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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1908. THE MORNING ASTOHIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. ' ' . . hill trllPf limit ttHliln Mm nil 'AantUa'. I Ingenuity of Agatha. By A. W KOENIG. Copyright, 1007, by A. W. Kosnlg. 1 T'S of uo use, and It might Just ns well be lu Halifax o In my uumynru, KIUU U,UlUIOiMJr HOnx klim to himself. "It alu't bow for anything, and, what's tnoro, I'm sure It never will bo." Old Farmer Hunklim stood looking down In evident dlNgust nt tlio water trough uiul fuueot which had Just been placed In hU barnyard by order of the officials of the little town of Mllldalo. Not drop of water camo through the faucet, although It was wide open. When the town ofllclala applied to Farmer Ilunlilnt for permission to dltf ft dltcb and lay a water main through bis farm on (ho way from the spring above to the village below be told them that he did not need any of the water, and ho could not understand why be should have bis property dam- ued and all dug up merely to benefit yvoinebody vine unless be should ro- J eelvt a subNtantlal and an adequate Bueucmi return, ins water com mis- llnnar it ft... i 1 1 1 rt ir a liHwiia If klsb Danlts, declared thut be would re sort to the law with Parmer Ilnnklns, To this Farmer Ilanklns replied that tf be chose be might "take the law nd wallop him as much as he pleased." While sitting on Farmer Ilanklns' fence be bad argued wltb the old man the greater part of a whole day on the wonderful benefit It would be to the people of the village and that Farmer Ilanklns could not do anything better that would bring him so many friends. In fact, be would become a public ben efactor. The village was poor and could not very well afford to go to any great expense In the matter of paying for the right of way. However, all ar gument was useless, said Fanner Ilan klns. The farmers were always being swindled In evory wsy by unfeeling corporations, and he'd be Just as fool ish as the rest of them If he were to follow their lead, just like a "passcl o' sheep." It wss st this time that a would be arbitrator appeared on the scene. Agatha Banks, tbe charming daughter of the water commissioner, so fair and so very sensible that Hiram nankins, the stirring son of the old man who owned the farm, bad been auspected for over a year of caring more for her than any other girl in Uilldale or any of the surrounding towns. One afternoon shortly after ber father's failure to couio to terms wltb Farmer Ilnnklns she rodo over to the scene of toutenlion wltb ber fstber and sat for quite a long time in the i carriage Intently listening, wltb ft sor-1 rowful expression on ber face, to the conversation of The tWb unPompromlH ing men. Finally she made a proposi tion. "Mr. Ilnnklns, she said very sweet ly, "If the town would put a nice water trough here In your barnyard and fur nish It wltb a faucet, so thut you could gave him one of her most approving glances, end their carriage drove away. All that evening, while the two were doing the chores, Hiram labored wltb bis father In behalf of the water trough, It was a Joy to both 'of the young people when tbe next day Farm er Ilanklns allowed that bo guessed they might go eheud with tbe laying of their pipe line. The water trough was duly Installed In the barnyard, and the faucet was attached. Then, when everything was In readiness, on a cer tain day the water from the spring was let Into the main. It leaped Into the pipe and went rushing down to give Joy to the townspeople, but not a single dron of water cume tbrouch the half Inch plpo which rose up from the main pipe five feet below to the trough In Former Ilanklns barnyard, Farmer Ilmiklns then knew It was a conspiracy against til in and the town officials never meant to do as they bad agreed. Hezeklnh Hunks always was a rascal, and he might have known bet ter than to trust him. But at the name nine n was junt as much or a puzssle to the water commissioner as to Farmer Hanklns himself why the wa ter went so scornfully past the water trough. He went all over tbe line him self, peering Into the faucet and listen ing wltb his ear close to Its mouth In the vain effort to solve the problem. Then, to satisfy himself that the work of laying the pipe and making the con nections had boon properly done, he ordered that tho earth all be dug away and the pipe thoroughly examined. Everything was found to be right and no defect anywhere. Finally an engineer from the neigh boring city was engaged, and after very carefully examining the line be decided thut, the spring being so much higher than the trough, the water came through the main pipe with such tre mendous rorco tnnt it bad no time to stop at Farmer nankins' farm. Some were so skeptical as to this man's Judg ment, however, that another engineer of still higher repute was summoned. Ills verdict was that tbe spring, In stead of being higher than the trough, was, In fact much lower; therefore there was not enough force from the spring to push the water up through the faucet "Now It's my turn to see what tbe law 'II do," said Farmer Ilanklns. "They promised me water, and they've got to furnish It" j Bomo one reminded tbe old farmer that the commissioner bad only agreed I to furnish the trough and the faucet I and that the supplying of the water I wae not lu tbe contract It was a very Tbe town must tnado up my mind that we n see the end of this liofore we go back borne." Then Farmer Ilanklns sprang to ward the spot and looked down, with astonlshod face, into the ditch. There Agatha stood, with pick In hand and ber face fluslied red as fire. "In the name of common sense, chil dren, what's goln' on herer be asked sharply. There was n little shriek of surprise from Agatha, and Hiram made ft flying leap down the hlllsldo. But there seemed to bo absolutely no way of es cape for poor, brave Agatha, flow- "Uft HAHIIMB," B KB BAO TEBT BWCBTZ.T. have all the water you need all the jear round, would yoa not be satisfied to allow them to lay the pipe line through your farm?" Farmer Hanilns thought tbat Agatha never looked prettier In all ber life, but nt tbe mine time be was not to be so o.'iMlly captured. If bo wanted a water trough, he thought he could have put one there himself without the asslut- ftiico of the town, "But you haven's got tbe spring, have you?" Agtithu nuked Innocently. So this H-ttled Farmer Ilanklns' argument on he point It was a fact tbat bis farm was destitute of springs, so that wben, its always happened In summer during the dry seasons, the wells on bis farm failed bis place was as dry as tbe des ert of Sahara. "Well, I'll have to think about it" aid Farmer Ilanklns. "I ain't one of rlio kind to make up my mind in a hurry. You'd be wlllln' to do that wouldn't yon, nex?" "Why, It'a really more than I ought I Derolexlnir situation to do." replied the commissioner, "but ! either bo deprived of water or the ib a. t- SHE'S A QUEEN DEVELOP BUST SHE'S A SIREN i am expression that is always heard at sight of a wea developed woman. 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AMERICAN IMPORTING CO, 589 Commercial Street Fisher Brothers Company SOLE AOENTS Barbour and Finlayson Salmon Twins and Netting McCormick Harvesting Machines Oliver Chilled Ploughs Malthoid Roofing Sharpies Cream Separators Raecolith Flooring Stoifett's Tools Hardware, Groceries, Ship Chandlery Tan Bark, Blue Stone, Muriatic Acid, Welch Coal, Tar, Ash Oars, Oak Lumber, Pipe and Fittings, Brass Goods, Paints, Oils and Glass Fisb.et.ccns Pure Manilla Rope, Cotton Twin and Saint Web We Watit Your Trade FISHEDR BROS. BOND STREET trough must be supplied with it and Farmer Ilanklns brought suit against the town officials. And now Hiram and Agatha were In trouble again. What would become of their hopea and prospects for the future If mat ters went ou like this 7 "I know there must certainly be some way to get water Into that trough." Agatha declared. "If 1 bad half tbe knowledge some folks think they have it seems to me I could fix It" Agatha suddenly developed a decid ed taste for studying water In Its rela tion to supplying cities and towns through the medium of the gravity system. Wben all others would be sound asleep she would be poring over books bearing on the subject which she borrowed from the city library. Then she made numerous visits to the spring. She measured the distance be tween tbo spring and another, larger, farther up In the village, on the hill side, as accurately as she could with her eye. Still further to complicate matters Farmer Ilanklns forbade bis son Hi ram from ever visiting Agatha again. "We wfJl have nothln' to do wltb them." he said. "They're a bad lot I don't know as I really ever heard of anything tbat Hczeklah Banks had done before this, and I used to think I'd like well enongh to have Agatha for a daughtor, but this thing's enough to convince me that you never would have a minute's peace If you married ber-a chip of the old block." Ilezeklnh In the meantime declared that II Ira m never must darken bis doorstep again. "Good enough fellow, but what's bred In tbe bone will surely tell." So matters remulned thus for several weeks until it was almost time for the trial or Farmer nankins' suit On the night before the day of the trial Farm er nankins was very restless and could get no sleep. He had always boasted that he never sued a man or had been sued In his life, but now the record was to be broken. While toss ing on his pillow shortly after the Clock had struck 12 he beard a very peculiar noise that seemed to be near the bouse, upon the hillside. Tbe of tener he heard It the more mystified and curious he became. Do looked out of his window, and the full moon was shining brightly, and by the aid of its beams he could clearly distinguish a man's form standing near the spring on the Bid of the hill, while from tho ditch be heard the sounds which dis turbed his slumbers. He dressed as quickly as he could and went out creeping along the fence until he was within hearing distance. "Now, Agatha, It's about time you get out of that ditch." be heard a voice say. "That's too hard work for you." "All right. Hiram, but I think your bands are too sore to ilg any more," was the answer Farmer Hanklns beard coming from the ditch. "I'll bet yours are blistered all over. Agatha. This old ditch will kill us all, I guess." "Oh, they'll get over it even If they are blistered," came back the voice from tie ditch clear and Jvudv "I have ever, she just leaned against the bank of earth, wltb ber bands still grasping the pick, and ber bead bare to the night breeze. The long line of newly uug eann wuicn stretcnea away up tbe hillside showed the astonished farmer that a new trench was being dug from the other large spring to the end of tbe pipe which supplied the village with water. "Oh. Mr. Hanklns," Agatha cried, as something very much like a sob found Its way along with her words, "I hope you will not be angry with Hiram and me, will you? It's all my fault any way. I couldn't bear to think of let ting that miserable old lawsuit go on about the trough. It has worried all of us most to death. I guess I have studied mostly all the books in the city, and finally I thought I would just get to work at it myself and use a little common sense. It seemed to me that there must be some reason why the water wouldn't run up Into your water trough, and I made up my mind that If there could be a little more pressure back of the other spring that would be all tbat was needed. So Illram and 1 have been digging this ditch. We have tbe pipe laid down as far as we have gone, and now we ore almost to the spring. If you only hadn't come so soon." And as Agathn spoke she fumed ber face away and dropped the pick. "Come, father, won't you go back to bed and let us finish the Job?" Hiram asked, after recovering bis surprise "We'll have the water running Into the trough In less than half an hour. All we have to do Is to make the con nections between tbe pipes to the low er spring. "You go to bed yourself! I'll not think of letting Agatha dig here In this dark ditch any longer!" And Farmer Hanklns sprang down Into the ditch. lifting her gently out of the nar row quarters In which she had been working so heroically. In a few min utes the job was completed, and the two pipes were Joined by Hiram, who bad provided himself with a rude kit of tools for that purpose. Then all three of them hastened down to the water trough In Farmer nankins' barn yard. Agatha turned the faucet ber Augers trembling a little as she did so. A gurgle of Joy greeted their ears, and a moment later the water came tric kling through the pipe and then fairly gushed out In a stream. So that Agatha's Ingenuity had solved the problem which bad defied the knowl edge and skill of the water commis sioner and all tbe rest of the wise men who had made the unsuccessful at tempts to run the water up through KFarmer Hanklns' water pipe. All three stood watching the water pouring out of the faucet for a few moments In silence. Then Farmer Hanklns took Agatha by the hand and Bald: "Now you go home, little girl, and get a good night's rest. You've won two suits fair and square." And that was the end or the trouble, but the town officials rewarded Hiram and Agatha ror this little act which avoided so much trouble and unpleas antness, when n few months later they set up the family hearthstone. At the next meeting of that august body one of the officials made a mo tion "that a pipe line be laid from the village main to the farmyard of this worthy young couple and supply wa ter for their stock free for all time, with a faucet at the back kitchen door within easy reach of the charming mistress." And the motion was pass ed and agreed to without a dissenting voice. FREE TRIAL Of any Household ELECTRICAL DE VICE including , SMOOTHING IRONS HEATING PADS TOASTERS CHAFING DISHES TEAPOTS f COFFEE! PERCOLATORS FRYING PANS SEWING MACHINE MOTORS YOU call us up ; WE will dorthe rest ASTORIAELECTRIC CO. SCOW BAT BRASS & IRON ASTORIA, OREGON HON AND BRASS FOUNDERS LAND AND MABINL ENGINEER ions Up-to-Date Sawmill Machinery, lltb and Franklin Art. Prompt attention givea i iHrepak arxk. T tfafamil Sherman Transier Co. HENRY SHERMAN, Manager. Hacks, Carriages Baggage Checked and Transferred Trucks and FurnitM Wagons Pianos Moved, Boxed and Shipped. 433 Commercial Street . 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