The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 8, No. 50, Ed. 1, Friday, August 23, 1946 Page: 2
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TUB 8TORT TIIUI FMl Spratt Uf r >
lonr motion pic tart producer met and
married EUubtth whoso first husband
Aitber KlUredgc was reported Ulled la
World War 1 bat who later appeared la
Hollywood and secured a Job from
Bprstt Under the name of Kessler and
with bit dlsflfaremeaU ht wai not tee
Salted He was a frequent visitor at
the Hcrlonr borne and they all became
food friends One day while they were
waJUnc for Spratt Arthur told BUtabeth
that be realized the fliht ifae was going
thronib knowlof that Dick would eoon
be folof away to war She said that io
far the could only tee the war In termi
f her son not at a noble it rug tie for
a better world
CHAPTEH XVII
1 wish there were something I
could say to you he told her In a
low voice
Elizabeth had clasped her hands
and was moving them against each
other restlessly I dont know why
I feci so much like talking to you
Maybe Its just that If I dont talk
It out pretty soon I dont know uhat
will become of me Do you mind
listening
I want to he answered with
such simple sincerity that she could
have no doubt of his sympathy He
hesitated an Instant then asked
Can we sit down Mrs Hcrlnng
How stupid of mol she ex-
claimed She hurried to lead the
way to two deck chairs plarrd on
the lawn at the side of the house
Cherry had left a sweater on one of
them and Elizabeth put it on for
the evening chill was Mowing In
from the sea We arent Just cour-
teous nbout not noticing your limita
tlons Mr Kessler she remarked
as they sat down were usually
not even aware of them
When he answered It was In a
maltorof fact voice This is one
of the things I found hardest to get
used to he said I mean asking
for a chair I had always been so
healthy that I was the one who had
to be reminded not to expect too
much of other people Please dont
be embarrassed Im not
Are you cold asked Elizabeth
No What was it you wanted to
tell me
Spratt Is my second husband
you didnt know that did you Its
not important In any personal sense
between us It never has been im-
portant and It wouldnt be now ex-
cept that my first husband was killed
In the last war I loved him very
much Of course now looking back
on It its easy to say It shouldnt
have mattered so much I was a
young girl with all my life before
me and as It happened I met Spratt
and everything turned out as youve
seen It But at the time there was
no way for me to look forward
When I remember It She stopped
After a moment Kessler asked
Did you suffer so horribly
I cant tell > ou what It was It
wasnt anything anybody could un-
derstand except somebody who had
been through It I had loved him
so and then all of a sudden he was
dead It was anyway I never went
through anything like it before and
X never have again Of course its
all over I dont even think of it
very often but now She stopped
again
There was a silence that seemed
to last a long time At last Kessler
said in a voice so low she barely
heard him Yes But now
Dont you understand I cant
take It again I cant I thought
there never would be anything else
like that It was over and done
with My world had been shot to
pieces and I picked up the pieces
and made myself go on living and
Z was rewarded more than I ever
dreamed of expecting But I cant
do that another time Even If I had
the strength Its too late I was
twenty when I o st Arthur It wasnt
easy to go on then But now Im
fortyfour If my world Is shot to
pieces again It stays that way I
cant go back and start over And
why should I be expected to Life
cant be all beginnings and no ful
fulfillment
As she broke off Kessler asked
What Is that exquisite seen thats
suddenly here all around us
Nightblooming Jasmine Some-
times it blooms till late in the year
Are you listening to me
If I hadnt been listening I
shouldnt have asked about the flow-
ers X was just thinking In a world
so full of possibilities for pleasure
why should anyone have to say what
you are saying to me
Youre not answering me are
you she said There Isnt any
answer But thank you for listen-
ing After a moment she went on
I cant tell you what a relief It hag
been to say all this X believe say
ing It to you has got it out of me
so X wont pour It all out to Spratt
Thats why Xm grateful She
reached her hand out and laid It
over his as tt rested on the bead
of hU cane To her astonishment
she found that Instead of lying there
lightly as she had thought his hand
was gripping the cane with such vio-
lence that the musclei wero hard
and the knuckles were like rocks
Elizabeth drew away quickly and
itt up Mr Kesslerl What have
I doneto you
Nojhing he answered sharply
and sat up too as though startled
What la lh troubW
Why couldnt X keep quiet she
demanded of herself contritely
JTam Xe Vr Hbbu Ilka a
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it
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child who thinks nobody has any-
thing to do but listen
But I wanted to listenl Kessler
exclaimed Youre not sorry you
talked to met
Not for myself oh no But I
was so absorbed In myself I didnt
realize how I might be affecting
you Have X brought back some-
thing thats betterforgotten For-
give me please forgive mc If Ive
tried yoU too far
Kessler stood up abruptly He
turned and moved a step so as to
face her She looked up at him
standing between her and the stars
a black figure that gave an Impres-
sion of strength In spite of the crip-
pled body
X told jou not to try to answer
me Please dont try Theres no
answer for me or for you
Yes there is he exclaimed de-
cisively For a moment sitting
there you had me almost believing
HEMPHILL COUNTY NEWS CANADIAN TEXAS
Theres no answer for me or for
jou
that there wasnt You said It was
too late for you to start over You
are not required to start over But
you arc required to keep going He
member jour responsibilities are of
your own creation You arent re-
sponsible for whats happening In
the world but you are responsible
for how you take it
I told you I couldnt take it
I can feci myself breaking at the
prospect I cant take it
Yes you can he said sternly
and youre going to
His force was like a stimulus
Elizabeth exclaimed Do you be-
lieve I can Mr Kessler You
seem to know me pretty well by
now do you believe I can
You can he returned earnest-
ly because youve promised it by
every action of your life Nobody
required you to get married or to
have children or to live so that you
would be essential to their well be-
ing If you had wanted to you
might have been one of these whin-
ing creatures who takes to her bed
at every annoyance and becomes the
center of her little universe by de-
manding attentions shes too useless
to get any other way But you
didnt do that You outlived your
own early grief To do It you had
to strip your character down to its
core of strength so that this Is what
they have seen of you tills is what
you have taught them to expect
They believe in you They need you
and theyre going to need you more
Dont fall them
Elizabeth drew a long breath Her
chest felt tight After awhile Kess-
ler resumed his chair He turned
to her saying
Right now you are beginning to
fallShe
She started Is it as obvious as
that Already
Why dont you stop looking at
this entirely from your own view-
point he asked You wonder if
you can take it has it never oc-
curred to you that Dick Is taking It
very well
Dick He doesnt seem to think
very much about it
He doesnt seem so to you may-
be But he Is thinking about It
How do you know She was
startled Has he said anything to
jouV
No But I know he Is because
Ive been there
Elizabeth exclaimed Yes you
have Tell me what Its like
Its a torment of bewilderment
he returned You dont say much
about it because everybody seems to
understand It better than you do
You dont know the reason other peo-
ple arent explaining It to you Is that
they dont understand It either You
go around wondering how youre
going to act Ilka a brave hero
Elizabeth wai sitting forward her
hands tight on the arms of her chair
Thats whats tolog on In bis mind I
But why hasnt ha told us Mr
Kessler why doesnt he ever say
so
I suspect Its because he knows
whats going on in your mind a lot
better than you think
You mean she said bitterly
he knows his father and X arent fit
to be told Because we have failed
him terribly
Would you believe me If X told
you I loved your son Mrs Hcrlong
I do love him Hes so much like
the son I used to think I might
hae
You never had any children did
you Margaret told me this after-
noon you adopted her after her par-
ents died
No I never had any children he
returned steadily That was an-
other of the things the war made
impossible
Oh she said faintly After a
moment she exclaimed Yet you
have conquered Mr Kessler You
have gone on Irving HWngwcll and
nobly in a world that left jou abso-
lutely nothing to live for How did
you do If It seems strange that I
who have everything should turn to
you who have nothing and say
Please help mc But I do Be-
cause right now tt soems that It Is
> ou who have everything and I who
have nothing Will jou help me
He asked Do jou want mo to try
to tell Dick what hes being asked
to fight for
Yes Can you Will jou
111 try Ill do my best
Thank jouI You can do It bet-
ter than I can Youve seen it And
you are so wise so gentle so how
can I say If I mean youre the only
man I know Id trust to do It well
There was a brief silence then he
said And you
Ill take It Mr Kessler Forgive
me for being such a coward
Margaret was going to have a
Christmas party for some of her
schoolmates and Elizabeth suggest-
ed that she and the two older chil-
dren come to Kesslers apartment
one afternoon to decorate the Christ-
mas tree As it was hard to buy
ornaments in the stores they brought
their own part of an abundance left-
over from earlier holidays Margar-
et was there Jumping with excite-
ment while Kessler looked on He
liked Christmas and enjoyed her
pleasure In it While he was show-
ing Elizabeth the silver fountain pen
Spratt had given him as a Christmas
present Dick was dragging in a
ladder and calling to Elizabeth to
move out of his way Well start
at the top he said setting up the
ladder by the tree and beginning to
climb You hand me the junk
Cherry
With Elizabeths assistance Cher-
ry handed up the junk Margaret
helped her arms full of tinsel and
her eyes wide and joyous Its just
beautiful she kept saying over and-
over Its just beautiful
She got close against the resplend-
ent tree and looked up through the
branches I can see you up there
Dickl Look at me
He bent down scratching his face
on the branches Sure I see you
Hello As he leaned over a collec-
tion of glass balls slipped out of his
hand and smashed on the floor at
her feet
Oh Margaret cried In dismay
It doesnt matter Cherry reas-
sured her there are plenty more
Youve hung up about all it will
hold anyway Kessler observed as
the door opened and the housekeeper
came in to tell Margaret her supper
was ready Margaret shrank back
against the tree looking down at
the broken glass before her
I Im scared she confessed
I might fall down and get cut
Yes so you might Elizabeth
agreed Come give her a lift
Dick
Okay Wait a minute Margaret
Dick scrambled down from the
ladder Remarking that he had
Jolted some lights out of place Cher-
ry climbed up to adjust them Dick
reached across the broken glass
Put your arms around my neck
and hold tight so I can lift you
Margaret There you are Shell be
along in a minute he said to the
housekeeper and as she went out
he swung Margaret across the pile
of glass and set her down Right
he asked her
She nodded Right thank you
Im always scared of falling down
on broken things I fell down once
and got a bad cut on my neck See
She drew the collar of her dress
aside
Dick bent to look at the scar she
showed him Why you did get a
bad cut How did that happen
A man kicked me said Mar
garet and I fell down
What said Dick
The eyes of them all turned to
her Elizabeth her hands full of tin
sel Cherry on the ladder adjust
ing the lights Dick standing beside
Margaret at the foot of the tree
Kessler sitting In his chair near by
said nothing But Margaret ap
peared not to realize the start she
had given them
What man kicked you Dick de
manded and stopped absorbing the
Idea of men who kicked little girls
Margaret answered without any
excitement The man who killed
my mother
TO HE PONTWUES
ntyIsVfl r
impwj SUNDAY
Ittlemaitoittl II SCHOOL
> LESSON
ByHAROLD 1 LUNDQUIST D D
Of Tht Moody Bible ImUtuto of Chicago
Released by Western Newspaper Union
Lesson for August 25
Loaton subjects and Scripture texts se-
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education used by
permission
JESUS AND FURE LIVING
LESSON TEXT Exodus 2014 Prov-
erbs 414 23 Matthew 8B Philip
plans 4 8
MEMORY SELECTION Keep thy
heart with all diligence for out of ft
are the Issues of life Proverbs 423
Moral corruption has been the
ruin of the great nations of the earth
and If history is not to be repeated
by the fall 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 11 widespread as to give grave
concern to social and national lead-
ers What then is the Church
doing about it
We do not like to talk about adul
tery and related sins We must
speak with care and tact but per-
haps the lime has come for some
straightforward dealing with an un-
pleasant situation
I Keep Your Home Pure Exod
20 14
As the divinely appointed center
of mans life the home holds a
place of such Importance that It Is
the special target of Satans 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
rounding 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 and spiritual
This awful sin and do not let a
wicked world 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
for every three marriages and that
the ratio Is rapidly becoming low
r there can be no question that
divorce Is a major evil In our day
Statistics are positively shocking
but they arc cold and quickly forgot
ten But who can fall 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 prlsen
come from homes where divorce
has entered to break down and de-
stroy family life
II Keep Your Heart Pure Prov
41423 Matt 58
Out of the heart are the Issues of
life Prov 423 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 centerof mans
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 tegenerate that heart and
make It clean
The solution for the problem of
impurity Is found In our lesson
verses First of all one must avoid
the way of the wicked Prov 414
17 They are so evil that they can-
not sleep until they have misled
some poor souls and brought them
down to their own level v 16
They make sin and Immorality look
mysterious and attractive Dont be
led Into sin by the enticement of
curiosity
Shun the evil way which goes
down with increasing darkness by
seeking the good way which shun
eth more and more unto the perfect
day Prov 418 10 The way of
life is a bright and shining way
Dont let Satan fool you young peo-
ple Into thinking the opposite Its
great to be a Christian
III Keep Your Head Pure Phil
48The
The mind of man is quick ana
active that is if he Is 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 fSct and
come to fill 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 fill and satisfy ev-
ery mental as well as spiritual In-
terest Gods provision is not Hm
Ited either in scope or variety He
provides the best the most delight-
ful the loveliest and most noble
Observe that 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
lng those things which are sensual
selfish or sinful It is a sound
principle of psychology as well as-
a spiritual admonition It really
works
SEtWieE
BUREAU
EDITORS NOTEt This newspaper
through tpecial arrangement tvtth the
Washington Bdreau of Western News-
paper Union at 1616 Eye Street N W
Washington DC is able to bring read
erg thl weekly column on problems of
the veteran and serviceman and his
family Question may be addressed to
the above Bureau and they mil be an-
swered in a subsequent column Vo
replies can be made direct by mail
put only in the column which will ap-
pear in this newspaper regularly
Mental Illness Clinics
In addition to 32 clinics already
authorized the Veterans adminis-
tration has directed the establish-
ment of as many such clinics as
necessary In the 70 regional offices
for the treatment of mental Ill-
nesses among war veterans
According to the announcement
the need for treatment of these
emotional and nervous diseases is
evident and experience In civilian
practice both before and during the
war Indicates that a majority of
such cases can be treated In clinics
without hospitalization
In the mental hygiene program
emphasis will be placed on group
therapy which Is the simultaneous
treatment of a number of veter-
ans suffering from similar mental
or emotional disturbances The
neuropsychlatrist clinical psycholo-
gist and social worker will cooper-
ate as a team in these clinics In
treating the patient
Questions and Answers
Q Can my daughter who is en-
gaged to a joung fellow overseas
book passage on a boat and be mar-
ried to him while he is still In serv-
ice In German S P Ilatre de
Grace Md
A The war department says the
procedure is for the girl to write
the boy telling him to get permis-
sion from the commanding general
European theatre for entrance of
the girl into the area for the pur-
pose of his marriage When he re-
ceives this letter of permission from
the commanding general he should
mall It to the girl She will then
take the letter along with passport
application to the state department
and apply for passport and visa to
get overseas She then must ar-
range for her passage and pay her
own way
Q My husband was In the army
three years from 1903 to 1908 and
was in the Ute Indian campaign
Would he be entitled to a pension
lie is not disabled from military
service Mrs R F J Mahtowa
Minn
A There Is provision for both dis-
ability and death pensions for In-
dian v ars I am not sure how-
ever whether these provisions ap-
ply to the period 1005 to 1008 They
apparently apply to earlier Indian
wars However to be sure you
should take it up with your near-
est Veterans administration office
Q I am a World War II veteran
and would like to start farming I
kept hearing over the radio that 1
could get a loan from the banks
under the GI bill of rights Well
I went to the bank and they said
I bad to have capital to get a loan
but how can I have that when I
served three years In the army
Is there any chance of me get-
ting a loan so that I could start
farming It L K WInslow III
A Provisions of this law are that
the Veterans administration will
approve a loan up to 4000 for an
eligible veteran if the lending In-
stitution will make the loan The
bank or other lender Is the Judge
of whether or not the veteran is a
good risk and Is likely to succeed
at his venture
Q My son was discharged from
the army In February 194S He was
overseas 25 months and while In
the army he had to work so hard
he could not rest at night and would
wander around in his sleep Since
he It at home the Same thing bap
pena when he works bard He
cant get any rest at night He
wasnt this way until be went Into
the army Would It be possible that
he Is eligible for a disability pay
Mrs J L C Hickory Flat Miss
A It might be possible The only
way to find out Is for your son to
apply to your nearest office of the
Veterans administration and ask for
an examination and disability rat-
ing
Q My ton was killed in action
In World War II His Insurance was
made to his mother We are di-
vorced I am 55 yeara old and pot
ablo to work Can X draw a de-
pendent parents pension If so how
much and where shall 1 apply
D V M Ferguson W Va
A Yes although divorced as a
dependent father you should be en-
titled to 25 per month Make appli
cation to the Veterans administra
tion office at Huntington
Q My husband la a veteran of
World War I serving overseas 11
months He has a 50 per cent
permanent disability given In 1930
This disability becomes worse Is he
eligible for pension If so where
can he get help Mrs M L Fort
Payne Ala v
A Your husband evidently had a
disability rating from the Veterans
administration which likely was
wiped out by the economy act of
1933 Suggest that he contact his
nearest office of the Veterans ad-
ministration for a new disability
racing
FRIDAY AUG 23 1948
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For the Nursery
CWINGIN on a star and sliding
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linens
Theyre so fat and funny youll
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Pattern 703 nas transfer of 17 motifs from
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PR SPREAD ON ROjpTS
Long llun
Couriers or the Turkish sultans
during the middle ages often ran
from Constantinople to < Adrlanople
and back a distance or about 220
miles in two days and nights
Scorch Marks
If cottons scorch when youre
ironing them plunge them Immedi-
ately into cold water leaving them
there 24 hours By that time the
marks should have disappeared
Dehydrated Vegetables
It Is estimatedthat 25 to 30 mil-
lion pounds of dehydrated vegeta-
bles can be sold annually In the
United States after the war
Measuring Cup
Honey molasses or corn syrup
will not stick to the measuring cup
if the cup U preheated with hot
water
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