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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH Foreign Words and Phrases THE CHEERFUL CHERUB I kfc-- BBT good times d used to ke . Im sorry yetas keep pilintf up And CHAPTER X Continued 20 Si Blewey, two compared to . : . say, you know I dont give a darn whether we get any. Liable not to you will be handi- kim from Good-evenin- m life-savi- I done that since you came from school. me. ' You havent been away before and Im glad to see you, Hughie.; Bring anything for the family larder? WNU Service. Three grouse and a couple of quail but dont ask who shot them. Jerry Purdue sauntered out of the living-rooMr. Marsh. Have a nice trip? Yes, thanks. . Hugh looked at .he him with surprise. Was Jerry now If youll excalling on Kezia? Hole in Tablecloth If a small cuse me Ill go wash up a bit. He joined his mother in the li- hole is burnt or worn in an otherwise good white tablecloth, it can brary at the end of the hall a few be mended most effectively by room with a minutes later, pleasant in fine crochet a motif stitching ct fireplace, and open bookshelves over and it away the cutting readlining the walls. She had beer, Add fabric underneath. spoiled on book the and lay ing something two the one so motifs more or that her lap. How long has this been going necessary one does not look odd. This is certainly more decorative He motioned toward the on? than an obvious darn! -room. Quite a while. Unwrap Food Food should not Do you approve of it? be stored in the refrigerator while I gave my consent beNo cause she was meeting him secret- wrapped in paper because the pa- - the caretaker, a tall weather-beate- n native of the hills, met them at the door. Just behind capped from the start. I was going to say compared him was Jim, the colored chef, to having you along, said Doc, smiling. The hall was filled with trophies not looking at Hugh as he moved of moose and deer. Gun racks oc- ahead. Hughs eyes dwelt on Docs broad cupied one side. To the left was back. a living-rooSomething sturdy and dethirty feet long and about eighteen wide, with a gray pendable about that back. Got a match? stone fireplace, blackened at the Doc paused and pulled out his lintel, a fire of beech logs blazing in it. lighter. Doc showed it to Hugh with Hugh kept his eyes down as he Get pride. Heres where we spend our held the flame to his pipe. evenings. Tonight theyll sit up this straight, old man Im not late, perhaps a poker game or talk- much for saying things, as you ing guns and dogs, but comorrow know but your taking me on this night, the first day of the season, trip means a lot to me. Think of one by one they disappear up the the finest job you ever stairs. Cant stay awake. accomplished in that hospital of Hugh and Doc occupied one of yours tumor on the brain, blood transfusion what are some of the bullthe seven bedrooms. The room with a its pen, long eight things you do to keep people alive? Amputation. cots, was left for the late arrivals. Amputation . ... Hughs hazel They had lunch in the big diningWhatroom with its rectangulai table, eyes held a sudden glint. made of planks with birch log sup- ever you do there, he said slowly, ports, then set out with Si Blewey youre doing now for me dycAj ly. and two or three members of the understand? Theres Ellen . . . Doc nodded. club from Tryon City to reconAs Sure, I do. Pain was alive for I know. he walked on he whistled a few a moment in his mothers eyes. noitre: They tramped up to Wolfs Hol- bars of Pack up your troubles What will be the outcome? low, to the cherry grove, and in the half under his breath. She will tire of him or she will old orchard they found fresh bear That afternoon when they came in him. She says she wants to tracks. The bears had been feed- footsore and weary, they had two marry him, now. marry ing from the old apple trees, had birds, both of which Doc had shot. Theyll lighted his pipe. Hugh clawed out the honey from a stump. After dinner Hugh wandered out- be I predict. unhappy, damnably him After dinner Doc showed side away from the smoke-filleHe pulled on his pipe savagely. how to oil his gun, and discussed noisy living-rooJerry smashing upto Ellen and the value of 12, 16, and 20 gauge He saw a small animal swimming Kezzie satisfy her wanting him shotguns. Hugh refused to enter a perhaps a beaver. The lake was vanity. bridge game, but sat behind Rap at black,' shot with a few reflectons of I know those things, Hugh. And the poker table for an hour. Then light from the windows of the lodge ; yet such a weariness came over him the opposite shore was shrouded in What? that he went up to his bedroom. darkness. Amputation. The word I think that Kezia will get along As he undressed he vaguely wonto him. him better than Ellen. They itself, repeated clung with was dered what Dorrie doing. She He raised his eyes. The faint have a common meeting ground was staying with his mother while radiance of early evening was in their selfishness makes them unhe was gone. She didnt want to the A single star, very brilsky. derstand each other. Ellen has take a vacation now. The only liant, above and the she is suffering very large, hung depth place she cared to go was Atlantic top of a pine. It seemed to be now, but notloyalty; so much as she might would and she there rather City, go his attention. Bright have done later. at Easter. Strangely enough, she challenging . . . star But, Mother, he wont make seemed the removed, outside He gazed at it a long time. Its Kezia happy. periphery of his emotions, for the steady She turned her eyes on Hugh shining seemed to bear a first time. He felt almost no ininone that his message, a patient, infinitely gentle with groping terest in what she might be doing! ner ear translated. He felt if as Im afraid not. And of gaze. At six oclock the next morning had been lost in the labyrinth of course I want her to be happy. there was a banging on his door he an There was silence between them cavern, fumbling and Jims voice announcing: this underground and that for way a moment then Fluvanna went hopefalling Mr. Dr. Hiller, Breakfast, less. off Far saw he of the on, Hugh, that has been my goal light He went on down the cor- an Marsh. which promised to in life to have you children hapopening ridor knocking at each door. to the sunlight py. But I am beginning to see bebring him Hugh was half dressed when Doc once more upward to her voice faltered peace. ginning to see raised himself on his arm, grinned no parent can guarantee that sociably, said, Hello! Howd you It was Friday night when Hugh happiness to her children. sleep? came home. Doc stopped his car They both sat still and Hugh had Exactly like the infant you before the Marsh home; Hugh un- a knocking prescience that she said I would. And I feel horribly loaded his bags, carried them up knew . . . knew about Dorrie. No we smell fryhungry. Is that-hathe walk. His mother met him at parent can guarantee happiness, ing? We didnt expect you she had said, and had looked at Home cured the door. Doc rolled out. so soon. Dorrie has gone over to him with compassion. Did she ham. the Lawrences. know? If she did, he felt sorrow downvoices could hear They The Lawrences? He took off that she would have his burden to stairs and in the yard, the yapping his chamois jacket. Who are bear and a tremendous relief. food was of the dogs as brought Mother he said. Then they? to them. The darkness outside was Fluvanna her. at startled. looked gazed stopped, rifted with gray and the air from Friends of Hughyours, Dorrie said. the open window, damply chill. Lathe rememberShe Oh, opened her arms and he yes, gulped, er when they had breakfasted and He turned as Kezia came out bent to her put his head on her ing. for the threes and out twos in set of the living-rooHello, Kezia. breast with aching yearning, felt different locations, the sun broke Hello, Nimrod! Any luck? She her tenderness flood and envelop new his through. Hugh, wearing kissed him twice with warmth. him. hunting coat and red cap, carrying He You was (TO BE CONTINUED) havent pleased. his new gun, went with Doc. Youre liable to get a bird before .1 do beginners luck. I nev- U. S. Engineers Seek to Save Speedway; er knew it to fail. I hope you do. It will make you enthusiastic a Studying Famous Daytona Beach Erosion real hunter. Hugh drew on his pipe. Thanks, Engineering units of the United ing with ocean current observations Doc. Birds or no birds, this is States government have tackled the and movements on the ocean botHe indicated good enough for me. stupendous problem of preventing tom. Divers drop off into the sea and gleaming the destruction of Ocean Speedway, at various depths with instruments the woods, quiescent Jn the sun. Something in him balked at Daytona Beach, Fla., where auto- to clock speed and direction of curat shooting anything living and mobile speed history has been writ- rents. Also they watch the effect free; but he couldnt tell Doc that. ten for more than a quarter of a of the moving water on the sand and When Tobey flushes a bird, you century. rock sea floor. fire first.. Ill have the second shot After collecting all necessary using all apparatus available if you miss. Were going to the to By the governmental department data, United a modern science, says Theyll : be feeding Press correspondent, grapevines. at Washington which handles beach the engineers there today. small-scal- e hope to obtain sufficient data which, erosion will construct a How far is it? of model the line shore of indefinite an after being studstudy, period Another mile, I think. Hard to ied. It will be subjected to the same to method halt some the will reveal tell on this uneven ground. and powerful forces of water conditions as the actual Suddenly Tobey stood still, his destructive are working slowly and beach. From studying the effects, erosion that tail a rigid line. There was moveto wear away the famous it is hoped to find some device to to the surely underbrush left, ment in the' halt destruction. a sudden whirring as two ruffed speedway. behind saving seca The field of operation covers al- thePrimary objective grouse rose in flight. After ond or two, Docs gun spoke, but he most 50 miles along the Atlantic of speedway is to stave off the loss the worlds automobile missed them. seaboard, with Daytona Beach as laboratory. In greatest recent looked He years the shoot. You didnt the center. beach has developed a tendency to I waited at Hugh reproachfully. Samples of sand are taken at regwarp; that is, it grows slight, for you why didnt you? intervals and sent to Washingular rolling humps over which it is ima deprecatory laugh. ton for study. Profiles of the rugged Hugh gave to travel at more than 150 possible to I told you I was a poor one sand dunes lining the beach are be- miles an hour. Even that speed is ' know didnt I with! go hunting made. Charts are drawn to dangerous. what it was all about, until you ing show the types of sand and rock It is impossible to say what sort ' fired.." line. shore the make which up of Still apparatus or construction will be ' Doc gave him a push. interestmost of the one the solution, since the local problem Perhaps sleepy? Never mind. Well prob- is the first of its kind ever dealis that of the or bird a study see Whats phases ing tackled., others; ably g, r living- ... d, . - m. , J . ' fl Nous engageames dans la val-le(F.) We entered into (penetrated) the valley. La dette nest pas seulement un inconvenient, mais elle est une calamite. (F.) Debt is not only an inconvenience, but it is a calamity. Bella donna. (It.) A pretty woman. Grande amoureuse. (F.) Great lover. Enoncer une pensee. (F.) To express a thought. Alter ego. (L.) Another self. Etre mal enonce. (F.) To be badly worded. Mauvais gout. (F.) Bad taste. Items of Interest to the Housewife AROUND M HOUSE ) e. when I snvdl. 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