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t 4 f t 8 TTTE OREGON" STATESMAV: WFrtXESlUY, MAY 21, 1019 REVELATIONS OF A WIFE The Story of a Honeymoon ! ... , ' A Wonderful Ilonunce of Married Life Wonderfully Told by I i ADKLK UAltlUSON MORE SERIOUS too W Than Ktit lWr llwauxe of War Ileducetl ltesenre Strength. . CHAPTER CCXCYI WHY MADGE SAID TO DICKY" -THAT WOMAN ! IS PLANS" I G TO STEAL, THOSE PAINTINGS." "Fifty thousand dollars!"; Aa the words fell from Dicky's lipa they were echoed in varyln? gasps by the members, of the group gathered In- the Cosgrove farmhouse in the Catskill ; mountains i where , Dicky and I had come for a.week's outing. '. i . 1 - " : We appeared, Dicky and I. to have tumbled r!fct ntoj 1 adventure, At our first supper at the farm house I had scented a mystery in Mrs. Cosgrove's apparent terror at my assertion that I could tell her twin sons apart, and had become sus picious that Mrs. Allis, a ffellow boarder, had some j ulterior j motive In coming to the farmhouse.! Then after supper our" big jovial host bad led us. intq the farmhouse parlor to look at some pictures of the Catskill mountain scenery which his wife's brother i had . painted. Dicky, expecting to be bored, had at once recognized the paintings as the work of a genius, Robert Sava rin, and had announced that the col lection was worth $50,000. There was genuine amazement in every voice save one. I x schooled myself too long In the study of voices and shades of expression - in my teaching days not to recognize the false note, in the affected little squeal that Mrs. Allis gave. : "Fifty thoE?and dollars!-AVby It's a fortune! Are you not glad you didn't sell me a pictare now for $10 or $15? But then, even if you had. I should have returned it when 1 should have found oat its value." : Her words were too honeyed, her smile too fixed to ring true. But I had no'lime to study her. The ex- treme behavior of Mrs. Cosgrove riv eted my attention. ! v Her face pale, butl he" eys 8low Ine like live coals, she tottered to ward her husband ami clasped -his arm. " ' "Are These Paintings Insured?" "Oh. John, did you hear him say .'- IKo.OOO?" i she easped, ' her . face workine nitifully. "Is it really true? Thinir what it. will mean to Ro- ! brt v v. !;.: -.-,. . I - "Steady, mother!" her husband admonished her., and there vras distinct note of warning in his voice, while the twin boys sprang to ward her with a look of lively" fright in their faces. "We know what it will mean to Robert's sister to havf these pictures so honored. He caught and held her look, and the woman - shrank back into the calm,, emotionless , manner that had been! hers from my first sight of her. Hat my mind pondered her un finished sentence: That she had not nieat to pay '"Robert's sister" but "Robert". I was very sure. What mystery was here? Both Dicky and Mr. Cosgrove had spoken of te artist in the past tense, as if he ere dead. And yet Robert Sav arinls lister had Welcomed the news of -the value of her brother's paint- injrslas if it meant much to him. Dicky was'speaking again, and by his kne and manner I knew that he was (intensely interested In this ro mantic developmeft" of our outing. "Have vou these Daintines insured against fire and theft?" He directed his (question-' toward Mr. Cosgrove. whofce jovial ruddy face became sud denly overspread with anxiety. "Only in the general insurance on my household good3, $1500 in all," he returned. 'No Danger So Far." "Then I should advise yon to lose no tpme in taking out heavy insur ancef nnon them," Dicky said quiet ly. "There probably is not . much danger against fire, but if a certain cantt of oicture thieves in New York knew of these i pictures I wouldn t giveiyou much for their safety." "Fll fee about it tomorrow-.".. Mrs. Cosgrove promised fervently. "Luck- ly there's no danger so far. Nouody sees tnese pietures uui ine peopie whoicome here to hoard, and you re the hrst artist I've had in years. The war has been far-reaching In Its effects. It has caused worry and anxiety in every home, and? has af fected the health of every family. It has aggravated chronic troubles. In creased their tenacity, and made all spring ailments more serious. As a result, a blood-purifying. stomach-toning, -spring medicine is more necessary this year than ever. People still : take Hood s Sargapa rilla because it is an old family friend, has proved its merit to three generations as a spring and all- the-j ear-round medicine in purify ing the bloodj expelling humors .re-: storing appetite, relieving" rheuma tism, banishing that tired feeling. It combines roots, barks, herbs and berries often prescribed by phy sicians tor spring ailments' of the blood, stomach,' liver and kidneys. Hood's Pills are a good cathartic ."I did mean her." I teturned qui etly. "That -woman U pUuning to isieal those i.uilinr:". I want-l to let her know that I wa; awarj cf her intentions." (To be continued) Aurora Folk Unanimous for Good Roads Bonds J WOMEN! DRY CLEAN THINGS AT HOME Try it! For a few cents yqu can dry clean everything. u Sajve five to ten dollars quickly by dry Cleaning everything in the home with! gasoline that would be ruined by" soap and water- suits, coats, waists, silks, laces. gloves, shoes, fursj draperies, ruga everything! Place a gallon or more of gaso line In a dishpan or washboiler, then put in the things to be dry cleaned, then! wash them with Solvlte soap. Shortly everything comes ut look ing like new. Nothing fades, shrinks or Wrinkles. Do not attempt to dry clean without . Solvite soap.. This gasoline soap Is the secret of all dry cleaning. ..- . ! ' - V A package of Solvite soap contain ing jdirections for home dry clean ing J costs . little at any drug store. Dry clean outdoors or away from flame. - - ..!.. . - Most , of them go farther up the mountains, and as for people who've seen them, there're all ,like Mrs. Al- Us here wouldn t know a genuine from an imitation. The little woman pouted at him roquettiFhly. ''Aren't yoii horrid?" she asked Playfully, "to 4 make me out such a dunce? r.ut I, think this is awfully thrilling, just like something you Fee on a stage. I shall sit up nights and wait for , the villains to appear." "To make it really melodramatic there should be some person in the'r pay whd gains the confidence of the family and admits the theives." I put in with assumed payety. ; As I spoke; I , watched Mrs. Allis carefully. I think she was aware of my scrutiny, for the did not flinch ck- change color,; but into her eyes crept a hard, murderous little look. She took up the rhallenge, however. without a tremor. "Ah, yes, the disguised adventur ess." she exclaimed with a tinkling little laugh. "That must le either you or me. Miss Graham. How about it, Mr; Graham? Is your sis ter really what she teems?" "Not in the least." Dicky rejoined promptly.' "She Jis really a very dangerous person, so dangerous that I think I shall' take her upstairs and lock her up." I . In .the excitement of Dicky's dis covery of the paintings I had forgot ten the mistake which Mrs. Allis had made in our relationship, a mistake which Dicky la his love of jesting had allowed to stand.- I thought that Dicky was whisking me upstairs because he did not wish to explain the jest, but when we were safe in our. room I found out my mistake, i. With his voice trembling with an ger, he broke out: "What the dickens did you w.mt to say that to Mrs. Allis about let ting the thieves in." he queried. "Of all the boneheaded speeches! It sounded exactly as if vou ; meant her." When James S. Stewart, who Is campaigning Marion county In the interest? or the $H50.000 county road bonds to be voted on June 3. tailed for a rising vote on the ques tion at Aurora Monday night there was not a dissenting ' vote by man woman or hl!d. And the hall was packed, Mr. Stewart, says. The .opening rally of the cam paifin which is to extend over Ihe next. two weeks was held at Aurora Last nlzht Mr. Stewart and other? poke nt 11 Milliard with like results d tonight a -rally will be held at Wood burn. Muic was furnished at the Aurora rally by the Mount Angel band. Thelma" Individual Imcolate A Salem protluctmade by The Gray Helle distributed by George H. Waters for sale everywhere. rc WOMKX AUK KKU:SS Thi"; has lwn pro'vod ovor and over again during the war. Th- overestimate iheir. physical srrengti and overtax if. Their ar.hitiou commendable, but does not compen sate for the hours and iays cf nils Pry which 'they suffer from sy:i- toms caused by female ills broue'i on l) overwork. 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YE LIBERTY THURSDAY, FRIDAY '. and SATURDAY 5 ft "I i I . GALE & COi Commercial anil "Court Streets . Formerly Chicago Store - STATESMAN CLASSIFIED ADS ONE CENT AiWUKD . : . - ; ' - : Don't Horses wear out, just . i i .... - . , The Harder You Work Them the Sooner They Wear Out, Dori t They? Does it pay to overwork them any more than it pays to overload an auto? If they have to pull an average of 150 poiinds to haul a load of 3 tons over good roads, and 750 pounds over poor roads won't they last about 5 times as long, OR haul about 5 times as much over good roads? POWER REQUIRED ON DIFFERENT KINDS OF ROADS: i " I r . ; - ' ..... r According to a representative of the! Colorado Agricultural College, an interesting experiment was recently concluded in Cali fornia to determine just how much a horse p ulls when he A good draught team was! used for this purpose. The horses weighed 1600 pounds each. They were hitched to an ordinary farm wagon, and pulled a load ofOOO pounds over different kinds of roads. The wagon was a standard farm wagon with axles of equal length, wheels 38 and 46 mches in i diameter, and four-inch tires. , i 1 . . f : ' - : A recording dynamometer, known' as the Iowa type, was used to register the tractive force of the team. This instrument makes a record pi me resistance on a strip ot paper under a recor&ng pencil, and after the test, the total pull of the team can be read on in pounds. f. run -I lbs.- Ll i Ann autos do? Loosj Gravel Road 1 . . . .789 lbs. I Earth Road, 5 in. of mnd, firm base . .G54 lbs. 700 600 i : I i 500 Earth road, V2 in. fine, loose dust . The record of the test is shown on the chart to the right , Gravel road, hard, smooth Macadam road, hard, smooth Concrete road 3-8 in. coat asphaltic oil and screenings . .1 ..276 lbs. I ' A . 225 lbs. J..193 lbs. .147 lbs. i $...83 lbs. ! Concrete road, smooth, no coating 400 300 200 100 n h Marion Roads Committee. (Paid : advertisement) ) ,1 J .1- County Market