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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1908)
TIi c (Chauffeur and the Jewels CopyrlirtH. 106. J. B. Lipfinoott Coiivany. Hi. rivhtc rourveJ. By Eillth Morgan Willctt t - -- ciiapteh ii. Half after fivo. The chaiilTom sat tranquilly on the front seat of the motor, smoking one cigarette after another and wondering, with increasing curiosity as the moments slipped by, when the rest of sured her prosaically. "Sicily might ho a very different affair! When the Prince del Pino and I tooled through there two years ago, after one of the usual out breaks, we had bank notes sewed in the interlining of our motor coats and car- thp party would reappear. Two hours I ried loaded Winchesters.' since they had vanished in the direction of the cathedral, with the avowed inteu ion of returning in time for tea Again and again Snrto's slanting eyes flashed down the street, then, uo one appearing, resumed their unconcerned stare into space. It was not until a dis tant market clock intoned six that three figures came in sight, walking with the exhausted gait that marks the consci en! ions tourist. On nearer view it he came animtent that none of them was in the best of spirits; Mrs. Waring, in par ticular, being quite evidently cross the invariable result with her of too much sight-seeing. "Now for the tea-basket," she aunoune ed peremptorily, on reaching the bote! steps ami tue nrren.lant motor. Here is it, Sarto? Uet it out, and let's all go in nnd have something to eat." Her glance as well ns t fie words in eluded the chauffeur, who, after a mo inetit's hesitancy at this mi precedent ed and alluring invitation, dropped silently from his perch and seizing the hamper, followed his employer into the inn. There, while Annette Bancroft piled dp the quaint Rouer platters with sweet biscuits and chestnut sandwiches, her cousin threw herself into the nearest chair, tore off her gloves, and set to work making tea at railroad speed. ' "Here's your cup. Annette,'' she an nounced, after an interval of concentrat ed energy. "Now. Sarto two lumps of Rtigar for you, 1 suppose? No cream? Well, then, pick out a slice of lemon and sit down here," indicating a seat beside her. "Why what's the matter, Gerald? Cot a toothache?" as, at sight of the chauffeur occupying the other end of Mrs. Waring's chaise-longe, Mr. Buist's countenance un derwent a momentary spasm. "It's over now," be said at last, ac cepting with a look of disgusted resigna tion the cup his tormentor smilingly prof fered him. Certainly Mrs. Waring's devotees were well trained, and knew from long experi ence that "when Gussie had a mood on" it was wisest to let her have her way, no matter where it led her, no matter how much it cost to follow loyally, no matter how great the strain. Now, under the light clatter of teacups and conversation, the little inn parlor pos itively bristled with pent-up electricity, of which the chauffeur, the undoubted cause, seemed apparently the least aware, as with the curious adaptability that char acterized the man, he sat sipping his tea and discussing mediaeval architecture with his employer as if he had been do ing that sort of thing all his life. The bells of Itouen were ringing for vespers before Mrs. Waring finally led the way out into the twilit street. "Fifty miles between us and Havre," he ejaculated, accepting the chauffeur's hand as a matter of course in climbing Into the car. "It will be pitch dark be fore we reach there. By the bye, Ger ald,'' with an ominous narrowing of hr dark ttes, "you must be tired to death of doing duty in the front seat all this time how about takinz a vacation in the tonneau for the rest of the distance?" An awkward silence followed, during which the Englishman considered her templing proposal with stony gravity, Annette looked uncomfortable, and Mrs. Waring began to fear that she was sail ing dangerously near the wind. But the boat came to, as in the end it always did. "Oh, very well, then," Buist said at length, gruffly, "it's just as you prefpr. of course." And, without deigning a glance at the chauffeur, he swung himself into the tonneau. Off the motor whizzde, in a very little while leaving Rouen far behind, painted In neutral tint against a pale mauve sky. The wind had died down, and the chill evening air, faintly stirred by the rush of the motor, brought to the chauffeur's quickened senses the subtle perfume of violets. Through the tail end of his eye glimpses were obtainable of a certain pro file daintily carved out by the gathering dusk. "Delicious !" murmured a low-pitched voice very close to his ear. "Oh, to go floating on forever like this!" "Like this!" The chauffeur tried vainly to throw off the disconcerting spell of the words, the tone. Case-hardened as the man was by the varied experience of a many-sided life, well versed in the juggling arts of feminine mountebanks the world over, still, underneath his cynicism, his out ward impassivity, there beat a fiercely susceptible, unmanageable heart with all the Italian's swift response to the de mands of beauty. It was not unmoved that the stoical Sarto had watched be hind his blue goggles the outlines of a perfect face and figure on the front seat through the sun and shadow of thirty long days, and this sudden bewildering at titude of the woman beside him struck a chord that, in spite of all his determina tion, was beginning to vibrate painfully. "Yes. the car does travel most exceed ingly well," he agreed, a trifle hoarsely, striving conscientiously to keep his head. "Do you see Jumierre? Behold, mailame. to your right, over the brow of that bill, hat mass of lights !' Mra. Waring glanced upward. "Only a look and a flash, then darkness again and a silence,' " she misquoted dreamily, as the motor whirled them past. Then "But what a place for brigands !" this with a little shiver. I can positive ly see them in those inky black woods over there." Then, in a moment, "Iear me! Aren't you thankful that we haven't anything valuable on board?" Her manner had regained its usual flip pant matter-of factness, and the chauffeur pulled himself swiftly into step. "friKt ia pretty safe going," L reaa- Very exciting!" Mrs. Waring glanc ed at him curiously. "Well, I've never had to go as far as that," she rattled on, "though I do take the precaution of hid- ing away my diamonds, wherever I go, in an inconspicuous chamois glove case at the bottom of a trunk." She changed the subject hurriedly. "But, speaking of your prince" there was a ring of interest in her tone "I see by the Paris Herald that he's sailing for America. lo tell me something about the man, Sarto; one hears such fabulous accounts of his wealth, his good looks; you must have grown to know him very well during those two years." Her manner was flatteringly confiden tial, but the chauffeur's face lowered in stinctively. "The prince oh, I know him well enough," he admitted, resenting this in trusion of another into her thoughts. "For his wealth, he has certainly enough more than he knows what to do with, but for his looks ; " he shrugged his slight shoulders contemptuously. "A man of about my own build, I suppose tall, dark, clean shaven, speaks Knglish like a native, and wears a monocle. That is about all there is to him." Opening the throttle at thL point, he broke off a conversation that had lost its charm, and turned his attention resolute ly to the motor as it swept along the level high road between great jagged cliffs that cut the sky. For the moment there was silence on the front seat, and from the tonneau spasmodic attempts at conversation on the part of its two occupants, one of whom sat gloomily wondering, as others of his sex had before him, what woman means by her incomprehensible whims and wiles, and how much self-respecting man, even a lover, should put up with. On the car swept, on through villages which seemed only an indistinct blur of lights, drawing nearer and ever nearer to the sea. "We cannot be more than a mile from Havre now." announced Sarto at length. His brief hour was almost over, and the muffled regret in his voice did not escape the sharp ears so near him. Turning hpr head, Mrs. Waring glanc ed at her chauffeur with distinct interest. She was not in the least offended. dmiration was a coin that Gussie ac cepted as a matter of course from all sides and all classes. The tribute was no surprise to her ; it was a certain piquant originality about the giver that attracted her curiosity and satisfied her zest for novelty. Not Havre already!" she ejaculated in accents of genuine disappointment. The words were hardly out of her mouth when the motor gave a sort of hiss, changing into an ominous elack-cack-cack. nnd, looking behind, Sarto caught sight of a scarf-like object wound loving ly around one of the back wheels. In a trice the car had come to a stand still and its occupants were scrambling out in ranid and rvrturhed succession. "Tire loose, I see," grunted Buist, as he stiffly let himself down. "I bet that that last spurt of yours gashed every one of 'em." He shot a darkly triumphant glance at the chauffeur, who was examin ing, the interior of the machine by the aid of his lantern. "Only one of the tires is punctured, as it happens," was returned in level tones; "but this is beyond repair, unfortunate ly. As far ns I can see, we cannot go on without a new one." "Well, walk into Havre and get a new one then," Gerald suggested snappishly; "nothing could be simpler." The two women had for the nonce re tired discreetly into the background, the time-honored resort of the sex in a strict ly masculine exigency. But at this junc ture Annette's small treble made itself heard. "What a good idea !" she exclaimed enthusiasticalyl ; "let's all walk into Havre and get the tire it's a delicious moonlight night." She glanced appealingly at Gussie, but received no encouragement from that quarter, and it was Gerald, in the end, who seconded her motion strange to say ! "Suits me all right," he agreed affably. "Let's do it. Sarto can look after the car and we three'll just walk in and send the thing out to him." His slow, ponderous drawl was very complacent too complacent for his own good. "I'm too tired to take that tramp," Mrs. Waring now declared unexpectedly. "Sarto," she moved languidly toward the roadside "do bring me one of those leather cushions. I don't want to sit on the grass and I've bad enough of the motor !" She stood absently watching the chauf feur obeying ber behest with swift alac rity, and reflected that Gerald's air of bore she really must get rid of him, if only for a little while! As she pondered, the object of her thoughts crossed the road and joined her. "All right! Chuck the walk then." he remarked, with exasperating blandness. "It's not half bad sitting here." He stretched his long legs out, suiting the action to the word. "It Sarto get the tire, then ; he won't be long." But Mrs. Waring did not answer. Glancing opposite, her gaze ' fell on An nette, standing rather forlornly near the motor and looking wistfully into the di tance where a misty tangle of lights out lining the horizon signified Rouen. Certanly there was something discon solate in the girl's attitude. Gussie'a ex pression became somewhat enigmatical as she watched her. "Gerald," she said, lowering her voice, "that child will be dreadfully disappoint ed if she doesn't get ber walk. Can't you ae she's aet ber heart on it?" She put her hand lightly on his arm. "It's ' your solemn duly Jo take her into Havre this very moment." . ! Gussie's tone was unusually caressing ! and the speech seemed natural enough, ! hut the face of her cavalier went scarlet I with annoyance. "Duty go hang!" he blurted out, with sudden savagery. "I see myself leaving you alone with " . Ho checked himself and fell silent a moment, roughly kicking the pebbles in his vicinity, and then, in .1 sort of injured growl, "It's too much!" he ejaculated. "You've been jolly rotten unfair to me all day, Gussie, but this is the limit." "This?" Mrs. Waring ignored the re proach in his tone; tier's had suddenly be come very frosty. "I didn't know I was asking so much," she remarked. "An nette will have to be disappointed then. Of course she ia under my charge, and I couldu't possibly sanction the impropriety of her walking into Havre at this hour of the night with my chauffeur." Gussie had pulled the right wire, as usual, and slowly and reluctantly the Englishman rose to his feet. To tell the truth, he was a little ashamed of himself by this time, having, underneath the in evitable stratum of British crustiness, an exceedingly kind heart. "Of course I'm perfectly willing to take that walk," he announced somewhat stiffly, "if Miss Bancroft wj.ild really like to go and you wish it." "I wish it? As if I wished :t ."' Gus- Lse Waring raised her candid, chi!d-iike eyes to Gerald's face and dropped them again instantly. At last, in a very low voice, "I thought," she said, "we were only consid ering Annette." There is a peculiar potency in the first person plural of a certain pronoun when used in the light tone by the right wom an. A broad smile cleared the sepulchral glqpm from Gerald's open countenance, and, making up his mind suddenly, he crossed the road in a couple of srridts, approaching the girl, by the moto". "Feel like takin' me into Havre for that thing, Miss Bancroft?" he suggest ed, with engaging promptness. "Let's foot it, then ; I'm ready if you are. ' "Of course I am,' said Annette. She glanced at Sarto's motionless figure by the motor and then at her c.iiisiri. "Well, bye-bye, Gussie ! We'll bring the tire back then. Come on, Mr. Buist." And, setting off without much enthusiasm, she led the way down the hill. "Be sure to hurry back," .Mrs. Waring called after them beseechingly. But was Sarto wrong in fancying that ner rhoul ders shook mischievously as the two fig ures disappeared from view around the curve of the hill? By the time he joined 'i?r, however, there was an enigmatical expression on her face which effectually concealed some lurking misgivings as to the wisdom and conventionality of her course, the out come of the prospective tete-a-tete under the stars with an inflammable chauffeur. (After all, Gussie rather enjoyed play ing with fire. It is an amusing pastime when carried on from a safe distance!) "Well," she hazarded lightly, as her victim came to a standstill beside her. "What are you looking so serious about?" The man hesitated slightly. "I was thinking," he said, in an oddly constrain ed tone, "that at the rate they're walking they won't be gone any time." The speech was unexceptionable, but the tone rang full of meaning, a subtle suggestion which Mrs. Waring, however, chose to ignore. "I think that was an admirable ar rangement of mine," she said, with a de mure side glance. Again the chauffeur dared very greatly. "Admirable!" lie responded, with quite unnecessary emphasis. There was a long pause, during which the frogs croaked uninterruptedly and a soft wind came in fitful gusts through the poplars. k Above their shrouded tops the night sky hung down, tacked into (dace with innumerable stars, and to right and left the level fields of France lay spread, a gray expanse curving towards the hor izon. The setting was perfect for the somt what unconventional situation, and Gus sie felt that she was enjoying herself. mm I Me -.Tail ir. -7. I W"W''r" -'J., vw "CHILDREN'S EVANGELIST." Story of an Amateur Poultry man. About the most sensible (nnd I might add, also, the most prolltable-, beginning I ever stiw iniulo In the poul try business was by a young clerk, who lived In the suburbs of a near-by city. He sustained a severe attack of the "hen fever," and, ns Is the usual occur rence, became enthused over the "enor mous" profits to be made with poultry. He did not. however, allow his enthusiasm to get the best of the bet ter Judgment, and cause him to resign his clerkship and Immediately embark In the poultry business on a more or less extended scale, ns has so frequent ly occurred; but, instead, he held on to his clerkship, lixed up a good, comfort able little house on a back lot, bought a dozen standard-bred hens and a rooster at a dollar a head, of a neigh boring fancier. and thus made his start. This was early In the spring; during he spring and summer he furnished the family table with eggs and chic ens, and, besides, hatched and raised something like a hundred young chicks Out of these he retained twenty-five of the best pullets for breeders, and. of course, at the same time enlarging his house room ; and so, by the next spring, we find that his business has, from nut ural causes, tripled itself, and all this time our friend has been steadily and rapidly gaining in practical knowledge of the business., Tills natural Increase continued for another year or two, and by this time he had his business so firmly establish ed on a paying basis that he was justi fied In buying a small farm out at the edge of town, and then and there be coming a full-fledged poultryman. mak ing this his exclusive occupation. Speaking of profits, he recently told me that he scarcely managed to meet expenses the first year, the second year he slightly more than kept even, while subsequent years have not failed to show a nice little sum on the right side of the ledger. Outing. Miss (inuilln, Wliowe Work Among 1 the Vounw l Very Niu'cefiil. I The Children's! Evangelist Is Hie ti tle bestowed upon Miss Alice Miriam Gamlln, of New York, the superintend ent of the evangelistic department of the State Sunday School Association. The honey produced In the United She has made n special study of evaji- States last year would load a string of freight cars from Chicago to New gellstle work among children and has met with remarkable success. She has York. "This is certainly sweetness long simple but direct methods or reaching drawn out." boys and girls. To even the careless The heifer calf that Is intended for liullffi'rrot child she seems to bo something beneath her worldliness re sponding to the scene the man (for the moment she had lost sight of the chauf feur). (To be continued.) A ni GrasNhopper. A geographical expedition which set out for Australia on an exploring and mapmaking tour had engaged a negro cook, who took great Interest in every thing he saw. While the party was en route a kangaroo broke out of1- the grass and made for the horizon with prodigious leaps, an event that Inter ested the colored gentleman exceed ingly. "You all have pretty wide meadows hereabouts. I reckon," he said to tha native who was guiding the party. "Not any larger than those of otiier countries," returned the guide most po litely. "Well, there must be mighty power ful high grass roundabouts, heh?" ho Insisted. "Not that I know of," replied the guide. "Why do you ask such odd ques tions?" "Why, I'll tell you, boss. I was thinkin' of the mighty uncommon mag nitude of them grasshoppers." Kansas Experiment Station Bulletins. It always' has been and always will be true that scientists can but point the way and practical men must dem onstrate In a practical way all new developments along the line of Im provement in agricultural and breed ing problems. Our experiment stations are doing excellent work and are not only Introducing new Ideas, but are also condemning practices that were considered good by those who thought they were right but had no way of demonstrating their propositions. Prac tical men should be slow to discredit the work of these Institutions nnd should work In harmony with them for the general uplift of the cause which they are all trying to better. The ac cessibility of the work done at these stations makes it easy for every one to keep in close touch with the work being done. The bulletins Issued are cheerfully sent to all who will apply for them without cost to the recipient, so that there is no excuse for any one not knowing just what is being done by these hard-working scientists who are always glad to spread the news of new discoveries or new ideas. If you are not getting these bulletin regu larly from your own experiment sta tion it Is 3-our own fault. National Stockman and Farmer. dairy use should not be given too fat tening a ration. Oats, grass and milk, with a scant ration of shelled corn, will furnish about what she needs for her proper development. The J,:tOO pound draft horse at three years old can always be counted on by the horse raiser as a safe and profit able proposition. During the past few years such an animal has been worth from 10 to VI cents per pound. Some one who has tried it says that if flour of sulphur Is mixed liberally with the seed corn In the planter box the cutworms will not touch the corn so treated. It Is certainly an easy and inexpensive recipe and at least worth trying. The colt that Is halter broken at the start and trained and handled as he grows not only makes a much more tractable horse at three years old, but also one that will fetch a considerably higher price on the market because of fills very fact. When the flock of hens Is confined at close range and no green food is available, cut green stuff, preferably iawn cuttings, should be given to them in generous allowance every day or two. The greediness with which they devour it not only shows that they relish it, but that their systems need it able to make tho truths of the Chris tian religion attractive. She brings be fore the children the beautiful Ideals and the wealth of wisdom which are ir&f itw Water Pan for Poultry. In the construction of a water pan for poultry some provision should be made to keep out dust and litter. The forms shown In the illustration permits fowls to drink from different sides at .L- lzL : MISS ALICE M. CAM I.I N. contained In the lessons of the Bible in a manner which always appeals to ' them. J Miss Gamlln Is a native of Worces ' ter, Mass., and went through a course 'of thorough training to fit her for the work in which she is engaged. Five of her seven years In this branch of re ligious work have been spent In New York. All during the summer season she conducts meetings in the metropolis in tents, which seat from .100 to ."00. She is a woman of great natural abil ity and of wonderful personal magnet-Ism. DRINKING PAN FOR POULTRY. one tune and presents the smallest possible space for filth to enter. The round cone-shaed top prevents the fowls roosting upon It. It may be fixed on a platform high enough to prevent the litter being rescratched Into It. Sqaaah liugm. The squash bug never lays Its eggs on the stem, unless by accident, but the under side of the leaves. The eggs are of a dark chestnut color, globular AH the world's a stage, and most ot in form, and exist in clusters. They . us are In the gallery. A college youth Is rarely as old as he talks. may be found by turning up the leaves, when the eggs may be crushed. An other insect deposits its eggs on the stem ; this Is the borer. The larvae, as soon as hatched, eat Into the stein, and are then difficult to dislodge. One of the most effectual remedies against enemies of t lie squash is a solution of saltpeter, which Is prepared by dis solving a teaspoonful in a quart of water and sprinkling it over the plant, though sawdust, saturated with tur pentine, is also used on the ground around each plant with success. Fence for IIos Yard. City Independent. Tableau. "Cyrus, did you mail that letter I handed you this morning Just before you started from home?" "I did, Kniily. Y'ou had stamped it. I presume?" I "Why, no. I expected you to do that." -Well, I didn't." Small yards for hogs require very tight fences either of boards or wire. ;The plan shows cedar posts set less than eight feet apart. At the top and bottom are two by six Inch planks set into the posts and there are seven lat eral wires. Sanitary Poultry "et. The present-day tendency to employ sanitary measures in the dairy, the t0 vuiy !''fself she win do it by hav The things we turn up our noses ai are the things we can't understand. A girl may make a sweeping asser tion without knowing how to handle a broom. Strawberries come and go, but It. boarding house circles the prune is per ennial. A man has to have n mighty good disposition to be willing to admit lie hasn't. Engaging manners are an asset la other circles besides the matrimonial market. If a woman can't find any other way stable, the doghouse, etc, extended to the poultry yard. The Industrious hen Is to be provided with n sanitary nest which can be readily washed and scrubbed as occasion demands. This recent devel opment Is shown In the accompany ing illustration. has at last EASILY CLEANED. I I I I ing the blues. The reason women have so few bad habits is they have such queer ideas of what fun Is. There's nothing makes a man so proud of his brains as for somebody else in the family to have them. A girl always has an Idea that if she knew any dukes most of them would waut to marry her. New York Press. Tennla Karketn. What most affects the life of the gut In a lawn tennis racket is dampness, says the New York Sun. Nowadays rackets are strung so tight that the The nest Is made of wire nnd Is sup ported In a suitable housing, both of which can he removed from the chicken ' strings break with even grenter fre- house when cleaning is necessary. ' quency than before. The idea is that When thus removed they enri be con-! tight gut sends the ball with greater venientiy placed In a suitable recep tacle containing boiling water and thoroughly cleansed of all Impurities and undesirable Insects. Nerennl t le. Knlcker 1V you favor a school of Journalism In the universities? Bocker There should le three; one on how to run paper, one on how to keep out of them, and one on how to get into them. New York Sun. Destroying Pocket Gopher. The Nebraska Exjerlment Station has been investigating the destruction of pocket gophers. As effective and at the same time Inexpensive methods as can be employed are: Trapping when done properly and In conformity with the animal's habits; poisoning under certain restrictions and careful prac tices; shooting at certain times and under some conditions; and lastly the protection of the natural enemies of the animals. It Is urged that barn owls, the long-tailed weasels and bullsnakes ospeclaly be spared, since all these anl China strictly prohibit, the holding maI are P-rticularly noted as enemies of mass meeting for political purpose In ail parts of the empire. of pocket gooncra wherever they are j found. Denatured Alcohol School. As a result of plans which have been matured by Secretary James Wil son of the department of agriculture, there will be established shortly in his department at Washington a denatured alcohol school. This will include a rorce rrom the very tense surface. The dampness gets right nfter these very taut strings. A lawn tennis man was explaining recently what precautions have to be taken in wilding rackety abroad : "When first we began to send them to Bermuda, for Instance," he said, "we put them merely In waterproof covers. Greatly to our surprise we learned that the entire first shipment had arrived with strings broken. We uti-ioll l.iif svminloto rllatlllltirv .utflf I.. ... . . .. i tried the same packing nga n with th eluding vats, worms, engines and other "Mm, wnnin . ...... ... . iame resu t. iHLTHNiiiy upiuiiaiun, mine II will ue the aim of the secretary and his spe cialists to give a practical demonstra-, tlon of what denntured alcohol Is, how "Then we realized what was the trouble nnd packed the rackets In tin boxes. Each box was carefully soldered lift n rwl fVtnf ni mln IKm .ih y . It Is made and from what products to 1 .. IUIUJ u,rl,St ana all visitors at Washington who may be Interested In the subject. Dr. II. W. Wiley, chief chemist of the depart ment, has been assigned to the Job. The lawn tennis man explained n new wrinkle of players. At the end of a season some of them have all the gut cut out of a favorite racket This Is done because If the gut were loft in a string might break in the winter and put the strain nil on the side of the frame, warping It "With a favorite racket they think Harvesting at night Time. Pick vegetables with the dew on ; they are suierlor to those picked in the hot sun. Beans, however, must be picked when dry; If vines or fruit are handled when wet they will rust The 't better to pay for restrlnglng them following are better picked before full than to. run those chances." nld he. sized: String beans, beets, carrots, "It doesn't hurt a racket to rest ring corn, cucumbevs, peas, radishes and,'; really It helps and Improves it" BQuash. Don't allow seed to ripen on , T : tf plant, or the, w.U atop bearing. I 1 W