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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD, DUCHESNE, UTAH EDSIPIE SEWING By JOE MAHONEY CHAPTER XXVIII head, moving toward the steep bayou bank. Hank was squalling in mortal terror and kicking like a rabbit in the air, but none of this inconvenienced Deefy. He strode on through the low bushes at the edge of the bank and hurled Hank Butler into space. Hank screamed in mid-ai- r and wheeled downward. He struck with a loud splash. Deefy turned and moved toward Hope. He wasnt smiling; nor was he scowling. He was nodding, making little sounds deep in his throat. Hope shook her head. No! she begged. Dont come this way! Then she realized how silly she was being, trying to talk to him. She started to back away. Deefy pointed to the bucket of berries, nodded vigorously, as if reminding her not to forget the fruit. Im out for circuit judge this time. My card, sir. And he tendered a white, printed square graciously. It is unfortunate, the lawyer Hope! said confidentially, that unpleasShe turned and saw Big Halleck antness has arisen between the authorities of this county and the running toward her. She could hear homesteaders. I just want to assure you that I have had no part in those things. I was here as a guest. My residence is in the adjoining county. Andy nodded. It was pleasant to hear the man talk! But he made no promise of his vote. As spring moved into early summer, both weather and politics warmed up considerably. Mr. Flipp came one evening to tell Hope and Kate that blackberries were ripe and fine along the bayou. Big as the end of yore thum," he said, an hangin thick! "Pick some, Kate said, and bring me the sugar, and I'll make you some jam. Obliged, Mr. Flipp said, but pickin berries makes me itch. Chiggers is bad too. What about snakes? Hope asked. She had looked ahead to but feared gathering berries, snakes in the thickets. Wear some boots, he advised. Might run up on a rattler. Say, Hank Butlers got him a job on the radio, up in Tennessee. He tol me the other day. Has he gone? Dave asked. Not yet. He wont start till Saday nights program. Ill miss Hank, till somebody else gits good n the guitar in this neck of the woods. Hope left the house to pick blackberries at ne the next morning. She wore Daves boots, carried two gallon pails. When the container was half filled, she heard Deefy in the distance, but perhaps not so far away as he sounded, for his wordless voice had strange, deceptive ways. She looked toward the swamp, saw no sign of the mute, returned to . her berry-pickin- Deefy Handles Hank Butler Hopes first pail was nearly full when she heard a light rustling to She looked up quickly and saw the man who had come through the growth and was standing a few ieet away, watching her with black, smoldering eyes. It was Hank Butler. Hope gasped in shock and drew back, past the south edge of the thicket. It was her first sight of Hank since the refugee camp. He looked thinner now, his eyes more deeply sunken. Anger and triumph were on his dark face. You sneaked up on me! she said ip a thin voice, and hated it for shaking so with fear. He came on around the thicket, on the home side, cutting her oft. I told you Id see you again, he A woman cant treat me said. like you done an git by with it. He was moving fast toward her now, and she was backing away. Go away from me! she said Dont touch me, Hank hoarsely. Butler! She set the pail Ill down. "Aw, now, aint you bein mighty uppity? He had come up with her now, too close for her to turn and run, and with the heavy boots weighting her feet she knew it was foolish to try running. His hand streaked out and caught her arm. Ive come to tell you good-by- . Hope slapped him hard with her free hand, tried to snatch the other free. Get away .from me, you dirty sneak! she cried. "Aw, I aint too dirty fer you. Hope tore at his hard hand with her nails, but his fingers were like iron bands about her wrist. She screamed. Her voice came out hoarse and little. It was like a voice in a nightmare. Hank was snatching her to him, rough and angry, muttering curses as she fought against him. The tall, tattered figure came silently and swiftly. His bare feet were as light as those of a woods creature. Hank saw him over Hopes shoulder. Before he could release her, Deefy was on them, towering and black and silent Hank tried to wheel away, but a huge black hand reached out and caught him. Hope screamed and reeled aside. Deefy lifted Hank Butler' with one hand, bodily, snatched him clear of the thicket He was making soft blrdlike noises in his throat He caught Hank up, by thigh and shoulder, and carried him high above his black woolly her left. He strode on through the low bushes at the edge of the bank and hurled Hank Butler into space. Hank struggling in the bayou, thrashing his way toward the other side. Ill be all right. Big, she called. Im What happened? I heard you scream, heard a man yell. Then he saw Deefy, who had been screened by a clump of growth. In that instant Deefy saw him and crouched. He locked at Hope questioningly as if asking her what to do about this other man who had come. He was saying in his only way of saying, Ill deal with him too, if you wish. Hope shook her head. Then she saw Big moving toward the Negro, and knew that he bad misunderstood. No! she cried. It was Hank Butler. Deefy came to my rescue. He threw Hank into the bayou. And she moved to Big and stood before him. His arm went about her. Wheres Hank? he asked quickly. What was he doing down here? But she He tried to to stopped there. If she told the full truth, Big might do something awful to Hank. He came to tell me she said. good-by- , "Your wrist is red, Big observed. Again Deefy pointed to the pail of berries, then wheeled and raced for the swamp. At the edge of the thick growth, he turned and raised a big arm as if saying farewell. In the next second, he had melted from sight Dreams Come True For Big and Hope Big saw Hank scrambling up the far bank. His wet clothes clung to his bony body. He was looking back over his shoulder, moving furtively. Big started away from Hope. He was breathing hard. If I lay hands on him, he said flatly, Ill tear him to pieces! Dont get near him, Hope begged. Hes leaving the county, anyway. He's not fit for you to bother with. Big. Theres been trouble enough already." Youre right, I guess," he said slowly, "but its hard to take." Together, they watched Hank Butler disappear over the bayou bank. Big looked down at her. I had come to see you about something he said, and his this morning, arm was about her again. Mrs. Ives told me you were down this way, so I To see me? Hope asked. "What is it. Big?" She had turned to face him, and his arm had dropped away from her. Ive been thinking about you a lot," he said, looking past her. "Even before the cyclone, I kept of you and me, thinking of you Hope. I tried to make myself slop Junior Frock in Gay Contrast Yoked Beauty for Sub-Teene- rs W.T. PERSON The Ives family, Andy, Kate, Hope, Dave and Granny, work against odds to make a home on homesteading grounds donated by toe state. When hogs from Slg Flanagans property get into Andys potatoes, toe men become involve In a fight in which Andy strikes Flanagan. He is arrested, but when toe homesteaders organize to run toeir own man against the sheriff In a coming election, the latter drops the case in the hope that he will be While attending church services, a cyclone strikes and Mrs. Webster, afraid she is going to die, cries to toe congregation that she has made slanderous statements about Hope. Big Halleck, handsome young neighbor, helps Hope. CIRCLE PATTERNS it, but I couldnt After the cyclone, it was harder to stop. It grew bigger every day. Hope smiled. She was watching his face, seeing how hard it was for him to talk to her like this. she Well, I thlnK of you too, said. Youve been nice to us, to me, and I I dont want thanks, Hope. And I dont deserve to have you like me, even. Ive been all hard inside when I was around you, and I knew it showed on the outside; but there was something in me that I couldnt quite manage. Whats this, a riddle?" she asked, forcing lightness. Its not a riddle to me, he told her. Hope, Ive been loving you till it fairly hurt, but I couldnt tell you. I wouldnt tell you. Why? she asked gently, feeling herself near the truth at last Why couldnt you tell me? I wanted to hear it. Big. "I got a jolt once, he told her. It twisted me inside. I said Id never get hurt like that again. Now, I know it wasnt the real thing. I was in high school then. It was she Ive heard It rumored, said. Dont say any more. No, Big, it wasnt the real thing. There was a sweet gentleness in his arms as he took her to him, and the joy In her face was a light that had never been there before. It was an awkward kiss, as kisses go, but there was a wondrousness in it, the promise of loves fullness, and more happiness than Hope had ever thought could be so simply found between two people. They went on toward the house in a little while. Big was carrying the pail of berries. Both were thinking of how their lives would be, together, come fall. Birdie Webster and Harley came the next morning, early. The woman had been crying. Harleys face was tight, and his eyes were dry with the hurt of not crying. She went oft with Hank! Mrs. Webster told Kate, who went out to ask them in. He took our little girl oflC to Tennessee with him! She follered him. Birdie, Harley corrected her. I was afeerd she would. She thought Hank Butler was the cutest man Why dont you go after her? Kate asked. Shes so young. But Birdie shook her head and blew her nose loudly. I raised her right She knowed right from wrong. Let her lay in the bed she makes." The dry weather came in July. The days were burning hot and the Leaves nights were sweltering. hung straight down from limp stems. Birds sang only in the early morning except for occasion bursts of melody from the mockingbird in the cedar at night. Gars rolled in the bayou and thrashed mightily. Turtles sunned on logs over the water. Moccasins swam lazily along the low, blue stream now so different from the rolling torrent of spring, which had engulfed the woods. In the cool of early morning, bass fed along the edges of the deeper holes, with vicious Plks! as they broke the still surface, snapping up fleeing minnows. New Worries Besiege Andy The early com was made and safe. The tall, thick stalks hung with heavy ears, their dry, black-silke- d tips pointing to the ground. The blades were yellowing for fodder, which Andy and Dave would soon pull The early com was safe, but the young corn more than half the feed crop was in the "shoot stage, and suffering. In the heat of the day, the tender blades twisted into tight rolls, as if to hold the meager store of moisture. The cotton was sturdy, starred with white blooms and red. But the squares were beginning to- - shed from the dry weather, although there were no boll weevils as yet. The cotton could stand a good deal more drought than the com, the sight of which frightened Andy. Com was food for man and beast Another winter would come. The truck was suffering. Tomatoes blistered on vines that were curling and wilting. Bean vines died on the poles they had wrapped tight with green runners. Butter beans were yellowing and wilting, and the dry pods burst spilling flat shriveled beans onto the cracked ground. Only the okra was doing well in the drought Big, who came often these days, was beginning to worry. His alfalfa was suffering, and his late com was firing dangerously. "Always something like this, he said. Got to expect a dry spell to make you wish for a flood so that you can pray for another drought! Demed if Id Mr. Flipp said; farm! Its vanity an vexation the year rounI" not always good, "Trapping's either, Andy reminded him. But its a heap more fun. It aint as much grief as you have, scratchin the groun a few inches deep, buryin some seed, waitin fer it to sprout, then fightin grass fer a change an bugs an in the weather! Man, thatd plum misry me, I mean! thick-branche- d, (TO BE CONTINUED) I SPORTLIGHT Baseball Born 166 Years Ago By For Party Wear PRETTY enough for party wear, GRANTLAND RICE JT SEEMS RATHER peculiar, with Two Ways to Hit baseball rated as the national There are two ways on tap when pastime, with the game sweeping it comes to the matter of hitting the country today, that no set re- a baseball well. One is the system cord of baseballs beginning is at Lajoie used some 40 years hand. Abner Doubleday has been Nap The other has a standard bearago. credited with taking a commission er in Ted Williams, one of the best from the dying Lincoln, which of of the modems. course never happened. I believe in making a pitcher Baseball came in before Lincoln one over the plate," the Red put or Doubleday were ever known. I Sox star tells you. If a ball is two have had records showing that baseball was a game around 1840. well-know- n Will Irwin, A game. one of our greatest writers and reporters, once wrote several articles proving that Gen. Abner had Doubleday nothing to do with the discovery or Invention of baseball. As Will Irwin Is the most responsible person Ive ever known to go fully into the subject, Ill go along with him. Now a worthy reader in Pelham, N.Y., sends me a copy of a letter that has been in his family since Mr. 1833. The letter was sent to William H. Butler, Nathaniel Hall, Nathaniel County, Pa., March, 1833. The sender was Charles C. Cain. Here is a portion of the 1833 letter: I suppose nowadays you play ball considerably. If I can judge by our conditions up here, it is the time of the year to play ball. I think it was a great pity that we couldnt teach these lazy rascals to play that beautiful game Base Ball. I have seen correspondence before that proved to me baseball was played around 1840 and there were fairly good teams before 1850. It is only natural that different types of games were played in those early days. It may be that General Doubleday was the one vho measured out the modem but there were many changes ear after year such as under-tan- d pitching and out on the first jounce. No game springs full blown nto existence over night. This letter to William H. Butler, written March 22, 1833, referring to baseball by its right name is the first recorded instance I know with full proof attached. This makes baseball 118 years old which brings It more dignity and tradition. dia-non- d, Nap Lajoie never liked this system. I make up my mind In advance, he said one day before a game. I make up my mind to sock the next one if it Is - anywhere close. Id just as soon swing at a ball eight inches off the plate. The main point is that my mind is all set to hit this next one. Naturally if Its a bad pitch or too wide, Ill let it go. But you certainly get more timing in your swing when yon are mentally set to hit the next one. I never worked much on either theory," Ty Cobb said. I always wanted to hit the ball as solidly as possible. It might be over and too low. It might not be over and just the right height. There is one thing you have to watch in batting. Thats your balance, keeping your weight back of the swing. One of the chief faults In hitting is overeagerncss or over anxiety. This makes you throw your weight forward too soon. 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