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Show his iron mask welding a part on a tractor and with anxiety. All afternoon the trucks roll up to the smithy; the dusty cars clatter in. Bits of embarrassed awe. “J wouldn’t shoe a horse any more,” George says. “I used to help my dad do it when I was a boy, but I’d never tackle one myself. A horse kicked my dad once and drove his shirt sleeve right into his arm.” Still, George takes a certain pride in a dusty rafter strung with horseshoes, and he points out the spot where the hooves of high-spirited stal- rusted steel are added to George’s collection. the sparks so brilliant other men turn awayas in e & eee THE SPREADING grain elevator, the village smithy stands. The smith has muscles strong as iron bands, but he’s no H. W. Longfellow legend. George is as real as his blacksmith shop festooned with the trappings of this, and other,eras. Longfellow could scarcely have envisioned the strange transition which turned a simple artisan at the anvil into a man from Mars—George in lions have worn away the floor. A farmer arrives with a broken plow. There is distraction in his eyes, and his watch ticks away the lost hours in thefield. “Should have broken this last winter,” says George. “Be a better time for breaking and for fixing, too. I’ve been busy every minute all day.” No horses come, no shoeless proud creatures, skittish and whinnying. Only a horse’s tail fan remains to brush away the flies from the welding. It, too, seems wispy dead andlifeless. As Longfellow’s blacksmith has gone to join his beloved, so has his livelihood. There remain only the Georges who know machinery and how to repair it. And machinery needs oil, never oats. Even the words on the sign above George’s blacksmith shop have dimmed and faded. When a man looks closely now, it seems to him other letters have taken their place. And theletters form a single word: Yesterday. The farmer seems apologetic, but he perspires MERCURY... THE CAR THAT MADE THE STATION WAGON BEAUTIFUL led the way in { At one time you had to sacrifice beauty to gain the extra room in a wagon. Over the years, Mercury the biggest there is). But changing that. The room was kept, in fact increased (now 99.2 cu. ft.—just about duty...as a family car, a Mercury knew that with most owners the station wagon is their only car. It has to do triple beautiful you see in the how Just inside. xurious beautiful...lu madeit “dress-up” car, and a cargo carrier. Mercury picture above. LINCOLN-MERCURYDIVISION MOTOR COMPANY MERCU RY ... The Wagon Specialist ROTUNDA, NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR. SBP ave WALT DISNEY’S MAGIC SKYWAY AT THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY WONDER | = | CAMPSITE DIRECTORY — $2.95 VALUE—ONLY $1.50 through Mercury dealers. Big, new, 240-page | 1964 camping and trailering guide prepared by Rand McNally & Co. Includes latest road maps, campsite information. Get an order blank at your Mercury dealer's. |