Image provided by: Washington County Cooperative Library Service; Hillsboro, OR
About The Forest Grove express. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1916-1918 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1918)
COMB » T E A IN Can you imagine yourself dead for five years? Suppose at the end of that time you turned up suddenly p, among old friends In New York city, asked for an accounting of your estate and announced your intention of finding the girl you had married under pressure before you disappeared— much to their shocked surprise! That’ s the position in which we find Hugh Whitaker in this Installment. How his plans ruin the Important plans of others about him, how he creates a furore at a big theatrical performance and how he finds his wife. Is told with ¡Ti dramatic effect. w J ^gOOOOOOOOOOeuOOCM MOtnOOOaoCMM KHM M natM CnoooaafO Oaooooooooa • » » • • • » • « » * • • • > ner, a pathetic frenzy In Ills hnbltually mild ami lustrous eyes. Advnnring halfway to the middle of the apron. he paused, begging attention with n pudgy baud. It was n full minute before the gallery would let lit in be beard. ‘‘Lad lea and gentlemen,” be an tiounee«l plaintively, “ | much regret to Inform you that Miss Law lias suf- fered a severe nervous shock” —his It’s Grundmother’a Recipe to gaze wandered in perplexed Inquiry to keep her borkx Dark, ward the right hsml stiigtiiox, then Gloxsy, Iteautiful. was hastily averted—” un«l will uot bo utile to continue.” Tho old time mlxturo of Hugo Tea Wave upon vvnve of sound swept and Hulphur for darkening gray, through (lie uudltorlmn to break, roar streaked and faded hair I* grand ing. against the olidurule curtain. Mai mother's rmi>S. and folks are again with difficulty contrived to make hlin- using It to k«*ep their hair a good, self dlaconneete«lly audible. even color, which Is quite sensible, as “ Ladles nnd . . . ” he shouto«!, we are living In an age when a youth sweat benillng Ills perturbed forehend ful appearance Is o f the greatest ad . . . ” r«>gret . . . ImpoMsIble to vantage. Nowadays, though, we don’t have continue . . . money . . . box the troublesome task of gathering the office . . .’’ sage and the inussy mixing at horns. An angry howl drowned him out. Ho | All drug stores sell the ready to use retreated at accelerate»! discretion. product. Improved by the addition of Whitaker, slipping through the stage other Ingredients, called "W yeth ’s Sage and Hulphur Compound" for shout 60 cents a bottle. It Is very popular because nobody can discover It lias been applied. Hlmply moisten your comb or a soft brush with It and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time, by morn ing the gray hair disappears, but what delights the ladles with Wyeth's Sago nnd Hulphur Compound. Is that. M*- sliles beautifully darkening the hair after a few applications. It also pro «lures that soft lustre and appearance of nhundance which la ao attractive. This ready to-uae preparation Is a de lightful toilet requisite for those who «lesire a more youthful appearance It Is not Intended for the cure, mitigation or prevention of disease - Adv. the barest glimpse of her profile as, ami torn away; It bung only In shr«>«ls pausing momentarily, she eyed the anil tatters upon an Individuality Whltnker laughed quietly and turned other Hctors. Then, without speaking, wbolly strange to Whitaker: a larger, the conversation, accepting the mana she turned nnd walked upstage, her stronger woman seemed to have start ed out o f th«* musk. ger's pseudo-confidences nt their face back to the footlights. Applause broke «ait like a thunder value— that Is, ns pure bluff, quite con She turned, calling imperatively Into clap, |>ealing heavily through the big the wings: “ Ring down I” sistent with the managerial pose. They rose presently nnd made their auditorium, but the actress showed no With it rush the curtain descended way out into the crowded, blatant uight consciousness of It. She was standing as pandemonium broke out on both before u ch**ap mirror, removing Iter slll«‘.H of It. of Broadway. “ W e’ll walk. If you don’t mind.” Mas hat, arranging her hair with the suggested. “ It isn’t far, nnd I'd like typical, unconscious gestures o f a C H APTE R VI. to get a line on the house as it goes weary shopgirl; she was acting— living In.’ He sighed affectedly. “ Heaven the scene, with no time to waste In The Late Extra. knows when I'll see another swell au pandering to her popularity by bows Impulsively Whitaker got up to fol dience mobbing one o f my attractions!’’ and set smiles; she remained before low Max, tlu-n b«‘sltnted and sank tmek They pushed forward slowly through the glass, prolonging the business, un in doubt, tils heud awhlrl. lie was for the eddying tides, elbowed by a match til the applause subsided. the time being shook«•<! out o f all «-a- Whitaker receive«! nu Impression ii s parity for clear reasoning or right less motley of humanity, deafened by Its thousund tongues, dazzled to blind o f a tremendous force nt work across llduking. Uppermost In Ids conscious- ness by walls of living light. Whitaker the footlights. The woman dlffus«-«! an noss lie hnd n half-formed notion that experienced a sensation of participat effect -.s of a terrible and boundless It wouldn't help matters If lie vv«-r«* to She force himself In upon the crisis behind ing in a royal progress: Max was plain energy under positive control. ly a man of murk ; he left a wake of was not merely an actress, not eveu the scenes. rippling Interest. At every third step merely a great actress; she was the Beyond all question his wife hail somebody hailed him, ns a rule by his very soul of the drama of today. recognized in him die man whom she Beyond this he knew In his h«*art first name; generally he responded by had been given every reason to htdleve a curt nod nnd a tightening of his that she was Ids wife. Sara Law was deu«l: a discovery so unnerving as to tlie woman he had- married In that teeth upon his cigar. rentier her temporarily unable to con They turned east through Forty- sleepy C'onne«,tlcut town, six years be tinue. sixth street, shouldered by a denser fore that night. He had not yet seen This, then, explained Drummond's rabble whose faces, ull turned In one her face dearly, but he knew. To find reluctance to have him hidden to the himself mistaken ould have shaken direction, shone livid with the glare of supper party; whatever ultlinnte a gigantic electric sign, midway down the foundations o f Ills understanding. course of action he planned to pursue, I’ ruler cover of the applause, he the block: Drummond hail been unwilling, p«-r- turnc«l to Max. T H E A T E R MAX hnps pardonably so. to have Ids rt>- "W ho Is that? What is her name?" SARA L A W ’S FAR EW ELL. "Th e divine Sara,” Max uuswere«], mnnee overthrown and altogether shut tered In a single day. He hnd lied, It was nearly half-past eight; the his eyes shining. lied desperately, doubtless meaning to house had been open since seven; nnd I mean, what Is her name off the encompass n marriage before Whltnker still a queue ran from the gallery doors stage. In private life?" to Broadway. The lobby Itself was “ The same,’’ Max nodded with con could find his wife, ami so furnish him crowded to suffocation with nn occi viction; "Sara Law’s the only name with every reason that could lulluem e dental durbnr of barbaric magnificence, she’s ever worn iu my acquaintance on honorable niun to disnppt-ar a see- : ond time. the city's supreme manifestation of with her." its religion, the ultimate rite In the On the other hand. Max to a cortuln- i At that moment, the applause hav Knew His Heart That 8he Was worship of the pomps of the flesh. ing subsid«»d to such an extent that It ty was Ignorant of the relationship be His Wife. “ Look nt that,” Max grumbled was possible for her to make herself tween his star and his old time friend. through his cigar. “ Ain’t it a shame?" heard, the uctress swun, round from Just ns he must have been Ignorunt o f ; door behind the box«-s, rnn Into the “ What?” Whitaker had to lift his the mirror nnd addressed one of the her Identity with the onu time Mary stage manager standing beside the first voice to make it carry above the buz other pln.v«-rs. Her voice was cleur, Ladlslns. For that mntter, Whitaker entrance, heatedly explaining to any zing of the throng. strong nnd vibrant, yet sweet; but had to admit thnt, dntnnlng ns was the one who would llst*-n the utt««r futility "The money I’m losing,” returned Whitaker paid no heed to the lines she evidence to controvert the th«»ory, of offering box-office prices In return the manager, vividly disgusted. “ I spoke. He was staring, fusclnuted, nt Drummond might he Just ns much In for s«-at checks which In the mnj<»rlly the dark ns Max wus. It wns only fair of Instances Imd cost tb«ir holder* top- could've filled the Metropolitan opera her face. house three times o ver!” Sight of It set the seal of certulnty to suspend Judgment. In the mean notch speculator prlc«*s. lie swung on hi« heel nnd began to upon conviction: She was one with time . . . "They'll wreck the theater," he push his way out of the lobby. “ Come Mary Ladislns. He had forgotten her The audience was getting beyond shout«*«! excitedly, mopping his brow ulong—no use trying to get in this so completely in the lapse of years as control. In the gallery tbe gods were with his coat sl«-eve, “ what f e l l ’d she way.” to have been unable to recall her fea beginning to testify to their normal In ivuna pull n raw one like tills for?” Whitaker followed, to be led down a tures and coloring, yet he hnd needed tolerance with shrill whistles, cat-calls, Whltnker caught his nrm In u grasp blind alley between the theater nnd only to see to recognize her beyond sporadic bursts of hund-rinppliig nnd a compelling attention. the adjoining hotel. An illuminated any j>ossiblllty of doubt. Those big. steady, sinister rumble of stnmplng sign advertised the stage door, through Intensely burning eyes, that drawn and feet. In the orchestra and dress circle which, via a brief hallway, they en pallid face, the quick, nervous move people were moving about restlessly Well, what's your guess/ Will tered the postscenlum and— Max drag ments o f her thin white hands, the and talking at the top o f their voices Whitaker's wife receive him with ging him by the arm—passed through slenderness of her tall, awkward. Im In order to tnuke themselves beard gratitude and open arms— be a small door into the gangway behind mature figure— In every line and con above the growing diu. cause he saved her honor long the boxes. tour, in every gesture nnd inflection, ago— or will she look him over Abruptly Max himself appeared at “ Curtain’s just up,” Max told him ; she reproduced the Mary Lndislus one side of the proscenium nrch. It calmly and chase him off the "Sara doesn’t come on till near the whom he hnd married. was plain to those nearest the stage 9 place? v middle o f the act. Make yourself com And yet . . . Max was whisper that he was seriously disturbed. There >T> $ >: >: > » : >:♦: *: >; > ‘«i ing over his shoulder: fortable; I’ll be back before long.” w-ns a noticeable hesitancy In his man- (T O HE C O N T IN U E D .) "Wonderful make-up— what?" He drew aside a curtain and ushered “ Make-up!” Whitaker retorte«!. his guest into the right-hand stage-box, Matter of Height. then vanished. The few empty stalls "She’s not made up— she’s herself to ODD PLACES TO HIDE CASHi We are Informed by un otherwise were rtlpidly filling up. There was a the last detail." Amusement glimmered in the mana Woman Concealed Savings on Her veracious friend that ho was standing fluent movement through the aisles. A In front of a department stor«?, gaz "You don’t Mother’s Grave— Safety Deposit subdued hum and rustle rose from that ger’s round little eyes: ing raptly Into one of the dlspluy in Cannon. portion of the audience which was al know her. Walt till you get a pipe at windows, when he hoard this conver ready seated. The business going on her off the stage.” Then he checked The woman who, ns Just revealed In sation : upon the stage was receiving little at the reply that was shaping on Whit- “ Tell me, Grace,” said n tnun whose tention— from Whitaker as little as nker’s lips, with a warning lift of his the law courts, hid her savings on her from unyone. The opening scene In hand and brows: “ Ssh 1 Catch this, mother’s grave In Forest Hill cemetery wife— or maybe she wasn’t— had made probably hit upon a unique cache. But him stop while she rubbered ut the the development of the druma Inter now. She’s a wonder In this scene.” ested the gathering little or not at all; The superb uctr*:ss behind the coun there is no saving. The person who <lr«ns«*s, “ when you’re g<-ttlng a dress, it was hanging In suspense upon the terfeit o f the hunted and hungry shop mistrusts savings banks generally which costs more— the wulst or the unfolding of some extraordinary devel girl was holding spellbound with her looks around for the most unlikely skirt?” "Why, that depends,” said the wo opment, something unprecedented and inevitable witchery the most sophisti spot In which to deposit wealth, und extraneous, foreign to the play. cated audience In the world ; like wheat more tlinn one may hit on the same man. “ On the season, I suppose.’’ Max slipped quietly into the box and in a windstorm It swayed to the modu Idea. Old cannon, for Instance, seem to "H ow could It depend on the s«.-a- handed his guest u program. “ Better lations ot her marvelous voice us It ran get over here.” he suggested In u through a passuge-at-urms with the form favorable depositories. Quite a son, silly?” "W ell, tills season the skirts oomo hoarse whisper, Indicating a chair near termagant. Suddenly ceasing to speak, quantity of Jewelry was found some the rail. “ You may never have an she turned down to u chair near the while ago in a solitary gun which high, but tho waists don’t— uln’t I other chance to see the greatest living footlights, followed by u torrent of stands In the fort ut Shoreham, und right?" actress. Wonderful house,” he whis shrill vituperation under the Insh of about tbe same time a bug containing Expert, Indeed. pered, sitting down behind Whitaker. which she quivered like a whipped 70 sovereigns was discovered In on A strange man hud* been sent to “ Drummond husn't shown up yet, thorouglfbred. old cannon In I’ei-I park, Bradford. polish the floors. Ills manner was though.” From one of the old Crimean cannon Abruptly, pausing with her hands on anything but energetic, nnd the Imly “That so?” Whitaker returned over the back of the chair, there came a nt Liverpool also some Inquisitive feared that he would not polish them his shoulder. youngsters once brought forth u sol change. The actress hnd glanced across “ Yes; it’s funny; never knew him to the footlights; Whitaker could not but dier’s discharge papers nnd notes to properly. “ Are you quite sure that you un be so late. He always has the aisle follow the direction of her gaze; the the value of £|iH).— London Chronicle. derstand the work?” she Inquired. seat, fourth row, center. But he’ll be eyes o f both focussed for a brief in Ills Indignation was tremendous. ulong presently.” stant on the empty nlsle-sent In the Couldn't Give Up the Movies. "You know Colonel B.’s folks, next He glanced Idly nt his program. In fourtli row. A shade o f additional pal Said on«« charming young creature differently absorbing the Information lor showed on the woman’s face. She while sipping her tea: “ Did you hear door but one?" he said. "W ell, I refer that "Jules Max has the honor to pre looked quickly, qircstlonlugly, toward that Etelkn and Oluf bare broken you to them. On (he polished floor of their dining room five persons broke sent Miss Sara Law In her first and tiie box o f her manager. their engagement?” (heir legs last winter and a Indy greatest success entitled Joan Thurs Seated as he was so near the stage, “ Heavens, n o!" exclaimed tbe other day—a play In three acts— ” Whitaker’s face stoo«J out In rugged charming creature, almost choking slipped clenr down tho grund stair The audience stirred expectantly; a relief, illumined by the glow reflected over her cake. “ I thought they were case. I polished all their floors I” — Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph. movement ran through It like the from the footlights. It was Inevitable the original turtledoves.” movement of waters, murmurous, up thnt she should see him. Her eyes “ Well, they were; but O laf Is short- Sportive Fish. on a shore. Whitaker’s gaze was fastened, dilating, upon his. The scene slght«-d nnd has to sit in the very first The gnmhollng o f whales Is often drawn to the stage as If by an Im faltered perceptibly. She stood trans row nt the moving picture theaters, and witnessed by sailors, nnd Pnley says placable force. Max shifted on the fixed. . . . Etelka cun only see from the very that nny observer o f fish must ac chair behind him and said something In the hush Max cried Impatiently: back; and she said she would he aw knowledge that "they nre so happy indistinguishable, in an unnatural tone. “ What the d e v il!’’ The words broke fully unhappy If they hud to spend they know not what to do with them A woman had come upon the stage, the spell of amazement upon the half thiir l!v«*s npurt nnd that the selves. Their attitudes and frolics are suddenly and tempestuously, banging actress. In a twinkling the pitiful (««•st thing to do wus not to marry. simply the effect o f an excess of a door behind her. The audience got , counterfeit of the shopgirl was rent And there you are.” spirits.” CHAPTER V—Continued. I Room, or Company? With all proper respect to members of congress, we wish they'd quit com ing home so much and give the rail roads u chance to huul u little coal. , Kansas City Htar. Dr. Bierce’s Pellets «re M-st for liver, , bowels and stomach. One little Pellet for h laxative thr«.-e for a cathartic A Grave Situation. "Ho Murie Is engaged?" "Yes. to an undertaker.” "An undertaker? Bhe must bo dead in love."— Exchange. Swinging Round the Circle. Mrs. A.—Our cook has lived In soma o f the best families. Mrs.— Ours has lived In all of them and Is now on circuit for tho second 1 time.— Exchange. Chronic Constipation is ns dangerous as disagreeable. Garfield Tea cures IL— Adv. Locating the Action. "And Fltzlepato ran through n for tune?” "N o ; ho never did anything so ener getic. H e stood still and let the for tune show the speed.” — Exchange. Soothe Itching Scalps. On retiring gently rub s|tots o f dnn- druff and Itching with Cutlcuru Oint ment. Next morning shampoo with Cutleura Soup and hot water. For fr«*e samples address, "Cutlcuru, Dept. X, Boston." At druggists and by mall. Soap 25, (Hutment 25 and 60.— Adv. I w A Rapid Flrer. Mrs. Peck— I always think twice be fore I speak once. Pedk —Exactly, my dear— but then you are such a quick thinker.— Ex change. KIDNEYS. U S E « If your Rack h u r ts o r lllnririor bothers, drink lots of W itte r. When your kidneys hurt and your hack feels sore, don't get scared and proceed to load your stomach with a lot of drugs that excite the kidneys and Irritât«« tho entire urlnnry tract. Keep your klilneys clean like you keep your bowels clean, by flushing them with a mild, harmless salts which re moves the body’s urinous waste and stimulates them to their normnl activ ity. Tho function of the kidneys Is to filter tho Mood. In 24 hours they strain from It 600 grains of aeld and waste, so wo can readily understand the vital Importance of keeping the kidneys active. Drink lots of water— you can’t drink too much; also get from any pharma cist about four ounces of Jad Halts; take a tahlespoonful In a glass of water before breakfast earh morning for a few days and your kidneys will act fine. This famous salts Is ma«le from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, combined with lithla, and has been used for generations to clean and stimulate clogged kidneys; also to neutralize the acids In urine so It no longer is a source of Irritation, thus ending bladder weakness. Jad Salts Is Inexpensive; cannot In jure; makes a delightful effervescent lithla water drink which everyone should take now and then to keep their kidneys clean and active. T ry this, also keep up the water drinking, and no doubt you will wonder what became of your kidney trouble and backache.— Adv.