TOE LA GUANINE EVENING OnSEItVKH
Tuesday,- NovciiiW 3, 1925.
. Pniro Six r"
Published by Arrangement with First National JMcturu,
Lloyd Productions, Inc.
CIIAlTI'It XXV. (fonllnucd)
Ah time puMscd und Hilda con
tinned to meet the lest, her hus
band's satisfaction gained a keener
edge, He, beamed. In) at I'tittPil, he
twin!1! his musinehe to rit'lk'
points. Kin Wua a thoroughbred,
that ho assured ti linji r. Hut, after
all, why shouldn't she do this for
him? The uonii-n with whom he
WUS UCCUStOIIICd to nVHOCilllo WOllld
not have counted such on evening
an this ii sacrifice, and, even hud
they o considered It, he wuh in
the habit of exacting sacrifices
from women; they liked II : it
proved their dcVolloh. .
Hit subjugation was made com
plete when ho led her Into a box at
the Klnlto theater and Insisted up
on the two Met'aniteyH Joining
tli' in, Thn brothers at rirst, de
clined, but by thlH time, t'oiirleau's
determination carrh d all .before It.
Joo halted him outside thn box
door, however, to fnouire Ifito the,
nutinlng of Iho affair.-'
' "It means this," the Count' In
formed hint, "I have cf reeled a
complete, reconciliation with my
adorable wife. Women are nil nilk
they fear the iron, they Ulan the ,
hand that smiles them. I have
made her my obedient Hlave,' moil
and. Thnt'8 what It means. '
"It don't look pood to rnt," Joe
Hald, moroHely. "She'H got 'an ace
burled somewhere."
: "fch? What are you trying to
Bay?"
I "l'vo got a hunch who's salving
you. Count. She's stuck on Phll
llps, UUc t told you, uhd she'B try
Utt to get a peek at your hole
card."
" It was characteristic of Courteau
that ho should take Innlant offeuHe
ut thlH roflectton upon hln Bap-nclty,
Delicious
To stilt the pui'M)
liox IHdk'loiiA
At any prlc4'.
Morn than n
Thonsniul 1mcj
That will bo
Moved nt from
-Thlrty-flvp feiitH
' To thivo ilollnrs
lN'P IXX.
HrliiK your Ikixcj)
l-oi' thu tihcapcr erndivH.
La (jtStide
Warehouse &
Storage Co,
Main 792
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We have just received word that our
Freed-Eiscninnn Sets were shipped. Wc
are now ready to line up a limited num
ber of demonstrations. Just phone or call.
Oregon Hardware & Imp. Co.
r
from western fields
It ttands to
ability as a
charmer.
"Vou Insult my Intelligence," lie
cried, stiffly, "und, above, ull, 1 poa
W-HH Inti'tllKl'MCf. You ilo not. No.
Vuti niv coii rn1, yon are. gross. I
mn Ttill of sentiment "
"Huts!" Mct'nskey growled. i
get that way niyir soue-tlmcs.
Sentiment like you 1-8 costs twenty
dollars a quart. Km thin uiu't the
i time for a spree; wo trot business
Jon our hands."
j The Count eyel hln friend with A
frown. "It is at perHonal affair and
concerns our business nut In t he
least.' ' 1 Ui'.i u revengeful person;
I have jiflde and 1 exact payment
from Ihose who wound It. 1
brought my wife here as u punish
merit and I propose to make her
drlifk with you. Vuur company is
not agreeable at time, my friend
iOid Hhe doea you an honor7"
"Cut out that tony lull;." Jon
Maid, roughly. "You're u .broken
hipped Hlirr, atid you're ; trying lo
grnb hep bank-roll. Don't you
s'pOrfo I'm mi? My eompiiny was
till right until you (rot your hand
In the hot'd rnfOi-druwer: now I'm
coarse. Maybe she's on the square
-Hho fell tor you once but i he I.
nhe'a working you. .Make mire of
thin, my IiIkIi and mighty hobln
man" for emphasis the Hpeukf
laid a heavy hand upon the Count's
nhoulder and thrust his disagree-
able faco chwer "that yuu keep
thts doubt of Ills
your mouth shut. Kavvy? Punt, thing. Not only had she condone!
loL her sweat you " j the -Bins und .the shortcomings.' of
The .admonitory words ended "?r dissolute husband but also she
abruptly, for the door of the box h'l l"1 herself on a level with
reopened and Joe found the Count-!""" nl .th fallen women of tho
ess (Jourteau facing him, For an In
ntaut their glances met and In her
eyes the man saw an expression tm
comforlably reminiscent of that
day at Hheep Camp when she had
turned public, wrath up.n his hro-
ther Jim's head. Hut the look wart !
fleeting; she turned it uimn ln-rl
... . !
nuHiianu, nnu me i ouui, wnn an
anoloirv far his delay, entered tho 1
box, drugging MeCaskey with hlmnnd when they wre In n condition
,,,',. f little better, did thoy permit him to
Frank, It appeared, shared hlsl. .. 1 ..... . ...
changed glances as Joe enler'il;
then when the little party hud ad-
justed Itself to' the cramped quur-
tern they watehed the Countess
curiously, hoping to analyze herj
true Intent. Hut In this they were
uiiHticccsHful. She treated both of
thi-m with a cool Impartial form
ality) epilte natural under tho clr
cunislances, but tn no other way
did she appear conscious of that
clash on the f-hllkoot trail. It was
not a nletmaht situation at' best,
and Joe cspeclulfy was fll at eusi;,
but. Con recall continued hln 'spend
thrift role, keeping I he.' waltern
busy, and under the Inl'luenec of
hlH potations the ebhtr MoCuskcy
soon regained some of his natural
sangfroid. All thrue men drunk
liberally, and by the time the lower
floor had bean cleared tor dancing
tiny were In a hilarious mood.
They laughed loudly, they shout-
ol io
trajon that Alherj Minit Oitj the
weitern oat uticu-can teach your breakiut table ireshef
and twtetcr thin oats that nail their waycrosj-country.
From field to null to packace to you that'i the Vtf
ern speed-process that puts frejh,nut-hlte flavor
into your breakfast bowl of Albert Minit Oau. Three .
minutes . , . and they'tc steaming hot, rea Jy to eat 1
"Albert tun&i for Betur Brufuu
Inc., and Frank
Jed greetings aero h to other pu-
irons of the place, they flung (jori;
lo thu whhiiiitf coupltij M low.
Muanwhllo, they forced tho wo
man to Imbibe with tlioin. Joe, In
spite of hla returning confldetico,
kept Much clone watch of her that
Hho could not nplll Jut trial Into
the bucket except rarely. Hlldu
hated alcohol and Us oriect; she
was not accuHtumed to drinkinu.
As she felt her Intoxication mount
ing h; . became fearful that the
very medium upon which nlio had
counted for Huet'vH.i would prove to
b her undoing. DeHpernlHy nhfl
batl led to retain her h Hh. More
than once, with a rcrkliwi defiance
utterly foreign to her preconceived
plan. Hhe wa upon. Hie point of
hurling Iho bubbling roniehta ,of
her, bIuhh into the ftunhed lacrn
about her and ''teljlng thoHii men
how completely hIkvuum riham tiling.
biit, he mnn(iK(,,l',''.to- nHlftt the i
tcniht'fltion.'. Thut'jihe felt mmh an
ImpulHf'ftt jUr;naiie her fearrnt'of
eotntnlttlhfc "Hointt.' 'Uetlon '' really :
raah,. of dropping kuiiiu. word "that
Would prove ".fatal, .. - - ;
It w:tH a hideouft ordral. 1 She
realized that , already tht cloak of
decency, of reHpfctabllUy, whlh
niie hail been ut such puiro to pro-
uervo during thoriu difficult yuiru,
was gone, loHt for jfood nnd -nil.
Mlu. hud niadt' horm-ir u l.udv Hnd-
iva; by this night of ' consrdcuouH
revelry sho had undone , evcry-
town htit custornnry assoclatcsi
Cuurteau had.donn this to lu-r. h
Uiad been his proposal, She could
have throttled him where he sat,1
The long night dragged on in-
'enniniimy, i,iko leecnes mc iwu
Mfaakey clunr t their prodigal
,IUBt' Qn,i not ,,ntl tht! cnr,y ,lou
tT mnnninif. ulu.n IIia (V.nnl 1. n .1
",w " "l "
oine sodden .sullen, stupefied.
home she scarcely knew, fof she.
too, had all hut lost command of
her senses. There were moments
when she fought unavalllngty
agnlnst a mental numbness, a stu
por that rolled upward and suf
fused her like, a cloud of noxious
vapors, leaving her kuos walt,
her hands clumsy, her Vision blur
red: nguln waves of deathly Illness
surged over her. tinder ami
through It nil, however, her sub
conscious will to conquer remained
Jinn. Over and over sho told her
self; "I'll have the truth and then
I'll mako him pay.' '
Courlcuu followed Ills wife into
her room, and there his maudlin
manner changed. Hu roused hluv
self and smiled ut .her fatuuusty;
into his eyes flamed a desire, ivto.atcly Bh cursed thu name of
his cheeks oamo a deeper flush.
He pawed ut her caressingly; he J
voiced thick, passionate protesta
tions. Hilda hud expected noth
ing less; It feus for thin that she
had bled her flesh and crlclfled
her spirit these muny hours.
"You're wonderful womuti,1
tho mun mumbled as he nwayed
Vlth her In his arituf. "(lot all the
old charm and more. Chime, too!"
He laughed fooludtty, then la
drunken gravity assfrted: "Well,
rm tho man, the stronger -Vessel.
To turn hute into love, that "
"You've ttikrn your price. You've
had your hour," she told him, Her
head mum thrown back, her eyes
were closed, her tenth, w-ete clench
ed ns If In a final struggle for
, self-restraint, . . - '
Courteau pressed hlsllpn to hers;
'then tn u sudden irenxy he crushed
her closer and fell to kissing her
cheeks, her neck, her throut. H
; mistook her shudder of abhorrence
; for n thrill responsive to his ivis
sion. and hiccoughed: '
I "You've initio again, nil mine,
I nnd I'm mad ntiout you. l'th
' aflauiQ. This Is like tho night of
our marriage, what?'
"Arc you satisfied, now that
you've made me sfiffer? Do . you
'still Imagine 1 caro for that foolish
boy?"
"l'hllllps? Ihihl A noisy swlno."
pick of 1
Albers
Minit Oats
Avalil tho Count chuckled, but thl
time his nn rrlnieht run uway with
him until he hook and umll t-arr
came to his eyt-s. .,.
Without reuHon Hilda JoiiiM lr
his laughter. Together they stoed
rocking, giggling, smickering, as Jf
at some excruciating jest.
fj,. tried lu steal you from
mo. From me. Imagine It! Then
lie. struck me. . Well, where t he
now, eh?"
"1 never dreamed that you eared
enough for me to do do what yon
did. To risk u much,"
"Itisk?"
Hilda nodded, and her loost
straw-gold hair brushed t'ourtean'f
cheek. "Ion't pretend uhy longer.
I know from tho start. Jtttt you
were Jealous, When a woman lose?
the power to excite jealousy It's i
sign she'H growing old und ugly
and losing her fire. Hhe can face
anything except thut."
"Fire!" Henri exclaimed, "par
hleu! Don't J know you to be u
volcano?"
"How did you manage the affair
that fellow's ruin? It frightens
me to realize that you can accom
plish such .things."
Tim Count pushed his wife away.
"What aro you talking ubont?" he
demanded.
"Oh, very well! Carry it out II
you wish," she suid, with a care
lew shrug. "Hut you're not fool
ing -mo In the. least On the eon
tr'ary( I admire1 your spirit. Now
Uien, I'm ' thirsty. And you are,
too.-'.' ,Ylth a jniile she evaded his
outstretched ' arms and , left the
roOin. y Hho was hack In a mom-nl
with a bottle and two glasses. The
latter she filled; - her own she
raised with a gesture, and Cour'
tenu blindly followed suit.
In spite of his deep Intoxication
the man still retained the1 embers
of suspicion, and when she .spoite
of 'I'lere.o J'hilllpH thcy,bgan to
glow ard threatened to burnt Into
flume. , Cunningly, persistently
played upon
him, however. She
entlcd, she eouquetted; s!je cajol
ed;, she maddened him with her ad
vances; she teased him with her re
pulses; she drugged , him- wit h her
rtrnllus(' her fragrant elrtirms. Time
and again he was Upon the point
of surrender, but caught himselt
In time. '
Hho won at last. She dragged the
story from hlrn, hit by lilt, playing
upon his vanity, until ho gabbled
boastfully and took a crapulent dn
dellght In repeating the details. It
Was a tale distorted ami confused,
hilt the truth was there. She mude
an excuse to leave him, finally, and
remained out of the room for a
long time. When she returned It
was to find htm sprawled across
her tied fast asleep.
For a moment she held dl-zily to
the; 'bedpost and stnred down at
him. Her majdt had slipped now.
her face was distorted with loath
lug, and so deep were her reelings
thut she. could not bear to touch
him, even to cover hlni over. Leav
ing him spread-eagled as he was,
she staggered out of his unclean
presence.
Hilda was deathly sick; objects
Wore; gyrating . before her eyes; she
felt a hideous nightmare sensation
of unreullty, und was filled wllii an
lu tense 'contempt, a tragic disgust
for herself, I'auslng at the foot of
the stairs, she strove to gather her
elf together; then slowly, puns! on -
lercp
l'hllllps.
rtfAlTttR XXVI.
T6m 1. hit on und Jerry Quirk
tolled slowly up the trail toward
thvlr cabin. Itoth nn-n were bun
dled thickly In clothing, both be.
whiskered visages bore grotesque
hrcath-innska of Ice; even their
eyebrows were hoary with front.
Tho partners were very tired.
Pausing in the chip-littered
Space before their door, they ga.ed
down the trail to a mound of gravid
which stood out raw and red
against tho universal whlteneHs.
This mound was In the form of a
truncated cone and on Its level lop
was u windlass und a pole bucket
track. From beneath the windlass
issued n cloud of smoke which
mounted In billows, ns If breathed
forth from a concealed chimney
smoke from tho smothered drift
fires laid" against the fror.cn face
of, pay dirt forty feet below the
surface. Evidently this fire wiw
burning to suit the purtners; aft
watching it for a moment. Tom
took a buck-saw and fell stiffly to
work upon a dry spruce log which
lay on the saw-buck; Jerry spat on
his mittens and began to spill the
blocks an they fell.
Darkness was close at hand, but
both men were so fagged that
they found It Impossible to hurry.
Neither did they speak. I'utlcntiy,
silently they sawed and chopped
then carried the wood Into tho chll-
On the Bench
Col. Ilarrif B. Andersen H tb ftw
frdrnl Jud for the wrtctn dNtti.-t
of Tnneee. II r?itm-n the inte
Judte J. lte-. kllll m tin ftytto
airhlvnt ne.ir JsrHjien, Toun.. two
mouths a to.
I X
ly cabin; while one lit the lamp and
Went for a sack of lit.-, the other
klndli-d n firi These tasks aceom
PHkIomI, by mutual consent, but
still without exchanging a word,
tle y approuehed tho table. From
the. wlndow-slll Tom look a coin
und balanced It upon his thumb
and forefinger; then, In answer to
hist bleitk, inquiring glance, Jerry
nodded and he spanned the piece
into Lhu air. While It was Mill
jpionln Jerry burked, sharply.
"Tallsl"
Hoth gray heads bent and near
sightedly examined the colli.
"Tails she Is," Tom announced.
He replaced tho silver piece, cross,
ed the room to his' bunk, seated
himself upon It, and remained
there while Jerry, with a sudden
access of cheerf illness, hustled to
the stove, warmed himself, and
then began culinary preparations.
These preparation were simple,
but precise: also they were delib.
era to. Jerry cut one slice of ham,
he measured out Just enough cof
fee for one person, he opened one
can of corn, and he mixed a half
pan of biscuits. Tom watched him
(Vfim twmeftt It ;i frown, menu while
" ,
tugging moodily at the. iei-1-H J
which still clung to his lips. Ihs
corner of the cabin was cold,
hence ft wu.'i a painful process.
When he had dltqiosed of the Ihh(
A SMALL HEATER
: With Much Heat.
Tho Wentlnghou.se "Co.jy
Glow" electric heater will
take tho chill out of these
frosty mornings. Just at
tach to your lamp socket
. the current consumption la
small and tho Initial coat Is
very low.
H. & S. ELECTRIC
Sonimer Hotel Hu lid lug.
To
MM)
Vi cut rough to burn cool
a scientific fact
The finer tobaooo'a cut, the faster it
burns and the hotter t The rate of
combustion depends on the oxygen
around each particle of tobacco
ao Granger'e cut coarse (Rough Cut,
we call it) to burn slower, smoke
cooler and last longer.
ttofttrr ft Mrtt Torfo Co.
lump und when he could not long
er restrain his irritation, he bi-ol.i
out: ,
"Of course
'you 1. 1. a to make I J' damn' n.a-
ou? Just lKcai'sechtnt-' Hhut Op. will you? You've
bread didn't you? Just
yuu know I'm starving."
-"It come tails, didn't It?" Jerry
Inquired, with aggravaili.g ph as
antneHS. "It aln'l my fault you're
starving, and you got all night- ti
cook what you want after I'm
done. J don't care If you bake a
layer cake and freeze Ice-cream.
You cun put your .front feet In the
trough and chump your swill; you
cun root and waller In It, 'for all
of me. I won't hurry you, not In
the leust."
"It's come tails every time late
ly." grumbled the former speaker.
Jerry giggled. "I always was
right lucky, except in plckln pard
ners." he declared, lu u cracked
and tuneless voice ho began hum
ming u roundelay, evidently In
tended to express galely and con
tentment. Unable to longer withstand his
gnawing hunger, Tom secured for
himself a large round hardtack
ami with this he tried to ward off
(he pangs of starvation. I tut lu-
I II II JI.IMK?f
l)a, Hmu.i
success with the end a-
vor, for his teeth were poor. He
flung the thing of udamant aside.
- -i . a, ..i'ijs, - I
men whose
hotter than L and Maria
Gettin' hot under the bat-wing .
won't cool down the Fahrenheit
in that old underslung . . . For any
pipe '11 burn infernally fast and
hot if you stoke 'er with tobacco
that's cut too blame fine . . . But
ream 'er clean and pack 'er full
of Granger it's cut rough to burn
slow and cool then you'll find
it "20 degrees cooler inside" and
the smoothest, sweetest piece
of smoking you ever experienced.
finally, and cried. . testily:
"My God! Ain't It bad enough to
eat a phonograph, record without
SOi uie jiitiei-e'iiebi siiiKUHf voice 1
ever heard."
(To lie continued)
I11KHXM CHOI I AHCI'lt
UOHKIUMta, Ore. The broccoli
acreage In Douglas county nt the
present time i mounts to more than
4000 acres, according to n survey
just completed ly the vegetable
crops committee, which is prepar
ing Its report ror t!.e agricultural
economic conference to he held tn
this county starting November lit.
Providing hormul weather and
climatic conditions prevail during
the winter and sprint;, the acreage
now devoted to the production of
broccoli will yield from Ition to
2000 carloads. The largest amount
ever proihired previously was lu
1 1123-24, when 2fc:J carloads wre
shipped, ' ;
KAItlUTM IN CAKfADI':
AIOI NTAINH ll"TTI; OV
NNOWNHOI S rOlt WINTIMt
TArfiMA. Wash. (AD UubbltH
in the high. Cascade mountains (ire
Bakings leavened with Calumet
taste better, look better, are better;
possess purity and wholesomeness
essential to health building foods.
TIIE WORLD'S GREATEST
pipes burn
tarMl in hnn (ni
instead of tins hence 10
putting on their snowshoes for tho
hard winter ahead. Koon they wili
be able to go over thy snow vith-J
out . difficulty, tiinuks to tal ar-J
rangei:ien(H with nature. J
The creatures are called Bnowi
shoe rabbi La, sometimes known as)
varying bares. Their bind f'tj
have long, sireadlng toi-s which in
winter are. covered with course
hair, giving the rear feet'fully four
limes the areu of the fore feet.
This natural snowshoe enables ir.
Itabblt to travel In snow in which
the ordinary bunnv. would floun
der.
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