Faire Sft
THE HA'' GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Thursday, OctoW S, 1925.
fV CIIAPTIOH X (rrmtlniKil)
It wuk a hellish filaci; it rchocd
' to a tltinoniuc tli nnd it wub u trc
- iinloiitt cnnntlon to bravo it, for
: tht) hout dill nut glldo nor slip
1 Mown tin descent; It went in u imc
"" ; rem Ion of Jurrhti? leaps; it lurched
find twisted; It rolled unit plunKfd
an lr in a demented effort to nnseiit
''Ik pftKHi-nni-rH and m-utter ItH curiro.
..,.,To til" ocrtiiuntn ft seemed us if
- ItH joint 8 WITC OlM'fllllK. UH If I lift
hottrdH thnniMdvi-H were being
' wrenched loose from the ribs u
which they were nulled. The men
i were drenelied. of course, for they
traveled in n cloud of spume; their
eet were unlde-dccn in rold wuler,
and every new delude caused Ihcrn J
How lonr It lusted 'Pierce Plill-
i lips never knew; the experlener
"won too terrific! to he long lived.
"r It waH a iilKlitmiire, a hideous
phanfttsmuRnrin of frightful rensa-
; tlotiit, a dlssolvlfiK Htereopticon of
bJeuk. scudding wull. of - hydro
phobic bouldei'x frothing madly as
the flood crushed over them, of
"; treacherous whlrlpoolH, and of pnr
- "Kulng breakers that reached forth
licking tongneH of deslnicl Ion.
a" Then the river opined, the cliffs
trefoil awny, and the torrent spewed
' Itself out into an expmisn of whirl
pools a lake of gyrating funnels
that .warred .with one another and
threatened to Iwlst the keel from
p under the boat.
'Volcon swung close in to the
right bunk, where an eddy raced
up agulmd the flood; wonie one
fluhg a rope from the Hhore and
drew Ihc boat in.
,-v VWn.1! 1 never had no better
crow," cried the pilot, "What you
jyink of '1m, eh?" "Ho smiled down
V,at the white-lipped oarsmen,, who
---leaned forward, punting and drip
ping. ' 'Mr that all of It V I.ucky
Broad Inquired, weakly. t
"Mills non! Look' Here's W'ite
rae." )oret Indlcuted a wall of
foam and spray father down the
l rlvur Idroctly across the expanse
Ji""of whirlpools Htood a vlllnge
named nfter the niplds. "you get
plenty more blmcby,"
"You're wrong. T got plenty
right now," Uroad declared. ,
, "I'm glad the Conn less didn't!
' come," said Phillips.
&y 'lM ne ,I,0,V wrung out their
net out along the back trail over
the bluffs.
Danny Itoyal was not an Imagl-
i native person, tie pusNCsycd, to be
, stirtvilie superstitions of the aver
age! horseman and gambler, and he
believed strongly, in hunches, but
e was not-fi((HHii and he putiiifi
faith In dreuiuH and portents. Jt
bothered him exceedingly, there-
fore, to discover that ho was
' ' weighed down by an unaccountable
I Jtut extremely oppressive sense of
i apprehension. How or why it hud
1 oume to obsess him he could not
Imagine, but for some reason Allien
( 'anon and the stormy waters be
I low it hud nsKiiihed teriiblo pnien
I tlalltlcs and he could not shnkr
,off the conviction that they were
.- -destined to , prove bin undoing.
, 3'hls feeling he had allowed lo
grow until now u fatulistic apathy
ft had settled upon htm and his usual
; rheiTfiilnesa was replaced by a
Bcnfeless irritability. Ho suffered
; explosions of temper quite as sur
prising to the Klrbys, father and
daughter, as to himself. Oh the
dity of bis arrival he was particu
larly ugly, wherefore Kouleita wus
impelled to remonstrate with him.
"What nils you, nanny?" she In
quired. "You'll have our men
I quitting."
5 "I wish they would," he cried.
6 "nonlmenl They don't-know as
rmurh cthout boats us me and Sam.".
'"They do whnlever they're tobl."
- Itoyal acknowledged this fact
ungraciously. "Trouble l we don't
know What lo tell 'em to do. All
8am knows Is 'gee' and 'haw,' and
(T can't steer anything that don't
; wear a bridle. Why, if this riv r
l wasn't fenced In with trees woM
J have taken the wrong road and
J been lost, long ago."
Kouleita nodded thoughtfully.
; "Kather is Just ns afraid of water
' as you nre. JU won t admit It. hut
I can tell, ii bos jtntien on his
nerves and I've had hnrd work to
keep him from drinking."
- "Say! Don't let him get start d
on that:" Danny exclaimed, earn
estly. "Thai would be the InM
r touch."
a "Trust me. .1 '
v;' Hut Klrby himself appeared at
; thut uiomeiit. having returned
: from a voage of exploration. Said
1 he; There's a good town below.
I had a chance to sell Hie out rii."
"doing to do it?" Denny could
j not conceal hli roi;rrne.
The eider man shook his gray
brad. "Hardly. I'm tin piker."
"1 wish yon and Danny would
lake Hie porluse and trust the pilot
to run the rnpldf." Houu-Ma said.
' " Klrby turned his expr.ssinnless
face upon first on- then n nl(.r
t or his companions. '.ei oim?" n
i in') id red of ltoal.
i The latter stlenily admitted th.t
J-hc wa-".
"Oo uheHd. You and l.ettv cross
. moot
"And ou?"
' - "Oh. I ' n going to stUk!"
; ' KatlK-r " the Kill b. it.in, but
;,oM Hani book his hnd.
wi "No. This is my case .d, nnd
yi'm going to wateh it."
' ltor? weazened face purkered
until li resemldcd more Ihnn ever
I o withered apple. "'hen I'll stick,
f lOo." be declared. "I never laid
' down on ou !. Ham."
p "How about ou. l,etty?"
f The girl smiled. "Why, 1
i woiililn t trust you bos out of my
I sight for a minute. Noinethlnr;
f Would surely happen."
J Kirhy stooped and kisml his
;dafhter cl k. Yon e always
been our mascot, and ouve al
lioutht. u luck. liX o to
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(lull In a paper suit If you were
along. You're a gume kid, loo.
and I want you to be like that, al
ways, lie a thoroughbred. Don't
weuken, no matter how bad things
break for you. This cargo of mm
Is worth I he best ctalm in Daw
son, and tl'll put tut on our feet
agiiln. All i want Is one more
ehunec. Double and iuit that's
This was an extraordinarily lung
speech for "One-armed" Klrby; it
showed that he wus deeply in
earnest.
'.'Double and quit?" breathed the
girl. "Do you mean It, dad?"
Me nodded: "I'm going to leave
you .heeled, I don't ulm to take
my eyes off this barge again till
she's in Dawson."
Kouletla's lace was transformed;
there was a great gladness in her
(.ycK a gladness half obscured by
tears. "Double and quii. Oh
I've dreamed of quitting no
often! You've made me very hap
py, dad."
Itoyal, who knew this girl's
dream a.; well as he knew bis owji,
felt a himp In his throat, lie wa-i
a godh'HM little man, but Houlettu
Kirby's Joys were, holy thing to
him, her lehrs distressed hlm deeply,-
therefore ttt' walked -awny to
avoid the sight of ihcm. Jb'r
slightest wish had been his law
ever since1 she had .mustered words
enough to voice a request, and'now
he, too, wus happy lo learn that
Sam Klrby was at lust, ready to
mold his fiituruln ucroniunce with
her desires. Jdty hud never lined ,
their mode"- of lift; ah i had nc-
uepted it under protest, and with
the pawing years her unspoken
disapproval had assumed Uie-proportions
of a great reproach. She :
had never put that disapproval Into j
word. she was far too loyal for
that but Danny had known. H"
knew her ambitions and her possi
bilities, and he had sufflelent vis
ion to realise something of the in
justice she suffered at her father's
hands. Ham loved IiIh daughter as
few parents love a child, but he
was ji fl'.rauge man and he showed
lils'affectlon in characteristic) ways.
II pletised Itoyal greatly to learn
thai the old man had awakened to
the t wrong he did. und that this
UUVeiHllir wuiimi n i vr iu tiunc mi-
story, as all good stories close, with
a happy ending.
In spite , of . these cheering
thoughts, Danny was unable wholly
to shake off bis oppressive fore
bodlngst und as he paused on the
river-bank to stare wit h gloomy
fascination al the Jaws of the gorge
they returned to plague hlm. The
sound, thai luaiuuL.oiitnC.that
was terrifying, the knowledge that
it heightened nini enrngAl the
little man.
It was an unproplllous moment
for any one to nd dress Hoyal;
therefore when he heart! himself
spoken lo, he whirled with a scowl
upon his face. A tall ''reach
(.'anndlan. Just back from the port
age, was saying:
"M.'sleu', 1 ain't good hand' at
mix In 'noder feller's blr.ness, hut
dat pilol you got. she's no good."
Hoyul looked the stranger over
from heud to foot. "How d'you
know?" lift Inquired, sharply.
"Itlccanse I'm pilol inyse'f."
"oh, I see! You're one of the
good ones." Danny's air was surly,
his tone forbidding.
"Yes."
"I late youself. don't you ? 1
s'pose you want his Job. Is that It?
No wonder five hundred seeds for
fifteen minutes' work. Soft graft,
1 call It." The speaker laughed
unpleasantly. "Well, what1 does a
Vood pilol charge?"
"Me?" Tin t'aiiadlan shrugged
IndlfferenUy. "1 charge, ou one
t'ousaiirl' dollar."
ltoyal's Jaw dropped. "The devil
yon say! be exelalmed.
I don't want de job your
scow's no good but I toss n coin
wit you, One t'ousan' dollar or
free trip."
''Nothing doing," snapped the
ex-horseman.
ltien! Now T give you ll'l sti
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breakfast dish. FilleJ with flavor packed ,
with nourishment!
Oat flakes that cook into granular oatmeal.
Smooth and firm in texture, yet retaining
the roughage that stimulates digestion.
. That "all-night cooked" ,
' flavor in only two minutes f
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vice. Hoi hard . to
lower. end dU canon.
fle right In
Dere's beeg
rock dere. Don't touch 'im or you
goln' spin Ink' top fin' mebbe you
go over W'ite 'Orse sideways. Dut's
goin .-muish you sure."
- Hoyul broke out, peevishly;
"Another hot Hp, eh? Mverybody's
got some feed -box Information
especially the ones you don't hire.
Well, J ain't scared"
"Oh yes, you are!" said the other
man. "Kverybody Is scare of H
place."
"Anyhow. I ain't scared u thou
sand dollars' worth. Take a lol to
scare me that much. 1 bet ihis
place is ns sare as u chapel and 1
bet our scow goes through wit h
her tail up. l-et her bump; she'll
finish with mi! on her back and all
her weights. I built her and J
named . her." .
Danny -watched .the pilot as lie
swung down lo the stony, shore and
rejoined fierce rhillips; then he
looked on In fascination while they
removed , their, outer, garment!,
stepped Into . a boat wit Kid
Hrirlges, nnd rowd away into ihe
gorge.- , . .
"It's got my goat!" muft
the Utile. Jockey. , 1 .
' " CilAITr.K XT''
Allhftugh . scow htrger',than the
itouletta had run Allies Canon and
the rapids below In salety. perhaps
none more uuwlehly had ever done
:to. Itoyal' bad built hbt barge
stoutly, to be sure, but of othVr vir
tues the craft hud none. When
loaded she was ho clumsy, so obsti
nate, so headstrong that It re-
inired unceasing effort to hold her
on, a course; ns for rowing her, It
was. almost impossible. Hhe took
,t he first swooping rush Into 1 he
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canon, strange to say, In very good
form, 'and thereafter, liy!:dint of
hi-rculeun efforts. , Hoyul ind his
three men managed to hold her
head down-stream. Sweeping be
tween the pulisa.de. she galloped
clumsily onward, wallowing like a
hippopotamus. Her long ' pine
sweeps, balanced and bored to re
ceive thick thole-pins, rose and fell
like the stiff legs of souu fat,
Hquare-bodled spider; she ' reared
her bluff bow; then ,she dove
shrouding herself in spray.
It won a Journey to terrify expe
rlenced river-men; doubly terrify
ing was it to Itoyal and Mrby. who
knew nothing whatever of swift
water and to whom Us perils were
magnified a thousandfold.
'In spite of bin .apprehension,
which by now bad qulrketied into
panic, Danny ruse to the occasion
with real credit, ills fsrti was. like
paper, bis eyes . ware- wide and
strained; nevertheless, he kept his
gaze fixed upon the pilot und
strove to obey, the latter's direc
tions Implicitly. Now with all his
strength ho . heaved upon . his
sweep; now h backed water 'vio
lently; nt no time did ho trust him
self to look at the cliffs which were
scudding past, nor to contemplate
the tortuous turns In ;the gorge
ahead, That would have;- been ioo
much for htm. Kven when his
clumsy oar all but grazed' u bas
tion, or when a Jagged promontory
Seemed about to Hiltash hlK.'ruf,t,
he refused lo cense his-fiiintic la
bors or to more than lift his 'eyes.
He saw that Kouleita -Klrby wus
very pule, nnd he tried-to shout a
word of encouragement to her, but
his cry was thin and feeble, -And it
failed to "pierce the thunderof the
waters. Datiny hoped the-, girl was
d I not as frightened as 'he, :noi as. old
Sum lhV'- little man would . not
have wished kuch"' a-; punishment
upon his worst1 enemy!-" . 1
Jlrby. by 'reason - of his dlsabll-t
ity.'of couit.':e,' was pnevcutedi from"
h ndlng any active lielp: with the
boal "and'-wak forced- to play
purely passive part. ;That it was
not' .to liiH- liking-'finy oirf1 .could
have seen, for, once', the moorings
were slipped, he' dTd not open hi'
Hps; .he. -merrily stood.' liesldc Itoni'
lella, wllli tiio fingcfs oC his. right,
haiKl'mink Into her shoulder, huj
gray face grnvcr 1 ban : ever. To-
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gtther tliey swuyed as tho deck bo
neuth them reeled and pitched.
"Ixiok! We're nearly through!"
Die girl cried In his eur, after what
seemed an interminable time.
Kirhy nodded. Ahead he could
see the end of the cunon und what
appeurtd to bt freer wuler; out
into this open space tho torrent
flung Itself. The scow wus riding
the bore, that ridge of water up
thrust by rcuson of tho pressure
from above ( between It und the
exit from tho chute wus a rapidly
dwindling expanse of - tossing
wuves. Klrby was greatly relieved,
but he could not understand why
those rollers at the mouth of the
gorge should , rear themselves so
high and should foam so savagely.
The bluffs ended. the narrow
throat vomited the river out, und
the scow galloped from shadow
Into pale sunlight. '
Tho owner of the outfit drew a
deep breath. Ills clutching fingers
relaxed their nervous hold. Die
saw that Danny was trying to
malts himself heard and he leaned
forward to rutch the fellow's words
when suddenly the 1'mpoMslhle hap
pened. .The deck beneath his feet
was Jerked backward nod he wax
flung to his knees. Simultaneously
there came a crash, the sound of
rending, splintering wood, nnd over
the stern of the barge poured un
ley deluge that all but swept father
nnd daughter away. Itouletta
screamed, then she called the name
of Itoyal. .
"Oanny! Danny!" she cried, for
both she and, old Ham hnd Keen a
terrinie ining.. ,
The blade of Royal's sweep had
been submerged nt the instant of
the collision, and, cm a con.se-
fiuencc, lh force of that rushing
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One of these is Ford in the low priced
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field. , -
' Because wc, eliminate the extra profits and
ovcrheauthat many other manufacturers liave
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A Coach of quality
It is called a coach only because it is the lowest priced
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Do not buy this coach with the expectation that you'll
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Instead, it has been honestly built to give you scores of
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Notice the durable wool upholstery. Sec the heavy orna
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ignition, steering gear, door and spare-tire carrier all
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T II I S I S
current hud borne It forward, cata
pulting the man on the other end
overliourd as cleanly, u easily as
u school-boy snaps a paper pellet
irom the end of a pencil. JJcforo
their very eyes the Kirbys saw
their licutenunt, their lifelong
friend and servitor, picked up and
hurled into the flood.
"Danny!" shrieked the girl. Tho
voice of .the ruplds had changed j
drumming upon the ufter-deck and
there was a crushing und a smart
ing an the plies of boxes came
tumbling down. The cow drove
higher upon tho reef. Us bow roe
until it stood at a sharp incline,
and meanwhile wave ufter wave
cut like a broach over tho stern,
which steadily sank deeper. Then
tho deck tilted drunkenly and un
avalanche of cuse-goods wus
spilled over the side.
. (To be Continued.)
1 1 1'NTT X G'iXi S SPAN -MCAIt
TiAKKK, Ore. A new bridge
over the Hnnke river, near Hunt
ington, is vlrtuully a certainly ami
the contract for ll may be let his
full. Judge Dodson wild loday fol
lowing his return from the Snake
river where n p:irly of state and
county officials met with Idaho
representatives and began work on
an estimate or the cost of the
structure, for which $fi().000 has
been appropriated.
Three possible sites were exam
ined. The engineers will work this
week gathering data for an osil
ninto of the cost. The expense will
approximate $70,000.
Consider the ant. He Is so busy
working he breaks up other peo
ple's picnics.
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hair and extra long springs closely
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4 Long resilient springs made of special
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tioii from road shocks.
The crankshaft is completely machined on all surfaces' to
eliminate vibration. And the motor is the most powerful in -any
car of this size and weight, according to the rating of .
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The body is smart in appearance yet provides ample
room to seat five passengers in real comfort. Ample room to
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Make comparisons before you buy "
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