HALSEY ENTERPRISE, HALSEY. OREGON. MARCH 15, 1928
The Cream
of the
Tobacco
Crop
E ISLAND
By ETHEL HUESTON
WNU Service
Copyright 1927 by The Bobbs-Merriil Co.
blame me. I had to go. My late la­ to have my breakfast and you shall crew, take It to Ml iml In readiness
for Bemis when he went down for the
mented Grandfather Wallace put It have coffee with me."
Without moving from her chair, Gay winter season later on. He had ex­
Into his will that I couldn't Inherit
unt'l I went to college. Left me an swung up a wide tray that hung to pected to finish the job on the Island,
On th « v « rg « o f n e rv o u s co]
Infant In arms, as you might say, the the wall, and connected the electric lie said, In three days, but now he was
la p se , d u e to o v e r w o r k , G a y De
la n e , a u c c e a s fu l N e w Y o rk a r tfa i
beginning to feel it would take him
arms of a guardian. Guess who? The toaster.
aet-ka re a t a t Id le (a la n d
She
As she gave him a cup of coffee a week.
administrator, darn her. That’s what
re n ts a c o tta g e , th e 'L o n e P in e ,”
got her so stuck on administrating, their fingers touched, and their eyes
He said he had gone with MacMil­
fr o m
a n is la n d c h a r a c te r , the
met lingeringly. Hand's speculatively lan on one of Ids trips to the Arctic,
" C a p ta in ,” a n d h is a ls te r, A l k e
she did such a good Job with me.”
A n d o v e r, " a d m in is tr a to r . '*
G ay
had been to the Arctic circle twice, in
“ It wouldn't hurt you to go to col­ smiling, Gay s a little cloudy.
Anda th e c o tta g e la te n a n te d by
As they drank their coffee slowly, fact, but he didn't like IL Said it was
lege.”
an e ld e r ly la d y , " A u n t a lm lr y , "
w h o c o n s e n ts to m o ve to a n*
"Going to college would he simple she studied him furtively, noted his too cold. Wished somebody would
o th e r abo d e , th e " A p p le T re e ."
plant the next pole In Florida or Mex­
euough. I had to go through.—I did. easy slouch In the comfortable win
A w a k in g fr o m slee p , G a y im a g ­
—Rowdoln. I hated to go there, 1 dow-seat, marked the brown arm on ico, nice warn, place to look for
i n e she sees th e fa ce o f a C h in a ­
m a n p e e rin g In t h * w in d o w
On
was afraid I'd turn out a poet, I the window-seat But she avoided things. He had been In the World
an e x p lo r a tio n o f th e Is la n d G ay,
thought It was required for gradua­ meeting the merry gray eyes beneath war, and served overseas seven
s ta n d in g on th e se a sh o re , la h o r ­
months. He said be did not like that
tion. Rut Gramp was dead set on the dark up-curling lashes.
r ifie d b y th e a p p e a ra n c e o f the
“ Do you f lir t Mr. Wallace?" she either.
•
Rowdoln.
Well, I went It did me
d r i f t i n g b od y o f a d ro w n e d m an.
w h ic h
she
n e rv e s
h e r s e lf to
“ Why not?" Gay was a little bitter.
no harm. I've never even written vers asked suddenly.
"Hope to tell you I do," he an­ “ Were you afraid? Or are you a
b r in g to th e sh o re .
A b u lle t
llbre. Though sometimes I feel It
w o u n d In th e te m p le s h o w s th e
swered warmly.
pacifist? Or perhaps you had to get
come
over
me
all
of
a
sudden—I
feel
m an to h a v e been m u rd e re d G ay
"Oh I Then you need no warning. up too early In the morning?”
America’s Stage
It now when I look at you.”
m a x e s h e r w a y to th e 'C a p ta in "
We have quite a wicked little flirt In
w it h th e s to r y
R e tu r n in g w ith
"No. 1 didn't mind those things. It
Gay
frowned
nt
him,
but
be
smiled
Favorite
h im to th e sh o re , th e y And no
the neighborhood, and I was going to was the uniform. I couldn't stand the
disarmingly.
Ills was a pleasant
b o d y th * r e , a n d G a y 's s to r y o f
warn you. But since you do, you can uniform. The collar made my neck
th e In c id e n t is set d o w n to an
smile. Ills lips were thin, their curve take care of yourself.”
“Good old Luckies!
a tta c k o f "n e rv e s " G ay, u n a b le
Itch.
My neck Itched for fifteen
half-cynical, half-humorous, very sen­
"Oh, 1 thought you meant yourself. months without stopping. One gets
W
e’ve been pals for
to c o n v in c e h e r n e ig h b o rs o f the
sitive. The vuunted mustache was
tru th
d ra w 's a p ic tu r e o f th e
I thought It was a sort of 'Help Want­ tired of It, that’s all.”
years.
A nd like an old
hut
a
shadowy
outlining
fringe.
Ills
fa ce »f th e dead m a n, In te n d in g
ed,' like the newspaper ads. 1 was
to send It to th e a u t h o r itie s She
skin had been fair no doubt, save for willing to apply.”
Gay’s eyes were dark. She felt sad
friend
they treat me
me< ts a s tr a n g e r , a p p a r e n tly a n ­
the rich coat of tan that covered him.
dened. This aimless, planless, hope­
well.
No
irritation to
o th e r v is it o r to w h o m she te lls
Again the friendly, smiling silence.
His hands were hard and brown, small
less, dear young mat violated her
th e s to r y a n d s h o w s th e p ic tu r e
To one like Gay. whose religion was
m y th r o a t a n d no
11« ' Mks h e r to le t h im ta k e It
for their strength, smaller than her
highest Ideals, outraged her finest
work, whose god accomplishment, It
b u ' <Jay re fu se s. N e x t d a y, a fte r
own, she noticed quickly.
coughing. A nd I ap­
came as a distinct shock to know feelings. He was utterly Impossible,
a n ig h t sp e n t w it h " A u n t a lm lr y , "
When he said at last, reluctantly, that this one, with the strong hands, she told herself furiously. But when
C .ty fin d s th e p ic tu r e h as been
preciate Lucky Strike
ta k e n fr o m th a c o tta g e .
that he must go and see Auntalmlry the ready wit and the smiling eyes. her eyes met his. Involuntarily she
—the full body tobac­
smiled. Impossible, but how pleas­
she went with him to the door.
co
with the toasted
ant
to
have
him
there
In
the
window
"Come again," she told him pleas­
seat at her side, drinking her coffee,
C H A P T E R IV — Continued
flavor that’s been the
antly; “ come often."
smiling at her with the dark gray
“ I feel myself slipping," he said sad­
same since that day
eyes beneath those softly curling
“There yon hove me In a nutshell. ly. “ slipping. However. I am no cow­
we met.”
lashes.
Th< Island dynamiter, burner and ard. I'll come.”
Ridiculous, she said to herself, that
bomber.
Col anybody you want
Later In the evening. Gay went
a man should have gray eyes and
blown up? Hand's home.”
down to the I’ler grocery store. On
curly lashes.
"Hand who?" she asked. Gay was every lip was the laughing word,
Ridiculous, hut something very dis­
amazed, that having heard the words "Rand’s home." But whereas before
turbing, rather sweet, about It when
a hundred limes, “ Whet, llnnd comes she had taken no notice, now she ex­
one caught the full bright friendly
home." she hnd never felt sutllclent perienced acute Interest, paused
glance of them.
Interest to Inquire, “ And who Is breathless at the name, and drank In
every
word
that
fell
from
native
lips
Hand?" Many times again would Uny
CHAPTER V
Delano hear those words, but never on the subject of Randolph Wallace.
again without a th rill of personal In The combustion of the union between
teresl, hope and Joy.
Manhattan and the state of Maine was
Randolph Wallace Indeed stood for
©1928, The American Tobacco Co., Inc.
not entirely approved on the Island,
“ Hand Wallace."
everything In the world of which Gay
she
gathered,
but
altogether
loved,
al­
"Oh, you're another Wallace."
Delane professedly disapproved. It
Scapegoat Used to
M u s ic T y p e w r ite r
though the Island never openly ac­
" I a ril uol only another Wallace, |
was not merely that he did not work,
A
musician
of Milan, Italy, has Just
am a whole section of them. The Wal­ knowledges Its loves.
but he disapproved of It on principle.
Carry Off Smallpox
As the dusk fell she went out. alone,
devised a novel form of typewriter
laces run In branches. I'm the third
He objected vigorously to the en­
The
ancient
Hebrew
custom
of
load
bran It.
All I lie other branches unafraid Into the little whispering for­
thronement of Doing, which was log the sins of the people on a scape­ that turns a blank sheet of paper Into
dwindle ofr Into uncles und aunts, and est and walked up nnd down, slowly,
Gay s god. He declared stoutly that goat, which bore them off Into the wll- a complete musical score, says Popu­
nephews, sons nnd cousins. Hut I'm deep In thought The Island seemed
labor In Itself was a childish, Ineffec­ derness, has a modern parallel In a lar Science. It writes the lines of the
a wlmlif series all by myself. It's changed to her, warmer, softer. She
tive thing, that the need for It was a
stnff, the musical notes themselves
certain district In central India. It
felt vaguely troubled, vaguely pleased,
quite a distinction."
confession o f Inferiority, that Joy In
with all accidentals and marks and
Is
not
sins,
however,
which
the
modern
accomplishment was not merely the
even the accompanying words.
Gay Int.ghed ns she pressed the strangely stirred. When her thoughts
scapegoat
is
required
to
carry
off,
but
last word In selfishness, but was also
electric button that turned the heat turned to the amazing young man and
smallpox. When an outbreak of small­
her surprising encounter with him
lido tier ten kettle.
the sure mark of a narrow nature,
Maybe This Contains a
pox occurs In a village, the Inhabitants
her
lips
curved
Into
tremulous
smiles
lacking vision.
“ We'l have n party." she said
resort to the ’eretno’ny of "Nlensl." A
Hint for You!
"We re so glad Hand's home. And and her eyes brightened with pleased The Present Captain, He Explained
He asked Gay why she had never female goat Is bought by public sub-
Los
Angeles,
Calif.—" It was my
expectancy.
She
shook
her
head
at
married.
while we are waiting for the water
Carefully, Wae Really His Great-
sMption, and Is adorned with the par­
good fortune to get one of Dr.
to holt—tell me. where does your herself wamlngly. She was not de­
Uncle.
"Because there Is so much to do,” ticular type of ornaments usually a f­
Plerce’i
books
several
years ago and
aeries lit Irdo the lout ensemble of ceived. She knew these symptoms.
she cried Intensely. "Because I want fixed to the Image of a goddess. The
It has b e e n a
She
liked
but
feared
them
aiso.
was an Idler, a dawdler on the face to accomplish something In the world,
House Wallace?''
wonderful help to
For the first time, the practical of the earth, that he had no profes­ get something done. Because 1 want goat Is then apparently looked upon ns
me while bringing
I! dolph Wallace's versl in of the
an
Incarnation
of
the
goddess
of
the
boyishness of her costume was dis­ sion and wanted none, no business to work, work hard, nnd work well.—
up my family. Ths
fnmliv history, a very facetious, flip
disease. The animal Is supposed to
plain advice given
pani and slangy version, begun with tasteful to her, and when she get up nnd wns glad of It, no ambition and Why don't you?” she ended mildly.
remove the epidemic ns she Is passed
Is Invaluable to
the tirst t'uptnln Wallace who was his on the morning after Hand's return, delighted In Its absence. He called
“
Because
life
Is
too
rare
nnd
fine
a
on from village to village until she
mothers.
great grandfather. The present Cap­ for the tirst time since she came to himself a retired gentleman, and said I thing to he devoted to the meie grimy reaches her own temple, or Is de­
"The use of Dr,
the Island she discarded her knickers It was a poor Island that couldn't
tain he explained carefully, was real
, physical effort of doing this or doing voured by wild beasts on the way.
Pierce's
Favorite
ly Ids g re a t uncle, although he called nnd silken shirt. Half aRhamed of the support at least one; In fa it, he said, that. Soul Is too frail nnd too dell
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Prescription during
him Grnrip, because, as he explained, Instinct that prompted her, but none the entire state of Maine united to cate t9 be enslaved In the chains of
expectancy aud af-
When You Feel a Cold Coming On.
"al' the other Wnllnccs call him the less obedient to Its guiding, she support him.
terward was to me
dnlly toll for hoard and keep.”
T a k e L a x a t iv e B R O M O Q U IN IN E T a b -
took
from
her
trunk
a
costume
that
“
But
don't
yon
do
anything?
You
,
*
"
the
greatest help,
Cramp, nnd It avoids confusion." The
,h e C o ld a n d
fo r tify
! H alf the time, she realized that he i h . I ? 7
don't
Just
loaf,
do
you?”
wns
one
of
her
chief
treasures,
a
it
gave
me
strength,
sp irit and nerve,
administrator, Mrs. Alice Andover,
th
e
s
y
s
te
m
a
g
a
in
s
t
a
n
a
t
t
a
c
k
o
f
G
r
ip
I have also used the 'Golden Medic*
studio pajama suit, patterned after on
"I-o n fl Certainly not. Bums loaf. wns only laughing nt her, making fun or In flu e n x a . JOc.— Adv.
«.¡a Ills great aunt.
B ui
an undertone of
Discovery' for a bad cough and bill
"Tour voice, except that It has Improved Japanese style, all In black Landed gentlemen—retire."
serious conviction In whTt he said
ousness, and It has entirely rid mt
nnd
fairy
blue,
the
trousers
long
and
Gay
scrutinized
him
gravely,
re
so n ic expressiveness, Is rnther state
Touched T r a p p e r ’s H e a r t
of these troubles."—Mrs, Nosmli
always she felt In Idjn
Inherent
wide,
the
coat,
which
was
really
an
marked
the
muscular
arms,
the
Of Maine," Gay said thoughtfully.
•eteynier. 150 N. Dltman St. Dealers
yearning of pure spirit for freedom,
A trapper at Orange, Texns, placed
W rite Dr. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
•'Hut you do in seem like the others over-blouse reaching to the knees, straight shoulders, the vigorous tan, . more freedom, always more. Work, a trap In what he thought was a mink
richly
embroidered,
all
soft
lines
and
the
deep
and
understanding
eyes.
And
for free medical advice.
You are different."
he declared, was confining, success trail, but one morning he found a big
delicate curves.
With dainty blue he w ii an Idler In thia ruggci land!
"Sly father committed a faux pas,"
nnd gold slippers and sheer gllken
She shook her head regretfully. “ A wns pinioning, ambition the sternest muskral fastened In IL After the anl
he confessed. "He married an nctress
■ L IA C H
hose. It was a delectable studio con­ world full of things to be done," she slave-driver In thp universe. Only In mal had been killed, the trapper ob
' ^íree"IcJ,erJi2,, p '* * ’
Foar akin basotlfol. also
from New York who was up here with
thought, desire, the soul wns free.
served a nest which had beeD pre-
coction, designed for theatrical ef­ said slowly. "And you do nothing."
the actors' summer colony oi.e year.
Gny chafed restlessly at his easy ! pared by the mother rat while fast In
»1 25
,r*:h,_w’ Ussd
fect, Inspired for the enravtshment of
He explained that for ten weeks tie
1." he said slowly, "I am the combus­ an
D r. C H
foor d-sler o r srrite
audience.
Barry C o .. 2 9 7 S M tchfsan A v«.. Chicago
had been doing the coast of Canada Indolence, his serene nnd ipparently J the trap, as she had three feet free
tion that results from the union of
Within the nest was a new horn litte r
with
a
photographer
In
a
fishing
Gay
changed
her
eusel,
considering
Manhattan nnd the state of Maine.—It
he could work, that, on occasion, ha of rats. “ I’d give the price of a g0od
It'» Th ere
hat been a warning to the whole now not so much the allowance of schooner, getting pictures. He had
good light for her work ns unobstruct­ returned to the Island to finish up a
both hard and many furs If I Lad seen the young ro Li' 0 -1 ^USI cauie from the drawing
state." he added modestly.
ed view for herself, and sat where by little work he was (loin* on a motor wel' with mind, with soul, with body. muskrats before I killed their mother
" lo u r parents—" Guy prompted,
' "■ if. he liked It. It for her hide,” SHld the trapper.
the slightest turn of her eyes she launch, for Bemis, a lumber man at A" '1 '
U>atVb S g ere’8 D° drawlng room ln
enthralled with Ids flippant tale.
He was to get the boat
"'P listen to work that
could command the entire slope to Bangor.
“ We were nil out I. a boat togeth­ the orchard below, and the lane that ready, and with a couple of men as lie decried
Jane—ie s , there ,g
deDt|gt hag
A n E a r ly S ta rt
er. I an sort of remember It, though
IT.l c.E 0NT1NVID.»
led from the pier to the Captain's
First Millionaire— Do you remember Globe ’’e ' C that bulld|n«--T oronto
1 was a huhy. Sudden squad—boat
house. Whoever ventured forth, must
went over - Strange, Isn't It? They pass that wny.
x-M : X-: i -, X-; » . X :-x-:-x-:-x->x-:-x->x-> Making your first money?
Second Millionaire—Yes, had a fa ir­
were both strong, able-bodied, good
At ten minutes to eleven he came
ly good Income as a child by taking '1
vi' 2 T fIoes not Bllow the praise
swimmers, used to the sea. I was a
down
Jauntily
nnd
crossed
Into
the
my castor oil without a fuss.
b a ity
Hut I floated ashore In my
him m u *T" ,0 <lle: she enthrones
orchard.
Guy
leaned
forward.
Old
“
I”
’ he heavens.-Horace.
mother's arms. She was dead, my fa­
With many men It Is a common
r | ■ 1 W-
vena,—Horses,
he turn left to the Apple Tree? No,
i
readily
unfold
them
and
ther was dead.
Hut Hand ertae
straight toward the Lone I'lne he habit to carry a few odd hills In eon
' ' ' d ho wants at any time, re­
home."
venlent pockets to save themselves
balance securely and re
"Oil. that Is very sad." Gay's eyes made his wny. (»nee he stopped to the trouble of pulling out their wal­
pick
nnd
tiiste
and
toss
away
a
little
turnirg them to his pocket.
had darkened with her ready sympa­
lets
to
pay
for
small
articles
pur­
thy. her slim hands twisted together gesso apple. Again he paused, to an­ chased. Frequently these bills are
swer the eager calls of the boys at
To E n d C hu rch D e b t
lie smiled at her. To hide her sud
folded In Indifferent fashion an I
den emotion, bay turned quickly to the pier. Rut he came on.
Aiuos -kinner had never done any I
stuffed
Into
pockets
where
other
bill»,
FOR, M EN,
He came to a sudden halt outside
the sen Ing of tee
folded with equal carelessness, may real w ork; Instend, he had tried to la
, W OM EN A nd hoys
the
wtudow,
and
stood
a
moment,
e i
J T HE N E W E ST
Hut her desire for Information
vent soi . thing that would bring hitr
be reposing.
V STY LES F O R SPRING
A ¿3»
a fortune.
about this surprising person was lim­ spellbound. She looked up, then, and
Bankers point out that this Is apt
(x -
itless. She wanted to know about hla smiled.
Meeting nn old friend, he rushed up
to t>e a costly habit, ns a hill may be
"Yon are blotting out my sun
to
him,
greatly
excited.
education, where he had gone to
«America’s
dropped when some of then» are with
shine,” she said.
Best Known SKoes
school.
"I've cot H at la st!" he shrieked
drawn
from
the
pocket
They
point
“ I fondly hoped that I was bringing
The grammar grades In the Island
out that there ts one proper way to "Made my fortune, sure as eggs I"
School house. It seemed, he had per­ It.’ he returned Impudently. "Don't
"W! at Is It this tim e r asked hie
handle bills thus carried; that Is, by friend.
sisted doggedly through, and took a get up. I always come right In."
<
smoothing out the bill», placing them
;
mere ’ s a way
great deal of quiet satisfaction In ex
“ Just a little device," said Skinner. .
He suited action to hla words, and together, preferably with the smaller
plaining that the three missing bricks came and sat In the window seat close denominations on top amt larger he “ but It w ill bring me millions. Every
Read I l o i l o . '
church In th country'll buy one. Yoe
beneath the window on the southeast to her elbow. Gay turned about tn
D esp ii
low, although that Is entirely a matter
corner had been removed by hla own her ehalr and regarded him pleas­ of preference. Then one end of the see. It's a collecting box with differ­
•pendouilw (n > l ‘
prices h«v» «
ent slots for different coins. A ll -B
hands at the age of nine years, to antly.
little pile of bills Is turned Inward to ver money falls on velvet, while cop
facilitate his departure from the sect
“ Is Auntalmlry herer he asked the depth of about an ineli or so and
pers drop on a hlg bell I"
of learning wbsB the teacher reached apologetically.
folded down, after which the bills are
for the well known educational birch
"No. she Isn 't Isn’t she at the Ap­ creased lengthwise down the center
brunch
he entire high arhool course ple Tree?"
P la y or G e t O ff S tage
and foliled over. Finally the narrow
he had encompassed. If not with
Shakespeare says, “ All the world’! e
“ Well, I didn't really step to see. strip of bills Is foldi-d from end to end
nuke r—
’ ‘
rise (n
M
stage and men and women are but ae
honor, at least without serious rule I thought I'd better Inquire tier» Brst. In the most convenient little wad.
•’ ’*» in the rn " ’
tors
on
It.”
But
be
failed
to
say
hap In the elty of Portland.
So she Isn't here. hear, dear, all that
In this way the bills are all locked there’s an understudy ready and wait
I o « e ¡ TO
_
"And then darned If I didn't go to iossg walk for nothing."
together and there ta no danger q Ing to take the conceit out of most e
college.' he told her. "Hut d o st
"Not for nothing. I am Just going any being » p ira te d and hut, while
us. Let us play our parts welL— Ore
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i • ; £• d ° lg l a s iTT ve<m r,‘WM-
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S<rw.
CO.
—• Brockrow. M m .
STORY FROM THE START
“I Appreciate
Lucky Strike”
Says George
M. Cohan
It s toasted
No Throat Irritation - No C ough .
R E M O LA
i
Special Folding of Bills Prevents Loss
WLDouglgs Shops
' SAVE MO"EY»