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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH Jolla McFarlane, whose husband, Rich ard, disappeared in World War I, leav-lo- g her to raise two children, Ric and Jill, Is startled when 25 years later, during the second war, he returns and tells her he is using the name o! Captain Mackey. Ric marries Sandra Calvert, a divorcee whom Richard knew to be of bad reputation. She arrives at the farm to live and recognizes a picture of Richard as that of Mackey. She and Jill quarrel and she demands $10,000. That night Captain Mackey arrives, telling Jill, who does not know who he is, that he Is taking Sandra to Ric. He JUl about the daughter he lost . and she tells him about her father. Sandra refuses to leave with him. CHAPTER XX , All right, she snapped, harshly, whats the payoff? There is one, I suppose? You didnt come here out of the goodness of your heart, Rod Mackey! He looked at Jill and smiled one-sidedl- y. She doesnt trust me! he She thinks theres a drawled. catch in it. Maybe she has had some disillusioning experiences, Jill said. It could be that she hasnt always known the right sort of people. Never mind the kind of people Ive known! Sandra cried, hoarseAt least no tricky heel has ly. ever fooled me yet. Ju6t tell me the gag, thats all. I hate blundering into things- - I suppose the Gestapo has been abroad, and right now is the dramatic moment to produce the fatal papers? If youd only given me one more day, Rod Mackey! One more day, and a very elaborate military reputation might have gone crashing down in some very dirty ruins! But you knew I wouldnt have had time to prove anything, didnt you? You worked fast! Shes displeased with me, Jill, he said, blandly. I happen to know a few facts about a divorce our Sandra once got in a little smelly town called Piedras Negras, in Mexico. Back in 1927, I think, wasnt it, Sandra? Or was it 29? She bought the divorce cheap, the way you buy 'things in Mexico, cheap stuff you wouldnt look at in this country, and she didnt look too carefully at the divorce. And of - course after she married Lieutenant Colonel Calvert, and then collected considerable alimony from him, and now that shes married into the family, shed like to forget the divorce and never hear anything about it again. You mean the divorce wasnt But if it any good? Jill' asked. - Mc-Farla- fte wasnt , doesnt know a thing about Hes bluffsnapped Sandra. He it! ing. Trying to force me to do what he wants me to do. Unfortunately for you, my dear girl, Im not bluffing. I have, to quote you, the fatal papers. Now, if you dont mind, Id like to get start' All right, Ill go, she said, but not with you. You can take me as far as a bus --station. Jill sat down abruptly. I wish youd stay until Mother gets here, she said, faintly. Shell be disappointed at not seeing you. And is it true about Sandras died. That it wasnt legal or vorce? something? Her name happens not to be Her Sandra, the Captain said. name was Hattie Schoeffle when she was married to a boy named in Kearney, Nebraska. Then she tired of him and got into burlesque, and after that into vaudeville, and a few years ago she , she gets tough on you. You tell her it, Spang? Or youd have had to ' fix whatever it was and go on. in fact I believe I was the last. Be noon tomorrow or maybe latBefore my father, of course. Ill er before we can finish repairs. tell her, Captain Mackey. Ill tell And we have twelve hours, anyher that her last lover came to call. way, Jill said happily.. And I do thank you for concerning They sat around the kitchen tayourself with our family problems. ble while Spang devoured scramI know that my mother would like bled eggs and warmed-ove- r biscuit. to thtfnk you, too. If the C.O. could see me now, Just give me a kind thought now he said, hed swear I smashed that and then, will you,1 Jill? Ill need oil line on purpose! Hed give me a He heard long lecture and remind me of those it, where Im going. Sandras feet on the stairs and bent fellows on the other side who bring down quickly and kissed Jill on the the big babies in on two engines and cheek. Thats for my own daugh- one of those on fire, and all that stuff. ter, he, said, huskily. You didnt have the English Jill stretched herself quickly on tiptoe and drew his head down and Channel under you, Dave said. kissed him on the mouth. Oh, Id put up the routine arguAnd that, she whispered, is ment. I was trying to save an exfor my father! Good-bCaptain pensive plane and an expensively Mackey. trained crew for the air corps. They Sandra camfe, dragging her bag concede that youre right, usually, down, looking small and somehow but they have to get you on the defensive first, just to see if youve got the spirit to defend your decisions, probably. Is there one more drop of coffee in that pot, Mrs. McFarlane? Ill squeeze the handle hard, Then she Julia smiled at him. Were looked unhappily at Jill. Jill, frightfully rude, she said. we should have asked Sandra to come down. Sandra? Spang repeated sharply. Sandra Calvert? Shes here? She was married to Richard, Julia said. She came today, or I guess its yesterday now. Ric was shipped off somewhere and .lie sent her home to us. Spang was looking at Jill with a troubled face, but Jill had jumped up and stood frozen with consterna- Bor-din- e, wanted to marry her. So she got this quick divorce in Mexico and didnt bother to discover that the official who signed it hadnt taken his oath of office yet, or remember that shed been married as Hattie Schoeffle, and divorced as Sandra Laveme mere legal details but quite important. Im glad, Jill said. Its a nasty thing to say, but Im glad. Will you give your mother a message from me, Jill? Of course. But they should be here any minute. A soldiers time is not his own, you know. But you can tell your mother not to worry about Richard. I think hell come through this business all right. I think he has good stuff in him, in fact Im sure of it. Hes his mothers son. WILL YOU LOAN ME YOUR FLASHLIGHT I LIKE TO GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE PERSON I SIT NEXT TO ? tion.! Dooley! she cried. I was so excited over seeing Spang that I forgot to tell you! Sandras gone! Gone? Julia repeated incredulously. Jill, you werent you didnt I didnt do anything, Jill HOME -- T0WII ECHOES By C. Kessler insist- ed. She got rather nasty after you left, and we exchanged a few acid remarks, but nothing was serious. Then suddenly this officer came for her. He is a captain at Ridley Field, Dooley, and it seems he knew Sandra in Hawaii and other places. frightened. She said, Well, good-bJill. I suppose this makes you very happy indeed. No. Jill shook her head. No. It doesnt. It makes me a little sick, Sandra, if you want the truth. I may write to you soon I may have something to tell you, Sandra said grimly. Captain Mackey picked up her bag and took her arm brusquely and hurried her out. At the door he turned and looked back at Jill, a long look. Then he flicked a little the same gesture that salute and went out. made Spang Jill sat limp and shaken when the car had roared off down the drive. She wondered what would happen to Sandra now. But women like Sandra always got along. They knew their way about. She stopped bothering about Sandra then, for Daves car had turned in at the gate, and she heard voices two mens voices it couldnt be She flew to the door and across the porch. They were getting out of the car, and Dave grinned at her and said, Heres a dirty looking trapip we found downtown, Jill. He was asking the police how to get out to Buzzards Hill, so we just brought him along. Ever seen him before? y, I met him when I went down there. He said he used to know you, Dooley. His name was Captain Roger Mackey. Julia gripped the edge of the table. She would not let her legs crumple under her, she would not let herself cry out. Spang said, Old Cyanide! So he came here, did he? You know him, do you? Dave asked, moving around the table to draw the younger eyes away from Julia while she, got hold of herself. Yes, sir, he was a personnel officer at the field. Not very popular with the men, when I was there. He said at first he was going to takd Sandra to Ric, Jill explained, and then when she refused to go, he sprang some Mexican divorce shed had on her it seems Ric was her third husband, Dooley and this Captain Mackey said he was quite sure the Mexican divorce wasnt legal and that she wasnt married to Ric at all. She was pretty badly frightened, I could see. She tried to keep Captain Mackey quiet with some vague threats or other, but he made her go. Im so sorry you werent here, Dooley. He said he was an old beau of yours. She said anxiously, Arent you pleased, Dooley? I thought youd be relieved to find she wasnt here any more. Yes, Im pleased, she .said, MArasro POKTWTCFA aappily COmS SIX tAYTFTBR AlAkllMG' PSESOLUTOOS A10T TO Q2iMk, SUOkE OR PMY BRIDGE- - t I v Father and Son By Gluyas Williams faintly, but Im sorry Sandra went away when I was not here at least Spang Gordon to sajr Spang! He caught her and held her tight. He kissed her gravely orf the mouth. he said. Pure dumb luck! Just a routine flight my navigator had to get some more hours in the air, and right over this town the doggone oil line busted! Glad to see me, Jill? She shivered hapOh, Spang! You did come back! pily. How about tinning the man loose so he can wash his face? Dave teased. Youve got grease on your chin and your nose, too, Jill. I know Spang must be tired and Ill see what hungry, Julia said. can be found in the' kitchen. Get some clean towels, Jill. Jill led Spang upstairs to the somehow involved with the Calvert woman. good-b- y. Odd that Mackey concerned Jill gave a choking little cry and himself about Ric, in Spang said. the flung herself at the tall figure of course, that he was be, May flying jacket. greasy Dooley Receives oil-soak- ed -- HEARS WIFE TELL IN CHAIR HIMSELF JUNIOR FOP PITY'S SAKE , UP STRAIGHT TO SITU P STRAIGHT AND AND SNAPS ' TAKE SUCH BG MOUTHFULS, PRETENDS TO USE NAPKIN, TO COVE EXTRA BIG &TE A Message Oh, no! Jill protested quickly. He isnt that sort of person, Spang. Not that sort at all. And Sandra hated him. She told me so. She didnt really want to go with him. I got the feeling that she was somehow scared. I think he knew more about her than he told me. He left a message for you, Dooley. He said to tell you that you werent to worry about Ric, that Ric was going to be all right. He talked about his daughter that he lost, and I told him about my father, and then he said An Old Beau I was to tell you that your last bathroom. lover came, Dooley. He said he Came to Call such he a mess, said, Sorry Im last-be- fore flight was quite sure he was the DooIll tell her. But what shall I pulling off the of course. father, my about an on hour you? tell Mother jacket, .but I .worked you look funny. DOht you feel Just tell her that an old beau, that line before I gave up and de-- ley, well? heto some we had wire for said, striving Cided spare came ,to call, Too many things have happened for lightness. One of her dangling parts lucky they had that little to all at once, Dave said, Dooley field out wasnt it? there, adorer she used to collect them landing shoulder. her patting didnt have you a Awfully honeysuckle lucky gathers the way (TO BK CONTINUED) bees. Just , remember .that, Jill, if some spare parts along, too, wasnt ' , by GLADYS PARKER y, showed up in San Antonio and at- Reunion With tracted a young Major Calvert, who . 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