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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15
violently on the table.
What Is this?" cried he Speak

violently on the table.
What Is this?" cried he. Speak
out!"
II will then" said |, my voice al
most strangled with the humping of
my heart. 'If you continue to indulge
Mr.. Alexander, you are following in
your fathers footsteps. Beware, my
lord, lest (when he grows up your
son should follow in the masters"
When lifted my head, my lord
had risen to his feet, and the next
moment he fell heavily on the floor.
The fit or seizure endured not very
put his hand to his head which ]
was then supporting, and says he, in
a broken voice: II have been ill.,"
and little after: Help mel" l got
him to his feet, and he stood pretty
we'll, though he kept hold Of the table.
AZ have been Ill, Mackellar,' he said
again. Something broke, Mackellar
or was going to break, and then all
swan away think l was very angry.
Never you mind, Mackellar, never
you mind, my man. l wouldnae hurt
a hair upon your head Too much has
come and gone. It's certain thing
between us two. But l think, Mack
ellar, l will go to Mrs. Henry-1
think l will go to Mrs. Henry, said
he, and got pretty steadily from the
room, leaving me overcome with
penitence.
"WllI You Never Cease MeddlnsW
Presently the door flew open, and
my lady swept in with flashing eyes.
What is all this?" she cried. What
have you done to my husband? VIII
nothing teach you your position In
this house? Will you never cease
from making and meddling?"
my lady" said l. "since / have
been In this house have had plenty
of, hard words For while they were
my daily diet, and swallowed them
all. AS for today, you may call me
what you please; you will never find
the name hard enough for such
blunder. And yet I meant 1t for the
best"
told her all with ingenuity, even
as. 1t is written here; and when she
had heard me out, she pondered, and
I could see her animosity fall. Yes"
she said, you meant we'll indeed. !
have had the same thought myself, or
the same temptation rather, which
makes me pardon you But, dear God,
can you not understand that he can
bear no more? He can bear no
more!" she cried. THE cord is
stretched to swapping. What matters
the future, II he have one or two |
good days?"
amen" said l. II will NEEDLE no
more. I am pleased enough that you
should recognize the kindness of my
emaning."
"Yes," said my lady, but when 1t
came to the point, l have to sup
pose your courage failed you; for
what you said was said cruelty" She
paused, looking at me; then suddenly
smiled a little, and said singular
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

jos, fastened his saddle with cinch
whipped his horse with quirt, used
a litigo and a hackamore, and GOV,
cred his stirrups with tapaderas, al
though now the use of the automobile
has made some of these words less
familiar to the younger generation.
The gold mines in the Spanish sec
lions gave such words as bonanza
Spanish for success, and Eldorado, the
golden. Tule, a swamp rush, is we'll
known to fishermen While from the
swamps along the Gulf of Mexico
where the Spanish first settled, we
have such words as alligator and mos
quito. A Mexican method Of cooking
is known to us by it's Spanish name
tamale.
1t would not do to leave out one i'm
portant character in the old Spanish
region, the burro, or as some have
called it, "The Rocky Mountain Ca
nary" Those little animals are
humble but important The story If
told of a man shipping his household
goods and included in the car his little
boys pet burro. The freight clerk
who checked the car upon its arrival,
not knowing that burro was Spanish
for donkey, telegraphed back that the
car had arrived with one bureau miss
ing and one donkey too much. He re-
ceived in reply the ambiguous in.
structions, Change places with the
donkey."
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15
ADVENTURE OF cHEVAtiER
BURKE IN INDIA,
Extracted from his Memoirs.)

Extracted from his Memoirs)
Here was l. therefore, on the streets
of that city, the name of which
can not call to mind, while even then
I was so i'll acquainted with it's situa-
ton that | knew not whether to go
south or north. The alert being sud
den, / had run forth without shoes or
stockings; my hat had been struck
from my head in the mellay; my kit
was In the hands of the English; ]
had no companion but the cipaye, no
weapon but my sword, and the devil
coin In my pocket. In short, ]
was for all the world like one of
those calendars with whom Mr.. Gal
land has made US acquainted In his
elegant tales. These gentlemen, you
will remember, were forever falling
in with extraordinary Incidents; and
was myself upon the brink of one
so astonishing that / protest / can
not explain 1t to this day.
Faith" says I, IF there is white
man to be seen, will have a look at
him. for, the Lord be praised! there
are more sorts than the one!"
The cipaye led me forward accord
ingly to place from which had a
clear view upon the house. 1t was
surrounded with wide veranda; a
lamp, very well trimmed, stood upon
the floor of it; and on either side of
the lamp there sat man, cross-legged
after the oriental manner Both, be-
sides, were bundled upon muslin like
two natives; and yet one of them was
not only white man, but man very
we'll known to me and the reader;
being indeed that very master of Bal
lantrae of whose gallantry and genius
have had to speak SO often. Word
had reached me that he was come to
the Indies; though we had never met
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15
What's I'm a Name?
BY J. NELSON BARRY.

scribing peculiarities of the region
canyon; chapparal, meaning ever
green oak; cactus, alfalfa, pueblo, a
village; adobe, plaster; alcade, the
governor, originally Of castle;
siesta, the sixth hour during which
the Spaniards in warm climates re-
tired for nap. Bunco is the Span.
ish for bank, but we now use the
word in the sense of cheat. Loco
means crazy, and is used for weed
which affects horses.
Used Lasso.
The horseman Of the plains used
the lasso, which is Portuguese word,
so they called it lariat. The ring
on it was a honda, but one would not
know it was spelled in that way If he
heard Spaniard use the word. Like
San Jose it is not pronounced as 1t is
spelled. ella monster is another such
word with different pronunciation
from the spelling. The Spaniards used
to spell Texas TEXAS, but the Ameri-
cans changed that spelling.
The cowboy of the plains wore his
chaps, short for the Spanish chapare-
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

question If the Yankee asked no other.
The Yankee promised, and the Eng
lishman informed him that the leg
was bitten of.
Nevada Means Snowy.
One of our states has name 9bit-
ten off," Sierra Nevada means in
Spanish Snowy Range" and the re
gion beyond came to have that name.
The name was too long for the state
so it was "bitten off" and we have
today only the Snowy" part OF it.
Anyone who has spent summer in
the sitting heat Of parts Of Snowy"
(Nevada) might well ask Whats in
a manner"
California is another Spanish word
and these remind us of the time when
a large part Of what is now the Unit
ed States belonged to Spain, and 1t is
interesting also to note that we have
retaind Spanish words in our Ian.
guage for things which were peculiar
to the regions formerly possessed by
Spain, the Americans coming into
those sections adopted the Spanish
names.
One popularity of the great plains
were the wild horses, and so we have
mustang. meaning wild. Broncho,
meaning rough. Pinto, meaning col
ored OF painted, what in English we
call piebald, and such words as ranch,
corral and stampede. Also words de-
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15
JEWEL CASE HELD HAND BONES

H. M. Workman, an automobile
tourist who became lost in the wild
country over the Wyoming line,
brought strange relic to Livingston,
Mont. Workmen stumbled on to an
old cabin, he says, devoid of any fur.
niture but an old table. Resting on
the table he found silver-plated
jewel casket of rich pattern. With.
in the casket was the skeleton Of a
human hand.
The casket is of rich pattern, dat
Ing, local jewelers. say, from the days
of George III, and was made by a
London firm of that period. On 1t the
initials u. B." are engraved.
Workman says the cabin in which
he found the casket was In an old
clearing which long ago has grown
up to brush. in section of country
far off the beaten trail.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15
Stepped Into the Moonlight.

But sure, had no sooner recog-
nized him, and found myself In the
arms of 80 old a comrade, than sup
posed my tribulations were quite
done. stepped plainly forth into the
light of the moon, which shone ex-
ceedingly strong, and hailing Ballan-
trae by name, made him in few
words master of my grievous situa-
ton He turned, started the least
thing in the world, looked me fair in
the face while l was speaking, and
when / had done, addressed himself
to his companion in the barbarous ma
tive dialect. The second person. who
was of an extraordinary delicate ap
pearance, with legs like walking
canes and fingers like the stalk of a
tobacco pipe, now rose to his feet.
1.-THE sahib," says he, understands
no English language. l understand 1t
myself, and see you make some
small mistake-oh, which may happen
very often! But the sahib would be
glad to know how you come in a gar
den"
"Ballantrae!" / cried. Have you
the damned impudence to deny me to
my face?"
Ballantrae never moved a muscle,
staring Mt me like an image in a pa
CODA.
THE sahib understands no English
language" says the native. as glib as
before. HE be glad to know how you
come in n garden"
"Oh, the divil fetch him!" says l.
HE would be glad to know how
come in garden, would he? Well
now, my dear man, just have the civ
ility to tell the sahib, with my kind
love, that we are two soldiers here
whom he never met and never heard
of, but the cipaye is broth of boy
and am a broth Of boy myself;
and If we don't get full meal of
meat, and turban, and slippers, and
the value of gold mohur in small
change as matter of convenience
bedad, my friend, could lay my fin
ger on a garden where there Is going
to be trouble"
1.-THE SahIb Should be Glad"
They carried their comedy SO far as
to converse while in Hindoostance;
and then, says the Hindoo, with the
same smile, but signing as If he were
tired of the repetition: 1.-THE sahib
would be glad to know how you come
in garden
"The sahib thinks you better go
away" says the Hindoo.
Well, to be plain, 1t was what was
thinking myself; for the report of
pistol would have been, under provi.
dence, the means of hanging the pair
of us.
Tell the sahib, I consider him no
gentleman" says I, and turned away
with gesture of contempt.
was not gone three steps when the |
voice Of the Hindoo called me back.
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Cause for Thankfulness.

while Mizzus Gabe Giggery was
milking luther evening in the stable"
related an acquaintance. "a Teller go
ing coon hunting tripped over Q root
or something thataway. and dropped
his gun. It went off and shot through
the north side of the stable and raked
the cows back good and plenty.
1.-THE varmint cut loose and kicked
Mizzus Giggery through the south side
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

of the stable, and she went rolling
over and over down the hill with her
head in the milk bucket, which was
otherwise empty"
"By cripes!" calculated Gap John
son, of Rumpus Ridge. "Ill betcha
Gabe is glad he wasn't doing the
milking"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

or your friends, Mr.. BalIy.
the sea in all the chambers. AS ]
came by the doors of the hall, an
other sound arrested me, of voices
talking.
drew nearer and stood like mar
dreaming. Here was certainly hu
man voice. and that in my own mas
ters house, and yet knew it not;
certainly human speech, and that ir
my native land, and let, listen as
pleased, / could not catch on syl
able
The supper things still lay upon the
table; the shutters were still closed
although day peeped in the divisions
and the great room was lighted onl.
with single taper and some lurch
ing reyerberation of the fire. Close
In the chimney sat two men. The on
that was wrapped in cloak and wore
boots knew at once; it was the bird
Of Ill omen back again. OF the other
who was set close to the red embers
and made up into a bundle like g
mummy, could but see that he was
an alien, of darker hue than any
man of Europe, very frailly built
with singular tall forehead and E
secret eye. Several bundles and {,
small valise were on the floor; and to
Judge by the smallness of this lug
gage, and by the condition of the
masters boots, grossly patched by
some interruptions country cobbler.
evil had not prospered.
He rose upon my entrance; our
eyes crossed; and l know not why
should have been, but my courage
rose like lark on May morning.
Hal" said I. "is this you?"-and
l was pleased with the unconcern OF
my own voice.
ut is even myself, worthy Mackel
lar" says the master.
This time you have brought the
black dog visibly upon your back" ]
continued.
Referring to Secundra Dass?'
asked the master Let me present
you. He Is native gentleman. o.
India"
HUM" said l. II am no great lover
of you or your friends, Mr.. Bally But
will let little daylight in and have
a look at you" And so saying, / un
did the shutters of the eastern win
dow.
Man Was Changed.
BY the light of the morning, could
perceive the man was changed. La
ter, when we we're all together, / was
more struck to see how lightly time
had dealt with him; but the first
glance was otherwise.
"You are getting an old man." said
to him.
A shade came upon his face. az
you could see yourself" said he, "you
would perhaps not dwell upon tn,
topic"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

One thing the modern housekeeper
is thankful for as Thanksgiving ap-
proaches, is that nowadays It isn't
good taste to load the table full OF
several kinds Of food that no one is
able to make even pretense Of
eating.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

Nevada means snowy Colorado edcolored Rocky
mountain called burros And
So many which repeat day after day know
little about learning Their dervaons often learn
much about history and geography Mr. Barrys fourth article
printed herewith dervaons of than
article we have yet published by hm-Editor.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15
THE ENEMY IN THE HOUSE.

1t was late in March at least, or
early in April, 1854 had SLEPT
heavily and wakened with premon
ition of some evil to befall So strong
was this upon my spirit that I hur
ried downstairs In my shirt an(
breeches, and my hand Il remember)
shook upon the rail. 1t was cold
sunny morning with a thick white
frost; the blackbirds sung exceeding
ly sweet and loud about the house O.
Durrlsdeer, and there was noise o.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

"Ballantrae" "Have you the damned pudence to
deny to my facet"
Balantrae moved muscle staring at like image
in pagoda.
"The sahib understands English language says the
tive glib before "e be glad know how you in
garden
That adventure of Chevalier Burke in India
as extracted and printed in this insalnen
of Ballanae The threads of the narrative
now tightening up author rounding the bend,
speak, for the final stretch.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

1.-THE sahib would be glad to know II
you are damn low Irishman," says
he; and at the words Ballantrae
smiled and bowed very low.
What is that?" says l.
THE sahib says you ask your friend
Mackellar." says the Hindoo 1.-The
sahib he cry quits"
"Tell the sahib 1 will give him
cure for the Scots fiddle when next
we meet" cried l.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15
Dumb Dan.
He's 30 stupid he thinks:

He's 80 stupid he thinks:
That Salt Cellar is a traveller sales.
man;
That Zane Grey is new shade;
That you drink Golf Tee:
That home-ties is your everyday
neckwear:
That thunder is a weather report;
That our Blue Laws" lie another
jazz song.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

How about a Christmas gife of a
registered calf or pig for the boy or
girls ON the farm
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15
nkIflaa llQstg|El Q1R
O. B d[IIa Is
~ by Roerpr LOUIS STEVENSON
By ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

thing: DO you know what you are.
Mir. Mackellar! You are an old maid"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

Over 21O0 of the 1850 agricultural
counties in the United States employ
at least one NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
worker, who acts as joint repre-
sentative of the United States De.
partment of Agriculture and the State
Agricultural college in conducting
demonstrations of farm and home
practices found most Successful by
experiments of these institutions
They also give advice and assistance
in farming matters by personal visits
correspondence, telephone messages,
community meetings, and articles in
the local press.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

There have been many mean
things said about the flapper--but no
one has yet claimed that she is over
dressed"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

The Whitestone irrigation district
has purchased the water rights and
property Of the Whitestone Irrigation
& Power company for a$s9,525.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15


Ambassadeure
Nile
invitation
which
emeraIds
head the dainty
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

At p. m. December 4 lone thug
held up Assistant Cashier e. v.
Thompson of the Bank Of Starbuck
and made away with about $500.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

at least, and heard little of his &C.
equations.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

Work will start at an early date on
the power line to be built by the
Washington Water Power company
into Chelan and Okanogan counties
from junction with the end of the
present Big Bend line at Coulee.
Poles are being distributed along the
line from Chelan station north to-
ward Pateros and also at Coulee run
ming west.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

Reports received recently say that
Chinese bandits have taken control
Of Tsingtao, Shantung, the Kioachow
port, whose stormy career in war and
diplomacy was to eliminate Decem-
Der in its return to China after "a
years Of alien rule, the first 16 under
Germany and the last eight under
Japan.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

The cherry growers of the Clarks-
ton fiat formulated plans for the har-
vesting and marketing Of the 1928
crop at meeting held recently In
the public library building.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

Captain Mason Bernard and six
members of the crew of the Canadian
steamer Maplehurst lost their lives
December ! when the ship broke up
mile west Of Portage lake canal near
Calumet, Michigan. during a heavy
gale. Nine others of the crew were
rescued, jumping from the bridge into
lifeboat
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

Clara Phillips climbed out Of win
dow in the woman's section of the
county jail at Los Angeles December
5 and escaped. She was under sem
tence of 10 years to life imprisonment
after conviction for the hammer muir
der of Alberta Meadows.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

w. w. Service, fireman on the
Northern Pacific, reported December
that he picked two quarts of straw
berries from his garden before he left
Pasco on his run that day.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

A total Of 2s70 miles Of Washing
ION state highways are to be placed
lnder the federal aid highway sys.
tenn, it was announced in Washing.
ton, d. c., recently.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

Prince Andrew of Greece has been
sentenced to perpetual Punishment
by the court martial sitting at Athens,
according to Reuter- dispatch.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

The success of the corn and potato
show at Toppenish was so marked
that movement was begun to make
the show permanent annual affair.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

James e. Mahoney paid the death
penalty ON the state penitentiary scat.
told at Walla Walls December when
he was hanged for the murder of his
aged wife. Kate Mooers Mahoney. at
Seattle in April, 1921.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

Budget estimates for the next fis-
cal year submitted to congress by the
president December include $125, 900
for beginning construction Of that
part Of the Status irrigation project
in Yakima county, Washington, which
can be irrigated by gravity drainage
water Of the Wapato irrigation pro-
ject
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

Congress will be asked for funds to
cover the expenses of wrecking and
salvaging Is buildings at old Fort
Spokane, near Miles and to appropri-
ate from $4,000 to 100000 for con.
'tructing fire-proof hospital for In
dams of the northwest on the site of
The RACED buildings.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

County commissioners at Walla
Walla recently sold two and a half
acres of the south part Of the county
arm to the Walla Walla railway COM
pany for right of way for its inter.
urban extension.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15


The big. Humbird mill at Newport
finished their seasons cut recently
and the mill was shut down then un
til the spring cut starts.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

A discrepancy of $4,000 in seattle's
municipal lighting accounts, has
saused admissions by high employee
of the light department that there
have been Irregularities In his ac-
counts.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

A fire late December Quilted the
upper story Of the Central hotel build
ing at Goldendale and caused loss
ny fire and water to the building and
"ontents estimated at from $4,000 to
$4,000.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

1t is reported that over $4,000
worth of apples have been shipped
from the Ephrata railroad station this
fall. Over twice that amount will
probably be realized from the Grant
Orchard crop and stratford will ship
he largest amount in the history Of
that section.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

Continuous snowfall during the
past week in the Inland Empire has
caused serious tieups Of highway and
railway traffic and the demoralizing
of telephone lines.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

Shipment of northwest boxed ap-
pies to European ports by the all
water route through Seattle and Port
land Is now at its height and has
broken last years record by thousands
Of boxes.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15

With the announcement from Lon
don that the royal assent had been
given to the Irish constitution and
that Timothy Healy had been appoint.
ed governor general. all formalities
have been concluded for the inaugu-
ration of the Free State government.