Alabaster Lamps
STORY FROM THE START
Claude Melnotte Dabba r
turna from New Tork to hla
general grocery in Peai-a Vallay,
la. With him cornea Ned Car
ter, a atranger, whom lobha In.
trotlucea to "Aunt Lyddjr." hit
old housekeeper, aa a nephew.
Later l'ehba admits to Aunt
Lyddy that Carter la a chance
acquaintance, veteran of tha
World war, whom ha had met
In New Tork and taken a lik
ing to. Carter telli that ha haa
broken with hit family and hla
dance because of their ultra
paelflo leanings.
CHAPTER II Continued
"I will. If you think you'll stt.y
while, Claude replied eagerly.
"Of course I'll stay, and what's
more, I'm going to help. Motoring
means nothing to me. Let uie tag
after you and look things ever; be of
use, If I can."
Dabbs looked Immensely pleased.
"By Jlmlnyl That'll be great!
Suppose you drive with me to
Clover Hollow with the orders. Tou
can always pretend you are a stran
ger getting a lift, or you can jump o.T
and admire the scenery when we get
there. Tou don't look Uke the
grocer's boy, you know."
"Well, I am," atllmied Ned. "My
looks may be against me, but It Isn't
kind of you to rub It In. I'm your
man for delivery or anything else."
Ned watched Claude Dabbs handle
the reins. Like everything else he
did, he drove skillfully, but apparent
ly without giving It all his attention.
On the way, he told Ned that the
car was out and Sim needed the truck
for the express stuff au explanation
of why they were using Jenny and the
wagon. But Ned was secretly con
vinced that the wagon was being used
as a test of his own endurance, and
mlled to himself at C M.'s guile.
Ned was the target for many curi
ous, unwinking stares before they left
the short main street. At last the vil
lage lay behind them and the road
ran winding past quaint homesteads
and Inviting side roads.
Winding Willow road was Its name,
Claude Informed Ned as they neared
the top of the hllL Ned looked about
him, absorbed In the panorama of
comfortable farmland and wooded
hills. He realized that the lovely road
lived up to the first part of Its name.
It wound on and on and not too
smoothly. There were steep hills and
sharp turns before them, but Claude
had arrived at a place where he might
relax and talk.
"By Jlmlny 1 It's good to be out of
doors I I make a break once In so
often and take out a lot of orders,
so's not to get too fat and lazy."
Ned smiled. He bad suspected that
C 1L, was trying him out, and now
be was sure.
Dubbs turned and looked at the
young man's face with great content.
"ton do like Peace Valley. Just as
I felt you would. Grand country,
Isn't itr
"Beautiful! I dont e how one
could be restless or disappointed down
Here."
"It's a queer thing," Mr. Dabb an
swered Introspectlvely, "how this pface
take all the spunk out of some people
and makes them so mild and ladylike
there's no stirring them up to any
aort of decent ambition. YouH soon
ee that the folks brought up around
tiers are terrible hard to 'rouse. I've
felt that way often myself. Then
sometimes there are days when sud
denly the very peace of It gets on your
nerves, sorta slups you In the face.
I've felt that, too. But when I go
away from here, I want to come back,
and It's the d dent, hardest place to
leave that I ever knew." He slapped
Jenny lightly with the whip, "if It
was anyone else I was talking to,
they'd think I talked like a fool about
my own place. But you get me, don't
your
"It doesnt sound foolish to me. I
think I feel Its charm already."
"And yet, when I was your age,
Ned, how I kicked at being kept here,
tied to a country store." He pointed
tils whip to a group of buildings at the
foot of the gentle Incline before them.
"That's Clover Hollow. What do
you think of Itr
Ned saw several detached houses,
most of them built of stone, more or
less elaborate in design, except where
they were merely the original furni
house, or laborer's cottage, remodeled
and enlarged but retaining some of
the original simplicity of form. They
were set In the midst of gardens and
lawns, some of them quite extensive.
"Attractive looking spot But what
Is itr
"It's a joke on the man that built
It," Cluude said thoughtfully, "and
I ought to know because I'm his agent.
Tou see, he thought out this scheme
for bringing a good cluss of people
Into the neighborhood, and by so doing
boost his native village, financially and
otherwise. And this Is what be got I
"It's a kind of collection of good
natured cranks," Dubbs resumed, after
waiting for comment, which did not
come. "They cull It a community, and
they call themselves workers, think
ers, writers, artists, leaders of the
new revolt, and a lot of other names.
Everything except a plain American
citizen lives there. But there's no
linrm In any of 'em. They are Just
people with money enough not to
work, and yet a burning desire to do
something for a living that won't ham
per 'em none."
He laughed. "It's funny, Ned, how
nowaduys people feet they have to
By
Margaret Turnbull
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have some excuse besides their money
for living. Money was enough when
I was young. It Isn't any more."
He chuckled at the thought "The
way I reason It Is that people who
are just a little off on some one thing
become so much of a darned nuisance
that ordinary people either laugh at
them or try to run away. This makes
them band together so as to get an
audience somehow. At Clover Hol
low they enn have meetings and argue
as often as they like. If one man does
all the talking one day, he knows he's
got to listen the next
"Take this bouse we're coming to
now. It's culled a cottage, but It
takes five servants to run It. Profes
sor O'Toole, who lives there, drink
something a good deal stronger than
tea. He told me that the purity of
his Gaelic depended on a diet of new
potatoes, cream and whisky. Don't
know where he gets his stuff, nor how
he gets it past the revenue officers,
but his cellar's full. He's against
everything on God's green earth ex
cept the Irish republic. I can't help
hoping Ireland never Is a republic, for
If It Is, Professor O'Toole will be a
terribly disappointed man. He'll have
nothing left to live for, or talk about
"Course he don't work for his liv
ing. Ills English uncle left him so
much "unearned Increment that he
Just has to use some of It up on De
Valera and that bunch."
He looked at Ned, and added: "Aw
ful pleasant fellow, though. Tou'd
like to talk to him."
"This Is amazing!" Ned said. "Next
house V '
"That's the show place. M. Adol
phus Mannheim, the East side mil
lionaire who married a settlement
worker, lives there. He's a good pro
vider and a nice fellow, If there ever
was one. He's also got some excuse
for tulklng kinds wild. Seems before
be nisde his millions In a chain of
stores over here, his family were Rus
sian Jews and had what he calls
pogroms' happen to them. A pogrom
seems to be some sort of excuse for
raging round at things In general.
"But Mrs. Mannheim, why, she sorta
forgets. Some of us knew her as Liz
zie Harrlgnn, a school-teacher at Fel
low's Corners twenty miles away.
Lizzie always was a restless spirit
and she made a strike for freedom
and the city. She's got Munnbelm
flattered to death and fooled, but she
can't fool Peace Valley. Leaves her
big automobile around the corner, and
In a plain shirtwaist and skirt and a
ssd smile tries to stir up the girls at
the factory to fight for their rights.
They chew their gum and laugh at
her. fellow's Corners ain't so far
but some of us have heard of Lizzie
Harrigan's rich marriage. She got a
hint of that last time she tried to
make a strike leader of herself and
found she was the whole strike. She's
all for plain living and high thinking,
and look where she lives I Five maids,
a cook and a chauffeur. And clothes!
Lizzie struck luck when she married
Mannheim."
"I know Mrs. Mannheim." Ned said.
to Dabbs complete astonishment and
Ned's voice was hard. "I'd rather go
to her kitchen door with groceries any
day, than to her front door. Who
started this blot on the landscaper
Dubbs visibly started. He shot a
quick glance at Ned, but the younger
man did not notice the look.
"Isn't 'Mt on the landscape a lit
tle strong r he Inquired anxiously.
You see I'm the agent for the man
who bought the land cheap, and
thought it'd make a good Investment
as an exclusive residence place. He
had a good architect come down here,
who was crazy about remodeling old
bouses, and soon Mr. Munnhelm and
a mun called Green got Interested,
and they brought the rest here."
'I suppose," Ned began reflectively,
as though be had scarcely been lis
tening, "that Mrs. Munnhelm thought
she could get together a set of her
own down here, and drag Mannheim
away from his friends."
"Don't know," Dabbs answered, a
trifle bewildered at Ned's Intimate
knowledge of these people. "That's
Green's house over there, among the
trees, where we're going next Green's
a character. He can talk white into
looking black, and the other way round.
He was a professor, of something or
other, In some college. He's in Itus
sla now."
"Who has the bouse nowr
"Don't Just know. It was rented
by the New Tork agency when I was
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'X'XX'XXX'X
Good and Evil Omens
Many wom.n are Interesting them
selves In the art and business of bee
keeping, and with skillful manage
ment It can be made a profitable In
dustry. Much ancient lore Is asso
ciated with the keeping of honey bees.
They must be told when there Is a
death or wedding in the household,
and their habits of swarming are
omens of good or evil. If they swarm
on the ground or on a dead tree some
one Is going to die, or there will he a
famine, or something dreadful will
happen. It Is astonishing that coun
try people ever kept bees If they be
lieved In superstitions so liable as
these to make them uncomfortable.
They do not worry the modern kee
keepor, for, like everything else, the
away. I didn't see the name SI mi
put on the order, so I can't tell you
whether it's money or Just views, but
should think It would be money and
views. Sometimes, you know, regu
lar family, Just looking for peace and
quiet, land here. But it's generally
one of the same."
He paused. "Jimmy! I've never
talked so much to any one before. Ol
course being agent for the property
I have to keep my mouth shut. But
what would you do? Turn them out?
Aren't they safer here than In some
other place! Peace Valley's slow
moving."
He looked appeallngly at Ned, for
evidently that "blot ou the landscape"
rankled.
Ned said nothing. He was frown
ing, staring straight ahead of him,
seeing nothing. Dnhbs, glancing at
him, puzzled, explained further: "Of
course, I') only given you my Idea
of them. I'd not set you against
them, for , anything. In fact, they
might amuse you."
"They wouldn't" Ned Interrupted
vehemently. "I don't want to know
them."
The wagon gave a final lurch as
they turned the corner near the Mann
helm's back gateway. A . slender
blonde girl came through the wrought
Iron gates at a breukneck speed,
pulled along by an Infuriated young
collie on a leash. Neither the girl
nor the dog seemed able to stop, and
Jenny would not
Horse, dog and girl seemed as one
In the cloud of dust that enveloped
them.
As Dabbs pulled at the reins, Ned
Jumped over the side of the wagon
and landed at the girl's feet
"Peter!" she shrieked. "My pre
cious dog) My Peter! You've killed
him"
"D m Teter P Ned muttered sul
lenly. "What are you doing here,
Dorothyr
The girl looked at Mm smnzed, then
at the wuggn and Mr. Dabbs, who had
kept his seat and regained control
over the horse. Peter, who had not
been killed, doubled bark and was
now cowering against the girl, growl
ing. Dabbs quietly descended and took
the box containing the Munnhelm or
der from the back of the wagon. Ned
turned abruptly, went toward the
wagon and climbed to the seat
"I'll deliver the order at the next
house, t'nele Claude, and come back
for you," he announced, and was gone
before Claude could protest
The girl, her attractive face painted
like a bisque doll, stood staring at the
rapidly disappearing wagon. Claude,
wisely concluding that he had nothing
to keep him, shouldered the box and
went toward the bouse.
When he retained, a few minutes
later, the girl was still standing there,
holding the dog and blocking bis exit.
Dabbs could see at once that be was
not to escape easily.
"Nice boy, Ned," Dabbs remarked
warily.
"Uncle Claude!" the girl exclaimed
accusingly. "Are you the late Mrs.
Raugeley's brotherT
"Mrs. Hangeley!" Dabbs echoed.
"Mean Mrs. Carter, dont you Miss
Seldenr
"No, I mean Ned Carter Ilangeley's
mother."
"Ned Carter Rangeley!" Dabbs re
peated. "You mean my boy Nedr
"Then you aren't his real under
"He has always called me 'uncle,'
though the relationship Isn't quite so
close."
Dorothy Seldeo looked at him
shrewdly. "I'm willing to bet every
penny In my purse," and she jangled
tbe little costly beaded article and
dropped it back into the deep trouser
pocket of her expensive farmerette
costume, "that you don't know who
Loren Irlmer Ilungeiey Is."
Dabbs could not help his Jaw drop
ping a little. "I do, though," he an
swered quietly enough. "He Is a big
New York bsnker, one of the meanest
men God ever let live."
"Knowing that" snapped the girl,
"and knowing that Ned Is his only son,
why this silly pretense that his name
la Carter onlyr
"Ned has his reasons." he told her
coldly, "and Rangetey deserves to be
kept In the dark."
All right, then, Dorothy, Just
whs Is Loren Lorlmer RangeleyT
Doss the plot gat thicker or does
It get thinner?
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Surround Honey Bees
business has been modernized and the
old village straw beehive-maker has
gone, together with many of the curi
ous observances associated with bee
keeping. Rtader'i Cyclt
Every Inveterate reader goes
through an endless cycle In the kind
of books he reads, according to one
of the Detroit librarians. The cycle
goes something like this: Fiction,
poetry, biography, history, science
then It begins all over again with fic
tion. But It does not mean evolution
for the render, because on each hip,
he tends to Improve the quality of the
class of books he happens to be reading.
CThe Kitchen
Amat
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KIT. yira Newaiwiier Union.)
Who shalheWve vlalon to pierce ths
mlat
Enshrouding; tbe common thins,
Or aea In the dark hour sorrow
klaavd,
The gleam ot an ana-el's wins'
The world la wide, and the world
la old;
Ita mystnrlea paaa our ken;
And only to Uod ara tha eeorets
told
Which live In tha hearts of man.
-Thrlatln Uavle.
GOOD THINGS WB LIKI
Here Is a dainty which Is considered
very choice by others tlmn the Scotch!
Scotoh Short
Bread. Beat one
cupful of butter
to a cream, add
one-half cupful
ot light -brown
sugar, then work
In four cupfuls of
pastry flour. If
the flour bus been warmed slightly it
will work more easily. Form the mix
ture Into two Hat cakes, seven Inches
lu diameter. Decorate the edge by
crliuplug and prick all over with a
fork. Sprinkle the top with caraway
caudles, candled cherries and pre
served citron, Buke In a slow oven.
Marshmallow Cream. Soften one
tciispoonful of gelutln In two table
ppoonfuls of cold milk, then dissolve
over boiling water, Add one-half cup
ful of sugur and one cupful of double
crcniu and beat until firm. Beut the
white ot a small egg, then fold In the
cream with one-half tcaspooiiful of va
nilla, half of a quarter pound box of
inundimallowa cut Into quarters, one
half cupful of skinned grapes seeded
and one bunana cut Into cubes and
mixed with a tublespoonful of lemon
Juice. Dispose In glass cups, adding
a cherry here and there. Garnish the
top with finely chopped nuts and chill
before serving.
Curried Shrimps. Put into a sauce
pan two tablespoon fu! s of butter, add
one tuhlesMHnful of minced onion,
cook until yellow. Mix one tuble
spoonful of flour and one-half tea
spoonful of curry powder and stir Into
the hot butter; when well cooked sdd
one cupful of milk and two cupfuls of
freshly cooked shrimps. Serve hot
with toast or wafers, or wjth hot rice.
Lemon Honey. -Boll six cupfuls of
sugar snd one and one-half cupfuls of
water six minutes, then add the juice
from six lemons, stir snd cool. A
tahlospoonful of this honey Is added
to the glasa of tea as It Is served, or
it may be passed In a small pitcher
and as much used ss the taste dic
tates. Tills honey will keep for sev
eral days In the Ice chest or for weeks
If poured Into bottles and sealed.
Hssd Lettuce With Roquefort
Dressing. Mash eight tableionfuls
of roquefort cheese with one tea
spoonful of mustard; add to a good
French dressing to which one-fourth
of a cupful of chill sauce has been
added.
Why Not Serve Shrimper
One reason for not having shrimps
often Is the cost When canned they
are not Inexpensive. If
one Is fortunato enough
to be able to procure
them fresh. It Is wise to
serve them often. Many
who might use fresh
shrimps, pass them by
because they do not
know how to use them.
Thoy should be washed well, then re
move the shells with a sharp knife
and take out the small vein which
runs down to the end of the tall.
Boll them for twenty minutes, when
they are ready to serve In various
ways.
Shrimp Chowdsrv Noting could be
more appetizing on a chilly night to
sen's for supper than this dish of hot
chowder: Put a third of a cupful of
chopiwd fat suit pork Into a kettle,
add a chopt.ed onion or two. When
this has browned slightly add one
cupful of celery snd a quart of boil
ing water. Cook until the celery la
well done, adding a pint of diced po
tatoes, two teasoonfuls of salt and a
few dashes of peper. Now sdd two
cupfuls of uncooked shrimps and fm
Ish cooking. Just before serving add
milk, milk crackers and butter to sea
son If needed.
Bsksd Shrimps. Cook a cupful of
canned tomatoes until thick, adding
snlt and pepiwr to season, with a
little onion Juice. Put through a sieve.
Take two cupfuls of cooked shrimps,
pin re In a buttered buklng dish, cover
with buttered crumbs and the tomato,
adding a few cooked mushrooms. Top
with buttered crumbs and buke until
thoroughly hot
Shrimp Canapes. Hollow out
squares of bread to make small boxes
two Inches square. Dtp In melted but
ter and brown, or toast under the gas
flame. Fill with cooked shrimps cut
Into pieces and dressed with mayon
naise dressing. Garnlxh with olives.
Frlsd Shrimps. Shell and clean raw
shrimps, sprinkle with salt and pepper
and a little lemon Juice. After stand
ing ten minutes dip them Into beaten
egg and crumbs and fry In deep fut
for three minutes. They may be var
ied by dipping In butter and frying
them.
Bananas will be found to be more
fiavorous If peeled and split, covered
with orange or lemon Juice for an
hour before adding them to the dish
of fruit salad or the cocktail.
13
IS A HEALTHIER
STRONGER GIRL
Because She Took Lydia E. Pink
bun's Vegetable Compound
Th fertile valleys ot Oregon help to
upi'ly the tables of America. This Is
poaalulethroughlh
mania of th hum.
liU tin can.
In one ot the can
ning s tab 1 1 sh
in e n t s, Julia
Schmidt was em
ployed. It wss com.
plicated work be
cause she did seal
ing and othor parts
of the work. It was
strenuous work and
ahs was not a strong
girl. Olten she furred herself to work
when she was hardly able to alt at ber
machine. At times she would have to
stay at bom for sh was so weak she
could hardly walk. For five year sua
was In this weakened condition.
tilie triad various medicines. At last,
a friend ot hers took ot Lydla K.
l'lnkham's Vegetable Compound anil
he gar It a trial.
"Everyone says I am a healthier snd
stronger girl," she wrltas. "I am roo
ommendlng the Vegetable Compound to
all my friends who tell me bow they
suffer and I am willing to answer let
ters from women asking about If
Julia Schmidt's address is 111 Willow
8t, Sllverton, Oregon,
Girls who work In factories know
Just bow Miss Schmidt felt I'erunps
they, too, will find better health, bJS
taking th Vegetabl Coopound.
Young Minionary
Mother Stop! Didn't I tell
that It I very wrong to fight f
you
Johnny I know It I'm Just trying
to teach Willie Hint
For Dancing, Teste
tie. Coif, eta, Ut
this be your first
thought for foot
emfert. Tha
Antleeptle, Heal.
Ing powder to
shake Into four
shoe a.
SoU everyieAars,
PlagiarUm
Ethel But, pupa, be says he cannot
live without me.
Father Tell him to think up a new
one; I told that to your mother.
Boston Transcript
CHILDREN CRY
FOR "CASTORIA"
Eipeciallj- Prepared for Infantt
and Children of All Age
Mother I Fletcher's Castorla has
been In use for over no years to re
lieve babies and children of Obstipa
tion, t'lutulency, Wind Colic and Dlur
rbes; allaying Keverlshness srlslng
therefrom, and, by regulating the
Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimi
lation of Kood; giving nutural sleep
without opiates,
Tbe genuine bears signature of
All the rising young men should
be trained under a successful mun.
We all say the obvious thing, of
eoiirse. It's expected.
No
hope!
He's
gone!
"Flyomn ALWAYS
Dont kill flies and moaquluar
on of a lima,
Flyoean the fi rsl and only enVe
live fly and mosquito spray (non
poisonous) kills all the flies and
moequitfir In your house la only
a few minus-.
But use Flyoean Itself. Don't uke
rhanrre with Inferior imltathma.
Hid your horn qnlckly, thorough
ly, not only of flying peats but also
of the filthy, deadly germ which
each one earrlea,
"Swatting only aratter tbes
PWeraiaa'i km Ike Hhl
lawMrMe .w aark Is.
eee. lilt ml tM
eViaja ara trial
'
Jzfovn
Profeaor Forgot All
About Dinner Party
The nliNeiit-inludeil professor who,
a! iirtlug to dress for a formal dinner,
thought ha was gelling ready for bed
and was found there by his wlfo, has
n rival for wool gathering honor In a
certain Kngllsh dean. This dean had
Invited soma friends to din at hi
house, null on their arrival a 11 1 1 In
ahead of time ho suggested that In the
Interval of walling they might Ilk to
walk through tliu grounds,
After spending n quarter ot an hour
admiring the (lowers, shrub and
greenhouses, they rnino suddenly upon
a door In the wall. "Ah," said th
dean lo his astonished guests, "till
will bo a much nearer way home than
going back to tha front," and all un
conscious of his Invitation lie opened
the door and bowed them out Bostou
Transcript
Both John$ Honortd
When Mr. and Mrs. James Cain
mussl of Bristol, Conn., welcomed
their first baby, the father decided
that the child should be named John,
after Hie father's older brother, who
hud been very kind lo the family. In
two years another boy arrived and
Mrs, ' Inmussl said It was ht ' turn.
She, too, had a brother John, who hnd
been a boon to her family. So th
second boy also was named John,
For bloated foaling and d' Ireaeed breath
Ins due to inllgtiin yu n. a mullein
ae wll ae a imtgntrve, Wrlsbre iuUlaa
Veseiatile I'm ate Inita. Ad.
Still Falling
At school at Lunkorshlm th ether
day, the teacher asked Buddy Cohen
If he knew what a fulling out meant
".Surer exclaimed Buddy, "we huv
on In our family right now!"
"Why, Buddy, you don't mean your
father and mother are not getting
along f
"Surg they dot But dnddy't getting
buld 1"
Roman Moialc
The British museum I soon tn re
ceive a fine example ot Human nmialo
pavement In ;ul some laborer
discovered It st Orkstow ball, on th
Itlver number, where It remained tin.
til the owner recently agreed to it
removal. Composed of small colored
rubes, It depict various Human
scenes.
Mammoth Pail
A Keene (N. II.) concern has com
pleted a pall for a preserve manufac
turer. Th pnll holds more than a
ton of Jelly and will be displayed at
an exhibit In Madison Square garden.
New York. The pall, with cover,
weigh S'JS pounds.
Nobody
Simons I had a reul time it th
dance last night.
Kdwards But yoa can't dance.
Simons Well, did n body 7 Path
finder. Good Rtaion
Isn Yeah, Fratdc left hi bom for
her.
Jlm-Whyt
Lcn Oh. her was a better on.
A Ftmtnint Tttt
"race Why did you refuse htm?
Certle Well, lie suld he'd dl for
me and I'm curious.
Sometimes, It may be. a picnic I
got up for the pleasure ut not In
viting somebody.
Happiest people are those who do
what they like snd somebody decide
to pay tliein for It
After "Be It Ilcsolved" always
conies "(Jet out and work" If any
thing Is to be accomplished.
kills" toy$ Doc Fly
millions of diaeaae-bearlng germs,
Uwt It th right tnctleUU far
arh intmctl
n.YOSAK, UfM r,-U. sue a-4
eMslae.
rrrrjtMAN't-ANT rOOD a
prrraMAT ni:ovESY,iirtf
aaJaatoeteJaaae,
mKSMAN'l NOACIt rtMD ash
eies wet mtraut ana.
rrrKaMAN' atom roon leeia
aslaa.dH.
Yon mux have a speclfie Inaeo.
fields for tarh Inarct No single
Inarrtlrlde will otermlnnie them
all. We have had nearly SO yeare'
eipcrlenoe. We A now rjutt Is true,
loorinkAaN.T.C.
" r.T ' ;r -n i