The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-06-27

thC tht1k AlOOpCl NillC Aou liz
taken cogniZance of. She came from
an aristocratic family. At eighteen
she had fallen in love and eloped with
and wed young man who made a
worthless husband. Her father had
cast her off. and she had been living
felt the bitterness of the Sights put
upon her. but had realized that the sit
uation could not be changed for the
better by open resentment. She hadn't
lived her real life. but false one, and
had thus come to be an enigma to such
as were interested enough to discuss
her.
When the money came the widow set
about getting even with Hooperville
There was no malice in it, but just a
sense of satisfaction. A bridge over
the river had long been unsafe, but the
taxpayers had hung off about repairing
it. trusting that the Lord would divert
| all the accidents to other bridges.
The widow hired a lawyer to take
the matter up. and the bridge was con
demned and replaced by $4,000 struc-
ture. The taxpayers howled
She hired a surveyor to go over the
lines Of the streets. and it was discov-
cred that all the store fronts encroach-
ed and that hardly fence occupied its
legal position. All encroachments were
ordered removed
The spire of the Methodist church
edifce had decided leaning toward
sunrise. The widow set the law at
work. and it cost the congregation 500
to brace up its spire.
There was an old ordinance against
hitching horses to shade trees. That
| was also suddenly enforced and $50 in
fines collected the first day.
There was another about chimneys
being cleaned every year. Nearly 100
house owners were brought to court
and fined So on their admissions that
their chimneys had not been cleaned
for ten years.
There was a dead ordinance about
the use Of profane language in public.
The Widow Wakefield revived it and
had sixty men fined the first day.
Among them were the mayor, all the
aldermen and the judge who inflicted
the fines.
Moses. what on earth is the woman
at?" the good wife of Deacon Peters
would ask after each new move.
"She's paying us back, l guess"
But it don't seem as if she could do
much more"
You wait and see. What was it you
called herY
Gan enigma"
$50 twas. WAL. you'll learn that
they've got claws. She'll wind up here
with grand whoop..'
When the day finally came that the
lawyer could suggest nothing more to
upset things he was instructed to rent
| the gristmill the sawmill, the tavern
and two stores and five dwellings for
| a year. The tanner and the cooper
wanted to he counted in, and they
were accommodated. The rent was
paid in advance, and the buildings
locked up and the industries closed
down.
Then the Widow Wakefield sent to
| the city for an auto and chauffeur and
Paris gowns and hats and. dressed in
the latest style and regardless of ex-
pense, made a slow tour of the town
and departed from it forever.
Moses. what has it cost the town."
asked the good wife of Deacon Peters.
about $4,000, | guess"
"And because she was madY'
mo. Because she was an enigma,
or whatever critter you call it. Col
darn their hidesp'
oeaeick Fish.
Fish become ill and die from scasick.
ness " ken carried long distances upon
the ocean. says Popular Mechanics
Magazine. For that reason many rare
and interesting specimens captured in
tropical countries cannot be brought
alive to northern points for public in
spection. In recent shipment of 400
fish from Key West to New York more
than 100 died on the way and the re-
mainder arrived in a condition that re-
Quired heroic treatment to save their
lives. According to this it may be pre-
Sumed that the agony endured by hui
mans when the ship begins to pitch
and roll is as nothing compared with
the same sufferings of tank inclosed
fish AS precaution the fish are fed
practically nothing for at least one day
before being taken on board. The gal
vanlzed iron tanks in which the fish
ire carried contain from ten to fifty
gallons of sea water kept at constant
temperature of about 10 degrees by
steam from the ships boilers during
the trip.