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Show ( I THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH oPE Jolla McFarlane, whose husband, Richard, disappeared in World War I, leaving her with two children, Ric and Jill, is startled when 25 years later, daring the second war, he returns and tells her he is using the name of Captain Mackey. Ric marries Sandra Calvert, a divorcee whom Richard knew to be of bad reputation. Sandra tells Jill she wants $10,000. Captain Mackey arrives, telling Jill, who does not know who he is, that he is taking Sandra to Ric. Sandra suspects who he is hut is afraid of him. Richard tells Jill to tell her mother her Hast lover came to call. Spang Gordon, whom Jill loves, is grounded near the farm and the couple Is reunited. CHAPTER to the smile she had been keeping fast. She said, Ill wear my faille find my little turban, and Grandfather will give me away, and Dooley will weep, knowing all the time that shell get me back again in a couple of hours and have me on her hands for the duration. Youd better get little sleep, Spang. Id hate to have my bridegroom pass out on me between Dearly beloved and XXI Dooley gets a daughter-in-lawith no warning at all, and then loses her just as abruptly. We old people cant adjust ourselves to changes in a minute, Jill, Dave said. Could you stand the idea of getin an awful hurry, ting a 'Mrs. McFarlane? Spang inquired, wistfully. Ive only got about fifteen hours maybe not that long. Jill caught her breath with a jerk and threw back her head. She cant get a unless I get a husband, she said, coolly, and certainly no one has ever mentioned marrying me! Could we be permitted to retire to some private spot while I convince this woman that I love her, Mrs.McFarlane? Tears brimmed in Jills eyes. Oh, Spang you mean you do? You mean you do want me? You want to get married now to w son-in-la- w son-in-la- w me? Come Spang took her elbow. .along in here, stupid wopian, and put it all into words of one syl- Ill lable! But how could I know if nobody tells me? Jill demanded, furiously, as he steered her out. I thought you never would I practically hated you Oh, Spang. Dave got up and shut the door, ,then came back and filled his pipe again. A young man has asked you for your daughters hand in marriage, or 'Dooley, Dave said .presently, 'did you hear him? She turned then, and he saw the jtaut grayness begin to go out of her face, color was coming back into her lips, her eyes were not enormous and anguished any more. He tried to save Ric, Dave, she and he didnt tell Jill who said, he was. And Sandra knew. Jill said that she made vague threats. This isnt the end, Dave. Sometimes I think there never will be an end. There cant be, while Richard is alive. But he did try to save his son. And he didnt hurt Jill. If Jill marries this young chap, Gordon, shell have other things to think about. Even if the shock comes it wont stun her. You heard her defending Richard, though she had no idea he was anything but a casual stranger. Yes, said Julia, hoarsely, but if the revelation does come will she defend me? Or will she be outraged because Ive deceived her? And surely, Dave, they cant be thinking of being married now? She knows this lieutenant so casually she has seen him only three times. Now is all the time they have, Dooley, remember? She drew a long breath, and Dave saw the rigid lines in her face soften. She hung up the dish towel and dried her fingers. ... , -- do. You could use a few winks yourself. You want to be on the alert, you know, when I bestow all my worldly goods upon you. You want to be sure you arent getting gypped. Julia heard it all with a little inward pang. Richard should be here to give his daughter away! Richard had seen her now, he knew what he had thrown aside, what he had lost. Whatever he had done, however le had justified himself,- Richard was having his reckoning now. Jill did not see the paper next - day. There was too much excitement. Dave got on the telephone and leave for Lieuwangled a forty-hotenant Gordon from his commanding officer, and Julia came down from the attic, her arms full of tissue paper and wisps of stuff. Ive planned since you were five months old to have you come down these stairs to be married, Jill, she said. Ive seen you, in my dream, reflected in the mirrors, with veil drifting around your hair, was married in a street dress, with a hobble skirt and a dreadful hat that dropped clear down over my ear,s, but my mother had elegance and orange blossoms. If this dress isnt too yellow and brittle if you can squeeze into it we can press it carefully, and it isnt too Victorian, not so terribly different from some of the Godeyish things theyre wearing now. ur John I. Catches A Bouquet breathed Jill, fingering Satin, the heavy folds of the sweeping I never dreamed youd let train. me wear this, Dooley. And real lace on the veil! Let me try it on! Oh, Im so glad we dont have to rush things so Spang can get away. Ill be really married! Look at all the million little hooks! They certainly had patience in those days! Dooley, with the sash let out a little, it will meet here at the belt! So Jill came down the McFarlane stairs in her grandmothers wedding gown, and Lieutenant Spencer Gordon, Army Air Corps, stood at the foot of the stairs waiting for his bride in a new pair of khaki trousers a trifle too long and a khaki skirt with sleeves a little too short, but there was worship in his face, and at the bottom Jill smiled at him dizzily. There were the few hastily assembled guests and the old, old tune played by some volunteer on and the piano. They ate Mamies hastily baked wedding ice-crea- m When cutting flowers, slant the stems. This gives your posies cake, the icing still slightly drippy, longer life. they drank toasts in John I.s champagne, and then it was over and to the water in Add Jill was flying down the stairs which a little milk cooked. Helps are potatoes again in her faille suit, her hat to keep them white and improves in her hand, and stopping to toss taste. her bouquet over the rail. John I. caught it and looked a to keep a flushing tank little bewildered and embarrassed in In order condition it should be good as Jill went into hysterics of laugh- cleaned out and last scale on every ter at him, so he poked it abruptly the inside off at surfaces scraped at the nearest woman and fled. least once An overyear. every Then Jill and Spang were rattling flow pipe in the lavatory always away in the old station-wagoshould have a rapid fall. bound for the mountain inn only a few miles away where they would spend their brief and precious time You, Too, Can Do the together. The last guest departed, Dave beLatest Dance Steps gan putting chairs in their places and blowing out candles, John I. pulled oflE his necktie and hunted for his old pipe, and Julia went out on the porch and dropped into a chair, DAVcE sighing with weariness and sliding her feet out of the tight, high pumps she had worn. n, (aro Richard Pays an Overdue Debt John I. came out, dragged a match down the bricks of the wall, giving her a sidelong, guilty look when the match left a brown mark. Forgot the paper, he muttered when he had the pipe going. Dang war. might be over, and we wouldnt know it. He trudged down the driveway, picked up the paper where the boy had thrown it, unrolled it, and walked back across the lawn, stumbling a little, reading the headlines. Julia saw him stop and study the paper for a minute or two and then come plunging on, walking headlong into a spirea bush, and she told herself that poor old John I. was breaking fast, that all the excitement of this past week had been too much for him. She was lost in reverie when John I. struggled up to the porch, panting, and laid the paper in her lap. There! he gasped, pointing. Look there! It was not a big headline. But it leaped from the paper and smote Julia McFarlanes consciousness like a blow. . New Steps are Easy TPHERES nothing mysterious or difficult about the new dances. They all break down to a few )asic patterns which anyone can earn at home by following simple diagrams. You can learn to dance by following the directions and footprint diagrams in our booklet No. 37. Send 25 cents (coin) for How to Do the Latest Dance Steps to Weekly Newspaper Service, 243 West 17th St., New York 11, N. Y. Print name, address, booklet title and No. 37. 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She looked at the thin autumn sky and the leaves that were already beginning to turn a little. Good-bshe said Richard, Good-bmy last lover! softly. THE END BREAKDOWNS REPAIRS TIME MONEY TROUBLE on Your Cor, Truck or Tractor y, y, , - Wedding Plans find out For Jill Call them, Dave, If she said. were having a wedding at Bu- zzards Hill we have to make plans. Ill have to be married in these greasy old pants, Spang Gordon sighed when they were in a huddle around the kitchen table again, didnt bring any clothes because we expected to be back at base this morning. And I cant appear out oJ! uniform, even at my own wedding. Ill wear some overalls, Spang, Jill volunteered, blithely. She was sparkling all over now, her hair was as alive as something quickened by a galvanizing current, her eyes danced, even the gilt freckles And a banon her nose twinkled. dana around my head, and the bride will carry a bouquet of pigs knuckles tied with spinach. Youll do nothing of the sort,1 declared Julia. Youll have a bouquet, and Dave will ransack the army store in the morning to fine some things for Spang to wear, and well even have a wedding-cakThere wont be any arch of swords," Spang reminded Jill, You wont even have a wedding march, -- But ' youll have me. Jills mouth quivered Briefly. for an instant, then tightened again . -- "Clovs Hoar Oit Fitter?" If you hate to throw money away theres a SURE way to save it I Whether your car is old or new whether you own one car, or a number of tractors and trucks as well you should check the oil filter regularly! Its easy just drive in at your Fram dealer and ask for a free Dipstick Test. Then, if oil shows dirty, have him install a Genuine Fram Replacement Cartridge to get the most out of your present filter, remove grit, carbon and sludge, keep oil physically, visually clean and prevent unnecessary motor wear! (Remember, theres a Fram cartridge made to fit almost every type of filter.) 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