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W IL L IA M J Ö N
HAFFNDRCD
E N O R A V B lW -rR IN T tR A
HENRY
THE CHURCH AS A
SOCIAL CENTER
A B ro ad er S phere for R eligion— New
Field fo r th e R ural C hurch.
By P e te r Radford.
L ecturer N ational Farm ers’ Union.
T h e social d u ty of th e ru ra l ch u rch
is a« m uch a p a r t of its o b lig atio n s
as its s p iritu a l side. In exj ressin g its
social in te re s t, th e m odern ru ra l
c h u rch does n o t h e s ita te to claim th a t
it is e x p re ssin g a tru e religious in
s tin c t a n d th e old-tim e id ea th a t the
social in s tin c ts should be sta rv e d
w hile th e s p iritu a l n a tu re w as o v er
fed w ith solid th eo lo g ical food, is fa st
giving w ay to a b ro ad er in te r p re ta
tion of th e fu n c tio n s of tru e religiou.
W e ta k e o u r place In the su ccessio n
of th o se w ho h av e so u g h t to m ake th e
w orld a fit h a b ita tio n for th e c h ild ren
of m an w hen we se ek to stu d y and
u n d e rsta n d th e social duty of th e
r u ra l ch u rch . T h e tr u e C h ristia n re
ligion is e s se n tia lly social—its te n e ts
of fa ith b ein g love and b ro th erh o o d
an d fellow ship. W hile follow ing a fte r
rig h te o u sn e s s, th e chu rch m u st c h a l
lenge a n d se e k to refo rm th a t social
o rd e r in w hich m oral life is ex
p re sse d . W hile c h e rish in g id eals of
se rv ice, th e r u ra l ch u rch w hich a t
ta in s th e fu lle st m easu re of su c cess
is th a t w h ich e n ric h e s as m any lives
a s it can to u ch , an d in no way can
th e c h u rc h com e in close c o n ta c t w ith
its m em b e rs a s th ro u g h th e av en u e
of so c ial fu n ctio n s.
T h e c o u n try tow n and th e ru ra l
co m m u n ity n eed a social c e n te r. T he
c h u rc h n e e d offer no apology for its
a m b itio n to fill th is need in th e com
m unity, if an u n d e rsta n d in g of its
m ission b rin g s th is purpose in to c le a r
co n scio u sn ess. T h e s tru c tu re of a
ru ra l co m m u n ity is exceedingly com
plex; It c o n ta in s m any social g roups,
each of w hich h a s its own c e n te r, b ut
th e re a re m any lo calities w hich have
b ut on e c h u rch an d a lth o u g h such a
c h u rch c a n n o t com m and th e in te re s t
of all th e people, it is reliev ed from
th e e m b a rra s s m e n t of relig io u sly d i
vided com m unities.
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- T h e av e ra g e c o u n try boy and girl
h av e very little o p p o rtu n ity fo r re a l
en jo y m en t, and have, a s a rule, a
v ague conception of th e m ean in g of
p le a su re an d re c re a tio n . It is to fill
th is void in th e lives of c o u n try youth
th a t the ru ra l ch u rc h h a s risen to
th e n ecessity of p ro v id in g e n te r ta in
m e n t as w ell a s in s tru c tio n to its
m em b ersh ip am ong th e young. T he
c h ild re n and young people of th e
c h u rch should m eet w hen relig io u is
n ot even m entioned. It h a s been
found sa fe s t for th e m to m e e t fre
q u en tly u n d e r th e d ire c tio n an d ca re
of th e church. T o se n d th e m in to the
w orld w ith no social tr a in in g exposes
th em to g rav e perils an d to try to
k eep them out of th e w orld w ith no
social priv ileg es is s h e e r folly. T h e re
is a social n a tu re to both old and
young, b u t th e social re q u ire m e n ts of
th e young are im p e ra tiv e . T h e ch u rch
m ust provide d ire c tly o r in d ire c tly
som e m odern eq u iv alen t for th e h u sk
ing bee, th e q u iltin g b ee an d th e sing
ing schools of th e old d ay s. In one
way or a n o th e r th e social in stin c ts
of o u r young people m u st h av e o p p o r
tu n ity for ex p ressio n , w hich m ay
la k e th e form of clubs, p a rtie s, pic
n ics or o th e r form s of am u sem en t.
O ne th in g is c e rtain , an d th a t is th a t
th e c h u rch can n o t ta k e aw ay the
d an ce, th e card p arty an d th e th e a te r
u nless it can offer in its place a s a t
isfying s u b s titu te in th e form of m ore
pleasing recreatio n .
b r m A r - .j t L .
Inventor of the De adly W a r Missile and
H i s Reward.
S hrapnel w as originally th e n am e of
a B ritish g en eral who, about a bun
d red y e a rs ago. w as begging the board
of o rd n an ce of bis n a tiv e land fo r som e
s u b s ta n tia l recognition In resp ect o!
th e new an d deadly m issile he had
placed ab so lu te ly a t th eir service an d
w as being told th a t th e in stitu tio n in
question “ had no funds a t its disposal
fu r the re w a rd of m e r i t ”
H en ry S h ra p n e l's Invention
w as
probably first em ployed a t S u rin a m in
1804 an d w as th e n “ fav o ra b ly re p o rt
ed on,” b ut eleven y e a rs la te r Sir
G eorge Wood, who co m m an d ed th e ar
tlllery a t W aterloo, d eclared th at
sh rap n el hud won th a t fam o u s battle.
W ith o u t it, W ood asse rte d , no effort of
th e B ritish could h ave recovered th e
farm h o u se of La H a y e S alute.
In 1814 th e g o v e rn m e n t g ra n te d
S hrapnel a pension of £1,200 a y ear
for life, b ut th is w as In te rp re te d by
his p a y m a ste rs to cover all th e Inven
tio n s S h ra p n el had g iven to th e arm y.
Including a n Ingenious gnu m oun tin g
w hereby th e recoil w as utilized to
bring one g u n into actio n a t th e sa m e
tim e as a n o th e r w as p u t u n d e r cover.
S hrapnel w a s th u s p laced a t a d isa d
v an tag e, though he had th e s a tis fa c
tion of d raw in g his pension to a ripe
old age. H e died in 1842. ag e d eig h ty
one.—A rgonaut.
THE
MALTESE
Its C u ri ou s Race Co ur se W i t h
Y o u Please Rules.
Go as
Ilo rs e racin g is a fa v o rite sp o rt th e
w orld over, b ut it is d o u b tfu l w h e th e r
an y n atio n can b o ast of su ch a curio u s
race course o r claim m ore rem ark a b le
id eas o f the sp o rt th a n th e M altese.
O nce a y e a r th e ro ad sk irtin g Slleina
h arb o r is reserv ed a s a ra c e co u rse, an d
th e people tu rn o u t In th o u sa n d s
T h e re is no reg u latio n o f th e course.
T h e crow d sim ply c le a rs out o f th e
w ay a s th e horses com e along.
T h e jo ck ey s ride w ith o u t b rid les or
saddles, an d each c a rrie s a w hip in
e ith e r h a n d —one fo r his ow n m ount,
th e o th e r to keep b ack an y horse w hich
m ay try to o v e rta k e him . W e sa w one
of th e sp e c ta to rs d e lib e ra te ly trip a
horse up by p u ttin g his leg out. a t
g ra v e risk to him self.
T h e se th in g s, h o w ev er Incredible as
th ey seem to sp o rtsm e n in th is co u n
try , a re ta k e n a s q u ite a m a tte r of
course, an d co n seq u en tly h ardly a y ear
goes by w ith o u t n fa ta lity of som e
kind. All th in g s considered, it is not
likely t h a t th e “go a s you please” ru les
o f th is M a lte se d e rb y a re likely to com
m en d th e m se lv e s to o th er tu r f au th o r!
tie s.—W ide W orld M agazine.
Qui cks ilve r.
T h e ore from w hich q u ick silv er is
o b ta in e d is a b rillia n t red rock know n
a s c in n a b a r. W hen of high p u rity it
is a c tu a lly verm ilion in color. C in n a
b a r is th e o rig in al source o f th e pig
m en t k n o w n com m ercially as verm il
ion. I t is a com pound of su lp h u r and
quicksilver, an d in o rd er to se p a ra te
th e la tte r fro m th e su lp h u r th e rock is
roasted. P a ss in g off in the form o f a
gas, th e m ercu ry is a fte rw a rd con
d en sed an d flows out in a fine stream ,
like a co n tin u o u s pencil of m olten sil
ver. L ike gold ftnd silver, m ercury is
occasionally found In a n a tiv e o r p ure
s ta te .
S om etim es th e m in er’s pick
p e n e tra te s a cav ity th a t co n tain s a
cupful o r m ore o f th e t lasive an d beau
tifu l fluid. M iners suffer much from
th e poisonous effects o f th e quicksilv er
fum es. E x tre m e cleanline s is the b est
s a fe g u a rd fo r w o rk ers in th is d an g e r
ous occupation.
M o v i n g Pic ture T r i c k s .
You have read this
advertisement. If your
own ad vertisem ent
were here others would
read it.
CHICHESTER S PILLS
SARD BV DRUliiSIS LVLKl aHLKl
“" f i r s t n a t i o n a l , b a n k
IDLE
MONEY
Farmers
Merchants Bank
and
Roseburg Myrtle Point Stage
DERBY.
Som e of th e m ost th rillin g scen es In
th e m oving p ic tu re d ra m a s a re tak en
w ith th e a id o f sm all m odels, w hich
a re co n sid erab ly less th a n life size.
I t is m uch ch eap e r, of course, to b u rn
up a toy b u ild in g or to sin k a m in ia
tu r e sh ip th a n to d estro y a n original
to m ak e a m oving p ic tu re holiday. T he
m odels used for th is w ork a re ca rrie d
o u t w ith g re a t a tte n tio n to d etail, an d
U niversal In stin c t fo r Play.
th e p ictu res a re ta k e n w ith th e cam
In prov id in g for e n jo y m en t th e era very close to th e gro u n d to get
c h u rc h use s one of th e g re a te s t m e th th e pro p er p erspective. T h e m oving
ods by w hich hum an so ciety h a s d e p ic tu re audiences, even w hen pay in g
veloped. A ssociation is n e v e r se c u re th e closest a tte n tio n , a r e com pletely
u n til it is p le a su ra b le ; In play th e in deceived. -B o sto n H erald.
s tin c tiv e av e rsio n of one perso n for
anotheT is o vercom e and th e social
T h e S tr o n g e r Material.
T h a t Is w h y w e a r e using th is space m ood is fo stered . Play is th e ch ief
A crockery d e a le r w as Ju st closing
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to call a tte n tio n to o u r Jo b P rin tin g de
ities and in th e play-day of hu m an h is custom ers, a grocer, cam e in in a
p a rtm e n t. W e a r e glad to show sa m childhood social c y m p a th y an d social
g re a t hurry.
As in d iv id u als
ples an d q u o te prices, an d p erh ap s we h a b its a r e evolved.
“ H ere,” said he, “ 1 packed th is Jar
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full of b u tte r a n d th e j a r sp lit from
c a u offer su g g e stio n s th a t will be v a l
th e ir view p o in t is broadened, th e ir to p to bottom . P e rh a p s you can e x
u a b le to you. If you a re undecided on id eals a r e lifted and finally th ey con
plain th e phenom enon.”
so m e p o in t ask us to help you out. W e s titu te a c u ltu re d and refined society.
“ Oh, yes; I can !” w as th e read y re
It is
plain, th e re fo re , th a t the ply. “T h e b u tte r w as s tro n g e r th a n
m ay be ab le to give you Ju st w h a t you
c h u rch w hich aim s a t a p e rfe c t so th e Jar.” —A tla n ta C o n stitu tio n .
w an t
ciety m u st u se in a refined an d ex
a lte d w ay th e e sse n tia l fa c to rs In
Side Stepped.
so c ial evolution an d m ust av ail itself
"I can give you n cold bite," sa id th e
of th e u n iv e rsa l in stin c t for play. wom an.
If th e c h u rc h su rro u n d s itse lf w ith
“ W hy not w arm It u p ?” a sk ed the
social fu n ctio n s w hich ap p eal to th e tram p.
young am o n g its m em b ersh ip , it will
“T h ere a in ’t an y wood sa w e d .”
fill a la rg e p a rt of th e lam e n ta b le
“ So? W ell, give It to m e cold.’’—New
g ap in ru ra l p le a s u re s an d w ill reap York Sun.
th e ric h e st re w a rd by p ro m o tin g jv
h ig h e r an d b e tte r ty p e of m anhood
A c c o m m o d a ti n g H i m .
and w om anhood.
Youth -O h, I d o n ’t w a n t to ta k e th a t
c h a racter. I’ll m ak e a fool o f m y self
su re. M alden W ell, you sa id you w an t
T l l f IM A M O M * ltl{ \ M>.
a .
F re q u e n tl y the W a y .
ed a n easy p a r t.—E x ch an g e.
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“ I t seem s to m e th a t he m ade a very
n -.A A li l- cH m - I i t « I H K i n n m l Tl r n n d . A \
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sound a rg u m e n t.”
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C raw fo rd I h e a r It w as n bad fall
N O lift A M I IM I.I
very little noise a b o u t itV"—C hicago
lire. C ra b sh a w — Very. E ven th e re
R ecord H erald.
u ' h v r j d i d n ’t n i n k » n n v t h l m * o n t n f If
We Believe I j
In
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Advertising ■
“ B u n t” W ells o f the Blue G rass
league to ld m e th a t th e longest w alk
In th e w orld w as th e trip a b a tte r
m akes to th e p lay ers' bench a f te r a
strik e o u t w ith th e bases full. It has
beeu u p roblem to m e for a long tim e.
H a rry P eggs, th e m instrel m an. told
me it w a s th e space betw een th e
“ w in g s” a n d th e c e n te r of th e sta g e —
w hen th e re w a s a n obvious lack In a p
plause.
L ittle Billy R ice said it w as th e road
hom e w hen th e boss had decided he
bad too m any clerk s, and Billy o ught
to know .
B ut P o tte r g av e m e th e b est an sw er.
H e said It w as all a m a tte r of love.
H e sa id —b u t t h a t ’s th e story.
P o tte r had n ev er been in love until
he w as thirty -fiv e. But he had bee»
in e v e ry th in g else.
P o tte r lost h u n d red s o f hours and
d o lla rs a t th e tra c k
H e has beeu a
R. E. SHIM , V .-Pru
I trie d to be sq u are. You see, h e’d m S H E R W O O D . PRES.“
z _ _ _ _ L H-tHAZARD. Cashier
E
0. C. SANFORD, Assl. Cashier
sta k e d me a dozen tim es back In th e
C in cin n ati d ay s
“ I’m sc are d all over.
I'm scared .
P o tte r.”
op c o g u i u u a , o r b o o p .
l i e looked m ore serio u s.
H e hud
h ard ly ex p ected so m uch fra n k n e ss
In a m om ent 1 show ed him w hy. Pol T r a n s a c t s a G e n e r a l B a n k i n g H u s i n e i - e
itics a n d ex cited m en an d d eals a n d —
his past. I told him I w as a f ra id of
■••>< , ( Dlraotori.
C ,r r * ,„ ,» ,u .
them all, th e last th e most.
N a tio n a l B ank o f C o m m erce,N ew Y p rk C ity
“ B u t It’s fo r M iss Lucy Belle, old l l .C . II.IUMI, A. J . Sherwood,
L. Hurlocker, L. H. Hazard,
C ro c k e r W o o lw o rth N 'l B an k , S an F ra n cisco
m a n —c a u ’t you see? 1 sp ro u ted am o n g
Isaiah Hacker, It. K. Shine. F ir s t N atio n all B an k o f P o rtla n d , P o rtla n d
th e P en n sy lv a n ia D u tch au d later
grew up In Iow a
You know th ese
K en tu ck y folks. You got to h av e fa m
ily. Aud 1 h av e th e m ouey. but little
of th e blu e blood. Lucy Belle’s fo lk s—
well, th e y ’re Ju st like o th e r folks. T hey
like me, b u t—old inuu. c a n ’t you g et It?
1 need th e posltiou th at a term d o w u at
Is u se le ss m oney.
I f you
F ra n k fo rt would give. I’m uot iu th e
gam e fo r good.”
h a v e an y c ash th a t is n ’t w o rk
| A week la te r he ru sh ed Into w h ere
in g p u t it to w o rk f o r you a s
m y m en w ere finishing up a c u r of
y ou w o rk ed f o r it.
O pen a
h an d so m e d e sk s H e w a s red an d a l
m ost fra n tic in m anner.
sa v in g s a c c o u n t w ith th is b an k
I “Old m an. P m a fra id th e y ’ve got
an d y o u r m oney will a t once
m e!" H e looked u n n a tu ra l au d hag
gard. 1 did uot break in, fo r he w as
b e g in e a rn in g in te r e s t fo r you
th e m an w ith th e talk . “T h e y ’re on
an d will k e e p a t th e ta s k 24
th e trail o f my old life.”
h o u rs a d ay , 7 d a y s a w eek
! A week lu ter th e big crush cam e,
j P o tte r’s rival had heard th e suloon
an d 52 w e e k s in th e y e a r . Do
fight sto ries from th e m en Dick hud
i t to d ay .
w hipped. It w as nice revenge, an d
'tw o of th em d id a rem u rk ab ly good
job. My old frien d h eard It all. but
kept it o u t of th e Citizen.
| T h e h o u n d in g g rew eveu m ore suc-
1 cessful ev ery duy th a t passed. And.
worse, it w as al! tru e —te rrib ly true.
I t w as th e day b efo re th e prim ary.
1 had been given co n sen t to leave th e
shop early . It w as a last try to stem
th e tid e th a t w as slow ly pounding
d ow u th e c h a ra c te r au d possible su c
cess of Dick P o tter.
And Auto Line
1 w en t to th e u su ally q u iet square.
It w as ta lk a tiv e a n d boisterous.
Leavi h M y itis 1‘oinl 8 p. m .
As I reach ed th e re Dick m et me.
“T ell Bill to hold th e C itizen off th e
A rriv es R o seb u rg ...... 5 p . in.
press. Tell him I w a n t to m ake a
L eaves R o seb u rg ....... 6 a. m .
s ta te m e n t an d will pay him tw ice bis
Arr. M yrtle P o in t by 6 p. in.
price. R un. Jim !’’
M
ake
n si rv atio n s in ad v an ce a t Owl
It m ay so u n d high flown a n d nil th at,
Drug S to re , M arsh field .
b u t i t ’s d ead tru e. I say to you th a t
Dick P o tte r ’s face, w hen 1 saw him
Carrying Baggage ami United States Mail
five hours la te r, show ed m ore agony
th an I th in k you could crow d iu ten
J . L. L A IR D , P r o p rie to r
faces like m ine
Office at I.a ird ’s Livery Barn, Myrtle P o in t, Bulb P hones
H e had n ev er lacked any lu x u ry In
life b u t love Now th e th in g he w a n t
ed m ost an d needed m ost had been
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hounded o u t of his life
1 h av e seen
reck less m en w ith m o n ey —you have,
O L D R E L IA B L E — E Q U IP P E D W IT H W IR E L E S S
too—but not one w a s like Dick.
I looked a t th e m an five m inutes
before he said a w ord, an d I could uot
urge him.
B esides. I knew about
A L W A Y S ON T IM E
w h at w as com ing
“Jim .” he said slow ly aud w ith long
Sails
from Coos Bay
pau ses b etw een som e of th e w ords.
M arch 6 th , 1:00 p. m. ; 13th 8:00 a. m .
“ 1 can tell w h a t th e longest walk in
(he w orld Is—it ’s to be w ith in the
From P ortland 8 a. m.
g ates of h eav en an d th en to tu rn
M arch 2n d , Bill
aro u n d an d w alk hack.”
Ticke's on *a!e at Portland City Ticket Office 6th 2”Oak St.
He d ro p p ed his head In his h ands
and for ju s t a little m in u te Ids voice
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P. L STERLING, Agent
broke. G rad u ally he got th e old con
trol an d looked up
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“ Urn.” he w ent on slow ly, "to m o r
row th e C itizen is g oing to p rin t my
w ith d raw al an d a co m p lete s t o r y 'o f
m.v old life
I say all my old life. I
w rote It an d i t ’s all th e re .” T h e hint
of a sm ile to u ch ed his lips
"1 told
tw ice w h at th a t scorpion told 'em . I
Munching One With Omar.
w an ted to bear him som e w ay. an d 1
knew m ore th a n he d id ." I took a A b ag ot c o o k ie s u n d e r n e a th th e
••hair an d slid it o v er n e a r his. "B u t I
b o tg h ,
’
w an ted her to know it fro m my ow n
A g la s s ot m ilk , a lo at o f b r e a d , an d
dps a s a m an would n e t - a n d I told
th o u
B e sid e m e e a tin g In th e w ild e r-
her e v e ry th in g I knew a b o u t Dick P o t
ter
It w as p re tty n asty in p a rts, and
n e ss
It took n early four hours
T hen 1 re O h, w ild e r n e s s w e re p a r a d is e e n o w 1
leased h er from her p ro m ise to me. and
I tried th e longest w alk in th e w orld
It s ta r ts at old m an W in ters' fro n t
Picnic time is coming. Our
g a te and e n d s’’- he looked a b o u t his
..
new . h andsom e q u a rte iV - “ h ere.”
cookies are just the thing
f
..
1 w as sa y in g so m e th in g ofy. som e
when you're out in the woods
sm all th in g ab o u t a b eg in n in g all over
or so m eth in g like th a t. I d o n 't th in k
or fields nnd hungry.
he heard a w ord
H is telep h o n e hell
Good at all times too.
rang, an d he d id n 't rise to an sw er. So
I slid out into th e o th e r room an d took
They're made just right, and
4
dow n th e receiv er
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you can let the children eat
It w as Lucy Belle l knew th e voice
I called to Dick, but he d id n 't m ove
all they want. It'll do them
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T hen I m ade som e silly ex cu se an d
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good. Fine for school lunch
ran to P o tter. I told him it w as Lucy
or between meals for the
Belle and w h at it m ight m ean, but he
w o uldn’t move. H e said he co u ld n 't
youngsters
sta n d a n y th in g more. I ru sh ed back
lo th e telephone and told Miss Lucy
he w as sick
B ut she knew Dick, an d sh e begged
me to get him to talk to her, ju s t for
a m om ent. By th a t tim e 1 had got
to be so m uch o f a lia r th a t 1 th o u g h t I
could sta n d a n o th e r little d isg race, and
I told Dick she w as sick an d needed
C O O K U R O S ., P R O P .
him for som ething.
It w orked. Dick w a s th e re in no
time. H e w an ted to help.
1 w as ram b lin g th ro u g h som e of his
new books w hen he cam e back to me
H onestly 1 th o u g h t he had gone m ad.
U n d er New M anagem ent
His w h ite face w as flam ing red. Ills
m ovem ents w ere a lert, a n d his eyes
Having leased this well-equipped hotel, I propose
blazed, l i e co u ld n ’t ta lk n early fast
enough
to
conduct it in such a manner as to merit pat
“ ‘D ick, D ick.’ sh e says. *1 w a n t to
ronage and give satisfaction to the traveling
help you fig h t—all th e w ay up!* sh e
says.
S he’s th o u g h t It all th ro u g h ,
public.
! and sh e b elieves In me And sh e sa y s
she needs m e She sa y s it ta k e s any-
i body to be a p o litician, b u t heroes ted
th e tru th S he” —
< T h e poor fellow . In a h alf so b b in g
frenzy, broke off to stra ig h te n h im self
fo r a Jo urney back to h er home.
I
helped a bit m yself, a n d you'd h av e
th o u g h t he w as a fire horse. I hav»
nev er seen a m an In so big a rush ia
my w hole life.
In five m in u tes be
looked p re tty d ecen t, an d he cau g h t
hold o f my h an d w ith a h a lf wild so rt
<>f laugh
At th e do o r he looked hack
By in sta llin g a d ay M orse code te le g ra p h o p e ra to r a t
for a second.
M arshfield o u r long d ista n c e lin es h av e b een relieved
“J im .” he said, h ardly ta k in g tlm q
o f m uch te le g ra p h b u sin ess. I t m ak es possible a q u ick er
for th e w o rd s - “ Jim . I w as wrong.
ai d tr e tte r long d ista n c e c o n v e rsa tio n se rv ic e b e tw e e n
I T he longest w alk In th e world Is get-
Coquille an d B andon an d C oos B ay points.
i tin g back Into heaven out of - here!'
STEAMER BREAKWATER
‘OLD MAN. I’M AFKAID THKY'VK OUT UK.
few dozen tim es before th e ju stic e for
speed in g in his red. m uch sp a tte re d
d ash n b o u t.
H e has pitched ball for an o u tlaw
ball te a m
H e h as had tw o w recks
w hile learn in g th e flying m achine
ga me.
F ifty -fo u r weeks ago P o tter slid into
W arsaw . Ky
He cam e on Hie even
ing boat from C in cin n ati and w alked
w ith me up th e slope to th e hotel. H e
never s ta te d his busiuess. an d 1 never
asked him.
It w as S unday ev ening in la te sum
mer. I w as lonesome, or, ra th e r, rest
less Not a th in g w as s tirrin g in th e
hom e tow n. I m issed P o tter I d id n 't
see him a s m uch a s 1 used to. P o tter
had se ttled dow n and probably up too
P o tter had even stopped sm oking. He
w ore w h ite negligee s h irts in stea d of
pink. H e w ore th e very best stra w
sailor to be bought iu W arsa w , an d his
ties w ere e ith e r black or w hite. I th in k
P o tte r had a half dozen p a irs of shoes
T hey ail looked new an d uncom m only
n arro w to me.
At th e doorw ay of th e hotel 1 m et
Dan Billm an.
“Seen P o tte r? ” I asked.
Dan grinned.
“C hurch a in ’t o u t.”
“C h u rch ?“ A q u eer conclusion w as
da wuing
"S u re—ch u rch . I reckon you know
th at y o u r frien d P o tte r is b e tte r off a t
ch u rch ’n on the s tr e e t stro llin g w ith
you.”
F ive m in u tes la te r B illm an poked me
hum orously in th e ribs
T h e re w as
P o tte r w alk in g out w ith th e p re ttie st
girl in W arsaw (population 2.000 sou Is >.
P o tter w as doing o th e r th in g s besides
w inning Lucy Belle W in ters. H e had
se ttle d d ow n with a h ard , dull thud.
H e had b ro u g h t his m o th er from o u t In
Iowa and p u t her in a co m fo rtab le lit
tle c o tta g e on the sh a d ie st s tre e t in th e
tow n. H e had disposed of every d a r e
devil notion in his sy stem an d had p u t
all his m oney into th e f u rn itu r e fa c
tory w hich consum es m y Invaluable
tim e.
I am su re it w as o v er $100,000. He
w as sta y in g hours in an office building,
w ith th e horse races g oing on less th a n
fo rty m iles aw ay.
So I w asn ’t su rp rised in th e an
n o u n cem en t th a t th e W a rsa w Citizen
b ro u g h t to th e eag er gaze of dozens—
R ichard J. P o tter, o u r d istin g u ish ed
fellow tow nsm an, w as to b e pushed for
th e low er house o f th e s ta te legisla
tu re. H e bad scarcely beeu in tow n a
y ear. B ut he had done th in g s
I w as
u n certain . It d id n ’t seem ju s t like m.v
old com rade.
“Old m an ,” he said w h en I got to
him in th e evening a f te r su p p er, “you
know I b a te politics. Pro b eg in n in g to
h a te any gam e P olitics Is a gam e, as
any fool know s.” H e eyed me in ten tly
“Old m an , y o u 're a f r a id —a in ’t It the
tr u th ? ”
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