Southern Oregon News Review, Thursday, April 3, 1947
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Jill M cFarlane, «hose lather, Rich
ard, disappeared la World War I. fall«
In love with Lieut, Spang Cordon. She
la upset lo find that her brother, Rlc,
has fallen In love with a divorcee older
than himself. Jill la thrown from her
horse and hospitalised. Richard visits
her mother. Julia, and tells her hr has
assumed the name of Captain M arkey.
Julia determines to keep the truth from
her children who have been raised to
regard ih rlr father as a hero fallen
In battle. She realises too late that
she loves Dave Patterson, an old fam i
ly friend. Richard tells Rlc he knew hit
father, and threatens Sandra with ex
posure of an Illegal divorce If she doesn't
leave the boy alone.
| ther, J ill, he's been badly w orried
But J ill's eyes had flashed aw uy
about y o u ."
to the window. Beyond It she could
“ D id I put that curious, hunted see old John I. tru d g in g up the d riv e
Sewing Circle Needleeraft llepl
look in his eyes? I'v e been won w ith the m aiL
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de rin g Just what went on here any
"Q u ick,
D o o le y !"
H e r mood
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way. w hile I was at the hospital
changed s w iftly to one o f b re a th
You and G ra n d fa th e r both look as* less eagerness. "M a y b e there's a
Name
though you'd seen ghosts. I f Ric le tte r.”
Address
were overseas I'd suspect that you
There was no le tte r fro m Spang.
were h iding som ething g rim fro m
But there was a le tte r fro m Ric.
me, sparing y o u r tender, weak
Ju lia read i t slow ly, keeping her
ened daughter fro m a shock. D on't face fro m showing the co nsternation
W hile live sto ck specialists and
ever do that, Dooley.
Dooley—” that she was feeling. J ill said. " I f dairym en g e n e ra lly have w idely used
She je rke d erect suddenly, her eyes th a t's fro m R ic you needn't te ll me caustic sticks and pastes fo r stop-
Like many young couples, this
bla ck w ells of te rro r.
"D ooley, it w h a t’ s in it. I know. Please send ping horn g ro w th on calves, the
one
made the mistake of bringing
isn 't Spang? You haven't heard— me a little c a s h !"
method alw ays m et w ith some objec
Junior with them to thu movies.
you a re n 't h id in g som ething from
"Y e s —it's the same old th in g .” tions.
m e?"
The infant saw no reason why he
Ju lia evaded, try in g to sm ile , try in g
C H A P TE R X IV
The caustic sticks caused extrem e
should be quiet, but it seems the
J u lia laughed and patted her to be n a tu ra l.
J ill m u s tn 't know irrita tio n to the a n im a l, and fa ile d
manager of the theater did.
"N o , foolish woman, we yet. She wanted to ta lk to John I.
" L e t her w o rk this out h e rs e lf." cheek
to stop horn g ro w th
“If you can’t keep that young
argued John I., "y o u c a n 't protect aren’ t h id in g anyth in g about Spang. She wanted advice. She w ent out o f
e ffe ctive ly as a re
ster
quiet," the manager whis
her fo re ve r. Y ou've got your own I ’ ve heard nothing fro m Spang— the house and w alked up to the
su lt o f the a n im a l
pered
harshly to the father, " I’ll
only w hat yo u 've told m e."
lane gate, and when John I. cam e
p ro b le m s ,"
ru b b in g the chem
have to ask you to take your
‘I thought he m ig h t have crashed tra m p in g back fro m the b a rn he
ic a l off. It also re
"A n d th e y,” J u lia sighed, "h a ve
money back and leave the thea
—and you were try in g to keep me saw her there, s ittin g on the old
sulted in in ju ry to
no answers in the back of the book.”
te r '
fro m finding out.
But if a le tte r m ounting block, her face a taut,
the
a
n
im
a
l's
face
John I. blew his breath out harsh came fo r m e—R ic m ig h t hear
Promptly, the baby went to
g ray m ask of m ise ry.
and eyes due to I
ly, lik e a w alrus.
"H o w do you som ething—”
sleep.
“ What s
w rong?”
he
asked.
careless a p p lica tio n !
know?
You w o n 't even look in
" I f a le tte r came fo r you, I should “ Heard fro m th a t fe llo w again? I
The movie went on and turned
often causing in ju ry to other ani-
the back of the book."
give it to you. Even if I thought it thought th a t le tte r I got fo r you was m als.
out to be one of those interminable,
"Because I know that w hat I'm
boresome productions. The hus
fro m R ic? ”
A new type of ch e m ica l dehorner ’
looking fo r is n 't there, John I. It's
band shifted uneasily in his seat
" I t was fro m R ic ." She handed has been found th a t prom ises to
locked up in m y heart, and I
and finally nudged his wife.
h im the c ru m p le d page.
"Y o u 'd overcom e the disadvantages.
The
!
th in k m y he a rt died long ago.”
"For goodness sakes," lie
better read it, John I. Read it and new product is an escharotic solu- j
moaned,
"give Junior u punch.”
" I t was yo u r comm on sense that
te ll me w hat to do.”
tion in w hich an tim o n y tric h lo rid e
d ie d !”
The old m an pulled a w o rn spec and sa lic y lic acid are com bined. It I
“ Y o u 're rig h t. I'v e never argued
tacle case fro m his back pocket, is m uch less p a in fu l to a n im a ls than
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that you w e re n 't rig h t where R ic h
set a second p a ir o f spectacles caustics containing hydroxides.
It
ard was concerned. But I do owe
astride his nose. He dropped down has another advantage in th a t it 1 breakfast linens! Done in two
R ic and J ill som ething, i f only to
beside her, and his lip s m oved does not e x tra c t fluid fro m the tissue, shades of one color, 5-to-the-inch
cross-stitch looks like gingham ap
repay them fo r g iv in g them R ich
slow ly as he read the le tte r.
causing ru n n y sores. It also dries
plique.
a rd fo r th e ir fa th e r."
q u ickly.
D ear Dooley (R ic had w ritte n ):
The old m a n ’s eyes flashed under
When applied to a horn button the
S orry fo r th is a b ru p t le tte r, but
- e- c- o. c- <v. fv. (V. p_
(v.
his sto rm y eyebrows. “ You ta lk to
this is it. I ’m ta k in g off, d o n 't know escharotic solution fo rm s a tough
J ill about it.
You see w hat she
where. T ra n s fe rre d to some lousy film that is not washed off by
says. S he'll te ll you to get a d i
school o r other. V e ry sudden. No rain. An eschar fo rm s beneath the
vorce in a m in u te ."
explanation, o f course. N o t in this film , and when it sloughs off, the
“ I ca n 't ta lk to J ill. You know
a rm y. I m eant to tr y fo r a pass horn button comes out w ith it.
I can't.
I can’t te a r down w hat
? A General Quiz
*
?
and see you m yself. I ’d ra th e r have
little she has of R ichard. It would
told you th is than had to w rite it.
be a w icked th in g to do.”
Dooley, I'm m a rrie d .
She’s the
1. What causes a glacier to
\
J ^ /
onight . . . do what most
“ Y o u ’re ta kin g a big ris k , Doo
sweetest, lo ve lie st g ir l I'v e ever
move?
mothers do to relieve mis
le y ," John I. said solem nly. " I ’ve
m et. H er name is Sandra, and life x » /
2. Who painted the Mona Lisa?
eries of children’s colds;
w arned you, but y o u 're a stubborn
has been h a rd on her, but she has
3. What fish usually provides
Simply rub warming, sooth-
woman. I know th a t fe llo w better
been bra ve and sweet thro u g h it all.
genuine caviar for epicures?
lng Vicks VapoRub on
than you d o ."
T hat's w hat m akes it so h a rd now
4. Is the Kaola bear a good-
throat, chest and back at
I c a n 't take care of her o r p ro te ct
She knew too w e ll the ris k she
natured animal?
bedtime. Results are so good
took, knew th a t undoubtedly she
her.
I c a n 't even have her w ith
5. The Golden Horn is part of
betause VapoRub’s special
me, not t i l l I rate som ething b e tte r .
W'as being a fatuous o p tim is t in as
the harbor of what city?
relief-bringing action starts
than a p riv a te . I c a n 't even feed
sum ing th a t R ich a rd would stay
Instantly . . . and keeps on
T he A n sw e rs
her. And she's m y w ife.
I was i
working for hours during
away now th a t he had m ade the
1.
Its
own
weight.
The
glacier
going to b rin g her home, b u t th a t's I
the night while the child
break, now that she knew th a t he
is so heavy it slides down hill.
sleeps. Often by morning
had not been a ca sualty o f the w a r;
out now. so a ll I can do is send her
2. Da Vinci.
most misery of the cold Is
every tim e a c a r drove in a t the
to you w ith a p ra y e r. Be good to
3. Sturgeon.
gone. Remember, Mother...
gate her h e a rt stopped beating, ev
her. M o th e r She’s sw ell, and y o u 're
4. Yes, generally speaking. How
be sure you get the one and
e ry tim e the telephone rang when
so sw ell y o u 'll get along fine. I know.
ever, it is known to have violent
only Vicks VapoRub.
Old Man W eather som etim es gives
she was in the house she h u rrie d
S he'll w ire you when to m eet her.
fits of temper when crossed in
to answ er it, fe a rin g M a m ie ’ s sly
T e ll the others hello.
And d o n 't a fa rm e r only a short tim e to do love.
c
ritic
a
l
field
w
ork.
M
inutes
and
sec
c u rio sity, fe a rin g re ve la tio n fo r J ill.
w o rry about me. I ’l l be a ll rig h t.
5. The Golden Horn is part of
onds <^>unt. The fa rm e r m ust be a the harbor of Istanbul.
What she w ould do i f R ich a rd
Love.
n a tu ra l "c lo c k w a tch e r.”
came again was a n ig h tm a re ques
R IC
M echanical pow er that gets the
tion th a t ke p t dread at her th re a t "R e a d it and te ll me w hat to do.”
J ill's eyes were blazing, J ill's jo b done in the lim ite d tim e when
like icy fingers. She la y awake at
face was w h ite as a sheet. John I the w eather is rig h t m ay mean the
night,
torm ented
by
im a g in a ry held bad news. I ’d give you c re d it
was doggedly prete n d in g to eat his diffe re n ce between good crops and a
scenes.
fo r having the strength to take it.
supper,
but J u lia —a fte r p u ttin g b u t p ro fit and sh o rt crops and a loss.
( " J ill, this is y o u r fa th e r.
He Y ou're m y c h ild .”
te r on a b is c u it three tim e s and
loved you and a ll o f us so little that
J ill reached up and pressed her slopping coffee on h e r n a p kin be
he stayed aw ay fro m us and hid hand. “ You lived through it, I sup
cause her hands shook so— had g iv
behind an assumed name fo r tw e n pose I could. But im a g in in g things
en up. M a m ie was in and out of
ty-five ye a rs.” )
is worse than re a lly experiencing the sw ing door, he a rin g e ve ryth in g
W hat would J i ll ’s reaction be? them , isn’ t it?
Seeing ships to r
It ’s th e g re a t tobacco th a t pleases
M a n y w a r veterans, young and
J ill said, "O h, the fo o l! The poor
R ichard had th a t d e vilish , engaging, pedoed a t sea, and tra n s p o rt planes
deluded fo o l!”
fu ll of a m b itio n , have bought, or
both kinds o f sm o kers. . .
deadly charm .
com ing down in flames o r crash
J u lia said, " I f you knew about plan to buy, fa rm s of th e ir own. In
Would J ill hate her fa th e r, o r an ing h o rrib ly ! I f only I knew some
it’s Prince A l b e r t . . . t h e w o rld ’s
this g irl, J ill, you should have told m a n y instances, fa rm in g w ill prove
swering th a t curious a ttra c tio n , the th in g !”
us.
Something m ig h t have been a good life 's w ork. In others g rie f
)
larg est-sellin g tobacco!
Im p e llin g
force
th a t
psycholo
“ A lot of women are saying that done to stop this m ad m a rria g e .” m a y come through causes th a t
gists had a name fo r, would she now, J ill. Y o u 're p a rt of an a rm y
" G ir l—she’ s no g ir l! I know i t ’ s m ig h t now be avoided.
-urn to h im and despise h e r m other th a t needs m ore courage than the
the same one. And I suppose it's
The firs t consideration th a t a p ro
for th ru stin g h im out of her life?
m a rin e s.”
m y fa u lt. I should have to ld you, spective b u ye r of fa rm land should
I t m ust not happen— but suppose
but I d id n ’ t w ant to w o rry you. I keep in m in d is th a t the sound value
t did happen? Was she being fa ir
thought R ic w ould be shipped out, o f fa rm land depends on its ca
to J ill, keeping her in ignorance,
and i t w ould a ll blow over.
She p a c ity to produce a p ro fita b le in-
unprepared, defenseless? H e r hope
m ust have w orked fast.
Dooley, com e o ve r a long period o f years,
“ T here’ s
another
thing
that she's a grass widow, she’ s years
was th a t R ich a rd w ould be trans-
a g ric u ltu ra l leaders advise. T his in
J ill o ld e r than R ic .”
'erred, sent overseas, before the makes m y nights hideous.”
come m u st pay o p erating expenses,
great h a rm she feared could be burrow ed her head into the curve of
“ B ut you don’ t a c tu a lly know that be su fficie n t to provide a liv in g fo r
done. B ut e ventually the w a r would her m o ther's arm . "W h a t i f he does th is is th a t woman, J ill. H e r name the fa rm fa m ily and leave enough
•nd.
come through safe, and then when is Sandra, Ric says.”
m a rg in to pay in te re st and p rin
“ When J i ll is m a rrie d i t won’t he gets back he doesn't w ant me?
" I know.
Sandra C a lve rt. She cip a l on any debt th a t has been con
I t could happen. They change. W ar
n a tte r so m u ch ,” she told herself
was m a rrie d to a L ie u te n a n t Colo tracted. P rice s of m any fa rm s are
"W hen R ic has found h im se lf, and changes th e m .”
nel, Spang said, and when he was high. In b u yin g a fa rm now one
:hey are both s e ttle d ."
J u lia turned to the w indow , know sent away fro m R idley, she stayed should find out w hether i t w ill be
Dave had not come again to Buz ing w ell th a t an in v o lu n ta ry spasm and got a divorce. Now she's ju st su b sta n tia lly reduced. A bu ye r o f a
zard’ s H ill, since th a t day she had had drained and tightened her face. a ca m p-follow er. She’ s a chem ical hig h -p rice d fa rm m a y have to pay
sobbed out her to rm e n t on his shoul But her voice came, level and quiet
blonde w ith a greedy m outh and fo r i t out o f a low incom e in the
ly controlled. "Q th e r women have hard eyes.
der. J ill re m a rke d about it.
You aren’ t going to fu tu re .
le t her come here? This is m y home,
“ W hat's w rong between you and lived through that, too, J i ll . ”
In general, thus fa r, the pa tte rn
" I c o u ld n 't
I'd die o f h u m ilia i t ’ s G ra n d fa th e r’s home, too. Even in p rices d u rin g and since the end
Dave?
I hope you d id n ’ t blam e
M a m ie has been here fo r years.
Dave because I was so aw kw ard I tion. I ’d drow n m y s e lf in the cow
. ... I o f W orld W ar I I has closely p a ra l
:o u ld n 't s tic k in a saddle?”
pond, where i t ’ s deep and m u d d y ." won’ t have it. T e ll her she ca n 't leled th a t o f W orld W ar I.
P revious
experience,
fo llo w in g
"O h, no, you w o u ld n 't. You’d hold do it. G ra n d fa th e r.”
"D o n ’ t be silly. O f course I d id n ’t
J u lia
said,
unhappily,
" J ill, W orld W ar I, indicates that when
olam e Dave. H e’s p ro b a b ly very your head high and never show how
busy. He's on the ra tio n board, and badly you were h u rt, and a fte r a please! W hat can we do? This is p rices in general s ta rt to recede
This woman is fro m w a rtim e high levels, the prices
they've had a g reat deal to do w hile you’d love some one else, R ic ’s home, too.
R ic ’s w ife .”
o f products w hich fa rm e rs sell drop
la te ly.”
some one w orthy to be loved."
"D o o le y, i f th a t woman comes into fastest and fa rth e s t than the prices
"Y o u say th a t as though you
th is house. I ’ ll le a v e !”
o f things w hich fa rm e rs buy. Then
meant it.
D orothy D ix would be
reduced net incom e m ay not sup
proud of you. B ut you don’t mean
p o rt the debt on fa rm land p re
it, of course. No wom an could get
vio u sly purchased at high prices.
"T h e y d o n 't w ork nights, do over a thing like that. She m ig h t
¡hey?”
V eterans should not purchase ex
put on a good act, but she’d never
J u lia gripped her unsteady hands cessively h ig h -p rice d land at present,
“ I suspect that they do, being vo l stop h u rtin g deep inside because
unteers and having th e ir own busi she'd given her h eart away and got in her lap. D ying, she was thinking, unless value can be proven.
"P rince A lbert has been my
would be a little lik e this. Richard^
H arry M il l e r says, “ P. A. is
nesses to attend to in the da ytim e . only a ragged wound instead.
brand for 26 years,” says John
They should not b o rro w to specu
If
th e b rand fo r m ild n e ss, a ll
L . H a r d ie . “ P . A . is g ra n d -
Shall I c a ll Dave and ask him to Spang discards me, I ’ m not going her son, her handsome lad, the boy late in fa rm la n d ; they should re
right. And Prince A lb e rt makes
she had loved so m uch! She felt
tasting tobacco —so m ild and
come o ve r? ”
ta in th e ir U. S. savings bonds and
to be nobly brave. I'm going to be
a m ighty tasty cigarette. F u ll of
cool
smoking.
And
that
crim
p
as
though
she
were
sinking
into
a
"N o , don’t c a ll him . D o n 't you tough and break m en's hearts and
fine fla v o r - th e kind that's a
o ther liq u id assets. This w ill pro
cut feature makes it pack bet
deep, icy pit.
joy to smoke. P. A. spins up
re c a ll a ll those lectures you used to laugh.
vide cash th a t w ill enable fa rm e rs
I ’ m going to th ro w away
ter in m y pipe, burn better! Yes
J ill went on ruthlessly, “ We can’t
fast and neat every time. I t ’s
d e liv e r to me, about how m uch every m oral scruple.
You watch
to buy needed m a te ria ls and e q uip
sir, P.A. is a real jo y smoke!”
have her here, you know that. It
a great cigarette tobacco!”
men resented being called up and and see!”
m e n t when a va ila b le , and also w ill
would be h o rrib le .” She jum ped up,
coaxed? D on’t abandon yo u r p rin
a ffo rd a cushion against a d rop in
" I f I believed any of that, I'd be
her fo rk cla tte re d to the floor. " I ’m
ciples now .”
alarm ed.
But I don’t believe it.
fa rm Income th a t m a y come in the
going to send that creature a tele fu tu re .
"D a v e 's d iffe re n t.
He’s m erely You’ re m y c h ild .”
B. J. lUrnold« Tobaren C«.. WlnatoB-flalem. N. C.
g ra m rig h t now and te ll her she
an old frie n d .”
" I had tw o parents, d id n ’ t I? You won’ t be welcom e here. I suppose
" J il l crooked her mouth d ry ly
TUNE IN Saturday Nights N. B.C.
always assume th a t I'm a m in ia tu re
Prince Albert's “ GRAND OLE OPRY”
" Y o u ’ re v e ry naive, J u lia , m y love! of you, Dooley. I ’ m not. T h e re ’ s she’ s s till at that hotel. Mrs. R ich
a rd M cF a rla n e , J r . l Oh, Dooley,
Do you usu a lly weep on the bosoms
a desperate kin d of th in g in me th a t
o f m e re ly old friends? When your you don’ t know about. Something when I th in k of a woman lik e that
C onditions w hich Tnake it im pos
h a vin g y o u r name, I could k ill R ic!
ch ild takes a nose-dive into a b ria r
you w ouldn’t even understand.” I ’ m going to send a w ire this m in sible fo r fa rm e rs to p ra ctice the |
p a tch ? ”
J i ll ’ s eyes were big and fille d w ith
“ I'd have wept on any bosom that wildness. " I could h u rt people. I ute, and no one is going to stop best type of land use, says N ational
m e.”
W ild life fe d e ra tio n , in re la tio n to
was handy, the n ,” J u lia said w ith could h u rt m yself. T h a t’ s the kin d
J u lia flew. " J ill! Not over that soil erosion, are heavy taxes, un
de te rm in ed airiness, hoping that o f M cF a rla n e I am.
Not yo u r p a rty -lin e , ple a se!”
fa ir m ortgages and heavy debts.
her face w asn’ t burning.
“ I was kind at a ll.”
The
fe d e ra tio n points out th a t such
J
ill
put
down
the
telephone
"
|
a fra id yo u ’d broken y o u r back.
" I respect your in d iv id u a lity ,” she
John I. has been doggedly c a rtin g said. " Y o u ’ re not a c h ild now, don’ t see w hat difference it makes conditions w ill have to be rem edied
by increased fin a n cial re tu rn s to
aw ay the rocks in the lane ever y o u 're a person. W hat you dq is E ve ryb o d y w ill know it by fomor-
row , a n y w a y ."
fa rm e rs, group action and possibly
since. Be sweet to y o u r grandfa- y o u r own re s p o n s ib ility .”
by gove rn m en t action before the
(TO BE CONTINUED)
p roblem w ill be solved.
Chemical Dehorning
Greatly Improved
Less Painful Solution
Produced for Process
OttfL (day. OiiL
A'
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; ASK M S
ANOTHER
When your
I ittle one
catches
cold-
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Farming by the Clock
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Buy U. S. Savings Bonds!
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Servicemen Warned
On Farm Purchases
THE BIG SWING TODAY IS TO |
Ric Writes of
His Marriage
Waiting for a
Letter From Spang
Jill Issues
An Ultimatum
Farmers Need Aid in
Soil Erosion Control
"The N ational Joy Sm oke