Payne County News (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 48, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 1940 Page: 4 of 8
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ILLS OF DESTINY
SUGAR
PURE CANE
10-!b. Sanitary Aftr.
Ba9 4 V*
FISH
Dressed
Ocean
Trout
r '
Sausage
PURE PORK
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at
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ter z*
hall
i
do. Hot!;strr
ng
A Util
told me
the
emharraMed “She* ju*t a kid." be
a long breath and came a
•tep
hy
for a mo-
RAISINS, Hb. bag
turned
and b*
brc'i’h.
"It'a
vi d-d
de V.
Lafe
■ ng
have
*ood
you will be there ta
"Eut Joee*8’ Ho* e*'-. <f
suddenly gay and
could do anything.
«an**d to *** you ■'•fore
anythtag about setl.ng the
"Joaefa. you don t know what
you've don< for m< I want to thank
of yowr life for this? Perhaps for
noth ng'"
it—when
DRY APRICOTS, Extra Fancy Blenheim, lb.
ORANGE JUICE, Shovers, No. 2 can
for Mr
>n
I
I
the mar; who turned a sharp corr'-r
on old Don Luts wouldn't hevtate
to tugn on*? on you G;.<- n •: that
year Virginia."
— t! I can’t stand It!” She
her fact- away frnm him.
* heard a sharp, indrawn
find ton to you I wan’ you
to let me take full charge for a
year. *:fho*ut pay and without any
oobzaLr'' for ys»4 to rtav hen "
"Yom would a* willing.’’ rhe a si. <-d
She nodded, looking perplexed
But. But Lee-"
"Did you deposit it’"
"No somehow 1 couldn't "
"Good!” He laughed under hi*
breath. "Don’t worry, honey We're
going down right now to persuade
your Steam Roller Bradiah to tear
up that deed ”
“But I’ve signed ft. I’ve given my
word. You can't do such a thing”’
•*You underrate my powers of
persuasion." He grinned at her,
suddenly gay He saw her anxious
look and laughed again, picking her
Moor
40HC.
wnrry
Crc»*
floating back tore me into little
shr*d»- And tn J '»ir» up here
H* swung around and ram» nock
turned as silently a. ■ e had rrmr
■ *' d Vanished Cov-n ar. a n. At m-
th.-.n Jerk tend and eat', to me
It's a Cause tt’s a fight it's Matt'*
memory and your inheritance Bra-
duh w too anxious to get this place
head
»hould<-r
extraordinary request hut M’.lton
Bradtsh did not smile He favored
his visitor with a contemptuous
• too nau'r. Hah. but b*
< scare' He roe away ..*<■
* bit!"
this morning I'm ask in
take it back ard destroy
gave you “
From the other sde of the room
ton late" She hurried
tely "I want to. I^ee;
wish I cou'-A but I can't 1
sign'd the deed this morning."
For the space of about ten »ec-
ond* h* stared nt h'-r. Thon he
tum'-d abruptly and walked a few
stops away toward the grey rim
rock which looked down on the
"But if you fed that way. why
did you do rt? Was it money. or
■smashing ebe’ I've got to know
Braduh’ My name
Hot color cam* It was not easy
but she looked straight at him arid
made her hone** cvnfeasion
’ - as angry I belie* th ng»
about you that weren’t true. I think
I wanted to hurt you."
to let me make a personal appeal
to you. Her father «ai a
fr.-end to you oroe. and you
your chance now to be a
friend to his daughter "
He was taxing a folded si
paper from his pocxet
est tones. "I earn? for something
ert.reiy different. ‘Tve been talking
to V.-gmia about the sale She feels
'hat the whole busins this mom-
ng pretty tjuly and r<-
"How 'd yi
heard of yot
"Virginia ten* me that you'ee
thinking of taking over th* Circle
V."
"The d*cd passed this morning "
Bradish looked «harply at his visitor
and became bland again. "I'm a
rancher now. You know more of
this place than I do” He was the
personification of brisk frankness
“1 know you have been connected
with it for a iong time and 1 know
what Blair thought of you I’m go-
ing to maxe a lot of improvements
and have it run right up to the
minute I can’t be here myself to
bow thing*, and 1 need a good man
to take charge The job is your*.
Will you take it’”
"Thank* I'm not looking for a
She job.'' The answer came in the mi!d-
convtnce bun i
e it hack B*
514 MAIN PHONE 745
2 Delivery Trucks—Free Delivery
“You've got les* brains than I
thought.” he snapped “Business
isn't don» that way "
CHAPTER XI
sat I aay.” Tfc» tom* w
of
Stanley aim looked
two hor»-» 'ame up to
steps came down tl
r^»rhe4 for a magazine and idled
over to the other side of the room,
looking around with a car*let* nod
as 1>* Hollister appear'd m the
door, but not volunteerrng introduc-
tion*. I>* ignored ’he driihx ra’e
PEAS, Clover Belt Nc°,„210?
"And now. Virginia?"
"OF. Lee. don't you know
thi* time?”
A little later *he raised her
from a flannel thirted i
They •m..'<d at each other
“I iov* ycu. ’ be occiared. "a mil-
lion time more every minute ”
H* stopped sZwirt at the Mricken
look on her face.
“Oh. don't be nic* to m*."
buried her face in hu shoulder with
a smothered wad. “I hate myself!
To think that I've Hold
you loved it no "
"la that the trouble?” He put a
hand under her chin, and
rnent studied het nhadowed eye*.
"It looks ' he said thoughtfully. *'a*
if wed better get it hack again
Let** get down to cases. Was It a
cash transaction ? Did he give you
“Ortainly. It was a bona fide
’ransaction. the property is .-nine
and I m'-an to keep it."
Then I'm afraid I shall have to
tell you that your deed m worth-
lex* Matt Blair had only a half
ownership of the Circle V to will
to his daughter I'm the other
owner and no deed can pass with-
out my signature "
“Prove it!" Bradith's face was
purple.
I have the deed with me. I al-
ways carry it because your friend
Sianty Gano ha* a habit of going
through my cabin when he thinks
I’m not around. The d*«-d was made
ut v hile I *’ as away, only a short
time before Matt died. He wrote me
about it, but the letter missed me
and followed me back here He Mid
that he had done it as a proof of his
affection and confidence, and that I
was to come hack and the two of us
were to run the place in full part-
nership and make a big thing of it.
The deed wa* placed for safe keep-
ing in Judge Harvey's safe, tn con-
fidence. to he given to nobody but
me, or to Matt himself I’ve played
a watching game to protect Vir-
ginia's rights, whether I kept the
title to my half or turned it back to
her. But as she has promised to
marry me, I think, that matter will
take rare of itself."
He looked for a second at Vir-
ginia. Her eyes were warm and
hand ttmku.g B.a k Ltghtr ng*-
satiny neck
“Lmg toid m>- tha» you had
started up this way I beard that
standing by a window and looking
out w th pleasant complacency at
the wide valley that at ted »i< hu
' iryr a ' ***^ Bu’ I mean the gtrt that pretty
GRIFFINS COFFEE, lb.
GRIFFINS WAFFLE SYRUP. '/2 gallon
920 MAIN PHONE 1313
FREE DELIVEKY
t
Bradish took it. wanned
it sw iftly and handed it buck
interrupted with an air of
bland
this
and Pythias
“You dammed little
H<n
tov
radio
justice to an unacknowledged v>n
fought for
flamed uo now and
from start to finish You rotten lit
'Go ahead;
most of it
the
handed
Brad .*_•
capitalize on this
had been manrg-
Vogue Magazine
trained in caption
the
Thev
Why
more
to his feet as
and strode
th* Mexican border where some
peopic r.avo he*«n «-ell paid to <*n-
of a woman Blair bro
off you "
Stanley 's lip
lovely, her cheeks flushed with an
exr ’’emest that cheered han on. He
pup. what do
your share of the Circle V."
“Keep it,” said Lee grimly
"When I get ready to do business
with you you'll be g ad to trade in
for a chance to get out of the stat*
alive .... Virginia I want to see
you.”
His brief gesture
others out of the room
the door af'er them.
wxt to them and asked if they
knew v. here there u as a job which
needed the sort of experienc and
know ledge she jwasessed
At an advertising agency she
was told that the Woodworth Cos-
metics company was reorganizing
She put her idea into operation
She learned ail she could about
the company, and what its prob-
lems were. She found that they
would to repackage and get up an
entirely new and diffrent line -to
modernize.
She got to work. She designed
new and attractive boxes, new
perfume bottles, new facecneam
jara. She even laid out an adver-
tising campaign. She did rot stop
here; she also worked out a
campaign
Then she went before
board Their eyes opened,
gasped with astonishment,
here was a woman w ho knew
about this business than they did:
Why not have a woman for vice-
president? They were appealing to
women. Here was one with excel-
lent ideas, why not hire her?
They did!
She made an excellent vice-
president She thought of things
the men had not thought of. The
business boomed. In the mean-
time. her husband's health im-
proved. and he came home. Mrs.
Ray wanted to be with her daugh-
ter. and gave up her job. and
turned writer.
Anyone can learn from Mrs
Ray's experience. Don't walk in
cold from the street If you will
think up an idea by which a com-
pany can make money, and sell
the idea along with yourself, the
job will want you. Want you?
Why, it'll grab you!
Author of tfHow to Win Friend*
and Influence People. *
Stanley rose hastily
jerked around
d him. "I mean.” be said
indefinite period This meant
that Mrs. Ray would have to go
out and get a yob But she did not
make the rmstaxe so many job-
seekers do. She did not go at it
Z ggly-p.ggiy
The first thing she did was to
sit down and take stock of herseif
She decided that, instead of merely
selling her labor she would sell an
idea too. She would offer a pros-
pective employer these two things
An idea by which he could make
money and herself as a means of
putting that idea over. This was
excellent reasoning
The things she knew most about
■ - re fashions and advertising and
she decided to
knowledge She
ing editor of
where she had
writing four persons who became
famous m the world of fashion;
Marjorie Hillis Claudia Cranston.
Dorothy Parker and Grace Hegger
(Sinclair Lewis' first wife).
In doing this fashion work, she
had formed a wide circle of ac-
quaintances. and now she decided
to make use of these people She
e*. and I know how you got it
You d better make the
came a child
Suddenly her husband becam'
ill. and had to give up work for
a* sou can. because *h<n I come
ba< - I'm going to give you C.
d®mr<*desi thrashing you ever had
in your life Now hand out the
narr' of that village ”
“Sorry, but I'll have to pay a stiff
prif* to get it If you’re de termined
to turn this deed business into a
hold-up I'll get the rest of the story
for hard cash and trade it in for
overnight learned that she h«ui to
earn her family income, and who,
m a few weeks get herself a job
at C’ l’kKi a year'
That woman is Marie Beynon
Ray author of "Two Lifetime* in
One "
with the closing of the door, but a
numbing constraint took its place.
"Virginia, it can't be true!
Whether I have any right to a
father's name or not. it couldn't
be true of Matt ”
* To be continued!
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Pinto Beans
From 5 r
Colorado LBS.
Oranges 11
EACH •
No. in GALLONS
Prunes Zj*
Cherry Chocolates Bo, 15^
RAISINS
GERBERS S 18?
^6lb!'25c
10Ibs 49«
P & G SOAP 7
FANCY BEEF ROAST
lb.
20c
PORK SHOULDER LB 120
PORK SAUSAGE
100
PUREHCG LARD 31bi 250
FRESH SIDE ib. 15c
PLENTY OF DRESSED HENS AND FRYERS
FRESH PORK SIDE
SPARE RIBS
PORK LIVER
ARMOUR STAR SLICED BACON
GRAPEFRUIT M^10 19«
KRISPY CRACKERS, I Ib. box
LAVA SOAP. 3 cakes
CAINS
COFFEF
4 heedless 25^
HERSHEY COCOA ± 15?
OATS 3-lb. 4 ft*
Glass Ware X e
or PINTO
BEANS
DRIED 2 lbs.
Apricots 2$9
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All 3 for
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PUMPKIN 2 J brimfull 100
VALENTINE BOX CHOCOLATES. I Ib. box 35e
LARGE PAPER SHELL PECANS, Ib. J 9c
Tomato Juice
BARBECUE SAUCE, Keen Quality
JUNKET FUDGE MIX
MINCE MEAT, Mb- Jar
CASTLETON TISSUE. 500 pack
GRAPEFRUIT JUICE, 46 -oz. can
CHEESE
No. 1 Full tc
Cream . LB. JfaXl
PORK ROASTS
Nice Center
Cuts LB. XXa?
Cottage Chee
se3.2^.15«
BEEF RIBS
Fine 4 10
Meaty LB. XXi2
BACON
Sliced Cudahy's
Gold Coin LB. aS
OREGON PRUNES,',;X 19» MILLER'S 2 for I9?
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PICKLES
Sour or Dill 4 1 £
QT. JAR 1^2 *
"RAFT’S Elkhorn Cheese CreaM lb. 17|e
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Meat LB. X^ 2^
Pork Chops
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RAr'O\KI Sugar C ured Slab
DACRON Half or Whole
Ib.I2|0
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Ib. I2j0
FRESH PORK BRAINS
Ib. 10c
MINCED HAM or Bologna
Ib. J2’/2C
SLICED BACON ENDS
Ib. 10c
HOLLAND HERRING
keg SI.49
SPARE RIBS
lb.1240
FRESH SIDE
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IDAHO RUSSET POTATOES Boa°glb $1.39
NASH’S “TOASTED” COFFEE 221*
2ARst«ScSY Seedless Grapefruit
CORN OR PEAS 7^ QUAKER OATS I9f
Do1' PORK AND BEANS,'?.'. 33» SEEDLESS RAISINS 190
BUTTER
Churned ^OC
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PET MILK
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Can 2
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