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1--WE enjoyed it so much" Helen

1--WE enjoyed it so much" Helen
murmured with great originality.
Were such close neighbors,"
purred Mrs. Hilliard, you and Mr..
Curtis must come up and play whist
with US some evening"
ooh that's very kind-I'm sure
we'd enjoy it."
In the hall group of guests were
waiting for the elevator, but Helen
ran down the three flights of stairs
to her own silk-shirred door.
A light shown from the library.
Warren, who had come in from a
long Sunday tramp, was lounging be.
fore the window, his muddy feet on
the sill
"Oh, dear, their apartment can't
compare with ours" breathlessly.
They've got too much in it! Too
many draperies! A lot of coarse ORR
entail rugs-and French gilt furni-
ture."
so you went, eh?' with a disap-
proving grunt.
They've baby grand on that side
it spoils the whole room. Over
here's a curio cabinet, and one of
those hideous tete-a-tete sofas. She
wants us to play whist some evening
I'd love to go just for you to see their
partment-you'd never think they
were the same rooms"
well, I'll take your word for It.
You'll not drag me into any of this
neighborly mix-up."
oo,ob ic boro ha&u-oop "a
windows" Helen ratified on, absorbed
land sectional bookcase where We
have the couch. Oh, I'm wild for
her to see our bookcase-they haven't
a thing to compare with it"
"Oh, cut it! You're forever blowing
about that bookcase"
Blowing. Oh, if you could have
heard those women! Dear, it was
too funny. Everybody tried to let
you know that they had a car, or two
servants, or that they'd been abroad. y
Regular cackle-fest, eb? Lot of
old hens spouting hot air What'd
you ring in?"
We'll. II intimated that we'd
been abroad" in laughing defiance.
Il bet you did,
Dear, when men get together do
they brag too?'
Not just that way Men don't
foot their horn over living expenses
They may cut loose about their bust
ness acumen, or putting crimp in
Wall Street-but they keep on the
soft pedal or they get a call down. y
Helen who had been surveying the
library with comparing appraismunt,
now jumped up and dragged tip
top table from between the windows.
Hold on there, what're you trying
to do?'
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Dear, help me move the couch
over here. just want to see how n
looks. No, lift it-you'l scratch the
floor"
We'll I'll be hanged! You roast
everything in their apartment, and
then move around your own stuff the
way they've got theirs Huh. you've
fine neighborly spirit-only went up
there to rubber Now what's next?
Got to have her down here?'
only for tea. It can end there"
But it won't! You'll get thick
with her and wind up in an ali around
row as you did with the Gordors."
Warren, was never thick with
Mrs. Gordon-and there was no
row.
There wasn't, Ell? Well, you were
tearing the air around here for a
week. You've got knack of getting
in Dutch with other women Now
we don't want any close quarter rum
puses. You confine your social ac-
tivities to the outside. Just steer clear
of the people in this house-and we'll
all be darn sight more comfort
able!"
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Bv VIM. J. Burns and Isabel Ostrander

HE attended to his errand and re-
turned in time to see Mr.. Lawton seal
the flap of his last envelope, rise, and
stroll from the room. Instantly Addi-
son slipped into the seat just vacated,
wrote a page, crumpled it, and threw
IL in the same waste basket the other
man had used. Then he started an
other page, hesitated and finally stop
ped and began rummaging in the
basket, as II searching for the paper
he himself had just dropped there,
The boy made up his mind-he's a
sharp one, sir, he'd be good for this
business-that the stranger wasn't
after his own letter, at all, but the one
Mr. Lawton had torn across, and in a
spirit of mischief, he walked up to the
man and offered to help.
This is your letter. sir. saw you
crumple 1t up just now. That torn
sheet of paper belongs to one of the
other guests
According to his story, he forced
Addison's own letter on him, and
walked off with the waste-basket to
empty it, and if looks could kill, he'd
have been dead boy after one glance
from the stranger. That was all he
had to tell, and he wouldn't have re-
membered such trifling incident for
a matter of two years and more, if 1t
hadn't been for something which hap
pened late that night. He didn't see
1t, being off duty, but another boy did,
and the next day they compared notes.
They were undecided as to whether
they should go to the manager of the
hotel and make a report, or not, but
being only kids, they were afraid of
getting into trouble themselves, so
they waited. Addison departed sud-
denly that morning, however, and as
Mr.. Lawton never gave any sign of
being aware of what had taken place,
they kept silent. | located the second
boy, and got his story at first hand.
His name is Johnnie Bradley and he's
as stupid as the other one is sharp.
Johnnie was on all night, and about
one o'clock he was sent out to the
casino on the pier just in front OF the
hotel. with q message. When he was
returning, he noticed a tiny, bright
light darting quickly about In Mr..
Lawton's rooms, as if some one We're
carrying a candle through the suite
and moving rapidly, He remembered
that Mr. Lawton and his daughter had
motored off somewhere just after din
ner TO be gone over night. so he went
upstairs to investigate, without men,
tioning the matter to the clerk who
was doing behind the desk in the
office. There was chambermaid on
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try worked so we'll upon her con-
science that she actually felt a glow
of self-righteousness at the idea OF
sacrificing her own ideas of truth to
keep her sister calm and care-free.
When she arrived at the lace coun-
ter Julia was out at luncheon.
She'll be back soon, for she never
stays long" Laura McDonough in
formed her II think it's foolish not
to take every inch of time that's al.
lowed you. But your sister don't look
at it that way"
Il know" agreed Caryl. Its pity
she takes things so seriously
1T sure is" affirmed Minnie Mai
brunn, who had drawn near during
the conversation, for she's so pretty
she might have lots of fun. There
was swell-looking guy that came
here to talk to her, but declare she
looked as if she wished he was out
of the way. l knew by the cut of his
jib that he was some class. She
looked peeved when | asked her about
him, so let the matter drop. But"
with a knowing wink-'I noticed all
right that when she started to walk
home in that rain he was waitin' with
cab for her
more Tomorrow
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because you were so vain and wanted
to be admired that brought all this
upon you, Bennie Dog.
Hang that coat on the line and put
the cap on the gatepost to dry, and
then you scrub this floor and go right
upstairs. You cannot have any soup
or bones today. You did not mind me,
and besides that you need to be pun
ished because you were so vain"
Bonnie Dog had a very unhappy
day, but he had time to think about
his vanity and he knew that if he had
done the work first and then just tried
on the red coat and cap, and had not
called Tommie Cat to admire him it
would not have been so bad
"a little vanity is all right" he
thought. but too much gets you into
trouble"
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market, so as soon as his mother
started off Bonnie cleared the break.
fast table and washed the dishes, then
he filled pail with water and put in
some soft soap.
oh! | forgot the beds" he said,
just as he was ready to scrub the
floor. Il guess | better make those
first" SO he went upstairs to his room,
and on a chair he saw his new red
coat and red cap.
ooh! I must try them on" said
Bonnie Dog.
Bonnie Dog put on his red coat and
cap and ran down stairs to the kitchen.
He twisted his head and looked at
himself from all points, and then he
happened to see Tommy Cat going
past the house.
oh. Tommy Cat he called, going
to the door, come in and see my new
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night duty at the end of the hall, but
she was asleep, and as he reached the
head of the stairs, Johnnie observed
that some one had, contrary to the
rules, eXtinguished the lights near Mr.
Lawton's rooms. He went softly down
the hall, until he came to the door of
number seventy-four. A man was
STOPPING before it, fumbling with a
key, but whether he was locking or
unlocking the door. it did not occur
to Johnnie to question in his own
mind until later. AS he approached,
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his head and began to strut about the
room
Look out" called Bonnie Dog: but
he was too late with his warning, for
Tommie Cat had stubbed his toes
against the pail of soapy water, and
over he went into it headfirst, upset
ting the pail.
The water ran all over the floor and
Tommie Cat jumped up, drenched tC
the skin
Now look what you have done tc
my new coat and cap cried Bonnie
Bonnie Dog helped Tommy out OF
Dog. You have spoiled them. Take
them off, quick"
Bonnie Dog helped Tommie out of
the coat, and without word Tommie
Cat fled out of the house and down
the road his wet fur clinging to him
like a plaster
Bonnie Dog stood for a minute look
ing at his wet hat and coat, with tears
| running down his face
What in the world have you baen
doing, Bonnie Dog"
Bonnie Dog turned and saw his
| mother standing in the doorway with
| the market basket on her arm.
Il just saw Tommy Cat running
down the road looking as though he
were half drowned" she said Look
at this floor and your new coat and
cap, Bennie Dog. What has nap
, pened?"
So Bennie Dog had to tell her all
about trying on his new coat and cap
and how Tommie Cat promised to
help him if he would let him try them
on. And then he went and fell into
the pail of water" cried Bonnie Dog
IF you had not been so vain your
self you would not be in all this
trouble" said his mother. ut was
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After Dinner Fiction for the Palladium Family
''TMHE IRON Claw
BY
ARTHUR
STRINGER

Get down to Griswold's bank with
these checks, and be quick about it!''
Whereupon Manley meekly took his
departure. Two minutes later. how
ever, yet another figure was passing
through the gloomy silences of Enoch
Golden's home Over the face OF this
intruder was an odd looking band OF
yellow cloth, cut in the form OF a
mask.
(To be continued)
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the man turned, saw him, and reeled
against the door as if he had been
drinking.
"'Sa-ay, boy.' he drawled 'Wha's
matter with lock? Can't open m
door.
He put the key in his pocket as he
spoke, but that, too, Johnnie did not
think of until afterward.
THAT isn't your door, sir. Those
are Mr.. Pennington LaWton's rooms
Johnnie told him. What is the num-
Der on your key?'
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whats that gim-crack you're vast

Whats that gim-crack you're vast
ing your time on?" he demanded.
"Gim-crack 2" laughed Nancy.
That's a new Swiss telescope lens
I've just been adjusting to it. Take
a snap of a flea biting your ear eighty
PAGES away! And your income on
those tenements, by the way, amounts
to an annual return of just 43 per
cent of the capital invested
But Golden's patience was exhaust
od
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Birds Nest
Bv CONSTANCE CLARKE.

DOLLS or hot bread are. indispens-
able for the breakfast menu.
With many the question is abruptly
settled with the word toast" but
for those who exclaim with "Heine."
"Oh, what lovely. beautiful eating
there is in this world" something
else must be prepared. This is an
excellent hot bread. light, yet suf-
ficiently adequate to satisfy at the
breakfast
To make: Take four cups Of fine
-four and rub into it until smooth
half cup of butter. three-quarters
cup of sugar, half teaspoonful OF
powdered cinnamon. three whole,
weil-beaten-up eggs ana half cup
To-morrow-FiIIets of F
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S0PJr FS'1si T5Eo, Uy Ute WCNIUT
One morning Bonnie Dogs mother
said: L am going to market, Bonnie
Dog, and | want you to do up the
work while l am gone"
Bonnie Dog did not like to do house.
work, but he knew if he did not obey
his mother he would not get any nice
soup or bones when she returned from
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A novel French heater for rooms
consists of carpet in which are WOW.
en- wires to take current from a light
socket and distribute the electric heat
evenly.
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The House of Unhappiness.


Enoch Golden, with all his millions,
was hard man. The one person who
stood In any way intimately and per-
sonally connected with Golden was
his young private secretary, David
Marley For young Manley, often
enough. known to his associates as
"Davie,' was both incorrigibly youth
full and engagingly irresponsible.
Golden found young Marley work
ing over pocket camera and quite
oblivious to the telephone bell shril-
ling from the desk beside him Col
den CURLY answered the phone call
II was not until he heard Goldcn's
great fist smite the rosewood desktop
that Manley looked up The man of
millions was frowning over the letter
still in his hand.
The condition Of these tenements
is shameful Times are hard, and
many, we find, are out of work. If you
insist on raising the rents, as you
threaten, our settlement workers
claim that hundreds Of the poor Will
have to leaye their homes. So for the
sake of the mothers and children
alone, ! implore you to reconsider
your earlier decision.
Sincerely,
AMOS SCHOFIELD,D. D."
THE foos!" said Golden aloud,
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of water; add to it an ounce of yeast
mixed with three-quarters Of cup
of warm milk and a pinch of salt,
and make into light dough; cover
it over with cloth and set it aside
till the next morning: Then roll out
the dough on a board with little
flour into sheet about a quarter Of
an inch thick; cut into strips half
an inch wide, leaving a strip on the
top edge to hold them together;
twist these in and out to form a
nest, leaving the strips separated.
Put the nest in frying basket and
fry in deep boiling lard until light
brown. dust over with powdered
sugar and serve with coffee for
breakfast.
ounders with Green Peas
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SYNOPSIS

On Windward island Palidori in
trigues Mrs. Golden into an appear
ance of evil which causes Golden to
capture and torture the Italian by
branding his face and crushing his
hand. Palidori opens the dyke gates
and floods the island and in the gen.
eral rush to escape the food kidnaps
dolden's six-year-old daughter Mar
CORY. Twelve years later in New
York one calling himself 'the Hammer
Of God" rescues an eighteen-yearo old
girl from the cadet Casavanti, to
whom Jules Legar had delivered her.
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Mr.. Roach-An. MI. Humbugg. I
suppose you've been selling worthless
stock again? How long are you in
for?
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A Real Detective Story by
the Worlds Greatest Oetec.
tive. A Fascinating Love
Story interviewer with the
Tangled Threads Of Mystery.

Copyright, 1916, w. J. Watt
Company. Newspaper rights
by International News Service
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Helen and Warren;
Their Married Life
By MRS. MABEL HERBERT URNER

ginaor of Their MARRIED Life Author THE Journal Neg
lected Wife" The Alone" Etc
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ONE PHASE OF EFFICIENCY.
And you have the same servant for
Two years"
yes: she says she doesn't believe
IN changing after she has gone to the
trouble OF teaching the family her
bays"
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of Founders with Green Peas.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-07-20
DEAD OK FLAT.

Mrs. Fay Sutton, Latin and Ger
man teacher at Fruitland, Idaho. for
two years past is now in Boise und-
er treatment of a specialist for ca
tarrh, Miss Sutton recently proved
up on a homestead Joining her faith
ers. A, Sutton, near the South Jac-
obson place.
Mrs. Fern White is nurseing in
Payette.
Born TO Mr. and Mrs, John How
land Thursday. July l3, foub and a
half pound girl. The tiny, miss is
said 10 be doing fine,
Mrs. Agnes Howland. who has
been staying with Mrs, T. j, Bros
nan for some time is stopping at the
home of her son John.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Mcdonald din
ed with Mr.. and Mrs. A. Sutton
Thursday, July 18th, the occasion
being Mr., sutton's fifty-sixth birth
day
Miss Jessie Las visited win her
sister. Mrs. Mabel Rogers, Of Pay
ette, returning, Monday, the 10th,
bringing Mrs. Rogers little daughter
home with her TO spend a few days
with her grandmother.
Chas. Herr and Chas. Lias worked
the 10th and 11th on the main ditch
clearing it of weeds and other debris
in hopes the company could thereby
get more water down to the end OF
the ditch.
Levi Crull has been under the
weather several days recently, but
has recovered sufficiently TO be at
work again.
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Jerry Rice returned home from
hayins at c. o. Douglas the iith in
order to harvest his own rye crop.
l.. w. Smith was driving his fine
three year old Belgian stallion for
the first time the 11th. He acted
like he had been born in the harness
Mrs. John Raney has been sIck
with typhoid fever but is able To be
around again. Her mother-ln-law
Mrs. Robert Raney went to see ber
Saturday but found she had reoov.
cred and gone to town.
Mrs. A. T. Mcdonald made n trim
to Payette Thursday for repairs for
Mr.. A. sutton's binder. while A. IT
helped him make new parts and g,ve
IL a general over hauling. But when
put to the a trial test Friday II re-
FUSED to work. Further new marta
will be necessary.
H. Il. Compton left Monday for
the harvest fields OF Eastern Wash.
ington.
A petition has been literally sign.
cd for a new school district I'm tho
vicinity OF the North and South ia.
cobson gulohes.
Guy Morgan was out to his dry
farm Sunday and took back n eas
engine with which to grind hog feed
Jeff crull has disposed OF his dry
farm This time they say II is a
sure 20. II has been reported a
time or two before. but for one rea-
son or another the deals fell through.
They traded for Payette property.
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. witbuck took
dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Nc
Donald Sunday. the 10th
oliver Mayfield cut grain for Chas.
and Jewey Rice the past week.
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VALLEY VIEW.

7 .
Mr. and Mrs, Jack Harlow and
Miss Edna Won Readen took sumner
with Mrs, w. @. Armstrong last Fri.
day evening.
Mrs {. p. Amidon accompanied
Mr' and Mrs. j.. A. Walters TO Weis.
Or sunday TO visit their sister. Mrs.
George Wright.
Miss Lizzie Burress Is visiting her
sister, Mrs. c. r, Rees, the last two
weeks.
sunday Mr., and Mrs. W. Bullard
entertained their daughter and hus.
band OF Kingman Colony also Mr..
and Mrs. J. Harlow.
Miss Clara Flsmmlng and Cbas
Gosset were calling on Miss Ida II.
Frasier Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Gl w. Kaylor visited Mrs. c.
f. Rees last Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Chas, Johnson and daughter.
Miss Ida, spent Wednesday at the
home OF w. S. Rees.
Mr' ana Mrs. VIII Brown and
daughter were calling at w. II. sher-
woods Sunday afternoon.
Marion Smith OF New Plymouth
and brother, Robert. OF Red Bluff.
California, spent the week end at
A. b. Fraziers.
Fred Mortenson is suffering from
an attack OF rheumatism.
c, Taylor, accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Gilbert Dean, daughter, Doro-
thy and Mr., Deans mother, made a
trip to Boise last Sunday.
Christian Frazier was visiting Miss
Una Armstrong Monday.
Mr., and Mrs. f. b. Butler, Sr.,
son Cody and Miss Clara Flemming.
started Monday on a trip overland
TO Yellowstone park.
Mrs. Gus Richs many friends will
be glad to know she has recovered
from her recent illness.
Preaching Sunday, July 2S at three
o'clock by Rev. c, C. Pratt.
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STSSa.

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Hay in this vicinity is being rapid
ly contracted for. All the alfalfa on
the Blodgett and Kingman ranches
this year will go to Mr.. Arrian. the
sheep man The terms are seven
dollars a ton, with a thirty-day mea-
surement.
Johnny Lackey, who was severely
injured in a runaway accident last
week, is recovering rapidly. He Is
already able to do light chores down
on the farm.
The epidemic of "cussedness' con-
tlnues to follow Nyssa equlnes. A
team plowing on the Lackey tract ad-
joining town ran away Tuesday,
smashing the pillow and damaging the
harness.
A marriage license was issued at
Caldwell Wednesday to u. +. Smith
and Mrs. +. A. Armstrong. both OF
Nyssa. They were married at Cald-
we'll on Wednesday and will reside on
the George Green place near town.
which Mr.. Smith recently purchased.
The large plate glass window In the
Concelmo Bros bowling alley was
demolished Wednesday when horse
left standing on Main street backed
across the sidewalk. The rear OF the
buggy crashed through the window.
making n noise like a ten strike. The
damage was about $50. partly COW
cred by insurance.
An adjuster OF the Northern Assur-
ance company, OF which J. Boydell Is
the local agent. was In town Thurs
day to adjust the loss sustained by
Ernest Zahller when his house and It's
contents were damaged by fire We'd
nesday evening, a settlement sat
isfactory TO all concerned was quick
~ made, Mr.. Rahller receiving $4OO.
Jacob Huffman is getting ready to
reclaim another large patch OF the
desert by putting a waterwheel In
the owyhee to irrigate 100 acres OF
his land near Mitchell Butte. Bert
lioXie, who Is an authority on water
wheel irrigation. was out there this
week 10 oversee the preliminaries
and reports that the plant will be
Installed Immediately. with good
supply OF water MIR. Huffman will
soon have one OF the finest farms
In the whole Snake valley. And
there are still hundreds Of acres along
the Snake and Owyhee rivers that
can be irrigated at small cost.
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Inquiries are continually being re-
cci, cd at this office In regard To
lands In this valley Not many land
owners OF this section OF the country
enpoar anxious to sell, the tendency
being 10 acquire more acres, This
II good place TO live and the people
know II and are content TO stay,
There rs still good government
lpnd for homesteading, some with
possibilities for private irrigation
~ stems at moderate cost. All nat
ural flow irrigation waters have been
appropriated.
There are thousands OF acres OF
road-grant lands for sale az from
So TO SEQ per acre. with water avail
able for a lot of Il.
The Carey act project under the
Antelope reservoir comprises fifty
thousand acres OF very choice land,
beautifully located, This project is
not yet open to entry. but the sys-
TEN is practically completed and the
time for opening will not be long de-
layed.
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BREAKERS AHEAD
FOR THE EDITORS

With the price OF paper going sky
ward the publisher of the country
paper has a hard nut to crack. II
sugar advances cent a pound the
merchant Just adds II to the cost for
the consumer but when the publish
er's paper bill jumps from 5000 to
$500 what is there to be done7 He
can not raise his subscription Is and
20 cents to cover this cost and he can
not get II out of the consumer OF
news. The only way that will partly
compensate II is to have all OF the
subscribers keep their subscription