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f - A'gs six The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Saturday Mornmg, wovmBcrx23, 4? BLAIR STEVE NSO N CHAPTER XXVII. What Monty had done was to sell land to Jack Ferris for close to a halt million dollars. He had achieved It by playing Ferris against Pound and Pound against Ferris, and Ferris had prevailed because he was the bet ter gambler and bolder man. Bat the price Ferris had been compell ed to pay had hurt, and Stefano realized, as Monty unfolded his tale of the day's negotiations, that Ferris would soon be crying for results at The Firs, for Monty hid left him, in an ugly mood. Monty explained with rapture tbat he had worked Ferris up to the buying point and compelled him to buy on a hunch and with out the inside knowledge which Ferris possessed of why Monty land had invisible value. "With th 111 ole bean I did it, Stef," he chuckled and took a pull i at the bottle he held to carry him self through the rest of what he had to say: . " 'Member that day I said I had to meet a man at Mineola? Tha' was Ferris. Reg'lar bard boiled egg. Offered me fift thousan dol- ! lars that day an' pulled a con trac' out Tha set "me thinkin.' Why did he wan' work so fast? "When I's clear like a bell I got a headpiece on me, Stef. Ceri amount o' bone in it but pretty good headpiece. I stall' foxy ole Ferris off an' went home'n did some hard thinkin' an' next day borrowed a car from a friend an' took a long drive all over the' place. Examined a lot 'f Long 1s lan that day an' put two an' two togeth'r good and plenty." Monty took another pull at his bottle and elucidated further. "Wha fore ole tighwad. Poun who's nothin' but a chisel'n'secon' mortgage man and Ferris who'll be a cop all th' res' of his life sud denly both come easin' up to me with land propos'huns? Day after day, firs' one'n then th' other. Looked peculiar to me. But tha day I rode all over th' place all by myself I got the answer right out o' th' air. Couldn't be wrong about It. Stood to reason. Plenty o' main thor'fares all 'long the south side o' Long Islan' and plenty all 'Ions the north side but not singl' damn one right throueh the middle. So when next time Ferris comes pus syfootin after me th was today I tol him 1 knew all about ih" big road tha' was comin' through and th't I was in on the play. Then I watched th' whites of his eyes. They moved. Then I had him." While Stefano covered him with congratulations Monty had furth- hi( fa- ) t3$' A WORD HUNT (Trademark) Cserright, tM. Afcxaadtr Uehtemuj, ftiteatttoaota, . t In the English language there are TWELVE WORDS (each having just seven letters) that begin with the letters A F F o i. AF F A B L VrSSSSStJSl. YOU supply the others. 21A1F Fill 3lAFF I lTT 41A1FIF) 11 1 S1A1F1F1 l 6IAFF II 7IAIF IF j TT" 6jAF F 1 .1 I j 9A1FF1 1 ) 1 IQIAjFIFI 1 1 1 1 AF IF 1 1 j L 21A(FF1 1 I 1 Graciously; courteously. ne who makes an affldariV. A notice to ba" posted; pUcard Related' by marriage; from the same source. Joined tn affinity. Fastened, or attached, to. United, or con nected with. Also, annexed; subjoined. One who affixes. To oppress; grieve; distress. To Inflict In jury. ' To reinforce. To strengthen An open insult.- To Insult openly. To betroth or espouse. To Join closely, as In oonas ox isnn. Also, to maxe ainaavit. Knowing When to U Hot or Gold Water Assures (booking Success P The Home Kitchen By ALICE LYNN BARRY J NOTE: Proper nouns, obsolete and archaic words, extremely technical and scientific wonts, words that would offend good taste and those plurals or nouns and singular verbs that are formed by the addition of e or es, are purposely excluded from Word Hunts. (Turn to Classified Page for Answer to Word Hnnt) 'Love me lot, coune? km breathed in her er recourse to his champagne bot tle and in the amazing fashion of drinkers like . Monty, recovered clear articulation. "Stef," he said, "that land I sold lies right next to this land, and that means that this land is worth a lot of money. More than mine, for there's more of it, and it's longer the right way of the new road. What I want you to do is help me find Nathalie Van Slaick. Sylvia and Sylvia's mother have an idea she's bound to come looking in here some night. You know her don't you? Met her at Southampton, at Sylvia's house. Sylvia says you did. All right, Stef, you're an awful good egg. You keep your sober old lamps on the lookout for her while the rest of us are swilling, and if you catch a sight of her wake me up, -no matter how drunk I am. "Ev'n 'f I'm like this," he added the clarity of his speech suddenly deserting him again. Upon which, closing his eyes peacefully, he was instantly asleep. Stefano leaned back in his own chair and began to think rapidly HA VE A THOUGHT FOR FUTURE GOOD HEALTH Mature May Wink at Occasional Lapses in Right living, but You Can't Cheat Her for Long, Warns Dr. Copeland. By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M.D. United States Senator from New York. Former Commissioner of Health, Vew York City. WHAT a man is depends upon what he gives his body. Of -course, it depends, too, on what he does with his body. Bat tltat is another story. Is the but analysis, health is made by sunshine, air and food. Yon eannot hope for vigor and long life without fivyig thought to these essentials. Foot, is the fuel, air the ofl and sunshine the electrical equipment of the human machine. An abused automobile will 'imp along on defective fuel, oil and electrical energy, but for smooth running and certainly for reaching the given des-" tination, the three essentials must be supplied. .Eating is a simple act, but the choice of foods to be eaten is considerable of a problem. It takes knowledge to select them properly. It is surprising how many men and women thrive in spite of the air they breathe. For a long time they bear without apparent damage what most of us would regard as unbearable air. In the Black Valley of Ireland, as I have told you, they have no sunshine for four months of the year. The mountains are so high and so closelv nlaced that the sun durin- this neriod never reaches this dark place. In sections of the earth the sun is out f sight for half the year. The inhabitants of those regions live, of course, but, according to our standards, the7 are not normal. Nobody can be normal without the nop or a Httie sunshin if , 1 v r", iC I fV,-r - 1 w 1 ; &ijj DR COPELAND. day. Pure food In baluced mea.s, pure air taken Into habitually well filled lungs and sunshine to vitalize life' processes In these Be the secret of long life and abounding energy. Surely, there i no need to arrut about thee thine. Tou know they are true. and starches and take some regular p exercise daily. For lull particulars send a self -addressed, stamped, en velope and repeat your question. E. R. C. Q. What should a rirl weigh who ia twenty-one rears eld ! and 6 ft. S bis. tull? I. How can I : -duc? and closely. He disposed of Ferris in his mind first He had the us ual aristocrat's j point of view to ward all people like Ferris, and, in addition to his contempt for the man, he saw clearly enough what Ferris actually was attempting to do. See Nathalie's lawyers, trump up some explanation of his interest in her land, say nothing to them of the road that was to be cut through It, and induce them to Induce her to accept a price for It that would make Ferris the pos sessor of it at a trifle above the amount of Pound's mortgage. It galled him, so that his dark eyes were sombre with wrath,, as he realized how Ferris had used him as a pawn in his purposes; but be put that thought behind him as not relevant to Nathalie' interests as he decided tbat Ferris could go hang. Then his thoughts focussed firmly on Nathalie and himself. Did he want to marry her and how much did his new knowledge that she was rich weigh with him in a question of whether he wanted to marry her ot not? After a moment's hard thought he decided that there wasn't money in the world to make him marry any girl in the world Just for her money. That was that. He had been used to money all his life, knew just what it was worth and wasn't worth, and it wasn't as good as his liberty. He had been tempted. Now he was no longer tempted. But he would gladly sur render his liberty to a woman he genuinely loved. And did he love Nathalie? Amaz ingly he decided he didn't. He had seen her out of disguise at South ampton. She had delighted him but not struck fire from him. Why had she stirred him to his depths here at The Firs? Because ot the very clearhead edness which was part of the rea son why he was a great polo play er, and because he was Latin with a native zest for romance and mys tery, he saw with crystal sureness that It was the romance in him which had swept him forward while they were romantically in the house together; he in the role of patron and protector and she in alien vesiture and made allur- URB water la wponaihlo f the minor tragedies in Jt ihi'iM kMukMDcr'i kitchen. -I cant ii in te'sMke aoup wit (be fine navor tint -aotker'a bome nade ' soups always aave," com plained on yeung wife, "and I oae Sots ot vegetable and bit of beef and Bhlnoone. Just the way ataedoea. What she bad overlooked however, was the tttfto matter of temperature. Since She cooked vegetables by them selves ta bot water, she took it for granted that the water added to vegetables and meat for soup must be h&UinK hot. Whether water for cooking should be boiling" or cold -depends on what resuRa are expected- There a only one general rule that can be de pended on for guidance beat hardens whether they are nroteln substances like meat. eggs. If you want to keep the Juices In j ng, to have the flame meat. It s necessary to sear tne ouier surfaces quickly by neaticg in a very bot pan. On the other band, if it Is desired to extract the juices from meats and vegetables, then the water should be cold and the cook ing over a low flame so tha! aU flavor gradually flows into the water. As to the vegetables, the tempera ture of the water deoend en Taa.K mm k tr(a variety. Dried vegetables need soaking in water for several hours before cook tag preferablj evernight. And vege tablea that are wUted wiU- revive nicely If soaked In very cold wator for an hour or so before eooking. Add boiling water to any vegetable that ia to be served as such,, and isn't merely cooked to appear an a soup -or sauce. . All of the green, succulent vege tables celery, tomatoes, spinach, cucumbers and so on are watery tn themselves, contain very Uttle starch, and their value lies in their mineral salts and flavor. Overcooking- de stroya these important elements.- So does cooking at too high a tempera ture. Consequently, the desirable method is to add only just enough holitns water to keen from scorch- iow so U1SI iti veretables simmer renuy unui tender And as soon as tender they should be removed from the fire excess cooking won't make them bet ter but worse stringy and flavorless. Starchy vegetables need cooking in boiling water, anu the water kept a: the boiling point. Potatoes, carrots. turnios if cooked in water that green vegetable good, ia facta potato cooked J wiU be unpfeas- sunmering water aatiy soggy. As tar the cereals which are al most entirety starch like rice and macaroni tbey should be cooked in boiling water and the water kept boiling furiously. The bot water keeps the grains of rice apart while cooking or the strings of macaroni aa the case may be. Of course, rine tng with cold water threush a oolan. er will wash away exoaea starcbi after cooking. But if. aa one young bride experienced, the maca roni is started in cold water, the result is a rather hopeless paste. Gelatin usually Is softened in celdi water first.' then added to the re quired amount of bot water or hot fruit juices to make the dessert. However, there are some brands or gelatin which can be prepared by: adding directly to hot water and the containers usually give such direc-i tions. f as for eggs if they are to be boiled it is much simpler' to time them if startec in boiling water. The popular four-minute boiled egg means an egg cooked in bailing water four minutes not an egg added to cold, merely simmers arc not nearly sowater and cooked tour minutes. ing by her mask. "And the dear girl doesn't dote on me either," he announced aloud. "I'll go bail on it. Illusion both' sides and all the way. Bless me if I shan't put it to her direct and relieve her mind of it. I know she'll throw me right straight over I can't be wrong." He walked right in and took Nathalie away from the man who had her. They moved out on the dance floor among a roomful who were not noticing them or cared what they were saying, for the tidal wave of Monty's champagne had engulfed the house. "Love me a lot, of course?" he breathed in her ear. "Not a particle," replied Nath alie at once and they both laugh ed long and happily at the truth of it and the relief of it. "Capital," said Stefano, still holding her close. "The usual rea son one fancies just made up your mind you're mad about some other chap. Out with it yes?" "Absolutely correct," Nathalie answered promptly. "It's Just ov erwhelmed me in the last half hour. I'm simply filled with it, but I won't out with it. He's a young lawyer and he lives in New York." "I say, look here, you delightful girl" Stefano was about -to inform her that speaking of layers he had just been told some tremen dous good news about her. But at that moment Monty, having come out of his deep slumber, toddled in from his sleeping porch. "Say, Stef nev'.r mind about tha' girl we were talking about. Jus' got hold of bigger n'better idea. I know a fella can fin' her. Johnny Sloan ol' college frien' mine. He's her lawyer. N'dead in love with her. I watched the whites of his eyes. They moved." And so Stefano, sportsman to the last ounce of him, said noth ing to her about her great good fortune, having decided that Sloan and not he was the fitting man to communicate the prodigious news. (To be continued tomorrow.) When you order the Statesman it is delivered to you by the little merchant in your neighborhood. urner l TURNER, Nov. 19 Mayor McKinney was much pleased wills his success at the Pacific Inter national Livestock exposition tlii year, as he sold the entire herd of 19 registered Hereford young bulls and heifers that he took;" down for sale. Mr. McKinney has made exhib. its for nearly 20 year and finds the demand for cattle much better some years than others. Mrs. E. a. Prather who has be?ii ill and confined to her home and much of the time bedfas.t. Is ab'a to be out again much to the rte-. light of her friends. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barber entertained hou.-se Riiets tha week as follows: Mr. and Mr Frank Carlson. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Barber and son Harold, and Mi-9 Margaret Bovard. of Longview, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bai ber and family moved from Lonn view a year ago to the H. It. Crawford farm. POLLY AND HER PALS "Using His Bean By CLIFF 5TERRETT, Susie. boz.4jJ Tmim) 5US1E-. w&'REy t BET SAMBO'S ft B&SlDES A RUnJNIK ( HAviM' HOT JS7 I ZZZJi SORy HE EVER ) I TP C COLD UErHCATESSEM vJUWK. J W4T&R? xt I CHOW PER J TT Jffili ( 5U66E5TED -1 A 1 ;f FK 6UPPB?, ILL 4AE A STluwi C A CHAnJGE! HiS? "J) ZT' UvvAPRM'JQBS ) A6QUAWK THTU. BE HEARD J jT1 KZZY Sr x fteA fe. TILLIE, THE TOILER A. K. O. For Loyalty' By RUSS WESTOVER mac, yoo'R-e Trie omiv toWE THAT ISN'T QOINQ IW MK. VUWPPLfc"S NEW) VJEMTUOJ jCSOfMS TP MAkE LOT Qp McNF una vjvun m I WD LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY vrsomi oam'T II fv- Oki n lrSUd THE fY"- vT; 7JZk riJ KS, LS WW T -- Jv,, IF'-''- : r "Hot On The Trail" By BEN BATSFORP But I must ask you: Knowing the vital Importance of air, sunshine and food, why do you fail to appropriate! A. For her age and height she to yourself a full measure f their ! should weigh about 123 pounds, benefits? 2. Weight reduction Is purely a You cant cheat nature. Tou may ; matter ot self-control as regards the ininu sne will ovenooK your neg.eci. diet- Exercise is, of course, essen tial. For particulars send a self- you. there is a limit to her kindness. She may wink at a Thanksgiving feast, an occasional evening poi soned air and a few days of Inside life, but to make a habit of neglect Is certain to meet her displeasure. Every day you obssrv the simple rules of hygiene is like a visit to the bank. Tou are storing up energy and resistance against the evil day of possible Ill health and accident. Toa need not become a "crank." verfuaay about your habits. But by establishing a routine of .rood iivinj you will add years to your expecta tion of Bfe. rAnswcra to Health Queries WORRIED. Q. What causes the hands to swell espedauy the knuckles T A. This symptom usually means tbat soma sort of infection is present In ths system. Havs the teeth, ton sils, sinuses, kidneys, tnt stlnes and gall bladder investigated. Correct any discoverable detects. Electricity and gen Je massage are beneficial. Cat aim pie food and avoid constipation ' : R. F. L. C What causes the lower lid of my left eye to quiver? . Aw You- should .onsult an eye specialist for treatment. B. B. w. Q. I am a woman of 42. What should I weigh and how I reduce?. , . A. Sine yon did not state your beirht I eannot teB yon what yon addressed stamped envelope and re peat your question. t E. i. Q. What can be don for callouses? What do iou advise for boils and pun pies 7 A. 1 would suggest that yon soak your feet ia warm water before retir ing and apply warm Unseed oil. In ths morning bathe ths feet agala and scrap away the dead tissue. 2. Tou should have a thorough physical examination to determine Just what the cause of your trouble may be. The diet should be watched carefully and constipation avoided. For further information send a self addressed, stamped envelope. P B. Q- -Would like to know If cocoa butter will help to fill out hollows in the face. A. It may Into the skin. help, by massaging ANXIOUS. Q. What do you ad vise for superfluous hair? A. Send self-addressed stamped envelope for full particulars and re peat your question. Wli. 8. Q. What causes tha fingers to swell at times? 2. If th heart Is normal, bow' many timet ahould tt- beat per minute? A j This may be du to poor etr- eolation. 2-AboutTl. WAvze. -fou if" thw pool. ot ( aajv sicaj op hm alu KZ&fifoOc : . cT' -ops. so that little M tUATCHAJG I A DETECTIVE . lUAS ) V HAVE VOU? jSA'C t V . OOP CBTS OM MV k P0R.,V ST7LL 'POKWQ A v rJ jo,P -Sa AJECvesl LW ( BEAM'S if ry - l TOOTS AND CASPER Can Spare ribs Retrieve the Family Fortune?" By JIMMY MURPHY THE POUCE. HAVEN'T CAU6HT MOfTPMEP. , CLAMBV "TET. . CAepe. And my HUNCH r THAT MS LL NEVER. B5. 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