Gold Hill news., September 22, 1938, Image 2

The Gold Hill News, Gold Hill, Oregon
Thursday, Sept, 22, 1938
BANNER SERIAL FICTION
She Painted Her Face
A siouj.
love and inUi^ue . . .
DORNFORD TATES
ODanUwd Y.U.
SYNOPSIS
“ You’ve Herrick and m e," I said could leap into a flame, but once
quickly. "His mother was a friend you had seen it. you never could for­
R ic h a rd Exon, a poor young Englishm an,
of your mother's, and I was a friend get it. because forever after all other
befriends elderly M atthew Gering, who at
his death, gives him a statem ent claim ing
of—of the friend I mentioned lust eyes seemed dull. Her hair was
he, Gering. Is Rudolph E lb e rt V irg il. Count
now."
soft and shining and black as night,
of B rief, of ancient A ustrian nobility who
The girl regarded me straightly. and the face which it framed was
was betrayed » veers before by his twin
brother, Ferdinand. whoae sentence tor for­
“ I can’t remember m y mother." strong and proud and fearless, but
gers he him self served
Ferdinand appro­
" I know,” said I. "The Countess something sad. I think it was the
priated his title, property and daughter Be­
fore he dies. Gering tells Exon there
Rudolph was killed before you were droop of her lipa that gave her thia
only 1
two years old.”
wistful air, but you could not have
the house, to be found I In the great tow er at
With that, I got again to my knees, wished it absent, because that might
® r le f' by a doorway none can ever find.
Exon Inherits his uncle's fortune and sets
to throw a look round.
have altered the shape of her fault­
out to rig h t G ering 's wrongs
En route he
As I did so. I heard a car coming less mouth.
encounters P e rc y E lb e rt V irg il, son of the
villainous Ferdin an d and sees him In con­
—gathering speed.
I had to carry her over a stream
ference w ith Inskip. a diam ond merchant.
T ill then I had no idea that we before I saw through the trees the
H e engages a v ale t. W inter, who hatea
were so close to the drive, and for flash of the Rolls. I never was so
* \ re y ..and m eets by chance at a garage.
John H e rric k , who Is a tlnjruist and who
one distracting moment it seemed thankful, for though she made no
• • • youth served as a paga at G e rtn g a
as though the closed car were head­ complaint. I knew it was all she
wedding, and had visited B rie f
H erric k ,
due e ven tu ally to fa ll Into an Inheritance,
ing directly for us. Then it switched could do to stay up on her feet, and
la at present unem ployed and seeking pleas­
to its right a short six paces away, I had a dreadful fear that to strive
ant w ork to w hile a w a y a few months.
and before tert seconds had passed with the effects of concussion might
E xon and H e rric k establish headquarters at
B renda Revoke's fa rm a t R aven, a few
we could hear it no more.
do her some serious ill.
m iles from B rie f and m ak e their plans.
•Was that them?” said Lady Eliz­
Th ey And the castle alm ost Inaccessible at
Winter saw us coming and had a
abeth.
Drst, but at the mouth of the entrance drive
door open, for her to get into the
sev e ral days la te r, they see a closed c ar
I nodded.
car: this she did without speaking
occupied by P e rc y V irg il, a chauffeur and a
"T h a t’s right. Gone empty away." and at once lay back on the cushions
w om an and hear ta lk of a w ire and a
change of clothes
Percy returns to the
"What do you mean—empty?”
and closed her eyes.
house. H ea rin g a dog scream , they
“ They were to have taken you
the chauffeur flogging it. ju st as a horse
Herrick was not to be seen, but
«dth a g irl astride bounds along the path
with them—I don’t know where."
since he was sure to return by the
and Is felled by the strung w ire
The g irl,
M y lady sat up.
entrance-drive and the road, I bade
unconscious, is picked up carelessly by the
“ Are you sure of this?”
chauffeur and wom an.
Winter take the wheel and make for
“Quite sure. I ’ll tell you every­ the spot at which he had set us
thing later.” Cautiously I got to down. I f he was not in sight when
my feet. “ D ’you think you could we got there, I meant to go on to
CHAPTER II—Continued
Necessary to Qualify.
RANCHES
proach, and the woman to show
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UnlvoiBlty.
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her go by. And when Percy had
B orvlrv
bulUlinaei Plenty w a te r. BeerlAt « ftu ooo
O r a a t Cee-*
b a s a i, “
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C'a.. i s b a l i a r , O i t .
posted them, he went back to the
Experience proves that the use of
house That's not guesswork.
I proved sires is just aa sound and
saw him. Two minutea after you'd economical for the poultry industry
OPPORTUNITY
left me. he whipped through the as it is for the dairy and other live
fields
below
me,
up
to
the
house
and
, . . . .
.
.
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Industries in which thia prac-
in by the door at the foot of a stair- ! tice has been followed for yeara.
case-turret. Back to bed, of course
The poultry sire should pass in­
—and there’s hia alibi. Nobody saw
spection on three definite points to
him go out, and nobody saw hint
A il Ik « «
C o m p » q u ip . F i x a n d
qualify as proved. First, his fuinily
llo r k H a m a lllr h ln a C h e a p re n t. R e c lu s iv e
come in . . .
In ■■>»>1 la w n S I.In n T e r m e R e l i e v e l ew
tree should be known for at least
I.e e S • A k e lt e e l C » . M a la r » ,Is a , O r t f s a .
"M v Indy must have appeared three generations and should con­
just after I'd made up my mind to tain as many individuals as pos­
return to the Rolla.
Anyway. I sible whose egg production, growth,
didn’t see her. But I saw the closed and
general
qualifications
are
car. as you did: and, us you did. I worthy of perpetuation. Although a
crawled up to have a good look. pedigree alone does not guarantee
Before I was through, I heard that good results. It increases possibili­
unfortunate dog, and without think­ ties of obtaining them.
ing what I was doing, I started
Secondly, the proved sire, as an
along the track. Then the dog individual, most possess the type of
stopped screaming, and I re-entered characteristics which it is de­
the bracken, just about ten paces in sired that he pass on to his progeny.
rear of the car.
In the third place, the proved aire
" I was wondering where you were must have demonstrated Ins capaci­
and whether to follow the track or ties to produce fertile and halchable
go back to the Rolls, when I saw eggs and strong, viable chicks.
the woman approaching between the
During the past season many
trees. She was blowzed and out of
breath and went by at a shambling poultry men have been using male
run. and when she got to the car. birds willi good pedigrees. Those
she swung the door wide open and birds will have been found to go
then stood biting her nails and star­ through the breeding season in a I
I looked over my shoulder, still
strong, healthy condition. Hatching
ing the way she had come.
12 feet up, to see the man and the
records will have given considerable
woman lay the girl down in the
“ Presently along comes the chauf­ valuable information which may be
track which led to the car. They
feur, sweating great drops, with a accepted as at least the first steps
paid her no sort of attention, but aft­
coil of rebellious wire, and going as in progeny testing It is a mistake
fast as he knew.
er a hurried word, the man turned
for poultry breeders to sell off such
back to the ride and the woman
" ’Where is she?’ he cries. 'Have valuable sires simply because they
ran down the track and out of my
you got her?’
may consider it difficult to keep
sight.
"The woman lets out a gasp.
them over the summer season on
I think it was then that I thought
'Me?' she bleats. ’Max has got the poultry plant. Too often it is a
that they meant her ill, for both of
her He sent me on.’
practice to use only cockerels or
them need not have left her in any
“ Max hasn’t got her,’ cries the first year breeders each spring.
case. Be that as it may, I hung
chauffeur, and the woman goes From such birds, information on
where I was for an instant, to let
white as a sheet.
Pattern No. 1809
only the first two points is possible.
the fellow go by. Had he looked,
“The next moment, up comes
To
be
a
proved
sire,
o
bird
must
.
lighlight
your linens and lin­
he must have seen me, for 1 was
Max, with his eyes bulging out of have a record of production. Keep
gerie with colorful initials and
fully exposed, but his eyes were
his head.
over promising male birds until next
monograms in easy tazy-datsy
fixed on something I could not see.
“ When they told him she wasn’t January. Their daughters will huve
stitch and french knots.
E xtra
I leaped the last six feet, and be­
there, he threw the best part of a fit shown what they can do in egg
sprays help form interesting mon­
fore I turned to the girl, I looked
before my eyes. Then they all ran yields during the coming full and
ograms! Pattern 180» contains a
after the man. In so doing I saw
back in a bunch, like so many fran- winter. By the opening of the next
transfer pattern of four alphabets,
the chauffeur, walking across the
tic beasts, to where she ought to breeder season, sufficient data for
two 2*« inch and two 1»» inch
ride— at the spot where the bay
nave been. Less than two minutes progency testing will be at hand to
(with floral sprays); directions for
took his fall—hastily coiling the
elapsed before they came stumbling enable the poultry man to select the
placing of initials; illustrations of
wire which had brought him down.
back, all three disputing hoarsely exact birds to be saved
stitches: color suggestions.
For a moment I stared, unable to
and, naturally, blaming each other
Send IS cents in stamps or coins
credit my eyes.
for what had occurred. Bang oppo­
(coins preferred) for this pattern
site where I was lying the woman Fly Nets, Repellents
Then I whipped to the girl, who
to The Sewing Circle. Ncedlerrnft
fell upon Max and scratched his face
was yet lying still as death, and,
Are
Urged
for
Horses
Dept.. 82 Eighth Ave., New York
picking her up in my arms, ran out
to glory before the chauffeur was
N. Y.
Every effort should be directed to­
able to pull her off. Then she fell
of the track and into the thick of
Please write your name, ad­
the bracken until I could run no
down in a heap and burst into tears, ward preventing horses from being
dress and pattern number plainly.
more.
and Max did his best to kick her bitten by insects, since it is be­
I Had to Carry Her Over a Stream.
till the chauffeur landed a good one lieved that blood sucking inaecta are
and
knocked him down. But for responsible for the transmission of
CHAPTER i n
manage to walk? My car’s not very Raven and then return, but, as luck him, they’d have been there now, sleeping sickness in horses, says A.
fa r off.”
would have it, we met him at the for he was the only one that wasn’t W. Uren of the Missouri college of
I afterwards found I had run
ta v o ilta /< c c ip e
“ There’s nothing the m atter with mouth of the track.
agriculture.
beside himself.
quarter of a mile, which shows,
me, but why should I walk to your
He was plainly bursting with
The incidence of this disease at
think, that fear can lend a man car?"
“ ‘D ’you want to be taken?* he
ofa the M /ee h -----
news, but I was down in the road hissed. ’That cursed horse is back arm y posts, in states where the dis­
strength which he does not possess.
I hestitated. Then—
before
he
could
speak_
ease
was
quite
prevalent,
was
only
Be that as it may, I laid the girl
in the stables by now, and in two
“ Because I beg you.” I said. " I ’ll
“ I ’ve got her,” I breathed. “She’s minutes' time the hue and cry will one-tenth as much in the horse popu­
down as gently as I knew how—and tell you everything later—indeed, I
HONEY F U D G E CAKE
lation on the farms adjacent to the
then lay down beside her to get my will. But now we’ve not a moment coming with us to Raven. But don’t be raised. And if we’re to be found
say a word in the car—she’s not too we’re done. That Jew will show us post. This low incidence is thought
breath.
to lose. Directly Caesar gets in, the well.”
C ream •> cup b u tter
Of course I knew who she was alarm w ill be raised: and I don't
no mercy—he’ll lead the pack: and to be due to the fact that the arrrfy
Add >, cup >u««r and c re a m Ihorouahly.
Then we both got into the Rolls, he’ll hound us into prison for 20 hoses were kept in screened sta­
and I knew I had seen an attempt want you to be found until after
while g radually addin«
cup honey
bles. It is recommended, therefore,
years.’
Add 3 w ell beaten e « ( yolk«, and beat
to carry her off. And I knew that you’ve heard my tale. Please trust and Winter let in his clutch.
well
I had been sent to bring that at­ me till then. You really are in dan­
“ That brought the others up to that horses be kept in stables as
Sift together 3 cupa caka flour. 3 tea-
tempt to naught. I prayed that I ger—what happened just now must ( “ I t ’s very seldom,” said Herrick, their feet and into the car, and 30 much as possible during an epidem­
•poon* baking powder, ,« teaapoon
•a lt .
cup cocoa
had succeeded—with all my heart. show you that your cousin will stick “ that Fortune makes up her mind to seconds later the latter was out of ic, particularly if the stables are
do a thing really well. She almost m y sight.
screened.
From the way she had lain in my at nothing to put you out of the
Add to crenmed m ixture alter­
always leaves you with two or three
It is also recommended that fly
“ Well, there you are. We know
nately with (4 cup sweet m ilk.
arms I was sure that she was not w ay.”
little knots, and you have to try to
the whole truth of the m atter from nets be used when horses are
Beat 3 egg whites until stiff. Grad­
dead, but I felt that she ought to
Finger to lip. Lady Elizabeth V ir­
cut them , . . But here she’s ex­ first to last, and, thanks to your worked, and that the horses be
have water, to bring her to life. And gil appeared to reflect. A t length
ually beat in ’A cup sugar. Fold
celled herself, for I came upon the
enterprise, we have in our hands the sprayed often with fly repellents
then I heard the speech of a rill . . . she rose to her feet.
into batter. Pour into 2 well
scene of the outrage as you went off,
greased layer cake pans and bake
All right,” she said. " I ’ll trust and so I can complete the astonish­ rem arkably beautiful subject of An effective and rather inexpensive
Two minutes later, perhaps, a
their activities. As I said two days fly spray can be made by extracting
10 minutes.
you. Where is this car?”
hand went up to her head.
ing tale you've just told.
ago, you’re one of Fortune's pets. 1 pound of pyrethrum flowers
___ r- jn - 1
“ I t ’s all right,” said I, “ lie still.
When I told her, she glanced about
Icing for Cake.
“ But before I do that, let’s go
You took the deuce of a toss.”
her. Then she pointed across the back. Between us. we saw the whole but you know how to use your luck— * a,,on ot kerosene for 48 hours, then
To 4 tablespoons butter, add 1
I
’U
give
you
that.
It
would
never
decant
or
«‘Phon
off
the
clear
liquid
,,
-
------------ liquid.
Lady Elizabeth V irgil opened two drive.
-
— - never
thing. We saw Percy meet his bul­ .
cup powdered sugar, and cream.
large, gray eyes.
That’s our quickest way. But lies and lead them off to the ride. have entered my head to carry the If two parts of the extract are then
Add
teaspoon vanilla and 1*4
lady
off.”
thoroughly mixed with one part of
“The dog,” she said. “ Who was how do we come to be here? I came There, of course, he told them ex­
squares melted chocolate. Add an­
water containing 3 to 5 per cent of
“Of course it would,” said I.
it beating that dog in that merci­ off in the Golden Ride.”
other cup powdered sugar. Beat
actly what they were to do, watched
"No, it wouldn't,” said Herrick. soft soap, the mixture is then ready
less way?”
“ I carried you here,” said I. them fix the wire and placed them
well, adding 4 tablespoons heated
for use.
“
I
might
have
rescued
her:
but
aft­
" I t ’s all right,” said I. “ He T h e y left you halfway to the car, in the positions which they were to
honey until frosting will spread
er
that
I
should
have
taken
her
stopped when he saw you come so I picked you up and cleared out occupy—the chauffeur at the end of
easily.
home.”
down.”
before they came back.”
In
the
Feed
Lot
the ride to watch for my lady’s ap-
( 7 0 HE CONTINUED)
A hand went up to her head.
And Caesar?” she cried, sitting
Ducks should thrive well and be
“ So far as I can make out, I ’ve
up. “ Where’s Caesar—the horse I
ready for m arket at ten to eleven
was riding?”
a great deal to thank you for. But T erm ites H a v e B een P resen t in T his
weeks.
« liï r m? a ,," .1’/ Nf 7
'• »“ "■ 'Sat. If «ha
a a a
“ Unhurt,” said I. “ He m ay be I can’t think as straight as I should.
C ountry for C entu ries; N ot Im ported
going spare, but he’s not going And when we get to your car, are
The United States contains more
Thlfl dread .m .rtlo n b InaifHmM. It i w t i h ab.wfy a
short. And now will you please lie you going to drive me to Brief?”
than 986,771,016 acres of cultivated
• » • ’M * n«
In the
rt*, k and
to
* n appear«
k i n « alaa
ftrearhir«».
*T d like to drive you to Raven.”
down and let me look round?”
farm
lands.
Contrary to popular opinion ter­
They thrive under a wide range
“ To Raven? Do you know Ra­ mites are not “ new” insects import­
• • •
After a steady stare, she did as
of moisture, temperature, and food
ven?”
I said.
ed from the tropics.» They have conditions. The particular variety
Official testing of poultry for pul-
,.r i
X .IÍ.,7 THTúnl.'íí ""
“
That’s
where
we’re
staying,”
been present in this country for with which we are concerned feed lorum disease is now authorized by
'••»rbTXTÆî
^fcahT®*'"’
I got to my knees and peered
IIU lftlA S I.Í. A< NK . M .rthm
.a i.
said
I.
lo m ia S m rl«ldw<
W IN K „ r M K I.I'
ùhM
through the tops of the bracken, but
centuries. But it is only lately that on the cellulose found in wood.
law in New York state.
“
All
right.
I
don’t
care.
I
’d
like
• • •
l’ u R f u ' Â t Ï Ï Ï H ’î f ”
iH m .n l.
all was still.
the general public has become
S H .I' J " l l i l X Im ï- .m " i î l i t t , T L , *
The
spores
of
these
fungi
lodge
to see Brenda again. I ’ll lie down aware of them as destructive in­
A sidewalk farm er is a person
As I sat back on my heels—
E C ....s g
there for a while. When you’ve sects. As the forests are becoming in the crevices of wood. I f condi­ who lives in a nearby town but con­
“Why did you want to look
tions
are
favorable
(moisture,
tem­
been
knocked
out,
you’re
never
depleted
and
they
are
deprived
of
a farm.
round?”
f i S . l i Ï S J S ’.SùSf
1-n.t
perature, food) they germinate tinues to operate
quite right till you’ve slept.”
• • •
their natural habitats, they seek
"Because you are still in danger.
Though she seemed to have taken other sources of wood—houses rapidly, emitting a labyrinth-like
O R G A N IC M IN E R A L S
The Siamese farm er erects a
You were brought down on pur­ no hurt, she was not fit to walk as
branchwork of destructive filaments
pose. A wire was across the ride.” far as the Rolls: yet I was afraid to among them—for food and shelter, which finally permeate the mem­ charm in his grain field to keep bad
spirits away from the crops.
Lady Elizabeth looked at me very offer to fetch the car, in case, be­ writes Dr. Michael Ference in the branes of the affected wood.
• • •
Chicago Tribune.
hard.
This
condition
is
known
as
dry
fore I got back, the hunt should be
Several types of destructive ter­ rot or decay.
Broodiness may be a serious han­
“ How do you know?”
up. There was, therefore, nothing
To Get Rid „ f x,.|d
“ I saw it taken away. I saw the for it. Fortune had laid on my anvil mites exist in this country. The
Some types of wood are less sub­ dicap to high egg production during
the summer months, especially
anil Poisonous Waste
whole thing. The fellow was thrash­ a red-hot iron. If I did not strike it subterranean or ground-burrowing ject than others to fungus attack
Your klrfn.ya h.lp l o kmn von wall
type is most widespread and devas­ but unfortunately the resistant among the heavy breeds,
ing the dog to draw you that way.” now . . .
by constantly flll„?m , w « V
tating.
* • •
There was a little silence.
from
tha blood. I f yi ur k h ln .m » I
woods
are
very
expensive
and
When she had stumbled twice,
are
functionally disordered and full to
Becausv ihese subterranean ter­
More than H i million farm trac­
Then—
without a word I took her right mites shun light and remain hidden seldom used for construction pur- tors are used on farms.
“ Who arranged this , . . melo­ arm and set it about my neck: then
poses.
KdTwA disiSi w‘” 1* ,y,u"n •°d
• • •
from view, the damage which they
dram a?”
I put my left arm about her and accomplish often reaches an ad­
n.Üönnmi; h?",y
‘~>/"n«nt art-
Some
60
varieties
of
celery
are
“ Your cousin, Percy,” said I. “ I held her up.
The M ata-M ata Turtle
â
â
î â
1 of k ' dn F’
vanced stage, with the infested lum­
cultivated
in
the
United
States
saw him at work.”
The M ata-M ata turtle, a native of
I am given to understand that one
n*««lnz barkarha.
. • • •
After a long silence she let out had her mother’s looks, but I find it ber becoming structurally weak and South American lakes and rivers,
Ï2
u
in
a
*ni
„
h™
‘
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R e t t i n « aasa —I a . •
unsafe, before the termites are so
a little laugh.
Foreign insect pests often do so
resembles a floating log, to which
hard to believe that the Countess much as discovered.
all
“ That rings true,” she said short­ Rudolph had all of her daughter’s
an enormous leaf has been attached much damage to crops in this coun­
Even more destructive to wood—
ly. And then, “ Who are you?”
charm. I have said before that her and homes—in this country are as head. A fisherman for his liveli­ try because they have left their nat­
‘‘M y name's Richard Exon,’ I
hood, the M ata-M ata seldom leaves ural enemies behind them
eyes were large and gray, but I de­
• • •
said. "A —a friend of yours told me spair of disclosing the exquisite light the low parasitic forms of plant life the water in his native haunts. I
< Ä ’.
command
known as rot-producing fungi, caus­
about you.”
One hundred years ago the aver­
which made them so very rare This ing damage that runs into millions From his snout extends a small
“ I didn’t know I had any friends.” was a very soft brilliance, which
periscope,
through
which
he age fleece clipped from a sheep in
of dollars a year.
the U. S. weighed approximately
breathes on land.
two pounds. Today it is eight.
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