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Show I I is lfl Kite, and molh.r- ' P u,Hr 'on,ortIn Grtnn'. u, to mudni plonwrlni brr ABdy ,e rUi orhln und I" f,,,urB ,ur ctosHw i I"' frvdurUvr pUnUnc. Th. trrrtrd by nrlthbori, h " Irk, m bo Immediately make mpn yr k't tnrlud-!JLrnlfr,- o areaeni ..I a PPIV- U-- "d U St p. ' T7 tor. art jhe Ive. n,ht I' ileeP ' rMVn- bjr ' about disturbed In who ajuthtef a.lj he-- " - la bun,r, "h0 bom U,,lr - i by ts-- --'il CIIUTI.R VII i. I ftj1 of i vt i v - : ac;!. nl moved growled. unsteadily "Come on. boy. Newcastle. I want to see wonder how he feels , Fjnacan I out losing the camp house the car to V third member of the group i slender man of about fifty. ) ,. r- -( I the bully dru! k. "to f.(f5 & t Si L rr.ed Li.-- ) glasses, sinewy erlous face serious look. He was t nen morenarrow of face, and he himself with more dignity gj the other two had shown, fa David Wellons, he said to "eounty attorney over at s'iion" He bowed in a way that as gj have been interpreted g tr courteous or sardonic. "We fCtl having disturbed your rest, sore b 5 t.A fa'' friends. Dave; Lfwre are some pretty customers out in your neighborhood." Yes, sir," Dave promi'cii. And as they were leaving, the merchant s ud to Audv; g juu happen to need ary credit, come to me, Ives. I J.Ke jour cut." Thank you. Mr Bird," Andy said But I hofe to keep gratefully. tilings on a cash basis. Credit scares me; it gets out of hand sometimes." "You talk like a man who pays his debts," Mr. Bird said, pleased And remember, my offer stands " As they drove homeward in the rattling wagon. loaded with their purchases, which included also feed for the mules and provisions for the kitchen, Andy and Dave felt that this was really the beginning In sense, the car had been their last remaining link with town life, and now it was gone and they were being pulled homeward by mules. They rode In silence for about two miles, each sensing the thoughts of the other. Andy spoke first. Well, son, this is it! We're now pair of farmers, but someday we'll - equally urgry, re; laced her di.' r w av. T.e buirMtbce v. in XM&W the by Roger & Carr flew on and on. Minorities often. "You board the shot. K.ite said. u heard the hounds and the shot, d dii't you? Sure. What about it Her manner strt Andys heart poundmg, et he knew tiiat no one had In en injured by the shot, or else the music woildn't be going on in the house "What's the matter, Kate'"' The hi unds chased the deer rigid by the house A man rode out of the woods, trying to head off the deer He shot from the horse Most of the load struck the vest end of the cabin Buckshot, of course. Andy paled now. Who was it Did he stop and apologize' Did Mr Eliot know him? Mr. Eliot was busy wdth his violin, trying to show Hope how to accompany him. He didn't even see the hunter a big, broad man on a rangy black horse. No, he didnt stop. He went on by at a gallop, loading his gun as he went Didnt even look this way! He shot mighty high, Andy said slowly, thinking hard. Funny avt-rii.- Gave Mandate" it 'THE DECISION in the diction f i i t tii'-- Democratic questions follow g n a group suptHiited the Bros nit i.iiiv- i f I is stand un the q ,i slum N wl.uh the rrcnibtrs nf ,i mp were interested, and it. .p 'e his P Mti'in mi other with whih ihty did not agree The ili'Miient attr u ted an i mi her of f.mu ntis be cause if tus promise to cm 'it ue farm subs, dies in the four if government price supports f r farm products The farmer was in no way interested in the promise to relaw The porpeal the tion of the labor vote that followed the urge of labor leaders d d so because of the President's promise to repeal Taft Hartley, but were not in sympathy with his farm policy that would maintain high food prices, against which they were que-.t.oi.- 1 hi he'd miss the deer and shoot the cabin wall, from horseback. High as he was above the deer, the charge should've gone into the Question: A of I lours f, A inorths ago I filled and jru.sNd I vouli like to w a.sh them t tit ! ,u ' been adv ised nit to ijt wati i, is it di.sook rs floors rica.se a h was the of r.id c i! interests, Vi tu g wi'h ut'ii Whitman had all tne fuvis sainted, groups, in i n il C. it s Taft-Hartlc- clamoring. Because of such conditions the election could not be considered as a mandate for all of the President's as policies, ground. some members of his party I dont think he shot at the have claimed it to be. deer, Granny said, coming down the low step from the cabin door, Richard Nixon, a Republican, Does are protected, aren't they? represents the 12th California r-" in congress. That district is Was it a doe? Andy nodded. told him. Andy Ar.dy was antas near representative of "It no it had and probably small, ts Glad to meet you, Mr. Weilers. I think that when the man America, as a whole, as is any m saw it was a doe, he was mad other congressional district. PolitA pleasure, I'm Ul Ki. Ives. about that; and it was right here ically, it is almost equally divided P Where are "you from?" at the house too, and that was a between the two major parties, "Harb.sonville sore subject with him so, he Just the Democratic registration showthis in ever lived 3ave you shot at the house for pure meaning a few more than the Republican. The district boundaries inness!" "Set till now," Andy answered. clude a portion of Los Angeles, and Sounds logical, Andy agreed, wardered if the mans interest "but it would take a mighty mean a considerable rural farm section pchteness were feigned or ear-- ! fellow to pull such a trick! outside of the city. Its population 'Why do you ask? It was Sig Flanagan, a voice contains all classes, ranging from It will be Partly from curiosity. said quitely. "I seen him. workers, both organized and unindustrial ti an experience for you, living They turned quickly and saw Mr. organized, managers, gt, I'm sure. Quite an experi-e'- " Fhpp, who had come silently out of bankers, professional people and a Then he turned back to the considerable the woods, two fox squirrels swingnumber of truck, ing from his rawhide belt, his grain and dairy farmers. f "Come, gentlemen. Were wast-(amrifle on his narrow shoulder. To ascertain the wishes of his Did you see him shoot? They drove away, toward the Andy constituents, Representative Nixon asked. mailed to each voter in his disjrel road that led out to the high-- f Seen him ridin to head off trict, Republican and Democratic, Andy stood for a moment un-- $ Nup. ) tle ithe clear, the doe, which he may notve a letter asking their late stars, watching answys to knowed was a doe. He set the rifle nine fairly-stateg red taillight blink through the Those questions. .!h: and thickets , down against a tree and came on nine questions covered the the car passed, proposiora;e r was Lke the baleful red toward the wagon. eye of a tions, up to then introduced into is arte.; the congress, on which some memt;ctar:ly vanquished enemy in "Shet he roared. up. Bugler! ous ec 'teat, looking back at him. Flanagans that mean, all right. bers of the Presidents party Tien he went into the Itd be just like him to pour a load claimed he had a mandate from the kitchen, idp: of shot into yore house an then people in the November election helJte was sound asleep. But, :h kit" You talk like a man who pays say he was shootin at the deer. were p! the wall, the women To those letters Nixon reI and Kate called: Where is he camped? Who was it, his debts. And remember, my offer Andy ceived a total of more than inf k g'l Wasn't one of them mad stands. asked, climbing down from the 26,000 replies, and to no one of h .'i' wagon. something" the nine questions did the nple Te've got their a new have nice car we'll He and with sherthe go always camps camping place, 0 the s. President's program rereive iff an that bunch, Mr. Flipp told it told her. "Theyre deer hunt- - places and see things. Someday a majority of the replies. Quesif him. that Shet up. Say, Sure we will! Bugler! Dave agreed. tion No. 1, for example, was: ,ed from th'" Well have a better car than the wasnt yore dog. I'd grab me up a wh ch Do you favor the repeal of He looked J returned to the bed, rolled one you sold. Right now, we've so scantlin' an bust him! out of the porch, y the labor law? way, and crawled much to do that we dont need a dolefully at Kate and Granny. lit he didn't go to sleep; there car. on that question 24 per cent 'Scuse me, ladies, but demed if I ies sey I too much to think about. hate to hear a critter howl! sseaj! voted for repeal, and 71 per Andy nodded. A lump came into dont ItJer howled Its the music," said Granny. iara cent voted against repeal. Six again and took his his throat, for he was moved by the off the matter. porch, Bugler has done pretty well today, per cent had no opinion. Eviboys acceptance of the situation. but Ue they were at the the music breakfast, they After none was this of Daves all, dently from that district the c hounds Yes'm, I know. Absalom Flipp trailing in the dis- - doing; lots of kids would hold it President did not have a manthen the dull roar of a gun. against a father if he tore them looked from one to the other apoloarapli date to repeal hunter 01 man been Eliot's had killed a deer. jest loose from comfort and friends and getically. . jits, ii I On the question of increasing to git over here an play his Si? and Dave went to m pfr Newcas- - saddled them with a lot of hard itchin Tat fiddle with the piano. He cant play taxes to the extent of $4,000,000,000 itlets morning. Andy sold the car I work. It warmed his heart when 2 nought a for i Dave showed that he was different, wuth a dang, though, an that flyin by an increase in the income ta pair of medium-size- d ' hich I piece or whatever he rates, better than 81 per cent voted to be well that he felt this was his own ven-an- d appeared one of his wust ones! He against an increase. The only one is calls it in laucd good condition. He ture too. took fiddlin oncet, he says, in one of the nine questions on which the and I like to hear you talk like that. 1V se,cndhand wagon vote was reasonably close was that of them observatories, but He bought he said simply. Whatever comes, ,e muies- ram, corA conservatory, covering proposed changes in the Granny youll always know I did what I rected him. Social Security law. On that 48 38 thought was best, son. per cent voted against the proposed Yesm, thats whut I said." Yessir, I know you did, Dave to changes, and 44 2 voted for them Sheriff Martins 'Im going said. and 6.7 per cent had no opinion declared. "I'm Andy going camp, They rode on in silence. They to tell Up to the time the letters con Sig Flanagan -i rai, ior Anay was a I understood each other. the nine questions had been inMr. taining a Jest minute, Flipp IMomer, even if he did seem When they turned off the highway mailed, the administrations farm I You aint asked my ad, walot ah,,t terrupted. 0nj0 grave roacj an(j jrew near but lemme give you a slug of price support bill had not been in the fork of woods road that led out vice, it: Forget whut happened. Thats troduced in congress, and it wa: to the cabin, they heard hounds out best and easiest way to handle not included in the list of questions the vt moved like a down here, What the response might have been Andy akead of them. It sounded it. Im homesteading out larger pack on a hot chase. rather you can only be guessed at. I'd said Kate, Yes, Not far from our place, Dave would. Andy. Theyd all be even In the election last November the merchant said guessed. angrier if you went to the camp and President Truman received a hard a are deer The having Andy with interest. ' tried to lay down the law to them. t0 know a lot larger number of votes than about day, said Andy. "Poor critters! Flanagan will say that it was an any of the other candidates. A accident, anyway. 'IM mi,. majority favored him for the !pcnl Trouble Rears but in no single instance job, Andy Is Determined Ugly Head did a majority in that 12tb Dave exclaimed. Gosh! Id To See Flanagan California district endorse any TknUW hardware- the mer- - like to see a deer in the woods. Only of his policies as represented Tsairi ride cant my through They deer Ive seen were in the zoo. They iAnrtv1."1 'Vdtson Bird. at my house," Andy in those nine questions. It was ht'1 shooting place, is IV6S , and thls is my didnt look happy. a majority supporting a candicut in hotly. "If they get by with lave A heavy-gaugnecbJaf, gun buUoomed1 to but not a majority supthis, they might try worse next date, meet you, Mr. field their then, but the hounds continued Ives Im time. going. a5' any one of the candporting few no oth"r chase, going southeast. The music stopped. Hope came idates policies. unit'1 That said He Andy. Wlthln missed," letn.ere hearing. out, Mr. Eliot following. A look of A mandate covers policies, rather ay Picli,r .shot sounded pretty close to our deep peace lay upon his roundish naciaa'1 a candidate. Whether they be than with twinkled face, and his eyes wu out ae good or bad, in no single instance, As they drew up in front of the his behind where spectacles. joy om t1' unless it be the farm program, do Where is the sheriff camped? house, though, the pup changed a s it the a Presidents policies represent with and up opened abruptly Andy asked Mr. Flipp. dismal howhng, pointing his Bout a mile southwest of here, the wishes of a majority of the a Replace c0 voters in Representative Nixons keen muzzle heavenward and pour- on the other side of the bayou. But, district. It is evident the minorities of heartfull do nothin seepL wont entire the You vicinity ing look, Mr. Ives. Automobile on policies. nd rending wails. but harm to go there. As fer the do not agree f of you say Kate apthey'd and land, ,ti be careful, yore door The opened postin I watch the youth of today, and What's on if your peared. very straight, very white, had to have a notice in the county 3 tr wonder about the future. Many of Pests very angry. Through the open door paper fore you could make it them evade the small tasks asSvfise run''.i U!re not llke I they could hear someone playing stick, anyhow. Why, theysthelawyers game signed to youth. They will not work. county officers an J ;h? hmestead- - chords on the piano, accompanied that y put You in com''' sheriff the theyre all They will play when provided with warden an' bad by the unsure notes of a violin in j. are1 the place and tools of play. They rS Place, all terminedly attempting "The Flight together there. Whut chance would are drinking of the waters of to that b ft'!!''3 ,are raher dis- - of the Bumblebee." orders e Per have, givin you something for nothing, as are mala !n Newcastle, ' s cePrtaPie diT-enAndys eyes were on Kates white bunch? rt Are we proof Er be here. Theyll have to know how I feel many a their elders of face. Something was wrong! He had j r endicants tKe on ducing said generation stubbornly. the so it. Andy look about her quite grim you never seen ' to fl will 8a,d who the goexpect gnerrimer.t "I've heard Im in he iture particular. Whats the matter, honey? Flanagan provide for them thru., eh all of Then called. Come on out and look at ing. Dave, you can unhitch the their Are we irvit.rg ds unde1 ' the team and the things we've tnules and put them m the lot. 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