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"No Favor Sways Us; No Fear S1ll Awe"
From First Statesman, March 23, 1851
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Men Like Gossip
MEN poke a lot of fun at their wives for gossiping. The
ladies' aid society has long been the butt of jokes over
female chit-cat. We have observed however that men have
just as long ears and loose tongues as a pair of hussies swap
ping scandal under adjoining clotheslines. Not only are the
men eager to sweep up the latest bits of news and near
news, but they even pay fancy prices when it is served up to
them in printed form.
The magazine Time, which lias gained great vogue, rec
ognizes this innate curiosity in the human animal, so it gar
nishes its relation of significant events with gossipy details
about the characters in the daily drama. And is the stuff
readable? Well, pick up a copy and try to lay it down before
you finish.
But the bankers and big business quirks are the ones
who fall the hardest. There is a fellow Kipplinger in Wash
ington who sells his "service"' for $18 a year. It is not a
scandal service by any manner of means, but purports to
give the "inside dope" on politics and big business as they
head up in Washington. The poor bankers don't know it, but
what they are buying is long shot stuff, dressed in gossipy
style.
The development is in part a speeding up of the keyhole
stuff that used to appear in book form, though of different
continent. The pertinent facts about any situation are amply
and fully covered in the" established news services whose
material appears daily in every daily newspaper in the land.
It is quite a3 saie to predict what congress will do on a given
question from these responsible services as it is by lapping up
the cloak-room twaddle at the capitol. What the bankers and
others are getting for their money, if they could see through
it, is a cleverly written letter which swells them with a sense
of importance at getting the latest "inside dope", fresh from
the Washington keyholes.
Are men gossips? They are; they even pay money to get
their ears full.
Hacksaw Surgery
rpHE real competition at the legislature is over economy.
The ways" and means committee is sitting nightly try
ing its best to raise Hanzen's ante. Instead of submitting a
budget with a moderate pruning, Gov. Meier turned in the
Hanzen product which cut well below what many informed
persons thought was the minimum standard for the state
establishment. That of course put the legislature in the
liole. What glory was there left for legislators to take back
home with them? Since glory they must have, the ways and
means committee proceeded to raise (or lower) Hanzen's
bid by making further cuts. Whatever they do, the gover
nor plays the last card and so gets a chance to trump via
the veto. This te the race, and for once at least the poor tax
payer is getting the break.
In the zeal over seeing which can make the longer ski
jump down hill the ways and means committee developed a
formidable salary reduction schedule, running up to 50.
This will result in reducing the incomes pf public servants
very drastically. Considering the responsibility they carry
the cut in many cases seems excessive ; and will open the way
to obtaining or retaining the services of less competent men
for responsible positions.
The hack-saw type of surgery is further indicated in
the wholesale application of the rule. Instead of merely or
dering certain reductions leaving to executive heads the re
sponsibility of making specific application of the reductions,
the ways and means committee reaches over into proper ad
ministrative functions to detail the cuts. In many cases, par
ticularly in the case of the higher institutions of learning, it
would be much safer to give to the governing board the au
thority, ti determine just where the reductions should be
mnri TLnt the board of education may find it better to lop
off whole departments of lesser importance. The ways and
means plan is merely a scale down of items. It would be bet
ter practice to reduce the total by the sum agreed on, and
let the controlling body maice
Ono editor is this state makes more news than he writes. That
is L. A Banks of tho Medford News. Ho has been throwing fat on the
dr.ntetLt lu Jackson county and heading the wrecking
1 . t. bnsr there.
the latter'e bill tor services. Banks accused him ot extortion, where
upon tho attorney swears out a warrant charging Banks with crlm-
. . -..t.- .ti .M int Mm Ritil:! (T-
inal lloei. meantime muacj
I..,.. v niani ImiI trust"
to acknowledge tho authority of
county folk two things to talk
ot get a great laugn out oi me
v im. MiiniT'i famous debattns? duo of Hector Macpherson and
Thomas D. Potwln appeared at the state house Thursday night.
These eminent protagonists debated last fall all over the county
on the famous Zorn-Macpherson bill, Macpherson defending his
pet measure and Potwln, who Is editor of the Albany Democrat
Herald, attacked it. This time they locked horns on the bus trans
portation act. Macpherson fought against the tax and Potwln, who
is clerk ot the Albany school board, defended It. Both are forceful
speakers and both eadeavor to be logical la their subject-matter;
so a debate between them is a real Intellectual treat.
Qyr new 10,00ft ton cruiser, the Indianapolis, that we didn't
know we had, la going back tor correction of defects. It seems the
designers put the guns in the wrong place. Tho custom used to be
to point the guns away from the ship; they work much better that
way. The Indianapolis funs wore placed so that when they fired
they loosened the ship plates, which naturally raised the question
over what vessel the guns were supposed to damage. The boat was
built at the navy yard so the wicked private corporations can't be
stuck for the repairs.
The defenders of bus transportation had their campaign well
organized the other night. They had some high-powered orators,
softened the statistics with considerable sentiment for the "chil
dren, the hope ot America", and had more dirt farmers on their
aide than the foes ot transportation. Mrs. Alexander Thompson
made her usual moviag plea, which would have been better It she
had stopped with the second "Thank Cod" tor ....
The publishing business et the United States has no reason to
recret the Passing et Frederick C Bentlls, publisher of the Denver
Pest. While the Post conducted many drives In the interest ot com
moners, usually the purpose was tainted with the selfish interest of
the proprietor of the paper. ..Unscrupulous and aggressive, Bonfils
was an example ef the abuse ot the power et the press. His personal
career was sordid. Hls-type was a menace te the cause et Journal
ism and good government. - .
' ' , "Hoover talks a taxation",
it unanimous.
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tne requirea readjustment.
Falllns: out with his attorney over
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ot southern Oregon and refuses
the courts. This fuss gives Jackson
about; and Lord pity those who do
cbwuiui i icuuioid.
screams a headline. That makes
Yesterdays
... Of Old Salem
Tows Talk from The States
maa of Earlier Days
February 4, 1900
The Marlon county tax roll,
completed yesterday, shows taxes
will bo paid on a total valua
tion et Ul.ttl.68l. Charles 1
gln ot this city holds the honor
of baring the first to pay and
holds receipt No. 1. .
F. "W. Waters has purchased
the entire Interests ot the West
era. Electric & Manufacturing
eompany and the H. B. Angle
works, both Salem concerns, and
announced the two would he
merged. August Huckesteia was
president and B. 0. Gamble sec
retary ot the electric firm, which
has been selling fixtures through
out the northwest.
Postmaster Farrar Is la re
ceipt of notice that C. F. Lans
ing of Salem, has been awarded
the contract for plantiag ot
shrubbery, plants and trees on
the local postotfice grounds.
February 4, 1923
The general public Is taking a
hand In the request of the state
school for the blind for an ap
propriation of 135,000 by the
present legislature for construc
tion of a fireproof dormitory at
the institution. The present
dormitory is considered a dan
gerous tire hazard.
Salem high defeated Medford
high by a score of 3 4 to 25 in
last night's basketball game. Sa
lem players were: Relnhart and
Brown, forwards; Okerberg, cen
ter; Patterson and Lilllgren,
guards; Adolph and Fallon, sub
stitutes. The Klepper bill providing that
applicants for marriage licenses
must file their applications with
the county clerk at least 19 days
before issuance of the license
was defeated after a long debate
yesterday.
New Views
"Seattle is having trouble
feeding Tusko and proposes to
get rid of him. Should the old
elephant be killed or what should
be done with him?" Answers to
this question, obtained by States
man reporters, were as follows:
Fred Harris, Willamette gtu-
dent: "I just got through my
exams and feel so nanny I
wouldn't want to see any harm
come to the old boy. But they
could use the money to help out
poor people."
Rex Writ, newspaper crier: "I
don't think they should harm
him because he's been a lot nt
good to this world and mixht
be of more benefit as in the
circus, giving entertainment and
amusement."
J. C. Jones, monument works:
I think Tusko should be nut
someplace where he may live. No,
don't kill him."
Surprise Party is
Extended Booster
Class of Church
INDEPENDENCE Feb. 8.
The Boosters of the Methodist
church met In church basement
Wednesday night. Mrs. A. O
Byers and Mrs. C. O. Davine aui -
prtiied the group with a party.
ha ring the church beautifully
decorated with Ivy and baskets
of greens. A musical program
was enjoyed.
It was decided to have a quilt
and relic show Saturday, Febru
ary 11, at VIolette's Dry Goods
store. Cooked food and candy will
be sold. Eveyone Is requested to
bring their old relics and Quilts.
Daily Health Talks
By ROYAL S. ( Ol'EI.AND. M. O.
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M.D.
United States Senator from New Tork.
Former Ctmmbetoner o Health,
Vew Tork City.
I BJ2CEIVK many totters treat
persona who suffer from arthritis.
They ask for InformaUoa about thte
disabling disease and are eager to
knew whether
It can be cured.
X am glad te
say that arthritis
ts curable. It la a
difficult and
stubborn disease
te cure, but mod-
gene tar to con
quer this affile
Uom. Many persons
use the term
"arthrtUs" when
te reality they
are referring to
rheumatism, sci
atica, neuritis or
Pr, Copeland
some other disorder that resembles
arthritis. Arthritis Is an Inflamma
tion of a single Joint or of numerous
Joints of the body. The Inflamma
tion can be traced te an Infection
which may exist in the teeth. tonsOs,
sitnia, g&a blader or some other
organ ot the body.
Fiad Center of Infection
Te cure arthrtUs, the center et lav
recti on must first he discovered and
then removed. The inflammation can
only be healed when the source ef
the trouble is determined. If the
poisoning can be traced to Infected
tonsils, ror example, they should be
removed. It may require months ef
care and attention to locate the
source et tafectioo. but when It Is
found the, ultimate outcome is geodL
De net become discouraged if you do
not obtain Immediate reflet
'Correction of body posture, over
coming faulty elimination, tmproviats;
hygteaic condition nod care of the
that, are factors ef great Importance
the treatment et arthritis. Casv
et arthritis have been traced te ese
fetlpatlen. When this was overcome.
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BITS far BREAKFAST
By R. J. HENDRICKS-
Former Oregon maa
Is "going on- 100:
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(Continuing from yesterday:)
Brews and Steams had been to
gether in partnership for three
years, with maay ups and dowas,
without a discordant note between
them.
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That afternoon Brown bought a
cargo at Walla Walla. The next
morning with his loaded peek
train, and Jim Applegate tor his
helper, he was off tor Lewisten,
thence to some mining camp, with
no definite one la view. He went
to a camp on American river, at
the mouth ot Newsome creek,
where he sold his cargo at a very
good profit and continued to
pack from Lewlstoa to that eamp
until that tall then went to War
ren's Camp, where miners were
joining a gold rush for the Black
foot country, near where Helena,
Montana, npw is. Brown took a
load of flour, with the Intention
of selling It and the animals of his
train to departing gold rushers,
which he did within two or three
days after his arrival all but one
bucking mule.
A man who did not blind the
mule's bucking paid Brown ISO
to ride her down to lit. Idaho,
85 miles, and Brown and his
helper walked, and there he sold
the bucking mule at $1 more
than he paid for " her. Wagon
freighting was driving out pack
ing. 8tearns had sold his part of
the packing outfit at Warren's, af
ter dividing up with Brown.
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Brown had all his savings for
three and a half years ot hard
work in gold dust, in buckskin
purses about 40 pounds of the
yellow metal. He wrapped the
purses in old clothes and put them
into a greasy flour sack. He was
careful to use the flour sack as a
pillow at night. By horseback,
wagon, steamboat, etc., etc., he
got to Umatilla Landing. On the
boat to Portland he met two men
with a heavy oilcloth bag between
them. They became acquainted,
guarding oilcloth bag and greasy
flour sack by turns at meal times.
The oilcloth bag contained more
than 100 pounds of dust.
The three went to the Occiden
tal hotel, First and Morrison
streets, and put the bag and sack
in the safe; the hotel clerk said
It was the largest amount of gold
ever la the safe at one time.
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Brown's gold dust, shipped to
the San Francisco mint, netted
him 114.37 an ounce. Brown took
risks in handling gold dust as he
did. He knew a packer named Me
Gruder, and his chief packer, from
scotuDurg, uregon, who were
murdered in the Blackfoot coun
try, by four of their employees,
on their way back to Lewiston
after more goods and the dust
they were carrying back to Lew
iston taken. The two men were
killed with an axe, also two bro
thers that McGruder was bring
ing to the coast. But Brown was
careful and vigilant, and was al
ways armed, day and night. He
relates in his book some scares,
and narrow escapes. Stearns and a
Florence merchant were chased
20 miles by four highwaymen, and
shot at saving their gold dust
and their lives by the fact rhat
their horses were faster than
those of the robbers. Brown
writes that he Is something of a
fatalist that perhaps his destin
ed time had not come; thus, he
survived many risks and dangers
to attain his lusty age.
Brown came near being a
Marlon county farmer. Writing of
his short stay In Portland after
arriving there with his gold dast,
he said: "I came to Oregon think
ing I wanted to be a farmer, and
this was . the first time I had
money enough to buy a farm, and
I told Mr. Burnslde my lntentioa
to buy a ranch. At this time Bunt
side owned the Imperial flouring
mills at Oregon City, aad he want-
tho pain la the Joints diminishes ane
ultimately disappeared.
Colitis, an Infection of the coion,
a part or the large intestine, may
toad to arthritis. A .sufferer from
arthritis aad cotttia can hope for cure
when the mtesttna! disturbance ts re
moved. Tor such patients careful
regulation et the diet Is laaifjclal
and dally enemas may he osefuL Of
course, K diseased toasUa, teeth or
stsosea are present they sheuM re
ceive the proper attention.
Diet Skewld Bo SlaapU
1 am efts naked whether add
fruits, such as lessens, orang-ea and
a-rapefirmK, are harmful te the suf
ferer from arthritis. These traits
eoafala adds, but when they are
taken Into the laboratory et the body,
the adds are burned aad bases are
set tree, substances which are afta
uae. This helps the body neutralise
aay tendency towards addity.
The diet should be simple and na
trttteua. Incise m It plenty ef fresh
fruits and vegetables, as wen as foods
which contain valuable vitamins,
mineral salts and liberal amounts of
protein.
void excessive eating and food
that are tat. tried or greasy. Drink
at least sta te eight glasses ef water
daily between meals. Chew you food
slowly and thoroughly. Avoid aU
foods that are Irritating and lead to
digestive upset. Follow the Instruc
tions given you by year physician.
Do not neglect this disorder, it Is
snore difficult to cure when It be
comes chronic with definite boner
changes In the jotnta.
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Answars te Health Qsirhs
. a T. Q. What cause body
odor?
A. This Is often due to aute-Ia-tosJeafJea.
gead eaU addressed
stamped envelop far full suliculara
and repeat your quasUot.
Mra P. A. H.x Q. What de yoo
advise for catarrh and deafness?
Aj Send self addressed stamped
envelop far full particulars and re
peat' your question.
JCowritto. tMt. K. P. VtJ
ed me to go up to Fairfield on
th Willamette river, which was
the shipping point for French
prairie, and most of the wheat
was raised on Freneh prairie at
that time. He said he thought I
could buy out a Preachman who J
had a tam and store there, and
he, (Burnslde) wonld furnish me
money io buy all the wheat which
I could ship by boat to him at
Oregon City.
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"I bought a horse and aaddle
la Portland aad started out In
the afternoon. That night X
stopped at Duehtowtt, now Au
rora. There was a good hotel
there end everything was nice
and clean as needs be. They put
roe la a room with a bed on
which was the fattest feather bed
I ever saw. I got out the bed
and sank down in the feather
bed. but I could net sleep. I fin
ally got up and took a pair of
blankets and pillow aad laid
down on the floor beside the
bed and slept soundly." (That
was tbe Aurora colony hotel, af
ter the colony's dlsotutlon be
longing to Jacob Oteay, the build
ing still standing, bst red seed to
a shell of its former grandeur.)
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Resuming, from the book: "I
found in the morning that it had
rained considerably la the night
and was still raining a little, but
I started out for Fairfield. The
country between there and Fair
field was very level and the wa
ter stood everywhere, which I did
not like. I reached Fairfield
about noon and took dinner with
the Frenchman who owned the
store and ranch. I could have
bought him out, and think it was
a good oportunlty of making
money, bnt I bad heard consld
erable about chills and fever In
the Willamette valley, and was
afraid to bring my family from
the Umpqua valley thither on
that account; where they had al
ways had excellent health. So 1
gave it up, and rode on soath
and In due time arrived la Roe-
burg and joined my family."
Mr. Brown bought John H
Medley's donation claim, 320
acres, on Calapooia creek, three
miles below old Oakland; land
later owned by Delos Ooff. That
was In October. '5. By Not. 15,
the Brown family was settled on
the ranch. Brown spent three
years of hard work, putting in
the crops entirely by himself;
hauled lumber 10 miles for new
house, barn, granary, etc, and
lenced nearly all the land, be
sides stocking the place with cat
tle, sheep, etc., and setting out
an orchard. No planing mills
were yet In the country, aad the
lumber had to be ripped and
planed by hand, and the shingles
rivea and shaved by hand after
hauling the wood IS miles over
hilly pioneer roads, or excuses
for roads. In 1867, he bought the
first harvester brought to that
section: a Marsh machine. A man
rode behind and forked off the
grain in bunches ready to bind
This machine cut the grain of
Brown and his neighbors. (The
father of the Bits man brought
the first harvester and the first
threshing machine (horse power
to the "Shoestring" valley, 14
miles north of Oakland.) John
Noble, while driving the Brown
machine, had his left arm caught
In the sickle, barely escaping
death, and maiming that mem
ber for life. Noble afterward be
came sheriff of Douglas county.
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In the winter of 18G8-I, his
brother, L. p. Brown, then at
Elk City. Idaho, asked A. F
Brown to drive the cattle on his
(L. P.'s) ranch near old Oakland
to Mt. Idaho, and to take charge
of his (L. P.'s) store st Elk City
So A. F. rented his own farm tor
three years to Joseph Brock, sold
off his sheep, hogs, poultry, etc
bought a house for his family in
old Oakland, where his children
could attend school; traded for
aad bought a lot of cattle and
horses, gathered up his brother's
cattle, and, on May 29th. 18
with three men to help, started
from old Oakland with the stock
and arrived at Mt. Idaho, 00
miles, July S; crossed the Css
cades over the Barlow route.
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On the way be traded cattle
for horses, or horses for esttle.
Just as he found people in the
notion ot trading, and sold his
stock at Mt. Idaho, "and." he
wrote, "cleaned up a nice profit
For instance, Just before be
staxied he bought a horse for
$20, trsded it for a mule and
gave $te to hoot, and sold the
mule la Idaho tor $150. He had
two yearling heifers when he
started; traded them even for
spsn ot fillies, unhroken; traded
these tor a span of males, and
sold the mules in Mt. Idshe for
$225.
Continued tomorrow.)
Another Section
Of Mill Property
Falls; Fear Flood
VALSETZ, Feb. 3 Another
part of the mill fell la Monday,
the green ehala department In the
planer shed, a crew of men have
seen busy every day cleaning the
roofs.
The carpenters started shln-
gtlag the dormitory Tuesday.
Some ene has said that in the
near future the dormitory may
serve as the main office ot Cobbs
sad Mitchell. Only one foot ef
snow remains.
Rains and warm winds have
prevailed the last few days aad
seen fear the rapid melting ot
th snow may cause a flood ta
these parts.
DENTISTS GITK TIME
SILVERTON. Feb. t Two lo
cal dentists donated their services
for the examination ot teeth at the
dental clinics held Tuesday aad
Wednesdsy. Dr. William Mac
NelU examined th grad schcol
children Tuesday atd Dr. C. R.
Wilsoa was la charge of the high
school students Wednesday.
"The Challenge of Love
SYNOPSIS
Dr. John Wolfe, eld Dr. Montague
rhTeadgold's assistaat, la
at the unsanitary conditions
finds la th smog little town et
NaTestoek, Wolf realises his
greatest light In ridding the town
of Boliatioa will be in vereesaiag
the resentful attitude of the people
themselves who seem perfectly sat
isfied with their an ode ef living. He
encounter his Irst obstacle In th
sTsrsea ef Jasper Turrell, the
brewer, who objects to Wolfe tak
tax a sampla ef his well water for
analysis. Undaunted by .opposition.
Wolfs continues his researches and
unitary areas. Th n bright spot
(a Nsveateck Is th hoes of lira.
alary MascaU wher Wolfe I al
ways sure f a weleem. When Mrs,
Msscall Is to in to go t Flemyus
Court te say her dues f three
doxen eggs to the Lord ef the
Manor, Wolfe offers to accompany
her young dsughter, Jess. Accord
lag te cststosn, the farm laborers
gather around and ask a slaeaing
en Jess as ah appears with her
tribute.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
They were old world phrases that
aad passed from feneration to gen
eration, and had been spoken by
me forebears of the men gathered
lezore Moor Farm. Wolfe stood and
retched Jess Mescall as shs cam
ilowly down the path. The girl
teemed to have grown taller and
lder of a sudden. She carried her
telf with a grave and simple stt
iness, looking at each maa in tarn
uid saying: "Thank you, Joe-
hank you, B a ma by. She passed
inder the cypresses, and her eyes
net Wolfe". Us was standing bare-
leaded, a man touched and charmed
y many surgestrve memories. He
sowed to Jets, and shs gars him a
rrave curtsy, holding her head
sigh, and looking him in the eyes.
The moon was ten days old, and
th nlghtclear and fine, and
the Moor Farm company crossed
the moor, Wolfe, who was riding
beside the gig. saw many other
lanbarns moving in th distane.
rhey gumnured here and there.
faint points of yellow light coming
and going like th lights of boats
n a rolling sea. Fiemynsrs Cross
lay westwards ot Beacon Hfli oa a
tow ridge where the old coach road
topped the moor, Aa ancient tan
stood oa the biD-top, with its sign
sf "The Rising Sun" swinging oa
a post before th door. It was in
a nttl paddock behind th inn that
the Lord ef the Manor's Wbispr
ng Court was held.
The lanterns cam Jogging erer
the moor, some of them following
nero sheep-tracks, others moving
ilong the roada. As they neared
Flemyng'a Cross th Navestock
road began to fin with silent, shad
wy, striding figures, aU moving
iowards th bJH-ton. Th lanterns
;hat were carried gave rise to can
tos masions. In a dark cutting
nder the shads of a clump of firs
Wolfe saw a pair of wbite-gaitered
text moving as though they had
to body belonging te them. Noth
ng but the white legs end the
smtern were visible, and the effect
area so quaint that Wolfe pointed
a out to Jess.
"Look there, somebody's legs
tare walked off oa thelr ewn and
left the rest behind,"
She laughed.
"Aren't they Just sweetl TheyTl
get lonely presently, wandering
ibout aO by themselves."
A man on a big grey horse blus
tered out from somewhere, and
early rod Wolfe down, The sur
reon drew cleeer te th gig.
"HaUe, sir. look out"
The gig lamp gav him a m.
neatary glima of n powerfully
uQt young man, in smartly cut
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clothes, who feared at Wolf as
though he had no intention of
apolagisJnn; tor -bavins; nearly rid
den over him. The young" man took
off his hat to Jess, but she did not
seem to notice him. They left him
bh I n d them somewhere in the
dsrfoesn,
"You dldnt see your friend."
"Oh, yes, I did."
"Who was It?"
"Hector Turrell. He's a beast. I
donl like him."
Turrell the brewer's soat"
Tea. He always riding1 along
the road when I come beck from
Bliss Plimtoy'B at Navestock. He's
"That's rather
dangerous
game."
"People are afraid of him, or of
his father, I suppose. What do you
say, Joe!" This to the driver at
her aide.
Joe Monday was terse and la
conic
"The ehap learned of a swell
prize fighter in Lunnon, so rve
heard telL Besides he's Turrell's
son. Taint worth no chap's while
to get old Turrell's spite on him."
And Wolfe supposed not.
The Lord of the Manor's Court
at Flemyng's Cress proved to be a
quaint affair, picturesquely staged.
Lawyer Fyson, th steward, stood
by the white post in the paddock.
a Crazier fall of burning coal be
side him, and a staff of office in his
hand, Behind him were ranged his
bellman, stave bearers, and forest
ers, while the tenants of ths Court
gathered in dead silence about the
white post, their heads uncovered.
their lanterns glimmering in
great circle. Ths only bold and
blatant role was the role of th
big hand-belL Th steward read
the roll in a whisper, his officers
proclaimed in whispers, the court
tenants swore to their pledges in
whispers.
When Jess MascaJJ carried her
basket of eggs towards the white
post and the red brazier, Wolfe fol
lowed her, and thrust the certificate
he had written into old Fyson's
hand. The ben gave three sharp
clangs, and Wolfe found himself
taken by the shoulders and marched
back ever a furrow cut in the turf.
The ground about the white post
appeared to be privileged ground,
sacred te the feet of those who
were tenants of the Court. In the
old days Wolfe would hare been
whipped with furze branches over
the moor, instead of being marched
gravely beyond the formal furrow.
He laughed good humouredly,
and, turning to where the Moor
Farm labourers were grouped with
their lanterns, mounted his nag and
watched the procedure of the Court.
The whispering voices, the queer
solemnity, the glimmering lanterns
were part ef ths mystery of Tarling
moor. It was when Jess had played
her part, and was being escorted
back by the two staff-bearers to
wards her supporters and ber rir.
that Wolfe again caught eight ef
Mr. Hector TurrelL He saw the man
moving his horse around the circle
of figures as though to meet Jess
as she came throurh the crowd.
It was something mors than an
impulse that made Wolfe forestall
Hector TurrelL If he had made aa
enemy of the father, his enmity
might Just as weJJ Include th son.
Jess went to the gig with her hand
resting en John Wolfe's arm.
At the Moor Farm gate she
woum nav bad aim com la, and
Jola th farm hands at the state
sapper In th kitchen.
"Just for half aa hour."
"I may b wanted down at Nave
stock. I have let Dr. Threads-old
in for the surgery work, as it is,"
"It went hurt him."
"No, I must go Jess."
She gave hha a quick look and
said no more, but she watched hha
" By Warwick
D
eeping
ride across the paddock.
Wolfe felt that the black
of Tarling Moor was behind him,
and he saw the lights of Naveetoek
shining in the valley. The lights
had a quick and powerful effect
upon him, blinking their message
up out of the darkness, and recall
ing grimxoer momenta ef rapo
sibGity aad effort. For so many
hours Wolfe had been a great, play,
f ul chUd, half -boy, half -man. Jeae
had called to him with the voice
of her youth. Her infinite freshness
and her laughter had made him
laugh with hen end forget. He had
felt the sunlight upon the open
moor, and those queer moments ef
solemnity that had turned the eye
of a child mt the eyes of a woman.
e e
Both Dr. Threada-ohf and fcfa wife
were out when Miaa Prlarlfla Pm.
frement's maid rang the beS at
Prospect House. John Wolfe was la
th surserr. and he u tall!
upon to speak with Miss Perfre
meat's maid, a lean woman with
m .....
naugbty eyebrows and a negligible
bust.
"Dr. Threadgold must come at
once."
"Dr. Threadgold Is out."
Then he must be sent for."
"Dr. Threadrold is out on a
country round. He will not be bach
a .a
uu ainner-nme.
The maid looked Wolf a over.
summed him up after her fashion,
ana decided that he was not a ran
boy.
"You're the assistant 1"
"I am."
"Miss Perfrement has one of hi
heart attacks."
TH come at once."
Miss PrisciHa Perfrement tind
in a narrow, red-brick house that
was squeezed between two of ths
stouter mansions - on Mulberry
Green. No male thing intruded
here. The neat, druggeted hall had
no hat-stand, no cupboard as the
pit of a man's untidiness, no weath
er glass to be rapped and abused,
The lamp was held by a nymph in
plaster set tripping upon a pedestal
of imitation marble But the nymph
had been defrauded of her naked
ness. She wore a sort of white
night-dress that was changed
monthly and sent to the wash.
"Doctor, dear doctor, I'm dying!"
Where Death had stationed him.
self In the neat, stuffy, over-fur.
nished room, was a matter of spec
ulation. Wolfe saw a yellow-faced
little woman In black alpaca, with
grey side curia and a twittering
face, propped against cushions la a
plush-covered arm-chair. The heels
of her shoes beat the carpet under
the edge of her crinoline, and the
crinoline itself had cocked itself
forward with unseemly arrogance,
giving glimpses of convulsed,
white-stockinged legs.
"Dr. Threadgold is out, miss."
"Oh, oh!"
Tve brought the assistant."
Miss Perfrement jumped, and
gave Wolfe a shocked stare. Her
limbs twitched like the limbs of a
choreic child.
"Oh dear, eh dear; Elisa, Tm
dyingl"
Wolfe looked at her very gravely,
very Judldany, and understood
with what sort of sentimental sick,
ness he had te do. Here was a good
lady whose troubles had been se
many pintails In the closeted self,
lshness of her little life, and whs
had been compelled to draw atten
tion to herself by means of hiMib
screams and tantrums. When Miss
Perfrement felt unimportant aad
neglected, she had a "heart attack,"
and her friends aad neighbours
would see Dr. Threadgolds brough
am rattling over the cobbles. These
hysterical outbursts were essays in
aiaajpauon, and methods of attract,
tng sympathy and notice.
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