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Show THE LEIII SUN, LEIII, UTAH GWEN BRISTOW THE STORY THUS FAR: Spratt Her-long, Her-long, motion picture producer, met nd married Elizabeth, whose Brit husband, Arthur Kittredge, wu reported killed In World War I, but who later appeared In HoUywood and lecured a Job with Spratt. Under the name of Kessler, and with hit disfigurement!, he was not recognized and became a food friend ol the Her- longs. While Elizabeth, Cherry and Dick were helping Margaret, Kessler'i ward, decorate her Christmas tree, she told them about the man who killed her mother. moth-er. Kessler later told them the truth of Nazi Germany, bow Margaret's parents were driven to suicide, and how thou-aands thou-aands of children were killed before they could contribute to mankind. CHAPTER XIX He Jerked himself back angrily. He bad given her the chance to be happy and she had used It; if happiness happi-ness brought Its own penalties that was not his fault or hers. She had a great deal to lose. Nobody knew what the war might do to this country coun-try before it was over, and the whole fabric of her fife and her children's future might 1)8 ripped to shreds in the days to come: She had made that clear to him when she said, "If my world is shot to pieces again I can't go back and start over. I did that once." Elizabeth did not suspect sus-pect that when he heard her say that he had nearly burst out sobbing with defeat. He had been so sure, back in 1918, that when he gave her the chance to start over it was the chance to build for permanence. Now he had no consolation to give her, or to give himself nothing but a desperate courage. There was nothing to do but go on telling her what he had already tried to tell her: that in the final analysis life consisted mostly of doing things one did not want to do, and the only way to keep any self-respect through the whole wretched business was to look squarely at what had to be done and then go ahead and do it. Now he had to tell Dick the same thing. Not tell him to go to war, that Dick was ready to do; but he could understand from the boy's awkward little letter that now Dick wanted to be told what it was all about. It would be so much simpler if Dick could be left with the idea that it was merely a matter of killing kill-ing Japs and Germans before they killed. Kessler turned to his typewriter, holding the paper with his thumb and forefinger while he turned the platen with the other three fingers, made steady by the pressure of his palm. He wrote: My Dear Dick, Can you come around Sunday afternoon aft-ernoon about three? Margaret is learning to skate and will be at the ice-rink with her playmates, so we can count on not being interrupted. I'll be very glad to see you. Your friend, ERICH KESSLSR. Dick arrived at ten minutes to three. They did not waste any time on preliminary courtesies. Dick had a lot to ask and he immediately started asking it. "You see," said Dick. "I'm Just about to be eighteen, and as soon as I'm eighteen I'll get into the service. Maybe I'll join up before then. I kind of like the Marines. That's okay I'm not saying I'd join the Marines Ma-rines if there wasn't a war, but there is a war, so that's what you do, the Marines or whoever will have you. But there are some things" He hesitated. "The day of Pearl Harbor I was so mad I could have lit Into every Jap gardener I saw and it burned me up to think I couldn't do anything any-thing about it. I just wanted to kill them. I still do. The Japs, I mean. I never did get that excited about the Germans, I guess it was because be-cause they were going after other people but it was the Japs who had tried to sink the whole Navy when the Americans weren't doing any thing to them. The Germans I don't mean because you're a Ger man, anyway you never do seem like one Jut I'd been hearing about Hitler practically all my life and I guess I'd got kind of used to him. "I suppose you would," Kessler observed thoughtfully. "You were eight years old when he burned the books." "Weil, I was pretty innocent my. self until just lately," Dick confessed con-fessed with confiding wisdom. "I thought wars were just wars, be cause somebody had to run the earth and it had better be your side than their side, and mostly wars were fought to take care of trade and profits and it was principally the Morgans who got us into the last one, and we'd never have been in this one if the Japs had minded their own business. Now I see that's not right, you can't go along letting things happen the way they are happening, things like Margaret mean. But what I want to know is what can I say to my mother and father? I can't just go off and have them smiling and shriveling up in side the way they are doing. Don't think my mother has said anything to me, Mr. Kessler! She hasn't. She won't either. "Let her and your father under stand that you know what you're do-Ir.g," do-Ir.g," Kessler answered. "Don't let them believe that you're going off grinning, as you express it, just to put an end to a lot of toothy vil ains because mass hatred happens to be the emotion of the moment. It's not merely that they have a right to think better of you than that But if you expect them, and the rest of the decent people in the world, to get anything from this war except more destruction and suffering, if you want it to be something more than Just another war, you've got to have an idea of what you want it to bring about. Even if you know what you want you may not get it, but if you don't know, this certainly won't be anything but just another war." "Well, what do we want to get?" Dick demanded. He laughed uncom fortably. "I guess you think I'm pretty silly to ask that, don't you? guess you think I ought to know." "No, Dick, I don't think you're silly not to know. We who are older than you ought to be wiser, but sometimes we feel we don't know any more than you do. I'll try to tell you how it looks to me. That's all I can tell you." "Go ahead," said Dick. He added with an embarrassed grin, "I guess I've been talking a lot. But now I'm listening." Kessler turned his cane under his hand and looked at it, then raised his eyes again. "Dick, the sweep of history doesn't take much account of individuals. indi-viduals. That's hard for us to real- Iff "Don't get too discouraged about your country, Dick." ze, because we are individuals and we can't think except in terms of ourselves." "I guess it didn't," Dick acknowl edged. "But Mr. Kessler, what's that got to do with us?" "Don't get too discouraged about your country, Dick. The United States has a standard it's trying to live up to of course you haven't reached what you're aiming at, but you're closer than you used to be. Look back and you can see the idea coming slowly, painfully, cruelly, but always on the march. The American Revolution was part of it and the French Revolution another part. They went as far as they could, but not as far as the idea was destined to go. The American Revo lution was a war for liberty, but it didn't finish the fight haven't you ever read about the howls that went up in this country, long after the Revolution, at the suggestion of free public schools for all children?" Dick shook his head. "I thought they always wanted schools in this country." "Not for everybody. There were opponents who said compulsory schooling would break up the home by taking children away from their parents and putting them under con trol of the state. There were others who said it would destroy the or dained order of society by making the working classes dissatisfied with the position in which God had placed them. But the schools came, because be-cause they were part of the current toward human equality." "Gee," said Dick. "You know. you re encouraging. The place is getting better, isn't it?" "Of course it is. Whenever you're tempted to believe, it isn't, you might remember that It was In 1870, good deal less than a hundred years ago, that the State of Massachusetts was hailed as an enlightened leader of progress when the legisature passed a law that children under twelve should not be allowed to work in factories more than ten hours per day." Dick nodded slowly. "I'm beginning begin-ning to see it" He wrinkled his forehead, and exclaimed, "But right now, I don't mind telling you. that big idea sure is up against a lot" Kessler nodded too, in agreement "Suppose I try to tell you why if uo aeainst so much right now, Shall I?" "I wish you would." "Well, you see, a few years ago the idea had gone so far that in MATURIS several of the most powerful nations of the world, people were actually asking one another if any commonwealth common-wealth was benefited by keeping part of its citizens In compulsory degradation. In cases where they were still doing so as with the Negroes Ne-groes in this country they were ashamed of it and made excuses for it. The march toward human freedom free-dom seemed to be going along very well. But then, certain persons, more farsighted perhaps than their neighbors, looked ahead and saw what we were headed for. The result re-sult was a long, long way ahead, so far ahead that most of us never thought about it, but for those who did visualize it the very suggestion was so dangerous, such a threat to all nations and all established In-, stitutions, that something simply had to be done to stop the march, and quick." "Gosh, go on!" exclaimed Dick. "What's that suggestion you're talking talk-ing about?" "Can't you see it? It's very logicalsimply log-icalsimply the suggestion that if a country could be improved by releasing re-leasing the talents of its people, might not the world be improved by releasing the talents of all its peoples? peo-ples? That's a terrible idea." "Why?" Dick asked with ingenuous ingenu-ous defiance. "Don't be so simple-minded, Dick! Why, that contradicts everything we're used to. It takes away our colonies. It drives us out of places where we've invested our hard-earned hard-earned money. It means that the coolies no longer have any respect for their betters. It makes us acknowledge ac-knowledge we are no longer called of God to meddle with the private lives of the heathen. It turns us upside down and flattens us out and leaves us no better than anybody else." Dick considered this, slowly and soberly. At length he said, "I believe be-lieve I get it" He turned it over in his mind again, then ventured, "It means 'all men are created free and equal, endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights it means all. Not just us. Every body." "Most of the important facts of life are very simple, once you make up your mind to look for them, but they're often very hard to accept. Like that business of loving your neighbor as yourself, for instance it's very difficult to admit that he's as much worth loving as yourself. Most of us hate nothing so much as an Idea that threatens our good opinion opin-ion of ourselves. We don't like owning own-ing up to it that if the earth belongs to us, it also belongs to the Chinese coolies." Dick began to laugh suddenly, then he sobered again, "Cherry said once that Mr. Wallace thought this war was being fought for the coolies. coo-lies. We laughed when she said it. It sounded preposterous. But you mean it really is?" "Why yes, though not many of us are willing to admit it. But that's what we mean when we say we're fighting for human freedom." "This country is still uncertain," said Kessler, "because it has gone into the war on the side of history. The people know it's the right side, they're fighting valiantly for victory, but they're frightened at what vic tory will mean." "It will mean ?" Dick stopped. "That Americans will have to go on, marching through more blood and pain toward a goal they are not sure they can bear to reach. You are fighting for the coolies, Dick, not because you give a damn what becomes of the coolies but because you care a great deal about what becomes of yourself. You don't dare not to fight for them. They've come so close to you that what happens to them touches you already, and will touch your children even more. Don't stop to think of this now if it's too much. I know it's terrifying. Go on and fight for your country. That's what is being asked of you now." "I want to think about it," said Dick. "But you don't think I'm a dope because I'm well, kind of shocked, do you?" Kessler laughed a little. "Of course not It's the most shocking conception that has shaken the minds of men and women since they were asked to believe that on the other side of the earth people were walking upside down. If you said you weren't shocked by it, I shouldn't believe you." Dick rambled among his own thoughts for a moment At length he inquired, "How did you come to think of all this?" "I was pretty badly hurt in the last war," Kessler answered frankly. frank-ly. "When a man's life is so violently vio-lently changed, he has to do a lot of thinking. At first I thought in terms of individuals, each learning to manage his own problems. But when hell broke loose again I had to start thinking all over, not in terms of individuals only but in terms of the human race. That's alL" Again Dick was silent He thought contemplating himself, the world, and himself again. Finally he said. "Well, I'm going to stick to my own country awhile. I like Americans Ameri-cans and you can say what you please but by and large I do think they're more decent than other people. peo-ple. (TO BE CONTINUED) Midwinter Fiir Modes Register Strikingly Novel Style Trends By CHERIE NICHOLAS Playful Kitten That Rolls between its raws inarms Ev By Ruth Wyeth Spean - , y - s i. j :v r- 1 ' Hi 'Iw'l',- ft i rl; I 1) -fi- I"' If - - SY; ' v? i " "I "' ' 1 i 1 A KITTEN THAT ROUS A REAL 5P00L WILL PLEASE ff MADE WITH ACTUAL-SIZE I A 49' CUTTING AND PAINTING ,' l.ir THIS cutting gray and white kitten kit-ten with a bright red bow is so life-like that it charms everyone, young and old. It is designed so that it playfully rolls a spool be tween its paws, yet H ,. pie to make. iJ V wood fastened tnBOiuJustli' An actual-si2e Darts eivM .:"erntor, cutting the Pieces e& nr with o n i. 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The distinguished-looking Alaska seal model to the right is made like a fitted officer's coat It has the characteristic lapels, collar and belt at the back to hold in fullness. The silver buttons that adorn this handsome hand-some coat bear a significant message. mes-sage. The unusual styling of this coat, also the leopard jacket goes to that new and thrilling things are being done in furcraft design this season. , Black broadtail plays an impor tant role in the distinguished looking look-ing three-piece costume shown to the left. This very elegant ensem ble is tailored of soft wool in the lovely white wine tone that we hear about so much these days. The big newa is ' its three-quarter length cape, which is lined throughout with black American broadtail. The brim of the tip-tilted Breton sailor is also faced with matching broadtail. The beauty of this stunning outfit is that with the cape removed one has a perfect suit for spring. Wearing the cape means solid comfort ana protection pro-tection on a cold wintry day. Licorice Lic-orice black buttons close the jacket and pocket flap. Featured as topflight fashion in the fall, cape stoles of mink worn with suits or smart wool dresses, also worn with sleek satin gowns for the cocktail hour made the "hit" of the season. Comes winter and the stole cape in exquisite ermine er-mine becomes a most glamorous evening fashion. Comes spring and the fashion world will see the fur-cape fur-cape theme worked out in cunning brief shoulder and waist - depth types. There's much excitement this winter win-ter over the fascinating "little" furs which are playing a most glamorous role in the evening mode, as well as being the smartest ever worn with the unfurred suit or coat. II is in such terms as hat and bag ensembles, en-sembles, neckpieces, headbands and belts to match, wide detachable cuffs that form a muff and countless count-less other fantasies that furcraft goes to a new high in artistry and ingenious design. While fur jackets and capes for spring will include many types, the newest of the new will trend to very brief effects, some in cunning bolero styles. The bell hop jacket in lightweight light-weight gray furs is youthful and smart as can be. "Outstanding in the present grand and glorious panorama of winter fur fashions are chic hats carried out in every mood, from simplest little berets and turbans to most dra matic types, some with skyscraper crowns, others with wide brims. However, it is the jewel-embroidered fur hats that are creating the big sensation. With their color and sparkle they are not only most flattering flat-tering to the wearer but they add a gay and bright note to the midwinter midwin-ter costume itself. Released hy Western Newspaper Union. Plays Dual Role h . . r J : x " 'V y it frv'; n r 1 T 1 -i-U : I IK 1 Here's a magic costume that one moment appears as a charming short length dinner dress and the next moment, with the jacket, it becomes a perfect cocktail suit It's the little jacket that does the trick. When the jacket Is worn several of the large polka dots of green sequins se-quins on the white blouse line up as buttons (see inset). A costume like this designed for many-purpose wear is the type best dressed women wom-en select to carry through midsea-son midsea-son into spring. Advance news coming com-ing in heralds the importance of boleros and other brief jackets for spring. Buttons Again Take Fashion Spotlight Resort and advance sDrine fash. ions bring the message of buttons. buttons and more buttons, used not only in a functional way but in a unique and decorative manner as well. 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