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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 26, 1928. PAGE THREE MSM TIPTOE Stewart Edward White Illustrations by Hsmiy Jay Le Ougrrht Btwr tdward White lUlmMd thru Publisher Autooartor Service WHO'S WHO IN THE BTOKYi GRIMSTEAD, capitalist, ia stranded by the breking down of his ear on a camornta mountain Bide. BURTON GHIMSTEAD. his charmlnir. If "spoiled" daunhter, is with him. She is not overly pleased when she finds that her father had insisted on her coming in order that she may be thrown in with ' KOSS GARDINER, her father's second-in-command, a capable young; man, whom However, sne does not Jike. SIMMINS, their English butler-chauffeur, is sent after help and returns with LAWRENCE DAVENPORT, a young leiiow in a luaicrous nome-Duut car with a battery that is shown to be a marvellous Invention, producing by some mysterious agency, from the air, the electricity by ' which the car runs. His winning a $10,000 bet from Gardiner by correctly predicting a rain storm, ana the revelation (to her alone) that he is "the" Lawrence Daven port, a famous writer, make him vastly interesting to Miss Burton Grimstead. CHAPTER XII "The royalty idea appeals to me," answered Davenport, "for I certain ly do not want to get mixed up in affairs unless I have to. But I do feel responsibility in turning a thing like this loose without trying to do my part" "You'll find the business part of it in pretty competent hands," Grlm Btead assured him. "I do not doubt that for a mo ment," said Davenport "I shouldn't have a moment's uneasiness on that score. I'm thinking of the world at large." "World at large?" repeated' Grim stead, a little blankly. "Yes. You, of course, have not thought of this as much as I have, for it is a new proposition. But I've been pondering on it for a very long while. It's the terrific upset in industry that must come from this." . "Of course there will be readjust ments," agreed Grimstead. "But just stop to follow this out Let's suppose, for the sake of argu ment, that this battery is all It might be; that it is a genuine short cut to unlimited power. The gas and electric companies would simply have to go out of business. Why should anybody buy anything of them? Reaching out from that think of the correlated Industries that would be more or less affec ted" "I've got that kind of Imagination, young man," Interrupted Grimstead drily. "I'd already considered all that." "Of course," smiled Davenport re lapsing from his tense eagerness. "And then besides there are hun dreds of thousand of workmen who would be thrown out of employment for a time until a readjustment had been made." "Why, it sounds terrible!" cried Burton. "That's why I say there's a re sponsibility connected with It All this capital and these works of vari ous kinds and these workmen will And other and probably more ulti mately useful things to do after a time. It shouldn't be sprung on them all at once." "What would be your sugges tion?" asked Grimstead. Davenport laughed boyishly. : "My goodness! That's a large order! But I suppose it might be fed out through a single Industry at first say, motorboat engines, or something of that kind. If we held the patents, we could regulate that exactly." "Then you finally prefer the stock proposition?" "I guess it's what I ought to have," said Davenport "Very well," returned Grimstead, "Gardiner, get your notebook and take this." Gardiner had risen from the post of private secretary and so took short-hand. "Draw me up a proper contract embodying these points," Grimstead instructed him. "Patents In name of Universal Power Corporation. Capi tal stock 100,000 shares, no pair val ue, non-assessable. Forty per cent to Mr. Davenport Sixty to me. I to furnish all working capital. Manu facture to commence within three months. One hundred thousand dol lars to be paid Mr. Davenport as bonus cash payment on the con clusion of the first 1000 bona fide sales. That satisfactory as far as It goes?" The attentive youth nodded. : "All right. Now just to cover the point you brought up, add this: That for the first five years Mr. Davenport is to have the veto right as to any contemplated extensions of business. That suit you, Daven port?" ; "That's fine!" cried the young man. Gardiner disappeared with a flashlight In the direction of the car, to return after a few moments, carrying a portable typewriter. Grimstead met him Just at the cir cle of firelight "No shenanigan about this, Ross," he warned In a low voice. "I want this contract drawn absolutely fair ly, so that any lawyer he may con sult will approve It I don't want a chance for an objection once we leave this place." "I understand that part of It, but"' ."He's one of those llly-whltes," crowled Grimstead. "I've got him located now. Full of uplift and shy of horse sense. I know 'em; and they've got to be handled. He's cuckoo on the scrvlce-to-humanity stuff. The chances are that he won't sign any contract without seeing a lawyer. So draw up a subsidiary agreement on his part to sign the contract provided his lawyer get his name pronounces It technically correct We'll get him to sign that anyway; and that will tie him up." It was near 10 o'clock before the little typewriter ceased clicking, and about 11 when Davenport affixed his signature to the agreement to sign. As Grimstead had foreseen, he did not want to sign the con- ract Itself without expert advice as to its form ; but being satisfied with its substance, he was willing 10 agree to that "Water, lemons, sugar!" Grim stead. then called to Slmmins, and set out on the ground before him four tumblers, pouring Into each a generous measure from a bottle. The drinks mixed, Slmmins hand ed one to each. Grimstead arose. "Here's to the Universal Power Corporation!" he proposed. They drank. Larry saw the toll- driven millions and the lifting of yet another of the great pressures of life. Burton saw confusedly an angel with, a flaming sword some how reopening by a crack the gates of Eden. Gardiner contemplated a vision of great activity and great wealth. Grimstead was smiling. What he saw the great Invisible intelligences too were perceiving through the lenses of his soul. They did not smile. They did not smile. CHAPTER XIII "Go to the Ant" The next morning a corduroy road across he meadow was made and a road around the fallen red wood was begun. Then Grimstead decided to go fishing and received some informa tion from Davenport about the lurking places of rainbow trout 'There's one thing; be sure you get the most northerly swale," con cluded Larry. "The country star fishes up there, and if you get to following the wrong canyon you'll end lost" "You better come along, Ross," said Grimstead. "Go get your tackle." Gardiner disappeared in the di rection of the car, and was gone so long that Grlmstear became fidg ety. Gardiner seemed to have a great deal of tackle to rig and clothes to put on. 'Here, called Grimstead at last "I'm going to make a start You follow along when you get ready. I'll strike the stream and fish down, and you keep going until you find me." He tramped off sturdily, and 10 minutes later, after vexatious de lays having to do with leaders and the disentangling thereof, Gardiner followed. Simmlns approached. "There would seem to be no oc casion for my further i presence, sir?" he suggested, indicating with turn of the head the direction of the patiently laboring self-starter. "We seem to be safe for the pre sent" agreed Davenport "Why? What's on your mind?" "I thought I would like to try my luck, sir." "Sure. Go to It! Better go down stream, though." In five minutes Simmlns depart ed blissfully. Already he had a complete drama in cold storage having to do with his return at eventide carrying a long string of shining beauties to find that Grim stead and Gardiner, for all their fancy tackle, had succeeded in land ing only four, and they rather small. Plunketty-Snlwles and Rapscall ion followed Simmins. Burton, coming from her tent a few minutes later, found Larry smoking his pipe alone. "Deserted. Everybody. Even the dogs," he answered her inquiry. Like to go walking?" "Surely!" she cried eagerly. They headed straight up the stream, coming at length to a nar now gorge at the entrance to which stood detached a fragment of rock. big as a summer cottage, square as a cube of sugar. A jagged heap of talus and debris gave a rather rough passage to the top. 'Pretty scrambly," said Daven port "Think you can make it?" She scorned reply, but began at once to scramble up over the jag ged talus. Davenport watched the poise of her light and graceful fig ure for a moment then followed. The top of the rock was perfectly flat but at two elevations, one two feet higher than the other. It was carpeted deep with moss. "Hop down," adwsed Larry, him self descending to the lower of the two elevations. Now sit down and lean your back. Can you beat this?" The natural seat thus formed and cushioned commanded to the right a view up the stream which ai this point ran straight and wide for some distance. Birds flitted and midges hovered In the sun. "I want to know more about these gifts of yours," demanded Burton after a time. "I want to know how you knew, so accurately about the rain?" "I don't know very clearly my self," Larry answered. "I've never tried to express it" He hesitated; seeking for an ope ning. "Did you ever read Maeterlinck's 'Life of the Bee'?" he Inquired. "Or any of Fabre's Insect books?" "I've read the 'Bee' and one of Fabre's the one where the Emper or moth " "Yes, I know. Well, that gives us a start Now bees, and espec ially ants, have what you might call a co-operative government that Is as complicated and a lot more Intelligent and efficient than any hu man government You would hard ly go so far as to say that an ant is an Intelligent cerature; that he, or any of his ancestors or fellows, hag a brain that could think out and put in operation a system of government Yet he acts with a heap more intelligence than mort men do on the average. How come?" "I don't know." "Neither do I; but I surmise. Sup pose for the sake of argument that In the void all about and through us is a saturate solution of all pos sible knowledge and wisdom. The things we call living creatures live in this; it is all around us; but we are more or less cut off from It by the fact that we are Individual and imperfect beings. We are in shells, let us say; particular wisdom or knowledge gets to us only through special cracks. A perfect being would have a point of contact for every possible knowledge or wis dom. But In our finite world every individual, whether it is a rock or a tree or an ant is so built that he can come in contact only with the particular little piece of wisdom or Intelligence from the great store that he needs In his business. All the rest of the points of contact are blocked off by his individual structure. Thus within his limits he has perfect knowledge. It's the same all through nature. How do you suppose quail know ahead of time whether the season is to be dry or wet and breed accordingly? The more you think of it the more Instances you -will perceive." CHAPTER XIV Barton Finds It Curious. "That is the most interesting thing I ever heard!" breathed Bur ton. "And It sounds so reasonable! But you know we started to talk about you, not about quails and ants. I believe you are a crafty sidestepper." "We're headed toward me. If things were all working along the way they should, man would have this same access to universal wis dom that the lower creatures have. As respects all the things he would normally run against in his every day normal life he would see, or feel perceive is a better word the causes and effects and results; be cause the stream of life would flow through him by certain channels turning certain wheels." That's what you do!" she cried excitedly. "I see!" In a very small and practical way; a little more than the aver age. People have just about lost that power. They have little rem nants of it You've heard of 'pre monitions' that have worked out; or a 'feeling that some one was in the room; or experienced some one of the numerous 'coincidences,' such as receiving a letter right on top of some especial thought of the person who wrote it You may have had dreams that came true." "Yes," she cried, "what about it?" "You probably thought of all as "uncanny." It wasn't uncanny at all. Simply old, choked, channels letting through a trickle." She pondered this a moment her brows puckered prettily. "Is it our fault this choking?" she asked. "How did it happen?" I don t know, of course; but I surmise," he repeated. "It Is the intervention of mind, of Intellect Man's intelligence is a fine tool, and complicated. But it was supposed to be only a tool or the purpose of examining and making practical what came to it by direct channel. Mankind got so tickled with it that he began to run all his affairs by it alone. That blocked the channel. The mind took control, instead of playing with a fresh supply on first hand well, call it inspiration; that's what it is we make over and re fashion old stuff. If it weren't for the fact that some people's chan nels are not completely blocked, so that a kind of trickle does get thru; and if it weren't fot an occasional crazy genius who busts out we'd tie ourselves up in our minds and dry up and blow away." "Then," she summed up slowly, "you could tell about the rain and the tree falling, because this cur rent flowed through you?" "That's roughly It" "How do you do It?" "It's hard to say. I set my mind aside and then take what comes to me. I turn my1 attention to the type of thing that is useful for me to know." "Do you think everybody ought to have this power?" "Yes; it belongs normally in the race." "Could I do it with practice?" "I'm certain of it" "Oh!" she cried. . "I want to try! How do you start?" He smiled. "This is no conjuring trick to be learned; it's a good healthy faculty to be developed. You've got to re lax something inside of you that you hold tight together for every day life something in your con sciousness. Then things just float in and you leave them alone for future reference. "I'm going to begin now,' she announced. She laid aside her hat, and the cool air current was stirring the hair at her temples. Little by little her form fell into the simple, rest ful curves of relaxation; one by one even the smaller muscles relinquish ed their guard. Her face took on the dreamy and far-away peaceful ness of a sleeping child's. Thus 15 minutes passed. Then she stirred slightly. "Well?" asked Davenport at last "It was certainly very curious," she confessed. "I can't make it out." He hesitated, and the sunburn on his cheeks seemed to deepen little. "Are we going to waste time?" he asked gently. She did not reply. After waiting a moment he reached out and took her hand. CHAPTER XV The Mystery. "You did see," Davenport went On. "You saw what I saw yester day when we were In the old or chard, what I have felt from the very first instant I saw you stand ing in the - firelight beautiful as the night!" She turned on him troubled eyes. "I don't know why I talk and act this way. It seems almost shame less. I do not understand it. But somehow I cannot hide and dodge and retreat and flirt as I It is im possible. I do not know what it is that has come to me, Larry, and you must wait until I find out I have been made love to before and from the first I have been attract ed to you. Just now when I tried to set my mind aside, as you call it just one idea, one impression, came to me, and that was of near ness to you I don't mean physical nearness I don't know what 1 mean or what I'm talking about " "I do," he assured her. "I am shaken, and I don't know; I can't tell what It means." 'It is the answer to my love for you!" he breathed. She turned her clear eyes on him again. I do not know," she repeated, "and I must know. I might allow you to keep my hand and to and to go on, and there is something leaping within me that tells me I would be swept away by your love. But I must not; and you muBt not If it were not so serious to me, that might happen. I am talking in what my mother would have called a most unmaidenly manner," she ended with a wistful little smile. He gently restored her hand to her lap. 'I understand," said he. "But it will come. I am on air! It can no more help coming than the poppy can help unfolding in the sun." I hope not," she breathed, hut so iow that he did not catch he syllables. At this moment just when some obvious change of subject seemed most desirable, Grimstead appear ed wading down the middle of the stream. Keep quiet!" Burton adjured Larry. "Let's surprise him!" The fisherman was having a fine time, splashing down the long straight vista, casting his fly right left and straight ahead as he ad vanced. Larry watched him criti cally for a few moments. "He knows the job " he told Bur ton. "Did you see him make that Sip cast to the pool behind the cedar root?" (Continued Next Week.) Bring Produce Here. Bring your produce to the Central Market, Heppner. We buy poultry, beef, pork, mutton, veal in fact any thing you have to offer in this line, always allowing the highest market price. See us before selling. 41-tf; CENTRAL MARKET. LOW -FARES n it You can livm economically at at home TJACK UP the family and old kit bag; go to sunny California for a few weeks, months or for the winter. Visit movi eland, orange groves, the oil fields, beach resorts, big cities. Golf courses galore! Finef ast Union Pacifictrainaaff ord connections via Portland or Salt LalteCity.DfveTse route permitted. 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