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THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
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SIDNEY GOWING
Illustration by Ellsworth Young
Copyright ig22 by Sidney Gawm&
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thoughtfully rmTtting pulls oT "sinolie.
Then he replaced t lie case In liis
pocket and finished his cigarette, Ills
smooth forehead wrinkling into tiny
lines. Finally lie rose and walked
briskly towards the entrance lodge of
Jervaulx. .
There was no electric bell in the
great porch. He pulled a pendant
handle of wrought iron, and was an
swered by an archaic clanging Inside.
After a brief pause the doors were
thrown open by Tarbeaux the butler,
lie looked at Billy inquiringly.
"I want to see the proprietor on
urgent business," said Billy. "Is he
up yet?"
"If you mean Lady Erythea Lambe,"
Bald Mr. Tarbeaux with dignity, "her
ladyship has not yet risen."
"I am a stranger here," said Billy,
"but what I want you to do is get a
message to her ladyship that It will
be worth her while to see me as soon
as convenient. Say I've Important
news about some property that's miss
ing from here."
Mr. Tarbeaux became more alert.
"Come this way," he said, and Billy
followed him.
In less than ten minutes Lady Ery
thea arrived, pallid after her night of
stress, but unconquerable, clad in a
purple wrap. Billy turned to face
that tremendous presence.
"What do you wnnt to see me
about?" she said sternly.
With his sunniest smile, Billy
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BWy Laid Before Her the Lambe Em
eralds. opened the leather case and laid be
fore her the Lambe emeralds.
CHAPTER XIII
"Very Good, My Lady."
"Do these Interest you, madame?"
said Billy simply.
Lady Erythea stared as though the
green gems hypnotized her. Then,
with a little gasp of joy, she lifted
them from the case with trembling
fingers. It was one of the rare occa
sions of her life when Lady Erythea
exhibited emotion.
She laid down the necklace and
looked at Billy as une might regard
a materialized angel. Before she
could speak, however, Mr. Alexander
Lambe entered the room.
It has been said that Mr. Lambe'B
yes were large. They expanded In
describably when he saw the Lambe
necklace lying on the table. He closed
the door softly behind him, and ap
proached the table In an awestruck
manner.
He glanced from the emeralds to
Lady Erythea's face, and then, some
what sternly, at Billy.
"How did yol come by these?" said
Lady Erythea, pointing to the em
ejaldg. Suddenly she presented the
ear-trumpet at Billy. "Explain!"
The ear-trumpet startled Billy a
little. He felt so he declared to
Aimee afterward as If Lady Erythea
had the drop on him. But his face
as he .answered, was Ingenuous as a
bttby's.
" ''I was passing by your pork gates
early this morning, on my way to Sy
derfurd. It was past one, an' the
fcjuse was dark. When I got to the
place where the lane turns Into the
road I heard a motorcycle coming up
behind, h 1 for coming might
quick," said Billy, turning pink. "It
came right by me, pretty near out of
control. It hadn't any lights, there
was a bend just ahead, an' I hear J
It wish."
Billy delivered this with beautiful
f aeacy Into the ear-trumpet
1 Jurt ru la 01 them," purrod
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Billy, "for I didn't have to stop an'
figure It out that an Ocitflt traveling
that way with lights out at one in
the morning was up to any good. They
were just picking themselves up when
I arrived, and they went for nie "
"Was It a man and a woman?" ex
claimed Mr. Lambe.
"You've hit it, sir."
"My dear aunt !" cried Alexander,
"the inspector told me. after you re
tired, that he suspected a man and a
woman, on a motorcycle, of being the
thieves ! They can be no other than
those people who ran Into us yester
day on the Syderford road "
"Hold your tongue, Alexander,'' in
terrupted L::dy Erythea Impatiently,
"iiui allow this ama.ing young man
to continue !"
"There was Mime scrap," said Hilly
d'fihlcnt I y. "maybe if there'll been two
men i'd l ave lii.iie I -otter, but the lady
hampered me, and somehow 1 took the
oi:iit. They - kn okc:l me out. and
got away. Hut (hey left this behind
theii'." he pirated to the case of em
eralds, "and it looks like they never
knew they'll lost it. I don't know,
n.adum, if there was amthiiu else
of yours they got. If so, I'm very
sorry I didn't attach it, and rope the
two thieves for you as well. But, with
the pair of them, it was rather a
roughbouse. I did my best."
There was a flush of admiration on
Lady Erythea's high cheek-bones.
"Yes, there were other jewels sto
len," she said, "but their value is the
merest trifle compared to what you
have restored to me. These emeralds
are my most priceless family posses
sion. They are historic nothing
could have recompensed me for the
loss of them. Your conduct has been
not only intelligent, but extraordi
narily gallant. May I ask your name?"
"Spencer. William Spencer."
"Mr. Spencer, It Is Impossible for
me to express my gratitude In words.
I thank you most heartily for what
you have done; It Is fortunate for me
the emeralds fell Into such good
hands. Let me say that I was about
to offer a reward for Information
leading to the recovery of the jewels;
a reward of " Lady Erythea hesi
tated, and achieved an Inward strug
gle "one hundred pounds. But I
must really ask you to accept a hun
dred and fifty."
Lady Erythea unlocked a desk, and
produced a check-book. Billy flushed
red.
"Madam," he said quietly, "the serv
ice I did you cost me nothing. I'm
glad yon have your Jewels back. I'm
a man who earns his living, but I don't
accept gratuities. And people very
scarcely, ever offer them to me."
Lady Erythea turned somewhat
pink In her turn. She slid the check
book aside.
"I beg your pardon," she said, with
some embarrassment, mingled with re
lief and a touch almost of annoyance.
"It was the least I could do. You will
accept no recompense?"
"None, madam. Anyway not In
money."
"You are not English, are your
"American. And a Westerner, at
that."
"Ah ! You have done me a great
service. Is there nothing I can do
for you?"
Before Billy could reply, Mr. Tar
beaux opened the door.
"M'lady, Inspector I'anke "
Mr. Tarbeaux's gaze fell on the em
eralds. He was very' human for a
butler, and it took htm a fraction of
a second to recover himself.
"Inspector I'anke urgently desires
to see your ladyship at once."
"Show hlin in here," said Lady Ery
thea grimly.
Billy did not move tin eyelid. It
seemed to him that Mr. Lambe's sol
emn eyes were watching htm rather
Intently. Inspector I'anke appeared.
It was a great day In the Lambe em
eralds' history. The Inspector was
the fifth person In whom they caused
intense emotion.
"Well, have you caught the thieves?"
Inquired Lady Erythea, acidly.
"No-no, my lady," stammered In
spector I'an'ce, gazing nt the necklace.
"I'erbaps you had better enlist the
services of Mr. Spencer," said her
ladyship, with n wave of her hand
toward Billy. "This young man has
already found the emeralds and re
stored them to me."
"Then," said I'anke, with a search
ing glance nt Billy, "I should like a
full account, at once, of how you came
by the jewels."
"Sure," said Billy genially.
Mr. Lambe set chairs for them both.
All four seated themselves; Lady Ery
thea, with an avid determination to
keep abreast of affairs, held her ear
trumpet close to Billy and the police
man. Billy repeated his tale with fuller
detail this time, and described, not
without a twinge of embarrassment,
his downfall at tpe hands of Calamity
Kate. Lady Erythea's lips tightened
grimly, the description did not sur
prise her. The Inspector had his book
before him and made careful notes.
At the conclusion he regarded Billy
pensively, and with a touch of envy.
"It's a pity you didn't hang on to
them, when you'd got them In hand,"
said I'anke. 'Tut. U course, we know
what Calamity Kata Is."
"Who?" echoed Billy.
Pnnke described briefly the popular
names C'f ,!lC two thieves, and what
little was known itbout t!;em.
"And now, Mr. Spencer, I have some
questions to put to you for the In
formation of the polle. This hap
pened between one and two o'clock.
It is now seven. What became of you
In the meantime?"
Billy turned to the light and al
lowed Panke to Inspect the wound on
the side of hli head, only partially
concealed by hli hair.
-If you'd bad that," tali iHIj, "I
(mess you'd be lyin' on the grass yon
der now."
"A severe cut," said the inspector,
impressed.
"And you lay unconscious there till
daybreak'" exclaimed Lady Erythea,
with intense sympathy.
"It might have to i n a w eek, for all
I knew when I woke up. When I'd
got my senses back, an' ma I' up my
mind what to do," -aid I. calmly,
"I came along hero.'
"Didn't It occur io ,. oa. ,-aiil I'anke,
"that the right thin;, to do was to go
to the police'.'"
"No. It occurred to tae the first
tiling to do was to get the stuff
straight hack to its owner."
"And perfectly right, too!" said
Lady Erythea sharply.
"How did you know," persisted
Tnnke. "that the necklace belonged
here?"
(Continued n I week )
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SOCIAL
Ladies of the Ileoik.'.h I '.-:'i I
O. O. F., held a pie social last Frii'...;
evening which is t.;ud to have be. n ;
remarkable succo;-.-;, both toeiaiiy atn
financially.
A feature of the program was tie
shadow pictures, the audience beir.i
permitted to guess the originals i
the shadows which some of the b
guessers did when the guessing wa
good.
A good crowd wan in attendance
HAY MAUKKT SHOWS
STIU.; I I'll ALU) TUKXD
L. A. Hunt, manager of the Ore-1
gon Co-operative H .ygrowers, sends '
out the following news article rela- j
tive to the present situation in the
hay market: i
Some time ago the fear was ex
pressed that unless most favorable -weather
should continue until spring,
the Northwest would face a real hay
shortage.
The storm of December and the
cold weather of the past mouth bring
this prophecy very much nearer real
ization. Indications point to sufficient hay
to last Oregon feeders, if it were not
for the demand for Oregon hay in
Washington. The Yakima valley is !
rapidly cleaning up and some dealers I
have expressed the opinion that there j
will not be sufficient hay to last more j
than another four weeks. I
Hay is now being shipped from the
Hermiston section to the Seattle
market and western hay dealers are
already considering the importation
of California hay. Dealers are now
offering farmers $23.00 at country
points.
Even with the most favorable
weather conditions from now until
spring, there will not be enough hay
in the Nortwest to meet the demand
and it is entirely probable that the
only limit set to prices will be that
fixed by the California marko
DEVI X K-TOIjKFSO.V
A quiet wedding was solemnized
hero last Thursday, February 8th,
Then Miss Alma Tolefson, of Walla
Walla, was united in manage to Mr.
Paul Devine, of near Lexington. Rev.
J. R. L. Haslam performed the cere
mony at his residence, immediately
following which the happy couple left
for Portland to spend the honeymoon.
The bride is a trained nurse by
profession and came here several
months ago in the line of her duties
nd 1: ; since made many friends in
this county. The groom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Devine, well known
wheat growers of the country north
of Lex'ngton.
Upon th.-ir return from Portland,
the newlyweds will reside at the De
vine ranch home.
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It will be a surprise to many of our
readers to learn that Omer Reitman,
(in of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Roil to:
was married to Miss Eiien Freeh"
at Ashland, Ore., December 17, 1922.
The bride is a most charming your
woman who once lived in Heppner
where her father was a bank cashier.
She is a student at the O. A. C. and
will graduate next June before taking
up her household duties. Onier, or
"Duich" as he is known to every"'
in this section of the state, Is one of
th s county's largest and most suc
cessful ranchers, a finl-hed base ball
player and a prinoa c' ;;vA fellows.
The happy couple spent a short
honeymoon in Southern California.
Iono Independent.
HOME GAME
passing a lot where
A man passing a lot wnere iwu
colored teams were playing base ball,
asked the man on first base how the
score stood. Ho replied, "forty to
nothing, favor the other side."
"We!!, they cf.eni to be giving you
quite a beating."
"No, sub," replied the darky, "We
ain' been to bat yet."
MODKKX HII IUK.LVPHK S
"I beg your pardon, sir, but what .
is your name?" the teller politely
asked the man presenting a check, j
"Name," echoed the indignant cus-:
toraer, "don't you Bee my signature
on the check?"
"I do," anawered the teller. "That
U what aroused my curiosity."
ILLUSTRATED LK TlltF. OX
PALESTINE AXO TI IJKI Y
Mr. Sigsbee has been very fortun
ate in securing for the people o
Heppner and vicinity a series of
two lectures to be given by Professe
and Mrs. Cook, who have just re
turned from Constantinople.
Mr. Sherman H. Cook has been
professor in Robert College in Con
stantinople for the past three year
Both Professor and Mrs. Cook ar
graduates of Columbia University '
New York City. While in the Noa:
East they spent months in Palest h
Egypt, and Greece. They have ju
returned from a four months' stay in
war-ridden Europe, so they can t'
how things look "over there" now.
On Wednesday evening, February
14th, at 8:00 o'clock, Mrs. Cook will
give a very interesting lecture or
"Come With Me Through Palestine."
She will tell us something of how
Jerusalem, Bethany, Bethlehem, !h
Garden of Gesthemane, the Mouni
Olives, the Sea of Galilee, and olio"
interesting places look at the pre.; '.;'
time. This is an event that shonb'
not be missed by anyone.
Professor Cook invites you
spend "A Day in Constantinople"
with him, Thursday evening. Feb. 15
at 8:00. Both of these lectures wii'
be illustrated with slides and will
native costumes. In fact a part c
..'each lecture will be given while they
are dressed in their costumes. Prof
Cook will show some of the native
Turkish toola and how they arc used.
In the latter part of Prof. Cook''
lecture he will discuss some of tie
problems confronting the Near Eas
and Europe. Should we join the
league of nations? Should we hav
an active representative on the repa
rations committee and at the Lao
sanne conference? Is Fiance doing
the wisest thing by occupying Cue
mining section of Ruhr? Should
England have supported France in
this step? These are only a few o!
the questions which will lie discus
ed at this second meeting. Come pr"
pared to ask questions and to t
part in the discussion which will fol
low the lecture.
A GOOD FAMILY IjAUXDKV
Judge: "What's your occupation,
Rastus?"
Ilastus: "I'se a business man, yo'
honor. I'se manager ob a fambly
laundry."
Judge: "What 1b the name of that
laundry?"
Rastus: "De name ob dat laun
dry is 'Liza, yo' honor." Selected.
No Trouble
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BIKTHIUY
A. M. Thelps returned Wednesda
evening from Vancouver, Washing
ton, where he and Mrs. Phelps at
tended a family re union party cele
brating the birthday of his father,
Rev. Dr. Phelps. Mrs. Phelps re
turned Friday evening.
Rev. Dr. Phelps, who is 8 5 years
young, is well known here, having
acted as pastor of the Federated
church for several months two or
three years ago, but being forced to
give up the won: and seek a lower
altitude for health reasons. Dr.
Phelps was for many years one of the
host known Presbyterian clergyman
in the Mississippi valley and was long
president of an Iowa collegs. He has
retired from active work but is still
in demand as a speaker at the Rotary
and other clubs in bis city and is also
credited with tying a first-class nup-
ial knot, an industry for which Van
couver has long been famous.
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JACK MULLIGAN
at llarwood's Jewelry Store
HEPPNER, OREGON
Phone Main 1062
January Records now on Sale
It's no trouble for you to drop in our store and
leave your grocery order, either as you go to
or come from the postoffice we're next door.
perhaps it might he less trouble for you to
phone your order from your own home. In
that case just ask central for Main 53; that's us
event
it's no trouble for us to take your order and fill
it with the same painstaking care that your
druggist would employ in compounding a pre
scription. That's what we are here for to
fill your order with neatness, accuracy and dispatch.
once in awhile when at work' Coinc in some
day and give your order personally and let us
prove this statement. Our prices, service and
quality of goods will make you smile and the
situation will be mutual. ,
PheSps G
rocery
A meeting of the local base ball
enthusiasts was held a' few days a
and arrangements perfected for
organization of a first-class team for
the coming season. Bert Mason was
elected manager and Arch Cochran
captain. An endeavor will be made
to get Rockey again on the team as
pitcher, and there is said to be con
siderable new talent about here
which will be available if needed.
lone Independent.
Arlington-Heppner
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We meet' oastlxuniil trains
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