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Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-18
CHAPTER ~THIRTY-SEVEN

Matthew went i've and took her
= his arms. Darling. You're tired
and upset. Why don't you 90 to bed
Tor the rest of the day? I'll be home
early"
Pm not tired" she denied in a
tight little voice. choked and HUSKY.
Pm just afraid"
"Of what" he asked, smoothing
her hair back from her face, kiss
ing her drenched eyelids.
Judith said, holding him close.
"We've this and it's wonderful. But
it's all we have, Matthew, and it
flightens me. Because if we can't
be friends too, darling, I won't
want to go on. No matter how much
love YOU
He picked her up, carried her
into their room, put her down on
the bed and went out to consult
Olga. When he came back he sat
down beside her, as she lay there
supine, not stirring, the tears run
ming down her cheeks, and took her
wrist in his hand.
She said, half laughing, half
crying, "Oh, no, Matthew; that's
too silly"
He said, frowning, "You might
have picked up "a" But no, Ju-
dith's pulse, although a little ac-
CELEBRATED, was by no means alarm
ing. Her husband diagnosed her
condition as, Fatigue. Flying
here, flying there, worrying about
your mother, getting all sorts of
tool notions"
Matthew rose and then bent to
kiss her. What you need is a little
fun. III get tickets for something
for tomorrow night, and We'll cele-
brate by dining out. Try to sleep
a little and remember" he
added, Il love you"
When the door had closed, Judith
lay there looking at it. Matthew
loved her and she loved him. That
should be the paramount issue.
Anything else was shadow, this
was substance, was it not?
She thought: It's been a troubled
year, so many adjustments to make
perhaps I'm oversensitive or
something. l never used to be.
There must be some way 49,.
And then Judith thought Of a
time long ago, when she had first
realized that she loved Matthew;
hopelessly, in those days, for Irene
was his wife; when she had told
herself, | don't even like him yet |
love him terribly.
She loved him now, no less; but
liked him, no more.
The new house over the Connecti-
cut line vas no longer new. Judith
and Matthew had owned it for a
little more than a year when in the
glowing autumn Mary drove up
with Judith for the weekend.
Matthew would join them when
he could. A dozen people were ex-
pected on Sunday. Judith said, as
they drove along the parkway, Pm
SO sorry Lynn couldn't make it."
"He has to be away" Mary eX-
planned.
Judith turned and looked at her.
She was driving Matthews car,
leaving her own and the chauffeur
in town for him.
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CHAPTER


Judith "Matthew wants
10 build a guest house. l suppose
you know that?"
Eyes, he spoke to me about it. l
thought it an excellent idea"
Judith asked, Hes sold you on
il, has he? lie did Mother too, when
She was here this spring and sum-
men. She thought it a wonderful
idea. | don't"
But there's room," Mary said,
"slnce you acquired the extra acre
age"
Room and to spare" conceded
judith. II wanted to take a couple
of refugee children but there
wasn't room for them."
Il remember something of the
discussion last winter. 1t vas sweet
Of you, dear. But possibly Matthew
was right."i
oh, he had all the arguments"
said Judith; che pointed out the
practical side of it: If anything hap
pened to their parents and other
relatives we would be under obi
cation to keep them with us until
they were of age, no matter how
they had turned out, how disillu-
stoned we might become about them.
On the other hand, he argued that
We might become deeply attached to
them, and then it would be difficult
to give them up"
well" remarked Mary mildly,
that's sensible enough"
Matthew" said Judith, "can be
very sensible" She set down her
cup and leaned back in the big chair.
She added, after a moment, MARY,
l asked you to come up with me
ahead Of whatever gang seems to be
on the schedule because l wanted to
tell you that for some weeks l have
beer considering leaving Matthew"
Mary went perfectly white. She
could not speak for a moment. When
she did her lips felt stiff. She MUIR
INJURED, "You can't mean that, Ju-
dith."
Il do mean it,"
But you love him!"
"Oh, l love him." Judith agreed,
Il suppose I shall love him all my
me. hope not. l hope III get over
IT., but l doubt it. You see, l wanted
q lot more from marriage than"
She stopped. There were things you
could not discuss. She began again.
i won't be able to make you see.
l haven't been able to make him
see."
You mean you've actually told
MIN that you would leave him?"
mo. l warned him first, a year
ago. Recently, again. He doesn't
ceileve it. He laughs at me-"
II don't understand" Mary said
helplessly.
"No. But I thought somehow
that marriage was a working part
nership, give-and-take. Matthew
takes," stressed Judith firmly, "as
mes taken all his life. First from
you, then from Irene, and now from
me-"
There was . silence until Mary
said, Il still can't believe that you
mean this"
II do" Judith's grave blue eyes
looked directly INTO her mother-in-
laws as she rose and put her hand
On Mary's shoulder. "I've troubled
you and I'm sorry. I won't say any
t01ng more. Let's put on our top
eoats and walk in tbs Gsrdsn. It
Will be dark soon"
Mary walked to the terrace doeEs ]
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lHE REST Of My LIFE WITH You

WHATS the natter" she asked
lou sound a little odd"
ter" '"e mat
Nothing. Only, we've seen very
llttle of Lynn in the last siy
months" "N
Mary admitted ruefullv. "1t,s
utterly absurd, but Matthew djsan-
proves" p
"Disapproves!"
ne said-we were being talked
about" Mary colored family.
You and Lynn? But that's
mad protested Judith. And
what's more" she added, IT'S inst
an-an excuse. Matthew's SAVING
that, mean"
"Excuse?"
Look said Judith, Matthew
didn't in the least object to your As
~soclation with Lynn before Mrs.
Mortimer died. And if ever Won
We're gong to be talked about il
was then, wasn't it? When he was
SUN married, even though his wife
was hopelessly insane and in an
asylum"
Mary observed defensivelv.
,Weve known Lynn for so long.
Matthew grew up, accepting him
IN a way, as n of the family"
The family lawyer said Judith,
"old dog Tray"
Judith" began Mary, smiling
against her will. please"
ooh, l know. I'm Frank and
Earnest, two nice boys rarely met
with in polite society. But don't YOU
see -. as long as Lynn wasn't free
to marry you, Matthew could per-
suade himself that your friendship
was a pleasant thing and not in the
least unconventional. But now
Mary asked sharply, "Have you
and Matthew been discussing me?'
Sorry, darling" Judith told her.
Yes, Of course -. over a long peri
cd Of time, very occasionally"
II don't like it," declared Mat
thew's mother.
Judith said gently, "It's your
own business and I've no right tc
say anything at all. It's just" she
added with considerable bitterness,
that Matthew doesn't like to share
his womenfolk."
Mary asserted slowly, But
don't intend to remarry."
Judith asked, her eyes straight
ahead, Don't answer this, if you'd
rather not, Mary, but has Lynn
eve asked you?"
"Yes, any number of times"
"Then why don't you? You're
perfectly suited. You love each
other, or-don't you?"
Love-" asked Mary, Eat my
age?"
Good heavens, you'd think you
were eighty! You look younger and
prettier than you did when l first
came back to New York. And Of
course, Lynn's been in love with
you for years and years"
Mary said, after a little while, 81
like Lynn Mortimer better than
any man l have ever known. l trust
him completely. I'm fond of him
but"
That's not enough" exclaimed
Judith, "even at your age!" She
turned her small! animated face
toward her mother-in-lAW as tbs
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with Judith. She said, a little hest
family, "If you and Matthew 80"
To her great humiliation her voice
was unsteady, tears stood in her
eyes. IF you-Oh," she said mis-
serably, II did - want him to be
happy"
"He is happy" asserted Judith.
81 didn't mean just Matthew"
said Mary, distressed. II meant
you too"
That's something else again."
Judith told her. She put her arm
through Mary's as they went out
on the brick terrace and down the
steps to the garden. Il do love
you," she said sweetly and sincere
ly; "you have been wonderful to
me. l won't say, like a mother, be-
cause you aren't in the least like
mine. But like a friend, the best
friend l have. And I've hurt you.
You'll dislike me-" she ended visit
fully.
NO." said Mary, II won't. Be-
cause l love you too -. as your
self, Judith, however mistaken
might think you, not just because
you are my sons wife. And because
l do feel this way about you l i'm
plore you not to do anything hasty
or unconsidered. You've been mar
ried such q short time, y little over
two years. And the first years aren't
easy, they take q great deal Of ad-
justing."
II know" said Judith. She
stopped to pick a little chrysanthe-
mum that looked like a pink daisy
and put it in her lapel.
IF you would only give this
time" Mary urged. II simply can
not believe 80"
"Sometimes l can't either" said
Judith. "I've known Matthew since
l was a kid. I was in love with him
even then, l suppose. Then l saw
him again; but he vas married to
Irene, and they were happy. l knew
him." she said firmly, "as we'll as
anyone can, as we'll as he'll let me.
You-you gave him SO much," she
went on slowly, "integrity and de-
cency and his profession. And he's
sweet, but"
But what?" Mary asked low.
"He can't give, he won't give, not
an inch, not an iota. He takes every
thing and gives nothing" After a
pause, Judith declared, II can't
promise you anything, Mary"
"Would you mind if l talked to
him, Judith"
II wish you wouldn't. There's no
use. really. He'd hate it, it would
antagonize him, and you'd be the
one to suffer-"
She moved closer, and added.
"Shall we 60 back to the house,"
Mary had never cen her daugh-
ter-in-law look so forlorn -. nor, IN
a way, so old; and surely never so
unhappy. And standing here in the
autumnal dusk Of the dying garden
with a chill wind rising, she could
have wept bitterly for them both,
for Judith and for Matthew.
That year Judith and Matthew
went to Mary's for Thanksgiving
dinner. Lynn Mortimer was there
81 have to eat two dinners" he
zone here at midday and
one tonight, at Rita's. Heaven help
INV blood pressure"-and an asso-
cists Of hary's in the shop. .
voune woman from the West Coast.
Matthew vas late, h had a last
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Aids tor Digestive Upsets

fortunately, We have q long list
OF very effective medicine, or
drugs. o chemicals. whatever YOU
want to cali them. which viii
either slow down or increase the
movements or the .rcI"tions of
Tie stomach. intr>tin"s aHa their
large accessory glands. the pan.
cfcaS and the liver. If We cannot
lnc!.a the SecrctionS We can re-
place them As with pepsin. hydro
'h!"ilc a,Id. ~pan,reaun and bile
salts.
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Ut. Cl.ndelInr viii answer
questions OF general interest
only, AMI then only through
his column.
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by LOGAN CLENDENING. VI. d

SINCE 'llE Junction of the d.
eestivr y. tenn j. to 81 food into
such chrnlital condition that il can
be utilized for energy purpose. bv
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Two Types of Medicine

TWO Types of Medicine
In short, III Gun medicine closet
We have for the digestive system
calmer doWners and p~epper-up-
perS.
Among the calmer-doWnerS both
for muscular movements and Sc
'letluhS are utIupine, or its newer
PREPARATION, >ynt1opan. and tla-
s%entln, and also morphine, opium,
~lale@"t1c, pantopen and plostig-
mine.
talmer-dOWneis Of the secre-
tons alone, or rather ~neutralizers
OF the irritating Secletlons, are BIZ
carbonate OF soda (baking soda)
and aluminium hydroxide.
Inc pepper-uppers Of muscular
movements Of the digestive tract
are the great class of the cathar-
tics. To increase %secretions about
the only effective drug we have is
hlstamlne, although, as | noted
above, we have a good supply Of
requirements of lowered secre-
tlons.
For household purposes, and
this includes the general prae-
tltloner, three medicines suffice for
treatment of indigestion or con-
stlpation: fluid extract of cascara
sagrada, the best and least harm
ful of the cathartics; paregoric for
COLES; and bicarbonate of soda.
Lots OF people use soda pretty
regularly wen if they do not have
ulcer. 1t is a relatively harmless
habit. 1t relieves the little dis
comforts Of acid indigestion. Some
people blush and blanch easily.
Some peoples stomachs gush cas-
lily. For them soda is an ever
ready friend.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
R. A. G.: My husband has been
hoarse about ten weeks. He coughs
a lot, is AZ Years old and smokes
an awful lot of cigarettes.
A.: Get him to a good doctor
right away. 1t is not due to Gig
erettes.
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One two-ton blockbuster bomb for
Berlin costs S872
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In Tight
Squeeze
InI Italy

WITH UNITED STATES FIFTH
ARMY IN ITALY - There were
some tight squeezes in the Fifth
Army's invasion of italy but Pri-
vate Otto Ekman OF Winter, Wis,
had one of the oldest.
On a special mission behind Ger
man lines he became separated
from his small outfit in the dark.
At 4 pm, he suddenly realized he
could hear nothing but German
voices. He did. When dawn came,
he found he was squarely in the
middle OF Nazi bivouac area.
"All day." he said, Germans
passed within few feet Of where
| was hiding. At times they were
so close was certain they could
hear me breathe. But I stayed put
until o'clock, when l decided to
try to get out. I did. all right, but
made a little noise and the Ger
mans were so nervous that ma
;hine guns Immediately started
,hattering all over camp"
Ekman departed hastily and
eventually got back to his outfit
IL days after he had started out on
his mission
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and a Japanese machine-gun, much
the same as an American 80 cali
Der. a knee mortar and few flags
are about all they have left IN
camp.
Graphic Account
A graphic account of the action
on Attu was given by Major Lib
erty:
He explained that the LIST Bat
talon had been ON Adak since No
vember, 1912, having played a ma
ior role in the establishment OF the
base there, but it was not until
after the invasion of Attu was &C.
tually under way that its members
learned they were to take part in
the battle.
when the invasion began" Ma
jor Liberty recalled, I'VE got orders
to get packed and aboard the trans
port within SO hours. We arrived
at Attu and went into action the
following day.
1.-The main body of troops that
had preceded us had expected to
overrun the island within SO hours
but. they found the Japs better pre-
pared than they had anticipated
and we caught it pretty hard, as we
took to the mountains right away
and did most of our fighting there
The battle officially ended on
June 3-although we were still cap
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THAT FIGHT
AT TARAWA
fierce One

SEATTLE-A charred Jap rifle.
bayonet, and knapsack which
had lost its odor of death. were
mementces brought back from
bloody Tarawa by Corp. Gordon
Sage.
Il guess it was the bloodiest
fight the marines we're ever in"
he said at his home, 10l4h Alder
st.
1.-THE worst was the masses OF
dead-the stencil was pretty ter
rible when we went ashore, days
after the attack opened"
But the breath of new life held
much more interest for the tall
good looking young marine-he was
meeting young Donna Gale Sage, 10
months old, for the first time. and
1t seemed hard for him to remem-
Der the color of death when she
grinned at him and tugged his ear.
I'VE started hitting with the big
guns before daybreak, he related.
Then the shore batteries opened
up, and the first Jap salvo came
just short of our ship. There was
lot of cheering when a huge col
umn of flame told us one of our
ships had made direct hit on an
oil or gas storage dump.
Rough On Beachhead
1t was pretty rough when they
tried to take the beachhead, Cor
poral Sage said
mo, / didn't talk to any of the
boys in the first wave--I don't
think many of them came back to
tell a story" he asserted.
But I saw their bodies, littering
the reefs IN all sorts of grotesqlle
positions, when the tide went out.
you see, the Higgins boats
couldn't get over the coral reef.
Trapped, the fellows could only go
overheard and wade to shore. They
made pretty target for the en-
trenched Japs, and most OF them
never got there
The Japs, he said were pretty
well dug in, behind coral and coco
logs and sand bags, and command
ed every beachhead.
Their blockhouses were really
something to see--solid concrete.
feet thick" he said with impartial
enthusiasm. I'VE took them with
dynamite and flame throwers.
The mass killings? Well, didh't
mind that as much as you might
expect. You see we had expected
it to be messy"
Sage, %, marine since Septem-
Der, 1910, is home on leave with
his wife, Patricia, and Donna Gale,
for the first time in II months.
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Alaska Veterans, Just
Back from Atfu, Once
Again Taking Basic

Attu an1 who is now plans and
training officer on the regimental
staff.
Starting Training
after years of marching on
muskeg," he remarked today, its
a wonder they can march as well
as they do on the Fort Lewis rocks. .
The Alaska veterans have just
embarked On their new training
program, as each of them received
20 days leave on their return in
November and December, and the
regiment did not get back to full
strength until after the holidays.
They came to Fort Lewis laden
down with trophies-Japanese bat
tie flags. sanurai swords, wrist
watches and wide variety of other
souvenirs. But they took most OF
these home when they got leave
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How many more days, Mummy?

when their husbands, or sons, or
sWeethearts will be back.
The tragic truth is that many of
them will never see their loved ones
again. Never.
But this we do know 80.
Every minute by which the war can be
shortened means fewer lives Iosf-fewer
white crosses on lonely hillside.
Your job is to put every dollar you
can possibly dig up into War Bonds.
The fighting equipment bought by
your dollars will hasten the day of
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BY DOROTHY ROE
AP Feature Writer

Bombardiers prefer brunettes.
Dream-girl specifications OF the
"hell-from- heaven" boys also in
clude these qualifications:
The bride of bombardier must
be (a) good companion; (b) the
independent type; Co home girl T;
(d) average size (not too skinny
not too fat) (e) wearer Of tai
lored clothes; (f) as smart as the
boy-friend, but not smarter
These pertinent facts were CLEAN
ed from a QUESTIONABLE sent by
APP Features to bomboardier schools
at Midland, Big Springs and San
Angelo, Texas.
Some 453 bcmbardiers answering
the questionnnaire blasted the the
DRY that gentlemen prefer frilly
blondes, listing their preferences
thus.
Brunnettes. Isl rather than
blondes, GOD or redheads t63)
Good companion, 285, good cook,
90, good dancer, SO.
Independent type, 1853; athletic
type, 1873; helpless type. So.
Use makeup, 1893; use no makeup
54
Tailored clothes, ISL; fril!y
clothes, 100.
Home girl, 23l working girl, 81 ;
WAC, S; WAVE, 9; nurse, Is.
Average size, 234; skinny, z; slim,
81; plump, 20; fat, IL.
AS smart, 239; smarter, Ct;
dumber, as.
So bye-bye blondes-f farewell to
the beautiful but dumb. A girl
must be smart, tailored, independ-
ent-and brunette--to qualify as
the bride of a bombardier.
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BY r. b. hermann

FORT LEWIS-They're just back
from years service in Alaska and
the Notwithstanding which one
battalion covered itself with glory
in the bloodiest fighting on Attu--
but the veterans of the 4th in
fantry have returned to the same
kind of basic training that they re-
ceived as recruits.
It's not precisely the same kind
Of training at that--because a lot
of new weapons have come into
use since their recruit days and
they've got to familiarize them
selves with them.
But it's just straight marching
practice that they need the most,
according to Maj. w. c. Liberty,
who was executive officer of the
LIST Battalion during the battle on
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nett down the trench"
Barnett is no longer with the
Regiment, having been hospitalized
shortly after the battle for stomach
trouble.
Another d. S. c. was awarded
posthumously to 1t. Luther Brew
er, who died charging a machine
gun nest; there were II Silver Sta, S
in the battalion, and Companies
A and C received unit citations.
But it isn't mostly of the fighting
that the men think when their
thoughts go back to the Aleutians--
it's of the months of hard labor
that they put in during their stay
in the North.
Weeks of Fighting
After ALL commented Col P
E. LeStourgeon, the regimenta
commander, lit was just d little
over 2 weeks of actual fighting foi
one battalion-out of 3 years Of
hard work for the whole regiment
That just goes to show how much
fatigue duty there is in war
Major Liberty said the LIST Bat.
talon didn't lose any time getting
back to fatigue duty after tn
battle.
I'VE had to go right back ovel
the battlefield and bury the deac
and police it up" he said. "Tha
Twas a. lousy job.
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turing and killing few Japs .
days later-and the battalion was
pretty busy all that time.
There was lots of hand-to-hand
fighting-but it wasn't the KIND
you might expect. When our men
closed with them the Japs didn't
show any zeal for that KIND OF
fighting. They'd just cover in their
fox holes. We couldn't trust EN-
they were just as likely as not to
be holding grenades under cover
so there was nothing to do but
shoot them when they wouldn't
come out
Kills % Japs
Major Liberty spoke with pride
of the feat of Pvt. Fred M. Barnett
of A Company, who won the Dis
tinguished Service Cross for killing
% Japs single-handed with his rifle
and hand grenades.
His platoon had been pinned
down by a Jap machine-gun,' ne
said, land he got tired of staying
there. So he loaded Jap gas mask
holders with grenades and started
out for the machine gun. After he'd
emptied his rifle, he started in with
the hand grenades-and he simply
cleared out the whole trench. The
% dead Japs aren't an estimate
the platoon commander made a per-
sonal count when he followed Bar
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Victory T.w.S. the day when the boys
come marching home.
Don't slacken your Bond purchases
while victory is within our grasp!
Never let it be said that while the
attack grows stronger on the fighting
fronts, we at home failed to back it to
the very limit of our ability,
Dig down deeper. Buy extra War
Bonds. Help shorten the war by
those vital minutes or days, or
months which mean American lives
saved!
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But after all, the regiment went
to Alaska to work. 1t built more
air fields than the engineers and
loaded more ships than all the
stevedores."
The 4th is the second oldest regi-
ment in the United States army
having been organized in 1892 IT
was disbanded in 1902, but was re-
organized 10 years later and has
been continually in existence since
then