Show THE THE FICTION ION FARM GIRLS CORNER By Richard H. H Wilkinson BEULAH and Candida had met Inthe inthe in to the New York office of Mortimer Mortimer Mortimer Mor Mor- timer and Brown attorneys They became fast friends because they found something in to common That something was a desire to live ona on ona ona a farm tarm in to the country They talked about it Incessantly Then Beulah came through with the great Idea Lets work Minute hard and save 3 Fiction for tor a year Then lets let's pool our resources resources resources re re- sources make a down payment on a small farm tarm and and and live Jive there therel 1 But we dont don't know a thing about farming Weve We've both lived in to the city all our lives We couldn't make it pay We w could Beulah said If U U we wanted to badly enough There are books on how to do everything these days So for lor a year the two girls worked and saved They spent evenings on end at the library reading books o on n small scale farming When spring came they drove op ap Into the country and called on the farmers who had offered their homes bomes for sale The second sec sea ond and place they visited proved exactly what they wanted It was a small white tree-shaded tree house with a bl big barn a hennery hen heo- nery fiery containing a flock of birds a cow a horse a pi pig and several cultivated acres It was a swell idea Best of ot all aU they made a profit The enterprise would likely have developed Into int o something lasting had it not been n for Barnaby Xerxes l 1 But we dont don't know any anything thin about farming Candida said Weve both lived In ta the city all our lives fives He was a radio singer stager suffering g from a nervous breakdown He had ha d come to Hillside to recuperate Beulah Beu Beu- lah met him one day on a desert deserted ed section of country road He wa was eds s walking and she gave him a lift bad back C to town in to the delivery truck BEULAH was thrilled During th the the e days day that followed she hated go go- tog big off oU evenings and leaving Candida Can Can- dida dada home alone but obviously and she couldn't take th the theother theother e other girl everywhere with them Beulah was wondering how when n Barnaby proposed marriage and she sin accepted him she was going tc break the news to Candida Two nights later Beulah d a half hall dozen fowl to the village e church for its semi-annual semi supper and was returning home earlier the than n she was expected Lights were o on in the front room and through the tin e window she saw Barnaby holdin holding g Candida in his arms kissing her Beulah was furious She stormed Into the house Can dida tried to be calm and ex plain plate that she an au and Darnab Barnaby had loved each other all aU along They hadn't bad had the courage to tell Beulah Deulah You you you vixen Be Beu Beulah u 1 a h shrieked A week passed The gi girls ls wen went I about their duties without speaking Both knew that sooner or later the they y would have to come to some agree ment about the farm So in to the end Beulah made a ar azo r with Lawyer Stearns Stearn s the and one evening the girls set out i in n delivery truck for his bis law of ot flee fice to write the final chapter to is their adventure They were silent on the drive t to 0 town Even when the car lights out for tor no explainable wen went t ther they of them reason nei eel said ald anything Silently y Beulah got out lifted lilted the hood dis covered a a fuse tuse was blown and have bay tag ing no spare pare tried to produce makeshift a I from a hairpin It began begs to look as though there was nothing g to do but continue on foot toot when n suddenly the and the connection was mad made lights flared ared up I In the glare of the headlights a I man and a woman evidently ha hav v lag ing come up in to the darkness darknell with out knowing of ot the trucks truck's presence e were standing in to The close embrace man was Barnaby Xerxes Nobody s said anything for ment merit then a m moment mo mo- Barnaby gas gan turned and be walking swiftly awa away The followed b him bun n. n g girl air tit started Beulah the got motor into the She truck looked She e at t Candida Candida a looked at sI her he Oh Ob shucks Said ald Beulah tatty lets let pre pres prea go ao bi bade back cow and call caU and milk m th the S it 1 a day Oh Ob cried nied Candida |