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W F ,'V E R T O N PAG E * January E N T E R P R IS E 13, 1933 •w • iiii ironing for four people, and took , and Jacqueline h a 'e built Uiui splen- . bed, because she was so tired. Now care of two children Into the bargain, did cottage hospital, 1 think we've she was so utterly weury. menially you wouldn't always I. ok as nice as gone a long step forward In Hamstead. aud spiritually as well as physically, you do- Don't \oil suppose I’ ve longed But after all. that ouly looks out for that she could not sleep. And wh n to lie coinfortai.ie and rested—and the |*eople when they're sl. k or con- she could not sleep, she cried— cried j pretty whoneyer Paul saw met I valescent. 1 want to build something so violently that each morning found ( guess I'm Just us human as any other that will look out for them when her more aud more spent. Her uver- wrought nerves, seeking some means girl, and I guess I know 'the way to they're well.” Mary dropped her sewing. “ What o f relief, found only tills one. and | do things' Just as well as you do.” “ Well, I should manage to do them do you mean?" she asked excitedly, they were. Just then, stronger than J. L A M B O R N E L D E R , Publisher “ Hamstead's the loveliest place in h e r will-power And at last so.neihlng then, and to look well at the same i tim e!" retorted Violet. "That's every the worl d to live In." went on Sylvia, «mapped, suddenly, and she broke Published F riday o f each week by the Tualatin Publiching Co., at Beaverton 1 woman's duly to herself." Without apparent connection, " - t h a t O P*"'* *" th« n,ld' lle of l " “ Oregon. Entred as second-class m atter at the pootoffice at Beaverton, Ore “ Whut u ho in her duty to her family. Is. I think so. But I can imagine that time songs that she always sang to If the two conltlct?" 1 wouldn't have, when 1 was younger her little brothers. She had had a long hard day. and it “ Mercy, Mary, what a temper you —especially if I'd been a boy. There seemed us If evening and the chuiu-e have! No wonder I’aul couldn't stand Isn't much to do." it ! I'm sure 1 do my duty to my fam “ 1 see," said Mary, beginning to to rest would never come. When, on SulMcrlpUuo Ratea top of everything else, the small boy a ily, If any woman ever did. but I keep think that she did. ky myself up, too. If you had more sys ‘And so. as long as there Isn’t, showed no disposition to settle down ,.$JB Months . ______ ll.OOThree One Year.— Frances Parkinson Keyes tem about your housework you could most boys try to And something. And promptly for the night, she began to get It done all right—It’s all In the what they find isn’t always very good feel as If her self-control were slip _____ $.50 Subscriptions Payable in Advance ping from her like a cast-off garment. Six Months way you do It." for them.” WNTJ Servi ce "1 want a drink of water.’’ an Violet felt that she hud come out How much this kind, wise woman C o p y r l f h t by F r a n c » « P e r b ln a on K e y « « ahead in this tilt. Nevertheless, It saw and understood and forgave! No nounced Algy, bouncing up and down on his mattress. I “ used her up” to have Mary so shock-| won(ier Austin worshiped her! O L D MASTERS Silently Mary brought the little Ingly Impertinent to her. us she said t.an., untlpr8tlinJi mv,e lf." Sylvia to Jane lu telling her about it after- o n ..wby I n„ r e parents don't send white china cup painted with blue TH E STORY Mr. Average Citizen will cheerfully admit the value of l wards, and she did not attack her In thp|r ,,oy(| |w | ; ROod rea||v ,irst. birds to the child. He drained it ut a this same way again. Inslead, she clasa 8(.h(|4llg anfl t.0„ PJ{W). They don‘t gulp. C H A P T E R I.— Mo t o r i ng t hr oug h Ve r the local fire denart-ment. He will he the first to agree that mont , near t he vi l l age of Hams t e ad, "More.” he announced cheerfully, brought Blanche's letters and read 8epu, to rw)tliw. what „ .jjffereiire |t i, has a worth beyond pr.ee; that the protect,on offers « j » .S iS S K ■" a ..... ........ ........ . ..... j0„ handing It back to her. Mary filled the mug a second time, life and property is absolutely essential. He will likewise *cT nt9 ? , ! ^ppincss wa., perfeotlv natura, Hru, nor,imi f„r a boy and as she did so, she could see the admit that it should naturally be kept to the best standard cr ndv1:r‘:ih ,:n^ 0,;:ivn.^o0m.thhi*„ri ot ¡aw wound “* “ " “ or *irl ]° lTHVe un<' "k‘us rest of the family, in the new automo I'm a and have a scientifically trained personnel and the best o f ' Blanche was blissful. Philip was . ___ „ „ . , ___ . I believe bile, starting for the performance of _ I f r p m a ser i ous Itlnees, and It being a - - . j us, HS H|.lny boys’ souls have been perfect, they^ were divinely .-------- happy,^no "Th e Merchant of Venice" at the an apparatus. lon g dis ta nce to B urlington, his des- two i*ersons hail ever loved each other saved by gymnasiums as by churches I nual Chautauqua entertainment at But, so far as seeing that this is done, h eis usually a , ^ "'n o T ^ a V t.n V 'rD .rth a T h i so much before. And so on. Places And I want that nice new cousin of Wallacetown. She knew the play al total loss. He doesn’t know whether water supplies are ^ • ' „ ^ ‘^ „ "‘rng: ‘ ,ru*,t of h,r and pastimes that had always been yours to start in on some phtns for most by heart, loved every word of It, mere names, conjuring up visions of one as soon as he gets home from his had never seen It given, and even the adequate or inadequate. He doesn’t know whether the en- delight, to be sure, but never within wedding trip. 1 want it made suitable little mediocre traveling company that gines are scientifically built standard products. < ^ n i S O T 'r r ^ r ^ the reach of "anyone V e know” were a to use for dances, and want a billiard was to play It, could, with her own matter of course to Blanche. Not that room, and a kitchen, and h swimming knowledge of It, hnve given her a This last point is vital. The making of fire engines is ( Mary begrudged her that— she had, glimpse Into fairyland If she could at once a science, an art and craft. Fire apparatus might G“ Y V m f£ from the beginning, rejoiced whole pool In It. too. I wont. . . .” “ Oh, Sylvia, no one In the world have heard It. And none o f the others heartedly in her cousin’s happiness. he called upon to perform at inaxium efficiency in tropi ^ u * A .B: ^ [ ,o y\ T hK g ,nnixrnhg0?n* would have thought of this hut yo n !" cared for Shakespeare, or were In the But didn’t she deserve a little happi .1 ..I .„an tkn r l l ' l l ' 1*** y »f>lrIt. he I n f o r m « her o f hie “ Pld you ever hear," went on Sylvia least familiar with him. They were cal 1 weathei or surwero wtatner. I n t I inav ot r s k l u t l i o t w o r k ' ,) * e f » r i , i e o ndl to win u i* n c h # f o r his wire, she ness. too? Mary was thoroughly hu again without apparent connection, simply going because It was "part of for 30 hours at a stretch, under the most unfavorable con ^ X P^uVercitr,riinU,l:,onhc,.m rn^*‘ “ S2 man und she was very Intelligent. "how wild Austin was when he was this year's program," because every She would have known how to squeeze ditions without faltering. Being expensive, it should Iasi, of M . n n . n , r.miiy. one else was going, because Paul wel- uilimis, ” ii in/ui * r, I -• CHAPTER III. — V io le t Manning. not only enjoyment, hut education, out young?" [ corned any excuse to drive the car and '1 iroodlv number of V C 'c lT S —and It must l l g n t I I S iat>l r u t mother o f Blanche and o f Paul, with of every drop o f pleasure that she “ 1— yes. 1 have— " u S v,w J / . her sleter, Jane spinster, are dubious Violet any excuse to be seen in It, “ That whs before I knew him. But could have had. But this was not the and Jane and Seth any excuse to go as well as it fights Its first. C u0 .? 7 t ;nn‘d nfC „ , 1: hi l i { , :w W a?tr ,2 l,v.% n^ ‘ .Pn ^ * worst of It. The man whom Blanche he was twenty seven when I came That is what tim tested standard engines do. They arej chapter ,v._Pai„ Manning. pam. loved, wanted to lavish all these good here. If I’d grown up with him, loving to a play which could not, o f course, be wicked, since it wns “ classic." No like old masters. There are three makes that have Income things on her, while the man whom bint all the time- ns of course I should one had even suggested staying home have, for I loved him as much as I she, Mary, loved, had ueglected and ] egendary in the annals of fire fighting-names that the fire- ,utur* with the children so that she could go. wife ne rela e«- Ignored her, und finally insulted her possibly could from the first moment "Can’t I have a piece of candy?" men take great pride in having among their equipment, j /¿VrrhTi I ever set eyes on him and never could and cast her from him. Mary listened was Algy's next question, as she to Mlunche’s letters In silence, or said help showing It— I suppose it would They are fit weapons in man’s fight against his ancient | reached the crib which stood by her m l««ivlrigg as to The’ wisdom of" The | merely, ‘T in glad she’s having such a have hurt me dreadfully— to have him “ 1 ben a good boy all day, enemv—uncontrolled fire. alliance. Starr's d isclosure o f the fact wild, I mean. 1 suppose I would have bed. good time," In a low voice, hut when that he la the son o f a C o n g r e g a tio n a l haven't I, Mary?" either mistaken Immaturity for viclous- Violet left her alone again, she al minister, and o f his flnunctnl standing “ Yes, dear, pretty good. Where Is establis h him |n the Manning f a m i l y ' » ways sat for a time clenching and un ness and condemned him when he had ; P R E V E N T A B L E FIR E S your bag o f lemon drops?” really done nothing to condemn, or clenching her hands, dry little sobs of "In my top bureau drawer. Bring It excused viciousness for immaturity In extremely cold weather it is a temptation to force dultor for m a r y V*h a l* t.1 \Ta vV "g !c°n*wn agony rising In her throat. But hardest of all —harder than fac- ai,d forgiven him when he should, here, so’s I can choose." fires in heating systems in order to keep warm. Records visits h »mat#ad°1Lt** m» k*»1 nno^i,ro*1- i Ing the village gossip, harder than 8ome wu>'- hnve hw‘ n l«inbhed. Hither The bag was brought and a frag of the National Board of Fire Underwriters indicate th a t; ding with* ¿lanchei1"»'tbV’Vmmedtlu facing Violet's complacence— was fac- Wf»ild have been equally had. and ment carefully selected. “ I wish you’d stay with me for a Ing her own bruised pride, her own equally likely to happen. We don’t Judge over heated stoves cause numerous fires | i during winter- porlnR ov#r accusing || , | • 1 — * * * A *-• V 1* X H * l 1 y will while, Mary. I got a sorter pain iu conscience. Long ago— she j clearly when we’re unhappy. of thoughtlessness in tending the fires, radiated heat which •¿^¿•cords ^ rr‘ ^ fuManning o family, my leg." knew It only too well— she should course it hurts Austin and me, a little, f tha “ A sharp pain, or an ache?" Ife o f a have told I’uul that unless he mended tiow, to think that he ever— s lip p e d chars beams placed too close to hot metal, defective or soot- j H av olu tlon ary haro, Moaes \ “ No-o, Just a regular pain. I think wu>'8 their engagement must end. UP 1,1 H,,• n,,fl I have talked this and o f tha peculiar "cur se Uik « a kM clogged equipment or chimneys. tr ansm itted to her descendants and the She had evaded an Issue which she l'*an ov**r a good deal lie thinks it maybe It would feel better If you women o f H a m s te l d . Mary's saife should hove met. She had been a ought to help the fellows In Hamstead. rubbed It for a while." All these dangers can be eliminated. When attempt counsel settles any m i s g i v i n g s he had coward. Because she feared losing some, anyway. Ih> you remember that { ente rtain ed, and his w e d d in g with Mary uncovered the plump, brown ing to obtain maxuim heat from a stove or furna< e, it is Hlanche Is solemnised. T h e e v e h ln g of Paul, she had compromised with right, poem by Coventry Patmore that Bus i legs and rubbed them briskly. ‘T v e m a r r i a g e Paul, under the Influence important to keep close watch over the unit- do not stay got to go now and hear Moses* and now she had lost hltn after all. kin quotes. liquor, h a v in g "c e l e b r a t e d " unduly, terly affro nta M ary wh en she r e prayers," she said at last, thinking She felt that she deserved her unhap Ah, w a s te fu l woman, she who may away from it too long. If this is done (here is little hkeh-| ^ proaches him fo r his condition, and that signs of drowsiness were finally piness, and this was more hitter than On her o w n sweet s e lf set the price, tella her their e n g a g e m e n t is ended. hood of overheating. . K n o w i n g man cannot ,-hoove but pay — beginning to be evident. anything else except the way In which C H A P T E R V II But Moses was not feeling devo i she had lost him. The thought of the H o w she has cheapened P arad ise ' The second item is urgent. Make an inspection of all H ow g iv e n for naught the priceless words Paul had spoken to her In the tional. He was constitutionally Irre gift, The lot In life o f the girl who has smoke pipes and exposed metal pails g I heating units that hall that night after Blanche's wed H ow spoiled the bread arid split the ligious, and now that he nttended kin become hot t o ascertain if wood or other burnable material been Jilted is probably not very pieas- ding, the memory of his heavy breath wine, dergarten. the morning exercises at n c c o m e n o t , iu a s v u ic u ii •» . . . | , | ant anywhere, but there Is no place Which, spent with due respective ," , , . .. .. V th r i f t ! school seem ed to him m ore than suf- is located too near. Continued proximity to tne not u «.i* on pnrti, where tt is quite a* hard and violent kisses, branded her with She wns cheapened, degraded ficient for bis spiritual needs. Had m ad . brutes men and men d i v i n e ' ....... cause f;re particularly if an extra amount o f heat as in a smaii country village. But shame. In her own eyes, that any man should "I nin't a-goln' to say the Lord's Isn't that what we're all templed is generated-it happens daily. I f combustible material can ffar, went -u p the - have dared to behave so to her, and I ] to “ do prayer tonight." he announced with when we love a inun- to walk that was Infinitely worse than being decision. "I said It this inornin' at stri'.lght Into his arms, without know not he moved to a safe distance, protect it with layers storm that followed It, with her head chenpened and degraded In the eyes school." Ing whether his arms are ready for held high, and her hnck straighter of her family. Had she, after all. de “ Very well, say ‘ Now l lay m e.'" of sheet asbestos. , * J man ever, U8 ?" than ever. sne She got, t of course, no "N ow I lay me." began Moses wlth- One more precaution: Do not place hot ashes in woouen credlt for tlll8 „ w Hs set down served that, too? j "O r worthy?" In all those dreadful weeks, Mary i out much fervor, "down to sleep . , Imxcs or cartons- this is like a slow fuse to gun powder, against her that she had never really found only two sources o f comfort, | ; when a loud crash and a wall o f dls- noxes OI Id n o in , nil. cared for Paul, after all, or she “would besides the walks she took up Countess i I tress from the next room. Put ashes in metal containers. feel It more.” Almost In the same hill to gain solitude, and the prayers I "Oh, Mary. I've dropped my blue Fires takes a heavy toll o f life every year. Surel> each breath she was accused by some one she managed, with shaken faith, to I bird cup! It's bro-o ken . . else— or even by the surne person—o f of us should he willing to practice such simple precautions having worn her lienrt upon her say. The first o f these sources was Mary rushed to Algy's side and Sylvia Gray. She was extremely fond gathered him. dripping wet. Into her ns these to aid the cause ofsafety._______________________ _ sleeve, for all to see. o f Mary, and usually saw a good deal arms. On the floor, in a pool o f water, If village gossip was hard to bear, o f her, but she was not well enough lay the beloved mug broken Into frag however, the family attitude was W W A W iW W A W W W A to do that now The neighborly visit ments, while the crib, as well as Algy worse. Cousin Jane hud a good deal ing hack and forth had been to a cer I himself, was deluged by Its contents. to say about the inevitable fate of tain degree Interrupted. But one “ Don’t cry. darling! It's a shame. girls who ran after men who didn't YOUR PHOTOGRAPH afternoon. Sylvia phoned that she was ; but Mary will buy you another Just want them. Insteud o f attending tbelr “ having a pretty good day." and that all ready fo r fram ing like It. only prettier, maybe, the next plain Christiun duty Seth said very she wished Mary would bring her sew $1 00 time she goe s to Wallacetown. Hush, One Large 11x14 for little, but his silent, dejected attitude ing and come over to supper. $1 00 honey. Let Mary put you in bed Three I-arge HxlO fo r made Ills daughter feel more than any Office Houri 2 to 5 P. M. It was, as usual, hard for Mary to j wltb Moses while she gets you dry 31 00 12 Post Cord« for uukind words could hnve done, that he break away front her family, but she • pajamas and changes your sheets and Daily. 8 to 9 P. M. Monday $1 00 12 M iniature« for felt she had disgraced him almost be- , ,,, , t spread out an appetising cold supper I wipes up all the pieees so you won't Other photo« at hard tin»« prices . . i L y . " i * 1: . ? * th* »!>■«. covered It carefully, left I cut your dear little feet." Wednesday and Friday became so violently "nervous" about H O F N T K A T K B S TU D IO the kettle boiling for Seth’s evening I'omfort, fresh linen and more wa- the whole affair, that Mary dreaded P H O N E T I G A R D 57 W cup of tea, and took the two little 165*4 Third Street I ter all having been provided, Moses to see her more than all the others boys to the barn for their father to was urged to continue bis devotions. Between Morrison and Yam hill put together. She never guessed that i watch while he was milking. Seth did A V W .W A V A A V A f.W A W "I don’t see why I should say, ‘ I f I a e e a e e e o e e e A e e e a e .'w e e o e » Paul was also suffering from his not altogether approve of this arrange should die before I wake.’ I’ ve said It mother's "nerves.” tnent, hut as usual, he said little, and and said It, and I ain’t never died " I f you hnd the slightest considers she promised to he hack early. She at all." { tlon for me, you never would have let stopped a minute at the Old Gray “ Well, say Just ‘God bless’ tonight, i It happen," she lamented over and homestead, where Mrs. Gray was sit “Sylvia! You’rs— You’ rs Not a Bit then." : over again to her son. "M y life Is so ting on her hack porch, feeling In Well, Ars You?" At Your Service Day and Night. "God bless Daddy and Mary and 1 full of grief and trouble that It takes stinctively that this kindly woman hud a good deal of fortitude to beur It. “ I f they’ re really ready, thpy will he Algy.” mumbled Moses glibly, “ and all spoken o f her less harshly than most ¡G E N E R A L GAS K E L L Y T IR E S 1 Here Is Blanche married—" X my dear friends, and make me a good o f her neighbors, and that she did not worthy. That's Just the point." Satisfaction (luaranteoil on all Repair W ork | "You were tickled to death over need to shun her; then went down "I see." said Mary, very low Indeed, j boy, and bless Cousin Jane and Co'itsln lliat,” muttered Paul. Albert Hoffarber Prop. I P H O N E T I G A R D 51 “ And then." continued Sylvia, “ Aus Violet and Blanche. You needn't bother the shady rosd that led to the little “ Pau li How can you he so vulgar! hrick cottage where Sylvia and Austin ,,n hnd Ideals, always, even If he about Paul, be snitched ray wood- I tried to he cheerful, of course. Hut lived. She found her lying In the j dldn'1 "P to them. There's a tre | chuck trap. Amen. , . . Now sing no one knows how 1 tnlss her. And hammock on her deep and sheltered niendous difference between that and me ‘ The Sugar Plum T r e e ,'" he com- Mary’s money would have come In piazza, looking, as always, supremely no* having any Ideals, not being able nianded, climbing Into bed and settling Exide Batteries very handy, too," C^ncral Tire* lovely, but also very frail. The ex- i to 8,H> H '*1" yourself, and not having himself on his pillow, "I didn't kuow Mary had any presslon on Sylvia's face shook Mary ! >*V°ne care for you enough to give Mary began It brave bravely enough. But * money." Tire Repairing & Vulcanizing for the first time from the thought of 1 them to you. Austin's got a wonder the reference to Paul was too much "She will have, as soon as she'* her own troubles. fill mother." for her. Before she reached t h e t ’hoco- twenty-one, and that's very s«»on now. Greasing "So have your boys," said Mary, “ Sylvia I You're— you’re not a bit late ( at 8he found she could not Laura had a little property of her own, well, are you?" sobs rising In her throat. go on. and she left It all to Mary. I don't C O M M E R C I A L T IR E CO. There was no more direct allusion “ I'm perfectly all right. But Pm "I'm afraid I can't finish T h e Sugar ! know as Mary knows It herself, but of afraid I shall be tempted to pinch the I *° her trouble than that. Plum Tree' tonight, darling," she sh 1<1 | course Seth will tell her soon, now Broadway and Couch Street But this was not the way Violet twins, very gently, of course, jrte. i some- o im - ‘D ,,um!,,end betiding over to kls. him ; P 1 1 j n talked to Mary. She dwelt on the fact tlmea, to ntuke up for all the trouble .h J n-ohi* ...."* * a,nd ' D o f hpr- hot tears fell I !-one BRoadway 4584 r o r t la n d .U r e g o n (hat the girl had not made herself they've caused me. Just think .Ink, they'll "I " * , cunif‘ " V ,ar> *> down on his ftce. Then she fled from „ .„ ..I mi*Ch as lo tie able to think a little the room. "attractive enough" to Paul, that she be the first twins In Hamstead since Moaes lav - *___ ______ was always neglecting to change her the Countess Blanche’s— only mine are j ! i ‘aul. Indeed, no one else considered that she deserved com eyed and pondering 'l i e loved Mary dress and tidy her hair, that she didn’t I going to be both girls! < ‘ A ' W .’ -.X '.V .* » W A V .V .N X V A W .W A N V .X W C .N X S W .X 'A ' X he loved B« o n ? else In t h ? w o r t* Mary shivered a little. "W hy do for. or that this would he a legitimate i! > Join with hint In those little pleasures means o f giving it to her If she had. and Mnrv idnintv » , that all young men like to "share wltb you keep talking about having twins?" their fiancees." 'V « - » . Unwin «... H. ,i!7 ',.PS lr« “ Xd. she asked. "You'll have Just one. an "But Paul didn’t expect to share other boy." m i " " ' T " ' 1: V T ' """ " I N I * h lin i-lf hnd coram lt.rt but M O R T IC IA N talk with Sylvia, Mary found that she his slate u-n« foiviv i tv v - them with tne!" flared Mary, stung be "You wait and seel But 1 didn't r^A V E R T O N , OREGON got through the days very well. Hut “ * ^ C,W,n' ThM1 h# yond endurance. “ He didn't even remembered that once before, early •end for you to talk about twin«. I vt WK * U VK. R E G A R D L E S S O F T H E T IM E D A Y O R N IG H T the n'ghts seemed to grow harder and went to ! And I gueas If you did all In the wimmer. he had caught her cry- got a now .chôme, and I want to m o harder. Formerly, .ho had tp ne Ing, and when he had pressed her. sho V W . W W r S ’ ^VVVS^VSfVVVXWWWVVVVWVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVyv q»f cooking gjid ^leonini and wtuhln* wbyt^ou UU*k 9t U. 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