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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS Short-Sleeve- Rich-r(whose j happened to come to Washington, years of suspense. Surely you can juj McFarlane, In World father, War I, falls and he found me and sent disappeared for spare me any more. a young John I. Gordon, in love with Span broth-BiIf you create suspense for yourlieutenant. He tells her that her I gave you money when I had self, Dooley, I wont be able to do and she Is seeing a divorcee he said. But why create anything about to camp to investigate. Ric avoids it, Dooley, Sandra with him sees And later borrowed it she back again it? Im assuming that to you I bnt woman. ralvert, an older, hardened "Old Cy- when the horses were running at am not your husband any more.' known as Bowie! she thought bitterly, but Captain Mackey, But you are my husband! Even knew her mother anide," tells her he she did not say it. She said dully, knows she feels She you choose to masquerade though many years ago. You must have been very sick of and wear a false name, though good-hytun. Spang calls to say me. I must have cried too much, Patteryouve Ignored me for more than v,tor while riding with Dave in love been frightened too much, left alone half our lifetimes, though you knew son, a family friend secretly is thrown there in that cheap little flat. It with her mother, Julia, she where I was, when one word from to a hospital, was my from her horse and taken fault, perhaps. I was too you would have ended all this misthe from returns young. Id always had people to ery of uncertainty for me, you are ytat night Richard dead to visit Julia. take care of me. was e, it , I silly enough to think that all women were cared for when they married; it was quite CHAPTER X a shock when I learned that that Julia Ignored the interruption, wasnt always true. I know I must "He spent two months trying to find have failed you in a lot of ways, Richard. I must not have been gomethlng, some record, some grave susstrong person then a strong womanything that would end our of an might have changed you. But dozens went He through pense. you failed me, too, Richard. You hospitals, even the insane places he even went out with crews of men failed us all! Dont blame yourself, Dooley. who were opening graves! It was g experience for him The whole thing was a mistake. I a and not too happy for me, Rich- merely hsppened to realize that be- nerve-rackin- ard. "Sorry." He let his gaze fall, let his clasped hands dangle between his knees. "I didnt think youd be concerned. I thought youd be relieved to be rid of me. "Your conscience must have been more acute. than we gave you credit for, said his father, scornfully. "If it hadnt been for Julias obstinacy, Pd have had you declared legally dead long ago. Richard laughed, a short, difficult bark. "Legally, I am dead. Richard McFarlane no longer exists, Not op any record or roster, at least I've been Roger Mackey for twenty years now. There was a lot of confusion after the armistice, and I happened to come Into posses sionaccidentally, of course of passport and some other papers. It suited me not to be Richard any longer. I wanted to start over. I stayed on in Paris for a few years and did pretty as usual? This from John L Richards mouth lifted in a condescending, mirthless smile. That smile, too, was an aching piece of Julias remembering. "I got along, he said, in various ways. And then things got rather nasty in France there was all that argument about the debts, Americans werent popular so I came back to this country. I didnt know anything to get into things were i little tough here too, you remember? So I went back to the army. "Bnt you. just cant come back This fellow this Mackey, whose this way from the dead. papers I had had a commission, got it renewed, I asked for service fore you did. in Hawaii and got it. Then last out of it, for year they sent me back. Im at body. Ridley Field now. "You took a cowards way .out, Almost Julia cried out. Ric was Now now1 that at Ridley Field. But she caught said his father. old and life isnt so youre getting herself in time, made a little moveas it used to and adventurous gay father-in-lament toward her begthink you should He caught the be, I suppose you ging for silence. come back here and find a welgesture, or perhaps he did not reFind things exactly as they come? member, did not connect Ric with were before." any of this. The old forgot easily. Richard flared. His eyes took on Richard must not know about Ric. that icy look that Julia reAll their lives she had built their membered. father up to heroic stature for her Have I said that? Have I asked children, made him a splendor to for anything? admire, but knowing all the while Not yet. But youve made no what a false and crumbling foundecent excuse or explanation eidation she built upon, how dangeron Julia and ous was the structure she raised if ther. You walked out a fierce wind blew upon it But she left her to struggle alom Not alone, John I. Youve been must not destroy it now. a rock under my feet, youve been She must not tear Richard down, offer that ruin to Richards son. She my strength and courage when I must not destroy that pictured in- faltered! he You were all I had, Dooley, heritance of gallantry. Ric was not kids those and said "you gently, strong and courageous like JilL He had all the weaknesses of the Mc"Theyre pretty well grown up Farlane men; if he had inherited now, I suppose? Richard changed any strength from her it was latent, the subject with the facile ease that How it had not begun its growth. Now had always been his gift are they? she could not risk giving him a faShe would ther who had callously abandoned Theyre very well. him even before he had learned to not tell him anything. Not about speak that fathers name. Ric, not about Jills accident, nothSo she said, rather He had no right to know. ing. "You flatly, were at Pearl Harbor, Richard? He had no rights at alL Richard Jills twenty-six.- " His face changed, twisted. His is twenty-seveeyes shifted. Yes, I was thereat Hlckam Field. Now Im at Rid- Richard Offers ley. But Ive worked for what Ive ,Vo Solution got In the army. Makes a man feel old. Are they "So, Julia let her breath out, Richard asked. thankful oh, so terribly thankful like you, Dooley? that Jill was away! So you are Theyre entirely unlike. But Roger Mackey now. But wy, Richtheyre both McFarlanes. ard why? All this talk, and I still Married, either of them? dont understand it. You must not No, theyre not married." have cared about us at all. You At least Im not a grandfather!" didnt want to see us again, your he said, smiling thinly. Well, Ill own father your own children? push along. Due back for reveille I did think about the kids, of tomorrow. Have to drive all night course, he said, "and you, too, to make it , Dooley. But I hadnt been a very 'But Richard, what happens successful husband. You were pret- now? Julia cried. What are you ty well fed up with me when I left." going to do? He faced her, and she felt herself 4 Three-Wa- y receding, shrinking as she had always done when he looked at her Conversation with that cold, blue stare. "1 was nineteen What happens now depends on years old! Julia As for what Im goprotested. you, Dooley. Id loved you and yo. and then Id been left ing to do so far as I know, nothalone, for weeks at a time not ing! owing where you were, even hun-r- y But you cant just come back I had a baby, and then I was this way from the dead!" Kmg to have another right away 'Ive never been dead. I came and then it was war, and John I. back because suddenly. I wanted to t that commission for see you, hear your voice again. If you, he thought war was what you you mean shall I go back to being eeded-t- hat it might quiet that Richard McFarlane again, the anstlessness in you and so you swer is no. It would be awkward went away. And left Im in the me with and embarrassing. but this shabby old army. Theres war going on. Till S inortsaged land and no its over, Ill concentrate on that. an 0 turn to till Dave Patterson Richard. Ive had twenty-fiv- e -- n, se noth-Nothi- SlouAeS Special oCouefit 'T'ONY ZALE, middleweight ruler, A starred in the best ring fight of 1946 with a dozen miles to spare. His hurricane meeting with Rocky Grazi-an- o happened to be one of those thrillers you wont see twice in a lifetime. There was no other fight even close to this one. I cant recall any other fighter who ever showed more intestinal fortitude than zale showed that September night, when he came out of a foggy dreamland to knock out Graziano. It so happens that Zale is in the toughest division of them all. Among those after his middleweight crown you'll find Jake LaMotta, Marcel Cerdan, Geor-gi- e Abrams, Charley Burley and one or two others all tough. Graziano, the toughest of the lot, has had his license revoked in New York, but the National Boxing association hus ruled that he can fight in any place under NBAs jurisdiction. This gives Rocky a lot of territory to swing his lethal fists in. Zale had been away from ring action so long when he met Graziano that his handicap was known to be a heavy one. Various crowds bad seen too many baseball and football players from the service show e a startling lack of form, Including speed and timing. Zale had been away longer than most, close to four years. So when Graziano knocked him down early in the fight and then had him dazed, bewildered and badly battered, his reign apparently was over. But Zale down the stretch proved several things. He proved that he was dead game and could take the hardest punch the hardhitting Graziano could throw. He also proved that he had a punch of his own. He proved that he knew how to fight and what to do in a storm. still the man I was married to, Richard. Youre still my childrens father. Nothing can change that You can change it if you like, Dooley." How can I change it? You mean I can divorce you? How can I divorce a man who doesnt exist? How could I explain it to your children? The kids do complicate things, dont they? They might like me if they knew me. Though perhaps to that? youve already-attendeIve given them a hero for a father! Julia flamed. You did that for yourself, Dooley, not for me. Youre a proud woman, your pride wouldnt let you keep a man in yotir life unless ha was heroic. And you dont want your pretty picture tom to pieces now by the dismal reality. So Ill take myself off. You wouldnt want to shake hands, Father? John L thrust his hands into his pockets, drawing in his brows. No, I wouldnt! You make me ashamed that I am also a McFarlane. Without a word Richard walked out of the house. They heard his car roar off down the drive. John I. sank into a chair and dropped his head into his hands. Julia went quietly and kissed the thinned spot on the top of his head. She did not speak. David was mourning the unworthiness of Absalom, and there were no words to touch the dignity of that grief. She went numbly, groping for the stair rail, up to her room. had Faces Tough Competition she Somehow, always, known! Always, unaware perhaps With more time in which to get at times, she had been waiting for ready, it stands to reason that Zale this, feeling the pressure of odd, should be a better fighter in 1947 uncertain dread. There was a than he was in 1946. His win over strange and psychic bond, a vibra- Graziano gave him greater confition that lived on between two peo- dence, for one thing. He is also sure ple who had been married, and she to be in better physical knew now that that quivering tie shape. Yet in this present middlelived on, bridging years and siweight outfit no one is safe. Tony is lence, binding her to Richard, even surrounded by a pretty rough crew, though the bond was bitter. Eventu- "the best in any other weight division, ally it had drawn him back to her. and he will have to be better than She had seen the nostalgia in his good to keep his crown. eyes, though he had tried to hide LaMotta is a rough and ready it behind liis old, cool arrogance. customer who wont be any soft And now what? What lay ahead? mark. LaMotta man to is a What threatened her, her peace of hurt and he also canhardy hurt on his mind, her pride for her children? own. Cerdan made a promising There was Ric. What if Richard debut over here and he should be betfound out about Ric, learned where ter on his next visit, when he has a he was, made contact with his son? longer time to become acclimated And then there was Dave. She knew and to get In better physical condithat Dave loved her, with another tion. There Is no Stanley Ketchel, kind of love, deeper, finer no Are Harry Greb or Mickey Walker hangor passion,' no young fever, but the ing around the premises, but there is lasting love of a man who would more class in this section than the cherish a woman forever. ring has known for many years. Just Julia flung herself down on the how the tangle will be unraveled is bed. another guess. LaMotta must be 'Oh, Dave I her heart cried out given a chance and so must Cerdan Now that its too late, I do love if he can repeat his opening performance, or show improvement. you! And what am I going to do? In addition to the leaders named, Jill turned her head on the pillow, eased her body from the cramp Jersey Jones still insists that his of her splinted arm and taped shoul- man Burley can slash his way der. through the entire list. With the heavyweight bunch, out'Dooley, you look simply ghastshe said. ly! Ive never seen side of Joe Louis, in such a sad black hollows under your eyes be- state, it begins to look as if the mid fore. Whats worrying you besides dleweights must take over a big part of the show. But as good as many of me? Julia lied gallantly. his challengers are, they will find 'Nothing, "Youre enough for one dose. Do Zale none too easy to shove around, look so pathetic? I must need some vitamins or something. Its missTwo West Coast Stars ing you so much, I guess. Jill drew the corners of her mouth The west coast is keeping an alert in. Youre a rotten actress, Doo- eye on the coming actions of its two ley. Youre corny as heck and favorite baseball sons. Their names as transparent cellophane. When are Joe DiMaggio of San Francisco you hurt inside, it shows through and Ted Williams of San Diego, both like veins and things under a fluoro-scopreporting from the extensive domain Have you and Dave had of California. fight? DiMaggio, bothered by physical Of course not, silly. I havent ailments, had an off year. Regardseen Dave since that Sunday. And ed as one of the great outfielders of should we why fight? all time, a brilliant artist, fielding, 1 dont know any good reason, hitting and throwing, Joe finished but you are sort of difficult to un- with the worst season he has known derstand at times, Dooley. Youre in big leajpie baseball. He fell back so unpredictable. I think I know with many other big league stars what youre thinking and feeling, who had been in war service. Williams, who looked as if he were and suddenly I discover Im all lost on the verge of wrecking the entire and dont know you at all. American league without help up through mid-Julbegan to skid latJulia Fails to er and spent an unhappy fortnight Deceive Jill during the 1946 World series. DeIm a mystery woman! Human spite this decline Williams batted enigma. But the fewer feelings we well over .340, which left his all-tiall have now the better off well average still over .350. be. Julia was being platitudinous, she knew, and undoubtedly Jill was Ulcers Stopped Joe probing past that evasive defense with her dry, shrewd, young eyes. Anyway Joe and Ted were not Were fighting a lot of people what they had been in their former seasons. Only Dom DiMaggio came whove done away with feeling." And now, said Jill, in a mock- along to repair part of the damage, ing voice, the gentlemanly ushers as far as California was concerned. will pass among you, and all the Bobby Doerr and Johnny Pesky ladies will depesit their ballots in were two west coast features from the basket, please. And dont vote further north. 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