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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27,1948,
Iy ’ %%//)’ it Dhidess
eB, WILLAM IRISH *
THE STORY: Bonny discharges
~their maid of all work, takes over
the household chores herself.
washing the dishes after dinner
one night she screams that she
s seen a rat in the kitchen. She
sends Durand out for rat poison.
XXXVIII
1t was the following night that
his illness really began. She dis
covered it first.
He found her looking at him in=
tently as he closed his book at
their retiring-time. \,
“What is it?” he said c¢heerfully.
“Louis.” she hesitated. “Are
you sure you have been feeling
well lately? I do not . find you
looking yourself. I do not like the
way ,Vou—‘"
“1?7” he exclaimed in astonish
ment. “Why, I never ielt better in
my life!”
She silenced him with titl of
hand. “That may well be, but
your appearance belies it. More,
and more lately I have found you
looking worn and haggard at
times. I have not mentioned it
before, because I didn’t want to
alarm you, but it has been on my
mind for sometime now to do so.
It's very evident; ‘I can see it
quite plainly.”
“Nonsense,” he said, half laugh
mng.
“I have an excellent remedy, if
vou will but let me give it to you.
And I will join you in it myself,
as an inducement.” o
“What?” he asked, amused.
She jumped up. “Starting to
night, we are to take an eggnog,
the two of us, each %ht before
retiring. It is an exceéllen tonic,.
they assure me, for fortifying the
system.” S 5
“I am not an inval—" he tried
to protest.
“Now, not another .word, sir!”
she ordered gaily, “I intend to
prepare them right now, and you
shall not hinder me. I have all the
necessary ingredients: right at
- hand, in there. Fresh-laid eggs,
and the very best obtainable, at
hand, in there. Fresh-laid eggs,
' and the every best obtainable at
12 cents a dozen, mind you! And
the brandy we have in the housz
as well.”
He couldn’t nelp butismile ih
cdulgently at her, but he let her
have her way.. This was a new
l role for her; nursemaid to a non-~
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vertible fully equipped;
2000 miles. Below list.
1946 PONTIAC 8, Four
door, Radio and Heater.
$1595
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{ door, Radio and Heater.
1942 PACKARD 8, Two
| door; low mileage.
$1195
COLLEGE
MOTORS, INC.
1 238 W. Hancock
In order that our employes may enjoy the
Christmas season with their families, we will be
closed from December 23, until December 28.
SAYE and EVANS
Sheet Metal Works.
GROWER’S, MARKET
OPEN - THURSDAY & FRIDAY
- Home - Made - Cakes
Vegetables, Country Sausage, Butter, Eggs,
Dressed Hens, Fryers, Turkeys, X
: Holly Wreaths, Xmas Trees. ~
Light Weight
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College Ave. at Seabeard Depol.
existent ailment. If it made her
happy, why what was the harm?
Her mood was amiable, san
guine, all gentleness and contri
wwil now. dhe even bent to Kkiss
him atop the head in passing.
“Was I cross to you before?
Forgive me, Lou dear. You know
I wouldn’'t want to be. A fright
like that can made one into a
harridan—" She went toward the
kitchen, smiling back at him.
Hey could hear her cracking
the eggs, somewhere npeyond the
open doorway, and crinkled his
eyes appreciatively to himself.
Presently she had even began
to hum lightly as she moved about
in there, she was enjoying her
self-imposed task so much.
She came in, holding one glass
in each 'hand. Their contents pale
L gold in color, creamy in sub
stance.
| *“Here. One for you, one for
me.” She offered them both.
“Take whichever you you want.”
| Then when he had, she tasted ten
tatively at the one that remained
in her hand. “I hope I didn’t put
in too much sugar. Too much
would sicken. May I try yours?”
“Of course.”
She took it back from him,
tasted at it in turn. It left a little
white trace on her upper lip.
While she stood thus, holding
both together, she turned her head
toward the kitchen door.
“What was that?”
“What? I didn’t hear anything,”
She went back in again for a
moment. She was gone a moment
jonly. Then she returned to him.
“l thought I heard a sound in
there. I wanted to make sure I
fastened the door.”
She gave him back the one he
had had in the first place, and
which she had sampled.
“Since it has brandy in it,” she
said, “I suppose we should pre
cede it with a toast.” She nudged
her glass to his. “To your better
health.”
She drained hers to the bottom.
He took a deep draught of his.
He bould it quite velvety and
pleasurable. The iiquor in it, with
which she had been unsparing,
gave a mellow warming effect to
the stomach after it had lain
there some moments.
' “I wish all tonics were this
palatable, don't you?” she re
marked.
“It’'s quite satisfactory,” he ad
mitted, more to please her than
because he saw any great virtue
in it, It was after all, to his way
of thinking, neither honest liquor
nor wholly medicine.
“You must drink it down to the
bottom, that is the only way it
will do you any good,” she urged
gently. “See, as I did mine.”
l . Te spare her feelings, after the
trouble of having prepared it, he
' did so.
He tasted of his tongue, dubi
ously, after he had. “It is a little
chalky, don’t you find. A little—
astringent. It puckers.
“That is because you are not
used to milk.” She took the glass
from him. “I’ll just rinse out the
glasses,” she said, “and then we
can go up.”
I He slept soundly at first, feeling
at the last the grateful glow the
|toniec had deposited in his stom
i‘ach: But then after an hour or two
he awakened into torment. The
glow was no longer benign, it had
{a flaming bite to it. Sleep, once
driven off, couldn’t come near
lhim again, held back by a fiery
sword turning and turning in his
| vitals.
i © The rest of that night was an
agony, a Calvary. He called out
to her, more than once, but she
was not near enough to hear him.
Helpless and cut off from her, he
sank his teeth into his own lip at
]last, and kept silent after that.
! In the morning there was dried
blood all down his chin.
(To Be Tontinued)
Mechanization
Progress Of
Farms Cited
“Farm mechanization continued
to make striking progress in 1948
and, this progress more than any
other single thing, enabled Geor
gia farmers to produce the large
volume of agricultural products
that helped to make this year's
record production,” G. 1. Johnson,
engineer for the Georgia Extension
Service, said today.
This post-war era has seen each
man-hour of farm labor result in
44 percent more production than
in the years following World War
I, he explained. Half of these
savings in hours resulted directly
from mechanization. Mechaniza -
tion also helps bring about timelie
ness of operation, and this contri
butes to higher yields and more
production, especially in years of
adverse weather.
The most important change in
mechanization in Georgia has been
the use of tractors instead of mule
power, Johnson continued. There
are around 45,000 tractors in the
state now, compared with 9,300 in
1940. There are 59,000 fewer
mules and horses on farms now
than in 1940.
Johnson called attention to the
land made available for cash crops
by the reduction in number of
mules on farms. He said that
162,000 acres of land had been
used to feed the 59,000 animals. In
addition, 6,800,000 hours less labor
were needed in 1948 for chore
time in feeding farm mules and
growing feed for them.
~ Continuing, Johnson cited sav
ings in labor in peanut and cotton
production as a result of mechani
zation. A tractor saves 23 man
hours of labor with one acre of
peanuts when compared with one
mule methods. Present-day meth
ods of cotton production save over
100 hours per bale compared with
methods used from 1900 to 1920.
Johnson said that, in a' way, the
switch to mechanization has been
almost a necessity because of the
shortage of farm'labor. He said
that 98,000 hired workers were on
Georgia farms in 1940, as com
pared with less than 20,000 in 1945.
Cranberries
Have Unusual
Holiday Uses
iday U
Candied cranberries make an un
usual Christmas confection that
kitchen now, Mrs. Mary M. Smith,
home demonstration agent, said
this week.
Plump and bright red, the ber
ries may be used either as a sweet
or a garnish and the syrup left
from preparing them makes an ex
cellent dessert sauce or base for
holiday punch, Mrs. Smith point
ed out. They are easy to make, but
the secret of their success lies in
long slow heating and overnight
standing in syrup.
The recipe caiis for one quart or
pound of large cranberries, three
cups of sugar and two cups of
water. Pick over and wash the
berries and slit each one in sev
eral places with the point of a
sharp knife. Heat the sugar and
water.in a large, shallow saucepan
—wide enough so that all the per
ries can float on top of the syrup—
until the sugar is dissolved. Cool
and add the berries. Bring them
slowly just up to the briling point,
remove immediately from the heat
and let them stand overnight. Do
not let the berries boil because it
will break their skins.
Next day, removed the berries
and boil the syrup five to ten
minutes to make it thick. Cool,
put the berries back into it, heat
slowly and cook gently for three
or four minutes. Remove from
heat again and allow the berries
to stand in the syrup for two hours
or more. Then heat slowly a third
time for five minutes, remove from
heat and let the berries stand in
the syrup overnight again. |
On the third day, warm the
syrup and berries until the syrup
will pour easily. Drain syrup
from the berries and spread them
to dry on a rack covered with
cheese cloth. When dry, roll in
sugar if desired and store in a
tightly covered jar.
NICHOLSON NEWS
Rev. Clark Sorrow of Social Cir-
I cle preaches at the Fire Baptized
Holiness Church, Sunday.
Mrs. S. B. Hay of Athens was
visiting here during last week, the
guest of O. T. Barnett and family.
Rev. Raymond Melear of Center
preached at the Methodist Church
last Sunday morning and evening.
Dupree Maxwell, Reece Arnold
and family of Athens were among
the visitors here Sunday with rel
atives.
¢ W. L. Corn of Gainesville was
among the visirors nere last Sun
day, the guest of friends.
Mrs. Thomas Green, baby, G. B.
Pace and family of Athens were
guests at B. B. Pace’s home, Sun
day.
Rev. J. H. Norman of Gaines
ville preached at the Congrega
tional Holiness Church, Sunday
morning.
Friends deeply sympathize with
Olin Herbert in the death of his
mother, Mrs. Herbert of Com
merce.
The illness of Cooley Brock is
regretted very much by friends,
who trust he will soon regain his
wanted health,
S-1-¢ J. W. Smith of San Diego,
Calif., is spending the holidays
here with relatives and friends.
Lloyd Adams and family of
South Carolina were week-end
Jvisitors here, the guests of Mrs.
Julia Adams.
{ Your Correspondent takes this
eans Of eetending Mavey Chwiafl
| mas and a Happy New Year to aill.
A, Cheimte: Pagutot, whioh
at the g - rageant, w|
was staged at Benton High, Fri-
ITUE BANNER-HERALD, ATIIENS, GEORGLA
day evening, Dec. 17! |
You are invited to attend the
Christmas tree and program at the
Methodist Church, Friday evening!
Dec. 24, at 7:80 o’clock. |
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A wreck on the highway, Thurs
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a two year technical school, and
is now serving the required time
of 15 months as a stoker in the
engine room of the ship “Ternef
jell.”
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