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Show Ly, THE December 28, 1944 TIMES-NEW- count CHAPTER IV fill it mean supper?" Lion't think so. I think all you fount on is dinner." Ma would say, "Jim always Chicken. I'll have Homer run la chicken." pesday morning we'd be up early get the chores taken care of the horses turned out to pasture. wouldn't need them today. I we ten we'd all go out on the front rch to wait. Pretty soon we would rone of the neighbors coming the field and Pa would say, lit and wave. Homer," and I go out to the fence and wave In a moment, Harve would Jack. ty soon he would be at the porch and Pa would say, you got your gloves?" and would slap his hip pocket and Right here." vould talk neighborhood news ops. Harve would say, Tve bts of down corn." And Pa say, "It was that wind of July fth." And Harve would say, "It ems to me we get more down than we used to." Pa would "One good thing about it, it tures just as well." a would say, "How is your wife ling along with her grapes?" and ire would say, "She's got bags pippin' from everywhere. If I get i in the night, I bang smack into ie." Then we would all laugh. ier hands are all discolored. I i't know what she's goin' to do hen Sunday comes." I'The Lord will overlook that," la would say. Ma was strong for tie Lord. Pa was for the Lord. too. but not Juif? because somebody's hands were stained. It wouldn't be long beforeJim Vert would come over the brow of the hill with his dehorning chute Itling along on its two wheels. would be standing in the front rt of the chute, his head not much Iter than the boards. e would go out to meet him, all ept Ma, because she didn't like ink what the dehorning chute d for. I didn't either, but on a certain things have to be done m would open up his toolbox and d out his jumper brass buttons on the sleeves n he would get out his saw which a steel frame, and a long thin, At first the calf wouldn't pay much attention to the saw, but Jim's arms would be working back and forth and the blade would be going Then all of a sudden the calf would begin to pitch and kick and bellow and white slobber would run down on my hand. "Hold him, hold him!" Jim would pant, his elbows working. Off would come a horn and blood would squirt out of the holes in the soft horn part of the head. Then Jim would lean over farther and start on the other horn . . . Jim would take out a stick he had padded with cloth, daub it into his tar can and swab it on the spurting horns. Little by little the blood would stop. "I always wait till they stop bleeding. The teachei looked capable, I'll say that for her.' "You can't tell by talking to 'em," Pa would say. "That's a fact. Let him go." Harve would raise the heavy board and the calf would stumble out, shaking bis head and bellowing. "The best thing is to ask for their recommendations. Even then you've got to take a chance," Jim would say. "Still she was a nice lookin' girl." "That don't mean she would be a good teacher." "It sure don't," Jim would say and give another shove on the saw. All morning it would go on, the number of calves in the pen grow- - . blood-staine- g blade. Then he turn a thumbscrew till the. ide was so tight it would go ping! en he picked it with his thumb- il. Jim would squint one eye and sight along the blade as if it was a gun barrel. "I think I'd better give It a rip or two." His hand would go into the box Id nd out would come a file and he ould begin to dress the savage eth. While he was doing this, we ould exchange news. How is your down corn?" Pa ould say. "I've got lots of it. Just lots," Jim ould say as he sighted along the eth. "It was that wind of July welfth." t's what I told Harve," Pa ay with satisfaction. cVould take his place at the d of the chute with his saw, and Harve and I would start ve the calves in closer and r. They'd throw up their heads roll their eyes, because they t something was the matter. chute was shaped like the V. There was a series of on each side through which ould be pushed. We'd round .nc caives iiuacr miu closer. yTetimes one calf ahead, some-ne- s another. "Huey!" Pa would 11 and wave his hands and a calf mid fasten his eyes on the opening the chute and start forward in a little trot. Then we'd make rlpeful and slam the poles behind VJm. Jim would be watching his tiance and take the big heavy oard, shaped like the letter U, and em it down over the calf s neck so Jhe calf wouldn't move. There the a If would stand, kicking and bawl- pig, his tide thumping in and out V'Let him quiet down," Jim would p. "It's always a good idea to the first one quiet down. Gives thert confidence." d lean against the chute and ,ilm quiet down. girl was around to see me the school, Jim would say. he com to tee you, Amos?" t yet." L I talked to her. But you 1 anything from talkln' to L'uoss he's all right now." Lould give his sleeves a hitch. n over the top of the chute. nis nose till I get started. Grab his nostrils." Knock down the mud-daube- rs nests. ing smaller and the number in the barn lot growing bigger. Finally Pa would pull out his watch by its leather strap and say, "Well, I expect we'd better go to the house and see if there's anything on the table." Jim would put down his saw. "I'll go to the tank first." Jim would go to the galvanized iron tank by the windmill and get off the worst. Then we would all walk to the house over the corn cobs, and Pa would bring out a pan of hot water and put it on the wash bench in the yard. Jim would pick up the soap and scrub himself, lean ing over so the water would drip on the ground. When he finished he would go to the roller towel on the back porch, dry himself, and give the towel a pull to show how po lite he was. We would all go in and sit down at the table. Pa always asked company to say the blessing, but that was on Sundays; this was a workday. If this had been Sunday and Jim had had on his good clothes, he could have asked the blessing. So Pa bent over his plate and thanked the Lord for what we were about to receive. By the time he finished, Jim would be looking over the table. "Homer was a big help to us this morning," Jim would say as be reached for the fried chicken. "I guess he'll be a help now," Pa would say and they'd all laugh a little. "Tall like his mother, ain't he?" Ma would straighten up a little. Then say, "How are your boyi, Jim?" "Shuckin' today." "You've got a nice pair of boys there, Jim," Pa would say. "Good workers." "I guess they'll do," Jim would ay modestly. Pa would mention tome of the neighborhood newt that Jim had told ua, and Jim, to be obliging, would tell more. Ma would get the things off the range at quietly at the could to as not to mist anything. "My wlfe'i tryin' out a new brooder," Jim would tay. "I told her the needn't do to much work, but you know how women are." "I know," Ma would say, then tit down, with drop the last few t inches. At the end of the meal, Jim would get out hit quill toothpick and we would tit there talking more eatily than at the beginning. Pa would fay, "Come in the front I room, Jim," and Jim would say, "How much did you pay for your rocker, Amos?" and Pa would say, wasn't it, Susan?' Jim was always a great hand to know the price of everything. As Jim was rocking and picking, he would say, "Well, you got your money's worth." Ma would come to the door and say, "Is your wife coming to the chapel Sunday?" "I expect so. She's a great hand to go to church." "I'll get to see her, then," Ma would say and go into the kitchen. At last Pa would say, "I expect we'd better go back," and' we would all get up and start, me a little in the rear. It wouldn't be long till the saw was again going After a while the calves would all be on the same side of the fence, walking around and shaking their heads and now and then giving a B.ll Syndicate. WNU lC M.; CHICLE KEEDLEW URK Easily Crocheted Bed Socks Amusing and Practical Dishcloth The Unfaithful Wife W.N.U.SERVICt is PAGE SEVEN Kathleen Norris Says: J lVoVt'I vvpcr m' THE STORY THUS FAR: Amos Croy. mer sergeant In the Civil War, left iiio and settled near Marysville, Mis souri. He married Susan SeweU, daugh ter of another covered wagon pioneer. id soon a son, Homer, was born. Ho- er's earliest recollection was of a cy- whlcb blew the sod barn down wrecked the orchard. Sunday weign- was an institution of the Croy farm. e neighbors wonld gather after dinner and guess the weights of the steers. Amos usually won. He was an excellent farmer and had an exceptionally keen mind. His one aim was to be a good real and develop Homer Into rmer. Amos believed that the farm "Vthe only place worth while. NEPHI. UTAH I Features. 1 r , " r ' I S80 9 im--i , "Six-eight- W&m m FsJ Iff bellow. "How long you goin' to feed, Amos?" Jim would ask. "I'll hold them a year at least. I don't believe in turning light stock." "That's just the way I see it," Jim would say and wipe off his saw and go to the tank. "I'll get the rest off at home." "You want your check now?" Pa would ask. "If you wouldn't mind," Jim would say politely and Pa would send me to the house for bit indelible pencil. We'd put the team on and the dehorning chute would rise out of the wheel holes. Scattered on the ground would be the horns; some would have little patches of hair clinging to them. Pretty soon the chute would be swaying and teetering toward the road and Pa would begin picking up the horns and burying them so the smell of blood that night wouldn't keep the cows from giving down their milk. Dehorning day would be over. But after I went to bed I could still hear the calves giving their plaintive bellows, and I would feel sorry for them. At about this time I got my first "lesson" in life. At least it is the first "lesson" I can remember: My mother raised chickens and, since she was not "strong," I had to help her. She liked to study them, and especially the way they treated one another. One'day, "at we were sitting on the porch and the chickens were scratching in the yard, she said: "Chickens are just like people. They have ways of grading each other just as we have. They look up to some hens and they look down on others. The hen that keeps her feathers oiled and makes the best impression is the one they respect most. She's the one that gets the tidbits and she's the one that gets the last peck. "People are like that. The ones that put up the best appearance in the way of money, or home, or position, get the most respect. Every henyard is run that way and every human group is run that way. Now you watch, as you go through life, and see if it don't work out!" It was such a whimsical idea, I could hardly believe it; but my mother pointed out a hen that was the leader, and it was exactly as my mother said. This was not only true with the hens. but also with the roosters. We had a sort of head rooster who was really cock of the walk. Something had happened to his voice; there was a hoarse note. Early of a morning his voice would be the first one to go off; then the other roosters crowed in exact turn. A We had a vivid illustration. hen, that was a leader and got the last peck, was caught by a hog and her feathers were torn out to that she presented a lugubrious appearance. That hen lost her leadership and never got it back. Homely and simple at it wat, my mother's bit of philosophy made a deep impression on me. In March my father would tay. "Homer, it't time to clean out the smokehouse," and my heart would hit the floor. Work. I would have to move all the loose oddt and endt out, knock down the nests, tighten the tin can lids that had been nailed over the knotholes, and twecp. The stove, from one season to another, wat kept in a corner, and now I would have to haul it out and aet it In the middle of the mud-daub- floor. When everything wat ready. Pa would tay, "All right now, we'll rub." More work. He would fill a candy bucket a third full of brine, and ait down on a little bench outtide the smoke- house and aloth the ham up and down; then he would pull the ham up on the bench and rub in salt and brown tugar to the ham would not develop "skippers." The meat had been salted down in January, after we had butchered, but he alwayt gave it this extra rubbing just to be The tu young women have apparently been having a pretty good time at dances, theaters, movies and night clubs with various admirers. By KATHLEEN NORRIS AN ARMY lieutenant, 37 - me years old, writes where he from Wales, has been stationed for a year, to ask if he should forgive his wife for admitted infidelity. The wife, Blanche, is 29; they have been married for 10 years and hare on child, a girl of seven. Blanch lives in Chicago, keeping house with another army wife, who also hat a little daughter. Th two young women have apparently been having a pretty good time at dances, with theatert, moviea, night-clubvarious admirers. Now the writes her hutband, Clark, that in this on instane her affection for one of these men has gone too far; the man has left Chicago for th South Seat now, and has gone out of her life, but for a few weeks before he were went away he and Blanch lovers. married m an,'1 Clark "He is writes me, "and Blanche swears that she never will see him again, ner writ te him, and that she Is ashamed of the whole affair. A week after I had her letter, which seemed t crack the actual ground under my feet, I had ft note from th man's wife, informing me of th affair, and that seemed to me to take away ft geod deal f the honesty of my wife's admission. Letters frem a good many people hint f it, and she may have suspected that I would bear about it. "For th child's sake she asks m to forgive and forget, and I confess that that it my inclination, for I lov my wife, adore my child, and have lived all these months In the thought of returning to our happy little horn again. But can a man ever trust a woman after an affair like this? Will she do it again? If anyone else had told m that my sensible, loving, lovely wife wat capable of thit sort of thing I would not have believed it on oath. He Erred, Too. "One other thing." th letter concludes, "which perhapt may influence your decision. When we had been married about three years, when Yvonne was a tiny baby, I had an affair with a divorced woman who worked in my office. It went on for mors than a year, when Blanch discovered It through th accident of my addressing her and talking to her on th telephone on day, believing it wat th other woman. I ended th affair, th forgave me, and we never mad further allusion to it Should her generosity than affect in now? I feel It unfair to consider a woman's offense In this matter more serious than man's, but I do feel a. Do yu?" Tat, Clark, I do. Especially In this cat, wher th woman knew well what ah wat doing. It Itn't fair that rules should be different for women and for men. and In strictly moral tense they ar not But by tociety they ar differently regarded and differently punished, aad women from th beginning of time hav had to accept th situation. It Is generally recognized that women hav trior telf control in matters of sex than men do, ar finer in their feellngt, and wit enough te know that for this sort ttt weakaess tWy pay th bill. So -- TRUST DESTROYED that while a wise man may easily r, be snared by a woman into a a wise woman it much better fitted to avoid the danger. However that may be, your only course is to forgive Blanche, and wipe the matter as completely from your mind and your memory as you can. Should any of these dear friends who have turned informer ever allude to it, it will be enough for you to tay briefly that you understand the whole situation and that it concerns you and Blanche alone. Wait Till Yon Come Home. Whether you two can make a success of a marriage in which confidence has been destroyed on both sides Is a question, but apparently harmony was reestablished after your infidelity a few years ago, and it may be restored again. At all events, It seems to me the wise thing is to wait until the war is over, or until you are home again, and then tee how you both feel and bow things go. Yea will probably find yoar wife nee again "lovely and loving," yoar home and your small daughter everything to which man wants to com back. Surely it Is more sensible to make this attempt at fresh start than io return embittered, lonely, with Do place t g and no ties to resume. You win not be the only man who will hav to make this tort of compromise when he comet home. In hundred! of caset ther will be mistakes to forgive, ttupldltiet to overlook. In all caset there will be a deep chatm to crott th chasm between th old orderly way of living and th new conditlona, which none of ut can foresee., Th dreadful chatm of war, which carries our boyi away from home and all th horn influence!, accustoms their young eyes to tight no eye ver ought te te, hurriet them Into haety marriaget, hasty divorces, batty deeltlont. They ar going to all that we hav of courage and stability and cod and lov to bring them back. It it for you and Blanch t contribute to thit effort, rather than to increase the world's burden. love-affai- When all other simpler meant of removing spots or ttaina from whit or cotton fabrlct hav failed, bleaching agentt may be used. i Th ttained material should be placed over a bowl of hot water and th bleaching agent applied, on drop at a time, with glass rod or medicine dropper. When the ttain changes color, the fabric should be dipped Into the water. 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