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PLACED Pi'ciurcs fcJ&rZ CD. k$B SYNOPSIS. Eleanor da Toacana wti singing In Paris, which, perhaps, accounted for Ed ward Courtlandt'a appearance there. Mul timillionaire, he wandered about where fancy dictated. He might be In Paris one Aajr and Kamchatka the next Following the opera he gore to a cafe and la ac eoated by a pretty young woman. Bhe gave him the addreaa of Flora Dealmone, vocal rival of Toacana, and Flora glvea him the address of Eleanora, whom he la determined to aee. Courtlandt entera Eleanora'a apartmenta. She ordera him out and ehoote at him. The next day Parle la allocked by the myaterloua dis appearance of the prima donna. Realizing that he may be suspected of the abduc tion of Eleannra Courtlandt arrangea for an alibi. Kleanura reappears and accuses Courtlandt of having abducted her. His alibi la satisfactory to the police and the charge la dismissed. Kleanora fleea to Lake Como to reat after the ahock. She la followed by a number of her admlrera. among them the prince who really pro cured her abduction. Courtlandt alao noes to Como and there meeta Jlmmle Harrl gan, retired prizefighter and father of Kl anora. whose real name la Nora Harrl tan. Harrigan lakea Courtlandt Into hla favor at once. lie Introducea Courtlandt to hla daughter, but the latter glvea no algn of ever having met him before. She atudloualy avoida him. Nora's confeasor scents a mystery Involving Nora and Courtlandt. He takea a atrong fancy to the young man. CHAPTER IX Continued. "I was asleep when the pistol went off. Ob, you must believe tbat It was purely accidental! She waa In a ter rible state until morning. Wbat It ha bad killed you, wbat if she bad killed you! She aeemed to barp upon that phrase." Courtlandt turned a sober face to ward her. She might be sincere, and then again she might be playing the first game over again, In a different guise. "It would have been embar rassing It the bullet had found its mark." He met her eyes squarely, and he saw that hla were totally free from surprise or agitation or Interest. "Will you be here long?" "It depends." "Upon Nora?" persistently. "The weather." "Tou are hopeless." "No; on the contrary, I am the moat optimistic man in the world." She looked Into this reply very care fully. If be bud hopes of winning Nora Harrigan, optimistic be certainly must be. Perhaps It waa not optim ism. Rather might it not be a pur pose made of Btcel, bendable but not breakable, reinforced by a knowledge of conditions which she would have given worlds to learn? "Is she not beautiful?" "I am not a poet." "Walt a moment," her eyes widen ing. "I believe you know who did commit that outrage." For the first time be frowned. "Very well; I promise not to ask any more questions." "Tbat would be very agreeable to me." Then, as If be realized the rude ness of bis reply, he added: "Before I leave I will tell you all you wish to know, upon one condition." "Tell it!" "You will say nothing to any one, you will question neither Miss Harrl' gan nor myself, nor permit yourself to be questioned." "I agree." "And now, will you not take me over to your friends?" "Over there?" aghast. "Why, yes. We can sit upon the grass. Tbey seem to be having a good time." Wbat a man! Take him over, Into the enemy's camp? Nothing would be more agreeable to her. Who would be the stronger, Nora or this provok ing man? So they crossed over and joined the group. The padre smiled. It was a situation such as be loved to study a strong man and a strong woman, at war. But nothing happened; not a ripple anywhere to disclose the aglta tlon beneath. Tbe sun waa dropping toward the western tops. The guesta were leav ing by twos and threes. The colonel bad prevailed upon bis dinner guests not to bother about going back to the village to dress, but to dine In the clothes they wore. Finally, none re mained but Harrigan, Abbott, the Barone, the padre and Courtlandt. And they talked noisily and agreeably con cernlng man affairs until Rao gravely announced that dinner waa served. It was only then, during the lull which followed, that light was shed upon the puzzle which had been sub consciously stirring Harrigan a mind: Nora bad not once spoken to tbe aon of his old friend. CHAPTER X. Everything But the Truth. "I don't see why tbe colonel didn't Invite some of the ladles," Mrs. Har rigan complained. "It's a man party. He's giving It to please himself. And I do not blame him. The women about here treat him abominably. Tbey come at all times of the day and night, use his card room, order bis servants about, drink bis whisky and smoke his cig arettes, and generally Invite them selves to luncheon and tea and dinner. And then, when tbey are ready to go back to their villas or hotel, take his motor-boat without a thank you. The colonel has about three thousand pounds outside his half-pay, and they are all crazy to marry him because hla sister is a countess. As a bach elor be can live like a prince, but as a married man he would have to dig. He told me that it he had been born Adam, he'd have climbed over Eden's walla long before the Angel of the Flaming Sword paddled him out. Says he's always going to be a bachelor, unless I take pity on him," mischiev ously. Has be . . .?" In horrified tones. About three times a visit," Nora admitted; "but I told him that I'd be a daughter, a cousin, or a niece to blm, or even a grandchild. The latter pre sented too many complications, so we compromised on niece." "I wish I knew when you were seri ous and when you were fooling." I am often as serious when I am fooling as I am foolish when I am seri ous . . ," Nora, you will have me shrieking In a minute!" despaired the mother. Did the colonel really propose to you?" "Only in fun." ' Celeste laughed and threw ber arm around the mother's waist, less ample than substantial. "Don't you .care! Nora is being pursued by little devils and is venting ber spite on us." "There'll be too much Burgundy and tobacco, to say nothing of tbe awful stories." With tbe good old padre there? Hardly," said Nora. Celeste was a French woman. "I confess that I like a good story that lBn't vulgar. And none of them look like men who would stoop to vul garity." That's about all you know of men," declared Mrs. Harrigan. I am willing to give tbem the bene fit of a doubt." "Celeste," cried Nora, gaily, "I've an Idea. Supposing you and I run back after dinner and bide In the card room, which Is right across from the dining room? Then we can judge for ourselves." . Nora Harrigan!" Molly Harrigan!" mimicked the in corrigible. "Mother mine, you must learn to recognize a Jest" "Ah, but yours!" "Fine!" cried Celeste. As if to put a final period to tbe discussion, Nora began to bum aud ibly an aria from Alda. Tbey engaged a carriage in tbe vil lage and were driven up to the villa. On the way Mrs. Harrigan discussed the stranger, Edward Courtlandt. Wbat a fine looking young man he waa, and bow adventurous, bow well-connected, bow enormously rich, and what an ex cellent catch! She and Celeste the one Innocently and the other provo catively continued the subject to the very doors of the villa. All the while Nora hummed softly. "What do you think of htm, Nora?" the mother inquired. "Think of whom?" "This Mr. Courtlandt." "Oh, I didn't pay much attention to him," carelessly. But once alone with Celeste, she seized her by the arm, a little roughly. "Celeste, I love you better than any outsider I know. But If you ever discuss that man In my presence again, I shall cease to regard you even as an acquaintance. He has come here for the purpose of annoy ing me, though he promised the pre fect In Paris never to annoy me again "The prefect!" "Yes. The morning I left Versailles I met blm in the private office of the prefect He had powerful friends who aided him in establishing an alibi. I was only a woman, so I didn't count" "Nora, If I have meddled In any way," proudly, "It bas been because I love you, and I see you unhappy. You have nearly killed me with your sphinx-like actions. You have never asked me the result of my spying for you that night. Spying la not one of my usual vocations, but I did It gladly for you. "You gave blm my address?" coldly, "I did not I convinced him that I bad come at tbe behest of Flora Deal mone. He demanded her address, which I gave him. If ever there waa a man In a fine rage, It was he as be left me to go there. If he found out where we lived, the Calabrian assisted blm. I spoke, to him rather plainly at tea. He said that he bad had noth ing whatever to do with the abduc tion, and I believe blm. I am positive tbat he Is not the kind of man to go that far and not proceed to the end, And now, will you please tell Carlos to bring my dinner to my room?" The Impulsive Irish heart was not to be resisted. Nora wanted to remain firm, but Instead she swept Celeste Into her arms. "Celeste, don't be angry! I am very, very unhappy." If the Irish heart waa Impulsive, tbe French one was no less so. Celeste wanted to cry out tbat she was un happy, too. "Don't bother to dress! Just give your hair a pat or two. We'll all three dine on the balcony." Celeste flew to ber room. Nora went over to the casement window and tared at the darkening mountalna. When she turned toward the dresser he was astonished to find two bou quets. One waa an enormous bunch of violets. Tbe other was of simple marguerltles. She picked up the vio lets. There was a card without a name; but the phrase scribbled across the face of It was sufficient She flung tbe violets far down Into the grape vines below. The action was without anger, excited rather by a contemptu ous Indifference, As tor the simple marguerites, she took them up ginger ly. The ro these described through the air was even greater than that performed by tbe violets. "I'm a silly fool, I suppose," she murmured, turning back Into tbe room again. It was ten o'clock when the colonel bade bis guests good night as they tumbled out of his motor boat Tbey were In more or less exuberant spirits, for the colonel knew bow to do two things particularly well: order a din ner, and avoid the many traps set tor blm by scheming mammas and eli gible widows. Abbott tbe Barone and Harrigan, arm In arm, marched on ahead, whistling one tune In three different keys, while Courtlandt set the pace for the padre. All through the dinner tbe padre bad watched and listened. Faces were gen erally books to blm, and he read In this young man's face many things that pleased bim. This was no night rover, a fool over wine and women, a spendthrift 'There haa been a grave mistake somewhere," be mused aloud, thought fully. 'I beg your pardon," said Court landt. 'I beg yours. I was thinking aloud. How long have you known the Har rigan s?" 'The father and mother I never saw before today." "Then you have met Miss Harrigan?" "I have seen ber on the stage." "I have tbe happiness of being ber confessor." They proceeded quite as far aa a hundred yards before Courtlandt vol unteered: "That must be Interesting." "She Is a good Catholic." "Ah, yes; I recollect now." "And you?" "Oh, I haven't any religion such as requires my presence In churches. Don't misunderstand me! As a boy I was bred in tbe Episcopal church; but I have traveled so much that I have drifted out of the circle. I find that when I am-out In the open. In the heart of aome great 'waste, such aa a desert a sea, the top of a moun tain, I can aee the greatness of the Omnipotent far more clearly and hum bly than within the walls of a ca thedral." "You believe In the tenets of Chris tianity?" "Surely! A man must pin his faith and hope to something more stable than humanity." "I should like to convert you to my way of thinking," simply. "Nothing Is Impossible. Who knows?" The padre, as they continued on ward, offered many openings, but the young man at bis side refused to be drawn Into any confidence. So the padre gave up, for the futility of his efforts became irksome. His own lips were sealed, so be could not as'u point blank tbe question that clamored at tbe tip of hla tongue. "So you are Miss Harrlgan's con fessor?" "Does It strike you strangely?" "Merely the coincidence." "If I were not ber confessor I should take the liberty of asking you some questions." "It Is quite possible that I should decline to answer them." The padre shrugged. "It la patent to me that you will go about this af fair In your own way. I wUh you well." "Thank you. As Miss Harrlgan's confetaor you doubtless know every thing but tbe truth." The padre laughed this time. Tbe shops were closed. Tbe open res taurants by the water front held but few Idlers. Tbe padre admired the young man's Independence. Most men would have hesitated not a second to pour the tale Into his ears In hope of material assistance. The padre's ad miration waa equally proportioned with respect "I leave you here," he aald. "You will see me frequently at the villa." "I certainly shall be there frequent ly. Good night" Courtlandt quickened his pace which soon brought him alongside tbe others. They stopped In front of Abbott's pen sion, and be tried to persuade tbem to come up for a nightcap. "Nothing to it, my boy," said Har rigan. "I need no nightcap on top of cognac 48 years old. For me that's a whole suit of pajamas." "You come, Ted." (TO BE CONTINUED.) Distance In Bavaria. In the Bavarian highlands sign posts along tho roads, Instead of stat ing the number of miles or kilometers to tbe various villages, give the amount of time which the averogu pedestrian will supposedly take to traverse the distance, an exchange states. Tbla Is merely an official ex pression of the very general custom of the peasants In the region, who Invariably tell Inquirers on the roads not how far It la to a place, but bow long It takes to get there. For Instance, one asks: "How far Is It to Oberammergau?" "A small half hour," will be the an swer, or perhaps "A good half hour" or "A big bait hour." Which Is puzzling until the stran ger learns that a "small half hour" means 26 minutes, "a good half hour" 30 minutes and "a big half hour" 5 minutes. Kaiser aa a Censor. The kaiser has forbidden tbe produc tion at Herr Retnhardt's Deutscbes theater of a play called "Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia," on tbe ground that one of the characters Is a member of the Prussian royal family. There is no appeal from the kaiser's censorship. THEN THEY TOOK HIM AWAY Bon. M 9M Uail D-t rr ' . iw vwi ngvuinvy T I u 1 1 Two Weeks' "Rest" In 8ummer Hotel Strain Was Too Much. He stood at the door of a telephone booth, a strange light in his eyes and 3n hla tongue a strange babble. "Step In and see my room," he said :o the people near at hand. "It Is the best room in the house, so the pro prietor told me. See how large and tlry It Is. I can get my trunk in easily md still have room to dross." He smiled amiably and continued: "It hasn't any window, but you can not expect everything when you go iwny for the summer. You have to put up with some Inconveniences In i summer hotel, you know. I leave tho door open at night, and really It Is fery comfortable." Some of bis hearers shook their Iliads sadly and whispered to those near by. "If you think my room is small," rent on the man by the telephone booth, "you ought to see some of the at hers In this house. They are noth ing but boxes, really. I don't see how people exist In them. As for board, all i pay Is $25 a week." They took,hlm away finally, smiling md unresisting. Poor man! He bad lust returned from a two weeks' "rest" in a summer hotel, and the strain had been toolnuch for him. Puck. Exaggerated Ego. "Dobb seems to have a very good opinion of himself." "Yes. Because he has one or two Wagnerian selections among his pho nograph records he considers himself i patron of art." A PROPOSITION. "Kemcir.bi r. my child, that this whipping will hurt me more than It lll you." "All right, pa; If you'll change places with me I'll try to bear the pain. Seeing New York. Hostess (to western relation, who supposed New York consisted of the Great White Way) Cousin Jim, here Is some lobster salad I had John get especially for you at the delicatessen store. After dinner we can let you have some of the very latest things on the phonograph, or else go to a moving picture show, and then tonight I will make up a bed for you on the couch. We do hope you will enjoy your visit to New York. Judge. An Anti-Dancer. "Going to turn on the muslo ma chine?" "Yes," replied Mr. Flipplns. "Well, I wish you'd make It play Beethoven'a 'Moonlight Sonata. " "Why, you don't know one tune from another." "That's pretty near true. But I have learned by observation tbat tbe 'Moon light Sonata' la one tune that doesn t tempt everybody In the room to get up and tango or hesitate." Misunderstood. "Wbat made the chambermaid quit?" "A facetloua lodger called ber 'fair Hebe.' " "Welir "She burst Into tears and vowed she waa good girl." A Mere Surmise. "Do you see tbat small man who wears thick spectacles?" "Yes." "He knows more about volcanoes than anybody else In the world." "Ahem! Is that why he shows such marked deference to his wife?" Danger. Harper Foozle has a great scheme and be Invited me "to get In on tbe ground floor." Carper Don't forgot thnt there Is where the trap doors are. Town Top ics. Contrary Demonstration. "Did hla father welcomo the prodi gal warmly?" "In tbe warmest kind of way with cold cash." More Considerate. "A woman wants the last word." "Yes. But when she has that ad vantage she Isn't as merciless In using It as some of our baseball autocrat." Not the Kind. "That sailor friend of yours la al ways telling the same old story." "Well, vou wouldn't expect fresh itorles from an old salt, would you?" The Conclusion. "I guess we ought to have a float In tbe parado." "You certainly ought to have a float It you want to be In the swlu." ins PROPER HANDLING OF A H0E$HEEP RAISING PAYS Light In Weight, Easy to Use and More Effective Than Any Other Implement on Farm. (By I M. BENNINGTON.) So many people have a horror of Using a hoe. It la the most comfort able Implement to use In the equip ment of a gardener or farmer, and It is handy to use for so many purposes that one cannot get along without it Probably one reason that people do not like the hoe Is that most hoes ex plain at once bow "dull as a hoe" came Into proverbial use. A dull hoe is certainly not a pleas- ant Implement with which to work. The good gardener will keep his favor-' lte hoe filed to a sharp edge all the1 time. It Is .Impossible to grind a hoe on a grindstone because the bevel must be on the uppor Bldo of the blade when It Is In use, In order to make the hoe "bite" Into the soil. File your hoe, making the bevel about twice as wldo as the thickness of the blade. Then keep It bright and when you go out after weeds the hoe Blips through the soil so easily that hoeing Is not much like hard work. In boelng, a long, alow movement should be made, it the soli 1b In good condition. Simply "scuffing" half an Inch of the top soil is enough to kill weeds and one can go over a lot of ground In one day if the hoe Is sharp and bright and tbe strokes long and smooth. With a sharp hoe one can cut this tles, dock, dandelions and other nox ious weeds, with quickness, dispatch and ease. It Is light to handlo, easy to use, and more effective than any other Implement for many purposes. In choosing a hoe, select one the blade of which lies, not quite flat on tho floor when you are standing erect, with the hoe handlo extending from your hands when In working position to the floor. The heel of the hoe should not quite touch the floor from this position. Such a hoe will bite Into tbe soil easily, when it Is blight and sharp and will work smoothly and effectively. Sharpen the boe as soon as It gets noticeably dull. This will bo hard on the hoe, but It saves muscle and hoes are cheap. Carry a small flat file In your pocket and do not allow a nick to stay in the boe a minuto after It Is made. KEEP SOME SHEEP ON FARM Get as Good Ewes as Is Possible to Procure and Never Use Any But Pure-Bred Buck. Ten to 20 ewes will bo enough on a 120 to 200-acre farm, unless It Is do clded to mako sheep tho leading farm stock; as the natural Increase from these will soon build up a flock. Get as good ewes ub you can pro cure, and tbey will probably be grades. -which Is all right, but remembering that tho male Is more than halt the flock, never, never uso any but a pure bred buck. : Tbe novice can easily get some repu table dealer wbo knows tho kind of ewes wanted to procure him the needed number, and I advise against starting in to learn tbe sheep business with too large a flock, but to begin with a few animals. Ten good ewes can be had for about ?50, the buck will cost $20 up to aa much as you are willing to pay, and 10 lambs next July, will bring you the coBt of the whole, but this Is not good business. Useful tool for the farm Wny Hours May Be Saved by Sharp ening Implements at Home In stead of Going to Town. A good grindstone Is almost a .necessity on the farm. By its use many hours may be saved which would otherwise be waBted in going to A Handy Farm Tool. town to have sharpening done. The price Is not high and a good stono will last for many years. ENTITLED TO A GOOD ROAD farm Is Not Ranked as First Class Unless Improved Highways Are Provided by Owner. Despise not tho road drag, but crit icize yourself either for not knowing bow to uso It, or for not using It when you do know bow, simply because you will not be paid for It. Tho farm Is entitled to a good road alongsldo of It, and Is not a first-class fnrm unless It has such a road. Tbe farmer him self Is tbe best man to make that road good, provided permanent bridges and culverts bavo boon put In, and the necessary drainage has boen done at publlo expense. Then If the farmer, for the compensation In somo way provided, will not keop his road do cent, lot him bear the reproach of the community. A little healthy public sentiment along this line will do more to bring the road drag Into use than any legislation that can be placed on the statute books. LACK OF ATTENTION 13 CAUSB OF MANY FAILURES. Good Reasona for Expectl.ig Continua tion of High Pricea for Mutton and Lamb Demand for Wool Is on the Increase. The consumption of mutton Der capita In the United States Is Increas ing every year, though the amount used Is much less in proportion to pther meat than In Europe. There are good reasons for expecting a Continuation of good prices for mutton and lamb, and the demand for wool also may be expected to Increase more rapidly than the production. These facts are brought out in a re cent letter from a specialist of the department of agriculture to a south ern farmer who Inquired regarding the possibilities of the sheep business. The department's specialist called nttentlon to the fuct thnt while farm raised sheep have often not been profitable, this has usually been be cause of lack of proper attention and management. Variations In price of wool and mutton have stood In the way of Buch general interest in sheep ns would cause them to be regarded ns highly as they should be In the future. Ranges all over the world are f ow carrying about as many sheep as hey can support under a strict range Bystom, and an increase In the pro duction of sheep products must come mainly from farms. Here, then, la the fnrmer's opportunity to take ad ra.itnge of the increased consump tion of these products. While mutton can bo produced at low cost and there Is a growing de mand for It, difficulty In Belling may lte experienced In sections where tho amount of live stock produced has not been sufficient to mako it worth while' for regular buyeis to operate. Slaughtering plants that can handlo 'carloads are within reach of all sec tions, and If a sufficient number of inelghbors combine to have 100 lambs of similar breeding, size and condi tion to ship Jointly the returns are as- Alfalfa-Fed Sheep. sured. It will also be possible to se euro visits and bids from buyers when such a number Is promised. The ilamb clubs of Tennessoe, notably the one at Uoodlottsville, have proved very successful In this work. The same organization cun also bo used In disposing of tho wool. In countries where economy In farm management has boen studied a long time, the sheep is consldored to be necessary In utilizing vegetation on such waste lands as are not wet or toiarshy. But the sheep can hold Its place on high priced land as a meat producer alone. Compared with larger animals it has some Important advantages. First, tho lumbs mature Very rapidly, being marketable at four months of age or later, accord ing to breeding and feeding. This Is an economy because a larger propor tion of the total feed goes Into In crease of weight than In slower grow ing animals. Second, the shoep con sumes a greater variety of plants than do other animals. Many of such plants are detrimental to pastures and 'would otherwise require hand labor to hold them In chock. Third, grain waste In harvesting can be entirely recovered by sheep. These facta prompt some farmers to claim that tho summer food of sheep costs noth ing, because what they consume would otherwlso bring no returns. ! Compared with hogs tho sheep bas advantage In tho wider variety of 'materials It consumes. Being a ruminant It make Its gain with a minimum of grain and expensive con centrates. This Is especially Impor tant on thoso kinds of lands that are better adapted to tho production of forugo crops than to grain growing. POINTS OF A PROFITABLE HEN Good 8lgn of Healthy Fowl When Comb Is Plump and Red and Wat tles of a Bright Color. If the comb of tho ben Is plump and rod, and tho fnco and wattles of a bright color, It Is a good sign tbat sho Is In health and laying condition. If confined at such a time she will show greut restlessness, wonderful ac tivity and bo full of business when at liberty. Fho will be on tbo alert at evory sound or motion. On tho other hand, If the comb ap pears shriveled, or the edges of the) comb and wattles are of a purplish! red, she will be listless, sleepy and1 sluggish In her movements. In such a rase she Is out of condU tlon and Is either sick or likely to bo beforo very long. Fstd Chickens at Night Never allow your chlckena to go to roost with empty crops. They should have all the grain they will take In ten to flfteon minutes, Just before; tbey turn In.