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MEDrOHDrATT; TRTBUXE, lEDFORD,
CREWS1". FRIDAY. AUGUST 14. 1936.
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THE WORLD
DELAYED REPAST
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN MX
Tat Author proof address the author, Inclosing a stamped envelope fqr reply. Reg. TJ. 8. Pat Off.
WITH A FENC
A Ntw Novel by Merlin Stmt
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BYSOPBIB: Carol Torrance futt
hat broken the newt to htr charm'
inn family that the tt going to
tcaoh eehool newt term in Aehboro,
Oa. Bhe hoe to get away trom
Meredith before Meredith celt
away iutth her, but the exglaine
the matter differently to her very
feminine mother. Hilly: to matter,
of fact Jill and to artitllc Pat, her
eney going brother, Pat taye good
humoredly that Carol tt after
Chapter Tiro
GOLF TRUTHS
"pHE trouble was, Carol knew, th..
there hadn't bees anyone In
Meredith worth lifting a Anger for
not since Bill Faraday. After Bill
nothing but casual attractions. Boys
and men who took you tn dances and
movies, and kissed you when you
telt like letting them, which wasn't
often. She had liked a few of them
had even played with the Idea of
marrying one but she knew the at
traction was only physical.
Tou couldn't marry a man be
cause he had a nice body and played
beautiful golf and knew how to
make love; not when you bad to
conceal so carefully the tact that
you were blessed, or cursed, with
tw'" his Intelligence.
as they take their flight feeling:
that's what's giving everything
special value right now."
She looked at him lb astonish'
merit. How could Fat know that.
who had never been away? How
could Pat, at twenty-one, know half
the things he did know?
"I may as well break down and
admit," Carol said as they left the
tee, "that you're my greatest worry.
You're so dim smart you frighten
me."
His laugh was short and hard.
"That's a fast one."
"No It's not" She looked squarely
at him; at his gaunt, beautifully
chiselled face, with the Inevitable
lock of straight fair balr hanging In
bis eyes, "What d'you want to do.
Pat? Paint act write?"
He shrugged. "Whichever I'm not
doing at the moment."
THAT was Fat, of course. Grass
was always greener In the other
pasture. "I've been thinking about
It a lot," she went on. "Assuming
that some sngel put you on Broad
way or In Hollywood (which they
won't) you'd have to fight and claw
your way up, and you'll never do It
You'd have everything but the brass.
and that's as Important as ability
If not more so. And painting's still
longer and harder, and likewise Ira
possible here."
iST"" -veaw-,.
Pit played his saeond shot earalessly, faultlessly.
Teara scorched Carol'a lids and
her bands were clenched behind her
back. God. this Is awful I she
thought; I wonder If it's worth It?
She left the hearth-rug and hunted
down a clgarot, just to keep her face
from the others; lit It and exhaled
a cloud of thin blue smoke. With
her back to them she said:
"I think I'll wait a few months
and see how I make out this time.
I may not bo able to stand the gaff.
In that case I'll borrow a leaf from
Jill and take a business course. . . ."
nAT sold finally, out of the silence
that engulfed them all: "Well,
let'a don't alt and look at the corpse.
Who wanta to play a few holea of
golf?"
The atmosphere lightened at once.
Even the room disliked unhapplness.
Carol nodded. "Suite me." And
Mllly said: "I'm not In the class
with you children, but I'll take my
book and sit on the porch."
Tine." Pat waa convincingly
hearty. "I'll give you ten minutes to
get ready."
Mllly and Jill were In the car when
Carol came down. Jill had "The
Paradlne Case" In her lap. and
Mllly clutched "The March of De
mocracy" with a do-or-dle expres
sion. Pat trailed out, dragging para
phernalia. "I love the way you all
amble blithely out without even
pulling the back door together. . , ,"
Unpleasantness waa behind thorn.
Characteristically the Torranccs
chose to ipnore It until September
third, which was over three weeks
away. Anything could happen In
three weeks, even In Meredith.
Hut when Carol and Pat were held
up on (he second tee by a foursome
he returned abruptly to the subject.
"I'm going to miss you like the devil,
Carol."
Nostalgia awept her suddenly and
treacherously. Homesickness for the
things she still had and ntxt month
would bSTe Do longer.
"Doo't. Pu If I keep on feeling
like i do sow, 111 fever leave."
He tted her hand. "Sura you
will. It's the only thing to do. Don't
be fooled by this blessings-brighten-1
She ' addressed her ball and
chipped dead.
"1 know." Pat tapped his own ball
carelessly and rimmed the cup.
"That leaves writing."
"Yes. (You stabbed at that, darn
your) If you decide to stay on In
Meredith It's your best chance. Do
you want to stay here?"
He shrugged. "Not much, but I
will. I despise a city."
Tbey reached the third tee and
found a member of the foursome
wandering aimlessly in the foot-high
rough. "We'll have to go through,"
Pat decided. "It'll be dark In another
six or eight hours."
When they had driven Carol
picked up the discussion. "1 think
1 do too, but I bate the almost In
decent Intimacy of little towns. Hu
man curiosity's Just as bad In a city,
but you don't bars the same oppor
tunity to gratify It."
"No." Pat grinned acidly. "But you
can degenerate so painlessly and
even pleasantly In a little town. Look
at Sam Lovell," he pointed out. "His
mama left him her money and he
hasn't lifted a hand since, except to
pick up a bottle. He looks like a
ripe hog, and he'a rotting so fast
you can almost smell him, but be
hasn't quite lost caste."
She shivered. Pat's flair for de
scription was pretty devastating at
times, "well, nobody's left you any
money, thank heaven. Are you going
to write, or aren't you? I can go In
poace If you give me your word."
He stopped to play his second
shot, carelessly, faultlessly, "I
guess It'll be easier to write than to
explain to you why I don't"
"Is it a promise?"
A long silence. Pat'a word was
nover given lightly. "To the exclu
sion of everything else?"
"Everything but selling cars, yes.
You know I'm right."
Again the arid grin. "You usually
are, damn HI Yes I promise."
That was something. Carol felt
that part of her Job, at least, waa
done. . . ,
Jill and Mllly came down to watch
them play the last hole, and tbey
drove gaily home. In the face of
separation they were more aggres
sively united than ever.
(Cooyright, IHi, by MaHan Simt)
And Monday Carol (an the last
f Don Rlcharda.
BANK CLEARINGS GRANTS PASS PEAKS
OVER LAST YEAR
NEW YORK. Aug. 14. (AP) Bank
elaarlngs In SJ leading; Titles totalled
S4.7BS. 771,000 in the week ended Aug.
U rompared with S4.MM8S.uflO In
tnv ! waek lait year. n inc-rnae
of SI ) rent, Dun Bradttreel re
ported txlay.
The Increase thu week compared
with a decline of 3 per rent In
eleanngs last week compared with a
year o.
Principal gainers outside of New
Tk were San Francisco, 353 r
cent: Oeattlt, 30.8 per cent; Detroit,
sag- Atlanta. ? i, and Knrra;o 30 8
o:r;n-a o'. Chicago totalled S2&3.
478 000 sn Increase of 31 3 per cent
ever SJ41, 100,000 In the same week
last year.
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Pear Drovers or Josephine county
made arrangement today to sell lob
tons or more of fruit to a California
canninp concern, it waa announced
by Wlltord Allen.
The (rowers made arrangementa to
pool the remainder of their crop
when agenia lor Hunt Brothers can
nery lu Salem were ordered to stop
buying this wee. The Ralem reople.
who usually take care ot nearly all
Josephine county crop, totalling
around 3S0 tons, were ordered to stop
buying when Us tons .tad been pur
chased, With a deal tor 100 tons affected
with the California group bones for
the pears were ordered out rrlday ,
afternoon, 1
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played their merchandise on benches
tn the town market place.
When a merchant fulled to meet
financial obligations due one of his
fellows. It waa customary for the rest
of the merchants to band together.
break the defaulting man's display
bench Into plecea and drive him out
ot the market, to show the public he
was unable to meet his debts.
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that our modern word 'bankrupt" was
derived, aa the Italian for "broken
bench" la "bencha rotta."
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century French scientist, astounded
the world by his experiments wtlh
vaccines, lormcntatlon and Kenernl
micro-organism rosearch, little was
known about the properties of bac
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to sour, wine and beer to ferment.
nd other foods to putrlfy.
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componenta of air or of decaying mat
ter, but ore always born from other
germs.
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proving this still goes on more than
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years ago he hermetically sealed
number of flasks containing sterllej
veal Drota and turned them over to
the Pasteur Institute In Paris. To
thie day. the broth remains perfectly
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