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Show MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE, DELTA, UTAH m I THE TRAGIC WEDDING I By RAY FULBRIGHT rag carpets looked as if they'd Jus' been washed a day or so before. Doc went to the wall telephone rang central and asked for th( sheriff. "This is Doc Huntley, Sheriff. want to report a murder . . . yeah out at Grandpappy Bogle's place. . .' Doc hung up, turned. Cousir Laura stood in the kitchen door her black eyes staring balefully Slowly, doubt and Indecision tori her mouth open. "Did you say 'murder?' "Yes. Libby was murdered. By the person who would inherit the 200 acres of rich bottom land. Lib-by- 's land is certainly more tempt-ing than Grandpappy Bogle's red clay hills " "How how " "Libby was picked up by her ankles and held upside down until she died from a heart attack.-That- ' how those bruises came to be on her ankles; they certainly weren't caused by massaging; Her heart he'd rather see her dead than mar-rying the doctor. Doc had brushed aside. Libby's fears Harv was harmless. Give him a month of fishing and squirrel hunting down in the Obion river bottoms and he'd forget it, Doo had assured her. Harv was the bachelor type. He lived from day to day, felt no responsibility about anything. The only thing he planned ahead was his tobacco patch out behind the barn. Doc found Harv sitting on the wagon tongue in the barnlot. He was distractedly scraping blue mud from his rough brogans with a ,..s death was a shock, com-- r her wedding day as it Lsbbor folks would be shak-- heads sadly.. People liked ;! Sort of she was, but there was kindness and M i her heart that her death would be a She was very frail and a an-tai- sufferer. Doc Hunt-'T- d begged her to slip off with ' have a quiet justice-of-the- - bedding and avoid excite-;i;t- ,' She'd wanted to be But no. her family what family she aand a was. '1 tightening throat. Doc gazed the thin dark figure in ' wedding dress lying Cousin Laura was a big-bon- woman with suspicious, disapproving eyes. tulle I uilted bedding. She'd fallen tlx carpet, they had told hen be arrived, and one of the ests had picked her up Tied her on the bed and had Jved her stockings to massage les Doc noticed the heavy f,r marks on the thin ankles. n us gaze swept to the digitalis ;;..Je on the dressing table, "mbj's heart never had been in , ba(j condition that a shot of tfi stimulant hadn't brought her But it was obviously a i'(re attack. Her face was bluish, '; jark eyes bulging, as if from ctraloding heart A look of ab-,- jt horror had torn open her ;:!tb, twisting her pretty face. husband was settin' in the .:Jt room waitin' fer the preacher jou to come, Doc," Cousin ira laid-- always called her iaia Laura, because she was Lib-;- y, tousin, the only relative Libby til The first guests were Jest com-!- ,' gp the road. I was In the Helen trimmin' up the weddin' ate. 1 thought I heard Libby Kram. About an hour ago It ris, I came in here as quick as I Mnld wash off my bands, and toe she was there on the Urn, but blue in the face." Cousin Laura was a d rain with suspicious, disapprov-Igeye- s. Her hair was coal black. Cjxcj had whispered that Laura tii married Grandpappy Bogle, 40 jiiti her senior, for his farm. He m (tone deaf and couldn't (it was Wived it the time) live more ta lix months. Grandpappy had i ion, Harv Bogle, living with him. M was the family Grandpappy Bogle, Cousin Laura Bogle, Harv B:;le and Libby. Doe had always had an uncom-Wii- lt feeling that Laura hated him, or at least resented his taking Ifiby from the family. Doc could hear Grandpappy In tie front room yapping away with te guests. No matter what anyone eld to him, he assumed that they nre sgreeing with him and went a japping. "fee's Harv?" Doc said. Uarv's out to the barn sulking, I reckon on account of the wed-&g,- " Cousin Laura said with evil digestion. "He ain't been in all iaj didn't even come in fer his taer." Then she became thought-- her black eyes slitting. "Now, nit a minute I believe I seen him Bt on the back porch about an hour m Yeah, I did, come to think of DM understood about Harv not to attend the wedding. M know that Harv Bogle had "td Libby like a man possessed. threatened a half dozen times till himself if she didn't marry And when that didn'f work, " tactically threatened to kill her. r yesterday he'd told Libby that shiny wood's knife. He was a heavy-s- et man in tattered overalls, griz-zled, his teeth showing the effects of "constant tohacco chewing. He didn't talk much and spent most of his time alone in the river bottoms. His attitude towards the doctor was surly since Doc had started courting Libby. Harv looked up darkly. "Been out here all afternoon, Harv?" "Here and the bottom if it's any-thing to you." He kept on scraping mud. "You were seen in the back yard about the time Libby died." "Died I Is she " He studied Doc suspiciously. Slowly, conviction crept over his face. "Somebody lied," he said dully, and returned his attention to his shoe. "Harv, I never talked with Libby about it. But who gets Libby's prop-erty? She had a will, didn't she?" Doc knew that Libby owned 200 acres of valuable bottom timber land where Harv did his hunting and fishing. "Naw," Harv replied. "She . didn't leave no will. You sort of got left out, didn't you, Doc? If'n she'd wasn't so bad that she couldn't have gone on living a quiet life." "Harv musta done it." "No. Laura, you lied when you said you heard Libby scream. Peo-ple don't scream with heart at-tacks. If she screamed, it was be-cause someone was attacking her In that case, you would have caught the person who was attacking her. It would take time to kill her by holding her upside down till she died, then straighten out her clothes and hair before escaping. You only had to rinse off your hands, you said." "Maybe maybe I was mistaken about the scream " "Maybe. But when I talked with you a while ago, you must have thought that I was getting suspi-cious. You lied when you said you saw Harv on the back porch. If he had been on the back porch and had entered this room, he would have left traces on the floor. But there are no traces not in this room, nor on the porch, nor in the yard." "Traces?" "Yeah. The rich blue river-botto-mud that covers his shoes." lived through the. day, you'd have got yo'r hands on that land, wouldn't you?" Doc struggled to keep from get-ting mad. His gaze shifted to the dry branch at the foot of the hill. Snarled, hungry-lookin- g sassafras grew on the bank and along the fence rows, as if it had been forced out of competition for space in the rich bottom lands and relegated to the hills where compe-tition for food was tired and hope-less. Doc returned to the house, looked around the barren red clay back yard. Then he entered by the back way. The back porch, screened in, was as neat as a perfume counter. Libby's room was just as neat-- The lJoutIif!ui Jroci itnpie dewing. Of-- f Will Afternoon Dress A softly styled afteYnoon dress with feminine detail and charm. Dainty scallops finish the neckline and surplice closing sleeves can be brief or longer. Try an all-ov-flower print, or dark sheer fabric Pattern' No. 8315 comes in sizes 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, and 46. Size 34, 4 yards of if f Puffed Sleeve Frock As welcome as a summer breeze a youthful,, charming puffed sleeve frock that's so easy to sew, so simple to care for. 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You t'Lyf 'ose '"ars when you miss their bar- - PROCESSING Vegetable Preparation Required Hotwac pressor coover I Wash, precook 3 minutes," I Asparagus j io Beans Wash, string, cut or leave (String, Wax) whole; precook 5 minutes.. 180 40 10 Beans. Luna Shell, grade, wash; precook 5 e,, then pack 180 55 10 . Wash, retain stem; cook Beets 15 min.. slip skins, pack.. 120 40 10 c,., Remove outer leaves, wash; S: Precook'5 minutes, add Sprouts water 1 120 40 10 Wash, peel; precook 5 Carrots minutes; pack hot 120 35 10 Cauliflower Remove outer leaves, wash; precook 4 minutes, pack 150 35 10 Remove husk; precook 5 Corn on Cob minutes, pack 210 80 10 Cut from cob; precook 5 Cora minutes, pack.. 210 80 10 Greens Wash, steam to wilt. pack loosely .. 180 60 10 Parsnips Wash, pare; precook 5 Turnips minutes, pack 90 35 10 Pi,, Shell, grade (use young) ; precook 3 min., pack loosely 180 60 10 Pumpkin Cut in pieces, steam or bake Squash until tender, pack.. 180 60 10 Sauerkraut nPoacwkactoelrd, add salt, 30 Here's Your Vegetable Canning Guide (See directions below) Canning Time IT'S TIME to roll up those sleeves again and start taking out canning equipment. The corn is sweet and tender, the pea pods are full and green, and carrots are still in that nice young, crisp stage all of which makes them It's not a good idea to wait too long before putting up vegetables because the produce gets too old and, as you know, canning merely preserves, it works no wrinkle smooth or restores no color to old vegetables. When you want a good product from the can, start with superior material That means fresh from the garden produce, two hours from garden to can, if you can manage it. Here are some tips to select good produce: Asparagus should be tender, green and freshly cut. If possible cut when it is no more than five Inches tall so the ends of the stalks will have a minimum of woody fiber. Only freshly picked green beans should be used as they dry easily upon standing. If you pick your own, then get them after the dew is off. 'Shapely, beautifully green ones can be canned whole. Lima beans should be almost mature but still green in color as well as being very sweet and tender. If immature, they lack flavor; if too old, they are like dried lima beans. Young beets, the size ol a golf ball, are ideal for canning. Be care-ful not to break the-ski- or tap the roots of the beets in order to pre-serve the color. ONLY SWEET CORN can be used for canning. To select the best corn for canning push a finger-nail sharply into the corn kernel. If the milk is thin and sweet, the corn is perfect for canning. When the milk is thick, the corn is past the canning stage. Carrots, when right for canning, are sweet and tender. The young carrots which are about three-fourt-of an inch in diameter make LYNN CHAMBERS' MENU Roast Fresh Pork Butt Browned Potatoes Quick-Cooke- d Cabbage Salad of Mixed Greens Apple Pie with Cheese Crust Beverage Bread and Butter Have the ars and covers washed and sterilized. The jars may be in-verted on a clean towel after ster-ilizing, so they'll be in readiness to filL Have water in the pressure cook-er. You can start this heating as soon as you come in because there's not very much water needed. Nat-urally, you have checked the pres-sure cooker previously to make cer-tain it closes properly and that the pressure gauge works too. Cleaning equipment such as ket-tles and colanders, paring knives and other things also should be ready. e WASH FOODS before cutting, stemming or hulling. You'll prob-ably need several changes of water for absolute cleanliness. Handle the vegetables gently and lift them out of the water rather than pour-ing it off them. Discard any spoiled vegetables during washing. Try to use the same sized pieces for each jar. Those vegetables which are outsized may be cut up rather than canned whole. Then prepare as necessary for each vegetable, cutting green beans, shelling peas, scraping car-rots, et cetera. Precook or blanch (immerse in hot water) long enough to shrink or wilt the vegetables to get a bet-ter pack. Vegetables may be placed in a cheesecloth sack and immersed in boiling water. Fill sterile jars to within one inch of the top. Then add boiling water to within one-ha- inch of the top. One teaspoon of salt to each quart also may be added before the water is poured in. Adjust lids according to manu-facturers' directions. the best canned product. In canning greens, select only tender young produce with undam-aged leaves, and have them fresh-ly picked or at least as fresh as possible. Don't use old produce with large tough stems and midribs. To test for tenderness in okra, pierce a pod with the thumbnail and if it cuts through easily the vegetable is ripe. Peas will not wait for canning because it takes only a few hours for peas to develop from the right stage, which is tender, sweet and slightly immature, to the point where they are starchy and not as good tasting. Gather pods early in the morning, selecting those which are very green and crisp and well filled with peas. PLAN TO HAVE all canning equipment ready by the time you go after your produce so that you can bring it into the house and start it on its way. If you Just have to go out into the garden to pick the vegetables you can even start your water boiling for the precooking. Place the rack in the bottom of the pressure cooker and set the jars on it. Leave a little space, be-tween the jars so that the steam Can circulate freely. Only enough Jars to fit in the pressure cooker should be prepared at one time. Adjust the pressure cooker cover and screw down the safety valve. Steam should be allowed to escape only through the petcock. Allow the petcock to remain open from seven to 10 minutes, counting from the time the steam begins to escape steadily. Close the petcock. Allow the pressure to come with-in two or three pounds of the de-sired amount, then lower heat This prevents overshooting the desired pressure mark. Count processing time from the moment the gauge registers the ' desired pounds of pressure. Have pressure remain as constant as pos-sible so you neither overcook or underprocess your food. Jars may be removed with a lifter onto layers of newspapers or cloth. Keep them away from drafts. LYNN SAYS: Here's Tips on Canning Vegetables at Home All vegetables contain enzymes which cause various changes in col-or, flavor and texture. To the home canner; the most obvious sign of enzymatic activity is that of food turning dark on top of the Jar. If you can beets, choose those that have deep, red color through-out Neither skin tap root nor the stems should be broken before the beets are precooked. Beets which do not have an even distribution of coloring usually will have better color if pared, cut and precooked for five minutes before canning. They reabsorb color when handled this way. If your canned corn has a brown-ish cast, this usually is due to carmelization. Prevent this by using juicy corn, plenty of water and correct processing. Choosing the vegetables carefully j and careful handling will give da- - t sired results in home-cannin- ' FIRST AID to the AILING HOUSE 1. ) by Roger C. Whitman QUESTION: We have sanded our floors, put on one coat of shel-la- c, and two coats of varnish. The floor Is slightly rough; how can we make it smooth without redoing it? ANSWER: Go over the rough places with a handful of fine steel wool moistened with turpentine. This wIU dull the finish, but you can "touch It up with a little var-nish. QUESTION:' After removing the present paint from our wood-work, could I stain it and then ap-ply varnish? ANSWER: You can do so if you wish, but the trend seems to be to-wards light-color- enamel for woodwork rather than a dark var--' nish. Dark woodwork makes a room gloomy looking. Electric Fence May Kill; Safety Precautions Listed Electric fences take their toll of human lives every year. Most vic-tims are children. Also, many ani-mals are killed. Listed below are some of the safety rules recom-mended by the National Safety council. Do not use home-mad- e electric fence controllers; they are not safe. No fence should be energized from any electric source except through an approved controller, one that meets the safety stan-dards of a recognized agency. It is Important that the controller is properly installed with good ground and lightning protection. Do not tamper with the control-ler. If it needs servicing return it to the manufacturer or have repairs made by a factory-authorize- d rep-resentative. Teach children not to tamper or play with an electric fence. Avoid locating an electric fence where the charged wire and a good ground such as a pipe line, pump, stock tank, pond, irrigation ditch, or other normally wet ground can be contacted at the same time. 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