Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-04

though apparently trining, will, / am
sure, result In vast ultimate advance
ment toward securing the hardy ger
mination which Is essential to the elm
lnatlon Of certain introgerminal diff.
eulties which you will readily compre-
hend."
Waliingford shivered, but Blackie
never batted an eyelash.
An hour later, dripping but triumph
ant, Blackie rejoined Walllngford and
the girls in the library.
"Well, can you do itf' asked Wal
lingford anxiously.
"With my hands tied behind me-"
responded Blackie confidently. But
say. old man, get me map Of Ger
many and mouthful of mush. / want
to practice that dialect My tongues
so dry with 1t right now that you could
strike a match on 1t. ]. Rufus, I'm per
fectly willing to play In on this game,
and love 1t, but wish you'd tell me
why this Snailey onion can't be trusted
to do his own trick"
Because newspaper reporter would
corner him In four minutes" replied
Walllngford In deep disgust.
"What are we to do? asked Fannie.
Plenty" Wallingford chuckled.
"Have either of you girls trusty eld-
erly female relative who looks like
either OF youg
"Aunt Pattyr' The girls jumped up
and clapped their hands. Shed look
like Violet's twin IL she were younger"
explained Fannie.
The newspapers "ate 1t up" to use
Blackle DAVIS expressive way of put
ting the matter. At Wallingford's call
they fOcked to his place Of business,
where Jackson's whlskers and absolute
ly humorless face inspired confidence to
begin with. They were ushered in
upon Wallingford and Billy the Yegg,
where the genial ]. Rufus, while COM
pelllng respect by his breadth Of waist
coat and richness Of cravat, ut the
same time removed any possible chill
by his own irresistible smile and hand
shake OF good fellowship They drank
Walllngford's wines and liquors with
avldity and smoked his fine cigars and
imported cigarettes with eagerness
When he had them well soothed he led
them upstairs In droves, and in the
very first crowd were such stars as
Jlmson Of the Orb and Hazard OF the
Sphere.
"Fake, l guess" pronounced Hazard
carelessly. "Too much scenery to be
anything else What do you think
Of itT'
"Fake, guess" agreed Jimson.
"Going to use the story?"
Am going to call for my envelope
on Saturday." demanded Jimson indig.
nantly. II should say l win use the
story, and they'll use 1t at the office,
not less than three columns Of 1t, and
IL the Orb don't top 1t with double
page Sunday feature I'll quit the sheet
| won't work on a dead one"
They suddenly stopped talking as
they reached the head of the stairs,
for Walllngford had paused before the
door Of the front apartment and held
up a plumb warning hand.
Gentlemen, said he, II am about to
show you the secret OF life. Before
admitting you to this room, however,
| must warn you that this laboratory
Is full of dangerous chemicals and still
more dangerous germs, and | must
ask you to kindly refrain from han
ding any OF the articles in the labora-
tory, this as a matter OF safety to
yourself and to myself and DR.. Schop-
penschmittenmeister
Gentlemen, DR. Schoppenschmitten'
meister," introduced Wallingford, and
then suddenly stopped as he caught
sight OF Blackle and choked and turned
red In the face and longed for hand.
kerchief to stuff into his mouth; for
Blackie. whom he had not seen in cos
tune, had somewhere secured inch and
a half lifters to put ON his shoes, max.
ing himself an inch and n half taller
and making his trousers an inch and
half too shcrt. he had doffed his Gus
tomary Prince Albert coat, which had
made OF his slender figure rather a thing
OF grace. and in Its stead wore long.
skin tight gray sweater which came
down to his hips. over this he had a
short monkey jacket, which hit him at
about the waist and left not less than
six inches Of wrist revealed. Upon his
head he wore the black silk skullcap.
upon his eyes the bis wooden trimmed
spechcles. and slowly uncoiling his ire
mendous gaunt length from his low
chair at the laboratory bench. he ne.
moved his four foot porcelain pipe from
his mouth with wave and, his feet
close together bowed extravagantly
low.
"Chendelmenss," he said, 81 am
pleased by meeting mid you"
One OF the younger reporters giggled
Some others smiled.
"Chendelmenss, be pleased to be
seaded yei," be invited with another
wave OF his pipe, and this was the
height Of his audacity, for, while there
were nearly a score OF visitors in the
room, there were only two chairs be
sides his own. Yet waningford, ear
nestly desiring to shake Blaekie until
his teeth chartered. was the only one
who observed the discrepancy.
Had any Of the others noticed the