Southern Oregon News Review, Thursday, January 27, 1949
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS
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The Gentle Extortionist
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plugged some wires into a machine
and flicked a switch. “Doesn’t seem
to worry him. Can you tell me
why?”
Neither of us knew then, but we
got the answer later.
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SJO South Writs St.
t hli a io T. Ill
When his car was being unloaded
CROM my small office I can see the way, Mr. Stone, how much will
Rncloae 23 cents bi coins fot each
at the railway dock. I called him.
m
anyone who passes through the the car cost?”
oaltern desired.
Most
of
my
customers
like
to
be
on
wide front doorway before he can
Pattern No
Ki,» .
Hard to say, Fred, right now it
see me. In that brief period I can sells for eighteen hundred But you hand to get a first glimpse of the
Name.
car
for
which
they
have
waited
so
size up a prospective customer, and guess with me as to what it will
long. After awhile, he showed up,
that’s how it was with Fred Miller. cost two years from now.”
He was small and frail-appearing.
I m sure he only half-heard me. and I was shocked at his appear
There was nothing spectacular about He said, like he was almost talking ance. He was walking slow and
him except his tie, but it was an to himself, "Eighteen hundred. About easy, like the old man he looked
to be. His cheeks were hollow, his
eye-catcher. Like a nervous monkey, what I figured. I’ll have it.”
[
fin
he batted his eyes rapidly to adjust
He wasn t like most of my cus sunken eyes deeper than ever. The
them to the semi-gloom of the ga tomers; he didn't keep harping on pouches below them hung away
t k t * FREE
rage. I had time to catalog him as me for the new car. Until summer down.
p„t
00 y,4(w auff.r.
a cinch for a lot of extras.
<r, ha«« found Muu-h,
But he was surely happy about
came, at any rate. Then one day he
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Seeing me in the office, he came brought the boy in. He was lots taller the car. I told him it would take a
smuluna I’A t.rS INIIAl.h.KS llraant. bwipenatv, At
•lm» «loiva. Send for frw asm|Xa Conaululatod (T w o .J
over, hesitating at the door until than the old man, already, and de couple of days to get it inti shape
< * . SOT i herry, Grand lupaa 1 Mah.
P ln e x la Q n lr k A n I n g I
I said, •’Come on in.” I stood to voted to him. From then on until for delivery.
shake his thin hand.
“Good enough," he said. "I expect
th? boy went back to the coast, they
He had blue eyes that were deep- were in the garage at least once each th.> boy over about then.”
set in their orbits; they hung on day. poring over pictures of the new
I never saw Fred again.
with
mine like those of a dog that isn’t auto, questioning my mechanics,
Doc let me know. He called me.
sure of a kick or a caress. The flesh and discussing it between them “Come
on over, will you, Marty?”
beneath them sagged into pouches, selves. Even after the boy had gone I knew from his tone it was impor
and his face was deeply lined. He back to the coast, Fred would come tant, so I hung up and went right
12-20
had the unwholesome pallor of a in and pick up any new literature away. He was sitting in his private
I
'HIS
trio
of
beauties
will do
man who spends a great deal of time I might have on the car. I knew office.
* wonders to perk up your win
in-doors.
what he'd do with it, too; make notes
When I came in, he pushed a ter wardrobe! Each of these
“What can I do for you?” I asked. in the margins, write letters about
bulky
envelope across the desk to blouses can be made from one
’’Why,” he said, "I want to buy a the auto, and send them all on to
me. It was addressed to me in an yard of colorful fabric in the
car.”
that boy.
unfamiliar hand. Opening it, I found smaller sizes. Nice gift idea.
“So do a thousand other people in
Time went along. The wife and a two-thousand-dollar insurance
th.s town,” I reminded him.
my boys went off on a vacation. I
I know. That s why I’m here now. never liked going home to at empty policy with me as the beneficiary.
I want to get on your list for a fu house, so I would put it off to the The name of the policy holder?
D o e s n 't it
Fred A. Miller!
ture delivery.”
last minute, and hang around the
I showed it to Doc. "Yeah,” he
Even as I told him it would be at club till bedtime. That's how I found
se em m o re
least two years before he’d get his out that Fred liked the social life and said, “Fred died last night. Natu
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car, the way th.ngs were moving, I late hours. I sort of figured that ac ral causes, yet he could have lived
s e n s ib le
was remembering things that I had counted for the bags under his eyes. a lot longer. Only eventually he
would become an invalid, ar.d his
heard about him—how his home
But Doc Howell set tie right He
had been broken, how his wife had and I got away for a few days hunt son would want to take care of
taken their boy and gone out to the ing, and somehow on the way to the him. On the other hand, he could
duck out now and leave the lad
something. I guess he chose to have
. V
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the boy remember him as something ,NA ™ ES REM EDY (N R , TAB-
. lb
LETS—
A
purely
vegetable
laxative
to
other than a sick old man."
relieve constipation without the usual
• Hurry —rub in Ben-Gay for fast, ’soothing, gently
I could see the picture. But you griping, sickening, perturbing sensa
warming relief! Insist on genuine Ben-Gay, the origi
Just don’t know what to say in such tions, and does not cause a rash. Try
nal Baume Analgésique. Ben-Gay contains up to 2 */i
cases. So I guess I sounded a little N R —you w ill see the difference. U n-
times more methyl salicylate and m enthol-two pain-
irrelevant when I said, “Cars have coated or candy co ated-th eir action
thorough, yet gentle as
relieving agents known to every doctor —than five
gone up, Doc. This two thousand millions of hie.
N R s have proved. Get a
other widely offered rub-ins. Ben Gay acts fast where
won’t cover it now.”
23c hov and use as directed.
you hurt.
Doc looked as though he were
Also for M a due to COLDS, MUSCLE ACHE, and STRAINS.
disappointed in me. He pulled out
Ask for Mild Boa Coy for CkUdrta.
his check book and picked up a
pen. Well, I ivant that boy to have
that car, Martin. How much is the
difference?”
FUSSY STOMACH?
„ "Put that stuff back. Doc,” I said, KUEF FOR ACID
“you don’t have a corner on soft
•©GESTION,
hearts and softer heads.”
GASANO C
He grinned then. "I want to share KARTBURN
it, at least.”
After old Fred had been decently
tucked away—and it was amazing
how many friends the old boy had—
I called the kid over to the garage.
Doc and I led him to the car.
"Here’s something Fred wanted
you to have,” I told him. His eyes
-
* ” 7*«’® s®mcthl“< Fred wanted you to have,” I told him. His eyes
were so full he could hardly find the
were so full he could hardly find the door handle.
door handle. “And here’s another
thing he told us to give you.” He
coast. It was said that Miller had mountains, Fred Miller crept into took the slip of paper I handed him,
agreed to some fantastic alimony if our conversation.
and I was glad he couldn’t read it
only she would let the boy come to
Doc thought it a shame the way right then. He only nodded; he :
him for at least a part of the year. his wife treated him. “That woman couldn t talk, although twice he !
He had some sort of minor post in milks him for every cent he can get tried. He put the car in gear and
one of the government agencies in He owes everyone, including me.” backed out.
town; I knew it couldn’t pay very
I thought about all the times I
Doc and I stood on the sidewalk
much. I didn’t see how he would had seen Fred down at the club.
to
watch him drive down the street. '
be able to pay me for the price of Now it costs money to belong, and
a new auto, but two years is a long if one gets into the games very About a block away, he pulled over
time and much could happen in often, that’s expensive, too. Fred to the curb and stopped. My guess
the interim. Anyway, I could al didn’t stack very high with me right was that he couldn’t sees through '
ways sell a new car. So I felt around then, because I couldn't see how he the tears that must have been 1
tumbling down his cheeks. After all, 1
in my desk and finally came up with coulc be broke and keep up the ac he
was only a kid.
the list. “What kind do you want’ tivities I had observed. I guess Doc
I
shoved my hands into my
Coupe? Sedan?”
read my thoughts.
pockets and looked at my feet, not !
“A coupe, please.”
Don’t be too hard on Fred, talking. For a minute, Doc didn't
“With or without wheels?”
Marty,” he said. “You may not know say anything, either. Then: "What
Fred smiled, tentatively. He wasn’t it, but he isn’t down there at that was that you gave him?”
sure whether or not he was sup club every night just for fun. He
My tone was defensive. Hadn’t
posed to laugh.
has a sort of job; assistant to the Doc treated Fred for nothing? “You
“I’d like wheels, of course,” he steward. I rather suspect he lives
really didn’t think I could keep that !
answered.
on what he makes there, and sends policy, did you?”
“Want to put something down?”
his regular salary check out to the
Doc’s voice was sort of soft and '
Yes, I’d like to. How much do wife, for that boy." He watched the
strange when he finally answered, j
you require?”
road for a few moments before con
“Fred sure knew a soft-hearted
“Suit yourself. Even if you give tinuing. “Fred is not at all well. If
oe luxe
me the full purchase price, it won’t he would take it easy, get a lot of sucker when he saw one didn’t he?”
(HAAfP/OJV
He
turned
and
started
off.
“Now
I’m
bring your car any sooner.”
rest and stop drinking, he might
Ffrestone passenger car retreads give you the same top q u X
He nodded. “Fair enough. I’ll leave last a long time, but—” his voice going down to the office and see if
modern medicine provides anything
you two hundred."
rubber, the same tread depth and the same tread design as you
trailed off into silence. He rarely
I took the bills and gave him a talked about his patients, I figured for a lump in the throat.”
get in new tires. For icy pavements you can have your tires
receipt. Then I asked if he had a he thought he had said too much
treaded with special Polar Grip rubber.
*
trade-in.
already.
He looked startled. “No, Mr.
I forgot about Fred after that un
Stone, I haven't. Is it necessary to til one fine summer day I found that
have one?”
the next car on my list was for him.
Oh, no. Not absolutely neces But I was dubious about the deal.
sary. A trade-in is still nice to have, After all, I was in business to make
by NANCY PEPPER
though, for there is money in those money; there was a lot of names
Seld and for
" » « " « «■ - h .
used cars.
after his that would be a great deal
C LA SS C O N S C IO U S
"I don’t really have a car at all,” better business. It looked like Fred
he explained. “That’s why I want Miller was about to get the go-by,
We like to report your kindness
this one. My boy will be coming to at least for a little while.
to
less fortunate teens in foreign
visit me every summer and he’s get
Then that same day I twisted my
ting pretty big now.” His eyes lit knee and had to go to Doc’s office countries -because it proves that
up, talking about the kid. “In two to get it wrapped. Climbing the well- you teens think with your hearts as
years he’ll be eighteen and he'll worn stairs, I met Fred coming well a£ your heads. Most of you
want a car. This is no tovn for a down. He looked just about all in,
have been mak
boy if he has to walk everywhere or and very sad. I thought to myself:’
ing c o lle c tio n s
* ' « « ‘11«» Of what make tractor tirat you have, you can set
depend on others for transportation. “Oh well, what can I lose?” and
for “Care” pack-
* d! “ ,‘ ag' s o f *he
Firestone Ground G rin
I plan to have a nice ruto for him told him about the car.
3’g e s in y o u r
when he’s ready for it.”
home
rooms,
but,
tread
design
by
letting
in
retread
your
tire«.
P
His face broke into a million
“Yeah, yeah. That’ll be fine.
as an extra ac
wrinkles
as
he
smiled.
"That’-:
fine,”
There was something holding back he said, “that’s good. The boy will
tiv ity , fo re ig n
in him when he talked about that like that.” He went on down the
language classes
W ITH FIRESTONE FACTOR Y - METHOD
kid, and it made me uncomfortable. steps with a lot more life to his
in lots of high
As though he might talk about him tread. I went on up to Doc’s.
schools are send-
retreads you get the same q u a lity
the rest of the day if he had any
'
ing packages and
Just to make conversation, I asked ,
encouragement. But I wasn’t giving him what was wrong with Fred. His letters to teens in the countries
a n d the same depth of tread rubber
him any.
V‘k..a« ,'>>
answer was vague, as I might have whose language they’re studying
“We'll see what we can do,” I known it would be.
Of course, you must write the let
AS YOU DO IN NEW FIRESTONE TIRES
said, and stood up.
Can’t understand the little fel ters in the foreign language, which
He arose immediately. “You’re low; he goes right on doing all the is good practice for you and good
busy,” he was apologetic, "and I’ve things I tell him are bad, yet he reading for the grateful teens who
taken so much of your time.”
keeps coming in here to have me receive and answer them in their
"Not at all," I said, "come in and check him over. All I can do is native tongues. It’s lucky for you
see me again.”
shake my head, tell him to get more that Latin is now a dead language
"Oh, I will,” he answered, "you’ll rest and stop burning the candle because after you’d written that
get so tired of seeing me around from both ends.” He adjusted a ’’all Gaul was divided into three
you’ll want to throw me out. By couple of pads around my leg, parts,” there would be nothing else
to say.
Cowrlxht. I t t i . T h , Flreilorie Tire A Ruhb., Co
fa.th in people-people like Marty Stone, who fancied himself a pretty
hard-headed bus.ness man, and Doc Howell, who found that Marty's
heart was softer than his head, but who couldn't cure the lump in his
own throat.
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