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DON'T MARRY THE MAN
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The Characteri
Kathleen Gregorys pepperv
red-haired member o the Greg
1 or clan, gott West incognito to
lecure a rl0hl-o-ujay or The
Golden Girl mine.
Donald MacDonald: oumer o
the rival Stubborn Boy mine,
hate the Gregoryt.
Bridget: Kathleen't companion.
Yesterday: Kathleen asks Old
Balmy hou the feud between the
Gregoryt and MacDonulda start
.d. .
Chapter 13
The Stubborn Boy
-LD BALMY did not speak im-
mediately. He stood up and
began to clear away the tea things.
He carried the white cloth to a
barren spot beyond the terrace and
before the crumbs reached the
gound, there was the mad chatter
of birds.
When he turned back to his
mests he was smiline. "It is com
lorting to know the wild birds
recognize their friends without
proof," he said.
Long, black lashes veiled Bridg
et's quick look of astonished un
derstanding. She cast a sidelong
glance at Kathleen, but impatient
now. tlatnieen was urging ine oia
man to relate the story of the feud.
"I'm sorry. Miss Riley, only a
MacGregor has the right to hear
tnat wouidn t you UKe to see my
garden?"
Kathleen now understood how
Kit Smyth must feel toward
Balmv: baffled, unable to press a
charge against him because of the
Honest simplicity of the man.
Sunset was gilding the Inde
Kribable view from the terrace
when they returned. For a little
while they sat absorbing the peace
of that hour, watching the play of
light on the painted cliffs, while
Old Balmy explained the natural
chemistry which produced the jade
green, the pearl wnite, copper ana
crimson.
"I'll want all of that for my
book," Bridget cried enthusias
tically. And Kathleen told laughingly of
her barren desk.
"Ah, lass, but you've ploughed
the ground and planted the seed of
desire. Soon you'll see your work
growing before you."
"I don't know what It will be,"
mourned Kathleen. "I never before
realized how useless I was."
Balmy stuffed tobacco into an
old pipe, lighted it and puffed
dreamily. "I envy you," he said
musingly. "Now if I had the time
and the talent, I'd build a New
Gregory on paper. I'd design cots
that would give the miners' wives
comfort and pride; I'd build on
paper, of course a community
ball where the young fellows could
go of an evening tor pool and
cards. There'd be a gymnasium, an
auditorium, a nursery and a dance
floor. But then," he broke off
whimsically, "what I would do and
what you would do would be dif
ferent, eh?" 1
Kathleen decided they must
leave immediately. Circe and the
forty-niners hadn't been fed. When
she thanked Old Balmy for the
delightful hour, her eyes were
bright with speculation and the
moment the girls were out of hear
ing she gripped Bridget's arm.
"Darling, look, the twiddle has
gone out of my thumbs. From now
on I work. That Balmy old honey
told me exactly what to do.
Wouldn't he be amazed?"
Bridget looked at her and shook
her head. Verily the Gregorys
were obtuse when It came to
discerning anything beyond their
Immediate vision.
Morning found Kathleen at
the doors of the unopened general
store and the moment they had
been unlocked she was purchasing
blocks of drawing paper, rulers,
pens, pencils and colored inks.
Immediately after the delayed
breakfast she retreated to her
room to build the first of the new
Gregory cots; a house three times
the size of the MacDonald's.
'Our Tartan'
BRIDGET, called in to commend,
wisely said nothing for the mo
ment She had been tempted to ask
whnt a miner's wife would want
with a drawing room, and to as
sure Kathleen that one modern
bath would be miracle enough for
a family.
"You have something there," she
admitted. "Remember the miners'
children marry young and the old
folks won't want too large a house
to keep up. Why don't you talk to
a few of them and find out what
they would like to have."
"I'll do that tomorrow," Kath
leen agreed.
But on the morrow, Donald
MacDonald appeared with an in
vitation to visit his mine and to
dine with him in the evening.
Kathleen dressed appropriately
for 'he trip, and for the weather
which was threatening; brown
breeihes, hih-laced boots, a tarn
o'shanter, sweater and plaid mack
innw. She hadn't realized how appro
priately she had dressed until she
heard a cheer from MacDonald.
"You're wearing our tartan," he
The Grange
Ijike Crfk Orange
Election of officers will be chief
matter of Interest at next meeting
Of Lake Orecx Clrnne. November 11.
A Urge attrndinre la etpecled.
The Inst meetlnR wee an enj yablr
affair with loMnp, trams In the re
cent aUentliinee earnest aminn a
fine meal for tlie winners. The Htl
lowe'on spirit was farrlcd out In the
program with Rumrs and stunts add
ing to the entertainment. The pro
gram Include,! numtxTR by Muhet
Brown. Myrtle Charlt-v, Urtly Hrnd
ahaw. tlordon HMnli'v, ciweiidn'-yn
and Janet C.-nrlry. Dor. 'thy Stanley.
Ketherlne V.'fll.h.
A tlel' lotu c ok r-ke3 hy Hele.i
fildlry w.i", "M ti .tner t'lMtlry and
crntrihu'i : t , r; i i" : n -nit innd
crntr.amod to tne rolling tloilai
fund.
cried. "The plaid of your macki
naw," ha explained.
Kathleen thrust her hands deep
Into her pockets to keep from rip
ping the offending garment from
her shoulders and throwing it at
the man.
It was the last personal remark
she heard from him that day. He
became, she thought sardonically,
"the promising young business
man."
The MacDonald's Stubborn Boy
was not as impressive as the Greg
ory's Golden Girl, she was pleased
to note. The buildings seemed
sturdy enough and there was tha
same subdued activity on the sur
face, but there was a lack of shin
ing fresh paint, and pristine neat
ness in the offices. These she noted
were filled with Scots, young and
old.
"It Is a MacDonald policy to give
the local MacDonald boys the op
portunity of filling these favored
posts," Young MacDonald ex
plained. "When one shows an in
clination for business, we send him
off to school. The Gregorys," he
added, "lrire strangers and bring
them in from the outside. They
believe in keeping miners below
the surface."
Kathleen closed her lips firmly.
There was little difference that
she could see in the mine proper
True The Stubborn Boy's shaft
went straight down, it seemed,
rather than at the slanting angle
of Tb Golden Girl. And the drifts
went off to the left instead of to
the right.
"Peculiar thing," MacDonald ob
served, "but we're working on
nearly the same level as the Greg
orys, here. Their ledge is just be
yond this, however, they'll never
mine that portion."
"How could they be working this
same part of the earth as you
without the ledge being one and
the same?" questioned Bridget.
"I'll show you when we're above
again."
Priority Of Claim
ITTHEN they reached the surface,
' ' he took them to the engineers'
office and pointed to a map which
hung on the wall. The colors, run
ning parallel to each other, re
minded Kathleen of a many-nued
hatband, only this band seemed to
have been cut in two, then over
lapped at an angle.
"I'll try to explain this In a lay
man's language," MacDonald told
the girls. "Pretend this country
was once a huge layer cake, the
ledges of ore, the filling. Perhaps'
the cake was jarred during the
process of baking, and one side fell.
The baker, disgusted, cut off that
section and laid it alongside the
other. Thus there were two sepa
rate sections of filling, and each
section of cake was at a different
level. The MaeDonalds are the
lower section. This enables us to
shoot our shaft down at only a
slight angle. The Gregorys are the
top section and the thin edge of
their cake overlaps ours in such a
way that they cannot continue
digging out the Ailing without first
gaining right-of-way around our
shaft. According to law, we are
entitled to two hundred and fifty
feet on all sides. Further than that
we can base our refusal to tha
right-of-way on the grounds that
it would weaken our structure "
"Then the law does grant right-of-ways,"
interposed Bridget.
"Only when the contestant can
prove priority of claim. If he can
firove he established his claim be
ore the other fellow, the law gives
him the right to all lodes dis
covered on his line, ledge or vein."
Bridget nodded wisely and asked
the question Kathleen longed to
ask.
'Then your claim was estab
lished first?"
MacDonald ! laugh was short
"There is nothing to prove which
was established first. It would be a
matter of moments. My grand
father and Old Angus filed the
same day. The clerk did not foresee
the need of establishing the hour."
Kathleen was running her finger
along the thin veins. "Isn't this
your vein down here? Doesn t
it run into the Gregory property?
"It won't for a long time and
when it does," promised Mac
Donald grimly, "we'll take care of
that Shall we go now? Mrs. Arthur
has ollered us tea. I d like vou to
see one of my model cots."
Riding back to Neutrality, Kath
leen found herself in the tonneau,
Bridget comfortably seated next
to MacDonald who was discussing
mining wun ner as though she
were the only one present with
enough intelligence to understand
him.
Kathleen sat and hated the back
of his head. She wished his cars
would stick out so she could hate
it the more. He was detestable.
And she wasn't going to like Mrs
Arthur whoever she was. She
would show off her house like I
woman putting her pet through Hi
tricks.
She did nothing of the kind. A
tail, dark-browed woman with tht
quiet dignity of the Scottish peo
ple, she met the girls as socia.
equals and Young MacDonald u
a son who called too seldom.
Kathleen was forced to admit
the house was comfortable, even
tastefully furnished.
(Crtvr.li, Itll. ua Ivrnm)
Tomorrow: A miner's famllr.
Talent Orange
Talent Orange met In regular ses
sion November a with Master W. W.
Robaon In the chair. Six candidates
were given 3rd and 4th degree. Elec
tion of officers followed with the fol
lowing resulta: Master. K. 8. Rob-
bins; overseer. Tom Bell; lecturer.
Nancy Fire-stone; assistant steward.
Edtlard Bnatwlrk; steward. Jim Nol
tcrs: gn'ekceper, Prank Reed; L. A.
8 . rxhy Wldmer; chaplain. Nora
No;:ers; secretary. Mae Miller; treas
urer. Net he Bora; Oeree. Marlon Boiy;
Pntnona. Fnye Miller; Horn. Lois
Firestone; executive committeeman,
w. W. Hobison.
lVUcloua refrrshmenta were served
by the H. E. c., followed by danc-Inn.
1 Birthdays for the preceding three
months will be o!erved at the next
j meeting. The turkey dinner and
dince ii, well attended and Flor-
"uec H;-rl!ry. rhahmsn. wishes to
. t :m::. ; 'l w::o h-lped mi.k' it a ue.
'cess. Also our thanks la extended
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
For farther proof address tha author, lnclostnc a stamped envelop tor reply. Reg. TJ. 8. Pat 081
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THE WREJMJC? KO&OJ 7vK ( JM frfy
Japan's Woman Conqueror
A "Jingo," colloquially, la a per
son favoring an aggressive military
policy. Its origin as a political term
is rooted in the Russo-Turklsh war
Of 1877-78.
Centuries earlier, a Japanese em
press of the same nameJingo, or
Jingo Kogo by the same aggressive
tactics oonquered Korea, Japan's
first foreign conquest.
Wife of Chual Tenno, 14th Mikado
(101-300 A. V.), she assumed com
mand of the government on the
death of her husband, reigning then
until 370.
Chual Tenno died while on an
expedition to suppress an Insurrec
tion In Kiushlu, and his wife, con
cealing the fact that the emperor
had died, proceeded with a great
force to conquer Korea.
After her victorious return, her
son, OJen Tenno, 15th Mikado, was
born and Jingo Kogo continued to
reign as regent.
In her lengthy history Japan has
been ruled by six empresses, yet,
strange as It seems, with promulga
tion of Japan's present constitution
In 1889 female succession to the
throne was ruled a present or fu
ture Impossibility.
By terms of this document, only
male descendants In the male line
are eligible to succession to the
throne of Japan, and a woman may
never again assume the exalted station.
Dated Eggs
Strange as It seems, every egg
sold In Denmark, or exported from
that country la stamped with the
date It was layed. the number of the
farmer selling It, and the number
of the co-operative society to which
the farmer belongs.
... Tomorrow: A tale of two cities...
the Eagle Point cheese factory, which
so generously donated all cheese
used for our dinner.
Josephine Lady Runs
GRANTS PASS, Nov. 7. (AP)
The first woman candidate in the
Josephine county race was announc
ed today. She Is Abble Tolln of
Selma, who U backed by a woman's
group for write -In as short-term
commissioner. Six names will appear
on the ballot for the position.
Jail Preference Granted
CHESTER, Pa. (UP) Arthur I.
Pease, 65, told relief offlclala he would
rather go to Jail than continue living
In a mission. He went to Jail for
kicking out glass panels In the Pub
lico Assistance department office
doors after being refused relief. .
Moscow Planetarium Popular
MOSCOW (UP) In nine years the
Moscow Planetarium has been in
spected by 8,500,000 visitors, officials
announce.
Bee Sting Kills Boy
POTTS VILLE, Pa. ( UP) Warren
Zimmerman, 14. died of blood poison
ing as the result of a bee sting.
Physicians said that the bee prob
ably had taken the Juice from a su
mac plant and Injected the poison
Into the boy's body.
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Blames Women for Fires
BATON ROUGE, La. (ypi City Fire
Chief Robert A. Bogan rays fires have
increased 60 per cent alnoa women
started smoking.
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