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Show mi: m i i i:i in. bingh vm canvo i . ! fiction! thebuilo.up isil There wasn't much about me she could brag about, but she made up a lot of things. She said she won me away from a fancy blonde named Tillie and told how I saved the company's payroll when six armed bandits broke into the mill. Of course, there wasn't any blonde named Tillie and the six armed bandits were just two fellows who looked in when they saw a light and asked the road to Cloverdale.' Martha wasn't very strong and got spells now and then. They said it was her heart. I didn't pay much attention to what the doctor said. I'd always make her rest after one of her spells and she'd come during that time Martha got some of the red back in her cheeks and she moved around more lively than she had in years. She made me get a dinner coat with all the fixings that went with it. She had the studs screwed in the shirt four days be-fore the banquet. After we wrote the speech we went over it here and there until it sounded right. Each evening after dinner we'd go to the kitchen where people couldn't look in and I'd stand on a chair and make the speech. I must have delivered that speech at least fifty times. Well, the big night finally came. When I got dressed up I looked pret- - I was ambling along in my car counting posts and watching my nervous windshield - wiper as it slapped out a clear segment of a circle when I spied a smallish man walking ahead. The back of his neck seemed a bit scrawny and a little round hat sat on top of his head as though a vngrunt breeze had dropped it there. He was carrying a small bunch of flowers. When I pulled alongside I asked him If he wanted a lift. His clothes were limp with the steady drizzle and he seemed to have walked a long way. "I've only got a short way to go now," he said. "It ain't hardly worth bothering about." "Jump in, anyway," I said, "you're all soaked." "All right. Hut I'm only going around the bend there to Cypress Hills." As he got into the car he held the flowers high so as not to break the stems. "Cypress Hills," 1 repeated by way of showing a little interest. "That's a cemetery, isn't It?" "Yes, It's a cemetery." "Oh," I said. Flowers, cemetery, rain. I kept a respectful silence. When we had driven a short dis-tance there was a great rumble of thunder through the 1 low hills and the sky opened with a 15 sudden torrent that Week's made the surround-ing landscape a wet Best blur "Guess P8 pull Fiction up alongside the road until it blows over," I told my passenger. Neither of us spoke for a while. The great clatter of the storm out-side rendered the silence behind the closed windows a little oppressive. Presently the little man said, "My wife Is buried over there." He point-ed in the direction of Cypress Hills. "I'm sorry," I answered. "When" "Just a few weeks ago." "Was it sudden or" He Ignored my unfinished ques-tion and said absently, "It's strange what a delicate thing life is. It can be cut off by an accidental move or even a thoughtless word. Some-thing you say can snap it off just like a thin piece of thread." There was a clap of thunder and the downpour wrapped us in a fresh film of rain. The little man told me his story. I give it to you in his words as closely as I can remember them. . . . Martha spent her whole life trying to build me up into something. She started right at the wedding. She was about an inch taller than me and she wore her flattest heels at the wedding and stooped over a little when the minister stood us up for the ceremony. She looked so proud you'd think she was marrying a millionaire. And me only a book-keeper at the mill. "How did it go?" she cried. I shouldn't have told her. around fine. Jed Miley down at the post office told me his wife was like that and as long as they didn't get any excitement or shock they could live to be a hundred. Martha al-ways rested when I told her but she never really rested even when she was lying down. Her mind was working. She was thinking how she could make the town know what a great husband she had. I tried to explain that it didn't matter as long as we were happy. But she kept on being riled. I just kind of hoped something big would happen to me for Martha's sake. Well, sir, it was like the hand of fate. Something big did happen at last. At least, it was big to Martha and me. Mr. Clawson, the presi-dent of the mill, was getting up a dinner in honor of the town council and asked me to make a speech! When I came home and told Mar-tha that evening she nearly jumped out of her skin. I had never made a speech before in my life. I was scared stiff at the thought of it. But Martha was going to prove every-thing she had said about me, through that speech. I just had to show Mister Clawson and the coun-cilme- n she was right. The dinner was two weeks off and ty good. Martha stood at the gate waving good-b- y and looked ten years younger. I was sort of choked up and happy. I was only sorry she couldn't come along. It was just for men, you know. I left my car in front of the house and walked down to the Clifton Ho-tel so I could go over my speech just one last time. When I got there I said hello to everybody even Longyear, president of the bank. I'd never spoken to him before. I felt pretty important. '"PHEY put me on the platform next to Charlie Simmons, who is quite a wit around these parts. He has one of those ventriloquist dummies and also does card tricks. He told me a few jokes and I laughed al- - though I didn't listen. I took a taste of the soup but after that I couldn't eat a thing. The speech kept pound-ing in my head. After the ice cream Mister Claw-to- n rapped for order and made a flowery speech about the town coun-cil. Then the head of the council said a lot of nice things about the mill and how much good it had done the town. More speeches fol-lowed. Each time the toastmaster got ready to call on the next speak- - er I shook all over thinking it might be me. It seemed that everybody in town was making a speech. My mouth, got dry. Then Simmons got up and did his dummy act and some card tricks. He went over to the piano and sang some songs. People called for more. They all laughed and sang with him. I looked at my watch. It was eleven o'clock. I managed to get my head clear and quickly thought over the first few paragraphs of my speech. They were saving me for the last. A sort of surprise, I thought. Then Mister Clawson got up and his voice sound-ed far off. He said some of the boys wanted to play poker and others wanted to sit around and chat. It was too late for more speeches. After hearing Simmons any more talk would be tame. It was a wonderful evening and everybody had enjoyed it thoroughly. They all stood up and sang Auld Lang Syne, The dinner was over. You can't blame me for not being able to think clearly after that. I was so disappointed I got kind of numb. I sneaked out through the back door and went home. Martha ran down to the front gate and grabbed me around the neck. She cried, "How did it go?" I said, "They didn't call on me." I shouldn't have told her the truth. It was a dreadful blunder. Pastry Makes a Delightful Dessert (See recipes below.) Pastry Tricks Now that cooler weather has come, we can all indulge in a few of the richer des- - serts that we've been avoiding during hot, swel-tering weather. Since it's cooler you won't mind using the oven if baking the pie is required, and LYNN CHAMBERS' MENU Green Peppers Stuffed With Meat Buttered Rice Asparagus Vinaigrette Grape and Melon Salad Muffins Cottage Cheese Apple Pie Recipe given. Combine all ingredients. Pat firmly into pan, chill for several hours. Fill with above filling and chill. Lemon Chiffon Pie (Nine Inch) 1 envelope plain unflavored gelatine Y cup cold water 4 eggs 1 cup white corn syrup 4 cup lemon juice H teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind Soften gelatine in cold water. Beat egg yolks, add corn syrup, lemon juice and all Cook in double boiler un-til of custard consistency, stir-ring constantly. Add softened gelatine and stir until dissolved. Add grated lem- - you won't mind taking the extra time for their preparation? There was a time when we thought of pie as something with a crust made of shortening, flour and water, but now there are many new crumb crusts from which to choose and sometimes these are even better with certain types of fillings. If you want a real taste delight, experiment with new crusts, novel fillings, and gather yourself a new and delicious collection of pastries from which to choose desserts. We all grow tired of eating the same things day in, day out, and there's so much new in the way of foods, it's just not a smart homemaker who doesn't find different touches to add to her menus. Since fall is on the way, you'll be using pumpkin quite often. Here are two excellent variations of the old fashioned pumpkin pie, both of which are guaranteed to make a hit with the family. Orange Pumpkin Pie (Nine Inch) 1 teaspoon ginger 1 teaspoon cinnamon cup boiling water cup brown sugar teaspoon salt 2 egr 1Y cups pumpkin 1 cup evaporated milk (scalded) 3 tablespoons orange Juice Make a smooth paste of the spices and water. Add with the sugar, salt, and beaten eggs to the pumpkin. Stir to blend thoroughly, then add hot milk. Add orange juice i and pour imme-- ' diately into an unbaked pie shell. Bake in a on rind. Cool, and when mixture begins to thicken, fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Turn into baked pie shell or crumb crust and chill. Honey Crumb Pie ShclJ 3 cups oven-poppe- d rice cereal 2 tablespoons honey Y cup melted butter or margarine Crush rice cereal into fine crumbs. Add honey and butter; mix well. Press evenly and firmly around sides and bottom of pie pan. Bake in slow oven (325 degrees) about 10 minutes. Cool before add-ing filling. Cottage Cheese Apple Pie (Nine Inch) 1 cups apples, sliced thin Y cup sugar Y teaspoon cinnamon Y teaspoon nutmeg Pastry H cup sugar H teaspoon salt 2 eggs, slightly beaten H cup cream and V cup milk, scalded together 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup cottage cheese Combine apples, sugar and spices Pour into pastry lined pie tin. Bake In a hot oven (425 degrees F.) 15 minutes. Meanwhile add sugar and salt to eggs, combine with hot milk and cream. Add vanilla and cot-tage cheese. Pour over apple mix-ture. Continue baking In a moderate oven (325 to 350 degrees F.) 40 minutes, or until mixture sets and Is a delicate brown. Date Cream Pie (Nine Inch) S cup sugar Y cup cornstarch 1 teaspoon salt 2 cupa thick soar cream 2 eggs, slightly beaten 2 cupa dates, quartered enp pecan meats, chopped 1 teaspoon lemon juice baked pie shell Whipped cream Combine sugar, cornstarch and salt. Add cream Cook in double boiler, stirring constantly, until thickened. Add eggs, then dates and pecan meats, stir well, cool Add lemon juice, pour into pie shell Cool. Top with whipped cream. Released by Western Newspaper Union hot oven (425 degrees) 15 minutes, then reduce to a slow oven (300 de-grees) and bake until filling is just set. Pumpkin Chiffon Pie With Glngersnap Crust (Nine Inch) 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten 1 cup sugar 1 cups pumpkin cup milk 'j teaspoon cinnamon H teaspoon salt H teaspoon ginger H teaspoon nutmeg 1 tablespoon gelatin cup celd water 3 egg whites Whipped cream Combine egg yolks, cup sugar, pumpkin, milk, and spices. Cook In double boiler until thick. Soak gela-tin in water 5 minutes, add to pump-kin mixture. Mix and cool. When thick add remaining sugar and fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour in pie shell and serve with whipped cream. Crust IVi cups glngersnap or graham cracker crumbs H cup butter (scant) onp confectioners' sugar Try some sliced, sauteed mush- rooms with your pot roast if want you something akin to steak. Tuna fish, salmon, meat and egg salads go further ar.d look prettier if combined with hard-cooke-chopped, macaroni, leftover peL' celery and green pepper. Serve leftover sliced cold tongue with chUi sauce on lettuce for a warm night or Sunday snack. Some wUl eat this as a salad while otter, prefer to make sandwich out of it on rye bread. LYNN SAYS: Simple Foods Are Easy To Drees Up To steam means cooking in steam or in boiling water. To parboil means to cook food partially in one way. Potatoes may be boiled and then to finish cooking by baking, for example. 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