Tuesday, January 231923
THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER. OREGON
PAGE THREE
ThejOY
of
LIVING
I. ji
SIDNEY GOWING l
IUiutratiooa by Ellsworth Young
Copyright 1922 by Sidney Ceing
(Continued from last week)
SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER I. Disliking the prospect of
;a month's visit to her austere aunt, Lady
Krythea Laoibe, at Jervaulx abbey, and
lier cousin, Alexander Lambe, Aimee, vi
vacious daughter of the Very Keverend
"Viscount Scroope, Is In a rebellious mood.
CHAPTER II. She wanders into the
park, there encountering a strange youth
in trouble with a motorcycle. He laugh
ingly introduces himself as "Billy," Amer
ican. The two cement the acquaintance
by a ride on the motorcycle, the, "Flying
Sphinx," and part. With Georgina Wer
ners, her cousin, Aimee sets out for Jer
vaulx. On the way she decides that Geor
gina shall impersonate her at Jervaulx,
while she goes on a holiday. Georyina's
horrified protest is unavailing.
CHAPTER ITI. Happy in her new free
dom, Aimee again meets "Billy." He toils
her his name is Spencer, and slie gives
hers as Amy Snooks, at present "out of a
job." Billy offers to take her into part
nership in selling the Sphinx. In a spirit
of madcap adventure, she accepts. Tile
two proceed to the town of Slanhoe, talc
ing separate lodgings in Ivy cottage.
On the outskirts of the little mar
ket town of Stnnhoe was 11 cyclist's
rest-house. Here the two travelers
hud tea under a laburnum tree on the
lawn. Hilly locked the amazing
motorcycle in a shed, by the proprie
tor's leave, and the pair walked into
the town on foot.
Two more utterly Insouciant and
care free young people never entered
an English village on an April day.
Iv'o jot of doubt, of fear, or hesitation
assailed them. Billy, Intensely mas
culine though he was, appeared to
be possessed of a virgin mind. Such
a thing, though uncommon, is by no
means nonexistent among the sons of
Adam. It may be that the air of the
Colorado foothills favors its growth.
His possession of it culled for no com
ment from Aimee. Her mind was of
the same color.
It did not enter into their heads for
a moment that anybody could put a
dubious construction on their asso
ciation with eacb other. Had such an
Idea dawned, they might possibly have
turned and parted company on the spot.
Aimee left Hilly suddenly and ad
dressed an Inquiry to an elderly man
who stood beside a farmer's cart. In
A moment she rejoined him.
"Mrs. Sunning, 2 Ivy cottage, lets
lodgings," announced Aimee trium
phantly. "You don't mind lodgings,
do you? Better than a hotel more
freedom."
"Freedom for mine!" said Billy.
"Let's try It!"
Ivy cottage proved to be a pretty
little Jacobean building fronting on a
green lane just outside Stanhoe. An
apple-cheeked woman, who was pick
ing weeds out of the path, announced
herself as Mrs. Sunning, and Billy at
once stated his needs, offering to pay
In advance.
"Why, yes, sir," she said, smiling,
with a civil bob to Aimee. "I've a
nice sitting room and a U'll bedroom ;
Sirs. Dale, next door, has another.
If you can do with that?" Mrs. Dale
appeared, and continued the offer.
Both of them looked at the pair with
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"t'lreat !" said l'.ii!. "You tn'-e the
room here, old chap, and I'll ia';e tl.e
other. We'll i-hare the parlor."
Aimee uccon;p;!i:ied Mrs. Sunning
indoors ; tUe liirie iarlr w:;s clean
and cozy, the bedroom, upstairs at lac
back, tiny but clean.
Aimee made her toilet, descended
to the parlor and ordered a nival.
Mrs. Sunning ueyuicsccd ia every
thing. "He's a wunnerful pleasant gentle
man, Mr. Spencer," she remarked, and
then, hesitating and reddening, she
looked at Aimee. "I I suppose, miss,"
she said with much embarrassment,
"it's all right?"
Aimee stared.
"All right? How?" she said. "Ev
erything's all right. Very much so!"
The woman's eyes betokened belief
and relief.
"Bless your pretty face, who'd think
anything else?" she said. "You'll ex
cuse my askin', miss. You see, Lady
Erythea is my landlord, and she owns
all Stanhoe."
Aimee felt a galvanic shock.
"Whom did you say?" she asked
dazedly.
"Lady Erythea Lambe of Jervaulx
abbey, the big place half a mile south
the cross roads. She fare wunnerful
strict, she do. It's as much as my
tenancy's worth to have any goiugs-on
here. That's all."
The woman left the room. Aimee
stared round her blankly, then col
lapsed into n chair. She flung her
arms across the table, buried her head
in them, and broke into paroxysms
of impish laughter.
"Oh, my Christian aunt!" she
sobbed. "My Georgie! My Alexan
der!" Her shoulders were still shaking
wildly when Billy came in.
"Say, what's wrong?" lie exclaimed
in alarm, as Aimee raised a tear
stained face. "Crying eh? No,
laughing! That's good! That's the
cure for sentiment! But what's the
joke?"
"Just something I thought of, that's
all," said Aimee, wiping her eyes.
"That's all right," said Billy imper
turbably. "Guess I ain't Inquisitive.
But folks mostly tell me their troubles
sooner or later."
"I suppose they do," said Aimee, re
garding him thoughtfully.
Mrs. Sunning brought an abundant
meal; chiefly eggs and tea. Aimee
found It the merriest feast she had
ever sat down to. Finally, she ac
companied Billy to Mrs. Pale's door,
and, returning, retired to her own
room. Site was about to let down her
hair, but desisted, and instead sat on
the bed for some time, thinking. She
heard Mrs. Sunning retire, and pres
ently silence reigned throughout the
house.
A curious sense of loneliness crept
over Aimee's spirit. She remained
sitting for nearly half an hour. Pres
ently she blew out the candle, and
leaned out of the open window. The
window of Billy's room at the other
end of the building was in darkness.
It had not taken Billy long to retire.
Aimee stayed awhile at the window.
She returned to the bed, and reflect
ed again. In that reverie a vision
floated before her as of trees and sun
light, and her partner's yellow hair
flickering In the breeze.
"Billy !" she murmured thought
fully. "Old chap!"
She laughed gently.
"He isn't a frump, anyhow!"
The reverie took shape. Then,
with a little sigh, she slipped off her
shoes, and, carrying them with her,
stole very softly down the staircase
to the front door. On trying the door
cautiously, she found It bolted, and
the latch Immovable. Also no key was
visible. She realized she was locked
in the house.
A feeling of intense annoyance
seized Aimee. Where was the freedom
Heppner Hotel Building
Robnctt
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She Dropped.
she had sought? She returned to her
bedroom, put on her shoes, loaned out
of the window, and Inspected the wall
critically. It was covered with ivy
and trellis-work.
She swung herself cautiously out
onto the sill, and began very quietly
to descend the trellis. Aimee, active
and long-limbed, could climb like a
cat. And as noiselessly as any mem
ber of that groat feline tribe, she
dropped upon the soft soil of the gar
den plot.
CHAPTER IV
In Deep.
Georgina Hefners paced the floor of
her bedroom at Jervaulx abbey, and
wondered why the universe had not
crushed in ruins about her tiead.
"It's like a dream," she aid dazed
ly, "I can't believe in it at all."
To Georgina it came as an incred
ible climax that she had, after live
hours at Jervaulx, been dismissed to
bed with an august but approving kiss
from Lady Erythea, and a protective,
cousinly hand-shake from the sedate
Alexander Lambe. She bad not been
denounced as an impostor, flung out
with ignominy, or handed over to the
police. All these things had seemed
to Georgina not only possible but
likely.
"What on earth will happen when
they (hid out?" she said, shivering.
She commenced to disrobe, but had
not proceeded very far when a hustle
and a click were heard. Georgina
turned with a gasp of fright. Some
one was trying to force a way in at
her window. She caught sight of a
flushed face.
With a shriek of terror Georgina re
treated to the bed, and prepared to
dive under it.
"Don't make such a row, you fool!"
hissed a voice.
The casements swung Inwards, and
Aimee, rather breathless, dropped onto
the floor.
"Handy things, these verandas,"
panted Aimee. "How are you, Geor
gina, old thing?"
Georgina stared at her In paralyzed
amazement.
Aimee sat down beside Georgina on
the bed, and put an arm around her
waist.
"Well, what's happened here?" she
said cheerfully.
"Oh, I am so glad to see you!" ex
claimed Georgina with Infinite thank
fulness. "Now we can clear every
thing up. It's been awful !"
"Why? Have you given me away?"
said Aimee quickly.
"I haven't! You know I wouldn't!"
cried Georgina hotly. "Though you
ought to be whipped. I never said a
word about you, and that's why I'm
In this awful mess!"
"Dear old Georgina! You're a
brick!" said Aimee, hugging her. "I
was only pulling your leg I knew you
wouldn't sneak. But why Is It awful?
Have they found out?"
"When I got here," said Georgina
feebly, "I thought I could explain
somehow. But Lady Erythea met me
on tile steps find took mo for you, and
everything went right out of my
head"
"Good! I see. You hesitated and
were saved."
"Saved?" ejaculated Grorgiwi an-
,ki.i( To Ai) iiiiri'M.n I
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Cecil Lv 10:20 3:20
Morgan Lv 10:35 3:35
lone Lv 11:05 4:05
Lexington Lv 11:20 4:30
Heppner Ar 11:55 4:55
TO ARLINGTON
Heppner Lv 9:00 4:00
Lexington Lv 9:25 4:25
lone Lv 9:50 4:50
Morgan Lv 10:05 5:05
Cecil Lv 10:35 5:35
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"Well, I was saved. That's more
!! rn.m. You haven't done ;riv-!l-:;;g
wr. !:-, my snow-white I. nab.
What ti cti?"
"And then Mr. Lambe came out, and
s! o imtv4uiv) 'dm as my cousin Al
exander. And and I've been fright
ened to death till t'u afternoon, for I
haven't had a chance to put things
right."
Aimee sat back and looked at her
in awestruck admiration.
"You mean to say they've no sus
picion at all?" she exclaimed. "Dear
old Georgie, how deep you must have
been. I never thought you had it in
you !"
"I didn't I wasn't!" said Georgina
in almost tearful indignation. "I've
hardly said a word all day, except
'yes' and 'no.' And not even that
If I could help it."
Aimee gurgled.
"And a jolly safe line, too! I can
see we've ulways underrated you,
Georgie. And you mean to say they
never even got an inkling, all through,
that there was anything unusual?
That does rather beat me."
"There were one or two little
things that puzzled them for a mo
ment, I think," said Georgina reflec
tively, "but It nil seemed to smooth
Itself out. And oh!" she concluded,
with a great gasp of relief, "I am so
glad It's over and we can stop It. Now,
how are we going to clear tilings up
and make It all right for you?"
"Stop It? I wouldn't stop it for a
kingdom. It's perfectly splendid !"
Georgina stood up.
"Yoi are out of your senses," she
said dazedly; "I won't listen to an
other word! Think how fearful It
would be if Alex if Mr. Lambe knew.
He"
"Alia Alexander! Yes. Is he as
owlish as his photograph? What did
you say to him, Georgina?"
"I I hardly anything. He told me
all about his missionary work in Man
churia. Ho "
"Where was that?"
"In the rose garden" Georgina
broke off suddenly.
"Did he squeeze your hand?"
Georgina was speechless with Indig
nation. "You were thinking about him when
you stood at the window !" said Ai
mee, with the air of a prosecuting
counsel. "You were being sentimen
tal. I saw your face. It had that
gooey look."
"Aimee," said Georgina, fairly roused
at last, "how dare you ! I am going
straight to Lady Erythea, and you can
talk to her! I have done "
"No, no! I'm sorry, Georgie," said
Aimee soothingly. "I couldn't help
pulling your serene leg, I won't say
a word against your cousin Alexan
der." "He is a gentleman, at any rate,"
said Georgina, rather spitefully "he
Is a person one can respect."
"I am sure he Is."
"Well, what are wo going to do?"
"The thing for you to do," said Ai
mee, "is to go on respecting Alexan
der. And for him to go on respecting
you. Think how awful it would be
If It came out now. Alexander," said
Aimee, with a pathetic little break In
her voice, "is good. He doesn't get
Into scrapes. He Isn't In horrible
trouble like me and nobody to help
me. I didn't think," she added with
u gulp, "that you'd go back on me,
Georgie!"
"I won't and I can't," said Ueorglnn
mournfully, "and you know It." But
she softened visibly. "You haven't
told me where you've come from, and
what you've been doing! I've been
frightfully worried ubout you."
Aimee regarded her thoughtfully. It
was clear that Georgina already had
ull she could bear. This was no time
to toll her about Billy.
"You needn't worry about me. I'm
staying at a little place nearby. I'm
quite ull right, and I've got some
money. We simply must keep It up
for a few days father Is leaving
Scroope Towers soon, and then I'll
show you how we can smooth it all
over."
"But don't you see how Impossible
it Is! Your father will come hen! to
see you before he goes. And he he'll
expect you to write to him !"
"How bright you are tonight.
Georgie. Von think of everything,"
said Aimee briskly. She sat down at
the writing table by the wall, selected
H sheet of the Jervaulx note-paper
with tlie Lamb" arms three ib-rc
argent on a tieid vert and with an
Immensely serious face began to write
rapidly, pausing ecca-i ac 'iv for
thought. Georgina watched in fa-ci-nated
horror.
"Listeni" said Aimee, Motrn; t'ic
sbect and read.ng it aloud with much
satisfaction.
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The proposal to make Indianapolis
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impossible, thing, and is an undertak
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arouse enthusiasm among owners of
property. For it Is a movement in
which any and every one may join,
each with no further responsibility
than to beautify his own premises.
LEGAL NOTICES
A OTU1E OF CON l l iSX
Serial No. 016780
017329
Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Contest No. 1412
La Grande, Oregon,
December 22, 1822
To Harry McKacy of Hitter, Oregon,
Contestee:
You are hereby notified that Har
old J. Cox, who gives Heppner, Ore
gon, as his post-off ico address, did
on Dec. IS, 1922, file in this office
his duly corroborated application to
contest and secure the cancellation
of your Homestead Entry No ,
Serial No. 0167S0 made Doc. 2, 11) .16,
for Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, Sec. 7, Tp. 7 S.,
It. 29 0. and S. 1-2 NE Vi, E. 1-2
NW U Sec. 12, Tp. 7 S., II. 28 E. W.
M. and Add'n. II. E., No. 017329,
made Mar. 20, 1920, for Lots 3 and
4, W 1-2 SW Vt SE Vi SW Vi Sec.
1, Tp. 7 S., II. 28 E, and Lots 20 and
21, Sec. 6, Township 7 S Kange 29
E., Willamette, Meridian, and as
grounds for his contest ho alleges
that said Harry McKaey has failed
to make the improvements thereon
required by laws of the United
States; that ho has abandoned said
land and has not been on the same
for three years; that his true name
is not Harry McKaey but is Harry H.
Henderson; that his absence from the
land was not due to any military ser
vice. You are, therefore, further not'
fied that tho said allegations will bt
taken as confessed, and your said en
try will be canceled without further
right to be heard, either before this
office or on appeal, if you fail to file
in this office within twenty days
after tho FOURTH ptiblicalion of
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J. H. 1'EARE, Receiver.
Date of first publication, January
2, 1 923.
Date of second publication, Janua
ry 9, 1923.
Date of third publication, January
16, 1923.
Date of fourth publication, Janua
ry 23, 1923.
NOTICE OK KMKKIPK'K SALE OP
Notice is hereby given that under
and by virtue of an execution duly
issued out of the Circuit Court of
the State of Oregon for Morrow coun
ty by tho Clerk of said Court on the
8th day of January, 1923, pursuant
to a judgment duly rendered and en
tered in said Court on tho 3rd day
of March, 1922, in a certain action
in said Court wherein Julian Ranch,
Wits plain! iff and Frank Ayers, and
J. B. Coxon, were defendants, and in
which action tho plaintiff recovered
judgment against tho said defendants
for the sum of $500.00, with inter
est thereon from tho 11th day of
January, 1920, at the rate of eight
per cent per annum, less tho sum of
$1-16. 19 paid thereon February 20(h,
1 922, for tho further sum of $50.00,
attorney's fees and $21.00 cost and
disbursements of said action, I will
on Thursday, tho 8th day of Feb
ruary, 1 923, at tho hour of 10:00
o'clock in tho forenoon of said day
at tho front door of the Court Hon-
in tho city of Heppner, Morrow coun
ty, Oregon, sell at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash, tho fol
lowing described real property, sit
uated In Morrow county, Oregon, to-
wit:
Tho South half of tho North
east quarter of Section 17 in
Township 2 Soulh of Range 26
Hast of Willamette Meridian.
Tho said real property is taken and
levied upon as the property of tho de
fendant, J. B. Coxen, and tho said
sale is made subject to confirmation
by the said Court.
Dated this 9th day of January,
1 923.
G F.O. MoDDFFEB.
3 7-11 Sheriff.
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