THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1952 CONFESSIONS BY RICHARD HILL WILKINSON T'HIS BUSINESS of being a pal isn't all that it’s cracked up to be. Louise Marshall's affair with Don Baxter was like that. They had been kids mgether. They had grown up in the same back yard, so to speak. They had attended the same schools and gone to the same church. It just naturally developed, there fore, that Don, who was Louise's senior by .16 months, came to look upon her as a kid sister whom he should protect with brotherly in stinct, and who v(ras always avail able to fill in on dates when needed. Louise accepted the situation with meekness because she cherished every moment she could have with her big, blue-eyed, blond “pal.” She concealed her hurts nobly when ever Don told her about taking Rose Carter to a country club dance, or when he mentioned he’d kept a canoe date with Bertha Young. Not that Louise didn’t have ad mirers of her own. But none could provide the thrill equal to that of being with Don. It was about a month after her 21st birthday that Louise called a meeting with her inner thoughts and faced the situation squarely. Something had to be done about Ddn Baxter. She couldn't go on this way. Her love for him ,had be come so great as to make'life al most unbearable. • Abruptly she decided on a drastic move. She’d tell him about her af fairs with other men. She’d manu facture a mystic love and hint at daring escapades. She’d refuse Don’s invitations on the pretext of keeping a rendezvous with her imaginative suitor. This, if any thing, she told herself, would stir to life any dormant and sentimental emotion that Don Baxter held for ner. And so when, on the day follow ing, Don asked her to accompany him to a dance that evening, Louise 'refused sweetly, vaguely hinting at another date. Don was silent for a moment, and then abruptly he said good-bye and hung up. Louise was miserable. She went out that night to a movie, by her self. The next two days were spent in solitude and despair. On the third day Don unexpectedly appeared, armed with tennis rackets. He won dered if Louise would care to join him in a couple of sets. Louise, her heart pounding wild ly, shook her head, and the smile vanished from Don’s face. It seemed to Louise as she watched him drive away, that her last de spairing hope was going with him. Somehow she struggled through the afternoon and the night that followed. The next morning Don called again. He wanted her to drive with him that afternoon and dinner at a cozy inn he knew in the dountry. It took every ounce of will power she could summon to refuse. Somehotv it didn’t seem real. Her plan was actually work ing. GARDEN TIME ROBERT SHMIDE N.C.STATE COLLEGE Each warm day this month will create that irresistible urge to get out into the gar den to dig and plant. The time is at hand when most of ‘the cool season vegetables should be in the ground if they are to get their growth before the hot weather checks them. In this group are cab bage, onions, mustard, kale turnips, lettuce, spinach, gar den peas, kohl-rabi, beets carrots, asparagus, and Irish potatoes. Cauliflower and broccoli are cool season crops also but are susceptible to da mage from heavy fronts and should not be planted as early as cabbage. Onions may be started from seeds, sets, or green _plants. For early green' onions it is best to use sets Os plants. -Most of the onion plants for sale by seed stores are of the Spanish or Bermuda types. These are sweet pnions but poor keepers aflter harvest. l)ry sets are usually of the pungent domestic varieties and are commonly used fur producing early green onions or mature onions for, storage puVposes. In buying onion sets During the week that followed, Don called three times, and each time Louise refused his invitation. Her happiness knew no bounds. Yet on the other hand, rumor had it that he-was frequently with beauti ful Harriet Eaton; that the two of them had staged some pretty wild parties at the country club. Somewhat discouraged, Louise decided that the thing had gone far enough. She had to know the truth. And so when next he called she agreed to cancel another tenta,, tive date and spend the evening with him. Don seemed jubilant and prom ised to call at 8:15. At 7:45 he ap peared. Louise lingered over her dressing table fpr a long period, at length descending to the porch where he waited. '\ Don stared at her in silence. He led her to his roadster and helped her in. They drove out of town on the Bartlett road. Louise looked up questioningly when abruptly he swung off the main highway onto an old dirt road. They penetrated into the woods, coming at length to a clearing, flooded now with silvery moonlight. • Don brought the road ster to a stop, switched off the lights and turned to face his com panion. He stared at her for a long minute. At length he said: “Louise, you’re beautiful. You’ve always been beautiful. I love you. Will you marry me?" A reply was not necessary. Don was drawing her toward him. She yielded, face upturned. And at last she knew the delicious ecstasy of his warm lips crushing against hers. He held her for long minutes. At length she drew away. Don’s eyes devoured her hungrily. He kissed her again. “Darling, I’m mad about you! It’s been torture, knowing you were I with other men—when I loved yoi so.” Suddenly Louise knew a sense ot guilt. It hadn’t been fair the way she had tricked him. She turned and faced him square ly, prepared to confess. But before she could bring herself to speak,/ Don went on: “Louise, precious, I have a con fession to make. I must tell you. It’s the only fair that I do.” He paused. “Louise, I’ve loved you ever since we were kids together. I—l was afraid you’d never love me, and I wanted you to so much. I tried to make you think that I was interested in other girls. I played around a lot. I gave the impression that I was wild. I—l hoped that it would open your eyes; that it would make you jealous, make you love me. Yesterday I decided to tell you, decided I’d have a showdown. I couldn’t go on. I just had to know Can —you ever forgive me?” Louise laid her'head on his shoal der and sighed deeply. She looke< up at the moon arid knew a grea feeling cf happiness. “Yes, Don she. said softly. “Yes—kiss m< darling.” for the production of mature dry .onions do not select large sets but rather the small to medium size. Sets that are over three-fourths of an inch in diameter will usually send up flower or seed stalks and will make a poor quality bulb. White sets are considered bet ter for green onions because of the color, but yellow onions are better keepers as mature bulbs. For successful storage pniong must be kept cool and dry. In buying cabbage or let tuce plants for setting this month select plants that have not been over-hardened or that are not too large. Plants of this kind are apt to form flower stalks prematurely instead of forming a good quality head. Hotbed or cold frame grown plants that have been protected from the most severe freezes ars usually much better plants than those grown in unprotected field beds. dood quality plants as well as seeds are necessary if you are to get a high quality pro duct. Health*Department News Pre-School Clniics Members of the District Health Department staff have attended meetings of the school superintendents, super visors, principals, and first grade teachers in all three couhties, recently, to plan for pre-school clinics during April and May. The purpose of these clinics are three-fold: — 1. To immunize children who will be entering the first grade this fall against small pox, diphtheria, and whoop ing-cough, or to give them “booster” immunizations i f necessary. State laws require these immunizations for all children entering school, and parents must furnish certifi cates of immunization to the school principal at the time the fall session begins. 2. To examine these children for physical defects—such a s infected tonsils—which may need to be corrected befere the child begins school, so that he or she will get off to a > \ ■ ..v ' •; ~ . ’ *■''**' • ' - • * * - * .*• ~ , ' 22 . fwi" j ill, ■i ■#&&&* i»i ! IHiMpr dim 1 mn l i Ml Inn ,ii i MMi: bbsSl THE ROAD or OVER THE ROUGH ' -you cant beat a GMC! TTNOW why, more and more, GMG’s are becoming jV first choice of so many cost-watching truck opera tors tn every type of hauling? One of the big reasons, they will tell you, is they can always get a GMG that’s exactly “engined” for their particular kind of work. • There is no need for a GMG owner to strain away with an underpowered truck or lose profit to a gas eater unsuited to its job. That’s because GMG builds the widest - range of truck engines in the industry GMG famed valve-in-head gasoline engines from 100 to 200 H. R—GMG exclu sive 2-cycle Diesels from 110 to 225 H. E STYLES & COMPANY t * * ■ ' SOUTH MAIN STREET BURNSVILLE, N. C . • . r ' • v - You’ll do better on a used truck with your GMC dealer rm TAamr wk&zb good start, 3. To give the children some interesting and helpful school experiences, so that they will look forward to entering the first grade in the fall. Parents are asked to bear in the State law re quires that a child be six years old on of before October 1 in order to enter school. Pre-School Clinic Schedule Yancey County April 2—9 a. m . Burnsville; 1:30 p. m. Pensacola. April 4 —9 a. m. Micaville. April 11 —9 a. m. Colored School; 11 a. m. Double Island April 21 —9 a. m. Clearmont April 28 —9 a. m. Bald Creek May s—a. m. South Toe River; 11 a. m. Seven Mile Ridge. May 12—9 a. m. Bee Log; 11 a. m. Little Creek. May 19 —9 a. m. Price’s Creek; 10:30 a. m. Bakers Creek. Ipi I i i “ t• ••• •• •: •** \ IP§a /j&r ...» | C‘‘ fIUG FROM HUBBY ... In Vorefjell, Norway, Andrea Mead Lawrence, Rutland, Vt., gets em brace from her husband, Dave, ifter she wins the woman’s giant .lalom to score the first victory or the United States in the 195 .vinter Olympics. Gflyc >/; K> SO IONS Corner Tj —— »—-^-fcsJbajg &BBBBBBMMd All in the Game: .