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"Wcll, wcll," he added II only just
guessed at it, because there's something
unusual and strong in YOU. not because
your eyes arc so dark aud your hair so
hrowu."
"Not because of my wild beauty -
| though You were going to say that, -
she added ironically and a little do
family. Il got some verses by post the
other day from one Of your friends in
Lchanon--a stock rider think he was.
and they said | had wild beauty
and savage sweetness.
He laughed. yet he suddenly saw her
sensitive vigilance, and by instinct he
fclt that she was watching for some
sign Of shock or disdain on his part ;
yet in truth he cared no more whether
she had gipsy blood in her than he
would have done if she had said she was
Il daughter of the czar.
"Mcn do write that kind of thing. "
he added rhccrfuly, but it's quite
harmless. There was a disease at col
lcgc we called adjcCtivitis. Your poet
friend had it, lie could have left out
the wild and savage and he'd have
been pleasant, and truthful, too-no,
apologize.
He had sccn her face darkcn under
the compliment, and he hastened to
/ put it right.
II loved gipsy once" he added
whimSicaIly to divert attention from
his mistake. and with so genuine a
sympathy in his voice that she was dis =
armed. II was ten and she was fifty
at least. oh. a wonderful woman.
had boy friend, fat, happy little
joker he was; his name was Charley
/ Long. We'll. this woman was his aunt.
When she moved through the town.
people looked twice. She was tall and
Splcmdidly made, and her manncr-oh
as if she owned the place. She did
own a lot-she had more money than
any one else thereabOuts, anyhow. II
was the tallest kind of a holiday when
Charley and | walked out to the big
white house-golly, but it was white
to visit her. We didn't eat much the
day before we went to see her; and We
didn't eat much the day after, either
She used to feed us-1 wish | cOult
cat like that now. I can see her brown
eyes following us about, full of fire
but soft and kind, too. She had {
great temper. they said, but everybody
liked her, and some loved her z She {
had one girl, but she died of con
sumption, got camping out in baC
weather. Aunt Cynthy-that was wha
we called her, her name being Gym.
thia-never got over the girls death
She blamed herself for it. She had hat
those fits of going back to the open
for weeks at time. The girl oughtn'
to have been taken to camp out. Sh,
was never strong, and it was the wrony
place and the wrong time of year-al
right in August and all wrong in DC
tOber.
"Well, always after her girls deatl
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much Gorgio in her daily existence
as this man beside her Manitou was
as much hOmC-nay, it was thousand
times moro homo-than the shifting
habitat of tho days when they wandered
from the CaSpians To John q GrOat'S.
For years all traces of the past had
been removed as completely rs though
the tide had washed over them: for
years it had been Sc. until tn" fatcful
day when she ran the Carlton Rapids
That day saw her whole horizon alter;
that day saw this man beside her enter
on the stage of her life. And on that
very day also came Icthro Fave out
of tho past and demanded her return.
That had been day of destiny. The
old, painting, unrcaliZcd. tcmpcstuouS
longing was gone. She was as ono who
saw danger and faced it, who had Il
fight to make and would max" it.
What would happen if She told this
man that she was a gypsy-thc daugh
ter of n gypsy ruler, which wa no
more than being head of Il clan of the
worlds transicntS, the leader of the
worlds nOmadS? MOuCy-hCr father
had that. at lcast-much money: got in
ways that could not bear the light at
times. yet, as the world counts things,
not dishonesty; for more than one great
minister in notable country in Europe
had commissioned him. more than one
ruler and crowned head had used him
when there was trouble in the Bal
kans.' or the "Sick man Of Europe,
was worse. or the Russian Bear came
prowlng. His service had ever been SO
cret service when he lived the lif" Of
the caravan and the open highway. He
| had no stable place among the men Of
all nations. and yet secret rites and
mysteries and "A language which was
! known from Bokhara to Wandsworth
and from Waikiki to Valparaiso gave
him dignity of kind, clothed him with
Importance.
Yet she wanted to tell this man be
side her the whole truth and see what
he would do Would he turn his face
away in disgust? What had she a
right to tell? She knew well that her
father would wish her to keep to that
secrecy which so far had sheltered them
at least until Jethro Fawe's coming,
At last she turned and looked him in
| tne eyes III" HUSH Sole lloIh H'l l"'''
I'm not lrish-do | look lrish"'
she asked quietly, though her heart was
beating unevenly.
You look more Irish than anything
else, except, maybe, Slav or hungarian
or gypsy" he said admiringly and
unwittingly.
Il have gypsy blood in me" she
answered slowly, "but no Irish or Hun
garian blood"
"Gypsy-is that so?" he said spon
taneously as she watched him so in
tently that the pulses throbbed at her
temples.
A short time ago Fleda might have
announced her origin defantly, now hel
courage failed her. She did not wish
him to be prejudiced against her.
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CZUCK! STAY HOME, CEHCKIE!
HERE'S SOME GRASSHOPPERS
Fedthered Tribe Prefer Their Own FireSde hen Fed With
Tobacco-Juice' Splitting Insects

Are YOU Suburbanitc and do YOU
have n neighbor and does he have chick
ems and would you like to keep them
on their own side of the fence?
Here's tactful way to go about it, a
method worthy of diplomacy. SO subtle.
ana yet so satisfactory. 1t all springs
from n suggestion made by the L. S.
Department of Agriculture.
You have noticed. doubtless, how the
boulevard variety of chicken suffers in
slackened speed from having to do the
skipstop walk Did it ever occur to YOU
that the feathered sort would never be
able to fly so high if you could only give
them a little of that st. Vitus gait? But
how's it to be done?
No barnyard fowl is foolish enough to
wear tight skirt, no matter how hard
YOU might try to persuade it. And there
isn't much chance to inject any virus
into your neighbor's pullets with the
notion of giving them nervous ailments.
Feed EN- GrasshOppers
Here's way Feed the chickens
grasshoppers.
Your catcher is built in the form of a
drag, and you don't have to stick to tho
dimensions given. This is the govern =
ment way of building the catcher, which
is dragged around like scraper, the
hoppers falling into slot in the side
and being trapped for future use:
The grasshopper catcher, which
has an advantage over the old style hop
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THE PROBLEM OF THE NEW
RESTAURANT
Introducing Two Charming Ladies

ttrTNEIE GOLDEN HOUR" restaurant
street. off one of Newark $ main thor
ouGhfarCs.
Bruno Duke and arrived"thcrc at
noontimc. We planned to have a meal
at the Golden Hour restaurant be-
fore making ourselves known to the
two women who owned and managed
! it,
We were very favorably impressed
with the general appearance of the
place. Dainty short chintz curtains
were hung before the windows. over the
top of which one caught glimpscs of the
interior.
The dining room was L-shaped and
had low ceiling The walls were pan
clcd three parts of the way up, the top
part being covered with blue burlap.
The tables. covered with japanese crepe
stcnciled in blue. gave warmth and
cozincss to the place that only wom-
ans hand could conioin. Such was the
general appearance of the dining room
the first time we entered.
One felt depressed. somehow. in spite
of the cleanliness and cozincss of the
place, for the tables were mostly va
cant. A few people were dotted around
the place and were talking in that self
conscious whisper which comes to so
many when possessed with the sense of
public aloneness.
The menu was quite large. In fact,
Bruno Duke said:
&C. fnp ttnh a
varied luncheon menu and where the
majority of diners arc business men
| and women. The average man pre-
/ fcrs to have his choosing done for him.
| Place some food before him and he'll
eat it without question. if it is reason :
ably well served and prepared and il
he doesn't actually dislike it. Ask a
man if he'll have beef or chicken and
! he'll decide instantly. but give him a
long list of dishes to choose from and
he'll wander from one thing to an
other and finally say. i cant see a
thing want He's somewhat like the
ass which had n bundle of hay sluna
on each side of him and which starved
to death trying to decide which lot tc
cat first
paid our bill and then Bruno Duke said
to the waitress:
els Miss Elan in?"
The girl looked worried and said:
Yes. sir she's busy. though. Car
do anything? l hope everything was
all right, sir?'
Eyes. indeed He smiled slightly
as he spoke. 'If she is busy, perhaps
Miss Howarth can be seen?'
"Yes, sir, if you wish, but I dc
hope
That was as far as she got. for &
woman of slight build, about forty years
old. in a black dress with stiff, white
cuffs and mannish collar and tie
came up to the table.
Miss Howarth. this gentleman want,
to speak to you.
She turned sharply toward Duke anC
| noticed her more carefully. She haC
a. perfectly smooth skin. Her placi,
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to go hungry because Judge Owl had
gobbled their supper. and she told the
circus manager so very plainly. BILLY
gave you the money to buy another
supper for the beasts" she declared,
''and unless you feed them at once
vel take Judge Owl home" The man
ager wasn't anxious to lose such freak
as Judge Owl, so at his order the at
, tcndants brought in large tub of meat.
Supper. All. All" screamed tbs
animals.
More supper! Hoo. hoo! Yum !
Yum J" hooted Judge Owl, darting
tiercely at the tub and getting ready to
dip into it. But he didn't dip, be-
cause when he opened his beak and
bent over Peggy raped him smartly
with n stick she had picked up.
"Get out of that, you selfish bird y.
she cried. ''These poor animals are
hungry"
$50 am l." hooted Judge Owl. "And,
you look sweet enough to eat. I won
der how you'd taste" He looked so
greediy at Peggy that she grew nerv-
Gus. But she stared him right in the
eye. and in moment Judge Owl was
grinnlng broadly and hopping back to
his platform.
Just as you say. Princess Peggy"
he hooted. "You are the boss of Bird
land"
At once the trainers began to feed
the meat to the animals, and all seemed
peaceful and happy in the menagerie
tent. but Peggy heard a message that
the tiger Snarled toward Major. the
giant elephant.
''Thc biggest bird in the world Is
afraid of little child And yet the
lord of the menageric is afraid of the
bird. Are you going to let this stranger
rule the beasts in your stead, Lord Ele-
phant?'
no. trumpeted the elephant. 81
am lord of the menagcrie, and with nv
herd I'll drive out this intruder -
(TomorroW rW be told how Jud1e
! Owl takes a dangerous nap.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01
Author Of "The Seats Of The Mighty"
THE Money Master" etc.

Aunt Cynthy was as ! knew her, being
good to us youngsters as no one else
ever was, or could be. Her tea table
was sight and the rest of the meals
were banQucts. The first time l ever
ate hedgehog was at her place. A little
while ago. just before you came,
thought of her. A hedgehog crossed the
path here. and it brought those days
back to me-Charloy Long and Aunt
Cynthy and all. Yes. the first time
ever ate hedgehog was in Aunt Cynthy's
house. Hi-yi, as old Tekewani says,
but it was good. ~
"What is the Romany word for
hedgchog?" Floda asked in a low tone.
"Ilotchowitchi, he replied instantly.
"That's right, isn't it,"
Eyes. it is right she answered. and
hcr eyes had far away look. but there
was kind of trouble at her mouth.
''Do you speak Romany?" She added
n little breathlcssly.
NO, no. I only picked up words
heard Aunt Cynthy use now and then
when she was in the mood" "
What was the history of Aunt Gym
thy?"
II only know what Charley Long
told me. Aunt Cynthy was the daugh- :
ter of gipsy-they say the only gpsy
in that part of the country at the time
who used to buy and sell horses. and
travel in big van as comfortable as a
house. The old man suddenly died on
the farm of Charlcy's uncle. In a
month the uncle married the girl, She
brought him thirty thousand dollars. "
Fleda knew that this man who had
fired her spirit for the first time had
| told his childhood story to show her
+ the view he took of her origin: but she
did not like him less for that. though
she seemed to feel a Chasm between them
still. The new things moving in her
were like breezes that stir the trees.
not like the wind turning the windmill
which grinds the corn. She had scarce :
ly vet begun to grind the corn Of life.
She did not know where she was
going, what she would find, or where
the new trail would lead her, The
past dogged her footsteps. hung round
her like the folds of a garment. Even
as she rejected it, it asserted its power.
troubled her, angered her, humiliatcd
! her. called to her.
She was glad of this meeting with
Ingolby. She had set out to do a thing
she dreaded. and it was easier now than
it would have been if they had not met
She had been on her way to the hut
in the wood, and now the dread of the
visit to Jothro Fave had diminished
The last voice she would hear before she
entered Jethro Fawe's prison was that
of the man who represented to her
however vaguely. the life which mus
be her future-the settled life, the lif,
Of society and not of the Saracen.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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perdozer. in that the insects can be
utilized, for chicken feed. is about six
teen feet long with an upright but
curved piece of tin in front and so ar
ranged that the grasshoppers will
strike it as they hop up, falling to the
bottom and back through narrow
trap opening into a box behind. The
tin front does not extend quite to the
bottom. where, just in front of the tin
shield, is a strip of tin placed so that
there is an opening about ! y or
inches wide This front strip or lip
may be made by using a sixteen foot
length of gutter, one side of which is
| tattcnPd outward. The back and top
of the box in the rear is covered with
wire screen and the top should be so
| hinged that it can easily be opened
and the accumulated grasshoppers
, shoveled out as needed.
| Now take the barrel or so of grass
hoppers which have been thus caught,
| and shovel a couple of quarts out into
trough. Place the trough near the
favorite hopping over place of your
neighbor's hens. The hoppers will not
! hop. being somewhat dazed, but the
chickens will. and then they will begin
| to consume hoppers.
Juice Makes EN- Dizzy
After a little time you will see your
neighbor's hens furching around with
skip stop motion which must be seen
! to be appreciated. This is partly caused
! by the tobacco juice in the grasshop-
pers, which makes the chicken dizzy,
and partly by the hop, which irritates
the pneumogastric nerve, and makes the
chickens vase motor system hit on only
about three cS finders.
This may have TO be repeated two
or three days in succession, but the
results are inevitable. The chickens
will acquire the skip stop habit, and
viii finally become entirely too languid
to get over a garden fence.
q. yes, about good places to find
grasshoppers, From today on they'll
be everywhere, looking for fresh hops
and finding them not.
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The Tiger Plots

ihc tiStt y iVto
TUDGE Owl didn't seem to mind the
growls of the circus animals. He
was all puffed up over the cheers of the
crowd and marched proudly to the plat
form set aside for him in the center of
the nenagcrie tent.
But though Judge Owl failed to notice
the trouble that was brewing, Peggy and
Billy became very uneasy over the
snarls "r1 imutrcrings from the cages.
The animals didn't know, of course, that
Peggy and Billy could understand ami
NAL talk. and so didn't hesitate to say
what was in their minis, being careful
however, that Judge Owl didn't heai
them.
"Hc ate all our meat. I saw him dc
it. hsscd the tiger.
"Why didn't YOU take it away from
him? He is only bird" growlcd the
lion.
"Who ever heard of n tiger fighting
a bird%' snarlcd the tiger. who was
ashamed to admit that Judge Owl had
given him n ducking in the lake.
"Ila. ha. ha 'Fraid cat. 'Frait
cat jcercd the hyena. He wouldn'
have dared to say a word to the tigc,
if they had been in the jungle. but felt
very brave now that they were both be
hind the heavy bars of their cages. Hi,
taunt made the tiger furiously mad
all the more so because he knew that il
was true The Royal Bengal really hat
been scared when Judge Owl picked hin
up and carried him through the air tc
the lake.
''As long as he has eaten our meat
tho best way to get our supper is to
cat him. growIed the lion, hungrilS
licking his chops.
"Ics, lets eat the OWL" howled the
wolves. Eat the OWL" screamed the
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Elan? She's a wonderful woman and
IA dear .H
AT the rear of the oil was the Office,
and there we met Miss Elam. She also
was about forty years old. There the
resemblance to her partner ceased, for
she was plump. rosy checked and
laughed happily on the least provoca-
ton. When she laughed big dimple
came to her cheek. and | caught my
self watching for it when she laughed.
Her hair was brown of varying hues,
and it was dressed low on her fore
head. She was dressed in brown and
looked we'll She looked as if she must
be single from choice rather than me-
ccssity.
Both women We're charming and ap-
peared eager and capable, vet they
didn't t know how to get people into
their restaurant!
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(TO BE CONTINUED)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01
MAN SUED FOR BIGAMY
Spouse Charges He Married First
Wife Twenty nine Years AGO

New York. July 1.-Virginia j.
Mayo, fifty nine years old, of Brooklyn.
who was charged by Mrs. Wilhelmina
Meyers Mayo with bigamy, was arr
raigned in the West Farms Court yes
terday afternoon. He was held in $4,000
bail
A plea by Mayo's counsel to have
the case thrown out of court was over
ruled, 1t is charged by Mrs. Meyers
Mayo that Mayo was married to FIor-
ence Weeks in Binghamtcn. N. ". IN
1890, and in April, 1904. married hle
|see9nd VIII, who y the complaiuant.
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DREAlNLANDA DADVENTURES--B Daddy
"THE JEALOUS ELEPHANT"

Judge Owl grous into the biggest
o,cl IN the norld and joins a circus.
The tiger stirS up the other animals
against him.)
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AND HERE 1T CONTINUES

The merging oi '"' '"'
was a good scheme, aud / WaS-'"'
.ohorer he continued at might
...,1,. hr+ II won't work out
ihe"" i'''"' -, .,,. oo,oortrato
that way. 1t Will S'''P'H '"''' -,
energy and save elbow grease. 1t VIII
cot froo corital and capacity for other
:,
'hlnss' .,u - for.cr mon
They say lhere VIII
Mt work. not only in the olri''S uu' y"
.ho ubo,e railway system, and they
=. ,;,o +h,+ in Manitou-ah, no.
uon ''N' ,
they don { she u'S'u
"Thcy're right in sense, lie an
ployed at other things Wn''" W." ,
represent waste and capital oN'l.
ping. Overlapping capitn' ms ,ta.q
body in the end. hut VINO SnHs "'. ,tnn; ,.
Who raises the cry OF VOL III MIMI
tou?" E. =,
"A good many peoplr say roi;r
she answered. nut 'hlnN ;.nt
MarChaml said 1t hrSt. re Is against
you. and h" IS dangerous; .OL 70
He shrugged Shou,u"r' om, :, :!
any fool said it, 1t wou!n De tne | S"a.''' ao;,,
he answered. mat ~. i.,s
lighted. though 1t sometimes ou' Us ,?ns
and hard. lie iroWneo anu =" "sA''D9
look came into MS race,
Then you know all thaC Is WV. Nns
against you in Manitou-"o'A'ns n"''
er than ever before
Il think i do' pu' prooun,S uon
know all. Have you any spe'''' news
about it!
FellX Mar"hanu Is spenuins iloH,s
among the meh' i"eE are S0!ue W
strike on your rall""SS anu !" '"'
mills
What mllls-ln Manitou' lie "SN'"
abruptly.
In both towns.
he laughed harSh'E; lnat d '"'l
order, he SAID Sharply bo'h 'o"hs
! don thlnk So not Se''
"A sympathetlc Strlhe Is "naI He
cais H. she reJolneu'
les row over so''e ii'iaS me"
grievance on th' raii"aS' anu an an ,ne
men IN all the factories u s''lNe' i"a'
the new game Oh tnr lhoIern 'aoor "s'-
!ator Marchand mas oetn ur"''Lins
IN france ne auueu o'Sualnlu''S' pul
ne mas Drousht MS Soo"S 10 'n' wrong
snoP' Nhot 90 III" Prics's-N Nna. ma., uoeS
Monselsheur houtHr SaH 10 1t an
AIN not Natnol'c' snT r'piieu
sra'el!' We nedru' lhousn' 'l'u'
~, neur Is lying " S'op '"e lrou
p"' on' p"u'eu i;,,,,
es-pu' ne n., "SNeo' nat were
sou .. soIns 10 say 49,,
pul 'Iere are many roushs III NAM
.ou, anu elk Marrnaho makes lFlenuS
N:rn ..u 'ieui, uou 'n'nN 'nt prleSts
WI, pe "pie 10 hs,P iiu'h III 'he end'
anu II II Is 10 De Niah''ou against heo-
ahoI' you c"n eApect s'e"' ut"''
never eApeet more tHah GET
sehe'ahS less, lie ans"ereu srimiy :
anu ne moved tne gun ABOUT on ms
knees restleSSiE' lingering the lock ana
the trlsser Solt'!,
am sure reilH Marchanu means
y you narn' sue p1sSiS'eu'
~ eiSon"' ., ii" III
- es' ,
iie iaus"Io Sarcas'i'u'tS ~. as"in' we
are not III nu'earlu OF oicliy' ne re-
!oineu, MS saW Is nnluen,ns @ ana l can
sane eare Vi myself " na| MAKES You you
say uI ne n'eans a.,s,, PERSONA harn nave
you aearu awning m
NO. no'n1Is' Ing DuI % ieei II Is so, nat
oas at 'ne iiUspltai fe'e ne iooheu at
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-01
THE WORLD FOR SALE
fCopprioht, 1915, bv Harper BrosJ
THIS STARTS THE STORY

Fleda Druse, daughter of Gabriel
Druse, shoots in canoe the wild
Carlton Rapids on the Sagalac river,
where it flows between the towns of
Manitou and Lebanon in the Cana
dian northwest. She is on the verge
of losing her life in tne whirlpools
below when she is rescued by Max
Ingolby, financier, contractor and
manager of great interests, who has
come to Lebanon to amalgamate the
railroads. unite the two towns and
make them the center of commerce in
the western north. On shore she is
insulted by Felix Marchand. son of
Hector Marchand. capitalist of Mani
tou. Ingolby attacks Marchand. who
vows revenge. Then arrives Jethro
Fave, who claims that he and Flcda
were married when children. accord
ing TO the gypsy custom. Fleda re-
iects him and he is assaulted by her
father,
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1919-06-12
MPOuNDING NOTICE

Notice Is hereby given that, In pur.
suanoe OF Ordinance No. 236. OF the
City OF ontario. have taken up and
imPounded the following described
animals found running at large with
In the corporate limits OF the City OF
Ontario, In Malheur County, State OF
oregon, to-wit:
One large brown Mare Mule, age
about IL years. name AMI tail long, nc
visible brand.
One sorrel horse, star In forehead
about 10 years old. branded thus
on left stihe. lazy on lefk fore
leg. both hind feet white.
This horse and mule came in TO-
gether
And that l will on the 18th day OF
June, 1919, at the hour OF three
O'Clock p. m, OF said day offer for
sale and will sell above described
animals at public auction to the
highest bidder. for cash In hand. a.
tire Eagle Livery In said City CT On
tario.
1919.
Posted this 10th day OF June. 1919
II. c. FARMER.
CITY Marshal.