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Evening star., 1922-07-30

A T first sight. the promenade
~ deck was deserted. and small
~ wonder. for the fog had not
yet lifted and the sea was
cold and slaty-gray and still upset by
the memory of yesterdays south
easter. The ship was cutting OBJ
liquely into the gulf stream. and the
gulf stream with a gale behind 1t was
no respecter of landsmen. Yet to
Sargent, who thought himself alone
ON .9sck, there was a@keen exhilara-
rion IN the weather. Life under such
conditions was almost a personal tri-
umph. and he gloried in it. He wanted
to shout aloud, exultantly. at the
whiplash of the spray across his face.
Then. out of the uncertain fog,
came the figure of woman. wrapped
In a great plaid cape. and as she
neared him he saw that she was
young and that her eyes rehected tha
same spirit which was in himself.
She too, had caught the spirit of ad-
venture. and she. too, was feeling far
superior to those who were below,
ringing desperately for stewards.
AS they came abreast her eyes.
which were just visible over the
heavy collar, changed expression.
She looked as if she expected him to
speak to her. He didn't speak. He
attempted to walk past her slowly
and dignifiedly. but a sudden lurch of
the steamer destroyed his balance.
and in the next moment he found that
he was clinging to her instead.
He had released her and he was
about to say something courteous and
Evening star., 1922-07-30
But. my dear girl

But. my dear girl
He keeps his bargain, too. So do
| /. Only when I've never been any
where and when I've worked four
solid years l can't help being little
depressed, can T."
What makes you so sure there
! isn't chance?'
Because now it all depends on one
course, and I'm hopeless in that
What course is it, He read the
answer in her eyes and he caught her
| just as she was escaping to the COM
| panionway. You can't desert me like
| that. Let me get some rugs and
make you comfortable. and then tell
me everything straight from the be-
ginning"
! She was giving him brief glances.
half shamefaced. half-distrustful. from
under her lashes.
Il was asking for-charity. There's
nothing you can do about it."
Not as your instructor. No. there
| isn't But we aren't at Waban now.
Come and tell me. as man to man"
They were equally startled when
the bugle summoned them to dinner.
| In the meantime she had confirmed
many of his early Impressions. She
! was twenty three. and she had come
late to college because she hadn't
prepared to come at all.
| She was the type of person which
simply can't learn wisdom from the
printed page. but the whole world
was a text book to her. Such people
I'll 10 L.
application. but dozen years later
at class reunions they stand out head
and shoulders above those who got
"a in astronomy and sociology. Sar-
1 gent understood her-first, because
! he wanted to understand her, and,
second. because she put him in mind
of what his own problem had been a
dozen years ago.
But even if he made no confessions,
yet he had given her new opinion
of him, an opinion which few of her
thought him a coldly intellectual ma
| chine. Miss Dennison saw that he
i was merely young man who had
yielded to his shyness.
X X X X
; THEY went in to dinner, and when
! they emerged the sea was calmer
and the clouds were breaking away.
Naturally" said Sargent without
/ preface. I'm in rather an awkward
position. If it weren't one of my own
courses, 1 could offer toetutor you
We could do lot in ten days. But
I'm afraid it wouldn't be exactly
fair"
"Of course it wouldn't. But you
know I'm grateful, don't your
"All I've done is to listen"
II know. but when it was supposed
to be a vacation for you-' She
broke off short.
Presently he said. "why, what's the
matter?"
She had been fumbling;s temperately
at first, but later in some excitement,
at the pockets of her cape.
"Why-it's my purse! I didn't want
to leave 1t in, the stateroom. 1 know
4 had it when we went in to dinner"
She looked up at him, and even in the
dim light he could estimate her dis
tress. s"It had all my money and my
ticket in 1t. and it's gone!"
Don't begin to worry yet. Wen
find it. One of them stewards has
probably picked it up. Come on ana
we'll see about It,"
The stewards. however pleaded
Evening star., 1922-07-30

| and then Naturally, we want to
see. Bermuda, and II we went on
walking trips and picnicked, instead
Of eating in those stuffy dining rooms.
we'd save money and have a better
time."
She halted.
Now that's a practical idea. And
there's something else about it, too.
Who'd suspect US for-for those hor-
rid people they did suspect us for If
we went on walking trips and
picnics?"
His eyes softened.
That bothers you, doesn't it?"
"Well. why wouldn't it? But if we
aren't among a lot Of people until
our money comes I'd feel better"
She demanded five dollars from him
and proceeded to drive hard bargains
at a secondhand store, and when he
perceived how many elements of
camp cooking outfit she had bought
Evening star., 1922-07-30
Move Weekend to Midweek
and Avoid Rain, Says Lardner

couple months the under
signed has reed. hundreds of
verbal and written COM
plants from all over the country
in regards to the kind of weather
which the govt provides for Saturday
afternoons and Sundays which is the
time when 30 per cent Of our citi-
zens enjoys a weekly vacation from
their work and depends on them 2
days for practically all the pleasure
they get out of life.
The complainants set forth that all
the doctors and board of health and
etc. is always adviceing everybody to
exercise and get plenty of fresh air
and that Saturday and Sunday is the
Evening star., 1922-07-30

MORNINGpo
but they know 1t won't, and another
bunch that is hard hit is the gals
who has dressed up in their best bibs
and fuckers with the idear Of going
to Coney or somewheres and grab
bing themselfs OF handsome spen-
der and vile they are still searching
for same. along comes the heavenly
shower bath and makes their holiday
cloths look like a veteran deck swab.
\
WELL friends don't stand so good
w with the weather supply Co.
that I can tell them what days to
have sunshine and vice versa but 1
have got a suggestion that it looks
to me like it would solve the diff
Guilty and provide people with good
weather for their playtime and also
make things more convenient ground
and my suggestion is to leave the
weather like it is at present but
change the schedule of days so as to
make the week end start on Wednes-
day at noon and last till Friday morn
ing instead Of Saturday noon to Mon
day morning like they have got 1t
now.
It is a well known fact that it don't
hardly ever rain on Thursday and
very seldom on Wednesday p. M.
Evening star., 1922-07-30
By Holworthy Hal.
Ventnyeson,e RnmdzUavs on a
Fairy Island

clever man! Then swiftly she touched
his coat, patted it searchingIy, gave a
little cry Of triumph. and drew out
her own purse.
She heard him coming, and coming
in haste. When he clambered up the
rocks she was measuring coffee into
a tin pot; her cheeks were unusually
flushed, and her eyes had unusual
depths In them. Before he came to
her he stopped to put on his coat, and
when he had done 1t he turned his
back for an instant. As soon as he
faced her she dropped the coffee pot
and kissed him.
She knew that some time, when he
was surer of her-perhaps not until
after they were married, and that
would be in another month-he would
confess. She knew that until that
Evening star., 1922-07-30

ignorance. Miss Dennison was pale.
will you excuse me II go back
to my stateroom?, I know It's not
there, but" -
You'd better look, anyway. Well
find it. And II we don't-why, I've
plenty Of money with me, or YOU can
cable your uncle" 80.
Her expression showed no, relief.
You don't know him. Didn't tell
you I'm running away? He'd never
forgive me-never! He thinks women
ought to have escorts, even to go
across the street"
IF you don't find it in your room,
well see the purser. No, please
don't mean that for joke. He's the
officer who has charge of the
stewards"
Her smile was white but apologetic.
II might have known you wouldn't
joke about it. Would you mind wait
ing for me? I am worried"
He waited nervously until she ap-
peared, empty-handed.
Its not there. knew it wasn't"
Now don't take it too hard, Miss
Evening star., 1922-07-30

So if all offices was to close up Wed
noon and not open again till Frida,
A. NJ. why employers and employee
alike would be pretty sure TO hav,
the sun shine on their weekly hoIi
day.
This would be a wise move if +
done nothing beyond furnish a solu
tion for the weather problem bu
think of how many other ways i
would help everybody, like for inst
suppose you have got automobile
which you are in the habit of takeins
the family out for a ride on Satur
day or Sunday.
IL the weather is bad they's ne
pleasure in rideing and IL thu
weather is good. why the roads is Sc
Evening star., 1922-07-30

appropriate when the slope of the
deck was suddenly reserved. To save
themselves they clutched wildly at
each other, struggled for footing.
and slid down to the rail. The girl
was laughing merrily and trifie
helplessly.
Sargent disengaged himself and
wiped the salt from his eyes.
III this weather lasts long enough
he said, it'll be almost equivalent to
an introduction
Che was still laughing.
Il knew you didn't remember me.
DR.. Sargent"
WITH all due politeness, he would
w have shaken his head. but at the
right instant her collar was wrenched
aside by the wind and he recognized
her.
Why of course-why, certainly.
You're in waban College. You're in
one of my senior classes. English 81?
You're-you're Miss Dennison. Well.
wasn't prepared to meet any of my
students on this trip, and even if I
had been. you were so thoroughly
disguised by that cloak. Did some of
your friends come with you?"
No, I'm all by myself. I'm run
ming away from everybody
AS she smiled up at him he was
conscious that neither in appearance
nor manner was she the typical col
Iege senior. For one thing. she was
slightly older than the average
n
for another, she had none of the
precious air of condescension which
at waban and some other places is
supposed to be mark of rank and
breeding.
so am I running away he said.
Already he had admired her eyes.
Now, to the qualities which he had
seen in them. honesty and humor and
imagination. he added sensitiveness.
which was evident in the shape of
her mouth, and strength of char
acter stopping just short of stub
bornness. which was proved by the
mold of her chin.
Sargent was compelled to set his back
to the flying scud.
Let's get out of this. Are you
ready to so below?
.'Oh, no-not yet. It's too glorious"
Come on. then"
You know" she gasped. Il wouldn't t
have imagined you'd like this sort of
thing, doctor"
They had turned into the wind
again, and he made no answer until
they had gone the full length of she
deck.
Back there at Waban." he said, "I
have to be your-and a thousand
other girls and the faculty's and the
trustees-fdea of what a professor
ought to be-
She hesitAted.
But you're really fond of what
you're doing at Waban. aren't you?
And fond of Waban itself?'
Yes" $50,
Well. I'm not"
"yos -'ca't like WabanT'
nate IT," she said. Ever since
the first day. I came only because 1t
was a sort of-bargain I made. So.
you see, I'm not a good example. 1
don't pretend to be anything but a
hypocrite."
That's rather hard to believe.
Didn't you want to come to college
at allr A.
She glanced at him. appraised him
and gathered confidence.
Evening star., 1922-07-30

Dennison. Wen find it. And car
help you out for the present."
1T isn't that" she said. IF Eve
lost it I'll have to draw on my uncle
again. And he'll ask why. and II
have to tell him the truth. I'd have
told him anyway. but when it has tc
be like this, all of sudden, it ism,
going to be very joyful. Where's the
pursers office?''
THE purser received them with a
L rather noticeable failure of def
erence. He listened to Miss Denni-
sons story. He gazed at her and Sar'
gent. He whistled softly. After a
pause he rummaged in his desk
brought out a newspaper and laid it
folded. in front of him.
You've got somethin' to identify
yourself, of course?'
Sargent nodded perplexedly. Yes
of course. ButN-"
Let's have it, please"
Sargent glared at him. Il don't
quite see the point, and l certainly
don't care for your manner. But II
it's in any way MATERIAL He
reached for the fiat leather wallet
which contained his money and a
score of cards and letters. Suddenly
his jaw dropped. He turned to Miss
Dennison blankly. Mines gone, too"
Just stay right where you are a
second. I want to call the cap'n.'
He handed Sargent the newspaper
and used his thumb as a pointer
Ever see that?"
Sargent glanced dazedly at the
headlines.
What's this got to do with-oh!
board?"
Looks so, don't it?"
Yes, it. He stopped abruptly
He had caught the significance of the
mans intonation. He leaped to his
feet. What in the devil do you
mean? Do we" He. choked over
it. DO we look to you like a pair of
professional crooks? Do we?'
The purser sat back calmly.
Easy, now-easy! We were tipped
off day before yesterday. Descrip-
tions fit, don't they? Sort of funny
what you could almost cali a coinci-
dence-both. of you comm in here
together, claim!n' you. been robbed.
Pretty slick alibi. 1 s'pose you fig
ured because the cable was. broke
Bermuda wouldn't have heard about
YOU"
Sargent was shocked out of his
anger. @l
Gable? You say it's-brokenT He
turned back to Miss Dennisofi,. who
had been sitting motionless. Come
on! Well see the captain"'
You stay right there. Here he is
now"
The captain convinced them in less
than a minute that he was a man of
no imagination. Were they travelling
together? Were they related? How
did it happen that neither .of them
possessed-the slightest identification
except what they claimed to have car
ried on their persons? He picked up
the newspaper and read aloud the two
descriptions. He repeated that he had
been warned the day before yester-
day. He added that Sargent and Miss
Dennison had been reported to him
the instant they came aboard. A
college professor Of Endlish and a
student? He smiled blandly.4 At
east, their story was original.
Don't forget, young man." he said.
we've get our eyes wide open. I'm
Evening star., 1922-07-30
Right-Sightedness.

THE assertion comes from France
that the majority of people are
not only right-handed but also right
sighted. BY this is meant that most
persons see better with the right eye
than with the left and habitually.
though unconsciously, employ it
more Some persons, however, make
greater use of the left eye than OF
the right. and accordingly are said
to be "left-eyed."
Evening star., 1922-07-30

Time she would pretend the most su
perb innocence; and that always after
ward they would share this fortnigr
as the maddest, as well as the happiesl
OF all their memories.
And while I'm getting out thing
from the pawnshop," he inquired, some
what later. "what'n you dor"
f"Just-be lonesome" said Miss Den
nison, demureiy.
But what she actually did was
pay hasty visit TO the police srsainp
and then, with curiosity satisfied, an
her own judgment confirmed, she sa
down and wrote out beautiful testi
monial for her landlady. She felt tha
both from sense of justice and .
sense of humor she owed it to her.
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Evening star., 1922-07-30

Does it sound likely? You have
+ to admit that our story isn't any toe
plausible-not when the other side Of
it had been told first. 1 don't ever
think we want to stay in Hamilton
Well have to find some little out-of'
the-way place where they haven
heard the news-oh' have you an!
money at all?"
"Yes-a two-dollar bill. l found i,
in my vanity case"
That's fine! Six dollars altogether
If there's a pawnshop anywhere car
raise something on my watch
Her face lighted.
"Why, of course! And I've a watch
and some silver things-brushes ano
a mirror" She paused, and pres.
entity she laughed in a new key. 81
almost hope we don't get too much
for them, don't you? 1t won't be hall
such an adventure if we aren't fright
fully poor"
When she went below she had al
most forgotten to resent the pursel
and the captain, and Sargent took
away with him a curiously lasting
reminiscence of her smile and the
clasp of her hand.
| He had been afraid of difficulties a,
the dock, but he was vastly relieved
when no officer of the ship and then
no officer on shore took notice OF
them. Their luggage had passed
through customs They were out OF
the inclosure and in Queen street
when Sargents heart almost stopped
beating, A steward was racing after
him and calling his name.
| "oh, DIR. Sargent! Capn wants te
see you"
Sargent turned crimson.
You tell the captain
Miss Dennison put her hand on his
sleeve.
Hadn't you better go back and see
what he wants? 1t can't make things
any worse. 1t might make them
better"
He was persuaded, but when. ten
minutes later, he rejoined her, his
expression was hard and set.
I'm glad you didn't go with me-
he said shortly. Lets not talk about
it."
| : u y -
THEY avoided the fashionable ho-
L tells of Hamilton and presently
discovered a small. sedate boarding
house in Fairyland, which in lltera-
ture is still. a province with rather IN
definite boundaries, but in Bermuda
is legally on the map. Here they en-
gagged q room, for Miss Dennison'
after which Sargent, carried the con-
ventions half a mile farther before ne
! found lodgings for himself.
Nov, then" he said, you collect
everything you can spare. Well go
to make friends with the money
| lenders" 4
He had expected to do the business
to<0e, but he was mistaken. Miss
, Hsneson, fascinated by novelty, re-
fussa 20 wait on street corner.
They went into -the-shop together, and
she stood at Sargent's elbow while ne
demanded a hundred deuars. The
broker ofrereh twenty. They COM
!!promised at thirty.
why" she said. II could have done
better Myself! Men are so imprac-
tical! And thirty-six dollars-why,
we owe thirty-fye Of 1t the end OF
the week."
TITS occurred to me-" he said hum
bly, that IL We changed from the
American to the European plant. just
paid for our rooms and breakfasts,
Evening star., 1922-07-30
Lost-Two Purses and Two Hearts

going to watch you both till we land
You behave yourselves and you won't
get In trouble. But If you don't
that's all" >
And you-both Of you" said Sar-
gent thickly, you'll be down on your
knees, apologizing before I'm done
with you"
WHEN they stumbled out on deck
w the girl was laughing. half-hys-
terically In her throat, but before she
had gone a dozen PAGES Sargent
caught the echo of a sob.
Don't you worry" he said stoutly.
"I'll get us out Of this somehow"
He saw that her shoulders were
quivering. There was only one thing
for him to do. and he did 1t. He put
his arm around her and tried to COM
fort her. and promised that tomorrow
he would mend the world for her.
please don't think I'm a baby"
she said. IT don't cry once a year, but
1 was so mad at those two fatheads!
Sargent nodded.
"The best thing for US TO 10. sup
pose, is to try to see the funny side
of it. I have about four dollars In
silver, and tomorrow morning were
going to land on an island without
cable communication"
She looked up quickly.
Cant you cash a check?"
my dear girl. can't you imagine
the kind of publicity this brilliant
captain of ours is going to send out
ahead Of US? No, / rather guess We IL
have to mark time until can get
letter up to Boston"
"Why-wouldn't one of the hotels
trust Ns2'
Evening star., 1922-07-30

A WEEK passed and there was no
: draft from Boston. They paid
their bills (and pawned their suit
cases) and went on a ration allow
Evening star., 1922-07-30

A T first sight the promenade
~ deck was deserted. and small
n wonder. for the fog had not
Evening star., 1922-07-30

/,
wallet which had fallen from an inner
pocket. 1t was plump with cards and
papers and yellow bank bills. 1t was
certainly the wallet which he had lost
on the boat-and how had he got it
again, and why hadn't ha told her
about it?
She sat back, gasping. She remem-
bered now how taciturn he had been
when he returned from his interview
with the ships captain. He had sim
ply said, I'm glad you didn't go with
me.'' And Of course she had taken
this to mean that the interview would
have been unpleasant for her But
wasn't there another Interpretation
Some one had found the wallet, or the
thieves, and she remembered now
what her landlady had said that first
night.
And Sargent. who for all his shyness
had been fond of her even then, had
feared to risk the failure Of partner
ship already formed. He knew that
while they both were bankrupt he
could monopolize her-he had said so.
And to give color to an adventure
which otherwise would have wilted.
straightaway, he had gone to pawn
shops, he had hunted out third-rate
boarding houses. he had guarded six:
pences as though they were golden
sovereigns. There had been no draft
from Boston: he hadn't sent for one.
She had wanted an adventure, and he
had preserved 1t for her and for him.
self.
+ \ +
CHE didn't laugh; sire didn't smile;
- but her eyes were wonderfully soft
and radiant. The dear. shy. stupid.
Evening star., 1922-07-30

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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-03-10
NOTICE OF sHERlFFs SALE

BY Virtue of an execution in Fore
closure duly issued by the Clerk OF
the Circuit Court of the County OF
'Lincoln, State of Oregon, dated the
4th day Of March, 1922, N n certain
action in the Circuit Court for said
County and State, wherein Sara
Crahen, Administrator of the estate
of Gust Olson, deceased. rs Plaintiff
recovered Judgment against w. T.
Ball and Cynthia Ball, his wife. for
the sum of six hundred five and 57-10o
Dollars, and costs and disbursements
taxed at Dollars, and at
torney's fees in the sum Of Sixty and
no-100 Dollars, and the further sum OF
Fifteen and no-100 Dollars on the
10th day of February. 1922.
Notice is hereby given that will
on the Sth day Of April, 1922, at the
Front door Of the Court House In To
ledo in said County, at 1 o'clock in the
p. M. noopC6f said day, sell at public
auction to- the highest bidder, for
cash, the following described property
to-wit:
The north thirty three and one
third feet off of lots seven and eight
in block five in Graham's Fourth Add
ition to the City Of Toledo, Oregon.
Taken and levied upon as the prop
erty of the said w. T. Ball and Gym
thia, his wife, or as much thereof as
may be necessary to satisfy the
said judgment In favor of Sara Crab
en-, Administrator of the estate OF
Gust Olson, Deceased. against said
w. T. Ball and Cynthia Ball his wife
with interest thereon, together with
laM costs and disbursements that have
or may accrue. M. Simpson,
Sheriff.
Dated at March 4th, 1922.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-03-10
Guess Again $5l
NOTICE oE FINAL ACCOUNT

NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
Notice is hereby given, That the
undersigned, Stephen C. Cochran, ex-
ecutor of the last will and testament
of Cicilie Nelson Whitlaw, deceased,
has fled in the County Court Of the
State ,of Oregon for Lincoln County
his Final Account as said executor
and that said Court has, by an Order
thereof, designated Monday, the 20ii.
day of Marths 1922, at the hour of 10
o'clock in the forenoon of said day az
at the County Court Room in the
Court House at Toledo, Oregon, as
the time and place for hearing obiec-
tions to said Final Account and the
settlement Of said estate, and at which
said time and place all persons so
objecting may appear and show cause,
If any exist, why the said Account
should not in all things be allowed
and approved, said estate settled and
closed, and the executor discharged.
Stephen c. Cochran,
Executor
Custer E. Ross, Attorney for the
Estate.