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unci be / ^ muj^ovc * Peggy PERN wmu. rcleam TUB STOBT THUS FAB: ">UUD) ID." IM rda had <nciM Ua wtlm. Mag iglrtrH u aha wot mm haaaa. Jim MacTarlah an happy aa ha aaaaacM that ha hah aaM the farm. They emar ralai. aal Meg called Larry iar id Pica. Ma taM har m aala eaa valid with eat har algmatare. Lata that eight Meg eraa awaheaai hy a haoch at the turn. It ana Tom FaDaa, who. aaM that Martha, Ha wtfe'a alater. hah UBaa aad hart hereon. Be waated la call a teeter. Mag calel the hoc tor, thea rathai la the FaDaa haaaa. Martha AM not want har to come la, hat Tom aUaweA har ta eater and haadage the lajarad aaUa. A Mood-eardllag cry came tram the next room. CHAPTER VII Megan rose and lit the oQ cook stove. She was just putting water on to heat when suddenly a cry rang out that was like icy fingers tap ping up and down her spine, a cry that chilled the blood and left the heart beating with mad, staggering haste. "Tom?" Martha cried. Megan said quietly, her tfoice not quite steady, "Mrs. Fallon must have had a bad dream. They can frighten one to pieces." Martha's eyes widened a little, and her expression relaxed ever so slightly. She was plainly startled, and a little suspicious, but as Me gan scalded out the teapot, Martha nodded slowly and said uneasily. res?u must nave been tnat. ane s ?she's?ill and doesn't sleep much, and my fall excited her and?yes, she must have had a nightmare." Megan poured the boiling water into the teapot, and said, her tone deliberately quiet and natural, "Per haps Mrs. Fallon would like a cup of hot milk? Would it soothe her, do you think?" Martha hesitated. "It might, at that," she agreed. "Tom could get her to drink it." Megan nodded and poured some milk into a saucepan. When it was hot, she filled a glass and went to the door with it. She knocked with the tips of her fingers, very lightly, and a moment later, Tom opened the door. She made herself speak casually and offered him the glass of milk. He took it from her with a flash of gratitude that was touch ing. She came back to the stove, and tested the tea. Martha said it was "just right" and Megan poured her a cup of it. They were drinking the last of the tea when there waB a sound of a car in the drive, and a moment later, Dr. Alden, stout, el derly, tired-looking, the typical coun try doctor, came briskly in. "Hello?you here?" he greeted Megan cheerfully, looking at Mar tha curiously. "What seems to be the trouble?" "There's no seeming about it," Martha told him tartly. "I fell and twisted my ankle somehow, and Tom would have it that we must call a doctor." Dr. Alden made a swift examina tion of the ankle, congratulating Megan on the way she had ban daged it. He straightened at last, saying briskly, "Painful, but not danger ous. Just keep up the treatment, Mncfan onH ceo that cVia et qvb nff her feet for the next three or four days?or a week. I don't look for any complications." As he turned towards the door, Tom came out of that room that was in such sharp contrast to the drab, cheerless house, and shook hands with the doctor, thanking him for his trip. He walked with him out to the car. When he came back, he said to Megan, "I don't know how to thank you?" "There's nothing to thank me for?" "I know?it's just the neighborly spirit of Pleasant Grove," he told har, smiling. "Well, it is, at that," she assured him sturdily. "Now if you'll help me get Miss?the patient to her bed room, I'll get her comfortable for the night." Martha stiffened. "No!" she said sharply. "I can put myself to bed?" "But you are not to use your foot?" "Tom can help me. I don't need you to help me," said Martha with such unexpected savagery that Me gan felt the color pour into her face. "Martha, for Heaven's sake?" pleaded Tom in an agony of em barrassment and helpless anger. "You are behaving like a shrew?" "Why? Just because I said I could put myself to bed?" snapped the woman, her hostile eyes upon Me gan. "I appreciate all she's done tor me, but she didn't have to both er; the doctor would have got here in plenty of time to do what was .necessary. There was no call for her to come pushing in here?" Tom said, ignoring her, "I'll see you home, Megan, of course." "No," said Megan firmly. "You are needed here. It's not far and the dogs are waiting for me out side. You stay here. Goodnight, Miss?Martha, and I hope you'll be much better in the morning." Martha did not answer. Tom walked with Megan out of the warm, lamplit kitchen and to the drive. He walked beside her to the road, and there she turned and said, "This is far enough. You mustn't leave them alooe." *T don't know how to thank you. or bow to apologize for Martha," be I said awkwardly. I "Please don't say any more." Me- I gan begged him quickly. "I under- 1 stand perfectly. Sick people, or peo ple who are in pain, should not ever | be held accountable for their ac tions?and she was in great pain to night. Get her to bed and see that she takes one of those tablets Dr. Alden left. It will help her to sleep." Megan let herself quietly into the house, grateful for its warmth and darkness. But as she moved across the kitchen towards the hall, there was a sudden sound and the light flashed up and she faced her father. She gave a startled gasp, and tried to laugh. "Oh, did I wake you?" she said. "I'm sorry?I tried to be very cautious?" "Sly would be the word I'd use," said her father with insolence and sharp accusation in his voice, his eyes taking her in from the top of her hair, tumbled where she had just removed the closely wrapped scarf, to the tips of her shoes, dusty from the quarter-mile walk along the unpaved road. "I would not have believed it if I hadn't seen it "It's not far and the dop are waiting for me outside. Ion stay here." with my own eyes! How long has this?this disgraceful business been going on?" he added, his voice thick with righteous anger. Megan stared at him, wide-eyed and bewildered by the depth of his anger. "I don't know what you're talk ing about?" she began. "Don't try to lie out of it," he snapped at her furiously. "I heard that?that?Fallon man come to the back door and tap, for all the world like some?street bum beneath the window of his?light o' love! And I heard you go down to him?I couldn't believe that you would leave the house with him?" "If you heard so much. Dad, with out even sufficient interest in my affairs to ask a simple question, then you must have heard me tele phone Dr. Alden?" "I heard nothing of the sort," her father cut in furiously, playing the role of an outraged father and en joying it, she was a little sickened to realize. "I only heard you creep down the stairs to let him in. Then a little later, 1 heard you come up stairs and get some clothes on. You then went out with him and you've been gone more than three hours! My daughter! A MacTavisb?this, Megan, is the last straw. I do not propose to have you carrying on like some common?wanton?" Megan's eyes flashed with anger. "That's quite enough. Dad I" sha said. "You don't want to know the truth?" "I don't propose to have my in telligence insulted by some weak kneed silly lie!" he blazed at her. "You're going to listen to me just the same," her voice cut across his. "Mr. Fallon came here to use the telephone to call a doctor. His sis ter-in-law, who lives with them and takes care of his Invalid wife, had fallen and hurt her ankle. She was in pain. I called the doctor for him and when I found he couldn't get there for more than an hour, I went over, as any good neighbor would, and made use of some of my First Aid training?" Her father sneered at her. "And that was exactly what I meant by some weak-kneed, silly lie," he told her shortly. "You sneaked out of this house and were gone with that man?a married man, whose wife Is a bedridden In valid, and were gone three hours?" "Dr. Alden was there. I'm sure be would be glad to back up my story," she interrupted him. "It's likely that Td go around ad mitting to people in this dizzy little hick town that I don't even know where my daughter was for three eolid hours after midnight! Oh, no, you are perfectly safe in offering me a lie like that-" He was lashing himself into a fury, and Megan eyed him for a moment, with a look be neath which hit self-righteous blus ter faded a little. "You'd like to make it impossible tor me to stay on in Pleasant Grove, Dad*" she suggested quietly. "You'd go even to that length to try to force me to sell?" "You are being insolent and bra sen." her father cut in loftily. "I admit frankly that if you're in love with this married man, the wisest thing for you to do is put as much distance between you and him as possible." Megan's eyes were wide and in credulous. "In love with Tom Fallen?" she repeated as though she could not believe the absurd charge. Her father shrugged. His eyes were cold now and frankly hostile. T I iX TIJ SL . .Lt_u ?. I tt ca, i ouiiiii x a rairicr uiuiiv yuu were in love with him than that you were merely?chasing an indecent thrill," he told her savagely. Megan was suddenly conscious that she was very tired. "But?I'm willing to be broad minded about tonight, Meggie," her father said at last. "You've always been a good daughter, and if you tell me there was nothing in your going out with Fallon ? I'll take your word for it." "That's?white of you I" Megan forced the words through her teeth, her voice trembling. Her father shot her a swift, vin dictive look. "But of course, only on condition that you see no more of the man, and that you sell out and we both get as far from this place as pos sible," he went on sternly. "You've got a chance to marry a fine young fellow, and live a much easier life than you've known here. Farming is no job for a girl?" Once more, she dared risk only a few words, lest the threatening tears overwhelm her. "I'm not selling the farm, Dad? 1 that's final," she told him, and man- ] aged to get up the stairs and to her own room before she gave way to tears. She admitted now, forlornly, in the first moment of her emotional i reaction, that she had never liked her father. But now she hated him I The thought shocked her. But she had to admit its truth. She was bitterly ashamed of her weakness when she awoke in the crisp coolness of the dawn a few hours later. She was startled to see that it was almost eight o'clock, a good two hours later than she was accustomed to rise, but she remem bered that it was Sunday, and Amos would have finished long ago the milking and the early morning chores. She dressed and went downstairs, where Annie beamed at her warm lv. "Did vo' vit vo' sleeD out. Miss Meggie?" she greeted her cheer fully. "I feel like a lazy loafer, Annie," she admitted, "Well, it ain't no matteh. An' ha'd as yo' wu'ks, Miss Meggie, I like to see you git yo' sleep out!" said Annie promptly. "How yo' like a waffle to' yo' bre'kfus?" "Hm-m-ml" said Megan happily. Annie chuckled and went briskly about the business of pouring waf fle batter on the piping hot iron and closing the lid carefully. "Mist" Larry com in' today?" asked Annie, as she made fresh cof fee. "For lunch," Megan nodded. "I 'spected him," Annie assured her cheerfully. "I done got me two fine chickens all dressed and wait In' to' de frying pan. Dat po' young man don' git ha'f 'nough to eat at dem old resty-rants in Meadersville ?us got to feed him up good and hearty!" Megan laughed. "I'm sure he'll appreciate that when I tell him about it." Later, when Megan had helped straighten the downstairs rooms and seen that there were chrysanthe mums and a few late zinnias and as ters and marigolds scattered about the shabby old place to lend their own indefinable charm, she went ?-!? a 1.1 1? ._J upsiairs, ueuicu iciaiucij, ?n dressed. There was a thin jade green shantung dress that was two years old, but Laurence liked her in it, and it was cheerful looking. She walked up to the bus stop to meet him, and when he came swing ing towards her, his face lit up with eager delight at the sight of her. The day was mild and warm, the sunlight golden on her russet-brown head, but all that Laurence said as he greeted her was an eager, "Hello!" "Hello," she answered, and laughed a little becktkse It was such a glorious morning and she liked being with Laurence. They walked band in hand back down the road to the house, and then Laurence said, "I've been shut up in what passes for a city, in these parts, for quite a bit?couldn't ws walk down through the meadow and over to the Ridge before lunch?" "We'll probably just about have time," Megan answered him lightly. Tbey crossed the backyard, and went down through the meadow with, of course, the Inevitable ac companiment of dogs and cats and chickens and cows. (To sz cxnrmuxD) IMPROVED*lwulm' UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL Sunday i chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUHDQU1ST. D. D. Of Th? Moody Bibte InatltuU ot Chicago. Ralaaaad by WesMrn Nowspopor Union. ? Lets on for August 25 Una wWkU and Scripture tut* de tected and copyrighted by Interaction*! Council ? ReSgtoua Education: uxed bp pcrmlesiori. JE8V8 AND PURE LIVING LESSON TEXT?Exodua SO: 14; Proverte 4:14-11: Matthew ?:?: Phllipplxna 4:4. MEMORY SELECTION-Kcp thy heart with all diligence; (er out M U are the la euea of life ?Pro verba 4:13. Moral corruption has been the ruin of the great nations of the earth, and if history is not to be repeated by the tall of our own nation, we must do something?yes, something prompt and drastic. The breakdown of morals in our land is so evident and so widespread as to give grave concern to social and national lead ,ers. What then, is the Church doing about ltT We do not like to talk about adul tery and related sins. We must speak with care and tact, but per haps the time has come tor some straightfoiward dealing with an un pleasant situation. I. Keep Your Home Pure (Ezod. 20:14). As the divinely appointed center of man's lite, the home holds a place of such importance that it is the special target of Satan's offen sive. That has always been true, but it seems that in recent years the onslaught against the home has been intensified. Any violation of the divine plan for the marriage of one man and one woman in loving communion for the founding and maintenance of the home, is a direct violation of the law of God. It is also a violation of the law of man. It brings serious results in the destruction of the home, and in the ruin of individual life?physical, moral anil spiritual. This awful sin (and do not let a wicked wtirld convince you that it is anything else) is back of much of the discord and divorce in our American homes. When we realize that in the City of Chicago there is now one divorce lor every tnree marriages, and tnat the ratio is rapidly becoming low er, there can be no question that divorce is a major evil in our day. Statistics are positively shocking, but they are cold and quickly forgot ten. Bit who can fail to see, and who can forget, the awful woe brought into American home life by divorce. Bad as it is, the awful effect on parents is nothing compared to the nervous, moral and spiritual shock which comes to children in broken homes. Statistics reveal that now (1946) more than 70 per cent of the juvenile delinquents and young people committed to prison come from homes where divorce has entered to break down and de 1 stroy family life. II. Keep Tour Heart Pare (Prov. i 4:14-23; Matt. 5:8). Out of the heart are the issues of life (Prov. 4:23); hence it is of the utmost importance that it be kept in purity and devotion to God. The heart in Scripture does not refer to the physical organ which circulates the blood, but even as that heart is the center of the physical life, so there is a spiritual heart which is the very center of man's inner being. Evil thoughts, unholy desires and ambitions hidden in the heart will ultimately be revealed in overt acts of ungodliness, unless God is permit ted to regenerate that heart and make it clean. The solution for the problem at impurity is found in our lesson verses. First of all one must evoid the way at the wicked (Prov. 4:14 17). They are so evil that they can not sleep until they have misled some pooi- souls and brought them down to their own level (?. 16). They make sin and immorality look mysteriotsi and attractive. Don't be led into Sin by the enticement at curiosity. Shun the evil wsy, which goes down with increasing darkness, by seeking the good way which "shin eth more and more unto the perfect day" (Prov. 4:18, 19). The way of lit* is a bright and shining way. Don't let Satan fool yon, young peo ple, into thinking the opposite. It's great to be a Christian! m. Keep Tsar Bead Para (PhD. t:?). The mind of man is quick and activs (that ia, if ha la really alive and awake), and it wants to be oc cupied with something of interest. The world, the flesh and the devil are keenly aware of that fact and come to All his mind with allure ments to sin and destruction. Thank God that no one need lack for things that are good, honorable, true and noble to (IU and satisfy ev ry mental as well as spiritual in terest. God's provision is not lim i ited either In scope or variety. He provides the best, the most delight ful, the loveliest and most noble. Observe thai it Is for us who know Christ as our Saviour to give our selves in diligent effort to "think on these things." As we do we shall find that they crowd out our think ing those things which ara sensual, selfish or sinful. It is a sound principle of psychology as well as | a spiritual admonition. It really works. How Japanese [ Solve Crines ?? < i Suspects Held Incommuni* caido Until They Confess; No Rights in Court. TOKYO Japan has no unsolved j crimes, but there's a reason: A . suspect is held incommunicado even from his lawyer?until he has confessed either voluntarily or un der duress. There is little conception outside these islands of the total absence of ' individual rights in Japanese court . procedure, and of the accused man's complete degradation once he . falls under suspicion. A study of Japanese civil and criminal statutes has been complet ed by Capt. Anthony J. Maniscalco, former assistant attorney general of Texas. Maniscalco made the survey in preparation of a "bill of rights" be | ing drawn by the army for possible incorporation in the proposed Jap | anese constitution. The Japanese code of.criminal procedure and its administrative setup originally were based on the ; old Napoleonic code. The strict con cept of the Japanese family tie was incorporated into this, and the Ger man code of criminal procedure was added later. Police All-Powerfiil. Under it the accused had little or no rights such as are deemed fun damental in Anglo-Saxon criminal jurisprudence. Almost unlimited power is given the police and the public procure tor, who roughly corresponds to the American prosecuting attorney. When the police apprehend any person believed connected with a crime?and laws are so broad that "dangerous thoughts" are sufficient lor an arrest?he is Incarcerated without the right to see even his lamlly or lawyer. Eventually, the police obtain a "confession," even though it might (and did, at times) take months. Then the public procurator pre pares a formal charge and refers the case to the proper court of law. An appointed judge presides over a preliminary hearing, conducts all interrogation of the prisoner and witnesses and has the prisoner re iterate his confession. He examines the physical evidence and prepares the record which goes to the trial court. Call No Witnesses. At the public trial the accused is brought before another appointed judge and, even if he has retained a lawyer, he is not permitted to consult with him. No witnesses are summoned, as the judge already has familiarized himself with the case, having read the record of the preliminary hear ing and the man's "confession." Defense counsel might request the judge to ask particular questions, which the judge might or might not do, but nobody except the judge and uic puuuc prucuraiur may question the accused. At the end of this so-called pub lic trial the procurator asks for a heavy sentence and the defense counsel formally requests leniency. That was the system In totalitari an Japan, and will remain to until the new constitution goes into effect. With one exception, however?Gen eral Mac Arthur has prohibited any | torture of prisoners in the interim. Dies in Second Leap From N. Y. Skyscraper NEW YORK.?It took Charles Vogel two jumps and his last penny j to leap to his death from the tower of the Empire State building. But he made it. Despondent over a heart condi tion, the 87-year-old hotel eleva , tor operator spent his last (1.20 for a ticket to the 85th-floor observation tower of the world's tallest build ing. The platform was crowded with sightseers. Vogel made his way un noticed to the 34th street side. He took off his coat and draped it neatly over the five-foot ledge. Then he vaulted Into space. Horrified spectators saw Vogel land on the parapet only one floor below. The plunge had broken his legs. He dragged himself painfully over the 30-inch ledge. TK,n ha 7M (a.) ?- ?U I 30th floor setback and became the only man aver to leap twice from the famed skyscraper. Japanese Phrase Book Help to Allied Troops TOKYO.?Allied headquarters is issuing a Japanese phrase book to , occupation troops which Includes the 1 following conversational helps: "You're very pretty." "How about a date?" "Where will I meet you?" The booklet also includes 14 ways to say good-by. Warns That Freight Car Shortage Will Be Worse WASHINGTON.?Defense Trans portation Director J. Monroe John son. warning that the freight car j shortage will be worse this fall than at any time during the war, called upon freight receivers to arrange for unloading cars on Saturdays. He said the practice of not un loading on Saturdays and leaving urgently needed cars idle over the week-end caused a bottleneck. Dsctsrs Raaady War lilt la Russia Stunted Growth of Children la Being Corrected. MOSCOW?The war stunted tha growth of children in occupied ra tion* and spread venereal disease and tuberculosis, but Soviet med ical scientists have made consider able progress already in remedying the health situation. Speaking before a medical meet ing in Moscow, F. I. Zborovskaya, director of the pediatry institute of the academy of science, said babies born now in Kharkov, for example, weigh as much at birth as they did in 1940. The German occupation caused babies in 1942 to average about one-half pound less than in 1940. Children two and three years old still show effects of the war diet. Girls of that age were found to aver age 3t4 pounds underweight, and boys almost as much. Older chil dren also have suffered but not usu ally as much. Prof. M. P. Multanovsky of the tubuerculosis institute said tuber culosis began gaining as soon as the war started, but by 1943 anti tuberculosis measures were limit ing spread of the disease. These in cluded special nursing arrange ments for victims in all states, with particular attention to war plant workers, who were provided night nurseries and enriched diets. Syphilis and other venereal dis eases increased rapidly in the Ukraine and White Russia under the German occupation. Prophylactic methods brought an improvement in the situation in 1945, Director E. M. Goldzilber of the venereal and skin institute reported, and now the incidence of the diseases is rapidly nearing normal. 2 Billion War Stock In Europe Is Sold PARIS. ? Nearly two billion dollars worth of surplus United States war stocks in Europe have been sold or committed, the of fice of the foreign liquidation commissioner reports. Less than one-half of the original stockpile is left on the continent. Of the *3.111,507,000 worth of American sunnlies declared mir plus thus far, sales, contracts, and bulk transfers to both France and Great Britain have accounted for the disposal of 1 billion 880 millions worth, the an nouncement said. Buyer interest has shifted to surplus stockpiles in Belgium, Germany and Italy, "where equipment, machinery and sup plies of all types totaling more than 1 billion 500 millions at origi nal cost are expected to be de clared surplus to meet the de mands of European governments and other buyers." British Jail Germans In Protest Demonstration HAMBURG.? British authorities held an unannounced number of German civilians under arrest fol lowing a mass demonstration staged by Hamburg residents. They protested an order directing 30,000 persons to evacuate their homes to make room for the fami lies of British military personnel. Tha demonstration, in which ap proximately 4,000 persons partici pated, was the first large-seals manifestation of resentment against the Allied occupation. The defiant crowd assembled in the city square chanting "First phosphorus bombs, now removal" ? a reference to Allied air raids which destroyed a great part of tha city ? and booed Burgomelster Petersen when he appealed to the demonstrators to disperse. The crowd milled about for al most two hours, during which it twice sang the old German nation al anthem "Deutschland Uber Al les." For the most part the dem onstrators were orderly, although hats were knocked off the heads of a number of men who remained covered during the singing. Trice Easy Way to Get Stamps; Ifg Hard Way CHEYENNE, WYO.-Next time a Cheyenne business man gives his secretary money with which to buy stamps, he's going to be more ex plicit in his directions. He hand ed his secretary a $30 check and told her to buy some stamps. She addressed an envelope to the local postmaster, put the check la it and sent the envelope on its way with nothing in it but the check. She explained later that she thought the postmaster "would know what to do with it and we'd get the stamps." U. S. Will Let Germans Run Internment Camps BERLIN. ? American military government announced that it was turning over to German civil au thorities the administration of in ternment camps in the United States occupation zoos containing persons awaiting trial under denazi fication laws. The military govern ment will retain custody over camps containing internees held es war criminal suspects. Funny Little Bears * For the Nursery 705 C WINGIN' on a star and slidin* J down the moon . . . that's what our personality-plus bears do. Use for crib, carriage covers, nursery linens. ? ? ? They're so (at and funny . . . yowl en)oy the embroidery In beg inner-stitches. Pattern 706 hat transfer of 17 motifs from 2 by 2 to yt by 10 Inches. Due to an unusually large demand and current conditions, slightly more time la required In filling orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: Sewtag Circle Needlecraft DmL n Bighdi Are. New feck Enclose 90 cents for Pattern. No M>rn* Address , Strategy Worked Where Scolding Utterly Failed A young matron we know was worried about her nine-year-old son. No matter how much she scolded, he kept running about with his shirt-tails flapping. Oil the other hand, her neighbor had four boys, and every one of them always wore his shirt neatly tucked in. Finally our friend begged the neighbor to tell her the secret. "Oh, it's very simple," she re plied. "I just take all their shirts and sew an edging of lace around the bottoms." Vof cases V diaicml improve V mem mice* oaly 10 days treatment with so kitoni in impartial* V ? adenti&c tcsc WI ISORETOHE as ESSSilSSESa Be wise! When nervous teraeon ^ causae ? rift in your family... # when tnt nerves make you e Cranky, Quarreleoene... when L you ara Restless, Wakaful, t have Narvoaa Headache or a Nervous Indigestion try a MIUs NERVINE ? See how thie mild, effective a eedative belpe relieve nervoue { tension, helps you "ret hold of a yourself" and permits refresh- a tag sleep. Recommend it to a family and friends. Get Miles a Nervine from your druntoem. a CAUTION: Read directions ? and take only as directed. Kf- a fervescent tablets 35c and 75c; a Liquid 25c and |L Miles Iad>- a oratories. Inc., Elkhart, IndL 'a
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