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Show CACHE AMERICAN, LOGAN. UTAH Enoch Arden of Skulpin Cove B By TRUMAN ORDIORNE 0 McClure NewesMxx Byodfcalw week In April I was busy fishhouse knlttln heads big doors were open lettln' In the spring sunshine, the smell of the tints and the shrill chirp of that were the early ring necks fllggln for sand- worms in the mod. As I worked away with the twine It conies Into my bead all at once. I wonder wholl get the wldiler Bas-comSid Bascorn had been lost off on the Kittle a year before In a norwest squall. Ills bont waspleked op miles off shore, but the body was never found. Judltb Ita scorn mourned for a good husband, like the good woman she was. But she was a fisherman's daughter and had known many sea tragedies In the 40 years she had lived at Skulpin Cove. Judith Bascom wag a handsome woman, sun tanned face, good form In spite of the years, brown eyes that twinkled, and, like most all the daughters of fishermen, had a quick wit and a ready answer. Sid Bascom had left his wife fairly well off a small farm borderin on the beach, a fair payin' business, and some money. There had been no children and I often wondered She If Judith didnt get lonesome. was at the landin one day buyln fish as the boats came ashore, and I says, jokin': Jude, you look tired. I am Yes, she comes hack. Can't tired, Trume, and lonesome. you find me a man?" Plenty of em fussln 'round, Jude," I wiys. Can't yon sort one out? There's Deacon Ooodwtn and Skipper Sol Bocker, both 'bout yore age and well fixed." A enlnt and a sinner," says Judy One thinks he Is and the other knows he la," and she went on buyln cod. on the As I sat there workln twine that day I heard somebody clumpin up the path 'round the point with rubber hoots on, hitmmln' a hymn dune: "On the other side of Jordan In the sweet fields of e Eden," but when he sees the door open he slacks uo his Good afterslngln and hauls to. noon. Truman. Hope you are feelln' well today," Tolerable, Deacon Ooodwln. Hope youre the same. Come In and rest I see yon been lumpin'." yourself. lie had a two tlne fork on his shout ler and a big lump of fish on each tine. In the spring the tide leaves the lumps In the little ponds among the ledges, and the natives get them VI th forks. The Deacon sets down on a trawl tub, fidgets some, and savs: "Truman, what do you think of the wld FIRST der Bascom?" "No smarter Cove," I says, much to look thlnUn some In round the and It dont hurt at her. Are yon that quarter. Dea- woman con?" "I have given some thought and prayer to the matter and I need a and helper up to my companion house, but Judith Is not a church-golwoman," he says. Dont let that worry yon any. Deacon. Yon never heard a word agln Judith Bascom," I snys, and your church door la wide." The Deacon shouldered his lump ( fish and went off up across to his ihouse. I am about ready to quit and enll It a day when I heara another song-ste- r cornin down the Cove road: dl de, Skipper the dee I de (HI illow I love to sing to thee. I sing with Joy and I sing with j ' Klee, For I'in Just to be." Skipper Sol front of the Good nature as young as I used Becker shoots up tn door and comes In. sticks out all over Skipper Sol, nnd a mighty big, wholesome man he Is He had been to town and was jfeelin some chipper. "Hello there, Got Trume," halls Skipper SoL anything tn the cupboard?" ' Always a drop for you, Capn Set down while I Sol," I says. get it." I Trume," gays the skipper, got 'bout tired beta' an old bach an' I'm thlokln bout askin Judy Bascom to splice up with me. Weve always been good friends Do you think she'll have me?" i You old fool," I says, do you .think you can get a wife, 'thont ijJoln some courtin'? Go see Judy ,and take her round some. Youve got a good hoss and buggy. thing. Deacon Goodwin la settln' his cap tn that quarter." Deacon Goodwin courtin Judy Bascom I" barks the skipper. If I catches that old Bible back skinflint cruisin' 'round her I'll carry away his Jib" Soon after that the Cove gossips were busy. Deacon Goodwin was callin' on Judy Bascom Wednesday nights, and she was goln' riding with Capn Sol Beckpr Sunday afternoons. Of course the Deacon finds It out and he reproves Judv for con sortin with such a ungodly person as Sol Beiker. Mrs. Bascom," says the Deacon, you well know my reason for calling on you of kite. I ndly need a wife to care for mv house, and If yon should see fit to unite jour lot with mine shouldnt want It I ', said that you had been too friend ly with sui h a person as Solomon Beckpr, a man given to profanity and to strong dilnk ai times. The Deacon reaches for Judy's warm hand and holds It. (She said his was cold as a fish ) Judith, I shall call for your answer next Wednesday evening, and In the meantime I shall pray that you see the light" He lets go of her hand and goes home. Judith goes to bed and thinks It over. Deacon Goodwin Is a good manager, stands way up In the church, and then she laughs right out to herself. Oh, Lord, what a lover I Sunday afternoon Is sunny and waim. Capn Sol drives up to her door, his rig all shined up, and Judy comes out and gets In. They take a long ride and coming home In the dusk Skipper Sol does some huggln' and Judy snuggles up some Skipper Sol winds the reins around the whip and lets Bay Jess walk. Some different, she thinks, from the Good win sparks a way Deacon woman. Skipper Sol tightens the hitch hes got 'round Judy Bascom's waist. "Judy, he snys, I'm tired of living an qld bach up there In my house. Mother Is a good housekeeper but she Is gettln old. Ive got enough to take care of you without touchln your property and Ill help run your pluce. Bets you and I gef spliced. I know you are lonesome well as I be. What do you say?" and he reached over and kissed her. Judy Bascom liked Sol Becker and the Deacon was out of It from that minute. She couldnt bear to think of him. Then a scheme of half spite and half mischief comes Into her head. "Sol," she says, "come to my house Wednesday evening at eight oclock and Ill give you an answer." Now for Sid Bascoin that nor'west squall that blew off the land the day he was lost lasted throe days and then, as fishermen say, turned the corner and blew gome more. Sid kept Ills bont fore It and balled long as he could. Weak from hunger and thirst he gave It up. The next he knew he was In a dirty bunk with a Portugee sailor standln' over him with sonte kind of a hot drink. Ills henil ached bad. He looks around that focnstle with Its row of bunks nnd asked the Portu-gewhnt ship he was on and where they were. DIs whale barque de Ellen Briggs. She pleka you up offa da water. Beetle bont, big ocean. You mos' dead, the Portugee tells him. Sid tries to get out of the bunk but Is too weak and tells the sailor to tell the Cap'n he wants to see him. Capn Studly, a short, stout, red faced man, conies to the focas tie and asks Sid whnt he wants. I want to be set ashore at the nearest port" snys Sid. My wife must think I am lost, flow long have I been aboard your ship?" Most two weeks," says the Capn, and all that time youve been out of your head. You can thank Manuel here that you are alive. I cant set you nshore. We are bound on a two years whalin' cruise to the Southern Grounds, You'll have to stay aboard." Whaling hands were hard to get at that time, and whaling captains kept out of ports of call, account of men deserting, only when obliged to put In for fresh water and supplies. Sid Bascom gradually gained strength and one day meeting Capn Studly on xloek, he demanded to be landed at the nearest hailior, his right as a citizen of the United States. The captain swore at him, turned him over to the first mate and gave orders to put the man In one of the watches. The Briggs kept away from harbors where there were cable offices. It was months before he got a letter ashore to a small Island where passing ships called a few times a year. At the first possible chance he jumped ship at a South American port. All he had In the world was the greasy clothes he had on. No need telling how. In time, he worked his passage to Boston and there was given enough to get home to Skulpin Cove. That Wednesday night that Jud 1th Bascom set came Deaeon Goodwin 10 minutes early. Sharp at eight came Cap'n Sol Becker. When he entered the little parlor and saw the Deacon settln there, his grin changed to an ugly scowl. What In h you doin here, you old dog robber?" I dont mind your ungodly slurs, Capn Becker. I have a right to call Mrs. Bascom on my neighbors. asked me to come. We have private matters to discuss. I'll give you one minute to get out of this house," says Skipper Sol, and he takes out his watch. If you ain't gone I'll heave you out body, guts and stomach. Just that minute Judy Bascom, who had been out of the room, turns from the hallway to go Into the parlor. She was goln to tell the Deacon he was out. It was Cap'n Beckers turn. Just that minute the door flew open and In rushed a unshnved man. Judith Bascom gives one look. Under that dirt and growth of whiskers she recognizes her lost husband. She gives one screech, and as Skip per Sol told me afterwards. In one holv second they were lashed to gether in a rollin' hitch. The Deacon und Skipper Sol went oat of the front door go close together that they jammed When they got clear the Skipper helped the Deacon on his way with a o 1 rough-lookin- ' heal ly kick. Scenes and Persons in the Current News t POULTS MUST HAVE PROPER ATTENTION Several Valuable Pointers by Poultry Expert. Br o. c. tJfford. Extension Ponttrytn&n, Colorado State College. Vfc NU Service. The raising of turkey poults Is different In some respects from raising baby chicks, and there are a number of pertinent points that should be carefully considered. Suggestions to turkey raisers are: 1. Baby poults are much glower In learning to eat than chicks, and a great deal of patience has to be practiced sometimes In order to get them started. Ordinarily a good mash placed before them will attract them. When milk Is used as 1 Flags of the thirteen original states carried as the Pennsylvania Sons of the Revolution dedicated at first feed, young poults will not 2 Single readily take to other feeds. Valley Forge a replica of one of the huts occupied by Pennsylvania troopa In the winter of 1777-72. Plenty of hoppers or feeding women of Boston peacefully picketing emergency relief headquarters. 8 Vice President Garner administering the oath to Rush D. Holt of West Virginia who took his seat In tha senate on reaching the constitu- space Is essential. tional age of thirty year. 3. Poults are rapid growers and By James J. Montague require a ration that will analyze HAD almost forgotten 25 to 30 per cent protein. They reEmil Lustengarten. Schoolmates, one quire a great deal more green feed had not seen or heard from right from the start than do chicks. of 'Colonies Revived; 4. Any skimping of rations to for thirty years, are likely to be poults Is a mistake. There Is a close like that He was a pleasant sort Todays Jobless larger than I was, and always relationship between the amount and kind of feed a bird consumes somewhere In the otting when the Women In and Its growth and condition at school bullies picked on me. one way his friendship was a trltle market time. I was the only boy embarrassing. 5. Poults are apt to crowd and In school whom he appeared to in corners at night and must up pile The thirteen bright flags of be watched. A light In the brooder like. His other friends were toads America's earliest days nnfurled to house will help In keeping them and frogs and snakes and lizards. the breeze once more at the scene of He had a great collection of them spread out. in his father's woodshed, and used ine of historys most noted specta6. Burlap sacks spread around cles when Pennsylvania Sons of to talk to them by the hour, not In the brooder at night for poults to the least disturbed the Revolution met at Valley If their replies rest on, and removed In the morn- were Forge. unintelligible. The other boys a In are convenience keeping, great It was the 157th anniversary of always Insisted that he would not ing the brooder house clean. Young (he evacuation of Philadelphia durhave made a friend of me If I did poults will start roosting at about not share the nature or natures of ing the Revolutionary war. three weeks of age If low roosts one or more men of today dedicated of these animal pets. are provided. in exact replica of one of the rude They used to attempt to make the noises that these creatures emitted, log huta occupied by the brave solders from that colony during the or at least Imitations of them, to Housed Birds Eat More winter of 1777-7that I resembled them. Not Feed and Lay More Eggs Indicate SenEmil was around, however. when to five banded have These Democratic senators squelch together War Womens Experiments conducted In several ator Huey Long of Louisiana If he gets too annoying. They are, left to I sick me a rattlesnake on you IndiAlmost at the same time another right: Joseph F. Guffey of Pennsylvania, Edward R. Burke of Nebraska, sections of the United States If you bodder my friend," he would raIf housing conditions, kind of warfare, serious but more Lewis B. Schwellenbach of Washington, Sherman Minton of Indiana and cate that say, and for a time I would be left tions, and management are satisfacIn peace. But the Insistence that peaceful, was going on In another A. Harry Moore of New Jersey. might production tory, egg higher I was a member of Emil's menagerie city repleta with memories of confined from be layers expected tha Revolution Boston. Unmarried on my nerves after a while. I got free than those from range. went less and less to his establishgiven women, badly In need of Jobs, plck-tte- home of the brown bread and beans, i married women, prosperous and In more will eat are housed Their plea was for a revolution I no need of Jobs, from being given Birds that the headquarters of the emerment, and when one day I heard I grain and mash which are neces- that he and his gency yellef administration In the In employment that would prohibit work. parents had left sary for high egg production. town, 1 was 'a little ashamed to The eggs produced by confined think that I had shunned him for birds will probably have paler yolks weeks. I found out at the post ofthan those laid by birds on free fice where he and his had family range. Green feed adds color to the gone some little town In Arizona, egg yolk. The egg buyer In the city and now and then sent him a post prefers eggs with pale yolks. card. Invariably I received a long Then, too. If the birds eat an reply which narrated his adventures excess nmount of green grass, the In the new country, where he said flock may lay what we commonly he and his parents were running call grass eggs." The yolks of these a farm. Each letter expressed the eggs have a green cast and are reearnest hope that I might come out jected by the critical buyer, ex- there and visit him some day. And Dos-lpoultry exten- fifteen years later, when It so happlains C. O. ' ' sion specialist of the Pennsylvania pened that I was about to make a State college. western Journey, I wrote him that 1 would try my best to pay him a x short visit To Control Chicken-PoA letter came by return mall. Where chicken pox Is present, all Come as long as you like for, he birds having the trouble should be Send me a telegram and I Immediately Isolated, the house and said. utensils thoroughly cleaned, and a will meet you. I think you will like my farm. Maybe you will go good germicide kept In the drinkIn business with me. it Is a very ing water as long as new cases appear, advises an authority at tha Interesting farm, and It makes North Carolina State college. The money. It will be good to see you." entire flock should be given one He was at the station In a little dose of Epsom salts at the rate of car when I arrived. He plied me pound to three gallons of with so many questions about the water. Vaccinate the well birds old town and what was happening with pigeon pox virus, as this matethere that I could not edge In a rial will not produce as severe a question about his farm. When disturbance as chicken pox virus In we reached his house It was already the laying flock. Where a large per dark, and after a cup of coffee and "is,' cent of the flock has the disease or some ham and eggs he politely sugit has been present In the flock for gested then It was late and I must Here are the officials of the National Dairy council photographed at the annual convention at Old Point some time It Is unnecessary to Isobe tired. He showed me Into an exComfort, Va. Left to right, they are: M. D. Munn of Chicago, president of the National Dairy council; Cliff late the birds. All other precautremely neat little room, and In a Inter-Stat- e C. L Cohee, secretary of the Philadelphia tions should be taken for control W. Goldsmith of the Philadelphia Interstate Dairy council; few minutes I was lost to the Dairy council : El R. Quackenbush of Hudson, Ohio ; Carl F. Deysenroth, executive secretary of Milk world. Foundation, Inc. Chicago; N. D. Rhodes, and Robert W. Balderston of Chicago, general manager of the Nsr Three or four times In the night Bloody Droppings tlonal Dairy council It Is said that a dogs nose Is his I wakened, as one Is likely to In Each time thermometer; If you want to test strange surroundings. his health, put your hand against I thought I heard peculiar rustlings the tip of his nose which la always and other noises which I tried In eludcold If he Is well, and warm If he Is vain to Identify. They always once or twice I and ed me, though sick. Poultry, too, have a thermometer It Is their droppings. If you sat up In bed and listened, drowsiovercame me and I went to Fred "Flrpo" Marberry, giant want to gauge the health of your ness again. sleep former American league pitcher, a look take their at flock, poultry It was already broad daylight used to yell bloody murder when droppings each morning while they are still fresh. They tell you the when I finally awoke. Opening mv story, and sometimes it Is a sad eyes to took about me I caught mv breath. I must stilt he asleep and In your baby chick dropone. dreaming. On a shelf behind the for bloody droppings, look pings, and If you find them, the little chest of drawers opposite me chances are one of three things Is sat a dfnosnur, and not a particuthe matter with them worms, larly benign dinosaur. It moved. crowding, or coccidiosls. Missouri To make sure that the bracing desert air had not overbalanced me I Farmer. reached down, picked up one of m.v shoes, and hied It at the animal. Poults on Range It mnde a curious squeak, and After poults are put on range, leaped nimbly from Its perch, head of management consists mainly Ing for my bed. keeping the hoppers full of mash My first Instinct was to pnll the and grain, the watering tanks full of water, and watching for signs blankets over my head and try to of disease, advises an authority in rememher some of the prayers that the Missouri Farmer. A good grow- I had learned at my mothers knee. I remembered that a creature ing mush with a protein content of Then I had seen would not he as such approximately 25 per cent should be supplied, together with a grain he 4 at hay by any blankets. I got f ration consisting of cracked lip and stood In the exact center of whole wheat, and the bed, calling shandy to Emil for corn, whole barley. Droppings help. He hurried Into tb room. Here are Ruth Lohmann of Zumbrota, Minn, and James W. Potts oi nnder the roosts should be Insistthe "umps" called a close one 1935-3So sorry ne got away on me ed each morning for signs of worms against him. Now hell hare a Aspermont, Texas, winners of the Payne Fund fellowships for He wont Inst night," he said. chance to hear such squawks from The award consists of $1,000 each with which they are to atudy tor nine and disease. bite anless be get scared, but al the other side. The league has months at the Department of Agriculture in Washington. These fellow H club achievements. ships are swarded each year for outstanding nude him an umpire! Odd Agriculture BANNERS Leagued to Squelch the Kingfish I PARADE Penn-lylvanl- d Naturally Milk Is Their Favorite Beverage f "f J kWi fajr, tr one-ha- lf Diamond Star Goes Left Win Agricultural Scholarships one-hal- h h 8 most anything will scare him. Coora." The latter was addressed to the intruder, who cootned," creeping swiftly to his owner. Emil caught him by the scuff of the neck and tossed him lightly out of the door. What was that thing? I demanded. Joost a lizard," said Emil. He Iss called Gila monster. But monster means big. He Iss not so big, eh? Leave him alone and he dont bite but make him mad, trouble maybe. Now let us have breakfast" That breakfast was not a pleasant meal, despite the appetite the clear desert air had given me. As It progressed my host kept s from hts plate picking up and tossing them In this or that direction, where they were deftly caught up by my friend the Gila monster, lizards that looked like him, field mice, rabbits, and several different varieties of snakes. The snakes, however, did not swallow the dainties thrown to them. Apparently they were merely doing a little practice fielding. Snakes Iss funny," said Emil. They haf tohaf their meals altfe. But they Iss hogs, and they dont want no other animal to get nothing, so you can't keep them out of tha house when meals Iss going on. Yon like to see the biggest rattler In Arizona? Is he alive?" I asked, looking around me anxiously. Very much alive. When I canght him he had bit ten greasers already. I had to fight with almost everybody around here to save hiss life yet" Where Is he? I demanded. You shall see him soon enough. Now maybe we go see the wildcat He perhaps Is more interesting as snakes," Emil," I said, I thought this was a farm." Sure. It Is a farm. The biggest snake and reptile farm tn Arizona. Here I make me more money as any cattle or sheep farmer can do. Come, I show you." I returned to my sleeping room, walked warily and secured a heavy pair of boots I had brought along. Around these, to make assurance douhly sure, I wrapped some heavy leather puttees. Emil glanced at my rig contemptuously. "Nobody need be afraid of Look!" snakes," he said Before I could stop him he had t serpent which picked up a sang a merry tune with Its tall the while. By the neck you hold him a while, he said Ingratiatingly. Yon will soon learn when you and me Is partners here. I declined the outstretched offering. "What the devil do yon do with these creatures?" I demanded, There certainly cant be any mand for snakes and lizards. My boy. Nothing you know of It. For the poison many scientists will buy them, and from ns, for I have already established what you call a reputation. Out In the yard I have hundreds of others. Today I make a shipment to New York. You shall help me. Just for a start eh?" Emil" I said. I like you, and I admire you. I hope you succeed in this enterprise and mnke a big I know reputation for yourself. you wHL But when I get home I will dream about these brutes, night after night, and wake np yelling for help. And what would hap-pe- n If I stayed here two days? I would go mad, that Is what would happen." My friend! I am so sorry. I am so disappointed. In school yoa were the only one I liked, and I was so looking forward to your coming, and so sure you would like It here. And I know yon would luff them If you knew them better. But If you feel" I do. Emil" I said. "Very well, It Is then soon auf wledersehn but maybe, when yoa go home you "will think It over, eh?" "I'll do mv best, Emil." I said. And I did. But Emil Is gtli! io ml noting that chamber of horrors by himself. tit-bit- four-foo- Q, Bell Syndicate. WNU Service, Gold la Montana Gold was discovered at the present site of Helens, Mont., In 1804. |