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PAGE FOUR The OREGON. STATESMAN, Salem. Prcgoiw mflnestfay Mornml June ir W34 Well. Gentlemen? kAA HMrMCDrTI I A By HAROLD I V lTV V.II NIVL.llL.la.-Y BELL toRIRHT exew sxew bsssBbBB - w sj w -vassar w W m I n i 1 "!' J i "No Favor Swaya Us; No Fear Shall Awe". From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Spraguz - - - - Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackett Managing Editor Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press ts exclusiveiy'entUled to tha use lor publica tion of all news dispatches credited ts It or not otherwise credited In this paper. ADVERTISING Portland Representative Gordon B. Bell. Security Building, Portland. Ore Eastern Advertising Representatives Bryant. Griffith A Branson. Inc.. Chicago. New York. Detroit. Boston. Atlanta Entered at the Pastojfice at Salem, Oregon, as Second-Clast Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Business office, 215 S. Commercial Street. , SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Mill Subscription Rates, tn Advance. Within Oregon: Dally and 8uBday. t Mo. 50 cents; I Mo $f5; 6 Mo. $2.26: 1 year 14.00. Elsewhere 5o cents per Mo. or $5.00 fa 1 rear In advance. By City Carrier: 43 cents a month: fi 60 a year In advance. Per Copy t cents. On trains and News Stands S cents. " Back tb the Coast PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has referred the Pacific coast dockmen's strike back to the mediators on this coast. He does not feel that he can intervene in the matter. We think the president shows discretion. As we have previously re marked it ought not to be the duty of the president to have -to settle every dispute that comes up. There are limits to his time, his strength, his clearness of judgment. After all there is no reason why the strike may not be settled on this coast without intervention from the outside. Prolonging it savors of obduracy. In the judgment of the principal mediator. Dr. Henry W. Grady, the terms submit ' ted by the employers were worthy of acceptance by the em ployes. President Ryan of the union himself felt so at the time, though later he withdrew his approval after local labor leaders took the other attitude. The strike has been lengthy and costly. Its injury has extended far beyond the parties immediately concerned to individuals and industries distant from the scene. Lumber piles up at Bend, for instance, because of the failure of ocean transport. But this element of cost is one of the chief forces compelling a settlement. The shipping companies lose heav ily in tied-up vessels ; the longshoremen lose in suspension of all income. The break will come very soon we believe ; and will come when the parties principally at interest realize that they must effect an adjustment of their differences. First Taste IT is some ten years before the Philippine islands become fully independent. Yet the initial taste seems intoxicat ing. Here is a dispatch which came in over the AP wire Mon day night : "MANILA, June 4.-(;p)-Bitterness engendered by the strug gle tor independence flared in violence in the Philippines today, s campaigns were wound up for tomorrow's legislative and pro vincial elections. "With leadership of Manuel Quezon, president of the senate, the chief issue of the election, fighting began in Bohol province, , a Qvezonlsta inspector being killed by a policeman. In Capiz six men were charged with knifing Dionisio Buendia, an anti Quexon leader, who may die. ' "To prevent further bloodshed, six towns were taken over by constabulary soldiers, who displaced municipal policemen." If the initial plpetinns sro HiwiAtA wirVi fio-ViTinn- onA - w-w w . H r'waMwiA a fc aaVsll UUVA I bloodshed what may be expected when full freedom is ob- a.-. ; i sr t i m . . - . I iameu. omau wonaer me uninese traders are already leaving the islands. Thus does the United States retreat from its civil izing mission in the orient. Twenty-five Years a Priest LAST night St. Joseph's parish and friends in the Salem community assembled in the parish hall to do honor to a man who has served for 25 years as priest, the Reverend Father J. RBuck. Eighteen years of this priesthood have ueen paasea in oaiem wnere r 4.1 S 1 M 1 uy wiose oi nis own hock ana Dy otfiers outside his fold. With kindness and grace, with high charity, with .fidelity to his faith he has walked in and out among the people. His work in the study has been notable as well, and he is the author of on uocmne wmcn snow ' A Driest anrl nastnr hava c - W - MX.t9tf.VSlA. A AilJ 1.1 III timateiy into the lives of the people. In times of great trial the priest of God ministers spiritual comfort which sustains and soothes. For 25 years Father Buck has been that type of yuest; ana uus community tl 1 v r i! weu iu uvnur nimior nis pnestiy service and splendid char acter. Rain this week gave good things to the northwest. First, It stayed away from Salem where the cherry harvest is on, providing much employment to labor and promising fair return to producer. Secoad,it came to the parched wheat lands of the inland empire. Some damage of course to cherries in inland orchards; but the amount of good offset the loss hy far. The rains were badly needed for the wheat crop, and came too late in some districts. In the heavier produc ing sections however the showers were most timely. A little like old times in the special edition such as the Medford homor of the eity' celebration of eight-page sections full of special advertising. The house of representatives has adopted a gag rule. It is one of the badges of reform which the new dealers are putting over. We recall In 110 Norris, then congressman, secured adoption of new rule which broke the gag power of Speaker Joe Cannon. Thus does progress . complete another revolution! J111 Pav8 UP in 'ull her Installment on debt to the United State.. The-amount was not large, only $175,000; but the country hows a tine spirit of appreciation in meeting the terms of her obligation. Now you may buy that automobile a little cheaper. The car ma.er re ,fIhtJn th summer slump with price cuts. If the strikes ih.r-S!Lm,0t CVS BhnLd contmo through the summer. There are millions of cars whose owners would like to replace them. Seattle has a new mayor who is starting in to clean up the town which Mayor Dore let tun loose. If he does a very good Job though, his hitch will be limited to one term. A big city fights belnz kept too virtuous. , 6 . TiUmf U fuMln OTef "fish-bowl- beer glasses. Well, In this A state the liquor commission solved the problem by ruling out the bowls for beer mugs. Some people would serve beer in a tub if they could get away with it , There is talk that congress will adjourn June 15. We doubt it. Some professor will think of some new scheme to reform the earth ' and It people which will keep congress In session longer. v ; ' The disarmament conference at Geneva is through, France says. And France ought to know. She did her part to wreck it. Oregon Is saved again. A Crater Sx Intoxicates atner tfucK is known and loved . ..... ... . . nis learning in theology. 9 oronf migoinn Trmtr nntoii witnout regard to creed does . . .... newspaper business to see a fat Mail-Tribune put out Monday in Oregon's diamond Jubilee. Three articles and illustrations, and Lake stamp is to be issued TVTHERSHPl NEW-OrALERS Bits for By R. J. HENDRICKS Anna Maria Pittman Lee tombstone tells "history written in stone:" (Continuing from yesterday:) Mrs. Dye spoke of "wheat crush ed in the cast iron corn cracker," in May, 1837. at the Jason Lee mission. That had been the only way to reduce wheat to the sem blance of flour at first; some authorities spoke of a coffee mill being used. But W'ebley Hauxhurst, coming with the Ewing Young party in 1834, early became attached to the mission as a worker, and he built for the mission a grist mill. The writer believes this was done earner than May, 1837, though it may have been that year, or as late as 1838. It was a small mill, run with water power from the creek that flows into the Willamette just be low the Wheatland (now Clyde LaFollett) ferry. It was the first grist mill built In what is now Oregon. The Hudson's Bay com pany had a grist mill earlier, at Fort Vanvoncer, that was in what was then the Oregon country. The first mission mill was about halt way between the log mission houses and the historic house of Joseph Gervais. (It is likely that Joseph Gervais acquired and had that mill operated, after the mis sion saw and grist mills were set up on the site of Salem with machinery coming on the Lau sanne, in 1840.) The writer is acquainted with Daliy Health Talks By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M.D. By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. United States senator from New York Former Commixtioner of Uealth, Hew York City IN THE beginning, an attack of whooping cough may be mistaken Tor a common cold. Any child with a cold who sneezes or coughs continu otisly should b I suspected of hav ing whooping cough. In any vent he should be kept away from other chll dren until be has overcome the In- i fectlon. Bear In mind that whoop Ing cough may not be characterized at once by the classical "whoop". That lympton may Or. Copeland not ba observed unto several weeks after the onset of the disease. Unfortunately many regard whoop ing cough as a harmless disease. In reality it is one of the most dan gerous Infections of childhood. It la especially serious when it affects young children and infanta of sU months or less. It U serious because It may lead to pneumonia. Is Very Contagious There Is little difficulty In recog nizing this disease after the "whoop" has developed. That Is the name given the long drawn out crow caused by the collapse of the larynx after a severe paroxysm of coughing. Another characteristic sign of this disease Is a spasm or coughing end ing In vomiting. The vomiting ts caused by gagging and not because the child is nauseated. Unfortunately, the spells of vomiting may be so fre Quent and severe as to causa diges tive disturbances, loss of weight and great weakness. Whooplag cough may last as long aa six weeks to three months. It should be considered contagious until at least a week after the "whooping" has ceased. In Its acute stages the disease Is highly contagious, being spread by the discharge sprayed from1 rV j H .--'?; fi 4&a """ssssssr stjeecowwb'. Breakfast two living men who know the site of the first mill of the mission, about 11 miles below Salem. The place should have a marker. S S The "three fair damsels" of Mrs. Dye's story, greeted by Dr. McLoughlln on that historic night of May, 1837, were Anna Maria Pittman, Miss Susan Downing, and Miss Elvira Johnson. They were all mission teachers. But Miss Downing came definitely to marry Cyrus Shepard came all the way from Lynn, Mass., where they had been engaged prior to Shepard's coming with Jason and Daniel Lee in 1834. Elvira John son was engaged to marry Rev. xi. xv. w. rerKins, who was com ing with the second missionary reinforcement, which arrived at Fort Vancouver Sept. 7 of that year. They were engaged in New York: were married at th m mission Nov. 21, 1837. The read er Knows tne story of Anna Maria rutman and Jason Lee. from what Mrs. Dye said in her book. a They were not eneaeed to b. married. Lee had seen her once in New York before hot nfartri in his first journey In 1834. but. as said by Mrs. Dve. hia 1 slon was that she was not a lady ne wouia fancy for a wife though at that time he was not looking for a wife. But the sympathetic busvhndiM In New York the men connect ed with the Methodist missionary board and, perhaps, more par- the nose and mouth In coughing, sneezing, spitting or talking. Frequently I am asked whether I recommend the vaccine treatment for whooping cough. Unfortunately, the professional opinion of this vaccine Is not very encouraging. It has been estimated that at best only about 60 per cent of the patients given this vaccine are benefited and the re mainder are not helped at all. Methods of Treatment Severe attacks can be lessened by the use of an old-fashioned croup kettle. A modern invention, an elec tric device, may now be purchased. This runs for several hours without refilling. As a rule, compound tinc ture of benzoin Is the medicine used for the Inhalations. Other emergency measures are the use of carbon dioxide Inhalations or the administration of thr a m Of course, these remedies can be re sort ea to only at a hospital or at home under the personal annenHninn of a physician. These ntv mth aim to reduce the number of parox ysms ano nasten convalescence. Answers to Health Queries K- R. Q. Will you klndlv tn m what to do for chapped llpe? a. xou should avoid tenVm to wards consUpation. Drink six to eight glasses of water dallv. If vn apply some cream to your lips before reunng every night It may help to keep the lips moist. If this Mix tion persists you should hav a mm. plete examination. Dad. Q. What nrecamlnna ).nnM be taken by a patient suffering from uanwiuos; oi tne arteries? A. The diet and iranaral . ... Important under such circumstance a For full particulars send a self-addressed, stamped envelope and repeat your question. L O. K. Q. Please tell ma what I can do for bUckheads. A. When eniDtiona skin, it Is usually an Indication that me general health Is run down. For full particulars restate vnur nn... tlon and send a stamped, self-addressed envelope. (Copyright, 1931. JL F. 8., Inc.) tlcularly, some of their match making wives, thought Jason Lee ought to have a wife, out here in a foreign and savage land, more than 13,000 miles by water away from home; and that she should be a white woman, too. So they picked on Anna Maria Pittman. Perhaps (who knows?) she her self had formed a good Impression of Jason Lee on their chance meeting in New York. Any way, she was a teacher, and she was willing to take the chance of teaching savage children. The match making ladies in New York knew what they were doing. They were willing to trust to the prov erbial "propinquity and moon light," and let nature take its course. And the scheme worked. Jason Lee proposed. Anna Maria answer ed his proposal in verse, reading: "Yes. where thou goest I will go. With thine my earthly lot be cast; In pain or pleasure, Joy or woe, Will I attend thee to the last. That hour shall find me by thy side. And where thy grave is, mine shall be; Death can but for a time divide My firm and faithful heart from thee. Thy people and thy charge be mine, Thy God my God shall ever be; All that I have receive as thine, My heart and hand I give to thee- And as through life we glide along, Through tribulation's troubled Still let our faith In God be strong j And confidence unshaken be." I . The wedding of Cyrus Shepard and Susan Downing was arranged for Sunday, July 16, 1837. It was to be in the fir grove the writ er believes some ZX)0 feet north of the present marker. The com pany gathered, as described by Mrs. Dye. Jason Lee opened the meeting with prayer. Then he be gan an address: a surnrisa un dress. He said: S My beloved friend nnri nio-h. bors: More than two years have passed since God, in His provi dence, cast my lot among you. During this period I have address ed you many times and on various subjects, and I trust that you bear me witness this day that I have never, in any one- Instance, ad vised you to do that which is wrong, but that I have, on all oc casions, urged you to 'cease to do evil and learn to do well.' I have frequently spoken to vou. in no measured terms, upon the subject of the holy ; institution of mar riage, and endeavored tn imnroae you with the importance of tha.t auty. it is an old sayin?. and a true one, that example speaks louder than precept, and I have long been convinced that if we would have ethers practice what we recommend, circumstances tid ing equal, we must set the ex ample. Ana new, my friends, I in tend to give you uneaulvocal nronf that I am willing in this respect to practice what I have so often commended to you." Then Jason Lee went to th as sembled congregation and, taking Anna Maria Pittman by the hand, led her to the front, where his nephew. Rev. Daniel Lee. n. nounced the old Methodist mar riage ceremony. Followed. Jason Lee nfffciatln? the marriage of Cyrus Shepard and Susan Downing, and after that the great missionary nrn. nounced the words that joined as man and wife Charles J. Roe and Nancy McKay, he a white trapper and settler, and she the daughter of Capt. Thomas McKay, son of Mrs. John McLoughlln by her first husband. Capt. McKav was mmr. ter Indian, Nancy's mother a full blood from a coast trihe near A -. toria. S . There followed a sermon by i SYNOPSIS Tears ago. Ana HaskeL domi nant Ozark farmer, sent her father less son, John Herbert, away in uw mt vi j uojc onannon, so tnat the boy could be educated proper ly. No one knew the heartache this sacrifice caused Ann. In John Herbert's place, Ann raised a ne'er-do-well stepson, Jeff Todd. Ann, Jeff, and Nance Jordan, Ann's housekeeper, live together on the farm. Following graduation from college, John Herbert returns home. The young man is stunned o find bis mother a crude mountain woman, but he overlooks . i ... . . ... . . . cms in gratitude tor ail she did a? t - a .a . . . . - . , , - I ine sBounxain woman enaurea !- -.T Vlv1! ther hand the stranger's scrutiny with a coun ts disappointed that her son is tenant ,h;h .;hV i i anxious to write instead of prac ttce law. Diane Carrol, a young artist, wno values ner work above her wealth, which she keeps secret, i . . ana jonn neroen oecome ooon companions. One day, Jeff, Jeal ous of John Herbert, tries in vain to get his stepbrother to fight. Ann tells John Herbert he will have to fight Jeff or there won't be any living for him or her. She is SB mizzled hv her inn'l lcrnr ance of backwoods ethics as he is oewiiaered by ner attitude. Ann hears the vacationists at the Lodge jokingly call her "Ma Cinderella" and resents their ridicule. Diane encourages John Herbert to con tinue with his writing, but he realizes it will be years before he e nas a aecent income and can repay nis motner. itie Lodge guests rjoke fun at hi mnther Thit makes John Herbert realize that, witn nis responsibilities, Diane is beyond his reach. She, however, thinks of him constantly. Never before had she been so attracted to any man and John Herbert needed her. Ann come unnn Tliame in the glade and tells the artist she has come to settle witn ner. Asked it she wants to marry John Herbert, uiane replies: "Your son never mentioned the subject." "Shucks I" retorts Ann, "your kind don't never marry no man lessen he's got money." Little did Ann realize that Diane herself was wealthy and wanted someone to love her for herself alone. The girl frank ly tells Ann it is a pity John Her- 1 .a .a oeri couia not nave naa a motner with intelligence ennnerh tn under. stand and appreciate him and that Ann is spoiling tnat tor wmcn sne herself had sacrificed so much. Ann warns Diane to atav wn from her son. Later an automobile with a liveried chauffeur drives up to Ann's door. CHAPTER XXIV. Concealed by the house itself from those in front, the two women hur ried to the kitchen. Curiously they peered through the window. The chauffeur was now standing beside the car. The gentleman was not in sight. "Hit's a big ear. ain't hit?" whis pered Nance. "An' see, that feller's got on a uniform like I said. Sure looks like he war an officer of some kind." A loud knocking sounded through the house. "Other man's at the door." whis pered Ann. The knocking sounded again. "I reckon you'd best go an' see what they're a-wantin," directed Ann, grimly. "But fetch me that gun from beside the fireplace first." From hehin4 the harf-niten Witeh. en door Ann listened whole Nance cautiously opened the front door and received the stranger's greet ing. He was a well-fed, well groomed, mild-eyed gentleman of perhaps fifty years, and his manner as he removed his hat and bowed fascinated the backwoods woman. "How do you do, madam." he said precisely. "Howdv." "Are you Mrs. Haskel?" Nance might be charmed, but she was not off her guard. "What air you a-wantia' of her?" The stranger smiled. "If you are Mrs. Haskel I will explain." "You can do your explain in' to me." The gentleman's tone wa3 a shade more precise. "My business is with Mrs. HaskeL Is she at home?" Nance stared at hhn silently. "May I come in?" "Not till I know who you be an' what you're a-wantin'." He offered his card. Nance, who could not read a word, received the bit of pasteboard as if it were a Lomb. "I am James Levering," ex plained the stranger. "I represent the Fidelity Trust and Savings Bank of Holmsburg, Pennsylvania. I assure you it is quite necessary that Mrs. Haskel see me." "Ill call Ann," Nance returned, doubtfully, and, with admirable caution, closed the door. While Mr. Lveriniy avaitt f V. two backwoods women in the kitch en held a whispered consultation. "Holmsbursr. Pennsylvania." mar Jason Lee. text Numbers 10:29, words by Moses in that other wil derness, and two baptisms, of Welbey Hauxhurst and Chas. J. Roe; the first white converts in the Oregon of today. After that, according to Han- croft, a wedding breakfast. In August, Jason Lee and Cyrus Shepard and their brides made two wedding journeys, one to ward the bead waters of the Mo lalla, and down that stream to the Willamette, which they crossed and returned to the mission on the west side; their guide, Jean Baptiste Desporates McKay. The other was to the Pacific ocean, by what is now called the Salmon river route, their guide being Joseph Gervais, nearest neighbor on the north. a S S But there were two other white women residents in Oregon then, besides the "three fair damsels-" They were the wives of Dr. Elijah White and Alanson Beers, who came with the party of which the three were members. That made five. And there were two more, beyond the Cascades, at Walilatpu and Lapwai. Narcissa whitman and Mrs. Spalding. That made seven. S S When Jason Lee started in 1838, to bring out the Lausanne party, his wife gave him her fare well message in poetry. Her an swer to the marriage proposal, and her farewell message, have both been set to beautiful, moving music, by Mrs. Shephen A. Stone, of Salem. In later issues, 'he reader will see a good deal more about this; and still more after the publication of Miss Thressa Gay's book. mured Ann. "I mind Herb's paw used to ten hout sich a place. His ioias setuea war tn tne early days. Levering? Never hyeard tell oi him. mougn. "Do yon reckon he's a revenner? "Revcnuer? SanrV-a! TTe'a some body from that thar bank like hit says on ue cam. tie s a oanaer; that's how come he's got automo bile like that with a driver all togged out in pitcher clothes." When Ann annearet In the Annr. Wav Mr. Tverinir ree-arHeil her with an air of mild triumph. "You are airs, tiasxeii" "I be." - The mountain woman endured ten ance which mirht have heen carved frnm ttiw "Pardon me. Mrs. HaskeL but my Dusiness with yOjU is of such a na ture that it can scarcely be trans- actea nere on your doorstep. "Come in. mreter " Mr. Levering called to the chauf - teur: Wt Drier case, n lease " and entered the Haskel living-room. r ance slouched in from . the kitchen and sidled into the nearest phair While waiting for his brief-case tne stranger looaea anout tne room. T7 ! J .! a m Esviaenuy ne naa never Dei ore seen the interior of backwoods dwell- incr TKan h? aH-onf tvm mat fixed on the well-filled- book -e nerves in the corner. "Ah a library!" "They ain't mine: they're my son s, said Ann. "Oh yes yes, of course. May I ask vonr son' name?" "We-uns ain't got no call to be asnamea oi tne name, mister. H it's John Herbert HaskeL John Herbert. I ee ve ve Jnhn TTerhert rtf emire Vimnil after his grandfather John, and his erandfather's brother Herbert- Very good, verv eood. At this Arm drew a little back and. nnnntieel hv T.everiro wkn , ........ - - " was taking his brief-case from the chauffeur, exchanged wondering loo ks witn nance. Aa Tverino HismiaOMl the ehanf- feur Ann asked, harshly, "What mignt your business be with me mister?" "I am here tn see vrn Mr. Ha. keL about an estate which our com pany is holding jn trust until cer tain terms nf the truer are fulfilled If you do not mind I should like to 1 M . M asa a iew necessary questions. "I reckon you ain t rot no author ity to make me answer. You ain't no officer of ary kind, be you?" "Certainlv nnt. Mrs. Hlret 1 am merelv the leaJ renreaentative of our company. I assure yon it is to your interest tnat is. I think it is for you to assist us with any in formation you may have." "W hat be you aimm' to find out?" "We are endea leral heir, or Yiirs- tan tH Mtjt rf John Haskel." 'John Haskel war mv Katt' erandoannv. an' mv hnv air the Tact of the Haskels livin'." "And you are Ann Haskel the" widow of Edward Haskel and the mother of this boy. John Herbert, are you?" As the lawyer put this question his eyes were fixed on the mountain wnman'a fart in the manner an attorney examining a difficult wit ness. Ann uasKei gazed back at him, wondering, suspicious, de fiant. "I sure am, mister." Nance Jordan mnttere an er. elamation under her breath, and Ann whirled on her with a look of such fierce warning that she shrank as from a blow. Levering was opening his brief-case and did not notice. Producing photograph of a group of four people, the lawyer! handed it to Ann. "Mrs. Haskel. can you identify the people in that photograph?" The mountain wimin answered slowly, "I know who they be if mats wnat you mean. Nance slouched forward to look over Anns shoulder, and Ann turned her head to stare at her companion meaningly. "Who are they, please?" asked the lawyer. With her eve on the nhntmrranh the mountain woman answered, de liberately: "That thar's a pitcher of my sister an' me an' our men. nenxy an- x.a tiasxei. lilt war took the tint, wre-nn war nni back in Greenville, Kentucky. I got two jest like hit." "may i see your photographs?" Ann considered "I dont reckon hit'd hurt nothin'. i oa git 'em Nance." Silently Nance brought, from some hidineDlaee in annther nrt Of the honse. an old naateheart hnr secured witn many wrappings, of twine. From the box Ann took two photographs duplicates of the one "One of these war mine," she exolained as she handed th graphs to the lawyer; "the other war ray sister s, nit war. with her things when she died." "They are identicaL" remarked The Safety Valve Letters from Statesman Readers NATURE To the Editor: This unusual season has brought many surprises to us. Checking our recent observations with those of former seasons there are several interchanges of time and manner. Beginning last fall, the wild geese flew southward earlier than the small birds. The latter were feeding in fields and pastures. Taking their joyous ex ereise in whirling, like clouds of autumn leaves, at evening, mak ing their wings strong to endure the long flight south. Before the end of November files of wild geese, honking wearily high over head, were, amazingly, flying north again. I wondered If their southern lakes were Infested by hordes ot hunters whose lood guns had frightened the geese away. I pitied them. They didn't know where to go. At intervals for the next two months they appear ed, sometimes flying north, some times south, sometimes west at evening, to rest beside the ocean and pick up tid-bits of sea food at the edge of the receding tide, like the gulls. Large- flocks of geese were seen to be feeding in grain fields over near the Cascade foot hills. At evening they passed over the town In a helter-skelter flock, not in their military V formation. In the spring the swallows came Levering, in tone of mild satis faction. "They sure be. Whar'd you git yourn, mister?" "I found it in Greenville among the old photographer's effects," the lawver answered. "What wa vonr sister's name, Mrs. Haskel?" Again the lawyer, busy with anme nartera vrhijh he r,i u1u ing from the brief-case, failed to notice an exchange of looks be tween the iwA harlrwfvw)a nrnmen Nance shook her head in fright ened protest. Ann scowled a warn ing threat. "My sister's name war Grace," said Ann. "Can yon tell me anything of your husband's family history. Mrs. Haskel?" "Wal. I know that all the Has. kels lived, first, somewhars way back east New York, mebbe, or mebbe hit war farther back than that. Wharevpr hit war V.A an' Henry war borned thar. Hit war after the boys war growed tfp they come to Greenville. Seems like their folks moved to somewhars in Ohio or Pennsylvania 'bout the same time. I hyeard Ed name some place like the one what's m vnnr card." "What was their business?" "Ed an' Henrv war farm.hanfa They war a-workin' In our neigh borhood when me an' Grace first met-up with 'em." "I mean, in what hninea v... the two brothers, John and Her- utn, me latners oi Henry and Ed, engaged?" "Oh I I've hveard Ed tell as hnnr his pappy war in some kind of business I don't know rightly jest what; some kind of tradin' I reck on. Uncle Herb he war a farmer same as we-uns. He died 'fore me an' Grace war married to the Has kel boys." "Did these TTasVel liMtl.M Ti and Herbert, the fathers of the two cousins that married did they have large fami nes : They each had children T rinn't know how man v. Rut T Vnnn that gf av aa r 4 a&uv V 1 II 1TI fa they all died 'ceptin two, one year wnen scariet lever war bad. I've hyeard Ed and hia rnnsin TTenrv tell "bout hit an how they war ail A. t . . .. wtav war len. "Edward was John's son, and Henrv was the nn nf Ja1... brother Herbert?' "That's right, mister. That's est the wav hit war Tt. ..... Haskel boys, all that the fever left war own cousins, an' me an' m sister we war married to 'em all at the same time. That'a who,. tu. - 0 " bUClll pitchers war took. Them's our weddm'-clothes." "Very good," said Levering. "And What Was vonr name hefnre nn.. were married, Mrs. Haskel?" "Our name war Bowen. Our pappy war William Bowen. We war uornea on a rented farm ten mile north of Greenville." Leverine. eonsutinr murmnred: "And thee tn.n Grace and Ann Bowen, married the cuusins, aawara and Henry Has kel." "Hits jest like I'm a-tellm' vnn mister. This hyear's our pitchers took jest as we war when we all bwoo up togetner. . "22 was Henry Haskel's father?" "Henry's pappy war Herbert HaskeL An' old tTerh'. hwi.. John, he war Ed's pappy." r.xcwy, saia tne lawyer. "Very good. And now, if you please, Mrs. Haskel, which of these girls in the photograph is your sister Grace?" With Nance Jordan looking over her shoulder. Ann name4 k. sons in the photograph, identifying From his brief-case Levering Produced another n)intnmnV T old tintype. "Who is this. Mrs. naskei?" 'That's me." The mnnnf.;. woman turned over the things in mo pasieroara oox in her lap. "I got one hyeai of Grace, an' hyear's another of Grace's man, Henry. This one's me, an' hyears one of utue jonn Herbert's pappy." Levenns took the nknfnm.i.. compare them with the one in his possession, "i see. Yes, this is you and your husband, Edward, the son w - j v UiC SUt vi wiiiu. sarin i rui t r n as. cni.m. John Herbert. Now Mrs. Haskif suppose you tell me about your life after you were married to Edward Haskel m Greenville V.-...i t ucubutjr. xy "e way, you have your marriage iuutic, nave you: Silently Ana produced two mar r,K certificates from the box. inar tut la, saister. an thar's Grace's too." While the :. j .v . documents and compared them with his notes, the two backwoods wom en took advantage of the opportun 1 to "c.hmn significant looks rtlaakae aTf L e. . a iriguteneo ana protesting. Ann scowluig a silent command for ner companion to keep out of what ever ft was that was going on. (To Be Continued 1 CaajrliM. Hit. a? UmnU BaD WrtaM. la back a month earlier than usual. We wondered why. Do not think that they are never misled by their instincts. Remember the great flock of wild ducks frozen fast in Klamath lake winter before last. And the plants in the gardens, they all came earlier than usual but not In their usual order. Tb4 daffodils came before the cro cuses. Did the daffodils simply re spond to the stimulus of warmth and moisture while the crocuses counted the time? No, the flower buds of the farmer were ready formed in the fall, Just waiting for the signal of spring; the cro cuses were busy, but slowly, form ing their buds but it took just so much time. This season, as a whole, is pe culiar. The weather, disregarding time - honored indications, is cap ricious. Today, strong northerly wind, pelting snowers of cold rain, more like the first of No vember than the first of Jun. And in the vast prairie area or our country, scorching beat shriv els the thirsty crops, rainless for many weeks, tortured by hlgJi, moisture - absorbing winds which scoop up the soil and bear it away across farms and states, to sift it down in a smothering fog upon the eastern cities. 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