Show THE FICTION FARM GIRLS CORNER by richard H wilkinson I 1 VULAH BEULAH and candida had thet met in the new york office of mortimer and brown attorneys they became last fast friends because they found something in common that something was a desire to live on a farm in the country they talked about it incessantly then beulah came through with the great idea lets work hard and save 3 tor for a year then lets pool our resources make a down payment on asdall a smal farm and and live th there erel 1 but we dont know a thing about farming weve both lived in the city cily all our lives wi we make irpak it pay 11 I 1 I 1 J we to could ua d beul beulah ali S said aid it if we wanted to badly enough there ther e are b books orthof todo to do everything these days day S I 1 so for a year the two girls worked and saved they spent evenings on an end atthe at the library reading books on small scale farming when spring came they drove up op into the country and called on the farmers who had offered their homes ifor for sale the see sec ond and place they visited proved exactly what they wanted it was a small white tree shaded house with a big barn a hennery containing a flock of birds a cow a horse a pig and ana several cultivated acres it was a swell idea best of all they made a profit the enterprise would likely have developed into something lasting had it not been for barnaby xerxes VI J J T I 1 7 but we dont know anything about farming candida said weve both lived in the city all our lives lie he was a radio singer buffe suffering ring from a nervous breakdown ile he had come to hillside to recuperate beulah met him one day on a deserted section of country road ile he was walking and she gave him a lift back to town in the tha delivery truck BEULAH was thrilled during the days that followed she hated going oft off evenings and leaving candida home alone but obviously barnable Barn ably and she take the other girl everywhere with them beulah was wondering how when barnaby proposed marriage and she accepted him she was going tc break the news to candida two nights later beulah delivered a hall half dozen fowl to the village church for its semiannual semi annual supper and was returning home earlier than was were on in the front room and through the window she saw barnaby holding candida in his arms kissing her deulah beulah was furious she stormed into the house can dida tried to be calm and explain plain that she and barnaby had loved each other all along they had bad the courage to tell tel i beulah you you beulah shrieked A week passed the girls went about their duties without speaking both knew that sooner or later they would have faveto to come co m e to some agreement about the fa farm rm 1 k so in the end beulah made arrangements range ments with lawyer stearns steams and one evening the girls sit set out in the delivery truck for his law office to write the final chapter in their adventure they were silent on the drive to town even when the car lights went out for no explainable reason neither of them said anything silently beulah got out lifted the hood discovered a fuse was blown and having no spare tried to produce a makeshift from a hairpin it began to look as though there was nothing to do but continue on foot when suddenly the connection was made and the lights flared up in the glare blase of the headlights a man and a woman evidently having come up in the darkness darl mess without knowing lowing ki of the trucks presence were stan standing jing in close embrace the man was wa barnaby xerxes nobody said anything for a moment then barnaby turned and began walking swiftly away the girl followed him beulah got into the truck she started the motor she looked at candida candida looked at her oh shuck sl said beulah presently I 1 lets go back and mm milk the cowand c cow and cill call it ii a day i I 1 oh leisl cried candida |