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uu.i bi'AiilAN. Salem. Oregon, Sunday Iorria? I?oTes:!r 3, 1S23 aw . 41 ihelvfaked,Mote by BLAIR CHAPTER Tin - . A little more than fire minutes t brisk walking brought her to the station and as she stepped to Us platform she saw the name on its signboard "BrookriUe." A man wearing a haekman's license badge left one of the automobiles she had seen and came toward her. "Wish to : be driven anywhere ma'am? There won't be no train stop here for. another hour." - Nathalie looked at the sign "Brobkville" again' and answered the man's question with a question of her own: ' WH1 you please explain some thing? How, can this place be Brookrille? I hare always under stood that BrookTille was a large Tillage with a bank in it and I See only a station here and one or two houses." . . The man grinned. "That's easy lady. BrookTille proper lies a mile to the north this is only the train stop. Did yon say you wanted to go to the bank?" 'Nathalie had not but the man's question gave her a sudden idea. Her lawyers had told her that the BrookTille bank held the morf - gage on her country property and that Its president, Treadwell Pound, virtually controlled the ' foreclosure proceeding by which It would soon be taken from her - possession. Here she . was at BrookTille. Why not see if a per sonal talk with Pound would ac complish anything toward the bet terment of her affairs? She asked the hackman a final question: "Is 'a man named Treadwell Pound president of the bank?" This time the haekman's grin " rmthed laugh: . y an' presi s rything else uuu .Xbe hack with out further hesitation: "To the bank," she said as tbe hackman went to.tbs front of his : ancient car and cranked up. . , Much of the anguish and dread which Nathalie was required to endure in the course of the next several weeks would bare been cared her had she been able to read ' tbe riddle of the land map and blue .prints which lay on T" "ound's. desk all the talking to him in his 3rookville bank, raeteristie of tbe fur- ;ming character of tho man that he did not secrete them In -il drawer when she appeared and told him her name. He did not even lay another paper over them. Merely brushed them aside as if they were of no importance and, without rising, stared at her' through his heavy lensed glasses andasked the nature of the bus iness which bad brought her to him. '. He did not as much as glance at the map and prints again during their interview although he had been studying them and gloating over them for an hour before she - :ame In. On the technical surface f them they told the whole story C:yj?jhi, m.bHorlft Jr. ARTICLE 7 cg-y- - ; t5wtiuhcult of all f;rsile'ms that arises at the auction """'"is the one dealing w::h justifiable . Jiea. Just how far one thoukT go :. juctinaUc cScrt to- save game is , i jfs a difficult question ami one tht - res Judgment cf the highest order prcpciiy. f ,rc is a hand that v.-as held in one f championship games tt the re . V, I Auction Bridge Confess. The -- tr biddine of this band decided an v ' tant matcheoxotc it carefully: ,ta 9, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3 10,9,8.5,2 : Y Jands A.K :A B . s .none ... : Z h-K' t ! V score, rubber game. If Z dealt Wd one no trump, what should A Should be. pass and bone to save f and rubber or should he bkl and take the chance of losing a big Itv? - hand is to unbalanced that a Diamonds none ; Spades A.K.8, 4,2 "No "score, rubber came. If Z dealt tad btd.cne no trump, what choukl A j vAVith a two-suit hand of this type, A jliouki certainly bid two spades, and then if over bkl by his opponents he : should show his heart suit. If his part- ner has any help at all for either suit, A has a -good chance for game. A : double of one no trump with this hand would be most unsound. Never double nj" - H - you hold a two two suits and second round of "you give your picture of your .niJTA' sflouid bid two spades and Y What should B do? Should he pass the two spade bid or should he show bis ; chib suit? A's bid of two spades over a rK trump bid shows a good hand and one that should be prepared far m bid by partner. jThe fact that B has a etflsteton spade makes it imperative for him to deny the spade suit if he has any other justifiable bid. The question, -therefore, is whether or not B a teven card club suit, headed by the queen ten, Is fustinable bld 'ti'- - ; Ordinarily such a suit holding does rot justify a bid, but in thtscasethe two - factors, (1), the fact that A has bid over a no trump and thus shown a very strong hand and 2), the fact that H has a singleton of Jus partner's suit, j ustify a bid of three dubs. Such & bid r&nnot be hurt much and it may pre vent A from, going on with bis spade 1 .ii. Such a bid by B must be regarded ly A t a most emphatic denial of the - r -it, Z will pass a three club bid STEVEN SON of why he had lent Nathalie's fa ther fifty thousand dollars on a run-down estate and why when the bank foreclosed on the prop erty, Pound meant to become Its purchaser through a dummy buy er and in due course resell it for half a million or more. -; For that was the potential ral-i ue of The Firs. Within two years a state road indicated by dotted lines on Pound's map was to bi sect its longest way so that half of the property would lie on one side of the road and half on the other. The price the state would pay for: that part of the estate it took or Its . right of way would amount to more than the fifty thousand dollars representing the bank's loan. All the rest of the property would be sheer "velvet" to Pound who had OTer and over computed his probable profits when the proposed highway was a fact and virtually every foot of the Van Slalck place choice land for suburban development. The appropriation for the high way was to go through at the next cession of the legislature. It was all cut and dried. Pound had re-' luctantly made the contribution required of him to help "see it through" at Albany and believed he was the only man in his sec tion ofHhe country who knew any thing about it. A man has to be a man like Pound to dissemble as Pound did when, after he asked Nathalie her business, she told him that 'she had come to Inquire if the bank could not find it possible to grant an extension of time in its fore closure proceeding or if he would not find, knowing that section of Long Island thoroughly, a buyer who might be persuaded to take The Firs at a price a trifle in excess-of the bank's lien. Pound looked at her coldly. "Naturally madam, if there were a buyer available I would have communicated that fact to your attorneys. But there Is none. And I cannot advise the bank to be lenient in respect to extensions of time because . my duty to the bank requires that the foreclosure proceed without delay since your property is losing steadily in value." Again he gazed at her through his heavy-glasses. r "On the other hand it Is not in convenient that you should have called here today. It gives me the opportunity to inform you that a tenant has been found for the property who wishes to occupy it temporarily. He Is a well known sportsman and desires to -live at The Firs for the fall hunting sea son UP to about Thanksgiving Day." Nathalie's eyes brightened. "Does that mean," she asked, "that I will receive the rent of the place while it is still mine?" : "No," said Pound. "A receiver has been appointed into whose hands the rent will go to safe guard the bank in case -in the probable case that the property How to Play BRIDGE eries j2"30 by Wynne Ferguson Author of PRACTICAL AXJCTION BRIDGE" No. 10. bid bv A is almost ohlitratorv. The fact that A has no spades makes a take-out by Y or a bid by o ot two spades almost a certainty so A should show his suit. (hearts; at once. Y bid two rpades, B passed nn&2 bid two no trump. This bid bv Z idrr.ost raakes it a certainty that Y Z favc a game hand in no trump, to there, is the necessity for A to kcp t-tfbklding to try to save game. A Did three nearts, Y bid three spades and B passed. Z now bid three no trunip and thus announced that his chances for game were very bright. A ctill'fclt that the best defease was to l:ecp oa bidding hearts so bid four hearts. Y aral B passed and Z doubled. The bid was defeated oaly one trick; while at no trurnp Y Z would have scored three odd, game and rubber. It was a fine example of a justifiable overbid to save the certain loss of a game and rubber. Here is another hand of somewhat similar type: Hearts Q, 3 Y : Quba y, 10,9, S.6,4,3 W : Uiamonds 8, J, i Z : "Spades Q , help for the club suit and his hearts crent storr enough to show under such co.iditioas.tAt, clubs, A B can score five odd and thus make game and rubber It U a pretty, hand and the bidding and the reasons for it should lie carefully studied. , Here is another hand that shows the rouble ms confronting the ttlaver whose right-hand 'opponent has bid one nc trump: . Hearts 8 Clubs A, 9, 8,5 Diamonds K, 10, 9, 7 Spades A, 10, 8, 5 t Y t A B t A . . No More, first game. Z dealt and bid one no trump. What should A do? Should he double or pass? If be should double and his partner should bid two hearts, what should he do? : "': Never double one no trump unless you are creoared for any bid that partner may-make. With this handy A is prcpareu iot snv one at vnrc otaa, but is cot prepared for a two-beart bid. If B should btd two hearts. A's hand ii not strong enoueh to bid two no tramps. For that reason, A should pass the no trump bid. II his partner should now bid. A's hand looks very strong: but untd B shows some signs of strength. A'S proper prooediwe is to pass and thus take the deiensive. Vi. - If all-past, the question of A's propet ootmnz a&alnst a -no trumo is an interestine one. He has two choices. either the ten of diamonds or the five of sDadesL The latter openiat. however. Iseems the better one and should be SS' brings less than the amonut of the bank mortgage when It is sold. But the tenant T am not at liberty to give his name Is a bachelor who expects to entertain on a somewhat generous scale and wlU require the services of a hos tess to assist bfnCHe has asked that I make mquiries and find him a suitable person if possible. His only condition is that she be a well born woman. He is prepared fo make every ' guarantee that while in his house she shall be treated as a woman of her station is accustomed to being treated by a man of honor. He Is prepared also to pay her handsomely for her services. But I have lold him I know of no one. Have you per chance anyone in. mind to whom his proposal might be of interest?" "No." and Nathalie shook her head. "I know of no one. But wait let me think a moment, Mr. Ponnd." Swiftly through her mind there had begun to run the possibilities latent in the offer to a girl situ ated as she was. It would pay well and last for -nearly three months. Out of the money she earned she could repay the Waldorf. If she could accept -the situation under a false name she would be secure from the law while she stayed at The Firs While she was thinking intently Pound, whose specialty was read ing faces, divined of what she was thinking and determined, for his own purposes, that his Interests would be best served if she ac cepted the offer he had outlined. It would place her under an obli gation to him and also close at hand so that If he heard ot any one else acquiring knowledge of the true value of her land he could get In quick touch with her and buy it from her at a nominal price. He could have obviated any such possibility by making her a modest offer while he sat facing her but POLLY AND HER PALS WH SHCtlLDhJJ I HAVE A VALET IP BATH V ITS TILLIE, THE TOILER '-TONVeHT . WHY, mun. f B4? J JfX THH HATTER. VAilTH YAfclkiG LITTLE ANNIE ROONlY ih 3 OAJ HER WAV CHICAGO . SUACKLtt? To A DETECT lE.. OA) HER COAT To PO DISORDERLY eOAJDliCTU BUT- -ASIDE PROM ALL ' THS, tUS PtAiO THAT AAKjtE- AAiO "ySlEt RE AQe.&T&jd'9 WITH AUCM HAPPIER ADVEUloSES i SbiE SvyOu IAJ t CtRL'S ATTIRE , SUPPUEp 13 HER 5V TtjS KIHOL 0PCER. ' t tm. Kn fm TOOTS AND CASPER 1 . j 7 f . t , , L i - '' 't I IX S .. ,1 I tm- ef Tke I I ncie luM IrwHiM y ' I m ! Til X t "a. J f "JPH)Et rVHEU VIHEW CqETTiNcrl I TJ A6rO AK. I JURE. HAPPY TO ' fl I TT TO DO - II BOTW 1H BLiPoPB TC 5 w i siif s was w m wa sbb m s s am, srvsv m v m a a n saL sis a a nvun sank sr ai ui acia a m -mm m ww m. ia i . m m . . Mm. Mrmmi mmmmmm iyaiif1 he was too mean for that He was so shrewd though that he saw in stantly the security to him in the proposal she made when she be gan to talk again. Its novelty as tounded him but the very nature, of it so delighted him that bis delight nearly caught Mm off guard and revealed itself on His Impassive face. , -Mr. Pound. said Nathalie, "I am In need of money as yon know. For that reason I would like very mueh to accept for my self the offer which the tenant of The Firs has made, but there Is a condition -two conditions which will have to go with my ac ceptance." Pound nodded.- "And they are?" That my identity remain un known and that while at The Firs I wear a half mask such as are worn at carnivals and masquer ades." "Impossible." said Pound while his mind Jumped, to the idea of Nathalie Incognito and masked at The Firs where no possible buyer of her estate would ever discover her. "However," and "he rose from his desk, "if you will give me a moment at the telephone I will state your proposal and bring back the answer. I am sure though that tbe prospective tenant of The Firs will consider it absurd." He went' away and Nathalie waited in ferment of anxiety. Ev erything, for her, hung on the an swer Pound would bring back. If the unknown tenant agreed she would cease to be Nathalie Van Slaick for almost three months and as a masked hostess be se cure from the law while she saved all the money possible against a new start in life when-her employ er's tenancy of The Firs should expire. In five minutes Pound returned. His colorless face lold her noth ing. In his colorless voice he said : "Your singular proposal has been accepted and your employer desires that you meet him tomor row night at nine o'clock." "Where please?" Nathalie was barely able to articulate the words. "At The Firs. His car will be at the gate leading into the grounds." "Tell him please that he may O.K. IP rVEEWAH KIN UEARht COCOA. THE ROPES! v VUHAT'S t THOUGH TU'0 HER. Mime, Th J EHir M coii: -ro t-ake. a j 4eE ace twe uttlb j 8f-ess J7 ms, oh yuv II 9 f TAVKlGUiS. HOME FOR A WHIU 1 teluH 0O T-'ri J ,iTte 67RLS 1 fLA 1 count on me, said Nathalie. -A few minutes later she left the hank and hurrying to the nearest drag store' entered a telephone booth and called np Job Sloan. V. (To- be continued.) 'Sh aw SHAW, Nor. 2. Several of the young . folks of this community attended the basket social given at Aumsville Friday evening. Dixter McAllister of Salem vis ited with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles McAllister Sunday after noon. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Burgheart of Shaw spent several days in Portland visiting with relatives there. Loraine Hortsch of Salem visit ed Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hortsch. Helen Campbell of Salem spent Wednesday evening with Georgia Spencer. Ben Hortsch of Longview, Wash., visited over the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hortsch. ! Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Sheldon and children Kaythrn and ' Wayne were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Amort. The Sheldons recently returned from the east after spending a year there. They are now residing In Salem, which was their former home. Silverton o- SILVERTON, Npv. 2 Chickens to the value of forty dollars were killed by dogs recently on the O. Poulsen farm a few miles north of Silverton. The Poulsen fam ily was absent several hours and on their return found dead and mangled hens strewn about the yard. Two dogs belonging to the family were to blame. The hens were of a flock which had just been purchased by Mr. Poulsen. Mr.' and Mrs. H. Hari and three children returned .to their home near Silverton Monday afternoon after a four day outing at the coast. Mr. Adolph Haugen, who has been quite ill with pneumonia tho past week, is reported as being improved. Mr. Haugen is being cared for at his home east of Silverton. "A 'Rushin ' Bath" SgU TURNf VlTi.' S WHAT) i . x ix lft "The Asset Becomes a Liability" SAY, M AC - MR. AVERV IS QOIUGJ BUSINESS rH gt; DECIDED CnMtr OVER- ViUr "Mother 'A-Biteiness Trip r j m iui i ikju'i i uVS-l f A -2,1 S 1 J The' Return of the Fireplace Even the HeaUess Variety HE RAO been brought up ta the4 ' ; country, aad a huge firo i place ablaxe with tat logs was as Indispensable a. part of the sitting;-room aa th" walla. How could a room be cheerful la Winter without a fire? She thought the Idea very pretty, but her housewifely mind ran to the unpleasant conaequence the way the dust would aift over the elesant new furniture, what a nuisance tt was to collect ashes, and would her trim anaid-by-the-day be willing-! to do such grubby work as clean the hearth and carry out as&ear The battle wared .while they naedl tated over two desirable a part men ta one with a genuine, wood-burning fireplace in the living room ana an other without. The- result wm a compromise. Along the bare walls of the new apartment they had in stalled an electric fireplace. There It stood, complete, mantel, frame, grate and giaaa. coals., mo cunningly contrived that at the turn of the switch they glowed with all the variety of flame yellow, blue. red. orange, colors characterizing natural coal in the various stages of com bustion. These artificial fireplaces are a so lution to the growlnr--and some Mrs. S. C. Bassey suffered a painful Injury Tuesday evening. when she cut open the end of her left thumb. The heavy knife with whieh she was dividing a pump kin pie slipped, and it was neces sary for several stitches to be tak en to -close the wound. Pratum i PRATUM, Nov. 2. This week's social -calendar was well filled. Beginning Monday evening with a modern charivari party in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hersch after they returned from a week's hon eymoon trip to Newport, as much as 20 sticks of dynamite were discharged at one time. After the noise was over the large gath ering was invited to come in the house where they were royally entertained. On Tuesday evening a program followed' by a basket social was given at the school. Lunch was also served in the basement of the school. The new building proved to be very satisfactory. Wednesday evening another ELL,. im CoOOD HER. TO QJO TO tuwcW vjith you UA5T DIOKI'T THAT l.v ' " ' S SSSS.l fill II HI' g m. tin Fulam Syiifu. Inf., Ct Bnt.w rrU mtrwfl. Aggie's Chicks' Mixed With Pleasare" times mar a on able demands for a" fireplace in the home. City1, apart ments are bow commanding higher prices when they boast of "genuine, wood-burning fireplaces." But this isn't always possible. And those who know how a fireplace can trans form the most cheerless room into a delightful, coxy spot, find aa imita tion is better than doing without any. Especially when some of these artificial fireplaces are really ar tistic, xne new gas logs, or glass coals are pleasantly deceptive to the eys. Moreover, one now baa a choice in the matter of heat. If the apartment hi adequately heated the urepiace may oe a beaUess one used only tor the pleasant color ef fect. But there are other models which have auxiliary heating ar rangements, and which are ex tremely useful in rooms inadequately heated. A. turn of the switch, and in an instant the room is warmed up as well as pleasantly illuminated by firelight. No special equipment is required for these' artificial flreplacea , And there's no resulting dust or ashes. But these are small difficulties to those fortunate enough to live in a house with a genuine fireplace, and a real chimney up to the roof, and a good draught, and a visible supply surprise awaited Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hersch at their home in the form of a miscellaneous shower sponsored by the Ladies Aid. Over 50 were present. Many valuable gifts were received by the young, couple. A very enjoyable evening was spent. Friday evening a Hallowe'en social under the auspices of the Epworth League was enjoyed by the young people. V. J. Krehbiel is having some repair work done to his store, keeping it up to date. Pratum folks are not extreme ly selfish, at least not more so than folks from any other com munity, but when the papers stated, this week for the second , time auring inc past eeverm months about the prizes on sheep awarded to J. J. and G. H. Thomp son from tire MaCleay district, there arose in the hearts of royal Pratumites a feeling of pride mingled with a slight touch of in dignation. There is of course no objection. If the people living in the Ma Cleay district can produce prize winning sheep or any thing else. AMD ) Ui5mM , Bi6" Boy- thr'S ai-w- YOOB- FAOV-T- VOO SHOULD MEWEB. HAVE IXTTTSobuCED UKE AV.U ' VA-s ,io oiicu .Mistuy vou oiAM'-r r i l O OlCU iftNL yOU QIAAJ,T 1 T IAL A f J - 3 I I . . II I I 11 I 1 V V. Home-Making: Helps By ELEANOR ROSS I ii ot logs. And with the growing pop1': ularity of thesej old-fashioned com forts, there hajre been a growing -number of modern accessories which help to make Che care of the fire place easier, j To prevent the nuisance of wood splinters and sawdust seeping ever the living-room rugs and floor, there are two kinds jot new log containers. One is a steel basket on which logs can oe pueo before tne hearth. The bottom is solid and made' to contain' carefully the hits of wood that scraps off. and otherwise .drop on the Door. Then there hi tho caavas bag. open at either end jsev that JogS of any size, can be slipped la .lengthwise. This conies wita ajianwa, ao mat n -can he used to carry-togs easily, as well as to rest before- the fireplace. The com switch, two feet or more in length, is Very practical as hearth cleanser. Instead : of ths softer brushes attached to the end of a brass or iron rod. " Some are plain, others come with handles ot bristles decorated in ibright colors. Kindling Wood - is sometimes a problem it's more "sawdusty" than big logs. But there' are now neat packages of patent fure-kindler. and one clean little brick does the work of a batch of splintery kindlinn. 11 but when Mclaey gets the credit that rightfully belongs to Pratum that is a different story. The Thompsons live only a short distance) east of Pratum, come to pfatu1 m Trom 3 to 10 times a week' and it is doubtful if they seejMaCleay once in five years. Thejonly reason or rather 'excuse that jean be given that they are classed in the MaCleay dist rict is that a mail route from Ma Cleay is providing the folks cast of here with their daily -eo ding material. But it is the Pratum community that has a right to be proud not only of having the best sheep but more so of having men in their neighborhood that know how to raise that kind of sheep. Arthur Cfrdier who was severe ly burned hear Donald almost 3 weeks ago, is expected to be able to come home before long, lie' has been in: the Oregon City hos pital since the accident happened. Mrs. Esther Payne from Pine itidge, Dregon, and son Ho v?id, spent several days with her broth er and sister Frank and Mary Schaap here; At Pratum. By CLHSfrfeRRETT Ay RUSSi WESTOVER VOO MEMj KlEMERTiad By BEN BATSFORD By JIMMV MURPHY .a- ! NC-rtWie HAT" W1U- OtrtL: - UNCLE. EVERETT DO HAVE Tto ?. TAWfeu& WTTH YOU WHCM HE UNCLE. lEYWJETTl UEAPMCk N'lhlME LA!BY -ss. He has great made. " - . "