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MCNO DUIiliRTIN, BRND, ORKGON, TIIUItHDAY, AUGUST 10, 1022 PAGB CROSS-CUT "Well, tTicrc was 711115; Cornlshman licrc Hint I was klnl of sweet on nnd 1 kucss I nlwnys will bo. lie's been pone now, though, ever since your fn thcr left. I pot him and nuked him to lielp. And Hnrry wns just the kind nf a fellow that would do It. Out In the dead of night they went nnd Pinked out your father's claim Ilnrry wns to pet 25 per cent and early the next morning your dad wns waiting to file on It, while Ilnrry wns waiting for them three. And what n tight It must have been that Harry wns n wildcat In those younger days." She Inughed, then her voice grew serious. "Hut nil had Its effect. Itodalno ditlnl Jump that claim, ind a few of tis around here filed dummy claims enough In the vicinity to keep him off of getting too close but there was one way we couldn't stop him. Ho lind power, and he's always hail It and he's got It now. A lot of awful strange things happened to your fa ther after that charges were filed ngalnsl him for things he never did.. Men jumped on him In the dark, then went to the district attorney's office nnd accused him of making the at tack. And the funny part was that the district attorney's orflce nlways believed them and not him. Once they had him Just at the edge of the penitentiary, but I I happened to know a few things that well, he didn't go." Again Mother Howard chuckled, only to grow serious once more. "Men who went to work for your father and Harry 'disappeared, or got fcurt accidentally in the mine or Just quit through the bad name It was getting. Once Harry, coming down from the tunnel at night, stepped on a little bridge that always before had been ns secure and safe as the hills themselves. It fell with him they went down together thirty feet, and there was nothing but Na ture to blame for It, In spite of what we three thought. Then, at last, they got a fellow who was willing to work for them In spite nf what Ttodalne's crowd and It consisted of everybody In power hinted about your fu I tier's bad reputation back Kast and " "My father never harmed a soul In his life!" Falrchlld's voice was hot. resentful. Mother Howard went on: "I know he didn't. Son. I'm only telling the story. Miners are super stitious as a general rule, and they're childish nt believing things. It nil worked In your father's case with the exception of Harry and 'Slsxle' Lar sen, a Swede with a high voice. Just nbout like mine. That's why they gave hlin the name. He went to work. A few months Inter they got Into good ore. It looked like the bad luck was over at last. Then " Mother Howard hesitated nt the brink of the very nubbin of It all, to The Three of Us Drove Up the Main Street." Itohcrt Falrchlld. A long moment followed, In which he repressed a de sire to seize her and wrest It from her, nnd at lost "It wub about dusk one night," sho went on. "Hurry riime In and look me with him Into this very room. He kissed me and told me Unit lie must go away. He asked me If I would go with him without knowing why. And, Son, I trusted lilin, I would have done anything for hlin hut I wasn't as old then as I am now. I refused and to this day, I don't know why. It wns Just woman, I guess. Then ho asked me If I would help him. I said I would. "He didn't tell me much; except that he had been uptown spreading the word that the ore had pinched out and that the hanging rock had raved In and that lie and 'Sfssle' and your father were through, that they Courtney Cooper ILLUSTRATIONS RJB.VaivNice, were beaten and were going nwny that night. Hut and Ilnrry waited n long time before he told me this "Slssle wns not going with them. "'I'm putting a lot In your hands,' ho told me, 'hut you've pit to help s. "Slssle" won't be there nnd I can't tell you why. The town must think that he Is. Your voice Is Just like "Slssle's." You've got to help us out of town.' "And I promised. I.nte thnt night, the three of us drove up the miitn street, your father on one side of the seat, Harry on the other, nnd me, dressed In some of 'Slssle's' clothes, half hidden between them. Nobody dreamed that I was anyone else hut the Swede my head was tipped for ward, so they couldn't see "my fea tures. We drove outside town and stopped. Then we said goodby, and 1 put on an old dress that I had brought with me and sneaked back home. No body knew the difference." "Hut Lnrsen ?" "You know ns much as I do, Ssn." "You never saw Lnrsen ngalnl" "I never saw any of them. That was the end." "Hut Itodalne 1" "He's still here. You'll hear from him plenty soon. I could see thnt, the minute Illlndeye Hozcmnn nnd Taylor Hill began tnklng your meas ure. You noticed they left the table before the meal was over? It was to tell Itodalne." "Then he'll fight me. too?" Mother Howard laughed and her voice wns harsh. "Ilodalne's n rattlesnake. His son's a rattlesnake. Ills wife's crazy Old Crazy Ijiura. He drove her that way. She lives by herself. In an old house on the Georgevllle road. And she'd kill for him, even If he does bent her when she goes to his house nnd begs him to take her back. That's the kind of a crowd it Is. Just to put a good finish on It all, the young 'un moves In the best society In town and spends most of his time trying to argue the former district Judge's daughter Into marrying him. So there you nre. That's all Mother Howard knows, Son." Slie turned to the door nnd then, turning, patted Knlrchlld on Hie. shoul der. "Hoy," came quietly, "you've cot n broad hack and a good head. Itodalne beat your father don't let him heat you. And nlways remember one thing: Old Mother Howard's played the game before, and 'she'll play It with you dark streets aren't exactly the place for you." ltobert Falrchlld obeyed the In structions, a victim of many a conjec ture, many nn nttempt nt reasoning as he sought sleep that was far nwny. Again and again there rose before him the lsIon of two men In an open buggy, with a person between them whom Ohndl helloed to be an effeml-nnte-volced Swede; In reality, only a woman. And why had they adopted the expedient? Why had not Lnrsen been with them In reality? It was hours before Kalrchlld found sleep, and even then It wns a thing of troubled visions. Streaming sun awakened him, nnd he hurried to the dining room to find himself the last lodger nt the tables. He ate a rather hasty meal, made more so by an Impatient waitress, then with the necessary papers In his pocket, Kalrchlld started toward the courthouse and the legal procedure which must be undergone before he made his first trip to the mine. A block or two, and then Kalrchlld suddenly hailed. Crossing the street at nn angle Just before him was a young woman whose features, whose mannerisms he recognized. The whip cord riding habit had given place now to a tailored suit which deprived her of the boyishness that had been so apparent on their first meeting. The rap had disappeared before a close fitting, varicolored turban. Hut the straying brown hair still was there, the brown eyes, the piquant little nose nnd the prettily formed lips. Fair--child's henrt thumped nor did he stop lo consider why. A quickening of his pare, and ho met her Just as she stepped to the curbing. "I'm so glad nf this, opportunity," he exclaimed happily. "I want to re turn that money to you. I I was so fussed yeslerihiy I didn't realize" "Aren't you mistaken?" She looked at him wllh a slight smile. Kulrchlld did not on toll the Inflection. "Oh. no. I'm tho man, you know, who helped you change that tire on tho Denver road yesteriloy." "1'nrdon me." This time one brown eye had wavered ever so slightly, In dicating someone behind Knlrchlld. "Hut I wasn't on the Denver road yesterday, nnd If you'll excuse ine for saying so, I don't remember ever hav ing seen you before." There wns a little light In her eyes which took away the sting at the de lilnl, n light which seemed to urge rail i Jim iuul ai tiuj corns Uuia ta tclL Fair- child that she I rusted him to do his part ns n gentleman In n thing she wished forgotten. More fussed than ever, he drew hack nnd bent low In npology, while, she passed on, llnlf a block away, n young mnn rounded n corner and. seeing her, hastened to Join her. She extended iter hnnd; they cluilted n moment, then strolled up the street together. Knlrchlld watched blankly, then turned nt a chuckle Just behind him emanating from the bearded Hps of an old miner, loafing on tho stone roping lit front of n small store. "Pick the wrong filly, pnrdnor?" came the query. Kalrchlld managed to smile. "Guess so." Then he llotl quickly. "I thought sho was a girl from Den ver." "Her? Tho old miner stretched. "Nope. That's Anita Ittchmond. old Judge Itlchmond's daughter, Guess sho must hev been expecting Ifcct young fellow or sho wouldn't have cut you off so short. Sho ain't usually that way." "Her fiance?" Knlrchlld nsked the question with misgiving, Tho miner finished his stretch nnd added a ynwn to It. Then ho looked appralslngly up the street toward the retreating fig ures. "Well, some say he Is nnd some say ho nln't. Guess It mostly depends on the girl, nnd sho nln't telling yet." "And the mnn who Is he?" "Him? Oh. he's Maurice Itodalne. Son of a pretty famous character "Oh, He's Maurice Rodalne." around here, old Squint Itodalne. Owns the Silver Queen property up the hill. Kver hear of him?" The eyes of ltobert Kalrchlld nnr rowed, and a desire to fight a long ing to grapple with Squint Itodnlnc nnd all that belonged to him surged Into his heart. Hut his voice, when he sKike, wns slow and suppressed. "Squint Itodalne? Yes, I think I hnve. The nnme sounds rather fa miliar." Then, deliberately, he started tip tho street, following at a distance the man and the girl who walked before him. CHAPTER VI There was no specific reason why Ilohert Knlrchlld should follow Mau rice Itodalne nnd the young wiimnn who had been described to him as tho daughter of Judge Richmond, who ever he might be. Itesentment wns In his heart resent inent that the family of Itodalne should he connected In some way with the piquant, mysteri ous little person he had helped out of a predicament nn tho Denver road the day before. And, to his chagrin, the very fact that there was a connection added a more sinister note to the es capade nf the exploded tire and tho pursuing sheriff; ns he walked along, his gaze far ahead, Kalrchlld found himself wondering whether there could bo more tlinn mere coincidence In It all, whether she was a part of the Itodalne schemes and the Itodalne trickery, whether Hut he ceased his wondering to tutn sharply Into a nearby drug store, there absently to give an order at the soda fountain and stand watching the pnlr who had stopped Just In front of lilm nn the comer. She was the same girl; there could be no doubt of thnt, and he raged Inwardly ns she chatted nnd chaffed with the man who looked down upon her with a smiling air of proprietorship which Instilled Instant rebellion In Falrchlld's henrt. Nor did ho know the reason for thnt, cither. After a moment they parted, and Kalrchlld gulped at his fountain drink. Sho had hesitated, then with a quick decision turned straight Into the drug store. "Huy n ticket, Mr. McCuiilcy?" she asked of the man behind the counter, "I've sold .twenty already, this morn ing. Only five more, nnd my work's over, Please take the live, won't you? Then I'll be through." "I'll bo durned If I will, 'Nltn I" Mc Pauley backed against n shelf caso In mock self-defense. "JOvcry tlmo you've got anything you wnnt to get rid of, you como In hero nnd shove It off on me. There's only four In my fntnily and four's all I'm going to take." He tossed four silver dollars on the show case and took the tlckcfs. The girl demurred. "Hut how about tho fifth one? I've got to sell that too " "Well, sell It to him I" And Kalr child, looking Into the sodn-fountaln mirror, saw himself Indicated as the druggist started toward the prescrip tion, roso.,.. There was n moment of awkward si lence, ns Knlrchlld Rated Intently Into his soda glass, then with n feeling of queer excitement, set It on tho mnrhlo counter ami turned. Anita lllclminnd wns nppronchlng In n slrnngerdlko manner a ticket of some sort held before her. 'Tuition me," situ began, "but would you euro to buy a ticket to the Old Times dunce? It'a n sort of munici pal thing, gotten up by tho bureau of mines to celebrate the return of sli ver mining." "Hut I'm a fin Id I'm not much' on dancing." "You don't have to be. Nohody'll dance much except the old-fashioned affairs. You see, ovct) body's supposed to represent people of tho days when things were booming around here, There'll he a tlddln orchestra, and a dance caller and everything like thnt, and a bar but of course there'll only bo Imitation'' liquor. Hut," sho added with quick emphasis, "there'll bo a lot of things really real real 'kenn anil roulette and everything like that, and ever body In the costumo of thirty or forty years ago. Don't you want to huy a ticket? It's tho last one I've gotl" she udded prettily. "Whcn's It to be,?" "A week from tomorrow night. Are you going to bo here thnt long?" She realized tho slip of her tongue and colored slightly. Kalrchlld, recov ered now, reached Into n pocket anil carefully fingered the MIU there. Then, with n quick motion, ns ho drew them forth, he covered n ten dollar bill with n one-dollar note and thrust them forward. "Yes. I'll take the ticket." She handed It to hlin, thanked him, nml renched for tho money. As It passed Into her hand, a corner of tho ten-dollar hill revealed Itself, nnd she hastily thrust It toward him as though to return money pnld by nils take. Just ns quickly, she realized his purpose and withdrew her hand. "Oh I" sho exclaimed, almost In a whisper, "I understand." She (lushed and stood a second hesitant, flustered, her big eyes almost childish ns they looked up Into his. "You ) ou must think I'm a cadi" Then she whirled nml loft tie store, and a slight smile came to the lips of ltobert Knlrchlld as he watched her hurrying across tho street. He had won n tiny victory, nt least. (To De Continued.) DRIVER HURT WHEN AUTO TURNS TURTLE ('. A. Huohong Sustains Cut Thigh Attempted To Pas Another Car On Tuinalo Itonil. 0. A. Uushoiig sustained, n sevcro cut on the thigh Sunday night on his way homo from Suttlo Inku, whon his car turned over on the road from Tumnlo to Ilond when ho drove Into tho soft gravel In attempting to pass another car. HiisIioiik wns Imprisoned boncnth the cur, and a screw ou the windshield caused tho wound. An other passenger In tho car was un hurt, and extricated HusIioiir, Out side of a cracked windshield, tho car was not damaged. The car was one which formerly belonged to Dnn Smith, and had been In a similar accident while Smith's property. ACTION DEFERRED ON ARNOLD'S RAILROAD Commercial Club Directors Author ize Preparation of More I toad Signs. A. W. Arnold's proposal to build a "rubber tired woodon" railway from Hand to I.nkovlew, presented to tho Ilond Commercial club direc tors Thursday, was not acted upon tho railroad commltteo deciding that no action could bo takon until tho present controversy over tho South urn Pacific-Central Pacific unmorgcr Is decided. Secretary Antles was Instructed to have placed all of the road signs on hnnd and to have an additional sup ply painted, particularly for pointing out tho way to tho Century drive In sldo Dond's city limits. STRUCK BY CABLE, LOGGER IS INJURED Glon Hnckott, employed at filiov-lln-Hlxon Camp No, 1, sustalnod a badly bruleod back and also suffered a sprained nnklo and scratches on his head and arms, whon a loosa cablo struck him Saturday afternoon. No bones wero broken. Ho was brought to tho Lumberman's hospital, nnd Is reported Improving satisfactorily. HISTORY PAMPHLETS SENT TO TEACHERS Pamphlets on tho history of Ore gon aro being sont out for the first tlmo from tho office of State Super intendent of Education J. A, Church Ill, nnd will ho used as an aid to Instructors In touching tho subject In tho eighth grade. A qunntlty of tho pamphlota wero received at tho office of County Superintendent J, Alton Thompson this morning, Lynx Kitten Adopts Auto Salesman's Car; Now He's a Window Decoration; May Become U. of O. Football Mascot A lynx kitten which was round on tho running hoard nf n llend Motor Sorvlco Co. nulomohllo lin yond Prliiiivlllo, Is now the con trnl figure In n window display nt tho company's local otllco on Ilond street. Tho kitten was one of half n dozen or moro which npponrod near tho roud as thu car Idled along. Tho others escaped whon pursued by occupants of tho enr, but tho ono In question merely camped ou tho running hoard nnd rofusod to leave. Sunday night ho changed his RECEPTION PLANNED FOR COUPLE FAILS Vehicle Which Wns To Transport Newlywnls In Htale Itrltirns Krom Hint Ion lOniply. A reception committee which did not receive what It expected appeared Tuesday mnrnliiR nt thn union station to moot tho K. IV & S. passenger train. A dilapidated truck with an antiquated sent arranged' In tho rear, with "Just married" painted ncros tho back, drew tip nt thu station, with n. P. Iloyco, Lloyd Maglll nnd Vornon Manny In charge. Whon tho train arrived, Dr. Harry N. Mooro was ono of those who alighted, but no Mrs. Monro ap peared. After the dentist wns hown tho conveyance which had been ar ranged for himself nnd his brldo, and after efforts to obtain a third degroa confession hnd failed, ho admitted thnt there Is a Mrs. Moore, and that sho had remained In Portland for n few day. The truck wns driven back to town unoccupied. Dr. Mooro nnd Miss Helen Abel, last year an Instructor In typing nnd history at tho llend high school, wore married In Portland Inst Saturday, CIVILIAN AID NOW OCCUPIES A. R. C. Whero a few months ago ox-snrvlco men's needs occuplod most of the Ited Cross homo sorvlco section, ci vilian casos oro now In the majority, It Is shown In tho report for July, Issued by Mrs. Vernon A. Forties, secretary. Forty ox-scrvlco men, 10 of them now In July, nnd 43 civilian cases, Including 20 now ones, wcro handled. Tho lied Cross shop turned over 150 for tho usu of the homo sorvlco section on August I, but tho sales durliig July amounted to only $12. 10. CHIEF CLERK GOES TO VANCOUVER JOB I.nuls Curre,hlnf clerk nt tho llend railroad terminal for tho past five years, leaves today for Vancou ver, In take a similar position at tho consolidated yards, Littand Davis will bo promoted to tnko Currlo'sj placo here, and a now man will como from Portland to fill Davis' position, Currlo's family Is now In California, and will Join hlin nt Van-J criuvor. ROADS SOUTH ARE IMPROVED BY RAIN Itoads south of Ilond hnvo been Improved, rather than damaged, by tho recent heavy rains In that part of Central Oregon, according to It, B, McCluro of tho Dodgo agency, who returned to llend hist week from n . trip Into I.ako and Klamath counties. Grass hoppers aro stripping thn grain Holds In tho Klnmnth marsh district, according to McCluro. WEEK END IS FOUND QUIET BY OFFICERS Only ono transgression of the law was roportod over tho woolc end, Ola Swanson wns arrested Saturday night on a charge of drunkenness, and to day fnrfoltod $26 ball. Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company Lumber, Lutli, Shingles, Building Miitcrinl, Kiln Dried Flooring and till kinds of Finish SASH AND DOORS COMPLETE STOCK of Sund.rd Sue.. BROOKS-SCANLON LUMBER CO. Local Salos Aj,'ont, MILLKll LUMBKU CO. mind ns ho was being brought Into Ilond, I lo managed In froo him self when (ho corner of his box was rained Mr a moment, hut was cap tured about 1 o'clock Monday morning by llniihiin Hhnrford, 0, T, Mann, nnd Mann's Alrndalu dug. Tho lynx Is' to bo sent to l'rlun vlllo to Dr. Ji II. ItosuiiborK, nnd from thoro will bo shipped to Kit gone this fall nn n candidate for tho position of innitcot of tho Univer sity of Oregon football eleven, Dr. Honcnticrg's son Is a student nt tho state, university. SPIIIER TO BECOME AGENT FOR BLOCK Action of Hrntllo Man In justing IteproMMitntho Not Hup ported !ly Court, That John Michael of Seattle, In whoso tmtno title to (ho Sphlnr build ing In Ilond stands, had no right In oust I). Sphler, holder of a CO per cent equity In tho property, nk agent, Is tho decision hnndod down In cir cuit court In the caso brought, by Sphlor several months ago, Thu de cision allow J, K, Arnold, Michael's agent, a C per cent salnry up to September 1, with n like amount go ing to Sphlnr, and rolintatlng Hphler as agent after Hint date, Jay II. Up ton, Sphlrr's attorney, explained. 1 The building, which was rmloomrd from foreclosure through Michael's aid, ha becoma n paying property, s according to Upton. Y T1IKV AUK Mil,!) IILT ICITKOTIVi: HlllouinoM, headaches, blurred vi sion, bad breath nnd coaled lougun nro almost certain to bo prosunt with a moss of heat producing undigested food In thn stomach. Foloy Cathartic Tablets keep tho digestive organ ac tive and thn system fit and fine, purged of poisons. Not hahll form ing. Sold crorywhoro. Adv. 1 PHOFF-HHIONAL AM) ISUHINKHH DIIHXTOHY ' PHONE I t J Lee Thomas, Architect nml Hugh Thompson Deschutes Investment llulldlng, Wall Street. 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