The Hermiston herald., September 13, 1919, Image 5

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THE CUPID CLOCK
By AGNES G. BROGAN.
Nan went oui of the way in order
o pass again the shop where the clock
as displayed. The clock had fasci-
ated her from the moment that she
ad first seen It In the jeweler’s win-
ow—a cleverly fashioned bit of mech-
nism. tlie face of the Cupid whose
rm encircled It worthy the study of
n artist.
Nan had many fancies about the
little clock, She liked to picture It In
he center of her plain mantelpiece.
here the alarm clock now stood.
The clock was
expensive.
Nan
hought, when she stepped Into The
mull store to price it. An Interested
oung man noted the wistful note in
er voice as she questioned him as to
he possibility of the clock being
romptly sold.
“You see,” she added, “I want to buy
t myself a little later."
The young man understood the sig-
iftance of “a little later.”
“We issue charge accounts,” he sug
ested.
Nan blushed. “I’d rather wait," she
nswered frankly, "until I have the
sh price.”
The man gazing unaware into Nan’s
lear eyes was pretty certain that the
ock would be in stock for some time.
"They go to the bigger places as a
Ie for that sort of thing,” he told
She pointed out that no bigger place
uld possibly offer a clock with that
articular Cupid’s expression.
“He seems to be laughing right at
ne.” she said.
The young man had noted the chal-
enging smile.
“The little fellow seems cocksure of
imself,” he said, and he also smiled—
t Nan.
When she was gone he removed the
clock from the show window and
laced it In a deep drawer.
Nan, entering the store breathlessly
ext evening, wanted to know if it
ad been sold.
The young man eagerly reassured
er.
“If customers don’t see it,” he ex-
lained, “another clock will do as well,
am keeping It for you.”
Nan was grateful, her eyes told him
And the proprietor of the small
op stood, after she had departed,.
watching her trim figure out of sight
down the street.
“Saw a little clock In your window,”
collector of curios began, when the
oung man briskly interrupted.
“Sold,” he said.
It was radiant Nan who came glow­
ing In out of a dismal shower to place
her complete savings on the shop coun­
ter.
“I want my clock," she triumphantly
manded.
The proprietor was as pleased over
the sale as herself.
“You had better bring It In during
the next few days,” be admonished
er, “to let me see how it is running.
We like to keep them regulated at
first."
Nan obediently brought the clock In.
It was keeping good time with Cupid
111 silently jubilant.
The young man himself was not so
Jubilant. It would be an unreasonable
thing to ask his fair customer to re­
turn again with so well-behaved a
clock, also a suggestion to see her
again would be under the circum-
stances unwarrantable.
The wistful note which had been in
Nan’s voice as she asked the price of
the clock was In the young man’s as
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he bade lier goodby.
“Fool,” he told himself. “Why didn't
you offer to carry the thing home to
her?”
Nan laughed at the Cupid on her no
longer unadorned mantel.
“You dear!” she said, “you make me
believe every time 1 look at you that
something delightful is going to hap-
....
. .
.
.
| pen. You re hypnotizing me. so that I
start out singing 1,1 my heart every
day.
I
But If Nan started out singing she
| returned at evening wearily and with
an
unaccountable
disappointment
| where the song had been.
She had not passed the shop once.
| though she had often wished to do so.
Common sense asked her why she
should go out of her way and to what
purpose? And Nan could only bow to
common sense and lake the short and
prudent way homeward.
On a certain evening of depression
Nan saw as she glanced at the clock
that Its hands were still at the hour
when she had left In the morning—the
hour also to which the roguish Cupid
pointed—and the hands refused to be
moved.
Her depression vanished inexpli­
cably as she wrapped the clock, paus­
ing to look appraisingly In the mirror.
The jewelry shop was still open when
she reached It. the young proprietor
gazed up at her entrance wide-eyed.
He seemed to have difficulty in speak­
ing.
“I—I was not expecting to see you."
he explained.
Silently Nan handed over the clock.
Then all at once, in fear of losing her
again perhaps, or in desperate confi­
dence, he leaned toward Nun. "
“We will fix the clock later,” he
said. “The little fellow's idea appears
to be to emphasize the hour of eight.
Won’t you waive ceremony, please,
and let me walk home with you now—
at thnt hour?”
To Nan’s astonishment sne replied
that she would. That was the begin-
nlng. Their wedding ceremony later
was also set for the hour of eight.
(Copyright. 1919, Western Newspaper Union)
Long Lawsuit.
A lawsuit regarding Rhodesian min­
ing rights, which has reached the
house of lords in its fourth year is
quite a legal infaut when compared
with some that have preceded It. The
Thellusson will case, for example,
dragged out In the courts from 1797
to 1857. Another similar action at
law, known as the Bishop-Demetra
will case, lasted 122 years. Even this,
however, is not a record, says London
Tit-Bits. For in 1908 there was set-
tied at Friemar a law suit that had
been in progress since 1430. The rais-
ing of a dam was the point at issue,
and It occupied the courts for exactly
478 years._________________
Leave Their Tails Behind Them.
Most of the reptiles of the Colorado
are colored like their surroundings, and
are difficult to detect.
Others can
change their colors to suit their sur-
roundings, while not a few of the des­
ert lizards are able to part with their
tails very readily when they are
seized. There is humor In the ways
of desert tortoises.
When one meets
another—unless both are males, wi en
a fight Inevitably takes place—each
nods Its head rapidly up and down as
though In salutation, and sometime»
noses are touched as they pass.
It costs 50 to 100 per cent more to
build a home today than it did in
1914. If your property should burn
your present insurance policy would
be insignificent.
You should add
more insurance in an old line fire
Have J. H.
insurance
company.
property and
Young revalue your
4«
fix you up at once.
Saturday, September 13, 1919
Nearly every needful household article that is used in
the family kitchen. Come in and see our choice line of Alu­
minum ware. Here you will also find the best of underwear,
a fine line of millinery, and toilet articles of every descrip­
tion to choose from. We have Angorian knittihg and cro­
chet cotton, buttons in all sizes, fancy and plain chinware, etc.
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GROWS GARDEN TO BUY CALF
LODGE DIRECTORY
Washington Boy Raises Prize-Winning
Vegetables and Buys Jersey
Heifer With Money.
meets second Tuesday evening of each month
at 8:00 sharp in Mack’s hall. Visiting members
welcome.
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Kathryn L. Garner. Sec.
(Prepared by the United States Depart­
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HERMISTON LODGE NO. 138, A. F. A A. M ,
11 meets in Masonic Hall on First Tuesday
evening of each month. Visiting brethren wel-
Alfred Olson of Klickitat county.
Wash.. Is a member of one of the calf
clubs organized by the United States
department of agriculture and the state
college of Washington. With his pure-
bred Jersey heifer calf. Area's Babe,
he won the state championship prize
last year: Tn 1917 Alfred became in­
terested in the calf club work, but a
purebred calf costs money, and he did
not have funds to buy that requisite
for membership. To enroll in a gar­
den club as the first step toward en­
tering the calf club may seem unusual,
but that was what the Klickitat county
boy did, and he reached the desired
goal. The weeds In his club garden
kept him busy all summer, but he gave
It such faithful care that bls vege­
tables were prize winners. He exhibit­
ed a collection of them at the state
fair and took $60 worth of prizes.
Meanwhile he had been writing to
Jersey breeders for prices and descrip­
tions of calves. He decided on Jer-
seys because that was the breed his
father had. With $40 of his garden
prize money he bought a month-old
Jersey heifer calf In October. He kept
her in the barn all winter, but In the
spring she was turned out on the
range. When brought In In September
to be made ready for exhibition pur­
poses she was larger at eleven months
than his father’s grade calves of fif­
teen months.
At the state fair Al­
fred's Jersey was awarded the state
championship prise In the boys’ and
girls' club class and was valued at
$150.
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