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Show vVVd, Ives family, larlodlni Andy, Bat. Mope, Data and Granny, far grnva problems ta their sear home ta the undersell. The two men, nith tha help ol aelshhon. rlear moil ot the land but an Interrupted by heavy ralm whlrh flood tha area sad tha women so to a refuse camp tor flood vlrtima. Thera, Mri. Ivri notea that tha Web-atar- i, formerly very friendly aelshhori, ara dlilant toward her. Orrea Wrbtler, 1 A year-olgirl who bad mide tile mltrrabts for Dave, altar hr i hrrirlf to Hank Butler, a parUrularty obnoitoui perron to Hope. Tha retuceei give a Outre dance to rrlirve tha trnirnrn. 1 time, Jerry Burke, young tonniman, campalfas among. t them ffc jth Unaffected TO THEIR Fertility Jalus 01 land ATTRACTIVE home my neighbor and his wife are adding an addition, a rumpua room for their boys Soil disease are rt hi 5 I j ar fcj ar li'eoj t olives t iorta I the e: f a corrciat.oi. arthritis and cancer, mil' jt call jou blessed if you can 4,j kritely how to stop them i ( det. Meanwhile, it Is dis- to give the false hope that er.t can cure these dis- , htedSut s the experts talked to doc-- t soil, doctors of plants, nutirifg. i baked ry it ct gar c&. blasted the e (ii that s if its jxd t of it. at from a $ r Is to be baby wont formula is cow whose In phosphorus g sas deficient talcum, (2) that the adult yi ijj. d muscle and blood from i or a esu cat it ee. - of protein-buildin- g (3) that all aid iron; jt fertilizers are poison and I npost and earthworms are j jr means of soil enrichment g Jd use, and (4) that we are as devoid chUdres laces in the arti' , bcj rror btlv 'eight fo i the started to death because i. fruits and vegetables j from a deficiency in foods, it is shy we have a generation-aeratio- n increase in the size bony structure of our young cjssing i-- i ie we soils which lack , tine from lei minerals. starvation leifwe are mineral-starve- scientists know, man 12 mineral elements Ruminant animals growth. cobalt, to make 13. Plants need 13 mineral elements, 11 tern the same as needed for animals. Except for iodine, plants wont grow a all the d minerals i pesent, according to the far as i s some co-li- man-neede- statements that some milk iff in phosphorus and calcium, said a cow will take calcium her own bones and put it in ?.lk if her diet is low in cal- As that supply runs low, she Ive less and less milk. But it I contain honest weight in min-- 4 When her mineral supply fe, she quits giving milk and dies from the effects of rob- to i her body. fertilized farm will produce , j hiilk than one unfertilized all fll$ T ot better milk. Thats because Muces more grass. There is Lea-'idcnce to prove the f grass is Better, blade for blade. ao SPORTUGHT. Teams Fall for Michigan 'Pitch' .By GRANTLAND RICE. TUI RE some uay tomeont can spill him Itn't then tome uay on tan I top him ? hn't ther sum uay on can till him hnl then som uay on tan drop him Isn't ther som uay someon can show him Ht should he placed in bis last, final rest ? Isn't then someon-o- ne ubo might know him utthout doubt hes th worlds greatest pest ? To proi Summer, Smoke and Football Mr. Tennessee Williams, an eminent dramatist, some time ago delivered an epic known a s "Sum- Bed Blaik will have a fine Army team. It wiU be Ably coat bed and directed. But It will have to be something extra to invade Ann Arbor end return with a Wolverine hide. Look at that Michigan backfield Charley Ortmann and Leo the brilliant 220 pound Dick Kempthorn Teninga and Tom Peterson these and many others. Will Minnesota with its powerful line finally return to the Big Tens top What about the reviving West Coast, determined to slip back into the big icture? California, U. S C., Stanford, Washington, UCLA and Oregon all stronger? What about the revival of the Ivy headed by Cornell and League, Dartmouth? This 1949 season can Ko-res- be the all-tim- e peak. mer and Smoke. Well make this Great Pitching In a season of rather shoddy epic "Summer, Smoke and Footpitching where the average pitcher ball. has only a vague idea of where the For It sud- plate is located, we took a brief denly occurred journey through years long under to us that footdust to see what past performances had to offer. ball was In juggling around we ran across around the a compilation by Tex Oliver known corner and before any could guess what had as "Kings of the Mound. In this happened, Michigan would be review from the present to the long ago, Oliver put together some ol throwing passes again and the most remarkable feats of the beating teams 20 to 0 that were just about as good as Michigan. game. Which proves that it still pays For example, he gave highto be smart. Michigan is alest rating for the year to Eddie Rommel, the umpire, back in ways smart. And as long as 1922. That year Rommel won the forward pass is legal, Mich27 games and lost 13 with the igan will continue to throw forward passes, dating from BenAthletics, who finished seventh with one of the worst ball clubs ny Friedman to Charley on record. Oliver figured that any pitcher who could win 27 Why murder running backs games with the 1922 Athletics along the ground when you can should wear an Oliver wreath pick up 55 yards on one pitch? studded with laurel blossoms. Which brings to mind the thought He gives his next rating to Jack of what an amazing combination Michigan has in Fritz Cnsler, Chesbro in 1904, who won 41 games and Bennie and lost 12. Walter Johnson runs graduate manager, third in 1913, when Old Barney won Oosterbaan, head football coach. 36 and dropped only seven with on his own, a coach Crisler, great adds 15,000 to Michigans seating Washington, as remarkable a reccapacity giving Wolverine follow- ord as one can recall. The same is true of Ed Walsh ers space enough for 100,000. Also In 1908 with the weak hitting Crisler has already sold out his White Sox. Walsh that year four big games Army, Minnesota, won 40, lost 15 and saved nine e total. etc for a 400,000 other games. And in the same interim Benny Walter Johnson won 23 Oosterbaan is starting with 22 games with the 7th place Senathis fall, plus a flock of tors In 1911 and Urban Faber promising sophomores, to keep the won 25 with the 7th place White been has it Maize and Blue where Sox in 1921. for the last two years at the top just Ort-man- n. four-gam- By Harold 0f4lV L GREATLY dlsP,as her hi Wlnn,ne Jimpionship tech-,,B- e he 1349 grand ;jr-- i SSs'CLZ I.. ... ,a 1 &e West climaxed' a week of grades and pageants j ,t Water- J16 heart of he w Yorks Ctn milkshed. feu T oavelf and crp Colour Plating CropS nsteatji of up and the tin 'j I Eacfl dam n! frrow makes Pm'nts the swift of L 3 sr 4. contm, Eyholding back ,eSC H's SOal' adquate conse,fvation V your smoking THIS WILL PREVENT SMALL PARTICLES ENTEROF TOBACCO FROM ING THE PIPE STEM, THUS VKf KEEPING THE TOBACCO BUTTON THE MELLOW". AND BOTTOM IS HELD ABOVE THE enjoyment. OF THE BOWL, WHICH IS OFTEN USE DAMP WHEN THE PIPE 15 IN fertiliza- - benefit y, snow-covere- g down that hill on home-mad- e sleds afforded more pleasure than can be supplied today by radio or television. A roaring fire on the banks of the pond and a pair of ice skates were more fun than the then movies could have provided. Another of the many, but not the least important, of the rumpus rooms of my boyhood days was the family wood pile and the dead red elm logs that were to be cut Into cook and heating stove lengths. They certainly provided the physical exercise a boy needed to keep the red blood flowing in his veins. Keeping pace with the wood box ocdemands was a never-endincupation. Through the winter there were e rabbits to be trapped in traps. What a treat was mine when dad would praise me for the food I could contribute to the family kitchen table. The same thrill was my reward when m the spring, when the ice in the creek had melted, I could catch a mess of bullheads. My equipment was one prized fish hook fastened to a cotton string and a willow branch for a pole. Those bull heads were not nearly so large as they seemed a half pounder would be a whopper but because I caught them they asted better than mountain trout. g boy-mad- &JTTO WHEN USING- - A SAFETY RAZOR BLADE FOR STROPPING OR FOR CUTTING PAPEROU CAN HOLD IT CONVENIENTLY BY OPENING ONE BLADE OF A allow time up moisture. teamed with ri,;8 is J top SOlan!l IN Arnett e, Such were some of the rumpus room privileges of boyhood in my generation. For the present generation it is decidedly lifferent, but I am not so sure it is more pleasing. We elders strive and strain that our children may have more than we had in our youth, but we too had fun, and we enjoyed it, 5oth work and play. I am not ure I would wish to exchange the rumpus rooms of my boyhood days for those we provide Ours for the boys of were as nature and boys made them. They were real. PLACING A BUTTON INTHE AID WH-BOWL Of A PIPE frdyn Frazer, i0, 0f Water- - A 1 have watched the workmen erect that play place for tmva of Ihia generation It served to recall for me the various rumpus rooms I In the boyhood of mr generation. There were several of them for different season of the year. Some of them I did not then late with plat-timbut as 1 look ba k at them now they all prov Ided boyhood recreation. Chief of the summer rumpus rooms was the swimming hole In Longs creek. It was a mile from town, a place where no girl was permitted within seeing distance. There were no automobiles, bicycles, scooters or roller skates for transportation. We boys ran the mile to the creek, but we Invariably walked home. Another summer rumpus room were the wild berry patches Of course Mother would always want to can or make Jolly at inopportune times, but just the same, we enjoyed the picking, the races to fill the pails, and especially the eating times in the winter months. Still another was the family garden with weeds to be pulled and. when rams did not come at needed times, the water to be carried from the well that there might be potatoes, beets, turnips, beans and other root or vine crops, an essential part of the family larder for the winter. And they were appreciated as good eating and compensated for the chores of summer. In the fall there were nuts to be gathered, and the woods became the rumpus room. The hickory nuts, black walnuts, butternuts, hazel nuts were the winter evening feasts that provided amusements and goodies instead of the phonograph, the radio or the movies of and they were pleasant evenings. d The long, hill in front of the home and the ice covered mill pond at the bottom of that hill were the rumpus room of the winter season. rn-jov- ex-l-- durjj. i jie d cf hJiuns, nutrition we who say eva"glhsts sg race suicide. dis- M pointed out that heart not but to linked diet, t , oltin poor quality. e y d IS of t jtjjtn xs and heart disease couEhyi nt 'ofec-et- Successful Farming cortends there la more 1'than knowledge about the on human cj soil fertility C.li njted ma t. ' e OliTtt H j increas-- specialists on accord irg to in SJ'ai :le That room, a sizeable one, has a Poor eiecully constructed for dancing The room will be eijutpied with phonograph, radio, televsion, 1 screen and projector for moves. move cameras to produce films show ing people, their friends, and I laees and sienes they have vis ited eat are starved land ii mineral oa NtNl'"4 we aose the j r3 - arth-(- . U!eirert that cancer. hf-- - Cause Disease tot n- Blade The armed services committee of the house took the cost reduction teeth out of the Tj dings bill as it was passed by the senate. The senate bill would take close to a billion dollars out of the armed service cost The house bill would take out practically nothing and would not reduce the useless jobs held by civilian employees, wherp the had antici Hoover commission pated making a big saving Those useless civilian employees had more pull than has the interest ol the American people ltt CHAPTER XA1I That evening she was leaving the building where the patients wore Isolated, when Hank Duller slept out of the shadows and told, Hey there " SI e started In surprise. "Hello, wasn't expecting anybody to speak to me. That's why I Jumped." Then she turned and started away, not wishing to be there in the poorly lighted area with Hank Butler, who must have been waiting for her. Wait, Miss Hope," he begged "F'U walk along with you She stopped. "I was in a hurry, she told him vaguely, and tried hard to think of a reason for her hurry If he asked why she was so rushed "Do you want to see me about something?" He came up to her. Even In the poor bght she could see his black eyes on her or she fancied she could. "Pretty night, aint It? They aay well coon be gatin back home. "Thats good," She started walking again. Hank was beside her. "Dont hurry so," he begged. "I want to talk to you. "About what? She was walking even faster now, desperate to make the lighted area In front of the recreation building. Hanks hard fingers closed about her arm. It was a quick, bold move, made with no warning. "Wait, he said sharply. "Dont!" she gasped, trying to snatch away, but his grip was powerful. Turn me loose. Dont ever touch me again! "Now, Miss Hope!" He was taking a new tack now, and there was no anger in his voice. "I got to talk if with you. Ill turn you you'll listen to me a minute. All right, I will. What do you want to talk about? Hank released her arm. "I dont care nothin 'bout that lil Oreen Webster, he said. "She's been pesterin' me an swinging onto me like I was hern; but I aint got nothin' Whats all tills" Mrs Webster asked, a pcjring behind Oreen She waa studying Hope closely. "Whst her. "Yes? Hope said. "Naw. Shes plum boy crazy, an she's been after me till I didn't have a chance to talk to you. I dont want to make her ma mad; shes got a whup! tongue like a black-snak- e You are a little old for Oreen,' Hope said. She felt that Hank had paused for her to make a comment at that point. He nodded. "Im more yore age. Shes crazy 'bout me cause I play the gittar. Its funny how bein a good musician will make the gals flock after a feller! Then he moved slightly nearer to Hope. "Its you he said that Im crazy about! hoarsely, and he caught her hand. "Im a plum fool about "I told you not to touch me! Hope said hotly, trying to pull her hand away. She caught his hard wrist with her other hand and pushed, trying to get loose. Then he had both her hands. He snatched her to him in a crude display of strength, and his arms held her tight. "I'm fool 'bout you! he muttered hoarsely. Oreen Misunderstands Hopes Appearance ?' have cried. It was two days luter that the refugee camp began breaking up, for the water was olT the swamp, except In the lowest places, and the Hi ft Ignores IIofc on a Visit The next day, Sunday, he wa weak and shaky, but clear of fever. Granny said this was to be expected, and that If he had a severe case his fever would come back up tomorrow. "You may have another chili then too, she told him. "They usually come every other day." Mr Eliot arrived to inquire about Andy and shortly after Kate called from the window of the new room: "Come In, Hojie Big Halleck is riding up to see us A quick little gladness shot through Hope. She hurried In, by way of the back door. Before the rider had reached the house, she had time to straighten her hair and check on her make-up- . It was high time Big Halleck camel Hope hadn't seen him since the morning they had stood together, listening to Virgie Winslow's song. She met him at the door and called, Hey, strangerl Hello. He said it with not much of a smile to relieve the gravity of his expression. "I hear Mr. Ives Is sick." Hope moved aside from the door, making way for him to enter. The look on his face and the quick reason he had given for his visit had driven the gladness out of her. She almost wished that he hadnt come, for she sensed that be was different I ! now. Its you that Im crazy about! be said hoarsely, and be caught ber hand. roads had dried out enough for wagons to travel them. Trucks and cars must be left on the gravel for a few days yet, before attempting the dirt stretches. An overflow leaves many reminders that only time and sunshine and fresh rain can destroy. These are the physical reminders; the memories remain, and the fear of another such time remains. The yellow water had laid a thickness of mud and silt over the land and on the low brush; and the dead marsh grass was tawny with dried mud, bending low, weighted with it. Drifts were piled In redundant confusion, left by the crazy currents of the low stage, when each depression enforces its own demands upon the last of the water. On the trunks of the trees was written the record of the height of the flood, so clearly that the boles were and this waterfaintly mark would withstand rain and sunshine and wind for years or until another flood wrote a higher one. There was a rim of fine drift about the foundations of the Ives house, showing where the water had been, and its mark was halfway up the bottom step. The woods smelled swampy, sour. Dave and Andy went to work in the mud. Too much time had been lost already; they couldnt wait for things to be convenient and comfortable! On Saturday Andy awoke with a headache, his first in ten years He felt "aguey and feverish, but said nothing to Kate. She would make him go to bed, but a fellow cant lie in bed arid get land cleared! At breakfast, nothing tasted good, but he forced himself to eat. Granny accused him of not feeling well, and he turned it off, he thought, with: "Oh, Im getting lazy. Thats all." all-wa- two-tone- A sharp loathing gave her strength actuality was so much worse than threat! and she fought wildly. She was so angry now that she had no thought of crying out for help. She tore her right arm free and caught his tousled, black hair and wrenched desperately with all her might, writhing and twisting. Hank groaned and cursed He released her body and reached for the hand that was tearing his hair. Hope swung hard and flung him off balance, and as he teetered for a second she slapped him sharply with her free hand. brute-bull- y You dirty, I Then she tore cried. Hope her hand loose from his hair, avoiding his clutching fingers, and gave bim a hard shove. Comes Down She ran for the lighted area fifty Andy feet away. She could hear Hank With Malaria Fever Butler cursing and mouthing behind But it was by no means all. He her, but he was not trying to over- came In at ten oclock from the take her. clearing, his eyes bright with fever, Oreen was standing at the en- his teeth chattering. He was coming trance of the recreation building down with malaria. she In"Have you saw Hank? Kale put him to bed and piled quired. on him, but still he shook and Then Hope saw that quilts Yes, I his teetb chattered. He would be all and at she was her, Oreen staring he said Tomorrow be would realized that she must be quite di- right, be perfectly all right. sheveled. Youll be right in bed, Granny Oreen asked "Wheres Hank? and youll stay there told b,m, You been out with sharp suspicion. we've until enough quinine down got there In the dark with him! hold. "Hush your silly mouth! Hope you to take "We dont have any quinine, He's out there someordered. "And its hard to get where, now Go find him Keep him! Kate said. now. Wbat else can be take? Dont let him get near me againl" g Granny told her, "but as Mrs. Webater flnd I agreed, theres nothing like the old you been doin bitter dose Go see If Mr. Flipp She was out there with Hank!" doesnt have some on hand. Oreen put In. She Just tol me so As luck would have It, Absalom She tries to be so high an mighty, Flipp had a dark blue bottle of th but she sneaks out an tries to take sulphate and some five gram capHank away from me! Mie sule. "I al'us keep it aroun" he "liuih up. Reeii'" Bird! said, proud of being able to help. snapped. Her eyes mere still on "You neer know when the malarial ho was trying to straight? Hope will strike " her hair before going into the build "When cun I be up and at work?" ing "Youre a hussy!" the woman Andy wanted to know. stated "Leadin on sweet boy "Oh. In Just like Virgie Winslow led Big Hal start filmin'meblie a week. Now, don't An if you git too brash leek on!" an don't take keer of yourself, you "Youre craz!" Hope said, alrun Into swamp fever; n most choking with rage. "He tried may that's bud, I mean! to "Ill he good. Andy promised. "Come on. Roen," Birdie Webster said "Tliey's some people we "But a week! Toor Dave!" He soon found that Mr. Flippfl dont have to be saw with! And they turned back Into the predictions had been accurate. Hi head roared with strange noises and building he dreamed in wild, confused picHope stood there, trembling she hadn't been so angry, she might tures during short nat"he of sleep. ' fer "There are substitutei. ul "Malaria," Hope said. "He'll be glad to see you." She knew her voice was tight, but she couldnt help it. "Go right on in." "Hes not bad, is he? I met Brother Cowann down the road a He looked piece. mighty concerned. "No, I think its Just an ordinary case Hope told him. "Come in, Big," Kate called. Andy is lonesome for some cheerful company. How did you know he wag sick? "Mr. Flipp came by the house late yesterday afternoon and told me." He went into the new room, where Andy lay. and took a chair by the bed. "Mr. Flipp fiddled on the radio last night. said Mr. Eliot. "He and Hank Butler were guest artists on a hillbilly program if you'll forgive me for such a loose handling of the word artist Big stayed and talked farming and clearing and drainage with Andy for perhaps two hours. He had already done some breaking, and would put in a block of corn In early March. Late com, he said, always stood a chance of being ruined by 1 dry weather. Kate came in as he was getting ready to leave. "Weve missed you around here," she told him. 'Mighty glad you could come today. Tve been busy, but Im caught up with my work pretty well now Hope was at the piano when he left. She wasn't playing Mr. Eliot was sitting m a chair beside the stool, explaining the difference between Bach and Chopin as composers. In a moment be was going to show her something about major and minor chords. Hope missed a few pertinent fact bout Bach and Chopin as Big was leaving, but she appeared to be attentive. At least she kept her eyes on the keys before her as she listened for some word from him. She heard him go out the door, heard Dave talking with him outside, then heard his horse singlefooting along the woods road as he went away. Hope could have no doubt that Big had heard some gossip about her. But what had been said? In what form had the talk reached Bigelow Halleck? And why on earth would he believe it? Dave came Into the bouse. He was highly pleased about something, and be started on back to bis father without a word to the women. Kate asked. You What Is it? look like the cat that swallowed the canary. "Two canaries! Granny added. "Big said we might get somebody to swap work, clearing, Dave said, "He'll see U he can find us some help. Andy called, "Whats that? pleased and surprised. Wholl be ask to come and help us? Did be say? (TO BE CONTINUED) i j i t i ! 1 f i! i i |