Eugene daily guard., January 21, 1922, Image 14

.Saturday . Evening, Ja, 9
THE EUGENE "D' A ILY GTJAR.D
;,t Ttige Six
"OH, aaru! l named to m;e horl
Slit) wrote lue, und told int.- ulio loved
me, and tliut ulifi didn't llilnk hum Imd
been a very pond mother to me !" He
laughi-d, youthfully, Willi a bewildered
wldvuliiK of lilx i'vc. "I tliuiik'lit ahe
wan nick, Willi, muylie wu cuii auiu
there kuIi'K buck."
I-Wliero did 'iU leave Mr. lilon
ulu?" ' "He 'beat It down to the tennis
court. Huy, llftteu, Ih there u cluini.-e
1 hut lie' atuck on Nlnu? It looks to
Die like wliul (lie ttiiteli comes In!"
Harriet Kliinced ut her wrlxt before
she answered him. Her heurt was
li'k within her. Clone! upon lie;' radi
ant dream bad come Ihls shallow, fur
ini u shudow now, when her respon
sibility hail Infinitely Increased, mid
when she had had proof of the love
and respect In which they held her
here. , .
"I don't 111 Ink so!" she said, briefly:
"I'll find Rotloinley. and have lunch
put .ahead."
"l'ou don't like h!m!" Ward snld.
wat,hlnir her closely,
"I don't like iiim for Nina!" she
amended. - " '
Tl- l "t' followed her while she (rnvo
b'TL "'. SV'en tliey went out Into
I he bla.lni! thfyNuw'tlipr.
"Nina Isn't k"Iik I" have more
than a scalp a day," said her hroiher.
fraternally.
"Nina has n fortune I" the ulrl re
marked, dryly, opcnlne, her wide while
parasol. . -
"Lord, he could marry n girl wllb
,teti times that! Look here, you don't
think li mnii like llloiidln would con
sider Unit!" he protested.
- "I . would rather see Nina dead and
burled!" The words burst from Har
riet uuuliiHt her vll, iikhIiihI her protn
Isii to Hoyal. . There was no help for
It, linr, essential honesty would have
Its v,iy. .'; . ; ' "'
"Talk to tiliti ! " Warn, fnrltinati'ly
w8 not Inclined' In lake her too serb I
ouslv. "You'll like Itlm ! Oosh. be
oertnluly has a ifood effect on me."
added t)ic . South, modestly. "He
doesn't drink, and be talks to nie
yuiluUKlit to hear hlinl about fhur
uflox being fate, and all thai ! Hay,
listen, before- We got out of the
jrooils ?",
His sudden .sense of lier nearness
und beauty belled llin careless words.
Harriet found bis arms tight ' nbout
her. her face tipped up to the young,
handsome face that 'was stirred now
with trembling cyclleinent. The quick
movement of Ids breast she could feel
against her own, und the pnsslon of
bis kisses almost frightened her; she
wf ,hrhj, bound, half-lifted off her
tot. ;: . ,
"Ward!" ahe gasped, freed at Inst,
and With one hand to her disordered
hair.; while the other held him at
arm's-length. "Dear I Please!"
.., It wu no use. Soul uid simt-es were
uvslopsd HKiilii, and close to her cur
be heurd hliii whisper: "I'm mud
about you 1 Do you know that? I'm
mad about you!"
.-VI think you are!" ahe stammered,
breathless and laughing. "You mustn't
do, that ! , You mustn't do Hint I Why,
wa might be seen I"
; Breulhlesa,- too, he Pw.s hack his
hair, and stooped to pick up her para
aol. ' "Do' yon think I rare!" he' pnated,
, liidlfft-reuU.v, "I wouldn't care If the
whole world saw !"
'."Bh-rsh!" lly the , magic only
knnr n to youth und womanhood llsr
, rlc had gathered herself !Wn Irlin
, -lien nud lultii again, ( Nho took her
liaiptsol compose lly. Her; eyes told
hliu the whole Kim y. .Mini end Ito.val
Ithiudln were two hundred reel nwuy,
coielng up from the tennis num.
Vnn fisil fool -fool !" via- sold to
herself-. Whnt hail they mvn? What
iioir twist to the sltunthm would
Nlipt'a suspicions altord? 1th bard
Carter trusted her:, this was no time
tn itell. him that she loved bis son.
Pli she love Ward? or with bis keen
n,t kllullv oven would Wnrtl's rntlier i
' see exuelly what she saw In the nuir
, rlage? Caught kin-dog In the wood--'
Ilka Jlesa or (ieriusine: II mis un
thinkable! tr she bad weakened
her iosltlon beri'! How she had
rlkethcr heart contracted with
, palM--severlng of her association-with
., (.'rilwnlaivls, ' ', J i '
' liUiiebeen, under Its , veneer of
gaiety and foolishness, offered fresh
terrors. Ker obi Madame Carter hurt
. come down, and It occurred to Harriet
that If Nina had seen anything In the
wood, she might naturally Inteiest
, herj grandmother wllh an account of
It. , The old' lady would go Insiaiitly
fn,;her son. And lllchaid- Harriet
could Imagine hliu. Hied, harassed,
heartsick over the recent llicipllcuhl
weakiiess of bis wife, having to face
another "Wonian's trrachery, buvlug to
listen t" the demure annnumvutcut of
the little secretary's engagement to
hl sou.
Ile was exiierlenclng the most ever
whelming shock of nil bis life now;
lie must shortly tie rvpoviil to all the
Whirl' At scandal ; the silenced gossip,
the averted eyes of bis world, the
weeklies with their muddy Insinua
tions, the stuilng fact headlined above
his breakfast bacon. This was rt
time to vfTace herself end the liou-e.
hold, to help him to lift the loud.
- "I'm afield I wasn't llsteulng, Mr.
HlondlnV" '
".Miss Nina and I want to know
what day we may have our party?"
Hoyal repealed. .
"The siiidln parly?"
"The riiof-carden purty. We're (to
lug to have It from balf-past six to
half-past seven only, because then It
won't be too hot."
"Why not have It ut nli!ht. with lan
terns?" Harriet said, rpilte Involun
tarily. And iiKiiln a pmiK of self-con-lempt
swept over her. It was hateful.
It was Incredible, but she was playing
his (Mine as calmly as If donlils and
reluctance hud never entered her
heart,
At four o'clock ltchnnl came home,
and the Inslanl Harriet saw bis face
she realized, with a shock even sharp
er Hum the orlKlnnl moment of In-'
(Tcihilliy, Hint he had had no success
In his search.. He was alone. His
face was drawn and Kniy. he looked
hoi , and rumpled and utterly weary;
more, he who had always been the
pink of well-crooineil perfection'
looked , old. He asked Ilottiuoley
briefly If Mililaine Carter was In her
room, and, heinte 'Informed that she
was. went hasllly upslalrs.
It was In' the old lady's beautiful
sltlhiK room that Harriet was sum
moned a few minutes later. She knew
at once Hint he had told bis mother
all he knew and feared.
Madame Curler was shockingly nfcl
tati'd. She hud a deep sense of the
dramatic, but she was not entirely aft
fin: now. Her face e-ns pale under Its
rouge, and the painful tears of age
stood In her eyes.
"Miss Kleld !" said Madame Curler,
"we have Jusl had a most, terrible
most uuMxpiieled blow !" . . ' f
Harriet simulated expectancy. ., ,.
1 "There Is every reason to believe,"
pursued Muihiuie Carter, majestically,
"Hull my unfortunate duuahter-lu-luw.
Mr. Curler's wife, Isahelle. has yield-
led to the passion of her lover! Ni,
lei -me lulk, Itlchnrd," she Interrupted
herself,, as the man raised haggard
eyes In winch bur Impersonally, "fur
belter to face the facts, my dear I My
Hon fells me, Miss Field tlio-UlM
well-nigh Ineredlblo sin lenient HiaL
forgetting the honor of womanhood,
and tho tender claims of maternity "
".Miss Kleld." Itlchard did not have
the manner of Interruption, but Ida
iiulet voleo dominated the other voice
none the less. Muilauie Curler fell si
lent, und watched lihn with muiirnful
prlile. , "Miss I' lehl," he said, "we
waul your help, The facts ure these:
Williams bad all the roads watched;
they did not go by motor. Mrx Car
ter reached New London ut five o'clock
yesterday; 1'ope's boat, the (ielsha,
pulled out at hnlf-pnst six. t Krom
whut Williams' men picked up, nt the
dock, I 'ope did not expect her. was to
have sailed this morning. -She ar
rived, and evidently he thought it wise
to hurry their start. The pier had a
dor.en boxes for Hie fielshu on it, frro
eerlea ami what not, that they left
behind! They will probably skirt the
coast for a few days, and put In
somewhere for supplies. Hut that"
he passed his bund wearily across his
forehead "that doesn't concern ua
now, AVe go .there at ten last night r
hours ton late, of course," Ills voice
fell, be mused, with a knitted hrovr.
"Well!" be said, suddenly recalling
himself. ".Vow. Miss Held. I want
you to get bold of Ward. I want Hi
boy home ut once! He must know.
Hut there is of course a chance that
Mrs. Carter Is Is planning to vetui'u.
There may he u woman I'r'eud with
her It's not prohable. but It's pixsl
hie. 1 don't want any one In the
house, or out "f II, to suspect, und If
you think It N possible, I should like
Nina protected 'v"
"I understand," Harriet said, quiet
ly. She crossed the hall, and for the
tlrst time In lour .eurs euicivd sn
hclle's suite uminnouiiced. It was In
extpilslle order; streams of late after
noon
light were falling on the gay
walls ami the bright chliity.es. The
novels Niilielle had -been skimming,
the gold service of her dressing table,11
the great l'oui-Hster with lis deeps of
trull-parent while embroideries over
white, all spoke of the beautiful wom
an who had spent so many hours la-re.
On live dress'ug taUi'. with "lis splen-
did length doubled In the mirror, was
the greet fun Hint her hand bud Idly
wleblcil, only a few days ago. In an
hour of -domestic felicity and happl- .
Hess . ' i '
, What to toll Nina? she wondered,
g--ltig dnwUslalrs. ' Hut Nina proved I
pIcitMtully Itnllirerent to the mutei'tial
uhscniv when she anil Amy came up
from the tennis court for ten. To Hie
guiM or two who I'ltino calling Har
riet, Installed ipilie naturally now he
btud the cups ami snmvi-M, ephiiu-d -that
Mrs. Curler was visiting with
friends having a beautiful lime. tis.
apparently.
IVrhaps Nina suspected that some-
thing was unusual. She looked from
her father to Harriet, ami after a
moment's silence askisl abruptly:
" hen la Mother coming buck?"
"I don't know!" her father an
swered, quickly.
"Say, listen; are we going tn dtvss?H
asked Amy. Nina. Instantly dl'ertei",
ingested that they go in. Nltia'l
awkward bigness and . Amy's mousy
neutral tones were as well displayed
In one garment as another, but both
girls debuted over pinks abd blues,
crepea and mulls, every evening, aa
If the world was watching them alone.
Han-let lingered for only a word.
".Mr. Carter, It occurred to me that
old Mrs. Singleton Is going to Cali
fornia. In her own car, tomorrow.
I was wondering If we might con
tide In Mrs. Singleton she was al
ways very fond of .Mrs. Carter nud
give oil? the Impression that Mrs. Car
ter bud suddenly decided to muko. the
trip with her."
"Thai's uu idea," HIcliard said,
thoughtfully. "I could see Mrs. Sin
gleton tonight; nnd - and tulk it over."
t'Jt might Reive for only n few
days." Harriet submitted.
f'VeS, I see," he agreed, slowly.
"Well, I can give Mini a hint now!"
Harriet said. gulHg. ,
1
Hut it was too late for any soothing
deception of Nina. A scene was In
full progress In Nina's bed room, nnd
'Harriet's eye had only to go from
the prom- form on the lied to the
crushed newspuper that hud drifted tn
the Hour, to know thai the secret was
out. Isiihclie's face, radiant ami hap
py, looked out. from the page. II was
Hiinked by two smaller pictures. Illch
nrd'a and Anthony Tope's. Harriet
could sex the big letters: "Young
Millionaire Wife of Hlchurd Carter."
The-deluge was upon them.
"fib It's a Ile It's n lie! My beau
I II fill .Utile inolher!" Nina was sob
bing. "Ob, no. It's not ' u-ue! It's a
Ile! nil. how shall I ever hold up my
head ngaln to be disgraced now
Just when I'm so young and ba-h-happy
!" .
. "Nina, my child, control yourself!"
Harriet, Ignoring the staring and pale
faced Amy, sal down oil the edge of
the lied, nud si k the girl, slightly.
"You mustn't give way ! ; Come now,
my dear, 'jsui must face' tills like a
woman. Think how your father and
Ward will look to you"
: A. 'ilm.'. nil of It, snld Harriet in her
soul. Hut despite Hie youthful appe
tite for heroics, there were real tears
ill Nina's eyes, as there had been In
her grandmother's a few hours ii'.'o.
I "Yes, Hull's true!" she said, wiping
a swollen face on the handkerchief
Hiirilet supplied. "Hut oh' I don't be
lieve II. and my father will sue them
for libel, you see If be doesn't ! My
mother's the purest and sweetest and
, best woman alive and I'll kill any Ane
who says any different !"
"(In-oi), to see It In the paper there,
I right 'on-I hl bed," snld Amy, 111 her
( reedy, colorless llllle voleo," as Nina
stopped suddetily., : "Oo oo, I thought
Nlnu 'would die!'' Nina began: to rr
lu-aln, hut more quietly. "I guess I had i
bettor go Amy Mulshed, plaintively.
"Oil, no!" sab) Nina. In u , choked
volen, aa she citing to her frilled. "No.
thirling! 'you. stuy with me. Oh, I
must go see my fiilher, and my poor
grandmother! lib, Amy, perhaps you
had better go; for my family will need
lue tonight. My mother " said Nlnu,
, erylng again. ;
She and Amy parted solemnly, with
ninny kisses. -
' -"It's a thing that might happen to
me, or to any girl," said Amy gravely.
Harriet had an upsetting vision of
stout, high-bunted Mrs. Huwkes, punt
ing as gliu discussed the details of the
Hed Cross drive, but she wits'' very
sympathetic with the young girls, und
, "Oh ll'a a Lie It's a Lie! My
j ( Beautiful Little Mother!" Nina Wa
j Sobbing.
even agreed with Nina, when Amy was
gone. Hint It would be much more sen
sible to take her bath, and put on her
while orguiidle, and then go And her
father.
I They dined almost silently, and were
about to disperse ipiletly for the night.
after an hour hf hulf-liearled isniversa
; Hon In the drawing risnu. nhvtnusly
l endured by Hlcbanl simply for his
''mother's sake, when Ward hurst In.
He had traveled almost four hundred
miles by motor that day. his face was
sti-cuked with dirt and oil, and ghastly
' with futlgue. lie went straight to
his father.
. "Say. what's all tills!" he suld, In a
voice hardly rvcogulgnhle. Harriet
saw that he bad been drinking. "I got
your wire, and we started. I thought
the Mater mis sick, ierbaps. My Und
thai worried nief be broke off bit
terly. "Htnmtin came with me: we
stopped on the roud for dinner, and
the man bad a pupcr there. Is (list
.what yon w allied me for I don't be
lieve It ! U s a dirty He. and Hie boun
der that put that In the paper "
"I'm glad you X-aine home, my boy,"
Itlchard seld. "I've been waiting for
ou "
Harriet heard no more; she slipped
from the ishu.v There were genuine
tears In her own ccs now; for the
hoy had 0uug himself face downward
against it great chair, and was crying.
All the household Knew It; Harriet
could read It In Hottomley's carefully
usual manner und quiet speech. In the
little music room across the hall Hoyal
Hlondiu was waiting.
"This Is n terrible thing!" he said,
seriously.
"Oh, frightful!" Harriet agreed. A
rather flat silence ensued. Sim seemed
In have nothing to suy to Hoj'ul now.
Ui she was not surprised when, a
moment Jalec, Nlnu cume, softly In, the
picture of girlish distress, with her wet
eyes nud fresl w'hite, gowo,, . '.
"I, tliouglui jt lies'., to ,l?ave. Ward
with .tyranny .und Fatji(y, ' Nina said,
in vngue explanation, going1 'straight to
Hloudlu,' who rose, dusty and weary,
hut with, ji, solicitous manner that was
InHiittelj-, soothing. ' , ''l! '1. '. "
His maimer, Harriet had grudgingly
to udiujt, was perfection. When Hlch
urd and Vurd Joined them a" few mo
ments' later, he expressed himself with
manly brevity to the older" man. He
realized, said Blotidin, simply, that he
was absolutely de trop ; he bad merely
imagined, us "the lad" hud Imagined,
that the sudden summons from camp
meant illness or ordinary emergency,
or he would not have Intruded ut this
time. He would not express a sym
pathy that mast sound extremely airy
to the stricken family. And now. If
they would lend lilm Hansen, he would
go over to the chili
"Nonsense !"-Wurd snld. "You're all
dirty am) tired and hungry, and so am
!. We'll'clean up, and iiien we'll have
snuielhliig to eat first ""''Mia Harriet
w ill look' out for us."'
"And I'd lke to see you for a oio
ineiit lu.the library. Miss 1'ield." Hlch
frd sail), ' rather wearily. "I want
.something sent to the papers," lie ex
plained in an. undertone.. ,
Ah they ail wanted her, and needed
her! How, quick, and how elllclertt,
and liow seif-efTncIng Harriet was as
she wept about the hnsiness'of making
I hem all comfortable! c
Tliey talked deep Into the night.
Harriet knew, for she '.iersel( was
sleepless, and she could see from the
upper balcony that a stream of gotdeu
light was pouring ttcross the brilliant
llowers benetith the liliiury windows.
She -reviewed the incredible events
of (he pust few days, nnd the actors
drifted before' her vision fitfully: Isa
helle, whltc-bosonied and jieaiitiful. In
her prime; Tony Hope, passionate and
wretched; Hoyal, low-voiced, dreamy,
poetic, 'with his eloquent black eyes;
Nlnn,, newly- awakened; Ward, .weak,
boyish, indent.; Wiidiime Carter, full of
theatrical dignity - and well-rounded
uhrases,i- and -.lustily simple, strong,,
uuslous to. iirqtect.ihem ull, even from
their own l'ojes Itlclmrd.
- 'Not one--word of," iduuie,. uot one
ugly .luslnuat Ion," she , mused, "yet ,sbu
llHS-sluiuled -him, gild ho is so honor
able; uinl.slie.liMS, Jiiade dim conspicu
ous, when h,is so modest i" ,, '
She thought of Isabel le, fresh from
(Jcrmnhie'n 'iir.eful hands, lying In her
exquisite white against the cushions
of a deck chair, smiling, In the rosy
llatterlng light under the' green uwn
lug.'at the Infatuuted inuu beside her.
- "Ugh!" said Harriet, with a healthy
uprush of utter disgust, . These few
mouths Vould, not be cloudless for Isa
bella, by any means. And after theiu,
whut? Wus It conceivable that those
fatal sixteen years would full to iden
tify Tony and Isabella wherever they
went, even though the- press wus not
eagerly ' assisting 1 them? Supposing
thut Isahelle never' thought of Crown
lunds, of her handsome son and her
young daughter, of the uiun whose, pa
tience und cleverness bad lifted her to
ull- this luxury from air apartment In a
small town, wduld -uo memory of the
place she had held, and the friend
ships she hud coiomunded. haunt her?
Truly there was always society for the
Isabelles. but to Hurrlet'a clean sense
it' seemed but the society of a Jail.
"I wouldn't change places with her!"
Harriet decided, iu the soft silence nnd
durkiiesa of the summer night. , -
From lsutadle's problem her thoughts
went to her own, to Royal lllomlln. sjie
wus wakeful and restless tonight sim
ply because she could not decide Just
how much she need fear him. Firstly,
was there any reason for antagonizing
htm, und secondly, would he hurt her
If site did? For Hoyal could not punish
her wllh. mi punishing- himself, und
could not banish her from Ciownlands
if he ever IioihmI to show his own fnce
there again. Hut Nina !
Was Hlondiu so bad? She tried to
ask herself the question honestly. -and
an honest shudder answered It before
It was fairly framed. She tried to pic
ture Nina's miirriage. their early dnys
together, the breakfast table, where
the crude little girl blundered and
floundered In conversation, her helpless
devotion, that would annoy and exas
perate him. She saw .Nina's near
sighted eyes welling with hurt tears;
Nina's cheek hook 'cue'erty surrendered
to w in froii) her lord 'a few1 delb Ions
hours or Hie old flattery, the old atten
tion. ( ' , ;'" ."'' ''
.""It .wouii) take a clever Woman to
hold hliu,1; Harriet thought, "and It
wouldn't lie worth a clever wouinu's
. , : . :. '
Nltia ard Hoyal Kicb.ard. The
wearylug procession uctfarj again. Hoy
al Wight treat her Willi honesty nud
honor. He wus not small In everything,
ami ...she, hud never , doiie. hliu harm.
Hut there, might come the terrl'.ile mo
ment when she hud to face itlchard
nllh the confession. Yes, she had
known hliu before. Yes, they had en
tered Into a tacit compact. . Yes, she
had kept from Nina's father a secret
that, while tt might be unimportant,
certainly should have becu told him.
Impossible to think the thing to auy
conclusion! Timi many possibilities
might alter the cut Ira situation. If she
were married safely to Ward, for ex
ample ? Hut then she dered not mar
ry Ward until Royal's, attitude wus
Anally defined. . for If 1st position
were dangerous now, what would It be
if she had committed herself Irrevoca
bly to deception by marriage? Ward's
nmug, crude Intolerance silting In
NEWS ABOUT
' Up to Date Information to Help Develop
FEDERAL COW TEST
The grunge is promoting a movement
or the federal tubercular test for ad
.wwh of 'the Cottage Orove section, bav
ng the cooM-ration of County Agent
.Vkitney and Professor K. J. Edwards,
f the agricultural department of the
Jottage tirove schools. Mr. .Whitney
iddrcssed the high school assembly und
igriculture class yesterday upon the sill
ied and members of the latter class
;ook petitions to he circulated among
sattle owners. Other petitions have been
.-laced witii Sterling's feed store, Keoii
aiiy feed store, .loues & Eaton. Sniith--short
and the creamery, in ' the ' city,
with J. If. 'Kirk at Dorena. at' Heck's
4tore, rndou. with Hartlett Johustoa. at
Sogiiuiw, aud at Iowrey's store, Wul
ier. It is necessary that lfiU to U00
ows be signed on each 'route to be
.lulled. '
Cows which react to the test will he
irdered willed. They will be appraised
it not to exceed $7fi for grades und JflnO
'or thoroughbreds and owners will he
psid two thirds of the appraised value.
Viihua'S ordered killed are shipped to
ifovi ruuietft-inspe(!:ed slaughter houses
.nd the stule mid lederal governiiieat
nake up any iliffeieace between whut
he carcass brings and the amount the
ivvner is to receive.
'I lie grange committee in charge is
't unused of H, S. Veate'i, (i. W. Mc
' a ciaiiil. A. .T. Ste-ens. M. M. Wheeler.
I. H Cooiey and K. .1. Edr.'urds. Cot
age Orove Sentinel.
FARMERS WHO MAKE MONEY
Here is the sane, ripened, valuable
iudgiaent of a man whose word we are
willing lo t4ike about fariaiag.. The man
's I. J. Mutlicws, the county 'agent of
Pulaski county, Indiuiiu. He is one 'of
riilr 'ninst treasured contributing editors.
Tlie -word he posses along is as follows:'
A few -years i,go:' both ' agricultural
toiii-asls and itislitnte bi'tiireres advised
I iron to siicc inline. ' "He an expert in
'ome "one thing," was the gist -of the
-ecdrks. Tiiut. was poor udvice. He aa
"pert ui inuny things, would have been
better. .
We have yet to see juy large number
of instances wherc-spec-hilty fni-niers
have niude any great success.' When
hey do bit Hie huil about right, they
nnke a killing, but Hiey. don't get a
v.h.ick at it'ol'ten enough tn make It a
oreetice to Ih ricoainiendefl.
Examples of what straight wheat, cot
'iiii. tobacco, corn and oats farming r
done, iiiciude too many failures to make
t a prsclice to be recommended. Farm
ers wlio have many interests a good
iiock of hens, a few good cows, a few
i-liple. frees well cared for. a field of ul
fulfa, a reasonable patch of potatoes
ire -the farmers . tliut make money,- at
least a little each year. , Men farming oh
this scale are those who' use their riioney
to make home ''improvements, put in
labor-saving devices for 'the -mother,
seiiool - tbei youngsters, . landscape , -llie
home grounds. -:: .
Oiscussijig a ci'rtuin mail. a.Micbigun
county agent said: "He' never did make
liuv money- until we jirevailed upon him
Judgment upon his... wife ! Harriet
shivered. ... ; ., , ,
fjuddeuly she fell' upon her knees,
nnd dropped her bright head against
the wide bulustrade. For a long time
Harriet had not prayed. But now, In
a few words, and quite without pre
meditation, there burst from her the
most sincere prayer of her life. She
looked up at the stars.
"Ood 1" she said, softly, nloud, "help
me! Make me do what la right, how
ever hard It Is. Father, don't let me
make another mistake I"
-. . , Continued Next Saturday.)
TIMELY RECIPES
FOR HOUSEWIFE
, CHICKEN CROQUETTES
On pint sweet cream.
Two tven taUespoonfuls butter.
Four largo tablespoonfuls ttour.
One-half tcaspoonful salt.
A pinch of cayenne pepper.
A little lemon iuice.
Molt (lit butter, stir the flour iu it;
vtwk thoroughly without browning; scald
I'.ip ficaili and when hut Hur slowly in
to" the cooked butter and flour, stirring
briskly until Mnootb. slowly until
iinite (hick. Add hv n soiling nnd stir into
the Mnm4 one cupful nt minced -.irkm.
When iiid shape with the hand. I toll
in beaten epn. then in tracker dust and
cook a nice Ijiowii. The fat iniiHt be
very hot.
. CREAMED SLAW
One- half gallon of cabbage rut very
fine or shredded.
One-half pint of sour cream.
One-third pint of sugar.
Teapoonful of flour.
Two eggs.
Ptetc ut utter sixe of an egg.
I'm vinegar, sURur and butter in a
aure jmn. and let boil, stir in the est;,
cream mid flour, which should he well
bra l en. Let boil thoroughly until
re.vnv und pour over the cnbb;tjce. Sea-.-ii
with salt and epper.
ORANGE CAKE
One and one-half cups of sugar.
One-half cup of butter.
One cup of milk.
1 wo and one-quarter cups of flour.
Two rggs, save out one white for
Icing.
Heat yolks aud white xopiiratcly; 2 le
Kpoouf'd) baking powder; flavor ftith
teasponnful orange iuice and one-half
teaspoonful of ft m ted rind.
ORANGE ICING
Melt five tHblrsnoonfnlB of butter and
stir into it four cups of powdered u)r.ir. i
tlkinninx it ith jnioe of one orange and
one l-aspoonful of grateil rind. It nhoold
be the wiifsicnsy of en-am candy. It ,
il in too thin to spread hent in more su
far. GRAHAM MUFFINS .
I scant cup graham (lour.
I scant cup white flour.
I cog beaten lightly.
2 traspoonful salt.
I tcaspoonful sugar.
I ttaspoontul baking powder.
Swet milk enough to mnke thin hat
ter. Itoke in hutired linn fifteen or
twentv minutes.
BAKED APPLE DUMPLING
Ten nice rooking apple pooled, cored
and hatted. I'ut medium hort nrut. in
piare; put two half apple, in crust,
pinching fmir crnem tother over fin
ger lut in Imtter siie of a walnut
Over all sprinkle one pint nf ugar ami
iir over all one pint of boiling water.
Hnke to a ee hrorn.
PUREES OR SOUPS WITH SOLID1
EODY
Prv M usuallv made of vegetables
AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK
to cut out tbe specialty stuff ond diver
sify." Farm Isle. . .
RAIoES HULLESS OATS
C I) Nariu, proprietor of Snudelaud
forms,. 'Amit)-, .Mr., writes- to Oregon
Co'.mtrv Lite to say that ihey hove been
raising" Indless oats for some tune ut
ShadHiiud furins. Folluwiug is bis let
ter, dated January lo: ' "In yesterday's
Jourua, a d.spatch from Sauta Huso.
Col., stated that Luther Burbank had
snciwded in prui'.ne.iiK a hulless oat 'I hut
threshes clean ot tlie bull like wlieut ami
weighs IW iwuiHt's per bnabeL '"''
"Shadeless fa....s have been growing
hulless Outs for more than 12 years. The
seed stock was brought from China by
a inan noaied Kirby, who claimed that
it was obtained ul the' risk of his life for
tbe oat is a secret uad is highly prised
in China. There is, however, in this
county more' than, one variety, possibly
obtained from hybridising, as i bad a re
uiiest Iro.ii a college ia the east for a
sample ot my vuriety, which 1 sent. I
received a reply stilting taut lay vuriety
was superior to whut the college bad,
aiiue being perfectly sniootu, whereas
lae college variety was hairy.
"1 know ot no better way of reducing
Hie cost of living thaii by producing bul
losa oots. They can be gro.vn as ctieoply
as a hulled oat anil from !( pounds of
seed to an acre will produce ilKIO
pounds an acre. We put itie.-n through
oar larin rollers ana auve me unc.-,,,
rolled outs for niiisli. We prefer them io
rhe rolled outs made from hulled oats,
for small pigs baby chicks and such
stock they can' be fed whole or rolled.
'4'uey.are relished by all farm slock. The
straw is extremely soft as the chaff ad
heres to the straw anil is relished by
hoi-Ncs. Jt should be good for packing
purposes, if hailed." t" .
''SOME FARM NOTES
(jcarge.- A. Mansfield, president of the
State Farm Hureau Federation, end Col
onel William A. A i id will conduct a meai
iiej -ship drive for Farm Hureau members
in. Marion' county from. January 1(1 to
.in,iui v yl. A meeting will lie held -at
Woodlmru January Hi. On January 1" "
meeting will be held nt Stuyton. Fann
ers in the vicinity of St. Paul will hold
a meeting January 'JO. On January 1
-Mansfield will go to (iresham, where be
will speak at tile banquet to be given
iu connection with Multnomah county
farmers' week.
Following is a schedule of the dates
outlined tor conducting membership
drives for the Farm. Bureau in Hie vari
ous counties' of the state: Clackamas
county, January '10 to February -1; Co
lumbia, 'February V.i to IS; Clatsop, Feb
ruary 20 to 25; "Washington, February
27 to March 4; Tillamook. March 0 to
It; 'folk, March l!l to HI; Henton. Maren
2ff to 25; Lincoln, March 27,to April
1; Linn, April .T to S:.Jjuie, April 111 to
15; Ikniglas, April 17 to 22: Coos. April
2-1 to 211; Ciu-rv.'Mny 1 to tl; .losephine.
May K to 13: Jackson, May 15 to 20; and
Jvlainalh, Slay 27 to 2. , .
a
Pi'. J. K Shii.v. expert poniologist of :
such as dried benns dried-pens or pota
toes. 'liip dried vegetables, are. first
noaked - over - night., then siuiinered hi
water until teuder. ' rrnin,. resprvi"
the liipiid. ruh pulp through 'fl sieve and
then ulijihtJe ; thu'keti with butter )r
butter substitute, creamed with i an
ciual quantity of flour.
A' puree Hhotibt be about aa thick aa
a cream soup, therefore but little thick
eninK in neetled, but it will separate if no
thiekmitnp ia used. Bisques are made of
fish, usunlly ahell fish. They have an a
base 11 thin white sauce. Clams, oysters
or diced lobster or crab are added to
the sauce and the whole well seasoned.
Chowders are very substantial and are
almost n meal in themselves when served
with bread and butter. Chowders make
a very sutiNfaetory luncheon or supper
dish- . ' . -
Foundation Recipes for Cream Soups'
Two cups milk, two tablespoons butter
or butter sub dilute, two tablespoons
flour, one cup vegetable pulp, two cups
liquid in which vegetable was cooked, salt
and pepper. .Melt butter, add flour ond
blend well; cook until frothy, then add
cold milk. Stir constantly until some
what thickened and creamy. Add season
ings. A pinch of mace adds a very pleas
iiK flavor. Jlent the vegetable pulp and
liiiuid. then combine mixtures. They iony
be made entirely of milk.
Cream of Tomato Soup
Two cups milk, two tablespoons flour,
two, tablespoons butter or substitute. tv
cups t r;iincd tomato, salt and pepper.
Prepare the white sauce as given in the
foundation recipe. Hea tomatoes and
combine mixtures. Do not cook but
serve at once. - -
Corn Chowder
One cup canned corn, 2 cup potatoes
cut in cubes, one-quarter cup salt pork
cut iu small pieces, one onion sliced,
two cups milk, one tthlespodu butter or
cipr substitute, salt and pepper.
Put salt poi'l; in a suucepnn and cook
to iMr;"' the fat; add onion and cook
until golden brown, nhout five minutes;
rnrboil potatoes in boiling 'water to
cover, five minutes; odd to alt pork and
"lion. took until potatoes are tender,
then add corn, milk and seasoning.
Fish Chowder
Two cups eliiins or fish, two cups
raw potatoes, cut in dice, one-quarter
run sidr pork cut in small pieces, one
onion sliced, two cip:s milk, four crack
ers, one Tablespoon butter or substitute
one tablespoon flour. Put salt pork
In a pan ami hent slowly to extrnct the
fat: add sliced onion and cook until a
golden brown. Add two cups of boiling1
water to the potatoes ami cook five
minutes, add the salt pork nnd onions
to rhe potatoes and simmer until the po
lufoe are tender hut not broken. Make
a white suitee of the milk, flour and but
ter. Comhine mixtures," season and add
clam or fisb. Cook five minutes. Add
M-aeker. vplit and nit in quarters.
Strained tomatoes may replace the milk if
desired.
Home Products
If you want, n fjooJ Mince Pie, ask vour a!er!l
Pinnionit "A" Prune Mince Meat, both in
bulk. Also do not forget the little Xmns box
that you were poini? to seinl away.
M AN UPACTUR ED Br
The
Eugene Fruit Growers Assn
Progressive FarmhJ"
SfUKNIlChllSeHu
iiidy of the leaf eh,.L. , ITtia.J
young apple tree. l,as dev ',
..eid vi identifying uUrwr,
promises to remove one of tl, "
ous risk of fruit groi,ur H?. "
.caches bow to know metZ.'y
eaves aud not aloue hi ti,-i. , V W
.all with the siippon f Z'v'1"
eetts Fniit Growers' assi!.i?W
Shaw applied his ntifi.S h
1000 apple- trees iu nurS," J'rW
Seryineu he threw out iii-a'r', uH
of the young trees fr '"l'4
aer mise names. Dr. Slia- iT
iion involved studv r " aiaj,
apple trees collected froln !?'4
Jistant stales. nrin i
DAIRYMEN POOL STore I
' Tillamook, Ore.. J "i tl,,K
of Hie demand for calves ( 4
hieing daias: the ldluniok (""V
ing aasoeiation has ileei.l,, ,
tercsts and fix a price on y07,f
Imtuil'ies liove been received bTtrH
Fine, county agricultural asem ' " "J
act in behalf of Hi,- iiskTsCuun 3
iverage of the assoeiation eow l 13
pounds of butter fai, am) to, i.,
from purebred sires. Anwuiprayi mSl
so ii i win oe a giiarante, 0i I
production of the dam ami tlie- num.
registry number of tho m,hrri
tour thousand young calves an
out of the county every yi-nr .
iiumher going to Sloninnn teL.i.."'
and Idaho. a!v
HOLSTEIN GROWERS AP.tivc
Holstein breeders of Ori'gon ut n
idly developing tt wide awake shite
nizatioa. Tliey are no- eon.i;
cainpaign for more iiieuibern nnd J
'.starting a movement tn - secure. id
secretary for the state. The o'ftj
nnd directors of Hie state Jhwjj
are F. W. Council, Hillsbera, pmiiM
Slux An. Eugene, vi president; OnJ
L. Imulap. Jimetion City. .Seerfu3
ll-eiisiirei-; r. it. items, mtaniook. P d
Fl-akes. KcapiHtose; 1 leant lts'3
1-rineville, and .1. l.ilier, Fnnwl
,..,.,... ...u nr llin hAnl .( .11 S
.... ..... ... .... iiiM-i-iurK. . -1
Tbe Holstein breed bus never beau
veloiied in Hie stule as it mirht kJ
been. With the breeders thorough!; A
guiuH'o luio (i iiariiiiiiiious Dody. thrsU
ccrs and directors of tlie assoViutiia J
no rensou Wily it can not be made ovi
me leaiuug o.or.v oreeus nere. I
There, is plenty of room for ik J
-velopment of the dairy iuilustr; ill rj
the Northwest and dairynieu in paed
will be glad to see Holstein breedrn A
veloi the l);eet Here. ,
! All who are members nf the ufal
assicintion are: perhaps awure o( m
-cliange in-Hie, method of, ri'ifefiiUi3
at tho annual meeting. Hint is. IhepitM
system? giving away to the delegate m
aauual meeting and Hie ilelezatei ia
be -elected by. the menibersliii: at Utg
.'Flans stiould soon be inaile of ik-lem
as'tbe final date for uoinuislioli Isluss
. HAR DSAUCE '
One-half cup of unsalted turtle. .
One oup powdered sugar.
One teaspoon vanilla flavortnr
: Bent butter until sott and wiijt. Gift
sugar aud uuu gradually, creaminxid
Flavor with vanilla and sprinkle m
iHiuneg. t
'TEA BUISCUITS-'-
Four cups sifted flour.
: One-third oup butter.
Ono and one-third cuds milt.
Four teaspoons baking powder (Null.
Uno taoicspoon sugar.
One-half teas do on salt.
Sift till -dry insredieuts. rub in taf tat
ter then add tbe milk. Turn oa t sEife
ly floured board, roll about ene-Uflfaa
thick. Cut hi rounds nbout the tiudi
dollar. Brush over the top witi aftl
nnd bake in a not oven l. minutes.
C3IIK1C
One cun flour, one-hulf cud sufir.i-
yeast cake, two tablespoons UnL f
well-beat en eggs, two cups boiliaf nti
Over the flour, KUar. salt aud MP
tho boiling water., hen cool
well-beaten eggs and swiked yt
Mix stiff with flour, n-iiiur a :
not mix with the bands, Het irtP"
rise. When wanted make intoli1Uw
and put in '' tins or dose toftirr
like hiiitipiniu Ut n flrinmm? nan. ia
a couple of hoi tin before meal tim:"1
light, bake hi a quick oven. Iut
mtiinoing butter iu a cool place, !
it down nvuri- dv. Tie littttTWl
until the very last and will kff
time. lrt
rnr.i rcc pi mm PUDDING
' Stir thoroug-hly together "f,l,f1'
fid finely chopped suet, one ctipfol m
t.reail crumbs, nne-nait enpnu
p nw..hnir ctmfiil of chniueo nt
...... i.nt-i- .oii u-nshfHl parrti!
one-half te - noonful sail- oue-ttflf t
sp.si.iful each of cloves, ciiiiuuu
spice nnd soda, one-half mpfiil ""''"l
n., i. n .....li. n stilt Wl
Turn Into a well-buttered uioW
..ii n.i h..;i fur tliree m
half hours. This will wrve eiM f
sons.
Split a squash, remove the j
' 'Z in the
Willi UOOIIL Mil 111' H "t " "
tmn of tar .an. llnki- li" K-'Wf'- '
out and (M to Ihi- hot '"J,
xiioonful of butter, on.- trpoT
one ti-innoonful oaili of in,Jr.'j
nion aud uiarr. and waaintl nip'" "
lar. In another howl I1 "4
i: k" "i " " .ii-i
of ereniii awl one-1i:lf pint of s
.. . .i. i i: .irain " .
Ill iwr oilier uisini" . j u
.1.K rieh enlJ-t
in a moderate oven until none.
t, - two... St W9
insure .11 u m'-i.i
TV. Vn.ona Snerial for God CI
Tr V.ntrnr SwoH.I for t"iS