The Santiam news., August 05, 1910, Image 6

Zelda Dameron—p
mad* h*r l*t me," m 1<1 Z«*M a . erooting
CHAITEK V.
(Continued >
Tardon mo—" Zelda brought bar th« room and (akin* Mr» Merriam'«
horse to the ■ orb
but I've lust my hand.
way. Can >ou tell me
Th« woman l>*n< h«r eyra -thry w»»r«
The girl stepped to the curt* and d«- blue Ilk** Ollv«'»—upon th« girl with a
nerlbed the ».»steal way across town. *n»v* «iu«*»t!nnlnir
Hhe was small and trim of figure and
"You ar« Maric«ret'« daughter—you
had very blue eyes
ar« Kira Imm^ran*« 4a ugh ter,*
th«
"Thank you." said Zelda. and Zan ' Mid.
started forward.
’ '¥«•; and I didn't know a I »out you
"You are Miss Dameron." the tea.h
at all until I found *>llve ty day
An1
ar said, hesitatingly
. I didn't know that any Merriam« any-
"Yea." Zelda turned toward her In ■ where lived In • houae Ilk« this Why.
surprise
It*« « home
I'm ff«>ln< but tell 111«'
"It's been a long time since I ■a * that I may com* bark mntln *
you us many as a dosen years." Tho
Thrr« wa« aomrthlng «a «Inrerw and
girl smiled and Zelda smiled. I--»
wistful In Z*l«la'« ton« aa «h« «poko.
"1 wish I could remember
I'm Bor­ ■tandlnic between the f1r«ll«ht and tha
ry. but won't you help m«’"
lamplight, «omethlng. too. In the «Ianre
"It was when you were a little girl— of appeal ah« «axe the little rt»orn. that
wo was I. but I »•» older -and my broke down the antagonism In Mr»
mother tiMflt
took me to aee your mother, Merriam'« •>•« Hhe put out her hand
and we played, you and I, that la. in again
the yard, while our mother«
talk-t
”Y«g; I hop« you will com«.
We
You wore a red dress and I thought •hall b« glad to aee you.”
you were very grand ”
oliva followed Zelda to th« atapa. and
The blue eyes were looking ititi» the aaw th« runabout turn In th« narrow
dark ones
There was a moment of atreat and whirl away. Rh« watched It
hesitation and scrutiny,
Then Zelda until Zelda'a erect rtgur« passed like a
put out her hand.
flash tinder the electric light at th« cor­
"You are my cousin
Olive—la ir­
ner and d’.aappeared Into th« dark be-
Merriam' pit ■»«« don't teli me that yon 4.
Isn't right "
"What miracle la thia*” aaked Mr«,
"Yes. that la Just right "
Merriam of «»live. "Nothin* abort of a
"I'm going to take you home.
If mfrs« h- w< ild seco til I •
vou'rs ready Io go. Cousin Oliva, I'm
"I met h«r dow n at
the
•< hool-
»•
" lost and dun't fernem her the way hou««
Hhe had lost her way and wak­
me to go
It'a ao • «citing ed me how to And Jefferaon atreet
I
>“«• *”Aw
"-lost cousin!"
tailed h«r by name ahe ae«rn«d to re­
men.Ing
'tinted an Instan I. member ma. and then ahe Insisted un
Olive Merriam ...
new-found *»r1nrln»r me home. Hh« a««m«d r*,K-«
hi whl' h she • ltvv «A »re *
I
.
9
cousin doutdCu^’
*h« WM lonesoms and
aiarteo pivi.* ’ ‘b*
hem. wire-
»'
Mh* h,d
the liattle at the school- want«4 A ftl-”»"
*
Olivo sat down on A «tool At
her
There was
.tM»r
h<»r paui«.
-
.“.e wa« afraid to «how
j eacuse for refusing Zelda had gath­
too much Interest In thia new-found
ered up the reins, and watted.
"Do com«' Zan Isn't dangerous and cousin. Her mother was clearly pus-
ilo<l end troubled; the moment
was
neither am I "
"Thank you. I'll have to coms no* 1 difficult; but she felt that It was Im­
portant to determine th»lr fulqr» re­
to show that I'm not afraid “
Tho boya lingered at k aafe distance, lations with Zelda Ivameron now.
and as Z>lda drove |><<«i them at the
"Mbs Is very like her
mother.
It
corner, several of them snatched off gave me a shock to a«« her. Margaret
their cap« and grinned, and olive Mer­ had that same Impulsive way. In any
riam called good-night to them
one vie* It would have seemed strained
As Zelda follhwed th* rout« Indicat­ and theatrical, but no one ever thought
ed by her '■ main, she »«« busy trying .,f It
M.vrga.'. I
E>. t ■. ■■■<.■' nlwa) ■
to And a lost strand of family history said, when eh« did anything a III'.!«
that proved elusive Hhe did not at all odd. that It woe Juat Ilk- Margaret
remember her mother's brother. Thom
Dameron. Your father hadn't any of
ns Merriam
Hhe had never heard her that; he wasn't like the rest of th«
aunt or uncle speak of the relationship, Merriams
He tried to be on good
and she surmised, now
that
shx terms with Errs
Dameron.
though
thought of II. that here must be anoth­ Kara never appreciated II. and the rest
er of those breaks In the family con­ of them dropped us for countenancing
nection that had already revealed rag­ him
Hut Zeids—what do you think
ged edges
It was growing lata, and of her?"
she put Zan to her treat paces, until
"Hhe didn't give m« time to think
presently they came out upon a broad Hhe charmed met
I never saw any­
paved thoroughfare.
body like tier In th» world. Hhe has
That's better," Held Zelda
"I'm such an air of mystery -that doesn't
sure ! should never have found the seem Just the word, but I don't know
way out alone, I don't bsllsvs I was what to call It. Hhe'e adorable!"
aver down there before. Plea«« let m«
I haven't tha leaet
drive you home
CHAPTER VI.
Ide« where that la ao If I'm
going
Rodney Merriam and Morris l-elgh-
wrong
ton walked up High street to the Tlu-
"It's Harrison gtreeC Hhe d«e»-rlb- pecAhOS Club, which occupied a hand­
route
Vou're
taking
A
lot
of
ed the
some old brick mansion that had been
trouble about me ”
built l>y th» Merriams who had after­
"No. It'a the other way around. I'd ward lost his money. Merriam usually
never ha»« Been tha court-house clock went there late every aftern»M»n to look
again if It hadn't Veen for you
And over the newapapcra. and to talk to
<bcn “ the> approached a cross atreet. tho men who dropped In on their way
and Zelda chsckrd tha night of Zan home
He belonged also to the Ham­
and t*nt forward to aee whether the ilton. a much larger and gayer club
coaat waa clear- 'and then" -she teoo- that rose to the height of live stories
encd the rein and the animal aped for­ In the circular plasa about th« sol­
ward again
I've liven looking awful­ diers' monument at the heart of th >
ly hard for a friend, Cousin olive, and city; but h« never went there, for It
I want you'"
was noisy and full of politics. Many
"You are kind hut you don't under­ young men fresh from college belong­
stand a lot of thing«." aald olive Mer­ ed to the Tippecanoe, nnd
Merriam
riam.
"You and I can’t be frlenda. liked to talk to them. He waa m»r»
There are reasons-----"
constant to the club than Morris,
"I don't care for any reasons." said though they often went there together.
Zeids.
A number of men were silting about
"Hut they're not my reasons they're tho fireplace In th« lounging-room
the
other people's! Tlial'e our bous>- there, The laxy biasing l««a furnished
where the shades are up and a light Is only light. A chorus of good-even Ings
greeted the two men In unmistakable
tn the window."
"I don't care what other people say cordiality, and the beet chair In the
about anything" and Zelda brought room was pushed toward Rodney Mer­
Zan to a stand at the curb In front of riam.
Olive's door.
"Mr Merriam, Captain Pollock; and
' I d ask you to atop ■ ■" began Ol­ Mr I^lghton."
iva.
A young man rose and shook hands
"I'm going to atop." said Zelda—“to with the newcomer«
Merriam did not
oes you quits on your threshold Zan know most of th« group by name. Ho
stands without hitching, usually, i'll l>ad reached the age at which It seems
take my chances "
unnecessary to tai the memory with
llarrlson la only a street In minia­ new burdens.
It was, he held, good
ture.
A poet wrote a song stxvut It club manners to speak to all the men
that made It the most famous street you meet In a club, whether you know
In Martons
The houses there
era them or not. The youngsters at the
chiefly one story-and-a-half cottages, Tippecanoe were for the greater part
nnd In one ef thee«, whlcn was aaved college graduates. Just starting out In
from Intrusive eyes tn summer by a the world and retaining a Jealous hold
double line ef hollyhocks, and which of thslr youth through the ties of the
hod at It« Iwvck door at
«easonablo club.
time« « charming old-fashioned gar­
"Captain Pollock has been telling us
den. lived Olive Merriam
and
her about the Philippines." said one of th«
mother
group
"We've been trying Io And out
»►live threw open the door and Z*ld.t whether he's an Imperialist or how
stepped Into a sitting-room -the house about It, but he won't tell."
'That shows hie good
Judgment,"
had no hall where a coal Are burned
coatly In a grate. The room ran the sab! Merriam.
"It shows that I want to keep my
length of th* house; th« woodwork
declared
Pollock.
cheerfully.
was while; the door was pine, stained Job,"
n >1u11 red and covered with ruga made "And I'll be cashiered now for certain.
of old carpet. A student lamp with a If I don't gel back to the Arsenal. Ma­
gre--n shade stood on a table In the jor Congrleve eapects me for dinner."
Hakcr, who had brought Pollock to
center of the room There were mags-
sines and books on the
table,
and the club, shook himself out of hie chair
shelves In the corners held other books and the others rose.
"I'll see that you And your way back
An elderly woman linked up from the
paper she had been reading a« the door to the reservation." said linker.
'That's very kind of you. And I'm
opened
A cane lay on the fb«ir beside
her and told the story of the lines of glad to have met you. Mr Merriam."
It was a soft voice, and as they went
pain in her face
"Mother, this Is Zehia Dameron Hhe out into the hall. Merriam looked at
the owner of It with Interest. He was
gia« brought me home." said Olive.
with
friendly
**I m dldn I want n>« to al all. but I a sum young fellow,
I
• •
- and a eltrtt
too .»' . -
||., arria," nag that f
the dnilcd man
West Point does not
give a degree In the usual academia
sense, but ahe writes something upon
her graduates that Is much more use-
' ful for purposes of ld«nllA<all<>n Frank
i l oliock had been the shortest man tn
i his clase, but hla scant Inches were alt
! soldierly
The young man with whom
he had spent an hour at the Ttppeca-
I noe Club had been gathered up by lla-
, ker. who had met Pollock somewhere
and taken a fancy to him
They all
' left the club together eacept Merriam
and Leighton, who went to the news-
I paper room.
Hut Merriam stared it
I the evening paper without reading It,
I and when h* got up to go presently, he
stopiwd al th» dub register which lay
open on a desk In the hall II» put on
, hie eye-glasses and wanned the paga,
i The Ink was fresh on the last signa-
|lure;
HALL CAIMZ ON KINO ZDWAJLD.
>
'
Anther Trlls Starr et l>ead Meo-
aeoh'e Visit <e lets *< M m .
During a visit to tbs Isle ef Man,
where I Ar st had the honor to ooms
to cloas quarters with him. he took
obvious pleasure tn the freedom with
• bleb the people who surrounded his
person spoke to him. Hall Caine says
In the New York Herald.
I r*tn«mbersd that on* of our com­
pany said, pointing to tho little gray
town of Rumsey, which In a few hours
\
' had become transAgursd Into an ori­
ental city, under the blase of every
available scrap of bunting
"Thia beats coronation day tn Ion
;
don. your majesty."
Tbs King smiled and gracsfully al­
lowed himself to agree.
There were no police with him that
"Frank Pollock. C HA"
day, no dete»Tlves and hardly any ea-
Rodney Merriam then walked to- eort—-only a gentleman In light bowler,
¡ ward his own house, tapping the side­
two ladles In aallor hats, with a few
walk abstractedly with hie stick.
I
Th* n«tl morning he call''I for hie carriages full of friends behind them
! horse early
He kept only one bore«, and a number of blcyrlo Journalists
j for he never drove; but be rode nearly i scudding at their side It was a charm­
f «very day when It was fair
Hla route ing picture—a picture probably with­
' waa usually out High street toward ths | out parallel tn any foreign country.
I country; but to-day he rode
down­ It was the picture of a sovereign who
town through the monument plaaa and felt absolutely safe In tha love and
th«n struck east over the asphalt of ¡
protection of the people over whom be
Jefferson street, where a handa-'ine old ;
ruled.
gentleman of to. riding a bore« that I
"I trust we have not tired you to
waa remembered with pride at iatalng.
ton. was not seen every day. Rodney ■ death, sir." I said.
Merrtem was thinking
deeply
this !
He answered;
morning, and the sharp raltls of hla
"It has been simply delightful. Tvs
horse's hoofs on the hard pavement < enjoyed It all Immensely "
did not annoy him as It usually did
The Kings memory »as an extra­
Arsenal la a word that suggests dire­
ordinary gift
Pointing to a monu­
ful things, but the Arsenal that had
been maintained through many peace- ■ ment on top of a hill, on» of our party
ful years st Marlona, until the town In , said:
"That Is Albert Hill, sir
The tower
Ila grow th leaped over the government
etone walla and extended the urbau Is Albert Tower, so called after a
lines beyond It. waa really a pretl.. picture of the prince consort's visit to
park.
The residences of the officers Rumsey In H<7."
and several massive storehouses were. >
"I remvmbe’
perfectly." said tho
at least. Inoffensive to the eye
The
King
"I was on tho yacht with tho
native forest trees were aglow with au- i
OtK'-'D. b”t I » m only 7 ^oare of ago
tumn color, and laborers were roller^ ,
and th* Queen »as 111, so I
but
I,
-•<*- • _f
i^v„
\lsrr!«m I r<- "*'*
burse >■> a C“1" come ashore."
"Perhaps you remember, sir, what
»• he neared the open gates
A prl- ,
late came out of th« little guard-house happened when the prince consort land
and retunod Merriams salute
The. ed "
man gaksd admiringly after the mill
"I do
He had come unexpectedly.
•e. on
the
There was nobody to receive him and
though h» had often seen rider and i a local bart»er took him to tho top of
horse before, and he knew that Mr thv hill" A memory that retains an
Merriam was a friend of Major «'m
Incident of such little moment can
grieve, th* romm«n<l»n(
The soldier
continued to stare after Rodney Mar- never have failed Edward VII In re­
rlam. curious to see whether the visitor lation to greater events of hla Ilf*
would bring his hand to his hat as he!
neared the dag that flapped hlrh over- j
head
lie ”• not dlanpprdnte«!; Rod­
ney Merriam Mover failed to salute th-»
colors, ev'n when he waa
thinking
bard, and ho waa Intent upon an Idea
thia Morning
The maid who an» »ered th* bell was
not sure whether Major Congrleve w.is
at home; he had been packing, she ¡
aald. but the eommnn.Unt appeared at
once »ml greeted his caller cordially.
',!•«•..r < -I »•
»■■• a trlAe stout,
bul hie gr»y civilian clothes mad* th’
est of a figure that waa not what II
had been
He was bald, and looked I
much •«•tier In a bal Iban without It
"You’ll pardon me for breaking In on I
our packing
I meret <»ms to registe
a kick. ! don't seem to know an of -
the local news any more until ”'s stal*. (
I've Juat heard that the Arsenal has-
been sold and I want to say that It's
an outrage to teor this place to pieces' ¡
"It Is too bad. but I don't see what
you are going to do about It. I've al- ;
ready got my walking papers. The In­
cident la closed as far as I am con­
cerned "
To give us an active poet In ew-
chnnge for the Arsensi la not to do us
a kindness
We've got used to you ;
gentlemen of the ordnance
Your re- |
pose has been an inspiration to the;
The wardrobe of the »umnter girl who
community "
h,»n't one or mors little drvva»« on tho
"No irony!
The town has always'
ot»l»r of the one »ketched htrs, i> ds
t>een so good to m« <n<! mine
that ‘ ciJedly r complrte.
we’ve had no chance for repose"
1 In« i, of lr«;ht blue handkerchief
Hut the Rpanl»h War i»»- 1 over
linen, plentifully trimmed with Irtth lacs,
and nrtrr touched you. 1 don't believe
but carried uut very simply.
The style
lhe [towers at Washington knew > ou | ■ • one thir »« not eatrsms but always
wore here."
dainty and becoming
"Oh. yes. they did. They wlr d me j
every few hours to count the old guns j
In the storehouse, until I knew every Í
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
piece of that old scrap Iron by heart, i
If we'd used those old guns In that war, '
A plain salt gargle Is very good for
the row with Hpaln would have been
sore throat.
on a more equal basis"
Gasoline Is good 1° clean soft white
T suppose It would." said Merriam, '
who waa thinking of something else leather shore.
"Hut I'm sorry you're going to leave, i
All froxen puddings are Improved
We never quite settled that little ques- ¡
tlon about Hhlloh; and I'm convince»! by being served with whipped cream
that you're wrung about the Flts-John
Use ammonia and water rather than
Portar »ase."
soap and water for washing marble.
"Well, posterity will
settle
those,
Milk is good to wash white paint;
questions without ua And would you.
mind walking over to the office with cold tea equally good to wash colored
paint
me—"
In buying potatoes pick those that
"Hlese me. I must be going!
This
waa an unpardonable hour for a call." ! are Arm and hard and have the few-
"Not In the least; only I've another!
eat "eyes"
caller over there-—Pollock, of the quar |
Left-over biscuit are much
better
termaster's department, who has been I
sent out to take charge of the new post cut tn two and toasted than If merely
site.
He's a nice chap; you
must warmed over.
know him "
When cooking
mackerel or other
1 11 be very «¡nd. some other time," . salt fish, ore that the skin side Is
said Merriam.
"Which way does hs
placed uppermost.
come from?"
To lengthen the life of a tin wash
"He's a Southern boy. Father was |
a Johnny Reb. Another sign that ths basin, paint Is Inside with any gaud
war Is over an»! the hatchet burled." quality of paint
"Pollock, did you eayf Tennessee
Clean tine with kerosene, rubbed on
family? I seem to rememt-er the name." with a soft cloth, and follow with boll- ■
I think so. Yes. I’m sure. I look­
Ing water.
ed him up In ths register."
A whisk broom that has outlived Its
(To be coni tuned.)
usefulness can be shortened and made
Hill Too Material.
Into a sink brush.
“Now," said Mm Dresser, "don»
A few chopped almonds added to a
you think my new bat Is a perfect custard or bre«.d pudding will greatly
d ream ?"
Improve Its flavor,
"Well, no." replied her husband; "to
A sprig of mint In ths water tn
bo a perfect dream the bill attached
which potatoes or peas are boiled will
to It should also be merely a dream."
add a piquant flavor.
—Catholic Standard and Tituea.
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Th* Japanese language is claimed
Io be the hardest of all to learn.
Even the Japanese And It hard, and
ssveral American army officers have
found It Impossible to master It
It
lakes the Japanese child seven year*
to learn the essential parts of ths
alphabet, and on« must become la­
minar with 214 signa to learn this
simple part of th» language alone.
The 214 signs serve as the English
initial letters in our alphabet.
To
be able to read any of the higher
class of Japan»-»« newspapers one
must be the maaier uf from 2.500 to
S.000 ideographs
Albany Journal.
Mother, »tn usd Mrs. WlnsloW, A—thlog
*yrup Ike.best r-mwlv u> us» lor ih»ir cbUUrea
turlas ih» traihlug period.
Practical kspsrlsnc«.
The old farmer, equipped with the
tools ot his trads, ass busy near ths
road
"What have you growing In that
flaid." asked ths Innocent passer-by.
•;Weeds" an»*«rod [¡io granger.
“Hut why Iri
you
cultivating
weeds?" queried the other.
J
"Because," replied tbs man behind
tbs bos, "after years of experience I
am convinced that la tbs only way (g
exterminate them "
What ws May tspeet.
The suffragette meeting had grown
red hot.
"And what will become of the great
brewery buildings when we control
the votes?" shouted lhe leader.
And
tho
little
man
who
had
crept In unobserved shrugged hla
shoulders.
'I guess they']] be turned Into chew­
ing gum factories and complexion-
powder mills" he muttered simply.
Tke <>rBanl»<»
Eos
!*••».
"At that wedding last nlxht." said
Mrs l^psllng. "the organist made the
worst mistake I ever heard of.
He
played Meddlesome's wedding march
when the bridal party came In and ths
march from 'Lonergan' when
they
passed out.”—■Chics«»» Tribune.
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