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PAGE TWO. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER THUUSDAY, MAY 13, 1915 ' M d 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 i 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 u l 1 1 1 1 1 i II iuj ns f( I h I I I I 1 1 I I 1 1 1 I I I I I 1 1 I I II I r IIiiIIMkII 1 1 1 if m vi i if )i i ii i i 1 1 v 1 1 1 1 I ff a f t -c-i REED GO-CARTS , 5-8 inch rubber tire wheels, enameled finish and enameled push bars. These buggies sold from $30.00 to $35.00; we are closing themout for $11.95 RUGS 9x12 Axministcr Rugs.... .". .: 8-3x10-6 Axminister Rugs .;:...... ;We have all sizes, with equal values. ?17.75 $1595 BUFFET Plain Oak, Golden Wax Finish,' top 17x42, mirror .8x33; regular price $20.00, Closing out price....i.$10.00 Full Quartered Oa:t, Golden Wax, 25x 54 base, posts 2 3-8 in. ; a fine French bevel mirror 10x46; seven trays, one plush-lined; this is a beautiful piece of furniture; regular price $65.00, Closing out Price............. $37.50 Dining room tables and China closet to match, with equal values. ; jr -t! DUOFOLD DAVENPORT Exactly LikeCut Quartered Sawed Oak frame, Wax Finish; steel Couch Bottom in Seat; with Spring Edge.- a Regular Price $40.00, CLOSING OUT PRICE 1, ... ::....:.:......:. ....;....:.. .......;..$26.75 Regular price $45.00, CLOSING OUT PRICE .'. $32.75 K GA M:M. L Grande, Oregon mwwr JUME BY GEORGE RANDOLPH UhcoTE.R! a Kir Lillian, SCHtoTtS Copyright, 191$. by Serial Publication I Corporation AT SHERRY'S Runs Each Wed nesday and Thursday isr CHAPTER II. T pnrtlng Gilbert Hive held June's band between both bis and patted It gently, bis blnck e.ves slowlns down nt hnr. nnl be was smlllnir iidoii her with that nave smile which she bad come to trust "Tomorrow night at dinner." be Bald, lowering bis voice the slightest par ticle as If the remark were addressed In confidence to her, though the others were crowded eagerly round. Tbere was an lnstuut of hesitation. 'Then aboard the yacht!" exclaimed Tommy Thomas. She was looking at June, her deep red lips parting In a mile. June's cheeks paled. After all, the pleasantly modulated voice of Blve "Of course Ilouncet' shall got" Juue declared, nud (Ills time the handsome Collie, on his foot In mi lnslint- wintered his tall so vigorously that his hind feet sua . There was instant gratification in the faces surrounding June. Far awuy in the night Henri was speeding northward. Every now and then he turned to look back and laugh, where Jens Jausseu snt stolidly puffing nis pipe, one immense hand constantly on the arm or the knee of Ned Warner. "Vollal" cried Ilenrl lit high glee as the sharp night wind cut past ills race. "Well," grunted Jens lu huge content. June put herself Into the hands of the agltutod Marie very thoughtfully after the visitors had gone. "What Is the mutter. Mario?" .Thho'r tone was uulle solicitous. Him iiwntiio suddenly Awnre that Marin linil lim In such a stale of nervous excitement as she had nevor exhibited before. 'Nothing, Miss .1 utile: nothinur at nil! I'm nfruld of burglars!" y "Why. Marie, coma herel" ' MnrlA camo slowly over, nervously Wnnmllnir some kuotted pluk thing In her hands. lour eyes are reverlsh. You must go to bed, Mnrle. AValt Bring mo my medicine case aud a glass of wa-tcr." Meekly Marin took whnt .Tuna m ner. due later shn iinsbnfl ilmrn tha stairs and streaked across to the ga rage. Empty! At that moment Nor! Warner, hla hands nud feet still bound and his mouth still gagged, was being gleefully deposited ' in n dpsprted wnnilnntrm-'a sbed in the middle of a vast, bleak grove. Through the trees the moon- ft ,-V "Then aboard the yaehtl" exclaimed . Tommy Thomas. AS Mrs. Vlllard's companion it was bar Jnty to go on this trip. . "Shell we take. Bouncarr suggested 71 r.-st J this note, which she laid on June's bed: , Tti Af I .Ttinlo T am ullni V. . . n n thank you. I hope you will excuse me if I take a few hours off. I will be back for lunch. Hoping you are the same, I rmuin, yours anecuonaiaiy, She tlntoed out and hurried rinu-n the hill to the station, where she caught the first commuters' train. Ar riving nt the city, she sought Officer Dowd and prevailed on him to phone Ned's friends nud June's parents that .ed baa been kidnaped. Juno in a pretty little morning robe was busy among the flowers in Mrs. uinrus oouuoir winaow conservatory and slnHlnsr softly whon she heard a footstep behind her. Turning, she saw Vlllnrd towerlni! nhovn hnr. liln hnndn in tne pockets of his lotuurlna' robe. and he was grinning. "OhI" exclaimed Juue. startled. "Good morning." 'So this Is frlond wlfn'n nmrtv companion," observed Vlllnrd. "Well, friend wife has excellent taste." June moved away. "Don't be In a hurry." lm chuckltwl "We must get acquainted," and, sud denly reaching forward, he nut hla band under her chin nud turned up her race. She jerked awav. but ha olnsnl tha door toward which she darted and, gathering her in his long arms, crush ed her to him. June's struggles were futile and her shrieks muffled, but one pair of ears heard. There was a crash of glass, the flash of a long, lithe, white and brown body thronirh thn room, -and then Vlllnrd released his hold. Bouncer! Ho had sunk his teeth into Vlllnrd's arms,, and now he was a whirlwind of canlno fury. The man turned pale with fear, kick. Ing and striking at the enraged anl- mai. -. "Bouncer!" That cry from June saved Vlllard's life, for the dog, with a yelp of Joy, was springing for his throat as he fell. The man lay back. The dog stood still, motionless. The man's hand moved nervously. The collie moved precise ly that same amount, Villanl dirt not twitch a muscle from that time on. ex cept to speak, "Call off the dog!" he ordered. "Watch blm. Bouncer." snld June quietly. June rose from the chair Into whlh she had limply sunk, but a cold anger had come to replace her weakness. She was full of concern, but as she stnrea nt Juue her brows knotted and a flush crept Into her cheeks "what wbnt Is the matter?" she faltered. .. . June was already . halfway up the stairs. She turned. Mrs. Villard, with out a word, followed her. Side by side the two women stood looking at the man and the ilnir. Mrs.- Vlllni-it nnari. ed no exnlnnstlnn in toll har what hml happened. For the first time in her married lire she gave way to anger. "You benst!" she cried, hnr hocbo scarlet and her eyes flashing. "This is the Inst! I warned you to leave this flrl alone! I hfltn vnn! T pnnM son you torn to shreds! Go on,' Bouncer!" une come crouched at Junes feet The man rose cautiously. "You forcet!" husked the man. "We have a bargain!" Mrs. Vlllnrd lowered her eyes for a momeut. "It Is broken!" she suddenly flnrofl "You have nnld me well, nnd T hnve served yon well. But we were not to interfere with each other's life. Yon have interfered with mine. I am through!" She stripped her hands of her rlnmi and threw them nt him. She swept from the room, followed by June and Bouncer. They heard the phonhig for his rncer at n nearby ga racre. and while Mrs. Vlllnrrt wis arm packlne her clotlilne hnr hnshnnil m along the hall. He Btopped nt the door. "i non't tninlt you wlll-flnd thet your new line of work will nav m n won ns being my wife," the mnn snnrled. Mrs. Vlllnrd snrnntr to the closed It In his fnce, and Vlllnrd iHngh ed mockingly. "He Is a benst!" mi 1,1 Mrs VIMnnl and sat down as if she wished to say something more. Thorn l sound of wheels nt the door. Mrs. , Villard suddenly burled hnr fAPA In hav hands and cried. u.fkwnrdly for half a mile, bent and stooped like an old man. but exercise restored him, and by the time he found a road ho wus his vigorous self aguln and full of the dogged determination which had led him so far in the pursuit of his runaway bride. ' Down the blchwnv n mll nr mi Iia found an obscure road bouse, nnd be strode In at the saloon door. j WThlle ordering a "bracer" for his ; shattered nerves he saw his two cap j tors sitting at a table. He rushed mad- iy at tuem nua knocked them both to the floor. Diishlng out of the place, be Read the advertisements. suw their auto, lie Jumped in, pressed me siuriing uutton una sped away. Toe house of Mrs. Vlllnrd was closed and locked when Ned arrived there at i o clock m the afternoon. In the meantime June and Mrs. Vil lard and Bouncer were snnirlv on sconced in a pleasant hotel downtown, una oorore her at the writing table Mrs. Villard held open a hnnk book. Its figures represented the price she una received for the sale of her ten best years, and she had spent an hour in the debate, of whether to give up her earnings. June had been taken (Continued on Page 3.) D. R. FONG MEDICINE CO. Iplf CHINESE ROOT AND HERB REMEDIES f D.J:1 ft ' nr.. i ta .. . vwes oouiiy isueases rr itn Koot and Herb hCi treatment. Free Consultation Phone 762 1412 Adams Aye. La Grande Ore. . . v "What is the matter, Marie?" light glinted ou distant water, and the shadows of the trees lny lu fantastic, twisted patterns ou the hillside. , liawn. The red glow of the sun rise, Altering through the mist of the morning, stole lu nt the open door of the Vlllnrd gnrngo aud found Marie, With her fists folded undnr hnr irmi and the tip of her frosty nose in her mow, loudly snoring. She limped ovor to the house, plod ded tin to her mam. rirouaiul hnr! with numb Augers nnd after half an hour of dull eyed thought scrawled walked from the room nnd, going to the house blione In the hull, rnlli.il r. me Kiicncn. "litis Mrs. Villard returned?" she in quired of the mnld who nnswered. "Not yet." "Do you know whero to rerh hnr?" "Any one down nt the cottages will hunt her up and give her your mes- "Ask her to come home immedlntely, please. Tell her it Is oulto imiinrrnnr"" She walked back to the boudoir nnd giancea in nt the door. The two stat ues were ns she hnd left them. At the sound of her footstep Bouncer wngged the tip of his tall, but not for one fleet ing Instant did he remove his fiery eyes from the palo gray eyes of Bert Vlllnrd. Mrs. Villard, hurrying up the stairs within a few moments, found June in the landing alcove, whltn. hivrin . If with cold. "I'm sorry. Mrs. Vllinisi i going at once." she snld before the old er woman bad even a chance to speak. . cnim -wrs. Vlllard's Ho-, CHAPTER III. ONEY! June was face to fact with another angle of that eter nal problem, which, it seemed to her. had comnltpnru? h tire relationship of men and women. Mrs. Villard hnd plnlnly sold herself, and the price Is never great enough for any woman who has done that. Always in June's rapidly widening observation the mnn gave and the woman received, and her very dcuendenca question of matrimony one of essential barter and sale. It was wrong! It de stroyed the very source and fount of love. Was there no remedy? June, i eniiKen tnougn sue was by her painful experience of the morning, was strengthened In her own resolve. The , answer to the nroblem wbb iiwion . ence even though she suffered in the attainment of it, oven though Ned suffered. Their love would be all the stronger for It. nnd it would be pure al ways. . Could she have seen Ned nt that mo ment all her theories nnd nil her de ductions would have taken swift nti. and she would have bnthed with her tours the swollen wrist which he had Just freed from the' rough rope that uuu uounu it. Slowly ,,n.l with Infinite pain Ned Anally freed his lunula ti,- - quivering as. with a mighty effort, be j ".-vu llll'Ul 10 lie hili'lr nf l.lo I i aud fumbled with the kuot which held his kae In nlann. it cn....i . . . pv.uvu ages ue- rore he was able to remove that tight in removed the tight thongs from nrouud his nukles. Ue llmwd PRESTIGEThe reflection of QUALITY The satisfaction of good Workmanship, good Mat erial, remains long after the price is forgotten on the House that you build for a Home. H E. ROSKAMP, Contractor & , Builder I rjjTi. l6ttes !)) j 1 WholesaleLiquorDealer 5l X 1 1 18 Jefferson Ave, La Grande Ore. (( fC f mm tpTTes. tABBWOt.. WholesaleLiquorDealer 1118 Jefferson Ave, La Grande Ore. 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