The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 8, No. 37, Ed. 1, Friday, May 24, 1946 Page: 2
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fend mtrrlrd ElltabeUi after btr firit
bQiband Arthur KlUredse had been re-
ported billed la World War I They had
tare children Dick Cherry and Brjan
Dick IT would aoon b called Into nrr
Ice Spratt called EUxabetb to tell her
that he wn bringing Kestler a refogee
writer to dinner the following night
Renter who In reality waa Arthur
KlUredge had returned to America and
gone to work for Spratt If believed
nil dhflgurements would prevent Ellia
beta from knowing him The dinner date
wai to be Just 24 yean since Arthur
wai reported killed
CHAPTER IV
It was quite dark when her friend
Franees knocked on the door When
Frances came In from work and the
maid said she had not seen Eliza-
beth Frances came up to her room
Elizabeth did not hear the knock so
Frances opened the door saying
Elizabeth arc you here and
then Why whats the trouble
Ehe switched on the light and ran
to the bed
Elizabeth managed to say Please
leave me alone Looking around
In astonishment Frances caught
sight of the telegram where it had
blown Into a corner She picked It
up Oh my dear she gasped
Oh my dear After a minute in
which she could not say anything
else she asked Do you want me
to call your aunt
No cried Elizabeth Please
go out Please just let me alone
Frances hesitated but being a
sensible girl she only said Youre
going to catch flu In this cold room
and brought a blanket from the clos-
et to throw over Elizabeths tense
body and went out
Elizabeth did not call up anybody
that night not even her Aunt Grace
an omission which Aunt Grace nev-
er forgave her For weeks after-
ward Aunt Grace could not think of
this without exclaiming But I was
just like a mother to the poor glrlt
She needed me And just when she
needed me most she didnt call
me Aunt Grace loved to hover
over people In distress She could
well believe that her dear niece had
been grieved when she was told of
her husbands death but she was
always sure this grief would have
been lessened If she herself had only
been around to offer sympathy and
a nice cup of tea
Elizabeth had no use for her aunts
ministrations She did not think of
wanting anybody Later she was
able to appreciate her friends kind-
ness In leaving her alone But that
night she was not capable of appre-
ciating anything but the fact that
she was alone and would remain so
Then slowly she began remember-
ing everything about him not mere-
ly his strength and humor and gen-
tleness but the tiniest details of his
appearance little unimportant
words he had spoken to her the way
his eyes would catch hers across a
crowded room and make her feel
warm with his love She remem-
bered his splendid mind the energy
with which he went to work why
should the world want to destroy a
man who had no purpose but to con-
tribute to its happiness and more
than that his goodness his large tol-
erance Oh Elizabeth why get so
bothered about K Who are we to
think anybody ditTcrent from our-
selves Is wrong and for herself
more even than all of these their
exquisite sense of unity Elizabeth
1 couldnt say this to anybody but
you but youll understand
She had had so much with him
And yet she had had so little of it
Two years ago she had not known
Arthur existed and now she had lost
himHer
Her thoughts went back to the be-
ginning If she had only known him
longer She might have If she had
stayed In Tulsa for Arthur had lived
there several years before she met
him But her aunt and uncle had
deprived her of Uiosc years by send-
ing her away to school though of
course they had not known they were
depriving her of anything and she
bad not known It either She liked
going to school much better than
staying at home with them for even
In her early childhood she had com-
prehended that though they had a
strong sense of duty they really did
not know what to do with her After
fifteen years of childless marriage
they had hardly been prepared to
welcome an orphaned baby left on
their hands Luckily her fathers life
Insurance prevented her being a
financial burden So they provided
her with a competent nurse until she
wai old enough to go to boarding
school and In the summers there
were always camps and other su-
pervised vacations It had all
seemed a matter of course to her
until the summer after her first
year at college She was spending
a few weeks with her uncle and aunt
before the date of an educational
trip to Canada with a group of col-
lege glrlt and one day the went to
awlra at the country club and met
Arthur
She went swimming alone expect-
ing that she would meet soma ac-
quaintance ai the club which was
j 1 ways full of people on Saturday
afternoon She was practicing
swan dtye sho had already gone
through it several tlratf but she
Uked to repeat itstanding poised In
toe sun high above the green stretch
j erf w ter the spring the gwlft
fly P
plunge down through the rush of air
with her arms out like wings and
then at the right splitsecond bring-
ing her arms together to cut the wa-
ter and feeling it close around her
cold on her hot skin and then up
again into the warmth and bright-
ness so vigorous that she felt like
crying out Im alive alive and I
love it
She went down into the water
again and came up pausing an in-
stant to shake the drops out of her
eyes before she struck out for the
edge of the pool Her face half sub-
merged she swam quickly As her
fingertips touched the edge she lifted
her head and laughed from sheer Joy
of being healthy She was not look-
ing at anything when she put out
her hand to raise herself out of the
water and was astonished and for
an Instant embarrassed to feel her
fingertips closing on somebodys leg
Elizabeth started back about to
make an apology But before she
could speak the young man had
They talked without any sense of
strangeness
grasped her arms and lffted her to
the edge of Uic pool by him and he
was begging her There now do It
again
What she exclaimed moving
back a step but he insisted
Ive been watching you Honest-
ly thats the most beautiful swan
dive I ever saw please do it
again
She looked up at him and In that
first moment she liked him because
he looked just the way she felt
young joyous alive with an extraor-
dinary vitality He was instantly so
vivid to her that Elizabeth ex-
claimed Do you often come here
Why havent I met you before
I dont know I was wondering
the same thing myself I come
here a lot Saturdays and Sundays
when Im not working My name is
Arthur Kittredge Will you let me
sec you do that dive just once
more
Of course she said and ran
back to the ladder leading up to the
high diving board At the top she
looked down at Arthur He lay
stretched out his eyes on her As
she saw him he smiled raising his
hand In a little gesture of praise and
it was as though everybody else in
the pool had become Invisible Eliza-
beth ran forward and arched her
body Into the air and as her hands
touched the water she knew it had
been the most graceful dive she had
ever made Thats what it does for
you she thought under the water
to have somebody to dive for
Arthur sprang Info the pool to
meet her Though he was a big
young man who gave an Impression
of great physical strength he moved
with the grace of one long accus-
tomed to rhythmic exercise They
swam up and down together trying
to ride a rubber swan and falling oft
with shouts of laughter till Eliza-
beth lost her cap and Arthur had to
dive to find It for her though by
that time her hair was down her
back as soaked as though she had
never worn any cap at all Now I
look simply awful she said tread-
ing water while she wrung out her
hair but be retorted You do not
you look like a mermaid tawny skin
and seagreen eyes and your hair
floating They came out to sit In
the sun and while she shook out her
hair to dry they talked without any
sense of strangeness
Arthur told her he was a research
chemist He was employed by an
oil company to conduct laboratory
Investigations leading to additional
practical uses for petroleum and he
had published several pamphlets de-
scribing his work To Elizabeth the
profession sounded erudite and
cloistered not at all the sort to en-
gross a beautiful young athlete But
chemistry he told her waa the most
exciting subject on earth though
physics ran it a close second or
maybe he snouUglve that place to
alology though It didnt matter
jesfi
HEMPHILL COUNTY NEWS CANADIAN TEXA8
MATvnaq
they were all divisions of the same
subject which was the fascinating
way the various bodies of creation
were made Even a smattering of
it he said makes you see things
you never saw before you feel as If
youve been walking around blind
Pulling a leaf off the nearest plant
he called her attention to how glossy
it was on top and how velvety be-
neath and told her the tiny tufts on
the velvet side were clusters of little
nostrils through which the leaf
breathed the air
She was Interested so he went on
telling her how the leaf used air
and water and the energy frbm the
sun to make food for the plant
Then animals eat the plants he
said and we eat the animals and
the plants both so we stay alive
But we dont know how to use the
sun nobody understands how thats
accomplished only the green leaves
can do it Its the fundamental life
process of the world Our bodies
cant do it Only the green leaves
know how and If they should forget
wed die all the life on earth would
end because weve never learned
their secret
Elizabsth was delighted But
thats wonderful she cried Why
didnt anybody ever tell me that be-
fore Now whenever I walk across
the grass or look at a tree Ill re-
member it What a lot you know
Oh no I dont he assured her
laughing I dont know anything
but I like finding out
As they talked she discovered that
his outstanding characteristic was a
profound curiosity about how the
universe and Its Inhabitants were
put together Everything from ba-
bies to planets Interested him He
wanted to take them all apart and
see what made them behave as they
did He told Elizabeth that before
choosing his specialty he had hesi-
tated before the attractions of be-
coming a chemist a surgeon a biol
ogist on astronomer not because he
did not know what he liked but
because he Uked so many fields of
study that he could not decide which
one would be most interesting to en-
ter It was lucky he had his living
to make he remarked as otherwise
he might have turned into one of
those scholarly recluses a sugges-
tion that provoked her mirth at the
notion that anybody who loved life
as much as he evidently did should
Imagine It possible for himself to
withdraw from It No I guess not
he admitted laughing too I love
people I cant imagine anybodys
actually liking to live alone can
you
I dont Imagine youve ever been
alone very much have you she
asked
Why no I havent I always meet
somebody
Have you been In Tulsa long
asked Elizabeth
About three years
Where did you live before that
Chicago
Elizabeth began to laugh again
and said Thats where you wert
born isnt It
Yes how did you know
Because people born in Chicago
always call it Chlcawgo and every-
body from other places call It Chi
cahgo Why is that
Chlcawgo he said thoughtfully
and laughed at himself Why J
do What do you call It
Chicahgo said Elizabeth
Chlcawgo repeated Arthur I
cant seem to say It any other way
Its like a birth certificate Isnt It
She nodded
Did you ever hear anybody from
England say it Arthur asked
No what do they say
Tchicago said Arthur The Cb
like in church You can tell them a
thousand times that its like the Ch-
in machine but they cant seem tc
change
Any more than you can
Chicawgo Arthur repeated
Chlcawgo as though trying tc
change and shook his head lr
amusement No I cant Shall we
go swimming again
Yes lets She rolled up hex
damp hair and tucked It under hex
cap They caught hands and dived
In together
Elizabeth thought she had never
had such a good time Arthur was
a magnificent swimmer He moved
with such beautiful control that when
they came out of the water again she
exclaimed I bet youre a wonderful
dancer
Elizabeth had a date for that eve-
ning but the young man was not
nearly as attractive as Arthur so sha
reflected she could get out of it some-
how All right sne said
Ill come for you said Arthur
if youll give me the address And
by the way
Yes
Whats your name
Good Lord Didnt I tell you
No It doesnt matter except that
they might think Ita bit odd If X just
rang the bell and said Im calling
for the greeneyed sunburnt young
woman who Uvea here please
Youll say nothing of the sort
My name Is Elizabeth McPherson
And something else my aunt the
one X live with thinks a great deal
of being proper 10 youd better tell
me just where you work and all that
and well see if we dont know soma
of the jame people so she wont
guess I picked up a perfect sprang
er
ITO BE OmiNUKB
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Colder Winters Ahead
Cooler weather with oldfcshloned
winters like grandpop used to know
are returning the United States
Weather bureau says Weather
trends come in 50year cycles It
explains and for the past half cen-
tury we have been moving away
from the winters in which folks had
to dig through the snowdrifts to lo-
cate clothespoles
Now will come a slow move back
to the days when grandpop often
walked Into the second story of the
old farm right from the snow level
And t good tiling It nil be to
toughen up the citizenry declared
Elmer Twltchell today Weve
been getting soft in si sslike win-
ters when the folks thought a bliz-
zard was any snowfall that kept a
limousine down to 40 miles an hour
In open country Blizzard Swcepi
City has been the routine headline
every time a snowdrift got half-
way up a milk bottle on the wind-
ward porch
Whats become of the old fash-
ioned fellow who had three fingers
missing from the deep freezes
Wheres the native once common
to every community who got around
on a wooden leg most of his life
because of exposure In an Icepack
In his own back yard Where are
the countless folks who went around
all their lives with tender ears and
noses because of frostbite In their
early days
When 1 was a boy he contin-
ued you had to face the house
southward or youd get four or Ave
loads of snow In the bedroom right
through a door crack It was noth-
ing to have a fire freeze up over-
night Once every winter they had
to get a snowplow to dig me out
of bed and I slept In the attic
Big cities get out superplows to
fight a snowstorm that old timers
would tack ft with a whlskbroom
and without bothering to put on any-
thing but a pair of pants and an
open shirt
Let the oldfashioned winters
come back for the good of the
race he concluded There will
be less squawkln about minor in-
conveniences
Feltmans famous restaurant
at Coney Island In existence for
72 years and known to millions
Is changing hands We link the
old place up with our first visit
to the big city How it dazzled
us with its cityblock dimensions
Its dozen separate restaurants
and its several bars And how
we thought wo were splurging
when we went there for a full
course dinner for 1251 With
beer 5 cents a schooner And
cocktails two for a quarter
DIETING A PLEASURE
Im giving my tummy to Poland
To China Im giving two chlns
A Jowl I am giving to simplify
living
For Bulgars and Slovenes and
Finns
Those rolls on my waistline arc
going
To help a cause worthy and great
While famine now marches Im glv
Ing up starches
This time my reducing cant wait
3
Henry and Clara Ford Married SB
Years News item
Heres to Henry Tford and Clara
For so long a happy palra
For 58 years tbey rode together
Thats mileage sir In any weatherl
Heros to Clara and heres to Hen
On quite a Journey they have been
No couple made a Journey finer
I guess the bumps were pretty
minor
The Hobos of America have
voted to hold their 1947 convention
In Miami because the cities usual
ly chosen are too cold In the spring
In this announcement you have a
reflection of the American mood
these days A bum used to be will-
ing to take his fun where he could
find It and always convenience of
locale and economic considerations
counted most But now the climate
must be right regardless of trad-
ing distance and general expenses
The modem hobo refuses to loaf
except near the Gulf Stream and he
prefers to get there by plane
1946
This Is the slogan for each dinner
Mother slice the bread much thin-
ner
Truman asks Americans to Tight-
en Belts Headline
The trouble with most Americans
Is that they think their belts are
tightened If their pants dont
drop
to the floor when they Inhale
Governor Dewey has signed a bill
raising thespeed limit in New York
to 60 miles an hour The previous
limit wai 35 to 40 The governor
sayi that while the previous limit
wai seldom observed or enforced
the pew one will beP Wanna bet
EDITORS frOTEt This newspaper
through special arrangement tilth the
Waxhington Bureau of Western Netts
paper Union at 1616 Eye Street N Wn
Washington DC Is able to bring read
ers this weekly column on problems of
the veteran and sen iceman and his fanu
Ujr Questions may be addressed to the
above Bureau and they mil be ansuered
in a subsequent column No replies can
be made direct by mail but only in the
column uhich uill appear in this neas
paper regularly
Correspondence Courses
Veterans administration has ne-
gotiated contracts with 38 educa-
tional Institutions throughout the
country authorizing them to furnish
correspondence and extension
courses by mail to veterans eligible
for educational benefits under vet-
erans legislation
Courses offered cover virtually ev-
ery educational field from academic
subjects to a wide variety of trades
and professions Approximately
500000 veterans already are en-
rolled under the government pro-
gram In schools and colleges or
taking onthejob training and fur-
ther thousands already employed
are asking opportunity to further
their education by mail
The veteran receives no subsist-
ence while pursuing a correspond-
ence course and the total cost of
all such courses may not exceed
500 Of the 38 contracts thus far
signed 25 arc with colleges and
universities In 19 states Fifteen of
these offer high school as well as
college courses The balance of 13
are trade and business schools of-
fering courses In such subjects as
refrigeration radio electronics en-
gineering television journalism
federal income tax machine draft-
ing hotel training traffic manage-
ment accounting and filing
Application for these correspond
ence courses should be made at
your nearest Veterans Admlnlstra
lion regional office
Questions and Answers
Q My daughters husband was
honorably discharged In December
1945 after two years and three
months o crscas She nc cr re-
ceived an allotment In 1943 she
wrote In and asked wh She re
ceived an answer saying her hus-
band never signed an allotment to
her But they sent papers to sign
and she sent these In with her mar-
riage certificate We never heard
from them again and they never
returned the marriage certificate
New she Is divorced but It Is not
a 3 ear > ct Is she still eligible for
this allotment Mrs W XV Mt
Angel Ore
A I believe she Is eligible but
write to Army Central Adjustment
Office 4300 Goodfellow Blvd St
Louis 20 Mo and give all details
Q How would I get a business
loan Utrough7 I would love to have
a grocery store I went to general
headquarters but they dont tell me
anything They dont rare whether
a veteran gets an > thing or not Give
me all the information possible
World War II veteran A O Ropes
vllie Teaj
A First find a bank or other lend-
er who is making GI loans Tell
him your story your background
how much money you have if any
and what you want to use the loan
for If he thinks you are a good
risk he will send In the papers for
your eligibility certificate and make
the loan Your local chamber of
commerce local Red Cross or
county agent can help you find a
lender making these loans and give
you all details
Q My husband deserted me and
my two children He went to the
navy but also deserted there for
7 months and 21 da > s Uhen they
got him back In the service they
gave him 3 years In prison We
drew an allotment while he was In
service but it stopped when lie was
out Now he l overseas and we
have a divorce Should the children
be drawing from him The navy
was to notify me If he went back
to duty but havent What shall I
do Mrs A 51 W Bluff N C
A The navy suggests that you
write to Field Services Bureau of
Supplies and Accounts Navy De-
partment Cleveland Ohio and ex-
plain your situation giving all de-
tails possible
Q My husband Is with the 6th
marines In China He has more
points that are required for a dis-
charge but he Is a regular He has
been overseas 18 months How long
will he have to remain overseas
He has been In the service for
orer 10 years Mrs J D P Lin
coln Neb
A Ordinarily a tour of overseas
duty in the marlnes for a regular Is
24 months unless his enlistment Is
up prior to that time
Q Will a serviceman returned
from Manila so 111 with malaria
It appeared he would die and now
Improved be able to work after fil
ing fore a pension He filed for the
pension while In the hospital but
believes now he could farm a little
could he draw money like other sol-
diers doT Mra D Sf Luther Tenn
A A disability pension will not
Interfere with his drawing adjusted
compensation for selfemployment
if he lr eligible for such compensa-
tion and eble to work Apply to your
nearest state unemployment com-
pensation office
r Pj
FltlDAY MAY 24 1948
Classified Department 1
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they are lifcht and easy tor tiny
fingers to handle
Best Vegetables
Qulckerown young vegetable
are the best and only the home
garden where they may be har-
vested as needed can provide tbenv
Dunes Move
The sand dunes oi the Bay ot
Biscay In France move at a rats
ol 15to 103 feet a year
Pedestrian Deaths
Pedestrian deaths In IMS num-
bered 11200 14 per cent higher
than In 1944
Invented Bifocals
Bifocals were Invented by Benja-
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