Show r '5rT THE GARLAND PftS TIMES GAhLAND UTAH tiaHMpliu Aeitf SEWING CHAHG iforal oCingerie EARIsI Vs Jolla (Dooley) McFarlane’i husband Richard dliappeared In World War 1 She and leaving her with two children John I McFarlane her have tried In vain to And tome trace ol Richard either dead or alive Twenty-vand aervlng year later Rlc li In the army ot World War II while in Spang JU1 2d profetiee an Interest Gordon a young lieutenant Julia still clings to the belief that Richard may yet be alive and refuses to have him declared legally dead Her greatest worry Is that her daughter mlcht marry Spang thus becoming an army wife subject to the same grief she has endured for a quarter of a century without word of Richard CHAPTER II Julia twisted her hands togethshe began abruptly er “John “Rlc didn’t have a furlough when He traded for some he came home Jill told me” other map’s pass The old man’s mustache twitched if “I suppose they put him in the you’d send him a fruit- I” cake “If house with a file In it!” they put him in the guardhis chances for a commission are gone” “Might be a good thing Being a buck private might be good for him” He stood up glared down at her fiercely "Dooley you spoiled that boy!” “I know" Julia said heavily “but He needed me he was— all I hadl She was always Jill didn’t like you" The “’She’s a McFarlane stand on their own feet But that young Richard— he’s ” Julia McFarlane bad dona all that Born a McFarlane and married to a distant cousin of the same name she had dragged the old alone place back from desuetude except for the fumbling peppery of old John I Mcencouragement Farlane Julia was slender and calm and merry but Indomitable with it and for a long time longer than he liked to reckon Dave Patterson knew that he had been in love with her that he had let her know he was good old Dave farm and handsome old brick house had been swallowed up by the encroaching power project who Not To Dooley whose was a big bewildered now uprooted from the land that Pattersons had farmed for generations trying to find himself again by running a bank and not being very happy at it He was and thinning on top and one knee was stiff so the army would not have him and his first wife had been dead for so long that her memory had faded to a small silvery shadow He crossed the porch and opened a french door without knocking and a instantly young man in the tan I” "Don’t Julia say it John “We’ve begged pain in her eyes put that bitterness away Don’t let ' It come alive again” “But it is coming alive again whether you want it or not I’ve I warned seen it for years you that that boy was growing up like his father" “I was his mother" Julia reminded him "I’ve heard that tool" Anger swift and dark rode the old man’s He rose and towered though face he was four inches shorter than she "For years I heard that And I wasn't strong enough to defeat it So now this thing starts all over Here’s another McFarlane again wearing the uniform of his country and wearing no honor with It! Julia smiled dryly without mirth "Do I hear a big wind blowing? Who hid the switches I’d like to know when he was little when I’d cut stout ones and laid down the with Who sneaked upstairs law? You and gingerbread? suckers needn’t roar John I I know you like a book” “no "Dooley" he said grimly matter what you say I’m going to court next term and file that paper I’ve listened to you long enough You’ve got a right to a life of your own and I’m going to see that you have it” Julia's face drained swiftly and out of the whiteness her eyes were embers No John I I won’t let “No you do it" He twisted his mouth "You can’t if I want to do it” me stop Julia’s voice came hoarse and And thin "I think I can stop you I will!” "He’s been gone years If he were legally dead everything would be cleared up You’re a fool —a weak sentimental fool!” "All right” she sighed "I’m a fool Leave it like that John She walked away setting her boots down firmly John I watched her go frowna fine woman beautiful A ing woman too good for that worthless man she had married the man who had been his own son “I’ll do it anyway!” he said aloud Then he leaned back and thumbed tobacco into his pipe rode his horse Dave Patterson On slowly across the great dam his right the power lake slept silthe stars a under flat and very himself skittish young bass flinging as an offering to the frail platinum moon and falling back to mint great coins of shadowy quicksilver I” 4 A Remarkable JVoman Is Julia At the lower end of the lane young pigs got up and skittered away hysterically when the horse snorted at them Every fence post glistened white and beyond the wire the dew roofs of row shone on rectangular farm The homely of low houses smell was definite now the mixture of pigs and hay and froggy that gave Dave’s feeling of A naked bulb burned nostalgia shadowed by dark above a gate old trees and Dave got down and tied his horse opened the gate and passing through closed It carefully the shorn across quiet walking grass to the house Behind high window soft lights glowed and the house Itself loomed starkly white under the aged frees the way it had Dave remembered looked not ao long ago' Old and sadly the mortar melting faded from between the tired bricks little shelf of a porch with spindly Now it was pirailings sagging llared and restored and proud with Ivied a a weep of drive between stone posts and the fanlight above the door gleaming "I could get lost mighty these hills” easy in blouse of breeches and the Air Corpsi with a silver bar on his shoulder Jumped to his feet dark young man his hair cut short and disciplined with difficulty with a good pair of honest blue eyes "Hello” Dave said ”1 thought I thought he you were Ric at first must have got his mighty quick’’ The sol“How do you do sir?” dier showed very white teeth in a quick smile "I’m Spencer Gordon I used to be a friend of Ric’s — before the war" A Old Friends Together When Get Dave "Before you got those?” and indicated the silver grinned bars "Now no friendship with men in the ranks eh? Old military proLived tocol I’m Dave Patterson on the next place till the TVA drowned me out So you’re in the air are you?” "Not now They grounded me for in to teach aerodynamics a while school sir TS — that’s technical But I have my wings and I hope to be back In the air before long” "I assume you’re here to see Jill?" "Yes” Young Gordon flushed "I met Jill at Ridley Field two weeks ago but Ric and I were in college Seems like a century ago together to some dance I We're going think" "Met Jill’s mother yet?” "Yes sir she's upstairs helping I met the grandfather Jill dress too He’s out somewhere now tending a sick pig" "A sick pig is a catastrophe on The McFarlanes raise this place the finest hogs in Tennessee” were farrhers tbo “My people But my Cotton mostly Mississippi father and mother died when I was ” very young Ric doing now?" Dave “What’s “Is he going to try for the asked cadet corps?” out think — some “He washed minor point or other Now he’s tryschool so I hear ing for officer’s That’s a big I don't see him often and you rarely post down there hear much about a man unless he's in your own squadron” Young Goras heels don stopped abruptly clicked on the polished stairs In the big mirror in the hall Dave could see the reflection of Jill coming down She paused at the door and Dave saw the young lieutenant's throat twitch and his eyes glow as he Jill was the sprang to bis feet prettiest thing alive Dave decided— but not beautiful is Julia was I didn't Dave Jill said bear you come In thought Spang was down hera alone hating me for being so slow" "Are you Spang?” Dave asked "I’m Spang They hung that on me at college You'll excuse us sir if we take off?” Jill said “We have to drive the It has plenty of B gas in It but Dooley says to remember that the tires have to last all winter" with a took her elbow Spang “Good proud proprietary air night sir Glad to have seen you" “You look very decorative you “The militwo” Dave approved tary Is at its best with something fluffy alongside” "More to the eye no pleasing doubt” Spang amended "but not as an oxygen quite ao effective I hope you mask and parachute know where this dance is Remember I’m a country boy from down the Delta I could get lost mighty easy in these hills” “Jill knows every hill” Dave told him "I should! I’ve hunted chinquapins on them and got chiggers on practically all of them” Dave went "Have fun kids" through the hall to the foot of the stairs There he intoned in a firm carrying voice "I could Just sit here and talk to myself Or I could I Oh hello go home Dooley thought maybe you’d gone lb bed" Julia leaned over the banister "At nine o’clock? I don’t do that I wake up at two a m any more and think too much I'll be down a minute” a She came presently trailing Her flowered chintz housegown hair was roughened her eyes looked a little shadowed "This Is my sixth change of costume for today" she sighed as she dropped into a chair "When are you going to ease off And what this strenuous business? you need is a drink” It stimulates "Not tonight Dave But I can’t sleep me too much fix one for yourself — and you can He’ll be make one for John I too In presently No Ice for him— he hates "having It bump against his mustache As for this strenuous life it won’t be over soon I fear They put Foster’s boy Into One A I argued that he was estoday sential that we had to raise food for our army but old Mr Corbett— he is and you know how always stiff with the letter of the law — asked me if I wanted to keep this farm for my children or let the Nazis have it” Dave went to the kitchen came back presently with two tall glasses “So you revised your decision about letting Jill run around with the army?” he said “What can I do Dave? She’s a I can’t put her in grown woman a convent She has to have fun She’s twenty-siyears old Sounds incredible doesn’t it? The span between two wars Richard's last leave before he went over and I and was so young and so so terribly In love and so unhappy I can’t believe that that with it nineteen - year - old thing agonized was II Two babies and no home — till no husband you nothing came and found me and John I brought me back here I don’t want anything like that for Jill I don't want that loneliness for her sitting at home watching the mail waiting freezing with dread every time a messenger comes down the street And I don’t want her to have what I’ve had for years— Not even to know not to lence! be certain whether it was quite right either to grieve or to be resigned But what can I do?” “Nothing” Dave agreed "We lives for can’t live other people’s No matter how much we them love them I’d like to live your life if I could” differently “But I like my life What’s wrong with it?” Oh I know what “It’s empty You’ve crowdyou’re going to say ed it full of work and responsibility You’ve raised Ric and JiU and taken care of John L and a few hunYou’ve made this farm dred pigs a success but what does it get you Dooley— you personally?” fit gets me Just that Dave SucWhat else is there — what else cess Work that beside accomplishment? to me and to the is of value What else Is there?” world Dave Has His Little Secret Dave could have said “There's But he knew he love Dooley” Sometimes would not say it he was certain wearily that he would never say it He bad loved Dooley for so long but even now after a span of 25 uncertain years he had never mentioned it to her because he knew stinctively she would have drawn herself into a shell and their friendwhich had come to mean so ship much to both of them would have become strained possibly even ended "Sometimes I think He said you're a wonderful woman Dooley And then there are times when I'm that you’re a sentimenconvinced years and not tal idiot and still you won't give a word up” (TO BE CONTINUED) JAMES wonderful By CIQCLE PATTERNS KINSEY Susan party!” Blanke's eyes were shining as she “I can’t imagine your Unspoke cle Will giving a party— and on New Year’s Eve at that! This is one puzzle that has me stumped! ” with Handsome Douglass Wilson whom she was sitting out the dance nodded agreement There was ample reason for Susan's bewilderment Never until tonight had his Uncle Will demonstrated anything but complete criticism for the younger generation Even the most simple pleasures of youth had drawn his frown But tonight for no apha had performed a parent reason and complete opened his own hom£ to Doug's friends The big gloomy house silent for years save for the guarded tread of servants rang tonight with gaiety and laughter! Returning from the city Uncle Will had brought horns whistles silly caps and balloons for the party And most amazing of all tonight his usually grim face was wreathed “A for TfjaL shoulders or ribbon straps lace 40 44 42 002 comet In No 4 48 and 52 of 35 or sizes Size 38 panties Slip Ufa ! far Bead aa aiSItlaaal twaaty-flaf tin Fall aad Winter Itaaa yaar ( FASHION Saerlallr dealaaed faahiaas aiaka a may ( styles farm freeke fra fre palter trloled craehatiar Slreetlea eeata laalda Ik kaak Frla SEWING S3 Sooth CIRCLE Wells St Enclose 25 cents pattern desired Pattern PATTERN DEPT Chicago I UL In coins for each — Address Torch in Hand of Vulcan Statue Warns Motorists new method ot reminding motorists to drive carefully is an electric torch that is being installed in the upraised hand of the giant atatue of Vulcan in Birmingham Ala For 24 hours after a fatal traffic accident the light will glow red instead of its normal green A "8002 ' Slip and Pantie SIMPLE slip and pantie set for the more mature figure Delightfully easy to make — Just three pattern pieces Illustrated aew chart gives instruction Make built-u- How To Relieve A 'The Army and Navy Union hich was founded in 1886 and has 5000 members is the oldest exist- in the United ing organization States for veterans of any war smiles He seemed to be enjoying the evening like a schoolboy “It’s the most puzzling thing!” Susan repeated She smiled as Doug pressed her hand remembering suddenly how much she loved him yet how difficult Uncle Will had made their relationship Doug had lived there in the big house since his parents died Now grown up he was managing the estate Will Just began “Uncle making preparations for the party when he came back from New York” Doug laid “But he hasn’t told me a word I’m as much in the dark as you Sue I” They were silent a moment "I’m afraid that tomorrow he’ll turn back into Uncle Grouch" be continued "I Just can’t remember Uncle Will ever smiling before But let’ I don’t talk about you Darling care If he is opposed to young peoI’m going to ple getting married I don’t tell him the truth tomorrow care if—” “So you don’t care eh?” Uncle Will was suddenly standing beside them hla expression threatening "You’re willing to defy me?’’ In the shadows they were unable to see the twinkling In his eyes "Well it’a the only thing we can "You— do" Doug answered hotly you’re ao hard about everything we have to defy you since you put it that way” "You don’t have to son!” Uncle Will had come closer and placed an arm around each of their shoulders’ "You can marry Susan just as soon si you want to—” "But we don’t understand” Doug gasped “Why only a week ago you laid—” "I said those things deliberately children” Uncle Will Interrupted "You see there’s something I haven’t been able to tell you until When your father Doug tonight died making me your guardian he stipulated that you were to herit his estate only if you remained single until January 1 this coming year — that is until midnight tonight At the same time tot some peculiar reason he stipulated that you weren’t to be told about this provision — so if Fd let you get married sooner you’d hive lost everything It was a strange provision that he made in his will" he concluded "But it’s worked out satisfactori- Pattern yards 2i yard use if you prefer and edge with tiny Bronchitis Creomulsion relieves promptly It goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel warm laden phlegm and aid nature to soothe ana heal raw tender bronchial mucous mama branaa TtO your druggist to sell yon bottle of Creomulsion with th understanding you must Ilka the way it quickly allays the oough or you an to have your money back CREOMULSION for Cooghi 3mpy tefcoas RAISIN in Chest Colds Bronchitis BUMS piping hot Raisin Buns mads with Flaischmann’s Fast RisDry Yaast! 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