Roseburg news-review., May 21, 1927, Page 5, Image 5

ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, SATURDAY. MAY 21... 1927.
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REMEMBER
Yon, deur boys, bruvo and ' truo
our briivo deeds arc not forgot-
tun. Tlioy nrc rememberod on tills
uiiodier Moiuorliil Day, und wt
trust will be (urovur.
The Roscbuig National Bank
Roseburg, Ore.
ACCIDENTS INCREASE
WITH CARS IN JAPAN
TOKYO, May 81 With the In
creasing number of automobiles
In Japan, It Is almost as unsafe to
cross a street In Tokyo or any
" other large city as It Is In New
York.
: Half of the automobiles in
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Aujnu l-iuiu miieu ur mjureu
someone 'during the past year, ac
cording to police statistics.
There lire approximately 13,000
motor cars In the Japanese capit
al. During 1926 there were 6,368
automobile accidents reported in
which someone was killed or in
jured. There 16,282 traffic acci
dents in which 234 persons lost
their lives and 9,781 were hurt. Of
the total number of accidents, bi
cycles were responsible for 5,752,
tram cars lor 1,445 and the Inno
cent looking rickshaw for 105. -
Daughters of Midas
by Anne Austin
Parabase Motor Oil 1U0 pure
pnrnfflne base.
Cherry Growers
Attention
The frost has practically destroyed the
cherry crop of the Pacific northwest this
season. It is predicted that unusually high
prices will prevail. We are arranging to
pool the local crop. Drop me a postal or
call and give me an estimate of your crop.
FOSTER BUTNER
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THIS WAS HAPPENED
Billy Wells, Nydu Lunmx aud
Winnie Bhelton ure selected by T.
Q. Curtis from Ills department
store, to come to Ills ' homo for
one year as his wards because he
wants to help thorn further cer
tain worthy ambitious. Hilly is
the only, one ot the three that is
sincere. She wants to become a
concert violinist. The other two
He to enjoy T. Q.'o generosity.
Billy is Infatualod with Dal llo
maine, nephew of Mrs.- Meadows,
the hostess. She fears Dal Is
"playing" both nor aud Winnie
Sheltou and when , the two are
absent from the city over the saute
week-end, her suspicious. ; are
strengtheued. : . .. ? " , -
in spite of this infatuation, Billy
tenderly remembers Clay .Curtis,
sou of her benefactor, who has dis
inherited himself and is llviim with
the Wells family 4u a pour part of
town,, working in a factory oy day
and writing music at night.
The girls, unknown . to T. Q
learn that he inteuds to udopt one
of them when the year is ' over
aud to gain bis affection, a series
of intrigues follow . which mys
teriously involve not only the
three girls, but Mrs. .Meadows, Ed
die Banning (Nyda's chaulfeur
Bwectneart of other days), and
Dal Houiaine. Billy loses interest
iu her violin. She has a break
down and leaves fur a mouth, dur
ing which time she feels she has
recovered from Komulne's spell.
The night of her return, however,
at i country club dunce, she falls
again under his strange, fascinating
powers. While waiting on a bal
cony for her partner, Ullly sees a
scuffle between Ilomaine, who is
strolling with Nyda, and Eddie
Banning. When Billy later aBks
Komaiue about it, he tells her
that Banning has put himself and
"Bomeone else" in his power. .
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
. CHAPTER XL.lt.
Although Billy had felt those last
days In Crescent Lake that she
was entirely well and equal to any
thing, sho was surprised to find,
after her return to Colfax, that her
nerves had meroly been rested, not
cured. She was glad to atay In
her room until almost uoon each
morning, having her brenkfaBt in
bed, brought by the adoring Viola,
who also served up the gossip of
the household. - ' -
On Thursday, a ltttta less than
a week after Billy's return, Viola
relayed a message to her from Ny
da. "Miss Nyda sho say will y'ou do
her a favor, Miss Billy, and play
with them, brats in the kindergar
ten room this afternoon. There's
four of them how, MIbs Billy, and
Miss Nyda sure do hate to be both
ered with them kids. :Slio , say she
got a 'portent engagement this af
ternoon, elso she wouldn't ask you.1?
"Four of them?" Billy asked in
terestedly. "I thought there were
only two Mrs. Moore's little
grundsou, Tommy, and the cook's
little girl. Beutrlce."
"Sure, Mr. Curtis got two more
kids for her to loach kindergarten
stuff to," Viola chuckled. "Sasslety
kids, theru.uew ones is, and . first.
Miss Nyda cottoned to 'eni.sonTe
thiu' comical, but now she plum
tired of the whole shootiu'-umtch."
Billy laughed. "Tell Nyda I
shall be glud to help her out this
afternoon, though-1 don't know lite
least, thing about kindergarten
work."
When Viola had left, Billy lay
back in the bed and reflected dis
gustedly on herself, Nyda and Win
nie . What a fine trio of frauds
they all were! Winnie had pre
tended that she wanted to become
a private secretary and the very
sight of a dictionary gave her a
headache. Nyda hud' staled, on the
questionnaire, and In that lying
letter of lterB on "What I would
do with a hundred thousand dol
lars," that the ambition which
burued in her heart was t to be
come a kindergarten teacher and
social worker among the children
of the. poor,
Weli, she was kettlng her fill of
it now, Bdly told herself grimly.
Since old T. Q." mid fitted up a
model kindergarten In his nome
she had been saddled with the care
of two. children fur two uays a
week, when ait her pleasure-loving
nature cried out agaiust this sacri
fice uf even lour hours a week -to
lite work she had protessed to love
with all her heart. Aud now T. Q. I
hud addec to her burdens by iu
creasing the number of her charges
to tour. Billy wondered who these
children were. "Society" children,
Viola had said.
Poor Nyda! She. did not dare
rebel openly. Her strongest hold
on T. Q. her only "edge" on the
other two girls, was her professed
love of children. Her choice of a
profession had touched T. Q. pro
foundly, had endeared the tall,
handsome, black-haired, dark-eyed
girl to him as nothing elso could
have done. So Nyda had to play
her part, no matter how much sho
hated the role she had chosen, if
she expected to win in the strange
contest to become T. Q. Curtis'
adopted daughter.
Winnie, Billy reflected somberly,
was playing her cards more skill
fully than Nyda. ' Nyda waB selfish,
hard, concerned only with hor own
pleasure, and pleasure with Nyda
meant the adulation of men, but
Bhe was not vicious, not really an
accomplished schemer. Left undis
turbed In her natural environment',
as queen of the cosmetics depart
ment' In the big : Curtis Store,, and
as tho acknowledged "vamp".' of
that city within a city, she would
have continued to be happy In her
way, aud would eventually have
married Eddie Banning or someone
like him. No, there was no V real
evil in Nydu, or there bad not been
until T. Q. Curtis, unknown to him
self, had dangled a fortune before
hiT daziled eyes. But 'Winnie
Billy's hands clenched at' tho very
thought of Winnie Shellou Win
nie was a shallow, lying, schem
ing, cleverly cruel, unmoral little
beast, who would stop at nothing
to gut what she wanted. And now
since .she hud become T. Q.'s
"wurd," sly wanted two things
wilh all tho energy of her mean,
nature BhVw wanted to win out In
the contest lo become T. Q.'s
diuiKhter nud J heiress, ,and sho
wanted Dal Hontalue. 1 ' '' ! :
Eho was marvelously cunning til
hor campaign to wlu T. Q.'s (lean.
Although it must have Irked her
very soul, she - was . spending at
least three evenings a week at
home, working prettily aud with
many gestures of eflicioucy and
btiBtle, ut T. Q.'b desk, taking his
dictation, obligingly slowed up to
her lack of speed with shorthand
notes, transcribing his letters on a
sltiiiy new typewriter that he had
bought her, beudiug anxiously,
even tearfully, over him as he
mude corrections on the ludicrously j
Jumbled letters, which Billy was
sure was never mailed. I
Oh, it was sickening, sickening,
Billy groaned, aud turned her lace
Into her pillow. Aud she, Billy
Wells, who had so prided herself
on her sincere ambition to become
a great violinist, who had leaned
over backward with a sturdy, peas
ant sort of independence she was
Jubi as bad as either of those other
fo. What had she really done to
Juutiry her existence In T. Q.'s
home, as his ward, there to pre
pare herself for her career?
She had neglected her violin un
til now she was ashamed to pick
it up. She had squandered the
money which should have gone lor
violin losBOus on.-ctotheB, bought
for; the sole purpose of catching
and holding hjal ' Roinaine's eyes.
She remembered with a guilty
shudder that she bud not . given
her mother a cent 1i1b last month.
And ehe had promised to ive her
a hundred and fifty a month 1
What had happened to hor? Here
she lay, wheu it was almoBt noon,,
coddling her body in a luxurious
uca. Lazy. idle, After all.
wasn't sho exactly, like Winnie
Bhelton? ; , ,.
Fired by the fury which she had
worked up against herself, Billy
hurried down to the music room to
practice on her violin. Of course
Bhe still loved music! She tried to
recapture the thrill with which she
hud once lifted the beloved instru
ment to her chin, but it could not
be done. . Her mind was .buzzing
longer, then set herself seriously to
work on her uiuslo, A cold fear of
what the end of the year would I
bring to her ahlveied aloug her!
overwrought nerves, j . ; v r ( I
She had u luncheon engagement !
with Dal for one o'clock. She- was :
to meet him at the Marquette Ho-:
ti', for he did not like to antagon-
ite i. g. curtla more thau was
necessary, and T. Q. had made it
unmistakably clear that be did not
like Rouiulue.
i When Bhe was seated apposite
Dal at a table for two In tho most
secluded corner of the dining
room of, Colfax's most "exclusive"
hotel, she searched his eyes hun
grily for UBBiiruuces against the
swurm of doubts and fears that
tortured her when sho was away
from hint; ,
'Dul," she asked suddenly,
"please dou't be angry i with me.
bUt tell me do you see , Winnie
bhelton often, meet her, as you
do) me?" .... . , , ; , , ,
JDsl's eyes narrowed so that Bhe I
could not possibly rend the expres- j
sion in. tliem. But , bis thin, per- ,
fectly cut lips parted iu that flush
ing smile which she knew so well.
"Whut.n suspicious Infant it 1b!"
he teased her tenderly. "Of course
I Bee Winnie occasionally. I had
tea with her twice while you were
In Crescent Lake, took her to din
ner once with another couple, aud
we played golf once at the Country
Club. My engagements with Nyda
Loniax total about the same. Dou't
tori ure yourself with jealousy, dear
heart. 1 never ask you tor an ac
counting U8 to your own engage
ments, and unless' we are ta glve
our secret away,' both of us must
be seen with other people. Oh, par
dolt ! " ' He spoke with calm cour
tesy to the waiter who had come to
stand patiently,- with order pad
and poised pencil at his Bide.
"What shall It be, dear?"
But she did not care what she
ate. It was food and drink to her
to sit opposite him, to hear his low,
caresBing voice, to watch the quick
grace of his satin-smooth brown
hands as they flashed about the
table. ' . - ' -. ' ' '
"Oh, dear, I must hurry!" she re
membered resentfully' at, two
o'clock. "I huve. to. take Nyda's
work with the children this after
noon. By the way.Dali will you
let me ask you just one more ques
tion?" ... , ,
He nodded, smiling at her indul
gently, but bis eyes were narrow
ed, watchful. i- . '
"When you said the qthor night
that' Eddie Banning had put liiin-'
self -In your power, and someone
else! too, at the same time, tlld you
wean nyuttl
He nodded, still " smiting lth
faint amusement.
"But how,. Dall "liow?". she noi-
sisted, ; excitement ' rising tswlfUy to
rs Palace of Sweets
- yellow leg chicken R a w m ...
on.y7Bc.tU,. .Ajh1 fa
be married, dour. Can't you take hesitated curiously'' between the
me into your confidence?" two pai;. 0t tho nuuio, but Wily
"Muybe I dldn t mean anything," ; . ... , ,
he teased her, reaching for his too absorbed In wondering
wallet to pay the check. "But just what he meant by his other strange
tor your own peace of mind you words to notice that faint, Blgnlfl-
haven't a thing Iu the world to fear cant hesitation,
from Nyda Lonutx." His voice (To bo continued.)
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The people of Roseburg have
sent thoir children to this
' store for groceries with per
fect confidence of a fair deal
and in every Institute they
have received It. ...
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with a hundrod problems, Bchemei) ' her cheeks.' "What lias liildie Ban
ning to do , w(th Nyda Lomax
now? They, used to be engaged, but
why should he attack you,1 why
and perplexities,. When Bho broke
a string, in her angry Impatience
to conquer her mood, she was al
most glad. Then- she, reminded .should Nyda see him Id -her 'room
nerseir mat tne doctor had said at midnight? Oh!" sho -'cried,
that she .must ' hot' practice again ashamed.: "I didn't ' mean to say
for-many weeks,- do t no i serious that.- You' will forget) that 1 said
yoflt on her violin for nionths. 1 that, i Dal, won't you? But1 what
, But of course thaf waa abturd. dld you mean. 'Dai? Can't ybu tell
She 'would Jiint 'rest- a ' few, days' me? ' After all, e're engaged -to
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and Saturday, M
ay 27-2
Celebrate These Two Big Days With the Umpqua Chiefs, Roseburg Booster Club
TWO BIG DAYS
OF
OLLICEING FUN
Official Program Opens at 10 o'clock Friday Morning, May 27. Parades of City and Rural Schools,
Auto Floats, Races and Sports on Jackson Street. Two Roseburg Bands Will Be on the Job.
Baby Parade, Industrial Parade, Band Concerts on Streets, Stunts and Races. Dancing at Armory
and Oriental Gardens Afternoon and Evenings. Concessions Open 9 a. m. Until Midnight Both Days
Don't Fail To Come and Enjoy the Festival Spirit
of The Carnival
"We Know Our
Berries"
Picking Time in
the Umpqua
Valley