Show V THE FICTION co?a©? & THEM IN TRIUMPH By Frank L Parke f V I 'HERE were cars in front of the house Four of them And two more in the drive Clifford Oslow cut across the Drake's lawn and headed for the back steps But not soon enough The door of a big red cabriolet opened and a woman came rushing after him She was a little person smaller even than Clifford himself But she was fast She reached him just as he made the gap in the hedge "You’re Mr Oslow aren’t you?’ she panted She didn’t wait for a confession She pulled out a little book and a pencil and held them under his nose ‘T’ve been trying to get her autograph all week" she ex“I want you to get it for plained me Just drop the book In a mailbox It’s stamped and the address is on it" And then she was gone and Clifford was standing there holding the book and pencil in his hand mind” 14 15 16 18 20 22 24 27 29 31 32 52 Dull 54 Exclamation of 55 Fish eggs 57 Woody 59 Toward 61 Portly 63 Lodged 65 To seethe 67 Timber 68 Cry of 69 Declivity incredulity plant tree sorrow Vertical 2 3 That girl Foot traveler Part ct “s hr” 4 5 6 Gratuity Male singing voice Der former Due to an unusually large demand and current conditions slightly more time la required in filling orders for a few of the most popular patterns Send your order to: SEWING 530 South Conjunction Corded doth 9 Strap for sharpening a razor 10 Colloquial: father Article 17 You and me 19 Colloquial: paid notice 21 Nothing more than 23 Twin brother of Jacob 25 Discli imed 26 Springs up 27 To desire with eagerness 28 Islands 30 To weary 33 On the summit of 35 Poetic: valley 38 Erclosure CIRCLE NEFDLEWORK St t hie ago IU cents for Pattern Weill 20 Enclose No Name Address (Kiqk There hadn’t been many changes The fireplace had been And the radio was a recent gift ol And stacked all along the Julia’s of bookcase were the manuscripts his novels His rejected novels On was his top latest one the one that JInanaL A man was walking down the street carrying a beautiful cat Someone stopped him and asked him how much money he wanted to sell the cat The cat owner replied: “$10000” “Why that’s preposterous— the man exclaimed A few days later the would-bpurchaser again ran int9 the cat owner and upon asking about the cat learned it had been sold “Sold?” inquired the would-b“For how much?” purchaser “For $10000” “Cash?” cried the skeptic “Well not exactly” said the owner “I got two $5000 dogs in exchange” is a complete guide to basic stitches of crochet enable you to make fashion accessories crocheted articles This instruction sheet shows you how to do simple stitches and also the stitch the “sheH-‘‘star’’ stitch picoting finishing edgings To obtain Instruction shoot on CROCHET (Pattern No 5417) cents In cum jour name addicss tern number g 'MAP! 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No he Had he heard snapped he wasn’t the news that "Welcome Tomorrow” was going to be translated into Turkish’ No he hadn’t And then the woman came over The one whose voice he’d heard back in the kitchen where he wished devoutly he’d stayed “How” she inquired briskly "did you like the story?” Clifford didn’t answer immediately He just looked at the woman GARLAND UTAH TIMES “Never she shouted from the car “mailing the pencil!” He stuffed the book in autograph his pocket and hurried up the steps There was a lot of noise coming from the parlor Several male voices A strange all going It at once woman’s voice insinuating itself every now and then And Julia’s voice rising above the babble clear and kindly and very sure "Yes” she was saying And ‘Tm very glad” And "People have been generous to me” tremendously She sounded tired though Clifford leaned against the while he finished the sandHe left the wich and the coke empty bottle on the table snapped off the kitchen light and pushed easily on the haU door The hall light was on and someone Clifford didn’t know was pacing the carpet across But it was only from the parlor three short steps to the rear stairs He didn’t make it Someone who babbled at him grabbed him by the arm and bounced him along the "Here he hall and into the parlor is” somebody shouted "Here's Mr Oslow!’’ There were people there all with note books and busy Julia was in the big chair pens by the fireplace looking plumper than usual in her new green dress She smiled at him affectionately but it seemed to him a little disHe’d noticed that breach ltu tantly her glance many times lately He hoped that it wasn't superiority but he was desperately afraid that it he saw as tired She looked was as she had sounded "Hello Clifford” she said "Hello Julia" he answered He didn’t get a chance to go over A reporter had him and kiss her right against the wall How did it seem to go to bed a teller at the pay S 12 13 ment GARLAND tive of this city and the husbanf ” of floor rooms fnighi The second have been vacant but Clifford took no chances He kept on going unti he reached his study at the back ol the attic He snapped on the light over the table and dropped into the chair before it He put Julia’s book in front of him but he didn’t right immediately open it Instead he squirmed back in the The chair and looked about him room was familiar enough It had been his for over eighteen years The table was the same The prinl of the Jones flagship was the same And the old typewriter was the one he had bought before Julia and he were married 14 40 Near 43 Heroine of "Merchant of Venice” 46 Gaiety 48 Mends 51 To act 53 To exist 56 Note in Guido's scale Andrer la 58 Worm 60 To be obliged 61 Musical syllable 62 While 64 Indian mulberry 66 Musical syllable Paula Sarica to N amber IS “Here be is!” somebody um RIM YAyf pg llRISFIESjgfg Be sure you get America’s favorite rice cereal the one and only Kellogg Rice Krlsplesl shouted had stopped going the rounds six months before On the bottom was his earliest one The one he wrote when Julia and he were first married The one whose people both of them lived with in the two years during which he labored over "How’s Vincent it coming along?” Julia would say "He’s got the house built” Clifford would tell her "but I can’t think of a valid way for him to get the Gleason acre he needs for pastur- age” Yes Clifford was a writer then Large W And he kept on thinking of himself as one for many years after despite the concerted indifference of the publishers Finally of course hi writing had become A stubborn unmerely a gesture to admit defeat Now willingness to be sure the defeat was unquestioned Now that Juba who before a year ago hadn't put pen to paper had written a book had it accepted and now was looking at advertisements that said “over four hundred thousand copies” Julia Clifford sighed Well the utter miserableness of his failure wouldn’t be permitted to steal one ounce from her merited pleasure in her own accomplishment! He picked up “Welcome Tomorrow” and opened it as he opened every book in the middle He read a paragraph And then another He had just started a third when He put down suddenly he stopped Julia’s book reached over to the shelf and tugged out the dusty manof his own first effort Rapuscript idly he flipped over the crisp pages Then he began to read aloud I7R0M his own manuscript he read: “The water was high above the Beyond on the hill the cattle cowered Vincent stood lent and stricken beside the rum of his farm ” Clifford put the manuscript on the table on top of the book For a time he sat quietly inspecting the crease of his trousers Then he put the book in his lap and left the manuscript on the table and began to read them page against page He had his answer in ten minutes And then he went back downstairs A couple of reporters were still in the parlor “But Mrs Oslow naturally oyr readers are interested” one was insisting “When” he demanded "will you finish your next book?” she answered un"I don’t know-easily Clifford came across the room to her smiling He put his arm around her and pressed her shoulder firmly but gently “Now' now Julia” he "Let’s nbt quibble with protested the young man” The reporter looked up "Mrs Oslow’ s new novel” Clif“will be ford announced proudly ready in Another month ” Julia turned around and stared at him quite terrified But Clifford kept on smiling Then he reached into his pocket and brought out the autograph book and pencil that had been forced on him on his way home "Sign here” he instructed Changing his community to a program of balanced farming earned for M P election to Moore Senatobia Mississippi the Champion Farmers of America in 1944 On his 15000 acres he pioneered soil conservation methods proved that feed crops can be grown and showed that properly managed rundown land will On fewer profitably support livestock acres he grows as much cotton as under NOTEi Write “M system and on the acres feed for from cotton raise removed hundreds of cattle The purebred Polled Herefords on his Circle “M” Ranch are consecutive four For the best years among his suction prices have set new world the to The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company P Moore Champion Farmer” Akron Ohio for i:i ! i - booklet i Qtte©© (cftxiffiofti© ©an© ©fixsora© THERE arelikefour sound f reasons Champion Farmer Moore are putting their tractors on Firestone Champion Ground Grips: (1) they clean up to 100 more effectively’ (2) they pull up to 62 more (3) they last up to 91 longer and (4) they roll more smoothly on the highways The extra high curved connected traction bars make this superiority possible Shaped like a pyramid they cut into the soil with a sharp cleaving action Mud falls from them freely because the space between the bars is wider at the shoulders than near the center of the tread The bar connections brace and strengthen the tread and give the tires a powerful center bite” in the very heart of the traction zone The tires roll smoothly because the curved connected bars are in continuous contact with the highway It will pay you to insist upon Firestone Champion Ground Grips for your tractor They cost no more than ordinary tires to the Voice of Fie es tone every Monday etening oter SBC listen Good Eyes Aid Artists There seems to be a relationship vision and artistic between good "a Of ability group of 100 art students examined those who showed superior artistic ability had excellent eye coordination and depth perception H i |