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Show THE THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1941 TIMES-NEW- NEPH1. UTAH S. Pago Seven Kathleen Norris Says: Bu n(Q Ben Ames Williams CHAPTER XXI Continued 21 "That one left New Bedford no longer ago than yesterday, ma'am. Or it might just be the day before. We're near home." Mary nodded, dreaming. "We've been a long time shipmates, Mr. Corkran." "Aye, ma'am, since the day you came aboard at Honolulu. And I was shipmates with himself before that." His eyes were warm. "There was a fine one! Oh, he was a sore trouble to himself, but fair and fine for all that. I loved that little man." "He'd be proud of you now. You've changed, Mr. Corkran." She smiled. "You were a pagan, once, you know." "Well, the sea has way with a man," he reminded her. "It'll make him or mar him, one way and another. Give it long enough and it will show you what's inside him, every time. Look at Peter Corr, for one. ma'am, and himself for another. Not but what I knew from BE.M M. 7 AMfci WILUAMi I u. service! got by every decent man forever Amen. Himself is the fine one to remember, and us be the better for remembering." "I always will," she whispered. "Aye." Corkran looked at her wisely; but then he said in a new tone: "Himself knew more than most, ma'am. A wise one, that. He knew always more than you might think." "Well, for one thing, I'm meaning it was a fair fine word he said, to bid me go back and find Cap'n Corr that night; and a brave strong one he was to say it If he had not bid me go, I'd not have gone; and well he knew it, for well he knew I was his man. And if I'd not gone; Mat Forbes would not. So it was himself sent us back to fetch the Cap'n, and him knowing what he knew about the true thing between the two ct you. Aye, it was a grand fine thing for him to do.", She said quietly: "In my arms, at the last, he kept telling me that everything was all right" "Aye, toe would, A man, that" There was a movement aft ai3 he looked that way. Richard had come on deck. Her eyes followed Cork-lan'and rested on Richard, and Corkran added quietly beside her: "That was what himself meant when he told you everything was right I tell you, he knew." "Did he, surely?" she asked. "Aye. He knew. When he told me we must go back, he paid the Cap'n a great compliment ma'am; and yourself too. But you've deserved it both of you." She looked at him for a long moment. "How have we deserved it?" she asked slowly. He smiled at her. "Has the Cap'n said yet one word to you of the thing you're both thinking every minute that you live?" "No, Corkran." He touched her arm. "That's how you've deserved the way himself rated you. But let you not wait too long, nor the Cap'n either. Himself would not want you to wait longer than a fair decent time; and that you've done." And when she did not speak, he said quietly: "Be not uneasy, ma'am. If the Cap'n has not yet said his mind and his heart he wilL" She met his eyes honestly, smiling a little. "Yes," she said. "I know he will. When we're home." Her eyes were warm and deep. "I know what he will say, Corkran." "Aye," he assented. "And what you'll say, I'll be bound." He chuckled. "Not that words will be mattering to either one of you." Richard came toward them, his eyes quickening on Mary as he drew near; but before he reached them, Big Pip called from the cross trees: "Land ho, Cap'n!" Richard looked up, and Big Pip swung his arm to point. "Dead ahead!" he cried. A great shout rose, and men went swarming into the rigging to see for themselves the dim blue line on the Corkran moved forward; horizon. but Richard stayed with Mary, and he looked down at her, not speaking. The parrot on Corkran's shoulder watched them standing together, their eyes embracing, forgetting all the' world. Head on one side, the bird drawled: "Mighty pretty." Corkran lifted the parrot down, held it in front of him so that it would not see them. "And why not" he said in mild chiding; "and what right has a bird like you to peek and peer at them? Himself would have it as it is. Whose business i it anyway,' but his, and theirs? Hush you, and let be." I THE END) s, "We've been a long time shipmates, Mr. Corkran." the first that himself was a man un der all." After a little, she asked: "Cork ran, what do you think Peter meant to do?" "Meanness, mam. Any kind that offered. He was one would do any- -' thing for loot, if he could find the spine for it, or get other men to take the risk for him. No knowing now what all was in his black mind. It's sure he tried to talk Reverence himself into killing the Cap'n. With the Cap'n dead, all else would be in Peter's hands. He would have figured so." "Do you think he meant Cap'n Corr to fall into the pit that day?" "Like as not! He'd been up there his own self the day before, after pig; and he must have seen many traps of the like sort in the tussocks. While we were hunting the Cap'n, we found a dozen pits like that one. or less, or maybe bigger; and there was a pig that had fresh fallen in, squealing and grunting in one of them. Aye," the mate might have meant it; but more like he Just hoped it If he'd seen the Cap'n standing oh the very lip of the pit, I doubt he'd have had the heart to push him in. It was a trouble to that one that he had not the Insides in him to do all the black things he could think of that he'd like to do. He's 'dead, rest him; but he was a bad one while he lived." He said in sober judgment: "Let that one be for . RAINBOWS 1 fti&r wSF ruL. ' M MRS. HARRY PUGH SMITH , I' ,, uTTj The Maguires, a lovable, modern American It family, met the Depression head-on- . in found their but havoc lives, wrought they more than one rainbow after the storm had blown over. Here is a story of American youth of today whose security is menaced by economic upheaval, and of a mother who guided her family to happiness against all odds. STAGED SCREEN a Of Good Reading wmv' Service.) . tr m Pattern No. 8929 ti designed In even sizes 12 to 20. Size 14, Vs yards material; 3 yards ready-madruffling. For this attractive pattern, send your order to: h e new tint as well. It's a special one concocted for her by Sydney Guilaroff, Metro hairdresser, and he has named it Blonde." ."Moonlighthair-dAs for the SEWING CIRCUS PATTERN DEPT. 149 New Montgomery Ave. Calif. San Francisco Enclose 15 cents in coins for Size Pattern No..... Name Address it's Napoleonic a fringe, with a soft point in the back, and "a studied shagginess characterizing the whole coiffure, complete even to forelock"; there's also the Influence of the Botticelli paintings, shown In a cap of short curls. o, ak mother Tim Holt, young star of RKO Westerns, and his father. Jack Holt, will be seen together with Victor and Edmund Lowe In the RKO production, "The Marines Are Ready." They'll appear as father and son for the second time on the screen. The first time was 12 years ago, when Tim, a boy of 10, Even if Hugh turns out to played the son In Tim Holt his father's star thing crueller to Sally than did ring vehicle, "Vanishing Pioneers." out to night clubs, dancing with Tim la also a skilled polo player. when her own escort failed her, Between the scenes In the houseboat dining salon that you'll see in Paramount's "Nothing But the Truth," Bob Hope, Edward Arnold, Leif Erikson and Glenn Anders were amusing themselves by filling the crystal goblets to different levels with water, then playing chimes on them with silver spoons. The prop man nearly had a fit seems the glasses were part of a dinner service worth more than $2,000. "Send over to my house for something less expensive," urged Hope. "Our goblets are cottage-chees- e glasses!" Years ago Ruby Keeler was famous on Broadway for her dancing. In the days before she married Al Jol-soOn the screen she danced along with other people; now she'll dance alone for the first time In pictures in a musical, "Sweetheart of the Campus," In which she shares top honors with Harriet Gordon Oli- Ruby Keeler ver, and Ozzie Nel son and his orchestra. Miss Keeler was a star at the Texas Guinan night club when a lad named George Raft used to stop the show with a skating Charleston. -- Charles Boyer finished his work in Paramount's "Hold Back the Dawn" and took a train for the East; after a week' vacation he planned to go to Montreal, where he will do a series of plays in French, proceeds going to British war relief funds. thro Hil-liar- d, Virginia Weidler'a become soloist with a band; she's spending all her time between her scenes in "Barnacle Bill" practicing in her dressing room. The band belongs to her three brothers, and has made a name for itself playing at country club dances. -Larry Parks, young Group Theater actor, played the Robert Montgomery part in tests with other actors seeking the starring role in "Heaven Can Wait"; as a result bell have a featured part in the Lane forthcoming Paul Kelly-Lol- a "Mystery Ship." If you've seen "The Lady Eve" you'll remember those slapstick falls of Henry Fonda's long after you forgot the plot of the picture. Preston Sturges, who wrote and directed the picture, is also responsible for "Sullivan's Travels" and he started right off by dropping Joel McCrea from a rope's end into a barrel of water. Furthermore, McCrea had to wear a tramp's rags beard. Veronica Lake and a five-da- y in this newest of is McCrea's the Sturges comedies. They say it will be as funny as "The Lady Eve." er." Anyway, here's the list Clark Gable, Orson Welles, Ernest Hemingway, Erich Maria Remarqne and Howard Hughes. ODDS ASD ENDSOlivia de Hav Uland and Gear Raft are Warner lirot. star selections for "All Through the Nighf . . Olivia'i titter, Joan Fontaine, has recovered from the flu and gone bark to tmrk as Cory Grant's in RKO't "Itefore the Fori" . . . U hen he finishes "Bullet for frUare" Roger Pryor trill tour the nation't draft cam pi tcilh an orchestra . . . Joan Crawford five that's probably the bent dramatic performance of her career in "A Woman's Fare" , . . Metre's operatic star. Rife (Reesah) Stevens, doesn't think her name unusual her mother' t it Sahah. Jk ing. This fashion makes up very charmingly in silk print, taffeta. and afternoon cottons. Easy to do. m GARBO has not a new hairdo for her next appearance on the screen she's to have a Marlrne Dietrich has selected the five men who, she says, have the he doesn't most "womanpower" say what she means by that, except that It's the opposite of "manpow- - Syndicate GRETA co-st- Beginning Next Week Should Slie Marry Him? WNU (Bell By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) co-st- ar IN THIS NEWSPAPER A Guarantee RADIO PATTERN SHE KNOWS be a scamp he will hardly be able to do any the weak mother who let a girl go men she hardly knew, and to be brought home, by a drunken stranger. By KATHLEEN NORRIS SOMETIMES second curiously first ones that one finds oneself, some- what shamefacedly, com- pletely reversing the original position. That's what happened to me after I read this which presents a letter, and unusual problem. strange "My dear Mrs. Norris," writes a Pittsburgh woman who signs herself only "Troubled Mother," "I am a widow with two daughters, Sally and Betsey. Sally, now 23, was injured four years ago when returning from an evening party. Her father had refused to let her go, but her escort was a boy we had known for some time and I finally yielded and said yes. Unfortunately the boy became affected by drink on this occasion, and Sally came home with another group. There waa a terrible accident, one of the girls and the driver were killed, and something happened to Sally's spine so that she never can walk. I have always felt that grief over this tragedy" shortened my husband's life. He died of flu the following winter. Confined to Wheel Chair. "Fortunately we were left well provided for, and although unfortunate investments have somewhat lessened our holdings, I have been able to provide my girls with a charming home, garden, music, education, hospitality. My Sally is a beautiful creature, wheeling herself about from porch to garden, refusf ing to be Invalided. They tell me there is no reason why she should not be a wife and even a mother. "That is the problem. About a year ago she met a doctor who was born and whose family lives in this city. He is romantically steady, ambitious and successful, and my poor little girl fell madly in love with him at once and can think of nothing but Hugh. "He liked her, and was always gentle and brotherly and sympathetic with her. They talked books, music, played games, but Hugh never made love to Sally, even when visibly she grew almost frantic with the emotions that were too much for her. Finally I told Hugh of the situa tion. He was much amazed and very thoughtful, saying that at 34 he had been once or twice in love but that be had never thought of Sally in that connection, bad Indeed made a sort of petted little sister of her. He said he would think about it. Wants Entire Estate. "When he brought me his answer it was this. That he really loved Sally without being in love with her and was very fond of Betsey, too. Betsey is 19. He said be would marry Sally if I would make over to him my home and my properties and all the girls' properties and give him the complete management of the estate. That on no other terms would he consider the arrangement, as Sally must always have an attendant near her and he felt the responsibility too much otherwise. Sally and Betsey will inherit their share when Betsey is 25. I told him I felt deeply ashamed that I had betrayed my child by making him the original suggestion. "He was called away at Just this time for three months stay in a Chicago hospital, and Sally drooped almost into illness. She grew thin and pale, lost all her animation, and became a shadow of herself. Nothing we could do roused her, but when Hugh returned 10 days ago she suddenly blossomed into radiance again and sent for him at once. After a long talk he told me that he was still willing to accept my proposition, but on his own terms. I temporized, feeling that Sally's whole future is at stake, and im il sending you an envelope with an assumed name so that 1 good-lookin- air-ma- ... Grandmother's baking day secret, the baking powder that has been the favorite of millions of proud bakers forbears and years. Knowledge Elevates that is, indeed, Knowledge which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another. Addison. ... WHAT TO DO Sally it a cripple . . . she's in love with Hugh . . . and Sally't mother wonders whether to meet Hugh's terms or sacrifice her daughter's wishes. It's a hard question, especially since Sally's inactivity is due to a tragic event that would never have occurred had her mother been wiser four years before. Don't fail to read Kathleen Norris' revealing answer to this "Troubled Mother." broad-minde- may have your answer within a few days." Not a Fortune-Hunte- r. That's the gist of the letter, and as I say my first impulse was quite different from my second as to an swering it. I felt that Hugh was a fortune hunter who would sacrifice honor for money, get possession of the entire worldly wealth of a wid ow with two young daughters, and then perhaps his wife to the point where she would pass out ' of the picture entirely. But on second thought I realized that this letter from Sally's mother reveals more than she probably suspected. For one thing, Sally's fa. ther didn't want her to go on that fatal night party that ended her young gay dancing days so tragical ly, and for another Sally's mother hasn't been any too successful in her management of the estate since her widowhood. Arrangement Conid Be Happy One, It is highly possible that Hugh sees that if she is allowed to go on making foolish investments there will soon be nothing left for anyone, whereas if he handles it wisely and sensibly they will all be better off. At 34 a doctor has reached an age to think of marriage and fa therhood, and although Sally can never go with him to movies or dances or banquets, it is highly pos sible that with her intelligence, devotion, sweetness she can make a home for him that will rival all these amusements. If he is a charlatan he certainly hasn't betrayed it in his past history. He has a fine position and has already made himself a dis tinguished figure ' in his own field. He will give Sally a very ecstasy of happiness, and it seems to me her chances of successful wifehood are as good, or possibly better, than those of girls who have had every. thing their own way, who think of nothing but themselves, and who never have had the stern disci pline that Sally has had. A Good Risk. So I sent in "Troubled Mother's" envelope my advice that the risk was a good one. All marriages are risks, and Sally's own opinion of the man she loves might be considered some indication of his worthiness When Sally's troubled mother dies, be it few or many years from now. it will surely be a satisfaction to her to know that Sally is in safe hands. that there is a man who loves her, and who is into the bargain a good . doctor, close beside her. The small amount of pride the "troubled mother" will have to swallow is insignificant compared with the happiness which Sally will receive by marrying the man she loves. Even if Hugh turns out to be a scamp he will hardly be able to do anything crueller to Sally than did the weak mother who let a girl go out to night clubs, danc ing with men she hardly knew, and to be brought home, when her own escort failed her, by a drunken of our traffic stranger. Two-thiraccidents happen at night; thousands of them happen when dazed, sleepy youngsters stumble out of road houses, stupid with poor food, bad drink, bad air, smoke and noise The problem of Sally's life never would have to be solved today if a wiser mother had solved it four years ago. I7RANKLY. the ournos of this 1 frock is to make you look sweet and Drettvl A hieh rinint nf charm is the effect, accent ed by nattering mils. The por open-sleev- trait neckline is wickedly becom X Marks the Spot Words a Drug Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. Kipling. A Hollywood story concerns a film magnate who had never RAZOR BLADES learned to write. But that did ASK YOUR DEALER FOR THE not keep him from making money, and when he put two crosses on a OUTSTANDING BLADE VALUE check the bank honored it. 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