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Show MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE. DELTA, UTAH I FICTiON EpTI,iON Bit I Coitwet 1 ::Jlyl about like worrying about the crops or planning something else. Such worries looked pretty inconsequen-tial now. And unless he could get out of the well, there wouldn't be any more planning. Thinking of the line made him think of the boys who had been his schoolmates and playmates in those long-pa-st days Tom, George, Cecil, Jimmy, Fred and many' others whose names he could not even recall. Where were they now? He hadn't seen one of them for years. Dimly their faces appeared out of the past, and then the line came bobbing back, blotting them out. "NEVER PUT OFF TILL TOMOR-ROW WHAT YOU CAN DO TO-DAY." Why couldn't the line stay away, he thought angrily. It couldn't do him any good now. His dog began barking at a squirrel maybe. Or was somebody coming? He shouted for help, hope-fully at first, but as the minutes went by, despairingly. The dog continued to bark. Prob-ably at a squirrel, for there were many of them about. "Where are you?" some one called faintly. After the stranger had found a ladder and helped him out, Thorn-ton said, "I should have fixed that long ago. 'Way back when I was in the second grade I wrote in my copybook about 'leven hundred times, 'NEVER PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY,' and I've certainly found out now how wise that is." "I suppose that makes good sense always,',' agreed the other, "unless there's an exception to prove the rule." "Well, if every rule has an excep-tion, this was no exception, any-way," Thornton said, adding sud-denly, "Say, how did you happen to come?" "I represent the Valley Farmer. Your subscription has run out." Thornton laughed". "There's the ex-ception we were talking about. I got a letter from your paper a month ago asking me to renew. I've put off sending the money again and again, but if I hadn't put it off, you wouldn't have come today." c" ' ;..' - ":.'.- vir-.ji v..i..v,-'..'aj.- , tvj.v1 '""n Wife ' ! r.-- :fr lWrfi-- F v N ' - , v W t 1 1 ' in the well, with no way of DOWN out and with little hope of rescue, Chris Thornton remem-- t bered the line he had written over and over in his copybook some 40 years before. "NEVER PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY." He could fairly see the large round letters he had so laboriously formed with pen held stiffly in fingers. The line had had little meaning for him then just some words that he must write over and over until Miss Curry was satisfied. And Miss Curry had been hard to satisfy. Its 'meaning was brought home sharply to him now when perhaps it was too late. However, the former owner of the farm had let so many things about the place run down that he had time only to take care of what seemed most necessary. Undoubtedly, he thought ruefully, it would have been wiser to replace the rotten boards that covered the abandoned well, even though his cows might have stepped over a fallen wire to tram-ple his promising corn. All day he had been fixing fences, and coming home he had forgotten about the well which he could not see in the darkness. An ankle had been hurt in the fall perhaps sprained or broken. It was swollen and painful, and probably would be worse by morning. He struck a match and looked at bis watch. Twenty to nine. Surely it must be later than that, for it i seemed like hours since he had fallen. He held the watch to his ear; i It was running now anyway. Never before had a night been so unending. Snatches of sleep came at intervals, sleep broken by torturous dreams in which he was forever climbing, yet never quite reaching the top. How long, he wondered, could a man live without water? And how soon would anyone miss him? Not soon enough, he was certain. The farm lay in a lonely place and a car seldom passed over the grass-grow- n road. He had had few visitors during the months he had lived here. Lou Edwards, his nearest neighbor, had stopped in several times, but it was unlikely that Ed-wards would come again soon for he - had little time for visiting since his last boy had left. Thornton knew that a man could climb out of a well without a ladder by bracing his back against one side and getting a toehold between the stones on the opposite side. He had seen It done though he had never i tried it himself. To try it now, when . his foot was so painful he could not stand on it, was out of the question. "Should've busted my neck in-stead," he muttered bitterly. "That would have ended the misery sooner." The stars faded from the small circle of sky that he could see. Gradually light entered the well. Whining softly, his dog looked down at him; probably she had been sit-ting there all night, waiting for him to come up. If only there were a way to have the dog summon help. He might as well forget that. There wasn't any way. He wished it would rain, for enough water might run down into the well to satisfy his growing thirst. Then too, Edwards might find time to come; his other visits had been made on rainy days. Might as well forget that too. It wouldn't rain. Why did that copybook line keep looming before his eyes? Otherwise he never thought of things that hap-pened so long ago. Of course, other-pris- e he had other things to think How long, he wondered, could a man live without water? And how soon would anyone miss him? Not soon enough, he was certain. ; - s i u - - . . ' - t x s v , i " - V' VV. , - A r ' ! f'S ' Si r' V' " " . 7')fKt V-- : 0- .' t' . $ I x ... - Welcome the Crowd with Mocha Punch (See recipes below) Good Refreshers Versatile homemakers keep sup-plies on hand to prepare tasty re-freshments for unexpected friends who may drop in for a visit or after a game of bowling or golf. It's well to keep the cookie Jar stocked for just such occasions. An-other idea is to keep packaged ice cream in the freezer compartment of the refrigerator or the home freezer and your problem of what to serve fs solved. There are any number of ways to serve ice cream with frozen, fresh or canned fruit, and, of course, It's wonderful to use in milk shakes, sodas, sundaes and coolers that can be prepared Frith little effort. A large bowl of milk punch with Ice cream floating on top will be a g and satisfying drink to serve for a large crowd. Pass this with cookies or sand-wiches made from items on the emergency shelf. Any large bowl may be used for the punch. Mocha Punch (Serves 12) 1 quart chocolate ice cream 1 quart freshly-mad- e coffee, chilled 12 teaspoon almond flavoring Few grains of salt 12 pint whipping cream 14 teaspoon grated nutmeg; Chill coffee In refrigerator. To prepare punch, pour coffee into punch bowl, add half of the lee cream, salt, and stir until partially melted. Whip cream until stiff, add flavoring and blend. Fold in whipped cream and rest of Ice cream. Sprinkle lightly with nut-meg and serve Immediately. What about those easy to bake cookies at the last minute? Yes, refrigerator cookies are wonderful made just before serving because they take less than a quarter of an hour to bake. Have the dough ready for just such emergencies as this. liTNN CHAMBERS' MENU Cold Salmon Salad Potato Chips Toasted, Buttered Rolls Carrot Sticks Radishes Pickle Fans Ice Box Lemon Pie Beverage is blended add the nuts and raisins. Drop by spoonfuls on a greased or oiled cookie sheet about two inches apart. Bake in a moderately hot (375 degree) oven for 15 minutes. Apple Butter Cookies (Makes 24) 12 cup shortening 1 cup brown sugar 1 egg, well beaten 12 teaspoon salt 12 teaspoon baking soda 3 cups sifted floor 12 cup buttermilk 12 cup apple butter or tart Jam Granulated sugar Cream together shortening and sugar; add egg. Sift together the dry ingredients and blend in alter-nately with buttermilk. Chill until easy to handle. Roll to an eighth of an inch thickness then cut with 2 12 inch cookie cutter. Put togeth-er In pairs with apple butter or Jam in the center. Press edges to-gether with a fork. Sprinkle with sugar. Place on greased cookie sheet about an inch apart and bake in a very hot (400 degree) oven for 12 to 15 minutes. If the crowd Is hungry you can add some sandwiches to serve with the punch or milk shakes If you are entertaining a crowd of youngsters. Here are sandwiches easy to make with materials easy to keeponhand: Deviled ham and cream cheese with lettuce on whole wheat or rye bread. Egg salad alone or combined with sliced ham or tongue on wheat or white bread. Peanut butter mixed with honey and chopped dates on toasted white bread. Crisp bacon, crumbled and mixed with cold baked beans and chopped mustard pickle on white bread. Cold canned chicken, chopped and mixed with celery, minced and green pepper. Finely diced bologna with finely shredded cabbage, prepared mus-tard, salt and moistened with sand-wich spread. Cold meat loaf sliced thin' and spread with chili sauce. Dried beef, washed and minced, then mixed with cream cheese and seasoned with minced onion and a dash of horseradish. Prepared Smithfield ham with cream cheese or chopped hard-cooke- d eggs or mayonnaise. Ground leftover meat (pork, beef or ham roast) mixed with chopped hard-cooke- d eggs, grated raw car-rots and mayonnaise. Minced baked or cooked ham mixed with chopped hard-cooke- d eggs, and seasoned with a dash of dry mustard, mayonnaise and a bit of grated onion and Worcestershire sauce. Deviled ham mixed with chili sauce and softened butter, spread on freshly toasted white bread. Tuna fish and chopped olives, mixed with mayonnaise. Peanut butter combined with orange juice and chopped dates. Released by WNU Feature. Butterscotch Refrigerator Cookies (Makes 50) 12 cup butter or shortening 1 cup brown sugar 1 egg, well beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 12 cups sifted flour 12 teaspoon baking soda 12 teaspoon salt Work shortening or butter until light and fluffy. Add sugar gradual-ly and cream until light. Add well-beate-n egg and vanilla and mix flioroughly. Sift together dry in-gredients. Add gradually blending thoroughly. Shape into a roll and wrap in waxed paper. Chill thor-oughly. Cut in slices 18-inc- h thick and bake on sheets in a hot (375 de-gree) oven for 10 minutes. Here are other cookies which keep well and are nice to have already in the cookie jar: Hermits (Makes 4 dozen) 34 cup lard 1 12 cups brown sugar, firmly packed 3 eggs, well beaten 2 12 cups sifted flour 14 teaspoon baking soda 12 teaspoon cinnamon 12 teaspoon nutmeg 12 teaspoon salt 1 cup seedless raisins 1 cup chopped walnuts Cream together the lard and su-gar. Add eggs, and then fold in flour which has been sifted with the spices. Just before all the flour The outside should be wiped daily to prevent an accumulation of dirt. A damp cloth to remove finger-prints as soon as they are made will keep the finish gleaming. Wipe spilled foods immediately be-fore they get a chance to dry and require an extra portion of elbow grease. Dust which accumulates in the unit compartment at the bottom ol the refrigerator should be cleaned out periodically. Ranges will give better service ii pilot lights are always kept cleaned. LYNN SATS: Equipment Wears Better With Daily Care Refrigerators should be defrosted at least once a week. Excess form-ing of ice can be avoided if you keep the door closed. Get what you need out of the refrigerator quickly to prevent air from entering. The interior of the refrigerator may be cleaned with warm water to which is added a bit of baking soda. 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We call them negatives, and the disease from which they suffer for it is really a chronic mental state of unheal'h we call negativ-ism. A person with a negativistic per-sonality always is ready to argue the other side of the question. You make a statement. He says: "Oh, I don't know about that. Listen." And then the battle is on. For an exhibi-tion of downright contrariness, the negativistics always are on hand. They do not really know that they handicap themselves by this trait. To the contrary. They are proud of their bold, contrary attitude. They will tell you it is a sign of courage and strong will. All of which is piffle. A negativistic tendency, far from being a sign of strong will and in- - telligence, Is definite evidence of an adult who hasn't grown up and who is dumb in the bargain! Dr. M. M. Reynolds, careful ob-server of human traits, made a study of negativism in babies. It begins to appear at the age of six months, he found. Then it gradually subsides. Intelligent children exhibit negativ-ism less than dull children. Wherever it persists, it is a sign of deficient intelligence and a mind that won't grow up. And to have negativism is not a thing of which to be proud. Closely akin to negativism is a commoner trait. We call it stubborn-ness. One-thir- d of us are born stub-born, grow up stubborn, die stub-born to the everlasting damage of our personalities. For like negativ-ism, stubbornness is a sign of mental deficiency and inadequacy. The stub-born person isn't strong; he is mere-ly weak; he is afraid that if he gives in, yields a point, he never again will be able to climb back to the same degree of vantage. Therefore he sits tight. If you have negativistic or stub-born tendencies, don't give up heart. You can get over both. Just examine your own mental outlook. Do you find yourself taking the opposite side of questions? Do you find yourself holding your ground when there is no reason for it, no need of it? Then guard against both these tendencies of yours. Watchfulness you must exercise. But you can win if you try. And you must win, be-cause no negative, no stubborn per-sonality was ever a successful, a likeable or a charming personality. 'f " fll GtmTnH Crowd f rTTHROUGHOTJT the 'n ages men have k I ever clung 1 I j f I To the everlasting promises of God. W j J ' k When loss and grief and suffering have I'lWl i li 1 wrung tffli! W Hj Their hearts, the pilgrims journeying on '! vl ' ' IS earth's sod p p?fV t''l V? Have turned their faces skyward, and will iif if lM tum wiW TfflB Forever toward the arching starlit skies, 1 Ilr Where steadfastly his silver fires bum Jf L Like words of flame before their seeking 6 'SJ Omen, behold! Lift up your eyes and see IllfblU Who hath created them. He brings them jJw j jl'lj Jrj) He names each one he knows their kffj jj S j jTp destiny. Hf'llwS If S 'P E& Not one will fail! Oh, we so prone to f ij r3.,i.''A f If Can we not trust the One through life's j brief hour, Who has such infinite, unfailing power? ' ''j'" ' Job Injuries Increase In Postwar Industry TJ. S. economy is expanding under the pressure of postwar necessity, but that almost frantic expansion is taking a high toll in deaths and in-juries of workers. Last year, the bureau of labor statistics reports, was the seventh in a row in which more than two mil-lion workers suffered disabling in-juries on the job. Time lost during the year because of injuries amount-ed to' 44.7 million man-day- s the equivalent of a year's full-tim- e em-ployment for about 150,000 persons. Giving even greater pause was the fact that 17,000 persons were killed in job accidents during 1947. Bureau of labor statistics puts the blame, to a large extent, on rising employment. Another factor last year, however, were two ma-jor industrial disasters the Texas City explosion and the Centralia, ni., mine disaster both of which took heavy tolls. Job injuries in 1947 increased 1 per cent over 1946, job injury deaths jumped 3 per cent. The year's toll included 1,800 employees who will be totally disabled for the rest of their lives and another 90,000 who will suffer some permanent impairment as long as they live. Increases in injuries and deaths occurred In construction, mining and quarrying, public utilities and trade. Agriculture and railroading injuries were fewer than in 1946. |