Pncro Six
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Friday, October lfi, 11)25.
Published by Arrangement with Firat National 7'icturcs, Inc., and Frank
; pioyn ro auctions, auc
OHAITKIt XV. (Cmillmu-d) l of dlvldln' our spoilB urlKlnutcrl in
M'kIviT!" Tin; Krimli Cunu-1 my evil mltx unit I'm tfoin' to pay.
"Yon
tliun'fl race flUHin-d. In- rulm-d li 1m
Iihii'j mill liifl I In fc'uzf ul' tin two
nun. Thmt wii8 an uir of )inl('
n limit Mm an In null: "ihm'H
i'lflg in til wori' wt dim' K't pay'
fur. Vou UMn't 'Hprct no pay yrtt
tiTtlay wlHMi you run d Wile trw
fur tmvv Hn gnl uu' lu'i- papa, illil
you1.' No. Wul. I'm vi ooJinan,
rivtU'inan: I ain't tlutn' tuiiiMi!iT.
3k In my count rvo, wn'w iri"n'H
toK-HuT lonn tiiin; I lovi il an'l it
lovt'H nip. 1 love tie hlnl and hitiil
HitilH, an' (Icy'i'o rrii'ii'N wit uu a)H(.
Jiont Kprln-tiim, wVn tU- KHiii
hIu-'h short, ili- ruiimia juyH tiy
com io visit iiif-. an I f"d iImmi;
HDUM'tani' I fin' i1w,'h groin.'--HijiUrfcrH
n-Hl ondnr my Uti, an' I
liit'lilH' miHtT H(iili-r''l crovn out ol
)tiH hoi-, t'lnkln'' htiiiiiui'i 1h cninf.
Jiat' MU-r Ii'h hungry; m- nh-:il
my fooii uu' lif H t 'lonuxidn my
Htoyi' for ul hint. You i'lnlt I
Jinrt (lOHO lin'pirHH li'l CIiikV Yoi
h'voho I inak' ' in pay for w'at dry
Hll?" 0
Tolfon wnn Hoaiitifc n only IiIh
frfii hoiiI rouhl soar; lie indicali'tl
lhf I'-nl at IiIh back, whi-ncf .hkik-iI
ihiv wound or Kouh'tlu Klrby'u
M'Pflf'lt'HH inunnnrlnBH. '
"Din kh hIic'h tiny anowlilrd wtl'
broken wing Blfnl 1 fix hr wlim
ip Ih'h' 1 can. 1 inalt' hr well un'
J i.'iirh Iht to fly nKalu, imt'H all."
Ilrond una Hi IiIki h liud liHU ni d ut
ti'iitivriy, their fuc-n impHnlvi'.
J.uMty WUH lllO fll'Ht to Npi'Ilk.
"l.otl'H a Kootl Klrl, y'uniiiTHiimd.
Fhe'H ilirrcrnt to thtwt ollirin "
'I'olron intcrrupU'd with, u K'1
turft of impationci'. 'H ain't inak'
no diffmiPt' If nhr'H good or bad.
Hho! m'ock."
.4W 'n' tho Kid have dona nuino
hrnvy tiiinkln', on' we'd about do.
tided to fft a liiKh Htool mid tukv
turn lookln' out UtHy'H Ktumi, Juh)
to boo tlnil her hols wi-nt aH they
luld, hut 1 got a hunt h youru u
mHiiuc Kiiy. What d'you think,
Kid?"
Mr. Hrldgt-B nodded Ills head
slofvly, 'I boI tho Biunc huiifh. Tin
jiohil H tliln." li explained. "Wr
, can't very wi'll throw the t'oiinttnii
Rot nonm of her outfit and.
iinhow. we'd ha nhout iih liandy
nrund an Invalid ub a coupla t-nb
ui-arn. i iiniiK we ii uow ui. ii.
l'ro,m.'liy If ever wo hear a kirk
from that KM we ll wo ii ioiht
ybii Hkn a track. Won't wu,
Lurky?"
vVc'U folh'r lit in to litll!' Mr.
Urbad fui'llnicly di i hmd,
Oruvt-ly, coniiuuiilouHly, tlio nll
vvti ahouk iuiudu Willi Don't, tln-n
they returned wheiue tiny had
coie. Tiiey wi-m IJV)li; '' ltuU
lcttu'H drill lum continued; 'I'ol
I'OO'm problem ImreiiHed dally;
liufeinwhllo, howevi-r, the Ufa of the
North did not Mlnckeu it MliiKle
plllHti-lieUl.
ijever Hlnre tlieir eaiileHt a
notiutloi)H hud Tom I .in tun ami
JePry Quirk found themselves In
such complete harmony of under
HliiiKiliiK. us lminK the dayu lliat
Immediately followed lh"lr rei-on-clliallon.
Kueh man uiylertook to
outdo tlm other In nolltetieHH; naeh
maii furei'd hliiKtelf to Ihi foiuUI
i' ruin, and at rov e at wlialever ex
pense Hi litmHelf to IlKhtcn tin; oth
er'J burdens; all of their relations
wefy rharaeteriiceii ny an eiunuraie,
nn ''almost inid-Vletorlun eourtesy.
A f;rlemlly rivalry in aelf-saeiiflee
existed tteiweeu them; they ituir
leled KoiJil-naturedly over the illsh-
waMiliiR, thai dlsKusilnHT rltn which
trii;n tho patience of every wrown
itiati; when there wu wood to lie
cut: tin y battled with aeh other
I'oiMhe ax.
i But there Is a limit to pallleness;
hiiutlllnK siiiiHlilne kiiavh ledtous,
and so dos a mouoiouoii.s exereise
of ituiKuaulmiiy.
Whtle It had been an easy mat
ti rjo cut l In ir i uwlioat la' two, Ihe
prat'esri of spllcliiK It tuK'ther aRaln
luu reitilrei patlenee ami ingenu
ity and it bad resulted In delay.
Hyjftlie time ihey arrived at Miles
I'artoa, therefore, the weasun was
fur:advunced and both nn-ii men,
without kiiowliiK it, were n u eon
dlilxm of mind to welcome any sort
of ft s'lUiill thai ould serve to
freshen the unbiurably uluHaaut
atup.sphere or amtabiHiy In whteh
they were slowly suffueatlUR.
Here fur the first time the re
Btiltv of their quui'iel arnse,1o cm-
liurrasii them: t hey ecu Id I lad no
pilot who would risk his lite In a
craft o badly put toitei In r us
theirs. Alh-r repented discmiraKe
ni' nts the ' partners look i oittisel
with each other; reluctantly Ihey
disced thai they en up iimtth.it it.
''HeeniX like l' e aliotit 111 tiled
iib.' Mr, Quirk aeknow ;e,iK ii, t vie
lolly. "X on ? Why. .terry, II us my
fault we cut the old chip In hut,"
Mr. Linton n elai e t.
The former spi-itkt-r r- inonftrnt
rtl,. K'"t!y. "Now. Tom, It's Jut
like you to take (In 111. un-, hut it
was my doin's: I in-it inaicd that
fratricidal strt-."
Hweetly but firmly l.tnton dliter
i'd with his p.ttim r "It mn l often
that you're w mhik. .l rr , obi boy
It ain't more Uian onee or twlie
It) tt lltt'tlme hid you're wreiii;
tiu. I'm the Riillty wr leh and I d
otiRht to ha UK tor it. My rotten
temper-- "
"Pshaw I You Rot one of thr
nicest dispositions 1 ever - m a
nmn. You're sweeter n' a persim
mon. I p'-eki d at you till your i on
was exposed. I'm a thorn lit lhf
fl"sli. Tom and tolUs wouldn't erttl
clat you none for dotn' uvay Willi
ine."
"You'n 'way off. ! rtlmi-1 on
W It h nxj' ppurs--"
"jS'ow. Tom:" .idly Mr. Qnlik
Vftof1 Mr pray ln-od. "I don't
rftt urpiie with anybo'ly. isprrlul
)y ft Hh you, but the damn.ihlu Idea
thi! penalty. I'll ride this 'whiti
pliif otillaw throt'Kh by myself.
Vou car him down till I Rt both
feet in tlie stirrups, thin turn him
loose; I'll finish setlln' up and 1
won't pull leather
Jlmv you talk! llo.its ain't like
horses: It'll take n good omsiiinn
to navlRiile these raphla "
"Well?" Quirk looked up (illicit
ly. "I'm a Roial oarsman. ' There
uiih n mmiienbiry p-nise. "Ain't
I '."'
Mr. Union hasiily remedied bin
slip of Iho lonuo. "You're tt bear!"
ho ucserted with feoiln. "I don't
know as I ever saw a In tier b:at
mttn than you, for your weight nnd
experl.-tifM, but there's a few
thiiiRH al'oiil boats that ymi never
had the chance to pick up. you be-
Iiir Kort of a caelus ami alltall
sailor. Kor insiaiiee, when you I
want a boat to ro 'Ree' you have;
to pull mi the 'olf oar. II a plumb j
the opposite to Iho way you steer,
n hoi ." ,
Sure! TUdn'l T flifRor that out
for the both of us? We 'mmtl had
a runaway till I doped H oul."
Now this was a plain perversion
Of fuel, for It was Tom who had
made the discovery. Mr, Milton waN
about to ho siata tho mi. tier when
ho reflected that doubtless .lerry'ii
intentions worn hum til and that blH
fulliiiR memory was to blame for
tho mlnntatomcnt:"lt Xvas annoyhiR
to bo robbed of the ereTlll for an
Important Ulscovtuy. oj'. eotirst-, but
Tom swallowed JiIh isentnient.
"Tito point Is'thlH," hu all, wltn
a resumption of Ranlality. "You'd
Ret ull.wet III tlieni rujiids, .lurry,
and you know what that means.
I'd rather take a chance on drown
ing myself rather than to nurs
you throtiRh another bad eold,"
Jt was ii perfectly sincere speech
an ardent exprer-mlon of deep
concern that tvfleeled no ilitle
credit upon the speaker's Reneros
Ity. Tom was oxuspornlcd, there
fore, w hen Jerry, by some char
anlei 11 h' process of crooked iva
soninR, 'ifianaRetl to misinterpret It.
IMalntlvely (he latter Bald:
" s'posti J am n handicap to
you, Tom. You're piluhly eonsld
'rute of my feel la's, not In throw II
up to me any of(en"i tJian you
do." )
'I don'1 throw'' tt up'lo y'ou none.
I never did. No, Jerry, I'll row
tho boat. You ro overland and keep
your feet dry.'
"A lot of. Rood Unit would do."
Mr. Quirk spoke 'morosely. "I'd
starve to doutli walkin' it round AT.
yotl lost Ihe K'Ub."
'This Btritfk. Toin Union n.n'
very narrow, u very selfish way of
look I nit at the mailer. I In had
taken no sueh view of Jerry's of
fer; be had tho,URhl less about the
Ri-ub than about his pari ner's
safety. Il was an Inconsiderate nnd
unfeeling remark. After a moment
he sab):
"You know, 7 'lon'l throw things
up to ynu. Jerry. I ain't that kind
Mr. Quirk stirred uneasily,
didn't mean to say that,, did you?"
What Jerry would have answered
is uneerialii, fur 'Ills attention at
the moment was at t rafted by n
stranRer who sttude down the bank
ami now accosted htiu ami hlM pfii'l-
I ner jointly,
Hon jour, m'uleiir s! said the
now -emu or. " rin looking Tor buy
sumo lemon, you goi some, no'.'"
Mr. Quirk spoke irritably. "Hure.
We've Rot a lew, bill Ihey ain't for
sale."
Tho stranger Quirk remember
ed him ua tin I'Venchnmii. Durtt,
whom ho had neon at Kheep Camp
Kinlb-d confidently.
"(h yes! Kveryl'lntf is for pale
if you pay 'nough lor him," said he.
Now this fellow had broken the
thread of a conversation Inlo which
a viigue undeiione of aerliiioiiy was
cn-eping n convrKiiiion 1 lint gave
every Indiealloii of ib veloplng into
an ni'i'i eable and soul -satisfy in r
difference of opinion, if hot. even
into a loud and five-Hok(n argu
ment, of the obi familiar sort. To
have ihe promliie of an Invigorating
iini'n- fi-u.st ruled by uu Idiotio ill
verxion concern Irtfr lemon?; f a used
b(.(h old men to lurn lltelr peitt-lp-t'XilHP'rutitin'jlp(pl
'.be iipe;lter,
"We've RyitMiSiVor Olll' leipoilS
ami w 're .goblg to' keep them,
ti i id Tom. l,"We'i'' lemon-eaters
full of acid that's us."
"We wouldn't give b mon aid to
nobody." Jerry grinned in, malacf-
ous enjoyment of his own wit.
"You got how many?" 'Polnon
persisted.
"(Hi; 'bout enough! Mcbbo
dozen or I wo."
"I buy 'cm. Here's poor sooclt
lady"
Tom cut in hri'sipo'ly. "ion
won't buy anything hen:. , Don't loll
un your troubles. We've -got enough
of our own. nnd poyeriy ain't
amonx the number." 1
"W'at trouble you got. eh?- Me.
I'm do trouble man. Mehhe L ft
Vin."
Hourly the partners explain d
their difficulty. When Toleon un
derstood he smiled atfatn, more
widely. ,
"Good!- 1 inak' bargain wit' you,
qiieock. Me, I'm poltt of ib- bes an'
I tuk your lioat t'roujfh for dose
leiiionY
Tho elderly men sat up; they ex
changed startled glances.
"O'you mean HV"
"I'm goin' huva ilosu 1 anion'."
"Can't you buy uny in the
s;iloon:i7" ,
"No. Wal.'w'itt you say?"
Tom Imiuiml of his partner,
"Iterkon you can get along without
'em, Jerry?" i
"Why, I hern Bavin' '''in you."
"Then II'b u go!" '
"(inn t'lng yon do for' in e. eh?"
'I'oleon hesitaled momentarily,
"it'rt goin' tak' tain' for fin' ilum'
fool to he'p nio row dnt. bateau,
but I fin' him. Maybe you set
up ir 111 si k giJ while I'm
gone. What?" In a few words lie
do known the condition of af
fairs at. his en m and Ihe old men
igreed readily enough. Wit h un-
Met us serve
uou
Electrically
We are fully prepared
to take care of your elec
trical needs;" How about
some new Mazda Lamps
tor those empty sockets
La Grande
Electric Co.
1112 Adams Ave.
disguised relief they, elumbored , fever-flushed ivx
stiifly out of lluir boat and rui-igiri.
lowed the Krt nch I'anadlan up the
trail. 'As tht y tolled up the slope
'i'olenn explained;
"le doctor he's go to Dawson,
an' t're day ills gal been layln' seeek
cra.zeo In i)i head. Kvery hour
medicine, nil de tain fire in do
stove' Ha pre! I'm half 'sleep."
"We'll set up with h
you want," Tom volunteered. "Ite
Ing u family man myself, I'm a
regular nurse."
"Me, too." Jerry cxeHiimed. "I
ii( ver had no family, but J alius
been bandy around bosses, and
bosses Is tho Hume as people, only
bigger"
Mr, l.lnton stifled a laugh at this
remark. "That'll show you!" said
he. "You leave It. to me. Jerry."
"Well, ulnt they?'
"No."
of the delirious
Jerry whts-
"They are, too."
"I'himb dlff-rcnt.'
Tho argument v.a
ivaejied its height
f d hoi: it bad
when Toh'on
laid a finger upon his lips, com
manding silence. On tiptoe lie led
lb'1 two men Into bis li nt. Win-n he
had issued instrtiotions and left In
search of a boatman the partners
sealed themselves awkwardly, their
capa In ihet.r-handH. Curiously, ap
prelieilHlvely. Ihey Hi Hilled the
"I'urty. ain't she?
pered.
Tom nodded. "She's flick, all
right, too," he said In u similar
tone; then after a moment. "I've
been thinking about them lemons.
We'd' getting about tt hundred dol
lars a dojten for 'cm. Kind of a
as long as ! rotten trick, under Ilio- circum
stances. I'm sorry you put It up to
that feller Iho way you did."
Mr. Quirk stiffened, bis eyes wM
end in- astonishment.
"Me? 1 didn't put It up to him.
You done it, They're your lemons."
"How. d'you flguro they're
mine"
"You bought Vm, didn't you?"
"I paid for Yin. If that's what
you mean, but I bought Ym for
you. sumo as I bought that liquor.
You've et most of 'em, and you've
drank most or Ihe whiskey. You
needed It worsn limn 1 did. Jerry,
ami J'vo ulways considered '
Now any reference any reflec
tion upon his physical limitations,
however reinoto or Indirect, arous
ed Jerry's Install) ire. "At it again,
ain't you?" be crie'd, teslily. "1
s'poae you'll forget about that
whiskey In four or five years. 1
hope so "
" 'Kh-h!" Tom miule a gesture
commanding Hlb nce. for .lorry had
tine onsclnmily raised Ilia voice.
"Wbut alls you?" , be inquired,!
swe'etfy."
Notbin' nils mo." Jerry mutter-!
ed under bis breath. "That's the
trouble, You'ro ullus tulliln' like
it did like bad one Toot In the
ravo and was gaspin' my last. I'm
hard an a hickory, nut. I could
throft you Uow-n and sot on you."
"Hid you ever give lemons to
sick folka?" Tom Inquired, in bis
turn,
"Sure! Thousands,"
Now this was siicb on outrag
eous exaggeration thut Union wus
Impelled to exclaim:
"Jtats You never saw a thous
and sick folks,"
"1 didn't say so. I said I'd given
thnurands of lemons
"th!" Tom filled his pipe and lit
It, whereupon bis partner brenthed
u sibilant warning:
"1'tit out that smudge! IVyou
aim to stranglo tho girl?"
With a guilty start tho offender
quenched the fire with his thumb.
"The idea of llghtlu' sheep-dip in
a .sick-room!" Mr, Quirk went on.
With bis cup bo fanned violonlly
at t he fumes. '
"You don't hove to blow bcr out
of IkiI." Tom growled. Clumsily
he drew the blankets closer ue- j
..tt, tl,. Kick irlrl'H chin, but 111 bo
doing ho ugalu excited bis com
panion's opposition. ( .
U......I" .I.Trv nrntestcd. "Hhc H
burnln' up with fever. You blanket
Yin when they've got chills. Gent
ly ho removed Hie covers from
Uoiilctta's throat.
(To Ut? continued) :
siiirnt.( ks to ni: i-.u
Kl'GKNK. Ore Work on', tho
sidetracks on tho new terminal
site of the Southern l'ueiflo com-4
puny, recently given by the clly of
Kugeue, will bo started within two
weeks, according lo announcement
hero today by it U King, superin
tendent of Iho lines in Oregon.
Kollowing the Installation of the
tracks, work will bo started on a.
Ho-trentihg plant to co.st fi50.aim,
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Ties will bo treated hero for all
the lines In Oregon and a largo
number of nu n will be cuiployeil.
Work on. the shops for the trains
on the new Klamath Kails lino and
on- tho Coos bay brunch, tin well as
for this division or the valley lines,
is expected to bo started Inter.
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