THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON. ! with th* cold assurance that Craven though you don’t resemble him in the was cow with his daughter. Whatever least—rather, I fancy, your mother.” “You knew my mother?” Lydia asked old Tad's shortcomings, Peter couldn’t Opinion of Grower* of Sudan Grass I* believe he would suffer a hair of eagerly. That It Will Largely Take Place “No. Won’t you sit down? No; Tad Lydia's innocent head to be harmed. 1 — HOLMES — of Millet and Sorghum. Craven has always been a confirmed Only— BUSINESS COLLEGE What the deuce was keeping the two bachelor in everybody's esteem since Most of the earlier accounts of Su FLIEDNER BUILDING I’ve known him. Is it true he means to of them there so long? dan grass failed to make clear that TENTH AND WASHINGTON, PORTLAND, OREGON marry again?” Then abruptly a second taxicab this new crop la nothing more or less JOHN II. L ong A. P. ARMSTRONG JANE CONNOR “Yes,” said Lydia; and opening her swung round one of Park avenue’s than a fine-stemmed, nonsaccharine Associate and Department Principals scrubby little ovals of grass and shrub wrist bag produced Craven’s note. It has most of the charac A quality school. Open day and evening all the sorghum. “No—please don’t rise,” interrupted bery, slid into Seventy-sixth street, teristics of the ordinary sorghum, and year. Students admitted at any time. Book- Mrs. Elisworthy, crossing to her. “Mr. checked briefly in front of 98, dis- keeping taught from written work, exactly as prac- its requirements as regards soil and By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE charged two passengers, and slipped Craven mentioned this over the wir*. tired in business. Shorthand and typewriting by climate are similar except that the Su = ===== Author of ====== away toward Madison avenue. Peter Pardon—” experts. Special instruction for civil service exami- THE LONE WOLF.' THE MAM BOWL,” dan grass differs from sorghums by Taking a chair beside the reading nations. Moderate tuition, books at small cost. recognized something familiar in the maturing earlier and having such fine Position as soon as competent. Investigate—it will association of a long and slender figure lamp, she opened and scanned the mes- pay. Call, telephone Broadway 1821, or write. stems that it is readily cured Into with one short and stoutish, as the sage with careless interest A nod con i hay. two dodged hastily into the basement firmed evident foreknowledge of its Experiments made at the Kentucky contents. Folding the note abstracted area of number 98 and disappeared. 200 Rooms Near Both Absolutely state station in 1915 produced a crop 100 Baths Depots Fireproof ly, Mrs. Elisworthy seemed for some CHAPTER XV—Continued. "Musical comedy rogues, ” mused the of eight tons per acre of dry hay in —17— perturbed young man : “the tall thin moments preoccupied. It certainly looked all right : no ques scoundrel and the short fat sharper; But Peter Traft had claims not long tion about that woman being straight Messrs. Southpaw Smith and Gordon, to be disregarded, and presently Lydia goods. Of course Lydia might have of course. What In thunder— Confound stirred restlessly, with an inquiring Corner Sixth and Hoyt Sts., Portland, Ore. been decent enough to write a more ex- It! she must be all right! Craven look ready for the eyes that her hostess I plicit excuse to “Dear Peter” instead would never let anything happen to then lifted from the carpet Thoroughly Renovated & Decorated j of “Dear Mr. Traft but, then, a cor- her.” “You’ve met this—ah—Mrs. Merrl- LOU HIMES, Manager. ' respondence card conveyed through the He began to fume impotently. No lees, no doubt?” Mrs. Elisworthy RATES:75c to^. SPECIAL—Week or Month hands of a third person with whom the good trying the front door again. queried unexpectedly. “Is she then dear girl couldn't feel well acquaint- Then be thought of consulting Quoin such a beauty as they say?” “She's very beautiful,” Lydia re by telephone, and had started back “Where to, sir?” through Seventy-sixth street toward turned, “and I’m very fond of her. But Rose City Park, Portland, Oregon. Peter came out of morose reverie to the corner drug store, when a taxicab if you don’t mind, Mrs. Ellsworthy, I Phone Tabor 1081. . -77 find himself hesitating beside the taxi. shot round from the avenue, passed at have another appointment; in fact A SELECT BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS “I’ll be darned if I do I” Peter replied a sharp clip, and immediately slid to with Mrs. Merrilees and my father—” [Boys Under 10 Admitted.] hotly. “Oh, I beg your pardon, my dear.” as smart a stop, while the door swung Offers exceptional advantages. Limited num- | “What’s that?’ ber of pupils. Individual care. Thorough moral, 1 open and a man, jumping out, hailed Mrs. Ellsworthy assumed a convincing mental, physical training. Modern languages. I “Oh, beg pardon—no offense—was sharply : look of contrition. “So thoughtless of Music. Art. thinking. Just wait, please.” Peter me. I quite forgot to tell you: Mr. “Peter !” threw himself back Into the cab, slam- Craven wants you to wait for him here, “ Quoin — thank heaven ! How in the AGATE C utting ming the door. “Rotten fix,” he grum name of wonder—” rather than keep the appointment at bled. "Why, she said she’d come back.” row $2so we AND “Found Craver, had left the Great the Margrave.” MOUNT YOUR AGATEIN A SOLID Regarding the note critically, he enun Eastern, taxied back to the Margrave, The Margrave again ! GOLD RING LIKE CUT SEND SIZE OF FINGER AND AGATE ciated a somber doubt, “Don’t believe got the address Miss Craven gave from “The Plaza,” Lydia corrected absent she wrote you. It’s all a plant.” NOVELTY AGATE CO. the carriage porter. Luckily you made ly ; then in a breath remembered. “I‘m The handwriting was unmistakably such a sensation bolting after her taxi sorry,” she said, rising, “but I can’t ITI BROADWAY that of a woman of culture. How was that it had fixed the number in the fel wait. If daddy’s coming here, he’ll PORTLAND OREGON he to say it wasn’t Lydia’s hand, who low’s memory. Now what’s up?” get the answer from you personally; had never seen a scrap of it? so there’s no need,” here Mrs. Ellswor Briefly Peter detailed the inconclu He would have kissed it, could he sive and unsatisfactory circumstances thy rose In her turn. “And—I left a Of TIT) Veal, Pork, Beef, have been sure. friend waiting in the taxi.” he I 5 Poultry, Butter, Eggs Sudan Grass in Texas. Through the forward window he of his vigil. “A friend?” P— —= and Farm Produce “ In through the basement, you say? ” 1 two cuttings. This exceptionally high commanded a perspective of the south Quoin pondered this darkly. “Looks It was none of Mrs. Ellsworthy’s af to the Old Reliable Everding house with * record of 45 years of Square Dealings, and yield was made possible by unusually erly sidewalk as far as to Madison ave like a move to trick somebody—Cra fair, but quite automatically Lydia an be assured of TOP MARKET PRICES. fertile soil and good culture. The nue, where a surface car, swinging up ven, at a guess. Come along.” swered, “Mr. Traft.” , F. M. CRONKHITE plots were drilled about the middle of town, hesitated with grinding brakes, “But really hadn’t you better wait? Grasping Peter’s arm, the detective 4547 Fron« Street Portland. Oregon May, using 20 to 25 pounds of seed to and then rumbled on. Tm sure Mr. Craven won't be long trotted him rapidly back toward num A moment later the shadowy shape the acre, seeded with an ordinary now.” of a man darted across the street and ber 98. drill. Mrs. Ellsworthy was moving slowly HIDES, PELTS, CASCARA BARK, grain “ What are you going to do? ” toward the taxicab, and Peter recog The first crop was cut when the Su toward the door, as If she didn’t really “ Let developments guide us. ” WOOL AND MOHAIR. dan grass was fully headed, and the nized Craven’s characteristic gait But expect her objection to avail, an effect We want ill you have. Write tor prices and shipping tags “You mean to try to get in?” second crop in time to avoid the first for that he wouldn’t have known the heightened by her manner, which con "No: I mean to get in, ” Quoin cor THE H. F. N orton C o . Portland, Ore.; Seattle, Wn. man, who was all but disguised to eyes frost. tinued to be perfect, lacking anything rected grimly. that had never beheld him out of dress Where Sudan grass has been grown TRAVEL AND PROFIT. "How'll you make ’em admit you?” but gracious Interest for two or three years it is the opin clothes after nightfall—Craven wear Lydia, however, was quite settled In Young men and women with business training “Don’t know precisely, as yet But find positions everywhere. Go to Northwest’s ion of the .growers that it will largely ing a bowler with a shabby, flapping we're going to find out something— her determination to wait no longer. largest Business College, BEHNKE-WALKER, raincoat at a midnight hour, was a take the place of millet and sorghum Portland, Ore. All courses. Positions guaranteed. we’re going to see Miss Craven and get Craven could lose nothing by being Write for free illustrated catalog. ms for fodder purposes, and also be valu sight unprecedented. her personal assurance she’s all right obliged to follow her to the Plaza ; and able as a green fodder to cut for sup Peter sat up. Barely in time a devi or raise the deuce of a row in this anyway, in all fairness, she owed his ous thought engaged his fancy, and he O ld F alse T eeth bought Wiloavt; plementing pasture. quiet neighborhood. Not only that, but wishes little consideration—he who acted on it promptly. Ready to his was little enough considerate to her— older the better; crowns, bridgework bought. hand rested the mouthpiece of a flex I’m still pining for a chat with Cra and below in the taxi all earthly hap- A. S. Wight, Box 840. Portland, Oregon. ven. ” ible speaking tube, ending in a fixed They were ascending the brownstone plness waited. earpiece close by the chauffeur’s head. ‘Tm sorry,” she repeated mechanic- steps. Quoin rang imperatively. “ Five dollars, ” Peter said distinctly BUY DIRECT J ally. “You’re very kind; but I really “ Stand back a moment, ” he suggest into the mouthpiece, “if you don’t let' pal) - tn - Cincinnati authority says corns don’t think—” on I'm inside, in case this man ques- ed. “Let me do the talking.” -- ‘ U. At this point she was interrupted by dry up and lift out Peter had barely time to withdraw tions.” a shrill-tongued electric bell down with fingers. to one side when the woman of the The chauffeur didn’t even signify he stairs. Mrs. Ellsworthy started nerv (Do Your Own Plumbing | had heard, so positive became his im house came out through the vestibule ously, eyed the girl fugitively with Ouch ! ? ! ? ! ! This kind of rough mobility at sound of those magic syl and hurriedly opened the outer door. By buying direct from us at wholesale prices what seemed a trace of doubt, and talk will be heard less 1 ere In town if lables, "Five dollars.” and save the plumber’s profits. Write us to- As it opened Quoin entered. Peter darted toward the door. day your needs. We will give you our rock- people troubled with corns will follow Hastily Peter dragged bls overcoat heard him say pleasantly “Good eve “The telephone ! she said indistinct bottom "direct-to-you” prices, f. o. b. rail or the simple advice of this Cincinnati ning, Mrs. Elisworthy," and after that boat. We actually save you from 10 to 85 per authority, who claims that a few drops across the bosom of his shirt and a sort of strangled gasp from the wom ly. “Forgive me if I—” cent. All goods guaranteed. of a drug called freezone when applied crowded himself Into the corner near Her hand caught the knob as If Northwest headquarters for Leader Water an. A moment later. Quoin moving on, thoughtlessly ; but the slam of the door to a tender, aching corn or hardened est the curb. Systems and Fuller & Johnson Engines. Bearing out his premonition, Craven Peter saw her clearly. callous stops soreness at once, and cut short her words emphatically STARK-DAVIS CO. soon the corn or callous dries up and stopped to speak to the chauffeur— She had fallen back against the enough to have wakened her to appre 112 Third Street. Portland. Oregon lifts right off without pain. and the eavesdropper cursed bitterly closed door, blanched and trembling, ciation, had her act been really He says freezone dries Immediately to hear no more than the confused destitute now of every shred of her thoughtless. and never Inflames or even Irritates grumble of their voices. amiable self-possession of half an hour For an instant Lydia paused in the surrounding skin. A small bottle Then without the least warning the earlier. Her eyes were fixed in terror amazement. The thing was incredible, of freezone will cost very little at any “ mOVIOS ertne Murine is for Tired Eyes. on Quoin ’ s face. She made an effort drug store, but will positively remove car shot away at a round pace west preposterous, outrageous! Red Eyes — Sore Eyes — s to speak, but evoked only a dry, rasp every hard or soft corn or callous ward. ====== Granulated Eyelids. Rests — None the less the door remained ob Refreshes — Restores. Murine is a Favorite from one's feet Millions of American Simmering with profanity, Peter ing sound. Treatment for Nyes that feel dry and smart. durately shut, mutely testifying that women will welcome this announce seized the speaking tube to bellow a Give your Byes as much of your loving care "You’re not ill, I trust, Mrs. Ells- the incredible was an accomplished as your Teeth and with the same regularity. ment since the Inauguration of the CARE FOR THEM YOU CANNOT BUY NEW EYEBI fact high heels. If your druggist doesn’t demand for incontinent belt ; but on worthy?" Sold at Drug and Optical Stores or by Mall. There was a sardonic Inflection in Ask Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago, for Free Book With a little cry of indignation the have freezone tell him to order a small second thought permitted the car to INIinillllllllNIIHIIIIIUIHIIIHIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIMniMIIMilHtl round Into Madison avenue before he Quoin's voice that seemed to Peter a girl tried the knob. It turned freely, bottle for you. trifle unnecessary. gave the order. but without engaging the latch. Infuri Not Her Fault. "I thought,” she gasped, and gulped, ated, she caught it with both hands, Again ut pause, this time halfway DAISY FLY KILLER • Rlecad.nny when: all flies. Neat, clean, Aunt Mira—I shan’t take you to the down the avenue block, the cab ejected “I thought you were the doctor.” braced a knee against the wall, and ornamental, conven- lent, cheap. Lasts all seashore this summer, Edith. Last an infuriated fare. “Otherwise you wouldn’t have let me pulled with all the strength of her lithe season . Madeoi meial, can’tspill ortip year during the two months you spent in, I presume? Is there anything really "What the blank did you do that and vigorous young body ; but failed to over; will not soil or there you were engaged to half a doz for?" serious the matter?” injure anything. budge the door by so much as a hair’s Guaranteed effective. en different men. “Craven—” the woman panted. "Why In blank shouldn't I?” the Sold by dealers, or breadth. And the only discoverable Niece—But, auntie, what could I do? chauffeur demanded ns hotly. “You Quoin started with horror. "Craven !” keyhole was in the knob itself—a thin, I'd hardly got engaged to one young he iterated; then, controlling himself, told me not to let on, didn’t you? Here irregular silt for a combination latch- HAROLD 8MERS. 150 DeKalb Ave.. Brooklyn, N. T. man before his vacation would be over — come through with that five!” "I was afraid—something of the sort. key, lacking which the door, once and he'd have to go back to the city, Choking, Peter found his money, dis You've phoned for a doctor, you say? closed, could never be opened, but only The Frog. and that’s the way it went. It was bursed. “How did it happen ?” While we’re waiting let me have a look hewed or battered down. “Please don’t call me Frog,” said just horrid. You can see it wasn’t my “Why the old gink says, did I bring at the poor devil.” Examination proved the room a the little boy whose nickname was fault.—Boston Transcript. a young lady and was I waitin’ for her, veritable stronghold. It had only the Frog. CHAPTER XVI. and I says yes, an’ he slips me three one door. The sashes of the two win “Frog means a good jumper,” the Misapplied Adage. bones—the clock says two-forty—and dows were guarded with locks requir other boy answered. “I am Mrs. Elisworthy—yes,” said ing a key; through the panes closed “I amassed by industry the fortune says to clear out, I won’t be needed. “Yes,” said the first one, "but I which you squander in idleness,” said And what did you want me to do about the woman with the agreeable voice steel blinds with hasps and padlocks don't swaller my skin.”—Indianapolis the reproachful father. that, seein’ you didn't want him to who answered Lydia's ring. “Won’t were to be seen. There was not a bell News. "Well,” replied the gilded youth, know you was inside?” you come in?” button on the walls ; and the telephone "that’s the rule. Business before And when Lydia had crossed the on the desk yielded no response to the “Oh, nil right,” said Peter wearily. You Know the Kind. pleasure.”—Washington Star. "You did precisely the right thing. Only threshold Mrs. Elisworthy shut the girl’s manipulation of the receiver "What kind of a fellow is he?" —I didn’t quite understand.” He eyed vestibule door and looked the girl over hook—evidently an extension cut off "Oh, he’s the kind of a fellow who perplexedly the colored lights of a with smiling Interest A La Carnegie. from the main line. goes out for a walk with you and then “Miss Craven, I presume?” Mr. Millyuns — I will give you my drug store across the way. At length Lydia yielded to the inevit- tells you how democratic he is; not daughter, sir, if you will promise to “You were expecting me?" “Well, what’s the good word now, able, sat down, composed herself to the afraid to be seen with anybody.”- Ex. maintain her afterwards. “ Your father telephoned sometime boss? If you're done with me, I'm on best of her ability, and strove to fit ago. Would you mind stepping up- some reasonable explanation to this Suitor — Heavens! You talk a* my way." “No," Peter insisted. “I'm keeping stairs?" Flattered. though you were giving away a free atrocious and high-handed set There “But—I have merely • message—" was but three: you. Run across the block and wait “1 hear, Mr. Catts, that you said I public library. Boston Transcript. “ Yes, my dear, I know ; but do let me just out of sight on Park avenue. I’ll was a wall flower at the bali.” “My She was the victim of a nightmare. FIERY RED PIMPLES consider It In comfort—upstairs.” walk back." dear Miss Paasy, I remarked that you Mrs. Ellsworthy was Insane. Under the soft glow of the electric Buttoning topcoat to chin and sacri were among the conspicuous mural or Or else Craven had never meant her Itch and Burn Ara Usually Ec- ficing his Bond street topper to the dome Mrs. Ellsworthy’s smile and the naments of the occasion. ” “Oh, Mr. That to restore the necklace to Mrs. Merri- zematous—Cutlcura Quickly Heals. elements, Peter trudged back to Sev gracions Inclination of her head that lees! Catts, now that’s something different, but you flatter me.” It needs but a single hot bath with enty-sixth street, then eastward past Invited Lydia anew to ascend the stair Bending forward, an elbow digging Cuticura Soap followed by a gentle number 98, regarding the house aggres- way were alike quite irresistible. Lydia Into her knee, her chin clipped between fonnd no excuse for refusing; so sub Lingers on the Job. application of Cutlcura Ointment to sively. knuckles and palm, her mouth mutin- It looked down on him now, he dued her impatience, assented with a ous, her eyes smoldering, a hot spot in Mrs. Casey—When that young man the most distressing, disfiguring ecze- of Maggie’s calls evenins, he stays mas, itching* and burnings to prove thought defiantly, with a touch of con murmur, and preceded her hostess up each cheek, motionless, Lydia brooded. wonderful properties. They are temptuous pity for his Impotence to the staircase. hours an' hours an' thin she has a hard their (TO be CONTINUED.) also ideal for every-day toilet uses. Tm really delighted to know you. time gettin' him t’ leave th’ house. Free sample each by mail with read the riddle of its staid, uncommuni Miss Craven. Yes—straight ahead, if The Changing Times. Casey —Shure, that’* natural. Mike’s Book. Address postcard. Cutlcura. cative walls. a ploomber an’ his father before him Dept. U Boston. Sold everywhere. This war is changing all of our old Embittered, he walked on to Park you please. But I do need more light wor a ploomber. — Boston Transcript. —Adv. est Institutions. In more peaceful avenue, and found his chartered car at to see you by.” Entering the designated room. Mrs. days the typewriter repair man came the appointed place. Pausing beside it. and Ignoring the chauffeur’s well-meant Elisworthy touched a wall switch, add in. turned a screw, untangled the rib- ANNOUNCEMENT OF ADVANCE IN PRICE advances (stimulated by the romantic ing the Illumination of an electrolier to bon, wrote, “Now is the time for all subdued glow of the reading lamp good men to come to the aid of their VAUGHAN’S PORTABLE DRAG SAW notion that this swell young guy was the tryin’ to beat it with the old duffer’s on a desk, and paused to review the party.” and went bls way. 4 H. P. Now $145; Sept, is will be $155 daughter, and had stubbed his toe tn girl with her kindly and engaging But times are different The reps ir The Lightest and Strongest Drag Saw m ad e - Can glance. man entered the office this week an id be Operated by One Man and Carried by Two Mop. the getaway), Peter painfully excogi- “I’ve known your father for many wrote : "A quick movement of the a n- tated the Inevitable conclusion that the Vaughan Motor Works, NAIR only thing he could do was wait and years,” she affirmed, nodding; “and emy will jeopardize six gunboats.” - PORTLAND. OREGON watch. He comforted himself a little you’ve much of his charm, my dear. New Tort Evening Post. Olinilicng VALUABLE AS GREEN FODDER SHEEP’S CLOTHING There’s a Heap o’ Comfort in a Bottle of I Hotel Hoyt ACADEMY OF THE HOLY CHILD 1.4 376 Pai "os will cut Hurrah ! How's This It’s the drink that fits, drunk by thous ands everywhere, throughout the Northwest, because it has taste, body and health qualities. Ask your dealer. THE PORTLAND BREWING CO., Portland, Oregon. Free trial of Resinol for sick skins Physicians have prescribed Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap for twenty years in the treat ment of itching, burning skin-eruptions. Sold by all druggists ; for trial free, write to Dept. 1-T, Resinol, Baltimore, Md. THICK, SWOLLEN GLANDS that make a horse Wheeze, Roar, have Thick Wind or Choke-down, can be reduced with ABSORRINF also other Bunches or Swellings. Noblister, no hair gone, and horse kept at work. Eco nomical—only a few drops required at an ap plication. $2 per bottle delivered. Book 3 M free. ABSORBINE, JR:, the antiseptic liniment for mankind, reduces Cysts, Wens, Painful, Swollen Veins and Ulcers. $1 and $2 a bottle at dealers or delivered. Book “Evidence” free. W. F. YOUNG, P.D.F., 403 Temple St, Springfield, Mass. Scarcity. "Are dancing men scarce this sea son?” “I haven’t observed,” replied Miss Cayenne. “But with all this demand for soldiers and farmers, I fancy they’d better make themselves so.”— Washington Star. Social Rivalries. “What’s the grouch?” “General jealously," replied the hostess, disconsolately. “The young men are sulking. Each of them started in to be recognized exclusively as the life of the party.”—Washintgon Star. Serious Moments. “Did your boy Josh show any en thusiasm on registration day?" “No,” replied Farmer Corntassel. “Josh had too much business on his mind to enjoy the luxury of gettin’ out an’ hollerin’.”—Washington Star. The Safety Valve. “When a man has sworn offj drink ing he is usually pretty grumpy for some time afterward.” “Yes; after swearing off things he usually indulges in a lot of swearing at things.”—Boston Transcript. MRS. KIESO SICK SEVEN MONTHS Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Aurora, III.—“For seven long months I suffered from a female trouble, with severe pains in my back and sides until I became so weak I could hardly walk from chair to chair, and got so nervous I would jump at the slightest noise. I was entirely unfit to do my house- work, I was giving up hope of ever be ing well, when my sister asked me to try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound. I took six bottles and today I am a healthy woman able to do my own housework. I wish every suffering woman would try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and find out for themselves how good it is” — Mrs. CARL A. KIESO, 596 North Ave., Aurora, III. The great number of unsolicited tes timonials on file at the Pinkham Lab oratory, many of which are from time to time published by permission, are proof of the value of Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, in the treatment of female ills. Every ailing woman in the United States is cordially invited to write to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confidential), Lynn, Mass., for special advice. It is free, will bring you health and may aave your life. • P, N. U. No. 33, 1917.