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THE OREGON DAILY' JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON
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MONDAY. MARCH 6.
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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
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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.
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ABIE THE AGENT
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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
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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.- . . . .
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'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.
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OF B8S
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JERRY ON THE JOB
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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.