Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1931, Page 15

THE SUNDAY Outlaws of Eden By Peter B. Kyne INSTALLMENT XXVIL HE postmaster at Valley Center reported that Nate Tichenor must loathe the town with a great loathing, because not a single letter from Tichenor, his wife or their employes was ever posted in Valley Center. And, as everybody knows, the pay of a country post- master is predicated on tte amount of business he does! A similer complaint came from the local telegraph agent. Nobody could ascertdin, via these agencies, anything of Nate Tichenor's business’ and this was & genuine de- privation. Nor wes a single dollar of Tichenor money expended in Valley Center for anything that could be pur- chased in Gold Run. The irrigation district’s engineer re- ported to Babson that befor> the first of April Lake Babson would be filled to the top of its flood-gates. Babson was jubilant. Under his urging. pro- mulgated in the Forlorn Valley Citizen, thousands of acres of land had been prepared for alfalfa the preceding Fall. They had been seeded just prior to the | | generosity. He owned rather a lovely | farm on the western edge of the dis- | trict amd through this far the main canal had been dug, with the laterals leading from it down a gentle slope to the east and taking advantage of | every contour. There was a grove of Valparaiso live oaks zhw\n‘| on this farm close to the edge of the main | canal and here Babson decided to hold | a barbecue for his people. He erected | a speakers’ platform and benches un- |der the trees; he purchased three fat 2-year-old steers to be barbecued, en- gaged the Gold Run Silver Cornet Band and the best of the local vo- calists, which included Henry Rookby, | who had achieved a tremendous suc- | cess during the war leading the com- munity singing in_Vallev Center. deed, ever since, Mr. Rookby had led the singing at the weekly luncheon of | the Valley Center Rotary Club and at | the “exercises” planned to p -cede the | barbecue he was to sing, in a basso | profundo lmazflnfi} in such a slim crea- | ture, a lilting little ballad, entitled “The Waters That Roll. bson's In- | A dramatic frenzy gradually seized May day, immemorially dedi- to festivals, was to be his day of trumph, a day that should repay him for his years or labor and self- sacrifice for the public weal. Of course, as president of the Forlorn Valley Irrigation District, his right to be the orator of the day could not be retary, edited lomlf: over it, and when it was com- rh“ e memorized it and delivered it, with appropriate gestures, to Henry Rookby r the bank had closed for the day. Meanwhile he had had en electrical contrivance installed at the reservoir headgates and a wire led 8 miles do country to connect with a push-button on the speakers’ stand at the barbecue grounds, He had the district’s engineer figure ap- proximutely how long . would require the water to flow from the head- gates to the grove, for he planned, at the moment of mounting the platform to press his push-button, which would raise the headgates at the reservoir and release the water. Then at a cer- tain dramatic point in his oration the water would make its dramatic appear- ance. Henry Rookby was to discover STAR, WASHINGTON, D, C., OCTOBER 11, its lrprmch and interrupt Babson with shrill and appropriate cries of amaze- ment and joy. Babson had a motion-picture camera- man _from a newsreel Tpcy engaged to photograph the head of the vast brown flood as it rolled down the dry 40-foot main canal, bank-deep. He sent out engraved inviiations to -the great of the county and plastered the barns and fences of Forlorn Valley with notices of the great event and a cor- dial inyitation to attend—everything free. At the last moment he forgot his early religious trgining and erected & dance platform. He decorated every- thing liberally with red, white and blue bunting and the American flag | and resurrected the striped trousers, | Prince Albert coat and top hat he had once been forced to purchase—or look ridiculous when acting as pallbearer |to a defunct Congressman from his | dtstrict. He was so happy he elected to forget that Joe Brainerd had once punched him several times on the nose and sent over to the office of the Register a detailed announcement of his plans, for he was ever one who loved pub- licity. Promptly Brainerd carried this {news to Eden Valley, where Nate | Tichenor's eyes glowed strangely. He uct off immediately for the county seat. ‘The great day arrived and as Bab- son mounted the speakers’ platform and gazed out over the hundreds of happy faces before him—as the Gold Run 8ilver Cornet Band broke into “Hail, the Conquering Hero Comes” three cheers and a us_tiger burst from the audience, Babson turned to Representative Beatty, whose valiant work in Washington had aided to tap Eden Valley Creek and secure permis- sion to run the diversion canal through the public domain, and remarked that he was convinced at last that he had not lived in vain. . Bowing to the audience, he removed his shiny top hat and laid it on a small pine table before him. He gazed lovingly at the magic push-button, his hand reached lingeringly out to press it, all unse:n by his auditors (happily, he had taken the precaurilon so to place his hat that the pressing of the button would not be observed) when a rude interruption occurred. A ‘commanding voice eried sharply, “Stop that, Babson!” and Babson stayed his hand to glance up angrily. Nate Tichenor stepped up on the platform; behind him eame his wife and Rube Tennev end a silence that 1931—PART ONE. was almost thunderous settled over the grove as it was observed that all three were wearing two six-shooters each. Straight to Babson's side Tichenor strode; he delivered upon the Babson ;}.mul:'lfr lls zelntle liocollge wth lt bluca legal-looki locument ans then thrust it into rglblon'l hand, the while he said go all might hear: ““This is a temporary injunction from the judge éf the Superior Court of this county, restraining the -Forlorn Valley | I Irrigation District, its officers, bers, employes gnd agents, from di« verting the waters of Eden Valley Creek to Forlorn Valley and order the district to show cause, within 1 days, why this injunction should not be made permanent. I warn you, Silas Babson, that if you press that button you will be in coutemp® of court.” He turned, facing the audience. “If any enterprising:males in this andfence would-like to avail themselees of this opportunity to tar and feather me and punch and kick me into a resemblance of something remotely human, I am quite ready for the experiment.” There was not a sound. For fully two minutes the three on the platform waited imly, then Nate Tichenor sald: “Eat, drink and b> merry, for tomorrow you'll be brokc.” His wife put her arm through his and together they descended the two short steps to the audience, while Mr. Tenney, grin- ning evilly, trudged sttol®ly in the rear. Down through the center aisle they passed to an automobile waiting outside the grove; they entered and rolled away, as Silas Babson was read- ing d to riumph into one of despair. y" controlling his voice, he announced: “Mr. Tichenor has a habit of dramatizing himself and. while he has, of course, robbed this historic moment of certain high lights, I had providd for your entertainment, still his rude and ungenerous interruption need cast no shadow o'er us. We are here to enjoy ourselves and we shall do so.” Ard he proceeded to deliver his speech. Representstive Conrad Beatty followed him and assured his hearers that they had nothing to fear for the future— take his word for that. Henry Rookby, invaluable in desperate moments, had the band play whenever the speakers paused for breath or a drink of water, and little by little the gloom of Nate Tichenor’s dramatic visitation was dis- pelled and the party tdok on most ef | the aspects of a genuine jollification. (To be continued.) D. A. R. MUSEUM GETS CHINA WASHINGTON USED By the Associated Press. A pink and white tea set of rare Spode china, used to serve George ‘Washington, has been added to the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum. It was willed to the organization by Mrs. Elsie Marsteller Mulliken of Ra- leigh, N. C. Her ancestor, Col. Philip Marsteller, | one time mayor of Alexandria, V., was ‘Washington’s friend in. life, and one g{ dhh honorary pallbearers when he ed. Carefully the Marsteller family cherished the china used when Wash- ington came calling untii Mrs. Mulli- ken's death this year,”when it went to the patriotic organization, of which | she was a member. Bal at | little dm}x‘shtc‘; 'n‘ od éo, was Duo: m:lué brief intervals had kept the new crops | “How the aters 'ome wn af growing steadily and had deposited inllndore"; Miss Amy Gilfeather, who the lands sufficlent moisture to last | taught music in the Valley Center High until the Spring rains ceased and it | School, promised to sing Bendermeer's would be necessary to employ surface | “Stream,” and the local barber, who irrigation to develop the first crop had a contra-tenor and had learned about the first of June. Babson de- | to strum the guitar while waiting for cided, therefore, to open the Lake Bab- | trade in his barber shop. was engaged son head-gates for the first time on |to sing “Where the River Shannon May 1 and to make the occasion one | Flows.” All in all, Babson planned a of general rejoicing: the descent, for | singularly moist program and regretted the first time upon Forlorn Valley of | deeply that he dared not moisten the the life-giving waters of Eden Valley | proceedings still further with a couple Creek should be an epic_event | of casks of good California wine, for, The prospect filled him with de- |although modestly wet in private. Bab- light, thrilled him to an unwonted |son was vociferously dry in publie. LANSBURGH’S 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 first rains and succeeding rains Solve at Once—4 Days Left . I TR O - Don’t miss this opportunity to win—absolutely free—one of these valuable prizes. 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