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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD, DUCHESNE, UTAH !PEICOPI 3 By JOE MAHONEY so you RECIPE FILE ffcemsnss MA&muOUSQUA&Sf 14 W.T. PERSON Anay Ives, bis wife, Rate; daughter, Hope; son Dave, and motber-in-laCranny, move to southern Arkansas on tract of free land which they must cultivate to keep. A neighbor, Hank Butler, presents them with a wild turkey for Christmas and rather than offend him, they eat the illegal bird. Another neighbor, Mrs. Webster, recognizes the turkey as being a wild one, and is resentful when she fails to find out from where it came. Hope and Dave cele rate the holiday by bringing a turkey inner to Deefy, a negro halfwit living i the extreme swampland, who jgly did Andy a favor. The rains come and Andy is worried about a possible flood. and if we start stewing and looking scared, itll be bad around the Ives place! I dont think Granny will be scared, Dave said. Shes pretty hard to scare. Andy nodded. Shes O K. Now, listen here: If things do get bad well have to persuade the womenfolk to go to the camp in town at least a day or two ahead of us. You help me out on that. Dave nodded. Yes, sir. Ill be right in there, pitching." They made their purchases in town with as much speed as possible. From the grocer, Andy learned that the refugee camp was CHAPTER XVIII being set up, and that the sheriff had appointed a man to oversee the Andy was whistling contentedly as they walked back to the little care and feeding of stock brought in cleared patch to resume the work from the lowlands. Who is he? Andy asked. I may that the rain had interrupted. "Yonders Mr. Flipp, Dave said. have to turn a few head over to him. "Hes walking pretty fast." I think its Sig Flanagan, the "For him, yes, Andy said. grocer told him. You can phone "Wouldnt set a record, though. the sheriffs office and find out. Use Mr. Flipp came on toward them. my phone if you "Sunshine "Howdy, both," he said. "Thanks," Andy said. "No rush ieels good, dont it? Danged if I about calling. wasnt 'bout to mildew! From the grocery store, he went "Whats the news? Andy in- to Burkes Lumber Yard and bought quired. He was sure that the droll trapper hadnt traipsed down there to pass the time of day or to watch him and Dave work. To Absalom Flipp, such labor was purest drudgery, a curse to body and a burden to soul. "Anything wrong? "Not yet. I thought you was goln to town this momin. Well, I was, but its so pretty we decided to work. I guess the bayou will run on off now, without backing out too much, wont it? You want a ride to town?" Mr. Flipp ignored the question. "01 man Eliot told you yestiddy youd better go stock up on provisions unless youve got plenty on hand. He said Miz Ives was makin un-wi-tf a list1 "But he didnt tell me that, in case the rain stopped, the bayou would go high enough to cut us off from town, Andy broke in. "He didnt seem so concerned about it. "Well, he wouldnt come right out an tell you what to do, said Mr. Flipp gently. 1 wouldnt either. He figgered he had made it plain, though. He didnt tell me so, but Im shore thats whut he figgered. "All right, advise me, Andy begged. Im green here. What do you think Id better do? , . Youd better git in yore waggin an' go to town an stock up, Mr. Flipp told him. An youd better bring back some planks fer a boat Youd better find out whur the stock an cattle are to be drove to, in case things git bad. The bayous rism fast. Theys a lot of water cornin down from up the country. By the time you git back here from town, youll be drivin through shallow water from the bayou. By momin, it'll be so deep you wont want to drive in it, for you couldnt make out the road. Andys head wheeled under this assault of facts. Since last night when the change in the weather had come, he had felt free and easy concerning the bayou. This morning his confidence had been at a peak: He and Dave could get back to work, and all was well! Now, danger was more imminent than ever! Hadnt we better leave the mules and the cow at Newcastle this afternoon? he asked. "We could tie the cow to the wagon and lead her in. Somebody there will be in charge of keeping stock, I guess. Youll have time to take care of that, Mr. Flipp assured him. In the next couple of days, if the bayous still rism fast, youll know whut to do. He turned to start away, then stopped. You neednt git more'n the planks an nails fer the boat. 01 man Eliot an me have got pitch an oakum fer tightenin the seams. "Thanks, Andy said. And I appreciate your coming down to tell me what to do about the water. Dont mention it The Lumberman Discourages Andy "Whatll you and Mr. Eliot do? Andy wanted to know. "Your cabin is on lower ground than our place. "Oh, well scaffold things up In the house an lock up an leave, I reckin. I bad to do it once, fore the ol man took up with me. Theys a refugee camp at the Fair Grouns in Newcastle whenever flood comes along. Andy and Dave drove to town that afternoon. When they crossed the bayou, which had been low and clear and slow of current on their were crossings, previous they amazed to find it racing and boiling now, lapping at the underside of the bridge stringers. "Howll we ever get to the refugee camp, if the bridge washes away? Dave asked. "We'll be cut off. "They'll rig up a ferry, I guess," Andy told him. "Anyway, dont worry about having to go to the camp. 'You heard Mr. Flipp say that he has had to leave his cabin only once because of water. Our house is on higher ground than his. Maybe this will be even higher water than the one that drove Mr. Flipp out, Dave worried. Leave such worrying to the women, son. You and 1 will have to see after things, including them; Vt 1 it like that? You said Id better, and you said good hog wire. You had some trouble with Sig Flanagan during deer season, Mr. Bird told him. He doesnt like you a lot. Hes filling those woods out there with hogs this spring, and theyll make trouble. A good fence wiU probably save you a lot of misery. My place isnt a hog range," Andy said. Itll be up to Flanagan to keep his hogs off my land. Id hate to se you be Ives, Mr. Bird said in a friendly, interested way. Take my advice and do some good fencing. cup butter or margarine lb. marshmallows (about 2'j doz.) teaspoon vanilla pkg. Kellogg s Rice Krispies (5Vs oz.) butter or margarine and marshmallows over water until syrupy. Beat In vanilla. Put Rice Krispies In greased bowl and pour mixture on top. Mix welL Press into 9"xl3' greased shallow tin. Cut Into 214' squares Cook when cooL Yield: 24 delicious Rice Krispies Marshmallow Squares. Everyone loves em I hard-heade- d, 40 stop sr SAKO Sig Flanagan would like nothing better than a chance to have trouble with you. my land. Your logic is good, Mr. Bird declared. Your reasoning is very poor. Please dont think Im trying to run your business or to sell you hog wire. There are a few of us here in Newcastle who feel for you people out there you modern pioneers! Mr. Burke, at the lumberyard, is one of those who have your best interest at heart. There are others." Andy thanked him and he and Dave left with the nails. When they crossed the bayou on the return trip, the water was a little higher, striking the bottom edge of the bridge stringer on their left and boiling white as it curled under. There was no drift breaker to ward off floating logs and brush, and the bridge was at the mercy of whatever the current swept down the bayou. Andy and Dave breathed relief as the wagon rolled off the oak planks at the home end of the bridge and crunched onto the graveL The drainage ditch on each side of the road was nearly filled with bayou water. The mules trotted along briskly, as if they too were eager to be back home. At the house, they learned that Bigelow Halleck had been there. Did he come for his cow, to save us the trouble of seeing after her during the Water? Andy asked. Wen," Kate told. him, for one thing, he asked us to move in with them until the floods over. He said theyve room and that their house i3 on a rise thats never flooded. Now, thats nice of him, Andy said gladly. You and Hope and Granny might enjoy being over there. You said, For one thing. What else did he come for? Well, its Andy Ives! the merchant exclaimed. Kates face was grim. Word has reached the game warden that Bigefour planks for the boat. low Halleck shot a wild gobbler for They tere shaky cy- our Christmas dinner. e stuff press, for the clear, Andy jerked. Of all things! Did was entirely too high. Sam Bragg come to him about It? Live out on the bayou? Mr. He said Mr. Bragg mentioned Burke asked. the report to him yesterday, while Ive taken up some land out he was in town. Of course. Big isnt there, Andy told him. worried about the warden, for The man studied him closely. He theres no proof that he shot a turwas middle-agewith keen gray key. What gets him is the question eyes, a genial, honest face, and of who could have started such a there was about him an air of solid thing. respectability and honesty. Why? Well, it gets me too," Andy he asked curiously. Who could have, and drawled. Ill tell you, Andy came back, why? if youll tell me why you ask such a question. Somehow, the mans A Malicious Tongue inquisitiveness was not offensive. Gets He really seemed to want to know Kate told him then of Mrs. Wewhy. Fair enough! Heres why I bster's prying on Christmas Day asked: You dont look like the peo- rooming, and of her own stubborn refusal to alleviate the womans ple whove homesteaded swamp She hasnt been here land. You dont talk like them. I curiosity. Kate reminded since either, then, just wondered why you went out him. Hell hath no fury like a nosey there. woman scorned! she paraphrased. To make a farm I didnt have Ill just be Andy the money to buy," Andy told him. said slowly. She doesnt like Big. Thats the only reason. I wanted a He was here that morning. She put good farm. two and two together and got what Well, theres good land out she wanted to get! there, the lumberman said, shrugThat, summed it up very well. It ging, but itll work you to death was not something to worry about before it pays you for your trouble. in so far as the game laws were Maybe. Andy paid him for the concerned, for there would be no planks. Tell you the truth, though, way to prove the report. But there were two unpleasant facets to the I think were going to like it. matter: It showed that Birdie Webto on the Bird Harddrove They in ster, spite of her surface meeknails. ware, for ness, was capable of malicious gosWell, its Andy Ives! the merchant exclaimed. Where have you sip; and it was one more Clack mark against the homesteaders, been keeping yourself? the members of the courtBusy, Andy told him. Youve whom and their camp followers house ring for a good memory strangers. accused of every game and fish violation in the book and a good many The Hallecks Make out of it. Mr. Eliot and Mr. Flipp arrived A Kind Offer "Some I remember easily. The late that afternoon and set to work building the boat. Mr. Eliot's bayous about to go on a spree, I neatly fringed head was full round, of fighear. WhatD It do to you? ures and angles, and he tossed such to be able wouldnt "I guess, as rake and flare and Just hoping for the terms Andy replied. keel about with complacent abanbest. I want some nails. Mix 6s and don. Mr. Flipp, who had built a 8's, about four pounds. of simple, number Hey. Sam," Mr. Bird called to craft, proceeded with his clerk, who was opening stock In the task, loftily Ignoring the old the rear of the store. "Come fix up gentleman. Once he said to Andy, these nails. Ives, come back to my on the sly, Aint it awful to have office for a moment. a brain so big it gits in the way of Andy followed him back to the the hands? Uttered cubicle with desk and safe It was Mr. Flipps view that If the piled high with invoices and old weather remained clear the bayou ledgers. Mr. Birds manner foretold would scarcely more than get withsomething of importance. in sight of the Ives house. The boat This is between us, Ives, he was a precaution, in case anbut you'd better do some other just said, big rain came. And by the fencing with good hog wire. I of- afternoon of the next day they had fered you credit back in late fall, built and caulked the boat, driving when you first came down here. It oakum tightly into the main se im still stands good." with hammer and a putty knife. "Thanks, but what makes you say (TO BE CONTINUED) first-grad- Out-of-Boun- 03 Change to if he feels like that, hell find the chance one way or another. I intend to fence my farm when I can afford it, Mr. Bird, but right now, my prospects are too uncertain to go in debt for wire to keep out hogs that have no business on Well, rtAIN OR the Safer Cigarette with CORK SPORTLIGHT Not Connie and Lonnie and Mack By GRANTLAND RICE years ago a kid saw Aristides win the first Kentucky Derby. His name is Matt Winn, now nearly 88 years old. Seventy years ago, another kid showed up in one of the minor eastern ball parks, possibly Pittsfield, as a lean, lank catcher. scrawny His name is Connie Mack, now 86 years old. SEVENTY-FOU- R I I Y A L TOBACCO CO.. INC, N. T. terafe band on continuing tests of popular brands rout are stronger and livelier than ever. My soul is more lu- By Tom Gregory Nof Medic ated FLEMrNO-HAL- new shoots minous when my body powers begin to faiL The snows of winter may be on my head, but the sunshine of eternal spring is in my heart. This is the answer to Winn, Mack The snows of winter and Stagg may be on their heads, but the sunshine of eternal spring is in their hearts. They never look behind. They look only to the days and years ahead. The past is dust. It is Also some 70 only tomorrow that matters. This years ago a high keeps em young. school kid did some The Big Year pitching and playUnless an unexpected jolt arrives ing end before he Grantland Rice entered Yale. His at some early date, Messrs. Winn name is Alonzo Stagg, also set at and Mack both figure that 1949 may be the best year either has the tender age of 86. ever known. Here are three men who might Colonel Winn is certain that his have the slogan, Life can begin will lure more than 100,000 Derby warms at any age, but it only up spectators into his stands,' and set in the 80s. For Matt Winn is a new mark. There seems to be handling the production act for the grave doubt in many centers that 75th Kentucky Derby, the greatest any Kentucky Derby ever drew of them all in the words and mind 100,000 fans. of this incredible turfman. Two years ago this doubt was At the same time, Connie expressed in loud tones. I asked Mack is dreaming of his 10th Colonel Winn for the correct pennant, actively in charge of figures. a ball club that has a chance TU tell you, he said. "Tell to win with just a few lucky those who doubt the figures that I spins from the wheel of chance. will be glad to bet .$10,000 that we And with Messrs. Winn and Mack had 100,000 or more spectators, and featured entries in racing and if they care to take the bet, Ill baseball, Lonnie Stagg is actively guarantee to prove it to their comNo one cared helping young Lonnie, his son, to plete satisfaction. teach the young men in a Pennsyl- to take the bet. Derby Day at Churchill Downs is vania college how to tackle, block, beyond description. You can call run and throw passes. Here are three men who can lay the place a piadhouse and then claim to a total of 260 years and retire. But for all that, it is a terare not only actively connected rific show, due largely to tradition with sport, but in two instances, and the showmanship of Colonel Winn and Mack, with the biggest Matt Winn. The amazing feature is that so many take their beating, shows of the year. year after year, arid come back for This has never happened bemore. fore. Certainly no two men at So far as competition goes, the ages of 86 and 88 have 1949 has everything it lakes te in such played leading roles build up interest with the possi sport, and Stagg, at 86, is probbility or probability of a big, ably in better condition than field. The next either. two weeks will tell us more At a party one night in Los Anabout this. 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