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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1921)
»■ '* " , ) ' .m « . « » ,— .. w b BUENA VISTA »'■ «■!'. JU 11. - -I. . ¡ . . '..J B B a m Neither spoke during the hasty meal thiit followed. At dinner she acted Just as usual Ralph was very silent, tie noted that the debris i*f the morning explosion lay where It hud fallen. Ills mother and uncle were coming to ten. A fter dinner he gathered up the broken gla ss and cleared away the coffee grounds. That night she prepared a letter. It was not long. In It Rachel told her husband that she tmd been warned ahout his Inflammable temper; that she loved him despite that very bad blemish, and she believed he was man ly enough to conquer his ruling pas sion. She told him that she meant for a while, “ only for a while, and lust as an object lesson, to show you how terrible such behavior Is. When T see that my acta are not bearing fruit and that yon are not hearing fruit unit that you are not worth my descending to such taetlcs then I shall say ‘good-by.’ and forever ‘good-by’ ! I cannot live with a husband unworthy my respect. I should still love you. Ralph, but I should leave you Just the same as If my love had departed, for I am nn Individual with a right to happiness, and It would he unobtain able with you. Think It over, hus band !" Ralph never mentioned the letter, but It was many months before he al lowed Ids besetting vlre to get the better o f him again, and when tie did It proved to be the last time. This time he stoned and killed a hen that had done some damage In the garden. When Rachel, who loved all helpless creatures, saw the mutilated body «he acted. That night when Ralph went out to feed his poultry, which he fancied, despite Ids occasional cruel ties. his poultry house was empty. Rachel had given every bird away. “ When you can use creatures hu manely," she said, “ I ’ll agree to have more here. But that hen’s broken ribs and body made me understand that you Imd to learn humane principles le fo re we could trust animals of any kind In your hands.” It was the Inst lesson necessary. Ralph saw the point. He began to re spect, as he had never done before with any woman who had come Into his life, the will which refused to sub mit tamely to Injustice and tyranny. “ I must not lose her." he thought, “fo r If she goes It will he forever.” A year later as the pair were look ing at some fowl thHt Rachel herself had Installed In the poultry houses, Ralph remarked, reminiscently: “ I ’m mighty glad, Rachel, that you had the gumption to hit hard from the shoulder when l merited It." And Rachel, her prophecies fulfilled, answered: "I never hit you. honey, hut I did lilt the black tnoods that were killing you." — could look the part u t a roving moth er to the lomjly boy, even though her heart craved the part. — c o & t h ig h of p o p u l a r it y . “ 1 understand your friend. Gad- (Too late for last week) spur, is proficient in making home Cleve Prather and family are minutes before the train drew Intp the little station and allowed the handful brew,” said Mr. Bibbles. upending a few days at Newport. “ W ell, you needn’t expect me to o f passengers to alight. There was j ! Brown, the grocer, and Entras Bee- | introduce you to him,” said Mr. Mable Murphy, who hSu «pent man’s little nephew, who bud come to Twobble, with some heat. “ He has the summer with her grand spend the summer, and two dapper too many friends now to suit me. young salesmen from the neighboring parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wil city and u distinguished looking gen-« When I drop in to see him, just to son at Knappa, has returned tleman whom site did not know, but no be neighborly, you know, he seldom one who unswered the description of has more than two or three bottles home to attend school. a “ young, wounded soldier ” to show me for a week’s work.” — The thought of such a calamity had R. Petterson spent Sunday Birmingham Age-Herald. never entered her trusting ‘heart, and with his brother, N. Anderson as she came to realize that she may, after all, have been made the butt of NO NM ETALLIC GEAR M ATE R IAL and wife at McMinnville. j someone’s joke the tears of moraiflea- j Up to a few years ago practically tlou tilled her eyes, aud she made her Mrs. George Bonney of W.ood- groping way to the buggy, failing to all noiseless gears were mqdc from burn visited her sister, Mrs. j notice that the stranger was making rawhide or hard fiber. Both of directly toward her. Margaret McClain Sunday. these materials are unsuitable for A courteous voice asking "A re you ; Mrs. Mary Willson o f Knappa Miss Harriett Ogers?" recalled her to timing gears, because they swell and We j earth, and she turned to find a lutud distort when immersed in oil. Re is visiting her daughter, Mrs. [ extended toward her and p pair of cently a number of uonmetallic ma Lester Murphy, and other rela twinkling eyes gazing Into her aston terials have been developed which lshed ones. tives this week. Something dearly familiar caused have sufficiently high mechanical Harriett’s heart almost to stop heat properties to permit of their use in Mrs, R. Herron and son, York, ing as she gave a treuibUng “hand to toothed gearing and are nonsonor- •her own John. o: Portland visited her mother, and impervious to oil aud al Later, when tilings had resumed Mrs. Margaret McClain Sunday. kalis. One o f the latest of these somewhat their natural course, John explained that his only hoy, tiring of materials contains two basic ele Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Prather ol ments, •! phenol-formaldehyde con i the reign of a tyraunfeul housekeeper, Corvallis attended the lectun had Inserted the advertisement for a densation product and a fabric. mother. His own mother he bad lost Sunday and visited at the M. N The material is as strong as cast | when he was too young to remember, iron, is not affected by moisture or Prather home. but perhaps buck In his memory lin j gered an emptiness that only it mother oil, is o f a high dielectric strength R. Petterson sold a truck loau could fill. When a reply came signed and is inert, insoluble aifd resistant j . Harriett Ogers John could hardly be lo most acids.— Scientific Ameri- j of hogs Tuesday to Mr. Black. lieve his eyes, and hud made a bargain can. with his son to answer iu his plaee. G. E. Harmon and N. C. An “ And, Harriett,” said John, draw derson are tilling their silos. ing tils chair closer In the gathering twilight of the veranda that evening, There was quite a frost Sun “don’t you think you could be a moth At the Electric Sigo “SHOES” ■■M day night injuring the corn ano er to two boys, Insteud o f one? I VlH >ee I ’arson Somers in the morning, and tomatoes. then we will wire the hoy to come snd meet his new mother.” Miss Gladys Reynolds was a Morris Optical Company It Is well that none of the Inquisi Portland visitor Monday. tive neighbors was looking as the "cut and dried old maid" Iqtrled tier flushed Oregon’s Largest J. A. Reynolds and family luce on John’s shoulder. were Albany callers Tuesday. Optical institution good swimmer ought easily to* ■ i realize that keeping one’s head above Mrs. Maude Porter o f Latule i Ihe waters o f failure depends a good Salem Bank o f Commerce Bldg. visiting her sister, Mrs. R. E. deal on how one handles defeat.— SALLM, OREGON Brooklyn Eagle. . | Prather, and picking hops. Mr. Burch will finish his hop.' __ s.naiiaiiiMiiininiiiaiiBiiMiiiBiTiBjiniiiHiiniHiiMiiiikiiiBiiiniiBiiiBiiMiiaiinuB - “ Appeal to O ’INeill” this week. ! The lecture given by M'si Eyes Tested and Fitted. Lenses Duplicated. | church Sunday was we!! attend | ed .and very interesting. Mist D r. C. B . O ’N e ill Kimm sang a solo in Korean LOM M ASSON & OTT, Props. I J O ptom etr ist*Opiician She has a tine voice. Miss Churct New Dreslng for Burns. I 173 C Street i idependenee 1 | * was a teacher here about tweh* A newly devised instantaneous ; SALEM, ORE. for hums consists o f threw , Í Í I g [ / BUSH BAN K BLDG. PHONE 625 years ago. Her many friends dressing rolls o f gauze Immersed In a solution ! Phone 9211 of bicarbonate of soda and mlnerot, were glad to meet her. «»-R iiifc.a x ■ , * " W « s ■» i* . put up In a container with an In- ï stantlv removable lid. R ED EM P T IO N •y M ARGARET A. NORTON. < a 1911. ky M oClar* N «w ap ap «r Hyndluat« ) It was a crucial moment. Rachel recognized It. Without a second's hesl- tatlon »he grasped the steaming coffee pot and, with an alarming agility, sent It, contents and all, right through the big pane of glass In the dining room window. Then, with a slightly heightened color, but apparently otherwise calm and placid, aha began tilling some tflassas with water to substitute In placa of the usual beverage. Ralph, astonished, aghast, his month open, stood as If turned to atone and watched hla wife's movements. To his astonished gaze she appeared as cool and chilly as a winter morning. “They” had told h er— why, even Ralph's own mother had warn ad har— fhat Ralph's ugly temper had spoiled hla first wife's life ; that he was given to fits o f “meanness,“ which while they lasted made life near him, or with him, a misery and a terror. > “T h ey" had said that she would rue the day ahe married him. for he was “ overhearing and tyrannical” and “ had no thought for anyone but him self" \ To all well meaning critics, exurpt Ralph's mother, Rachel had turned a smiling but unmoved face. With Mrs. Rodman ahe had talked earnestly. For some months her tactfulness and the love Ralph nndoubtedly bore hla handsome and cheerful w ife held hla tyrannical temper within bounds Bat this lovely April morning he hud risen with all hla dtaagreenble propen sities on the surface Raechel had not uttered a word of remonstrance, not even when her hus band kicked the unoffending rat. threw a chair In hla path to the other side o f the room and nearly broke the •o ver« of her new range when he replenished the fire Hhe pretended Hot to notice that her merry remarks were unanswered or glared at. It was not until through hla own careless ness he had spilled a few drops o f hot coffee on his wrist and had. with a muttered oath, thrown the offending cup across the room, landing It In I scraps on a pretty and prized mg that Rachel s* tod ^ It Was then that she followed his eiam pte but to his horror and the Sudden cooling of Ids |>eltlsh resent ment. not only followed his example, but went his severs! belter, for the window pane was a valuable one and the coffee pot one of their beat wed 0 n f *1fta While Attending State Fair You are invited to make our store headquarters. Use it in any way and_ no obligation whatever. will be pleas ed to have you. oub The new Fall goods are com ing in almost every day. The j • very latest things at new low prices. — The Bootery Salem, Oregon a i C STREET MEAT MARKET ij I \ Ill Î ! .'M iiir'viuwiaMiiiniam ihaiMiiniHMiMiiiBUHiiniiniiiaiiiaitiBiimjiniiBiiiaiiii W A N T ED -A M OTHER By ED ITH M. COUCH. Ufcb 1921. by Mc C lu re N e w s p a p e r SymTlcate.) "Wanted— A Mother, Young, wound ed soldier, lonely, would like to be adopted by motherly lady. All replies confidential.” Harnett tigers let the Evening tla- zette fall to the floor unheeded, while she gazed out through the open win dow, lost In memories which this j strange advertisement hud brought to mind. None of the neighbors In the small country town would have suspected such un appeal could stir the lonely heart of one who was w them Just a “ cut and dried old maid.” And yet, who of you who have known the Joy and blessing of motherhood, can rea lize that ¡he longing for the touch of ! baby lingers and the sound of baby prattle, which, though never known, j still Is felt perhaps by these saint' "cut and dried old maids.” One of I these wus Harriett Ogers. Away back In the past, buried so deeply In her henrt that none knew or even suspected, Harriett still carried the memory of her one romance, a ro mance as sweet and ns beautiful as the wisteria whose fragrance floated through the open window to her. but ending In a petty quarrel and the de parture of her John to the city. A few rumors had drifted hack to the home town of his success in the business j world and then o f a brilliant marriage, j and after that— silence. The world forgia, but to Harriett 1 there was and always would be but 1 the one In her heart. "Wanted— A mother.” O f course. It was ridiculous, and how the uelghbors would talk, and yet. why not? Here she was with a | comfortable Income, a home, good health; but an ever Increasing lonell- | ttess which caused her at times to shrink from the yenrs to Cota«. She pictured herself with a stalwart, manly artu to lean on. and Jumping up she hastened to pen her answer before she should change her mind. In the Interval between the day Harriett bad made her momentous de cision sud the arrival of the letter, stating the day aud train her boy would arrive on, Harriett lived in u . state of nervous excitement Rut, nt [ Inst, the grent day came. That morn. Ing she felt perhaps her first real bit I of regret as she stood before the mir ror and marked with pltllews scrutiny j each line aud each gray hair, and she wondered If, after nil, she would or , J . L . B U S IC K & S O N S vim FLOUR DISTRIBUTORS Vim Flour $2.10=D. C. Flour $1.65 16 Pounds S. gar - 6 pounds Crisco 9 pounds Crisco 1.00 99c Large pkg. Albers Oats Fancy re-cleaned Navy Beans, 16 pounds. 25c 1.47 Dairy Maid Milk, 10 cans * Flap J ick Flour 1.00 27c 4 lbs. Curve Cut Macaroni No. 5 Lard............... 1.00 No. 10 Lard I.* 3 9 33 Bars Yellow Soap LOO 4 lbs. Cream Relied Oats R g- j g Pork and Beans 2 cans 1.00 25c C 1 Gallon Tea Garden Syrup . 1.20 1-2 gal. 62c; quart 33c 23c Citrus Wash Powder 16 lbs. California Rice 1 gal. White Karo LOO • 1 pound can 10 cans Alaska Salmon LOO .. . Ne Hall Tomatoes 2 for.......................C O Royal Club Tomatoes _ 1.00 20 Bars Crystal White Soap 12C 1 2C Kelloggs Corn Flakes... Post Toasties 5 lbs. Bulk Coffee 25c 70c % 1 gal. Amber Karo . Ö Ö C Large can Mission Sliced Pineapple Se^foam .................... 2 3 c 26c M. J. B. Coffee, 1 lb....... 36c 2 Pounds Cheese 47c 1 gal. Marshmallow A gal. Marshmallow Bring this ad with you » _ V j C 49o Royal Club Pineapple 3 lbs., per lb 35c 5 pounds, per pound 28c 34c Stores at Salem, Woodburn and Albany I w Ì 1 Ì