Tuesday, January 30, 1023
THE HEPPNER HERALD. IIEPPXER, OREGON
PACE THREE
TiiejOY
of
LIVING
'By
SIDNEY GOWING
Illustration by Ellsworth Young
i
Copyright 1Q22 by Sidney Goring
(Continued from last week)
SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER I. Disliking the prospect of
& month's visit to her austere aum, Lady
Krythea Ijimlje, at JervauK abbey, and
Jier cousin, Alexander Lanibe, Aimee, vi
vacious daughter ot the Very Reverend
'iscount 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 Ber
bers, 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. Georgina's
horrified protest is unavailing.
CHAPTER III. Happy in her new free
dom, Aimee again meets "Billy." He tells
her his name is Spencer, and she gives
hers as Amy Snooks, at presest "out of a
Job." Billy offers to take her into part
nership in selling the Sphinx. In a spirit
of madcap adventure, she accepts. The
two proceed to the town of Stanhoe, tak
ing separate lodgings in Ivy cottage.
CHAPTER IV. That night Aimee visits
Georgina and learns that the deception
lias not been discovered. By her dominant
Iiersonulity she compels Georgina to con
tinue the subterfuge.
CHAPTER V. On a trial spin next day
on the Sphinx, with Hilly, Aimee almost
collides with a carriage in which nre her
aunt, Georgina and Alexander. The pair
escape unrecognized.
"Brake lever bent, Unit's all. Noth
ing serious."
Aimee suddenly sat down on the
dge of the ditch and began to laugh.
She laughed till the very road threw
back the echo; scandalous laughter.
"That's good!" said Billy, grinning.
"That's the stuff! I was afraid It
might have shaken you. Go on
luugh!"
"You'll never let me drive her
again!" gasped Aimee, mopping her
streaming eyes.
"Won't I! Why, you've learned the
game you'll never do that stunt
twice. Only thing I feared, It might
have shaken your nerve. But you've
no nerve to shake! You're the goods.
That fool coachman was on the wrong
side, anyway. Let's get on the
Sphinx. You'll ride her like a bird
after this. All the same," he added,
"that tank-bar is a bit awkward for
your dress."
"I don't care I can manage."
"No It's got to be fixed." His face
cleared. "It's dead easy ! I'll get you
a pair of breeches In Syderford."
Aimee, dimifounded, turned and
stared at him.
"What do you think you are!" she
exclaimed. "The Universal pro
vider?" Billy's chin stuck out sternly.
"I'm your partner! Get me?"
Aimee looked at him thoughtfully,
and smiled.
"All right, Billy," she said softly.
There was a pause. "Let's go back to
Ivy cottage. You can drive."
Billy mounted the saddle Joyously,
stuffing his cap into his pocket. Aimee
took her seat behind. The Sphinx
meandered homeward at an easy fifty
miles an hour.
CHAPTER VI
"Thou Shalt Not Lie."
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of beginning it very badly indeed she
was nearly late for prayers.
After the service the servants dis
persed to their duties, and Lady Kry
thea led the way to the morning room.
She kissed (leorgina with the air of
one conferring a benefit, and bestowed
a word of approval on Alexander, who
was looking at tieorgina with some
concern in his large eyes.
"You look a little tired, cousin," he
said, "did you rest well?"
"Oh, y-yes," said Georgina, "the
the journey yesterday was a little
tiring."
"Perfect health," said Lady Erythea,
"is not only desirable, It is a duty, in
the young."
Breakfast proceeded in silence, till
Lady Erythea made her announce
ment. "The carriage will be ready for us
all at ten," she said. "lieinember
that one does not keep horses waiting.
We shall drive to Syderford."
"In that case," said Mr. Lambe, "1
must be excused now. I have many
things to do before ten."
Lady Erythea watched his exit with
some anxiety.
"For a man of Alexander's phys
ical development," she said, "I feel
sure he does not eat enough. A
mouthful of whiting and half a cup
of tea ! He would rather die than in
dulge in meat on a Friday." Lady
Erythea was making excellent prac
tice with a grilled sole. "That, of
course, is quite right. But he carries
some tilings to extremes. I am not
wholly sure that Alexander is sound
on the subject of mnrringe," continued
Lady Erythea, with her customary di
rectness. "I am, of course, a High
Churchwoman. Of that faith, I know
very well, there are many who hold
that a priest should be celibate. I do
not agree with them for one moment.
Let those differ from me who will I
say that even a clergyman Is essen
tially imperfect until he has a wife."
Georgina flushed slowly scarlet.
Lady Erythea turned the ear-trumpet
to her inexorably, nnd waited.
"I am quite sure of one thing."
roared Georgina into the ear-trumpet,
with almost a touch of rebellion,
"that Al-Alexander will do what he be
lieves is right and nothing else."
"He must be guided," said Lady
Erythea firmly. "On no other point
should I presume to direct a Clerk In
Orders. But, In this matter, men
even such men as Alexander are as
children. The judgment of an experi
enced woman Is alone of value here.
Alexander Is my heir. Jervaulx will
be his. He owes a duty to his race
and name; duty must guide us all.
At times Alexander seems to me al
most almost too devout I sometimes
wish" with a slight sigh "that Alex
ander were a little more human. A
touch of Adam a mere soupcon, as it
were of naughtiness Is not wholly un
attractive in a young man."
Georgina stared at her in amaze
ment, wondering If she had heard
aright. And Georgina was guiltily
conscious that a similar thought had
crept, unbidden, into her own mind.
Lady Er.vthea's eyes, meeting her
gaze, became stony.
"I was referring, of course," she
said, with some sternness, "to the duty
good women owe themselves in re
forming young men of that type. In
a girl, flightiness is abhorrent to me
absolutely abhorrent. Hussies are my
especial aversion." She smiled, and
laid a hand on Georgina's shoulder.
"I don't know why I speak of them.
Nor can I understand, my dear, how
such a mistaken Impression of you
could have reached us, before we
knew you.
"For," she added, rising, "I have
formed my opinion of you, Aimee, and
my judgment is never mistaken. The
woman does not live who could de
ceive me. Aimee, my dear, you are
free to follow any occupation your
choose; until ten o'clock."
Georgina made her way upstairs
Heppner H"1el Hnilding
Robnctt
and sank Into the most luxurious arm
chair in her bedroom.
"How perfectly lovely it would he
here," she sighed, "if only things were
proper and regular. But they aren't!"
Georgina, .axing before her, fell
into a day-dream. Presently, the
sound of the carriage passing beneath
her window roused Iter with a start,
and hastily donning a wrap she ran
downstairs.
"Sit next me, Aimee," said Lady
Erythea, settling herself comfortably
in the carriage. "Alexander, you will
take the other seat. 1 dislike having
anyone immediately opposite me."
For two hours, at least, all troubles
were to be left behind. As the car
riage bowled through the sunlit park
Georgina, lying back against the cush
ions, uniler the benign gaze of Alex
ander, felt inexpressibly soothed.
When the carriage returned to Jer
vaulx, Georgina feil rather than de
scended from it. Almost in a state
M Mil (m 'jmgi
"My Judgment Is Never Mistaken."
of collapse, she preserved some sort
of outward composure and retreated
to her bedroom as a hunted fox goes
to earth.
The collision with the motorcycle
on the Syderford road opened new
horizons of terror for Georgina. It
seemed to her like the climax of a
nightmare. What In the world was
Aimee doing? Who was the man It
was evidently a man, though Georgina
had seen little of him except his
boots that was with her. What was
happening to the wretched girl?
"It's too awful !" said Georgina hys
terically, "and I'm responsible. I
think I shall go mad!"
Later In the afternoon, In the nat
ural course of things, she found her
self alone with Alexander in the gar
dens. She looked at him with timid,
yet hopeful eyes. Here, at least, was
righteousness, kindliness, wisdom.
Georgina felt she could keep things to
herself no longer.
"I am afraid that narrow escape
this morning has upset you, Aimee,"
he said sympathetically.
"l'es I was rather upset. But I
am better now. Don't let us talk of It.
C-Cousin Alexander, there Is some
thing I want to ask you," she said
suddenly. "I should like your your
guidance. Imagine that somebody
who was dear to me somebody one
loved very much had got Into diffi
culties, and was In danger of expos
ure. And punishment That it was
In one's power to save them. Suppos
ing that it would help, would It be
very wrong to tell a a fib?"
Alexander regarded her wonder
ingly. "Let us give things their proper
names," he said. "You mean a lie.
You know the answer. A lie Is In all
cases not only Inadmissible, but un
thinkable." "N-not even a little one?" said
Georgina faintly. "I don't mean for
one's own benefit, of course, but to
shield the other."
"There is only one answer," he said
sternly. "That other must make a
clean breast of It, and bear his own
punishment or hers. No matter how
bitter It may be. Whoever indulges
In such shielding Is equally guilty."
Georgina felt utterly chilled.
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"Is not that a little hard?" she snld.
"The hard way is the way of the
transgressor," said Alexander, with
some grimnes; "there is authority for
that. And yet the friend I think yon
said a friend may give all aid and
succor to the sinner, even to the ex
treme sacrifice of himself. But de
ceit, even the shadow of It, must by
no means enter into the matter. You
are asking tne what you know per
fectly well. But why talk of unpleas
ant things," he continued, "tell me
of yourself, and your life at Scroope,
Aimee."
There was small comfort for Geor
gina the rest of that day. She dressed
for dinner in a state of despair. Lady
Erythea, as her custom was, even
when en famille, came down splen
didly bejeweled, nnd wearing the fa
mous Lambe emeralds said to bp
worth a prince's ransom on her some
what bony chest. As usual at dinner
she was in a good temper.
There was a late delivery at Jer
vaulx, nnd a letter was brought Into
the drawing room afterward, ad
dressed to Aimee Scroope.
"Surely, that is your father's hand
writing, Aimee," said Lady Erythea.
"My letter will have crossed his. Let
us hear what he says."
Georgina would ns soon have
thought of picking a pocket as of
opening another person's letter. But
there was no help for It. The letter
was dated Scroope Towers, Thursday.
At the word of command, Georgina
read it aloud, somewhat falteringly.
My Dearest Aimee:
I am writing to your aunt, to whom my
love, but find myself with only time be
fore the post Koes to tell you I am obliged
to leave Scroope earlier than I expected.
As I wirih to Bee you before 1 pn, I will
come over for an hour on Saturday. I'm
sorry it is impossible for me to stay the
night. I have news of Importance for
you.
Your lovinar,
FATHER.
"It will be the first time," said Lady
Erythea, a trille acidly, "that anybody
ever saw your father In a hurry."
The letter put the finishing touch
to such a day as Georgina had never
dreamed or. She went to bed half
an hour later. Before she fell asleep,
her pillow was wet.
CHAPTER VII
The Way of the Transgressor.
Georgina awoke with a start. The
light from a tiny electric torch daz
zled her eyes; somebody was slinking
her violently.
"Wake up, old thing," whispered
Almee's voice; "it's like trying to
rouse the dead, I'm anxious about
you. What did they say about that
little stunt on the Syderford road?"
Georgina sat up with a gasp, and
clutched Aimee with both hands as a
drowning person dutches a life-buoy.
"It's you, is it!" she said fiercely.
'Tve got you, Aimee make up your
mind to It 1 This dreadful business
Is finished. We're done for espe
cially you !"
"Eh!" exclaimed Aimee, a little
startled. "What have you got the
breeze tip about now?"
"You'll know very soon! Who,"
said Georgina sternly, still holding
her, "was that Man that was with
you? Who was he?"
"Man?" said Aimee. "Oh, you mean
Billy. One of the best that ever
stepped ! A clinking good sort."
"I!-Blly?" echoed Georgina In a
shaking voice. "Tell me. Tell me
all!" she said, tightening her grip.
"Well, why not?" said Aimee, and
forthwith she related the Saga of
Billy. The tale, as It proceeded,
seemed to affect Georgina with creep
ing pnlsy. When It ended, she was
trembling violently. She made two
unsuccessful efforts to speak. She
reminded Aimee of a hen with some
thing stuck In Its throat.
"You are staying with this Man?"
gasped Georgina. "This Spencer In
Stanhoe? And he let you do It? The
man's a cad !"
Aimee sprang up, tearing herself
loose from her cousin's hands.
"How dare you say that! Cad? If
there's only one gentleman on this
earth, it's Billy!"
She glared at Georgina.
"There's no beastly sentiment In
Billy, thank heaven. That's why we
became pals; because we want to get
away from It all. I see nothing wrong
In It nor does he."
"Then he's a fool!" said Georgina
bitterly. "(h, what can one say?" she
groaned. "I know there '-' nothing
wrong. That you are Incapable of
of " she choked. "And this man.
From what you tell me, be is just
such another as you. He is not a
man lie Is a child ! Or be is from
some place where things are very
different from what they are with us.
But you are living in Eastshirc not
in the desert. You know what East
shire is. If ever this comes out a
come out it must your reputation
and your good name are gone fin
ished !
"That. I suppose, you do not care
for," she said bitterly, rising and
facing Aimee, "hut one thing I can t oil
you and you may believe me. This
thing will kill your father!"
Aimoe stared at her blankly.
"I know your father, better, per
haps, than you do, Aimee. To Lord
Scroope, black Is black and white
white. No one is more proud, more
sensitive. That his daughter should
be living in an obscure lodging, under
an assumed name with a strange
man she picked up on the high road.
I tell you, quite soberly and certainly,
that it will break his heart."
There was a long silence.
Suddenly Aimee sat down on the
bed and began to cry. She cried with
the abandon of a child of ten, but
very piteously.
"I never wanted to hurt Dad !" she
snuffled. "I didn't think I didn't
see !"
"Do you understand at last?" said
Georgina primly.
"Y-yes," gulped Aimee slowly, "1
believe I do. Dad I I " she caught
Georgina by the arm. "I must keep
that from him I must !"
"We must keep It from him," said
Georgina trembling, "at any cost. We
must find a way, for his sake and
yours. This muddle at Jervaulx can
not be hidden ; we must face It. But
your father must never hear of the
other tiling. What are we to do? He
is coming here tomorrow afternoon I"
Tearfully she gave her cousin the
news in Lord Scroope's letter. Aimee
stared In blank dismay.
"We have till live o'clock tomor
row," faltered Georgina. "I don't
care what happens to me there's
nothing I won't do to save you,
Aimee." Her face brightened sud
denly. "I've thought of a way "
"And so have 1 1" said Aimee ea
gerly. "There's Just a chance go on
let's hear your plan !"
"If we can keep the whole thing
quiet till five tomorrow we shall pull
through with luck. Should anything
turn up before then, to show that
you're not here where you ought to
be we're done for," said Georgina,
tragically. "My plan Is this: You
must go at once "
(Continued on Fafre Five)
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REAL rKOl'KRTV
Notice ia 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 the Cleric of said Court on tho
8th day of January, 1923, pursuant
to a judgment duly rendered and en
tered in said Court on the 3rd day
of March, 1922, in a certain action
in said Court wherein Julian Rauch,
was plaintiff and Frank Ayers, and
J. B. Coxen, were defendants, and in
which action the plaintiff recovered
judgment against tho said defendants
for the sum of $500.00, with inter
est thereon from tho 14th day of
January, 1920, at (ho rate of eight
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1922, 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
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o'clock In tho forenoon of said day
at the front door of the Court Hon
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lowing described real property, sit
uated In Morrow county, Oregon, to
wlt: Tho South half of the North
east quarter of Section 17 In ',
Township 2 South of Range 28
East of Willamette Meridian.
Tho said real property is taken and
levied upon as tho property of the de
fendant, J. B. Coxen, and the said
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by the said Court.
Dated this 9th day of January,
1923.
GEO. McDUFFEE,
3 7-41 Sheriff.
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