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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-26
Surprising Henry

SurpflSlng Henry
 IEnIDs you invite Mrs. Ormsby for all summer, sis s?' asked Miss
 Belinda's brother Ben when hes arrived at Hilltop few days ago after a weeks business trip. Il didn't wish to be over sanguine, my dear, but I did cherish faint hope that she would be gone by the time I got home." :"
 "I'm sorry, Ben, dear, if you are tired of our guest, and of course I didn't ask her to remain all summer. 1 simply invited her to come for little visit and she has fingered longer, to tell the truth, than expected. From what she says l fancy her income Is too slender for her to pay her board at any summer resort and she says the country air is such a wonderful tonic that have felt it was only kind to let her enjoy Hilltop"
 That's all right, Belinda, and just like you, but it seems, in my humble opinion, that there should be some limit to a visit. If she weren't always in the foreground it would be 30 bad. But whether it's golf, fishing or motoring she's always on deck. She's the readiest person ever knew. Why, even when the McKones came over the other eve ming for bridge she took your usual place at the table and she can't play bridge for sour apples. You shouldn't let"
 Flush, Ben, here she is," interrupted Miss Belinda hastily as a tall, graceful woman dressed in the most delicate of sports clothes approached. Ben glanced from her siIken skirt and spotless white kid pumps to his sisters practical ging- ham and stout canvas shoes. He could easily see, costumed as she was, how 1t happened that with all her readiness for sports she was never on hand for any garden work.
 "Oh, Belinda, you'll be surprised when you see what the R. F. D. man brought this morning. l do hope you'll like it !'
 "You are certainly raising my cu- riosity, Mrs Ormsby," said Miss Be- linda.
 "Shall we let Ben into the secret?' asked Mrs. Ormsby coyly. :.
 '1That is for you alone to determine" :" laughed Miss Belinda.
 ssThen we'll just give him treat by showing him something really ravlsh- ing" Mrs. Ormsby removed the cover from the box that she was carrying. "What do you think of that for break fast coat, Belinda, dear?" She shook out a soft peach-blOw satin garment II truly do hope you like it."
 "Why, yes, it's quite exquisite" re- sponded Miss Belinda, 'but you"
 "Now, Belinda, darling, don't say Pm extravagant, though suppose per haps I am a bit, but, you know, be- lieve in buying the best. Good quality, always say, is good economy. When saw this advertised by ChaEgewell & Co.,, really the most exquisite shop m
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ger was very busy with household du- ties. There were three eggs in that nest over in the Green Forest, and Mrs. Plunger was sitting on them to keep them warm, so that by and by they would hatch into three little Plungers So Plunger wanted particularly nice fish to take to her to show her how much he thought of her.
 But it seemed as if all the particu- larly nice fish were staying at the bot tom of the Big River that morning. Several times he saw splendid fat fish almost near enough to the, top, but not quite. Twice he shot down, only to spread his wings just before he reached the water and then flap back up in the air. Both times he had seen just in time that the fish was. too deep in the water and he would simply scare them and get bath for nothing. Once he had discovered fish taking a sun bath close to the surface, but even as he had steadied himself for the long, swift plunge the fish had dived Perhaps it had been frightened by the shadow of Plunger.
 He was just about ready to think that he and Mrs. Hunger would have no breakfast that day when he saw deep down in the water the biggest, fattest fish he had yet seen. was lazily swimming or at times remaining quite still.
 That fellow will 5egr watching" muttered Plunger. He hasn't any thing in particular to do, and perhaps he will come up for a sun bath. My, but he would taste good! l think I'll wait a bit"
 So Plunger waited and watched. His way of waiting was to swing in little circles round and round right over the spot where the fish was, only, of course, he was high in the air. Round and round and round and round swung Plunger, never once taking his eyes from that fiji down below. Several times he was tempted to give up and try his luck elsewhere, but he didn't. Finally patience won, as patience al- most always will. Slowly the big fish came nearer and nearer to the surface. At last he was only few inches below, Plunger steadied himself for an instant to make sure that his aim was good. Then he closed his wings and shot down like an arrow. There was great splash as he struck the water and disappeared. A few seconds later he burst out in a shower of spray and Tapped heavily up. Clutched in his great claws was the big fish, struggling helplessly.s s1
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the city, knew it would be a wonder full creation and decided must send for one for"
 But, really, Mrs. Ormsby, you shouldn't have"
 there are some things I simply have to have, and one is what call gracious clothing. l can't be myself unless I'm garbed congeniaily, as it were. I feel grateful to you for this luscious break fast coat, for if it weren't for your wonderful hospitality I shouldn't have been able to afford it. A poor widow has to cut the corners very close"
 Mrs. Ormsby smiled up into Ben's face, but it happened that at just that instant he was busily engaged in light ing a cigarette and the next instant he was striding toward the house.
 An hour later he again joined his sister in the garden.
 "Now, Belinda, for the love of Mike,
 T think it was just as funny as you do, Ben. but that frivolous breakfast coat isn't my style at an," Miss Be linda laughed.
 Fat chance you had of getting 1t Belinda you are going up to McGrew camp with me for a trip and Hilltop is going to be closed. Please run, now, and tell 'Our devOtedguest No use protesting, my dear. mean busi- ness"
 In very few minutes Miss Belinda returned. Ben, Mrs. Ormsby says that she will be glad to stay here and look after things for us. She says she will adore the quiet"
 Well. I'll be switchedw groaned Ben, and Miss Belinda laughed.
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Little Stories For Bedtime
Plunger The Fish Hawk Catches A | Prize
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Plunger The Fish Hawk Catches A
 Prize
 T LILLY MINK and Little Joe Otter lI do most of their fishing in the
 Laughing. Brook or the Smiling Pool, and are content with rather small fish, so long as there are plenty of them. Buster Bear is another fisher man who does all his fishing in the Laughing Brook. This is because Bus ter does not want to leave the Green Forest. His cousin, Bobby Coon, is also quite content with what he can catch in the Laughing Brook. Longlegs the Heron often fishes along the edge of the Big River, but he, too, is content with minnows and pollywogs.
 But it is not with Plunger the Fish Hawk. No, indeed. He wastes no time on the little fish of tho Laughing Brook or the Smiling Pool. Once in a while he fishes in the Smiling Pool when his keen eyes discover a fish there which is worth catching, but most of his fishing is done in the Big River. Every day he and Mrs. Plunger fly over to the Big River. One goes up the Big River and one goes down. To their broad wings miles are nothing, and so high Tn the air above the shining water they swing back and forth from shore to shore for long distances, their woh- derful eyes fixed on the water.
 Now, it is fact which perhaps you do not know that from high in the air, looking straight down into the water, you can see much farther below the surface than you can when close to the water. So the keen eyes of Plunger can look right down into the Big River and see the fish swimming there. When he sees one near enough to the top he closes his wings and drops like a shot, with his great claws spread ready to seize the fish. But he does not always
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We Women
Margery. The Musical Girl


 M MARGERY hears gentle melodies lV in running brooks in the twit-
 tering of birds and in the rust ling of trees. Thunderstorms are sym phonic crashes to her. Teh roar of a lion, the croak of frog, the vail of cat and the hum of a railroad train all appeal to her musical ear. She eats, sleeps and dreams music.
 She is a type.
 She is the Musical Girl.
 There isn't popular song that Margery doesn't know. She can sing. sing the old operas from start to finish. It is no effort for her to memorize a tune.
 She loves musicaI comedies. She can always be found at open air concerts. When she hears music she lifts her head, her eyes sparkle and her body sways to the rythm. She is wrapt in her attention and nothing can distract her. She is deaf to all questions ad- dressed to her. She appears as one transported to another world. The music doesn't have to be good. Hurdy-gurdys and defective ,phono- graphs have a strong appeal to her. She. would rather have poor music than none at all, but, of course, she prefers the best. Her family wish she would pay as much attention to the more se- rious side of life as she does to music.
 As little girl Margery first played on hair comb. Then she was not happy until she was allowed to take piano lessons. Now there is hardly an instrument she cannot play. Her fa- vorites are the harp and the violin.
 People like to hear Margery talk. Her voice is well modulated and has a melodious lit.
 Margery thinks that music not only hath charms to sooth the savage beast" but it strong factor for good and the best of tonics. She says that music arouses the gentler emotions tenderness and love-and destroys hor- TOT, fear or rage, and we should all have as much music as possible in our lives.
 Margery will probably fall in love with q long-haired violinist, who loves music more than money and their mar ried life will be one long struggle.
 She is a type.
 She is the Musical Girl.
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why, will explain. But first I will give an older persons point of view which does not agree with men ,(though l must say that many older people to whom have told the story have agreed with mel My aunt's view was this
 The young couple must surely have known the mother we'll enough to know how she was going to feel. Consequently, knowing that she would be offended they should have managed to squeeze her in at the dinner. It was unreason- able of her but they should respect that unreasonabieness"
 To my mind, it comes down to this question; Should one feel compelled to give in to every unreasonable whim of ones parents-in-law or even parents at great discomfort an atrial to ones self? @
 believe in respect for parents, in giving them every consideration possi- ble, but 1 certainly cannot believe that simply because they are your parents they owe you no consideration in re- turn.
 These young people had planned and looked forward to their dinner. It's sue cess would be killed by the addition of an extra person, and the mother arrived unexpectedly on the scene. I fail to see why they should spoil their dinner OriS this account, nor can l see any in- suit in asking her to have this one meal upstairs. As I said in the letter wrote to my questioner, it seems to me the mother should have offered to have her dinner served upstairs, and never have put the young people in the posi- tion of suggesting it.
 The actual occurrence seems aNsmall thing but like many small things it could easily develop into a big one. Let us imagine Gas I gathered from the wording of the letter. that the mother planes the daughter-in-law entirely for not changing the plans for the dinner. Let us further imagine the husband, who loves his mother, being made miser' able by her repeatedly talking of how his wife had insulted her, reproaching him for having allowed it to happen making him feel thoroughly guilty and unhappy.
 Even if he had originally believed in having the dinner as planned, unless he is very tactful and patient he will end by at least discussing it with his wife He may even be influenced so strongly by his mother that he will end by blaming his wife for the occur renee and the ensuing unpleasantness for himself. She will naturally argue her side of the question, and disagree ment, caused entirely by selfish unrea- soning, will result. firmly believe that it is often through small naggings and scenes such as were evidently made by the mother, that great disagreements are begun between two young married people.
 I would be interested to know wheth- CT the majority of people think that the mother or the daughter-in-law was in the right in this argument.
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The dinner was given as arranged, and the mothers dinner was served in her room. The mother was so in- suited by this that she almost left. They persuaded her to continue her visit but she still felt that she had cause to be ex- tremely hurt and offended.
 This seems to me A wrong attituflo
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.other-In-LawI Is. Offended By
 Din n CT
By JULIA HOYT

T RECEIVED letter from one of my
 readers few days ago which brought
 up rather interesting question. A young married couple were giving a dinner for eight people. A day or two before the date set for the dinner the husbands mother arrived unexpectedly.
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UNGFATEFUI

'I call that rank ingratitude" What nowY
 After I teach that girl to swim she goes to another fellow for a post-grad- uate course. e."-Boston Transcript.
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nOun0 anu FOunu anu~rOunu swung Plunser, never once taking his eyes from that fish down below.
 succeed. Oh, my, no! Did you ever know fisherman who always succeeds !? never did. Plunger is just like all fishermen, missing his fish quite as often, and perhaps oftener, than he catches one. And he is like all good fishermen in another thing, the posses sion of patience. -
 On this particular morning Plunger was having no luck at all. Perhaps it was because he wasn't as patient as usual. The truth is he was rather im- patient. He wanted fish, big fish, not for himself, but for Mrs. Plunger. Why didn't he leave it to Mrs. Plunger to catch her own breakfast? I'll tell you why. It was because Mrs. Pun.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-04-16
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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-04-16

little run of oaths that the Flatwoods
call split hic'ry"-stamped across the
floor; picked up his two satchels and
brought them back to the desk
Empty EN-" the hard voice COM
| manded.
I'D If WILL" the other snarled,
his eyes like live Goals In his face.
"Y'u will, r y'u1l face Jerry Brown
and 1 amt carin' q dern which"
to mediate some desperate move;
seemed to realize his helplessness;
finally slammed the satchels on the
desk with snarl and snatched out
their contents.
One of them contained some cloth
ing and a few personal belongings;
the other q number Of thick bundles
of money-real money; the face of
Hopkins left no doubt Of that very im-
portant fact.
The woodsman's eyes widened q
trifie
Lord, parson, y'u cut some swath
fir a preacherI How much did yu'
have when y'u struck the Flatwoods-
real money!
Five hundred"
I'm takin' y'ur word f'r that. Peel
off that many and put the rest back"
Hopkins picked up one Of the bun
dies; counted off bills-all tens and
twenties-to the amount of five hun
dred dollars; and dumped the rest
with the other bundles back In the
satchel.
The long arm Of the woodsman I'M
expectedly stabbed across the desk
and snatched the satchel. Hopkins
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-04-16
Wasp Was the First to
Make Paper From Pulp

The principle of paper making from
wood pulp has been In use by the hum
BILE wasp for several thousands of
years.
The ordinary wasp's nest Is con-
structed of papier mache. In its con-
struction the queen Of the swarm
utilizes the modern" method of con-
verting woody tissue into thin sheets
She constructs a cluster Of five or
six cells from the frayed fiber from
weather-beaten boards or dead trees,
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-04-16
Cautious

George had taken his country cousin
Jim to look over the airdrome. When
he had seen all there was to see.
George said to his companion:
'Now We'll go for Joy ride in one
Of the machines"
II may be old-fashioned, but don't
care very much for going on trip in
one Of these new-fangled things" re-
piled Jim.
"Oh, don't be a fool !" laughed the
other. why. you may live to see air
planes running like omnibus services p
"Yes, 1 may, If 1 keep out of Them"
was the cautious reply.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-04-16

Always ask for Diamond Dyes" and
II you don't see the name Diamond
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1t back!
Each 15-cent package Of Diamond
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waists, sweaters, stockings, kimonos.
coats, draperies. coverings-everything
new, even If she has never dyed before.
Choose any color at drug store. Refuse
substitutes
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-04-16

or even bits of man-made paper. This
cluster she provides with a waterproof
paper umbrella.
Then she lays her first batch of eggs
and proceeds to build another tier Of
cells to the bottom Of the suspended
pyramid, doubling the number Of cells
in the second tier, and adds correspond
ingly to the outside protective wall
which is made up Of alternate layers
Of paper and dead air. like the thermos
bottle.-Detroit News.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-04-16
SIx-Gun Persuasion.
CHAPTER XIV

oII-Gun fer8udSiOn.
In the church of which he had long
been the chief support the funeral Of
the dead money-lender was held.
In spite of his grasping and domi
neering ways, the rugged worth OF
the man, to say nothing of his wealth
. had made him widely known. Now
Joined to this was the mystery Of his
death. People came from far and
near, and the church was packed,
while many were forced to remain out
side, grouped about the open door and
windows.
The Reverend Caleb Hopkins off,
ciated.
1t was the first time the Flatwoods
had heard him preach, because OF the
fact that the day before, though Sun
day, the church had remained closed
out of respect for its leading member,
sleeping his last sleep at the red
rooted cottage.
Standing well back among the silent
group at the door, Jack Warhope
watched the preacher go through his
ordeal. Nerve he must have had, or
he never could have carried 1t through.
Behind the piously solemn mask Of his
face there doubtless ragged a terrific
tempest, but 1t did not seem to retard
his flow Of thought or mar his oratory.
Little enough can be said over dead
man, at the best, but that little he so
clothed with artistry that the like Of
It had never been heard in the Flat
woods. Each man writes his own cpl
taph; Simon Colin had written his.
That was the basis Of his remarks. He
neither eulogized nor blanchard in
that he showed the sense Of wiser
man.
Most of the crowd fingered about
the cemetery for time, even after the
last solemn rites had been performed,
as II slow to realize that man so
prominent, so long power In the life
Of the little community, had with such
suddenness dropped that prominence
and power for the mean and voiceless
walls Of the grave.
Immediately on the death Of the old
banker, the preacher had, for the sake
Of appearances, moved to the parson-
age. He had returned from the fu-
neral and had been for some time
pacing back and forth, or f1dgeting
restlessly In his chair. in the cool front
room upstairs-the former minister's
study-when he was very much sur
prised to see Jack Warhope ride up
on Graylock, dismount, throw the
bride rein over the hitch-rack and
come striding up the yard
He sprang from his chair, opened
one Of his satchels, snatched out the
holster with the ivory-handled revolver
sticking In 1t; hurriedly buckled 1t on
under his vest, where it was concealed
by the somber frock coat, and tiptoed
back to his chair.
A knock disturbed the sanctimoni-
Gus quiet of the study door.
Come In"
decision that somehow suggested the
power of the hand laid upon 1t, and
Jack Warhope entered; carefully
closed the door; stood coolly looking
the other over.
The preacher slowly rose from his
chair; slipped his hand down along
the front Of his frock coat and loos
ened II against his side.
The motion was not lost upon the
woodsman- His eyes had narrowed