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"""" THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Tuesday. October 'jy 11)21)
but I got -00I poMUH."
Alr. J.tnton untiled lrvumlly. "It's
a k- 1 nMd u Rood partner. "
'J'II buy a new fnln'-pun out of
my moiH-y. Altm sot unlil, ome-
aniiKN'd closer: soon lie beun to
snore, lie riorrd tn a low and
confidential tonw ut first, but Brinl
nully the sound Increased in vol
uuw und rope In plteli.
I.lnton listened to i with n thrill,
and he ns.si.red himselC thut he
fioni Ihz nostrils of hln new pttrU
nev. .
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Named Twice As Love Thief
i how."
Tom eliiickU-il. "You durnrd old
1 Tool!" said hi. ' . -
Jerry lienved n lonff tKh and
You ean have n pood time being
foolish if you net aeiiBibly Hbout it,
H'Hlk is eheup unless you aro do-
hud nt'ver heard music of iieh
Hoiil-Himsfylnp- mw
tneHS na imnM 1 in the talking. " " ' "
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CIMITRK IX ((.'imtiiioctl) tund peered out inlo the night. At
: Alter while her liund rose to j first In- could m-u notlilns. but in
Ills furo and stroked It softly, tht-n time he dlmlv made out Jerry
slto iln w herself iiwuy rrom him struRKllnir with his turpuulln. Kvl
nlld.. with u wan smile upon her I dinlly the fly hud blown down, or
Him Maid: "The wind has made a
fool of mi."
'No. no!" he cried forcefully.
'3fou asked i what I think of
you Well, now you know."
Htill ernllliiK. she shook her heart
Blowly, Ihen she told him. "Come!
3 hear the ruin."
"Hut I wunt to tulk to you. 1
have so much to say "
"Whnt l.s there to talk nhout to
night? Hark!" They could feel.
ruiher than hear, the first warn
up, und Its owner wus restretchiiifr
II. Linton grinned. That would
drench the old dodo to the skin
and he'd soon he uround, hedging
shelter. .
"Hut I won't let him In, not If
ho drowns," Tom mutlered hursli
ly. He"- recalled one of Jerry's
jrlhcs at the saw-pll, a purticulurly
unreeiinK, nay, u downright veno
mous insult which had rankled
steudlly ever since. His former
friend hud seen fit to ridicule hon
inns of the coming downpour, ho jest perspiration and to pretend to
hitlld In hand they walked up the mistake it for raindrops. That re.
gmvelly beach and Into the frliiBO murk had been utterly uncalled for
ot. the forest where Klowed I ho and It hud belruved n wanton riiul.'
dull Illumination from himplll can- Ice, a. malevolent desire to wound:.
vas .walls. When they paused be
fore, the Countess' tent I'lereo once
jm)rn enfolded her In his arms and
sheltered her frou the hohncrous
breath of the night. J Its emotions
were In a similar tumuli, but n
yet, he could not voice them, he
could merely slammer: -
VYou have never told me your
name."
.Illlldn."
"May 1 call you thai?"
oho nodded, "i es when we
aro alone.- Hilda llulberg, thnt
was my name."
"Hilda! Hilda Phillips." fierce
dried . -the . sound curiously. The
Countess drew back abruptly with
a shiver;' then,' in answer to his
uuick concern, snld: ,
. ."I I think I'm cold."
; .He tindertook to clasp her closer,
but she held him orr, murmuring:
"Let It he Hilda Halberg for,to.
night. Let's not think of lxt's
not think nt all. Hilda bride of
. the storm. There's a tempest tn
my blood, and who can think with
a tempest raging?"
She raised her face nnd kissed
Win upon the lips, then, disengag
ing herself once morn from his
hungry arms, she slopped Inside
her shelter. The lust he saw of
her was her luminous smile framed
liffainat the black background;
thon she let the lent-fly fall.
' As Phillips' turned uwuy big
raindrops begun to drum upon the
nearby tent roofs, the spruce-tops
overhead bent low, limbs threshed
tjl- gusty night wind bent, upon
inem. ijiii ne nenrd nono or It.
felt none of It. for in his curs rnng
the music of the spheres ami on his
r.icn lingered (lie warmth of a wo
nujn's lips, the first love kiss thut
ho,- hud 'ever known.
1 Tom Linton roue.d,h,lii)elf from
u cniuy uuzit 10 rind Hint Ihe rain
had conic at lust. l was a roaring
muni; his tent was bellied In by
the force or Ihe wind, and Hie rain
drops belli upon It wllii ihe force
of ; buckshot. Through the -out-roilce
Mill, through Ihe open stove
pipe hole', Ihe gale poured, brlng
Init dampness with it and render
ing tint Ulterior as draughty as a
corti-rrlli. Hulling hhnsclr more
tightly in his hlankels, Llnlon ad
dressed the darkness Ihrougli chut
teling teelh.
"Darned old fool! Thlsil leach
him;!",
He si rained Ills curs for sounds
or Jerry, hut could hear nothing
Ohove the shilling of wet canvas,
the tattoo of drops, and Ihe roar
or wind In the tree-tops. Afler
the first violence or Ihe suunll had
passed he fancied lie could hear his
former purlncr Stirling, so he arose
. Buy (it the
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well, hero wus u chance to. even
the score. When Jerry eiime drip
ping to the leni door, Tom derided
he would poke his hea.il , out Inlo
the deluge und then. cry In evident
nstonishmenl: "Why, Jerry,, you've
been working, hnven't-you'. You're
all sweniy!" Mr. Llnlon giggled
out loud. That would be a rerine
iiietit or sarcasm that would bo a
get-back or ihe finest. Jf jerry
insisted upon coming in out of ihe
wet he'il tell him gruffly to get out
or there ond try the Inko for a
change. . '
Jtut Mr., Quirk made no move In
tho direction or the lent; Instead,
ho built a rire In his stovo nnd
crouched over it, endeavoring vain
ly to sheller himself from the drlv.
Ing rain. Llnlon watched him with
mingled Impudence and resent,
nieni. Would the old fool never
get enough? Jerry was tho most
unreasonable, the most tantalizing
person In the world. . ' '
After a llmo Mr. Linton found
that his teeth were chattering and
that his rrume had been smitten
as by nn ngue: rcluctnntly ho crept
buck Into bed. Ho determined to
buy, beg, borrow, or steal some
more bedding on tho morrow
early on tho morrow In order to
foreslall Jerry, Jerry would have
to find a tent BOmewhere, and in-
aamuch us there were none to be
hud here til Llnderiuun, he would
probably have lo return to Hyea. I
1 Hat would deluy hlin seriously
luiough, perhups, so thnt the Juws
or winter would close down upon
mm. jnrougn the drone of nut
lerlng drops there came tho fulnt
sound or a cough.
Mr. Linton sat up In bed. "Pncu
monla!" he exclaimed, voll, Jerry
wus gelling exactly what he de
served. J lo hud called' him, Tom,
an "old fool," a "dum' old fool
to he precise. The epithet In Itself
jncani noihlng M was In faot
fatuous und feelde term ot abuse
as compared lo the opprobrious
lines which he nnd Jerry were In
me mum or cxcltlinglng II was
Mint aljomlnuble udjectlve which
hurt. Jerry und he hud called
each other ninny nanus ut times,
uiey nun exenunged nuinerniiH
guns and insults, but nothing like
inai nalerul word "old" had ever
passed between them until this fa
lal morning, jerry Quirk himself
wus oiu, tho oldest mun In the
woriu, perhups, but Tom had oxer.
ctsed an udmiruhlo regurd for his
partners feelings ond had never
oust It up to him. Thus hud his
consideration been repaid. How.
ever, tho poor fellow's rneo wos
about run. for he couldn't stand
cold or exposure. Why, a wet foot
sent him to bed. How. then, could
rickety ruin of his nntlmiltv
withstand the ravages of nneiinio.
nla gnlloplng pneumonia, nt thut?
Linton reflected that eommnn
decenoy would demand .. thnt he
wait over a day or two nnd help
bury the old man people would
expect thnt much of him. He'd lo
It. He'd apenk kindly of the de.
purled; he'd even erect n cross mid
write nn epitaph upon II a kindly,
lying epitaph extolling the dend
man's virtues nnd bniltting all
mention or his nulls.
Once more thnt hacking cough
sounded, nnd the listener sllmi!
uneasily, Jerry had some virtues
a r'w of the common, elemental
unrt he was honest, and he was
brave, but, for 'hut matter, so were
most people. Yes, the old scoun
oicl had nerve enough, Linton re.
culled -a certain day, long pnst,
when he und tjulrk had been sent
out to round up some cattle-rust.
lers. Ilelng the vniiiiire.it .it.nnii....
In the sheriff's ofilee. the toughest
Join. Invariably r.il to them. Those
were the good, glad days, Tom re
flected. Jerry had made a repu
tallon on that trip and he hnd sav
ed Ills companion's life Llnlon
flopped nervously In his bed nt the
memoiy. 'h ythlnk of days dead !
nnd gone? jerry wus nn alto.
geiner nirterent man In those1
tlmo. He neither criticised nor!
permuted others to crltlclic Ills'
team-mate. and. so far as that par
tlenlar ol.llKallon went. Llnlon hud !
repaid It with compound interest.
If anything, the debt now lay on'
Jerry's side.
Tom tried to close the book of1
memory. Why think of .lavs dead
whatever except Ihe rankling pres.
ent. hut. nov Hint his thmmhis t,a I
begun to run backward, he .,.,,11
not head them off. He wh.-,l
Jerry wouldn't rough: It was n .its. ;
tresslng sound, nnd it disturbed his
rest. Nevertheless, thut hollow,
harking complaint continued and
finally Ihe listener arose, lit a l.n
tern, put on slicker and unt!c,i
his lent flaps.
Jerry's stove wan aiiiling in the
partial shelter o( ihe cunvas sheet;
over it the owner crouched in ii
altitude of cheerless dejection.
"How you making out?" Tom In
quired, gruffly. Ills voice was cold, i
his manner wan both repellent and I
n osi ne.
I) "Whn. me?" jerry peered tip
Irrom under his liltienlnf aou'.
wesler. . "Oh, I'm doln' fine!
Linton remained silent. III ut
ease; water drained off his coat
his lantern flured smoklly in the
wind. Afler a lime hu ci.-ured his
throat and inquired:
"Wet?"
' "Nuw!"
There ,wua u long pnuse, then
the visitor Inquired: "Are you iv-
Ing?"
"Unh-hunh!
' Again alienee eluiiued both men
unlil Tom broke out, Irrliolilv
"Well, you aim to set here nil
night?
"Kiire! I ain't sleepy. I doni
mind it little mist and Pin plenty
wurm." This cheerful assertlun
wus helled by Ihe miserulile quuver
In which it was voiced.'
"Why .don t you er run over
lo my tent ?" Llnlon. gasped and
swallowed', .hard. Tim invitation
was out,' Ihe 'dantnge . w.ih done.
There's lots of. room."
' .Mr. : Quirk ' spared .' his. caller's
further, feelings' by. betraying no
triumph whatever.. . Itatlier' plain
tively he 'declared: -"j got room
enough here. It ain't exactly room
I need." ' Again; lie coughed.. '
"Here! '. tlet -a 'move on ,you.
quick, " Llnlon ordered, - forcefully.
"The Idea' or you setting nround
hatching out niungrtfl or pneumo
nia ;iugs! , Cllt! I'll bring your
lie.ldlng,". ,, . i ,
Mr. Quirk rose with nlncrltv.
"Huy! Lei's take mv slove over lo
your lent and warm her up. I hot
you'ro cold?"
'.N-no! I'm comfortable enough."
The. upenker's leelh played an ac.
compnnlmcnt lo this mendacious
denial. "Of course I'm not sweat
ing any. hut I .s'pase the utovo
would cheer things up, eh? .Hot
ton night, ain't It?"
Worst I ever sav. Hotten coun
try, for thiil matter."'
"You said something." Mr. Lin
ton chattered. He nodded his bend
with vigor.
II was wet work moving Jerry's
belongings, but Ihe transfer wua fi-
nully. effected, the slove was set up
and a new fire started. This done,
loin brought rorth a bottle of
whisky.
Here," .sold he, "take u snifter.
It'll do you good."
I Jerry eyed tho bottle with frank
nstonishment befqre he exclaimed:
"Why, I didn't know you was a
drlnkin' mun. You been hldln' a
secret vice from me?"
' "No. And Pin not a drinking
man.. J brought It along for you.
Ier Hint cough of yours used to
worry- me, so" ,
,' "l'Xhaw! 1 cough uasy. Yoi
know that." . , , ,
"You take a Jolt nnd" Linton
flushed with embarrassment "and
I'll have one with you. I wus ly
ing Just now; I'm colder 'n u frog's
belly."
"Happy days." said Quirk, as he
lipped the bottle.
'A long life nnd a wicked one!"
Llnlon drank In his turn. "Now
then, get out or those cold com
presses. Here's some dry under
clothes thick, too. Weil doublo
3 WINHH OK CHANOH .,
up those henskln blankets ror to
night and I'll keep tho flra u-
going. I'll euro that cough If I
sweut you as white an a wash
woman's thumb."
'You'll do nothing of the eort."
Jerry declared, an ho removed his
sodden garments and hung them
up. "louil crawl right into bed
with me. and we'll have a good
sleep. You're near dead."
Hut Linton wna by no means re
assured; his tone was querulous
when he cried: "Why didn't you
come In before vou caught cold?
ft'pose you get Btrk, on mo; now?
Hut you won't. I won't retj iytou.'
In n panic or apprehension; jiejdiii"
."if1
fell v
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Mni-joWe i ItamlM-mr,-' ucll-t,afiwi ltnmduny ni hvs, far ; Hie
mm'oimI lime in H year has iM-en ttirttsed of stealing the love -or
another ifiunu'H husband. Mi-kJ Mabel Manlon. wile of Kevitl
.MaiiUMi, actor who. has been playing opiioite Miss ltjinilK'ati,
Iiuk ff'.ed suit fav dhorec, naming Miss ltamleau as co-respondent,
ami has aitnouiiced (hat, sho will sue the actress for $00,U00
iM-shles. Tho two, weie trapped 1 lojp'llux- in a bedi-oom, she
ehni;ten.' Tho aetreK " nays the eharpH.aro riiileiiloiiK. Alls..
Itambeaii was named u year uo In a suit filed by inaniiui
Vm-lfii, n ten I nst her, hushaiid, Ian Keith, alno of tho staffe.
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out nix half of the eohtent'gta'n the
medicine-kit nnd began to pnw
through them ."Who got Ihe cough
syrup, , jerry; you or me?" The
speaker's voice broke miserably.
Mr. Quirk laid a trembling hnnd
upon his ex-partner's shoulder; his
voice, loo, wus shaky when he said.
ou re aw-rul good to me, Tom."
The other shook orf the grasn
and undertook to rend the labels
on the bailies, but they hnd h.
come unncroiiiitnhly blurred nnd
there wus a painful lump In his
throat. It seemed to him that Old
Jerry's here legs looked pitifully
thin nnd spidery and that his bony
knees hud a rheumuttc nppeurunee.
''Hell! 1 trenled you mlghty
meau," said he. "Hut 1 most died
when you begun to cough. 1
thought sure " Tom choked nnd
shook his gray heud, then' with the
heel of his harsh palm he wiped a
drop of moisture from hla cheek."
"I.ook nt me cryln'I" lie tried to.
laugh nnd failed.. ,'; '
Jerry, likewise, struggled with'
Ills' tenrs. '
"You you. dum' old fool!" he
cried, afl'vcllonutely.
I.lnton smiled with delight.
"(Jive It to me," he urged.,' "Ijiin
Into nie, Jvr-y.. I deserve it. Gosh:
I wus lonesome!" ' i
A hulf.hour Inter the two friends
were lying side by side In their hod
und the stove was glowing com
fortably. They had ceused. shiver
ing. Old Jerry h-id "spooned" .-up-close
to old Tom und his bodily
heal wus grateful. .
I.lnton eyed the fire with tender
yeuruiiig. "That's a good sto-c you
got." ...
"She's a corker, ain't she?"
"I been thinking uhoul trading
you a half Interest In my tent for
a half Interest in her."
"The trade's made." There wus a
moment of silence. "Whut d'vou
say we hook up together sort or
go purdners for a-while? - I got a
long outfit und a short boat.' I'll
put' 'em In ugalnst' yours. 1 hot
we'll get along nil right. I'm onery,
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