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LAST LOVER
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When K lrh a rd M r F .r U n e disappeared
during W orld W ar I, he left his w ife.
T h e Q ueationa
beating, lilting happily, because she be shipped out. and It would all end.
1.
How
m a n y steps ntuat be
was
so
terribly
in
love.
and Mother needn't know. She dotes
To keep files sh arp see th a t th e ir
,o raise their two children w ith
c
lim
b
e
d
to
reach the top o f Wash
Spang
pushed
her
big
hat
back.
on Ric so. and I couldn't beur to
surfaces are p ro tected when not thc * ld ol h,r *»‘*» *r-in ia w . John i.
ington m onum ent?
"Can't see your eyes.”
in use.
I *B « F srla« e. A fte r a lapse of is years,
hurt and worry her, when perhaps
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» U h no w ord as to w hether R I f hard Is
2. When was the firs t com ic book
His own were deep and warm and it was Just n temporary folly.”
T o m a lew e ln « c m l » « o
deed or a liv e , Ju lia la beset w ith new
published?
smiling at her. His head bent close.
"Ric won’t be shipped out for a
r e id il?
H p a , n l . f lo w n? O r #
w ° " ' « « h e n R .c, „„w 17, and aervlng
Was he keeping his feelings stern month, at least. No more quotas
3. W bnt is anchor ice?
r e a d ilj, place the c o n ta in e r in a m W orld w a r u . shows obvious signs
4. Is the moon h o tte r or colder
pan o f w a rm w a te r fo r ten m in - °* Inheritin g his fa th e r's recklessness, ly controlled because, as Julia had coming up. But when he gets into
said, he had nothing to offer a wom officer's training, he won't have any
than the eurth?
Utes.
and J ill. jg . falls In loye w ith IJ e u t.
an but uncertainty or dread or time for foolishness.”
5. How m any m ile s o f ra ilro a d
— • —
Spang Gordon. J ill learns fro m Spang
"Anything less than good wiring are there in the U nite d S tates'’
I f y o u r va cuu m clea ne r b e lt U,,t Rlf
p* y,n< »« »ntion to a di- grief ’ Couldn’t he see that nothing
"Let's walk all the way, shall we?
mattered, not the future, for what Or are you awfully tired?”
ti. "R e m e m b e r the A la m o " was
on the farmstead Is not only a seri
breaks when you are in the m id s t
°‘
« » « ra c ie r and
o f r l e a n i n s r,,.« . - kk
• m la S l
tO fs “ > ca m p to Investigate. R lf tells
was
a future if you had a lovely
"No. I like walking. I'm glad you ous bottleneck to successful use of the c ry o f w ha t b attle ?
G, U .
I g' F ‘
r u b .^e r Ja r r i n «
"«« he I , on duty and unable Io see
present to remember when it came? came down. Jill.”
Spang gath electricity, but usually causes dissat-
in Its place te m p o ra rily .
her. H ow ever, she meets Spang again
Now she had to keep her eyes ered her arm closer. "Because I
•
tbe Officers* club.
T h e Anautera
cool because Spang was looking Into may be leaving soon. I've asked |
Eggs should be ke pt a t a te rn - __
1. There are 898 steps to be
them, but what if all the aching for my transfer to uctlvc duly. I
p e ra tu re between 32 and 45 de
clim b ed ,
hunger In her heart welled up into don't like this desk stuff ”
C H A P T E R V II
grees.
2. The H ist w eekly co m ic m ag a
them,
naive
and
naked
and
defense
Soon.’ " J ill repeated In a small,
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zine was published in P h ila d e lp h ia
less,
for
him
to
see?
So
she
said,
“
On
Saturday
night
you
can
see
thin
voice.
"How
soon?"
Wet w a lls inside a -home should
in 1848 and was called "T h e John
every officer in this place, except the quickly. "It's so warm in here I'm
"We never know in this army.
cause the householder to check the
D o n ke y."
Let's get But an older man can do what I'm
flashings. A lso e xa m in e the ex poor guys who get stuck with duty. practically swooning.
3. Ice form ed a t the bottom o f
Every single one, anyway,” Lieuten something cool to drink, shall we?” doing here, and things are shaping
te rio r w a lls fo r holes o r breaks.
a body o f w ater.
“ I doubt if we can find a table. up fast. 1 want to be In on them.”
ant Stark said, “ and about half the
—•—
4. In its sunless region, the te m
married men."
But we can try .” Spang led her
"You mean you want to fly?”
B u ild y o u r r u r a l m a il box ju s t
p
e
ra tu re is about 240 degrees be
I
in
a
flier,
Jill.
And
our
air
“ Even Old Cyanide," Lieuten
h ig h enough so the c a r r ie r can
low zero. In the fu ll su n lig h t, the
force is getting to be a magnificent
ant Crawford put in. “ He's over
rea ch i t c o n ve n ie n tly w ith o u t g et
te m p e ra tu re goes up a t least as
thing, and I want to be a part of it.
there by the window, polluting the
tin g out o f h is c a r. U n d ern ea th the
h ig lt ns th a t of b o ilin g w ater.
atmosphere."
I'll have to get back into training
box co n s tru c t a s m a ll p la tfo rm fo r
5. A p p ro x im a te ly 233.670.
I want to learn to handle heavy
J ill followed the movement of
the rece ptio n o f packages. A n id e a l
6. San Ja cin to .
stuff."
Spang's eyes and saw a tall captain
p la tfo rm size is 14x18 inches.
" I suppose it has to be that way.
sitting alone. He had reddish hair,
—•—
I'll miss you, Spang. I hope you’ ll
turning gray, a leathery skin, cold
To p re ve n t lim e fro m fo rm in g in
miss me a little ."
blue eyes and a grim mouth under
the tea k e ttle , place a piece o f m us
Spang cleared his throat. "X’ll
a stiff, clipped mustache.
lin in the b ottom o f the k e ttle .
miss you like the devil. But this
“ Go easy, Joe. the enemy is lis
The lim e w ill s tic k to the m u s lin
mess w ill be over sometime, a year
tening," Stark warned.
instead o f to the k e ttle .
or two, I hope. J ill—wait a min
"You mean that captain? Who is
ute. . .
They were on a dimly isfaction and needless expense in
. , ,
) he?” J ill asked.
lighted street, a shabby street, the use of electricity for anything
o 4 n theyn / are r S« ' dun,p<‘d are
“ His name ,s Mackey.“ Stark
where a tall billboard made a dark beyond lighting and minimum pow
often the cause o f fires in waste said in a low voice
rectangle of shadow. Spang drew er uses,” William A Rltt, Minneapo
baskets.
*
“ The boys call him Old Cyanide."
her back further into the shadow, lis, Minn., declared at the national
, Spang explained, “ because he has
bent her head back, and kissed her farm electrification conference.
a corrosive tongue and you need a
In planning the wiring for a farm.
swiftly on the lips. "Keep that for
G em s o f T h o u g h t
' gas-mask when he turns loose a
me till I come back. " he said husk Ritt declared, the average farm
barrage of language on you.”
ily.
must be considered as an Indus
trial
plant, a production and proc
"Old
army
man,"
supplied
Craw-
I
w
ill!"
J
i„
whispered,
quiver-
m in d is y o u r own p r i
ing with breathless happiness from essing plant for products. The
va te enclosure, in to w h ic h j ford. “ Efficient as hell and just as
head to foot. "Oh, Spang, I w ill!" greater the degree of processing per
n oth ing h a rm fu l o r d e g ra d in g I popular. He was a major before
W H IN CONSTIPATION makes you reel
punk is the dickens, brings on stomach
can e n te r w ith o u t y o u r p e rm is j Pearl Harbor, over in the Islands,
1 hey were silent all the way back formed on any farm, the greater is
upset, sour taste, gassy discomfort,
sion.
and they busted him after Decem
to the hotel, but Jill's blood was a the return in terms of form income,
take D r. C aldw ell’s famous medicine
he
explained.
ber
seventh.
Naturally
he's
sore,
to
quickly pull the trigger on lacy " in
tumult, a singing. This was iti
'I he nation u h icb g ite s its hum
nards” , and help you feel bright and
No matter what efficient equip
blest citizen an equal chance with | and he takes it out on anybody who
I his was real. He did care. It was
chipper again.
gets within ten feet of him.”
in the pressure of his fingers on ment the farmer may employ to ar
every other person is rich in oppor
OR. CALDWELL’S ia the Wonderful sen
rive
at
more
complete
and
profitable
"He looks lonely,” J ill said. "He
tunities for all people.
her arm, in his eyes as they came
na la ia tiv e contained in good old Syrup
Pepsin to m ake it so easy to take.
into the lighted lobby, in his uncer electrification, its successful opera
L ife is too s h o rt to re m e m b e r | seems to have collected a few dec
orations."
MANY DOCTORS U te pepsin prepara
tain smile as he prodded the eleva tion depends upon a good wiring in
unpleasant th in g s.
stallation.
tions in prescriptions to m ake the m edi
tor button.
“ Battle stuff
Spang said. “ Last
Standing on yo u r d ig n ity w o n 't
cine more palatable end agreeeble to
Larger capacity service entrances,
'
You'll
call
me
tomorrow
morn
war.”
l i f t you v e ry h ig h .
take. So be sure your laxative ia con
heavier conductors to farmstead
ing? I 'll see you again?"
tained in Syrup Pepsin.
"He’d be handsome if he didn’t
We have no m o re r ig h t to con
Not too eagerly! Slow. J ill Mc buildings and also for serving the
INSIST ON DR. CALDW ELL'S— the fa
have such a bitter face,” J ill
sume happiness w ith o u t p ro du c
higher horsepower motors now be
vorite of m illions for 50 years, and feel
Farlane!
mused.
"He
does
have
a
very
that wholesome relief from constipa
ing it than to consum e w e a lth
ing used, on increased number of
Do my best.” he said.” and
smart m ilitary air.”
tion. Even finicky children love i t
w ith o u t p ro d u cin g it. — George
circuits
and
more
attention
to
bal
flicked a little salute at her as the
c a u t io n : Use only as directed.
The three young men simultane
B e rn a rd Shaw.
ancing loads among the various cir
elevator door opened and he turned
ously snapped their shoulders back
cuits, are among the outstanding
away.
and straightened their ties, then
needs of farm wiring systems to
J
ill
groped
into
the
elevator.
laughed together.
•There was a girl with hair like
day, Ritt said.
Through the rose-colored fog that
"Get hold of yourself, Joe, she yours, and her name was Julia, enveloped her she was aware of
too,” he said.
wasn’t even looking at you.”
some one else standing there. That
"Suppose I have to break my back into the dim room where heads cold-eyed captain Spang had called
MISS SUCK CHtCK OF If r V ?
neck now to get to be a captain," leaned close in every space.
Old Cyanide." He was looking at
They were nice lads, with their
her
keenly,
and
when
she
stopped
She clutched his arm suddenly.
r
th an ks to this
sunburned good-natured faces and There, in a booth, his dark hand at her floor he got out, too, and as
the stark, white breadth of fore some head leaned close to a curled she turned to go down the corridor
head that marked the line of their and silvered blonde, was Ric!
he said, “ Miss McFarlane?"
garrison caps. Jill laughed with
J ill stopped, puzzled.
Spang had seen him, too. His
Many doctors recommend good
them, waited while they wrangled
"You are Miss McFarlane, aren’t
ta s tin g S c o tt’s E m u lsio n be
face
darkened,
and
he
took
her
arm
you?"
amiably over the check.
cause it's rich in natural A 4 D
to lead her past, but J ill tingled and
V itam in s and energy>building
“ Yes, I am Julia McFarlane."
Spang said, “ Take off, you fel stiffened with sudden anger. She
o il ch ild re n need fo r p ro p e r
Creomulslon relieves promptly be
g ro w th , s tro n g bones, sound
“
I am Roger Mackey. Pardon
lows.
I've
got
a
date
with
Jill.
You
cause it goes right to the seat of the
marched directly up to the startled
teeth, sturdy bodies. Help» build
trouble to help loosen and expel
really didn't want to catch that bus, pair and instantly Ric leaped up me for speaking to you, but I once
up rssistoncs to colds too i f diet
Kerin laden phlegm, and aid nature
is A & D deficient. Buy Scott's
had some friends named McFarlane
did you, Jill?”
and
stood
stiffly,
until
Spang
made
today! AU druggists.
to soothe and heal raw, tender, ln-
Hamed bronchial m ucous m em
" It isn’t terribly important,” she a little gesture and muttered —in Tennessee."
branes.
Tell your druggist to sell you
admitted, smiling at him. You love something.
a bottle of Creomulslon with the un
Captain
Mackey
me, Spang—you know you love me
The blonde woman—she wasn't a
derstanding you must like the way It
Y E A R - R O U N D T O N IC
It shows in your eyes. I t ’s in your girl, J ill saw — lifted carefully Asks a Question
quickly allays the cough or you are
voice.
to have your money back.
arched eyebrows.
" I live in Tennessee.” She had
"How do you do. Lieutenant?” she
Stark and Crawford said. "Good
been right about him. He did took
night, Miss McFarlane,” as they all said, smoothly.
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
lonely and bewildered; the hard
Attention FORD O w ners
Ric made the introductions awk
went out into the warm, star-span
ness,
the
bitterness
the
young
of
gled night.
wardly. "M y sister, Julia McFar
Save up to 50%
ficers had spoken of softened as
lane, Mrs. Calvert. And may I pre he smiled at her.
sent Lieutenant Gordon?”
Jill Meets
"There was a girl with hair like
J ill nodded briefly, her throat yours, and her name was Julia,
V - 8 E N G IN E S
Mrs.
Calvert
W E A R E R E S E N T F U L . . . Hens,
tight and aching, as she fought too,” he said.
D ire c t fro m p la n t to you. Cash o r terms,
resentful
and envious of the "Slick
That
captain
reminds
me
of
back the young rage with which she
so lve y o u r m o to r p ro b le m s n o w by
'My mother, perhaps. She was
some one,” she said to Spang, “ but had blasted her brother so many Julia McFarlane. She married Rich C h ick” designation, which w ith ut
of m oS 1 F ^ a r t*Cu^ars» g iv in g year
W omen in your “ 40’a’*! Bn*« pm «
ter abandon has been bestowed upon
fu n c tio n a l 'm iddle-age* period pecul
I can’t seem to remember who it times.
ard McFarlane, a sort of fourth hum an fem m es, a t long last have
ia r to wom en cause you to nuffer h o t
is.”
PACIFIC ENGINE PRECISION CO.
“ Nice you could get a pass, Ric,'
, ,‘ ervou». h lghetrung weak1
cousin, I think."
eome to the fore and dem anded th eir
B« 1546 • Ststiss D • Las Angeles 7, Calif.
Bred feeling»? T h en do try Lv d la ■
“ Heydrich or Himmler, maybe.
she said coldly, "even if you didn’t
‘It was a long time ago,” he equal rights. The P o ultry and Egg
« l } ^ h.“ i ? e hV e8etable C o n fp o u M £>
“ Oh, no, no one like that. He take the trouble to let me know." said, “ but you reminded me of that
fr o r , th u * U
pC
uhr p: ^ ,,PlO,n" , l " ' am o ”
hasn’t a vicious face. He looked a
“ You were out,” Ric fumbled, " I Julia McFarlane I knew, and then N atio n al board, re alizin g the Justice
J7*uU.rly—Plnkh»ma Com -
bit—pathetic, to me.”
thought perhaps you’d gone home.” I heard your name spoken, so 1 of th eir claim s, is conducting a na
pound helps bu ild up res la tan cab
tionw ide search for the most beauti
such distress. Thousands have
“ You’re a soft-hearted girl. Old
“ I haven’t gone home. I ’ll be took the liberty of speaking to you. ful hen In all A m e ric a , who w ill be w «gainst
X \m a c h lc C^ n lV . AW o n h
Cyanide’s as tough as they make here in the morning and I ’ll Your mother is quite well?”
crowned “ M iss Slick Chick of 1947,”
’em, and the army makes ’em plen expect to see you then.”
“ Oh, yes, she's very well. And and w ill be guest of honor at world
ty tough. He thinks all the young
" I don’t know about tomorrow. I still very young and lovely looking,
p re m ie re ol "T h e Egg and I . ”
W H ELP
officers are upstarts and ninety-day might be on duty.’’ Ric was angry we think. I 11 be glad to remember
EASE COUGHING, i wonders, and he resented being sent now, too.
you to her, Captain Mackey.”
TIGHT CHEST
here, I ’ve been told.”
"A t least you’ll telephone me,’
I doubt if she w ill remember me.
Planting Trees
M
USCLES
RU B O N
" I still think there are chinks in J ill said severely. “ Nice to have It was all a" very long time agoi
seen
you.
Mrs.
Calvert.”
Before the other war, in fact. But
his steel armor. Didn’t you have
always relieve to re throat
she was one of those women you
another engagement. Spang? Don’t
coughs
— aching muscles of
do not easily forget. Good night.
A Fulfillment
let me upset your plans.”
Miss
McFarlane."
“ I hadn't any plans, except to kill Of a Dream
"Good night. Captain Mackey,"
another Saturday night. And even
Spang
made
a
curt
little
bow,
and
He
reminded her of some one
j if I had had, they’d be unimportant
(TIU B IIN G
they walked away. J ill was trem why couldn't she think who it was?
now that you’re here.”
ON
bling a little, troubled by this silly She liked him. He wasn’t grim at
So she glowed again, and the fury that had shaken her.
all.
world was a lovely place, even with
"He lied to me,” she said, when
But she forgot him quickly, and it
the sodden cloud of war hanging they were out in the night again.
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was weeks before she thought ol
0 7 -4 7
over it and dimming all the fu “ But why do I care? Why should
him again, because she was in love
ture. She would not let it dim the it matter to me if he preferred be and Spang had kissed her. Life was
present.
ing with that woman instead of me? wonderful. Thin, lemon-tinted dawn
She said, “ Shall we Just walk I suppose it’s because I hate seeing was creeping into the east before
Ease in planting trers at uniform
around and talk or would you some one who belongs to me doing she fell asleep.
distances in straight rows may be
like to do something else?”
a cheap, dishonest trick. Spang, you
secured by the board marker shown
A n d Y o u r S tre n g th a n d
“ There’s the officer’s club. But didn’t tell me she was pretty. It’s
J ill waited all morning, wander in illustration. The length of the
E n erg y la Below P a r
it ’s mostly a big poker game on the same one, isn’t it—the woman ing around the room, frowning at board w ill depend on the type of
change to
(Saturday nights. I know a little you told me about?”
the telephone, but neither Ric nor tree and distance to be spaced.
7"*y
caused by disorder of kid
ney function that permit» pol.onoua
"Yes, that’s the one. And I don’t Spang called. She grew more im
spot out this way where the floor
»ccumulate. For truly many
for the to n ic e ^ e c t
¡is pretty good. Like dancing?’
think she’ s pretty.”
P 7°l’le ,®'’l tired, weak and miaerabla
patient by the moment, though she
When the kldneya fail to remove exeeaa
J ill warmed a bit at that, and knew that m ilitary duty for officers
"Oh,
I
’d
love
dancing."
Wood
,n<1 ° ther Wa’ te m aU er fro,n th*
on your smile
her
tautness
lessened.
They
were
or
enlisted
men
gave
little
thought
The
place,
neon-lighted,
hid
its
You
may auger nagging backache,
h J J ir ie t u C a lo x t e o r k e t ie o t r n y i!
daytime dinginess under a glitter of walking aimlessly now, the blare to personal desires, and little free
rheumatic pain», headache», diztlncsa,
Six million farm gardens and 12
S etting up night», leg palna, »welling,
and glitter of the dance spot behind dom during the day. But this was million urban, suburban, and small
gaiety.
S Helps remove film . . . bring oat
ometimea frequent and scanty urina-
them.
all the natural lustre of your
Sunday. Ric was avoiding her, of town gardens w ill be the goal of the
won with «marling and burning ia an-
"Let's
try
the
corners,"
Spang
smile.
- - — ——w «uuieiun
something ia wrong with
“ She isn’t young, though," she course. And now she would have 1947 national garden program. The
said, slipping his arm around her.
the kidney« or bladder,
2 A special ingredient in Calox
said spitefully.
to go home and make up some necessity and desirability for the
There
ah
Id
prompt
- . . „ . a , . an
M V ou
IS “
. U ‘ be
ir u no
l i t ) doubt
U U U D C t that
n a t p
i
“ More breathing space there.”
encourages regular massage. , ,
-it la wiaer than neglect.
treatment
*
Uae
“ She's been around," Spang said. vague, comforting lies for her moth- garden program is to insure better
which has a tonic effect on gums
P illt. I t ia better to**rely
The
dancing
did
not
matter.
Noth
to rel on a
"She knows what the score is.”
. . . helps make them firm and
er, and old John I. would look at nutrition in millions of American
medicine that haa won countrywide
ide ap-
ing
mattered
except
that
Spang's
rosy. Tone up your sm ile...with
roval than on aomething lean favorably
"But what on earth does she want her with eyes like Jet augers and
homes, to help all families in meet
Calox!
nown. Doan's have been tried and teat-
E
arm was around her, the silver with Ric?
I didn’t tell Mother, probably corner her somewhere lat
yd
many year«. Ara at all drug «tor««.
ing the cost of living and to provide
wings on his breast close to her Spang I ’d hoped it might be just
Made in famous McKesson laboratories,
Get Doan's today.
er
and
ask
her
what
was
going
113 tears of pharmaceutical know-bou>
better
qualities
of
vegetables
and
cheek, her hand curled in his big a piece of foolishness that would wrong with Ric.
fruits, especially for the lower-in-
palm. She could hear her own heart pass. I hoped maybe Ric would
some families.
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*
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Expensive to Pay for
Preventive Power Loss
How Sluggish Folks
Get Happy Relief
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Î YOUNGSTERS
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