Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 178, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1950 — Page 4

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DBCATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MitaM «v«ry Erasing Excspt Sunday W THB DBCATUR DEMOCRAT CO. ißcorporated - V' ■MteM al tka Dseatkr. lai, tat Otic. aa Sacaad CUaa Matter Dick D. Hallar President A R Holthouse MMttor J. H. Haller ... VtewProrttent C. B. Holthousa .........j... —- Treasurer By Man fit JUaaa wd AfljSalhg Smaller; Oaa year. *4; ■* amatha, *LM; * Matka, |l.f£ ■ Mr Mail, kayaad Adams aad Adjoialac Coaatiaa; Oaa year, • |T.dfi; < moatka, *3.74; I amatka. *>.*4. • By Carrier. M certs yer week. Slagle copies. 4 casts. ■ !' ') 11 — 1

Net la ao4g, bat la reality, "What a difference a day makes." _O o— —— : ' We extend a welcome to the elm dents of Reppert School of Auctioneering. , o o ' Decstsr’s increase of *433,000 in taxable property mesas that for every one cent levied la the las rate ea each *IOO. the city will receive an additional *43.30 in taxes. ' It the rale remains at *1.07 per *IOO, the levy should produce about *4,7t*o more tor the Budget. - . -o 0— Roy Price, general chairman of the fair and agriculture show, proved himself a capable organ Is- ■ er and manager for the big exposition. Roy worked hard in seeing that every department tunc tinned according to plans* assist- . ed ■by able chairmen for the various divtoiona. Some property may be assessed top- high, but aa a whole the value of all taxable* in the county Is not inflated With a net valuation of a HftU orer *:tt».ooe.«w,-.| mast anyone will admit that tile —total Is under -act ua>«n«rri»-ef-to«-- ' -farm lauds, city real, estate. lm : movements and pepmnai. property ' in the county ' ; -■ ■ —O-. .- t-o— -— . ■ We need hot cling t« any gi-and Illusion tbit’ we are fighting, to save Korea Mr th* South' Koreans We are fighting to establish. a baxls' for i peaceful world - yqr' outwelve * -and the -rest of the—nations. We_.cannot permit the South Koreans to he captured by arms, whether or npt fbej are wiping. because th* ait i-f capture threatens the present and 'future peace of the woftd If The «r- wMtWf< be maintained everywhere. even among people'who May appear not to appreciate it: '- .. ■ ——o — ■ o -■ 'The sympathy of the ■ -•mmun . Ity Is ekteoded to. »he 1’>..1. rh k S< hug tragmly ewbich claimed the life of their -'four year-old son, J**’* The death of the boy resulted ,fra< lured »ku!l received in a Jfiion with a tru< kyilßeh. «<- riding on a bike with *hl» sister on s;,-venm>n street Th* aniline ' 1, death of a child always brine* real heartache* anti we pathise with the patents who have suffered great shock and anguish In the hrs* of tbelr loved one But in the Divine order <jf x things, children -ou*ly aref-allcd tor a purpose to-ihy’dieavr-nly kingdom. / Early Diagnosis Importa ■y Herman N Bundesen. M.D disease. Is a term .died To a disorder '»!u- fi, ugh it otrprs most fre*|U«oiily 1 .oung rnen of 70 to 37f years. i~ V no means rar* In women In -rtr . condition, there are -wavlttei .paces in the tissue over th* war part of the spine from ‘ -'■ h a passageway, known as a t leads to the outside. f ” Ttye exact cause of this condi Is not known but tU.baMi-. i tore b thought to Im Inborn ? -,e it usually seems to become * ely troublesome only In adult it is thought that -the -sexlx.. ma* ... . It off . ■ -■ The condition is not a diffi.-ult •-r to diagnose. The symptom* practically continuous and with the ax> <*t_~the patient Th- >oynger the patient the short-- » ’hr dilTutioo j[>f the T-s-rv is usualTs pain in lb* ' .- -I —c >n together <lth some di*. s-c- of pus materiaXye to in u -f the cavity The di- ■ .--lallv thin and .olorlva. b •i n ■ a.as there laky be fever ai.d, Abac eeaes otl.an form m r j'fe. t»’d arga I - loiihnatet.v the treatrtfrtit for ' ■ -.1-- .-l-r .is not entirely --.tt- • - . The earlier the - .-r.-lit. B -.-f ,hd ’ht treatment ».. pie." ■- 'h.“ I'rTs

City employes, including police, firemen and volunteers, street crews and utility workers performed fine public service during fair week and in removing street barriers for resumption of traffic routes Sunday. Practically all evidence of the tented city was removed by tbe time church goers left their homes. This ctvlc pride ia city employes is what, helps to make this a good place in which to live. o o_ — ; The electric department of the city plant earns more than *t9«.Whi a year. The plant belongs to the people. Besides enjoying low ■ electric rates, part of this profit . should be donated to the civil city’s budget to hold down the tax rate If the *6A<W -originally, iar marked for transfer ' from tin utility to thy civil budget is With held, the city’s tax rate wilT be boosted about nine cents. The custom of contributing to the budget should be maintained, for the plant can well afford a donation. in lieu of taxi - up to *lO,- ’ t-i» a year ’ ’ *■ ■ - Loose Tongues: ,p)«’ 41/ InrUned. to. rojtiplain In-' ; <u4UM’.thf courts will not allow; Hum Jo .apply ~Uh- , ’C(Mh to -atiynno w ithout Tvlhr /- ahl<» to. provfc.fta avr think that thry should have Hi -.if pitvlltßH. as the old time poll Ileal -pfitirnu hon«<* thteveSv without hrii' 0 rfcnngrh t - -ahmr t 4 — <’»H3rts ’ ar«r’W>r<* var^ful. to pr» •_ vent the reputation r T»f ihmscmt i itfzf n* from being by IndiMrrirninate abtfs*’ Now h h. admittedly lib* lon- to rail a. man a hoi-- thief'unh It be pr\>vid n. ’brl- wlbji i .»• :uf »!<•- <l:l,’. */ is •i!hfl ~i < ’ Thi d - no* apply yj (juigrcs« . •» A« tu.'iKy no !* im of abu ’ < <m’d l>. iiH<ip injui Lous ih ?(!• pp*t n» ■ st«jrf»d from a dt siii -to Iwitor the Jot of the lowly, blit it. j»i now a ra. k»t btt.efiting a ft w the rent Tt.Hia ♦itl' • r dupes or \ieti?n<- <■- ■■ ■•’S*-” ‘O; •’> . ip.jllle of any 'V f im.t' fn-ni murdt r um-wh . whenever it " artu th/y think tha’.tlh y ran EXfawoiy wHh it. In drnjo«o>aV nations < •.nnwifn!.-m • t> soint f Inn:, n/a 1 (»» mm~or tr«‘ 1 i)f all < of- f pH N. ID i* the I'.’ii i <•>’ Y- t p»opl»> thjlk that, th.'■ rtionid - about!ikr_j -. The < <ai’ •.“ a? • wi . nt Here 4 cham « h of t ure.~ ' t If th re {• an a< , 1 11 the urea present, the iufvitid * material Jii'U he drained out aaj the jnf»‘i’tion .ihar d up hidore farther opt.iativ* prr-< rdur* a a’/ .v- <- In on** opA-r-iTioti u-«-l ,t - >i! j< ■ (enter r of the infected materia! iy jerffoved Yrom the i,; ,; and a • H»e ih-seftißd T’on . *iie pat:«.-n< 1 > * i-»d ’o tajte hot baths twice daily iLn‘j,H the dis • liafge decreases. At th- rnd.-pf a ■ • *th« eTid of it i- fhftdii Wtt’h the wktnmo Jut rbet -■ • ■ »• ■ • : At this ti’pe. tije tone is »Ain <ut ft and a’><- j! thrift OKdlths later, t :<H>th!H4-Tn TdHnin:»?i; aif of the diseased • -ot tr.t'- '< aufero hav(*-- also, been UtUtxed ** QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS . ft K R W . : ’ v have tartar nr fjty ’ ■- -o: -o I. ’ ‘ swiA ii>*4r: U:n»H3.tloi: *a ‘a::.*-: a •ae th -Wliown It I’ O ■ %‘faN s-'me jJHM'sbns hi*’'. •' nor- -5-.«Wj. • ... Lan othj. ts T . , i:< >.;e. . ■ ~ J ’ **’ '■ ' ■ *■• ri ■ ;■ ■ ' vi-d j,..,

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j •- —p 1 20 TEAKS AGO | TODAY 0 ——. — : 9 Jn|v 11 The Rev'. 11. 11. Fonitliefl and family go to i'inciiinati whn . lie will ucl a.a .xupply pajtur of the Finn Freabyteriati chlircfr, Oldext 111 that city, . ii.i' hl Heller eleetoil a member of the student eolirn i* of rhe v. imp ’ fexiplc s l otifereii-e »f IsaKw We i- . Her. < - The gqulrrel aeaaoii will ope® tomorrow anil i-unltnne to tretbiwr ->l’ " , - . Showeis ;Mc predo tell but mill , rain-. u ’ ttliralw of - frieniM at a liunier' ia'st . ''.veiling, honoritig Mr < ole >'H til--T-mtMaX-.;... .. . ■ X.. s., Tib- Rev .and ?.!' -• A R l'l‘--t uerhdiaon ai’d il.-mvli'.er* -Virginia and lx-tlia return from a'Atidt, S~ RiiHoti. • ■ : ~ ■ aHousehold Scrapbook e_. By'TtOBEFTA LEE i- - -y-.. — M.ldew Sta;flß S: übiiorti mHov'Muted ftp hneH- or ci.fine- m;tv )>.■ r» 1 • snaking in a >t»hijb»n of one ’ p l.ivettf u it»< to one quart,yd wa« 1, H»! jo jnttiiPi . *iT- h ■■

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CIIA I*TEK TWENTY EIGHT ELIZA was practicing wrrn n , Idua thump of life Knocker sounded at the front door. Chris CarnW>n.. GSffe sprang up tr >m th*’ .she-'played, naif of per pan i>cen listening tor his step > her. Chris stood, grinning a lit He, when she ej nc 1 d- 'r. **M;» manners better .th/s’ tunc?” “.Much. Will you come in ?" “Isn't-it too ent a day to s;t indoors? Why h«?t .r.f-re on tn. , doorstep* J ’’•<? asp> y < iaf f«>r si’tmg on doors! < ps - J w-di yCu’d try it.** « “1 will • Eliza snt dmn on th* broad oaken step. Chris sat- t.<- .jp , tier. He put the t <-k he ua.r carbetwi< n them. Below thorn str»r h' d the-vuHey and 14 yond the Valley the hills and* beyond the hills the4itsl*nt n.»untains. Presently (Tins a 1 ttlc like 1 sitting on t4x*t rock of yours, up on Sprw e Hrfl. isn’t it?” if y->u p<Gan the vs v " ! “That ,ait>rt;'-on-1 don’t like to ’ . it!” " *jlc was' y ir first "day here . hasn't it?" And I intruded on you. j .<■ I. • p that, fiefore you canie--l sat there I seeing the valley mine, simply for I the claiming? That was why you made me angry -you toM me in i I plain words th it it t • “For which t itr.rtg.A .•poking 1 | I. now a<k. y< -t •N ». no. p!c>i’;X» d nt. It's >oand 1 had to find, it out, Some time.” * Each Spoke of ;..n as if - - U-SOft,M;. .. „ "I looked tl : ■ r cr fes* night; I think" 1 teamed a great deal from it" " ■ „ '- ■ •■<; -.i ■' . ■ - "Th ugh I'm «*W4c’-r : b!v mlr.-d lit- . .." IS". ■ V .-■■ <■ •: ’. not want to ’ if Chris Cameron j of the with the nint .'-. r that B .i.nce ■ in“TFr_-w!f. Set 'yeti n>i. lea it. SIW wai gMtifg. tn fight t< C ■ it -I . .But w - t ‘ h'.-i '.. "I '■.> ..t into slat'd. I. haven't I jxfj.--'• be: re. 4 s.r.v A: :velzs>d'> n. I f: t ■. i.< - nan is.. MWjefmf. r’s ha- :■ ? nri teaiitif niljaw'apends -Krrur«; -t .4 »i - • '<X r '•'..- ’*i I -Vt v s' rhy i : • . • • 1 ' 1 A; ’ Y-y A.-" -----

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; hour. Tbv treatment muM be M-i : lowed by a thoriKigh washing in! soap and rinsing in clear water. - I sea wnia!) ani«»unt of a,i » U’ j rvinegur- will dul ±>j te l ’ one ’ of-the rinses. > 1 Finger Prints Uip a small cloth into whiting, and rub gvii[Ty over the fineer marks that have a« t iimdlAU I around your door knobs. Thr-u ■ ■ unsightly murks will have <li.*ap pearod- _ 4 When Travelling Pi i th» -» I. "ft ad ' hotttvs - '<*h!AltiiU4 iiqiod.x th.H you, 1 -it pijdn-. for tl»< trijr 1:1 m*-k**d : -• .ii.-J.'in joij/jJ. w»i! be .ui, .v."-:r.' am r against RaMg*.. ■ Modern Etiquette j By f.OBERTA LEE p ...._. ... -r—: —0 (J. Ji. -r. s t lie .-p ' i -ll* kl’i- ' ’ .•.nd fork when p.isrine the plate tor *a xOcoud helping of some di*h ’ 1 A N>>. you tto.iMnT want r> :?TUle"fh»4U (m-70.tr' clean i,t u • u.d • i wan‘ T‘ - f nlriiivu! •* ‘■p'd'ed in your : ' a b . ~1 /!.*•.<• *s\ .’,;i tIA- and fork s-ideJiy th« jdatc. • lluhtly “ti* the rJght tli<- prongs <»t t-h»* f“ikzupw.-iid', * irtting cd.- *. I rhi knife f-'u :n«l3 Lio- t > - tt k« n a djy£i\ »*d wo ilan is

do!XiV4sno\v that once my father 1 Anfpr' J VVJi*-‘on. Anno- Aflrrtih. wvr£-<fi k/»<' with each other, rnay have been engaged to marry, arid then my tathesrrAtenl south .t«<d ri.r? !: v m'Vfh r.. .**>• Though kil'ner life it tuid been her irpMinct to Keep ner, deepest d wit -;.n t.’ r-UdV ®he *. as startled, nor enilaw- > ■!, riy so unk>a-ding her heart to this man besi-ie her. "And. always, w-t drver my moth, rfn-ts wanted, . gotten | i. G|,r_. >?i;t quA.tiy. •''That wrong was n r Anme and I n-cl pretty certain she forgave it ale: g nine ago." . "You ipran Ivc fylt.-yrrtre Ilesnet h tofd in*’. U.’it-l bad to make ; d up to Annie, b->mrh >w. I €.tn t ?• :ir lb think of mr working in that shed. And I supple Mke has to, now." , Chris smiled. "1 doubt Annie’s , worrying .I ;t h-r ha-h : <!. Lavc’s. if XQur-.e. And something mure. ’ Her boy. She is anibittmis toy him. ' He s been going to the high school in ('r;d»h-r-l Tblf is his second year. .Not many of the b?jys in the ’ valhy go on tbrtVugh High —they * go ujto the mrti or get.jote .outside. But A nr, *e Wouldn’t have* it that way with hers - she r a talked to>me about IL She lives on drtaros for 1 him. He’s good on a viohn and he’s ' been taking li-ssons after school Now it’ll all stop; Tod told me yesterday he was quitting school. TtifiX’ he . was going into the mill Into the picking shed. That’s where bby»-r»f that age begin." , “Oh. he mustn't!” cried Eliza. (dins took o.it a pipe, looking . hard down, into the empty, b<A\! ut ft. •*f've an Idea? fx* me-bn ng th**' kM pp n» r«'. s ' : •* t .*. t- •’•••» ’ ' I l.y. ' i fn”?:- Ifi ’ I! ' - vinhiFtip and h. m Ta pla< for you. I. txT a;-, c in Jam -o'r . Annsv > th>*u?i of iL,- • sn't , her out of ,; ?haX®hcd! Or keep her boy trom . • Mav-e ttkt n *ke up to her for G.hc. v d’ I: TV at it thorn. Ahi !U . I ■'..: r ?■rt of a long thrio . Gig -it i : .' any Os ;t.” J • - V o a L.a * itnj’.t: i. A’ o.'-.r Jj

marryluf xguhi. what should »he dp with her first engagement and wedding rings? A. She should, of course, discard her first wedding . ring.--The en gagement ring, if her second husband has no objections, may bo 5 worn on her right hand, -yQ. Is It incorrect to place commas artbe end of the lines when addressing an envelope? A. It isn’t exacts' incorrect, but the modern custom is to omit the commas. gftiffniim Marriage Licenses -Charles Chew. Geneva, Betty Miller, Dccalnr. Arnold Itoughla, route 3. and Janet Bryan. Monroe, route 1. Warren Trlnim and -Martha Foulk, both of Fort Wayne Jack Porter. Sandusky; 0, and Vera Glaser, Oak Harbor. O. Charlo* Cluik and Charlene Wli llanm. both of Cleveland <T?’ .. .-Lloyd. .LinielL and. Jacmmline. AJ: sobniok, both of Ik lawarc, <).. - Robert Irvin. Upper SandusKy. 0.. and Katherine Web* r. Bucyrus. O. " . . r .. . 4 - L -- ’fc'Y / ; -. «VW « nsprfth’s leave so he- could be with his vufc,.PnnccSa Elizabeth, who is expecting the birth of their second child sometime In August tbe,Dulce of Edinburgh w alks from .plane in Lon ton following his ar1 rival from Malta; (fnternlttonal)

pride—it wmiMn't let Sier'orr'-p’ ] money. Cut km.ls- •:< m Rhl irli 1 . ncas. she would, an'U count it more..." Th'- 'K .’hbotJincss. ot which »he line iliing. Ebza turned to him. r tace eapri.swe ot her d >t.Tudement. "You're tike HesiM'th. you fcwoie? You both make .. <■ .o oahunied ot myselt. - ".baVS putting it too strong. :si' i it? It's experience that gives us wisdom. 11l contess until I ame here J . always thought at jji ney Us ttie drat and immediate palliative." "I'm afraid I never thought of giving anMthino.*"--said Eliza with astonishing frankness. "You don't knrW what a campfelety self-cen-ter' il person I've been afl my lite!" • Chris got to his feet, stood over her. "Whatever made you—fight, i ail past now, isn t it?” Uwasked .t very ;? ntly.' ‘ -■ .“I want it to he." cried Eliza with aome passion. She got quickly to her feet, her face a little bewildered. “Just then —it seemed as" if I' J, Known you before—before 1 came" to New Interval: But I couldn't have, cmild I?" h 'W it was Chris who -said. "1 I ii't see !w>w— I've lived all my lite in a Midwest city, and you abroad.",,- _ •< If qoiir'sc ’ ft was absurd in me to th-nk I had!” Chris, picked up the book frorn-' the step. "I brought this ainfic with mr that book I thougXyhu d ■:i.y reading,” He pul the book in her hands. " *.'Tie -leobW jtewn at it. Til read it." "And yCn settled that I may brinzxtfie. kid up here?" . • - ■ •vfes." - - "I ll come again-tomorrow? Is that 100 soon?" I - "X0,".../'' I jjie'swung of? down ’he short cut | . ctrj! she. wat.; < I him until he dis-; ‘ "ar; -*i:cd in the wo'ids beyond tile , ch irjrg. A tali rangy'figure of a ir in th 'i d scrv r r-kha'ti,, old an y boots on his feet-why had she thought she hard m-t him be-fo-r? Then, she re-if-mIK red "hat, I illaf:me, n'oft. Spruce Hill, he ii.. i asked almost"rSagtly what sh< hii i iske-J him. today. ’ h did not try Io ' m"rr .oty. and no smallei.t cloud. d?r-. It .:! -1 her musing. Op the cmitrarv she tikcrb ln think that the IWS ! ... x *- (Ta be CoataurW, -r ;

Philip H. Wilkie Engaged To Marry Rushville Ind;, July M. —(UP) — The engagement 6f Philip H, Willkie. sou of the 1*44 Republican presidential nominee, and Mix 1 Rosalie Heffelflnger al Waysata, Minn., was announced Saturday night by her parents. Willkie eon of the late Wendell L Willkie. Ilves here. He Is a bank official, attorney and manager of his mother's big farm. In the 1919 legislature, he served in the house of representatives from Rush and Henry counties and is The Thrifty Shoppers Shop At SERBEU’S : ' ■ ‘ 'J.. However, it is "<’t *’»»7 aim to please you with prite alone. We buy only the Ite-t Ada m ■ County Choice Meats, to ■ give you. the highewl quality meat available. By buying only the best you save because of the small amount of triin necessary. GERBERS MEAT MARKET LTchabTEK TWENTY-NINE' ' ' “I'M "LjillV&iU Wrisun over to - Crantbrtl.' I may Qe mere must ot 'be Jay. Better stay u> ued all day ana otr that amete,* John Strefter' nan said to Manlyn before be left tor tire tiull that morning. That was ali ne nad said to her. He nad brought toast and co flee in to her earlier but ne had -put the tray down beside tbw bed and gone out ot the room without a word. He had not said ai\ttuhg uut evening after she came UL He nail iiHikej al net ankle, (trapped IL TTven net, 1. slefpiK^- p piil and left ner. He hadn't nioce than just spoken to her since the party. She did not Uuna ne knew what realty naa happened last mghL Maybe ne’d never Know, for who was tnero to U-U nimT That ynan who nail found hey’ ui the ditch lain t Klto* anything al--it IL bury did not ctou-je. net. tihe. r<(l back on tier old self-pity, titu H .- r t: id had anything ... Her first job was in a Av-c-and time store. She was Aftecn; *wne had lied about trer *ge. She had '.ad ti/Tie or starve. All that win<l, while othi-r-jiMis i-.aiini; lu.’i. she hil l gone ,to iugtit acho.d to study typing. • Her next job hg<i been typing copy all day in .a room tliai studied of cheniicala — Suddenly, without any direction of her will, her jumpedahead to the evening w hen she had nut John, Her father nad died two -mi-nths bet ore. : He’d cznne home, me atternoorb dragged himself up ' the stairs, ms hands holding his I 'll ad, and Just.,inside tha door nad I keeled over. dead. Promptly after • her lather was buried she had sold | the contents of the tenement apart- ' ment for next to nothing and moved, into a third-floor back room with a girl who worked with her. Cut it was only a slightly difter. nt way of living; she did not nave-any more clothes for it. Who could, on-eighteen dollars a week? She had gorte to a dance at the “Y” one Saturday, and she had met John, there. ' ■ ~ John didn’t dance well and after □nc try at-it they had agreed it’d Ils moro-iun'.to sit ouL They’d saV tor the: whole evening. Johri lock-. , mg at Her as ts he couldtiT take his eyes oil her. He was very different from the men she knew the tenement ncighlorhood ..and at the different places whprt she worked. He was ■ t doctgpTDoctors were nch. usually. He had asked her to meet him .in' the park, the next afternoon. She nad and agnm the the ne'xt day and th- nexL He was going over seas in three weeks. If : they were going to have any time together they had to get married John bought nor a suit to be married in. She had told him she had ho. money after burying her father. She had not told him much i at, the truth about herself; on the contrary, quite a bit that was not I true. They’d gone from the mayor’s ' offl.ee to Fire :nd ... Marilyn turned.her fkce lnto the -pill'-w. She wanted to 'cry but nb Gars...jyoi.ld come—instead they gathered down inside her. hurting. Why ha-tnt it teen, after John ..came back, like it’d been, that week? Hi-\J tecn gone so long. It hadn’t reen tun. living with his [family; she'd, thought when John , far Ivc home, they'd do-things.., rjusf icau, B e H oalv Sat e iu».cp;ps for d u hife. H'kea f d«^ s starred we'U b» go. New Interval was his =--»*• .<t rigfe-e piaeej.- W.thLftf -■ilk load rtt 1 .14 ni-Utar « attic . j." t

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Hut for all her-defense of her--1 sen, Uis tears luiwle: her prcaacU neaner. John Streeter had not forgotten - what Matrdyii bad admitted to turnabout netaeU and George Gul tierL but ne nao suspecteg something or the sort SO 11 had come to turn as just one thing more added to the whole problem ratlier than- a surprise or shocK lie told himseit nc nao to gc alow about It Any hasty action—sucn as punching Cuibert's smooth, nand-vome face into the back of. hiS Skull—would not saiyv anytlitnfi. So tig pushed the probh ru into a corner of his mind U> wait tor the next develbpnienL He had distractions, Dave Wilson’a injury, tor ono. And ms -ununons up’ over the’hili to Mrs Larkin. Hi d found her in a coma, tier-pain bu ss- ily. over, 4 lu-'k of trihnit.c peace on her face. Isiic died auion after Mjp't to the nouae. John had teif strangely loath t<> g<> away. There'in. that oM tam'p-trt AiU.'idri he had witmuacd a deiiionstrstiun ot neighborly kiminwui uch as he had net known existed. Simple and yet rich .and warming He had driven tack tfr New Inter. val with something of its warmth in ma own heart. But for that experience he might have met Marilyn very d Terentiy, when she limped into tire house Her broken exjdanat: -ns, too flimsy to accept as the truth, the Inght on her face... He had carried tier into the bedroom. II ait. he had told himself. He had had no douht_;but that Culbert was mixed up in .whatever had happened tiut he tfrfr-d .that, too, to the back of lus mind, to wait jjicra. • ■ The small up-to-date h< -pital In Cranford interested him to the exclusion ot every other thought. Doctor Copk was proud ot it and took him Into every corner of IL "This is Doctor StrceterJdrom-W-evv Interval.” Doc tor CoolfeSald. introducing him to one arid another. The older man told him frankly that he envied him his experience in the iyaf. “I’d say you aren’t, thirty y<-t apd you know Mnope from practice than I do and Vve been at it close to forty yesfrs.” WScht_thcy talked over /L'ave Wilson s Injury, ‘they agrnro that Daye .should stay-in thc/nospital untH danger of infcction/wiis past, then they would go m and new those torn muscles, ikissibly save for I >ave the use of/his hand. Over their luncheon in a cafeteria. Dis-tor Cook said: "I wanted to practice in ajplace small enough to know thejfolks in’ iL I’ve jSe theory that knmving the Inside of folks goesxa l long .way in helping to doctor them." Cranford had grown in the years since he'd come. And- he’d grow n along with’ it, older. "Seventy, next birthday. And l’d like sonic leisure feefcre 1 die. Now with you set up in practice J won't need togo driving down your way any longer.". It was qn Jojih's tongue to say he was not •’s<-tj*p,“ that he w#s working in the" mill. Doctor C->ok TOritlnili'd. J *Nrxt time anyone calls me from New Interval I’m going to tell "’em to g?-t their 6wn doctor and that thcy'ie lucky to have yotf there.'". ' John sain. ’“Thanks ITlappreciate- any boost you cam give me." Dave Wilson tbbcliM at being left in the hospital. “Who’s a-go-ing to pav ror ItT" he growled. ’TheJrmlL" John said it sternly you Worry gbSat |L I’ll jkwp in orc my way Udine and tell Hater wiief Mm» w* coelrtrj y-methmg pn t“ • »10 v t ,> her, Jcfeft entgj 4. - ■!' '■ . ' . ---1--——i ■ ,• ,

‘ MONDAY. JULY 31, I»S4

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"Where’s Davs?” she. asked, alarm in uer voice, \ Ha told lu-r why Daft had r«mamed at the Hospital V'd thatcom Mt. Cook- aim m u-.ougut cmi lucre was Considerable nope ot saving almost Um lull use of Um injured band. ’ “Oh:’’ Annie breathc-d gr atefully. "An" that man - that manager—didn’t like it, your taking Daye to Cranford;" "Tom says he dUckarped you tor it!“ Annies eyes-blared. “You aren’t the only one. Strciger!” exploded a n.an -atJSie .win- ' laid off- -the crew iroin U>e beater!—’ ' . : y --! John saw thcfJ fttrea,.act in” Outside he met a tall young.f. h low whom hv rec. gmicd as one yf Jhe beater crew. , •Ttn Loren. Maith.- VS. 1' w ant to say.-'Strei ter. w ■ ro with you! And a lot-otroad Uke Lo fae .- "tn on thejjilliij;!" .. ' ' - Joiin'Jdrdught the , other rcti-rrcd to his discharge. ' I tn a.; a.d ail 1 can do ra put my grievance in my [xx'kei ah-1 forget it.” ' --v— Then-it Hi i<«-I in on .KduuD'at it was soinfOuHg Cbncrrnmg Marilyn and Culbi'rt that was ui Hie other man’s mind. / He found her in bed against two pillows. Her I urvW H brushed to a gloss and fcvd/tack. with a blue rtwroh. / He stoppj-1 nt the rfivq/ of the rev-rn, “HmaCa the ar.;.:"1 don’t know. I haven't t-- I to walk on iL 1 dnl/£n>t.. as you said.” / "I'll fix something to cat ” . “!•' t ,n. r go oro <’ull-ert," he thought, ' if tjuiyi what nlic wants. You don txl^vuZher any -more’ Go in thejxand >teH her she can go!" Ipdt Wcr<yany man but Culbert! JTe field tire paring knife still, fits hand ct-.y'cd hard on IL.-jGult" rt'd throw her off for the next woman who struck his predatory turn y ami them.what? ‘d/c cArrlcd the' tray tn to her, ' anil sat down at the 1>- t ot the lk.-iN “Lyn, I ve been going over m my mind what is the best thing tor us to do. you and me." Marilyn'S, nead and her fork slipped but of her Aug. ra. “We can’t go on together not aa things are. But I don't want to aee you do anything hasty, to r< - grot afterwards. I want you trrtie sure of your own mind I suggest you go to your aunt for a while. Thon, if Culbert still wants you and. you want him . "I— l havenlt any aunt, John. That was all Iles I 1 didn’t Want you to know that- I didn’t have anyone." John's hands closed on the foots board ot the bed, as pity, and re? vulsion fought together in him. She'd Bed,-without. any doubt. A dre-aL His lipa shaped it and at ' the same time he was .thmking,-' "Poor kid.“ —- "John, I’ll go to Kingstotfwrtth you. Rcnu-ir? -r y 'iro-fa-cl you wanted to go and stati a practice there?" “"‘John let- gw of the footboard. “I'm stayuhg here. I was fired from the mill Ulis moriung, but Tm stsyi-,. x-j Marilyn leased forward toward him. "He—fired you? To get even with me!” ~ John's lips twisted a little, though it was tar from a srule. "As it happens I m “glad he di l o It gives me a score pt my own to settle. Yours - it you have one—■you mint se'tle for yourself He picked up and went with it to the kitchen. He j,,. n ‘ -J1 To be, -f) j-deiJ