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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDQLPH, UTAH r? ? ? ? I Jill McFarlane, whose father, Rich-rdisappeared in World War I, falls in love with Lieut. Spang Gordon He tells her that her brother, Ric, is seeing a divorcee and she is npset to find the woman in question, Sandra Calvert, is an older, hardened woman. Spang ays good-by- e and later, while riding with Dave Patterson, a family friend, ' she is thrown from her horse and taken to the hospital. That night Richard returns home. He tells her mother, Julia, that he assumed a new name, that of Captain Mackey, and is stationed at the same camp as Ric. Julia is heartstick that he never acknowledged his children and Is determined to keep them from knowing the truth. CHAPTER XI Jill sighed, Youre certainly a devilishly stubborn female, Dooley McFarlane. Then she raised her head suddenly, and her eyes widened and blackened with panic. Dooley, is it Ric? Has something happened? What could happen? I havent even had a letter from Ric. What made you say that, Jill? she asked, her voice sharpening a little. Well, knowing Rics capacity for getting himself into jams and your capacity for suffering about them, it was a logical question, wasnt I wanted to, youd be in a decent position now, he had snapped, Youd have the advantage. "But. Richard isnt dead,' Julia reminded him. Richard is still Richard, hes still your feon, hes still my husband, even if for years he has been living a lie. I have no son! he cried, his throat working. I never had a son! I spawned a creature some thing with no honor, no manhood. I owe the world an apology for that mischance. But I will not dignify Richard McFarlane by owning him as my son. She would talk to Dave now, she decided. He was sitting in his little cuddy in the bank, when she went in, the niche where he met farmers and handled crop loans and mortgages. He looked up at her with a twinkling smile and sprang quickly to his feet, to pull out a chair for her. Sit down, Dooley. Hows Jill? Shes quite unhappy, but that , said. But its perfectly clear, he argued. Then sharply, You dont mean that you want him back-no-w? Logical enough. But why the Do you know panicky attack? something about Ric that I dont know? Jill kept her eyes the I told you I only saw him ceiling. for a few minutes. He had some kind of duty. She could not add the blonde Mrs. Calvert t6 Dooleys mental burden now. When Ric was shipped out from Ridley Field that would all end, anyway. Dooley, if you sent Spang a registered letter telling him about me, it would be forwarded, wouldnt it? I dont know much about army routine, Jill. Youll hear from him, wont you, when he has a definite address? I dont know. He might be where he couldnt write, maybe for weeks might be for months. Dooley he Tears kissed me good - by! squeezed between Jills guarded on eyelids. Dave, Richard is alive. That makes you one of the great company of women who wait, then, And your job is to wait patiently, will pass. The arm Is healing nice and not worry Spang with a broken ly. Are you busy, Dave? Will you arm that will be healed before he be free soon? Im free now if you need me. hears about it. The trouble is, I dont know Something wrong, Dooley? I want to talk to you. Could we what Im waiting for. You arent engaged to your lieu- go out and sit in my car? Dave reached for his hat, tenant, then? a drawer shut. slammed and said No he just kissed me Come along, he said. to keep that till he came back. And, Julia started the station-wago- n Dooley sometimes they dont come back! Father didnt come back! " when Dave had climbed up beside her She did not see the quick, drained Its too hot to sit still. Ill fine spasm that changed her mothers a shady place. Or Ill keep drivface into a hollow mask of torment. Thats part of it, Jill. Thats ing Find a shady place. Dont wear what I wanted to spare you, if I out your tires. could. Dave asked no questions. He did It wasnt your fault that I fell, not hurry her. That hurt, too, his head over heels. I did it with my sensitive understanding of her eyes open. And Im willing to pay. mood. I wont welsh, no matter what life hands me. Im a McFarlane, like Dave Is Told ( you. But not to have anything! You had memories you had Ric About Richard and me. I have nothing! Dave, Richard is alive. There was a sharp silence, so inJohn I. Denounces tense that Julias skin began to prickle. Then Dave said, hoarseHis Son How do you know? Julia caught herself ly, Memories! seen him. She kept her Ive before she laughed aloud. MemoHe came to ahead. straight eyes ries that burned and shamed. house Sunday night. the I had my children, she conHes in the army, Julia went trolled her voice, but there were on. Hes a captain in the air corps. times before your grandfather came Hes at the same field where Ric and got us when I didnt know what is. you were going to eat. I was So all this time younger than you, I had always All this time, she repeated flatbeen taken care of, I hadnt even ly, he had stayed away because he There are didnt want to come back! any common sense. Jill. I Dave snapped. Personally, The hound! compensations, think your Spang an extraordinarily And I suppose now when youre wise and decent young man. He on your feet, when things would be was taking care of you: Not many easy for him he has changed his men have the strength and foresight mind? He said, Julia gave a hard litto do that when they fall in love. She had to tell Dave. That thought tle laugh, that he realized sudden- was heavy on her mind and heart ly that he missed me! Very suddenly after twenty-fiv- e as she drove the station-wago- n town. Dave did not years! Did he have any excuse through the Richard McFarthat any explanation? as yet, know, He didnt offer any excuse. It lane had come back. he got bored with the war seems of this new the weight Sharing off to Paris. In the wandered and would a be relief, problem with him the armistice he got after confusion to Dave. She not kind could though mans papers. some other of hold not talk to Richards father. The name. his he So into changed sava withdrawn had old man Dave drew a relieved breath. and her atage mood of gloom, out- of it had that lets you out, Dooley. He Well, him to draw tempts to be taken back, after cant expect not could she irritated him; only this. more. nurt him any I dont think he expects it. He There was a personal humiliatalk about it. He was very didnt in the McFarlane I. tion for John You know Richard, that imcasual. of sense a responsibility situation, and pervious, arrogant Way he had? He that showed in his haunted eyes hasnt changed. had flared He uncertain gestures. He came expecting you to swoon once, trying to ease his at with knew. delight at seeing him, no she own torment, If you had let me go ahead as doubt, and when you werent over I W -- tv. tw v. (x. x. W X. (V. tw r V. (V. (V (V. v. v- -. (V. V W (1. t. v p-- h ? 7. In a play where does the epi1. The dog watch on a ship is come he kept a remote and slightly come? hours? how logue many attitude. condescending Yes, I 8. The Arc deTriomphe in Paris 2. Which was the first state to know. the victories of I dont know what he expected. adopt the primary method for all commemorates ruler? what 3e came in as coolly as though hed nominations? 3. The priests, prophets and wise only been gone a week. He asked The Answers men among the ancient Celts in about the children. I was so thankful neither of them was there. John Gaul, Ireland and Britain were 1. Two hours. was in a rage. He wouldnt even called what? 2. Wisconsin, in 1903. 4. Ascorbic acid is better known shake hands with Richard. Im so 3. Druids. as what? sorry for John I. I ache all over. 4. Vitamin C. someis 5. of Which the apostles Chin up, Dooley. This puts an 5. Matthew. Levi? called end to all the uncertainty at least times 6. Eight million pounds. amount estimated 6. the Whatls all the unease that has been mak7. At the end. of consumed tea annually by ing you unhappy so long. 8. Napoleon. China? I wish I could see the end, she it? No. cu She shook her head. He shamed me, Dave. I know that I was young and silly. I suppose I bored him after the first excitement of being in love with me cooled into commonplace responsibility, into the dreary chore of having to clothe and feed me, having the babies cbming all NEEDLEWORK PATTERNS Heart and Flowers Embroidery ribbon satin-smoo- Dooley, youre not going to would do to Ric, when hes so unbalanced anyway by the unbalanced recklessness now in the world? Cant you see that it would ruin him? Hes proud. Hed despise I cant do it, me, undoubtedly. rose-pink- s. 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She shivered a little. Thats just it, Dave. I cant do it. What do you mean, you cant? If twenty-fiv- e years of callous desertion isnt legal grounds for divorce, I dont know what would be. Of course I have groiinds, she agreed, but Richard isnt Richard now. Hes Captain Roger Mackey of the air corps. Think what it would mean! A nation-wief- e sensation. A military investigation. A cheap story to spread in black headlines in the cheap press. Humiliation for me and for Richards old father. And for Ric and Jill Dave, I dont even dare to think of what it would do to Ric and Jill! They arent children, Dooley. Theyre adults and strong enough to bear the truth. Even if they are strong and Ric isnt strong, Dave. Im his mother, but Im not foolishly blind. I know that Ric has a weak strain in him. But even agreeing that they are mature enough to face a ghastly situation like this, think of the cruelty of it. Id be destroying the one fine thing Ive been able to give them. 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Instantly relief from head cold distress starts to come when you put a little in each nostril. Also it helps prevent many colds from developing if used in time! Try ltl Follow directions In package. ol VICKS UA-Ttion- oi Men who walk for a living use SOUS us weii us Heels O'Suiiivun 264 Employed on Bridge The San Francisco-Oaklan- d Bay 264 employees, this has bridge large Dumber being required as the length span, owing to its eight-mil- e and heavy traffic, maintains its own police force and fire departDave. ment. Why should your son despise The staff also includes 29 meAMER Ht ti HIS! you? You arent talking sense. chanics whose sole duty is to seiv-icOTT? Because his father despised me disabled cars, which average 43 enough to abandon me. Id be a a day. pathetic figure in my childrens eyes, Id be pitied by people who have respected me. &NA?i CRACKLE! ANV TOP! SAY--Dave leaned forward, his face All gray and grave and weary. OOT right, Dooley. If thats the way UOOO'. you feel, theres nothing I can say. 006 A Struggle of Torn Emotions But how else can I feel? Julia heard a( voice that broke and cried, and was a little startled to discover that it was her own. Im trapped. Theres no way out for me. You can see that, surely? I dont know whether I see it or not, Dooley. I see you, bent on sacrificing yourself still further to this dream youve harbored all these years. Tell me one thing. Are you still in love with Richard McFarlane? She set her face, stilled its quivering. No, Im not in love with him any more. I think that died, long ago. I know now that it died. Not even a spark came alive when I saw him. I had only had one feeling an outraged and terribly hurt indignation. He made me cheap in my own eyes, Dave, and that can be a horrible feeling. I was something that had been thrown away. . (TO BE CONTINUED) . MCE ra laVa Jnlct imiSHESSgU Be sure you get Americas favorite rice cereal, the one and only Kellogg! 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