WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1908.
THE MORNING ASTOHIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
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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
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If you'll say right now tbat you'll ac
cept the proportion made by Agatha
I think we can close the bargain now.
Tomorrow I might not want to do It."
"All right So ror as I am concerned
It don't make no difference to me,
said Farmer Ilanklns, with tone or
Independence In his voice which Im
mediately brought the commissioner to
terms.
"I didn't propose It" said Ueteklab,
"but I always stand by what Agathn
says 1 must and I will now."
At this remark niram nankins felt
to
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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.
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