PAGE TWO.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
THUUSDAY, MAY 13, 1915
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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. ;
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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 .'. $32.75
K GA M:M. L Grande, Oregon
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JUME
BY GEORGE
RANDOLPH
UhcoTE.R!
a Kir
Lillian,
SCHtoTtS
Copyright, 191$. by Serial Publication
I Corporation
AT SHERRY'S
Runs Each Wed
nesday and Thursday
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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
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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.)
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"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
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