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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1930)
tat Ginger Ella ooprrubt. b, B.M umui oe, STORY FROM THI START is the usually quid horn ot Itev. Mr. Tolllv.r cf Had Thruh. Iowa. Me motherleaa daushtara. Helen. Miriam anS Ellen "Olo tr Ella" are buay "aroomlns" hlr etater Marjory for partlcl. patloa tn (ha "Baauty pagaant that evenlus. With Eddy Jack ton, proaparaua young farmer, her escort. Marjory leavea for Ida anticipated triumph. Over work kaa affertpd Mr. TolIlver"e araa to tha point of thraatantd bllndneaa, Marjory win the baauty prise, 1(000. 8ba glva tha tnonay to bar talhar to con sult Chicago speclallsta. Mr. Tol llrar leavea for Chicago wltb Miriam. Dinner meets Aleiandet Murdock. Mr. Tolllver raturne, tha Joctora giving blm little bopa, Olngar gata an Idea for a "Paraonaga Homa for tha Blind' and aollclta funda. CHAPTER IV Continued It was she Tho announced the early arrival of Horace Langley. Mopping bU brow, aba tald he wag. and cling ing Ilk trim death to the nn of Eddy Jackson, wbo laughed at blm. Much liter, with the final announce ment that the other bridesmaids were on band, aha dispatched tha twins, tn pastel pink and jellow, to Join the springtime bevy of orange, green, mauve and rose la tha primary de partment. Then aha led her father down tho stairs n the living room, where be was to watt for Helen. All tba who's wbo are there.' she proclaimed blithely, "and all the hood lums art perked. She ran np to ber sister's room, and tare a test tender toocb to the white ell. "Oh. Helen," aha whispered. Helen took ber In oj arms and the two girls wept together. After all. Ginger waa Helen'g baby, bad been Helen's from tba moment when, re turning from the little cemetery on the bill where ber mother waa laid away tn flowers and snow, are ran to tba npatalra mom of that other old parsonage to answer tha pleading wall of tha orphaned bahy. "Yon too mustn't" aald Ginger stoutly, winking away ber tears. "You'll apod your looks. Helen I wish father could sea yon. Now, dont cry. fm going right down." She smiled bravely, tearfully, at ber sister, unfailing refuge of sixteen years, now leaving her, and ran down tha stain. "Tell him to wait for ma Just a minute, I am coming at once," Helen called after ber." Ginger went to her father. "Father,' aba said, "I must go now. Helen aald for yon to wait here for ber Just a minute 1 think shea going to pray, father, aba looks Just like praying. Oh, father, aha la beautiful. She looks like a picture of s Madonna wltb all kinds of secret happy thoughts In ber heart that nobody else knows anything about Just wait. darling, aba Is coming. And Ginger tripped daintily down (ha flagstone path Uka a floating blue cloud In ber airy gown. 'In tha living room Mr. Tolltver, accustomed to patience by weeks of blindness, waited quietly. But Helen, la the room aha shared with Ginger, was not praying. Helen was not s sentimental girt, but one ot deep Una feeling, much of wblcb centered round tha bahy sister whom sba bad so long beld aa ber especial charge. Helen was not going away bruskly to happy marriage without a final tender word and gesture for tba child who would coma borne lonely In ber ab sence. 8ba bad written Ginger a let ter written it tba night before ber marriage, when girls may well be excused if their every thought la for themselvee and their lovers snd tbelr hopes. Helen's were for her young' est sister. It waa for that purpose that aha denied herself to Horace, and to the girls, shutting herself op for hours behind S locked door, to writs to Ginger Rile telling ber how much she loved ber, bow much sha bad en Joyed tha years of caring for ber, how much aha hoped for her future. Hot a flowery letter, no literary work of art. but one that came from Helen's heart. Wltb thla letter, aha was going to lea re for Ginger a precious thing, tha little diamond ring that bad been tbelr mother'a engagement ring. had been given to Helen, at her moth er's death, had been worn by ber tn sacred remembrance for atxteen years. but now, wltb tba band of ber own betrothal upon ber hand, and soon to be enforced by the wedding circlet. she would pans this treasure on to Ginger. Bha bad Intended to leave ber farewell message on the dressing table of tha room they bad occupied tosether, but now, anon sudden Ira pulse, thinking of Ginger, sba knew In flash of revelation what the girl would do upon her return. She would fly straight up the wabbly ladder to ber private aanctuury In the attic, where, alone wltb ber loneliness, sha would weep nut her heart to axhsus tlun, and fall asleep. Helen smiled to herself with qulv ring Hps. "Tha darling," slia whis by Ethel Httcston lllustrationa by Irwin Mycrt pered, and then, mischievously, but with determination, sha carefully draped ber veil about ber shoulders. ran down the corridor, set Gingers ladder under the trapdoor, and climbed round by round, pushing open the trapdoor above ber. In the Mile she drew herself up, crossed the dusty beams, and stood beside Ginger's tidy Uitla table desk. Her sympathetic eyes noted the pada ot paper, the well-sharpened kX-notla, tha little old doll's trunk, the plueou-nole of letters "Oh. Ginger, my darling." she whis pered. and wept again for leaving ber But sha wiped away the tears, laid her letter In Its sealed envelope, "My Ginger," on the table,' wltb the ring In velvet box beside It e esse The bride In stately whits and es corted by s falry-Hke vision in dainty bios frills, floated aUng tha familiar old path across 'he velvety lawn. A low murmur of admiration drifted down tha walk, and Helen, smiling. lifted a hand to ber townsfolk In friendly greeting. Ginger, leaving the bride at the door of tha primary room already vacated by the maids in their alow procession, flew around the church and grabbed ber father. Slowly, solemnly, rose the strains of the wedding march. Eddy Jackson, breathing bard, accompanied the groom to tha whits chalk marks placed "Oh, Ginger, My Darling," She Whls pared, and Wspt Again for Leav ing Her. for them before tha altar. Down the ribboned aisle tripped small wblts fairies, sprinkling flowers, after them. the bridesmaids In' pastel, ralnho' tinted gowns, after them, tha bride. serene, unruffled, sweet-eyed. Ginger, cool snd slight tn ber crisp blue, wltb s Arm Onger on ber fa tiler's arm. led him slowly down tha alile and placed blm squarely upon the chalk mark, before aha went to stand by Helen, serving the double role ss maid of bonot to ber sister. and as her father's escort. "I do," murmured Helen aweetly. Tba familiar voles of ber father. resonant and low, outbreaking, eon- tinned tha service. And presently Helen's band was In that of Horace. A great lump rose In Ginger's small throat And In the momentary breath lesa silence that followed Helen leaned forward, put both arms around her father's shoulders, and kissed blm tenderly. Helen was married It was all over. With laughter and kisses, and many gay words, tba crowd surged down to the Sunday school room for tbs buffet luncheon served by the Rut beans And when tbs proper moment came, Uelen slipped sway from the others, and went into tbs small room beside the pulpit where she changed quickly from ber bridal rones to trim black and whits, tor traveling. And then, Just very little later, there was a cab at tha curb, and the guests from within flocked out to mingle fra. temally wltb those aqially Interested outside. Horace took Helen's band In bis. Animals and Reptiles It Is fact that cows, on account of their supposedly sacred character, srs allowed to roam at will lr India, but the animals are venerated or re spected rather than actually wor elilped. Ileal worship of cattle, bow ever, has existed at other periods of the world's blstory. It was common smong ths ancient Egyptian I, who pos sensed the cult of the bull Apis. When one representative of -pis died, s new bull was sought and specially edu cated in sacred matters for four months. Celebration ot Its birthday was held annually, with sacrifices of white oxen, and It was unlawful for women to go near It Apis was sup posed to have oracular powers, and after death, was mummlfled. Another " m WtTO Savvies and in a shower of Cowers and rice, they ran down the walk. With bet toot on the running board of tha car, sha paused. Uer eyes swept tht small sweet sea ot loved and loving faces. Sha found tha bright eyes of Marjory and Miriam, found her fnthot standing a little away by himself. Then she found Gluger, email, sol. emn figure, with lips forced to grim smile. And Uelen tossed ber great bouquet lilies of the valley, for get-me-nots snd tiny rosebuds. Ginger had not thought of this, ( must have been sheer Instinct which shot hor lithe young arms high ovit others to catch the precious trophy, Helen smiled at ber. . "My Ginger." Uer Hps merely formed the words, but Qlngvr, staring, read tha syllables distinctly. .. ' The cab rolled away. A ahout of laughter, chorus of prophecies, surrounded Ginger, wltb tha captured bridal bouquet In her hand. But she beard none ot It She was going boms. She answered no smiling thrusts, called no responsive greetings, to the merry throng about ber. Sha just set ber small face toward tbs old brown door, snd bet obedient little feet carried ber lead enly toward It Up tha stairs, heavily, beavlly, and down tha hall to tha bedroom shs hrfd shared with Helen. The room looked strange big and roomy. 8he marveled at Its bigness, for sba snd Helen had often complained laughingly of Its alight dimensions. Suddenly sbs real lied. One of the little twin beds was gone, snd the other, her own, was In the center of the space tha two bsd occupied. Ginger's eyes burned sud denly. But she was glad tbat other bed was gone. She had not realised bow It would have been, lying there. snd gating across at that empty pil low where Helen's brown hair. Helen's gentle face, Helen's friendly eyes, had been before. "Shs thought of that" sbs said aloud. Conscious of the weight ot the flow ers, she crossed dully to the desk by the window. There sr. found fat blus vase, filled with fresh water, watting to receive them. "She did that Bhe meant all the time that I should have ber flowers." Carefully, with Angers that seemed unfamiliar and strange to ber, sbs loosened the white ribbons, folded them carefully, and placed tbs flowers tn tha blue bowl Then she sat down, on tbs solitary Uttls twin bed, snd staied at them, stared all about tha room. "That's what ahs was doing sll morning," sbs thought "fixing this room for me. Putting my things where ber things had been, straightening tht drawers, snd tidying ths closet so everything would be full of me, sod wouldn't show so much emptiness el Shs got np suddenly, anl turned down the balL The ladder waa against the walL Sha climbed dismally, pull ing herself, a great weight through the trapdoor, and crossed tha beams to the dormer window. From fores of habit she drew the small stool op to ths table, snd reached for her pad. And then sha saw wblts ta velopa. ' "My Ginger." 1 She picked np the letter. It wst then shs saw ths velvet box. 8li opened It curiously small diamond, in an old-fashioned setting her moth er's engagement ring that Helen bad worn for sixteen years. Ginger beld It In ber bond long time, and stared into ths dim recesses of ths dusty old room wltb grave, glad, wondering eyes. This was to ber a symbol ol Helen's trust "If I'm not s whole lot better a fist this, I'm wbols lot worse than I think I am," shs decided finally. "1 know Uelen expects me to keep a motherly eys on father and the twins, and I ahall not disappoint ber. Ob, bow pleased shell be when shs bean about my homa for the blind." There was certain confidence In her manner as aha slipped ths small gold band npon ber finger. After all, already, sha had taken ths family affairs tn charge. Tbs first links ol ber chain were firmly forgefl. (TO BB CONTINUED) Worshiped by Mankind animal that has received great respect has been ths whits elephant which It believed, In Slam, to carry dead man's soul It cannot be purchased, and feasts srs beld for ft snd funeral when It dies. Dut perhaps ths most feared snd respected of all la ths serpent At Whyduh, In Africa, there Is s serpent temple, snd these reptiles In many parts of Africa are regarded as incarnations of dead relatives. Baauty la Toteratloa Ths only hope ef preserving that which Is best lies In ths practice of an immense charity, wide tolerance and a sincere respect for opinions not ours P. 0. Damertton. Jugoslavia s Coast r I ?1 v?i Zt ; Dalmatian Peasant Women. (Pmxtrxl by th National Oaosraphle uclatr, WMhluatoD. D. O.I IF ONti enters Jugoslavia uy rail at the northeast corner where Italy tud Austria meet that country, his routs follows the gray-green Save eastward to Zagreb, the old A gram of Austro-Hungarlnn days. If one then turns westward toward Flume, the harp detour crosses the panorama of Croatia's magnificently forested moun tain country aa the train climbs to tha regional watershed before descending to the Adriatic, Ths routs holds Its surprises. Im agine s mountain town halved by a rushing river which plunges 40 yards Into a crevasss under ths sidewalk and then, three miles farther on, pops up unexpectedly, to resume Its surface course. Yet such fluvial feala char acterize not only Croatia, but ths en tirety of those barren highlands which extend southward behind ths Jugo slav coast They form the so-called Karat re gion, whlrb geologists have compared to s vast petrified sponge. 8uch are the tricks that time and rushing streams bare played wltb ths K a rut's casdly decomposed limestone. "Now yon see us and now you don't P gur gle In chorus a whole system of such lack-ln-the-box rivers, at they plunge Into the mountains' eastern flank, tri umphantly reissuing, scores of miles westward, as feeders of estuaries or. In one case, as a fresh water spring emerging from tea bottom. Hnd some Marco I't lo left as an ac count of the marvelous Land of 8pongy Mountains, nhose rivers cut through the bases of ranges 1.UO0 feel high, we might have dismissed blm ss s fuliullst; yet In sober fnct s Montengrln river baa performed that Identical feat While descending through ths In describably sterile looking Karst one putt to himself the question t "Why In 'his desert build those inntimer able, circular stone walla to Inclose at most a bit of grass V Farming In Holts. But you learn th.it what yon see sre karst holes ex'remely rich oases and that In this land of jack-in-the-box rivers, natural precipitation, la stead of draining into stresms. sinks through the porous stone, carrying vegetahls matter slong wltb It, and enrlchea a regional tt-rles of funnel like ditches. Thus, "farming In boles' the karst holes, ahlch sometimes numlier several hunired within a small area provldea grain tor the Inhab itants of this mountain-side desert The blinding, sizzling Karst comes to spectacular end when you espy from nearly half mile above, what appears as s gigantic relief map, the Istrlan mountains curving around the Gulf of Qunrnern, and to ths south ward the Veleblt mountains outfiung rlilte spanning the rim of illimitable) Adriatic blue. In Flume, you learn that tbs city has Its front doors on ths ses and Its back doors among the mountains. Any prospective visitor to Flume who may question this bat only to climb up 42A certain ttept, taking them In ?ool weather and "on low." lie will find himself among the city's back doors, overlooking the Velebll ridge. A turn about .ll give him an airman's view of the terraced billable by wblcb Flume-Susnk descends to Its far-stretched curve of wharfage and from one's feet titers plunges headlong the mere ribbon of water that divides what It practically one city Into two porta, Flume and Huaak the former In Italy, the latter In Jugoslavia. When you buy and tussle with map of the Jugoslav coast, It will give you that hopeless feeling which pos tlbly overcame the first explorer who attempted to chart Maine's const line. Also, you will sympathize with that Cape Cottars Are Popular The big flat cape collur that Is easily snd chirmlngly sdlustablealtout the neck when the weather requlrea It, Is a youthful type used on cloth aud fur conts. It It very sttrnctlve on s coat of cnracul designed to fol low the do') slim straight Hues niuuy women still cling to. Mare Squirrels Are NoatUJ Willi longer skirts, enormous collars and the new bell cnfTs, It takes con. siderubly more tklot to tuuke s fur ,m m ' other explorer, who, weary of count ing Itlsmls In the St. Ijtwrence, prob ably said, 'IHi. left name 'em the Thousand Islands snd call II a day's work I" Qussr Coast, Queer Nsmss. Even Maine's short are rivaled In their ilgxag conformation by those of Dalmatla. While a direct course along the Jugoslav littoral measures 9tK) miles, the Indented length of that coast U almost three times aa long. At for tha Dianslsed job of Mitntlng nalmatla't Islands, that hat been alm- pllflsd by Ignoring Insignificant Islets and putting the archipelago's units at OtH) and Ita area at 2,nw squars miles. The locally published utuia present other difficulties The kingdom of ths Serbs, Croatr and Slovenes (Jugo slavia) baa made a clean sweep of former Austro-llungarlan place names In favor of their Slav equivalents Like ths out-of lurk American tourist who wouldn't stop off st "I'raha" be cause he wanted to gut on to I'rnxno, the traveler today often needs a bilin gual key to ascertain where he la lle-e Is a Itst of soma Jugoslav place names, ltb their prewsr equivalents bracketed: I.ke Hied (Veldeser See) Lake ftohlnj (Wochelntr Bee), Za greb (Agram). Zndar (Zara). Sthenlk (Scbeulco). Troglr (Treu). Solln (Salona), Split (Spnlato), Cms Gra- voaa), Uubrovnlk (Itagust), Kotor (Cattaro). As neither railroad nor motor trail spans tha Jugoslav coast one hod heat take tha olth'st and Most appropriate of routes, the sea lane, to rediscover those shores whose maritime fume entcdnted England! by centuries. From among luxurious liners, more modest steamers, snd fleets of snlllng craft Jns may choose one's traveling ttyls slong what Is Mis of the best- served littorals In south European waters. As Susnk fulls astern, Italy disap pears behind Islands With an arc hi pelago barring the open ses and with the Veleblt a barren helhts rising be hind the nsrrow coast. It teems as If one la navigating s-ircesslon of blue. flawlessly calm lagoons. Along the lllyrltn Coast Sow snd then your boat touches port tu some deep-set bay with Its bill perched townlet often an aim! street leu cl'jmp of vine clad house which had dug Ita heels Into the Vele blt tnd held on while at yet Venice win unheard of. Tet tin liecer of the Ingooo republic, medieval t ml- niolla's protestress, a' III haunts every oook and corner of the Jugoslav coast. 8, null iteamers wind through the narrow lagoonlike waters, known slong ths const as "canals," wblcb were once ruled by those petty poten tates for whom, Croatian traillilon as serts, mourning weedt have become perpetuated aa s national costume. As ons sails slong, now ths Veleblt range, Its barren, sistsgrsy dnnks queerly diagramed wltb walled karst holes, thrusts menacingly forward. barring Croatia from tht Adriatic. Occasionally there aiqiear V-shaped valleys where some tiny, stucco port nestles among luxurlanfc of trees. hedged gardens, and terraced vine yards. A wild atrip, this, of the ancient lllyrlan coast Willi, too, were the first lllyrtiina, a mixture of pre Homeric Greeks and those wandering Asians, the l.lbitrnl, after whom Home called the country l.lbiirnla. 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