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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1915)
The Padrone's Girl By Eugene Ronald Driggs (Copyright, 1310, by W. G. Chapman.) A narrow street In a wretched tene ment quarter, a hand organ lying on the ground, a frightened chattorlng monkey beside It, and the apparent ownor of the Instrument, flcrce-vlsaged and brutal, hammering a shrinking young girl about sixteen with bis fists. Instantly a casual passer-by, a well dressed young man, became an active participator In the scene. He waB athletic as well as handsome. One spring, then a reaching out of a force ful hand and be had wrenched the girl free from the grasp of her inhu- man persecutor. That sinewy arm shot out once again, with a shriek' lng Imprecation in Italian the girl's assailant went dashing back across the organ, the monkey springing to one side with a drilling squeal of fright. "Oh, he will kill me for this!" pal pitated the glil. She was poorly attired, of stunted growth, a typical suggestion of a pad rone's slave. She glided forward to seize the hand of Alan Pearce. "Keep him here till I can get far away, never to return!" she gasped, and pressed her Hps in token of deep fervent gratitude on his hand and was away like a sprite. Pearce waited till she had disappeared, a square dis tant. Then he cast a look of con tempt upon the wretched tyrant, who cowered like a beaten dog, and went on his way. He told Annette Ryther, his fiancee, of the Incident that evening. In her gentle, pitying way she wondered what would become of the poor young street beggar. Then, amid bright . plans for the future, the theme drifted out of their minds. More than bright were those dreamB Just now. Pearce held a good posi tion, he had saved up quite a sum of money, and "love" and "home" were the words that beckoned them to a happy married life. Pearce lived at a private boarding house. He came down Btalrs from his room one morning, whistling gayly as Went Dashing Back Across the Organ. was his wont As he paused the room of the "Btnr boarder" on the second floor, he paused. It stood open, and a lively breeze, pouring In at the win dow, had blown loose letters and pa pers from a writing desk acroBs the floor and out Into the hall. The star boarder was not a favor ite with Pearce, nor with many others In the house, unless It were the land lady, who valued him because of his liberal tips to the servants and the "extras" he allowed her to put on his bill. He was a man of about forty, a bachelor, Beemed to have plenty of money and dressed flashily. He had met Annette several times and made no efforts to conceal the fact that she attracted him. As to Annette, she had conceived a violent dislike for him from the tlrst. Pearce barely tolerated him. The star boarder seemed to think, however, that his wealth might finally make Borne Im pression upon the young lady upon whom his heart was set. Pearce gathered up the scattered papers and placed them on the desk. Then he closed the window so that no further damage might be done. As he came out of the room two servants met blm. He did not, however, deem It necessary to explain his intrusion, regarding It as an ordinary act of obliging consideration. He went to his office and forgot the Incident, but It was revived In a marked way be fore that same evening was over. Bolger, that was the name of the tar boarder, had been robbed. He bad left his room that morning for a bare five minutes. The window of his room fronted on the street An organ grinder had come along with a whang ing disturbing Instrument Itolger was aroused from a late morning nap. He hurried on his dressing gown and went down the rear stairs to the kitchen, bribing the cook to run out and drive the pest away. When he returned to his room, he found his diamond pin and two ring missing iltif from the little stand where they hud lain when he rushed away on his urgent errand. "I know the thlof," he declared to a group In the parlor. "If I find the Jewelry thrown over the transom In my room by tomorrow morning, well and good. If not, I shall swear out a warrant" Pearce was not In the room when this remark was made. lie heard of It when he came home from a call on Annette. His Intention was to go to Bolger and tell him of being In his room that morning. As ho passed It on his way to his own, however, the absence of a light Induced Pearce to consider that Bolger was either away or asleep. Pearce was Just leaving the house the next morning, when a man watt ing at the front doorway touched him on the shoulder. "You are under arrest," he an- nounced, and produced a warrant charging Pearce with the theft of the missing Jewelry belonging to Bolger, Pearce offered no resistance. All that was manly In his nature, how- ever, came to the surface as, glancing back at the house, he saw the face of llolger peering malovolently from behind a curtain. It was less the man mourning a loss, than of one gloating over the opportunity to degrade and disgrace an envied rival. Pearce was taken Into the court room of the examining magistrate. Half a dozen other prisoners were seated Just beyond him awaiting ar raignment Amid his own troubles. Pearce did not particularly notice them. He had sent for his lawyer. The preliminary examination took place. Bolger appeared. His two wit nesses were the servants who had seen Pearce leave his room. It was Just as Bolger was describ ing the pin and rings that there was an Interruption. One of the other pris- oners, awaiting trial, sprang up. With a quick dash she reached the side of Pearoe. She clung to him, crying out to the Judge: "He was my friend. He Is a good man. I will prove It" "What Is this?" demanded the baf fled Judge. "See, you, sir," went on the girl, "I am the girl arrested for begging. Pletro, the padrone, makes me beg. For that I am arrested. I escaped him through this good man. He found me out. That man," and she pointed at Bolger, "say my friend steal. No no It was Pletro Pletro and his monkey." "What are you telling, girl?" de manded the lawyer sharply, pricking up his keen ears. "I see what Pletro bring home a pin, the rings, diamonds. Ah! that Is his trick. The monkey climbed to the window. Pletro teach him. He take Jewelry. Come, I will show you where Pletro hide his plunder." The Judge began to question the girl. Within an hour officers of the law visited the den of Pletro, tp re cover the stolen Jewelry. A free man, with the real culprit In custody, the first act of Alan Pearce was to see that the poor girl was placed In kind hands. And when Annette and himself went to housekeeping, little Carlotta be came maid of the happy household. Just to Be Sure. "Gawge Washington Ab'ham Lin coln Christofo Colombus Andy Jack Bon Jetf'Bon Davis! You all come In dls heah house dis minute, fo' I tan you all!" Mandy was yelling it at the top of her voice. I waited, expectant of a cowering, obedient regiment, which I expected to see file past, says a writer In the New York Telegram. There rushed by one little kinky- haired pickaninny. I Btepped up to Mandy. "Of course, it is none of my business, but that little fellow seems to be the most obedient child you have." "Suttenly he am," she replied. ' And he's all I has, too." "But you called a round dozen dif ferent names?" "All the names you done heard me call la hls'n. We done give him them thar names so when he's growed up and his name's called outitn co't white folk will sure know he comes from a quality family!" Potatoes and Buttermilk. ,, An Irishwoman well expressed, the other day, the value of the national diet of potatoes and buttermilk. "When I was young," she said, "we never heard of consumption. The people were content with potatoes and butter milk. Now they must have meat and tea. They are healthy enough as chil dren, but few grow up strong. They become consumptive as they grow. They cannot afford good meat, or enough of it, and they will not eat the potatoes and milk that would cost them little and keep them strong." Po tatoes are more nourishing if boiled or baked In their skins. The Irish know this; and, passing the open doors of cottages today, one may still some times see the brown, smoking balls turned out of the. big pot onto the clothless -table, round which the family is sitting. Spider's Olfactory Organs, After disproving the theories of all the other writers concerning the seat of the olfactory organs, Doctor Mela- doo began to search for organs simi lar to those which he found a tew years ago in spiders. These organs were soon found on the legs and wings of all Insects examined. Many ex periments were performed which proved conclusively to the author that these organs are the true apparatus for receiving odor stimuli In the In sects tested. v mMC 1.11,1 M I WMi . Bkomzc Lion NE of the most striking Illus trations, to the stranger, of the awakening of China is seen In the contrast between the fine new buildings of the University of Nanking and the old ex amination halls, In ruins. For many generations these halls represented to the Chinese their high est culture. They are located In the old part of the city and cover a large space. They were built In the four teenth century, by the Ming emperor Hong Wu, a great patron of learning. He codified the laws, and established schools in all the chief cities and towns, write Dr. Vachel T. and Cath- erlne F. Lindsay In the Illinois State Register. These halls, In general appearance made us think of stalls for animals on some county fair grounds, only there were more of them. They were in long brick sheds, the cells separated by partitions, and about five feet square, the slanting roofs being made of tile. They were intended to accom modate about thirty thousand students Each line of cells was open to the south. A narrow board on the floor of the cell, answered for a bed at night, two boardB across at proper heights for seat and desk, niches in the wall for food basket and candle. Each student was expected to pre pare an essay on the books of Confu cius, Mencius and their disciples and commentators. No original ideas or personal experiences were to be In troduced. There is a high tower near the cen ter of this Inclosure from which the long lines of tile shed roofs are seen, many of them In ruins, all overgrown with high weeds, wild vines and moss In looking through "A Guide to Nan king" we found one mention of these honored halls In the descriptions of "Most Noted Places," formerly (the equivalent in China of all the unlver- i! ANCIENT FXGODA sities In our East combined. On the same page of the catalogue there were mentioned 18 modern schools for all purposes one could well think of military, commercial, surveying, draw ing, naval, police, polytechnic, prison reform, law, normal, language, silk worm and mulberry, theological, Bibli cal, with many that indicated special studies and industries for girls. Most of these are established In good modern buildings In parklike ill- closures, with lawn grass, trees and flowers, and rooms equipped and set apart for their especial work. The Chinese are given to vocational train ing. They have an elaborate system of division of labor. They do not be lieve In a "man of all work." Confucianism and Idols. We hoar a great deal about the superstition and Idolatry of the Chi nese. We were astonished to find In Nanking, and indeed everywhere we went, the Buddhist temples either grown up in weeds, the idols In many places covered with dust and broken, or the Idols thrown away and the buildings transformed into modsrn 'y t ) V WWW TV '" H IT at Peking Gate schoolhouses. Idolatry In China Is largely a growth through centuries that has gradually developed from Buddhism, Just as we see all manner of fungi attached to a dying tree. Confucianism is not Idol worship, In its principles It is purely a code of ethical laws. Its fundamental laws are strikingly similar to the laws of Moses. Consequently a person may be a Confucianlst In a general sense, and at the same time a Christian. It is quite worth while Just here to call attention to the fact that Confucius lived about five hundred years before Christ, more than a century after the Israelites of the ten northern tribes were carried as slaves to Assyria. We saw Assyrian art of that same period In the "Forbidden City," the part of Peking reserved for the rulers, in closed by a strong wall, and into which ordinary people are not allowed to en ter. We had a special permit and guides from the American embassy. These art treasures must have been brought by caravans, necessarily con veyed by slaves under overseers. These slaves must have been Israel ites. The Confucian temples In Nanking are preserved, often repaired. They contain no idols. There is a large up right tablet, inscribed with the "Laws of Confucius," standing on the back of a turtle, symbolizing calmness, strength and longevity. On certain days, set apart for this purpose, in cense is burned on a table in front of this tablet, In somewhat the same spirit, among intelligent Chinese, as we on anniversary days place floral offerings on the tomb of Lincoln, or the graves of our honored dead. Tomb of Til Dzu. To most visitors in Nanking, the place of greatest historical interest in the tomb of the Ming emperor, Tal Dzw, a greatly honored ruler on ac count of his forceful character and the many reforms he inaugurated for the benefit of the masses of the common people. Nanking was his capital. This great Ming tomb is situated at the foot of Purple mountain. It is out side the city wall, perhaps a mile. It is surrounded by red-painted walls which inclose an area of about five hundred square feet. The visitor passes through three gates of peculiar Chinese architecture before coming to the tomb. After passing through the second gate he comes to a templelike building, high ly ornamental, in which is a large tab let Inscribed with a record of Tal Dzu and his achievements, an Inscription comparing him with his most distin guished predecessors. This tablet was erected by one of his greatest of Chi nese rulers, Kang Hsl, when he vis ited Nanking, some time near the close of the seventeenth century. He caused the entire surroundings to be made magnificent. Up to the time of the Tai-Plng re bellion these handsome buildings and beautiful parks remained, but the Tal Ping vandals destroyed almost the en tire tomb. Recently the viceroy of Nanking made some repairs, yet only a few traces remain of the former grandeur. After the visitor has passed through the third gate he sees a large struc ture with one opening in the middle. This leads to the edge of the tomb, which is now covered by a hill of deep soil on which is a thick growth of trees. The ascent is steep. From the summit is a fine view of the city and surrounding country. Among the accessories to this tomb the most interesting still remaining are five pairs of stone Btatues of animals, standing on either side of the great road leading from the entrance gate of the park, perhaps twenty feet in height; pairs of elephants, camels. lions, soldiers and priests, as the last pair of guards. Near the gate is a temple or tower with four openings, situated on a low hill. Within is a stone tablet, erected upright, on the back of a turtle. It is covered with inscriptions of the great deeds of this emperor, Tai Dzu. It is said in Chi nese history, "This tablet was erected there as a sign of revereftce to one of the greatest emperors that China ever produced." , BETTER THAN HEAVY DISHES At Hot Weather Approaches Fish 8hould to a Great Extent Take the Place of Meat. Fish Hath. Prepare the fish as for fish bulls; chop fine cold potatoes and mix with fluli. Fry brown six good slices of salt pork; tuke out the pork and turn the hash into the frying pan; add half a cupful of boiling water; let thU heat slowly, stirring often; then spread smoothly and brown, be ing careful not to lot It burn. When brown fold It as you would un omelet dish, and garnish the dish with the slices of pork. When the pork Is ob jected to butter can be used Instead, Fish With Tomato Sauce. One cup ful tomatoes, one-half cupful water, one-half of an onion sliced. Cook to matoes, wator and onion twenty min utes. Melt one tnblespoonful of but ter and add one tnblespoonful of flour, stir Into hot mixture, add one-half teaspoonful pepper, cook until It thickens and strain. Put fish In a baking dish and pour the tomato sauce around It Bake from fifteen to twenty minutes In a moderate oven. Fish Toast One cupful flaked cold fish, free from akin and bones. Heat In water sufficient to moisten; add butter, pepper and salt. When hot pour on slices of buttered toast; gar nish with eggs poached in muffin rings. Scalloped Halibut Shred one cup ful of cold boiled halibut; pour in the food pan one and one-half cupfuls milk and let come to a boll; add but ter size of an egg, salt and pepper, then the crumbs of four crackers, add lastly the halibut; let it cook Ave minutes, then add two hard boiled eggs chopped fine, and serve on a hot platter with bits of buttered toast SERVE THIS SUNDAY EVENING What It Known as "Farmer's Fruit Cake" It Somewhat Different From the Ordinary Delicacy. Three coffee cupfuls of dried ap ples, two of molasses and one of but ter, one of sugar, one of raisins, stoned and chopped, two eggs, the Juice and grated rind of one lemon, two teaspoonfuls of soda and one pound and about one-half cupful over of flour to be of the consistency of soft ginger cake. Put the apples to soak over night (in cold water), in the morning chop tbem very fine and stew them in a cupful of water they were soaked in, and add two of mo lasses. When very soft take them from the fire, turn them out to cool and add to them while warm two teaspoonfuls of powdered cinnamon, the same of cloves and the Juice and rind of the lemon. Stir to a cream the butter and the sugar, and add the eggs beaten light, then the ap ple and raisins, then the flour and beat the soda dissolved in a table spoonful of hot water. Bake in a mod erate oven an hour and a half or two. Test with a splint. Potato Chowder. Pare and cut into thick slices four large potatoes. Peel, slice and brown in a tablespoonful of butter one onion (medium sized) ; add potatoes to hot fat and onion, then sprinkle with tea spoonful of minced parsley (parsley need not be added if not liked). Add boiling water enough just to cover po tatoes; cook until tender do not let them become too dry and burn. When done, add one quart hot milk, salt and pepper to taste, then yolks of two hard-boiled eggs mashed fine and the whites minced. After milk is added, add about half a dozen hard crackers and let them steam a little while. This will serve five or six persons. Dyeing a Rug. A Brussels rug which begins to look threadbare may be greatly improved In appearance and made to do at least one more season by giving it a dye bath with dye such as Is used for fab rics. A 9 by 12 rug will require two packages. Prepare all at once in one large kettle so the color will be uni form, but take out only a small quan tity at a time so you will have a sup ply of hot, clean liquid to work with. Apply to small space at a time with even strokes straight along with the weave of the carpet. " Molded Beef. Procure a shin of beef, have thebone sawed in four or five pieces, cover with boiling water and cook until the meat leaves the bone. Then chop fine, discarding all the gristle and hard bits; set the liquor away until all the fat has risen to the top; then remove the fat and boil the liquid down so it will Jelly when cold. Season with one half teaspoonful allspice, one-half tea spoonful black pepper and salt to taste. Add the chopped meet and sim mer for ten minutes, stirring often. Pour into mold until cold. Grandma's Caket. One cupful sugar and one-half cup- 'ul butter creamed until light, then add two well beaten eggs gradually, after all are well mixed add one-fourth tea spoonful baking powder, then enough flour to make dough stiff enough to handle. Roll thin and cut into fancy shapes. Bake on cookie sheets for 12 minutes, moderate oven. The grown ups as well as the young ones can soon make them disappear. Cooking Dried Applet. When you cook dried apples, try adding a little grated orange peel to them before the stewing proces. This robs the apple of any flat taste it may have and gives It an added test Grate only the outside skint, at ths white inside skin is bitter. mmm HOW FLIGHTLY MADE GOOD Howling Success at Writer of Fiction, Not In Books, but Summer Re tort Advertisements. "Your friend Fllghtly," remarked Gyer, "possesses a wonderful imagina tion. As a writer of fiction he ought to be a howling success. "Success has already crowned hit efforts as a fiction writer," replied Myer, "and Incidentally enabled hire to pile up a nice bank balance." "Indeed!" exclaimed the other. "It's queer that I never happen to get hold of any of his books." "Oh, he doesn't write books," Bald his friend, "His specialty is writing advertisements for summer resorts." A Ruse That Failed. Comedian While Ravenyelp was traveling in Italy he thought it would be a great press agent Btunt to get himself captured by bandits and held for ransom. Soubrette How did the scheme work? Comedian Robbers captured him, all right, but when they found he was an actor they made him work for his board. Judge. Would Be Made Welcome. Tramp It is needless to ask the question, madam. You know what 1 want. Lady Yes, I know what you wanl badly, but I've only one bar of soai in the house, and the servant is using it. Come again some other time. Hard to Explain. "Human nature is a curious thing." "That remark is often made." "I was thinking of my grocer. He seems to have no respect for me be cause I pay him cash, while Dubwalte, who uses his credit to the limit, is treated as if he owned the Btore." Prolonging the Quarrel. "There Is nothing in the world 1 wouldn't give you," he said. "Perhaps so," she answered, icily, "but Just at present you are giving me something I don't want" "What?" "A pain." Explaining the Stiffness. "What's the matter?" "I'm suffering with a VIctrola arm." "That's a new complaint." "Yes. We had a two-hour concert at our house last night, and I had to wind the darned machine up every time." Wanted to Retire. "Miss Ethel," said Chollie Staylate, ' 'if I should tell you I was goine awav tomorrow would you feel sorry?" Tomorrow," she answered, elancine at the clock. "Yes, I should feel sor ryI thought you might go away to- nignt." An Enumeration. "Anybody play poker in Crimson Gulch?" asked the breezy stranger. xep, replied Broncho Bob. "me an' Three-Finger Sam an' Rattlesnake Pete plays the game an' about seventy-five other citizens thinks thev does." QUITE RIGHT. "What a brilliant marriage! He is worth several millions and she will inherit at least a billion." "Would you call that a marriage, oi a merger?" In a Bad Fix. "Wombat thinks he's eneazed ta the wrong girl." 'Better break it then." 'Ha can't He's buvine the enenea ment ring on the Installment plan." No Improvement "Everything seems to be going from bad to worse." Yes, indeed. . Do you know some time I'm really sorry that I didn't stick to my first husband."