
being another m ad and reckless M c­
F arlane, irresponsible, not to be be­
lieved.
You could have spared me this,
God, she was th in kin g .
I'v e had
so m uch and I'v e trie d to be pa-
tie n t. I ’ ve trie d to do m y best.
A loud she said. " T h a t gets it, I
th in k.
B u t it w ill p ro b a b ly sag
somewhere else. T hat heavy stuff
does.”
J ill pulled the dress o ver her head
and dropped on the stool, her naked
arm s
round
and
v irg in a l
and
sweet.
“ W ill you ta ck it up fo r me,
Dooley? I ’ ve got to do m y nails
and press m y suit, and there's a
spot on the toe of one of m y san­
dals where somebody stepped on
me. Oh, I fo rg o t to te ll you, I asked
Spang to stay here. He hasn’ t any
fa m ily at all. I fixed the bed be-
"It's all crooked!” she wailed.
She w ould have to te ll her father-
in-law , too. old John I. M cF a rla n e ,
and he would fum e a n g rily and im -
potently fo r hours, to any one who
would listen.
W orking on J i ll ’ s dress, she hoped
this young lieutenant w ould not be
a disappointm ent, but a ll the w hile
she nursed the secret w ish th a t he
w ould prove to be only another pass­
ing fancy, m oving on as so m any
other lads had moved on, out of
J ill's life .
To be an a rm y w ife —she did not
w ant th a t fo r J ill. She wanted to
save her ch ild fro m th a t h e a rtb u rn ­
ing, th a t d re a ry w a itin g , the endless
nights, the to rtu rin g silences th a t
she he rse lf rem em bered. And fo r
her the wretchedness had never
ended. There had been no finale, no
I period, no ye llo w te le g ra m , no shock
of g rie f—there had been nothing.
■ Now. a fte r tw enty-five years, there
was s till nothing.
I B ut in these days, w ith a ll the
i young men in service, a g irl, even
i as p re tty and desirable a g ir l as
J ill, had little choice. The WQrld
was s w iftly tu rn in g in to a confused
and d ism a l place.
She had told h e rs e lf so m any
tim es, when J ill and young R ich a rd
were sm a ll and e v e ry th in g was ve ry
g rim fo r her, th a t no c h ild of hers
should ever liv e through w hat she
herself was liv in g through. She had
w orked so h a rd : she had even done
rough w o rk w ith h e r own hands to
b u ild up th is old fa rm .
She had
fought d ro u th and a n im a l epidem ­
ics and insects and discouragem ent,
to m ake a ric h e r, k in d e r life for
R ic and J ill. And she had succeed­
ed. She looked through the window
at the w h ite fences m a rch in g over
the lush green o f the fields of Buz­
zard's H ill, and she knew th a t she
had succeeded.
H er fa th e r-in -la w had helped. She
gave h im his due in a ll lo y a lty . He
had been a ro ck to lean upon, he had
been a p illa r —a f l i r y p illa r, but
steadfast. T hrough a ll the strange
years when no w ord had come fro m
R ich a rd , her husband, when there
had been o n ly silence as b a fflin g
as the hollow sky, as deep as the sea,
old John I. had stood by h e r—
through the g rim tim e s ’ and good
tim es.
She had liv e d thro u g h it,
but she would fig h t to save J ill fro m
a life lik e that.
She heard the clu m p of John I . ’ s
boots presently, heard h im y e llin g
som ething in to the telephone. A ll
the M c F a rla n e s yelled, even J ill.
There was so m uch in them th a t
was a liv e and in a fe rm e n t. Pa­
tience had been le ft out o f them . I t
was as i f they had a yeasty brew
instead of blood in th e ir veins.
R ich a rd , whom she had m a rrie d ,
had yelled, too. U p three flig h ts in
th a t little w alk-up fla t in W ashing­
ton—w hy m ust she th in k of th a t ju s t
now? Why couldn’ t she m ake h e r­
self fo rg e t, fin a lly and fo re ve r?
L a st ye a r she had d e te rm in ed to
forg e t, and the y e a r before. I t i r ­
rita te d her th a t she, a strong w om ­
an, was not strong enough to con­
quer th is th in g th a t haunted her.
The dress finished, she la id i t
c a re fu lly across J i ll ’ s bed and got
in to the faded s h irt, the rough
clothes th a t w ent w ith being a
pig-wom an. She tied her h a ir up
in a bandana and went dow nstairs.
cause M am ie was pouty. I could
only find -one hem stitched sheet,
so I put a p la in one u n d e r.”
“ W ill Spang be here to dinner?
I f he w ill, yo u ’ l l have to set the
Would Spang be outraged by an un­ table. I ’ ll fix y o u r dress, but then
even he m lin e ? ”
I have to ta lk o ver some things w ith I
"D o n 't m ake gags, Dooley, y o u ’re F oster and yo u r g ra n d fa th e r.”
not the type. Handsome d ig n ity is
"Jo h n I. rode up to m a rk posts in
John I. M cF a rla n e —th in , mus-
y o u r line.
No, you don’ t know the w oodlot,” J ill said.
"F o s te r tached, w ith s m a ll hands and feet,
Spang.
He's a tu r re t in s tru c to r had to help h im on the horse, and and b rig h t, hot, b lack eyes— was s it­
rig h t now, down a t R ic ’ s F ie ld . I that made h im fu rio u s. H e's bound tin g on the side porch c u ttin g to ­
m e t h im when I w ent down la st to break a h ip some day, and then bacco in to a newspaper spread
week to see R ic. He’ s a lie u te na n t you and I w ill have a lo v e ly life .”
across his knees. He looked up as
and a flie r, but rig h t now he's T.S.
"B u t he’ ll die i f he stops w a n tin g a le rtly as a robin, and said, "H e llo ,
—technical to you, D ooley.”
to do things fo r h im s e lf. He re a lly you back?”
“ B u t he w a s n 't christened Spang, doesn’ t believe th a t he’ s eighty. He
"A n hour ago.” J u lia sat down.
su re ly—the font would have fallen thinks th a t’ s som ething somebody
The old m an snapped his kn ife
dow n.”
| m ade up.”
shut, slid the tobacco in to a red tin
"D ooley, I ask you!
H is name
" Y o u ’ re a pet to fix the dress, and p u t the tin in his h ip pocket.
is Spencer, and he hates i t because Dooley m y love.
B u t Spang is “ B et you fo rg o t m y bottle of b it­
he doesn’t lik e some uncle o r other. w orth it, he is d e fin ite ly .
M aybe te rs? ”
He won’t look a t m y dress, but a ll he’s the one. A bout tim e !
Here
" I did not. I t ’ s in the kitchen
the fem ales on the p ro w l w ill cut ) I am, crow ding tw enty-seven and w ith the g ro ce rie s.”
th e ir eyes down, and I ’ ll get an in ­ I a lready g e ttin g a m aiden look
‘ T d b e tte r rescue it, then, before
fe r io r ity com plex. And th is is im ­ I around the c h in .”
M a m ie rubs i t on her rheum atism .
p o rta n t!”
“ Don’ t be rid icu lo u s.
You look L a st tim e you brought me some she
" Is it? ” J u lia was gentle. " A ll about eighteen. D o n 't fo rg e t about used i t to k ill m ites on a duck.
rig h t, tu rn around.
B ut I refuse 1 the table. M a m ie ’ s been busy all W ell, I m a rke d about tw o hun­
to guarantee results.
R em em ber, d a y.”
dred posts.”
I ’ m a pig-wom an, not a couturiere.
"N o use, John I. They won’ t give
Is R ic com ing w ith y o u r Spang?”
us p rio rity fo r any m ore fence.”
J ill puckered her brow.
"M o th ­
He d re w his w hite brows together
er, R ic ’ s a p riv a te . Ju st a plain
a n g rily . "W h a t do they expect us
Joe, and a casual at that.
He
"Oh, Spang's bus w on’ t be here to do? Teach hogs not to cross i
couldn’ t get a pass home unless he t ill eight. I ’ll g ive h im sandwiches ch a lk lin e ? ”
bought one fro m somebody, and he and beer. A nyw ay, M a m ie likes sol­
"N o m ore w ire , no m ore copper,
says th e y've hiked the p rice now diers, and a ll the boys w a n t is a no m ore steel. I t ’ s w ar, John I.
t i l l i t isn’ t w o rth i t . ”
soft c h a ir to s p ra w l in and a hot B u t it makes i t tough fo r the pig
" B u t—do you mean th a t he came tub. They stand up a ll day, o r sit business. Would you be interested
home la st tim e on some other on a hot curb, and they can’ t even in g ro w in g cucum bers or peanuts
m a n ’ s pass?” J u lia spoke between lie down on th e ir cots t i l l nig h t, R ic o r so m ething?”
pins,’ sh a rp ly.
told m e.”
" I would not!
P ickles give me
In her own room , d im and cool the hives, and w hat good are pea­
“ O f course.
Unless it was an
em ergency he w ouldn’ t ra te a pass. and serene, w ith the branches of nuts when there a re n 't any m ore
They m ig h t w ant to ship h im out the huge old trees ru s tlin g close to county fa irs o r circuses?”
the windows, J u lia shed the re g i­
any m in u te .”
"T h e y use the o il fo r something.
“ B u t th a t was a foolish and ris k y m entals of a ca re e r wom an, re ­ I fo rg e t what. D id you te ll F oster
th in g to do when he’ s tr y in g to get laxed in the tub, and p u t on soft to shut up y o u r prize sow? She
cotton slacks. L a te r she’d have to ought to b rin g a good litte r .”
in to o ffic e r’ s sch o o l!”
"O h, they organize things, Ric get into the denim and boots th a t
" I shut her up m yself. She’ s a
says—get some o ther Joe to answ er were her fa rm u n ifo rm ; she'd have cagy fem ale. She b it me, and I
fo r them a t ro ll-c a ll o r som ething.” to te ll Foster, who ran the place, h it her w ith the p itc h fo rk before I
th a t there w ould be no m ore cop­ thought, but she wasn’ t h u rt any.
J ill turned slo w ly on h e r toes.
“ I don’t lik e i t , " Ju lia said ste rn ­ per w ire and no m ore fence t ill W hat’ s w rong w ith you, Dooley?
ly. " I won’t have R ic je o p ard izin g the governm ent gave h e r a p rio rity , You look shot, and you've got c ir­
his chances. You should have told snd heaven only knew when th a t cles under your eyes.”
would be.
me before.”
'T O B E C O N T IN U E D )
Julia W orries
About Her Son
Bactericidal Agents
Favorable Response
By W . J. D R Y D E N
M a stitis, a com m unicable disease,
can be m easurably checked by iden-
tiflc u tio n of the c a rrie r cow, fol-
lowed by proper control and tre a t-
m ent.
A compound fo r tre a tin g chronic
m a stitis recently has been reported
by U tah a g ric u ltu ra l exp e rim e n t
station It is co llo id a l silv e r oxide.
5 per cent, suspended in m in e ra l
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of e a rly co m m e rcia l flyin g
A sec­
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' o f the most valuable planes In the
country, dating fro n t W orld W ar 1
and now p ra c tic a lly museum pieces,
w ill be shown in action.
I.uellle Ball Introduce« a bit of
whimsy In the fashion held In Hunt
Strombrrg'• "I’ersonal Column”—
wears a hat which has feathers dyed
In a polka dot pattern, with a slip
to match! • It's an idea whipped up
by Elols Jennsen, Stromherg’s fash­
ion designer, who got her lirst big
picture break when she did lledy
Lamarr's clothes for “ Dishonored
Lady,” and It’s certainly an original
one.
o il. T his tre a tm e n t is effective
only against m a s titis caused by
streptococci.
In in je c tin g the compound, wash
the udder w ith a ch lo rin e solution.
M ilk the infected q u a rte r d ry and
d isinfect the end of the teat w ith
tin ctu re of iodine. Ten cc. of the
compound is injected into the teat
canal, and, by massaging, the liq u id
is pressed upw ard into the m ilk
cistern and into the e n tire qu a rte r.
The m ilk should not be used fo r hu­
man consum ption d u rin g and fo r
t5 days a fte r tre a tm e n t.
O ther recent compounds proven
satisfa cto ry fo r various types of
m a stitis include ty ro th ric in . sulfan­
ila m id e in o il and p e n icillin .
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stock to stand on.
Jill Mustn't He
An Army Wife
That’s your grandlather, son.
He raised a record crop ol soy­
beans back in 1943.
Slant the Farrowing
Floors to Save Pigs
An ingenious life sa ve r fo r little
j pigs—as sim ple as i t Is p ra c tic a l—
is trie re su lt of an accident in Ken-
i tucky. The results were so fortu n a te
' that the U.S.D.A. is com m ending the
method w idely as a good way to in ­
crease efficiency in m eat production
The new method is to slant the floor
in fa rro w in g houses, as the sow p re ­
fers to lie down on a sloping floor.
The m other w ill select the high side,
and save the pigs.
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w ith W om en," he’ s now “ sm o ld e r­
in g ” in “ Deep V a lle y .”
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M ilo Boulton, emcee of “ We the
People,” re ce n tly flew fro m New
Y o rk to D e tro it to do a 20 second
n a rra tio n fo r an in d u s tria l movie. He
probably set a record fo r short and
snappy business transactions—w ith ­
in an hour he was on his w ay home.
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R obert M e rrill, star o f the RCA
V ic to r p ro g ra m , rides to the 6th floor
of the NBC b u ild in g in a fre ig h t ele­
va to r these Sundays, and wishes he’d
thought of it sooner and saved his
neckties—through m u ffle r and all,
fans snipped pieces fro m his c ra ­
vats.
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curbed o r lim ite d as to age. but P er­
ry Como’ s "S upper C lu b " w ill con­
tinue to be open to a ll comers. As
a ru le th e y ’ re ve ry w e ll behaved,
b u t i f they le t out a shriek now and
then i t ’s forg ive n .
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Seven-eighths of A m erican iron ore
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Professor Quiz can answer p ra c­
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trip s up i t ’ s lik e ly to be a question
in vo lvin g an an im a l. "W h ich way
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When Joseph Cotten appeared on
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the pages c a re fu lly —arid discovered
! the docum ent was a love le tte r, ad-
I dressed to the autograph-seeker!
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ODDS AND ENDS—Elena W an­
ner, of RKO'i "Trail Street," has just
finished decorating George "Gabhy”
Hayes’ new Palm Springs home. . . .
Ken Niles' other radio and film com­
mitments forced him to how out as an­
nouncer on Arlene Francis’ "Afjairs of
Ann Scotland" radio show; Knox M an
ning replaces him. . . . Olivia de llavil-
land has discharged her agent, busi­
ness manager and publicity man, and
turned their duties over to her new
husband, Marcus Goodrich. . . . Ann
Sargent of "Right to Happiness" has
Power-modeled as the typical Ameri­
can sports girl time after time—but
doesn’t play a tingle game!
W hy to»» and turn and love
precious sleepover acid mdi-
gcstion, gassiness and upset
stomach? Do a» thousand» of
men and women do —sleep
such simple stomach troubles
away! Just take swift-acting
Stuart T a b le t« b efo re you
retire—and wake up feeling
relaxed and rarin’ to go! Easy
to take—uo messy mixing, no
bottle. Praised by thousands,
used fo r years. Ask your
druggist for genuine Stuart
Tablets. In three convenient
sizes— 25c, 60c o r $1.2 0 on
maker's positive money-back
guarantee. Get them today . .
use them tonight . . . be O.K..
tom orrow !
Babies Need Sunlight
E very baby needs sunlight, at firs t
In sm all doses. Expose only his face,
hands and knees fo r five m inutes
the firs t day, then slowly increase
the amount o f exposure and length
of tim e u n til he is in the sun fo r an
hour each day.
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Forest Fire Causes
A breakdown or cause record of
all forest Arcs in the United States
shows the follow ing; people who set
fires, 15,376; smokers, 12,569; de-
bris burners, 7,630; miscellaneous,
7,376; lightning, 6,713; railroads,
4,307; campers, 1,864; and lum ber-
ing, 936. D uring one year 4,157 per­
sons were prosecuted fo r vio la ­
tions of the state fire laws. Care­
lessness causes m any fires not only
in the forests but also around fa rm
homes and buildings.
Imitation Amber
Im ita tio n s of am ber are made
fro m other n a tu ra l resins, fro m the
synthetic resins such as bakelite,
and fro m celluloid nnd glass. Some
of these m ay be re a d ily recognized
but some are qu ite deceptive. In
case of d o u b t drop the suspect,'*«
am ber firs t into a glass of plain
w ater in w hich it w ill sink, then
into a glass of w a te r in w hich four
spoonfuls o f salt have been dis­
solved.
Am ber,
including
the
pressed va rie ty, am broid, w ill float.
Im ita tio n s, except copal and pos­
sibly some other natural resin*, w ill