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Show & I i PAKOWAN TIMES. PAROWAN. UTAn SDD(DEMOTE A piiwlKal Mnrr ( ruy am d n iribr of Mituiurt roumry road dime rlnn lir arrnrt of bit youth. At ha familiar lair. ha rrmrmbrrl Soot, happy lime. with lha Krnn-d- i the klnrlrat man had nar known; Mit Kennedy, lh. Ir rlulifran Ida. lory and b n lha trav-- a Harlan lla rrinamlirrt due or tnnr to lown and hoi, in undi r hit a pall. Ida fnlluwed him U) (..Matin, 7S milra away, t oidar to nd d. lor" for a pain In har Hd Naal Anally want di .f v tfialla And dauih-ta- r (at (.allaim lo try to araada hit lo rome bma wilh him. Hha Ida relutad avan to tall him what the woa "dot lorin(" lor, Neat daeidrd lo tall upon lha dm tor. i CHAITI R XIV "Good evening," .ud the doctor he proceeded straight to politely the team In a moment the other Man was out and the doctor wai holding the line In hu gloved hands repeated Newt to say somedesperately wanting thing. but taken so by surprise that he could not utter anything. "Listen. Doctor, I want to see you? Then added from nervous agitation. "That Is, if you don't mind. 1 was Just on the way here to see you." "Certainly," said the doctor pleasantly. Newt moved uneasily, now not knowing at all what to aay. "Listen. Doc, he began, trying to be friendly and informal. "I want you to give up my daughter. I mean, let her get her head and come home with me" The doctor was getting In and adjusting himself to the seat and arranging the lines. "I'm not keeping her She can return any moment she wishes." His manner was not quite so pleasant. "She Is under my medical care. That is all." I I wish you would," said Newt agonizcdly, trying to think of the right thing. "I tell you. Doctor, she's young and foolish." The doctor gave the lines a flap, the tugs tightened and now Newt had to walk alongside the moving vehicle. I'm goin to ask you not to go out with her tonight. Doctor." "Im sorry, but she's expecting me. came the sharp, clipped words. The team moved faster; In a moment it was swinging down the street, leaving Newt gazing after it He walked broodingly up and down, stopping to gaze in a window, then going on again. He looked about for a farmer to talk to. But the farmers had gone. Chores. He saw something which made him stop a metal gilt sign projecting out from the wall. Chief of Police, it said. He hesitated. Policel The very word had a terrifying found. Never In his life had he been arrested; never had anyone in his family had police trouble. In a moment he was inside. He saw a man in shirt sleeves sitting at a desk; the man had on black sleeve protectors and wore a green eyeshade which was held in place by metal ends pressing against his temples. The man watched him silently. Newt moved closer, growing more and more uneasy . . . maybe he had made a mistake. Finally he said, "Are you the chief himself? The man studied him for a moment before he answered. "I am." Good evening. i is A silence. Newt stood before the desk and th cold, boring eyes. "Ive got a problem on my hands. I thought maybe you could tell me what to do Well, tell it. "It concerns my daughter." How old is she? Newt told him. I've got one about that age. Go ahead. Well, said the officer when Newt that is a problem! I can finished, telegraph St. Louis and see if theyve got anything. There's a medical association there, but they don't give out very well. You come back in the morning." There was a long anxious, bedtossing night. Well," said the officer the next morning. "I've got something I interest you! It did, indeed, interest Newt. The doctor was duly licensed, the message said; but the police records showed that he had been sued twice by women for broken promises of marriage. But each time the case had been settled out of court W e Decorate the Church Christmas Tree The rest did not take long to happen But he must not rush too hard at Ida; it'd be quite a shock. And it was indeed. She was defiant; he was not to blame. Besides he was doing her a great deal of good and she meant to stay and doctor with him. Newt was understanding enough to let her take her time. It did take Ida two days to make the decision; meanwhile Newt remained at his hotel, going patiently and cheerfully to see her whenever she would let him and not criticizing or blaming her. Little by little Ida became less headstrong, also the traveling doctor's glamour was wearing oil Finally she was on the train and finally they arrived at the little wooden sanded home depot They walked up town to the livery stable and Ida's suitcase and her father's shiny valise were put in the buggy together He picked up the lines and ducked. It was not long before Newt diove up in front of his house and sitting beside him wjj Ida, just as he bed been hoping And now I mine to something di jn.atic At least It seemed dramatic then, it still does, so dep an did It make None of our neighbors ever had a Christmas tree at home; it was always at the church As I set these words down I am again at Wesley Chapel our white church surrounded by cornflelJs The young people" always decorated the tree It meant something indeed, for this day a girl could ask a boy to go with her without letting tongues wagging like a toy celluloid turtle on a pivot There they are' I can see them The and the chairs, the strings of popcorn, the cotton batting. We always let the girls throw the tinsel on top of the tree where It would hang like cornsilk on a roasting ear. Home to do the chores At last Newt's sled jingles by and I come out with my soapstone and my manuscript and get in. So much laughter, and such good times . my foolish old heart thumps just for me to think about going to the Christmas tree at the church. step-ladde- j 3? what's in that package?" when will Santa Claus cume'' Old Mrs Vert has a coughing spell The janitor gets up, just as I reach the clnnux of my story, and throws the stove door open with a mighty clang At last I finish; a hand clapping goes up As I walk back to my seat, Maude Stark looks up admiringly Ah' Newt has been busy out behind the church and now a door opens and there Is Santa Claus with binder-twin- e whiskers and with a park on his bark As he comes down the aisle he rails the children by name and gives them bags of candy. Up and down the aisle goes Santa Claus; smaller and smaller grows the park; orange peels on the floor now and mothers wiping sticky hands At last the bag is empty and Santa Claus disappears out the door he had rome in In a few minutes he is sitting innocently in the back row. It is one of the rules that a present must be opened before everybody and held up so that we can all see and enjoy it. The presents are taken oil the tree, or pulled out from under it, and passed to the minister who reads the name on the package, then hands the package to the aupermtendent of the Sunday school who opens it and holds the present up to view. I tell you It makes a young man feel mighty proud to have a turtle-she- ll dresser set he's bought for his girl held up so everybody can go "Ohhh! One of the little boys, who delivers the presents, takes it down the aisle and gives it to the girl it's meant for. But they are not all fine, dresser-se- t presents. Joke presents, too. The minister holds up a fancy-tie- d box, reads the young man's name, then reads what is printed on the box: "Nail polishers." We can hardly breathe waiting for the superintendent to get the box open and hold up the presents awnas. mmmm ... . f J Mm m t. S "Vou come and go home with us, Newt aaid. In the distance Is the church, gleaming and shining, and there at the hitch racks is everybodys fibobnancial standing. Home-mad- e sleds for the poor, the young couple just getting a start, the renters, and for people starved out on the hard-pafor the prosBig double-ripper- s perous. We walk across the crinkling snow with our lanterns. On the floor, in the vestibule, is a great pile of overshoes, each pair buckled together. Across one wall are half a dozen shelves; and under these are hooks for our coats. The door opens and our hearts leap at sight of the brightly gleaming lamps along the wall; behind each lamp is a reflector all polished for this, the biggest night in the n. Cut Personalized Sign Out of Wood or Metal "Mjina, corncobs! How we laugh. At last it's all over; the presents are distributed, the tree looks as if a cyclone has stripped it; the popcorn loops are crooked and the cotton batting hangs like a billy-gowhiskers. Children are getting cross and sleepy; mothers hold the littlest ni their arms. Then came the drama I spoke of. Mr. Booth, who lived nearest the church, came running across the churchyard, waving his lantern and shouting. There has been a line call the Delinsky house is on fire. We stand appalled at the news. It is dreadful enough for a house to burn down any time. But in winter on Christmas Eve! Delinsky stands holding his lantern and looking at Mr. Booth incredulously. Is not! he says Delinskys Are Taken Under Kennedy's Wing In no time at all the people are driving as hard as they can toward the red, ominous glow in the sky. The Delinsky house was not on the public road, as most houses were, but set back at the end of a lane, almost in the middle of the farm, the way poor people lived. The gate was thrown open and down the lane we went. But it is too late; the house is gone. But the stable is saved. For some reason or other the wanted to be by themselves, and so we let them be; they stood in year. Now comes the game of trying to a little group, talking Russian. At last it was all over; the uneasy get the presents in without the children seeing Of course, the children horses in the barn had been quieted; see, but no child is going to be fool and now water from the well was thrown on the last sparks. enough to let it be known. "You come and go home with us," said. Some of the neighbors Newt Tragedy Mars offered to take the children, but Newt said the family should be toSanta's Visit gether, and so it was not long beNothing can begin until after the fore the Delinsky bobsled was folsilver offering. God has blessed us. ours down the road. lowing the preacher says, and now is the Mr. and Mrs. Delinsky still seemed time for us to remember Him Two stunned as the basebrrner was men one for each aisle take little looked from his up. flat wicker baskets and walk down poked face Delinsky to the faces of his chilwifes the aisle, reaching out the baskets dren and we knew what he was and drawing them back again. Mr. what was going to become a in rich man. our silver thinking Holt, puts of his family? dollar. The benches creak, the chilIs gone," he said. Why had he dren squirm, a tuft of cotton batting ever left Russia? Why had he ever falls off the tree. The men bring the tried to be a farmer? Cursed was offering back, the preacher raises who tried to make a living anybody his hands; his voice trembles a little, on the soil. He for some moso sincere and earnest is he. And ments to Mrs. spoke in Russian; Delinsky this now may offering tonight help then he turned to us, as if suddenly carry on God's work. May people all realizing he was not being polite. over the world come to know and He had a cousin in Omaha, he said; to love the Christ child whose natal had a fine little store, growing all day we celebrate. the time; cousin want him to come Amen. everyone says softly. to Omaha and join hands and make At last, the program begins. I can a fine big store. Delinsky spoke see the choir now. Yes. I can! I can fiercely. "Only fools try to farm Ansee Brother Ford, our bass singer, ton Delinsky trough. No more farm, with his high single-pl- y collar, his never. necktie slewed around to one side. Listen, Anton, said Newt, disAnd I can close my eyes and hear tressed that anyone would want to the songs our choir sang, the songs up farming, you don't want give loved to my mother sing They stir to get any foolish ideas m your . . this moment. me Throw Out head You've had an upset a pretty the Lifeline. Someone Is Drifting bad one but you've still got your We Shall Meet on That land and that's what counts An' Away, Blessed Assurance" Golden Shore, you're developin' into a pretty good hnw much they meant to me. farmer even if you did go and The recitations begin. It seems to name a horse for yourself. Who us they are ail good. Lucy Kennedy raised that prize ear? I didn't Look takes one step forward and rests her at that suit Delinsky glanced at it weight on the ball of her front foot proudly. Is goot." Suddenly and dramatically she beI Bingen on "Of course it is. It's an extremely gins to yes, knew it the Rhine The soldier of the legion fine suit finer than I ever bad on is dying agaA my back Now comes the moment Ive been Delinsky nodded. "Your children are going to school, dreading . walk forward, give a bow as quick as the flick of a jay learmn' to speak correct Wtll pull birds wing and begin to read aloud you out of this. Well get up a the short story I have written. A shower for you' whispering fit seizes the children. (TO BE CO.VTIMTCD) RELIEF AT U? ForYourCOUt1 Creomuhioo relieves pmo it goat right to the wat 0 ih, to help lumen and cupel phlegm and aid nature to 1005J heal rw, tender, inflamed be. mucous membrane. Tell VlHJr to tell you a botile ol Get, with die undemanding you the way it quit Uy allay the'! or vou are to have tour mot, ' ".Mama, at j Jc By JOE MAHONEY CREOiYIULSIC for Coughs, Chest Colds.Bro- - Cut Out Any Name and Number PATTERN gives actual- - TIIE alphabet and numbers de- signed for cutting your personal ized sign from wood or metal. THIS WEARER SATS, tell everybody about OR amazing how quickly stain ? com off and how white the 1 Cutting guide for attractive frame are included on thie pattern which I number 328, end the price l IS cente. Order ehuuld be sent direct to WORKSHOP PATTERN SERVICE Drawer IS Bedferd Hills. New Terk Big Ten Envious of South's Gale -- By GRANTLAND RICE- - largely an alumni matter. But many southern teams have well over $100,000 on tap, I have been informed by various southern roaches and I don't think these pools are there to buy watermelons. One of these tion. coaches told me recently that bowl richest the Oddly enough, his university had only $G5,000 of the lot the Rose Bowl doesn't with which to work. "How can help to make any team rich I compete, he asked, "against Around $500,01)0 was collected at rivals with $150,000. the gate but CaliIt is my idea, however, that all fornia and Ohio State only got a sections are just about the same tively when it comes to the sanity code small cut of this The alumni are upsetting the san amount. Part of it ity chart. went to the Rose Bowl association Buffalo and Pro Foofball but the major part If any city belongs in pro foot went to the various universities maki- ball, it Is Buffalo. The Buffalo ng up the Pacific Bills, far from any championship Grantland Rice Coast conference squad, frequently outdrew the and the Big Ten. Giants and Yankees in New York, So the Rose Bowl with its huge They always outdrew the Bulldogs, crowd and its immense gate can't about 6 to 1. for any Buffalo is a hustling city with be named as a clean-uclose to a million souls, plus a single entry. civic spirit many other cities "The Big Ten really went Inlack. It Is certain that a to tiie Rose Bowl agreement, league of 13 cities will be a faila leading member of the orure. It is still our steadfast beganization tells me, "to keep lief that there must be two the south away from these big leagues with eight teams In $100,000 pots. The southern ineach circuit a copy of basestitutions would then use a big balls highly successful plan. to raid the part of this money Certainly Buffalo belongs in one North for material and build of these leagues, Pro football has np stronger clubs. So we debeen so incredibly stupid in the cided to cut off this source of past that it is impossible to forerevenue, without building up cast any future act. But it is diffior Ten team, any single Big cult to believe that pro football any small group of teams. will continue this stupidity. If it The South's response to this act does, a flock of owners will again was to build large plants for three wind up swimming in red ink. bowl games that will pay handThe game has a great chance if some returns. For example, in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas, both North handled correctly. This means two Carolina and Rice were expected leagues of eight clubs each, meetto take home over $100,000 each. ing in a football world series, with exhibition games in between. If At $4 80 a ticket and a paid admisthe new organization is handled as sion of 76,000, this was an easy one league, a few teams will make trick. The Sugar Powl claims a total money but the big majority will of 83,000 with a top price of $8 a lose, just as the big majority seat. This means $415,000, yielding have been losing heavily for the neat chunk for both teams. The past 26 years. Southeastern conference may have some rule of conference distribution, but if so the plan hasnt been The Top Acrobat widely advertised. At the Orange You hear about this ballplayer Bowl, the guarantee is around and that ballplayer being the best $75,000 for each team. athlete, but theres only So the past season the South and one outstanding acrobat. His name the Southwest have North Carolina, is Joe Gordon of the Indians. Kentucky, LSU, Rice, and OklaGordon began as one of Oregons homa raking in the gold, which football prospects. They greatest incould permit an even rougher tell me that as a freshman he was vasion of Big Ten territory. the prospect a coach I havent any Idea what Big ever sighted. But Gordon figured Ten teams have as a budget or he would rather play baseball and so he gave football the air. expense pool In the way of seof her grandmother. curing talent. 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