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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1913)
sands—hundreds of thousand»--melt Ing a pip* tn great apparent satlafac ECONOMY IN POTATO OMELET Ing, slipping through your Anger», tion. every hour, every hour." "Bud time. Isn't It?" I grumbled Appetising Dish the F«elusive Recipe of a Clever Little French Cook- He sprang from his seat and started sniffing at his strong tobacco. "Oh. no," he said. "The fact la. we Ragout of Veal. his walk again—up and down, up and are going to alt up all night." dow n. as we had first seen him. I threw myself on a couch by the The economy o f-Hv* imtato omelet Is “Shall you be returning to I-on don?" At the question the manager halted window without reply. Perhaps I ws* one of the devices for money saving In his stride, staring sharply down in not In the beat of tempera; oertainb housekeeping shown In "A Little to the Inspector’s bland countenance. I did not feel so. French Cook; Her Methods slid "You Insisted on coming down with Heelpea." published In Harper's llazar. “No,” he said; "1 shall stay here, Mr. Addington Peace, until such time me," he suggested. For days when company must be espe "I know all about that," I told him cially regarded, «he made u i«>tato as you have something definite to tell "I haven't complained, have I? If you omelet, which reconciled you to the me." “I have an inquiry to make which I want me to shut myself up for a week conditions. She nutshod ten small cold would rather place In the bands of I'll do it; but 1 should prefer to have potatoes. Sho then fried brown In butter two shopped cl bo u lea (which some one who bas personal knowledge some Idea of the reason why.“ “I don't wish to create myaterlea are shallots, but any small, delicate of Mr. Ford. Neither Mr. Harbord nor i yourself desire to leave Meudon is Mr. Phillips" be said kindly; "but. be onion would do), with a piece of lleve me, there Is nothing to be gained chopped parsley, and added the pota , there anyone else you can suggest?" toes. She then beat together well four "There is Jackson—Ford's valet In vague discussions." I knew that settled It ns far as he eggs, and added them lightly to th* , said the manager, after a moment’s thought. "He can go, If you think him was coucerned, so I nodded my head potatoes. Of this mixture she made and filled a pipe. At eleven be walked an omelet In the usual way; and when bright enough. I'll send for him." By B. Fletcher Robin*on While the footman who answered across the room and switched off the done put It on a dish and set it In the the bell was gone upon his errand, we light oven a few minutes to rise. waited In an uneasy silence. There “If nothing happens, you can take There la no more economical dish was the shadow of an ugly mystery your turn lu four hours from now," he for a well fed family than a good upon us all. Jackson, as he entered, said. “In the meanwhile get to sleep ragout. Cecile's ragout of vosl na was the only one who seemed at his I will keep the first watch." varraln, as she called it- wua ns sa ease. He stood there—a tall figure of I shut my eyes; but there was no vory and nourishing a dish ns anyone (Vcyyr.^-t. i»y W C.. < spinar. > all the respectabilities. rest in mo that night. I lay listening could desire. She used about two » “The Inspector here wishes you to to the silence of the old house with a pounds of th* shoulder of veal, which go to London. Jackson." said the man dull speculation. Somewhere far down sho cooked for 20 minutes or so in a ager. "He will explain the details. in the lower floor a great gong-llke small Iron pot. with salt, pepper and There Is a fast train from Camdon at clock chimed the hours and quarters butter, until It was well browned. Sho eleven.“ I heard them every on* from twelve turned It over from time to time Once "Certainly, sir. Do I return tonight?" to one, from one to two. Peace had she added a small wineglass of water, "No. Jackson." said Peace. “It will stopped smoking He sat as silent as to prevent burning (Sho was very F ALLAH pleases, tumor candlelight th« steaming turnover take a day or two." a cat at a mousehole. chary of spoiling good things by wa (Continued.) row," says the average Per sings, and the dinner of several It must have been some fifteen mln The man took a couple of steps to ter dilution, and In the Iron pot there 1 woke with a start that left me sit sian as he considers th* courses b< t Ins lo app- ir. punt troubles wards the door, hesitated, and then re utes after two that I heard the faint, was little danger of burning). She ting up in bed. with my heart thump transaction of business or are forgotten until a new day dawns. turned to his former place. faint creak of a board In the corridor then sprinkled and stirred In well two ing in my ribs like a piston-rod. I am the taking of u jouruey The dinner, by tin bye. is prepared “1 beg your pardon, sir." he began, outside. 1 sat up. every nerve strung teaepootifuis of flour—that Is. she not generally a light sleeper, but that Aud before the westerner has been by tho cook In a drau :bty corner on addressing Ransom “ But I would to a tense alertness. And then there sprinkled It over the meat and turned night, even while 1 snored, my nerves loug lu this cuuntry he drops l>ls shib throe cage Ilk« < rat«'. .olio uu each were active. Some one had tapped at i rather remain at Meudon under pres came a sound I knew well, the soft the meat over and over; then she boleth that "time Is money," uud fulls aide of tho puck Middle | ent circumstances." drawing touch of a band groping In added eight large carrots cut Into my door—that was my impression Big Caravans. “■What on earth do you mean?" thun the darkness as some one felt bls way small dice, four onions, sliced, sev Into the fatalistic philosophy of the I listened with the uncertain fear Often during lint long hours of the east, where the language has no equi dered the manager. along the panelled walls. It passed eral pieces of parsley, about two cup that comes to the newly waked. Then '•Well, sir, I was the last to see Mr. us and was gone. Yet Peace never fuls of raw peas, and a glassful of valent meaning for our words, punc dally march art- hoard tin- I->w aouud- I heard it again—on the wall near my Ford. There is, at ft were, a suspicion moved. Could be have fallen asleep' water Sho cooked It. tightly covered, tuality and promptitude, writes a lug boll», telling of an approaching bead this time. A board creaked. Teheran correspondent of the lx»» caravan Surrounded l»y bug« bales an hour and a half, adding, a half-hour Angeles Times. Borne one was groping his way down upon me. I should like to be present I whispered his name. of cotton, cases ul opium and bundles “Hush!" before It was done, a plateful of small th* dark corridor without Presently while the search continues, both for Truly, Persia Is no place for the of carpel» come a troop of l’«r»lan» his sake — and my own." The answer came to me like a gen raw potatoes, cut In half. he stopped, and a faint line of illu hustler, accustomed to "do" a country on pilgrimage lo Mecca or Rubella, “Very kind of you. I'm sur*. tie sigh. mination sprang out under my door. It or a kingdom by express railroad who lor safety's »ft kt > neraliy travel One minute, two minutes more and winked, and then grew still. He had growled Ransom. "But you either do routes and automobile transit, and with a large, well-guarded caravan. what I tell you. Jackson, or you pack ths room sprang into sight under th* Ut a candle. who expects to get Ritx or Waldorf- Their well filled raddle-bag* Oonlsln your boxes and clear out. So quick tie came with the streak of glow of an electric hand lamp. The In Assurance everything n> «■ •m.ary for their all lo Astoria wherever he slops. light. What was he doing, groping in and make up your mind." spector rose from his seat and slid eight mouth» Jouruey So accustomed Only when the powers take hold of “ I think you are treating me moat through the door, with me upon his the dark, if he had a candle with him? When making mince meat use a few do tho Perslau» b< corn» to the pace Persia and run the country will travel I crept over to the door, opened it and unfairly, sir. But I cannot be per- heels. The light he carried searched crabapples with other apples and you become easy and pleasant for tbo ordi of llielr mules, they cau doxo comfort- suaded out of what I know to be my the clustered shadows; but the corri Stared cautiously out will add a delicious flavor to the meat nary globetrotter. For the present ably on their li.iik) through the hot About a score feet away a man was duty." dor was empty, nor was there any When boiling molasses or sugar It Is open ouly (o the venturesome and hours of the afternoon without run standing—a striking figure against the “You impertinent rascal! began place where a man might bide, candy rub the dish in which It is b< ing leisurely, for there are scarcely any ning th« »lightvat ri.tl, of misadventure, Mght he carried. His back was to the furious manager, But Peace was "You waited too long." I whispered boiled with butter all around about railroads In the length and breadth of but tliu westerner bus to keep wide wards me. but I could see that his already on his feet with a hand out- Impatiently. an Inch from the top and It will uot the land, and transit over any distance awuko to preserve hii* equilibrium hand was shading the candle from his stretched. 'The man Is no fool. Mr. Phillips boll over. Th« most useful vehicle» for long Is both perilous and arduous, though eyes while he stared into the shad "Perhaps, after all. I can make oth- Do you Imagine that he was not listen journeys In I’er.lu nr tin palakla and full of interest to the strong and sea To keep vegetables fresh and crisp ows that clung about the further end er arrangements, Mr. Ransom,' ' he Ing and staring like a hunted beast Kujuvall*. the qua,.. ■ nt contrivance» soned traveler of the corridor. said. "It is natural that Jackson A noisy board, a stumble, or a flash of dip a muslin bag or cloth flour sack In 1’ursla it la no simple under for travel lo be »eon uuywhcr« Those Presently he began to move forward • should consider his own reputation In light, and we should have wasted a tlr (after it is cleaned) in cold water, wring It lightly, put In the vegetables taking to prepare for a caravan jour "Persian cabs' uro fixed upon mules. The picture gallery and the body of this affair. That is all, Jackson; you ing day." Some skill, too. Is required in load and hang where the air can strike IL ney of 150 miles or so. as your amuse the house lay behind me. The corri may go now.” "Nevertheless be has got dear A flatiron stnnd will he found useful ments must ullow for at least eight ing up tho mule with Its human dor in which he stood terminated in a It was half an hour afterwards, away.“ on the range to keep the contents of days on the road In many places freight, cure being taken that tlio two window, set deep into the stone of the when the end of breakfast had dis “I think not" people who travel aldo by »Ide are old walls. The man walked slowly, persed th* party, that I spoke to Peace As we crept forward I saw that a a saucepan warm without danger of merely a rough, stony track through about the »atuu weight If a tiny hue- mountain gorges. A siring of six burning; It is also useful when one de throwing the light to right and left. sires food to simmer; there Is then or eight mules Is required, and you ■ bund and a fat wife hnvo to go togeth His attitude was of nervous expecta no (ear of sticking or burning on a hot have to be smart at a bargain when er, hlH box luunt bn filled up with bal tion—that of a man who looked for you haggle with the owner of the last so as to equalize tho weight stove. something that he feared to see. To clean Bteel ornaments of rust hearts, though aa a matter of fact, the Similar enro ha» to be exercised In At the window he stopped, staring dismounting. for If ono passenger and discoloration, rub them with a muletoer generally gets his price. about him and listening He examined Tbo contract must then bu written jumps out without giving warning of brush dipped In paraffin oil ami then the fastenings, and then tried a door on his right It was locked against In emery powd<r. Polish them wl>h a out. aud the muleteer affixes bls seal his intention, hl» neighbor 1» shot to him. As he did so I caught his pro dry chamois. A lump of camphor to it, for few of them can eUber read tho ground with unseemly hasto. The file against the light. It was Harbord, placed In the box with them will keep or write. But you are not through only difference between tho kajavnb with the dial until you have paid over and the palukl 1» that tho latter Is the secretary. From where I stood he steel ornaments bright. was not more than forty feet away. Glove fingers make good protection half or even three quarters of the open, while th« for.... . 1» covered with There was no possibility of a mistake. for the stems of flowers, especially If stipulated "ticket journey.” The next a light .waterproof roof aud 1» cur As he turned to come back I retreat the flowers are fresh aud worn pinned business Is the engagement of a smart tained agnlnst bad weather. The most comfortablo means of ed Into my room, closed the door. The to a white dress. Save the fingers. In boy for the road aud a cook to prepare fellow was in a state of great agita sert the flower stems In then) and pin the meals, and upon their character travel, »acred lo the use of the tion, and I could hear him muttering to dn«H and no dampness or stain will the eutlre comfort of your caravan wealthiest class. Is tho takhtiravan, a kind of palunquln. consisting of a journey depends. to himself as he walked. When he had injure the most delicate dress. box about seven feet long aud five passed by I peeped out to see him and Expert Servants. nis light dwindle, reach the corner by Persian servants could give points feet high, fitted with doors niid win Mint Jelly. the picture gallery, and fade Into a re Two bunches of mint, simmered In to tbo most expert swell mobsman go dow» and furnished inside with n flection—a darkness. one pint of water for one-half hour; ing. They always make the very best »oft mattress and luxurious cu»bloos. I took care to turn the key before I one cup sugar, one and one-half table- use of opportunities for pluudor when Tho vehicle is built on the Sedan chair got back into bed. spoonfuls of granulated gelatin, soft tho provisions for the trip are bought. principle, the poles resting on a sort I woke again at seven, and. hurry ened In one-half cup of water; juice of Gradually, however, the large suddle- of saddle on the backs of tho mules, ing on my clothes, set off to tell Peace bags begin to swell out with packets which aro harnessed tandem. two lemons. all about it. I took him to the place, When the gelatin has softened, pour of tea, loaves of sugar, tin». of provi and together we examined the corri By the Mlle. the water from the cooked mint over sions rice, meat, bread, candles, coals dor. There were only two rooms be A young married woman athletically the softened gelatin, then add the aud other necessaries. You have ulso yond mine. The one on the left was sugar and lemon juice. A delicate to provide a new samovar, plates, inclined wa» very anxious to learn to an unoccupied bedroom; that on the green color may be obtained by the knives, forks, spoons, together with swim. So she bought a bathing suit right was a large storeroom, the door a teapot aud teacups. While the ser Joined tbo swimming class nt a near use pf a little vegetable color paste. of which was locked. The housekeep Strain and chill; cut In square* and vants are busy with the dealer the by Turkish bath, and plunged In, Ev er kept the key, we learnt upon in serve with lamb In the place of mint sahib chooses a saddle aud some camp ery Monday, Wednesday and Friday quiry. Whom had Harbord followed? sauce. It may be used as a garnish furniture not forgetting a traveling for an hour in the afternoon she tolled FIS ATTITUDE WAS OF The problem was beyond me. As for carpet. laboriously from ono «nd to the other for the lamb. Inspector Peace, he did not indulge in Fortunately, for eight months of the of tho ninety foot pool On returning NE2V0U5 EXPECTATION verbal speculations. year in Persia tho sun shines con homo after < ach lesson she carefully Boiled Apples. It was In the central hall that we tinually out of a fine blue sky, so computed the distance she traveled Take as many apples ae you wish to encountered the secretary on his way journeys aro generally taken under and jotted It down In her housekeep cook, all of one size say medium — to the breakfast room. The man pare and put on to boll as you would ideal conditions. Rain adds the last er’s memorandum book. One night looked nervous and depressed; he nod note of desolation to the mostly barren with the help of her husband, sh* ded to us. and was passing on, when about It, offering to go to L/mdon my etrip of the oak flooring along the potatoes, except put a cup of sugar laud, making the miserable villages started In to balunce her housekeep and grain of salt to two quarts of wa self and do my best to carry out his walls was gray with dust, If it had Peace stopped him. full of hungry, begging people, and accounts been in such a neglected state In the ter. Have water boiling when apples the gloomy, fort-llko caravansaries, ing "Shall “Good morning, Mr. Harbord,” he Instructions. I put swimming under pleas are dropped In. Don't core apples; “ I had bad luck in my call for vol afternoon I should surely have noticed *id "Can I have a word with you?” gray, nightmare visions of hopeless ures or necessities?" she asked, unde don ’ t let them get broken. 1'se knit it. In some curiosity I stooped to ex “Certainly, Inspector. What is ft?” unteers,” he said. • cidedly. ting needle to list them. Put Into a ness. "I should have thought they would amine the phenomenon. “I have a favor to ask. My assist The chief outstanding feature of a The husband glanced nt the figures "Flour," whispered the little man. glass dish, previously warmed, so as loug tour lu Persia is the massive cara ant and myse’f have our hands full have been glad enough to get the indicating the number of nautical not to crack. If too much water re touching my shoulder. chance of work. They can find no here If necessary could you help us mains to fill the glass dish let It boll vansaries, the poorest apologies for mill s his wife had covered. “Flour?" particular amusement in loafing about by running up to London, and—” "Why not put It down under trav down, then strain over the ap; !«s and hotels the world contains. They are “Yea. I sprinkled It myself. lx>ok 1 the place all day." — “For the day?” he interrupted. built by charitable people who deHire eling expenses?" he suggested. when cold they are delicious. "Doubtless they all had excellent there is the first result." “No. It may be an affair of three or to do a good turn to the travelers reasons,” he said with a smile. "But He steadied Ms light as he spoke. four days.” on the lonely roadB and mule tracks, Successive Generations. Peas on Toast. anyway, you caunot be spared, Mr. pointing with his other hand. ( “Then I must refuse. I am sorry, On the Miss Anne Morgan. daughter of the Delicious and rq-w to mnny tables whlcL are infested by marauding Phillips." powdery surface was the hglf foot but—" great financier, gives most of her time will be the peas served on toast. Pour bands of highwaymen. print of a man. “You flatter me.” “Don’t apologize, Mr Harbord," said As a rule they are built square, with to social work John I). Rockefeller, a can of sweet peas Into a saucepan to “ I want you to stay In your bed The flour did not extend more than the little man, cheerfully. “I shall have .oom« around the sides, opening on room. Write, read, do what you like, a couple of feet from the walls, so that cook until tender. Into this stir a half m the interior courtyard. In bad Jr., Is ono of the lenders In the move to find some one else—that is all.” ment against "white slnvery.” The cupful of butter rubbed into a cream, We walked into the breakfast room, but keep your door ajar. If anyone it was only here and there that we weather the mules are put into roomy daughter of Senator Mnrk Hanna, and a few minutes later Ransom ap passes down the corridor, see where caught up the trail. We had pass«d with a tablespoonful of flour and a stables behind, though generally the Mrs. Medlll McCormick, Is an active peared with a great bundle of letters be goes, only don’t let him know that the bedroom on the left—yet the foot little salt. Add a half cupful of hot. animals are tethered In tho spacious advocate of working women’s organi you are watching him if you can help prints still went on; we were at the water. Pour the peas and gravy over and telegrams in his hand. courtyard, with tbelr loads disposed zation. Such interests of many of Ransom said not a word to any of ft I will take my turn at half past store-room door, yet they stdll were six light brown slices of toast arranged around them and the bells on tbelr "tho second generation of wealth" aro visible before us. There was no other on a large platter. us, but dropped into a chair, tearing one. I don't mean to starve you.” harness tinkling continually. a better dependence for the future I obeyed. After all, It was, in a egress from the corridor. The tall open the envelopes and glancing at On first alighting at one of these than the earlier hope that tho second manner, promotion that the Inspector To Iron Shirtwaists. window at the end was, as I knew, a their contents. His face grew darker Put a soft, thick cloth on a table at rest-houses for the night, when th* and succeeding generation» would aa he read, and once he thumped his had given me; yet it was a tedious, good twenty feet from the ground. Had servant Indicates your apartment you hand upon the table with a crash that anxious time. No one came my way, this man also vanished off the earth one corner. I^ay the shirtwaist on the are apt to be badly Jarred by its ap «quander what the fathers and grand fathers accumulated. Spendthrift» barring a sour-looklng housemaid. I like Silas Ford? table with one armhole over the cor set the china jingling. pearance. The opening Into the black, do not materially affect the general tried to argue out the case, but the ner; pull the waist tight and Iron It. In Suddenly the Inspector stopped, “Well, inspector?" he said at last smoke-begrimed room is doorless. The The little detective’s head shook out deeper I got the more conflicting grew grasping my arm. The light he held this way the shoulder is Ironed smooth mud floor Is dirty and uneven, the welfare. Persons with social Instincts and a sense of responsibility do. my theories. I was never more glad fell upon two footprints set close to and kept In shape. It Is especially a negative. corners filled with all kinds of rubbish, "Perhaps you require an incentive," to see a friendly face than when the gather. They were at right angles to good for pleated waists. such as egg shells, fruit skins and the Betwean Doctors. the passage. Apparently the man had he sneered. “Is it a matter of a re little man came in upon me. Ilk*. But If the boy Is a good on* "Doctor, do you think we had better The short winter ’ s afternoon crept passed Into the solid wall I Pot Roast. ward?" he soon makes bls master comfort call in a consulting physician?" "Peace, what does this mean?" “No, Mr. Ransom; but ft la becom on, the inspector and I taking turn and Take two pounds of beef. Sear on "My worthy colleague, why should turn about in our sentry duty. Dinner ( chronict . es to nn continued .) all side* with hot fat. Put In kettle able. A fire Is lighted, the room ing one of my personal reputation.” swept and the meager equipment set we?" “Then, by thunder I you ar* in dan time came and went. I had been off and cover with boiling water. Add one- out A curtain nailed over the en- "H»’» a very rich man.” Prehistoric Monster. ger of losing it. Why don’t you and duty from nine, but at ten-thirty I half small onion, one cup diced car rance baffles the gaze of Inquisitive Eighty feet long and thirty your friend hustle. Instead of loitering poured out a whisky and soda and rot», two tablespoonfuls vinegar and onlookers, and when In the flickering | "Exactly Then why share the •» tet»r* around aa 1f you were paid by the went back to Join him. He was sit high, the atlantosaurus was o four cloves. Simmer four hour». day? I tell you. man, there are thou- ting In the middle of the room amok our prehistoric animals. Chronicles sf Addington Peace THE VANISHED MILLIONAIRE “I ^e^^ej^epep