The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-07-16
The Case of
Jacob Rhine.
By NANCY BRENT.


closely. She decided it hung an inch
longer on the end next the kitchen
door. She Strengthened 1t conscien-
tiously, then gave her attention to the
ypoons.
Since it was an impOssibility to set q
table for twelve people and put a sill
yer spoon at each place, the number
of real silver spoons possessed being
seven, 1t behooyed her to decide upon
which guests the honor was to be be-
slowed.
Mrs. Judge Brown must have one
of the real silver ones because-no one
in Brownsville would have thought Of
Offering her anything. except their best.
Miss Josephine Dwight must be one Of
the honored ones. II might keep her
from telling next day that there were
five pewter ones.
She finally arranged 1t to her salts
faction, the pewter ones falling to her
self, to the schoolteacher, to Uncle
Lem Whitley and little William Bos-
well.
When John Twcedy and his wife ar
rived Miss Mary eyed them interroga.
lively.
"Pa Tweedy had rheumatism come
on him." explained Mrs. John, ''and
couldn't come. left the baby home
with him. That's one comfort"
I'm sorry your pa couldn't come
Miss Mary looked at the vacant seat
at the table-"for the turkeys done to
q turn, and 1t seems kinder lonesome
for him TO have dinner alone on New
Years day"
A knock at the door caused her to
excuse herself. The maid of all work
was at the critical point Of coffee max.
ing, and Miss Mary herself went to
the door.
The old man standing there, stran.
ger, looked Mt her in dazed manner.
'Pm mighty cold and mighty hun
gry," he said timidly. Il wonder II
you would give me little dinner"
Miss Mary's tender hearted hospital.
ity was instantly his to command.
"You just come right on in," her
CHEEKY tone making him sure of wei.
come. II was right proper worried
about having that vacant place at the
table"
When, after dinner, the unexpected
guest fell III the company bedroom was
at his disposal. In the weeks illness
that followed Miss Mary lowered ovei
him with good natured anxiety, and
yheN he unexpectedly died from d
keaga attack she declared that the pool
man should not be buried by the coun
ty-she didn't think she would miss 1
forever II she paid for decent fu
neral out of her savings.
Judge Brown came over the day tn,
old man died and had long talk witt
her.
I'VE know you don't charge for TAX
ing care OF him, Miss Mary" he ar
gued, 'but the pension certlfcat
found In his pocket shows he was a.
old soldier and the government is abb
to bury Its soldiers"
She listened reluctantly. "But hat
to be so uncharitable, she said SLOWLY
u wonder II the poor fellow had an
folks"
THAT'S just itv' the judge exclaimed
"If you send in claim for burial ez
penses the commissioner of pension
will be able to notify his people
they're hunting for him"
The judge argued successfully.
few days later he came with a dust
volume of pension laws, aecompanie
by the ministers, Peters the notar
and by Mrs. Judge Brown herself.
1--WE want to fix this up In regulatlo
STYLE" he said jocosoly, "and when m
and Peters get through drawing u
this claim and the minister and Mr.
Brown witness 1t, II ought to be {
legal document as they ever handle
In Washington"
After the document was posted MI.
Mary and Brownsvllle-man, woma
and child-found 1t a topic for convers
tion while they awaited the outcome
1t came sooner than Miss Mary e.
pected. II knocked at Miss Mary
door one night, and when she answe
cd lamp In hand, she found a man
an overcoat of unmistakable city cu
who took off his hat In n way thi
filed her with admiration.
"My name is Rhine" he said In e
PLANTATION. Il believe 1t was In yol
house my father died"
She led the way to the sitting roOr
volunteering bits OF information o.
sympathy.
81 hope you won't think wanted
be paid for nursing him." her come
face flushing with sensltlyeness, "b
the Judge said ought to-"
I'm glad you did" he respond,
heartily. 1T was the way we locat'
him. I'm travelling man, and my
ther lived at the soldiers home. VIII,
came back from my trip and foul
that he had wandered from the hor
III " Htulc vi lutlaithpilui SOu Nph a.
agne how I felt
"You sit right down and take
your overcoat. While you are warmil
I'll heat the coffee and fix you lit
snack. know you are hungry aft
your drive through the cold, alwa,
did say Brownsville was the meane
place on earth to get to, It's ten mi
drive from any direction you try
reach It,"
Miss Mary, freed from anxiety tn
they would not so round, was lavi'
with silver spoons. There was one
coffee, one for saucer of honey al
one In the jelly glass The other 70
were cnrelessly arranged on the whi
cloth In way that indicated spoons
abundance
She went to the small mirror hangil
BY the kitchen window and arrang
the front Of her brown hair becomhl
ly. AT forty the women of her .
Quaintance were supposed to give
thought to such vanlties, but she W
evidently of worldly turn of mir
and she remembered the set OF {