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The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-27
PRECEDING EVENTS


In an effort TO aid a neighbor,
Ruth Ingraham, in a business way,
Edward Patterson, cashier OF the
Chicago agency of a life insurance
company, is wrongly suspected by
his wife, Julia, of infdelity. Her
accusation units him Tor business
and he takes a short vacation. on
his return his daughter, Edith, tells
him his personal belongings are In
the spare room," having been re-
moved from the room which had
been his and his wife's bedroom.
Patterson accepts the situation as
proof Of -is wife's belief IN ms
guilt. Edith, seventeen years old,
is worried over the estrangement OF
her parents. Her mother only part
ly succeeds in her efforts TO COM
fort her. The son, Edward, Junior,
Is at colleke. A business matter
brings an inventor" James Mar
tner into Pattersons life. Mariner
needs $4,000, with which TO push
his invention, an automobile choke,
and Patterson, after a brief inyestt-
cation, decides TO go In with him.
Without informing his family, he
resigns his position, devoting his
whole time to the pushing of the
invention. a few days later he tells
his wife OF the change he has made.
Though surprised, she accepts the
situation. Edith is made aware Of
the alteration in the family for
tunes by her mother telling her she
has decided to part with the cook.
she and Edith TO do the housework.
Edward comes from college for the
holidays. With him is Roger Nor
gan, whom Edith had known as a
child. Her mother asks Edith to
leave her present private school and
finish her studies at the public high
school 1t VIII mean a saving OF
several hundred dollars, and Edith
agrees. A talk with Roger Morgan
heartens her. Edward tells her he
is going TO pay his own way through
college.
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really knew what l was good for,
just as the people in the office did"
Il can't stand it," she managed
to say, IF you talk like thatw 1t
was a relief when the sob that was
coming broke away from her.
I'm sorry, Edith" he said. Il
shouldn't have done that" He put
his arm around her shoulders and
drew her close. Il was taken by
surprise, you see. | knew you were
going to say something about
school. If Id had any idea what
it would mean to you to change
schools I'd never have suggested 1t.
That's what / was ready TO say,
you see. And when you spoke of
going to business college and TAX
ing a job, it-well, it stripped me
of my last pretense, somehow"
She was glad he stopped talking
then and just went on holding her
tight. There was something COM
forting about the steady feel of him.
now that that first outburst was
over.
Finally she managed TO ask,
rs it really hopeless, dad-the busi-
ness, mean? Is it sure to fail?"
NO." he said rehectively, grudg-
ingly almost. Really, it isn't.
That's the queer thing about 1t. 1t
isn't what / thought it was when ]
went into 1t. There's nothing mys-
terious or revolutionary about 1t.
We've got nothing that will set the
world on fire. Lord, what fool /
wasl But we've got an article-a
novelty, they call it in the trade
slang-that people find rather at
tractive. It's a question Of our be-
ing able TO hang on while we're de-
veloping our market. Persuading
enough people to buy it is what that
means"
Then he went back to the drift Of
his own thoughts. Were handi-
capped by more than a lack of
money. Mariner is temporarily un-
trustworthy. He knows a good deal,
but you can't believe what he says
because he can believe whatever he
pleases. And I'm not much better,
because I'm almost totally ignorant.
And then, of course. I'm not a sales
man. Ed would be worth twice as
much to the business as am. sup
pose we'd better be starting on
home. Mother won't know what's
become of u.s."
She didn't Immediately start the
car. She was thinking about some
thing else. Roger was back in col
lege, too. They might he talking to-
gether now. About herl
did Ed know about this plan of
yours?'
"No," she said. ''Only that |
wouldn't go back to school. l had
to tell him that because he wanted
to pay the money for it himself. /
made him lend me twenty dollars
for my tuition at business college,
not telling him what 1t was for.
You'll let me do it, won't you. dad?
Let me work for you, | mean? Be
cause I'm going to get a job with
somebody. Don't you want me, dad?"
She heard a long. shakily in
drawn breath. "Oh, yes. my dear,
| do" he said.
She started the car and drove
along for a while in silence. II bet
/ could sell a lot of those things"
she told him.
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CHAPTER V
The Coward.

HC SOWdiOs
THEY compromised with Edith.
l. 1t was agreed, after an eve
nings argument and a mornings in
vestigation by Julia, that the child
might go TO her nice little business
college for a trial month. By the
end of that time. If she still want
ed to, she could go to work for her
father at the office.
1t was he who insisted upon the
delay. His wife, to his astonish-
ment, after she had heard what
Edith had to say about it, was in
favor of letting her take the plunge
at once. She was frankly enthusi-
astic over the plan.
He had never been able to make
out whether Julia believed in the
auto choke or not. She had never
said she thought their own car ran
better with it. than before. She
blew cold when he blew hot. She
never took so dark a view of the
future as when he came home buoy
ant over a good order or gor-
geous prospect. Yet when the pros
pect faded or the man who had
sent in the big order turned out not
to have the money to pay for it,
when he found himself drifting on
the rocks of despair, she just took
hold of him and pulled him through.
Often he recalled Bert Wizards
saying that she was a good sport.
1t had surprised him at the time
and it surprised him still. 1t was
true-true up to the hilt, in way.
1t was true if you considered what
she did. But if a good sport was
an adventurer, who took hazards
and defeats as a part-even an en-
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try to pretend. She had made him
vince by putting her finger on
sore spot. He had never realized
before that he was snob, but now
the fact confronted him.
He'd always said that snobbery
was a specialized form of coward
Ice. He wasn't a coward-was ne?
Mariner looked a bit blank when
Edward told him of Edith's plan
and his own tentative agreement
to it, but he offered no objections.
Shed find it a pretty dull way Of
spending her days, he thought, hut
of course she wouldn't have to stay
if she found it so.
81 don't believe she'll find It
dull" Edward said. 1T will take
her a week or so to get the hang
Of it, and 1t may prove too much
for her. but if it does I'll let her
go and get some one else. It's to
be a plain businesslike arrange
ment. Wen pay her a fair salary
and see that she earns it. It's
her own idea. from the first, but ii
will be material help to me if it
works"
Mariner said, "Oh, that's all right,
of course" and apparently forgot
all about 1t. He was in a queer
sort of mood. these days. anyhow.
1t was hard to be sure you had his
attention, for anything.
Upon Edward, Edith's presence
was profoundly disturbing. 1t gave
the day a different color and tex
ture from any that had gone before.
1t made the office a different place.
That sort Of electrical tingle
which her presence put in the air
couldn't be a permanent thing,
could it? How long would it last? ?
Why, it would last, Edward found
himself deciding, exactly as long as
he could play up to it. On the
day she saw him slack, despondent,
frightened, ready to quit, the spell
would be broken.
There had been nothing aggressive
ly virtuous about her manner. She'd
just been natural. Once, indeed,
she'd mildly shocked him by utter
ing a perfectly audible "d-n" over
some mistake in her typing, and
once when she'd bent over his desk
to see some correction he was point
ing out to her, she'd forgotten she
wasn't at home and rumpled his
hair.
No, she was all right. She'd keep
it up as long as he did; as long as
he remained the person she wanted
him to be- She wouldn't be criti-
cal; she'd take him for granted as
long as she could. What she couldn't
do was be sorry for him, encour-
age him, pull him up when she saw
he was down. She would pull him
up wonderfully as long as she didn't
know it was necessary.
That was what it came to, then.
He must never give himself away.
They got into the doldrums. The
| impetus that their business had got
from the automobile show in Jan
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-27
Agricultural Squibs

Apple trees in sod need about one
quarter pound of nitrogen fertilizer
annually for each years growth, up
to thirty years.
If the garden is carefully planned
two vegetables a day will be pro-
vided for summer use and two vege-
tables day can be canned or stored
for winter use.
1t is estimated by the American
Tree association that there are 12O,-
100000 idle acres in the United
States which are suitable only for
trees.
Do not mound up earth around
fruit trees just planted. 1t is bet
ter to leave a little depression
around eacn tree to catch rain when
it falls.
Silage is good insurance against
a period of scant feed. If the rain
fall is sufficient to keep the pastures
growing the silage may not be need
ed. In that case it can be kept over
for the next season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-19

ls under eenssr1ssIen but open t6
 Marlboro. wsst read. South road and Cooley road. Two and one-lialf miles or gravel under con- atrucfion but open to tfafnc.
 Paddock avenue. Waterbeund ma- cadam road 1 1-2 miles in length under construction but open to traffic.
 Monroe. Barn HiIl road and Pepper Crossing. About one mile under colstfuction on each. Open to trafIic. t
 Morris. North road. Gravel surface about 2 1-2 miles in length. >Grubbing, grading and Installing culVerfs. Open to trafflc.
 Middlebury. Watertown road.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-19

abouf f-7 n.ise. llo delay @ trafIIc.
 Chester. Goose Hiii road. Gravel road a-l miles in length under construction, but open to trafic.
 Eastou. Easton- Monroe road to Monroe town line. About 3>fiiies Of rolled gravel surface. Open to traflc.
 East Granby. Hatchstt Hiil road. Three-quarters of a mile of Waterbound macadam under con- struction but open to tfafiic.
 East Haddam. Three sections of town aid roads under construction. Open to local traffic.
 Enfield. Fletcher road. About two miles of rolled gravel under construction but open to traffic.
 Franklin. Four sections of town
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-19

1IfueI=11 ftIIE I. 4tf'''l can H1EH
 NouloHn. .NN+IH. .l|N tN+. Gravel gurlaee about zHs ul,'Y " length. 0rubblng. 1Ea4.n5 aI4 in' afaIllng culyert1. Open % tFA.ls.
 Norwalk. Gregory 1ouleI-IQ en1 en each under construction open te trafIic. =. .-..s.. :. q "a yniIea. fin length on fhe Good Tr,iI road and about 2 miles on the Pacosi road. Grubbing, graoin1 and ingtaIling eilverts. Open @
 Preston. Three town Rid roads under constfuction. Open to local trafiic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-19

Gravel arffacs unasf eons.FreI Itu. about 1 mile in ienglt. oru1bIIE' trading and lu4tAIllng ouIF~It= Optn to trafIlc. Y - MfddieneId. Ross road. lLaca- dam road 3-l of e mile ln lenEth is. under construction but open to traiflc.
 New Canaan. Park street. one and three-quarters miles of bttum7 fnous macadam under conzfrucfion. Open to trafic.l
 New Hartfofd. Joe 0illett road: One and one-quarter niles or gravel road under construction'b but open to trafilc. VerysrOugh.
 New London. Nohtauk avenue. Reinforced concrete pavement. length about 1-2 mile is under con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-19

aid roads under eonstruelion. IEal- flc can pass.
 ooshen. East street. Waterbound macadam one mile iu length. Grub ping, grading and installing cul- verts. Open to tFafIc. VailIe- Wright road. Waterbound nsaca- dam one mile in length. Grubbing and installing culyefts. Open to trafiic.
 Haddam. Depot road. Shoulders are being oiled for "a mile.
 Hartland. Five sections of town aid roads under construction. Ap- proximately five miles in length. Complete and open to fraffic.
 Killingworth. Chestnut Hill road and Durham road. Short section under construction on each, Open
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-19

Hebron. Wali street and Jones street. Two miles of gravel road are under construction but open toHtraiflc.
 Lebanon. Exeter road. Gravel surface length about f-2 miles e under conatruction. Surface Co being laid. Open Co local trafiic. Ladyafd. shewvilIe road is be- ing oiled for ] 1-2 miles.
 Ledyard. Three sections of town aid road under constrQctiop. Open to local tfafilc.
 Litchfieid. Four sections of town aid roads under construction. Open to trafiic. AZ q,
 Manchester. Buckiand. underpass
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-19
Road Conditions
 For Connecticut
Construction Repairs, Oilings and DetOurs for the
 Week Ending August IF

der construction for, about one mile. No delay to traffic. Marion
 road is under construction for
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-04-08
BY Irvin& Bachel1er
Copyright by Irving Bachelor.
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SYNOPSIS

Exhausted. ragged. and. starving, a
boy of about sixteen is found in the
woods by a camping party. He has
fed from his brutal father, Bat Morry-
son. Fed, and IN clean clothes. the boy,
who gives his name as Shad (Sher-
idan) is sent on his way to Canton,
with letter to Colonel Blake. The
colonel, his wife, and their young
daughter Ruth, are impressed by the
boys manner. He secures situation
In the village of Amity Dam, and
becomes friendly with youth OF his
age, ''Bony," and Bumpy Brown, tinker,
considered by the straitlaced as a
drunkard because of his periodic
lapses from strict sobriety. Bat Morry-
son comes to Amity Dam, determined
to take his son back to his own dis.
solute life. He is overawed by Colonel
Blake, who is the district attorney.
and his father passes out of Shad's
life. With Bony, he pays visit to
Bumpy Brown. A girl, young and pref
ty, comes to Browns shack. inquiring
for him. Shad applies himself diligent-
~ to his neglected education. Love for
Ruth Blake takes a strong hold on his
heart. The community is convulsed by
an attack made on the Perry family,
in which Oscar Perry, the father. his
daughter, Mrs. Doolittle, wife of Cy-
rus Doolittle, prominent citizen, are
shot and seriously wounded. Circum-
stantial evidence points to Bumpy
Brown as the assailant.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-04-08

dresses as one might surmise) choose
the soft-draped necklines rather than
to go collarless. If. however, you
have your heart set on a collarless
wrap. the beauty about the model
shown to the right In the picture Is
that its fiat fur capelet-scarf Is de-
tachable and it can be adjusted to suit
the caprice of its wearer. The skirt
of this dresslike coat buttons all the
way up the side-front. The diagonal
slant of its blouse top is also a style
feature of note The coat is made
of thin wooden crepe and the cape
scarf is black galyak.
AS to the other coat pictured, its
bracelet sleeve may be adjusted In
length to tune to the occasion. Wide
bands Of black galyak enhance the
sleeves, while the capelet which serves
as collar is of self-fabric. The met
al slide and buttons on the bet an.
swer to fashions call.
The adjustable or bracelet sleeve as
above mentioned is very interesting
innovation which has come into play
this season. Many frock Is made to
do double duty because of its sleeves
which, having rubber drawstring in
its hemline. can be pushed up or down
to short puff type or elbow length
or to the wrist. thus tuning 1t to more
or less formal or informal wear.
Speaking Of the coat which aspires
TO look like dress, in some instances
it neither is belted or buttoned but
fastens with soft-tied bow of self
fabric. Just now it is the coat made
of lightweight wooden. preferably a
crepe which is holding the center of
the stage, but with milder days COM
ing the prospect is that modes Of this
genre will be fashioned of handsome
coating silks, preferably black navy
or beige.
&c. 1882. Western Newspaper Union.)
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HERE you have it, dear followers
Of fashion, who are ever seeking
the latest. It's just out-the coat
which takes on a dual personality.
It looks like a dress but in reality is
g bona fide coat.
Who cares If appearances are de-
ceitful, If coat which looks like q
dress can make good" as spring
wrap which is just the very thing to
wear over ones gay print silk frock
or which does duty on weekend trips
as an admirable travelling costume.
It's because they are unlined and
have the dressmaker touch that they
are of the coveted wearable type
which looks well and appropriate
where a coatlike coat would seem too
heavy for balmy spring day.
It's no secret on the part of the
designer that the deliberate aim is to
simulate dress in every detail. so
far as is possible, of these new and
mysterious coats. Which is to say
that the material in the first place
must have dressy look and be light
weight This coat must be soft
sleeved, unlined, button trimmed most
likely, and it is almost sure to take
on the new wrap-around "lines." For
that matter the smart looking wrap
around dresses which are the rage at
the present moment and the coat
which is a coat but looks like dress,
are that much alike In appearances
they might easily be taken for twins.
It is also part of the plan that
these coats continue their camoufiage
in that they maintain fiat dresslike
necklines Many of them are collar
less while others adopt scarf drape
such as might grace any of the new
springtime frocks.
The coats pictured Eyes. they are
really and truly coats and not coat
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-04-08
SPORTS COSTUMES
REMAIN PRACTICAL

Once again the scarf ties up with
the mode and becomes much more
than mere decorative accessory. AL
most every sports costume has a
scarf neckline, very good note, since
1t gives the softness that tempers q
rather more severe or tailored silhou-
ette.
The practical note continues to be
held for sports clothes. that is, for
sports things that are to see active
duty. Country clothes are a trifle
more dressy, with more decorative de-
tails. yet managing. too, to look the
part properly.
We think that the new things for
sports. and country year will meet
with your approval since they show
that careless. casual look that really
is the result of much calculated effort.
Jersey is the favored material. used
Of course, in various fancy weaves.
But whatever the type of sports frock
or suit. the scarf is omnipresent, lend
ing its color and softness to the
scheme
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-04-08
CHAPTER v
A Turn in the Tide.

The colonel and the judge returned
to the home of Cyrus Doolittle. Oscar
Perry was near his end, but be had
rallied so far that he was able to
recognize them and to speak in a
whisper. They took his ante-mortem
statement. 1t was to this effect: He
did not know who had shot him. The
intruder had his face covered with
.colored handkerchief which fell be-
low his chin. There were holes in it
opposite his eyes. He walked with
limp. He could not say that it was
the man known as Bunny Brown.
Mrs. Doolittle was able to talk to
them. She agreed with her father ms
to the mask and the limp of her as
sailant. She could not be sure but
thought that he was Bumpy Brown be-
cause of his height and carriage and
well-known hatred of her husband.
She knew of no reason for the hatred
save that her husband had once put
him off the place. The statements Of
the boy Moses and the teacher agreed
with hers. The officials returned to
their homes. The flame of life in Os-
car. Perry grew dim and flickered out.
Within week Bumpy Brown had
his examination at the county seat.
Cyrus Doolittle was an important wit
ness. He had driven to Griggsby on
the day of the murder to attend to
some business in that village. The
business done, he had driven to Ash
field, arriving there about four o'clock.
His colts were tired He put them in
the stable of the Westminster hotel.
He did some errands on the street.
He was suffering from Indigestion. He
felt cold and rather dizzy. He went
into the barroom Of the Kensington
hotel for a drink and met some
friends there. They drank with him.
He lay down on lounge in the shop
of his stepson, Robert Royce, on the
island, and fell asleep. In straight
forward, candid manner he accounted
for every hour of his time that after
noon until about eight-thirty when he
was going to get his team. Near the
bridge he met James Evarts who told
him what had happened in his home.
All this was corroborated by good wit
nesses. He showed depth of feeling
for his wife and father-in-law when he
told of his arrival at his desolated
home.
He swore to Bumpy Browns i'll
feeling for him. He knew of no cause
for it save a scuffle in which he had
put the tinker off his place. Brown
had then vowed that he would get
even.
Robert Royce was called to the
stand. He was asked to tell what he
knew of the ill feeling between his
stepfather, Cyrus Doolittle, and the
man Bumpy Brown. This reputable
witness ,averred.
(TO BE CONFINUED.)
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MaAz22gAA1
CAS- T O RIA
Ia|;I| 81
A Promise

A Promise
Dolly-Is your husband good to
You, dearie?
Polly-Tll say. He says if lose
my job / won't need to make any
more payments on his car.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-04-08

No passage in the Bible justifies the
common belief that all the descendants
of Benjamin were left-handed. The
tribe of Benjamin was always the
smallest of the tribes of Israel and
left-handedness seems to have been
more common among them than among
other people. Judges 20:15, 16 says:
"And the children Of Benjamin We're
numbered at that time out Of the
cities twenty and six thousand men
that drew sword, beside the Inhabitants
of Gibeah, which were numbered
seven hundred chosen men. Among
all this people there were seven hun
bred chosen men left-handed; every one
could sling stones at hair breadth,
and not miss" Judges 3:15 says in
part: but when the children of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-04-08
Chic Afternoon Frock
Leader in Popularity

The little afternoon frock is growing
up. 1t Is becoming sophisticated. veil
ing IFS simplicity in a most subtle man.
ner. There's no doubt that the little"
frock has become an essential part Of
our wardrobe.
Many women all but live in the little
frock of black satin or crepe de chine
as they find IL fits into almost every
scheme and confers charming. youth.
full look on the wearer.
Oyerdone clothes are definitely on
the way out. for we have realized that
nothing adds years and heaviness to
the figure as does the overturned
deliberately made frock of rich mate
rial. And so the frock that used to
be the Cinderella of the wardrobe has
now become the most popular frock
of all.