Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-06-29

Her tone was so beseeching and he
eyes so beguiling that Vane founc
himself saying yes.
He thought about her a good man!
times in the next few days-of he
brave eyes and frank speech. Th'
fact is, he was young and ratheI
lonely, and it was good to talk to {
person of his own age.
But 1t was only an interest il
chicken raising that prompted him t.
keep his promise. 81 ought to SEE
all the chicken plants that can.
That was the reason he gave himself
as his horse plodded up the steep IN
cline OF the Corning hill. 1t was
worth the trip, just to get the view
down the valley
He had no difficulty in finding the
place. Miss Geddis herself was draw
ing water from the well, and hailed
him joyfully.
1t was not much Of a place, his
first glance assured him. Dwelling
house and barn, while originally wei
built, were sadly in need Of paint ant
rapairs. The chicken houses ant
coops, which the girl displayed proud
ly. were put together from old lum
Der, more with an eye to their dura
bility than to their beauty.
81 made them all myself in the last
six months"
Then you have not always lived
here?"
20, no. I was brought up in the
country, but after father died l went
to work in a city department store
could not stand it there" with a
little grimace. THE bad air made
me sick. When Aunt Martha asked
me to live with her was glad to
come. Aunt Martha has pension,
but it's not big enough for two. That's
why l started the chickens"
While she talked she had been
showing her chickens, handling them
lovingly. Vane had to admit that she
had a fine lot of young ones coming
on
"You hatched out all those with
hens?" he asked incredulously.
Yes, indeed, and l have hardly lost
one"
you certainly understood the
chicken business"
1T is because I am so fond OF
them" giving a final stroke to her
pet rooster
Later in the house, over some Of
Aunt Martha's very good gingerbread,
Miss Geddis made an apology.
81 am afraid l have not been very
nice about that egg route" shame
facedly. when l found out you had
all the best people i was just
l went a day earlier, to
try and sell mine first and Joined
the Womans club to boom my trade
But what l want to know is-why
don't you ask more than the store
does?"
Vane humbly admitted that 1t had
never occurred to him to ask more.
I'VE ought to get more than for
those old cold storage eggs. We have
a monopoly of the fresh eggs In this
town and we ought to make the peo-
pie pay. 1t made me mad to get
SO little after all my hard work, but
| did not dare to raise my price above
yours"
For a moment she devoted herself
TO the gingerbread. Then, half tim
dly. 81 wonder why we don't form
a partnership. l believe that l can
sell the eggs better than you can.
It would be much better to have a
.oute in Radnor instead Of in our
village. There are more rich people
here and they would pay better
prices. Only have not had enough
eggs to make 1t worth while to go
hat far. Now if l could sell your
eggs as well as mine" tentatively.
The partnership was formed then
md there and it prospered. 1t pros
1ered so exceedingly that in the
course of a year it was incorporated
lnder a new name-Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Vane.