Southern Oregon News Review. Thursday, February 27, 1947
SEW ING CIRCLE PATTERNS
LAST LOVER
Do You Know What
A ‘Pocket V eto ’ I»?
BY
W e f f - ^ k lC m y ^ la ifo r e J p a /a m a S
“Hütíti
S m a r ! ^ J iv o - p ie w / o r
JiU M c F a r la n ,, whose fa th e r, R ic h
ard, disappeared in W orld W a r I . falls
In love w ith Spang Gordon, a young
lieutenant. I I , ItU s her th at her bro th
er, R lc. la areing a divorcee and ah ,
(d ra to r a m p to Investigate. K ir avoids
her hut a h , la te r > „ • him with Sandra
C alv ert, an ald e r, hardened w om an.
C aptain M a rk e y , known as "O ld C yan
id e," tells her he knew her m other
m any years ago. She (eels she has m et
him before. Spang calls Io say good
bye. L a te r, w hile riding w ith D ave P a t
terson. a fa m ily frien d who has alw ays
secretly loved her m other. J u lia , J ill
slarU es him by asking, "W h y don’t you
m a rry m y m o th e r? "
D ave speaks of
her fa th e r.
( sharply, but J i ll ’ s half-open eyes
were senseless and glazed.
He d id not lif t her. He shouted
at the m are t i l l she tro tte d b e w il
dered aside, and then he eased
J ill's legs s tra ig h t and picked a
"Conscience Fund"
w ild grape bough and bent it o ver
her to keep the sun fro m h e r eyes.
\ \ THEN did “ S tar Spangled Ban-
Then, ty in g the m a re to the fence,
’ ’ n er’’ becom e our national
he jum ped back to his horse and
anthem ? Not until M arch 3, 1931—
went pounding down the ro cky h ill to
over 100 y e a rs afte r it w as w rit
the
red roofs of B uzzard's H ill.
ten.
J ill opened her eyes and sneezed
Which sta te supplied the m ost
and trie d to push the tic k lin g
P residents? Virginia — w ith eight.
branch o ff her face, but oddly her
Why a re th ere no tall buildings
le ft a rm w ould not w o rk.
In W ashington, D. C.T A law
She began to c ry in a ch ild ish way,
of 1910 sets the m axim um height
tears ru n n in g down h e r tem ples
at 160 feet.
C H A P T E R IX
and m a kin g w et spots on the earth.
We have prepared a fascinating booklet
The m a rc lifte d her head and n ic k
o f questions and answers about ou r G o v
Dave
gathered
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I
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G o vern m en t" to W eekly N ew s p ap er Serv- enow. J ill. B u t there's nothing I can
Wheels were co m in g up the lane,
lee. 243 W . n t h St.. N ew Y o r k 11. N . Y . Io.
N othing I can s a v ."
P rin t nam e, address, booklet title and
“ B u t—it's so stupid! W ith a w o rld an engine labored on the slope, and
No. 202.
fu ll o f unhappy heartbroken people, there were voices. J ill lifte d her
'people who c a n 't help them selves, head p a in fu lly and looked in to her
g ra n d fa th e r's frig h te n e d face. John
who c a n 't change things,
why
I. had no c o lla r on and p a rtly wiped-
should people m ake them selves un
off la th e r was d ry in g on his h alf-
happy uselessly?
When it doesn't
shaven whiskers.
make sense?“
Dave looked at her then.
"D o
you th in k D ooley is unhappy. J ill? "
" I don’ t th in k she has ever been
re a lly happy. And she’ s so alone,
somehow. Even w ith G ra n d fa th e r
and me around, and M a m ie s p u tte r
I I your nose some-
ing in the k itch e n , and R ic to w o rry
t imes fills up w ith st uff y transient con
ib o u t. she's s till so shut in, some-
gestion-put a few drops of Va-tro-nol
In each nostril. I t quickly reduces con n o w . so separate and rem ote. Cas
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gestion and makes breathing easier In
a hurry . . . gives grand relief from
things—the things th a t m a tte r—
sniffly, sneezy. stuffy distress of head
never. So I don’ t even know if she
colds. Follow directions in the package.
cares about you. Dave. I ’ m ju s t
the fool, ru sh in g in ."
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Then D ave said. “ I do love your
m other, J ill. Y o u ’ ve seen th a t so
th e re ’ s no use evading.
B ut I
ca n 't ta lk to h e r about it, not w ith
the b a rrie rs standing th a t she sets
up and defends as she does.”
" I know. She re tire s behind th a t
aloof w a ll and sm iles at you across
it, but you c a n 't touch her. And if
you present any a rgum ent she le v
els you w ith th a t gentle k in d o f con
dem nation. She does that to me.
It a ffro n ts her th a t other people
won’ t share h e r m ista ke n lo y a lty .
M y fa th e r has alw ays been some
th in g splendid in m y life, but I can’ t
put h im . lik e a p illa r of cloud, be
tween me and the things I liv e w ith ,
the w ay D ooley does. I know th a t
he w o u ld n 't w a n t th a t sort of lo y a l
ty. He was a hum an person, d e f
in ite ly , fro m the few things th a t
G ra n d fa th e r has le t slip when he’ s
angry at Ric. He lik e d liv in g , and
he w ouldn’t be happy to know th a t
anybody took the v e il on his ac
co u n t."
The s ta rtle d a n im a l floundered,
“ Yes. he lik e d liv in g ,” D ave said, lost her footing, ju m p e d and scra m
“ and he did a lo t of it in the few bled to re g a in it.
years th a t he had. He was a v e ry
“ You
look
fu n n y ,"
J ill
said
handsome boy. He had th a t classic
face, lik e R ic ’ s, but he had blue hoarsely.
The d im b lu r of her m o th e r’ s face
eyes, w ith a cool d ire c t lo o k.”
was close then, v e ry w hite, her eyes
" I know. I ’ ve got the p ictu re of big and te rrifie d .
him .
And a sort of laughing
“ Where does it h u rt, d a rlin g ? "
m o u th .”
" M y a rm ." J ill gasped and lay
“ Am used,” D ave helped her out, back again. “ I t ’ s g o n e !"
though the w ord th a t had firs t
“ I t isn’ t gone.
I t ’ s broken, I
flashed in to his m in d was “ m o ck th in k .”
in g .’’ "H e was a lo t lik e Ric. He’ d
‘ ‘Don’ t l if t her. L ie s till, J i ll . "
never been d iscip lin e d , he had a D ave’ s voice cut through the fog
restlessness th a t kept h im on the gy morass of pain th a t was press
move, he. . . .” Dave stopped, em ing J ill down. “ Keep the sun off
barrassed, fe e lin g th a t he had said her face, Dooley. W e 'll get some
too much.
k in d of s tre tc h e r."
F o r J i ll ’s face had changed, odd
“ T here’ s an a rm y cot. Go w ith
ly.
I t was as i f som ething had
Dave. John I . —you know w here it
come to her, som ething only half-
is.
And telephone the d o c to r."
guessed before, som ething she had
"O h, Dooley. I don’ t w ant to be
fe lt and feared a little , and put
away, hanging flags and decorations s ic k ! I do n 't w a n t to be h u rt and
J ill w ailed.
"I
to hide the sore place where it had a ll crip p le d u p !”
can get up. You help me.”
eaten.
"N o , don’ t move, J ill. L ie p e r
She said, a b ru p tly , “ L e t’ s go
fe c tly s till t i l l we can have some
back. I ’ m c h illy .”
X -ra y s — t i l l we know w hether
Dave said. “ C old—in th is sun?”
th e re ’ s any other in ju ry o r n o t.”
“ M a m ie w ould say a goose was
" I f you mean, is m y back broken,
eating grass on m y g ra v e —ju s t one
of those shuddery th in g s !" J ill trie d i t isn ’t. I can m ove m y legs and
e v e ry th in g —see? It's ju s t th is arm ,
to laugh.
dam i t ! "
B ut inside she was cold and q u a k
" I know, baby.
I t ’ s a rotten
ing.
Inside somehow, now, she
knew. A bout her fath e r. A ll the shame, but we’ ll get you fixed up
things th a t had never been said, a ll q u ic k ly . Here they come now .”
The station-wagon roared back
the things th a t her m o th e r had
guarded, even in her thoughts when up, and the tw o m en got down.
her ch ild re n w ere present. H e r fa D ave in one leap and John I. back
th e r had been lik e R ic. N ot a com ing out s tiffly . They unfolded the
fo rt, not some one to lean on, some a rm y cot, and a w k w a rd ly lifte d J ill
one to be proud of, but a heart- up onto it.
“ You c a n 't lif t her th a t high.
s tra in , an unsolved rid d le , a b e w il
d e rin g and u n ce rta in elem ent in the John I. L e t m e ," J u lia ordered.
ch e m is try o f her m o th e r’ s life .
Tugging and p a n tin g they pushed
the cot in to the re a r o f the station-
wagon fin a lly , and J ill relaxed and
giggled
a
little ,
w agging
her
boot3 in th e ir faces.
Suddenly she knew th a t tne look
" Y o u ’d get zero on an am bu
she had g lim p se d in J u lia 's eyes lance crew , you tw o ,” she said. And
whenever she looked at th a t p ic then she turned her face away and
tu re th a t J ill k e p t lik e a shrine was closed her eyes.
not re a lly love. N o t the q u iv e rin g ,
reaching, aching kin d of love that
she herself had fo r Spang. I t was
d iffe re n t,
w ith d ra w n
somehow,
holding som ething back, re m e m
A little glow sustained J ill through
bering too m uch. T hings th a t had the rest of th a t a w fu l day. Through
never been told, th a t never, she the jo ltin g rid e to tow n and the an
knew, would be told.
guish o f being lifte d onto th a t stony
She whacked the m are suddenly table, through tne to rtu re of splints
w ith the reins, je rk e d her head up, and the sick confusion of hypoder
pulled her about sharply.
The m ics. She la y in a high hospital
sta rtle d a n im a l floundered, lost her bed and decided in a druggy, dazed
footing, ju m p e d and scram bled to lassitude that though this was purga
regain it, and D ave yelled w arn- to ry , at least she had made things
in g ly and hu rle d his horse ahead, rig h t fo r Dave and Dooley.
but too late.
She did not know, because they
J ill w ent tw is tin g fro m the saddle never told her, about the c a r that
and landed on her shoulder in the ro lle d under the porte-cochere at
ro cky rubble of the lane, her b rig h t B uzzard’ s H ill th a t night. She did
h a ir flying, her a rm cru m p le d un not see her m o th e r’ s sta rtle d face
d e r her. The m a re jum ped again, when she opened the screen door
cle a rin g J ill's legs, and then stood and saw a ta ll o ffic e r standing
s till, shivering.
there w ith s ilv e r bars on his shoul
Dave jumped down, cried, " J illl” der and the blue and s ilv e r of the
A Realization
Leads to Accident
Richard Returns
p'rom the Dead
I ff>
u lr corps on his sleeve, a m a i l w ith
coot, m o ckin g blue eyes and s il
vered temples.
She did not see Ju lia M cF u rla n n 's
stunned and stricke n look as this
stra n g e r sm iled a t her and said.
"H e llo , D o o le y l"
They stared at euch oth e r fo r a
long m inute, and then Ju lia gave a
choked little cry.
" R ic h a r d !"
Old John I., who bud been
asleep in his c h a ir, worn out by the
stra in and e xcite m e n t of the duy.
closed
his sagging m outh
and
blinked and said. "W h a t say? W h o
is
It" '
Ju lia drew buck us the o ffice r ad-
vanced in to the room.
" I t ’ s R ic h a rd !"
H er voice was
a hoarse, stra n g le d breath.
" I t 's
R ich a rd —com e h o m e !"
The old m an ju m p e d to his feet
and glared.
"H e llo , F a th e r," R ich a rd M c F a r
lane said coolly.
"So i t ’ s you. is it? ” John l . ’ s
stare was hostile. " I t '» yo u —a fte r
tw e n ty-five ye a rs!
W hat do you
w ant?”
“ D on't, John I . ! " Ju lia p ro te st
ed. She said, a tr ifle fla tly , "C om e
in. R ic h a rd ." But she d id not hold
out her hand.
"N ic e to see you again, D ooleyl
S u rp rise d ? "
J u lia 's a s t o n i s h e d confusion
c h ille d to a co n tro lle d ca lm . She
stood s till, poised, stony, not feel
ing a n yth in g at all.
“ N a tu ra lly . R i c h a r d .
H aving
m ourned you fo r years as one nobly |
dead, n a tu ra lly I ’ m surprised. W ill '
you s it d o w n ? "
He took the c h a ir she in d ica ted j
and eased the creases of his s m a rt
C om fortable P ajam as
gabardine slacks, w ith the old cas . ' T ' H ’E S E c r is p b u tc h e r bo y p a -
ual gesture th a t she rem em bered. i ! * ja m a s a re s u re to d e lig h t th e
John I. did not s it down. His w h ite ' g i r l w h o lik e s ta ilo r e d th in g s .
m ustache was q u iv e rin g lik e the . T h e y ’ re so u s e fu l a n d c o m f o r t
antennae of an a n g ry insect. His i a b le — y o u c a n ’ t h a v e too m a n y !
eyes snapped fire.
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“ And to w h a t e x tra o rd in a ry c ir sle e ve s. A n d fo r a n e x tr a p e rs o n
cumstances are we indebted fo r the a l to u c h , w h y n o t p u t y o u r m o n o
honor o f this sudden v is it? " he de- I g ra m on th e h a n d y p o cke t?
manded.
P a tte rn N o 1559 comes In sizes 12, 14.
"P le a se — ” J u lia stayed the old
lfi. 18. 20; 40 and 42 Size 14. short sleeve.
m an’s fu ry w ith a pleading band, i 4*a
ya rd s of 36 o r 39-inch.
"R ic h a rd has come home. S it down, |
John I. Y ou’ re shaking a ll over. [
Would you lik e a d rin k . R ic h a rd ? " j
1559
“ N ot now, thank you. Dooley.
Why don’ t you s it down y o u rs e lf? ’ ’ I
She would not collapse into the
chair. She le t he rse lf down care- (
fu lly , a b it s tiffly , feeling suddenly :
as though her body had turned to ’ B o ttle s c o n ta in in g liq u id s w ill
wood, as though her voice was n o t s p ill w h e n m o v in g o r tr a v e l
som ething m echanical, g rin d in g out lin g i f th e to p s a re sealed b y d ip
words.
p in g th e m in m e lte d p a ra ffin .
— ®_
“ So—you d id n ’ t w ant to come .
back, R ichard? A ll these years— ! F o r a “ s lid e -a lo n g ” c lo th e s p in
tw e n ty-five years—you've le t us go
bag g e t h e a v y m a t e r ia l a n d sew
on, w ith nothing but silence, n oth
i t on to a c o a t h a n g e r. H a n g i t on
ing but em ptiness—because you
th e c lo th e s lin e . T h is e lim in a te s
w anted it th a t w a y ? "
s to o p in g fo r c lo th e s p in s .
“ He d id n 't dare come b a c k !’’ ,
— •—
barked John I. " I suppose yo u ’ ve
To
keep
c
a
ste
rs which are used
ju s t found out, s ir, th a t I ’d cleared
fu rn itu re from com ing
up a ll th a t mess in W ashington? It under
w ould have been outlawed anyw ay, loose, dip them in m elted paraffin
but I paid it a ll o ff—every p e n n y." before placing them under the legs
of ch a irs or tables.
“ Was there som ething th a t had to
— •—
be paid o ff? ” R ich a rd asked coolly,
The
broiler
pan cleans easier if
not s tirre d , not troubled app a re n tly
by the e le c tric currents th a t sparked rem oved from the range as soon
around them in th a t room. "T h is as the food is cooked, so g rease
w on’t continue cooking.
is the firs t I ’ ve heard o f it . ”
— • —
O ld John I. snarled. "A h h -h -h !” i
F a ts saved from cooking spoil
b u t J u lia quieted h im again w ith a
m o re quickly th an does new fat,
gentle gesture.
“ S it down, please, John I.
We so keep it cold and use prom ptly.
—• —
can ta lk th is o ver q u ie tly, d o n 't you
It
is
b
etter
to use a dull or
th in k?
We can listen to w hatever
satin finish phint in the kitchen
R ich a rd has to s a y."
IT hen Loy alty
Tumbled Down
ra th e r th an a glossy paint which
reflects light and is h ard on the
eyes.
— •—
W hen iro n in g o v e r z ip p e rs use
“ W hat can he say—now? Twenty-
five ye a rs la te ? " demanded the old a thick towel under the pressing
m an. He would not s it down. He cloth. This avoids a shiny ridge.
stood facing them , b ris tlin g all
over, lik e a sm a ll, g ra y fu rio u s dog,
J u lia thought w ith a sm a ll corner
o f her mind.
“ T h e re ’ s re a lly nothing to s a y ,"
R ich a rd began blandly, lig h tin g a
c ig a re tte , looking around fo r an ash
tra y and finding none, tw is tin g
the b u rn t m a tch in his fingers. " I
discovered th a t I missed you all. 1
was passing th is way on a m ilita r y
m issio n — so I came home.”
"N o amnesia?
No w andering
around E urope fo r years, not know
in g who you were? You ju s t came
h o m e !" John I. was b itte r.
J u lia ’ s face was as pale as death.
T h is was a death—som ething dying
in her, an em ber dying, a spark
s in kin g into nothingness, the spark
she had tended so long, so stubborn
ly, know ing a ll the w hile th a t it was
doomed to the d ry aridness of
ashes, b u t refusing to give up. T hat
was w h a t hurt. R em em bering that
foolish lo y a lty , th a t tow er she had
b u ilt of a ir and dream s and decep
tiv e m e m o ry—th a t to w e r b u ilt of
n othing upon nothing!
"N o , 1 h a ve n 't even a d ra m a tic
s to ry ," R ich a rd said.
“ I wasn’ t
wounded. I w a sn 't even scratched.
I got a little sick of the w a r a fte r
ly in g around a m uddy trench for
seventy days, so 1 went to P aris.
I stayed too long, and explanations
w ould have been a w kw ard, and
then suddenly the w a r ended, so I
d id n 't go b a ck.”
"W e traced you th a t fa r ," Ju lia
said. "Y o u r fa th e r w ent to P aris
in twenty-one anS spent tw o months
in F ra n ce — ”
"A n d tw o thousand d o lla rs !” the
old m an put in.
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There you have a full pint of rem ark-
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It lantn a fam ily a long time, and
tontrn fine—children love It.
You’ll Ray It'n bnrd to heat, for real
relief. It loosens th e phlegm, soothes
th e Irritated m em branes, anil helps
clear th e air passages. Fanes th e
Borene.es, and lets you re t nt night.
Plnex Is a special compound o f
proven Ingredients, In concentrated
form, well known for q uid: action
on throat and bronchlnl Irritation».
Ju st tr y It, nnd If not pleased. your
m oney w ill be refunded.
RAINE-KLEER
WINDSHIELD FELT
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