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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, OTAR A LEMON FOR IKE . 88 By MABEL K. HAYES McClure Newspaper Syndicate. WNU Service. THE Pease twins were Isaac and quite naturally Ikes arm slid around her shoulders. Mike," she said, what do you spose I heard since you were here last week? Ike shook his head and Sadie leaned nearer. I heard that her voice you play cards and sank to for whisper Her eyes questioned, and money. Ike, raising his right hand, said solemnly, Sadie, I swear that I never played a game of cards in my life, and since the truth is always convincing, Sadie believed him.' . Im so glad. Phaps twas Ike, and theyve got you mixed up. Does Ike play cards? He does not! I can swear to Michael in the family but Ike and Mike in every day life, and Sadie Lemon had picked Mike for her own. Mike was settin up with Sadie. Not the first girl he had set up with, by any means, but that is that, too. Well, you neither here nor there. Every Satsputtered Sadie, urday night saw him over on Black- neednt take my head off. Folks do get yoa mixed, though I dont see berry Hill. The twins were handsome, husky how they can; I never have any with red cheeks and blue trouble telling you apart," and she eyes; they were alike as two peas laid her head on his shoulder with (no pun intended) except for the a low, satisfied laugh. Ike began to feel nervous. He expression of their eyes. In Mikes lurked two laughing demons, while had read that love was blind, but he knew that Sadie was sharp, and Ikes were grave and steady. You remember that in those good if she kept harping on the subject old days, card playing was a dead- she might make a discovery. So ly sin; while those who played for he clawed around mentally for a money you know what happened subject that might consume her entire attention and, considering to them. Ike cared nothing for cards, or that he knew nothing of women, his girls, either, for that matter; but intuition was marvelous. He drew her close closer, and Mike was different. There was card whispered coaxingly, Sadie, something in the forbidden that appealed to his reckless, pleasure-- whenll we be married? Sadie loving soul, and a game of was startled; she gasped, blushed, in euchre the back room of the then looked coy. . Oh, Mike, I Im not quite ready; store was a wild event. Ike village knew of his twins depravity and Ive got my sheets and things, but time and time again threatened I wanted to piece another quilt and Mike with the dire results should fill a feather bed and a few pillows he be discovered; but Mike just this spring. Still if if you want me very much, I could be ready by laughed at him. On Saturdays the twins took the first of May. turns going to the village for grain May! Right in planting time! and household supplies, and on this How on earth would Mike take particular Saturday that started time to be married then? Still Ike Ikes education in a new direction, flung caution to the winds and cony tinued to plan with Sadie until the it was Mikes turn. It was a cold day, and he returned wee small hours, gradually forgetwith blazing cheeks and spar- ting Mike and planning for himself. At last he tore himself away. kling eyes. Ike, waiting in the bam for the horse, saw that it was not Sadie, with a last long kiss, let him wholly the weather that caused out into the chill, graying dawn. Ike that blaze and sparkle and was did not feel the cold; his spirit not surprised when Mike said in an soared; he walked with a springing excited whisper, Ike, theres a tread, head lifted to the skies. Not game on tonight. Im goin. until he was nearly home did the No, said Ike, you cant, it's truth intrude itself. Sadie was marSadies night. rying Mike; it was for Mike he had Im goin, persisted Mike, "and pi aimed; those kisses were for she wont know nothin about it, Mike. Slowly he entered the house cause youll go over and set up and climbed to the chamber where with' er. his twin reposed in bed, but not in Ike shrank as though from a slumber. blow. Me! Youre crazy! I wont " . Well, said Mike. do no such thing. I never kissed a Ike. "I guess answered Yes, girl in my life. 1 couldnt go over so. Ive done the best I could for there and make love all night. I you, Mike. You and Sadie are goin wouldnt know how. He turned ter be married first of May; youre away to hang up the harness as. goin ter build near the Lemons, so though the matter were settled. Sadie can have her mother close by, Now, Ike, pleaded Mike, dont and let that worry you Who What! thundered Mike. none. Sadiell do all that. All you started that business?. marryin got ter do is foller her lead. If she Why why, Mike, faltered Ike, should put up her face, I spose you Sadie said she was all ready but a could kiss it, couldnt you? few things, and I thought I spose I could, Ike blushed. Mike snorted. Rate! Any girl is to. but I aint ready but a few things any always f For half an hour Mike beseeched. ask em.. I aint time you Then Mike played his highest trump ter 'marry Sadie Lemon. Shes a by turning hurt eyes on Ike and nice girl; I like her, but I aint saying, with tears in his voice, Aw, never ast her ter marry me. Ike, you wouldnt go back on me, Well, sighed Ike, you have your own twin, would yuh? now. That settled it, of course. Ike Not by a long shot, I ainV recould never do that, so after sup- torted Mike. You ast her, and if per he started for Backberry Hill, you want ter marry her, you can. wishing the two miles were ten. Ike stared long and hard At his His feet dragged; he buoyed himhis face very red. twin; self up with a hope perhaps Sadie Mike, you mean grew that? would be sick; then his spirit sank Yes; I do. perhaps she wouldnt. He was Then, by gum, I will, said Ike. trembling in every limb and wet And he did. Not the first of May, soon too with perspiration when all for it took Mike some time td engihe reached the Lemon farm and neer his dismissal by Sadie, but knocked on the back door. It was eventually Ike and Sadie were marflung open and Sadie pounced on ried, and she does not know to tins him, dragging him into the warm that the first time she kissed kitchen. She began to unwind the day not the first time, if you was Ike muffler around his neck. I mean. what know she squealed, Why, Mike, whats the matter? Youre all a Flag of Nova Scotia Is sweat! Traced to King James I Great guns, thought Ike, what shall I say! Nova Scotia has the distinction of , Oh, er er, I hurried so to get being the only province of the Do"here quick. minion of Canada, and the first colOh, ony of Great Britain, to possess a Sadie .dropped her eyes. Mike, you do say the sweetest flag of its own. The flag of Nova She stood before him ex- Scotia is a silver field with a blue things! pectantly, and as he made no move, St. Andrews Cross, a small shield said shyly, Well, aint you goin with the Royal Arms of Scotland ter kiss me? (gold, a Hon rampant red?- teeth, Now Sadie was a very pretty girl, claws, and tongue blue, within a with her rosy cheeks and bright double tressure red) being placed as an eyes of perfect health. She wore a fleurs-de-lgreen velvet basque, very becoming inescutcheon upon the cross. to her pink cheeks and big brown It traces its origin to the Charter of New Scotland granted in 1621 to eyes, now lifted to Ike. For a moment Ike stood helpless, Sir William Alexander (afterwards then slowly reached out a long arm, the Earl of Stirling) by King James encircled her tiny waist, and drew VI of Scotland and I of England. In her close; gasping a bit, he closed this charter the name, Nova Scotia, his eyes and kissed her. He liked which is the Latin form of New it. He drew off a little, stared at Scotland, first appeared in contradistinction to Acadia or the Acadie her, then repeated. Huh! the French. of Sadie, laughed joyously. The flag itself is derived from the Anybodyd think youd never kissed me before. Come on, lets go in royal coat of arms granted to the other room. She led him Nova Scotia in 1625 by King Charles through the kitchen into the cozy I of England, the son and successor room where Ike sat down of. James VI. This ancient and settin on the old haircloth sofy drawn beautiful armorial is the oldest of the all the arms borne by the British up before the blazing logs in him dominions. beside sank Sadie fireplace. six-foote- rs . snap-pingl- love-mak- in in in - re-e-ek- in - flory-counterflo- ry ys Milk Temperature Bacteria Control By Channing Pollock - - . I Copyright, Charming Pollock WNU Service. CHAPTER XII Continued 22 Was the third caller you or Morano? And then I remembered two things. Morano took the 2:12 to Philadelphia to check on those He wouldntve done that If hed known Kelly was dead. The house was dark and silent when Morano got to Sixteenth street He thought Kellyd gone to bed, and so he went to Philadelphia. I was sure of that And I was sure that the man who killed Kelly wore finger-print- gloves. On s. a hot night Not because hed thought of finger- day, ril have your ed for bigamy. arrest- sister-in-la- w Hambidge said, You can do what like; I wont file It. e The decanter was table in front of me. I picked It up, almost mechanically. Kelly was in the hall then, shouting squealers and beat it I suppose I had some vague idea of helping my brother-in-laI dont know. Anyway, I opened the door between the dining room and the drawing room. And, as I did so, Kelly came in from the hall, closing that door behind him. His left hand was still on the knob when he saw me. , More squealers ! he shouted. Witnesses! So you heard, did you? Well, by God, youre not going to tell any- Method of Cooling Needs to Comply With Sanitary , . you on-th- cut-gla- ss body ! He lifted his right hand, and there was a revolver in It but because he was accustomed prints, Another instant, and hedve fired. to wearing gloves, even In summer. I hurled the decanter. the day I came here It was .red-hIt was just instinct. I didnt take to tell you about Nolan. aim. There wasnt time. If I meant And your gloves were lying there to do anything, it was to hit his pistol with your hat arm. I dont really know where the f bottle did strike. The side of Kellys Well, Winslow observed, Harwood probably. Kelly went down. didnt make any mistake when he said head, He wasnt dead. A long way from you were a good newspaper man. the gun had dropped out of his for it, loure right about everything. My hand, and he reached for it I picked wife was Mrs. Selby. She thought Ten seconds later, Hambidge it up. Selby was dead, of course, when she was on the other side of that door, trymarried me. Two or three years ago, to open it, and calling Kelly. I I met him on the street He was ing turned the lights out. Hambidge left d d decent Believe it 'or not, I put the revolver Into my pocket, and was terribly In love with Julie, he the certificate out of , Kellys. got said. I still am. But God knows Pm It never occurred to me that Kelly no husband for her, and you are. was more than stunned. I Youve nothing to fear from me, he went anythingand burned that marriage home, said. certificate. There was no other record; But I did fear. All my life, Ive Id made sure of that A few hours had one conviction. Murder will out later, Hambidge phoned to say hed Everything comes to the surface sooner filed his decision. There was nothing or later. I urged Julie to get a divorce. about in the morning paper. Id I cant, she said, without more dread- no IdeaKelly he was dead until long after ful publicity. It would ruin your ca- dinner that night at Southampton." reer, she said. Always thinking of me, nodded. Barry Julie Is. Of course, my first Impulse was to e He touched th magnet, al- give myself up," Winslow said. But most lovingly. what good would thatve done? They We were still talking about it, " he couldnt convict me. Id killed In continued, when Julie went all to and could come mighty near pieces again. Just as she had when proving it But, in doing so, Idve the tabloids printed the story you saw. given away the secret Td struggled to I took her to Europe. When we came keep all these years. Idve smashed back, Selbyd disappeared. I didnt Julie utterly, and ruined Hambidge, oven know his new name, and, of and Pat. Nobody was harmed by my Course, I didnt look for him. I per- keeping my mouth shut. There wasnt suaded myself the danger was over. a chance of their finding Bidder guilty, - Then came the Jefferson street grab. or anyone else. If theyd done that, I was upset about what the news- Idve confessed in a moment I know, Barry declared. Thats papers said of Judge Hambidge. Id no idea of what was back of that, of what you meant when you said, If we course, and he didnt tell me. I figured have to get the guilty man to free that theyd got to him, somehow. And Rogers, well do It, but lets give the then Morano telephoned, the night of court a chance first Yes." the murder, to say Kellyd been to the Peter rose, and went to the window. Cocoanut Bar. Hed had the marriage The difficult thing, he continued, certificate some time, and, through an was not to confess. With that boy in underworld connection, he knew Selby was alive, but hed only just found out jaiL But it was letting an innocent man suffer a few weeks, or an Innocent that Selby was Morano. v , Julie was upstairs, asleep, he said. woman all her life. If youd seen Shed left me an hour before, radi- Julies face, when she collapsed, after He paused. antly happy. I went to see Kelly. hearing of Selbys arrest Heaven knows what I intended to do. Of course, neither she nor Hambidge Certainly not murder. I was about to knows I killed Kelly. never know It Barry said, Theyll ring the bell, when I saw the key in ' the door, and used it Kelly was talk- through me. Bon voyage, he added, blithely, an ing to Hambidge. I recognized the dinand instant into the later, his hat in his hand. And voice, slipped Judges ing room. Listening, I learned why he come back soon. . Id like to have you had written that decision. And I heard two at my wedding." THE END Kelly say, If it aint filed by noon to , ot , .. J tell-tal- self-defens- e, , Requirements ManBy F. C. BUTTON, Professor of Dairy ufactures, New Jersey Stats ColWNU Service. lege. to control the deThe only way velopment of bacteria is by reducing the temperature of the milk. There should be immediate and efficient cooling of milk at ail seasons of the year. Cooling is vital, since it is the only way to control the development of bacteria. The method of cooling is less important, provided it meets sanitary requirements. While milk may be cooled satisfactorily in cooler weather by the. use of water, ice water or mechanical refrigeration is needed in summer because water temperature rises with weather tempera' ture. Milk sours quickly at 70 degrees Fahrenheit or above. The souring bacteria grow well between 60 and 70 degrees and there is some retarding of growth between 50 and 60 degrees. There is definite retardation of growth at 50 degrees or below and. milk held at this temperature will keep fresh for 86 hours. Since dealers cannot use milk which is high in lactic acid, or almost sour, the producer must prevent his milk from being rejected by the market by keeping it below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Recent tests made at the New Jersey agricultural experiment station showed that when milk with a bacteria count of 10,000 per cubic centimeter is held at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, it takes a month for it to become sour, but if it is kept at 60 degrees Fahrenheit, it. will sour in 53 hours. This is just a case in point to showhow temperature control affects 'milk cooling. Besides prompt and efficient methods, cooling, sanitary cooling sterilized equipment and clean, healthy cows are important in keeping the milk supply free of bacteria. Overfeeding Brood Sow Causes Pigs to Scour sow brood Overfeeding the causes sucking pigs to scour, and this retards their growth, says E. F. Ferrin,' swine husbandman, Minnesota university farm. He warns farmers to watch their young pigs closely for symptoms of this disorder. On the first day after the sow farrows, he says, she should receive nothing but warm water. Beginning on the second day with a small amount of wheat bran or oats, the amount of this feed should be gradually increased until, in two weeks, the sow is on full feed. Corn is too heating to be fed during this period. If the pigs begin scouring, reand duce the sows feed one-half add a small handful of epsom salts to the slop. Give each pig, also, a teaspoonful of mineral oil. Provide dry pens and bedding, since these help to prevent scours, especially in cold, rainy weather. To Get Rid of Lice STARTING IN NEXT ISSUE A New, Lightning Fast Serial by -- EDWIN BALMER a 0 n n n 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 EDEOTE LOS ANGELES TIMES A good story, told with all Balmers usual vigor and flair for dialogue, about Chicago of the hectlo days before and after the market crash." CHICAGO JOURNAL COMMERCE OF "A timely story Is this one of Edwin Balmers, as up-to-d- and sparkling as fresh paint. This is Edwin Balmers best story, I PHILADELPHIA LEDGER PUBLIC Dragons Drive Ton Is out of the rut. His story la not only moving but valu- able. Edwin Balmer knows a thing or two about life and love. - e You!! Enjoy Every Chapter . . WATCH FOR THE OPENING INSTALLMENT OF THIS DRAMATIC STORY To get rid of lice that infest the dairy herd, the - following - remedies, says the North Carolina State college, have proved effective: (1) a 4 per cent solution of creolin applied with a spray pump or brush; (2) cotton seed oil and kerosene, equal parts; (3) ground saba-dill- a seed and flowers of sulphur, equal parts, applied in powder form. There are also several standard dip solutions on the market, but when these are used, directions on the container should be closely - , , 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 followed. Oils should not be used in very warm or very cold weather. When powder is used the hair should first be clipped from the affected parts and the powder applied only on the clipped places. A second treatment should be given within 15 days. Rivers That Steal Streams in Ohio ar.e stealing soil at the rate of one farm a day the - fertile top six inches from 174 acres, according to estimates made by erosion experts. Measurements made of the mud carried by the river at Zanesville, Muskingum flood in Ohio, during the nine-da- y August, 1935, showed that the river carried off topsoil from 2,600 acres, enough to fill a freight train 480 miles long. At 50 cents a ton for soil, the river stole $1,059,783 from Ohio farmers. We arent much for statistics, but when put in terms of farms and dollars in this way they do make you think, especially when you know that the same kind of soil robbing is going on all over the land. The Country - Ham. -- , |