The Monmouth herald., November 04, 1921, Image 8

Influence upon him.
.."he wild was
calling to him, wakening Instincts
long smothered In cities, but sure and
true as ever. It was the beginning
o f regeneration. Voice* of the long
past were speaking to him, and the
Fallings mice more had begun to run
true to form.
Inherited tendencies
By F. A. WALKER
Were In a moment changing thl# weak,
diseased youth Into a frontiersman
and wilderness Inhabitant such as his
GOOD MANNERS.
ancestors had been before him.
They were slipping along over the
WISE Italian says that you cun
pine needles, their eyes Intent on the
lull how civilized people are by
trail ahead. And then Lennox saw a
the way that they behave In the
curious thing. He beheld Ban sud­ «reel. He adds that If a man Is con­
denly stop In the trail and turn his siderate of his neighbor It show's that
eyes toward a heavy thicket that lay
tie has a proper respect for himself.
perhaps one hundred yards to their
If a French peasant brushes against
right For an Instant he looked al­ a stranger In the street or on Hie
most like a wild creature himself. His
road, he touches his hat in apology.
head was lowered, as If he were lis­
Mils sensitiveness to the rights of oth-
tening. Ills muscles were set and
rs Is not found everywhere else In
ready.
,
the world.
Lennox hnd prided himself that he
In fact, the tendency to hustle and
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would want to procure one of these senses, und that few men in the moun­ I us been growing of late uearly every-
SYNOPSIS.
tains had keener ears than he. Y'et
creatures.
w here.
Warned by hi» physician that he
"But I'm not sure I want to hunt It wns truth thift nt first he only knew
has not more than six months to
deer,” Han told him. "You speak of the silence, and the stir and pulse of
Gilbert Franlicu, the novelist. Is so
I live, Dan Falling sits despondently
his own blood. He assumed then that
them
as being so beautiful— "
irritated by what he calls the bad
on a park bench, wondering where
Ban
was
watching
something
that
“ They are beautiful anil your
manners of the day that be regrets
he should spend those six months.
Memories o f his grandfather and a
grandfather would never hunt them, from hts position, twenty feet behind, the good old days when everybody
deep love for all things o f the
either, except for meat. Hut maybe lie could not see. He tried to probe carried some sort of weapon and was
I wild help him in reaching a deci­
the thickets with his eyes.
ready to use It, If offended.
sion. In a large southern Oregon
! you'll change your mind wlten you see
Then Ban whispered. Ever so soft
a
buck.
Besides,
we
might
run
Into
u
Undoubtedly a man with a sword
« ity he meets people who i ■
known and loved his grandfather,
lynx or n panther. But not very like­ a sound, hut yet distinct In the si­ who was not inclined to fight would
lence. “ There's something living In
a famous frontiersman, lie makes
ly, without dogs.”
tie careful about knocking against an­
his home with »lias U:nnox, a typ­
They trudged up, over the carpet of that thicket."
other who was similarly armed.
ical westerner.
The only other
Then Lennox heard It. too. As they
pine needles. They fought their way
The Chinese have a proverb that
members o f the household are
I*ennox's son, "Hill/* and daugh­
through a thicket of buckhrush. Once stood still, the sound became ever "The fear o f death is the beginning
clearer
and
inure
pronounced.
Some
;
ter, “ gnow blid." Their abode Is
they saw the gray squirrels In the tree
of discipline."
In the Umpqua divide, and there
living erenture was advancing toward
tops. And tiefore Lennox had as much
If this Is true, there must be some­
Falling plana to live out the short
them; and tw igs were cracking he- j
as supposed they were near the haunts
thing in the theory that when people
span o f life which he has been
neath
Its
feet.
The
sounds
were
rath-
[
told Is his. F rorn the first Falling's II of big game, a yearling doe sprang up
gave up wearing rapiers and pistols,
er subdued, and yet, as the nnlmal ap­
health showa a marked improve­
from Its his] In the thickets. .
thpy liecome undisciplined and care­
ment, and In the companionship of
For an Instant she stood motionless, proached, both- o f them Instinctively less.
l<eonox and his son and daughter
knew that they were extremely loud
he ftt* into the woods life as If he
presenting n perfect target. It was
In the same way, though the use of
for the usual footsteps of any of the
had been born to It. By quick
evident that she had heard the sound
arms tended to cheapen human life and
wild creatures.
thinking and a remarkable display
of the approaching hunters, hut hud
to encourage bragging and bullying,
of “ nerve" he saves Lennox's life
“ What Is It?” Ban asked quietly.
not as yet located or Identified them
dueling and brawling, It also hud an
and hfa own when they are a t­
Lennox wns so Intrigued hy the
tacked by a mad coyote. I.enncx
with her near-sighted eyes. L- nnox
effect on manners.
sounds that he wns not even observ­
• • •
declares he Is a reincarnation of
whirled to find Han standing very
ant of the peculiar, subdued quality
Ida grandfather, Dan Falling I.
still,
peering
along
the
barrel
of
his
In
the
wild
Western "movies”
whose fame as a woodsman Is a
In Ban’s voice. Otherwise, he would
I rtfle. But he didn't shoot. The di*ert
politeness and "guns” go together and,
household word.
have wondered nt It. "I'm free to
seeing Lennox move, leaped Into her
as a row ,1s settled offhand, without
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*! terror pace— that astounding run that confess I don’t know,” he said. "It's waiting for the sheriff with his star,
booming right toward us, like most
is one of the fastest gaits In the whole
everybody Is very careful not to "start
CHAPTER III—Continued.
animals don’t care to do. O f course
anything."
nnltnnl world. In the wink of an eye
— 5—
It nmy he a human being. You must
I f a man may be Insolent, selfish
Dnn wnt' H ip door close liphlml him, she was out of sight.
wntch out for that.”
or unchlvalrous without running any
"Why dldu't you shoot?” Lennox de­
nnd lip liml nil Instant's glimpse of thp
They waited. The sound ended.
personal risk, there Is a chance that
long sweep of moonlit ridge that manded.
They stood straining for a long mo­
he muy go through life like a bull In
"Shoot? It wns n doe. wasn't It?"
stretched beneath the window. Then,
ment without speech.
a china shop.
“ Good Lord, of course It was a doe!
■ II at once, seemingly without warn­
"Thnt was the dumdest thing!”
But when everybody attended to his
ing. It simply blinked out. Not until But there are no game laws that go Lennox went on. “ O f course It might
the next morning did he really know hack this far. Besides—you aimed at have been a bear— you never know own quarrels. It was overdone, and
false standards of "honor” were set
why. Insomnia wss an old acquaint­ It."
what they're going to do. It might
up as lu the case of dueling customs
"I alined Just to see If I could catch
ance o f Dan's, ami lie had expected to
have got sight of us and turned off.
have some trouble In getting to sleep. It through my sights. And I could. But I can't believe that It was Just a of certain Europenn armies.
It Is probably better to rely on the
Ills only real trouble wns waking up My glasses sort of made It blur—but deer— "
policeman and the law when we suf­
ngnin when I.eunox culled him to
But then his words chopped square­
fer an Injury.
breakfast. He couldn't believe that
ly off In his throat. The plodding ad­
e • •
the light nt his window shade was
vance commenced again. And the
On the other hand. It Is pointed out
really that of morning.
next Instant a gray form revealed It­
by Mr. Franhcu and the like that the
'■(.nod Heavens!” hi/» host exploded.
self at the edge o f the thicket.
law Is a cannon that It takes many
“ You sleep the sleep of the Just."
It was Grnycnat the coyote, half­
months to load.
Dnn wns about to tell him that on
blind with his madness, and des­
Besides, the law does not bother
the contrary he was n very nervous
perate In his agony.
about trifles, such ns somebody's feel­
sleeper, but he thought better of It.
There was no more deadly thing In
ing«. Actual Injury must be shown.
Something had surely happened to Ills j
all the hills than he. Even the bite
Good manners may be a trifle. But
Insomnia. The next Inslant he even |
o f a rattlesnake would have been wel­
they have a lot to do with happiness.
forgot to wonder about It in the ronll- [
comed beside his. He stood a long
And happiness Is no trifle.
ration Hint his tired body had been !
Instant, and nil his Instincts and re­
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wonderfully refreshed.
lie had no |
flexes that would have ordinarily
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dread now of the long tramp up the
tnnde him floe In abject terror were
rltlge that his host hnd planned.
thwarted nnd twisted hy the fever of
Ilut first came target practice. In
his madness, lie stared a moment at
Han's hagbage he had s certain very
the two figures, and his red eyes could
plain but serviceable sporting rllle of
mA Interpret them. They were simply
about thirty-forty caliber—n gun that
foes, for It was true that when this
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
the Information department of the
racking agony was upon him, even
large sporting-goods store In Oltehe- I
lifeless trees seemed foes sometimes.
spoils had recommended for his pur­
He seemed eerie nnd unreal ns he
pose. Except for the few moments In
gazed nt them out of his burning eyes;
THE JOYS WE SHARE.
the store. Hun had never held n rifle
nnd the white foam gnthered at his
In Ids hands. The first shot he hit ttie
fangs. And then, wholly without
HIS makes the songs of night so
trunk of a five-foot pine nt thirty
warning, he charged down nt them.
sweet :
paces.
He came with unbelievable speed.
They are not here before your
“ Hut I couldn't very well have
The elder Lennox cried once In warn­
feet
missed It I" In* replied to Lennox’s
ing and cursed himself for ventur­ But over yonder; over hills
cheer. “ You see, I aimed nt the mid­
ing forth on the ridge without n gun. You hear the evening whip-poor-wills
dle—hut I Just gratis! the edge."
He was fully twenty feet distant from Their notes melodious, their trills,
The second shot was not so good,
Bnn; yet he saw In an Instant his Repeat.
missing thd tree altogether. And It
only course. Tills was no time to
was a singular thing that he alined
trust their lives to the marksmanship The unseen singers sweeter far
longer nnd tried harder on this shot
of nn amateur. He sprang toward Than enged companions always are:
than on the first. The third time he
Bnn, Intending to wrench the weapon They do not sing for you, for me,
tried still harder, nnd made hy fur “There’« Something Living In That from his hand.
They sing for all humanity—
the worst shot of all.
Thicket."
But he didn’t nchleve his purpose. They nre a part o f grass, of tree,
"What's the matter?'’ he demanded.
At the first step his foot caught In n Of star.
“ I'm getting worse all the time.”
I think—perhaps— that I could have projecting root, nnd he was shot to
Lennox didn't know for sure. But shot It. But I’tn not going to kill does. his face on the trail. But a long life And so In life, the pleasures thorn
he made n long guess. "It might he There must he some reason for the In the wilderness had developed Len­ Are greatest common everywhere.
beginner's luck," he said, “ but I'm In­ game lnws, or they wouldn't exist.”
nox's reflexes to nn abnormal degree; We ask so much for our own ease.
clined to think you're trying too hard.
“ You're a funny one. Come three many crises hnd taught him muscle We seek so much so much to please.
Take It easier—depend more on your thousand miles to hunt nnd then pass nnd nerve control; nnd only for n Yet find our greatest Joys in these
Instincts."
up the first deer you see. You could fraction of an Instant, a period of We shure.
Han's reply wns to lift the rifle nltnost have been your grandfather, time that few Instruments are fine
lightly to Ids shoulder, glance quickly to have done that. He thought killing enough to measure, did he He supinely We must tear down the selfish wall ;
along the trigger nnd fire. The bullet deer needlessly was almost as hnd ns upon the ground. lie rolled on. Into Our song must he a comrade calL
struck within one Inch of the center killing n matt. They are beautiful n position o f defense. But he knew Alone no happiness Is had—
things, aren’t they?"
of the pine.
now he could not reach the younger Each day will be Increasing glad
Ban answered hltn with startling man before the mad coyote would he I f something to the Joy we add
For n long second Lennox gircd nt
him *n open mouthed astonishment. emphasis. But the look that he wore upon them. The matter wns out of Of « a
“ My stars, hoy!” he cried nt last. said more than his wonts.
his hands. Everything depended on
(C op yrigh t)
"Was I mistaken In thinking you were
They trudged on, and Lennox grew the aim and self-control of the tender­
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a horn tenderfoot —after alt? fa n It thoughtful. He was recalling the pic- | foot.
Aircraft Garage.
he that a little of your old grandfa­ tun* that he had seen when he hnd
The old Joke of asking aviators: i
ther's skill has been passed down to whirled to look u Ban, Immediately
"Where Is your garage?" has become I
yon? Hut yon can't do It again."
Dsn Failing'* true marks­
passe with the establishment near Ism- I
after the deer had leaped from Its
manship proves that he is not
don, England, of a bona fide aircraft !
Hut Han did do It again. If any­ bod. It puxxled him a little. He had
the weakling ho is suppoaed to
garage Intended for the use of aerial
thing, the bullet was n little nearer turned to find the younger man In a j
tourists and private plane owners. The
bo——on several occasions— in
rt e < enter And then lie a . I at a perfect posture to shoot, his feet
the nest inatallmrnt of "The
placed In exactly the position that |
company's announcement saya: "A
• m -re dl“ t:ii • ti • •
Voice of the Pack.”
staff of highly skilled mechanics under
But the hammer snapped down In­ jinrS o f experience had taught Ia*n-
fully qualified ground engineers. Pe­
effectively on the hree.h, lie turned nox wns correct; anil withal, absolute­
trol nnd oil supplie«. Overhauls, modi­
ly motionless.
What many hunters
with n look of question.
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fications and repairs promptly exe­
take years to learn. Ban had seemed
"Y o u r gun o n ’ >
'« flee shots."
cuted."
•
to know hy Instinct. Could It be, after
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Sa.lor Superstition«.
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tried a more difficult target- a trunk | alt, that this slender weakling, even
A seaman’s superstition Is that a
ah c
e hui 1r I •
d - nt 11? now bowed down with a terrible penknife stuck Into the mast of a
course it would have been only child's malady, had Inherited the true fron- sailing vess«*l Is supposed to bring
IGNORANT
wind. F r th4 - ■ e reus.« a sailor
play to an experienced hunter: but tiersman'a Instincts of tits ancestors?
to a tenderfoot It was a difficult
The result o f this thought wss at will whistle through his teeth.
You told mo,
mark Indeed. Twice out of four shot« least to hover In the near vicinity of
when 4 married
Plaster for Mending.
Dsn hit the tree trunk, and one of his a certain conclusion. That conclusion
you.
that
I
could havo all
two hits was practically a hull's eye. was that at ler«t a few of the rh.-ie-
Adhesive plaster Is Just the thing
the new gowne I
Ills two an loses were the result of the aetcrtstlca of hla grandfather had for mending hot-water hags, raincoats,
wanted.
same mistake he had made before— been passed down to I*an. It meant i oveg uud rut I <ei goods of all kinds.
I didn’t know
that possibly. If time remained, he
attempting to hold hta aim too long.
then that there
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Jud Tunkin*.
would not turn out such a weakling,
were that Ban/
Han and Lennox started together after all. O f course hla courage, hla I Jud Tnnklns says he doesn't see
made.
up the long slope of the ridge Ban nerve, had yet to he tested; hut the why anybody who w ants to get a rood
alone armed; Lennox went with him fact remained that long generations Job In a Jazs band shou'd waste time
aolely an * guide. The deer season hud of frontiersmen ancestors bad left this on music I cssoue
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A
LYRICS OF LIFE
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1 THE GIRL ON THE JOB |
The foundation of education consist» In
training a child to work, to love work,
to put the energy of hla entire being into
work; to do that work which develops
his body, mind and soul; to do that work
most needed for the elevation o f man­
kind.— Darker.
SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS.
OW Is the time for the thrifty
housewife to gather her stores
for winter. Pickles of various
kinds may be put up a few ut a time
without too much of a burden to the
cook.
N
Oil Pickles.
Take one hundred small-sized cu­
cumbers, wash and slice. The size of
cucumber which slices the size of a
quarter Is best. Bo not peel, but
wash carefully before slicing.
Add
one and three-fourths cupfuls o f suit
to the cucumbers and let stund three
hours. Slice three pints of onions,
the slices the same size as the cucum­
bers, cover with cold water and let
them stand tlfree hours also. Brain
the cucumbers
nnd onions,
add
three ounces o f white musturd seed,
one ounce of celery seed, one ounce
o f white pepper, with a scant pint of
olive oil. Mix well and fill Jurs; add
vinegar to fill Jurs. Seal and put
away In a cool place. Good to eat
In ten days.
Cucumber Pickles.
Take one gallon of vinegar, one
pound of good mustard, one cupful of
salt, one-half cupful o f sugar, mix
well nnd add the fresh cucumbers
each day as they are picked fresh
from the vines. Cover nnd put away
for winter use. Mixed spices nnd an
onion or two may be added for flavor­
ing, If desired.
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How to Succeed—How to Get
Ahead—How to Make Good
| By JESSIE ROBERTS S
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PUBLICITY WORK.
ANY women are making a suc­
cess in publicity work, and It Is
u growing opportunity.
You do not need to know how to
write yourself. What you require U
the ability to get things Into print, to
know where to go for results, to han­
dle the sort of material people are
glad to hear and willing to pay for.
One way is to begin on speculation.
Get something that wants publicity,
and find your medium, and. If neces­
sary, your collaborator.
When you
get the publicity you take the result
to the firm who wanted It and are
given the promised check. You may
have to divide this up, but it's a begin­
ning.
" I began In a very small way,” I was
told by a young woman who has Just
as much work as she can handle.
"Just went about doing little Jobs,
getting something In here nnother bit
there. I used to sit up nights thinking
of original ways to exploit whatever
It might he I had on hand, nnd I got
all sorts of people to work with me
on spec. Presently It began to pay,
work kept on coming In. I got to know
a lot of useful people, and now.. . .
“ And there’s no better fun on
earth,” concluded my young friend.
"It Is work full of variety, full of hu­
man nature. I have a partner now,
and she nnd I are both busy every
minute, and we love It. Also, we nre
laying up a nice little nest egg for
the future, when we mean to he able
to travel nnd see the world nnd be as
Idle as old people should be.”
M
Watermelon Marbles.
Cut out with a potato scoop from
the center of a firm liut ripe water­
melon enough pink hails to fill a quart
can. Prepare a heavy sirup, adding a
slice or two of lemon and a piece of
ginger root, drop In the melon mar­
bles and cook until well scalded.
Brop the halls Into a can nnd pour
over the sirup and seal. These are
delicious preserves to use as pudding
garnish or for Ice creams.
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“ What’s in a Name?“
By MILDRED MARSHALL
your name; its history; mean-
iiig; whence It w u derived; significance;
your lucky day and lucky jewel.
REBECCA.
Yellow Tomato Preserves.
Moke a sirup o f one-half pound of
■ugnr and one lemon. Juice and rind
nnd enough water to dissolve the
sugar. Add one pound of tomatoes
and cook until well scalded through,
skim out the tomatoes nnd boil down
the sirup until quite thick. The lemon
rind should lie cooked In water until
tender, the water used to add to the
sugar.
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Preserved Citron.
Peel, cut In pieces, remove seeds
and cut In dice a citron melon: add
one lemon cut In thin slices, seeds
carefully removed. Cook the melon
and lemon until tender In clear water.
Bra'ti and cover the fruit with sugar.
Take the melon liquor, add sugar to
make n heavy sirup nnd when thick
odd the melon cubes. Can boiling
hot. This makes a fine garnish or
conserve to be used In various ways.
'Hutu!*
C o p y r ig h t.
I tll,
W n t* ra
N > w a p » p * r U n io n .
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THE CHEERFUL
GW B i
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Altkousk life often
puzzles
I yokt v*.ste time.
complurung*-----
I ht.ve. tkcoe joyful
feeling*
l hvt never
explijning
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F GOOD old Biblical stock Is Re­
becca,
which
Is
translated
"noosed cord." It Is said to coma
from the Hebrew word rnhak—at least
thnt was the origin of the first Re­
becca, a name which seems to have
been coined especially to be bestowed
upon the w ife of Isaac, of Biblical
fame.
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The Rebeccas of the world should
make excellent wive«, since the word
Rlhka, a later rendition o f rnhak,
which means a cord with a noose. Is
given to convey the firmness o f the
marriage cord. The S«ptuagint nnd
the Latin both give evidence r*f the
name Rebecca in very early times. An­
other version, said to lie the author­
ized one, makes her Itehekah. This
latter form seems to be the one af­
fected today hy every young miss who
Is called by the name of the good old
Biblical heroine.
Besplte the religious significance
which history has given to the name,
Rebecca has been a great favorite
with writers, who have employed her
In more or less frivolous romances.
Two Rebeccas who will never he for­
gotten hy present day readers are the
"Becky" Sharp of Thackeray’s Immor­
tal “ \nnlty Fair," and the charming­
ly quaint little “ Rebecca o f Sunny-
brook Farm." which Is endeared to the
hearts o f American admirers o f Kate'
Douglas Wlggln.
The bloodstone Is Rebecca's falls-
manic gem. It has the power to guard
It* wearer from all dangers and pre­
serve her bodily health, and secure
her consideration and respect. More­
over. It Is said to guard her fr<%n de­
ception, especially of her lover. Sun-
dajffis her lucky day and six her lucky
number. The violet signifying mod-
esty, la her flower.
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