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Show 4, , .J- 3 FRIEND .. TB-yer-oia 1 All. . CeMllV'tl WV rl T retired cm- MWur?.-. u,. opportunity . tti ... il1. .nit. L.41 ltD nru. and fUitay worse. Ctti order. Oui,th. for.-U"1!!:. for.-U"1!!:. .om out to tho 4i letii U ' .wrs ro leep " r, ethers ar r in tream out th. stream and K ith the story. Mm tipTEB xvm D.i the cun to hi orders. Kucka some time soon, teas bo . L h a better moment fcraUhenny lithe situation, wen. J he Put the Win-icroolfofhisleftarm Win-icroolfofhisleftarm to scan u ..Ar signs, ana ms ....11- fumbled in his gin pipe. tobacco' nd jm to think this out 1. might actually recov- Uj likely, ne w""u"w r . j w..n VinlHins her (a nai- no telling-they were a with Ken's habits-he since dawn. le ueeu I, his mind had made bile he stood there smok-Ld smok-Ld not shoot Flicka just w Dy me Bast ana go wu have something to say change his father's mind. miked back up the little a to the bunk house. Ution had been growing Me. In spite or the hot hs shook him every few b his teeth chattered. We was 103 when Nell bed. By noon it was 104. ihe time he slept or, at m Nell as she sat be- ji holding one of his thin, pag hands in both of tj in some sort of un- -red il the filly was alive .And then came a deeper ieway the lives of the ud filly, seemed inter- Ifew darker and more ,:; there was a sudden she soft rolling of a 'ims a mere whisper. .the window and saw train. It rolled to a 'in died away in a mur- ilnute in all. The sky k with low clouds. i i patient by a doctor to begin, they say, when tts his foot in the house, i heard the men's voices bit steps on the stairs. i an emotion that strongly that all her fJt her, and she covered p her hands for a mo ps she lifted her head and f uooi io greet them. tossing and muttering. know the doctor. Mt made the examina- M what had, happened, ly was ill dying and gone down to her late More and had. apparent- water most of the R fee horse in his arms. l opens Monday day p." Said Rob. endincr F shook his head, said, R" and put the covers -s tae Jacket of Ktn'a N loosening the tie of wring the narrow fag his fineers on it. w the end of tte N Rob. " said Scott cheerful-children cheerful-children surprise ftomethine likotv,!. F over it Buthifow something-! don't "utes there was si- WJt qulte dart-f'a dart-f'a bnghtiy lit by a nave some weath- that folln.. .u- Ea, . ""w uie tehnd-.'oar evtr. L tarou8h the wery trp .u. ffatchendoor. LP and looked down i? eyes were closM , , idmn Ann fLk:Tonless. draw- 6u ury pan- P&::said.sco- k. u eary last fi PPened to him i. " 1 nt only this fa at each other. ? 4iwnst!.. l wim we Ahorse his heart 5l ro-. . I. rut"eo. "Has he "Not sick exacUy," said Nell ..b . k TB.a,"Sa strain' beca"se she's beeA sick." Scott could ee that Nell was anx-Jous anx-Jous i to get back to Ken. He put on his things. "I won't keep you Mother" (he called all women Moth! er) You want to get back to him. Rob, he i got to have some medi-cine medi-cine right away." "I'll follow you to to town," gaid Rob, "and bring it back." He reached for Nell, took her in his arms and hugged and kissed her rJ5011' worry so' darlin8. the kid'll be all right." '"Of course," said NelL "I'U bo back to him." 8 The doctor gave her some final Instructions for Ken's care and went out with Rob. v Gus had gone about his work all day, thinking of Flicka. He had not been back to look at her. He had been given no more orders. If she was alive, the order to shoot her was still in effect But Kennie was 111. McLaughlin making his second trip to town to buy medicines, and would not be back till long after dark. He did not know just what to do. After Tim and Gus had their supper in the bunk house, they walked down to the creek. They He might have been there since dawn. did not speak as they approached the filly, lying stretched out flat on the grassy bank, just as Gus had left her; but their eyes were straining strain-ing at her to see if she was dead or alive. She raised her head as they reached her. "By the Powers!" exclaimed Tim. "There she is!" She dropped her head, raised it again, and moved her legs and became be-came tense as if struggling to rise. The men cheered her on. She rolled over on her belly, reached out her forefeet and scrambled halfway up. "Yee whiz!" said Gus. "She got plenty strent yet." "Hi!" cheered Tim. "She's up!" But Flicka wavered, slid down again and lay flat This time she gave notice that she would not try again by heaving a deep sigh and closing her eyes. Gus took his pipe out of his mouth and thought it over. Orders or no orders, he would try to save the filly. Ken had gone too far to be let down. , "Ay'm goin to rig a blanket sling fur her, Tim, and get her on her feet and keep her up. If she's got a chance, that'll help. If she ain't it'll do no harm anyway." While they were getting the tools, the post-hole digger and shovel, crowbar, ropes, and blanket the downpour of rain came again. This time it was persistent The two men went to the bunk house, put on their oilskins, and brought a couple of with them when they carried car-ried the stuff down to the creek. . Flicka was just as they had left her. "She's sure goin to get another drenching," said Tim. ' "Won't hurt her," said the Swede. "She bin out in tunderstorms since she bin born." It took them an hour to rig the sling. They struck rocks in their digging which had to be pried out. FUcka was lying on a piece of level sward, only a little higher than the level of the creek. To the far side, the ground rose sharply behind her, in a steep hill which, on part of its surface, was a sheer slide of rock another of the rock-slides which were characteristic of the terrain of the ranch. The men set two tan and sturdy aspen poles deep Into the ground on each side of the filly, then rolled her onto the folded blanket The ends of the blanket were gathered and the rope tied on to them, in a knot which, the more weight was on it. the tighter it was drawn. The V N. end tf a.L across them. The a hoi. v ",rpewaPs8ed through when bJ,W and When she had reached a height S?2rSr,fet,,U,t thed the ends of the ropes to the crowbar. o she hung not In tv,. a-,.. hBn"ria.nd.when Tim brought a bucket of in and drank While the two men were carrying the tools back to the tool house, the heavens let loose. ..t' W! r,e 111 for K now " "id Tim. I didn t think it could last much longer." "I'm glad ve got de tarps stretched over dem stacks." said Uus. "De hay's not packed hard." When they reached the ranch house, he handed Tim the tools he was carrying. "rm gonna stop here. Tim, and see if de Missus need any-ting any-ting an fin' out how de little feller is" Tim went on without him. and Gus went into the kitchen, where the oil lamp was hung on the wall beside the stove, and removed his slicker. Nell heard him stamping about and hurried downstairs. "Is that you, Gus?" "Ja, Missus how is de little boy?" "Oh, Gus, we don't know yet he seems pretty sick." Nell's face was worn and anxious. Standing there, belted in her narrow gray flannel wrapper, she looked slim and childish. child-ish. Her hair was loose on her shoulders, shoul-ders, and she put up a hand and pushed it back with a weary gesture. ges-ture. "Gus is Flicka dead?" "No'm. Tim and I, we just got tru fixin her up in a blanket sling. She can't stand alone; but dere's life in her, and she reached for de bucket of vater and drank it down like a good von." Nell's eyes sank to the floor, and she stood a moment in thought tapping tap-ping her foot. "You didn't shoot her," she said, just thinking out loud. "Gus, did he did Captain McLaughlin say you didn't have to shoot her?" "No'm, he told me last night to find a time when Ken wasn't around and shoot her. But ven I found 'em like dat dis mornin' I I " "I know," said Nell quickly. "I know what you mean. Well I'll tell Ken. Maybelfll help him-it'U make him so happy that she's still alive. Gus, now you're here, I want you to set up a cot for me in Ken's room, so I can sleep there and take care of him. It's down in the cellar you'll have to bring it up." "I know vere it is, ma'm," said Gus soothingly. "Now you go up to de little boy, and I'll bring de cot up and set it up for you." Nell ran upstairs, and found Ken's eyes wide open. He moved every few seconds, turning from one side to the other. His breath was shallow, shal-low, often with long pauses between. She sat on the edge of the bed, bent over him and smiled into his eyes with deep, penetrating love. The faintest smile appeared on his lips in answer. She smoothed the hair back from his forehead, then took one of his hands in both of hers and said, "Kennie did you know that Flicka seems a little better? Gus has fixed a blanket sling for her. and they've got her up in it, and she drank some water when they held the bucket for her." The boy's face changed as if a light had broken over it and his lips moved, but no words came, i "Maybe just maybe, darling she'll live after all. We'll do the best we can but you mustn't hope too hard." Ken was trying to move his lips again. At last she heard the words, "But Dad gave the order " At that moment Gus entered the room carrying the cot Then he brought the mattress; and as they set it up, Ken's eyes followed their movements. Gus tip-toed to the side of his bed and looked down at him. "De filly's up, Kennie now you be good boy an' soon you be up too-" "Gus" "Ja?" "Did Dad tell you you didn't need to shoot her?" "No, Kennie, but I ain't done it yet und maybe he change his mind-" Kennie's face changed. He closed his eyes and a look of dread and pain was upon his lips. Gus tip-toed out of the room, and presently Nell heard a whisper from the bed. "Mother?" "Yes, dsrlir.2 " "Where's Dad now?" "He went to town, dear, to get some medicines the doctor ordered for you." Ken said nothing more. He seemed to be sleeping, and Neil went quietly about the business of making up the cot for the night Presently he spoke again. "Will be be back soon?" Any time now, dear. I think." Ken lay with eyes closed, but Nell every time she looked at him, realized real-ized that he was tense, listening for the sound of the Studebaker roaring up the hill. ,TO BE COSTISLED THE LEIII SUN, LEIII, UTAH Kathleen Norris Says: IboutDit'orcingliicDccuse-lForfcerlFic BeU Syndicate Her thoet low-heeled, the goes off gaily in the morning with her lunch box. At noon she and her fellow-workeri make themselvei cup of coffees gradually tome of the men hajt joixej them, contributing their own $upplieu By KATHLEEN NORRIS BETTY ELLIS is an ex-i ex-i tremely attractive woman wom-an of 32. Betty is one of those pretty, friendly, intelligent intelli-gent girls whose husband wins from all other men the involuntary invol-untary tribute of "Lucky Bob! " She seemed to have too much charm, spirit, beauty, capability to be sunk out of sight in one man's nursery and kitchen, but that's what happened to her. She married mar-ried Bob Ellis, salesman in a big motor-parts industry, she had a daughter and then a son; she loved home, children, garden, cooking, books, radio, club, marketing, and she loved Bob, like the fine, normal; nor-mal; typical young American woman she was. Then came the war. Bob's mother moth-er was living with them now, herself her-self a fine housewife and devoted grandmother. Betty and old Mrs. Ellis like and understand each other; oth-er; when Betty had a chance at a good job in a munitions plant it was her handsome, efficient 54-year-old mother-in-law who advised her to take it Betty made more money than Bob did, from the first. And how she enjoys it! Dressing comfortably in shirts and slacks, her hair cut short her shoes low-heeled, low-heeled, she goes off galy in the morning with her lunch box. At noon she and her fellow-workers make themselves a cup of coffee; gradually some of the men have joined them, contributing their own supplies, and now Betty is queen ', of an adoring circle that meets daily. ' Betty Enjoys Freedom. ! In Betty's case all this has gone to her head. For ten years her interests have been centered in kitchen, babies and husband. Now she is free. Free morally, for Bob can't check on what she is doing and nobody else has any right to; free financially, for she can spend more money on her clothes nowadays nowa-days than she used to have for all household expenses combined. It is Betty's husband who writes me about it "About four months ago there was a great change in her," says Bob's letter. "All winter long she had been coming home too tired to do more than just kiss me and the children, eat her dinner listening to the rest of us talking, and tumble into bed. But last spring she seemed to come to life. Once or twice she was late; she called it working overtime, but she wasn't at work. She changed her clothes at a friend's apartment and went out to dinner and dance. This hcpptiied three times before I caught on. "We'd been putting most of her earnings into bonds, but she stopped that; she had gotten herself a fur coat in March. She said it cost two hundred, but my mother said it was worth at least a thousand. But I didn't really suspect anything any-thing until I heard that Betty was out dining and dancing, after which it took very little evidence to convince con-vince me that she had a lover; a rich young fellow some years younger young-er than she, who works in the same plant When I questioned her. try-ing try-ing not to show her how insane with nervous anxiety and wretchedness I was, she laughed and kissed me, saying that she was no different from other women, that X. was soon entering the service, that it was not serious on either side, he not wanting a divorce any more than she did. As a matter of fact this man did go away, but now another, an older man who has a wife and two grown sons, is constantly tele WNU ratura. FORGIVE, ERRING MATE This time a husband writes Kathleen JSorris asking for advice regarding a wandering defense-working wife. An attractive at-tractive woman of 32, she has found more freedom and profit in her new work than she can handle wisely. With her two children in the care of her mother-in-law, she apparently has been associating a great deal with other men. One of them has his own wife and children, tier husband is advised ad-vised not to divorce her but to try and be forgiving and hope that a return to sanity on the part of his wife will accompany the close of the war. - - - - phoning her, and a week ago ' she went away for the week-end; she said with a party of friends, but I know he has a small place in the mountains and I do not feel at all sure that there were others in the party. , "The catastrophic effect of all this upon my home happiness I can leave to your imagination. My wife has always been on a pedestal, to me; she has always seemed the wisest, truest happiest of women. What accounts for this horrifying change, and what can I salvage from the wreckage of my home? Our daughter daugh-ter is nine, the boy six. They worship wor-ship their mother; they need her. My mother will live with us only during the war; when peace returns, she must rejoin her husband in a distant city. ; "Shall I divorce my wife, embittering embit-tering her and myself, and scarring the children's lives? After all a man has his pride, and this sort of thing can't go on forever without causing a lot of talk. Please advise ad-vise a heartbroken husband." Unfaithful Mate Serious Problem. My dear Bob, thousands of women wom-en have written me of your problem prob-lem in the past 15 years. What to do about the unfaithful mate is a very serious question. I am going to advise you as I almost invariably advise them, hard as this course is to follow. I advise you to treat Betty's temporary tem-porary departure from decency and common sense as you would a mental men-tal Illness, with silence, patience, forgiveness and, when you can help, with help. Wars do not last forever; for-ever; soon there will be three million mil-lion strong young men back from the battle fronts, looking for work and entitled to find It Our social situation will receive a Jolt then, will be faced by a predicament that will take all we have of courage and faith in ourselves to solve. Even with the maintenance of an enormous enor-mous military force, even with the return of activity and prosperity an along the line, there will be readjustments readjust-ments that will stagger us all. It will especially stagger the money-making, defense-job-filling women. wom-en. A comparatively small force will keep our armories filled with ammunitions, in peace. The grcs factories will turn their machinery in a different direction; the men will swarm in. and the women will come borne. And just between ourselves. our-selves. Bob. thousands of them will be glad to return. The relationship between you and Betty will never return to its old confident, loving status. Your hurt pride will never wholly recover. But you won't be the only man and woman who extract considerable satisfaction, comfort, and even companionship com-panionship out of a life built upon just such wreckage. SKGE5CriEEIl! By VIRGINIA VALE Raleed by Weiteru Nawipaper Union. MAYBE a rose by any other name will smell as sweet, but Jimmy Simms, of Horace Heidt's "Treasure Chest" troupe, Is convinced that that doesn't apply to trombone players. Since coming com-ing east with Heidt he's been continually confused with GInny Simms that is, his name has. During Dur-ing his first week In New York he lived at a hotel for a week under the name of "Glnny Simms" without with-out even knowing it; found out when he paid his bllL He hadn't received his phone calls because the management manage-ment thought "she" didn't want to be disturbed! Olga Rasenova of "Bachelor's Children" thought that she was hav ing Just one more photograph taken and that was that But it was printed in a radio magazine, and a OLGA RASENOTA young man who saw it promptly be gan trying to learn which of bis friends also knew her; in New York there's always somebody who know somebody. The result Just like the movies, was that she married him. Robert Stark, 22, a U. S. coast-guardsman, coast-guardsman, has his post-war plans all set; he'll join the ranks of the David O. Selznick film players. He was chosen to pose as a model for coast guard posters, Selznick saw a poster, and gave him a screen test Robert Young will have one of the year's most romantic and dash ing roles in Metro's "The Canter-ville Canter-ville Ghost In which he'll co-star with Charles Laughton and Margaret Mar-garet O'Brien. He'll play an American Ameri-can Ranger in this modernized version ver-sion of the delightful story. Metro seems to be going In for Oscar Wilde stories these days; they're also doing "The Portrait of Dorian Gray." . Alan Carney's film debut as Cary Grant's thick-witted bodyguard In "Mr. Lncky" so Impressed RKO executives ex-ecutives that they gave him a starring star-ring contract. Ills second film role will be i s co-star with Wally Brsira In the company's new comedy series, se-ries, "Adventures of a Rookie." Carney Car-ney did impersonations la vaudeville vaude-ville and night clubs before entering enter-ing pictures. The potency of radio as a star-builder star-builder is shown In Beatrice Kay's highly successful theater tour. Her career has been built solely In radio; In her theater tour she's working on a percentage basis, an arrangement arrange-ment reserved for the biggest drawing draw-ing cards. Raya Lett, sister of George Montgomery, Mont-gomery, will make her own bid for screen stardom In "The Girl From Leningrad, which stars Anna Sten and Kent Smith. She'd been Associate Asso-ciate Producer Eugene Frencke's secretary, and watched numerous actresses get tests for the role of Red army nurse. When none suited, suit-ed, she asked for a test, and got the role. . ; Eight years ago, when Phil Spk talny started bis quest for girl musicians, mu-sicians, his friends told him that there Just weren't enough in ilia 'country to form a top-notch orchestra. orches-tra. Over the week-end the "Hour of Charm conductor auditioned his 6,000th ese! On the Culver City stage where Atlanta burned In "Gone With the Wind" the fire of love will soon b burning. David Selznick's going to make "Since You Went Away," starring star-ring Claudette Colbert, Shirley Temple, Tem-ple, Joseph Cotten, Monty Woolley and several others, on the stages ( where he made "Rebecca" and ths Civil war drama. I ODDS Am ENDSSamuel Gold-myn Gold-myn has signed Margaret Dumont for the role of a flighty dowager in "Up in Arms'' ... Frank Sinatra toil! ting four songs in "Higher and Higher," starring Michele Morgan and Jack Haley . . . Metr plant to re-make "The Belle of New York" next spring, with Fred Astairemd Judy Garland ...Itt credited cred-ited to Corporal Broderkk Crawford-Even Crawford-Even my Doberman pinscher outrank me since he's joined dogs for defense t nes m sergeant, and never ttops baric ing at ma" . . . Alexander Granach, who ejeaped from Germany . jp, ahead of the Gestapo, made his movie reputation portraying Gestapo agents. mho Perfumes Have Wide Use rtav nt.a our daily lives to a far greater extent than most oi us rem. ounce of scent sold as sucn. t-nuu- .4 it. H r. innTil lod tO sanus oi guuu rr-- soap and cosmetic manufacturers. Lipstick, COIU erem - r i.. Viamli)illv nrodueeo pleasant odors. 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