The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1901-12-18
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Thensshe .eane across the read to- the
/ experimental farm and walked up the
long lane to the house. 8
49,. why, hoydy do. she said, as she
approached the first of the cages.
aour lettuce Is so fine that I thought
/ I'd bring ye some over: Amt it q
pifrYy right. i II 2ssfjfes2eh Esq
| Now the Garden at the expeTimensI
/ al farm Is artieular1y long on let
tuee. 'Iherekarassthreei lettace beds.
| eaehoof which in. dts slaxuri ancea isIa
standing zreproaeh to the other xege.
| tables. Gpa the lettpee5es a peace of
i; fering was not q success = The lady
Of the manor made no ansWerGer
Thank you Q much, Mrs. McEdz
wards James this TO the assistant
e1perfn htaliiastt bring odt cage
FOR MRS. aNdcEdwards.G It lisa lovely.
evening" !" fIgtff ftsS5assas 2. sss}s4@ tfs9sse
aEBut Mrs McEdwardsi waited To-
hear no mores n Her " orst sfear rs were.
realized. 81! Her, neMSneighhers -ffxeEe.
plainly. lunaties bel ,feven wanted
to- put. her in a cage, She scuttled
Pc. asF9ss The road lis HsHa SCARED
Ola n6u. =
The following night there was.
great excitement at the amateur ex-
perinen tai farm After the aanlosl.
quitoes had beena conquered burglars
sppeared upon the scene,l thusashow-
ing that life is ID cons tantI succession.
OF conflicts sa2s III - = s,4sf4 ssfz
It is not likely that burglar who
possessed any. signs of .human4intel elli-
gence would. pick out the experiment
/. a. farm as likely place from which
to make d rich haul But If he did he
Would-And the old 'hotIse5 an easy one
to enter. Consequently, somewhat
elaborate preparations have been
made for his reeeptien.sTh The lady of
the. manor keeps; beside her bed q
huge farIn bell. used il. the old days
to call in the farmhands to. supper
from the distant fields. It's voice is
that of fire alarm gong raised to
the tenth power. The amateur farm
er hfni self has a revoIverE The re-
yalyer ts kept in one paFtgi of THE
house and the cartridges In another.
SO that the rising hope of the Erspub-
. Iicz may not in small boy fashion, ex-
pertinent with them. Il Thus armed,
the family. feels itself ready for any
foe - - -
Or, the night in; question the anna
teur farmer was wakened by the
sf1r-iH and brazen cfa111or Of he gong
The lady Of The major was wa Wing it
frantiaally ini both. hands. Il sa9t1f5sze
522sfWha t,s & the matter 2s.s asked the
anatenr farrner.5Cf - 4l II EEtssJ Jg<s1
Gaf"BHrgiarsk They have "a light
doWnstalrssz Listen! You can hear
them moving around the house. '..Tt..z
The amateur farmer advanced to
the head of the stairs. Plainly in the
lower regions he could see the gltm--
mer Of light and hear the creaking
Of doors. In his deepest bass voice,
with the tremolo stop pulled out to
the limit,, Ehe sdemanaed:a fsMho's
athere9'' fazas6 sff sagsfs a4sstsaa
-z 'h eEe~was4 no gEanswersss0 Only the
light suddenly, went out and another
door creaked. Then the lady Of the
manor again let loose the brazen
thunders of the farm bell. It sound
ed as If three 4=1f fires had been let
looge in the same block. Then armed.
with an empty revolver and q heavy
hand MIR or the assembled family
slowly descended the stairs, the gong
still doing its worst. sy9zz z5.yzj
Below stairs all doors leading 10
the kitchen were found open, but
neither door nor window opening on
the outside had been disturbed, nor
was any trace of burglar found
Finally. coming from the dining room
closet were heard sounds of sup
pressed sobs and convulsive swallow
ingsls. With great effort and against
desperate reeistance from within the
door was finally pulled open. & a5.sa
LII ives the COOK lady Il Between
snivela she told the: story pref ttz
II banet dirsty anil got me down
stairs, 70 get me tFinksof water Den
dot bell ring an. you yells; Who +
dot?' an dinks aboud dot revolver
an i get me in de closet an make de
door shut. bane SO scarf, and re-
nevved and embarrassing sobs broke
out 5f3 $50 aEsG -ssss fsfs3 10
just then rapid hoof beats sounded
on the troada1eading toet barn. In
the moonlight old Mazeppa, most re-
specta BILE of phaeton horses, was
seen rushing towards the read with
a man on his back. He was, stopped
by shouts just as he turned into the
main road. The man was the assist.
ant experimentaiist. He was accused
of running away from trouble, but he
declares on his word of honor that he
was simply and naturally going for
the pohce.-Chicago Tribune.
FinAs Relatives Are Dead.
B. B. Widtmer, who left his home
in Owensboro KY. 20 years ago, and
went west to seek his fortune, went
back the other day from Seven Dew
lis Hills, Idaho to see his sister-in-s
law, MRS. Pauline, Widtmer, and her
daughter Pauline. He brought with
him SO 900 in; money to- give them
and intended to take them back to
his mining camp in Idaho. When he
made inquiry about them he learned
of their tragic death on the night Of