Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 146, Decatur, Adams County, 21 June 1947 — Page 4

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DEC ATI 'H DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday Uy THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO Incorporated Entered at the Decatur. Ind . Post Office as Second Claw Matter J. H. Heller President A It Holthouse, Sec'y A- Hum Mgr. Dick I' Heller . Vice President Subscription Rates By Mail in Attains ami Adjoin Ing Counties: line year. 16, Six months. 13.25: 3 months, *1 75. By Mail, beyond Adams and Ad joining counties One Year, |7. 6 months, |.'t 75; 3 months, 33.00. Single copies, I cents By carrier. 2" cents per w.-ek Armed bandits entered a Royal Oak. Michigan home and got >lB,600 in cash. It sounds more like a bank hold up - - o — o Decatur is one of the llvest shopping centers in this part of the state. Good roads lead to town, so come look around and let the stores nerve you. o — o Soap is not only !>•■■ oming more plentiful, but the maqufacturers of the toilet articles announce an other reduction in price. We may have our troubles in this country, but at least we can keep clean. o o Ole Olsen, the comedian, who was born in Peru, lias struck on a new plan of giving a few thrills to youth and rewarding them for their high school work Out of a hat he picked two names of honor students and has taken them to New York for a view of the sights. Writers say he is having more fun than the hoys — y ———O —— ■ A Bri ker for-president club has been formed in Wisconsin and a campaign will be made in behalf ot the Ohio senator toward the Republican nomination If the Buckeye state slicks with Taft. Bricker will not have a chance for top place on the ticket. But. if nominated. Truman will defeat him o — o - Employment in Decatur i : as high as it ever was. with probably one exception during the war period The fat lories and Indus tries are running full tilt and requests still come in for apartments and houses. If building prices would level off a little, chances are construction would get under way on a number of new houses, •o badly needed In a growing com munity. o o The newest fashions in neck ties indicate that men are really beginning to go places. One is a tie with small battery attached, which lights up at tht pressure of a button Even more startling is one containing blank cartridges, which explode it tile wearer's pleasure Just the thing for anyone wanting a tie which will en aide him to be heard from.

Correct Sleeping Posture

By Herman N. Bundesen, M. O POETS have sung the praises of uleep. but medical men are probably better aware of its value. Certainly nobody knows better than they that in sickness or in health, peaceful sleep is a wonderful tonic. Unfortunately, not everybody is able to set really deep, refreshing sleep. That is why so many studies of sleep have been made, particularly with reference to the position of the sleeper, which, it has heen found is likely to be changed many times during the course of a night. Faulty Sleeping Posture .Many doctors believe that a number of painful conditions can be traced to faulty sleeping posture. It is believed that as a result of sleeping in an unfavorable position there may be some strain on; |iie ligaments whi<th hold the bones of the spine in position This In turn may result in pain that re pembles the |»ain produced by gallbladder disease, kidney colic and other disorders. i To avoid strain on these liga ments during sleep. !>r. James McDonnell of London thinks that the vertebrae, or small bones In the spine, should be lined up by assuming the proper sleeping posi tion about as they are when the person is standing erect. Correct Position Dr McDonnell says that the earrect sleeping position is on the pide, with the hips fixed in one ,

Newspaper reader* who followed the esse ot Lt. Comdr. Little, charged with various crimes before a secret military court, do not feel that the verdict ot not guilty, absolves the officer of all blame. He had several strike* against him and If he want* our advice, he had better keep away from the boys who served under him In the Japanese prison camp, out of which grew the charges of maltreatment and tattletale tac tics against American boys. —o o Presidents are not so good insurance risks as formerly. The first 15. from Washington through Buchanan, took office at the average age of 51, and lived It years after leaving office. From Lincoln through Coolidge, it presidents in all. the age of assuming office averaged 19. That should have meant longer life after leaving the White House, but it did not. An exception to the rule Is former Pre ident Hoover. In spite of a particularly stormy presidency, he has lived It years after his retirement from office, and at 73 is to all appearances in good health — o o Maurice Early In his column covering Indiana, remarks: "In •liana's big crop of soybeans is destined soon to he a factor in producing a cloth with all th<qualities of wool. The Soybean Research Institute points out that all the new fabrics made from vegetables, such as rayons, have groat value, but they have not diminished the use of wool. Soybean wool has been made in a pilot plant. Now a factory is being built to make it in' large ■inanities Why not build that factory in Decatur, where soybeans are stored in skyscraping silos by the millions of bushels? 0 o The International Monetary Fund, created at the Bretton Woods Conference has started to function. The first of the II nation members to use the pool was France, withdrawing 25 million dollars. and the Netherlands, getting 12 million, half of it in dollars and half in British sterling. Because a third of the French wheat crop was frozen. France needed dollars to buy more Holland, because of war-depletion, had to pay for British and American imports needed in making goods for export. The currency given these two countries was not in the form ot gifts, but loans with a charge for service and interest The vast money pool is made up of contributions, called “subscriptions." from members, in their own national coinage—francs : from France, guilders from Holland, dollars from the United States, pounds sterling from Britain and the like

post ion, the head and neck well supported on a pillow One leg is not kept on top of the other, the tipper leg being placed forward on the tnatress. Knees and hips may be bent to suit the individual’s comfort The uppermost shoulder is brought forward with the elbow placed on the mattress. The head and neck are supported by a pillow which extends to the shoulder hut not under it The pillow should not be too soft. In some sleeping positions, for example If the hips are not fixed, as the muscles relax during sleep, the upper shoulder falls back, which twists the spine. Sleeping on Back If a person sleeps on his back, unless the thighs are supported in a bent position, there is a certain degree of strain on the lower part of the spine. If a person sleeps on his abdomen. the head Is turned to one side, and twisting of the neck occurs. Although improper sleeping position* do not always produce symptoms, it is possible that slight injury of the ligaments will occur which in turn may produce irritation of the nerves which come from the spinal cord. This may lead to tenderness and pain in various areas, as well as more gegera! symptoms Thus it would seem to be important that persons give some thought to the position assumed during sleep

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o o Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE O O Q is it all right to have trailing ribbons or fam y paper for decora tjons over the dinner table? \ No: j hostess witn any claim to good taste will uee these decorations only on such occasion as a fancy du ss or a children's party. Q. Should <>ne say "This is Mr Jones'' or "This ie my husband ' when introducing him to an acquaintance? A "This is my hu*l<and" is the preferred form. Q Should a woman employe speak first when she meets an officer of her company? A It is better to wait until she is •spoken to. —o in u <*«•«•«! I »»%%•• — llernlur

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CHAPTER SIXTEEN REFORE SHE reached the apartment Diane's anger had given way to deep shame of herself. It was her own fault that the I crowd did not take her and Bill's i marriage seriously. She'd always i spoken of It, when she was with ■ them, in the lingo they used. A 1 meaningless word for a deep, true I meaning. A laugh—before they 1 laughed at you! i With a suddenly sharpened com- I prehension she saw the things 1 they did as meaningless. Anything, ‘ if it offered excitement and no matter that, when you got started I In ft. It proved as flat as a pricked toy balloon, for someone'd think Immediately of something else to do. A merry-go-round, that got ' you nowhere. And it was the only life she knew. Glamor girl—her : lips curled on the words. At six o'clock Bill telephoned. “I can't get home for dinner. Di. 1 I'm eating with Dean and then we’re going back to the office. We've a lot to go over, so don’t 1 wait up for me." She went to the Ice box, considered its contents, closed its door. She could not eat anything. She went into the living room, 1 curled herself on tha divan and listlessly turned the pages of a magazine. Rut there was the first 1 Judge William Arden, looking down at her from the wall. “I suppose," she cried aloud, tn a helpless burst of defiance, "YOUR wife sat at home and spun! And liked It!" And then, as if she expected the grave, wise lips to answer her, she jumped to her feet and fled into the bedroom. To the telephone. "Paula? Going to be home? I’m coming over." Paula opened the door to her. "Your father's in New York. I’ve let Edmonds and Mrs. Brill go tor 1 the day." "Why didn’t you go with Dad?" "I’d had an aching tooth. 1 had it out the minute Joe went. I stood it ’til he got awaf. You know how be fusses over anything like that!" i Diane knew. She was relieved 1 that her father was not here to 1 see that something was wrong 1 with her and fuss about that They went to Paula's room where Paula motioned Diane to a chaise longue heaped with satin pillow* "Make yourself comforttable, dear. I’ll go on with my ' mending." She sat down in a ' straight chair by a low table on which was a worn wicker sewing I basket Plain-faced, plainly dressed, with an undergarment of J. Emmet's across her lap, she could well ap- < pear incongruous there amid the i exquisite appointments of a room I designed for Allithea Matthewson, but to Diane, dissatisfied and wist- i fol. she seemed to dominate every- i thing about her by her very sun- i plicity. Paula never had assumed any ' authority over her or interfered by so much as a word tn her father's i indulgence of her which made for ! harmony in their relationship. But < now, suddenly. Diane wished she had. That Paula had taught her ■ Mgnething of bar own hard-earned i

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o o i Household Scrapbook I By ROBERTA LEE | O r» Mending When mending plaids or checks try using several shades of silk together in the needle, selecting color* to harmonize with the goods After pressing, the mend will hardly be noth cable. Prune Custard Prune cuetard can be made by t utting prunes in quarte-s. and ad ding lemon custard, topped with tinwhite of an egg. It will make a delicious dessert. A Convenience If a pencil is tied to the tele phone, many other steps will be avoided. Tie it securely or it will ! disappear just like the others have: done. Frnili* hi m <*o«ml Tohb — llrrnlNr

wisdom. She felt resentment rising toward her father. His pride in her never had been for her grades in school, for any development In her character; rather for the way she looked in a new dress, the way she drove her car, danced, swam. She remembered the triumph he had expressed when her picture appeared in a rotogravure page of a New York newspaper, the time she’d gone from school to a houseparty on Long Island and had ridden with the others on a fox hunt. "THAT'S showing them, girl!" "Showing what?" she thought, now, bitterly. And for himself, for Paula, he wanted nothing like that! Before she could check It she was speaking her resentment. "Paula, why did you let Dad spoil me until I'm not good for anything?" Though Paula was startled by the question and the vehemence with which Diane flung it out, she kept her eyes on her work. She had not missed an almost frightened tone in Diane’s voice over tho telephone. "Something’s gone wrong," she had thought But she’d let Diane tell it of her own accord. She answered quietly, smiling a little: "There’s no not letting your father do anything he’s set on!" "But he does listen to you!" Diane protested. *T’ve seen you wind him ’round your finger, when you wanted to. You might have, when it was about me—” Paula drew a long length of thread slowly off her spool. "I did speak once. Once when you were first off to school He was sending you a check. It looked to me much too big for a girl no older than you were, and I said so. He answered something about a promise he’d made to himself when your mother died. That her child’d have everything he’d wanted HER tv have. I think everything he’s done for you he’s thought of that way. He sees her, when it’s you—" "Not very fair to me,* Diane put in hotly. Then she was diverted from that unfairness by a sudden thought "Paula, aren’t you ever Jealous of that?" Paula hesitated, and for the moment her face, illumined, had beauty. "No,” she said finally, shyly. "He's got room in Ms heart for both of us. I never wanted to take her place. AU I*ve wanted was to make one of my own." "I guess you have," Diane laughed. "Dad's calling out to you the minute he opens the door! You’d think he didn’t know how to take off his coat and hat without you to help him." And then she sighed so wistfully that Paula looked up at her. "What did you mqan, child, about not being good for anything? I thought you were managing very well" "Oh, money and the cooking! That isn’t it! It’s—l'm frivolous, Paula! Bill won't like it when he realizes that that is all I am. And I don't know how to make myself over!" There were tears tai Diane’s voice as well as appeal. Paula did not smile; aba was touched by it,

June 21 - Mixa Victoria Mill* will leave Tuesday for New York City, where she will take the summer course at Columbia University Miss Kathryn Dorwln leav«* on a trip to the various countries of Europe. Misses Florlne Michaud and Maude Anderson. Decatur school teachers, leave on a lour ,of th* far weatern states. Charles Hite buys grocery store from Robert 7.wick. Indianapolis votes 5 to 1 In favor of a city management form of government. More than 200 attend the formal opening of the Decatur Country club. T. Floyd Gibson resigns as manual traitiing teacher in Decatur high .school. — o ———— No Street Cars in Nevada Les Vegas, Nev (U.1’.l A convention (l s travel industry officials here brought attention to the fact that th'-re isn't a street car in the state Nevada still is largely Iron tier country and street can* have found no place in either of its two largest cities, Reno and Las Vegas. ■tgTtH*< OW VIV Happy Go Lucky The Happy Go Lucky 1-11 club of Hartford township held their fourth meeting at the home of Clariece and Maxine Monee The meeting was called to order y the president. Clariece Monee, leading in saying the 1-H pledge to the flag, after which Rebecca Lehman led in singing the 1 H and other songs. Alice Alt read minutes of the past meeting The roll call wax answered by a favorite hobby. Clariece and Maxine Monee gave a demonstration on how to wash a dress. Ruth Graham and Betty Biberstein gave a demonstration on food preparation. Those present were- Clariece Monee, Mildred Miller, Alice Alt.

The more because she eould remember how often, the first year she was married to Joe, she had longed to make herself over. Only she had thought she wasn’t frivolous enough! "He wanted you, Just you as you are," she said, "and there's no telling why. It’s man’s nature. And It’s women's worry, when they don't seem to fit in right off. I don’t suppose there ever was a bride who didn’t some time or other. Maybe it’s that you’re so close, things arc out of focus for awhile. It takes time. I sometimes think it’s a good thing for a girl to have a baby right off, for then her i mind Is on that" “Paula!" Diane sat so straight that the satin pillows tumbled about her. "How awfully quaint you are! ’A little child brings them together!’ Don’t you know that’s outdated I" But her laugh broke off abruptly; a deep color flew to her cheeks. She crossed to Paula’s chair, kissed the top of her head, where the graying hair was smoothly parted. "You’re a dear, wise old thing! But it’s all wasted on me because the truth is I'm only hungry! I didn't eat anything at the apartment Bill didn’t come home for dinner. He had to stay at the office. I hate to be left with myself. By any chance is there food below?” "Why didn’t you say you were hungry?" Paula folded her work, put it in the basket She knew Diane would tell her nothing more. "We’ll go downstairs and I’ll fix you something.” But when the food was before her, Diane had to force herself to eat Growing In her was a sharp excitement, half-alarm. She ate so that Paula would not guess it She kept up a run of inconsequential chatter. Paula must see that her spirits lifted with the flood; that that outburst of hers was only because she was tired and hungry. For Paula’s benefit she exaggerated her activities of the day. "We were In the pool, simply for hours! In fact, that’s where we’ve been living these days.” In the pool And she’d thought, when she thought about it, that it was because of that! She was the quaint one, positively Victorian. And she had considered herself so informed! She did not offer to help Paula clear the dishes she had used. "I must run along home. Bill may be there.” She longed to rush out of house, away from Paula, to face, alone, this possibility which had dawned on her. At the door she squeezed Paula’s hand, said," ’Ey,’’ briefly, ran down the steps without turning to look at Pauls or to lift a hand. She walked toward the Chatham Arms without any consciousness of motion, of the pavement under her feet, of the people she passed. Her thoughts tumbled on one another. "I was crazy not to think it might be that—but maybe it Isn’t—how’ll I know? Simpleton, you'll know next week—but X want to know now!” "What will Bifl say?" » - £Te Be Continued)

Rebecca Lehman, Maxine Monee. Patty McCune. Shirley Meyer. Mar hue Marlin. Margaret lliiwchy. Ruth Graham. Virginia Dubach, Maxine Dubach. Betty Biberstein. ’ Sandra Striker. Lavera Alt and 1 three adult leaders, Mrs. Ro.rt • Striker, Mrs. Lewis MArtin. Mrs r Leonard Wagl»«y and one guest, 1 Anita Reynolds. f The next meeting will Im- June 26 at the home of Lavera and Alice 1 Alt I o — I _ _ — • • The People’s Voice | This column for the use of our r i readers who wish to make sugf gestlons for the general good or discuss questions of inter- ■ eat. Please sign your name to f show authenticity. It will not ' be used if you prefer that it not be. •< , 4 p a Railroad Hearing The Pennsylvania railroad has filed petitions with the Indiana public service commission to dis--1 continue trains Nos. 501 and 502 1 operating between Richmond and Ft. Wayne, serving the several towns along the line. This matter Is set for public hearing ln«the courthouse. Winchester. Ind., 10 a m. D. 8. T.. Friday. June 27. Inasmuch as this Is the last | passenger train service furnished I local communities in the territory 1 affected you should appear and . testify as to the use and need of • hese trains, either as a passenger, express, mail, parcel post, t'nder ' the law the public must show that public convenience and necessity need the continued operation of these trains. Tht- people will be assisted In the presenting of their ' case by the Indiana public counselor and the railroad brotherhoods, to assist the protestant* in every possible way to prevent the discontinuance of these trains. Or gnnize your communities and bring delegations to these hearings. Railroad Brotherhoods Indianapolis. | I. | im Letter from Mexico Friends. Greetings: We have reached Mexico City, a city of 1,500.mt0 population. It presents a most crowded situa Hon. One must go far out from the center of the city to find lawns. Al! buildings are con-

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN BILL HAD not come home. Diane faced the empty apartment with an acute dbiapjiointment. She wanted to throw herself at Bill. "Bill, Bitt, what do you think? Maybe, maybe we re on the way to propagate our kind!" But you wouldn’t say it flippantly, she reminded herself in the bedroom, beginning to undress. And you wouldn't say it until you were sure of IL Until a doctor told you. It would be Doctor Everts. The girls she knew who’d had babies had gone to him. They’d told—she held out a stocking to frown at it. remembering that what they had ’ told was that It was simply loathsome, sitting and waiting in Doctor Everts’ office with a dozen others who looked the way you hoped to heaven you didn’t look! She went swiftly to the long mirror set in the closet door to stare with a new alarm at her halfstripped body, pressed her hands against it to feel its familiar slimness. In bed she remembered that I some women died at such times. You often read in the paper about the higii mortality of women In childbirth. Her own mother— She threw out her arm and clutched Bill's pillow on the next bed. She was asleep when Bill came in. She did not see him until morning when he gently shook her awake. "It's late, Di. 1'1) start the coffee while you shower." His eyes looked tired, his mouth too set. That damaging evidence tof Staples— Diane tightened her arm around his neck. She longed to ray: "It doesn't matter, darling. You won’t think It matters when I tell you!" She waited only until Rill had closed the door behind him to go to the telephone. Her finger shook so that she had to dial twice to get her number. Her voice shook a little. "Doctor Everts’ office? I’d like to make an appointment to see him— Not before two o’clock? I am Mrs. William Arden, Junior— No. I’ve never been in before." She sat for a moment on the •dge of the bed. one hand still on the telephone, the other limp and open at her side while the wonder of it beat through her. A child of Bill’s flesh and of hers, of the Intimacy of their love. To love, together, to think about! • • • Lois called her in the middle of the morning. "Coming out to the club today. Di? We might play some golf." Diane recognized a slight peri niasivcncos in her tone which betrayed she was concerned over Vicky’s tactlessness of the day lielore. But she only smiled. Yesterday's angers and dissatisfactions were swept away. , "Can’t." she answered. "I've important things to do." Lois was i-rx'ouraged to go on. "Has anyone told you what's happened? Thad's un< le died yesterday. The one in California. His father cabled him that he's Io fly out to the coast to represent the family. He doesn't know when be U be back." "Oh. a week won't make any difference— " "uialen. Pi. Danny and I were

structed right up to the sidewalks "Hole In wall" stores, street <orner merchants and curb stone vendors are everyplace. Many stores advertise that they speak English, but this fails to mater iallze when Americans enter. Water is scarce. Only certain parks of the city have water all the time. A viaduct is being tunnelled through the mountains to the lakes and water is promised In abundance/ in about two years. Mexico City is filled with monuments and statues representing certain historical characters ami Incidents. President Truman's recent visit Is hailed as a great friendship venture. The legal tender is most confusing and represents Inflation The rate of exchange on American dollars is about five for one. The highway scenery deserves dear rlptlon. Mountainside agri ■ -litlI>•• whll h zee'll- imp---slide Is thriving In fact, we saw workmen In the field* with ropes about them to prevent falling while they planted The Pan American highway Is ■ one of the great feats of world • ngincering. The grade is not more than six percent atty place. However, many hairpin curves keep one on tension, anticipating meeting tourists and great trucks Food and drinking water are of great concern. Dysentery Is threatening unless the water Is treated. Tourists do not eat the vegetables because they are contaminated in raising and transporting We ate having an enriching experience and I hope to be able to relate some Interesting information on our return. Dr. and Mrs. M. I). Lester! CHURCH NEWS First Baptist Revival services at the First Baptist church will close at 7:30 o'clock Sunday evening with a baptismal service. Charles Turner will bring the message and lister Smitley will lead the singing. The public is Invited to attend the services tonight and Sunday.

t thinking last night—we were at i Guiseppi's last night—that it’d be i fun to go sort of risque to that showboat party. Like tan danc- i ers— ’’ The merry-go-round. But Diane could laugh. i She went back to the kitchen and to the task of cleaning the < kitchen shelves which had been interrupted by Lois' call. Each time the clock chimed she paused in her task to count iL to hear her heart beat louder than the chime. There were three other young women in Doctor Everts’ office when she went in. They greeted her coming with a smile, looked her over, frankly curious, and Diane picked up a magazine quickly and pretended interest in the first page to which she opened it. This was what Joan Dexter had meant when she said it was sis-ters-under-the-skin, here. But she didn't intend to be drawn into any familiarity; hers was her own secret. She read one paragraph, another, with desperate intentness. But in spite of IL she heard bits of their talk. "Say, I couldn’t lift my head for two months, I was so sick to my stomach! Thank Heaven that’s over.” A comparison of hospitals. The Sheldon had telephones by the bed. "You don’t have to wait ’til a nurse gets around to thinking she has time to bring one in.” The General let you have people in to see you any time and the food was wonderful! Then one girl said, with a not too happy laugh: "This is my third. And my last, or I’ll know why!" Diane's fingers tightened on her magazine, os she suddenly remembered that she and Bill, talking about it before their marriage, had agreed they wanted three children. And then Bill had said in his firm way: “But not even one, darling, until we've gotten ahead! When we can have a house and keep a servant” Dismay struck In on her. Bill certainly wouldn't think he'd gotten far enough ahead, now! He'd be terribly disturbed, perhaps, by all it would cost There’d be the hospital expense and a nurse—- " Mrs. Arden," signaled a unl- . formed woman from the door. • Diane got to her feet, her knees shaking. "Maybe he'll say it isn’t no," she prayed in her dismay. But Doctor Everts, tall and gray-haired and benign, said that, considering everything she told ' him, there was no doubt of It. He ■ patted her shoulder. "You mustn’t ' feel any alarm, my dear. You appear to be in exceptionally splendid health. Go on doing all the things you have been doing. Keep ■ happy." When, smilingly, he closed the • record book in which he had Joti ted down her answers to his questions, Diane felt as though he were • shutting her within its leather covi ers. "Five hundred dollars for the • delivery alone," Joan Dexter had i said, proudly, as if it put added i value on her baby. i She drove back to the Chatham > Arms but, in front of it. she found I herself reiuc' int to go tn. She started her car again. drove on swiftly through the dty streets, fighting to best this new confusion : in her. It was rotted to Hunk

Saturday, june 2

I WEALTHY residents of MJ Cal., Mr. and Mrs G>ral Barkaloo Hale have al.pl surviving population! French village of Maille, 11 1 south of Tours, France, I « almost a year have been 1 the 366 residents shipml food and clothing. German! out 127 persons in a ma! der reprisal for not 11 whereabouts of downed ■ flyer, and left only one ■ ■landing, (fntern j A successful man ie 1 has gotten under the l>u| stead of standing off, luol and giving advice. E. ■ J ■J» r 4 k R|iT j I Fl /O

about the money a baby cosl must let her ask her father I "Keep happy." The old <lo«h said it as though it were li tant Sha'4 4eli Bill he'd M And worrying about money i a happy state of mind. Wh« reached the city line wher street narrowed to a tw macadam road, she drove I tore est her hat to feel the whipping her hair. Keep I sang the spinning wheels would, she would! Gradually an unfamiliar! the countryside roused h<r tc dering where she was. The was climbing into low hills, Ing among them. There stretches of pleasant shade great trees stood close to creek ran along beside it, th a shallow ravine. She slow* speed, enjoying a little sci adventuring. Win n she h' art boyish shouting she pulled side of the road, stopped. K of the car and went t edge of the ravine to look Into IL In a pool of deeper water boys were swimming. A qu tie one. naked, stood at th' of the pool, dirty toes grippii shale, skinny arms stretch over his head, his ribs p outward under the gnat I with which he was sho "Ixiokec, fellars. look-a'-me tousled hair was the color of 1 in the rain. Smiling. Diane tiptoed ba the car. Not for worlds woti let any. unexpected sound that little boy’s dive. When h trying so hard to be brave! She kept seeing him ai drove slowly on. He was s'i'l precious, a little boy she krt little boy she buttoned u| after day, and bathed and h and watched go off to play. The road dipped down I: wider valley. Graceful willow beeches, white-leaved in t!i< followed the course of the across IL On the other side on higher ground, its barns a the opposite hillside, stood a Glimpsing it. Diane though citedly: "That's where the boy lives!" Then she saw a "For Sale nailed to a post that mark! long lane which led to the ho She stared at it. inclined lieve that some magic hat pinned It there. She looked it on to the house. An old needing both painting and ping, old sheds and barns, bi saw it the house she had dr< of, that day with Page at th of the pool. She pulled the car half Ini shallow ditch, sprang out and started up the grass-i lane. "A car can make this observed, aloud. She looked I wrist watch. It bad taken he a half-hour to get out heri i wouldn't mind thaL Not wl I brought him here! They'd have a garden, vi bles as well as flowers. She la I in a delighted astonishine 1 herself, who never had g’ l i thought to gardens of any . who never had spent one ni| i a country place like this. jTo Be Continued)