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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH ASH MS i mmusn i (U (W (U W (W Jill McFarlane, whose father, Richard, disappeared in World War I, faUs in love with Lieut. Spang Gordon. She Is. upset to find that her brother, Ric, has fallen in love with a divorcee older than himself. Jill is thrown from her horse and hospitalized. Richard visits her mother, Julia, and tells her he has assumed the name of Captain Mackey. Julia determines to keep the truth from her children who have been raised to regard their father as a hero fallen In battle. She realizes, too late that she loves Dave Patterson, an old family friend. Richard tells Ric he knew his Dither, and threatens Sandra with exposure of an illegal divorce if she doesnt leave the boy alone. CHAPTER XIV Let her work this out herself, argued John I., you cant protect her forever. Youve got your own problems. And they, Julia sighed, have no answers in the back of the book. John I. blew his breath out harshHow do you ly, like a walrus. know? You wont even look in the back of the book. Because I know that what Im looking for isnt there, John I. Its locked up in my heart, and I think my heart died long ago. It was your common sense that died! , Youre right. Ive never argued that you werent right where Richard was concerned. But I do owe Ric and Jill something, if only to repay, them for giving them Rich- -, ard for their father. The old mans eyes flashed under his stormy eyebrows. You talk to Jill about it. You see what she says. Shell tell you to get a divorce in a minute. I cant talk to Jill. You know I cant. I cant tear down what little she has of Richard. It would be a wicked thing to do. Youre taking a big risk, DooIve ley, John I. said solemnly. warned you, but youre a stubborn woman. I know that fellow better way, while I was at the hospital. face from showing the consternation You and Grandfather both look as that she was feeling. Jill said, If though youd seen ghosts. If Ric thats from Ric you neednt tell me were overseas Id suspect that you whats in it. I know. Please send were hiding something grim from me a little cash! me, sparing your tender, weakYes its the same old thing, ened daughter from a shock. Dont Julia evaded, trying to smile, trying ever do that, Dooley. Dooley to be natural. Jill mustnt know She jerked erect suddenly, her eyes yet. She wanted to talk to John I. black wells of terror. Dooley, it She wanted advice. She went out of isnt Spang? You havent heard the house ahd walked up to the you arent hiding something from lane gate, and when John I. came me? ' tramping back from the bam he She laughed and patted her saw her there, sitting on the old cheek. No, foolish woman, we mounting block, her face a taut, arent hiding anything about Spang. gray mask of misery. Ive heard nothing from Spang he asked. Whats wrong? only what youve told me. Heard from that fellow again? I I thought he might have crashed thought that letter I got for you was and you were trying to keep me from Ric? from finding out. But if a letter It was from Ric. She handed came for me Ric might hear him the crumpled page. Youd something better read it, John I. Read it and If a letter came for you, I should tell me what to do. give it to you. Even if I thought it The old man pulled a worn spectacle case from his back pocket, set a second pair of spectacles astride his nose. He dropped down beside her, and his lips moved slowly as he read the letter. Dear Dooley (Ric had written): Sorry for this abrupt letter, but this is it. Im taking off, dont know where. Transferred to some lousy school or other. Very sudden. No explanation, of course. Not in this army. I meant to try for a pass and see you myself. Id rather have told you this than had to write it. Shes the Dooley, Im married. sweetest, loveliest girl Ive ever met. Her name is Sandra, and life has been hard on her, but she has been brave and sweet through it all. Thats what makes it so hard now. I cant take care of her or protect her. I cant even have her with than you do. She knew too well the risk she took, knew that undoubtedly she was being a fatuous optimist in assuming that Richard would stay away now' that he had made the Read it and tell me what to do. break, now that she knew that he r had not been a casualty of the war; bad held news, Id give you credit in the at car time drove a every the strength to take it. gate her heart stopped beating, ev- for having child. Youre when my time the telephone rang ery Theres another thing that she was in the house she hurried Jill to answer it, fearing Mamies sly makes my nights hideous. curiosity, fearing revelation for Jill. burrowed her head into the curve of What she would do if Richard her mothers arm. What if he does came again was a nightmare ques- come through safe, and then when gets back he doesnt want me? tion that kept dread at her throat he could It happen. They change. War like icy fingers. She lay awake at them. . changes tormented by imaginary night, to the window, knowturned Julia scenes. that an involuntary spasm father. He ing well (Jill, this is your drained her face. had loved you and all of us so little that But her voiceand tightened level and quietcame, and us hid he stayed away from controlled. Other women have behind an assumed name for twenty-- ly lived too, Jill. through that, five years.) When Jill is married it wont matter so much, she told herself. Ric Writes of When Ric has found himself, and His Marriage they are both settled. I couldnt. Id die of humiliaDave had not come again to Bu- tion. Id drown myself in the zzards Hill, since that day she had where its deep and muddy. sobbed out her torment on his shoulOh, no, you wouldnt. Youd hold der. Jill remarked about it. head high and never show how your Whats wrong between you and hurt, and after a badly I hope you didnt blame while you were Dave? love some one else, youd Dave because I was so awkward I some one worthy to be loved. couldnt stick in a saddle? You say that as though you Dont be silly. Of course I didnt meant it. Dorothy Dix would be blame Dave. Hes probably very of you. But you dont mean proud busy. Hes on the ration board, and it, of course. No woman could get theyve had a gredt deal to do over a thing like that. She might lately. put on a good act, but shed never me, not till I rate something better than a private. . I cant even feed her. And shes my wife. I was going to bring her home, but thats out now, so all I can do is send her to you with a prayer. Be good to her, Mother. Shes swell, and youre so swell youll get along fine, I know. Shell wire you when to meet her. Tell the others hello. And dont worry about me. Ill be all right. Love, Jills eyes were 7i - (ii (ia (U(W(W(U(U O- A quiz with answers offering information on various subjects ii (W (W (W (U (I (U fU (U (W (W (W Letter From Spang They dont work nights, do they? . I suspect that they do, being volunteers and having thieir own businesses to attend to in the daytime. Shall I call Dave and ask him to come over? No, dont call him. Dont you recall all those lectures you used to deliver to me, about how much ,men resented being called up and coaxed? Dont abandon your principles now. Daves different. Hes merely an old friend." Jill crooked her mouth dryly. Youre very naive, Julia, my love I Do you usually weep on the bosoms of merely old friends? When your into a briar child takes a nose-div- e patch? Id have wept on any bosom that was handy, then, Julia said with determined airiness, hoping that her face wasnt burning. I was afraid youd broken your back. John I. has been doggedly carting away the rocks in the iane ever since. Be sweet to your grandfather, Jill, hes been badly worried about you. j .Did I put that curious, hunted . look in his eyes? Ive been' won- dering just what went on here any (W The Questions The Answers 1. What causes a glacier to move? 2. Who painted the Mona Lisa? 3. What fish usually provides genuine caviar for epicures? d 4. Is the Kaola bear a animal? 5. The Golden Horn is part of the harbor of what city? 6. What is the dish known as lambs quarters? 7. What was the primary purpose in the writing of Gullivers 1. Its own weight. The glacier is so heavy it slides down hill. 2. Da Vinci. 3. 4. Sturgeon. Yes, generally speaking. However, it is known to have violent fits of temper when crossed in good-nature- love. 5. The Golden Horn is part of the harbor of Istanbul. 6. Lambs quarters is a vegetable sometimes known as white pigweed. 7. To satirize England. Travels? When your little one catches A Bit Fishy I understand that in certain countries they use fish for money. 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Remember, Mother . . . be sure you get the one and only Vicks VapoRub. relief-bringi- ng For Your Future Buy U. S. Savings Bonds lor Rollin- g- for Ripe RIC. blazing,- - Jills face was white as a sheet. John I. was doggedly pretending to eat his supper; but Julia after putting butter on a biscuit three times and slopping coffee on her napkin because her hands shook so had given up. Mamie was in and out of the swing door, hearing everything. Jill said, Oh, the fool! The poor THE BIG SWING TODAV 1$ Its the great tobacco that pleases both kinds of smokers ... Its Prince Albert. .the worlds 0 deluded fool! Julia said, If you knew about this girl, Jill, you should have told us. Something might have been done to stop this mad marriage. Girl shes no girl! I know its the same one. And I suppose its my fault. I should have told you, but I didnt want to worry you. I thought Ric would be shipped out, and it would all blow over. But you dont actually know that this is the woman, Jill. Her name is Sandra, Ric says. I know. Sandra Calvert. She was married to a Lieutenant Colonel, Spang said, and when he was sent away from Ridley, she stayed and got a divorce. Now shes just a Shes a chemical blonde with a greedy mouth and hard eyes. You arent going to let her come here? This is my home, its Grandfathers home, too. Even Mamie has been here for years. I wont have it. Tell her she cant do it. Grandfather. Julia said, unhappily, Jill, stop hurting deep inside because shed given her heart away and got please! What can we do? This is only a ragged wound instead. If Rics home, too. This woman is Spang discards me, Im not going Rics wife. to be nobly brave. Im going to be Dooley, if that woman comes into tough and break mens hearts and this house, Ill leave! laugh. Im going to throw away every moral scruple. You watch Jill Issues and seel If I believed any of that, Id be An Ultimatum Julia gripped her unsteady hands alarmed. But I dont believe it. in her lap. Dying, she was thinking, child. Youre my I had two parents, didnt I? You would be a little like this. Richard, always assume that Im a miniature her son, her handsome lad, the boy of you, Dooley. Im not. Theres she had loved so much! She felt a desperate kind of thing in me that as though she were sinking into a you dont know about. Something deep, icy pit. Jill went on ruthlessly, We cant you wouldnt even understand. Jills eyes were big and filled with have her here, you know that. It I could hurt people. I would be horrible. She jumped up, wildness. could hurt myself. Thats the kind her fork clattered to the floor. Im of McFarlane I am. Not your kind going to send that creature a telegram right now and tell her she at all. I respect your individuality, she wont be welcome here. I suppose Youre not a child now, shes still at that hotel. Mrs. Richsaid. youre a person. What you do is ard McFarlane Jr.! Oh, Dooley, when I think of a woman like that your own responsibility. But Jills eyes had flashed away having your name, I could kill Ric! to the window. Beyond it she could Im going to send a wire this minsee old John I. trudging up the drive ute, and no one is going to stop me. with the mail. Julia flew. Jill! Not over that Her mood Quick, Dooley! party-linbreathplease! to one of changed swiftly Jill put down the telephone. I less eagerness. Maybe theres a dont see what difference it makes. letter. There was no letter frpm Spang. Everybody will know it by tomorrow, anyway But there was a letter from Ric. Julia read it slowly, keeping her (TO BE CONTINUED) 10 tobacco! largest-sellin- g cow-pon- d, Waiting for a ? ? ? camp-followe- r. "Prince Albert has been my brand for 26 years, says John L. Hardie. P. A. is grandtasting tobacco so mild and cool smoking. And that crimp cut feature makes it pack better in my pipe, bum better! Yes-si- r, P.A. is a real joy smoke! Harry Miller says, P.A. is the brand for mildness, all right. 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