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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER I Honeymoon Mountain I copyright by Prances Shelley Wees f CHAPTER VI I 13 I j i I Continued dont think so. He took en a rattling gineering and theyve got fam-- j good engineering school. Bryns of the there. went part Theyre jy shine I'Qh, I Stanford tradition. They always In football. ! A : f ,1 j I J JI . I ! Bryn's family? Grandmothar sick at heart, Deborah, slowly. peated caught Tubbys eye. At sight of her His face his own slowly lengthened. But surely. Grand-- t mouth fell open. mother went on, "surely his family all I remember quite went to Princeton. distinctly. That would be, his father He has no brothers. and his uncles. I was thinking of his moth-- j I ers family, Tubby said at last, still watching Deborah. Deborah went across the veranda You and rang the little silver bell. look tired, dear, she told her grand-- i You must have some refresh mother. ment. Let me take Mr. Forbes away, and you rest for a few minutes before the tea comes. lifted her fan and Grandmother moved it softly before her face. will be glad of some tea, Deborah, she murmured. The tray came almost as she spoke, and at the same moment came the whine of Bryns motor up the road. Almost immediately he was down the drive, and had given the group on the veranda one glance. His car stopped ; a few seconds later he came around the corner of the house and to the foot of the steps. He walked up them slowly, his face unsmiling, his eyes on Tubby. Tubby put his cup down on the floor and stood buttoning his coat Bryn stood waiting. Ah er I hope you can give me a few minutes of youi time, Tub-- I by began nervously. It is lii a no-ble cause, worthy sir. 1 am one whose sole Interest is in the welfare of the nation. In other words, 1 should like to leave with you a small sample of my wares, just a small sample, sir, in Nine dollars forty seven volumes. down and nine dollars a r month till death do us part This magnificent work . . . Is it a book on etiquette? Bryn Inquired coldly. Etiquette? Oh, Indeed, nothing of the kind. Although, of course, it con- tains chapters on etiquette. How to to bathe the baby, and what soup to serve. That is the sort of thing you re-- ... 1 ; J j I I t ,! :l J 1 ... 1 1 ;) i 'f I I j j J : i ! ... mean? I ; I J There should be something about Invitations, Isnt Bryn answered. there anything about not accepting in-vitations before they are offered? Or any remarks about getting bounced out of places where you havent been asked? Bryn, Deborah whispered, frantic, j using his name almost for the first time. Bryn, Grandmother thinks you mean it. Tell her. j She was leaning back on her 'pillows Pale death, her hand at her heart. She thought was an J j Bryn turned ; ; toward Grandmother. Tubby impostor. But Bryn went across to her. Are we he upsetting you, Grandmother? asked, kneeling beside her. Im sorry. We dont mean it. The rosy cheeked person standing so if there is such a word, before us, is one of my intimates. I have been more than good to him in the past. Many a time and oft I have shared with him aiy last bite and let him slap at the mosquito. You see how his presence affects me. My tongue goes off at a tangent. Did we frighten you? She began to smile at him. How foolish of me to be up'set, she said. I might have guessed that you were Joking. Deborah knew Mr. Forbes at nce and he brought your picture , . . but I I was afraid . '. . thought Bryn walked slowly, head bent, from the door of Grandmothers room, that bight, to the door of his own. He had Just helped her upstairs and had seen her to her own rooms with a last cheerful good-nigsniile. But as her door had closed, his smile faded. . Tllere was a light under his own door. He opened it, went in, and closed it quietly behind him. Tubby at in the armchair beside the win-- J w waiting for him, a guiltily ex-- I Pectant look on his face. For the iast two weeks, Bryn said evenly, i have moved heaven and ar,th to create a good Impression, to ake everything go smoothly and com-- j lortably, no questions asked. Give me ntLer two months and you could ,ave dome np here and done your aamnedest. But right now . . . well, ,,u couldnt have chosen a better time. still a new broom. Tubby groaned. I didnt know I aa putting my foot In it, be said hang-doggedl- ? j I j j I j I 1 I I I ' I I I j j f I ... By C. H. Brannon, Extension Entomologist, North Carolina State College. WNU Service. WNU Service She told me herself that dismally. you'd explained everything, and she called you Bryn. What difference does It make, she said, what hes called? Naturally, I thought youd done the sensible thing, and confessed. Confessed what? Tubby was silent. What youve succeeded in doing is raising a question at the back of her mind. She doesnt actually mistrust me, even yet, but she wonders a little. I dont know what in the devil you told them, but it was certainly There wasnt a suspicion In enough. her mind as to my identity. Now youve succeeded in giving her someShe never thing to puzzle over. quizzed me about my people before. 1 Tonight she asked me questions. If Deborah hadnt been there Id have had to wreck the show. Listen, Tubby said desperately. His face was almost pale. I didnt know this whole business meant so much to you, Bryn. I thought it was all a lark. You said it was. I knew Deborah was beautiful, and sweet-anyb- ody can see that and that you . . . well, that you were interested in her. Youd be blind if you werent . . . Bryn interrupted him. And what did you say about Sally and Madeline? Whatever you said seems to have been Grandmother gave me a adequate. bad half hour, after Deborah was She got me into her gone, tonight. sitting room and quizzed me. She suggested delicately that Deborahs feeling migiit be quite distinctly hurt at the thought that there had been other really trusts me, once we get to be girls in my life who had meant so friends, then perhaps I can . . . oh, much to me. touch her hand once in a while. But if I frightened her now Im sunk. There was a long silence She wouldnt be frightened. I guess Bryn, Tubby broke in on him, did Grandmother actually expect you and you're in love, all right. Youre too Deborah to fall into each others arms modest, Bryn. She wouldnt be frightthe moment you met and . . . well, ened. Shed find herself returning have everything all settled between your kiss. Its more or less an unconscious process anyway, isnt it? you? She hoped we would, yes. Bryn stared at him, the gray eyes I dont quite underdreaming, far away. They came back Tubby gulped. stand her point of view, he went on. to earth. Tubby had a suggestion. Why not get Salty and Madeline up Heres Deborah . . . shes nothing here? Oh, Simon too, of course. Sally but a Child. She doesnt know anything. Shes as . . . fresh as a spring wouldnt come without him, and hed be useful. You said Grandmother morning, and as unconscious about . . wanted young company for Deborah. well, about . . . that Is, about . . . You neednt flounder. I am aware Company now, and such company as of your meaning. In Victorian times a my delightful sister, and her delignt-fu- l husband, and his more than degirl was supposed to be pure and enthe ways been sister know Deborah doesnt lightful tirely Ignorant. anything. She may have a few funnj paved by those presents, you see, and little, ideas, but she doesnt know. my mention of the family relations Thats one of the present difficulties. . . . her mind would be too fully ocShes terrified. Well, a Victorian girl cupied to brood over you. We can tip was supposed to have for her prospec- the kids off. Theyre all good sports. tive husband only such feelings as re And, for the deepest part of the plot you know how Sally trots around sped and admiration and perhaps a gentle affection. Deborah was sup- at Simons heels day and night, and kisses him at all the most awkward posed to have those for Stuart Gra moments, and how they always hang ham. Theyd been inculcated in her on each others arms? So Grandmother hadnt any compuncto him. over Tubby, Bryn said after a moment, her about tion handing Poor lityou are a fool. Nevertheless . . . Bryns face was contracted. Exactly. tle kid. he said under his breath. Bryn considered, whistling softly. His Tubby began. Does she think . . does she expect . . . because if she eyes began to sparkle. Tubby, seedoes ing them, reached across the writing She does, Bryn said with bitter table for paper and a pen. He wrote ness. She thinks that a wedding ring a note. He sealed it In an envelope. to Mrs. Simon is a kind of magic talisman. If she He addressed it at California. I Hillsborough, . . . were and knew that Deborah There, he said. Theyre dying to strangers, shed die. Marriage is a So are a good many bind of enclosure, to her. Deborah and come, anyway. as that goes. far as other people, I are one forever, she thinks, and the (TO BE CONTINUED) future is safe and secure. If life is . ... ... Val-lanc- Germ Life in Meteorites Is Y et to Be Proved, According to the Scientists Some scientists, watching the sky, were impressed by the thought that which perhaps the first germ from sprang all living organisms had been carried to earth by a meteor, or shootof them rain Millions ing star. through our atmosphere every day from the cold depths of outer space. Three years ago Prof: Charles B. CaliforLippman of the University of nia startled the scientific world by anhad nouncing that some meteorites he examined contained germs. If this were true It would Indicate life was first deposited on the earth in this fashion. Other scientists checked up bacteria L.ppmann but could find no in the meteorites they examined. Here the controversy rested until a short time ago. when Dr. Sharat K. Roy, a colleague of Professor kicked the dead horse again. Examining other meteors from the same fall which Lippmann had studied, Doctor Roy also found germs. But they were of the earth, be said-j-ust common organisms that can be Doctor Roy picked up anywhere. therefore concludes that the meteorites were contaminated after reaching the Lipp-man- earth. Thus the theory that life was transmitted to the earth from the outer space called the theory of panspermy Is yet to be proved. Washington Post. Meaning of Anemia True anemia means either that there are too few red blood corpuscles or that the amount of hemoglobin, the red coloring material in the blood, Is diminished, according to a writer in Hygeia, the Health Magazine. This is discovered by a blood count The color of the skin, however, is the result of the amount of blood in the skin capillaries, and this is modified by the texture, thickness and native color of the skin Itself. Man Shoots 6,000 Rata Reitz, South Africa, has the worst plague of rats in Its history. Farmers and townspeople are united in battling the rodents which are doing heavy damage and even destroying grain stored in metal tanks. Ratting terriers are at a premium and rat trays and poisons are being used. One farmer has shot over 6,000 rats with an air gun in the last six tnonthsi ss Famous Americans Urged Planting of Red Clover Recompense the strength of the endeavor. In the temper of the giver, In the loving of the lover. Lies the hidden recompense. In the sowing of the sower. In the fleeting of the flower, In the fading of each hour, Lurks eternal recompense. Time There are a number of methods of controlling the fall army worm. smooth and unruffled she may live for Dust calcium arsenate on crops not years. If she is unhappy, troubled, burned by this material; on other she will just drift out. And if anycrops such as corn, beans and peas, to did apply lead arsenate dust to cover Deborah her, thing happen would never be happy again. She the plant thoroughly. Small plants like alfalfa and crab-grawould always think shed failed her. He may be protected with apstood moved across up. Tubby plications of poisoned bait. This is to his friend, and faced him. Bryn, he said steadfastly, I dont want to especially recommended where the make any more mistakes. I think Im worms have almost destroyed the sure, but Id like your word for it. I crop. The bait can be made at home never saw you like this before. Is it one pound of paris green to the real thing, Bryn? Its got you, at with 50 pounds of wheat bran. Add two last? You are In love with Deborah? of molasses that have been Bryn pulled away. He went across gallons to the window, and stood looking out thinned with water, and stir thoroughly. Then pour in enough water at the stars. He turned and said, Yes. to make the bait crumbly, but not Tubby swallowed. Then, Im sorry soupy. fool. acted like a pounds of bait is enough Its all right. Tubby. Either . . . forFifty five acres. Apply it broadcast come It out does all either right, or it in the and do not allow doesnt. Nothing you said would make poultry evenings, or animals access to treatany difference to Deborah, not even ed fields. Smaller amounts of bait if you told her Id been In love with can be mixed in the same proporhalf a dozen girls. She doesnt care tion. me. anything about If desired, two pounds of calcium Listen, Tubby said. Why dont arsenate may be substituted for the you just show her how you feel, Bryn? pounds of paris green in the bait. I mean, When the worms are migrating, put your arms around her and, well, kiss her. Can't you do that? they can be trapped by plowing a No. deep furrow at right angles to their course of advance. Shallow holes Why? She gave me an opportunity once. dug at intervals in the furrow and I was afraid to. She wouldnt underfilled with gas oils or kerosene will stand. Youve got to remember that kill the worms. Where it is not possible to plow she doesn't understand anything. Id frighten her. She might never get a furrow, a thin line of coal tar over it If Ive got a chance at all, placed a little distance ahead of Tubby, it's in letting her get used to the worms will keep them from inme. Once she has confidence in me. vading neighboring fields. j J Calcium Arsenate Used for Some Crops; Poison Bait for Others. By Frances Shelley Wees 1 Dust or Bait Is Army Worm Cure Just who brought the first red clover to the New World is still a question, but records in the United States Department of Agriculture report that many men famous in Colonial history urged its growth. As early as 1633, Lord Baltimore asked his settlers to bring good stores of clover seed, but there is no record that they did. William Penn in 1685 tells of success in growing English grass (red clover) and that Robert Turner, a wealthy merchant planter sowed great and small clover. Benjamin Franklin about 1750, wrote that he had seeded 30 acres to red clover in Philadelphia on the 23rd of August.' Nearly 25 years later his Poor Richards Almanac told of An experienced method of sowing clover on barley. George Washington in 1786 wrote that seed of red clover was obtainable on easy terms in Virginia. It was in these years the reconstruction period after the Revolution that extensive cultivation of clover began. WHERES the use of Sorrow as you may. Time is always flying Flying! and defying Men to say him nay, Wheres the use of sighing? Henley. If you feel... -tired -ru- n-down -- nervous -- out of sorts THERE a definite reason complaints. . .so, now lets is usually reason sensibly. Dont try to get well in a day. . .this Is asking too much of Nature. Remember, she has certain natural processes that just cannot be hurried. Therefore, if you are pale, tired, lack a keen appetite , have lost weight and feel rundown. . .a frequent sign that your blood-celare weak, with a tendency towards anemia then do try In the simple, easy way so many millions approve by starting a course of S.S.S. Blood Tonic to feel like yourself again. S.S.S. Co. ls SPOTS Cuticura relieves burning, itching of pimples, rashes, eczema and Other skin irritations of external origin helps soothe, heal, bring astonishing comfort. A worldwide success. Buy now! Soap 25c. Ointment 25c. All druggists. Water Hemlock Poison Cicuta maculata, also known as water hemlock, is deadly poisonous to live stock. It has such a vile smell when the leaves or stems are broken that one would not expect live stock to eat any of it, but cattle will at times, and with fatal results, especially when the plant is fuU of sap. Children have been poisoned by eating the fleshy roots, which taste a bit like parsnips. This is a vile plant, which should be killed'out or fenced in so thoroughly that no cattle can get to it. The flower heads look a little like wild carrot, but are larger. Most farmers know this plant in localities where it grows, but many do not know its poisonous qualities. Rural New-Yorke- suffer burning, scanty of p0tooyoufrequent urination; backache; l headache, dizziness, loss of energy; leg pains, swellings and puffiness under the eyes? Are you tired, nervous feel all unstrung end dont know what is wrong? Then give some thought to your kidneys. Be sure they function properts ly for functional kidney disorder excess waste to stay in the blood; end to poison end upset the whole system. Use Doan's Pills. Doan's are for the kidneys only. They are recommended the world over. You can get the gen- d Doans at any drug uine, store. per-mi- time-teste- r. For the Farmer on protein wastes other feeds. Skimping for pigs Farmers use 26 per cent of all trucks sold in this country. Noxious weeds can be most easily destroyed during weather that is hot and dry. According to a recent study, farmers commit less crime than men of any other occupation. Under average conditions a bushel of corn, when on the cob, will occupy about two cubic feet. Turnips are largely used in England and Canada for feeding of Stock. They grow best in cool weather. Bone chewing in cattle is a sign of phosphorus deficiency in the ration: Feeding bone meal corrects the condition. WNU W 3936 |