FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER' SO, 1921.
THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON - . - - x. ;
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TTKtl the land of mercy Ma -J.
claimed a she paused in the
kitchen door, Her binds uplifted In
emasement. "wnat on earth're too hoia-
Imr l feat umbrella ever the gas- stove
forT"
"T cheer the gas tip," T. Taer
growled. "It Muni Hke It's cot so weak
it caa wora in a orait no more."
"Na wonder," Ua retorted. "Nothing
could work with all the door 'nd win
dow opea lika you sot em.
"Leave 'em alone." T. Paer eom-
laanded. . "Leave 'em alone. Do you
want to Choke me to death 7'
"It does smell awfuL- Ua admitted.
"but you cant set supper with the
rind howlln' a rale ' through the
Vltrhen.-
answered grimly. "Supper won't do me
touch rood it I ain't conscious enough
to eat it when lt'a eeoked."N-
"I don't ee what's got Into that
stove." Ma said uncertain ly. "It's been
act Ins; up worse nd Worse here lately."
-Un huh," T. Paer grunted. "Every
time you turn It on It acts tike It was
sick at its stomach."
"It Just flickers 'nd smells," Ma said
"WearUy. "They must be so me thing
wrong inside."
They Is," T. Paer answered. "You'd
be wrong Inside, too, If yperas full of
What it Is."
"I was , tarkiar to Fred Win Lama
about It," Ma continued, " 'nd he said
it must be the B. T. U., whatever that
la.'
Ttont Too know what that mean 8 7"
T. Paer asked. ''Anybody that uses a
gas stove ought to know that."
"Wan, I don't," Ma confessed. "What
doe It mean?"
"B. T. "U. stands for Bummer Than
Usual," T. Paer explained. "They juat
'se the Initials for short."
-la that ltT" Ma said. "I don't know
any more about It now'n'I did before,
r "Well." T. Paer continued, "that s i
this of a dlvidin line where If you
Tight a match on one side the gas won't
Ketch 'nd on the other side it wflL"
r "Oh." Ma exclaimed. "It's a kind of
a, standard or something like that.'
"Yeah,? T. Paer responded, " 'nd from
ins way this blamed stove acts they
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musta got on the wrong aide up at the
gas house."
"I don't so whr they would," Ma con
tended. 'The stuff they make it out of
don't cost near aa faauch as It did.
dow It?"
"No." T. Paer answered, "but whan
the fellahs on the commission up to Sa
lem keep making gas cheaper you got
to expect the company to do it. too.
ain't you?"
-But it ain't cheaper," Ma. objected.
"The bill's Just the same."
"That's because it's B. T. U.. T. Paer
grinned. "We're getUn back to nor
malcy."
"I don't see how," Ma Insisted. "It
takes lots longer to cook things'n it
did before."
"Sure," T.Faer answered. "We're get
tin more for our dollar."
"What do you mean, getting more?"
Ma asked. -
"More smell for one thing." T. Paer
answered, "'nd then you get mora time
to get supper In."
Well, I'd rather get more supper to
less time," Ma Insisted, "nd I wouldn't
kick none if they'd cut out soma of the
smell, too."
"Toy don't get the Ides," T. Paer to
formed her. "The gas fetlahs're tryin'
to teach you to be thrifty nd careful.'
"I don't have to take.no lessons in
that from no gas company," Ma con.
tended. 'Td like to know what they
know about my Ming thrifty."
"The more smell they is to the gas,'
T. Paer explained, "the more you'll
hate to use it. nd the less youTl cook.
'nd that'll make the grocery bills
littler."
"I ain't going to starve to death, gas
or no gas," Ma declared. ' "Til eat
things raw first."
" 'Nd besides," T. Paer continued, "the
wey it is they ain't so much danger of
things gettin' burned If you have to
.answer the phone or anything. They'll
Just keep warm 'nd wait for you to
come back."
"Just the same," Ma argued, "I dont
like It. It makes my head ache."
"Well." T. Paer mused, "they's one
thins you can say about it."
"What?" Ma asked.
"If I was to say It." T. Paer answered,
"you'd get mad."
A Hot Time in the Blaeberry Patch
i By Thornton. W. Burgess
It only n (km nl(DV tuff or
'or What nnwittincly do I
, lM 11 aQ too often happens
It lanntunt aat suffer too.
"Buster Bear.
rTTHAT little sftylng Is very true. And
I A sometimes the tunocent do most of
ths suffering., ; It ought not to be so, but
aeai, a very great aeai, uirougii no
fault or their own-.
Now It happened that great big Bus
ter Bear, contendly stripes blue
berries from the bushes as he shuffled
along, -reached the bush under which,
Unknown to him, his small son. Boxer,
was taking a nap, lust as Boxer had
that bad dream and kicked out' with one
foot. Tou remember what happened.
Toa remember how he angered a Yellow
Jadafet lust coming from her home and
how she "promptly used her sharp little
lanoe, stinging that foot and rudely
awakening Boxer. In his pain Boxer
kicked with both feet, tearing open with
hi olaws the entrance to the home of
the Yellow Jackets, and instantly out
had poured all the Yellow Jackets at
home, each one fiphtlng mad.
Boxer's sharp yell when he was stung
; by the first Yellow Jacket startled Bus
ter" Bear, and he promptly at up to see
what was going on. Boxer scrambled
to his feet and away he went, running
as be never had run in his short life
btfori and squalling at the top of his
" lungs, for several of those angry Yel-
- lw Jackets stung him before he got well
'. started. Being small. Boxer slipped
under the bushes and in no time at all
he Was out of sight, though not oat of
bearing.
So It happened that most of those Yel
low Jackets didn't see him at all. But
tney did see great big Buster Bear there
right in front of them and they promptly
blamed him for their trouble. They
didn't stop to ask questions. That isn't
thslr way. They were fighting mad, and
before poor Buster really knew what
bad happened they were all about him
and he was stung in a dozen places.
Now the sting of a Yellow Jacket is
like a touch of fire. My, my, my, that
berry patch was a hot place for a few
minutes 1 At first Buster stood up,
lapping with both paws at the angry
Yellow Jackets and snarling and growl
Ing terribly. The Yellow Jackets were
all about his head. They stung his ears.
They stung him on the nose. One got
In his mouth and stung him on his
tongue. They seemed to know where
the hair was shortest and they could
stmg easiest
Then Buster took to his heels, the
Yellow Jackets after him. They got
into his long fur and creeping down
In until they reached the skin, stung
him. Twice he Stopped to roll over and
over to crush them. Kvery time be felt
a fresh sting he Jumped and squealed.
Straight for the nearest brush he made,
and he didn't stop to pick his way. In
among the bushes and young trees he
ABIE THE AGENT
J&viiisiiW 121. by Interaatknul TmXajm
He'll Never Be the "Cause" Again
JERRY ON THE JOB
.Cawnciifc 1921. by lounuttaal riasate
No Argument About It
They seemed to know where the hair
was shortest and they could sting
him easiest.
crashed and tore his way through. The
branches brushed off some of the Yel
low Jackets clinging to his coat. He
knew that his only safety was in getting
out of Bight and he intended to get there
as quickly as possible.
Of course the noise had wakened the
other twin, Woof-Woof, and she had
run to her mother. Mrs. Bear had
guessed what the trouble was and
promptly started to get away from that
berry patch In a hurry. Some of the
Yellow Jackets flying about wildly look
ing tor other enemies, discovered them
before they could reach the shelter of
the bushes, and both Mrs. Bear and
Woof -Woof were stung several times.
Yes, indeed. It was a hot time In the
berry patch I And the queer part Of it
Is the cause of it all suffered least
tcoprrifht, 1821. by T. W. BqtseSb)
The next story :
Little Bear."
"A Badly Frightened
; W ..iV SELLING- :
fSt I FIVE CENT. I ;
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. ,r5VA' IN THE :
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1 HART CIGAR COlf
irrniawTOH
Big Entry Expected
In Multnomah Club
Handicap Golf Play
handicaps for the entrants in the first
tolf tournament of Multnomah Amateur
Athletic club are being arranged by the
handicap committee, of which Oeorte
Oammie Is chairman. The games are to
start from to ll:So b the municipal
greens at Eastmoreland, Sunday, Octo
ber 9., Among, the handicaps already ar
ranged are these:
. G- N- Sampson, 1 ; Arthur D. Hosfeldt.
1: W. E. Ramsey, 24; Dr. T. R. Bald-
! w. fcox. 25; L. P. Dowd, i;
Loder. 23 ; E. I. Roth, It ; W. B. Fletch
er, A..w.-vsscatatn.-Z5 n a
on. 25 ; S. C Holbrook. ?n if 47".
brook, 18 ; A. X. Wakeman, 1J ; j Hefty
!i?P' B- Hjiston, 20; J. Bernard. 25 1
uuwn a. tiasenine. zo: n w t7,.
27 ; R. F. Banks, 25 ; Robert Krohn. 25i
Hugh McBlalr,-25; Ralph Dickey. 25 J
. f Tana JLtudley, 20 ;
Leon Robertson, 18 ; Adrian Miles, l :
E. B. Martin. 25:iDanil TTnn n. -rc-n
j liaia SUudler. 12 ; Fred Kribs. 20 ; George
st-jucjr, vi. wuiiam w.v Sanaa. -' 11 :
Sidney Goodwin. . 1 1 m t. - (.
23; Charles Osborne. 20 ; G. W. Gamrnle.
12 ; - T. Morris Dunne. 18 ; Dick Grant,
I eva tea UU, JLU.
I.AWE is p. TJ. CAPTAUr
Pacific University. Forest r.mn r
oeuu au. dames iane. Iormn4v
j" halfback of the University of WuHn.
I ton team, who has been playing a won-
uerrui gam oi iootDali in practice, hat
been elected captain to succeed Captain
Myoer, wno wast unaoie to return to
Bcnoot- The team has its first , game
omturuay uwrown on aiccaready field
here With Mount Angel college. Coach
Frank realises his men are green but is
I urminw iv pm up - a BUTX Ztgnt
I against the Catholic boys. ; '.v
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