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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1928)
, Pursuing the Shadow ! It Is common to overlook what 1 .near by keeping the eye fixed on something remote. In tin same man' Her present opportunities are neglect ed and attainable objects slighted by minds busied In extensive ranges and Intent upon future advantages. Sam uel Johnson. 1 Only Two of Them "Mamma," queried one of the chil dren of their mother shortly after their father's election as governor (not of Massachusetts), "are we all gov ernors now?" "No, children." was the prompt reply, "Just me and your dad." Boston Globe. Hand Up "Will all those who induced some one else to attend this meeting bold tip their hands?" asked the revivalist And every woman who bad her hus band sitting beside ber held up right band. Clay Center Times, Largest Fixed Star The Naval observatory says that lAlpha Scorpll (Antares) Is the largest fixed stnr so fur as Is known up to the present time. It is about 400,000.000 miles In diameter, accord ing to Hale, Fir it Speed Law The law providing for The punish ment by fine of any one who galloped his horse on Main street, enacted In Fredericksburg, Vs., In 17S7, is said to be the first speed law. Denton (Texas) Herald. Selfish Goodness Doing good out of a feeling of com placency Is likely to result in self shame. The Good Samaritan went across the road to the wounded man Just because he wanted to. American Magaslne. Plenty Mot The discouraging note In the case of the New Haven woman who left ber husband because be played a saxophone Is that there are appar ently enough saxophones to go around. Hopeless We come of a long-lived stork snd we're glad of that, as we'd like to see. If possible. If snythlng Is every really done about smoke abatement Ohio State Journal Spare Your Effort A great deal of time is wssted by urging the other fellow to have com mon sense. If be hasn't common sense, he won't get It, so let him alone. Atchison Globe. Matter for Wonder Thla country la making so much educational progress thst It becomes ;an Increasing wonder where sll the Ignorance comes from. Boston Transcript Elephants Good at Plow A pair of elephants, trained In the Belgian Congo government school at Apl. can do two snd one-half acres of bard plowing In morning. Old F orgotten Days Our memory goes back to the tlm when If a girl had bad neuritis in ber knee she'd have wanted woman doc tor. Ohio State Journal. Advantage of Reputation How fiat most of the clever remarks would seem If made by somebody who bad no reputation for cleverness. Sao Francisco Chronicle. iVof on Prayer Those who believe In God, pray. The devotion of thoe who know Illtn Is called work Arthur Schnltzler in Vanity Fair. There's Fun in Looking If woman's Intuition Is so wonder ful, then why does sh look at eight or ten hats before buying one t Louis ville Times. Her First Surprise Little Girl (to ber playmate) When 1 was born I was so s'prlsed I couldn't speak for n whole year and a half I Many Are Trying Hard If money-getting Is success, every man Is a failure. .No man has yet got all of It. Buffalo News. And Keep It Never mind paying the price for anything you learn. But get re ceiptAmerican Magazine. Hospital Surgery Eliminated Call or send today for this FREE book ex- plainlngthcDr.CJ.Dean method (used by ut exclu lvely)of treating all Kfttal nd Colon disorders. No hotptta I surgery- Assurance of Piles cured or fes refunded. (fir a sM R ECTALr COLON CLINI? sWsWkWKsKkWsUuisWKswS Sijluia off fie Minute By Helen R. Maxtin Copxrlfht tijr PoM. Snd Co. WMU SwtIc CHAPTER X Continued 22 "Lady Sylvia St Croix? That Is I am that Is to say may I present myself? you are who are you?" She stared at him la what seemed undisguised astonishment and drew away her hand. But she stopped out of the crowd and stood aside with him on the dock. "You have been sent to fetch me? Tou are, I suppose," she said, scan ning bis recherche attire, "my cousin's groou?" The voice, the sccent, were, to be sure, ss utterly different from Meety's ss were the tone and manner of the girl a self-possessed, reserved man ner that made St Croix her abject slave In spite of ber unflattering and stupid mistake In taking him for groom heavens I 'I sm your Cousin St Croix. Lady Sylvia," he stantmerlngly explained. "Ohr with a surprised lift of her fine brows. "How do yon dor She offered her gloved hand snd as he took It It flashed upon him that be would know Meely Scbwenckton's bands among thousand he would know the very touch of them be had always thought her bands so unusual for a working girl. When this girl drew off her gloves But how utter ly absurd! though the resemblance was truly amazing An experienced traveler, St. Croix knew how to expedite the tedious cus toms business and In a very short time he was helping Lady Sylvia Into taxlcab. Seated at ber side In the cab. lis tening with strained attention to the tones of ber voice, stealing glances at her exquisite profile, noting the move ments of ber gloved bands (if only she'd take off ber gloves), St Croix felt every minute more bewildered. more uncertain. There was some thing In the very stmosphere of her presence that made him feel as If he were sitting beside Meely yet the In congruity of identifying In any way this elegant creature with Meely Schwenckton ber civilized speech with Meely's Pennsylvania Dutch dia lect, ber grace with Meely's vulgar clumsiness, ber sparkling countenance with Meely's heavy dullness, the sim plicity of her coiffure with Meely's elaborate pompadour The wild absurdity of his predica ment In not being sure made him feel, ss he told himself, "woozy!" All st once be recalled that Meely had a tiny brown mole under the lobe of ber ear he had kissed It often. Her hands snd thst mole I If he could only lift the lobes of Lsdy Sylvia's tars and have look! But suppose he found the mole there what would It mean and what would he do about It? Kurelv this was the weirdest ornerl. ence that bad ever fallen to the lot of s rnanl "Voa have chanced so much since you were child. Cousin Sylvia I'd never have recognized you." He put out a feeler. "No, of course yon wouldn't When you last saw me, I was a homely little tow-headed, bow-legged, pigeon-toed, freckle-faced kid!" The words hsd a vaguely familiar sound to St Croix. He seemed to hear again the unaccountable Indignation with which Meely Schwenckton, that day In the woods on the hill, had re peated, "Bow-legged !" Ills head swam and he felt almost IIL Suddenly he turned In his seat and looked straight Into her eyes with a very definite and frank suspicion. "This," he Inquired with what he felt to be subtle cunning, his eyes probing hers like gimlets, "was of course your first crossing?" "Well, I've crossed the Channel so often that crossing the Atlantic didn't seem anything 1 Why, I'd hardly know I was on a boat at all, crossing the Atlantic. Why, crossing the Atlantic-" She was evading a direct answer to tils question I -and covering the fact by volubly chattering. Seated opposite each other, present ly, In the dining car, he waited In strained suspense for the critical mo ment when their waiter would bring their order and Lady Sylvia would be obliged to remove her gloves; and at the same time he was wondering how he could contrive to have a look be hind her ears for that tiny mole; for that mole could have been no part of a make-up; he knew It too Intimate ly not to be quite sure that It dld't come off I "So," she suddenly remarked, rest ing hor folded arms on the table and ticndlng forward confidentially, "your brother, Marvin, won't have me, will he?" St. Croix made an effort to conceal ils surprise and embarrassment at his umxMcted broadside. He felt It nicked delicacy. "I'm afraid when he sees you, he'll change his mind I" "'Afraid'?" "I needn't tell you why you know !" "Tell me," she smilingly Invited, "what's he like?" "A queer bird! Seems to hnte Ms comforts! Wants to live like a hod carrier or a street-cleaner or n Why, he's gone and taken a teaching Job, If you'll believe me, for a petty little salary that wouldn't keep me In gasoline I Insists on living simply and working for his living." The waiter's arrival with their food brought him up short As Lady Sylvia drew off her gloves, he fairly held his breath. Hut to his chagrin, that test proved no more con clusive than anything else about her, for her hands were now, to his dis taste, so covered with rings and so perfectly manicured (Meely's nails had never been so pink and polished) that while these lovely hnmls certain ly did somewhat resemble Meely's, he felt, as about everything else con cerning bis cousin, that he could not feel sure. "I wear all these rings," she ex plained apologetically, "when I trav el because I think It's the safest way to carry them." Well, since the hand-test fulled, he was all the more determined to find that mole! If It were there to be found. A very vague Attention he gave to his dinner, as, with every least move ment of her head, he tried to see un der and around and through her ear lobes 1 "Lady Sylvia," he said abruptly, with a sudden reckless during, "I want mi m Ww mm 1 iiff "Lady Sylvia 8t Croix? That Is I Am Thst Is to Say May I Present Myself? You Are Who Are Your to take yon to see an acquaintance of mine who looks so remarkably like you that it's uncanny!" "Ton mean, don't yoo, that you'll bring ber to see me?" "No. Couldn't She's farmer's daughter living about five miles from us. An Ignorant vulgar" He stopped short, his face flushing red, feeling. Insanely, as though he were Insulting Meely Schwenckton to her facel "A very nice country girl," be hastily amended his remark, "but not a person one would ask to call on your "But why?" "fh, not In our class." "Then you have 'classes' In Amer ica r "Too know we do! Ever hear of our Colonial Dnmes or D. A. It's?" 'Tve heard of your G. A. It's to my sorrow ! But these C. D.'s and D. A. It's they seem to be sn expression of the national yearning for a titled order; for all those silly social en cumbrances which England, so much more advanced In democracy. Is try ing to slough off. So this farmer's daughter Is an Ignorant, vulvar girl who Is 'uncannily' like me? Thanks !" "I'll take you to see for yourself how much you look alike. I want to see you two together I Why, you're as alike as 'twins except that you are wholly unlike I mean your features are alike; that's ail." "It will be Interesting to see her like seeing oneself on the screen! I'll know, for once, what I do look like. A portrait painter once told me my type was nn usual " She chattered on, but he scarcely heard her, so Intent he was In trying to penetrnte the veil of her ear-lobes when suddenly she stopped short, laid down her knife and fork and looked st him In puzzled astonishment "Why," she Inquired breathlessly, her brows puckered In bewilderment, "are you looking at me so strangely?" "I'll tell you,", he smiled frankly. "You look so like that farm girl that the very shape of your ears Is like hers! so that I should not be at all surprised to find you had even the same little brown mole under the lobe of your ear that she has!" "Well I" she exclaimed, "how ex traordinarily intimate you must have been with her to have learned all about her little brown mole under her ear-lobe I This Is Interesting, not to say exciting! Own up bow did you come to know about this mole?" "Do you have one, too?" "What "satiable curiosity' I See for yourself." She lifted the lobes of her ears snd he looked. There was no mole there. But bis relief was not ((renter than bis astonishment and confusion that two peopla could look so alike with out being related. However, be could delight In her, now, without fear and dread and be proud of her distinc tion and oven enjoy this weird re semblance to the girt for whom his senses hungered. "Now appease my ' 'sntluble curi osity'!" she Insisted. "How did you discover that farm girl's little mole?" "Well, you'll find It In your heart to forgive me, I know, that her beauty, so very much Ilk yours, proved so Irresistible that sometimes I kissed her when I got a good chance. "And It was while engaged In kiss ing her that you discovered the little mole?" "You see If she hndu't been beauti ful, like you, I shouldn't have wanted to kiss her being a bit fustldlous In my taste." "Your fustldlous taste," said Ldy Sylvia rellectlvely, "didn't find her too vulgar to be kissed, though she's too vulvar to be asked to call on me?" She shook her head hopelessly. "It's too much for my logic. I don't get It. Kissing doesn't seem to me less Inti mate than calling 1 But one thing I do get I am to piny the role of the rival of this 'Ignorant vulgar farm girl' In your affections I It Isn't role that appeals to mo," , "I'll show her to you and you'll un derstand:" "But how will she like thnt your bringing me to Inspect her? 8he mlKht not like It at all I I shouldn't think she'd like It I She might full uin me and scratch me !' "But, my dear cousin, you dont suppose that a girl of that class takes the ciiresses of men of our class seri ously?" "Wre sure that girl didn't take you seriously?" "She wouldn't presume to!" he an swered, a faint tinge of uneasiness In bis voice, "I've never been able to under stand." she said almost plaintively, "how it is thnt while men of the most civilized background will seek the most Intimate relations with low girls, It would he worse than dentb to worn en of the same background to be so much as touched by common, coarse man. Why Is that St Croix?" St Croix looked rather shocked, as though he felt her choice of a theme to be In very poor tnste, to say the least "Well, yoo know," he answered lightly, "when the gods made man and woman they used great deal less clay and much more divine fire for the woman than for the man; so that woman is of course less earthly, finer, more celestial I Will yoo," he nked as they now rose to leave the diner, "come to the smoking corridor for a cigarette?" She thought she would not; bnt when he had taken ber bark to their chairs, she urged blm to go for smoke without her. That be refused to do; he had no desire to tear him self from the delectable sight of ber for even the few minutes It took to smoke a cigarette. But when she In sisted that he must go so that she could take a little nap, as she wss "awfully sleepy," he reluctantly yielded. Ills reflections as be smoked were Increasingly reassuring. The agitat ing sense of the girl's dual personality was somewhat dulled by the soothing effect of several cigarettes. Even the recollection of certain vague doubts he had always felt about Meely, cer tain Inexplicable things like her fine bands, her being able to get away so often from the bord work of the farm, the touch of forelgnness In her seeh. her very stupidities thnt sometimes hsd seemed more like keen thrusts st blm none of these things were con vincing enough to counteract the evl- lence of the mole. Steely had a mole and Lady Sylvia had none. He had to go through several day coaches to reach his parlor car, and It was when he was hurrying down the aisle of the last of these, scarcely see ing anyone as he progressed, for the bncks of the passengers were toward him, thnt suddenly the back of a bead Just a few feet ahead of them brought dim to a petrified standstill froze his very blond and made his heart sink like lead; for there, under his very eyes, so close that he could have put out his hand and touched her, sat Meely Schwenckton ber heavy, fair hair arranged In the vulgarly 'exag gerated pompadour she always af fected; wearing grotesque flowered blouse that looked like a kimono or a dressing-sack tucked Into her skirt (which no doubt It was!) no rings on her bands; sitting In the slovenly, slouching way that bad so often of fended his sense of "decency." The seat behind ber was empty. Noiselessly he slipped Into It Her head was bowed over a copy of Snap py Stories; curly tendrils of hair os her white neck The mnlet Was It there? A mad. hope seized him that even yet he might find Lady Sylvia and Meely to be tws different people. lie bent bis head nnd looked. And there, under her left ear, was the little brown mole I (TO IIS CONTINUED.) Had Odd Accomplishment Earl Itusseli has this anecdote la his honk, "Myv Life and Itemlnls censes" I "My grandmother, Lady John Bus- sell, was a great favorite with Queen Victoria throughout ber life. Not alone, of course, because she bad the peculiar and unusual capacity of wag King her ears like dog. But this accomplishment Intrigued the queen and she suddenly called on Lady John to show It off to an ambassador. My grandmother wss so taken back that she Inst for a long time the power to move either eur, and Only utlmately retrained hor power to move one, which she occasionally did for my edification." I 1 HoweAbout- Br ED HOWE ft Dell Syndlrste, WNU Servtes, I lately read a book giving a sum mary of the philosophy of the Greeks, Wisest of the ancients. This phllosohpy Is poor stuff, It seems to me, compared with what men know today, , Are we moderns really doing wry well? So fur as common sense guest we surely hnve more than the Greeks, They knew nothing we do not know, and believed a lot of uonscinw we do not believe. Aristotle had some beliefs that would disgrace modern schoolboy, nnd knew nothing the men of today do not know. The greatest failure of the moderns Is that they have Dot Improved In morula, They are no worse than the Greeks, but uo better. If tlit-re Is profit In good conduct, as has been claimed from the beginning of time, I can see no reason why the Inter races of men should not Im prove It Why not frankly muke success the goal of life? Thut Is what sll men and womeu are working for. Why not rate men by a sort of Brndatreet? Why continue the old foolish cus tom of deriding the successful? By success I do not mean accumula tion of property alone, but certainly Include It Every man la a succcess who tukes reasonably good cars of himself and family, and able to pay the undertaker who finally attends blm. The great annoyances of life come from (he shiftless. Idle, unsuccessful: those who In one way and another are of no use to their communities. The man who Is a community bur den should not be permit led to vote. Certainly be should not be permitted to marry, and given opportunity to neglect a family of children. The present sge Is becoming more practical, and thla new spirit should be reflected la the laws. We should publicly express the con tempt we really entertain for the worthless man. There Is only one way to Improve the world, and that Is to Increase ths average respectability, which Is becom ing alarmingly low. The worthless now number so great an army that they have combined to boycott the useful snd respectable, snd are doing fulrly well. I do not like a man who Is too free with women In public. If a man Is crazy about ths women, he should keep It to himself ss much as pos sible. Men demsnd thst other men treat their women folks with respect The women themselves demand It; ths law demands It How tremendously the law demands It I Jszs Is a wicked thing because it Is fighting music. History Is a collection of magic tales, end denial of them. When s nuin Is a gross feeder, II Is said be la sn epicure, In memory of Epicurus, sn snrlent who lived opoo bread snd water, snd upon the simple fruits and vegetables that grew In bis own garden, Cicero says; "Ahl With how little was Epicurus contented." Watercress, a radish, a fig. mnde a substantial meal for the grentest of the epicures, Epicurus himself. Now and then he called for a portion of milk or a little cheese, saying: "1 must occasionally ronks merry 1" Stories of his dissipation coins from detractors. Eplctetus accuses him of being a habitual drunkard. Tlmocraies snys Epicurus had so debauched him self thai for years he was unable 'o rise from his rourh, In which be had served blm dully the most sumptuous banquets. Cicero snys one thing; Eplctctus an other. And the world has chosen to believe the worse story. Still, Athens reared statues of bronze to the memory of Epicurus, Seneca paid a tribute to him, because he was the first man who taught that virtue Is easier than vlclousness. Mid pays better. Epicurus believed In pleasure, but taught that the way to attain It was by temperance. Industry, fairness. He was the first man who coined the phrase now quoted every where with derision: "Be virtuous, and yoo will be happy." 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