11 ALSE Y ENTERPRISE, HALSEY. OREGON, APRIL 19, l f>28 DLE ISLAND ------ ♦ STO RY FROM T H E START On th e v e rg e o f n e rv o u s c o l­ lapse. due to o v e rw o r k . G a y D o- lane, a r t is t , seeks re s t a t Id le Is la n d She re n ts a c o tta g e , the "b o n e P in e ,” fro m a n Is la n d c h a r ­ a c te r, th e ’ C a p ta in ,” an d his s is ­ te r, A lic e A n d o v e r, ’’a u m ln la tr a - to r .” G a y finds th e c o tta g e Is te n a n te d by an e ld e r ly lady, “A u n t a lm lr y ," w h o consents to m ove to a n o th e r abode, th e " A p ­ ple T r e e ." On an e x p lo r a tio n of th e Is la n d G ay Is h o rrifie d by the a p p e a ra n c e o f th e d r if t in g body o f a d ro w n e d m an. A b u lle i w o und In th e te m p le s h o w s the m an to h a v e been m u rd e re d . G ay re tu rn s w it h th e " C a p ta in ," but th e y find no body th e re . G ay, bein g u n a b le to c o n v in c e her n e ig h b o rs o f the t r u t h , d r a w s a p ic tu re o f th e face o f th e dead m an, In te n d in g to send it to the a u th o ritie s . She m eets a s tra n g e r to w h om she te lls th e s to ry and show s th e p ic tu re . H e a s k s fo r It, b u t G a y refu ses. N e x t d a y the p ic tu re Is m is s in g . " R a n d " W a l­ lace, w a n d e re r, an d c o nsid ered s o m e th in g o f a " b la c k s h e e p ' » y th e Is la n d e rs , s u rp ris e s Gay a t h o useh old tasks. G a y ’s a c ­ q u a in ta n c e w ith H an d rip e n s In ­ to a ffe c tio n . G ay d e te rm in e s to s ta y fo r th e w in te r. T h e s tra n g e r w h o m G a y had m et th e d a y >1 her disc o v e ry o f th e body In ­ trodu ces h im s e lf as R o n a ld I n g ­ ra m . ’’A u n t a lm lr y '' te lls G a y of h e r son. R u d d y ," w ho has been m is s in g fo r .years. R an d Is s u s p i­ cious o f R o n a ld In ra m , an d a p ­ p re h e n s iv e o f some e v ild o in g In a house k n o w n ns th e " L it t le C lu b ," a p p a r e n tly un occu pied " A u n t a lm lr y ’’ Is p la n n in g her C h ris tm a s p a rty . CHAPTER VII— Continued By ETHEL HUESTON Copyright 1977 by The Bcbbs-Merrül Co. W N U Service land that served so effectually to con­ ceal It from curious eyes. Every day with his gun he tramped the woods and shore, coming often upon the old house, as If by Inadvertence, some­ times trying he doors tentatively, as did all casual strollers who passed that way. But In spite of his seem- Ing nonchalance and the lazy aimless­ ness of Ills wanderings, he was always sharply alert for signs of 'tfe. With powerful field glasses he ex­ amined the cove from a distance, and watched every day for a cloud of smoke to tinge the blue above the woods But all of hla efforts were unavailing. After the first few tingling, nerve- racked days. Gay's excitement flagged, her Interest waned and all of her sus pldons rested. “ Oh, It's Just a bunch of rum run­ ners, If It’s anybody at all,” she as sured him, half Jealous of hlg Immer­ sion In the mystery. "Pay attention the troubled spirit of the body that had come to her in the cove. And then, after three weeks of keeping a watch so strict that he would have sworn that nothing un­ toward could possibly have occurred In the Island without his knowledge, It was not, after all, the result of bis assiduous guard that brought result, but the Idle curiosity of the Females Wallace, the thing that Rand particu­ larly disliked oud took pleasure to decry. "Itand,” began Miss Lida timidly, as they sat at supper, “ you don't know who Is moving off the Island, do you?” “ No," he said briefly. “ Ia any­ body?” “ Well, a big furniture van came by this afternoon. It went up toward the point 1 walked up to the end of the lane, but It was out of sight, and I don’t know If It went down the back shore or up to Colony corner. But It didn't come down." Then for the first time Rand turned around with some Interest “ It didn't come down,” he repeated. “ It must have come down. There’s no­ body on the Back Shore, nor up at the Colony either. It must have gone back to town on the last ferry.” “ No, tt d id n 't Mary Malcolm was watching for It, to ask the driver." “ If I hear anything about It, I'll let you know," Rand said, with unusual kindness. Quickly he excused himself from the table and went out. At the end of the lane he paused to consider. The Back Shore was a long open road, subject to traffic. If a strange motor van went that way, It had legit linate business there. But the Colony corner, although nearly half a mile from the Little club, which stood at the other end of the forest, was sepa rated from It only by thick and Im­ penetrable forest It was not the nearest point from the club to the motor road, hut It was by all odds the most desirable for one who desired secrecy. Anyone, then, who wished to re­ move something from the Little club without attracting undue attention, would most certainly run a car to the end of the road nt Colony corner, for the road ended there, and carry a se­ cret burden through the dark and de­ serted woods to that point. With this In mind, Rand turned up to the Colony corner on a dead run. Like every other Islander, he carried In his pocket a small electric flash. But like no other Islander, he carried also a revolver on his hip. As he neared the end of the road, where It fell abruptly away to a steep decline of rocks, he skirted wider Into the woods behind the Shingle shack, nnd drew up slowly to the fringe of the woods. It was very dark, but dis tlnctly he could make out a huge bulky shadow against the trees that outlined the end of the road. It was the motor van, beyond all shadow of doubt. There was no light attached, no sound from within, no stir of life Band held his breath to listen, but It was silent as a tomb. Suspecting the presence "4 a guard, he dared not venture on examination, hut as he knew the vnn could not possibly get off the Islnnd until the ferry nt six twenty-five In the morning, he felt he had plenty of time. Gingerly, then, he worked his way to the renr of the cottage, with which he was familiar, and let himself Into a basement window and up through the cellar stairs to the front room There with blankets from an udjoln Ing bedroom, nnd pillows from the couch, he made himself comfortable on the floor beside the window—too comfortable, for he fell sound asleep Hours later he was awakened by the sudden sound of a motor, and cursing his negligence he sprang up It was not yet full daylight, hut the pnle gray mist that creeps between day nnd night, holding n hand of each, lay over the Island. In the driver's sent of the van a man huddled In a great coat, his cap drawn low, his hands encased In shaggy gloves. The motor was cold, and he was obliged to press the starter again and again. —11— ••I'm sorry he chose the Lone I’Ine for his hibernating this afternoon. He cheated me out of a plensunt hour. Does he think best In the top of your pine tree? I saw him perching there ns If he were quite at home.” Qay laughed merrily. "No, Indeed. He was putting up an aerial. He la building me a radio. No, he does not hibernate In my tree top, and I wash you had come In. Ybu would quite like him." •'No, I shouldn't like him.—Not him, under nay circumstances.—And I do not enjoy other people's cooing; It riles me.” "We don’t coo. Funcy the state of Maine cooing.” Ronald Ingram reverted again "He Was Putting Up an Aerial." moodily to talk of the land. He was not yel sure what he really wanted to to me. It's none of our business.— do with It, he said, wondered If he Besides, maybe he’s right, after a l l - would not b j wise to sell It outright. Ronald Ingram. Perhaps the Chink “ I haven't money enough to finance Is Just an nrtlst from ’ Boston.” I'u l Rand would not be drawn things on a big scale, t lf course if the boom ever comes—and It ought from the pursuit The mass of evi­ to boom—It seems the logical sum­ dence was too convincing. And now mer refrigerator for New York anil that his suspicions were fully aroused, Boston, yes, even for Washington. I he marveled that lie had never before have two companies figuring on It. realised how completely the l.lttle What would you think of a Chinese club was adapted for secret crlntlnnl group. Imitation bamboo stuff, psgo exploitation—ns was the Island Itself das and r ll that? I know a Chinese for tflnt matter, securely bedded lu nrtlst from Boston. Moy Sen. his sanctity ns It seemed. The occupation of the summer col name Is. lie's been up n few times, making sketches for me. Clever chap ony continued but foe a scant three he Is for a Chink. He was here yes- months of the year, and with Its go­ terdny. He thinks we can swing It ing the entire northern peninsula was deserted. Except for the Lone Pine big." Meretirlnlly, Gay was fully In syra- on the hilltop nnd Hie Apple Tree In patliy with him again. By Ids can­ the orchard below, there was no real deuce within a mile of the cove, whfhh dor he linil entirely stilled the suspl cions that Band had stirred to life, was admirably protected, shut In llo w frankly he spoke of the Chinese anttgty by high cliffs to east nnd west, nrtlst How natural his explanation while directly before It lay the little of the little foreigner's presence. In rock-gl.'t dome of I'unkln knoh. While the face of his disarming, Ingenuous the rxne offered a perfect landing for outspokenness, his honest admission small boats. It lay to the west of the of his financial limitations, how very course takeu by ships going In and petty and narrow and mean appeared out of Portland hnrhor. Examining those locked doors nnd the cold suspicious nature of New windows afresh, with his susplchsis England He said he was obliged to return aroused, Rand saw clearly that It was to Portland on the early boat, and now far nior securely shut In than It had been In former years of Its de­ Gay new with him to the door. "You are very game, I know, hut do, sertion. Every crack nnd seam of please, be careful. Keep yourself the frames that covered windows and locked In and everybody else locked doors had been sealed from within. It was locked from chimney to solid out, won't you?" The genuineness of his solicitude rock foundation, as tight as n drum. Often, In nnnderlng about, both In touched Gay. “ 1 will be careful." shu ►aid. "1 wish you were slaying all the woods ard near the club, Rand had a feeling that he was watched, wilder. You are such a pleasant In but all his efforts to discover the se­ terlude " "Interlude between Cavaliers.” he cret source of this were unavailing snld regiclfully. "S till It Is some Gay admitted that she, too, felt thing in see you, to touch your hand watched sometimes. She said II was 1 am grateful for that. You are v e ry - :x:-x-:i:x:x;x-:x:i-:x:x-:x-:-x;i-:x-;x-:x-:x-:x-:x:-x:-x-:-x:x-:x-;-x->x:- sweet You w ill not forget me. will you?" Half an hour later Band came, and D r a g o n -F ly a M a r v e l o f th e I n s e c t W o r ld without salting for a word from him Gay launched at onre Into a long anil The dragon fly Is not one of those with Incredible rapidity. It Is the fervid defense of Bonald Ingrain. "You may he right about some beings who have eyes nnd see not. swallow among Insects, and so swift things b ill on Ronald Ingram you are When this Insect looks nt you he sees Is Its flight, and so keen Its vision, that It w ill recognize, follow, and you well—71,000 of you. to ta lly wising lie's really a nice (el This most wonderful organ of vision. catch on the wing the tiniest prey. low, and you will like him. Perhaps It can fly backwards or forwards, and lie’ll let you he Chief High Priest of I I hough no larger than a pin’s head, has facet* upon the lens of the eye turn at a rljh t angle at top speed. his Chinese pagoda '" anil these facets have been counted as Like the swallow, toe, Its flight seems Band niughed at her. The next day he went to the city to high as 17.1*10, each one more perfect tireless, and It Is seldom seen to look up the records of real estate than any side of a diamond fashioned alight. transfers He found that the entire by the hand of man. L ittle Soil N o t T ille d The dragon fly usually Is found near property of the l.lttle club had been bought outright, for cash, hv Ronald water, probably the stream whence It In Guatemala and Salvador, the two Ingram of New York city, and that all first emerged, says London Tlt-BIts most populous countries In Central publication of the traiu-fer hud been Its wings, which are of the most ex America, the population Is to den-e withheld from the press at hla re­ qulslte and transparent gauze, move that there Is very little waste land. quest, preauni. bly for business ren Guatemala has 2.UU0.000 people and sons Bill the dale of this purchase Salvador with an area of only 7,2211 was not within the past month, ss he S lap a t E d u c a tio n square miles, 1.040.000 or 141 persons h id explicitly stated to Gay hut Education 1» re a lly a very sim ple j lo the square mile. This Is the dens­ nearly two years earlier, since which m a tte r A wise man onee said that est population In the western heml time the place had not be“ t> offered II consists o f a log. w ith a teacher sphere These countries are rich la eltlier lot su'- or rental, and all taxes ! s iltin g on one end nnd a student on sugar, coffee, minerals, rice, hemp and been promptly paid. the o th e r O r It Is a howl o f soup cotton and bananas. sad a ladle and a hungry ch ild ask ing fo r more The rest I t large!« A T h o u g h t fo r T o d a y flapdoodle or the w tiirv ltn s o f edu | I f a man he endued w ith a gener l* e R n n d k e p i it w w tvh « v e t fit. I ca te rs to keep up I ’ - I t (Storage us m ind th is is the best kin d of H u b him ! o t v r l i t * till o f tor»*»i J How* I*» • !»• l*i*il-i,t. itUio* I whrer tt«»hllhy I •!»»•*• CHAPTER VIII When the engine ran smoothly at last, the driver backed It around, carefully, for the road was narrow and the rocky cliff rugged and pre­ cipitous, with trees Jutting close. As It turned Rand saw the license plates, Maine. Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, In conformity with the law which requires Interstate vehicles to bear the license of each, and Rand KEEP ALL MILK had time to Jot down the New Hamp­ UTENSILS CLEAN shire number before the car was finally backed away from him. While no one food Is used more Rand looked at hla watch. It was a quarter past six. The first ferry universally than milk, It Is one of the most easily contaminated by its sur­ went over at six twenty-five. “ Well planned for a getaway," he roundings, according to Dr. W. G. thought, approvingly. “ No time for Suckett, bacteriologist of the Colo­ Mary Malcolm to ask them any ques­ rado experiment station, who spoke to the dairy and creamery fieldmen tions." The guard stepped briskly dtwn on the harmful effects of bacteria In from the rocks and threw open the milk and cream. In an explanation of how d irt gets hlg doors In the rear of the van. A sudden Jerk of bis head toward the Into milk. Doctor Saekett stated that wood was evidently a signal, for on even milk coming directly from the the Instant appeared a line of men, udder of the cow Is not sterile. Qual­ small, stooped and shuffling, who ity and length of time milk w ill re­ came In a sort of loping run down the main sweet depends upon the bac­ narrow path from the woods, single terial count which can be kept down tile, their soft feet making no sound by sanitary conditions and cleanli­ at all. either on the rocks or among ness. M ilk Is contaminated with bac­ the dry dead needles of the pines. teria from dirt, hair, straw or manure The guard at the back of the car gave falling Into the milk from the cow's each a hand In turn, and swung them body or from dust settling Into the up, deftly. Into the van, one after I milk pall. This can be lessened by another. * currying cows to remove loose hair, And as they turned about, facing wiping flanks and udder with damp him, to make the lithe spring Into the cloth, the use of palls with Rmnllet car, Rand saw their faces. They were openings, and care not to feed cows Chinese, every one, twenty-five of and stir up dust In the barn Just pre­ them by count The guard hastily vious to milking. Cement floors and frequent clean­ closed the door, snapping a lock upon It, and sprang up beside the driver, ing of stables are also advocated. The milker himself may increase and almost before he was In Ills seat the car was rolling swiftly away down the bacterial contamination of milk through lack of personal cleanliness. the cinder road. For one moment Rand was Irreso­ Doctor Saekett pointed out. He should lute. He could telephone to the po­ wear clean clothing, should himself lice on the mainland, and a detail of be free from disease and In perfect them would meet the ferry at the pier condition of health. One of the greatest sources of eon nnd lake the truck with Its foreign freight Into custody. But on after­ (amination In milk is dirty utensils. thought, It seemed that the capture The crncks become full of d irt nnd of these twenty-five little old Chinese filth which enn be removed only hy men meant nothing. It was the ring scalding with live stenm or scalding that counted, the band that had hot water. Doctor Saekett showed grouped Itself together to mock at the where the bacterial count of milk In law. Making his decision quickly, he a test was Increased from 5,000 per hurriedly got out of the cottage and c. c . to 350,000 per c. c. merely ran through the woods toward the through dirty palls, strainers, clari­ fier tank, clarifier, cooler nnd filler Little club. Hastily selecting the trail In the tanks. Strainers do not take out bacteria, rocks where the descent was least difficult, a trail held In his memory but merely allow them to wash off from boyhood adventures years be­ from the strained d irt Into the milk. fore, Rand dropped sw iftly down, Aerntlon does not lower the bacterial from crag to crag, until he stood In count except through effect of cool the cove. The one great door beneath Ing. It does remove off odors and the piazza was securely locked, every “ barny” flavors, Doctor Saekett ex­ seam nnd crack Impenetrably sealed. plained. Milk kept nt n temperature Reluctantly he abandoned hope of below 50 degrees Fahrenheit w ill re­ admission from below and made his main sweet longer than at a high tem­ way up the cliffs once more. Rand perature. Doctor Saekett pointed out the dan knew the construction of the building perfectly, having assisted Indeed In gers from disease like tuberculosis, In Its erection. In the beginning there septic sore throat, dlptherla, -typhoid had been no hank of loose rocks be­ fever, etc., through milk produced un neath the piazza other than tlint af­ der unsanitary conditions. Pasteurlzn forded by nature, nnd there was n lion w ill kill disease-producing bac­ window to the basement on the east­ teria nnd Is being demnnded more ern side, opening Just above ground. and more. Prevention of unsanitary Later on. for the sake of warmth, conditions through cleanliness with small roeks had been thrown under, milk products Is very desirable. nnd although Rnnd felt some distaste for the task, he felt sure that by Some Good Grain Rations pulling out the roeks, he could get at With Alfalfa and Silage the window beneath the piazza floor, nnd thus Into the basement. It wns Some excellent rations that fit In unlikely that the small basement win­ well In a district of Wisconsin where dow would he subjected to such rigid DO per cent of the farmers are feed­ sealing, sheltered ns It wns behind ing alfalfa hay are presented here­ six feel of piazza floor well walled with : with rocks With good silage—14.8 per cent pro­ In spile of his profession of Indo­ tein ration composed of 700 pounds lence. Rnnd was not averse to labor ground oats, 500 pounds corn or bar­ when the end Justified the effort, so ley, 300 pounds of bran, 200 pounds he fell sturdily to work nt a distance of oil meal and 200 pounds of gluten which he Judged, nnd correctly as feed. events proved, would lead to the base­ With poor silage—15.8 per cent pro­ ment window tein ration composed of GOO pounds It was a long time before his efforts ground oats, 400 pounds corn or bar­ were rewarded by a cleared window, ley, 200 pounds of bran, 3 pounds of bran. 1IX) pounds of found, to his disappointment, not only gluten feed, 200 pounds barley and locked, hut sealed with a fine cement, 200 pounds of oil meal. or wax, nlong the four edges of It. Feed one pound of grain for every Convinced, however, that something three nnd one-half to four pounds of of great value must be concealed milk produced per cow. there to necessitate these precautions, he resolved to gain admittance nt all costs. With renewed eagerness he at­ Rules for Calf Feeding tacked the window with the stont at Much Lower Expense knife which had served him well a Rules for calf raising nt lower cost hundred times In the emergencies of boating, fishing and hunting, and are given hy C. J. Fawcett, extension worked It slowly around the edge», professor of animal husbandry at pecking at the cement which tound It Massachusetts Agricultural college: In place. And finally he felt It give, "The calf should be tnken from Its sway slightly beneath his hand, and dam ns soon as It has a good fill of colostrum milk. Feed whole milk for drew It carefully out Cautiously he thrust his hand Into 10 to 14 day», three to four quarts the npprture, and drew aside the dally nnd gradually increasing the black curtain which veiled IL The quantity. There Is no harm In a calf room was In absolute darkness. He being slightly hungry for the first listened long, but could hear no slight­ week. At two weeks, gradually sub est sound In any portion of the house. stltute for the whole milk a similar Breathlessly, then, his revolver cocked quantity of skim milk made from alertly In his right hand, with the dry skim milk and water so that In left he extended his pocket flash, 8 or 10 days the calf w ill be given pressed the button, and swept the yel skim milk as Its entire liquid feed. low light Into the room, moving It Mix -one pound of dry skim milk with slowly about. Inch hy Inch, from wall nlng pints of water at body temper­ to wall. The silence w»s like the ature. When on full feed the calf grave Itself. w ill be getting nbont eight quarts of Rand felt the emptiness of ths liquid daily In two feeds.” house, sensed It, nnd unwilling to lose an opportunity he might not have Ropy Milk Cause again, he determined to go In, al though realizing fully the risk be ran. Real ropy milk Is caused hy hac To get In he was obliged to replace terln and Is developed after the milk both his flash and hla revolver In hla Is drawn from the cow. Such milk, pocket, and drop down, defenseless when put through a strainer, w ill form and in the dark, but this was a chance strings several feet long. This ml'k he felt he was obliged to take. And Is not harmful hut Is bothersome, as after that breathless moment of his It Is unsalable and cannot he used descent, when he flashed his light Into for any purjose except possibly swin- the room again It seemed surprising feeding. The source of the organism ly enmtnonplsce. Just what one wools is thought to be surface water and expect to find the basement ef an oC possibly, at times, a diseased udder ubiindoned clubhouse Careful sterillzallon of utensils « ill | T ‘ > UK r o . S T I M 'E D . t eliminate this trouble. IN BAD HEALTH FOR SIX YEARS Lydia E. 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