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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1914)
.A i... HIS GREAT REMORSE . By MARY LLOYD EVANS. Always the footsteps behind' me, dull, hollow, bat echoing never be fore. Did they but precede I might have had hope, for then they might guide me to lome haven of rest, peace for my tired heart I was not a wicked man, nor a mean man, nor a dissipated man. I was on ly a murderer to the world never that, but to my own conscience, yes. A thousand deaths were in my heart and one poor victory If I could call it that "I consent to the marriage." "Secret, of course T" "It must be that way under the circumstances." Burned into my brain were these three sentences, for they started the train of circumstances that resulted in a terrible tragedy. It was sis weeks since that I over heard Huldah Evans speak the first, Vane Telford made reply. Then her final words "my love, my adored one!" Bhe whom I worshiped was a party to a clandestine complication with a rival I had never feared, nor before that even suspected. He bsd come to the village, a stranger. He bad made several calls on Huldah. I was curious, but she nev er apprised me as to the personality of her new acquaintance nor his mo tive In visiting her. That vlvldly're- membered afternoon I was lining a high hedge, surrounding the Evans place when I heard the brief colloquy noted, I had come to the spot with my heart full of hope and love. I left it venge ful, embittered, my soul Immersed In the blackest despair. I wandered towards the narrow but deep rolling stream at the edge of the town, my spirit dazed, my heart dis tracted. This, then, was the end of it all. She loved another! I flung my self on the grassy bank, watching the swift eddies Just above the waterfall. It was an unfrequented spot for the present, for the old foot bridge had been condemned, as all the regular townsmen knew, a new structure being proposed, and the roadway on either side of the stream was block aded some distance back. There signs were up, warning the approaching driver and pedestrian of peril. I sat In a daze, staring blankly at the rushing waters, madly tempted to plunge beneath their surface and I tore down the dim shore, calling madly the name of the man I had murdered. Only the sound of the waves, the roar of the falls below, the night bird's thrill answered me. The void had opened up and swallowed my rivaL Huldah was free, but I tramp! tramp! tramp! ejer the accusing foot steps, and always behind me, pursu ing, challenging, accusing! Looking back now I marvel how I passed those dreadful days, those wakeful nights of the two weeks suo cedlng. Twice I had called upon Hul dah. I was amazed at the fact that she betrayed no anxiety, none of the suspense of a bride expectant whose object of devotion had mysteriously disappeared. My guilt drove me to make my visits brief and constrained, although Huldah seemed glad to see me. She bad with ber now a cousin, a pale-faced, hopeless-eyed girl, who seemed an invalid, Martha Dawes. No word of the fate of Telford had reached the newspapers. I had lined the river for miles, making cautious inquiries, but with no result Then one evening those torturing footsteps drove me to a resolution: I would see Huldah once more, confess and leave the place forever. It was twilight when I reached her home. She sat in a rustlo chair in the garden humming a low tune. Miss Dawes, near by, waa gazing with sad far-away eyes at the crescent moon. 1 leaned over the chair and said to Huldah: "I wish to tell you something of Vance Telford." She started, glanced quickly at her guest, and, her finger on her Up, led me to a distance. What of Mr. Telford?" she chal lenged, with a certain sternness that chilled me. He is dead, and I am his mur derer!" And then the words leaped over each other tumultously as I told my story, all of it, without reservation. She grasped a tree tor support, her face a white void. 'Go away!" she faltered, waving her hand distractedly "I must think think!" It was all over! She bated me, she despised met I wandered about aim lessly, but the influence of fatality drew me to the river. Ever, it seemed, calling to me, for miles I trod its banks, the footsteps tramp! tramp! tramp! beating incessantly on my agonized ears. I must have gone several miles, when I drew behind a bush near the shelving shore of the stream to avoid meeting a man progressing slowly with the aid of a cane. I was in no mood for companionship. I moved too far, my foot slipped, I went headlong, and was conscious of my bead striking the water and a rock at the same time. Then I was insensible. My blood curdled as I regained con sciousness, for I recognized that the man bending over me had dragged me to safety, and that man, In form and substance, Vance Telford! Within an hour I knew all the story of his rescue down the stream, bis convalescence, his heglra now to the Evans home. And then I learnea that it was the sad hearted Miss Dawes who loved him, and that Hul dah had arranged for their clandes tine marriage because her cousin could not live without him. Her family did not like Telford, nor did Huldah, but it was arranged that Tel ford was to wed Miss Dawes secretly and then go away and make a man of himself, for be had been a sad profligate. But now I knew the man was in earnest when he told me how his nar row graze of death bad reformed him. Arm in arm we went to the Evans home, to make two anxious hearts bappy, for Huldah really loved me. And then the footsteps died out forever. (Copyright 114. by VT. O. Chapman.) liifl:.. ONQ before the clean, green shores of Rangoon become vis ible to the navigator on the lira- I waddy, there appears above the highest point of the horizon a shaft of gold set in a coronet of gems that throws a rainbow shimmer across the splendid blue of the Asiatic sky. As you draw near the nne 010 city tne leweled diadem slowly rises and takes definite outline, and presently you be hold the great golden dome of the 8way Dragon pagoda, which Is the Glory ot Burma" and the Mecca 01 tne Buddhts world. From every viewpoint the radiant temple dominates the city, imposing nd glorious one of the finest signts Df the world, in its barbaric splendor of color and form. It Is the oldest shrine in Burma, the one most fre quently visited of all places of worship east of India, and it contains actual relics ot Gautama Buddha which have Co. centuries attracted pilgrims from every part ol Asia, even from the re mole corners of almost inaccessible Tibet At first you. being an Occi dental traveler, accustomed to the toweling architectural triumphs of the West, wonder idly at the compel ling attractiveness ot the ancient ed ifice that Incites so much speculative reflection; then you gradually become aware of a distinctively personal In terest in the golden monitor that greets you so Invitingly wherever you turn In your wanderings about the beautiful old town. Finally it takes possession of your fancy, more than any other thing that you have traveled so very far to see; more than the old torts the ancient shrines, the lovely gardens and the brilliant, light-humored native life more than anything in all picturesque Burma, Stone Dragons Guard Approach. The principal approach to the tem ple city for It Is literally a city of shrines clustered about the central pagoda Is guarded by two enormous blue stone dragons behind which rise stairs in long series, covered with elaborately carved teakwood roofs sup- My Manhood Cowered. Hatred, Cow ardice, Guilt Held Me Spellbound, end all my misery. It was getting on toward dusk when a sharp, cheery whistle attracted my attention. There, not fifty yards distant, was Telford. He was warbling a care less carol, swinging along like a man in love with life, aa it be bad just beard some joyful news. In a flash I pictured the situation, He, my bated rival, was beloved by Huldah. I waa the despised one. A blur of blood passed before my eyes, and then "He Is beaded for the bridge be doesn't know!" I uttered breathlessly. I started up in wild alarm. In a flash I ssw that making a short cut for the town by an unaccustomed route, Telford had struck into the road at a point ahead of the block ade. He had missed the danger sign. He bad no knowledge ot the condition of the bridge. Two days previous a horse and wagon bad gone through the rotted plankway, a great bole gaped in the center of the bridgo, and some of the stringers were hang ing suspended by more splinters. "Stop" The word died In my throat mean ingless, for the devil bsd seized me. What was this man to me, that I should not allow blm to go headlong ot Alba. The siege lasted from the on bis careless wayT He had embit- end of June to the middle ot Septem tered my existence, why should I seek I her; sorties and relief were vain; the town capitulated nnder the most bon orable conditions. In 1(91 the Mare ctaal de Luxembourg attacked the town, inflicted great damage and forced surrender. In 1709 Marlborough and Prince Eugene attacked and car ried the town after a siege ot 126 days. In 174 the Prince de Contl laid suo- Napoleon and the Balloon. When Napoleon was a young cadet he went on one occasion to witness the ascent of a balloon in the Champs de Mars. He entered, unpercetved, the inclosure which contained the bal loon, which was then very nearly full and about to ascend, and requested the aeronaut to allow him to enter the car. The request however waa refused, the reason given being that the feelings ot the boy might embar rass the aeronaut Though I am young, I fear neither the powers of earth nor of the air! Bonaparte is reported to have ex claimed. On being requested to retire, the little cadet, enraged at the refusal, drew his sword and, slitting the bal loon in several places, destroyed the apparatus which had been construct ed with infinite labor and ingenuity, Such was Napoleon's first and last attempt to ascend In a balloon. Mone Born In Fighting. Mona began fighting, Caesar foundea It as a camp and a short time later Cicero1 brother sustained a siege by Amblorix. Its most famous siege wss In 1571, delivered by Frederio ot To ledo, one of Vbe distinguished general to ssvs his life? My manhood cowered, Hatred, cowardice, guilt held me spell bound beyond the saving moment Crsihl a shriek, a splash, a gur gle, and all was over all save the foouteps proceeding across the hol low echoing plankway tramp! tramp! .rt.r, UampJ n i,.r.But jww. All that waa human within cessful siege. In 1791 Mons was th . tne was aroused. In horror I regarded first fruit of the Republican victory at my willful set -of crime. I rsn to the Jemmspe. and In 1794 the Austrlans edge of the bridge, 1 shouted wildly. ' were subjected to a crushing defeat coarse, ungainly and far from clean at tire; aquat and homely men and wom en from further Cambodia and Slam; pale, refined looking Hindus in snowy garments and enormous spotless tur bansall bent upon a single purpose. Sell Flower to Gild Great Dome. At close Intervals along the well- nigh interminable steps are fragrant little booths containing all the opu lent flowers ot the country, Incense; sucks ana tiny packets or gold leal! presided over by bright looking Bur mese girls who offer their wares with, charming modesty. Yon need not buy If you feel disinclined, but the chanced are that you will gladly Invest a few cents in a thin packet of gold leaf which win be used, later on, to over lay some tiny weather flaw in the great golden dome of the pagoda which is never permitted to suffer im pairment for lack ot attention (for your little purchase la Intended for a votive offering). It takes a great deal ot gold to keep the dome In perfect re pair, for it Is 1,350 feet in circumfer ence and 870 feet high, and It is cov-t ered from base to summit with puro gold leaf. The jeweled diadem that crowns this marvelous temple is val ued at (250,000, and was a gift of the common people of Burma; and the gold leaf reserve fund In the temple treasury was xontrlbuted by pilgrim worshipers, many of whom are so wretchedly poor all their Uvea that, they have never known the luxury ot a full meal, yet their poverty pinched hands are rarely empty within the tern pie precincts. At length -you And yourself at the base ot the central pagoda, surrounded by a multiplicity of small shrines ex quisite in detail, but fantastlo in con ception, yet with a sort ot appealing grotesqueness that causes your heart to beat faster, aa if it brought you to the verge of an understanding ot the strange spiritual fervor which it rep resents. In a vast court open to the brilliant Asiatic sunshine those con fusingly numerous shrines display great variety of Bnddhas, some reolln- TWO VARIETIES OF PUREE May Accompany Meat or Form the Foundation of a Most sub stantial 8oup. A nuree mar be either an accom paniment to meat or form the founda tion of a substantial soup. Whatever vegetable Is turned into a puree must first be well boiled, then passed through a sieve a work demanding patience, It is true. The puree wiu then have a little butter and season ing added to it cream or the yolks of eggs, or some gravy sauce, accord ing to what meat it accompanies. A puree of chestnuts accompanies veal or poultry and requirea the ad dition ot a little thick cream. A puree ot white haricot beans accompanies roast mutton. A puree of sorrel or spinach, or both combined, la really nicest when served without meat and placed in in dividual cocottes or in shells ot fried bread. After passing the spinach, etc. through the sieve It Is beaten up witn little butter and oream and liberally seasoned. It should not be boiled more than just enough to cook it ten der, and then it will keep its color and flavor. ' Cucumbers, marrows, turnips, arti chokes and pumpkins aU make dell- clous purees, sweet or savory Anoth er delicious puree of small white onions and new potatoes makes a dainty dish, if sufficient cream is add ed, and the mixture Is put into small china dishes and browned on top. The puree destined for serving alone or as an accompaniment to meat must be kept thick, yet smooth; the puree that forms the foundation ot a soup is lengthened out to make a sufficient quantity by adding to it meat or vegetable stock, and milk or cream, or milk or eggs, etc. The eggs and cream should not be put in untu after the puree is cooked and taken from the fire. . .4,1 .,jHt -;y I-r;f tr -fvt ' k wj IJjT '-- - ' fZvp f&; ffl T ZOO . lira r-Sxua gold Coated Paooda ported at regular Intervals by great stone pillars. The stone steps have been worn very uneven by the count less feet that have gone up and down for more than seven hundred worship ful years. Seats are ranged along the spacious landings tor the comfort ot the old and decrepit worshipers who find the long climb difficult and above these seats are numerous, very old but finely preserved carvings and frescoes ot fanciful design and beautiful work manship. , As you toll upward you meet and pass men and women ot all races, some ot whom are so remote from you In speech and customs and habits of thought that It would be difficult U not impossible, to find the key of a common understanding between you. Only one word can unlock the deep antipodean silence and place you for an Instant on a plane ot comprehen sion with those strange primitive be ings whose existence holds nothing thst can bridge the vast gulf that sep arates civilization and medievalism, and that word, "Buddha," which brings light to every Buddhist face. You hes itate to speak experimentally because It has mysteriously become sacred to you In that vast assembly of worship ers to whom It mesns all they know of holiness and mercy and hope. So you pass on In awed silence, watching the human stream with an Interest Intensi fied by the strangeness of the place and by the evidences of the common spiritual need thst drew the hetero geneous throng from the far ends of the universe. That curious horde Is well worth watching. There are old, old men tot tering feebly from step to step, equally old women ot many rsces; handsome young girls with blithe morning faces; little radiant children In humming bird attire; stolid, harsh-featured Mongo lians from Western China, Tlbetana In ing luxuriously among jeweled lotus flowers, some bowed In profound med itation, but all -of them serene and peaceful In feature In spite of th Ir profusion ot paint and gliding. Among the offerings piled about the shrines are many old and worthless objects such as psper umbrellas, fans, toys, faded flower and brass trinkets, but there are also some pretty trifles ot personal adornment At the feet of smiling seated Buddha is a coll ot blue black hair covered with the dust ot long pilgrimage, perhaps, bestowed by a very poor young girl who bad noth ing else to give. Within the larger shrines many dev otees kneel in prayer at all hour of the day, each with a flower clasped against bis bowed forehead. The very young girls pray together in a beauti ful pavilion bung with banners and silk draperies and many bright things symbolical of buoyant girlhood. There I even a gay little American flag, hung there by some facetious tourist probably, and accepted In a better spirit by the simple-minded votaries who never turn anyone away, of what ever creed or race. Hsvsl Offlcsrs Well Paid. An English writer compares the pay of American naval officers with thst of similar officer abroad. An American admiral draws, be says, $15,000 a year, while about $9,000 is allotted to the same rank In Great Britain, and $4,500 In Germany; and all other grades of officers are paid equally well In pro portion. New Managsmsnt "This hotal Is under a new manage mcnt." "Why, I atlll see the old proprlotot around." "Yes, but he got married last week." Louisville Courier-Journal HOU8EWIVE8 8H0ULD RECOG NIZE VALUE OF THI8 FRUIT. HOME HELPS The furniture will be Improved by being wiped oft occasionally with a cloth dipped in Unseed oil. The short grass trimmings from the lawn make very good feed for fowls, To save face towels put a banger on both sides of the towel and you will And that Instead ot one end wearing and the dther remaining unworn, both ends will wear evenly. One quart ot flour made up into baking powder biscuits will make from twelve to fifteen, according to the size of the cutter. When using whipped cream If you add the white ot an egg to the cream and whip with It It requirea less cream and is more delicate In taste and flavor. Washing Jap silk blouses, a tea- spoonful of methylated spirit added to two pints of water, gives just the sufficient stiffness required and saves starching or Ironing, when too wet Spiced Pears. Eight pounds ot pears, four pounds best brown sugar, one quart vinegar, one cupful of mixed whole spice, stick of cinnamon, cassia buds, allspice and cloves, less ot latter than former. Tie spices In a bag and boll with vinegar and sugar. Skim well, then add pears, cook ten minutes or till scalded and tender. Skim out pears and put in stone jar. Boll sirup Ave minutes longer and pour over the pears. Next day pour oft the sirup and boll down again. Repeat this three mornings Keep the bag of spices In the sirup. Appetizing Tomatoes. Cook together for 20 minute a can ot tomatoes, one bay leaf, a teaspoon- ful ot salt slice of onion and six peppercorns. Melt two tablespoonfuli ot butter, add two of flour, strain and pour In slowly one cupful of the cooked tomato that baa been strained. When smooth, pour over the well- beaten yolks of three eggs and set aside to cool. When cold, add the stiffly beaten whites and bake In a moderate oven. Orated cheese sprin kled over the top just before putting In the oven makes a good variation. Cottage Pudding. Cream three-fourths tablespoonful butter and one and a bait tablespoon- fuls sugar, add two teaspoonfuls ot beaten egg, one and a halt tablespoon- fuls milk and Ave tablespoonfuls flour mixed and alfted with one-halt tea- spoonful bsklng powder and a few grains of salt Beat vigorously, turn Into two buttered Individual tins and bake In moderate oven. Serv with cream, wine or brandy sauce. Pork Apple Pie. Line your platter with rich plocrui and put a layer of apple, then one of all fat pork shsved as thin aa you can possibly shave It then repeat till plate I full enough, then sprinkle little salt over top of apples, large half cupful sugar, pinch of cinnamon or use nutmeg to taste. Cover with top crust brush over with milk and bake. Braised Cucumbers. Cut cucumbers Into halve. iui . move pulp and mix It with minced . Ll-J 1 I . . meat oi any inu, wmcn nas been aliened with salt Pepper and mih. ii n Press soma of this mlitui-a inn each cucumber shell, add a little stock. cover giuvvi tMiu uikibv m ma oven Until tenner. Pocket Elsctrle Hester. For the convenience of travelers there baa been Invented a pocket elec tric beater, taking current from a tight socket which will boll a quart of wa ter In three minutes. rtAKE USE OF GRAPES Great Point In Their Favor Is the High Amount of Sugar They Contain- Some Most Valuable Recipes , -for the Household. - ' ' With the coming ot fall, the house wife is offered another most Important (cod-fruit for her table In grapes, blue, purple, red and white, each kind giv ing a high amount ot food value, re freshment and Aavor. ' The chief qualities of grapes are the high amount of sugar, as will be seen from the following table; also there: are present in all grapes varying amounts of potash, lime, magnesia and iron. It Is from the grape that we get "cream ot tartar" and tartaric add, which is the baBe of all good baking powders. Protein ' Fata 11 Carbohydrates .....11.0 An - Refuse Water Fuel value, per pound (calories) 295 Nutritive value, per pound 17-1 In Europe there are many "grape cures" where the diet consists almost solely of grapes, the various phos phates and acids In which very per ceptibly cleanse the blood and make for health. Since this Is so, grapes should be used extensively In our diet Barring the seeds, they are one of the best fruits for children, and it is from the grape that the housewife can evolve so many delicious jellies, mar malades and preserves. Slaee It Is Impossible to have ripe grapes In all seasons, even with the best methods of storing In sawdust the qualities of the grape can be pre served to a great extent In grape juice which, by the way, waa not even thought of 60 years ago. Grape Catchup. To each Ave pints of grapes, allow one pound of sugar, one-half pint of vinegar, and one-half! ounce each cinnamon, cloves and maize. Boll sugar and vinegar 15 mln-i utes together; meantime heat the pulp and aklns. Let cool and rub through, colander. Add this to the vinegar and sugar, cooking 20 minutes. Bof tie and seal. 1 Grape Jam. Heat grapes over boil ing water until soft then almmer gen tly 80 minute. Let cool a little and press through colander. Weigh pulp, allowing one and one-eighth pounds sugar for each pound pulp. Cook together, simmering and stirring carefully until it thickens into jam consistency. Then place in small Jars. Either ripe or green grapes or half snd half may be used, and a little lemon rind may be added with cinna mon and a pinch of cloves or nutmeg. Grape Pudding. Wash, pick . and flour grapes before putting them into the batter. One heaping pint ot picked grapes makes a fair sized pudding For the batter, heat the yolks ot four eggs till thick, then add one cupful ot milk, and two cupfula of flour. Add halt a cupful of butter beaten to a cream, one teaspoonful of vanilla extract the white ot the eggs stiffly beaten, and then, the grapes. Boll the pudding three hours and serve with a rich sauce. Jelly Pancakes. -Jelly pancakes can be made in a few minutes and require two cupfula of flour, two cupfuls of sweet milk. one egg, one teaspoonful of baking powder, and a generous pinch ot salt Beat the egg very light add the milk and lastly, with just enough besting to mix all together, the flour sifted twice with the salt and baking pow der. Pour enough of the batter Into a hot buttered pan to cover the bot tom. When browned, spread with but ter and jelly, roll up and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Mothers' Maga zine. ' Calf Hsad Terrapin. Boll calf head as for soup until bone fsll apart Remove meat from bones and aet aside until perfectly cold. Season with pepper and salt Add two blades of mace. Chop four bard-bolled eggs and add them to a cupful of the broth In which head has been boiled, together with one cupful of cream, a scant bait pound ot butter and two tablespoonfuls of browned flour. Let them all simmer thoroughly. Add one-half teacupful of sherry and serve. Do not boll sfter adding sherry. Cracker Pudding. Half Dint of Pieces of crarknr hmt. en, four egg, three-feurth cupful of sugar, piece of butter size of an egg, salt, nlentr raisins, nlnch of irwl wii half teaspoonful ot cinnamon and same or nutmeg, one quart of milk. Bosk crackers in mux about halt hour. Bake about an hour In moderate an Eat with a plain pudding ssuce. Fresh Pork Cske. Take as much fresh pork as yon like, remove bone snd run the meet through chopper. Season as desired and make Into round balls or fist cakes. Put into roasting pan, cut up onions and potatoes, plscing these In the pan also. Sprinkle with salt add a little water and bake until dona. Best Salad. Slice cold boiled beets, cut Into strips; line a salsd bowl with white, crisp lettuce; heap the beets In the center and pour mayonnaise dressing over them just before It goes to the table, or you can pass the dressing with the salad In an Ice-cold pltoher or a pretty bowl with a ladle la it