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Show Auction oo By JOE FINCKLY (Associated Newspapers.) Vv'NU Service. jRS. MINTON was about to sell her furniture. It was not, as Callie Dacre declared Callie the tomboy who read stories and poetry when she was not outrunning her competitors in marathons a "weep-ful" "weep-ful" auction. It was just that Sarah Minton was captivated by mailorder mail-order catalogues and city apartments. apart-ments. So, now she was widowed, she determined to "get rid of all that old junk" and start afresh. Mrs. Minton disliked Callie. Once she was sure she saw her smoking, j Another time she was "all but run ! over" by Callie's roadster. And therefore Mrs. Minton determined to prevent the attaining ol the desire de-sire of poor Callie's young heart by withholding her pewter candlesticks from the sale. Callie was to be married in the fall and she loved pewter. Not because be-cause it was a fad, but because in her curious soul there was a sense of beauty that was certainly rare in the prosaic countryside where her folks had lived since pioneer days. Old Grandfather Dacre said Callie took after him. Maybe she did. I can picture Callie doing valiant things on a prairie schooner, because be-cause I've seen her extraordinary patience when Aunt Mildred had spells of rheumatism. Now she was to marry a landscape land-scape architect and go away from the village and Mrs. Minton made sure the candlesticks would not go with her. Therefore, on the day appointed for the sale, when Callie, in a bright red sweater, her gallant curls tossing toss-ing above tanned cheeks, drove the offending roadster into Mrs. Min-ton's Min-ton's yard, she was coldly informed that "lot 98" had been withdrawn from the sale. Callie sat down and grinned boyishly boy-ishly at the old auctioneer. "That will disappoint someone," she said casually. "You bidding, Callie?" said the shrewd old man. "O, maybe, I'm just here to see Uie iLin," was the gay response. Bill Nuliall, the fiance, often said there was a diplomatist lost in the amazing amaz-ing Callie. A few dealers appeared to see what treasure might lie among Mrs.' Minton's "junk." They found some good things, a delicious old chest, painted atrocious blue by the thrifty Mrs. Minton. They fought hard battles bat-tles over a rather nice four-poster. Seeing that the owner knew nothing of the values they did not scruple to keep prices down. At last Callie, who hated to see unfair play, stood up and bid briskly for a warming-pan, warming-pan, a nice piece. She got it, too, although the dealers deal-ers ran up a stiff price. She also bought some luster-ware, tremulously tremulous-ly lovely, and an old imported Chippendale Chip-pendale chair with gracious curves. "Some folks have money to burn," sniffed Mrs. Minton. "Children are spoiled these days. That crack-brained old Dacre gives that girl enough pocket-money to run a farm. And what's she do? Almost pays for young Joe's gas station with that car of hers, racing rac-ing up and down the roads till there's not a chicken or a child, either, for that matter, that's safe. And now buying rubbish that's only fit for the scrap-pile. Well, it's your advantage, Millie Minton. You should care!" So the neighbors tallied, while they ate ample lunches from packages pack-ages they had brought. Everyone had been curious to see just what would be offered in this unusual saJe. When evening came Callie stopped with her hand on the brakes to say "good night and good-by" to her cross-grained acquaintance. "It amazes me, Callie Dacre, what you could find to want in that old chair and that warming-pan." "I couldn't bear to see you cheated, cheat-ed, Mrs. Minton," said Callie. "You don't know how lovely your things are. If I could, I would furnish my home with what you've thrown away. What made you do it?" Mrs. Minton gasped. "Do you really mean you wanted to help me?" "I like to see everyone get a square deal," said Callie. "You see, I'm used to sporting events and in sports fairness is everything. And those dealers weren't fair to you. But of course I wanted the lovely old chair, terribly, too. Only I paid you what was right They didn't. It was horrible." Mrs. Minton mumbled an excuse and hurried into the house. In a few moments she came back carrying carry-ing the pewter candlesticks. "My dear," she said, with tears . very near the surface. "I guess I've misjudged you. Won't you take ' these for a wedding gift? I didn't know you had friendly thoughts for me; just thought you only cared to tear around in that car of yours." Callie hopped out of the car and hugged the astonished Mrs. Minton. "Of course I'll take the candlesticks; candle-sticks; they're a terribly valuable present, though, and I hope you won't be sorry you've wasted them on me. I couldn't understand why they were withdrawn from the sale " Mrs. Minton cleared her throat. "No, my dear. I guess you couldn't j ever understand," was all she said, ! but she looked quite lovingly at the departing roadster and the reckless j red arm waving its merry farewell. NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE IX THE DISTRICT COURT OF Beaver Countv, Utah. JOHN' A. MALIA, as Bank Com-cissioner Com-cissioner of the State of Utah, in charge of the liquidation of the STATE BANK OF BEAVER BEA-VER COUNTY, Plaintiff, vs. I SARAH E. DOTS.ON, Defendant. To be sold at Sheriff's Sale on the 24th day of September, 1940, at the hour of twelve o'clock noon of said day, at the front door of the County Court House in Beaver City Beaver County, State of Utah, the following described real property and water rights appurtenant appur-tenant thereto, to-wit: Commencing 61 rods north and 31 rods west from the southeast corner of the northwest north-west quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 11, Township Town-ship 30 South of Range 10 West, S. L. M., and running1 thencel west 40 rods, thence north 40 rods, thence east 40 rods, thence south 40 rods to the place of beginning. iSouthwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 1, Township 30 South of Range 10 West, S. L. M. North half of the northeast quarter of Section 12, Township Town-ship 30 South of Range 10 West, 'S. L. M. exjeepting 2 acres, more or less, lying in southwest quarter of the said premises heretofore conveyed to George E. LaFevre, and also al-so excepting a piece of land commencing at a stake 505 feet south and 926 feet east of the NW corner of the northwest quarter of northeast quarter of Section 12, Township Town-ship 30 South of Range 10 : West, S. L. M. thence south 3S fee, east 39 feet, north S3 feet, west 39 feet, said parcel being used as a power site. iSouthwest quarter of northwest north-west quarter and southwest quarter of southwest quarter of Section 22, and southeast quarter of southeast quarter of Section 21, all in Township 29 South of Range 10 West, S. L. M. Together with 50 shares of the capital stock of the West- ' ern Land and Development Company, now the Rocky Ford Irrigation Company, and 17 shares of the capital stock of the Minersville Reservoir and Irrigation Company, representing rep-resenting water rights being , used to irrigate and appurtenant appurten-ant to the land above described. describ-ed. Subject to a first mortgage in favor of Federal Land Bank of Berkeley. JASPER PUFFER, Sheriff, Beaver Countv, Utah CLINE, WILSON & CLINE, 'Attorneys 'flan Pfalntiff First pub. Aug. 29 last Sept. 19. |