Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1919 — Page 7

SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1»1».

GREEN FANCY

CHAPTER I. x The First Wayfarer and the Second Wayfarer Meet and Part on the Highway. ▲ solitary figure trudged along the narrow road that wound its serpentlnous way through the dismal, forbidding depths of the forest —a man who, though weary and footsore, lagged not In his swift, resolute advance. Night was coming on, and with it the no uncertain prospects of a storm. He came io the “pike” and there was a signpost. A huge, crudely painted hand pointed to the left, and on what was intended to be the sleeve of a very stiff and unflinching arm these words were - printed in scaly white: “Hart’s Tavern. Food for Man and Beast. Also Gasoline. Established 1798. 1 Mlle.” On the opposite side of the “pike,” In the angle formed by a junction with the narrow mountain road, stood an humbler signpost, lettered so indistinctly that It deserved the compassion of all observers because of its humility. Swerving In his hurried passage, the tall stranger drew near this shrinking friend to the uncertain traveler, and was suddenly aware of another presence In the roadway. A woman appeared, as if from nowhere, almost at his side. He drew back to let her pass. She stopped before the little signpost, and together they made out the faint directions. To the right and up the mountain road Frogg’s Corner lay four miles and a half away; Pitcairn was six miles back over the road which the man had traveled. Two miles and a half down the turnpike was Spanish Falls, a railway station, and four miles above the crossroads where the man and women stood peering through the darkness at the laconic signpost reposed the village of St Elizabeth. Hart’s Tavern was on the road to St. Elizabeth, and the man, with barely a glance at his fellow traveler, started briskly off in that direction. He knew that these wild mountain storms moved swiftly; his chance of reaching the tavern ahead of the deluge was exceedingly slim. His long, powerful legs had carried him twenty or thirty paces before he came to a sudden halt. What of this lone woman who traversed the highway? His first glimpse of her had been extremely casual — indeed, he had paid no attention to her at all, so eager was he to read the directions and be on his way. She was standing quite still in front of the signpost, peering up the road toward Frogg’s Corner —confronted by a steep climb that led Into black and sinister timberlands above the narrow strip of pasture bordering the pike. The fierce wind pinned her skirts to her slender body as she leaned against the gale, gripping her hat tightly with one hand and straining under the weight of the bag in the other. The ends of a veil whipped furiously about her head, and, even In the gathering darkness, he could see a strand or two of hair keeping them company. Retracing his steps, he called out to her above the gale: “Can I be of any assistance to you?” She turned quickly. He saw that the veil was drawn tightly over her face. “No, thgnk you,” she replied. Her voice, despite a certain nervous note, was soft and clear and gentle—the voice and speech of a well-bred person who was you9g and resolute. “Pardon me, but have you much farther to go? The storm will soon be upon us, and —surely you will not consider me presumptuous —I don’t like the idea of your being caught out in—” “What is to be done about it?" she Inquired, resignedly. “I must go on. I can’t wait here, yon know, to be washed back to the pla.ce I started from.” He smiled. She had Wit as well as determination. “If I can be of the least assistance to you pray don’t hesitate to command me. lam a sort of tramp, you might say, and I travel as well by night as I do by day—so don’t feel that you are putting me to any inconvenience. Are you by any chance bound for Hart’s Tavern? If so, I will be glad to lag behind and carry your bag.” “You are very good, but I am not bound for Hart’s Tavern, wherever that may be. Thank you, just the same. You appear to be an uncommonly genteel tramp, and it isn’t because I am afraid you might make off with my belongings.” She added the last by way of apology. He smiled —and then frowned as he cast an uneasy look at the black ’clouds now rolling ominously up over the mountain ridge. “By Jove, we’re going to catch it good and hard,” he exclaimed. “Better take my advice. These storms are terrible. I know, for I’ve encountered half a dozen of them in the past week.

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They fairly tear one to pieces. Yox are a stranger In these parts?” “Yes. The railway station Is a few miles below here. I have walked CL the way. x There was no one to meei me. You are a stranger also, so It 11 useless to inquire If you know whethei this road leads to Green Fancy." “Green Fancy? Sounds attractive Pm sorry I won’t enlighten you." Hi

He Drew a Small Electric Torch From His Pocket and Directed Its Slender Ray Upon the Sign Post.

drew a small electric torch from hie pocket and directed its slender ray upon the signpost. “It is on the road to Frogg’s Corner,” she explained nervously. “A mile and a half, so I am told. It isn’t on the signpost. It is a house, not a village. Thank you for your kindness And I am not at all frightened,” she added, raising her voice slightly. “But you are,” he cried. “You’re scared half out of your wits. You can’t fool me. I’d be scared myself at the thought of venturing into those woods up yonder.” - “Well, then, I am frightened,” she confessed plaintively. “Almost out of my boots.” “That settles it,” he said flatly. “You shall not undertake it.” “Oh, but I must. lam expected. It is Import—” “If you are expected why didn’t someone meet you at the station! Seems to me —•" “Hark! Do you hear —doesn’t that sound like an automobile —ah I” The hoarse honk of an automobile horn rose above the howling wind, and an instant later two faint lights came rushing toward them around a bend in ttie mountain road. “Better late than never,” she cried, her voice vibrant once more. He grasped her arm and jerked her out of the path of the oncoming machine, whose driver was sending it along at a mad rate, regardless of ruts and stones and curves. The car careened as it swung into the pike, skidded alarmingly, and then the brakes were jammed down. Attended by a vast grinding of gears and wheels, the rattling old car came to a stop fifty feet or more beyond them. *Td sooner walk than take my chances in an antediluvian rattletrap like that,” said the tall wayfarer, bending quite close to her ear. “It will fall to pieces before you—” But she was running down the road toward the car, calling out sharply to the driver. He stooped over and took up the traveling bag she had dropped in her haste and excitement. It was heavy, amazingly heavy. “I shouldn’t like to carry that a mile and a half,” he said to himself, ‘ The voice of the belated driver came to his ears on the swift wind. It was high-pitched and unmistakably apologetic. He could not hear what she was saying to him, but there wasn’t yiuch doubt as to the nature of her remarks. She was roundly upbraiding him. Urged to action by thoughts of his own plight he hurried to her side and said: “Excuse me, please. You dropped something. Shall I put it up in front or in the tonneau?” The whimsical note in his voice brought a quick, responsive laugh from her lips. “Thank you so much. I am frightfully careless with my valuables. Would you mind putting it in behind? Thanks!” Her tone altered completely as she ordered the man to turn

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the car around—“ And be quick about It,” she added. The first drops of rain pelted down from the now thoroughly black dome above them, striking In the road with the sharpness of pebbles. “Lucky it> a limousine,” said the tall traveler. "Better hop In. We’ll be getting It hard In a second or two.” “You must let me take you on to the Tavern In the car," she said. “Turn about is fair play. I cannot allow you “Never mind about me,”*be broke In cheerily. He had been wondering if she would make the offer, and be felt better now that she had done so. “I’m accustomed to roughing It. I don't mind a soaking. I’ve had hundred of ’em." “Just the same you shall not have one tonight," she announced - firmly. "Get In behind. I shall sit with the driver.” If anyone had told him that this rattling, dilapidated automobile —ten years old, at the very .least, he would have sworn—was capable of covering the mile In less than two minutes he would have laughed In his face. Almost before he realized that they were on the way up the straight, dark road the lights in the windows of Hart’s Tavern came into view. Once more the bounding, swaying car came to a stop under brakes, and he was relaxing after the strain of the most hairraising ride he had ever experienced. Not a word had been spoken during the trip. The front windows were lowered. The driver —an old, hatchetfaced man—had uttered a single word just before throwing in the clutch at the crossroads in response to the young woman’s crisp command to drive to Hart's Tavern. That word was uttered under his breath and it is not necessary to repeat it here. The wayfarer lost no time in climbing out of the car. As he leaped to the ground and raised his green hat he took a second look at the automobile —a look of mingled wonder and respect. It was an old-fashioned, high-powered car, capable, despite' its antiquity, of astonishing speed in any sort of going. “For heaven’s sake," he began, shouting to her above the roar of the wind and rain, “don’t let him drive like that over those —” “You’re getting wet,” she cried out, a thrill In her voice. “Good night—and thank you I” “Look out!” rasped the unpleasant driver, and In went the clutch. The man In the road jumped hastily to one side as the car shot backward with a jerk, curved sharply, stopped for the fraction of a second, and then bounded forward again, headed for the crossroads. “Thanks!” shouted the late passenger after the receding tail light, and dashed up the steps to the porch that ran the full length of Hart’s Tavern. A huge old-fashioned lantern hung above the portal, creaking and straining In the .wind, dragging at Its stout supports And threatening every instent to break loose and go frolicking away with the storm. He lifted the latch and, being a tell man. Involuntarily stooped as he passed through the door, a needless precaution, for gaunt, gigantic mountaineers had entered there before him and without bending their arrogant heads. (TO BE CONTINUED.)

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Department of Farm Welfare Conducted by County Agent Stewart Learning.

Boys* Working Resorve Camp Established. A boys’ working reserve camp will be established in the truck region of Jasper county this season, according to plans perfected by Fred R. Farnam, state director of the U. S. employment service, last week. A company of picked young men will be selected in Indianapolis and sent out within a short time. The young men will be housed in buildings of their own and one of their number will act as cook and general housekeeper. An experienced foreman will be responsible for the work of the boys and will see that their living conditions are satisfactory and healthful. This camp is an experiment to determine the practibility of using the working reserve for handling farm work on a large scale. Should it prove practical, more camps will be established. Short time camps will be established in various communities at such times as harvest in order to supplement the local shortage of help. The plan looks as if it might be entirely feasible and may develop into an important factor in solving the transient help problem. Th* Farmer*’ Club Seaton la On. The Milroy Country club will hold its regular meeting Friday evening, June 6th, at the Milroy church. George Foulkee, of the program committee, reports that a good program has been arranged. The North Union Farmers’ club will hold its regular meeting at Virgie Saturday evening, June 7th. Secretary L. E. Harrington reports a program consisting of numerous musical numbers and recitations. Prof. R. S. Thomas, of Purdue univers%, will make en address on “Soils.” The Parr Community club will hold its regular meeting at the Parr school building Tuesday evening, June 10th. John Brown, of the Indiana Federation of Farmers, is expected to be present at this meeting. The South Marion Community club will hold its regular meeting at the consolidated school building on the evening of Thursday, June 12th. A special program has been arranged by the young people of the community, consisting of a home talent play and a minstrel act. A small charge of ten cents will be made for the benefit of the home demonstration fund. . .. The people of Kankakee township will hold a meeting at the Tefft school pn the evening of June Bth for the purpose of discussing the organization of a Community club. The public is invited to attend. The Walker Township Farmers’ club will hold its regular meeting at the Kniman school on the evening of June 19- H. H. Overton, of Purdue university, will give an address on “Farm Management” as one of the numbers on the program. Next W**k I* Rooster Week. A general observance of Rooster week, June 2nd to 7th, will save thousands of dollars to the poultrymen of the country, in the opinion of Jesse Snyder,, president of the County Poultry association, which is promoting the movement among its members. “Selling or confining all roosters after that date will prevent the spoilage of vast quantities of eggs both on the farm and on the way to the consumer,” says Mr. Snyder. “This loss is borne directly or indirectly by the producer, so that it is up to him to prevent it by a little action at this time.” Reports from the poultry dealers indicate that the observance of this week is becoming more popular each year and it is expected that more roosters will be marketed during the next week than ever before. Higher prices for poultry products and a better understanding of the market demands have had a fine . effect upon many of the farm practices relating to the handling of the flocks. Soils and Crops Experiments Begun. Ernest Fergus, of the Indiana experiment station, was in the county last week and started the experiment which the station is conducting in cooperation with the local soils committee to determine the relative values of different grades of potash on corn and grasses. A. I). Duddleston, ; of the experiment station, has completed the initial steps of a com disease control experiment in connection with the county crops committee. These two experiments are expected to throw considerable light on two of our farm problems. Others are to be taken up dying the season. Bee Keeper* to Hold an Important Meeting. President Frank Foltz, of the local Bee Keepers’ association, has arranged for a meeting of that organization to be held at the court house Saturday afternoon, June 7th, at 1:30 o’clock. E. G. Baldwin, of the U. S. department, will lead the discussions on “Swarm Prevention” and explain how honey yields are increased by this practice. The talk wtill be illustrater by a practical demonstration of the steps involved.

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COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

The Jasper county board of education met in regular session last Monday. The board voted unanimously to fix the minimum wage for teachers in Jasper county at $3.25 per day. Last year it was fixed at $3. This will likely appeal to the interest of the beginning teacher in this county. The trustees were pleased with the scarcity of failures among the inexperienced last year. They felt that the beginner should receive some recognition in a financial way this year, so that the amateur would put exceptional effort into the work to avoid failure. Possibly no county in the state has fixed a minimum scale at such high figures, yet it is the only means to develop an efficient teaching force. The county can well afford to pay teachers who make Jasper county their home. The money reappears in Jasper county when the teachers are fixed assets of the county. Commencements were fixed at the following places and dates: Gillam at Independence church on Monday, June 23rd, at 8 p. m.; Marlon at Marion consolidated on Tuesday, June 24th, at 8 p. m.; Newton at Bradford Poole home or the Swaney Makeever farm where it was held last year, on June 24th at 2 p. m.: Hanging Grove and Milroy will hold a joint commencement at McCoysburg Wednesday, June 25th, at 8 p. m. Jordan will hold its commencement at Union school on Thursday, June 26th, at 8 p. m. Walker will hold its commencement at Kniman on the afternoon of Thursday, June 2dth, beginning promptly at 2 oclock, new time. It will be noted that two

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townships are holding their commencements in the afternoon. G. Stanley Coulter, Prof. H. Babson and Prof. T. F. Moran will be the speakers for these occasions. A complete list of the graduates by township will appear in a later issue. Keener will hold its commencement on June 13th at Konovsky's hall In Dumotte. Barkley will holl Ks commencement on Juno 21st, as prcvi oualy announced. Juno is always construed as the vacation month for the county superintendent.

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