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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1917)
OF t-ie PAROKrlvaE. f?S mELHUESTQN oL (Copyright, bjr tit llobba-Marrlll Company.) THE MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION FORGET THAT THE PARSONAGE FOLKS NEED MONEY FOR CHRISTMAS, SO LITTLE CONNIE TELLS BANKER SOME PLAIN TRUTHS .Mr. Htnrr, n widower Methodist minister, comes lo Mount Murk. In.. In titl(i) charge of I''" congregation there. Mo has live charming daughter. tlu eldest if whom, Prudence, ago nineteen, keep Iiounu find mothers iliii fiiinlly. Hit younger sisters nr fnlry, t lie twins Carol mill Lnrk, mill Constance, lliu "baby." Tim family's routine stirs the curiosity of the townspeople. After n few weeks tltu Starrs nre well settled. Prudence hits her IiiiiiiIh full with the mischievous young sters, hill hint loves llii'in devotedly despite their outrageous pranks. It In n Joyous household, tint the parsonage girls uru oiiihiirrnst.cd ut Christum time Ihtiiumo the congregation htm fulled to pay the pastor's Miltiry. Little Connie need clothing, mid mully disappointed, takes matter Into her own hiindi. CHAPTER VI Continued. 0 "Oh. I It it 1 1 her dressed wiirmly n lernenth, very wiirmly Indeed," do clnreil I'rtideiiee. "Mill no mutter how wtirin yon are tiutlernenth, yon look eold If yon itreii't visibly prepiired for winter weather. I kept hoping enough money would count In to buy her u will for once In her life." "She lut m heen looking forwnrd to one long enough," put In Knlry. 'Thin will he n hitter hlow to tier. And yet It In not such tt bnd-hmklng'coat, ttfter nil." And he quickly run up a iteiiiii on the miichlue. "Hero comes Connie I" Prudenco hastily NWept a pllo of hcrapH out of sight, iiutl turned to greet her little Muter with a cheery smile. "Como on In. Connie." sho crlctl. with a brightness she did not feel. "Fairy anil I tiro making you a now wnt. Isn't It pretty? And so warm I See the nice velvet collar and cuffH. We want to fit It on you right away, dear." Connie picked up a pleco of the goods and examined It Intently. "Don't you want some fudge. Con nie?" exclaimed Knlry. shoving the dUh toward her hurriedly. Connie took a pleco rrom the plato. anil thrum It between her teeth. Her eycH were Ktlll fastened upon tho brown furry cloth. "Where did you Ret thltt stuff?" Hho Inquired, as boon as she was altle to speak. "Out of the trunk In the garret. Con nle. Don't you want some more fudge? 1 put a lot of nttttt In. especially on your account." "H'n good." Kiiltl Connie, taking tin other piece. Kite examined the cloth very closely. "Say. rrudeneo. Isn't this that old brown coat of father's?" Knlry shoved her chair buck from the machine, and ran to tho window. "Look, Prue." Hint cried. "iHtt't that Mrs. Adam coining this way? I won der" "No, It iHti't," answered Connie Bravely. "It's JuhI Miss Avery getting homo from hcIidoI. Isn't It, I'rttdenco? Father's coat, I nienii?" "Vch, Connie, It Is." said Prudence, i very, very gently. "Ht no ono here hiiH Heen It, and It In such nlco cloth JuhI exactly what girls aro wearing now." "Rut I wanted a new contl" Connie did not cry. She stood looking at Pru dence with her wide, hurt eycH. "Oh, Connie, I'm Just an sorry an you lire," cried Prudence, with starting tuarB. "I know Just bow you feel about It tloaroHtl Hut tho people didn't pay father up IiihI month. Maybo after ChrlHlmitH wo can not you a coat. They pay up better then." "I think I'd ruthtr wear my mimmor coat until then," mild Conulo soberly. "Ob, hut you can't, dearest. It Ih too cold. Won't you bo a Rood girl now, and not mako sister feel badly about It? It really Is becoming to you, and It In nlco and warm. Tako sotno tnoro fudge, dear, and run out-of-doors a while. You'll feel better about It pres ently, I'm Hiire." Connlo Htood solemnly besldo tho table, her eyes still fastened on tho coitt, cut down from her father's. "Can I go "'"I t"ltu u wiillt?" Bho naked Dually. "May I, you mean," suggested Fairy. "Yew, may 1? Maybo I can recoucllo inyHelf to It." "Yes, bo and tako n walk," urged Prudence promptly, ciiKer to get tho mimll sober facu beyond her range of vision, "If I mn nut back when tho twins get home, go right on and eat without mo. I'll como back when I get things iitralgliteued out In my mind." When Connlo was quite beyond hour- lug, Prudence dropped her head on tho table and wept. "Oh. Fairy. If the in- Ihtn JuhI knew bow such things hurt, maybo they'd pay tip a little better. How do they expect parsonage people to keep up appearances when they hnven't any money?'" "Oh. iiow. Prue, you're worse than Connie I There's no uho to cry about It. Parsonage people have to llnd hap piness In spite of llumiclal misery. Money Isn't tho llrst thing with folks like us." "Poor little Connie I If sho had cried about It. I wouldn't have cared so much. Hut she looked so heartsick, didn't she, Knlry?" Connie certainly was heartsick. .More than that, sho was a little disgusted. .She felt herself arouted to take action. Things had gone too far I Co to church In her father's rout she could not I She walked sturdily down the street toward the "city" Ironically so called. Her face was stony, her hands were clenched. Rut Dually she brightened. Her lagging steps quickened. She skipped along quite cheerfully. Sho turned westward as she reached the comer of the square, mid walked along that business street with shining eyes. In front of the Klrst National bank she paused, but after a few seconds she passed by. On the opposite corner was another hank. When she reached It. she walked In without pausing, and the massive door swung behind her. Tho four older girls were at the table when Connie came home. She exhaled quiet satisfaction from every pore. Prudence glanced nt her once, and then looked away again. "She has reconciled herself." she thought. Din ner was half over before Constance burst her bomb, "Are you going to be busy this nfter noon. Prudence?" she asked quietly. "We are going to sew a little." said Prudence. "Why?" "I wanted you to go downtown with me nfter school." "Well, perhaps I can do that. Fairy will be able to finish the coat alone." "You needn't finish (ho coat I can't wear father's coat to church, Pru dence. It's a It's a physical Impos sibility." The twins laughed, Fairy smiled, but Prudence ga.ed at "the baby" with tender pity. "I'm so sorry, dearest, but wo haven't the money to buy one now." "Will llvo dollars he enough?" In quired Connie, and sho placed a crisp now bill besldo her plate. Tho twins gasped I They gazed at Conulo with new respect. They wero Just wishing they could handle five-dollar hills so recklessly. "Will you loan mo twenty dollars un til after Christinas, Connie?" queried Knlry. Rut Prudenco asked, "Whero did you get this money, Connlo?" "I borrowed It from the bank," Con nlo replied with proper gravity. "1 have two years to pay It buck. Mr. Harold says they aro proud to have my trade." Prudenco was silent for several long seconds. Then sho Inquired In u low voice, "Did you tell him why you want ed It?" "Yes, I explained tho whole sltua Hon." "What did bo say?" "Ho said bo knew Just how I felt, because ho know hu couldn't go to church In his wife's coat. No, I said that myself, but ho agreed with ino. Ho did not say very much, but ho looked sympathetic. Ho said ho anticipated great pleasuro In seeing mo In my now coat at church next Sunday." "Go on with your luncheon, twins," said Prudenco sternly. "You'll bo Into to school. We'll see about going down town when you gel home tonight, Con nlo. Now, cnl your Itinthron, npd don't talk about routs any more." When Connlo hud gone back to school, Prudenco went straight to Mr. Harold's hank. Flushed and embnr rassed, slut explained the Munition frankly. "My syiiipMllilcs are all ulllt Connie," she salt) candidly. "Rut l ntn afraid father would not llku It. Wo nro dead set ngiilust borrowing. After our mother was taken, we were crowd ed pretty close for money. Ho wo bad to go In debt. It look us two years to get It paid. Father mid Fairy and I talked It over then, and derided wo would starve rather than burrow again, liven the twins understood It. but Con ulo was too little. She doesn't know how heartbreaking It Is to keep hand ing over every cent for debt, when one Is Just yearning for other things. 1 do wish sho might have the rout, but I'm afraid father would not like It. She gave mo the live dollars for safekeep ing mill I vo brought It hack." Mr. Ilurotd shook bis bead. "No. Connie must have her coat. This will be a good lesson for her. It will teach her the bitterness of living under debt I Resides. Prudence. I think In my heart that sho Is right this time. This Is a caso where borrowing Is Justified. Cet her the coat, and I'll square the ac count with your father." Then he added. "And I'll look afier this salary business after this. I'll arritnge with (ho trustees that 1 am to pay your fa ther Ids full salary the l)rt of every month, mid that tho church receipts are to he turned In to me. And If they do not pay up, my lawyer ran do a lit tle Investigating 1 Little Connie earned Hint live dollars, for she taught ono trustee a sorry lesson. Ami be will have to pass It on to the others In self defense I Now, run along and get the coat, ami If five dollars Isn't enough you can have as much more an you need. Your father will get Ids salary after this, my dear. If we have to mort gage tho parsonage I" CHAPTER VII. A Burglar's Visit. "Pruol" A suiull hand gripped Prudence's shoulder, mid again came a hoarsely whispered: "Pruol" Prudenco snt up In bed with n bounce. "What In the world?" she begnn. gazing out Into the room, half-lighted by tho moonshine, und seeing Carol and Lark shivering besldo her bed. "Shi Shi Hush I" whispered Lnrk. "There's a burglar In our room I" Ry this time, even sound-sleeping Knlry was nwnkc. "Oh. there lsl" she scoffed. "Yes. there Is," declared Carol with some heat. "We heard blm. plain as day. He stepped Into tho closet, didn't he, Lnrk?" "He certainly did." agreed Lurk. "Did you see him?" "No, we heard him. Carol heard him llrst. nntl she spoke, and nudged Prudence Dropped Her Head on tho Table and Wept. me. Then I heard him, too. He was at our dresser, but be shot across the room anil Into the closet. Ho closed tho door nfter hint, lie's there now." "You've been dreaming," said Knlry, lying down again. "Wo don't generally dream the same thing at tho same minute," said Carol stormlly. "I tell you he's In there." "And you two great big girls camo off mid left poor little Conulo In tlicro alono with n burglar, did you? Well, you nro nlco ones, I must my." And Prudenco leaped out of bed and started for tho door, followed by Kalry, with tho twins creeping fenrfully along In tho rear, "Sho was asleep," muttered Carol. "Wo didn't want to senro her," added Lark. Prudenco was careful to turn tho switch by the door, so that tho room was In full light before sho entered. Tho closet door was wldo open. Con nlo wns soundly sleeping. Tlicro wi no ono elso In the room. "You see?" snltl Prudence sternly. "I'll bet he look our rihy rings," de clared Lark, mid tho twins mid Knlry ran to the dresor to look. Rut a sickening realization bnd como homo to Prudence. In tho lower hnll, tinder the staircase, was n small dork closet which they called tho dungeon. Tho dungeon door was big and solid, mid was equipped with a heavy catch lock. In this dungeon, Prudenco kept tho family silverware, and nil the money sho had on hand, ns It could there he safely locked away. Rut more often than not, Prudence forgot to lock IL Have you ever awakened to find a burglar In your room? What did you do pretend tleep7 Or thout7 Or keep etlll at hit command? (TO UK CO.NTINUUU.) SYMBOL UNTOUCHED BY WAR Lion of St Mark Has Escaped De struction, Though Hand of Time Hat Been Heavy on IL Tho lion of St. Mark still stands. Curiously -nough, while utmost pre cautions have been tuken to preserve the edlllces and monuments of Venice ugalust the ruthless hand of tho avi ator, this symbol of the republic, one of tho chief artistic und historical glo ries of tho city, still posea on Us col umn In the Plazzetta with never a sandbag, masonry shield, or wooden covering to guard It from harm. Tho lion of SL Mark long has been mi Interesting relic, source of some speculation and an endless nmount of historical legend more or less authen tic There Is a tradition that when Napoleon carried it to Paris there wero diamonds In Its eyes. They were really white agates, fuceted. It Is conjectured that the lion may have formed a part of the decoration of some Assyrian palace centuries be fore It became tho symbol of tho Vene tian patron saint, Su Murk. The btd, except for tho crown, the mane, and the larger purt of the body and legs, except the claws, aro much older than other portions of the figure. The wings and paws uru of u much later date, while the rump part and the tall are restorations executed after Uie lion bud been sent back from Paris early In tho last century. Tho lion Is In u condition that care Is required even under ordinary condi tions to prevent Its disintegration. There nre rents mid Dssurcs through out the body, and the portions are held together by Irou rivets that have rust ed uway. Many Initials mark the metal, presumably engraved by artists cm ployed In various restorations. The Lion of St. Mark could be de stroyed with little effort It has sur vived the chances of war to the pres ent. Work of Japanese Silkworms. An Improvement In the mnnner of hatching silkworms has been recently perfected by Japanese growers, ligg enrds are immersed In diluted hydro chloric arid for live to ten hours Just before they are batched. In a fort night or 1- days after tho Immersion the eggs nre perfectly hutched, and worms that are stronger and more healthy than those hatched In any other wny may he seen coming out of tho shells. The silk produced by the worms thus hatched Is better and loug er than that produced In any other way. It bus been stnted tbnt the silk produced by the worms bred In the newly Invented way mensured 1,'JOO feet, whereas tho thread pro duced by the worms hntched In the or dinary way measures only 700 feet at the longest. Soldier Didn't Impress Her. Field Marshal Sir Kvelyn Wood, who, at the age of seventy-nine, has recently contributed some cleverly written articles to the periodical press, tells this story: An entertainment was given In his honor nt bis Norfolk home on his e turn from Hsypt. Among the crowd assembled on the occasion was the wife of an agricultural laborer. She was very eager to know Sir Kvelyn Wood, nntl n bystander pointed him out to her. "What !" she exclaimed. In amaze ment, "that little tniin General Wood I Why, my old man could clout (thrash) hint' easily !" "Never," said Sir Kvelyn, as he con cluded bis story, "had I felt more humiliated." The Obstacle. A little two-year-old boy was at play on tho bench. At every other step ho would stumble anil fall, only to pick himself up plucklly mid try It again. Ills fond mother decided tho bench must bo tough, and suggested going to another spot. "There Is no use, dear," her husband replied, "ho would stumble over n grain of sand!" Rreslau has a paper chimney which Is W) feet high und proof against lire. - - - Marine News . Big Shipyard Started. Tacorna. Actual construction on what will bo Tacoma's biggest ship building Industry began Tuesday, when about 60 mon were put to work by tho Tacoma Dredging company at tho diking for tho proposed 1,600 foot fill along tho Hylobos creek waterway, upon which the Todd Shipbuilding company will ultimately build tho most modern and completo yard In tho northwest. A construction office has been erected at tho site. Many carloads of brush aro being brought to tho alto of tho dike, and two great pllcdrlvers aro at work plac ing tho piles which will form the re taining walls. Brush and rock will be dumped behind (ho piling, and behind this foundation tho silt from tho bot tom of Hylebos creek will bo placed by a big suction dredge, which will bo placed nt work as soon as sufficient diking has been constructed, probably In about 10 days. Jap Warships Visit, Tacoma. Mystery surrounding tho reported arrival of two Japanese cruis ers In tho Straits of Juan do Fuca Feb ruary 5 was cleared up Thursday with tho arrival in Tacoma of a party of nlno officers of tho Japanese cruiser Iwate, which, with the cruisers Idzuma and Nlshin of Admiral Y. Takashlta's squadron are at Hsquimalt, and said to bo coaling at that port News of the arrival of the members of tho Im perial Japanese navy was closely guarded by the Canadian censor. It is reported that the cruisers brought $10,000,000 in gold to the Ca nadian government as a loan, but no confirmation of this statement could bo gotten from the Japanese officers. American Vessel Sunk. Rome. Tho American schooner Ly man M. Law was sunk February 12 off the coast of Sardania by a hostllo sub marine, says a Stefanl dispatch from Cagllari, Sardinia. Tho vessel was loaded with agricultural machinery, tho dispatch adds. The crew of 10, of which eight were Americans, says the message, have been landed at Cagllari. Motorshlp Leaves SL Helens. SL Helens, Or. The motorshlp S. I. Allard, launched at the SL Helens Shipbuilding company's yards last month, left Thursday for Astoria, be ing towed by a tug. At Astoria there will bo about 10 days' work before the vessel will bo ready to be towed to San Francisco, whero engines will be Installed. Steamship Goes Aground. Belllngham, Wash. The steamship Wlndber of the Pacific American Fish eries, went on Starr Rock here Wed nesday at 11 o'clock, while backing into position at a lumber mill dock. Tho steamship Norwood and tugs at tempted to pull the vessel off but failed. northwest market report I Portland Wheat Bluestem, $1.55 per bushel: forty fold, $1.52; club, $1.51; red Russian, $1.48. Millfeed Spot prices: Bran, $26.50 per ton; shorts, $30.50; rolled barley, $4243. Hay Producers' prices: Timothy, Eastern Oregon, $1920 per ton; val ley, $1516; alfalfa, $1416; valley grain hay, $12.5014. Butter Cubes, extras, 37c per pound; prime firsts, 37c; firsts, 36c; dairy,'.30c. Jobbing prices: Prints, extras, 39c; cartons, lc extra; butterfat, No. 1, 43c; No. 2, 41c, Portland. Eggs Oregon ranch, current re ceipts, 32c per dozen; candled, 33 32c; selects, 34c. Poultry Hens, heavy, 1820c per pound; light, 1820c; springs, 17 J 19c; turkeys, live, 2021c; dressed, 2528c; ducks, 2022c; geese, 12 13c. Veal Fancy, 14J15c per pound. Pork Fancy, 1515c per pound. Vegetables Artichokes, $1.001.20 per dozen; tomatoes, $6.007.50 per crate; cabbage, $5 per hundred; eggplant, 25c per pound; lettuce, $2.35 3.50 per box; cucumbers, $1.60 1.75 per dozen; celery, $5.50 per crate; cauliflower, $2.502.G0; peppers, 30c per pound; sack vegetables, $1.25 per sack; sprouts, 12Jc per pound; rhubarb, 10llc. Potatoes Oregon buying prices, $3.00 per hundred; sweets, $4. Onions Oregon buying prices, $7.50 per sack, country points. Green Fruits Apples, 75c$2.25 per box; pears, $1.762.50; cranber ries, $1011 per barrel. Hops 1910 crop, 69c per pound; 1917 contracts, 10llc. Wool Eastern Oregon, fine, 2833c per pound; coarse, 3336c; valley, 33 41c; mohair, nominal. Cattle Steers, prime, $8.509.25; fair to good, $7.008.00; medium, $6.50 6.75; cows, choico, $7.36 7.75; medium to good, $6.507.00;.or dinary -to fair, $5.756.25; heifers, $5.00 8.00; bulls, $3.76 6.00; calves, $3.009.00. Hogs Light and heavy packing, $11.5012.35; rough heavy, $9.85 10.00; pigs and skips, $9.3510.00; stock hogs, $8.609.00. Sheep Yearling wethers, $10.25 10.75; lambs, $10.0012.70.