Evening Independent (Newspaper) - November 8, 1941, Massillon, Ohio EIGHT THE INDEPENDENT MASSILLON OHIO SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8 a by ALLEN EPPES I mean she has always said that two generations should never live under the same roof And I agree usually said Fred Ill give her a monthly al Shed think of it as SYNOPSIS FRED MOSHER young real estate dealer in a southern town long has been the suitor of SUSAN FARMER who has rejected all his proposals because she feels that she has the duty of ishing the family fortune for her aunt MISS AUCE FARMER who lives with Susan on the family planta tion ten Susan just how much time do you want in which to pay off your obligation to her I have no Susan answer ed It may take a long while to help her put the farm on a paying basis Anyway I wouldnt be hardhearted and seHish as to walk out on her get married and leave her to Dont talk like an idiot loved Alice in as your Aunt going to Then hang Fred exploded your Aunt Alice said Fred Nobody as well known and thing like No I suppose the First Baptist church will raise a fund to put her in its Old Ladies Oh nuts said Fred inelegant She can come and live with Shed never do Why not She never seemed to Susan laughed Thats a fine way to speak of my only living rel ative said And you DO look funny Fred when you blow Sorry It was only a figure of i They drove for some distance in 1 silence Fred with a deep furrow j bet ween his brows and Susan with think of me as poison ivy or eyes closed so that she wouldnt Isee the place where her father had met his death which she knew they soon be passing And said Fred presently you wont marry me No Is that final Yes Fred I think it is Anyway I wont commit myself until Ive had a try at helping Aunt The devil Fred gave the radio dial a whirl Then theres no use listening to sentimental music To heck with it Susan shrugged and was about to say something which might smooth the trouble waters when the sound of a voice came pouring from the radio It was loud rau cous and it spoke with obviously excitement and For heavens sake turn that thing down she cried out to comply but Susan caught his hand Well make up your he snapped Wait a minute said Susan What was that he said about a farmers daughter I wouldnt said Fred Just the usual radio tripe I sup Susan said She bent forward listening while Fred watched her Lovely creature he thought and so desirable Those long dark lashes that contrasted so strikingly with her cornsilk hair that of those peaches the Farmer plantation had once made so famous the voice from the radio went on there are girls in this rand country of ours who still pre fer the can milk cows take an interest In things tural and who arent too devoted to sophistication to do a little hon est thinking Dainty Diana Dairies is going to find such a girl And when she IS found shell be given a free trip to New York and a check for Oh Susan gasped Did you hear that Fired I said Fred So what Five thousand Why Aunt Alice and J could do wonders with that much Fired stared at the girl there be side him What in heck arc you talking about he demanded said Susan him to keep The voice was now telling listeners to get their pencil and write down what it was going to say next Quick Fred a pencil said Su san excitedly And a pap All Ive gots a said Theres a pad there in front of the little Thanks said Susan All set asked the radio voice Yes said Susan TO BE CONTINUED Papiermache known to Chinese was probably the first plastic chemists say YESTERDAY After turning down another proposal by Fred Susan explains that she and her aunt will find some way to operate the plantation CHAPTER 2 We can get a man to work the farm on suggested Susan as a means of operating the farm said Fred Maybe you dont read the papers my dear Please dont my dear girl said Susan You sound so super And Fred continued you dont know that sharecropper sys ters have been pretty much in the limelight here of not very favorably As a matter of fact I do read the said Susan And it so hap pens that I have read a lot about sharecroppers is that most of the landowners were the wrong sort of who let a sense of greed overshadow their sense of humanness Aunt Alice and I wont be like No Certainly not Well play fair starting right off on a generous basis There are plenty of poor fam ilies around whod jump at a chance to live on the Farmer LOAF on the Farmer plantation be nearer the said Fred But be that as it may I won der if those same poor families know any more about farming than you If I can learn so can Sus an retorted Besides since Im de from generations of farm ers I ought Be the typical fanners daugh said Fred He chuckled Not meaning those the traveling men tell slightly naughty stories about my Sometimes Fred Mosher you an noy me no said Susan Sorry honey out when a man loves a girl as as I love you he just cant always control his emo tions or his So I said Susan She crushed out her cigaret in the tricky little ashtray attached to the road ster Youre not a bad sort she went on noting Freds nice pro file the way his coalblack hair back from his forehead his broad shoulers the way he sat so sure In fact sometimes Im downright fond of Thank you Ill even admit that youre Ar outstanding selfmade Yes said Fred Go That you have an almost uncan ny way of knowing just what lot be bought up for a filling sta or a garage and then buying to sell it later at a marvel profit its really wonderful ability to turn one dol lar into seven or eight and I do honestly think youre a very clever businessman but I cant marry Your aunt again I said Fied She comes first Lis SHOES FOR ALL THE Arcade Market 150 Lincoln Way W Do All Your Food Shopping Here Because Its More Convenient You Save More You Get Better Selec tion CARD TABLE SPECIAL 98 CO EN THE LONE RANGER BY FRAN STRIKER WE GOT EM BOTH THE SHOOTING WE AinT PER HELP EH YOU TAKE ESCAPED ILL HELP THEM TO WAS f WERE SPECIAL LAW DOWN NEARBY S A AMD HEARDY ESCAPED YOUR GUMS a CROOKS THERE BE A TO 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