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Show BRIGHT STAR By MARY SCHUMANN Copyright the 6 he 21 he sighed. His eyes but the aching pam released. Her arms folded Sod him; her cheek lay against Shair; they were close in that Cystic bond of mother and son. Its hard, Hugh. groped Im glad you know. He mantel. the stood by feet, his to I have Dont grieve too much. it. It eet together-mto get myself others few a to quite happened has it. theyve lived through ' about me Tell it isnt hopeless? saw I you getting while for tUard and silent, it wasnt until J0grrie came this week that I ..flh Mother, ra tearless, was tss has e Night. ne day f Gen. George Jsband, Morris, mission forces. J make 1 given n. and by the with floor, )lstery ted by room, :1a oc- base-indin- e g sec- living splace with ' the blue, many 3uild-mg- had had the be- s it with rnial nial lied ere of zed bly my It las ter 52. nd ss he iy iy st cogitated this. Meaning mothers eyes were filled His l one ;r; a one. She destroyed. killed front she inquired as she raised her head. In spite of himself the sight of her flushed cheeks, her strange shining eyes, sent a tremor through his blood. He rested his arm on the mantel. I had a profitable What I said. Very well if you wish to be enigmatic ! Cruel pin - points danced in her eyes. Are you going to ask me if I had a profitable time while you were away? I took it for granted. She shrugged. Then said: The house is cold; youd better build a fire if were going to stay here. Under his steady gaze her eyes r6Did she speak of it? dropped. I only knew She shook her head. I must have a talk with you, I met is wrong. very something he said slowly. a this week in Lizzie Pendleton went into the sun room They Too She store. said, department with its wicker furniture. Form- I bad about Hugh and Dome. she and asked her what she meant, and said she gave me an odd look, and I knew swept away. supposed I pieced it together. He began to pace the room. Then he told her the story, or as little as he could, minimizing, suppressiI suppose ng, scanting details. I know to have hoped y?u you But situations like this wouldnt. To go back to never stand still. he shook his where we were is impossible. Something is head i9 Arch I VNU Continued CHAPTER X volution, he more history Pholster! solution. with tears; she looked suddenly old her vitality borne away suffering for him. The telephone rang in the closet under the stairs and they heard Her Kezia scramble to answer it. oment by, You wont be home? . . . Yes,' cars have a way of getting out of commission at times! not to . , . IU tell your husband expect you . . . Here? Of course hes here got in an hour ago. She appeared at the library door then. She Hugh, the telephone. lingered a moment, caught by the Its Dorrgravity of their faces. ie, she whispered. HellYes, Dorrie, Im Through. Hugh took up the receiver. o, Hugh, she began with hesitatally Hugh drew up a chair for her, I didnt think youd be home ion. brought her coat and laid it until tomorrow. around her shoulders. He touched You didnt? a match to the asbestos-backe- d No, I didnt, her voice strengthegrate, adjusted the flame. Then ned and had a whip of defiance in stood in silence. Dorrie looked init. Anyhow Im at. the Lawrences, to the fire; her white hands were and they find they have a flat clasped around her knee. She lifttire, wanted me to stay all night ed her Going to . . . But if home Ill send tell me creamy eyelids. she youre asked. youre through? for a taxicab. Im Yes, Dorrie, through. Shall I come for you? He thought she trembled a little, No need of it. Its way across and the discernment that she was town. Ill be along in half an hour. in need of pity, even as he, battled Very well, said Hugh grimly, with his resolution. He stood watch(i but dont come here. Go to our over her flicker her ing eyelashes own house. down. looked she cheeks as He began to gather up his things. u Hugh, youU make it easy for Ill take your car, Mother, if you me? dont mind. Certainly. Kezia hovered over him in exShe relaxed in her chair a trifle. cited solicitude. Ill drive you Its one of those things which over, Hughie. Come, Jerry, help cant be helped. At first I was dis me get the car out. She paid attention to his protestations that he drive himself, but hurried and white, by her deep away with Soon Jerry following. Kezia sounded a summoni- ng horn from the driveway. Hugh put down his burdens in a corner M the hall. but I'm going HI be back in a little while. Im only going to talk to her. ... He to strode out the door. He waved Kezia in dismissal. out I want to walk. Thanks CHAPTER XI The walks were leaves that scuffed feet. .His shadow littered with under Hughs lengthened as passed under one arc light, shortened as he approached the kght Walked at the next slowly, took round, that tune to corner. He the long way he might give Dorrie get home; for Cun to get Way; time for her to rehearse her story for the last time. And he must be cool, as he was now, viewing the whole thing with balance. The turmoil which had mounted the last hour, and which , uicreased when he heard Dor-i-e s voice on the wire, ebed ninx . way. orri had taken off her hat and oat. They were thrown on the VeuPrt. A plaid scarf with rus- her , tmges was still around "HeUo she said HufiV briefly Hello, 01 By Experience editor called the new reinto his office. .I have a I suppose for you, he said. job Macrae Smith Co. ly ori. ?fthe URGES FIRST AID The FOR FARM MISHAPS porter Dorrie. leaned over and tied the lace her shoe. Have a nice trio? married? Specialist in Health Cites the youre No, sir, I am not, porter replied. Equipment Necessary. WeU, get married at act the By Miss Fannie Brooks, Extension Specialwant an article on How Service he didnt appointed in him when I way you found expected out.. But when Joan went off the seemed to stand deep in his way then. Except me. Her yes was smaU, almost inaudible. Curling bronze hair, white skin, lovely face, he must. look his last upon them. Even desire was forbidden. The hate which surged up in him at her shallowness was almost as great as his desire. Something rose in his throat which made it difficult to speak. He swallowed. No need to prolong this, is there? She started. Youre going? You wont be afraid to stay alone tonight? She gave a gesture of dissent. Ill be at Mothers. After you apply youd better go away a bit not far . . . It was on his tongue to say near enough for him to see you occasionally keep him from other entanglements, but he checked it. He turned and left the room. end--nothi- Hugh went back to his mothers house to live, occupied his old room in the south corner. He spent some evenings at his club, playing cards, others reading in the company of his mother, or in long rambles. Margery and Will were unobtrusively sympathetic when he met them; Kezia was crassly exultant. What a relief! We can have sage in our chicken dressing now! Dorrie had disliked sage. But if Kezia saw Hughs annoyed look when the radio moaned out a love song, she usually shut it off and dialed a different station. She made an effort to be more thoughtful of her mother in his presence, evidently wishing his approval. Once or twice she tried to discuss Jerry with him. Why do you give Jerry a mere nod when you come in? You could be civil say a few sentences now and then. I tell him that its just your way one of those big, silent business men with the reconstruction of the nation on your shoulders but I wish youd be decent. Its no go, sis. I dont like him. How can you say that? You She was agdont know him. grieved. He rattled his paper as a signal that he wanted her to take herself from the arm of his chair so that I think I do. he might read. Their eyes met and a thwarted look crossed her face. She flounced Youll all off his chair with: drive me to something one of No one takes me these days! seriously! A few nights later he was sitting by the dying fire in the living-rooleaning forward, staring at the embers, when she came in a little after twelve. ... (TO BE CONTINUED) Maine Sale Recalls Timber Kings of Old Who Acquired Fortunes in Auctions The sale by auction in Bangor recently of 46,000 acres of timberland. at 50 cents to $2.35 per acre and a total of $28,468, recalls the time when public sales of parts of the states forest domain were held at stated intervals or at such times as the treasury needed money, notes a Bangor correspondent in the New York Times. diWhen, in 1820, Maine was vorced from Massachusetts, her aliormony consisted chiefly of what deof fond were ators and writers scribing as an empire of pine and an inexhaustible treasury spruce, the peoples paof virgin forest, so and on, the grandilotrimony quence justified by the facts. When Maine set up housekeeping for herself, her forest wealth comall prised, perhaps, 20,000,000 acres, for save existing property public the Revolution grants dating from 1312. Then began of War and the the squandering. Grants were made to schools, to railroads and for various other pur- s. poses. But these were mere with The real spending began the auction system, and auctions wer held whenever the state needed money or the politicians said it 1 did. Under this auction system the timber kings,", agreeing not to bid flea-bite- against one another, bought up square miles as cheap as 12 cents an acre. No small buyer had a chance because the business was 0 strictly wholesale, a township a but half or township, acres) no less in a parcel. After the state took what it could get, the forest empire was dismembered and the timber kings were enthroned in easy chairs from which they took tribute from loggers in stumpage fees ranging from $1.25 to $5 a thousand feet. cut in the For years the long-lo- g states was about a billion feet a year and Bangor was one of the worlds largest lumber markets. The kings became millionaires. Except for some pulpwood lots, timberlands are now rather a drug on the market, there being little because demand for stumpage is a thing of the past. What with taxes and fire protection costs, a man owning 100,000 acres might be poor. Many thousands of acres have been sold for taxes in the past ten years. (23,-00- long-loggi- ng ist in Health. University of Illinois. WNU Service. With the peak of farm accidents soon to be here in the rush season re- once. I to man- age a wife for tomorrows pacommanded the editor. per, says a surgeon, Nowadays, and the busy summer months, this And just as few. are bow legs is a good time for farm folks to far between. check up on first aid treatment. Knowing what to do until a doctor HAVE YOU ONE? can be reached will go far toward cutting down the toH of farm accidents. Farm folks should check up on what to do when: A barefooted child steps on a rusty nail, broken glass or other sharp object. A child contacts poison ivy or poison oak. Somebody becomes overcome by sunstroke or sunburn. A child is burned by firecrackers, an injury which may result in tetanus unless taken care of promptl- Im sorry, Mrs. Bilby, said but Mrs. Brown, apologetically, the doctor told me to take this medicine in a recumbent posture, yA child is bitten by a rabid dog. so Ive come to borrow one, if you Montreal Star. A child has gone swimming too dont mind. soon after eating and therefore is IIe11 Show It attacked by cramps or acute indione tell whether a womCan gestion: A child receives small cuts and ans clothes are expensive by the scratches while playing about the look of her? asks a writer. No, but one often can by the look farm. of her husband. A good first aid kit which can be managed in any home will contain a good book on first aid to the injured; a small drinking glass; two gauze bandages which are 2 inches by 10 yards; two gauze bandages, 1 inch by 10 yards; one elastic bandage, 2 inches by stanJ ' "BLACK LEAF 40'J A dard; one package of absorbent cot- JUST GO one roll DASH IN FEATHERS ton; one box of band-aiof adhesive plaster, 2 inches by 5 yards; one package sterilized gauze of 5 yards; one triangular bandage; six sterilized gauze pads; one touriy.mufa.jw niquet made of a handkerchief or SALT LAKES NEWEST HOSTELRY wide muslin; safety pins; small scissors; tongue depressors; bar of Our lobby is delightfully air soap, ammonia; camphor, iodine, cooled during the summer months and mercurochrome. Radio for Every Room 200 Rooms 200 Baths all-cott- on MUCH FARTHER d; Proso Is Recommended as a Feed for Poultry Plan for a patch of proso this year for the poultry. Proso is also known as hog millet, broom corn millet and Russian Wheat. It is an Him enormous yielder and matures a crop in a very short time ; our plantings in July were ready to HOTEL harvest in less than sixty days, states a correspondent in Wallaces Farmer. It grows more rapidly, stands a lot of hot, dry weather, Rates $1.50 to $3.00 and matures more quickly than other has a 9 The Ilotel Temple Squareatmosgrains; reaches a height of three to highly desirable, friendly four feet, stools and branches, makphere. You will always find it immacand ulate, supremely comfortable, ing twelve to twenty heads instead thoroughly agreeahle.You can thereof one, one head having as many fore understand why this hotel ist as 1,185 grains by actual count. That HIGHLY RECOMMENDED You can also appreciate why is why it is an enormous yielder up to sixty or seventy bushels per It's a mark of distinction to stop at this beautiful hostelry acre. C. ROSSITER, Mgr. ERNEST Proso makes extra fine poultry IZX3 of wheat. It feed, fully the equal is also an excellent hog feed. It may be fed either as clean grain or in bundle form, as the kernels are readily scratched out of the heads. Temple Square Vaccination for Mastitis We have not found vaccination for mastitis to be satisfactory. There seems to be no satisfactory treatPHOTOGRAPHY ment for this disease because numerous kinds of drugs, vaccines and ROLLS DEVELOPED 8 prints2double weightenlargements, other treatments have been relativeor your choice of 18 prints without enlargements 26c coin. Reprints 8c ea. ly inefficient. The acute attack of NORTHWEST PHOTO SERVICE mastitis probably is best treated North Dakota Fargo if neceshot with applications, or, sary, a suspensory bandage. Most WNU W 2637 essential, however, is the prevenis It of tion the disease. contagious, and infected animals are dangerous to the rest of the herd. Animals AND infected with mastitis should be segregated at one end of the barn and milked last. The hands of the milker should be carefully cleaned and disinfected following the milking of each animal. Platforms on which the animals stand should also be disinfected. C. P. Fitch, chief, Division of Veterinary Medicine, University Farm, St. Paul. IN UTAH Farm Notes A farm of 97,000 acres is advertised for sale at Johannesburg, South Africa. Veal calves should be at least four weeks old before they are slaughtered. Fewer Insane in Cities. cities of 2,500 to Depth for planting sweet corn va100,000 people send fewer mentally ries with the soil and season, ac- diseased patients to hospitals than cording to the College of Agricul villages and farm districts or the ture, University of Illinois. very big cities. Middle-size- d the HOTEL BEN LOMOND Ogdens Finest . 350 Rooms . One of Utahs Best 350 Baths $2.00 to $4.00 Air Cooled Corridors Pelightfu! 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