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Show THE BEAVER PRESS, BEAVER, UTAH place and the materials to do the job, and I was to be the judge of FICTION co?A? whether the copies produced were acceptable or not. If we had too much argument we could each choose a friend and they would choose a third party to settle the argument. There wasn't anything left for me to do but go through with it. I was going to each Phillip Crasor a lesson, anyway." My forgotten cigarette burned my fingers and I tossed it from the car. "I turned over a small cottage down on the lake to Phillip Crasor, stocked it with a Bible, paper, pens, ink and blotters and told him to go to work. I left a man there to see that he didn't get outside help. It was strictly business with me. I had $50,000 at stake." "Phillip Crasor was going t produce 10 perfectly legible handwritten copies of the Bible, as the contract provided, or be would lose the bet." "I didn't get back for a week or two, and Phillip had spoiled a lot of paper but produced nothing acceptable. He wanted to fight, but I told him to read the contract and STRICTLY BUSINESS By ROBERT C. BLACK MON finest sermon I. ever heard and the benediction came straight from the heart of the figure in the pulpit. The stirring voice of the big organ filled the church and the congregation beg;in to leave. Harry Thatcher and I were surrounded by sober, thoughtful people as we went to the car. He drove out toward the lake. "Don," Thatcher said abruptly after he got a cigar started. We were entering the hke drive. "There are three million, five hundred and four hundred and eighty letters in the Bible." "I suppose so." I almost dropped my cigarette. His talking about the Book took me by surprise. His interest was financial news, exclusive- If a man can't look at it like that, he has no business betting." He tooled the big car around a curve. Sunlight was on the lake, a moving pattern of glinting water under a cloud splashed sky. "The club was in an uproar, with men belting each other we'd both back out, or go on with it. I went over to the big bookcase at the other end of the room to think it out. "I saw the Bible in the bookcase and remembered my mother telling me that the Book was good to read when you didn't know what to do. I didn't know what to do. "I took the Bible and saw in the back where it had so many letters" and words and all that, and it gave me an idea. When I was in school I couldn't spell. "The teacher used to make me write missed words on the black- - THE broad-shouldere- d sixty-thousan- ly. "There are seven hundred and seventy-thre- e thousand, seven words in its hundred and forty-si- x thirty-on- e thousand, one hundred verses." and seventy-thre- e "Sure." I looked at him, wonderi- "I ng- His gray eyes were half closed, broad face grave. One could lee why he was called "Bull-dog- " Thatcher. He had a reputation of going after business, wherever it was, and getting it. "Shortly after the war ended, a iroung man named Phillip Crasor came into my club one evening.' Thatcher settled himself more comfortably in the broad front seat of Ihe car, one big hand on the wheel rim. "He had been a pilot. I don't mow how many missions, but enough. Star end at fjp university before that. All around athlete. He had been mentioned as a possible Olympic chance. Folks had a little money." The car rolled with almost no noise. I said nothing. This wasn't :he Harry Thatcher I'd known. I'd iropped in on him last night since was in town for a few days, and ae'd insisted upon my going to :hurch with him this morning. Thatcher was not a church man, so far as I knew. I waited. "Phillip had got some cockeyed ideas in the army," Thatcher went 311. "Some radical talk. He started griping about youngsters in the army e getting killed while the ousinessmen stayed home safe. My income runs up a little." He couldn't conceal a note of pride. "He looked at me when he said it and I thought he was making it personal. I told men were worth aim what they got and he said they were a lot of stuffed fools. I got ore. I told him he couldn't handle a $30,000 job for a month, much less a year." Thatcher coughed a little, apologetically. "I was a captain in the first world war. Infantry. Shrapnel." His hand moved to his right side. "They wouldn't take me the last vM wi his e time." He straightened. Breeze from the lake swept our smoke from the car. "Phillip Crasor said he had $3,000 that said he could handte any $30,-Wjob for 12 months. Inherited the money from an aunt, I believe. Anyway, he said for me to put up or shut up. The fellows in the club laughed, and I well, I lost my temper. I called him at ten to one, betting 50.000 against his five that he couldn't handle the job. I was to name the job. It wasn't to be Impossible, or require technical skill neither of us had. It was foolish, but neither of us would back down. It was a bet and I couldn't call it off. Betting is strictly business with me. If I win I- collect, and if I ose I pay off. Strictly business. JL Tirr rJ,''t!l:i 7 1 I rnAr 5r- - k V. ! , - , - L' ? t 1 1 My man cabled me that Phillip Crasor had locked himself cottage and wouldn't let anyone in. In the it was time for him to put up or shut up. I thought he would burst. The club was betting he'd last about another week. I did not think he'd go that long." Thatcher looked out over the lake, then his eyes came back to the drive before us. "Business suddenly took me to France and Italy and I stayed there for months." He coughed again, apologetically. "All wars are not won on the battlefield, and all soldiers do not wear uniforms, yoj know. Anyway, I was gone ovei nine months. My man cabled me that Phillip Crasor had locked himself in the cottage and wouldn't let anyone in. The year was almost up when I got back home. It had about 20 days to run. I hurried down to the cottage." Thatcher flicked ashes from the , cigar. "My man said Phillip Crasor had been gone for a week. The 10 handwritten copies of the Bible were on a table in the cottage, all per fectly legible. On top of one pile was a letter to me from Phillip Crasor. I have that letter home He said he now, in my Bible. wouldn't take the $50,000 and the bet was off. I paid, though, to the church we attended this morning. When a man loses, he should pay. It's strictly business. If I'd won" "But what about Phillip Crasor?" I held another forgotten cigarette in my hand. He preached that sermon "Oh. you heard this morning." LET'S TALK ABOUT yjoiL BY CHARLES B. ROTH GIVE YOURSELF TO A CHAIB A friend of the late William James, greatest psychologist of his day, asked the noted man if he would mind giving a few rules for the improvement of personality. h. m , m Grace Noll Crowcll 1 would I kold mort prtcioiu (hu fine gold, Tbi would I keep although all else be lost: Hope in the heart, that precioui, priceless THIS thing, Hope at any ant. And God, H its fine lutfer should be dimmed, If seemingly ihrough grief it nuy be ;nt, Help me to wait without too much dnpair, Too great astonishment. Let me be patient when my spirit lacks Its high exuberance, its shining wra!:h Hope is a matter, often, Cod, I know Ot strength, of health. 7X f' Help me to wait until my strength returns, I le!p me to climb each difficult h;gh slop, Always within my heart some gjlJen gloun, Some quenchless spark of hype. : ft. PL. V '.B 019 in unaniaa ri"V' .,4 Yfc's'V'"' , I WISER WW ? phenol derivatives. Kb t"'5 different net differ- -. tabl- e-i combination of ingredients formulated in"'1 i? Uncoated or candy action is dependable, gentle, as m;nic,n, ftnfe ago. dock. He was treated for exposure after being fished out of thf yj progl Geti2S.bo. water. If Niriflfc that makes fo5ks sleep all night! Thouwuida no Bleep undisturbed because ol the news that their being awakened night after night might be from bladder vrrUatum, not th kvintyt. Let's hope so! That's a condition Foley Ptiis usually at lay within 24 hours, feince bladder irritation is bo prevalent and Foley Piila so potent. Folev Pills must benefit you within 24 hours or DOUBLE YOUR MONEY BACK. test. Get Foley Pills from drugMake gist. Full satisfaction or DOUBLE YOUH MONEY BACK. "1 Planning for the Fi r ft n n ouy u. 3. Savings P Delicious Kellogg's Corn Flakes an A quick enern satisfying food for kids. They sure can use it! Honey Almond Cream Cake Tops Desserts .'--. yA well-know- n 0 rr n V , fairs' JJ?S (See recipes below) - board a couple of hundred times. I wrote about 20 words a minute, writing carefully. I figured I could write perhaps 30 words a minute, fast. That meant about 15,000 words in a full day of writing. At that rate, it would take 50 days to complete a handwritten copy of the Ten good, clear, handwritBible. ten copies would therefore take about 500 days, and the bet was for a year." Thatcher laughed softly, remembering. "I realized that this was an ideal Job for the purpose. It required no technical skill neither of us had, and there was a good chance that Phillip Crasor couldn't do it. I didn't want to lose $50,000 any more than he wanted to lose the five. Phillip hadn't stuck at anything since he came out of the army, and I figured he'd drop out within a few weeks at the most. Then, I'd return his money and teach him a lesson he wouldn't forget about betting. And there was a very good chance that, after he learned what the job was to be, he'd drop the whole thing and agree to call the bet off. That would have been fine with me. I couldn't back down as long as Phillip wanted to go on, of sourse. The men at the club never would have forgotten it, and it would have hurt me in a business way. I went back to the others." He nursed his cigar for a few moments. "Phillip Crasor exploded when he learned what the job was to be. I didn't know it, but his handwriting was awful. He thought I was rib bing him. The men in the club were having the time of their lives. A lawyer drew up a contract and both of us signed It. Phillip Crasor wouldn't back down and I couldn't I was to furnish the n 3Ev ; .1 1 ?v - Wi t Ui ! I t I 'Look Before You Leap' Ha Doesn't; Gets Dunking Dennis PENNSVILLE, N. J. Donovan, 32, Wilmington, DeL, boarded a New Castle ferry and suddenly decided he didn't want to make the trip. He leaped off the ferry towards where he thought the dock was and landed in the icy Delaware river. During the time that Donovan was making up his mind the ferry had pulled away from the "One rule I will give you," responded Dr. James, "a simple rule but so important. The rule is this: Learn to give yourself up to a chair at least once each day." Mystified, the inquirer asked what Dr. James meant when he said "give yourself up to a chair." Tractice conscious relaxation," he was told. "Relax every day. Relaxation, particularly the ease and restfulness associated with otter relaxation. Is one of the best aids I know in developing charming personality." How often one sees these futile men and women who are busy from morning till night, who never relax, who dash from one thing to another, who fidget and fume, who talk rapidly, who burn up energy and tire themselves and everyone else out by their fruitless display of wast motion. And how rarely one finds the composed, relaxed personality of power. Dr. James advice was. of course, purely physical all you had to da was to give yourself up to the chair, relax utterly, let your body sa But there is alwhere it would. ways a subtle and marked relation-shibetween mind and body. And the purpose of his counsel was tc let your mental moods take theit tone from your physical department "What mental mood can you ex pect If you are always phyilcallj tense?" he Inquired. Dessert Tonic If you're casting about for new desserts, you'll like the ones we've selected today. All of them are really luscious and fun to make. But there's even more fun to serving them and listening to the family rave over them. Just about this time of year we want to do something different to our menus and it's a good Idea to start in the dessert department. You may like a delicious honey almond cream cake with a delectable filling to put just the right ending to the dinner; or, perhaps a honey applesauce cake would be just the thing. Maybe you'd even prefer an unusual variation of apple pie, or one of the other pastries which haven't been in the picture. You'll find these in today's column whether it's for luncheon, dinner or just entertaining. Honey Almond Cream Cake layers) (Makes two 2 cups sifted cake flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 14 teaspoon soda, 34 teaspoon salt 12 cup shortening: 13 cup milk 34 cup light corn syrup 1 teaspoon vanilla 12 teaspoon almond extract 2 eggs 12 cup honey d rice 112 caps cereal 1 tablespoon melted batter. Stir flour, baking powder, soda and salt into mixing bowL Add shortening, milk, corn syrup, vanilla and almond extract Beat until smooth, about 150 strokes. Scrape bowl and spoon often during baking. Add eggs and beat 250 strokes; scrape bowL Add honey and beat Pour batter into two 150 strokes. greased pans. Sprinkle one layer with rice cereal which has been crushed and mixed with melted butter. Bake in a moderate (350 degree) oven about 30 minutes. When cool, spread honey almond cream between layers, placing the layer with topping on top. oven-poppe- Honey Almond Cream Filling 2 tablespoons light corn syrup t tablespoons honey 1 tablespoons flour 12 teaspoon salt egg yolk, slightly beaten cup milk teaspoon vanilla 14 teaspoon almond extract Mix together corn syrup, honey, flour and salt. Combine egg and milk. Add to first mixture and blend well Cook over hot water stirring constantly until thick and smooth, about four minutes. Cool; add flavoring. Spread between layers of cake. Applesauce Spice Cake (Makes 9 servinga) 12 cup bran 1 cup sweetened applesauce 12 cup shortening 2 3 cup sugar 12 teaspoon salt 1 egg 114 cup suted floor 1 teaspoon baking powder 12 teaspoon soda 12 teaspoon cinnamon 12 teaspoon cloves 12 cup chopped autmeaU' 12 cup seedless raisins Soak bran in applesauce. Blend shortening, sugar and fait Add egg and beat well. Stir in bran alternately with sifted" dry ingredients. Add nutmeats and raisins. Spread in 1 1 1 LYNN SAYS: Make Plecrost Terfect Alwayi Don't roll the pastry too much or it will be tough. And avoid extra amounts of flour. Never stretch the pastry to fit the tin or it will shrink. Fit loosely to avoid shrinkage. To prevent a soggy erust in berry and fruit pies, place in a hot oven on the lower shelf to set the crust and bake it before it becomes soaked with the filling. fuel-foo- LYNN CHAMBERS' MENU d! Broiled Whitefish Lemon and Parsley Garnish Boiled Potatoes Broccoli Lettuce with Sour Cream Dressing . 'Chocolate Chip Custard Pie Recipe Given greased pan (8x8 inch pan) and bake in a moderate (350 degree) oven for 35 to 40 minutes. When cool, frost with honey meringue. uicy WAT HmLtTAD VV 111 Let your Sealed Power Frii Dealer give your old enei new-ca- r feel I He is an engiwi With new bealed Power Piski and a complete overhaul he store the power your car, trJ tractor had when new, whatr make, model or cylinder e dition. You'll save gas andi See your Sealed Power Frr: Dealer I Honey Meringue 14 cup honey 18 teaspoon salt 1 egg white Heat honey over hot water; pour over egg white; add salt. Beat until thick enough to spread. Cocoanut Cream Pie (N'ine Inch Pie) 12 cup sugar 5 tablespoons flour 18 teaspoon salt 1 12 cups milk 3 egg yolks, well beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup cocoanut shredded Combine first three ingredients, then add milk and cook over low heat until thickened. Add egg yolks and cook two minutes. Remove from fire, cool, and add vanilla and cocoa- nut. Pour into baked pie shell and cover with the following meringue; irt tuii yiwc jvu IIIMI lift. f j IfiHL. "MfflMf2?v. I'M.-- " n Send poatal few illustrated, inform tive new booklet on 7 ways to save oil. It's free and may save you loti ol monev. beal a rower JLepc. W4, Kluakeaon. wucn. W ViJ-- .' v AfZl- i zrz MUl W si iipiSf wiiilj Meringue tablespoons sugar egg whites, well beaten 18 teaspoon salt 12 teaspoon vanilla Add sugar to egg whites, beating constantly. Add salt and vanilla. Pile lightly on pie bringing it over the crust Brown in a moderate oven for 9 to 10 minutes. 4 2 OF SMAU GRAINS, CORN, in . I . jh t. hl n.wn u A C."" cnemicaj . LiifV'f VZ More, hrintra vnn tt . fJr TM ,J nr-- PASlEH AND growing crops with Chocolate Chip Custard Pie (10 Inch Pie) egg yolks, beaten 12 cup sugar 2 cups milk, scalded 1 tablespoon gelatin 14 cup cold water 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 graham cracker crust 12 cup semi-swechocolate, chopped fine 14 teaspoon cream of tartar 4 egg whites 12 cup sugar Beat egg yolks, add sugar and milk and cook in double boiler until thick. Add gelatin softened in water and vanilla. Cool. Pour into crust and sprinkle with chocolate. Add cream of tartar to egg whites and beat until stiff. Add sugar. Continue beating until very stiff. Spread over chocolate. Chill one hour. flAX lDCTOWinCttmall I .... IV . . . . in Agricultural weea-- i. i rrrn " v 1,111 6- -". 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Cut nine-inccircle from pastry rolled 18 inch thick; cut slits or a cherry design to let steam escape. Bake in hot (450 degree) oven 10 minutes; reduce to moderate (350 degree) oven, bake 35 minutes longer. Serve warm. Rdmscd bj WNU Fntuna cu,; at AGRICULTURAL IVEEDNOHWRS Cofi ftu h p., t b.eowt. If tontrols d more fftalvlyl Airriculturaj authorities have found that the eUr forma of 2,4-- used in Agricul-tur- al Weed-No-Mo- r. leave, wahin 5 pen.trate minute., wd wash do not wator' won' or equipment, and are harm- - J S Weed-No- AKriiltiiraJ More u' been Dmuad nn rr. Fp "g 500.000 acre.. ',.Iy h Wit.b Sff mCD.NO Measure shortening accurately. The water displacement method is good. For every cup of flour, 13 cup of shortening Is required. Place 2 '3 cup of water In the cup and add' shortening until the water reaches the top. Saves a dirty cup, too. Never over-mithe flour and; shortening. It's best to use scisrs or a pastry blender to prevent hent-j ing the fat with warm fingers. Leave some of the fat in large sized pieces so these streak through the crust! and give you the desired flaklncss. x ' Ir .r?r... MOKS AT WOOK IN NtW - Aa .f--y" g your county agent, tenchcr or ra dealer to arrantfe for you and your Deifivf J f"! "Agriculturea New Conquent." It I bow you can boont yields and profits nt C0VEr ( tARTH vo-a- IJj, J TkS fV t Ml FREE BULLETINS S your farm aupply dealer for fro Ajrricultural and on thi P , apray method and eiwyto-w',f'g. If he can't supply you at once, writ Agricultural Chemicals Diviaion. 1223 Mi"11 , i . k, Weed-No-Mor- e ni..,.! tm Whrt. UJ t Cl Wkl, Mr.lt ira mortla.S.B.w Co, Chjiog "McTOFSHEmVM-VllUAaS1- 1 Th W. W SlMrwl-"1"- Lr""'1 " -- 7 5; |