1U THE OREGON DAILY' JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON " 1 MONDAY. MARCH 6. 4 Or QALptt WJtrSOfT A PAER waa sitting, her chin tucked down oa her motherly bosom, the newapaper forgotten la her Up, while her kindly itm. aa amused twinkle I or kins In them, gased absently above the rim of her spectacles at the tm top across th way. i "Wht wouldn't X give." aha chuckled . to terself, "for a quart or two of that . stuff." . W-h-a-t !" T. Paer.' who had com unnoticed Into the room, exclaimed in . credulously. ' "Who'd a over t ho light It of youT" , . "Thought what?" Mi asked, coming out of her reverie with a start. "I didn't know you waa In a mile of here." "Ton muat sot of." T. Paer answered accusingly. "I never thought rd life to see my wife wlshln' for it In secret Ilka that." "What're you talking about?" Ma aaked sharply. "1 ain't never wished for nothing In secret X wouldn't Just aa lief wish for In front of everybody." "Then." T. Paer announced, "that Circle of you'm must be a bunch of hypocrite In my way of thlnkinV "I atnt going to set here'n listen to ' you talk that way about good women ltd friends of mine." Ma declared crisply. ' Tou ain't talkln' like a gen - tleman." , "X ain't saytn they are such," T. Paer said defensively, "but If they'd heard you mutterln' to yourself a minlt . ago nd didn't raise a rough house then they are." "Muttering." Ma said uncertainly, "what aboutr "Wantln a couple of quarts." T. Paer quoted. "That's a fine wish for a Pres ' byteiian 'nd a prohl to make when you ( thought- you was all alone 'nd, nobody 'llstenln'. now ain't It?" "Oh !" Ma smiled In relieved compre hension, "that's what you're having . such a Ot about. Is It?" - "Alnt It enough T" T. Paer retorted. "Tou settln here moonln'out'n the win dow nd wlnhln' for quarts of hootch?" "Hootch?" Ma repeated guilelessly, "who said anything about hootch?" "Tou know what you Raid." T. Paer replied stiffly. " 'nd they ain't no use tryln' to deny It." " "I ain't tryln'." Ma answered calmly. "T was wishing for a couple a quarts of this new fangled truth scrum stuff the. doctors 've found out." "Huh?" T. Paer said blankly, "what sort of dope's that?" "It's a stuff." Ma explained, "that if you give anybody a shot In the arm - they'll tell the truth about anything you - ask ro, nd can't help It." i ""They ain't sellin' any of It In town are they V T. Paer asked uneasily. ' "This shot In the arm stuff's dangerous to monkey with." "It says In the paper," Ma suggested ; J ; encouragingly, "that anybody that takes shot of It feels like he was an lit up but don't have no headache to next morning." . ' Tm takin' no chances,-. T. Pser said hastily. ."I'm on the wagon tlghter'nia bump on a log.' - -. j i "Well." Ma announced positively.; "If I can find where they sell, it I'm going to. lay in a supply. , ,;.. I "It might he a good thin to have,' T. Paer agreed. "Ifd come In handy when w got company to dinner 'nd to spend the evening." i "How would' it?" Ma asked.. I baant thought about using It then." I "Well." T. Paer grinned. I could just give you 'nd all the rest of the women a shot of It 'nd us men could have a awful pleasant evening's entertainment.'' Could your Ma replied ambiguously. "I ain't so sure about that." mi Tt'd be a scream" T. Paer chortled. "listenin' to you folks tell what you really thought about each other j 'nd their hats"nd clothes 'nd " ! ill "Husbands, for instance," Ma 'Inter rupted.. "That'd be mighty Interesting J to you men, I bet i i "The way I get it," T. Paer 'answered. "you ain't 'sposed to tell the truth unless you're aaked about It, nd yon can take it from me none of ua men'd butt Into the conversation." , ' Ttd be a lot more informing." Ma advanced, "to give the men a few shots 'nd listen to what they had to say." "Tou alnt coin' to stage that kind of a party In my house." TL. Paer insisted. "I don't want the furniture all broke un." 1 ain't thlnkin of It." Ma assured him. "I think I could get excitement enough Just using it on you when no body was around." "Go ahead 'nd get a barrel of it? T. Paer boasted fearlessly, "I ain't afraid to talk in my sleep." in "Ain't your' Ma questioned ironical ly. "Do you remember what you was mumbling about last night?" "Did I mumble any?" T. Paer asked with seeming unconcern. "But you know," he added, . veering easily Into another channel, "it would be fun to give all the folks a shot of that dope Just as they was goin' home." "Why?" Ma asked. ! "Because." T. Paer chuckled, "they'd all hand you the straight stuff about havin spent a pleasant evenin' 'nd hav in' enjoyed the eats 'nd how becomin' your hair's did up." ' "I don't know as it'd be safe." Ma said doubtfully, "not if they'd happen to feel like I do sometimes." "I'd take a chance on it," T. Paer grinned, "knowin" they'd be-tellin' the truth to each other for the rest of the night." City Hall Salev to i County Suggested v ; At Arbitrary Sum Ids Grande,! March v "Heads I win. tails you lose,'. Is the translation into elans; of the Union county court's atti tude toward a proposal made by the city of 1 Grande for the county's pur chase of the city hall . building, now occupied as a courthouse, ; The county officials offered to circa late a petition, asking the city to sell the building; for $30,060 to the county. In stead of for the book -value, $37,580, which is about half 'the assessed valua tion. When the city officials asked the county to agree if the taxpayers fav ored the city's proposition instead of the county's the latter declared that they would, then not consider the taxpayers' opinion as having any bearing on the matter. m In explaining . the refusal to consider a aum hither than J 30.000 the county of-, ficials pointed out that, because they overlooked an opportunity to buy at that figure they" might be criticised by their constituents if they paid more than that amount now, HER . 0VM WAY; : 'ZvSSTi ;-,v- synopsis v-?.::jl; v h H4a Bonu. foOowiac the tela c at hat; tether at their bona ia fflateavila. sa www New lot tows, ftnaks with bar ancle. Daniel 81 nam, aad soes to New Tot ott to awn har sob way. Her only friend ia th aHCropalat VUmHth . miim lnii asartaent ibs snanawnoB har arrtTeL Ona amine a littla star Helen Gomu, waUa dininc ia a raRaanax wna soBie maajoa, waa aaipnaaa or nor - lam tha xxnuinianBBa Halea BUM W a -onns phyaieauv Andrm, -who. with etbar bbs paopub eosM to toa cirar f(h mmtm m. naailB to a, M deeonuins aatablkhmwrt Balea la dtataraad ay tha fiiailiarilT of a attaas aaaa who aceoatshar an tha aUaat. Ehxalietk. naaaa hcht of it. CU- matelj Helen sad Elisabeth quarrel sad Baiaa CBtaces lodcmc alaewbare. Halea &naa Mt wna LqUmt Wiilard. who is ia love with fflTWhets r- (Ooprdsht. 121, by Ster Gonpsay) CHAPTER 43. it ' IVUKN Helen awoke on the morning YY on the morning following ner aa venture with, Luther WU lard, her bones were stiff and ached. Her throat was sliehtlr sore. "I suppose I ought to be thankful I did not catch mysaeatn or coia. sne musea. "I wonder what condition my clothes are In." ,: She bad pat her shoes at a respectful distance from, the radiator. They were still damp, but the leather was already beginning to crack. ; V. , : That means a new item or expense xoe me." Heien reflected, ruefuUly. as she inspected the damage done, "Well, it cannot be helDed." - Her alight physical discomiort naa awakened her earlier than usual. ' This meant that she would be able to get Into the only bath room on this floor before the other lodgera were up. To her relief, -she found the water very hot. She took a hot hath, then a cold sponge. This treatment refreshed her. and she returned to her room and dressed with, the conviction that a ruined pair of shoes waa the only harm wrought by last nighfs experience. Her spirits rose as she maae nerseii a cup ox coixee over her spirit lamp and ate one of the rolls she had brought home last eve ning. The sun was shining brightly. Al though her room was the back of the house, she could hear the street cleaners She paused In the tower hall on her way out and looked at the table where the lodgers mall was usually laid. There were no letters here. As she stood won derina- whether, after all, Andrews naa forrotten his nromis to writs to her last night, Mrs. Ovlngton appeared from the rear of the house. "Good morning ! she said formally. Again Helen felt like a child in dis grace. She would; ignore the frigidity of tha treetin?. "Good morning J" she rejoined. . "I was fast lookine? for the morninr s man.' "It has not arrived." the landlady In v t nrkaii the letter man finds it hard to get about In this deep snow. Were you expecting something special? stui was resrardlna Helen with Ill-eon cealed curiosity. Helen waa both amused and annoyed. She appreciated that this woman had thought of her aa a mere working girl a stranger In the city with no circle of friends. And then, all, at once, a young1 man clearing the snow from the sidewalks, had . telephoned7 the lodger, had taken her out in a cab and had brought her home after midnight in the record saow storm ot th winter. And now this same girl was asking eagerly for the morn ing's mall aa if aha were expecting let- tern of importance. . . In other words, the colorless and com monplace worker had suddenly become a young- woman with affairs and com pany." -, .. , - Mrs. Ovlngton repeated her question. "Were you expecting . something especial? Ton dont usually get letters by the early mall, do you?" "No," Helen replied briefly. "I do noU usuuij sax Hwri mi au. She started: toward the front door. but the woman checked her. Perhaps a plaintive note in this young- girTs voice moved the widow to compunction. "Have you rubbers on." Miss Gor man?" she aaked. "The walking is mighty bad." "Yes, I thank you." Helen replied, have on rubbers and stout boots. ruined my best shoes last night In that snow," she added impulsively. "That's too bad," Mrs. Ovlngton sym pathised. T was surprised that you had the courage to venture out in such iriserable weather." Helen flushed. She fancied that scbtle reproof lurked in the words. "X had an engagement that I wished especially to keep," sne explained. "My going was all right for I went in a cab. But w could act get one coming feonte,. The streets ware qufta deserted a aa-,- oount ox the storm." "I suppose that at that lata hoar eaeet people ware safely housed." MraOvtRg t ton observed. "That was why I snoka I to you as I did when you came It. Tou . ar a stranger In the city. Mlas Gorman, ' so perhaps you do not realise yet that a young gui most be very careful about , tnev noura she keeps aa well as about the people she goes out with." . ieiea tried to control -a swift Impulse of indignation, she waa her tvs mis- . trees now and might do as aha pleased. '. "I have not been In New York long." i sne aamtttao. "but I fancy that morals ana manners are tha same everywhere -1 Then, with a nod. she opened the front door and went oat tnto the snowy street. ; She was uncomfortable, af if she had ' . been scolded. She knew that she waa aa longer under authority, yet even here ta this big city she waa lectured. Other ' girls Elisabeth, for Instance ware spared this everlasting supervision. The why need any oe insist upon trying ta direct the behfvtor of her Helen Oor ninr - . To Be Continued Tomorrow) ; According' to present Indications, it er 20 bouse win be built In Pendleton dar ing 1)22 by ex-service men who wrtn the money they secure from the state aa ' BRINGING UP FATHER tMstarad V. a. PsWat OOeal By George McManus MY VIFE I TO OJCXJN4 TIME. HEAftO HER -kHT " OUiHTTOO: Cl i ir I TT7 SHE rWb PiCKCO wwra ?o AftOoT THE. teacher: i ss. i m its. r 1 m r HEINIT? ON MY VAFE mjOYtrH MOHTH- fe- 2-27 TEACHER rHY OOKTPVOO nHO OUT WHO IT lt AsMO FROtH HER.? t a IM2 ev lrr-u raaruac.Scsiviea. Ic KRAZY KAT tCopyriiht. 1922, by Intomaaonal fsatara Sernca. ucl AVhttrfoot MakA Himself at Home fly TnorstflB W. Bsrgest lonk not 4 oo murh oa that twhind Lai t to tha 'ntnr yna b hllnd. Whitvfoot taa Vood Mouw. WHITKF didn't FOOT TUB WOOD MOUSE It to be told twice of that vtnpty house In a tall, dead stump near the home of Tlmmy the Flying Squirrel. JIh thanked Tlmmy and then scampered over to that stump as fast aa his Icrs v on Id take - Mm. Up the stump he (limbed and near the top he found a I li tie round hole. Tlmmy had said that n- one was living there now and no Wliltefoot didn't hesitate to pop Inside. It was empty, just an Tlmmy had said. Tter waa even a bed in there. It was mm old bed. but it was dry and soft It vas quite clear thai no one had hern In thr fnr a. Inmr linw With llttto ii It In that bed for the sleep he so much needed. His stomach' was full and once , more he felt sate. The very fact that thU was an old hoSse In -which no one had lived for a long time made It safer. WMtefoot knew that thoee who lived In that part of the Oreen r'orest probably knew, that no one lived in that old tump, and so no one was likely to Visit it. ST 1 ' . 11'- is n- m nss;i6Nm;) J or ton I vil sua; a; J 41 &JT AJO'ZOCAJA DOftS It Get f frlSfc VP,S (THAT) - r ABIE THE AGENT iCoprticbt. 1922. Ut lBtenutiooal Veator Sernca. lac.) Tag, You're It ' CuScnra falcon Is SoclKng Fcr Bab$ Skh After a bath with warm wa ter and Caticura Soap there is nothing more cooling and re freshing for baby's tender skin than Caticura Talcum. saaata Bms rnaWWaS, aswaaa i it i.ns'.taf. . km. twfc" aa. OSiw i ia 4a "It is trolng to he a good place Her," said he to himself to FUNERAL COMPLETE CMirr Twa surot. Ncmrta. MsaLsliaa. euTsiea box! I mnwm. roMsaat. oo! Tioia. (arsns aLovta. wsg or cnarat Lliller & Tracey WASMINSTOSJ AT SUJI He was so tired that he, slept all night. Whitefoot is one of those who sleep when he feels sleepy, whether it be by day or night He prefers the night4 to be out and about in because he feels ester then, but he often comes out by day. So when he awoke in the early morning he promptly went out for a look about to get acquainted with his new surroundings. Just a little way off was the tall, dead tree in which Tlmmy the Flying Squir rel had his home. Tlmmy was nowhere to be seen. You see. he had been out most of the night and had gone to bed to sleep through the day. Whitefoot thought longingly or the good things in Tlmmy's storehouse in that same tree, but decided that it would be wisest to keep away from there. So he scurried about to see. what he could find for a breakfast. . it didn't take him long to find some pine cones in which: a few seeds were still clinging. These . would do -nicely. Whitefoot ate what !he wanted and then carried some of them back to his new home in the tall stump. , Then he went to work to tear to pieces thp old bed in there and make it over to suit himself. It was an old bed of Tlmmy the Flying Squirrel., for you know that was Tlmmy's old house. Whitefoot soon had the bed made over to suit him. and when this was done he felt quite at home. Then be started out to explore all about within a short dis tance of the old stamp. He wanted: to know every hole and every possible bid log place. aU around, for U ta on such knowledge that his life depends. : When at last he returned home he waa very well satisfied. "It is going to be a pood place to live," said he to himself "There are plenty of hiding places and I am , going to be able to- rind enough to eat, It will be veryinlce to have Timmy uio r lying squirrel lor a neighbor. J am sure he and I will get along together very nicely. I don't believe Shadow the Weasel, even If he should come around here, would bother to climb up- this old stump. Me probably would expect to find me living down In the ground lor close to it. anyway. I certainly am glad that I am such a good climber. Now. if Buster sear doesnt come along in the spring and pull this old stump over 111 bare as nne a home as any one could aaa xor. -:--,,, And then, because happily It ia the wav wiui ute "uie people z the Green For e and the Green Meadows, Whitefoot rorgoc au aoout his terrible tournav and uie areaarui tune be had bad in finding his new home. - :' " ' . . i (CopytlsM. laa. by T. W. Baitwa) The next story : "Whitefoot Envies iimmy.- . . . . rTVMor'& aP) i qct To BtuEve "1111 1 Vi-cMCT. WKW) &VJtV4 K ME! . Y HCKft. f THIS S I vL!!. , I - " wrajn w UlrLVaKa TUtat3L)6VI 4. T?M trui inai B0RH0Ct rSKlD d milR fMMED KTHIM Hi rND WOT- SQKAW& SAWS HE CtaCT U0B4Y INTtts Hiu av - - W v w QUMCTeRoFAN men? 1 am SI i'W i SAITATIOK JtaXT SllTK 'Raymond. Wash, March . Plans are jn ureparea tor a arive March 15 t for carrying on the work of tha Sal UTTLE JIMMY tCcpjribt, 1922. by International Faatan Sarrice. Inc Jimmy Gets Cleaned Up V - cJimkav. Rum down TO TVE DRlifi STORE A l H EAPACHc POWUtK fesuxsi PctaeTtCA.1. T?EMOHTWnd OF B8S SUCTION! , Sweeper TC)-T3sf UAS U6UAI-: ( ) WE GOT TO I I GO MYSELp j yyy I Sl55v D6momstratiok1 Z f S s H?JJ.Sy ) FOLXS IS-J JERRY ON THE JOB tCoprtisbv 1922. tr UrtamaUonal raatara ... Serrica. lac I j The Postponed Trip Aati smss or. ah fir citvsSft, f ITT- Tr V- s I ) I' Ml ti. S7S-a auoa army la this eoenty. W. S. Ken 1 way Seattle waa here last week the Interests of the drive. Three thou- sand dollars Is the goal.