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TTTE OREGON" STATESMAV: WFrtXESlUY, MAY 21, 1019
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
The Story of a Honeymoon
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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-
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"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
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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. Women who are
enk. nervous. desrondent. with
headaches, backache and diagg.np
down riui -should remember ther
fs one tried and true remedy, that i
I.ydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, now recognized everywhere
as the standard remedy for snen an
"inents.
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It's not mere chance that we sell so many Warner's Corsets. There mast be a
reason . Women who demand the most for their money insist upon Warner's
Rust Proof Corsets and rightly so. In buying Warner's Corsets yon get 100
p per cent value plus. Every corset is guaranteed not to rust, break or tear, or
a new one free if they fail. ' . - . (
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Warner's .factory located at Bridgeport, Connecticut, is 'the largest corset
M factory in the world and has been making corsets for nearly fifty years:
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Prices $1.50, $2, $2.50, $3 and $3.50
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Our Prices' Always the Lowest."
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Don't Horses wear out, just
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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:
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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. ,
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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
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autos do?
Loosj Gravel Road
1 . . . .789 lbs.
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Earth Road, 5 in. of mnd, firm base
. .G54 lbs.
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600
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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.
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A . 225 lbs.
J..193 lbs.
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! Concrete road, smooth, no coating
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Roads Committee.
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