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Show elti - T' i TOOELE COUNTY CHRONICLE nu ma, ut" II xu h "iafSIl :n!l !h( FirTSOM THE JAGGED SCAR fM Leah I SVMVn By DONALD HUNTER p ill ast we Cothev JJMJL' ir e of'1 e Colle Tom and his dad had always been pals, so much so that when "the man" suddenly became sullen and morose toward his son, Tom attrib- - riCE C FIK j uted it to his "growing up" and he began to find life almost unbearable. breath, his young chest swelling quickly with the sharp intake of air. He held it, stiffened his lip. He would not cry. Crying wasn't grown up! The thought struck him then that maybe that was the whole thing that was wrong. He was growing up! He wanted to turn down that thought right away. If this was what it was Kke, if this was grow-ing up then he didn't want to be big! He didn't want to be. It hurt too much. Why couldn't It be like it used to be with the old man and him? But if that was it if it was just growing up then it never would be like that again. And Rosemary she would never treat him the same again, either. She knew, too! Just getting big, you had to be hard, cold, without love, under-standing, feeling or There was something wrong in just growing up! The boy started to rub his knuckle into his eye, but stopped. A bleak chill was settling in his heart, as he watched the old man him. He called him the old man when he was with the other boys his age, not with any disrespect but be always called him dad around his mother. "Oh, leave your father alone, can't you?" she said. And he went away sensing an even greater wrong. Even little Rosemary, the girl he talked to shyly in the school yard sometimes, seemed to be treating him different lately. "What's wrong with you?" she'd ask right in the middle of his won-dering what was wrong with the old man and his mom. "Oh, nothing nothing!" he'd say quickly. "Why?" "Well, you don't talk near so much anymore," she'd say, "and you seem so far awa., like!" He wondered if just not paying any attention to her while he was thinking about his dad and mom made her think there was some- - F ii yd L. T TpHE d Boy with the lade e ;j hair close cropped didn't know ns of i what it was. The old man spent u Lav.j hours just gazkig off into space. ;d, com HlJ sat 0Q tjjg tQp fjnt porcri step, his cane between his knees, his of Sec f Rans ieet Planted on the second step and otice ( the cane end set on the bottom inal pi one. With his hands crossed over 0 the the cane head, the right hand it I ex carefully covered the jagged scar ?ttled across the back of the left one. ed sai Other times, when the boy was laws ar around, he always seemed busy 'ee'lyw reading the newspaper. He kept it ntati've folded so he could hold it with one f the Si hand, the scarred hand concealed n No in his lap. the fa Of course, he had never been very talkative. Stoic, like the hill people he came from, he never Bak mentioned his troubles. When he'd ihhnt! chopped his hand with an ax out ublicat toe back yard' he'd sneaked i through the kitchen hiding the man-- ''' gled bloody member behind him sc. the boy's mother, wouldn't see. The boy had stood in the front fj. room wide-eye- d and anxious with fy j fear when the old man saw him. igjH? "Don't tell your mother, boy!" V$V he'd warned before he went into 'i the bedroom to tear up an old sheet for wrapping his hand. f"CMw But the boy's mother had noticed. J She sensed the strange atmosphere, f5kj the unusual actions. She'd followed him into the bedroom, and the boy Crowlti had heard the old man shushing ivabou ner while she bawled him out for n the i hiding the thing. He kept saying , it was nothing and afterwards he es ' never talked about it, never com- - ose str J He let plained. just never anyone lookaff see me jagged scar across the most l back of nis Dand u ne could helP it- - ffham i Now' tne old man was witn" - V drawn; he couldn't get near him fw anymore, couldn't talk to him. Once, he'd been able to get a kind a aga Word out of the old man. He'd ce it'-- ; say, "That's good, Tom!" or, 1 decern J "That's not the way that ought to usetna, , be done, Son!" And though there weren't very many words between that u them, they were the kind that made boy feel good, and know that Ithe was all right. Now, it was different. The old man didn't seem to have time for him. He didn't want to take their long silent walks together anymore, like he used to. And he didn't move around much. He even seemed to rsent the boy's presence, like when he'd stumbled that time in 'I the front room and caught himself on hi- - cane. He growled at the boy, leaving him speechless and hurt. But he wasn't old, not like Grampa and and the old mare down on ' t the farm. j Still, the last time he'd brought his report card home from school, happily expecting the old man to say, as he sometimes did, "That's good, Son, good that you're getting j' ' your learning!" and smile at him quietly, he hadn't done it. He'd only glanced at the card on one side then turned it over and said something that sounded like "Humph!" and handed It back to i him shortly. The boy had worked 1 extra hard that last month to get V the grades up hoping the old man 4 might break through to him again. I He couldn't understand that short v R "Humph!" T j There was something wrong, and i the boy wondered if it could be him. His mother seemed to act the same "4 way toward him. Cut him off short, when he'd tried awkwardly to ask k V- - her about how dad was treating "Oh, leave your father alone, can't you?" she said. And he went away sensing an even greater wrong. go in the front door. But he fol-lowed him, some strange knowing-nes- s urging him to get his answer confirmed. To make sure that was it. The old man was bent over fum-bling around on the floor for the worn leather change purse he'd dropped, when the boy walked in. His hand closed on the purse and he straightened quickly. "Here, boy," he said hurriedly, digging into the pouch. "Run down to the corner and get me a paper!" He often asked him to do that, and the boy felt a rise of that good feeling at anything he could do fo. the old man. He held out his thing wrong with him. Or if maybe there was really something wrong with him. He hated the thought, but it kept cropping up in his mind. Maybe he was adopted! Maybe the old man and his mom were not really his father and mother, but had just adopted him and he was just now finding it out. The thought fright-ened him, and he buried it deep in his mind. If it was true, he'd be like the old man; hide his hurt. He'd never let them know he knew! His father called him "boy" now, instead of "Tom" or "Son," like he had. And he was sharp, al-most harsh sometimes. HE WAS bouncing his ball off the of the house when the old man came around from the back-yard. In an excess of boyish joy, he forgot for a moment what the situa-tion was between them. He threw the ball to the old man. Instead of catching it and firing It back so it would sting his hands the old man ignored it. He did nothing till the ball bit him, and bounced harmlessly off his shoulder. He tensed then, lifted his cane. "Stop that infernal nonsense, boy!" he yelled. The boy could feel his own lip tremble as he stared at the old man's angry face. He took a deep hand and the old man laid three coins in his palm. "Now hurry, boy!" he urged harshly. The boy felt disappoint-ment at the sharp, urgent tone, until he glanced down at the coins. Suddenly, he stood very still. Two dimes and a penny lay In his hand to pay for the three-cen- t paper. Waves of coldness washed up his spine as the bitter acid of knowl-edge bit into his nerve ends and settled in his brain. He made no outcry; not even the sound of a murmur passed his tight lips. But hot liquid emotion scalded two lines of silent tears down his cheeks as he gazed, knowingly at last, up into his father's slowly blinding eyes. "Okay, dad!" he said, his voice stumbling over his heart, "Okay, dad!" Homemade Presents Are Sure to Please Discriminating Friends A DAY or two or three spent in the kitchen instead of out among Christmas crowds will yield several lovely as well as edible presents to g;ve your closest friends. Most people are so busy around the holidays, not only with shopping LYNN CHAMBERS' MENU Pot Roast with Potato Pancakes Apple Sauce Green Beans Pineapple - Cabbage Slaw Rolls Beverage Orange Tapicoa Pudding Cookies 1 lemons pound preserved ginger H pint water Sugar Pare, quarter and core pears. Pare apples, core and cut cros-wis- e into one-ha- lf inch slices. Grate rind of lemons and add juice to the water. Cut ginger in small pieces. For every pound of fruit allow one pound of sugar. Boil sugar and wa-ter to a syrup, then add remaining ingredients and boil 45 minutes or until thick and clear. Place in but with enter-taining that food presents will be Vealiy welcome. Think how nice it lis to receive some colorful jelly to serve with Christ- - "mas dinner or a homemade coffee cake done up in gala wrappings! Make a gift list of food presents, then bring out the recipes and de-cide just how much of each to make. Wrap prettily and deliver just as you would other presents. Keep a few extra boxes of food gifts to give just in case someone you'd forgot-ten drops in unexpectedly. If you put up a lot of jellies, jams and preserves during the summer, bring these out and wrap in gay paper and tie with fancy bows. Even one jar makes a perfectly de-lightful present. For more elaborate presents you might want to give several jars on a tray that may be used for rel-ish or sandwiches JUST IN CASE you do not have enough jars of jelly from summer, here are some recipes to replenish the supply. Cranberry Jam (Makes 13 glasses) 7 cups prepared frnit 3 cups sugar 3 cups light corn syrup 1 box powdered fruit pectin To prepare fruit, add four cups water to about three and h pounds of fully ripe cranberries. Bring to a boil and simmer, cov-ered, for 10 minutes. Sieve pulp to remove seeds, if desired. (For spiced cranberry jam, simmer fruit with one-hal- f teaspoon ground cloves and one teaspoon cinnamon This Christmas tree coffee cake will make a welcome present for neighbors or close friends, be-cause it's good to eat as well as very festive appearing. To make it, use a yeast dough recipe given In the column and decorate with candied red and green cherries to give the effect of lights. sterilized cans or jars and seal at once. Christmas Tree Coffee Cake (Makes 1 tree cake) 1 cup ready-to-e- bran 1 cup scalded milk cup shortening Yi cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 cake compressed yeast or 1 package granular yeast 1 egg, well beaten 2 cups sifted flour Combine bran, milk, shortening, sugar and salt. Stir until shorten-ing is melted, then cool to luke-warm. Soften yeast in this mixture. Add egg. Stir In flour to make a soft dough; cover. Let stand ten minutes. Knead on lightly floured surface. Place in a greased bowl. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk. Punch down. Form dough into a long rope or roll about one Inch thick; swirl back I and forth on a : x 1 cookie sheet in shape of a pine tree, reserving a small portion of the dough to use for the trunk of the tree. Cover and let rise until doubled in bulk. Presents made in your kitchen reflect your interest and thought-fulnes- s to the recipient of the gift, especially if you give gay and col-orful jars of jellies and other canned goods. Use some of the stock you put up this summer for gifts. or one and one-ha- lf teaspoons of any desired combination of spices.) Measure sugar and corn syrup into a dry bowl and set aside until needed. Measure prepared fruit in-to a five to six quart kettle filling up the last cup or fraction of cup with water if necessary. Place over hottest fire. Add powdered fruit pectin, mix well, and continue stir-ring until mixture comes to a hard: boil. Pour in sugar-andsvru-at once. 0 Bake in a moderate oven for about 25 minutes. When cool, frost with uncooked icing (made out of powdered sugar and a little milk) and decorate with can-died cherries to represent . lights on a tree. HERE IS an excellent fruit bread to have on hand for the holidays because it will keep fresh for weeks if kept wrapped in waxed paper and placed in a tin. Slice it thin and use for sandwiches. It makes a lovely gift. Fruit Bread (Makes 3 loaves) 12 eggs 3 cups sugar 6 cups flour X tablespoons baking powder Z cups chopped seedless raisins 1 cups chopped walnuts I cup chopped candied orange peel Beat the eggs and sugar together for 10 minutes on an electric mixer. (Hand beating will take an hour so stirring constantly. (To reduce foaming, h teaspoon butter may be added.) Continue stirring, bring to a full, rolling boil and boil hard one minute. Remove from fire, skim, pour quickly. Paraffin hot jam at once. Apricot Jam 1 pound dried apricots 1J4 cups sugar " cup seedless raisins cup water in which apricots were soaked 1 orange Wash apricots and soak In water enough to cover for one hour. Slice orange fine and cut each slice In fine pieces. Mix all Ingredients to-gether. Cook slowly until thickened. Fill jelly glasses and seal with paraffin at once. Pear and Apple Conserve 9 hard pears 6 tart apples you'll have to enlist help from the youngsters!) Fold in the flour and baking powder which have been sift-ed together. Add the fruits, mixed and floured with a bit of extra flour. Bake in greased loaf pans in a slow oven for one hour. This is a nice bread for a gift. It's rich and has a distinctive flavor because of the walnuts. Serve it for sandwiches when entertaining, rath-er than for a meal. Released by WNU Features. LYNN SAYS: Make Wrappings Gay For Bome-Mad- e Gifts Plum puddings can be given away in small colorful bowls or molds with the paper over the top. The scallop treatment around the paper gives a festive effect. When you're giving away cookies in a round, flat, tin box, make it decorative by placing a lacy frill around the edge of the cover. A real holly sprig on top will show off much better if placed on a small lace doily "- - - - Make or buy biscuit and pastry mixes and store in the refrigerator to have them ready for quick use. Make it easy to stuff your holiday bird by getting crumbs ready early and storing them in glass jars. Round cereal boxes such as those in which oatmeal comes may be covered with candy striped paper and filled with cookies. Children's goodies can be given away in small socks. Put in a red candy cane for color and tie the sock with a red, green or colorful how. NEEDLECRAFT PATTERNS A Stuffed Bunny for Kiddles f Our new, improved 1 dlework so simple witiTits cLrta'!B.,- - concise directi0118- - i Sewing Circle Needlecratt Dew V I 564 W- - "olPl St. I Enclose 20 cents for pattern!' m I ' j No V f ' Name 4 C-- Jf t Address CSCX Have creamed chicken on also '''W''k'4fX ' brown waffles for one extended Cy? WjXSk ' main dish. Brushing plain biscuits and rolls ,. Y !" ' with milk before baking giVP- - 1 f.j J crusts a rich golden color. X - To remove cream stains from F - islf washable fabrics, rinse out with . lukewarm water before launder- - 2 j ing the garment. (Z ;f Wonder how to get rid of a SZ j scratch on your furniture? Try J rubbing it with an oily nut meat 'N ' such as walnut o,r pecan. MAKE this joyful toy for your iu can remove the odor of Funny Bunny is onions from a frying pan by boil- - such a cheerful companion, all ing a mixture of three cups of dressed up, too. He's easy sewing. water and three tablespoons of vinegar in the pan for a few min- - Stuffed bunny, fine for birthday or ba- - utes. Drain, wash in hot soaDV cfoTh'espaUerns962 water and rinse in boiling water. IIIpi j Tou'll be proud of f ' i your strong, . husky children ' when you give t them Scott's ';' Emulsion every xt day! Seott' ia V. " " i a "eold mine-- of natural A &D Vitamin. nd "SJ oU. Helps children grow right, .ound teeth, .trong b HelP ward fffflC lack food. Many doctors recOT"'" it Economical. Bay W " fyour drug Btore. MORE than just a tonie-i- t's powerful nourishnw For Safety Invest in Your Own Country Buy United States SavingsBonds! i . ,rv Quick relief with IA Soowes y , IRRITATED K . MENTHOLi A1MgRAM:S. U ! Don't give in to head-- TV-- S 1 misery-g- et Menthol CSA Mentholatum's famous V A P lessen congestion and swe 1 othe smarting oo5- - f? MZll soreness eases UP-1- , (' FIRST AID nSf-- i lu by Roger C. Whitman ANSWER: Try filling the jug half-fu- ll of hot soapy water and then stuff in some pieces of shre-dded up newspapers. Svish this around a number of tiiiiey. There are many alternatives, such as small marbles, birdshot, eggshells, etc., all acting on the same pri-nciple of rubbing off the scaly d-eposit. QUESTION: The nails in the house (outside) are rusting througn the paint. What is the best way to prevent this in the future when repainting? ANSWER: First, sandpaper the nail heads to remove the rust. Then using a nailset, drive the heads slightly below the surface. Apply a priming coat and then fill the small space with putty. Paint can go on over the putty. QUESTION: How can a porch post be kept from decaying when placed down in its bed of cement! ANSWER: The cement should prevent decay, if properly mixed and applied. However, it would do no harm to give the wood s coat of wood preservative. Some of the lumber used in construction work is nt by nature. QUESTION: I would like to re-ca-the seats of my antique chairs. It is very difficult to find someone who does this work, and I understand it is a very expen-sive operation. Do you know where I could learn to do this work? ANSWER: Possibly the Home Craftsman magazine, 115 Worth street, New York, or Popular Me-chanics Press, 200 East Ontario street, Chicago, may have printed instructions on doing this work. Or you might inquire at your local public school. There may be a teacher of manual training who gives instructions in chair caning. QUESTION: I live in a house. It has a cement founda-tion that seems to have settled about six to eight inches on the rear corner. I am wondering what is the solution to this trouble. Should I leave it alone or will it grow worse? ANSWER: The footings are evi-dently not broad enough, which would explain the settlement. If the ground is soft, more settlement may be expected. I advise youto have a good building contractor or mason examine the foundation and make the necessary repairs. If you cannot get anyone to come, try to keep track of the settlement and see if it becomes worse. If it does, you had better find someone with experience to inspect the footings and foundation walls and reinforce them to prevent further settling. QUESTION: Would you tell me what will take the brown stain out of my glass water jug? I have tried vinegar and soda but neither seems to clean it. Fluorine Checks Decay A group of men working with hydrofluoric acid in an atomic en-ergy project have been found to have unusually healthy teeth, the Journal of the American Dental Association says. The phenomenon is cited as ad-ditional evidence that fluorine is valuable in preventing dental de-cay. The workmen laboring contin-uously in an atmosphere laden with acid fumes were found to have less than half the number of dental fillings as others in the same plant not exposed to the fumes. ' " A 7"HO has not suffered does not know that his God would have him know, washii :j V V .jfSss.- has not learned the patient unit JHe those who suffer bravely muSt "Tfe" has not seen Faith's star arise Above the blackest midnight skies; 'ioCrN Wnen Nor clung to Hope that lights the waj )?mffi GX-tm- i Across the grayest, bleakest day;" j ;he pri Nor waited, quietly aware 'liy'? fl Of God beyond unanswered prayer. t jj11 He has not known how deep a peace i xrwjCj1'' I May follow some sweet, sure release. PlfHr'! Who has not suffered does not know Vy ' ira ' U(jgej' All that his God would have him know, I' "i'fy i Grace Noll Crowell ' 1 'J by NANCY PEPPER PARTI PICKTJPS We could tell you that the new party game is called "photography" but you'd know that was only a gag, because blackout stuff and kissing games went out with "Chi-bab- a Chibaba." Here are some really good party ideas to keep your guests in circulation and good hu-mor. Balloon Busters Tie a balloon to the ankle of every girl at the party. The object of the dance that fol-lows is for the girls to burst each other's balloons. The boys are the steering committee, steering their partners Into strategic positions for bursting other girls balloons or pro-tecting their own. Last one with a balloon wins a prize. She may need an aspirin, too. Paper Dolls Each boy is equipped with old newspapers, a scissors and a paper of pins. Within a specific time he must create a newspaper dress on his partner. Cleverest de-sign wins prizes for the designer and his victim. She also receives as-sorted stabs and pin pricks. If those games don't help break the ice, better bring on the refresh-ments early. There's nothing like a banana-peanu- t butter and marsh-mallo-slurpwich to put everybody In a mingling mood |