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PAGE SIX TKE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON. MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1919. 1. HE LIGHT !N Tff ELEARI the cows, i got ftr.-i!sn milking ju- "y in JJecemler or that year, ; milk snd bread and tnrtter' as Cncle reabody came. I saw with 1 na" mT first trial in the full respon- "I guess you've gone through the Joy that his face was cheerful. . Ability of man's work. I was allowed ,s;eond peril -that ol' Kate spoke of," "Yip!" he shouted as he stopped Ms t0 load and harness and hitch op and tsfi'd Aunt Dee! as I went upstairs, team at the barn door, where Aunt g without assistance. My J UtlCie Peabody went out to look at warn A TALE OF THE NORTH COUNTRY IN THE TIME OF SILAS WRIGHT By IRVING BACHELLEI " Author of KEN HOLDER CM AND I. BARREL Of THE BLESSED ISLEJk KEEPING lit VITH UZZIE. ETC, ETC IIcreFald die Senator as be put her warm 0WDthat was Ills baud on my head, "is a coming man in the Democratic party." the great men laughed at my blushes and we came away with a deep sense of pride In us. At last I feit equal to the ordeal of meeting the Dtiukelberg3. Jiy uncle must hiive uluired my feeling, for, to my delight, he cent straight to the basement more aiiove which was the modest Mia : 'It Dunkolberg, Produce." "Well I swan!" said the merchant In the treble voice which I reiuem bored so well. "This Is Bart and Pea body! How are yon? "2'retty well," I answered, my un !! being too slow' of speech to suit my sense of propriety. "How Is Sal Ij?" The two men laughed heartily, much to my embarrassment. "He's getting right down to bust-lies,-," gultl my uncle. " i liat'g right," suld Mr. Dunkelberg. "V'.-.y, Bart, she's spry as a cricket mid pretty as a picture, Come up to dli i.er with me and see for yourself." Uncle Peabody hesitated, whereupon I jnivo him a futdve nod and he said "All right," iind then I hud u dell cious feeling of excitement. 1 had b ird work to control my Impatience when they talked. By and by I asked, "Are you 'most ready to got" "Yescome onit's : after twelve o'clock," said Mr. DunkeJbotg. "Sully will be buck from school now." Ikel and I were standing. ""We aiyt nncIe n(' ro"Is, our hired man. were got much to worry about now. I've bus' witn ,he chopping and we were got the interest money right here 1c out of flour n1 mea'- lt took my pocket" i of ll!"IB eep the axes going. So We unhitched and went In to sup- j 1 B!M two sui'ks witn and two per. I was hoping that Aunt Deel wlfh wheat and put them into the would speak of my work but she 001 '". for flie ground was bare, seemed not to think of It. aad bitched up my horses and set out. I went ont on the porch and stood 1 reachel the mill safely and- be- looking down with a sad countenance, i fore ,lm rHln ws ground the earth Aunt Dcel followed me. W'y, Bart!" she exclaimed, "you're and the sky above were white with snow d riying down, in a cold, stiff too tired to eat ayes! Be ye skkr iwind mU of northwest. I loaded I shook my head. my grists- and covered them with a "Peabody." she called, "this boy has ! blnket nd hurried away. The enow worked like a beaver every minute ,ne mat " airaost Diinaea si uce yon left ayes he has! I never so different and so sweet to remem ber in the lonely days that followed! Fast flows the river to the sea when youth is 6alling on it. They had shoved me out of the quiet cove Into the swift current those dear, kindly, thoughtless people. Sally ran away into the house as their laughter con tinued and my uncle and I walked down the street. ' How happy I was 1 I observed with satisfaction that me. There were times when I could scarcely see the road or the horses. The wind came colder and soon It was hard work to hold the reins and keep my hands from f reeling. Suddenly the wheels began Jumping ho took my hand In his rough palm and squeezed It and said: "Sometimes I wish ye was little again so I could lake ye up in my nrma nn' Ha va luut uu I iium1 t,. the village boys did not make fun j jI()ro,.e DunkelLor- says that you're of me when I passed them as they did lne ,esWookIn. oov he ever see." when I woie the petticoat trousers. ' . ronpl,twl , ...., i hll,i iPflrnprt see anything to beat it never! 1 want you to colue right out Into the wood-shed an' see what he's done this minute ayes !" I followed them lntu the shed. "Wjr of nil things!" my uncle ex-!ovr roks- The norses were in the claimed. "He's worked like a nailer, j iitch- 1 knew whst was the matter, ain't he?" for my eyes had been filling with snow There were tears in his eves when am1 1 ha1 hal to brush them often. Of course the team had suffered In a like manner. Before I could stop I heard the crack of a felly and a front wheel dropped to Its hub. I checked the horses and Jumped out and went to their heads and cleared their eyes. The the hors3s. When I awoke in the morning I ob served that -Uncte- Peabody's bed had not been slept In. I hurried down and ! heard thnt our off horse had died In the night of colic. Aunt Deei was cry ing. As he saw me Uncle Peabody beean to dance a Jig in the middle of the floor. "Balance yer partners !" he shouted. "Ton an' I ain't goln' to be discouraged If ail the bosses die be we, Bart?" "Never," i answered. "That's the talk! If nec'sary we'll hitch Purvis up with t'other hoss an' git our hauiin' done." He and Purvis roared with laughter n n-TiGh-riuw ttrrs en sov an enviajh htiok. lAlloNAKO IHt. f .UiKbSUU' Of KUXKJhS Of OUUL -HOt MJGHT HA a NFTJ AM MADS Of THt BNtST SEAL HUMAN HAJJl ALL SHADES. Fvrsv mOLD-TGHT- HAlK NCT GUARANTEED OR MONET l?!inmMDa AT YOUS FAVORITE 5rOS, ffTKIT UHIT 0GRAY2SF.CH CASfiOT SUPfLlf TOU, WW1 E U Wa uu WifeOfrairwiallO Appear As I.W.W. Wiiness Ssramento, Cal., Jan. 13. Inoz Haynes Irwin, a writer, and wife of Will Irwin, war correspondent, will be an important witness for the I. W. W, Portland Physician Says i W Sestsss Are Useless Portlaatl, Or., Jan. 13. That the so rumg used in the bauie aguiiist mflu euza are -useless is the s'aumont of defonao, it was announ.ed toda'y, wheal ; f"1 F'J", l the the fnn nnnn ;t. " stitute or- Memcai Kesearoa or the Mrs. Irwin handled much o nuu iub Mirengtn or ine current swept1""'' .. " ivr '",u "uu ou,lr la lneith local epidemic. Mrs. Irwin handle m,h f h V"1: cr vaiuoraia, wno is toony I aiding health authorities in combatting me along with them. jhop fields sabotage ca-se. Theodora! ... pitv .,, , " ;i - oerunis. nave not yet oeen lnrro- "We're the luckiest folks in the 1 ," f ' .cdm;.k Esmo"? ortj- dueed whieh produee immunity from Brid. anyway," Uncle Peabody went l"' t, wJ. "i Spanish inffluena," he says. "The se- ' u "Barfs alive an' there's three feet fhi l k Sa"!e Wrk and rum now employ e.1 are of .. use wkat- Mr, and Mrs. Wright came along with tiie crowd, by and by, and colonel Medad Moody. We had supper with the Senator on the sent with us. Ho and my uncle began to talk about the ai we went to tin? table. snow was up to my knees then. How the thought of that broken wheel smote me! it was our only "I'm goin' to be like Silas Wright if heavy wa8n. and we having to pay I can," I added. lne mortgage! wnnt would my uncle "That's the id, e!" said Uucle Tea- 8ay7 Tne 1ner brought tears to my body. "You kn t on as you've start tightness of money and the banking j r(1 a'n. everv!iuly'H milk Into vour ' 1 unl"tchcd and led my horses up laws and I remember a remark of my uncle, for there was that In his tone which I could never forget: "We poor jeople are trusting you to look out for us we poor people are trusting you to see thnt we get treated fair. We're havln' a hard time." wo; on. o' snow on the level an' more comiu' an' it's colder'n Greenland." It was euch a bitter day that we worked only three hours and came as part of the prosecution 's ease. The prosecution branded the boycott o.n the hop fields as an instance Of I. W. W. sabotage. Mrs. Trwin will an. back to the house and played Old j peer as a character witness for certain Sledge by the fireside. defendants and at the same timo ox- Rodney Barnes came over that after- I'l'.in some of the Ford-Suhr activities. their connection ha, been brought out soever. Even the vaccine formerly em rill" i lino uie lover or tne pines, how grate- I kept on-m.t with the vigor of ful It seemed, for the wind was slack that first day with Its Eew Inspiration ,below but ilowlinS ln the tfeetops! I but with growing strength and effec- knew tlmt 1 wns four mlles froni nome tircness. Ni ,hts and mornings and knew not how I vcas to get there. Saturdays I v.orked with a will and C,h"lt'd,to tne bo,,e' 1 gtnered some my book ln my pocket or at the side pl,t,c1h plm;, and soon m,a a flre 8ln8 of the field r.nd was, I know, a help "'Uh "y fllnt and tindw- 1 knew tha of snmri VBlno nn I tin f.irm Ti! 1 "luul" UUB 01 Hie norses ana My uncle told him about the note find the visit of Mr. Grimshaw and of ,irslllp mproveiJ ni,,,',v n tnnt year leaB the other and reach home prob- I went about as far as I could hope his threats nud Upbraidlngs, "Did he say that In Burt's hearing?" ' t0 ff0 , the llt(lc t Leonard., asked the Sountov. "Ayes ! right out plain." "Too bad! I'm going to tell you frankly, Baynes, that the best thing I know about you Is your conduct to ward this boy. I like it. The next Corners. "I wouldn't wonder If ol' Kate was hly. But there wan the grist. We heeded that; I knew thflt we should have to go hungry without the grist. It would get wet from above and be- So we walked to the big house of i hvHt th,n 's f'e fact that you signed the liunkelbergs mid I could hear my heart beating when we turned hr ut the gate the goldcu gate of my youth it must have been, f after I had passed It I thoiwht ti'J .uore us a child. Thnt rude push which Mr. (irlmslmw gave me hud h'.-nlud the passinc. I was a little surprised at my own dignity when Sully opened the door to welcome us. My uncle told Aunt He! l that I acted and spoke like Sllus the note. It was bad business but it was good Christian conduct to help your friend. Don't regret It. toii were poor and of on nge when the boy's pranks were troublesome to both of you, but yon took him In, I'll lend you the interest and try to get linother holder for the mortgage on one condition. You must let me at tend to Bart's schooling. I want to be boss about thut. We have a great rlKht about our hoy." said Aunt Dcel lo;v " 1 trledto ,n 11 on tne back in u nurse. . x wunueu myseir Dy tne lire end hitched my team near It so as to thaw the frost out of their forelockg anil mrattpnwe ' T fnlf fi. . nnl. !!!!! 1,":"!W..",,7 nt lVort ? W ets alid fon hnndM ot naS-- one day when she' saw me with my book in the field. I began to know than thut ol' Kate Wright, "so nice and proper." Sally thoo""aster In Canton and when Bart wns different, too less -'playful audi'" r 1 wnnt Mm t0 g0 . iiiuiK m muooi, in try to nnu mm I a place where lie can work for his board."' i: - - , . ; "We'll miss Bart but we'll be tickled to death tiere's no two ways about that," snld Uncle Peabody. v . The Serator tested my arithmetic and grammar and geography as we rode along ln the darkness and said by and by; "You'll have to work hard, Bart. You'll have to take your book Into the field as I did. After every row of corn I learned a rule of synlnx or arithmetic or a fact in geography while I rested, and my thought and memory took hold of it as, I piled the hoe. I don't want you to stop the reading, more beautiful with long yellow curls covering her shoulders. "How nice you look !" she suld as nhe took my arm and led me Into her playroom. . "These are my new clothes," 1 boasted, "They are very expensive and I have to ba careful of .them.". I b-l;ived myself with great care tit the. table I remember that and, after dinner, re, , 'nyed lit the door .void and tlio ntuttte, I witlt a great fear of tearing my new clothes. I stopped and cautioned her more than once': "Bo careful! For gracious sake! be careful o' my new suit!" As we wore leaving late In the af ternoon she suld: soul subconsciously as I-would now put It. I wns trying to put truth Into the prophecy. As I look ut the whole matter these days I can see that Mr. Oiimslmw himself was a help no less Important to me, for It was a shnrp spur with which he con tinued to ptod us. everybody carried nails In one pocket In those days and I remember that my uncle's pockets were a museum of bolts and mi! rand screws and wash ers. The Idea occurred to me that I would make a kind of sled which was called a Jumper. So I got my ax out of the wagon and soon found a couple of small trees My Second Peril. ' I " 1 e rIgUt-crook for the forward One day Mr. Griinsliaw come out ,'"u ?' u'!ner' nnQ c,lt tnem ana In the field to see my uncle. They ,wed thlr Dottmi a smoothly as .., I could. Then I made notches ln them near the top of their crooks and fitted noon and said that he would. lend us a horse for the hauling. We had good sleighing after that and get our bark and salts to market and earned $98. But while we got our pay ln paper- "bank money," we had to pay our debts in wheat, salts or corn, so that our earnings really amounted to only $62.50, my uncle said. We gave the balance and ten bushels of wheat to Mr. Grimshaw for a spavined horse, after which he Tire defense insisted todav that fhp silent defendants will maintain thoir silence- during the presentation of the csifo of tho defense. , Hungarian Cabinet Has Resigned Says Dispatch ployed successfully against pucuiuunia. is nof giving satisfactory results ia connection with influenza. Dr. Meyer believes the only icccss fid way to combat the p!ague is in strict quarantine and the use of masks. BEAUTY IN DEMAND London, Dec. 24. (By Mail.) Eng lish beauty parlors aro reaping a hsa vest. - ' Thousands of women just released from munition work aro flocking to them. These women worked with chem icals which stained thoir skins yellow. j The heir of many was affected. Hungarian! auty parlor experts - explain London, Jan. 13. The c;:binct has resigned, according to din- tliat most of the women say they want agree o give s at least year's r'p,,hM mW from Bl,da Pcst today..8 imProJ hcir aPP'f More tho tZtZ L tL Li n!f 7 I. Th ncw cauiet, which has not yet return of the sokicr husbands, admu- been formed, probacy will be socialist, ers aim sweetneartg. ic, it was reported. I ' ' The bolshoviki have planned a big' ' Samuel Gompcrs, head of the Amci-I-mass meeting. No disorder has occur- cau federation of Labor, sailed for Eu red, but government troops are ready. Ioue Thurs:lay- . tension ou the principal. We telt easy then. (Continued "tomorrow) Wilson Urges Immediate Food Relief Appropriation Washington, Jan. 13. President Wil son today urged ongrcss ifflmediatclr to appropriate the $100,t)00,000 he ask ed recently for purcua-se of food for for f.nv continirnncv I Tho allied food mission has gone to' Clarenee M- White, aged 39, a prom Vienna, another dispatch stated. Iinent Pendleton attorney, is dead of in- CHAPTER VI. tS.672 .xrW); hilt1 fffWtl ntf MS Wklt mitnf Hnni4 1 f "I wish you would come here to ! " ZT: T.l' ,u -.,.1 t i " 'j rvrwiiii uu jruur njssims, ficnool. ! a cm t A t. a, . -I suppose he wll, some time." said 'TZ and said "I shall be gouo when you are up In the morning. It may be a long time before I see yous I shall leave i something for you In a sealed envel ! ope with your name on it. You are not to open the envelope until you go away to school. I know how you U'lll C...,l tl,., lt-1 !..!. t t ,e uin iow ,uu,e nni' be vefy ,onp,y- Wnpn yu v ... , i ' . . . B to your room for the night I want "You're looking the wrong way for ' i ,i n ......,. ... (fie scenery," said Mr. Dunkclberg. ,,.,. t,M nwI(mo mlll Ulll, T shall write. They will be, I think, the r.wll I. ..-I.. A new hope entered my breast, that 1 moment, and began to grow there. , "Aren't you going to kiss her?" fluid Mr, iHmkt'lberg with a smllo. I saw the color In her cheeks deep en as she turned with a smile and walked away two or three stops while ft 1 IWw I nlinn tlia ..,, a. t 1 ft r . film turned snd walked w,,i .' "Lnu ."." 1 1 v" " mr- .nmiw came out In with a look of resolution la lier pret t,' face and said: "I'm not afraid of him." We kissed each other and, again, most Impressive words you ever rend. You will think thorn over but yon will pot understand them, for a long time. Ask every wise man you meet u stout stick Into the notches and se- ' cured It with nails driven by the ax head. Thus I got a hold for my evener. Thut done, I chopped and hewed an arch to cross the middle of the run ners and hold them apart and used nil my nnlls to secure and brace It. I got the two boards which were fas tened together and constituted my wagon seat and, laid them over the urch and front brace. How to make them fast was my worst problem, I succeeded In splitting a green stick to hold the bolt of the evener just un der Its head while I heated Us lower end In the lire and kept its head cool with snow. AVith this I burnt a hole in the end of each board and fastened , thorn to the front brace with withes of moosewood. It was late in the day and there was no time for the slow process of burn. i lug more holes, so I notched the other ends of the boards und lashed them to the rear brace with a length of my reins. Then I retempered my bolt and brought up the grist jind chain and fastened the hitter between the boards In the middle of the front brace, hitched my team to the chain and set out again, sitting on the bags. It was pitch dark and the horses wading to tlieir bellies and the snow coming faster when we turned into ASS. FOU and GET rHck's The Original hl<Qd KICk For Infanta and Invalids OTHERS aro IMITATIONS relief in Europe outside of Germany. In a calde from Paris tho president requested Representative Sherley and Senator Martin to uso their ctmost ef forts to secure passage of the meas- lure. . Food i9 tho key to the whole Euro pean situation, tho cable stated. The pivsiiteat emphasized, that the tide of famine and unrest' cannot, li., sfnmitioil j'Dy force, but it can be stopped by food For Burning Eczema Greasy salves and ointments should not be applied if good clear skin is wanted. From any druggist for 35c, or $1.00 for extra large size, get a bottle of zemo. When applied as directed it effectively Ho' declared that food would not be teals stoS purchased for the Gorman, but that the chafing? It rtrSleS .'"or natioanUtiM must and soothca ZiStalKdcSa!5 t0 ea ab 'sh Vew nni inexpensive, penetrating, antiseptic uu eunninons necessary to have pron- liauid. Trv it. na nn fl cr representation at the peace confer-jiaveeverusedisaseli'ectiveandsatisfying. 1 he K. V. Rcco Co., Cleveland, O. thnt well-remembered touch of her t 10 "Plain them to you, for all youH hair upon my face! But tho feel of far (j pS "TO : " .')r. ? i - "I'm Not Afraid of Him." happiness will depend upon your un derstanding of thoso few words ln the envelope." - . In the morning Aunt Deel put It In my ha mis. "I wonder - what In the world he wrote there ayes !" said she. "We must keep it careful ayes ! I'll put It in my trunk an' give It to ye when ye go to Canton to eeWiol." "Has Mr. Wright gonel" I asked rather sadly, "Ayes I Land o' mercy 1 He went ii way long before daylight with a lot o' Jerked meat In a pack bnsket ii.vesi ier uncie is goin down to tne j lulled ihiui uio mortgage tnis afternoon, uyesi the Field to See My Uncle. walked away to the shade of a tree Kattlerond. Soon I heard a loud 1ml whlle the hired man and I wont on lo ami knew that it was the voice of with the hoeing. I could hour the Uncle Peabody. Ho had started out harsh voice of the money-lender to meet me In the storm and Shop was speaking ln loud and angry tones and wlt" him. presently he went away. "Ihank God I've found ye!" he "What's the rip?" I asked as my shouted. "I'm blind and tired out and uncle returned looking very sober. I couldn't keep a lantern goin' to save "We won't talk about It now," he ' Aro ye froze?" answered. "I'm all rifjlif, but these Jiorses are In the candle-light of the evening awful tired. Had to let 'em rest every Uncle Peabody said: few minutes." "Grimshaw has demanded his ntort- I told him about the wagon and gfiae money an' he wants it in gold now It relieved me to hear him say: coin. We'll have to git U some way, "As 'K as you're all right, boy, I I dumio how." . ain't goln' to worry 'bout the ol wag- . "W'y of nil things!" my aunt es- n not a bit. Where'd ye git yer claimed. "How nre we goln' to git Jumperr ' " all that money these hard times? "Made it with the ax and some I ayes! I'd like to know?" nails," I answered. ' ' , "Well, I can't tell ye," said Uncle After we got to the barn doot at last Penbody. "I- guess he can't forelve he went to the hnnso nnd HcMort Ma It was a Saturday and I snent a i us u,r Buvm KomQ tmee." hexm cording wood In the shed, pau ! ''i'1 ,h" "T ' ." h rf lug now and then lor a look Into L J tlTt . "it lantern and came back with it wrapped In a blanket and Aunt Deel came with him. How proud it made me to hear him say: "Deel, out boy Is a man now made this Jumper all 'lone by himself an' my grammar. What a 1ay it was! the first ot many like It. I never think of thoso days without saying to myself: "What a God's blessing a man like Silas Wright can be in the community In which bis heart and soul are as an open book I" As the evening came on I took a Inntr !.,. !, nt- ,Mw mwIb n- neariy half full of them. Four rules ";Ir." "".V' ... says you an' me ought to do all the work here. He thinks 1 ought to took I yon out o' school Ions airo." I "1 can stay out o' school and keep "as got through all right." Ion with my lessons," I Said. She came and held the lantern np i "Not an' please him. lie wns mad to my face and looked at my hands, .when ho see ye with a book In yer "Well, my stars, Bart!" she ex hand out there in the corn-field." claimed in a moment "I thought ye What were we to do now? I spent would freeie up solid ayee poor of syntax, also, had been carefully stored away in my brain, I said them over as I hurried down Into tho me but not so dear as my aunt and Deel made some pudding. How good nncie. I decided to give all my life It was to feel the warmth of the fire AT THIS TIME Cannot Afford to Take a Chance Wet Feet SPATS few Correct Shape Sandals of Pure Gum Rubber , Prices 75c FINE STYLISH SHOES r 4 Vv" Mir Keep the ankles warm Prices $3.50 and $1.65 Distinctly Designed for Dressy Wear Prices $5.95 to $11 Stout. Rugged Sturdy Shoes for Children It V . -v - 5 j Full Fashioned Storm Rubbers of Pure Gum All sizes -Prices 65c to $1.25 NEAT SOLID SERVICE SHOES a i. .4 il...n.,lt, ,A . V. .. -.1 . I. . anA Jt .1. k . . , , 1, Pasture with old Shen and hnuiirlit In "l "'slu l" " " "u " """ ovea , r.nsture witn old hhej and tmii.i't In fnrm . woul(, ati trT to be gre8ti meJ Jjow J .enjoyed Jhejiiidding and ,- butnot.as great as the Senator. Strong, rnable, Roomy Rubber Boots for the Wet Weather. AH sizes except boys' Prices $1.95 to $7.95 Made for Wear and Comfort Prices $2.25 to $9 Heavy Service Shoes are Protection to the Feet Prices $1.35 Up Repairing While You Wait ft Let-Live Prices Prices $35 to $8