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"Why not?" asked the coptntn liitlul
renlly. "Why not? It shows on Its face why
Dot. It snys I was In the gnuie today.
And I'm on Oils ship I"
"Sit down," said the cnptnln, who
paused until his Invitation bad been
' accepted. "Mr. James"
"My same Isn't Jnmes It's Shnte.'
"Well, then, Mr. Shute, If yon prefer
It," said the captain, wishing to humor
his guest, "I have made a careful In
aulry about you. Tour room steward
reports, and the quartermaster on
duty at the gangway confirms It, that
you came aboard Intoxicated 1 may
say, were brought aboard drunk."
"It's a He ! Was never drunk In my
life never took a drop of liquor In
my life. What happened, I was given
knockout brought aboard drugged."
The captain appeared puzzled, then
continued: "I hardly think so, Mr.
James "
"Shute!"
"Mr. Shute. The ship's doctor
examined you, at the request of your
friends, after you were assisted
aboard. He reports that he found
you In an advanced state of Intoxica
tion. Your friends said that you hud
been celebrating unwisely before sail
ing." "I tell you It's a lie."
"Mr. Shute, If you are not Inclined
to take my view of this unfortunate
clrcumstnnce, you will have to be sent
whore you will be looked after. I
Mean That If You Don't Stop Your
Nonsense and Behave Yourself I Will
Order You to the Hospital."
mean that If you don't stop your non
sense and behave yourself, I will order
you to the hospital. Good morning."
Win Shute had never been put out
of a game In his life. He eyed the
"umpire" of the high seas critically
and turned to go. But, like the aver
age ball player, be couldn't leave the
"Bcld" without the lost word.
"Captain, you've got me I acknowl
edge that. And I'm not going to make
any trouble for you not while you're
managing the ship. But once we
strike dry land I promise you I'll start
a brand of trouble that will bring up
on this boat. I've been drugged I
repeat It And there's been the dirti
est kind of a frame-up against me.
What s more, that message you hold
in your hand Is a pure fake. Either
the man who sent it or the mnn who
received It Is a crook take your
choice I"
Before the captain of the Colonla
could reply, S. W. James, or, as he de
manded to be called, J. W. Shute, was
gone.
Quick thinking was a portion of his
business in life. In less than the dis
tance from home to first base he hnd
definitely outlined his plan of action.
Of course he would give the head mnn
of the ship no cause to resort to war
measures; that would be silly worse
than kicking yourself out of a big
game which you might help to win.
No, slr-ee! He would stand for
"James" he would be S. W. James.
Quietly, but none the less decisively,
he would devote himself to an unemo
tional consideration of his highly ex
asperating plight. He would see If
past devotion to the stories of the
Great Detective had taught him any
thing worth while regurding Infer
ences and deductions from a limited
array of facts. For the next nine
days, or until the ship touched at
Gibraltar, he would do nothing else)
On land James Wlnton Shute would
have kept steadfastly to his resolve.
But he was to find It different on shp
jwsrd. He was to discover KoniotMng
revolutionary nnout a sen vowge,
something that Jars one loose and cuts
one off completely from ordinary life
The great white trull which fetches u
ai me siern or ino snip lends nwnv
from every-duy existence, lengthening
tne space back to the confines of dutv
and custom and hahlt as one nnutlcii
mile Is tossed high on another.
For the first time In Win Shute's ex
penence the pleasing shnpc of a girl
bending to the wind, skirts tiuit like
a sail close-hauled, tousled wavy
brown hair brushing her animated
face, Irish blue eyes bright and hen
Ing,- cheeks aglow with the delight of
living, suddenly swept Into his ken
and away went the restraints of an or
derly, carefully planned scheme of
life.
"Gee, whnt a swell girl!" he mm
tered. Then: "Why's she with that
crook?" ,
It was Miss Riley, and she was at
tended by Jerrold Mansel, the wireless
operator. More to the point, they were
having a Jolly time together.
Miss Riley and her mother. Mrs.
Daniel Riley, occupied Suite A 9 and
IS on the upper promenade deck, list
ing at $700 for the vogaye to Naples.
It was the finest suite on the ship.
There was. however, nothing un
democratic about Miss Riley. Al
though she was the most fascinating
person on the ship, she didn't let thai
bother her. Her mother was a sub
dued, almost timid, woman past mid
dle age, who bad a habit of failing
Into the furniture and becoming a sta
tionary part of her surroundings. She
was enslly the best listener on the
boat. Her daughter was devoted to
her, and Mrs. Riley plainly showed
that her interest was restricted to her
"Girlie," as she called her dnughter.
Miss Riley's beauty, which, of
course, endeared her to the mnsciillne
element, for some reason did not de
tract from her favor with the women.
They liked her because she never
failed to "notice" them. "She's nice
to every one" was another general ob
servation.
Win Shute was not one of those
who worshiped from afar. Just as In
baseball he was In the gnme every
minute, so in this new game he played
It assiduously. The day of his Inter
view with the captain he had per
formed a slight favor for Mrs. Riley,
the ubiquitous steward being off duly
Ihls led to an Introduction to "my
diiir.'hter," and that resulted In the
transformation of the voyage. From
the first he got on swimmingly with
Miss Riley. They seemed to "perform
in the points." as he put It, "like
veteran battery."
"What's a battery?" asked Miss
Riley.
" Win Shute wns amazed, but he
cheerfully explained: "I'ltcher and
catcher. Aren't you a basefull fan?"
"I never saw a game In my life," she
confessed.
"You re got something coming to
you." said Win.
"You can't get me excited about any
game to watch. I'm devoted to ten
nls and golf, and I played hockey and
basketball at school. But I played I
didn't merely look on. A baseball fan
must be the laziest sort of human be
ing; he runs nwny from his business.
and then he hasn't the energy or the
get-up to play. He sits Idly by as
other persons exert themselves. It's
too vicarious for me."
It was a decided shock to Win that
Miss Riley didn't cure for the na
tional game.
If anything were needed to enhance
Miss Riley's charm. It was the mys
tery that developed about or envel
oped her the third day out. Win
Shute heard of It from his room stew
ard, who had picked It up from the
waiter at the purser's table. The
purser wns the agent of publicity, and
It was surmised that he had gleaned
his Intelligence from the captain. Any
how, It was a matter that the captain
and the purser would naturally talk
over.
Via wireless had come an Inquiry to
the captain of the Colonla about a
passenger. The Inquiry was from the
United States government so much
was known. It concerned a young
woman who wns traveling with her
mother. She was( described In the
general terms ( strikingly handsome
and clever. From this the descriptions
vnrlert according to the whim or
Imagination of the person repeating
the morsel of gossip. The nub of the
tale was that the young woman wns a
fugitive from Justice I
Immediately a now ship's gome was
starlcd find the fugitive. The search
was carried on by a process of elimi
nation. First the sailing list was
combed for a ninlher and daughter. It
turned out. unfortunately, that In the
first cabin there were exactly twen
ty-one pnlrR of mothers and daugh
ters. As to whether these iviiiiy niie
mothered maidens were Immhome anil
clever, opinions : - "l fM''kedly
Somo of the daughter were gooa-iooK-lug
but undeniably dull; others were
clover hut plain. Not half a dozen
could come within riuigu of the speci
fications. When the consensus of opinion was
nliiiut to pounce upon Miss HI ley, who
headed the list of "suspects." another
bit of Information leaked out. The
woman wauled was a stenographer.
Here the search for the guilty on1 be
gun nil over. Miss Illley was wealthy
her ship accommodations and her
dress denoted that so It must b
some olio else. Hut after consUlerln
the qualifications of other pnsxililll
ties for hours on end. Mistress Con
sensus again hovered about Miss Riley
Thus the Hint cabin divided Itself lull
two camps the partisans of Miss
Riley and those of "the field." Hut
paradoxically, in tnu instance, par
tisan meant enemy.
The Khliu hecile nhout It. und be
cause of It In Shute got Into trouhlr
Ilo was walchliig the poker game In
the smoking room when the lnoc-
Jointed conversation switched to the
unsolved mystery of the lilp tin1
Identity of the fugitive from Just-e
r.veiuuaiiy mere was an arguineui
over the demerits of Miss Riley.
Win Shute was angry at nieiit'on of
her mime. To him If wns contempti
ble that It should be dragged In ami
bandied about over booze and oli-r
chips.
Two men one an ordinarily decent
chap who had taken a Utile too tiiut'h
and the other a cynical, self-cnntnlued
man, Ihe best poker player at the
tufilL brought the. unmanly discus
sion to u precipitate conclusion. There
had been nmiiy references to Mis
Riley, most of them complimentary in
nature, and tho decent but tauked-up
chap had proved her champlou. As u
clincher he nsked:
That girl has the finest rooms on
the boat. Doe that look like she It
a stenographer T'
The cynical man answered:
"If she Is the stenog of one of them
Pittsburgh millionaires. It's the kind
o( a suite you'd expect to find her In
Get me?"
There wns a conrse laugh, which
changed In the middle Into an expres
slon of concern. Whnt hoppem-d n
swift.
Win Shute said something In the
gambler's enr and neatly slapped h
face. The gambler, raging. Jumped to
his feet, scattering glasses and chips
which went clattering to the floor, and
made a vicious tmss at the Iniorlnner
With the celerity' of dodging a wild
pilch. Win Shute avoided the first
and, catching the gambler off his hat
ance, floored him with n pretty upper
cut Then the gambler, blind with
rage, seized a whisky bottle from the
wreckage. Hut before he could un
it his nrms were pinioned from behlnil
and Shute was pushed out of the
smoking room.
As the loss In nttn ami glassware
generously estimated, was made good,
and ns the smoking-room steward was
properly rewarded for his future reti
cence, the episode did not come o:!l
chilly before the captain. Hut nnof
flnlnlly. through the human wtrele.
system, the story went nil over the
ship. In Its travel It became embel
lished with the ship's doctor's account
tinsed on personal observation, of
.lames' arrival on the sh! dear!
drunk.
The story did not get to Miss Riley
In expurgated form. An uimiinpll
mentary remark had been made about
her "Oh. nothing of any consequence
bless your heart, no I" and "James"
had thought himself colled upon to
defend her with his lists. Idiotic boy!
Win Shute. In his wholesome and
Innocent view of things, believed that
the unfortunate affair In the smoking
room would he hushed-up. Ilnvlng
liberally rewarded the steward for the
trouble that had been cnused him, and
thinking that "those present" would
treat tbe episode from the standpoint
of the lonst sold the quickest forgot
ten. Win went nbnut In high spirits,
ns If nothing had happened headed
straight for Miss Illley.
LIBRARY NOTES
In respouso to it request niado by
Mayor J, A. Kastes (hut Monday, July
!i, be observed as Independence Day,
the county library will rontiilu closed
on that date. .Miss Lilian Habln, li
brarian, announced today.
A number of new liuolia received,
which are of especial Interest to
housewives, are listed by tho librar
ian an follows:
Allen Tallin Service, Includes
nut only the laying of tho table and
serving for formal and Informal oc
casions, but also euro of the dining
room and pantry and notes on carv
ing and suggestions for preparing
menus. Illustrations and diagrams.
Hill Cnunlng, Preserving and
Jolly-Making, (lives many recipes,
both for trulls and vegetables.
Rolfe Interior Decoration for the
Small Homo. Rules of art applied
to the problems of decorating homes
of people of moderate means, Dis
cusses walls and ceilings, curtains,
rugs and curpols. furniture, etc.
Rose Feeding tho Family. Prac
tical handbook for the housewife
who wishes to provide u wholesome,
balanced dietary for hyr family.
Van Rensselaer A manual of
home-making.. It has practical sug
gestions for every phase of home
work, from tho lines of beauty in a
house or a hut '.o tho correct meth
ods of cooking and preserving.
Wright Low Cost Suburban
Humes.
llulderston Housewifery. One
of the best und most comprehensive
texts on the euro und furnishing of
Ihe house proper.
Ilaldt Clothing for Women. A
practical handbook for women mak
ing t luil i' own dollies,
Harrows Principles of Cookery.
Includes recipes and meiiil-maklng.
Hroadhui'st Homo und Coipniuu
ily Hygiene. Deals with all tho sub
jects related lo disease prevontli.n
and health preservation,
Farmer lloston Cooking anil
Cook Hook. Revised edition. .
Walllck - Small House.
Tut It III Tim llollellll.
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Tho new city ordinance, now In ef
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ii ii in !'i ! Mlilu of it Ntrnet to sprlnklo
tm odd ii ii in Inn oil days of Iho mouth,
while residents (in the oven num
bered slilo may sprinkle on even duya
of the mouth, and on no oilier. This
law Is being dlsreKurdiiil, nil her wil
fully or Iguoruiitly, In u mini bur of
canes. Continued folium In llvo up
to tho provisions of tho ordinance
will be met with tho penalties by law
provided. lU-gli-liHo
oJHEL
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for the arrest and conviction, or nnv
iniormatton leading to the arreBt and
conviction, of any person or persons
spearing fish in the lakes or streams
ot the state of Oregon.
Dated this 2nd day of July, 1920.
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Open Meeting
OF THE
Loyal Order of Moose
SATMER'S HALL
Thursday Evening, July 8
BiRht o'clock '
PROGRAM
Seating of Officers, Saluting the Flag, Singing
"Star Spangled Ranner."
Invocation by Prolate Reavans
Selection by Quartette
Address by II. II, DeAnnond
Impressions from the National Convention and
Mooseheart Institution, E. A. Sathcr
Loyal Order of Moose Service in memory of the
Children of Mooseheart, followed by signing of
"Nearer My God To Thee"
"Mooseheart" Solo by Miss Genevieve Wagner
Address by Hon. T. E. J. Duffy
Solo by Chas. G. Wilson
Prayer by Prelate Reavans
"My Country Tis Of Thee"
The pulilic is cordially invited to attend this
Service.
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