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L DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT i Published Every Evening Except Sunday .By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO., Entered at the Dricatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter Dick D. Heller President T A. R. Holthouse .-_l_ Editdr .|\ ■ J. H HeHer Vlce-PrCsident Chas. Holthouse lL * Treasurer i « <•' Subscription Rates: - I .r By Mail in Adapts and Adjoining Counties: One year, S6JOO; ' Six months, 33.2&1; X; months, $1.75. V M ® y Mail, beyond Adamsj and Adjoining Counties: One year, $7.00; 6 months, 33.75; 3 months, $2.00. By Cartier, 25 cents pet week.. Single copies, 5 Cents. 1 I ■ — ' -- : - - ■ . . ''’i-.-- - '

Wisconsin voters have Vhe choice between a Schmitt and al AcCaxthy, which should help to bring out! a big vote in the dairy J state. . $ V ■ ,Q— The Mayor of Connersville ported that he was robbed of'< $6,500 while asleep ih\ an Indianapolis hotel. Now, what Ip thu.nde'f would an Indiana mayor 'be doing with that muchmonfey? ' ’ o- o—t— ■ I. \ Gov. Dewey is Oof going to venture outside of New Yqrk state, in campaigning for Gen. Eisenhower It would-suit Indiana Republicans Ms he would ikcep. his s mputh shut even in his home state. ■ ■ r b ' ; ;; . O T~ i t President Truman, lived up to his reputation as one ofthe most popular men on the political stage. The Milwaukee crowd gave him a great ovation as the president delivered a typical Tru- ) man speech, which caught on with the cheering crowd. ' M'J ' •" i j ■' '■ '■ ■''Vl, ' —Q O-4— . , ; ■ The election campaign has just tWohioqths to run. The presidential' candidates are leaving I this week’ on cross-country tours and interest will build up as they discuss issues and make known their stand on public questions. A minimum of 60,W0,000 voters | should Turn out on election day. • —O— The wind and rainstorniof La\bor Day nok only dampened the ~ crowds at the Indiana stdte an<s ' Van Wert fairs, but. prevented at- \ tendance records from toppling. L Howeve|, huge crowds greeted both expositions and the pt the week may baring fair weather forth A thousands who like to' visit the exhibits and attractions along, the midway. o__o_A_„ 0 __ o _A_„ • The Taft supporters in thp Republican ; party aren’t- giving Gen-. a square break. They "’. 'll ' ' L ■ . /.■ '.■ »hun getting pn Ike’s band wagon and lead Hy Col., McCormick are trying to launch-a new party in J 1956, ignoring this- year’s candidate. Ike fouijd it easier to build a world military organization, (jthaii Instilling harmony between the two factions in his adopted political party. . Apparently the lights of the new traffic signal at the Monroe-Sec-bhd street crossing are swung at

Mild Forms Os Hemophilia Are Apt To Go Unrecognized

By HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.b. MANY readers of this column rnay know people who have a tendency to bleed profusely and easily. One such condition* known as hemophilU. is due to a, defect in the blood clotting process of the body. • v A person with this condition, may bleed severely after a slight Injury or heavy exercise. He may even start to bleed suddenly without any apparent caiise. Hemorrhage , rnay also occur in the Joints, Causing a permanent stiffness to set in. - i Longer Clotting Time ■ln hemophilia, the blood requires a longer time than usual to clot J Or coagulate, and hence bleeding once started will not stop. The person’s blood seems to. have then substances it needs to make it clot, but for some reason the blood does not coagulate. We usually think of hemophilia 7 as a 1 vety* rare condition, but experts tell us it is hot. It has been estimated that one out of every - 15,000 people suffers; from this disease.' >. f Many people mild forms, however, that they rarely heed medical treatment, and ean even undergo operations without too much trouble. Other cases re- ’ main unrecognized, even though the persons have shown a marked \ bleeding tendency for many ' years. •' " ; Usually Hereditary I Usually, hemophilia is hereditary, And can be traced back in the family. Probably tha-gajson’s father br grandparents had-his- , tories of Abnormal bleeding. Al,

an angle that make it .difficult for to see. The lights ‘dan be easily by auto drivers, but when a person waits at the Crossing,, hoods over the lenses prevent clear vision from the opposite servations c o in ni ent about the lights from persons Who ’ frequently 1 walk the crossing apd wish to observe traffic rules, h is possible thati a little adjustment is necessary in the focusing of the stop and go lights. *Gbv. Stevenson has raised one big issues in t|ie campaign, by declaring for the repeal of the TaftHartley law. Although the Repub- 1 lican convention turned down Sen. , Taft-, co-author of the labor. law. the GOP platform upholds t.hif act. Guv. Stevenson believes the law should be rewritten, with certain unworkable sections eliminated. The Taft-Hartley law will be a paramount issue in the litge industrial cities. 1 7 —°-f"° — ii < ■ ■ ' H ■[’ ■J, U ' Are You Registered?— : The deadline for registration to vote in the Novmhber election is October 6. LocaMy, the regjstra-tio-n office is located in the county clerk’s office in the Courthouse and is. op?n Week days from |s a.rfi: „to 4 except holidays, and until 12 nodh on Saturdays. All. potential voters! who are not '.registered' should find it convenient to take ai few minutes out to : ■ -j ' do so. j 4 voter is properly registered if he or she voted in May primary in 1952 or the November elation in or the May primal > inKla id is still living at the same address? Ta - r '. L :j • : ' I v ery-citizen who will; be 3Tby # emotion day, and continues-to ik e in ihe precinct, may'register' l a®d vobe. He or shle must,, hhve lfv< d in the stajte islx months, in tl e tovlhship 60 days and in the pr cinfct 30 days, i .■ . I Every citften \ should express some choice in tjie Nopmber election. Therefore! if, you are ndf registered, now is the time to register! hi some manners good geyernment or bad government de'1 ■ ' ' I’. 1 1 1 1 • j pends, upon the”aetiitm of voters at the polls—government tor the few or government for the people. ' i.’.U■ .".y 4 • iPt! '*!• ! Register andtvofe in November.

one time It wks be leved that only men could .ijavel this disease. However, women also have it, though rarely. | , It might Iseem -that , a person!/" with riuch difficulty jin blbod clottlng could pot sui vive very long. Yet many miid cases go on for years without trouble. Only the l p severe-cases gre called to public attention. | Stopping Hemorrhage When a hemdppiliac starts to bleed severely, measures can be taken to stop the hemorrhage before it becomes too severe. Maiiy hemorrhages can be stopped sustained pressure dressings over the Wound. If bleeding is from the nosey the nose should bri well packed. Ice packs and other cold substances are also helpful. Transfusions of normal blood haVfc proved of great help in such casefi. li>, all Instances, the hemophiliac heeds medical attention, but many hemophiliacs have beeft able to live with the disease, have died from other causes. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1 R. T.: Do all carbuncles have to be* opened by h physician in to be treated Successfully? AnSwer: Mahy catb| u hcles will limit: themselves, and When the body resistance! is high enough, they will gradually heal. However,: sometimes the; giving of large-doses of penicillin and other i» antibiotics will also fight the infection succoaslullyK Aaakir.g lancing and drainage unnecessary in the treatment. jF v i ■ • .

O :—: <!• 20 Years Ago i TODAY j o o September 3—The state highway department employs Arthur Suttles, Jr.,i Clarence Beavers, James Halberstadt, J[r., Ira Lehman and Gordon Liechty to make a traffic survey of Adams county. \ The city tax rate. Is fixed by city council at 61 cents, a reduction of 10 cents. — - ’ President Pascual Rubio of Mexico has resigned because he is not in agreement with other leaders of the country. Luther Hower, 52, former garage owner here, dies at Fort Wayne}* after a month’s illness. H Paul Graham and C. E. Bell go to FFehch Lick to attend a meet-, ing of the U. S. Building and Loan league. 11 The | famous bunbar band of Berne gives a concert here. -it / )— —— o 1 Household Scrapbook i I BY ROBERTA LEE I 0— o ■ When Basting Do 'not khot the end of the thread when iliastihg. Merely start by making two stitches in the same place. This-will hold the end of the thread sufficiently and when the bastings are pulled out there will be no forgotten knot to make* holes along the lines of basting. , Milky Water If water has a milky appearance, it can be quickly cleared by dissolving a small piece of rock alum in a pint of boiling water and using this much to a tub of w.ater. Ash Trays To remove the ugly cigarette stains on copper ash trays, rub with a -cloth dampened with ammonia and then dipped into any household cleanser. Wash in warm suds and then dry well. I 0 1 —jj Modern Etiquette I ’ , BV ROBERTA LEE | 4'H— l 0 \ i '*. '■ ■. ■■■ r. \h*; ■ Q. What do you dh w_hen someone whom you have forgotten .says', “You don’t remember me. do you’’? A. ■ Inasmuch as it is rather wounding to one’s pride to be forgotten. the kindest thing to do., is to say. “Os course I do’*, and thien try to bluff your way through the

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CHAPTER TWENTY 1 AUGUST was an unexpectedly ! cold mohth. Vacationists shivered on benches, piled on extra sweaters and wished for summer cottages with central heating and thermostats. r “Nothing," Rolph Hilliard j tald Narice, following a week end it his shore place, "is more depressing than sand without suri. I huddled three days over a firepljace." Nance made a cluckirig sound Os commiseration. Her Reactions tb the weather, or anything else theSe days, was halfhearted, i She was in New York permanently now, after seeing Elearior through her breakdown following'Jeremy’s marriage. In away, Eleanor’s illness had been a good thing sot N *t kept her mind jand body! occupied, and when Eleanor at length was able to be Up and about again as usual —although she was notice-, ably thinner and subdubd —Nance found that she herself had racovered from the first shock. And she decidled at once' that she would not stay in Thurstonia, encountering the inevitable pity of her frierids, and forever running into Eve and Jeremy. Kit had insisted on. Nance making her home with her. 1 ’’Apartments are still scared," she’d reasoried. "Besides, if you are going to be in New York, I‘c like yori with me. So would Eleanor. 4 * Nance agreed. Kit wa|s kind, and It really was not sensible to live alone. Kit vigorously discouraged brooding, and already, in the pattern of which at first had been, her grim routine of eating, sleeping, working, Kit was weaving ner\ bright (threads. And Rolph. Rolph was surprisingly sensitive of het moods. and responsive, without mollycoddling her hurt pride. < f ? Rolph was a truly nice person, Nance thought, considering him across the table. They often came to this quiet place near the office, for tea. Rolph was from a small town m Kent, England. His *voice still \had a trace of the broad a’s and full, round o’s, and his habit for tea at four came, he said, from a long line of tea-drinking ances'tors. 1. . Rolph said, refilling her cup, ; T‘m having the office adjoining mine made over as a studio tor you, Nance. There are a couple of new books coming up. You’ll get the art contracts." .“There’s (really no work upace for me iri, Kit’s apartment, Rolph. And 1 don't want to make a nuisance of myself. Kit has her own life."' J' \ | “And yby yours. Don’t jet) this business throw you, Nance.I’’ 1 ’’ f “It don’t interid to," she said blindness step me from being an artist I didr’t. And I’m not goifig

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\i ' « rest of the conversation. Try later, of to find out who that person was! , i di]if tea is served and a guest doe 4 ’not care for it, would it be all right for this guest to .ask for a cup ot coffee? A. Not unless she hostess, asks if the guest prefers coffee. OtKerWi§e. drink the tea, pr part of it, ajnd express no preferences. Q. Should a man jvho is traveling I alone use the prefix “Mr.”when registering at a ’ „A. S . NO; he should register as John BL 1 Harrington, New York city - U .' M Two New Members Os Quarter-Century Club Henry Dellinger and Lawrence E Beal of this city,! are new members' in the General Electrib Quarter-century club. They are employed at the local'G. E. plant.

to let this spoil my life, either. I I have my work." \ i He nodded. 1 She continued, Tm fortunate : it’s work I like. I can put all myself into IL It’s so much more convenient being a jilted artist than a ] jilted stenographer, isn’t it? Nine to five, with nothing but curlicues, and ah those eimpty hours to fill! Artists are like authors —they never really 'stop working. Even in their sleep. I’ve often pushed myself awake to catch a drcam, to get jt on (paper before I lost iL" He nodded, then frowned. "That's fine, for now. But drive yourself too hard land you’ll go stale. I’ve seen it happen. Don't shut out your friends, Nance. Every \ contact is a stimulant, or a sedative. You need both.” He gAnned suddenly. “t’m not quite sure which category i I’m ty.” , “Both!" She added, “You’ve been kind, Rolph.” ••I’ll be around if you ncied me, Nance.” She knew what he meant. Exactly. She would, just now, have preferred not knowing. Up to now, in her various encounters with| Rolph Hilliard, she had sensed vaguely that he was on the verge of being in love with her. He hadn’t put anything in words. Jeremy had been a barrier. Jeremy was no longer a barrier, but she wasn’t ready for another love, and Rolph knew it. But he offered her his strength to lean upon, and she was grateful. She said gently, “Thank you, Rolph." ■ L. The tables around them were filling. Glancing up, Nance saw Steve Raymond and Libby Oliver in the fqyer. Rolph saw them tn the same instant, and lifting his brows at; Nance for acquiescence, he waved them over. .L A j |;, “My lord,” Steve said, seating Libby and pulling out a chair next to Nance, “tea!" He ordered martinis for himself and Libby. But Libby protested, 71 think I’ll have tea; Steve. You should, tbo. Unless you want to start the Carlsons’ paxty with a hang-over. Tea,” she saicr firmly to the waiter, “for both of us, please.” , j ’ i l Steve scowled, “Mama knows best.” j ■ . ;\ Libby went red. “You arc drinking too much, Steve.” • I“All right, all'righL”7 J L Nance felt impatient with both of them. Especially Libby. Why r with Steve so churlish, did she tag 'along? ’ '.AA ; | ■ J She questioned Rolph about It, on their way back, to the office. They’d left Steve and Libby at the table, still bickering. “Qh, Steve needs > her, after a ; fashion,” Rolph said. “He always has, and Libby knows it. She has I more money than be so he’s ■ always felt safe with her. If Libi by(d beefi on hand when Eve entered the picture, there’d have

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been a battle royaL But Libby was ln Florida, and when she got back, it was too late. Libby’s a sample of Hope Lives Eternal.” “It’s hard on Libby.” Rolph shrugged. “Funny what, people tn love will put up with." “But what is it getting her?" >' "Nothing, at the moment Except one of these days Steve Is going to snap out of this and discover Ke loves Libby." i “Suppose he doesn’t?” MU \ Then Libby will see to it|'tpcfe’i not another Eve. It’s worth, from Libby's point of view, a fewl'dirita in her pride! She really loves the guy." Nance Winced, although she knew Rolph’s remark had no personal significance. 1 walked out on Jercihy, she thought My darn pridriJ Only I couldn’t have made a door of myself, like pbby. And Jeremy isn’t Steve.l I He wouldn’t have let me, or anyone else, pull strings. He wanted Eve, he matried her, and that’s that She said, as they walked along the corridor of their office building, "Rolph, I didn’t tell you this before. The girl Jeremy married is Eve” He didn’t get it, at, first Then he whistled. Then, abrutly, he frowned. “Why?" • Nance knew what he meant. He hadn’t, from the first, thought Eve had just happened to go to Thurstonia He was seeking, now, Die motive for the - marriage. Eve’s motive. Nance was heartened by his understanding. / . He said thoughtfully, “Eve didn’t need money, after what sheAgot from Steve." “Jeremy hasn’t that sort of moneys anyway. No, it wasn’t that. I think I’ve figured it out Partly, anyway. She hates Jeremy’s father and mother. She hates me. She halted trie long before she knew me, because I had everything that had been taken from her. It’s the story of a child carrying a grudge, and 1 know it sounds farfetched." She smiled wryly. “Y« 1 know I’m right . . « Rolph, itfs not only losing Jeremy that hurts. It’s losing him to Aer. I’m not particularly noble, but I think I ccfuid stand it if 1 thought he’d be happy with her. ! But the things you’ve told me, arid Libby—well, how can he be happy with Eve?” ; He said, “Let Jeremy fight his fight* Nance. You fight yours." f I She managed a smile. “I expect that’s the sensible thing to do." “Yori cab't be responsible for his trials and errors, Nance,” Not responsible, but yori couldn’t help being apprehensive. When you saw what Eve had done to Steve Raymond, how could you not worry over what she’d do to Jeremy? Uniess Eve really loved hjm., Nance was trying hard tc believe thiti So far, sh? couldn’t \ (To Be Continued} - j ■ H <

No Classes Thursday Ift County Schools No cihsses .will he held in the Acorns county rural schools Thursday in order thgt the hpunty 4-H ba||d may take part ln\jthe farmerd day parade at*lndiana state at 10 o’clock tomorrow tnornI ' M; z The hand will the extension. office at 5 a.nj., and school buses WUI stop at '■Coppess Corner spt 5:15 and at?,l|erne at 5:30 to pi’hk up additional band members.d Buses will lOvft ! the fairat 4 p.m> the return trip. who wki accompany the ;band are Mr. Mrs. Don Ger®, John Sipe;! and Mrs. L-> E. Archbold and Anna K. Williams and Glo&i Koeneman Holstein Enrollment Caras Now Available Tm Holstein fat steer class shojyn by 4-H club numbers at the L. <ll. Archbold, showing mimh improvement those shown the year. The steers slaughtered locally had a guild dressing pWcenfage and graded j well. | |-H boys and wish to fat Holstein steers in 1953 should befinding their'an Itnal s now ous of the Jhaly! and -August drop. Enrollment cards can be obtained infethe extension office or from ons of the members of the adult coiijmittee; Bfen Mazelin, Rolandes Leonard Kingsley, Holman Egly, and Alfred Busick. ■-' ~ IT ■ i lioTM E TO taxpayi;hs of ADDITIONAL APPROPHIATIOX Nutlce Is hereby given the taxpayers of the' Decatur School City, Deriatur, Adams County. Indiana, thajte.the Board hf School Trustees of said School City at the office of the® Superintendent of ■ the said School City ip Dteeatur. Indiana on thejjath day .of September, 19»2 at 6:B<li P.M. C.Sj.T. wil| cosnsider, the folliiwinir additional \ appropriation whidh said Board llof Schopii TruHteejs conkiders necessary to meet the extracßidlnary emergency existing at thisyitime. ■ T t, >l7 I.u nodeling Decatur Junior Senior Hildt School Building $65p0.00. Jt Is contemplated td appropriate said abotte fund from a-cumulative building |fer sinking fund heretofore dollecteti under the provision# of Chapter 157 of the Abts of 5i1945. arid amendatory and itupplemerital. acts thereto, for the ilemodellhg of the Dec.Aur Junfqr Senior High School B.uilHing. ~, n i i 1 Tdkpayei-s appearing at auch/ meeUng shall have the right tri bri hearid thereon. T|ie Additional. Ap>prudtiation as finally msie will be refeft-ed to the -State Botrd of|lTa> Cornttilssionera which Board will holdm further hearing within fifteen '’"'pdavs. at the County- Audijtor'H Offidri'Of Adams County, Indiana or m otner plaice ap !> may be designated.. At such bearing taxpayer objecting to such Additional Appropriation tnaji be iheard, and interested taxpayers may jnquire of the qpunty Auditor Os Adams County"; Indiana when -and where such hearing Will he .held/ , j I Sard of School Trustees of . e pecatur.,lSehooi <Wy. of caiur, Adams Counts”, Indiana uyitGEOJuJE D. |i Eb.M,^Secret ary jVQIiLKWEDE & ‘ in Sl 'li ' ' I' Chapter twenwJine . ELEANOR’S week!* fetters. chroHicling all the h o ri w n new<i assuaged some o|| Nance's inevitable between the studiously and newsy lines, Nance read gleaner’s unhappiness over Jeremfe Jeremy had soldi the pwpperty in the syburbs and moved Ujto Eve’s nousdt He had, Eleanor her, converted the two east Wytg annex rooms; into \an office t ari<B waiting roomJ? i t, - j | Naifce wished she corildn’t close her eseS, and see it so distinctly against her lids. She Wished she never;had seen the house, but Eve |had taken her all through it at the housewarming, opening doors, standing back, smiling. Trite," she h#ld said, "is the bedroom.” Nance had thought the house too large tbr a woman alone. Pad Efve fcnowh; perfectly even then, that J&remy would be moving in with \ Tm; : glad, Nance told herself fiercely, |that sold the property tri the ihuburbs. I’m glad he didn't .bui|d for Eve the house he planned for me. ! ! Kit eaid, one Saturday evening, “Are you going out with Ralph this evening, dear ?" Nance said ho, and lifted Tabitha to her lap. ' .I ! ' "Rolph is a charming young man,’’:! Kit remarked. “His voice reminds me of Roger's." Surprised, Nance looked up. Kit sounded casual, but Nance knew she wasn't!: ever casual about Roger, even after all this time. * Kit y continued, "Rolph comes from Kent, doesn’t be ? Roger, too. I expect it account? for the similarity bf their voices." ; Nance rumpled Tabitha’s fur, waiting. This was leading up to something. What 4 T “If lifhad to do it over," Kit said thoughtfully, “I’d do it differently." “Yoh;mean, not marry Roger?" Kit’sHeyes flashed.; “I’d marry Roger today. Just as 1 did when I was twenty!; that’s not the part i. regret. It's—whijt came after. riLook at me! Ani Eccentric old .woman with a houseful of antiques ijthat should be grandchil-“But-if you never love<g anyone after Roger?” 11l ■■ '■ j i' "I never did. Not .the same way. But thkre are other ways! just as good. Thatts heresy, isnlt it, to youth? You have tp be ap old as lam to ridm ll it. As old, and as alone. Oh. Tm not-lonely. No intelligent person need be lonely, I believe „ But I’m—alone. There’s a difference. A woman needs to be- < long td, someone. Sbe needs .someone belonging to her." it'. Her glance became scorrfihil as It swept the room, the priceless treasures of,a>uozen ’ i ’ > ' !31 nt-., i

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countries collected over a lifetime. Her eye caught a small, trumpetshaped, dolphin-handled vase, over a century old-, She smiled mirthlessly andwent over |to pick it up. “This bit! of, Spode.fi 8 h s’; remarked blandly, Twduldn’t give a damn if I dropped dead this minute." She fondled it a* moment, then set it down. "See what I mean?” “Yes.” f “Ten to one Jeremy’s marriage will work out all right. Don’t gamble on that' one chance that it will go on the rocks.” “I’m not! But—” “Supposing he were free, Nance, he mightn't want you, now. My dear," her voice softened, “I’m being crbel, but it’s the only way. You’ve got to be a realist. You’ve got to face facts. iDon’t build hie rest of your life on dreams which may never be fulfilled. Build on realities.” ( . “Rolph” Kit nodded. “He’s in love with you." "Yes," said Nance. “Yes, I know.” And then, in passionate protest, “Kit, it’s too soon! I can’t think of anyone else yet. Jeremy is too close, too —” “I know. My dear, I know. I just wanted to caution you against forever shutting out another man. Before you build your walls too high, remember what a dark and lonely place it is, behind them. Believe me, 1 know. I’ive been fairly satisfied with my life. But I wouldn’t want it for you, Nance.” Nance shook her head helplessly. "I can’t plan anything yet, Kit. Not just yet.” "But next Saturday night, if Rolph asks you to go out with him, Will you?” fjance got up quickly. Tabitha spiked off her lap and humped her bask indignantly. Nance went oyer to ghe window. The starry sky rivfied the city’s electric g 1 are. Pown there, all about her, people werle living, loving. Nance felt a surge of almost overpowering loneliness. Kit needn’t try;to impress upon her all the vacant spaces in her life that needed filling! Nance knew. She knew, too, that if her heart were free she might love Rolph. But first she had to submerge her love for Jeremy. Anything else would be unfair to Rolph. __ ■I < •]] ■ She turned. < “Yes,” she said steadily. “Yes, Kit. I’ll go dancing with Rolph next Saturday night.” > It Was a start, and you had to start somewhere. She bought a new dress- and wore it the next Saturday with Rolph. | !' i He gave her gardenias, told her She looked lovely, and let her talk all through dinner abqut Thuistonia. “Small towns are all alike, I

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suppose," she said at length, wondering ruefully how. she had started on this topic, and (hoping she hadn’t been stickily ( sentimental. * "One’s own is rather special," Rolph said, 1 ‘"Tell me about yours.” ! he said. “On the Thames river. I w’as born there |n the First World War. In the middle of One of those Zeppelin air raids. Clumsy old balloons! But the newest model tn war machines, then. Mother used to sit with me under the dining-room table. They said that was better than the cellar. You Weren’t so likely to be smothered with debris if the house fell on you). . . Mother was killed by one of-Hitler’s buzz bombs. I guess there’s not enough left of the town, although rebuilding seems I lived there until I |was eighteen. Hot penny btins, ishrimps for tea, and winkles • you twisted out of the shell with a:pin. Tranquil, quairit. Biit I don’t Want to go back. It won’t ever* be the same." . i ' -hIA; V "I wonder if it’s ever the same, going back ?” t Nance recognized dread at the prospect of returning to Thurstonia. She would go, of course. She must. Sam and Eleanor loved her, needed her. From- Eleanor's letters, She gathered they seldom saw Jeremy now. ‘1 expect he’s terribly busy,” Eleanor explained, covering her hurt, finding excuses for Jieremy’s/leglect. it | “I must go home for avisit,” Nance said reluctantly to Rolph, “soon.” i “I’ll drive you,” he offered, “if you like ?” ' Not yet, her heart protested, flinching from the thought. Only what was >to be gained by postponement ? She said, “Thank you, Rolph. Some week end you’re free—” ; Tm freed”-'he told her, underlining if, “any time.” f f \ ' ] She. felt herself flushing. This was as far as Rolph’s love-making went. Here, and there, shrewdly yet unobtrusively, significance Injected Into an offhand remark. I'm free and Jeremy isn’t, he was telling her. Forpet him, Nance, /’m “Dance ’”; he murmured, and she? got up and went into his arms. The fallowing Saturday Nance and. Rolph started in Rolph’s ear for Thurstonia. It was an all-day drive. Halfway there they stopped by the roadside for the picnic lunch Kit had prepared. “No one should let a summer go by without a picnic," Kit had said, when Nance protested that they’d find a place to cat Hearty sandwiches, pickles, hot coffee. Rolph spread the car robe for Nance and sat Opposite her on a fallen tree. . J - (To Be Continued) . v ‘ ' P'-/ ' f