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Tuesday, February 13, 1923 THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON PAGE THREE TheJOY ' of LIVING I SIDNEY GOWING I Hliutratiou by Ellsworth Young Copyright 1931 by Sidney Gowing (Continued from last week) SYNOPSIS CHAPTER I.-Dlsliking the prospect of a month's visit to her austere aunt, Lady iirythea Larab, at Jervaulx abbey, and tier cousin, Alexander Lambe, Almee, vi vacious daughter of the Very Reverend Viscount Scroops, Is In a rebellious mood. CHAPTER Il.-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 tw cement the acquaintance fcy a ride on the motorcycle, the, "Plying Sphinx," and part. With Georgina Ber bers, her cousin, Aimee sets out for Jer vaulx. On the way she decides that Qeor t;ina 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 has not been discovered. By her dominant personality she compels Georgina to con tinue the subterfuge, CHAPTER V.-On a trial spin next day on the Sphinx, with Billy, Aimee almost collides with a carriage in which are her aunt, Georgina and Alexander. The pair escape unrecognized. CHAPTER VI. Georgina learns that Lord Scroope is coming to visit Lady Ery thea and, realizing what will happen on his arrival, is In hopeless bewilderment. CHAPTER VII. While Almee Is secretly 'tslting Georgina at Jervaulx, the place is burglarized. Aimee escapes. CHAPTER VIII.-Georgina learns, with much relief, that Almee has got away, CHAPTER IX. Police Inspector Panke decides that the robbery is the work of "Jack the Climber" and "Calamity Kate," noted thieves, who travel on a motorcy cle. CHAPTER X.-Bllly, aware of his 'partner's" nocturnal Jaunts, is troubled, lie follows her, on the Sphinx, to Jer vaulx. He hears the commotion, at once suspects burglary, and follows two figures on a motorcycle who are apparently in a desperate hurry. Cornering the pair, Billy knocks out a man who attempts to shoot him, picking up a package the fellow had dropped. He discovers the other fugitive to be a woman. Stopping to aid her, she ftrikes him with a stone, rendering him unconscious, and the pair escape. CHAPTER XL-Recovering, Billy dis covers the package he had picked up Is a jewel case, containing emeralds. Realiz ing they must be part of the loot from Jerfaulx, he starts for the abbey. On the way he meets Aimee, with the police In pursuit. In a secure hiding place, a cave among the crag pits. Almee tells him the whole story. He urges that she make a frank confession to her father, but on re flection both realize Aimee's good name lias been compromised by her two nights' fibiv sf Ivv cnttfliA "There's several of these around liere," snld Billy, "but this Is one you don't find unless you hunt for it with a sounding pole. It's a heap quieter spot than the high roads tonight. Sup pose we sit down." They seuted themselves on the powdered crag in tha cave's mouth. "It's time to show down our hands, partner," said Billy. "Do you mind putting me wise? Don't leave any thing out. I want the facts." Aimee was silent some moments. She found It difficult to begin. "It was like this, Billy." She plunged Into the tale, and went through It from beginning to end leaving out nothing. It took some time. She could hardly see Hilly In the gloom. JJe mnde no cnninientg ; hs was so silent that sometimes she wondered If he was there. Billy was. for a time, too flabbergasted to speak. At the finish, she heard a stifled, grunting noise, a sense of something shaking. It seemed to touch a spring In Almee. She bowed her head on her knees and laughed till her cheeks were wet. "Haven't I torn It !" sha monned. "And I downed Cousin Alexander and the butler's got yards of my skirt !" Billy wiped his eyes with his sleeves. "An' you can laugh," he said, with intense delight, "after all that! Gea, but you're the stuff I Sand right through. You're all right. As long as you can laugh, the Ked Gods'll stand by you 1 An' so will I. I'm one of 'em." "Billy 1 There's nothing but you between me and thoss beastly police. Aimee Gave a Little Cry, But I'll bet it's enough. What's to be done?" "Hear my ilde of It I" said Billy, dropping on his knees and producing the Jewel case. "Here's the first item 1" He opened the esse and shone the torch upon It. Almee gave a little cry. Billy explained briefly how he had come by the gems. He said little about the struggle ; that point was as sore as the side of his head. The best of us have our pride. "One of them knocked me out for a spell, and like a fool I let 'era get away," he said. "I guess I didn't get all the goods, but this looks like an ace flush to me." "How splendid you are!" cried Al mee, a catch In her voice. "Why, those will be the Lambe emeralds. I've heard of them everybody has. They belong to my Aunt Erythea !" "Then I shouldn't wonder If they scooped the jack-pot. But there's some high cards out against us. See here. We had to run for It. Here's the police prancin' over the country after a man and a woman on a motor cycle for I guess they must be wise to It. Here's me with the stuff in my pocket, and you with a dress sample in the hands of the sleuth-hounds. Been the station-house for ours, If they'd got us Just now an' there'd be too much explaining to do. We'd have hit the cells for the night, sure. No place for you, partner. And all the newspapers spreudlng themselves over It." "I know. It's f-fenrful!" "Not a bit!" cried Billy. "For now you can get In ahead of the cops Don't you see? I'ut your folks wise to it lay down all your cards.. You're You Cannot SEE it, HEAR it or DODGE it There are no "Stop, Look and Listen" signs to warn you against dangers of fire, theft or accident. You cannot see or hear the loss that may await you to morrow. But you can prevent the loss that follows the un fortunate eventualities that surround all business. Insure today do not worry for tomorrow. This agency represnts the oldest and strongest companies and solicits your full confidence. Consult us as you would your lawyer, without obligation. May we help you TODAY? L. E. VAN MARTER Phone Main 352 Heppner Hotel Building Dick Robnctt Practical Horseshoer AT CALMUS' SHOP Special attention given tolameandin terfering Horses. I Guarantee Satisfaction. Give me a Trial Lord "Scrobpe's" daughter you" ain't a burglar. Give it them straight. I'll stand by an' see you through." "But I enn't, Billy! It'll all have to come out, then. Every bit of It," said Aimee with a gasp. "Why, of course it will! It was bound to come put anyway, soon or late. You didn't think you coutd keep up this Jervaulx racket? I don't see any way you could do that. But you can keep It In the family. You've got to face the music." There was a long pause. "I tan't." said Almee, scarcely audibly. Billy was amazed. If It had not been so dark and an Incredible sup position In any case he would have supposed from her voice that she was crying. "You aren't afraid?" he said won derlngly. "Of a row? No! It Isn't that." Billy sat down beside her. "What Is it then, partner V he said gently. "I never thought of It till Georgle told me," said Almee In stifled tones. "Told you what?" he answered qui etly. "What's the trouble?" "About staying there. I Ivy cot tage!" Billy moved slightly. "I I don't quite get yon," he said. "I can't tell Dad!" Almee put her hands over her eyes and burst Into tears. "I daren't I Billy, what am I to do!" CHAPTER XII A Gambler's Chance. Billy stared straight before Mm. When at Inst he found his voice, it had so dazed a tone that Aimee hardly recognized It. He laid a hand on her shoulder. "This thing's got me guessing," said Billy slowly. "I I don't know what " "Of course, you never thought twice about it. And no more did 1 !" said Almee. "I didn't care! And I don't care now ! or I wouldn't If it wasn't for Dad. But people It's all this mis erable sentiment that's what's wrong." "Yes?" said Billy dizzily. "Well" "And now why, the police are look ing for a man and woman on a motor cycle, and they'll find out we were at Ivy cottage. They'll get my de scription. And even when they find out who I really am" Billy drew in his breath sharply. "Georgle told me It was my finish even before this silly burglary hap pened," continued Almee gloomily. "Georgle knows about these sort of things. It Isn't the burglary that mat ters. I could get over that. It's this this other thing." Billy was silent. "The Idea Is," continued Almee, with the same remarkable calm, "that I've, lost my character; like a housemaid that's been stealing, or a groom caught selling the corn. Only I haven't been caught yet. "But If Dad knew! You don't know my father, Billy. I couldn't ex plain him to you. Dad Is just about the dearest thing that ever lived in his way. But he belongs to a time about two hundred years back. Mother would understand; but not Dad. It's his creed that a girl mustn't be even suspected. It was only tonight Geor gina told me Oils thing would well, It would break bis heart. And I know him ; I see she's right. If you and I" "Stop!" said Billy hoarsely. "Don't say any more. I I've got to think this thing out." Almee found that he had suddenly left her, Presently she became aware of the outlines of his big figure, stand ing motionless just outside the cave He was there quite a long time. Al mee sat where she was, twisting her handkerchief between her fingers. She felt very much calmer. The trouble and the stress were now with Billy. He came back, and stood over her. "I'm a coyote," he said quietly, "What I need is a quirt laid across me. I've been a fool." KEASO.V FOR HIS Sl'CCKS.S An efficient credit man was being complimented on the success of his follow-up letters and was askeu where he got hs secret for success from. "Well," he replied, "I saved the letters from my son at college when he wrote for money." "Not a bit !" said Aimee quickly. "How should you know?" "It was my business to know ! There isn't any excuse. But things are so different, where I come from. And I don't know anything about women. We think a lot of women, down my way, but we don't talk about them much. Partner, this thing I've let you In for through my foolish ness it's broken me all up." "Because I'm Lord Scroope's daugh ter?" "No I" said Billy shortly. "Be the same If you were his housemaid. But it's up to me to see you clear you and him, too. And I'll do It." His voice was so confident that Aimee's trouble fell away from her, as a sun-ripened chestnut sheds Its prickly husk. "What are we to do then, Billy T "It seems to me," said Billy gently, "that the simplest way Is the best way. Let's you an' me go to the old man. No use talkln' about It here. I'll put It straight for you, partner." "No !" "I hope I can make him see sense even If he's two hundred years old, as you say. It's all my fault. It Isn't yours not one scrap of It. I won't say much but come right along with me to your father now an' leave the talking to me." Almee rose. "Never! I won't hnve It, Billy!" she snld desperately. "I don't know I don't know what you might sny. If It cemes out I'm done for anyhow ; I'm going to take the chance that It won't ! There must be a way to stop It there must be some wny. "It's my trouble mine! And I won't have It given nwny." Billy drew a quick breath and straightened himself. "Ulght!" he said. "Those are the orders. I accept them. I s'pose a man can't give away a girl's secret, If she wants It kept. I know that much." "Wfty, of course," said Almee sim ply. "But will you please understand, Billy, that I'm not going to drag you into this. The best thing you can do is to get away out of It all. I shall manage all right. I don't want to " "Cut that out," said Billy very qui etly. "It don't go." There was a pause. "I did think, for a while, It might be best for you. But that's wrong. I've got to be right on hand, for I'll be wanted. Now hold on while I tell you what we've got to do," "Yes?" said Almee eagerly. Billy stretched out a long arm, plucked a leaf from the bramble that screened the cave, and chewed It pen sively. "There's Just a gambler's chance," he said at last. "It's pretty thin like drawing to a three-card flush. But It's wonderful how they come olT sometimes, If you back your luck, good an' full." He flashed the torch round the walls of the cave. "What d'you think of this place?" "It's snug." "Snug!" echoed Billy admiringly. "That's you! It would give some women fits. But you've sand. Do you think," he added diffidently, "that you could make out here for a bit? Could you sleep here?" "Certainly I could. Why, they'll never find me !" "Come up here," said Billy, leading the way along the cave, which turned In a long curve, narrowing to a very small space. At the end stood the Sphinx. "She'll have to stay here, too. There's a bit of risk to that but very little. We can't help It. In the pan-nler-cnse you'll find Iron rations, a con-opener, biscuits, au' chocolate. I always curry those. Down the pit yonder, just by the nlder bush, Is a spring of water. Thut settles sup plies. "Now, the first deal Is to keep you right out of the way. For a few hours, perhaps for a day or more I can't sny how long. But we've got to put up a bluff. And you'll be at least as safe here as anywhere In the British Isles. "Our best chance Is that the police may get the bracelets onto the real thieves right away. I'm not much stuck on that chance. Police, wher ever you strike 'em, are well, they're Just police. We're In a lot more dan ger from them than that dead-heat who broke Into Jervaulx, ami the fe male rattlesnake he had along. The police mustn't get you, at any price. AM th'v. mustn't get me either. ARLINGTON' AND IIKI'I'XF.R STAGE TO HEPPNER a. m. p. m. Arlington Lv 9:00 2:00 Cecil Lt 10:20 3:20 Morgan Lv 10:35 3:35 Ion Lt 11:05 4:06 Lexington Lv 11:30 4:30 Heppner Ar 11:65 4:65 TO ARLINGTON Heppner Lv 9:00 4:00 Lexington Lr 9:25 4:25 lone Lv 9:50 4:50 Morgan Lv 10:05 5:05 Cecil Lv 10:35 5:35 Arlington Ar 11:55 6:65 WE SOLICIT TOUR PATRONAGE O. H. McPUerrin R. E. Rtu-ke Only there's" more" to It fiian"thaf. Half a hundred things. There's a mighty tangled deal in front of me. "Now, I'm going to sail rl-lit in. All you've got to do Is lie here In this cache till about seven or eight o'clock. I'll he back here by then. If I'm not," said Billy quietly, "it'll be because I've fallen through. You bet your life I won't. But If I don't get here by then, you must throw your hand In, just get straight to your father, best way you can. Do you promise that?" "Y-yes! But tell me what you're going to do, Billy!" she said breath lessly. "I can't tell you anything. I'll have to play the hand as It's dealt me; lt just depends how the cards fall. And don't you worry any I" he said ear nestly. "If you get doubtful or scary, just wash lt right out of your mind, an' say this: 'Billy's running the tiling for me, an' he'll see me through !' I'm off. Shake !" With a sudden gesture Almee put both her hands In his. He gave them a crushing grip, and broke into the sunniest smile. "We sure are seeln' life, partner I" he chuckled. Almee replied with a rather tremu lous laugh. The next moment Billy had dropped her hands, and was gone. Once clear of the crag-pits, Billy made for the road by another route. While climbing a gate he glanced at the luralnoua dial of his wrist watch, and emitted a whistle of consterna tion. Aimee's account of herself was absorbing, but he did not realize till now what an unconscionable time they had spent In the cave. The night was nearing Its close. Billy avoided the roads. He struck right across country and readied Ivy cottage with as little loss of time as possible. But the eastern sky was rapidly lightening when he arrived. Entering the garden with extreme cau tion, Billy found everything quiet. He climbed the trellis deftly, and heaved himself through Aimee's window. With a cert 11 In sense of embarrass ment Billy swept the walls with his torch, unhooked the blue dust-cloak that hung on the door, folded lt small, and packed lt Inside his jacket. That was the main object of the expedition. He also annexed a enke of soap, a towel and a brush and comb these latter he had himself bought for Almee at Syderford on the first morning. Billy again descended the trellis, raked over his footprints carefully, and with all possible speed shook the mud of Ivy cottage from his feet. It was broud daylight when he had crossed the fields and came within sight of Jervaulx abbey. He hid the cloak and Its accessories under a thorn bush, glanced at his watch again, seated himself under the hedge, and lit a cigarette. He drew the Jewel case from his pocket jind examined .the necklace, (Continued on Piifro Five) CATHOLICS TO 1'IGHT OKKGOX SCHOOL LAW Washington, Feb. S. Catholic:; throughout the nation today were asked by the National Cathulic Wel fare Council to raise $100,000 to carry the legal fight against, the Ore gon anti-parochial school law- to the United States supreme court. The money raised will be called the "Catholic Educational Fund" and the appeal was sent to all members of the heirarehy1 in the United States, signed by Archbishop Hanna, San Francisco; Bishop Muldoon, RocTc ford; Archbishop Dow-ling, St. Paul; Bishop Schrlemb, Cleveland; Bishop Walsh, Portland; Bishop Gibbons, Albany, N. Y.; Bishop Moltoy, Brooklyn. SALVATION ARMY WORKER HERE Mrs. C. Underwood, a Salvation Army worker, was in Heppner Satur day In the. interest of that most wor thy organization. Mrs. Underwood Is au accredited worker and collector of funds and is sponsored by the Be nevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the American Legion. Shu represents the Portland corps of the Army and is stressing the need for funds just now for the White Shield Rescue and Maternity Home and the Industrial Homo at Portland. Mrs. Underwood reports that re sults from this county wero hardily up to hop expectations duo, no doubt, to the unfortunate financial condition in tho wheat and stock sections. Wife (away from home) : "Hor rors! I forgot to turn oil' the electric, iron! " Husband: It's all right. Nothing will burn long; I forgot to turn off the water in the bathtub." NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice, is hereby given that the un dersigned as administrator of tho estate of C. F. Williams, deceased, has duly filed his Final Account In said estate in tho County Court of Morrow County, Oregon, and that Wednesday, tho 14th day of Feb ruary, 1923, at eleven o'clock In the forenoon of said day, and the County Court room In the County Court House at Heppner, in said County and State, has been duly appointed by tho said Court as tho time and place for the proving of the same and hearing of any objections thereto. Dated this 10th day of January, 192J. W. P. MAHONBY, Administrator of the Estate 3 8-4 2 of C. F.Williams, Deceased. Kirk Bus & Transfer Co. Wm. M. KIRK, Proprietor We Thank you for past patronage and solicit a continuance of the same. Our best service is for you. Leave orders at Case Furniture Co. or Phone Main 664 Leave Orders at Hotel Patrick. BAGGAGE. EXPRESS. FREIGHT. 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