The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 8, No. 48, Ed. 1, Friday, August 9, 1946 Page: 2
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Married Elisabeth wboi Brit saitand
Mtthur FUtUedce waa reported killed la
World War I Artaar fcadly dlitored
AM Ml wasting to Uv bad tbft lalit
fpert lent eat When he catu to Atncr
ka b was employed by Spralt and soon
btcami acquainted wllh tht entire fam
Dr Elliabetb thought tbat the bad met
Un aomt place but bli chance and the
tvamt f Keitler made It Irnposilble for
her to place Keitler lit ihowed been
Interest la Brians cotlectlon of mounted
latcctr and promlied to get and mount
a bat for Urn All the children became
fend of blm
CHAPTER XV
Elizabeth turned to the desk and
tecan writing an order or some
tools needed for the Victory car
den She bad finished this and sev-
eral otbr notes when she heard
Dick a Al Cherry come In Going to
her tteorway she watched them
rcamper up the stairs enjoying the
healthy windblown look of them
Did you hae a good tlme she
a eked
0h yes said Cherry The sea
as just beautiful and we all had a
hot dog and Dick ate two egg sand
withes besides
Meat shortage Dick explained
ThcV wouldnt gle us but one hot
tJpff apiece
I dont know why you dont kill
yourself Elizabeth exclaimed
Dick said he felt fine which he
evidently did They said good
eight and Elizabeth went down
italrs Spralt and Kesslcr should be
finishing up Ihelr conference by now
If they expected to go to work in the
morning They did appear In a short
time Spralt saying he didnt know
why Kesslcr Insisted on taking a taxi
when hed be glad to drive him
home Shaking his head with good
natured insistence Kessler said
Im sure Mrs Herlong will agree
with me X cant drive but its one
tit my principles not to let my
friends drive for me If I can help It
It may be convenient tonight but
there will be times when it isnt Am
I right Mrs Herlong
How sensible he was Elizabeth
thought to accept his handicaps so
frankly Yes she answered
though either of us would be glad
to drive for you In principle youre
quite right
Thank you And now since I
dont know where the telephone is
1M you stop arguing and call a cab
for me Mr Herlong
Spratt chuckled and complied
Kesslcr turned back to Elizabeth
Mrs Herlong he said earnest-
ly I cant tell jou how happy > ou
have made me
It seemed a great deal to say In
return for a pleasant evening but
he sounded as though he meant it
Wo were all glad to have you
Mr Kesslcr she answered You
have quite won the hearts of the chil-
dren
They are delightful alt three of
them What a joy it is to see a
home like vours Your mode of liv-
ing is so clear that it leaves no room
for doubts No one who spent an
hour here could go away asking
Are they happy Arc they free Do
they love each other The answers
are obvious
Elizabeth stood up to face him
Are we really like that Would
you say U Just to be pleasant
Indeed not You should be very
proud of such an achievement
It hasnt been all mine She
glanced at Spratt who was return-
ing from the telephone Ive had a
treat deal of cooperation
Kcsslers eyes followed hers then
came back to her Yes that Is
easily seen I congratulate jou
both
Elizabeth and Spratt both smiled
tack at him gratefully Elizabeth
wondered at their talking like this
to a stranger But just now Kessler
did not seem like a stronger From
being a newcomer among them he
had subtly changed into a friend who
made her comfortable with the secu-
rity of mutual understanding What-
ever memory he had stirred within
her It must be some old experience
of peace Since overhearing the
children yesterday she had felt un-
sure of herself and of them but now
hearing him speak It was as though
she had slipped back into some for-
gotten period of long ago when ev-
erything was safe and right He was
tying to them
Your children can afford to be
cynical about themselves because
they dont know how superior they
are to most of their fellowmen They
believe In the obvious because
theyve found It good When you
see people deliberately clinging to a
belief In abstractions they dont
know anything about you can be
pretty sure they need to do It be-
cause everything they do know about
la unsatisfactory
How cheering you arel ex-
claimed Spratt
Elizabeth was looking up at Kess-
ler She asked
IJr Kesslcr have you and I ever
met before
He started For a moment he
locked down She looked down with
him and saw his hand tighten on his
Vine She was to learn that be did
this often making an unconscious
sesiure toward his physical means
support when Ms spirit felt un
totalled
But he hesitated only for a mo-
ment His selfdiscipline had been
learned In s long hard school He
answered
Before tonight It we had Mrs
Herlong I cant believe I could have
forgotten It No I am sure we have
notHe
He had looked up and was re-
garding her steadily Elizabeth did
not know that letting his eyes meet
hers just then was one of the hard-
est achievements he had ever ac-
complished In his life
He did it so well that she nearly
believed him Maybe Im wrong
then she said But tonight as
soon as you came In It seemed to-
me that I had seen you somewhere
and I couldnt think where it was
Majbc suggested Spratt sitting
down and taking up the cigarette
box from the table you two saw
each other at one of those big cock-
tail parties where you see hundreds
of people and dont get to know any
of them
Very likely Kessler agreed
readily turning toward Spratt as
though welcoming his suggestion
I luve seen him before tonight
Ive been forced against my will to
attend several of those Or possi-
bly he added jou saw me at the
studio You come there now and
then dont you Mrs Herlong7 He
glanced at her an Instant as he spoke
her name and then became occu-
pied with watching Spratt blow
smokerings You might have
caught sight of me walking from my
bungalow to a projection room
chance glimpses like that sometimes
tease our memories unmercifully
I suppose It must have been
something of the sort said Eliza
both But she was still not satisfied
She continued But do you know
Mr Kessler when you came in I
thought I knew jou and I thought
you gave rrre a sort of startled look
as though you knew me too You
didnt
If I stared at you rudely I hope
jou will forgive me Mrs Herlong
He spoke lightly almost humorous-
ly as though it were a trifling mat-
ter J hope you will remember
that I had been looking forward to
meeting you more eagerly than you
realize Attractive women have not
been a great part of my life recent-
ly or happy homes either In the
life of an exile they assume an im-
portance that you do not understand
and 1 hope will never have to un-
derstand
Elizabeth thought He protects
too much but Spratt was agree-
ing Yes I should think they would
Is that your taxi pulling up Kess-
ler
I believe It is said Kessler
Good night and thank you both
again
Spratt walked out to the taxi with
him Elizabeth took a cigarette
from the box on the table and
stood looking down at the remains
of Ibe Are When Spratt came in
she turned around
Spratt I dont care what that
man says I have seen him before
tonight
Spratt shrugged Wherever it
was you went there without me Ive
been with Kessler every day for the
past couple of weeks and it never
entered my head Id teen him be-
fore Probably a cocktail party
Elizabeth or rambling about the
studio
It wasnt I tell you I know
himAll
All right U right you know
him He doesnt know you He said
o Im going to sleep on my feet
We talked and talked and didnt get
a thing done
You didnt Im sorry
Ills mind wasnt on his work He
kept bringing himself back from a
great distance and repeating some-
thing hed laid fifteen minutes ago
I never w bbn like that hea usu-
ally sharp as a whip TJred I sup-
pose working all evening after
working all day never
Idea
a good
For several weeks Mr Kessler did
nothing about getting a bat for Bri-
an a reticence that both Spratt and
Elizabeth admired They had had
experience of persons who wanted
to move in on their lives and had
started by trying to load the children
with attentions As they all liked
Kessler she Invited him to dinner
again and Spratt brought him in
two or three times to have a drink
on their way from the studio so
when Kessler had had time to be
quite sure the Herlongs were accept-
ing him as one of their friends he
brought up the subject of the hat
again to Brians great delight Two
days later he telephoned that he had
obtained the bat and made a date
for Brian to come to see him
It was very kind of him Elizabeth
thought and she was glad to see
her childrens Increasing friendship
with him Kesslcr never patronized
them and he had a great talent for
minding his own business He rare-
ly mentioned the war unlers some-
body else brought it up and when
he did refer to national affairs he
refrained admirably from making
adverse criticisms of the President
and from telling them what he
thought Americans ought to do about
anything In fact he listened to
them a good deal more than he
talked though none of the children
realized it Hes swell they said
of him
Kesslcr said to Elizabeth with a
touch of wistfulness There Is a
great deal of you in all your chll
dren Occasionally she wondered
why he seemed more Interested In
finding her characteristics than
Spratts He and Spratt were good
friends and Spratt frequently said
his work on the picture was proving
Invaluable But when he came to
their home It was primarily to see
her a fact that Spratt observed with
a sort of proud amusement He liked
other men to admire his wife
Brian and Peter Stern visited
Kessler so often that Elizabeth was
sometimes afraid they were going to
be nuisances though Kessler insist-
ed they were not Brian saw little
Margaret and announced grudgingly
that she was not bad so Elizabeth
suggested the party The next time
Brian went to see Kessler she went
by to get acquainted with Margaret
Kcsslers modest streetfloor apart-
ment was kept for him by a moth-
erly woman who came In leading
Margaret by the hand and telling
her to speak nicely to the lady
which Margaret did She was an
Intelligentlooking child with big
blue eyes and two fat pigtails shyly
polite as Elizabeth rarely had any
trouble getting along with children
their acquaintance began without
difficulty Margaret had learned the
English language very well Oh yes
she said she went to school and she
was learning to swim and when
asked if she would like to have a
party with her school friends she
nodded eagerly When they had got
that far in their conversation Kess
ler came in having left Brian and
Peter blissfully occupied with the
bones of the bat Im going to have
a party Margaret announced to
him
Kesslcr looked down at her and
smiled fondly Again Elizabeth felt
a flash of recognition Ive seen
him somewhere I know I have she
thought Maybe he doesnt remem-
ber but Im sure of It However
she did not mention the subject for
Margaret was talking and by the
time they had arranged the date of
the party and other details she felt
it was time to go-
On the way home she made up
her mind that though he might think
her foolish for persisting the next
time she happened to be alone with
Mr Kessler she was going to ask
him to rack his brain and figure out
where It was she had met him
There was no good reason why it
should seem so important to her to
remember since it must have been
a very casual meeting to have es-
caped her so thoroughly but these
occasional twinges of recollection
teased her Just for the Instant
when he had looked down at Mar
garet with a tender little smile not
only the expression of his face but
his whole attitude had been so famil
iar that she had felt as though she
was watching someone she had
known for years Then it was gone
and now she could not remember
at all
Since Margarets party was going
to strain their already overtaxed
problem of household help Spratt
suggested that he bring Kessler over
that evening leaving him there
while he drove Margaret and some of
the other guests home and then thaf
he Kessler Elizabeth and the two
older children go out for dinner
Elizabeth agreed gladly She had
managed to keep servants so far
but she wanted to give them no
grounds tor complaint The party
went very well for Margaret was
not shy among friends of her own
age They played In the pool gob-
bled sherbet and cake without no-
ticing that war exigencies had made
It Impossible to get Ice cream and
were happily tired when they were
finally coaxed back Into their clothai
and their parents began to arrive to
take them home Margaret came
over to Elizabeth
Thank you for the party tin
Herlong We had a very good time
iTO BX CONTINUED
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HEMPHILli COUNTY NEWS CANADIAN TESAB
CONTROL IS PROBLEM
Congress Battle Rages
In Face of Atom Test
TASK BAKER Radio Impulses sent out from the USS Cumberland
Sound Indicated In top drawing 1 were to detonate the underwater
A bomb for the Task Baker second of the Bikini experiments
The bomb was suspended from a special barge 2 As Indicated by
the arrows 3 a number of drone ships were directed Into the
lagoon to test the effects of radioactivated water
By WALTER A SHEAD
USD W tblmton Correftpondent
HONOLULU OPERATIONS
CROSSROAD While army and
navy officials in charge of Joint
Task Force 1 at the Bikini atomic
bomb tests are interested In the
squabble now going on In the con-
gress as between civilian and mili-
tary control of atomic energy their
Ingle interest here Is to complete
tuccessfully the important experi
ments on the possible damage
which an atom bomb can do to a
Qeet at sea
In the meantime Adm W H P
Blandy commander of Operations
Crossroads has intimated that
weather conditions may force a
weeks delay In the underwater test
In Bikini lagoon scheduled for July
15 which would make Bakerday
Aug 1 or thereabouts As has been
pointed out the weather for this
wcond test need not be as perfect-
as for the first test when the bomb
was dropped from a B29 but It
must be clear enough for aerial ob
servation and photography
The press ship USS Appalachian
has completed her trip to Pearl
Harbor for minor repairs and now
is anchored with the rest of the
maintenance fleet in Bikini lagoon
ready to pull out and cruise outside
to the seaward side of the island
when the time is npo for the second
lest
Icw Remain
Only approximately 23 corre
spondents are left aboard the ship
since most of them returned to the
States immediately after the first
test
The pattern for the underwa-
ter test has been completed
with the battleship Arkansas
which was barely blistered by
the first test and the carrier
Saratoga also undamaged as a
result of the first bomb almost
equidistant and nearest to the
proposed bomb burst
A little to the east are the battle-
ship New York and the cruiser Salt
Lake City Both suffered negligi-
ble damage In the first blast Then
to the west of the two center ships
are the cruiser Pensacola and the
carrier Independence The old In-
dependence is merely a hulk in the
water with her insldes torn out and
her topsides blasted away as result
of the bomb and her own Internal
explosions The Pensacola is un-
damaged below decks but her super-
structure Is pretty well battered up
as a result of the first tests with
both stacks blown away
Farther out In the circle are the
battleships Pennsylvania and Ne-
vada the Jap ship Nagato and the
German pocket battleship Frlnz Eu
gen Just forward of the Arkansas
and the Saratoga are several sub-
marines which are submerged at
various depths with the double
hulled Pilotflsh almost as close to
the center of the burst as the Ar
kansas Lighter ships make up the
balance of the target array
Opinions Vary
The effect of the bomb on these
submarines Is awaited with Interest
and In the meantime the discussion
goes on as between those who pre
dict this underwater blast will sink
several capital ships Including the
submarines and those who declare
the damage will be negligible
Oceanpgra pliers who have
made such elaborate plans to
measure effects of the bomb
will come Into their own on this
second test There was little
for them to measure as result
of the first test since the bomb
made no appreciable waves and
did no damage to the occSn bed
beaches or the Island
However this second test Is ex
pected to create high waves in the
lagoon anywhere from 10 feet up
There are 81 officers and men in
this section of the ta k force most
of whom have been in the vicinity
of Bikini since last March recording
data on the physical oceanography
biology geology ai J fisheries of tin
atoll and surrounding waters
Measurements of wave motion in
terms of time height and distance
their effect on the sea bottom and
on the beaches fall Into three
classes supersonic echo soundinp
devices and aerial and surface pho-
tography plus maximum water
height recorders on Bikini island
and water level meters on several
other Islands of the atoll
There ore supersonic echo sound-
ers or fathometers on 16 ships In
the target array which will record
large waves through the rise and
fall of the ships while 11 super-
sonic echo sounders on buojs will
record passage of shorter waves
Mechanical pressure recorders laid
500 yards apart on the bottom of
the lagoon are capable of recording
wave height in rjnge from 4 to 20C
feet
nlmals SHU living
The aftereffects of this radio oc
Uvlty Is impressive as seen from
the effects on the live animal
placed aboard the ships some of
which still ore djlng despite treat-
ment three weeks after they wuc
exposed to the first bomb
As the first task force
awaits on the eve of this second
test one cannot hp but con-
jecture upon the possible effect1
of this unpredictable and still
unknown terrific nuclear force
which can decimate entire
cities and depopulate nations as
has been amply demonstrated
at Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The first test proved beyond ni
doubt that the bomb was not as e
fective In the open space a
sea as it Is when detonated ove
heavilypopulated areas on land
that used against naval bases oi
land it could render a fleet at set
Impotent but that it would put out
of commission a good many ship
if they were in close formation ond
that loss of life aboard these ships
would be terrific
What effect this atomic energy
will have on the future of the Amer
lean navy as to ship construction
and operations now however lies
In the laps of the military evalua
tion board ond the Presidents
atomic energy commission both of
which are making a study for fa
ture guidance
We can only hope that medical
scientists and other scientists here
for observation will glean from
peacetime application which can
bring benefits and not destruction
from this new warborn source of
energy
Eccentric1 Bomb Explains Wide Miss
Over on Kwajalein where the
army air force section of the task
force Is holding forth Ma J Gen
Willi am E Kepner deputy com-
mander for air still Is seeking to
find an answer to the questions of
reporters as to why Major Swan
cutt and his crew missed the Ne-
vada or bullseye of the first test
by something like 2500 feet Ibis
reporter does not believe the miss
i Va that far since my calculations
Indicate the bomb fell astern and a
little to port of the Nevada about
600 yards away or approximately
1800 feet
At any rate General Kepner now
comes up with an answer accord
Ing to his latest conference that the
bomb war an eccentric apd that
the drop was In the category known
as a wobbler In other words
that the bomb Veered ond did nof
fall true
FRIDAY AUG P 1040
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HERE Is a comfortable bench
that you may store for the
winter In four sections by remov-
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pieces of furniture in this group
are made in the same manner
in
The construction Is so simple that all you
need is stock widths of lumber a hand-
saw a screw driver and a brace and bit
to bore he holes tor the pegs
Pattern 234 tor the bench No 293 for
tables In tun sizes No 292 for the chair
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cutting diagrams of all pieces Illustrated
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Wellington Kans
Lake Toneycoma ilectrlclty New bam
chicken house grain hse well hse t deep
elec pump lots of water Large feed barn
miles new fencing Valuable stand cedar
white oak Young orchard plum peach
apple pears cherries berries Good ffrm
hse with water screened porch 60 a un
Dr Siiminn 7130 1 ale Ave Cbleage 111
FAKMS AND RANCHES
WHEAT LAND
ChVyenne County Colorado
Improved farms S20 to 40 per acre
Choice unbroken wheat land V section
or more at SI3 00 to 17 so per acre
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V chits Kansas pbone 07009
IMPROVED FAKMS adjoining lively
town High School and Churches very
reasonable priced Other larms and
ranches In eastern Colorado
HUNK 1 INGADO
JFIBEKT COLOBADO
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS Write or call
us for information about Oiark proper
ties such
as farms suburbans tourist
courts hotels cafes blacksmith shops
wonderful climate pure clear water
iprlngs streams fruit nnd vegetables etc
O fc lJllOUN SONS licntonville Ark
IKiUCrTFD I ARM very well Improved
320 acres electricity on graveled high-
way Will rent now for 20i on Invest
ment Settling estitc Priced to sell
PAUL PLOCI1ANS LAMAR COLO
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Mow available fop Immediate delivery In
various Mies Meeting all state require
ments Dealers inquiries Invited Write
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for lower prices
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New ind used for immediate delivery
Krt Hr rallon klectrlc Co
Ilim H 3Uth Kansas City Kant Va 04SO
UEAL ESTATE MISC
151 ACHES 70 acres cultivated bottom all
renced tchool
bus mail milk routes 8
room house 2 good barns 8 milch cows
inort horn bull 82 sheep 4 horses JarnV
equipment household goods new Maytag
washer
Immediate possession this years
crops 9 000 00
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f of cases ihowed
clinical improve
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days treatment with
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Traveling Library
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Brighten Pan
To brighten an aluminum pan
cook an acid such as tomatoes tart
apples or buttermilk In It
Bath Oil
Use a few drops of bath oil In the
bath itself to soften the skin
Fresh ftoies
An aspirin tablet In a vase
roses will help keep tBem fresh
fiteamlng Asparagaa
Ut j n old percolator to steam
asparagus and broccoli L
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