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Show V THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH THE RICH COUNTY REAPER matter FeU Entered as second-class office Randolph. 8, 1929. at the Utah, under the Act of Mar. 3, 1879. Vm. E. Marshall, Editor and Prop SUBSCRIPTION f 1A0 Per Year in Advance pst No Indeed of Marriages Registrar bridegroom) The young a minor, is she? Bridegroom Oh, no; she works in a fish shopl By KATHLEEN NORRIS THE JUDGE married life on running around to places like Mockersons? 1 Ariel responded The luck that brought the. Boston No, dont, Lawrences to California at the beginpromptly, in the pause. But I say its ning of the gold rush has deserted the the only way you can have a good e present generation. From a ranch, their holdings have shrunk to a time, and 1 want to live, while Im small farm, and the old family home in young ! has Clippersville. Phil, now twenty-fivJust the same, youre not right, Arigone into the iron works, Gail to the Gail persisted. Honor Is what el, public library and Edith to the book what it always was and dignity well, of department Clippersvilles largest store. Sam Is In school, and and If we turn ourselves Ariel is becoming a prob- into animals, we only have to work lem. Phil is fascinated by that terriour way back to decency, sooner or ble Lily Cass, whose husband has deVan her. serted Murchison, later. Gluttony in food isnt any more Young s scion of a wealthy family, returns from expensive than than developing Yale, and Gail has visions, through for for other things marriage with him, of the turning of I know what you mean, Ariel rethe Lawrence luck, Dick Stebbifis, Phils best friend, has the run of the lieved her briefly. house. Ariel Is sneaking out of the Surely surely no sane girl could house at night for joy rides. Phil sugthink that the sort of marriage that gests, to his sisters consternation, that they invite Lily Cass to the house. Gaii goes on now, with jazzing and fighting with and divorce Gail began eloquently. goes with Van for a week-en- d the Chipps, his uncle and aunt. She is no girl thinks that is worth Surely received coldly by Mrs. Chipps and her while Why, girls like that are burned guests. At a roadhouse Gail sees a man helping Ariel Into a out at twenty. Their lives are over! roadster. Theyre fit for nothing They go on for a few years . . Ariel, at your age, to go on as you are going on, is simCHAPTER V Continued ple ruin." 10 And if I sit down at home, then She stopped fiercely, as Gall merely is it? what Gail, Ariel said, in sat, silent From vague worry and ap- a confident Why, Im no fool I Im voice, the about Ariel, suddenly prehension not taking any chances." whole fearful danger had sprung upon Taking any chances! Gail echoed, more no her. This morning It had been a than fear; now It was full knowledge. rolling up her eyes. There was pause. You werent In San Francisco with Ariel began Now, listen, Gail, the Camps, then? You had to in earnest deadly again, Oh, yes, I was! We went down to p off on this Chipp party, lie, from there. didnt you? Where was Mrs. Camp? Gail was checked. She had to go to San RafaeL She Im not proud of it," she said presleft us at the Fairmont" in a shamed voice. ently, Just you two girls? Did she know shouldnt yon be proud of It? "Why you went out that night? There was nothing wrong in that party. We didnt tell her no. found out that if it depended There was a pause. Then Gail said, Only you SYNOPSIS dignified 4,000-acr- e, seventeen-- self-contro- l. year-old I suppose youll soon be planting your vegetable garden. Not me, 1 can get all the fresh vegetables I want simply by letting my neighbors brag to me about their success. Applied Reason Comrades, the resolution is that we oppose the deportation of any citizen, whatever his opinions. Are we all agreed? Chairman A Voice Chorus No! Chuck im out! ! region? Flatfoot One of the best real estate men in the business. Pathfinder Magi 3ne. 5S SAYING LITTLE First Student Its awfully late, whatll we say to the teacher? Second Student Oh, we wont say shell much, just .Good morning say the rest. Crude and Refined Martin Both these girls are tht daughters of millionaires Why Is it that one looks down on the other so? Gilbert Because ones father made his money in refined sugar, while the others traded in crude oil. Lowering the Standard Howell I see that they are cutting down the quality of food at ban quets. Powell Pretty soon the dinner will be down to the level of the after dinner speeches. Counting Them Up Miss Pert There are 300 reasons why I wont marry you. Mr. Oldboy Name them. Miss Pert Fifty years and 250 pounds. Before and After What is premature baldness, pa? Losing your hair before you are Detroit News. married, my son. Daily Brain Exercise Any news In the paper tonight?" I dunno. I havent solved the bridge problem yet" W ! raccoo- n-coated No Sales Resistance Gumboil What was it induced you to buy a house In such a godforsaken WNU appe-titie- 2435 Ariel, I cant believe it! "You were there, Ariel offered accusingly. Oh, I know It! Gall covered her face with her hands. For the first time the younger sister seemed a little impressed, and she spoke in a lower tone, a tone that had some hint of huskiness or of apology in it If It makes It any better, we all thought that was a horrible place and that wed never go there again! You havent been there before?" Ariel could even laugh. Oh, goodness, no! We just hapHere, Ill tell pened, we happened you how it was ! She leaned forward, locking her hands about her knees. Mrs. Camp and Dorothy were going in to the city on the ten oclock yesterday morning, to do some shopping and stay overnight because Mrs. Camp wanted to hear some one preaching at church this morning. See? So they asked me to go, and Mrs. Camp was going to see her aunt in San Rafael, so she said that Dot and I could have lunch together, and go see a movie. Well, at about five we were back at the hotel cleaning up, and she telephoned and said that her aunt was so sick she was going to stay in San Rafael, and we could get four Orphe-useats and ask two boys to go with us. So we were sort of telephoning around for boys, and we got Buddy Raisch and his roadster. Well, that was about all there was to it! Buddy said we could get a grand shore dinner at Mockersons about ten, if we went to the movie first. But 1 didnt realize it was forty miles away, and that it would be so foggy. , The horror that had held Gail In a vise since midnight of the night before began to loosen and fade; she could breathe again. So you went back to the Fairmont? Certainly we did! What time lid you get there? i About one. Gail reflected a few minutes, the heavy dark Lawrence brows drawn together in a frown. Ariel, youre only seventeen. Do you think men .espect a girl who goes about with them at all hours of night, unchaperoned, to places like that? Dont you want men to respect you? she asked. I want to have a good time," Ariel Men arent looking for said simply. good, pure, womanly women these days, and dont you fool yourself that they are, Gail Men want girls to run around with them, and not to be afraid of being kissed" Stop, you make me sick !" the older sister said sharply. Well, its true. How many men do you know who are going after girls like Ede paying calls, discussing ideals? Not one! "And you think, Gail began, warming, yw think yo cam build a lovely, . 1 In the end there were no reproaches, no threats., She slid to her knees be side Ariels bed, and locked Ariels hand in her own and, after a long and solemn talk, they promised each other that there should be no more deceiving, no more clandestine parties, everything open and above board, between the two of them at least Gail felt oddly old, exhausted with emotion, tired from the confused impressions of these last brilliant, novel days, weak from the reaction from revelations yet she was Ariels strangely, deeply happy, too. Somehow, in the confession of their mutual adventures, the acknowledgment of their mutual desires, and dreams, she seemed to have come very close to Ariel today. The sense of her responsibility as Ariels senior, of her was solemn upon her. She loved its weight. Not one of them Edith, Gail, Ariel, is Sam really thought Phil. And Cass sends Lily nothing; she doesnt even know where he is Lily and the three kids Wuffy and Miles and Daniel. If she came here if we were married thatd mean there were nine of us here, eating meals three meals a day. Twenty-sevea day G d! Gail might raise the roof, too. She might get Edith and Ariel to fight But what could they 1 n do? Ariel was not thinking. But her mind was washing idly about among the memories of the last 24 hours, and Buddy Raisch and his nerve, and that horrid, hard kiss that had been plastered against her delicate mouth when she had gotten out of the car at the Fairmont in the drifting, silent fogs of one oclock this morning. She determined to have nothing more to do with him, roadster or no roadster. But she could not go on living in Clippersville. She hated this jay town and these jay people and this old house with a bitter hatred. There must be a way out! Edith told herself complacently that all this was very nice. Here was Phil home at a time when he might havd been with Lily Cass, which proved that his affair with her was over. Gail was getting on splendidly with her new and wealthy friends and would undoubtedly marry Van Murchison. Ariel had had a lovely little-gitime with Dorowas going thy. Everything beautifully. Ariel is smart about boys," Gail was thinking. Her cheek flushed as she remembered what Ariel had said. Gail herself had vaguely observed some lack some essential thing missing in her friendship with Van. But it had been left for Ariel to put it into merciless words. Was it true? Well, no, not entirely. There was some truth in It, of course. But if Van Murchison happened to be a unthinking, boy, young for his years, and if Gail Lawrence was developed beyond hers, matured by responsibility, and experience, that did not mean that they could not fall in love with each other. How could she demand more of him than he naturally gave? What attitude on her part would, create in him a soberer, a more dependable mood, on which a woman might base real hopes and plans? Thinking these thoughts, she did not feel quite the usual thrill when he came into the library a day or two later and stood,' as he often did, with an elbow on the high desk, watching her amusedly as she stamped and scribbled in the shabby old books. Have you a good reference book on the diseases of hawk parasites? the ringing voice said joyfully when she was free. There was no change in Gails manner as she touched his big brown hand, but deep underneath she was conscious of change iq herself. This man was far from thoughts of marriage. By what twist, she wondered, Bid1 a girl bring her man from such irresponsible gaiety as this to the definiteness of an engagement? An engagement began to seem to her an achievement, something quite extraordinary a triumph. What a thing a girl accomplished when she could simply, complacently tell her friends that she and Tom were going to be married! Van wanted Gail to lunch with him today, and she reached for the tele phone extension and told Edith th) she would not come home as usual. meant a pang to Edith, but it could, IJ not be helped But Immediately after this Van sud1 denly turned scowling and gloomy and said that, no, hang it, he could not lunch with her after all Ill tell you, he said, with his characteristic chuckle. I promised a man rl light-hearte- This Man Was Far From Thoughts of Marriage. upon a formal invitation from Mrs. Chipp yon simply wouldnt go. Didnt you? Didnt you?" Phil isnt my father, after all, Gail offered hesitatingly, unwillingly. Nor mine! But Gall, Ariel went on, more confidently, aware that she was gaining ground, we cant get away from it, we cant have any fun here unless we take chances I Nobody could get away with anything in this town! Just as soon as I can Im going to get out, and 1 advise you to! Why, what does it matter, she rushed on "what does it matter what Van Murchison wants how much he wants to fool around, how young a kid he is? Hes rich, hes going to take his wife East, and abroad. What do you care about the rest? You dont want to change him, you want to marry him. Let him be giddy Phil said he was giddy. Let him be wasteful and frivolous if he wants to be ! What is it to you? He gets you out of Clippersville, and away from these gossiping old ', busy bodies The river of words dazed and terrified Gail This could not be delicate, ethereal Ariel, pouring out this coarse and dangerous philosophy of life or of death ! Ariel, whom they had all thought young, innocent, protected, confessing her determination to grab the first man she could, and escape escape from Clippersville, Most terrible of all to Gail was her little sisters easy air of conspiracy, her casual quick assumption that they were both in the same boat Gail was frantic with alarm. If she told Philip there would be domestic pandemonium, and if she did not she herself must assume a most appalling responsibility. Perhaps if she could get Ariel to promise to swear . . , I fun-lovin- g at Beresford that Id go and look at a puppy! Gail did not know quite what to say, feeling as she did a little dashed and perplexed by the sudden change of plan. She tried to feel fondly indulgent; he was only a boy, after all. But she had a sense of futility; there seemed no way of catching the slippery substance of him in her fingers. Im sorry," he said. Oh, thats all right! Say, lets go over and have lunch at Santa Cruz some Sunday, and swim ? Can you swim? I love it Yes, we all swim. Mention of Santa Cruz reminded her of Mockersons, and she wondered what Van would do If she told him her anxieties about Ariel. Would it develop anything new in him, responsibility, gravity? She could not do it now, but she liked to think about it , He was gone. He was hunting amusement somewhere; that was all he wanted. Van was like a child looking for some one with whom to play. Her thoughts were following him into the sunshiny June day. What fun to be Mrs. Murchison, white and cool and at leisure, there on the tilted leather seat beside him, and go and have lunch at the country club, and watch tennis, or perhaps play golf. anyway, she reflected, Anyway walking home to lunch, she was a good deal nearer to that envied position than any other girl in Clippersville! She had proved herself on that grillvisit to Los Gatos quite ing week-enthe match of the women of Vans set; she had won them, in spite of themselves. Edith was in the kitchen, ecstatic over Gails unexpected appearance, and the addition of strawberries to her humble little meal. They laughed together, gathering the dishes, cups, spoons into the dishpan, brushing crumbs, drawing shades. Did you make any date with him, d Gail? Nothing definite." But nothing could be more satisfying outwardly than his pursuit of her, and Gail had to be content with that for awhile. In a highly unsatisfactory sort of way Mrs. Chipp had asked Gail to Far Niente again, and this time everything had gone gloriously breathlessly. There had been charades built on the Lawrence formula, thr-- e had been a hysterical game of Sardines that lett even the grown-up-s spent and agonized with laughter ; some of these demigods had gone so far as to remember Vans little friend from the library in Clippersville, and haa been gracious to her. half-hearte- d, TO BE CONTINUED. Experiment With Camels Did Not Last Long Here In 1855, when Jefferson Davis was secretary of war at Washington later to become president of the Southern Confederacy in the war between the states congress appropriated $30,000 for the purchase of camels to be used In military operations in the dry regions of the Southwest territory. Lieut. David D. Porter, afterward to become famous as admiral of the lavy, was designated to command a vessel to go to Egypt and buy the camels. The ship returned with thirty-thre- e camels and several native drivers. The animals cost $250 each. Next year another shipload, forty-on- e camels, arrived. Both lots were concentrated at Camp Verde, Texas, and a permanent camp was established to breed the rnlmals and experiment in their use. During 1857, according to the Kansas City Times, camels were used occasionally in short scouting expeditions and in building a wagon road from Ft Defiance, N. M., to the east-- , ern frontier of California. Lieutenant Beale, In charge, wat so enthusiastic about their usefulness that Secretary of War John B. Floyd, who had succeeded Jefferson Davis, recommended the purchase of 1,000 camels, but congress took no action oa this proposal. The outbreak of the Civil war put an end to the exploring expeditions with the 'camels. In March, 1866, all of them had been sold, mostly to circuses. Six Species of Hickory Six species of hickory are native to the woodlands of the eastern states. The wood of all six species possesses a combination of qualities not found la any other hardwood. , These are extraordinary hardness, strength, toughIn addition the ness and flexibility. Vood is straight grained and It is, however, hard to difficult to season and work, and dds not hold its shape. moder-elasti- s: c. o |