PAGE THREW T H E SPRIN GFIELD NEWS THURSDAY, AUOUBT mlnitwMy You do f!»•• reconciling You fix II up »nil k W a ll the t r a d i i ! " “I will," he declared confidently. "I can do It« And all I ask la » little thanks. That'a the way with Jim. He's one of the best little fixers I know He Is alw ays eMger to make some one happy. W hatever happens he likes to feel (hat he Is the man who mended the mainspring. And he likes to be thanked, too. Half a dozen thanks, and Jim will go without hla breakfast any day. It's a vice with him. He has to he thanked for som ething about every so often, or h e gets terribly depressed and thinks that be la not much use to the world. ' you <*t into » tight hole »end for me. Í I'm a lw a y * w illin g Io help. A little I thank I» all the pay I want." Im m crscly cheered, he left me. It wan all for toe twist—I had located a paper weight to throw at him If he offered to do anything more for mo. 5 PONTIAC » C B O D C C T O F G K S X ltA L M O TOSS W hen you drive th e P o n tia c Big Six and a c tu a lly exp eri e n c e it s ex clu sive p erfo rm a n ce q u a litie s —i t ’s ea sy to u n d xr- sta m l w hy th o u sa n d s o f buyer» ere tu r n in g to th is o u ts ta n d in g G en eral M otors p ro d u ct I Fwutoc Ms «a. Î74BW SS»*./. «• fc. Nae, MtcA-. f U t t T h e devis paym ent is la — a n d a fa w d o lla r s a F a s te r F a u te r ta D r ir e . M a r a E c o n o m is a i W. R.. DAWSON Springfield, Oregon down There's greater speed an d coni fort by train San Francisco $23 Los Angeles He struck his forehead n sharp blow with the pnlm of his hand. "My heaven! To think I am married Mra. Hemmlngwny's eyes, usually so placid, blazed In response, to hla anger. “You needn’t be any longer than it takes to get a divorce,” she ex claimed. half-hysterical with anger. "If you’re going to believe everything you hear we might as well «operate greater speed. Plcqty of room to rest and relax or walk about. fares to other Pacific Coast points and to the East. Southern Pacific CARL OLSON, Agent PHONE 65 M ADAM - t than any other s ix o f e q u a lly ! loir p rice A from hard labor flies, m osquitoes, roaches.inoths FLY SP R A Y ...S tfO « ^ 6 hours a week of Freedom 7</7/s 'em d e a d '' m« "I ran tell you what happens In tlM N ovem ber number,” offered Mrs. LIP lelove. who had overheard the roS- 1 picked up an old m agazine and versatlon. "1 read nearly all the mag« tried to read. The story I started azines that come out. It’s terribly proved to be a a«rlal. I asked Con excitin g when you get six or a ev W rad« Itreyenfurth. who happened in. heroines In tight places all at one*.- If th ey had a copy of the n imlx-r TO BE CONTINUED with the next Installment. Marion Chase Here— Marlon Cha "No," he replied with aggravated bittern»«*, "we get our m agazines Camp Creek resident, w as a buslna from people who send 'em to us after visitor In Springfield Monday. ii — and gel It over with." , snow storm la like. Jt falls on streets W llV r HAI’l ’KNKI) 8«) FAK Tom Bllhavk la the narrator. Ha la a Comrade H enw elhar and I were that are shoveled clear alm ost aa faal tat Dnwapapar writer who tlrlvtia a observing the scene, he with apprala as It com es down, and the little tumbledown car he cal la Uramlmot her Page. He la In love wHb Maryalla. hla Ing looks seeking to read In t h e ir » patches that remain are alm ost Im- what he m issed In their m ediately soiled with tracks and the rival being Jim Coopor. The three are facra ■wmborg of an amateur drumatlc club sp eech es, and I with 4 ch ill of horror soot of cou n tless chim neys. Hut <»yt I’liin* for a pluy at the o ld Hiddlera' In the open It la different. There you at the aerlouaneaa o f the breach H o r a n are under way. Ornhdmotnnr can g d an Idea of the way the Lord "I think she likes you beat after i'agii hue eitglne trouble while Mary- alia la out driving with Wllteck, and all," vouchsafed I'llk, " lie's a mite Intended the world to look In the Cooper lu hla big roadater, tnk«a Mury better looking than you be, bul you've w inter time. «Ila home. After Muryella hue left Klrangely enougt the lake, which got a wav with you that goes with the In an anglo-aaxon com m unity a ItllbiM 'k la able to alart Ilia car agiiln lay peacefully crystallized at the foot confirm ed thankotaanlae Is contfny ladles, diirned If you ain't." The am uleur pluyura urn to Rive Mrs, Hernmlngway shrugged her of the hill where the Home stood, ally getting hurt Sim e I have learned Fygnuillon and Qalatna. In their vor alon Bllbeck la to act aa the statu«, shoulders helplessly and started from was com paratively free from sn/iw. of his habit I alw ays thank him every and Muryella gate peeved when sin- The wind had sw ept Its Kl'«'«"'"« j j ,m„ , see him. ev. n If I can I think of dia< overa that llllbei k la bowleggiMl the room. Mr. Hernmlngway followed surface clear and It lay a d e a r blat anything he has done. It saves a lot lo th e door, which she slam m ed In Mr» Henlngwny Inter flatters Bil on the white surface. Imek and tulka to hlin about the play hla face of trouble. Here nod there fishing sh an ties dot- Bllbeck pula her hund. only lo find a I quickly gave up my Intentions of Ho Jim agreed to fix up between rough band KraapliiK him by the led Ihe lake, anil ip ar the shore som e the Hem mlngwaya. With elaborate ahouhler and lifting him out of hla going u p sta irs, which Involved p ass ing through the living room and went boys were rigging up an Ice boat. One form ality he invited them Into a enat Mr H em m ing*uy. huahnnd of one to the basem ent Inalead, convinced of them was up on the mast threading sm all room off from the living-room of the no mhera, thlnka Bllbeck la In tliut safety Isy In slick in g to the a halyard through a pulley blosk I which served as an office for Colonel love with Ilia wife. Iturlng the urgu rem em ber when l had done that soft S te w a rt. They followed him wonder- crowd meat the two men receive notice that there la a Jail ei < ape at the penluentl* , W e went to luul la te r fo r a m orning of thing on my first Ice-boat. ' Ingly, and he clos* d the door. 1 sighed. 1 could never do It again ary Thia eacupe keepa lilllxu'k busy nsp Wh> 11 lh«j[ woke me up next Jim was back again ever sooner at hla new spaper work, an that h<* tim e I refused lo arise u n til I was — not w ith m v w eight. i than 1 expected. What .chance had geta nwav from the druiiinlb chib Breakfast was announced. I went I a lad of his slender biultl again st an Hut Maryelln summon* him mid stm ts provided w ith soln« d o llie s . II was all very well to prowl around dawn, fully clothed bul not ornament exasperated man as large as Hem- telling the alory of "Ikdlyuiina" who b elieves abut everything that happen* In w hile lig h ts nt night when I was ally clothed m lngwav.? He picked h im self up turna out for the beat. The only on<- of our party who j hunting ghosts, hut II would look from the rug where he had land*d The playera arrive at the O ld Hoi spoke to me w as J.m Cooper Mrs. du ra' Home, being greeted royally mid rather slllv to appear In them In broad and removed Ihe rare chair seat daylight going about thte ordinary L lllelove looked as if she were going which was around bis neck. raeellng I’llk llen w ea h er and others The play ut the Old Soldiers' Home business of life, such as eatin g soft lo. but suddenly she blushed ami o Interrupted bncsus*- of a fire, the boiled eggs or bringing In an armful lowered tier ey es to her plate without J "I suppose It's for the best,” he , observed playera and veterana «neaping savin g anything Hiding away from the seen« of the of wood "W hat?” 1 asked without enthu "Hood morning.'' Jim assured me U n fo rtu n a te ly I ant a larger man 111 rated pluy In their coatumna and siasm . cheerfully. "Isn't II u fine day?” He overcoats, they are held up by e s than most of the veterans. I tried "W ell, I had to agree that y-u caped con victs, one of whom la cap on several pairs of trousers without rubbed bis hands gleefully, as If he would marry Mrs. Hernmlngway,” he tured by Hllbeck after a struggle. had done It h im self and expected to The captured th ief la taken back lo finding any that I would dare trust explained painstakingly. I tried to ’. be Old Soldiers' Home and the Sher We had Just about given It up as a be com plim ented for h is . skill. make him see differently, but he In "'Yes.'' I mumbled, hurt and puz Iff la sent for Aa the car refuaea to bad Job when som eone suggested that budge, the playera mual stay there, Comrade Dreyenfurtb was nearly my zled to find m yself an outcast In my sisted. You ought to be glad. Tom. ( and Mr H m im lngw ay, heurlng this S h e’s a very sw eet woman and will own circle. ever the phone, aaya he la coming stxe. make a fine w ife.” latter I discovered that Comradt H is other pants ware com m an right to the home---aa he In auapl "You agreed that I would marry <lous of Bllbeck and hla wife. Mean deered I have m entioned. I believe. H enw ether had been doing a travel, w hile the Rherlff arrlvea. ( |h#( Abel lkreyenfurlh w est leg had logue on my prow ess as a lady-killer her?" I demanded. “What in the Hernmlngway arrives Just when i been m issing since Antietam For which had been Interrupted by my name of Mike have you got to say Bllbeck Is assistin g Mrs. H< mntlng , about It?” arrival. wav. who has fainted, and of course that reason the Drevenfurth trousers "W ell, he explained. ’’! let him Mrs. H em m ln gw aya ey es were red thinks the worst. M eanwhile a dis last tw ice as long as most m e n s He 'u rh n n c e Is heard tn the cellar, anti the material In the extra leg to from weeping. Poor woman, she had think that you had sent me to patch a ll In th e h o u se r u s h d o w n to It - r „ , „ f„ r i.„ , F„ not had any sleep at all. I Judged. It up. Maybe I did wrong, but 1 NOW GO ON WITH TUB STORY ( For that reason they did not give Her husband sat moodily staring at thought it was all for the best." “Oh, 1 see." What difference did me all the protection tnal I could Ills plate, but ate little. "W ell. I'm Jiggered!” exclaim ed the Marvella and Mrs L lllelove con It. make, after all? One tangle more have wished. They were like the sh eriff "There's a lot of life In that first Installment of a m azazlne serial versed with painful anim ation about did not make It worse. old horse yet I didn't suppose he “Pardon m e,” I said m echanically. -g o o d as far as they w ent, bul tan crochet stitch es and new fashions. could do th at.” Didn't I thank you? 1 certainly am After breakfast Jim Cooper got talising. "Is he frightened T' M rs Llllelove much obliged for your good in ten iHlII they were b elter Ilian nothing, m e on one side. naked. "Are you really In love with Mrs. tions.” so I got up "No. He's Just lonesom e. He ain't “It was nothing at all, Tom. I'd do I i The sun was bright and dazzling. Hernmlngway?" he demanded, fixing used lo being alone at night, and ' I went to the window to look out. my ey e w ith 'a look that demanded It again for you any day. W henever j vuptMtnr he wna going lo look for me." | "Are your lnten- either the I "'hat. a beautiful world It w as' Tons an honest reply. The Inference w as that ’ of snow had been ca relessly tossed t.ons honorable?" sh eriff slept In the stable with the "Of course I'm not in ’ love with lover the map with Ihe lavish hand of horse O’ the n o-se slept In the house 'an Ineonclevable giant. In som e h e r ! ” I replied with bitter em phasis. with the sh eriff At any r d e I had 1 places were gratefu l drifts as high as And I haven't any Intentions." an explanation of the gh ostly sounds "It's all for Ihe best then. You and ’ a man. and against a shed In the yard which had awakened me from my I must reconcile them." Il was plied up even with the ro o t doxe when 1 started on my III falen I started aw ay hastily. It hnd been a trem endous storm. In expedition d o w n sta irs which had "Not on yonr life. I haven't any side we had not realized the amount rulm lnatod In the nensatlonal mix-up skin on my sh in s now Just because of snow that had fallen. with the Hem mlngwaya. City people never know what a I mixed In trying to help Mrs. Hem- W hile the sheriff and som e of the ethers recaptured the horse and tied him to a ring In Ihe alone wall. I went back to Ihe main floor 1 w ant ed to be alone and think. As I cam e up from the basem ent to the living-room, which was now beginning to gel light with Ihe flrat ch ill of dawn of w inter morning. 1 S p e c ia l Offer for A u g u st noticed Mr. and Mra. Hernmlngway a n d m an y other insects in eager conversation. Apparently S T A N D A R D O i l C O M P A N Y O1 C A I . I F O K N I A they w ere approaching som e sort of n egotiatin g for pence because they were standing quite clone together M o n th ly and on ««-or tw ice he mrde as If to T k a ta d m a a i n f take her In hla arms. n u t i ras Far be It from me to Interrupt any reconciliations betw een the Hem- m lngw ays. There and there only lay IV. I _ ___ _ — •a ct. Oesrwas ie • my hope of retain in g my Job and In w h a n M ara ia s c m cidentally the reap ed of the com m unlty. 1 w as carefully tiptoeing across Ihe living-room to the door w hich led to stirw ay. perfectly w illing to have Ihy progress unnoted, when I waa arrest »<1, nay frozen In my tracks, by Ihe piercing voice of I’llk H enw ether cau llou sly subdued lo a longshore man's hall. •Hey, Mr. ntlherk!" he called. "1 want to warn you. T here's a feller bears t w »«k ui here trying to steal your girl away from you— the pretty blond one that w as m aking eyes ill you last night. Mr. and Mrs. Hernmlngway who had reached the sobblng-on-shonlder sin ge of their reconciliation, now [fro m m a in lin e p o in ts] separated suddenly ns If n shell hnd exploded betw een thorn. Tickets are good for travel in These exceptionally low fares " S o!” the husbnnd shouted, his arc available every day and you roomy, all-steel coaches and in anger at w hile b eat once more. “My have the choice of four daily Tourist Sleepers suspicions were true nfler all! You trains. on "West Coast”, "Klamath”, made such a fool of yourself that At this low cost you enjoy “ Oregonian” and "Shasta" everybody noticed II. And to think (no tourist on "Shasta"). all the comforts of train travel, that you would try to lure me back with the added advantage of A sk about summer excursion by soft words.! You vam p ire!” O R O N IT E thay get through reading 'em. nobody ever sent us a complete yet. 1 gave up trying to read aerials five years ago. if your ironing is o f average size— you are spending about 8 hours a week honing it by hand. wasting 6 of these hours. This new Thor Speed-Iron will do it in 2 hours. Do it better — and with none o f the old back-breaking, nerve-racking drudgery. Let us show you how it works — how easy it is to work with. You’ll never g o back to hand methods. Ask fo r a Free Demonstration M ountain S tates P ower C ompany