The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-08

doing the chores. Hiram laborcd witt
his father In behalf OF the wate
trough. 1t was JOY TO both OF th'
young people when the next day Farm
CIR Hanklns allowed that he guesset
they might 30 ahead with the layinj
OF their pipe line. Tho water trough
was duly Installed In the barnyard, ant
the faucet was attached. Then, wheI
everything was In readiness, on Ger
tain day the water from the sprint
was let into the main. II leaped int
the pipe and went rushing down e
give Joy to the townspeople, but moi
single drop Of water came througl
the half inch pipe which rose up from
the main Pipe Ave feet below TO the
trough IN Farmer Hankins barnyard
Farmer Hankins then knew II was d
conspiracy against him and the town
officials never meant to do as they had
agreed. HezekIah Banks always was
rascal, and be might have known bet.
ter than 20 trust him. But at the
same time II was Just an much of d
puzzle TO the water commissioner Az TO
Farmer Hankins himself why the wa
ter went 10 scornfully past the water
trough. He went all over the line him.
self, peerlng into the faucet and listen.
Ing with bis ear close TO It's mouth in
the vain effort to solve the problem
Then. to satisfy himself that the work
OF laying the pipe and making the con.
nections had been properly done, he
ordered that tho earth all be dug away
and the pipe thoroughly examined.
Everything was found to be right and
no defect anywhere.
Finally an engineer from the neigh.
boring city was engaged, and after
very carefully examining the line be
decided that the spring being so much
higher than the trough. the water came
through the main pipe with such tire.
mendous force that II had no time to
stop at Farmer Hankins' farm. Some
were 50 skeptical as TO this mans judg.
ment, however that another engineer
OF still higher rcpute was summoned.
His verdict was that the spring, In
stead Of being higher than the trough,
was, In fact, much lower; therefore
there was not enough force from the
spring to push the water up through
the faucet.
Now It's my turn to see what the
law II do" said Farmer Hankins.
"They promised me water, and they've
got to furnish Il"
Some one reminded the old farmer
that the commissioner had only agreed
10 furnish the trough and the faucet
and that the supplying Of the water
was not IN the contract. II was a very
situation. The town must
either be deprived of water or the !
trough must be supplied with It, and
Farmer Hankins brought suit against |
tho town officials. And now Hiram |
and Agatha were In trouble again.
What would become of their hopes
and prospects for the future II mat.
Iers went on like this?
Il know there must certainly be
'ome way to get water into that
rough" Agatha declared. IF | had
ialf the knowledge some folks think
hey have 1t seems to me could fix it."
Agatha suddenly developed decid-
d taste for studying water In its rela-
ion to supplying cities and towns
trough the medium OF the gravity
ystem. When all others would be
ound asleep she would be poring over
looks bearing on the subject which
he borrowed from the city library.
Then she made numerous visits to the
prlng. She measured the distance be-
ween the spring and another, larger.
arther up In the village, on the hill
ide, as accurately as she could with
Ter eye.
Still further to complicate matters
'armer Hankins forbade bis son HI
am from ever visiting Agatha again.
I'VE WIN have nothin to do with
hem," he said They're a bad lot.
ont know as really ever heard of
that Hezekiah Banks had
one before this, and used to think
d like well enough to have Agatha
'r daughter, but this things enough
} convince me that you never would
ave minutes peace If you married
era chip Of the old block"
Hezekiah In the meantime declared
lat Hiram never must darken his
oorstep again. Good enough fellow,
ut what's bred in the bone will surely
H."
So matters remained thus for several
eeks until 1t was almost time for the !
ial Of Farmer Hankins' suit. On the
ght before the day of the trial Farm
Hankins was very restless and
'uld get no sleep, He had always
'asted that he never sued a man or
I'd been sued in his life. but now the
cord was to be broken. While toss.
s on his pillow shortly after the :
ock had struck II he heard very
'cullar noise that seemed to be near
Q house, upon the hillside. The Of
ner he heard 1t the more mysti6cd !,
ID curious he became He looked out Z
his window, and the full moon was y
lining brightly, and by the aid of its !
ans he could clearly distinguish a Il
ans form standing near the spring