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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1917)
strips QDTfilNG I I AUTHOR f "THE LOISC VAiNvJU COPYRIGHT PT LOUS JOil PH VAHCC THE CHARMING AND TALKATIVE MRS. BEGGARSTAFF DIS COVERS THAT LUCY CARTERET HAS A WONDERFUL NECKLACE Just ns the glnnt passenger steamship Alsatln Is ready to leave the port of Liverpool for New York, n charming young English woman goes aboartl ami engages a luxurious stateroom. She Is nerv ous, suspicious nnil fearful. Presently she learns she Is to share the stateroom with Mrs. Amelia P-ecsnrstaff. an amiable chatterbox of fifty years, who lives In New York. Mrs. Keggarstnff learns the girl's name Is Lucy Carteret and that she's on her way to America to live. She calmly announces she will act ns Lucy's chaperon for the voyage. CHAPTER I Continued. 2 "All my life." the girl admitted. "I was born in London, and when I was very young my parents returned to America, leaving me behind because they expected to be gone only a little time. Then my mother died in New York; and my father went into busi ness there, and thought me better off where I wns. in the care of friends, than with him." "But surely," this In shocked expos tulation, "he came hack to see you I" "Oh. Indeed he did. often; that Is. considering the dlillcultles, the long voyages, and the fact that no Isn't n rich man. But I haven't seen him recently not In several years." "And now you're going to Join him?" "Yes," Miss Carteret affirmed In a voice that betrayed more doubt than sh suspected. Rut before her astute Inquisitor could take advantage of the weakness her tone suggested there befell an in terruption. It wns nothing more ex traordinary than n knock on the state room door; but it brought Miss Car teret to her feet with a start, again pale and trembling. "Oh !" she cried In nlnrm. "Oh, what Is that?" Involuntarily she stepped back as if to put ns much space as possible between herself and the door. Mrs. Beggarstaff watched her In open wonder. "It's only the stewardess. I rang for her some time ago." "Oh. if that's all." Miss Carteret sat down again. "One moment, stewardess." Mrs. Beggarstaff looked back at the girl. "You don't object to my letting her In." "Oh, no, no!" Miss Carteret insisted hnstily. "Please don't mind me. Tm very nervous hnven't been well. I wns stnrtled that Is all." "So I see," said Mrs. Beggarstaff with a quizzical accent. "Come In!" The door opened, admitting a smil ing, apple-cheeked, middle-aged Eng lishwoman. "Shut the door there! So many people running up and down." But when they were alone again, much to the relief of the girl, Mrs. Beggarstnft failed by any word to refer to her recent betrayal of alarm something hardly to he explained other than by oppn confession which wouldn't In the least suit Miss Car teret's book. "Now," said the elder womnn placid ly, folding a veil over a most palpable wig, but still a most becoming one, "now I'll hurry on deck and see about our chairs, and then interview the sec ond steward nbout sents at table. I know most of these people, stewards nnd all, and generally manage to get Just about what I want," Mrs. Beg garstnff added with grim self-conceit "I presume you've no objection to sit ting beside me? Not that you won't see all you want of me and more, irobahly right here." "Please," the girl begged, laughing. "I'll be delighted with wlintover ar rangements you're kind enough to make." "Very good, then. And for dinner, If you please, put on your prettiest frock. Peter Traft's aboard, and he's a dear well worth dressing up for." The bang of the door as Mrs. Beg garstaff went out might hnvo been a signal; Immediately tho girl became conscious that tho ship was in motion-vibrant nnd sonorous with the drone of Jts turbines. The voyage of tho Alsatln wns be gun, nnd nothing had happened. Sho had eluded pursuit, wns free! CHAPTER II. ' Dinner ran off uneventfully, If enli vened by tho quenchless nnlmatlon of the Dowager Dragon, but Miss Car teret, manifesting little appetite, at out the meal with downcast eyes, mute save when courtesy dictated speech. Later she found herself seated by her Dragon's side on tho lee of the prome nade deck. In darkness save for the beams from lighted tvorts. For a little the girl relished all this with glndness. But presently her spirits sagged again and she grew drowsy, nnd lingered from her bed only to plenso tho warm-henrted old woman who had adopted her pro tempore "on suspi cion," ns Mrs. Beggarstaff put It, not without a little harmless malice. Now and again friends paused to pay their addresses to the Downger Dragon; amiable. light-hearted people, personable and attractive; yet of them nil the facile waxen tablets of Miss Carteret's memory retained Impres sions of but three personalities. One wns the famous Peter Trnft. claiming her Interest more .because of Mrs. BcggnrstafTs outspoken delight In him than through nny qualities he paraded during the few minutes Jie spent with the two a youngish; well poised body, with a drawl and n sort of Insouciant humor that seemed to afford the Dragon intense diversion. But much of this man's discourse wns couched In a modified phase of Ameri can slang or else hnrked back to local American topics; both largely unintel ligible to n sense of'humnr nourished on strictly British slang nnd locnllsms. Then there wns n Mrs. Merrllees nccordlng to Mrs. Beggnrstaff not n year out of mourning for n worthless husband an adorably pretty creature, nnd so bewltchlngly gracious that Miss Carteret, nt sight, first caught her breath with envy, then fell hope lessly In love with her. A third she remembered for no rea son she could assign. Ills name was Quoin n tall, taciturn man with n quiet voice, n semi-Ironic nttltude toward the Downger Dragon's gush of spirited Inconsequence, and n sugges tion of reserve. For some reason sho remembered him more definitely even than she remembered Mrs. Merrllees. As for tho others, they might ns well have been shadows on a cinemato graph screen. By ten o'clock, leaving Mrs. Beggar staff firmly fixed In the fourth seat at a card table, engrossed by her one confessed Infatuation, auction bridge, Miss Carteret wns abed nnd asleep. A bed of ulmost sybaritic luxury It seemed, ns It rocked her gently to for getfulness; but a bed of misery when she nwoko In the chill of dawn, with the Alsatla, for all her Immense bulk, dancing drunkenly to the tuno piped by a mad northeaster. And for more than sixty hours she was held the victim of mortal weakness and the ele ments' Immortal rage. Intervals there were, of course, when, her sufferings temporarily nbnt ed,' she was able to talk a llttlo with one. or the other of her would-be com forters Mrs. Beggarstaff and tho stewardess. But on Tuesday a mem orable conversation took place, neg ligible though It seemed at the time. It was at about six bells in the fore noon watch when tho Dowager Dragon came below, ostensibly to find n book, In reality to convey fair tidings. "You're feeling better," she assert ed, after a shrewd look- at the girl. Propped up In bed, Miss Carteret moved n languidly negative bead. "Don't tell mo! I haven't crossed this mill-pond thirty times not to know when a seasick woman's on tho mend. Besides, haven't you noticed how much steadier the boat Has been this last hour or two?" "I thought I must bo Imagining It," the invalid murmured Incredulously, "Nonsense! Tho barometer's been rising slnco midnight. Tho wind shift ed at dawn, and now we'vo u clearing sky and a falling sea. Of courso you'ro feeling better. You'll bo oa deck before night." "Oh, plenso, Mis. BeggarHtnff 1" "Don't worry; I shan't carry you off by force. llioss my Inudequnto In come 1 What's this?" Tho girl turned her head wearily to look, Mrs. ItoggnrstalT had been standing beside the chest of drawers, n hand abstractedly toying with her protegee's simple Jewelry, and suddenly had singled out n brooch for wondering In terest. This brooch was n very benullful thing, an exquisite cameo in sardonyx framed In an oval framu of lino dia monds; nnd Miss Carteret treasured It above nil her possessions. "Where tinder the sun, child, did you pick this up?" "It was given nio on my fifteenth birthday." "Five years ago?" "Just about. Why?" Tho Dowager Dragon laughed de lightedly. "My roundabout way of asking your age. dear." Sim turned the brooch over and held It to the light. "If ever you care to part with It, don't forget my passion for antique Jewelry." "Oh, never I could never part with It I" "Forgive me. I forgot It wns n pres ent." "But that isn't all." tho girl ex plained with growing animation. "You see. It wns a present from my father, and tho enmeo It's n portrait of my father himself!" "It's whnt?" Mrs. BeggarstnfT ex claimed shrilly. "A portrait of your father I Pooh! Absurd 1 That thing's n genuine antiquity two thousand years old If a ilayl" "I know. I mean, It looks like him. That's why be gave It to me. Ho showed It to me once tho Inst time wo were together In London and I saw the resemblance; so ho sent It to uie on my next birthday. It realty does look wonderfully like him." "Then, my dear, you ought to prldo yourself on having a mighty hnndsomo Mian for your father 1" "I do," the girl said Indistinctly, averting her head and closing her eyes. "And able to make such presents! Why, It must be worth several thou sands! An exquisite specimen per- "Wherc Under the Sun, Child, Did You Pick Up This?" fectly preserved flawless ought by rights to be In the Metropolitan mu seum. I shall envy you It till my dying dnyl" Miss Carteret didn't answer. And presently Mrs. Beggarstaff re turned the brooch to the top of tho highboy and went her way, ono fine, thoughtful wrinkle marring tho habit ual serenity of her forehead. The Dowager Dragon's deck chnlr stood In the shelter of a Jog near tho entrance to tho forward promenade deck coinpfinlonway a most advan tageous coign for the sincere student of seafaring humnnlty. Here, after a hurried dinner, Mrs. BeggarstalT mounted guard In thu bluo gloaming, nnrrowly reviewing the postprandial parade with eyes whoso brightness was as yet undlmmcd by nge. At length sho sat up with n quick movement and called Imperatively, "Quoin 1" A man who, walking nlone, hnd been on the point of passing, Jerked a ciga rette stub over tho rail, and moved to the lady's side. "Sit down. Three mortal days I'vo been moping round tho saloons with my tongue hanging out, parched for a bit of scandal and you never camo near me!" "But I halo to disappoint; I'd noth ing on tap high enough for your sea soned palate." i "Don't bo Impudent, Quoin. What are you doing on this boat? If you answer, 'Crossing thu Atlantic,' I'll for get I'm a lady" Quoin chuckled. "I'm combining busluess with pleasure, If you must know. Nothing pleases mo moro than to bo cooped up for u few days with un unsuspicious subject. In such cir cumstances your humble sleuth learns a lot about human nature." "Then you'ro sleuthing 1 I know It I But on whoso trail?" "Afruld I dnssen't tell, Mrs. Beggar staff." "What If I know?" "That wouldn't surprise mo; you certainly do coutrlvo to know ur- prising number of things that don't concern you." "I'm not sure whether that's llnttory or Impertinence." "Tho man who could flutter your om niscience, madam, wouldn't hesitate to ah lackle tho Job of leaching a New York head-waiter tho gentle art of being Insolent." Mrs. Beggarstaff laughed aloud. "But suppose 1 do know what gnmo you'ro stalking and can lead a help ing hand?" "Charmed to humor your whim. Consider mo a docile llttlo stipiiosor. And then?" And rlnht away Mrs. Deorjor staff confesie to Mr. Quoin her suspicions about Lucy Carteret. Don't mitt Intercttlng devel opments given In the next In ttnllment. (TO UK CONTINUED.) PEAT AS COAL SUBSTITUTE Coming Much Into "Favor In European Countrlet Where Fuel Supply It Limited. Europeans, paying unusually high prices for coal, are turning to peat as a substitute. Germany has been Sweden's principal source of supply, and that source being cut off tho state railways in that country have been forced to curtail their schedules. Peat Is notoriously ono of tho cheap estas It Is one of tho most abundant of fuels. Uick of suitable furnaces for Its consumption has hampered Its use ns It did for a long time that of thu crude oil from tho American pe troleum fields. llecent experiments In Sweden Imvu proved that peat can be made Into cakes and used with econ omy In a proper burner. A Maine man a few years ago se cured patents for turning peat Into briquettes which would produce, a heat as Intense as that of charcoal nnd could be produced as cheaply as bi tuminous coal, while tho by-product of mnnufnc'.uro would further reduce the cost. Tho great advantage of the fuel thus produced Is that It bums with llttlo ash or smoke, that It Is clean to handle and can be used In a stove or furnace about as wood Is. There are extensive peat bedH nil over New England, and If this process were put In operation thu saving In freight rates would mnko the Jcat briquettes an economical form of fuel. Frozen Flth Live for Yer. A live fish gradually frozen In n cake of Ice does not dlo; It merely suspends all life processes. When the Ico melts, If It does so slowly, tho fish takes up Its vital activities again ns If nothing hnd happened. This phenomenon, says tho University of Washington News Letter, was described by Prof 15. Vic tor Smith of tho department of zo ology, In discussing n recent announce ment that a Swiss naturalist had re vived frozen fish. "There Is no reason why a fish, If frozen In a cake of Ico, should not be revived even nt tho end of ten years," said Professor Smith. "Cases of frozen cold-blooded animals are not uncommon. Frogs aro many times frozen for long periods of time, anil turtles will live even under ordi nary clrcumstnnces for n year without food." The process of freezing fish must be accompanied with tho great est care, he said. Tho temperature of the water must he reduced slowly In the freezing process and must bo grad ually raised In the thawing part of tho experiment. Masticate Figs Thoroughly. The composition of dried llgs, dates nnd raisins Is sllnllar. Under normal conditions, and when carefully pre pared, nil three fruits aro excellent food for both children and grown people. Tho fruit should bo thorough ly masticated, however, and for young children, or In any case where tho skins may prove Indigestible, It Is safer to run the fruit through tho food chopper before otherwise preparing or serving It. Woman's Homo Compan ion. Cause for Congratulation. "There aro all kinds of optimists In this world, but did you ever see a man who was optimistic when ho had tho 'grippe?'" "Only one." "And what led him to take a cheer ful view of life?" "Ho was tho husband of a suf. fraglst orator and his Illness prevent ed him from accompanying her on a speaking tour," Tho Peril. "There Is danger In allowing Mint gay young soldier to hang around the pretty girls." "Why so?" "Don't you know thero Is always danger when a spark gels so near imw dor?" Degrees of Warmth, Wo bow to nti emergency and em brace an opportunity. ICnnsas City Journal, There Is n good Impulse In tho mean art and u mean impulse lu the Ut, i New Houston Hotel SIXTH AM) lAT.HirrT 8TS. VmiT Hkk from Union Button. Under now liianaurinrnt. All ruoma riowlr decutatod. SriXIAI. KATICH IIV WI'XK OK MONTH lUtrt See. 7.V. SI, $1.50 Per lr. V S Following Legal Advice. Tho farmer walked Into the little grocery with a firm step. "I want n tub of butter," he sntd, "and n lot of sugar, nnd all that other stuff." "(lood gracious!" said the widow who kept tho shop. "Whatever do you want with all them goods?" "I dunno," snld the farmer, scratch ing his head, "but you see I'm tho executor of your husband's will and tho lawyer told me I wns to carry out the provisions." Topokn Htnto Journal. Sure! High Heels Cause Corns But Who Cares Now You reckless mon and women who aro pestered with corns and who havo nt least onco n week Invited an awful death from lockjaw or blood poison aro now told by a Cincinnati authority to uso a drug called frcozono, which tho moment a few drops are appllod to any corn or callous tho torenoss la relieved and soon the entire corn or callous, root and all, lifts off with the fingers. Frcozono dries tho moment It is ap plied, and simply shrivels tho corn or callous without Inflaming or oven Ir ritating tho surrounding tissue or skin. A small bottlo of froezone will cost very llttlo at any of tho drug stores, but will positively rid ono's feet of ovory hard or soft corn or hnrdoucd callous. If your druggist hnsn't any frcezono ho can got it at nny wholesale drug house for you. To keen clean nnd healthy take Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. '1 hoy regu late liver, bowels and stomach. An Eye to Dutlneta. A party bent on "seeing Ixmdon" rolled out of Hyde park lu a big auto mobile and listened with undisguised interest to the guide's explanation of tho various places of Interest. Pres ently they passed an ancient edifice surrounded by n high brick wall. "That Is the town house of the Duke of Den, one of our largest landed pro prietors," said tho guide. The eyes of tho beautiful young American girl on tho renr sent were suddenly Illuminated. "Who landed him?" sho cried. Everybody's. Alto to De Truthful. Miss Antique (taking scat politely proffered In crowded car) Thank you, my llttlo man. You hnvo boon taught to bo polite, I am glnd to nee. Did your mother tell you to always give up your sent to ladles? Polite Hoy No, not nil lndlos only old ladles.-Exchange. WHEN IN S El! A T T L El 1TRY "COVE1 THE JP IX X Jli SEATTLE'S LARGEST HOTEL Only thmo lilocka trvm DapuU ami Ducla. Op- lMita City Hull Park nnd Court Hou. TUK PINKST IKM.I.AU ItOOM IN AMKtUCA With daUehod bath. 1 prrton. 11.00 $l.tf !!lroiii, 11.60 fcl.00 Willi private bath, 1 pxraon, 12.(1) I2.M 13.00 Zparwna. U.Cfl $3.60 14.00 "When In Soattlo Try tho Fryo" DRUGLESS METHODS Hcmlnche, rlieumiitliim, nntlimn, nppen dlrlllB, conntliutliin, backache, parulyals, ye trouble, ilrufmnii, etc., cured without ilrugM or surgury. Do not b dliicourngod IxTiiunii you Imvu tried other methods without aurcpiis. All of my patient have liuil tliii nmmi oxpiirk'iico anil 00 per cent of thcin Imvo burnt relieved, Ifyounru nick, worn out or ruck oil with dlneiutn, conin la mill let rno tell you frankly wlmt I cum do for you. DR. 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