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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER RANDOLPH. UTAH At the door he paused. And If you break one thing, Itll come out of your THE BEAUTY allowance. He slammed the door and locked It. Marcia pushed on the other side. She screamed, threatened, wept, kicked. But she didnt break anything. An hour later she went into a conference with herself, decided on other tactics. Sweetly she called to Jim. Darling, Fm sorry. And and hungry. Id like to get our dinner. Jim let her out But he didnt take her into his arms and kiss her. He didnt apologize and ask forgiveness. Instead he told her he had returned the mink coat, stopped all her charge accounts, and reminded her that if she ever did anything crazy again hed divorce her. Marcias lips quivered. Angry tears brimmed in her eyes. Divorce me! You will divorce me? Why She stopped. Jim looked as though he were going to hit her again. He said: Youd better get my dinner. Were staying In tonight Fm sick of horsing around to your danged parties. I want a home and a wife, not a house with a woman who visits me occasionally. Marcia caught on. She went out and got his dinner. She tried to make up while they were eating. But Jim wasnt In the mood for it He went to bed early, and didnt kiss her good 88 By R. H. WILKINSON 6 Associated Newspapers. WOT Service. . , . . A FINE OWE THAT FELLOW TALK LETTiNG YOU INTO CHANGING THE FIRE' INSURANCE To HIS h COMPANY . I - TfesHAps tou UNDERSTANP Pont, UNDERSTAND (0 HE HANDS VuKrn soap r Said Jim, Mlt Would Look Like H I to Me. credulous. Slowly, horribly the significance of what hed said seeped into her brain. A sob escaped her lips. You You wretch! unspeakable wretch ! Jim strode over to the table where lay the box in which the coat had come. He picked up a pink slip and looked at it Nine hundred dollars! You must be he exclaimed, whirling. ' crazy! Marcia knew how to get what she wanted. Shed been through scenes like this a hundred times before. She flung herself on the divan and sobbed convulsively. Not ordinary sobs. Marcia could be dramatic. She beat the pillows and burled her head. Jim came and stood over her. Take it off, he said. That's more dough than I can afford." Marcia became hysterical. Or sound-- ' I wont! I wont! Oh, you ed so. beast! Why did I ever marry you? Because, said Jim, I was Jackass And he reached enough to ask you. ' down and jerked Marcia to a sitting position. Before she could fully grasp what he was about he had stripped off the mink and flung it on the table. Marcia hadnt expected this. She hadn't experienced anything like it before. She forgot to sob dramatically. Instead she leaped to her feet, and there was genuine anger in her voice and eyes. Why you you. Her tiny fist struck Jim on the cheek. Color rushed into his face. Angry lights smoldered in his eyes. So ! he said. You cant be a lady. And with his open palm he smacked her down on the divan again. Marcia couldnt believe It Imagine the most beautiful girl in Buffalo, a girl with six husbands to her credit, being smacked doifrn by a mere Jim wouldnt come. She Venn. Words her mouth like a closed and opened fish out of water. Jim laughed cruelly, harshly, taunt-inglMarcia found her voice. , Brut! Beast! Insect! This Is the end! The very end! Ill not stay In this house .another minute!" ' Youre Yes you will, said Jim. me. He fool of a make to not going She her fopght. struggled, up. picked bit, screamed. But he carried her Into the bedroom and dumped her unceremoniously on to the bed. When you can quit your bawling and blubbering you can come out and get my dinner. . . . y. The maguey or century plant Is used making ice at Durango City, Mexico, and is said to, be the only icehouse of the kind In the world, notes a writer In the Indianapolis News. When the century plant Is about eight years old the leaves, from which the pulque has been taken, are spread out on straw In the plaza, in the public gardens and other open spaces, with the concave sides of the leaves uppermost Then about two quarts of water is poured into each ' leaf and while freezing is unknown in the city, under any other natural conditions, the water freezes In the maguey leaves and in the morning hundreds of chunks of ice are gathered and put in adobe each about 20 feet deep and 20 feet square. The supply usually lasts until the middle of July or the first of August and is large enough to be a commercial factor in the ice market of the region of more than 30,000 In oh( 1okVT You UP U j IF I WERE YO- U- I'D EXERCISE IP You WERE ME, OP course Good judgment vnsE WOULD fj--' -I-V Thrift Plan PLOWED UNDER Propriety What are the prices of the seats? inquired a young lady at the county fair. Front seat half a dollar, rear seats a quarter, and programs a nickel, announced the gatekeeper. Heres a nickel, said the young lady. Ill sit on a program. A poet wrote, The proper study of mankind is man. I cannot agree with him, said Miss Cayenne. The police reports indicate that the study is becoming .highly ' Poor Fellow Were there any unpleasant s to your wifes operation? Joseph Ill say sol Shes still talking about it. Mabel after-effect- - SUSPENSIONS Thought About Dres assure you, said the philoscan I brushes that cost $25. a womans thoughts rise that opher, to and mean Were you go enough dress. above price them? Thats right, agreed the other. No; I had to pawn them. Shes probably thinking of a new My girl gave me a pair of silver-backe- d hat 1 A Constant Reader What is your favorite diversion in summer? asked the serious girl. Reading, replied the young man who was trying tp make an impression. But dont you need outdoor recreation? Yes. I stand outdoors and read the baseball bulletins. My wife hung up her stocking at Christmas and got a gold watch In How did you fare. I hung up my diamond ring and got fifty on it. It Or Have a Salary When I was twenty my ambition was to save the world. And now? Now Fm satisfied if I can save a small part of my salary. qua .an-- . OR SOMETHING Money wont buy happiness. Still, It must nave advantages, or people wouldnt hang onto it with suck grim resolution." anlt fregilfrr. youre looking for mellowness barrels, you just got to watch in all them your temperature close as a hawk! This is me and my boys making the morning inspection, and jot- ting down the old-tim- e . Pearl in Oyter Although divers seldom find more than one natural pearl in a thousand pearl oysters, some shells have contained a number of these gems. There is one case on record in which an oyster yielded 48 small pearls. Colliers Weekly. ther- mometer readings. Harry E. Wilken, Sr. Copyright 1988, Jot. 8. Finch ft Co, Inc, - -- ,eet gusa uniform Durango City is about 6,000 feet above sea level and at this altitude there Is rapid cooling, after evaporation, to which the water is exposed by the broad, shallow surface of the leaves. This Is believed to be the scientific explanation of the odd ice plant There is a legend that the method was learned in the Seventeenth century by Father Jose Lopez, an elderly priest who also was a scientist. in Demand , Bibles are selling in England at $350, and the demand is good. They are specially designed, bound In luxurious pigskin or levant morocco, and only 200 copies will be printed. Twenty copies have been reserved for private circulation and posterity. One copy has been accepted by the king. , They measure 12 by IS Inches. Gold leafing was applied by hand. An official of the publishers said, The Bible is meant to be a revival of the lectern Bible, the like of which has not been published for more than 150 years. A number have already been sold, mainly to bishops for their cathedrals. - (fife HERE I AM CHECKING UP THE TEMPERATURE In the warehouse, if persons. $350 Bible You Nawapapcr Union Century Plant Believed to Be Oddest Ice House "if It Cost Over a Hundred Bucks, VOL! a lot of soft whV PAR Z You're WELL 5 OOP MY The Best Policy ' Newspaper Ualew NIGHT begun to despair of Marlca Venn was her most recent Her sixth. Yes, Marcia had been married six times. And she was only twenty-five- . Once she had lived with a husband eight months. That was the longest His name was Tommy Harris. We all admired him. I had begun to despair of Marcia because I felt that she had the markings of a fine wife. I dont know why. Instinct, I guess. Her choice of mates to date Included a wide variety: An artist, a soldier,' an explorer, a politician, a baseball player. None had suited her. And now she was married tto good . old Jim Venn. Jim was a business man. Needless to say, Marcia was the most beautiful woman in Buffalo. She had more than beauty. That Indefinable .something that Is a females most cherished gift. She always got what she 'wanted, except In a husband. The five that she had tried lacked It We won- night dered about Jim Venn. Good old Jim Marcia sat up by herself for a long Venn. time. She was angry and humiliated, Jim himself told me the story. There conscious of an annoying feeling of was a wild, desperate look in his eyes, frustration. She planned dire things. which presently gave way to relief. She would get her revenge. She would They were happy the first month. do this and that and thus and so. Oh, Marcia and her husbands were always would she humble that man! At twelve oclock she went upstairs. happy the first month. A week later Marcia bought a new coat. Mink. She Jim was snoring comfortably. When had It sent out from one of the most he awoke the next morning Marcias expensive downtown shops. When Jim bed was empty. He grinned and listcame home she was waiting for him, ened. Well, well, well. The most beautiful girl in Buffalo, the girl with five with the coat on. How do you like It? she asked, previous husbands to her credit, was down in the kitchen, rustling up a and piroutted for him. How much did It cost? said Jim. breakfast for a belligerent sixth mate and liking It. Jim Marcia stopped pirouetting. Jim wasnt really belligerent. MoreVenn, what a thing to say! Whatever has the cost to do with how it looks? over, he loved Marcia more than the A lot, said Jim. If It cost over a other five husbands put together had. hundred bucks, it would look like h 1 He would have killed himself if she left him. But he was smart Smart and to me. Marcia stared at him. She was ln- desperate. Smart enough to analyze the dispositions of the other five; desperate enough to put into execution the one form of treatment Marcia hadnt experienced. And It had worked. . You see,' Marcia hadnt known what it was she wanted in a husband. If youd told her it was what Jim Venn offered, shed have told you you were crazy. Shed still tell you.' For shes never found the answer. But then, shes no longer Interested. Its fun, being a little bewildered and married to Jim VInn. 1HAD 6 Western VJELL , FROM BUFFALO By Otborno THE FEATHERHEADS That Special Tastiness you can count on its being in every barrel and bottle of our Familys Whiskey always! Maybe youd like it if I set right down here a promise me and the . boys are going to keep till the day we die. Fm speaking for myself and the boys when I promise you can count on us seeing to it that the quality of our Familys Whiskey is going to stay put with all that mildness and tastiness in each and a every bottle yesterday, today and tomorrow. jj BLENDED AND BOTTLED BY I0S. S. FINCH & C0 INC, SCHENLEY, PA. DIVISION 0FSCHENLEYPR0DUCTSC0, INC. 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