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I PAGE EIGHT The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, Acgnst 6, 1929 t Ml I j I . Ellue Blood And Red by ROBERT TERRY SHANNON WHAT HAS. GONE BEFORE Eddie Resu.u once a member of a New York Stan's, haa escaped to Vir ginia, where he meets Marian Thorn dike. Bern lc Veressl, "gang girl," who Is in love with Eddie, ia forgotten in Eddie's dreams of Marian. Penefleld Paradlne, last member of an aristo cratic southern family, whom Eddie befriends, dies and leaves Eddie alt his possessions. Kddte declares his lore to Marian, but she discourages nltn. She is thrown from her horse, and Tom Freeman, searching for her, finds her in Eddie s house, where she has gone for help. He takes her home, and the next day Marian sends a note of thanks to Eddie for taking care of her. He goes to call on her, and the door is opened by her father. Marian and Eddie are having tea when the servant announces Mr. Freeman. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XX. When fall came he would hare enough wood cat and corded to bdng in a sizeable sum of money. . The money, though, was not im portant. With - an outreaching kind . of Intelligence he under stood that effort, and effort only, counted. To Tobe, Eddie's ef forts seemed superhuman. The old negro was used to the lacka daisical labors of southern farm ers and he looked, almost with fright, upon the Herculean Indus try of Eddie. "Mistah Edd:e, you is certain ly gwine tear yo'self apart wid dis yere goings on. All dis wulr ain't needed." "Got to keep busy, Tobe," he said, calmly. "Can't see no reason foh it lessfev you got somethiri on yore mind. The old yellow-white eyes looked with a glimmer of shrewdness uon the sunburnt sweating ,fate. Eddie paused sharply. "What do you mean by that wisecrack?" A bland studied impassiveness cams oyer the black face, "Nuf fin at all .ruh, nuffin at all. "What do you think is on my mind?" Eddie persisted. Tobe hesitated. "It ain't none of my business. . The desire, the" Immediate ne cessity, for some sort of human understanding even old Tobe's strained in Eddie's fereast. There were times when It seemed as though he must speak of Ma. rian Thoradike or fall into the foolish habit of talking to him self. Tobp, heretofore, had been no consolation to liim at all; sometimes it seemed as though the old negro, too, considered himself an alien there, an out sider. "Come on. To'.e." Eddie almost pleaded. "You know something, don't you?" Slowly the old negro nodded. "Ah knows the black woman what wuks in Miss Marian's kitchen. Ah hears 'round "bout what goes on mongst the white folks. Scute me, suh, but dey is saying dat Miss Marian- an her pappy had done had a whooping big fuss 'bout you comln on the place, suh." Eddie was swept with painful own secrets locked up in his own breast, and he was startled to find, them common property. But there was a thrill, too almost happiness In Tobe's news. If Marian and her father had quar reled abont him it must mean that she had ranged htrself on his side of any controversy. "What did you hear. Tobe? Lis ten. Why don't yon come out of your shell and tell me everything yon know? Here we are both working on this farm and yon ought to feel friendly toward your boss. I've treated you all right, haven't I?" The old negro nodded solemnly. "Us is on one side of de fence, an Mistah Thoradike and Mistah Freeman is on t'other; dat's all I knows." "But you know something about Tom Freeman. Tell me what he is like? Is he considered to be a good fellow or not? "Mistah Freeman ain't a bad man and he ain't a good man. What he is is a mean-tempered gennulmun whut's always boun' to have his own way. Everytime some othah young gennulman comes hanging 'round Miss Ma rian, Mistah Freeman he done drives 'tm off. One time Miss Marian think whut she'll marry Mistah Freeman an' den again she changes her mind. Her pap py wants her to marry him but she ain't gwine say yes and she ain't gwine say no till she makes up her own mind foh certain." . . Eddie hesitated to ask the question that was burning in his mind. It was not easy for him to expose his feelings to one as sim ple and, apparently, as loyal as old Tobe. Still, he simply had to find out. If possible. "Tobe, tell me this. Did that black woman friend of yours ever let on to you bow Miss Marian felt about me?" The black forehfad wrinkled portentously in the effort at de veloping a balanced Judgment. "Miss Marian ain't said nuffin, to nobody 'bout you, suh. All I kin gather is whut dat old black woman picks up out of de air. An,' it seems. It seems like thut Miss Marian Is actin' so mean to Mistah Freeman yere lately dat he is gittin' plumb crazy wid jeal ousy. Dar wuz a dance t'other night, and Miss . Marian she balked lak a mule and wouldn't go wid 'im." The strength of a giant sudden ly surged in Eddie's arms and he felt as though he could, single handed, hew down the whole for est before dinner. . . . Eddie's mind, eager for hope, seized upon the husks of encour agement relayed to him by old Tobe. There were times when his aspirations seemed (preposterous and egotistical but, always, there was a secret, solid core of determination to carry on. But It did not necessarily mean hap piness, and there were days when his heart was leaden. He was famished for good news, and the servants' gossip fur nlshd. it. Marian had defended him against her father she had refused to go dancing with Tom Freeman. . Adding these reliable rumors together, the results looked as though he had an es tablished place in her regard. If he chose to be optimistic, he could picture himself rapidly at taining the heights. But common sense checked his fervid specula tion. Most likely she was mere- SUMMER DRINKS AND THEIR HEALTH VALUE ly standing up for him through a sense of justice . "You are still a dark horse to get off to a bad start a hundred to one shot." But the instinct in him made him cling with feverish desper ation to his slim chance. Two weeks of heavy manual la bor had passed since his first and last call at the Thoradike home. He had thrown himself violently into physical toil with the spirit ualized idea that he might attain some mystic purification and strength through redoubled toil. Work became a passion with him. He was a zealot, a fanatic castigating himself with slave like exhaustion of the body. But, after all. he was no medieval pen itent to scourge himself uselessly. He was a young man desperately in love and, after a time, reverted, back to the inevitable human longings of his type. "All these noble ideas are O. K.," he confessed to himself. "But I need something else. I need to look at her face." His steady labors, though, had done one thing for him his fi bre was more closely knit and his mind seemed to have a steadier poise. There was a feeling in his nerves that he had ascended to a higher pitch than ever. No word from her had come to him directly. He wondered if she was seeing much of Tom Free man, but there was satisfaction in the report that she had broken an engagement with his rival Tobe brought In a piece of gossip about Freeman. "Mistah Freeman wentwo town last week an' got hnLJW daid drunk," Tobe reported. Eddie was amazed at the un derground telegraph that seemed to exist among the colored folks. They knew, apparently, every thing the white people did and were surprisingly alert to guees at significant actions. Again It was Tobe who brought him more suggestive in formation. Marian's father and mother, the negro informed him, were absent now for a few days from the country, risking in Richmond. Marian and the two negro women servants were keep ing the house. Eddie threw off the disagree! able knowledge that Mr. .Thorn dike did not want him on the place and determined to call on Marian. The need to see her was a hunger he had resisted too long. GOOD-NIGHT STORIES By Blax Trtfl Hanid Gives the Other Shadow -diUdren a Lesson in Grammar. "Today we'll have a grammar lesson, said Hanid to Mij. Flor, Yam and Knarf the little shadow-children with the turned abou't names who were all sit ting in the garden. "How can we have a grammar lesson when we have no pencils?" asked Mij, who disliked ram mar. "- and no paper?" addqd Knarf, who liked grammar no better than Mij. "Don't worry about those lit tle things," Hanid said. "We can find very good substitutes." With that she led them all to the oth er side of the garden and sat them all down on a little pebble in front of an ant-hill. The ants were busy running into the hill with tiny flat pine-seeds which they carried in an upright posi tion like flags. Hanid gathered eleven of these seeds and scratch ed letters on them. She made three A's, three T's, two S's, and one each of C, R, and E. The others watched her very curiously unable to Imagine what she was up to. When she completed the letters, she captured eleven ants and forced them each to hold a letter. She had great difficulty making them stay in line, for they were eager to run back into the hill with the seeds. As they stood the letters read: ATSCA- TATRE. "It doesn't mean anything at all!" the shadows said. Hanid merely smiled. Then she quickly-changed the places of the ants about and they read: CATS EAT RATS "Oh.h," said all the others. "Now it does mean something!" "And now we'll have our grammar lesson," said Hanid. "What is the subject of this sen ence?" she asked Yam. "The subject is ants," retorted Yam. "Xo, the subject Is cats. And what is the verb?" she asked Mij. "The verb I don't see the verb." said Mij, rubbing his eyes. Hanid looked around. The EAT had changed Into TEA, which is a noun, of course. She hastily put them back-Into place again. Then she turned to Flor. "What -ll this sentence?" No one answered. "It's . the last word in the sentence." said Hanid. at last. . "It's a wonder none of you were able to guess it." "I know it now!"' Knarf cried, j Keeping up with Bathroom Styles to restore it to a bright, fresh-as It s cats." Stvlish bathrooms this fall are Home-Making Helps By ELEANOR ROSS "Is sen- "Cats!" exclaimed Hanid. cats the last word in the tence?" And turning around she was satonisbed to see that the tence now read: RATS EAT CATS "I wish these ants wouldn't run about so," she said, running over to put them back in correct position again. But when they saw her coming they grew so frightened that they dashed off into tbeir hill, taking the letters with them. "Now the object of that sen tence will be to feed ants," re marked Knarf, pretending to be very sorry that the lesson was so rudely interrupted. DESCHUTES FOREST IS SWEPT B to be enormously cheerful in col. or- enough to make anybody sing in the morning tub. Going, going, gone will be the pallid sen. , pastels of previous years the pale lavender, faint rose, soft greens are vanishing. - So too are the hard 'black-and-white effects. Red, yes, a positive scarlet, is one of the chosen colors for the newest bathrooms. Yellows and greens and blues are used, but they are the vivid bright hues. Orange is another new shade scheduled for use, especially in combination with green tile. And of course colors are not confined to walls and floors but to all tin fixtures and equipment. Fix tures, bath curtains, chairs, win dow curtains, clothes hampers,, bottles everything unto the very tubing of the shower carries out the color scheme. One new. style that has very practical aspects to recommend it is the new floral wallpaper. It's a washable fabric, needing only a quick wiping with a damp cloth Doesn't Mean Anything. is the object of this sentence?" "The object of this sentence is to teach us grammar!" Knarf broke in. "Mm-m," said Hanid. "That's quite true. But it isn't what I mean. I mean which word in thjs sentence is the object. Cats eat what?" "Cats eat anything they like." "Do they eat rats?" "Yes, when they can catch them." "Do they eat them in this sen tence?" said Hanid, beginning to lose patience. "Yes." "Then what is the object of BEND, Ore.. Aug. 5. (AP) Two big forest fires, one of them flanking the 10.000 acre Fox Butte burn of 1926, were raging uncontrolled in the Deschutes tim ber late Saturday night with more ! than 250 men fighting on the far j reaching lines. ! In the Fort Rock district, scene of many timber fires in past years, a fire that was listed by lookouts as a thin wisp of smoke earlier in the day, grew into a 600 acre fire in-less than two hours. Northwest of Bend in the Three Sisters foothills another fire was burning Saturday in the Brooks Scanlon timber holdings. Fanned by a stiff breeze this plaze was racing through an area of yellow pine. A third fire was reported late tonight six miles south of the Sisters. Trench building equipment, in cluding four tractors, were moved to the Fort Rock country and to night the work of back firing had started. Unless the Fort Rock fire is controlled by morning it prob ably will continue northeast until it burns itself out on the edge of a high desert. Numerous Offers Of Cars Reported Response of Salem automobile owners to the request of the Am erican Legion convention commis sion for . registration of courtesy cars has been exceptionally good, members of the transportation committee reported Saturday. Notices of assignments were mail ed out that day. NEW YORK, Aug. , (AP) The New York Times tomorrow will isay negotiations are under way lor the large scale production of a "baby" automobile which new appearance. .aturany ic isn't as expensive as tile al though it is as easy to clean. These new wallpapers "are made in a variety of patterns to matoh. the color scheme of curtains and other bathroom equipment. Of course all of these patterns in wallpaper or curtaining re quire careful-matching with other fixtures. Paint must be the ex act shade and although there may be several harmonious colors ia the room, shades must be identi cal. However, this doesn't look; difficult, what with the sedulous manufacturers of all bathroom items putting them out in every conceivable shade. If you've an orange bathroom, mat and towel and bottles and even soap can be obtained in this shade. Bathroom mirrors are now more elegant in appearance in fact, the same kind of mirror is sold for bathroom as for living, rooms. They are etched and or namented, and, like some of the modernistic living room mirrors, are to be hung without a frame. (And since the fcathrooin mirror is used more perhaps than any other in the house, why should n't it be the most attractive one available? ) Bath mats are now as varied in pattern as rugs. The rubber composition mats are very practi cal soft, -durable and will stand a lot of rough wear. Of course these too come in what shade will you have? -Soft wool in solid col. ors, or in patterns of modernist ic geometrical figures are com paratively easy to match despite their vivid -shades, wherefore some new jiome furnishers are succumbing to the temptation of a stunning bathroom " rug, and then developing the color scheme of the rest of the room around the rug. And even the tiniest bathroom can now have a chair as part of Its equipment, for the last unrd is a narraw, deep-curving stool of would be sold through a mail or- j classical pattern good to look at der house for $200. and very comfortable. POLLY AND HER PALS 'A Tactful Subtraction." By CLIFF STERRETT "He Tnrrr . huiCh. 60SH, UnJK vjoI'S This mote T n IT MBAhJS THAT R30R WAS ABOUT TO DISCOVER THE MVST&RV OP aHEk THEV GOT HIM! i o n i THEy ? WHO Y'SPOSB "THE S ? that? wot we Gotta T BUT HOW UNK? THATS THE KEEP RIGHT OJ TAPPIM' THEJ WALLS. TILL WE FIKJDS A HOLLER SRyT bOM.' ILLBtl iTHAT'S EXACTLY WHAT POOR OLE U n i a i I , JT7fe : sol c ffUESTlONJf MEEWAH. DISCOVERED HOLV SMOKESTACKS.'.' WHERE IS MY HAMMER? I HAD IT IM MY HAMD. A SECCUMT ago: 53' IK. Om Nm "mi in'H I 'Ob frua. Hi r TILLIE, THE TOILER By RUSS WESTOVEI (Your Body Needs a Lot of Fluid in Hot Weather, Says Dr. Copeland, and the Popular Flavored Beverage Is a Good Way of Getting It By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. United States Senator from New York. Former Commissioner of Hcatth. Kew York City. THIRST is one of the effects produced by hot weather. 'Even those persons who rarely take a drop of liquid between meals, find themselves yearning for a drink. This perfectly natural longta raises the question what to take. Shall it be plain water or something else? The aaanufacturers of carbonated beverages are rendering a great public service. Under the most sanitary conditions, using the purest of in gredients, they are producing wholesome, deli cious and really nutritious Summer drinks. In deed, their products are good for us every day of the year. When it comes to the discussion of any bever age sold in a bottle, we are on dangerous ground. So intense is the feeling of many good people -that they hate the 'bottle." That object has been used through so many years as the symbol of drunkenness, debauchery, and crime, that it is difficult for them to look otherwise than in doubt upon anything put up in a bottle. A moment's thought will shew that this con elusion is illogical and unjust. There is a vast difference these days between the bottle and what the bottle holds. The, making of carbonated beverages has been standardizeG. The recognized makers employ expert chamists and other scientists. Their products are nonalcoholic They may be purchased with perfect pro priety by the most pious or persons Pkl. 1 I .11 mil).T ists. A case of bottles containing 1 i 40. BR COPELAND. one of these drinks, may be delivered at your door without raising a ques tion of your attitude toward pro bibitlon. Mr. Bryan, chief apostle of tem perance, was a devotee ot grape Juice. Tou may buy this, or one of the many brands of ginger ale. sarsa parllla. lemon "pop." or other .flavors kaowlns; it i not violative of yaxxr temperance views. By so doing; you will be giving your family a delicious and health promoting beverage. The body needs a lot of Quid ia hot weather. There is no better way to g-et it than by the use of these beverages. Good as It la. we get tired of water. The flavored prod uct seems to hit the spot. Answers to Health Queries - B W. Q. What do you advise for constipation? A. You should eat simple, well cooked food. Avoid foods unduly rich in Cats and starches. For other particulars send " a self-addressed, stamped envelope and repeat your question, '8. R- Q. How can I reduce?' What should a girl of 15, S feet 1 Inches tail weight i . " A-Eatvery sparingly of starches; aurar and - fata. A gradual redue ttoo Kb the amount of food consumed will work with . recrulat' exercise wonders in most cases. 2. She should weigh about 111 pounds. m w v T. T. Q. What do you advise for blackheads and pimples? A. Correct the diet by cutting down on sugar, starches and coffee.' Eat aimnle food, f or runner par ticular send self-addressed, stamped' envelope and repeat your question. . i O. L. Q. I mm IT years old and. Would like to be taller. What can I do? A. Tou win continue until you are XI years old. ediats cause for worry. to grow Tou have no imme O. C Q. What causes one to perspire under the arms, and what wfll relieve it? A. This la usually due to a dis order of the sympathetic nervous system. Hot water compresses ap plied under the arm for half aa hour are beneficial. . T. - Q. How can I reduce in weight? AJ -Weight reduction Is merely a matter ot self-control as regards the diet. Exercise is. of course, essen tial. For full particulars aead a self addressed, stamped envelop and re peat your question. tSooo -TIL.M! 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