Truro Six
TOE IA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Tuesday, Oc-tolwr 20, lag.
SC'TTSWI.
" CHAITIt XVI! (Continued)
The lent were up, a big camp
fire was blazing bright l , whrn
J1eree J'hllllpx, burdened with
huge armful of spruce bough and
blinder! by the illumination, Htep.
jied loo close to th river' rim and
f-It the foil b-neath him crumble
away. Down he plunged, arntd un
Avalanche of earth nd gravel; the
last sound he heard before the ley
Wiiit'M received him wan Ijiurr'n
ufirighlci wr'-airi, An instant later
In had wwt ti "sweeper." to
which he clung iiiilfl help arrived.
II' was wet to the skin, of course;
his teei h were chattering by the
f lino he had regained the- camp
fire. Of the entire :iriy, I,aure
Alone had no romm-ni to make
upon (lie accident, Hhe tduod
mot foolers, leaning for support
against a leui-polc, )nr face hid.
l-n In her hands, lienl'i aoug
Mrd wit nolMly twittering about
I'lerce; llest hlnvtrlr wa congratu
lating I be yoiniff rutin upon his
iihllUy lo swim, when lJiuro rookc,
Miarply, Imperiously:
"Homebody find his ilry things,
fiiW kl. Ami you, Morrifi, get
your whlf-ky."
While on- of the nun ran for
Pierre's durric-bng. I test c'iitic hur
rying with n bottle which he prof
fered to I'lerec, The latter re
ftined It, uascrllng that tn waH
fl ii tic all right; but l.aiire ex
Claim1!: ''Drink Take a good one, thin
iro Into our tent mi change u fast
an you ran,"
"Hun!", the niunfigcr urged.
"Don'l he nfrulil of e.ood , Huuor.
Then isn't much left. Drink It
nil."
A short time late.r. when Pierre
reappeared, rlail In dry garments,
he felt none the wowo for bin mis
hap, hut when In undertook to nUl
In 1hi prcparatlonN fnr tin- nfftht
hi Hup"fti'd that h'1 had tnkn hl
Pniployfr'H ordir too literally, for
hiK lira In wuh whlrllnK. Hoon he
dlxcoviTi-d that Mm inrivcnirntn
wen; uwkwurd and hl handn tin.
riTtaln, und whn hin cunip-tuutfH
FubUthed by Arrangement with First National 7'icturti, Inc., and Fraojf V
loy& Froduoion. inc.
HKht of wondi-r und of Kladm . i wn frf'-hand.-d with what th-jr
Hhe Hwayrd clom-r; look thr had; thi-y wen riady with a wriillt,
lapel of hl coat lti-lw-?n ln r a word of nrouraK ni-nl or of
Kloved rinB' r iid drew hi li ud h iupathy; tln-y wti alMiirdly
lown to h-rn; then hIh kttwed )ilm
full upon thv it jiM. Hlowly. rMo
lutiy. 1i(h arnwt rnctrrtt'd Jir.
On tin- following morning I -a (J re
axk-l MoriiH Jtt for a hottle of
wijbky. The rvenlnKH wen row
in cold and oiii of the KirlK
ntedi-d a Htirnulant while f.iiup
was leinf pitehed, Mhe explained.
'i'h hoi Hi he kuv lo I'lerre, with
u reijuejtt In alowt In IliM hiiKKUK'
for HafckeephiK, and i hat niKlit
when Ih'-y hmdi'd, erainpi-d and
grateful, too, for the miialtint favor i
11 r I hi- P-iiMl ttct at tntifHm. Mfih1. '
over, they hehav'd tlieinm-Jve.s ex
ir'iiH'ly w'll.
They were an education to I'hil-
Hps; he acknowledged that he hud
ravely nilxjitdKed I hem, und he
IxKun to ituHii'Ct that they had
tautrht him nonre) hlnff of charily.
A for ljnir he knew her very
wil hy now and hiic kn w him--een
hillT. TtitH kiiowledi' had
conic to them not without cost
pri i-ni lone und .-tttltude.
II wuh upon th? point of an
hV -riiitf J'm' indirect threat with
a warning when hi &ttniton was
attracied to a short, thickset, uer
von niau at his elhow. The latt r
hud cdn.d clow und was tjrlUK
curtotixly at him. Jh niioke now.
mying:
"Ko you're J 'h 11 ill's, eh?"
It was Joe who replK-i; "Kurt-.
This in him.
Ther- was no n'U of an intro
duction. Pierce recOKniz d the
a:ranK'T as another Mci'imkey, for
the family likcm-t wa Mumped
upon his features. DuriiiK an awk
ward moment lite two nun cd
i-ach other, and Joe Mcf'ankey ap
peared to gloat ait their glunc-s
(landed.
-Thin Ls Frank," the latter cx-
Pity the Poor School Teachers
chilly, thc pn-valh d upon liim io jWilom M in-v.-r chcup hut pi e
open it and to drink. Th cxperi- ci.Hejy what each of iheni had paid
ment worked. Ijiurn In-ffan to j or wuh declined to pay for their
understand that 'when I'lerre 1'hH
l' hlood flowed warmly I hen he
wiw her wtlli (he eyes or a lover.
II was not it fliilterinK dlHCovery.
hut the Rlrl coiiienii'd herself, for
liy now sh' was deyperate noith
io snatch at sfraws. Thcnccrorlh
Hhe counlrd - upon-MiroriK drink uh
her nUy.
TIh clohlup Kfeneh of lltc icreal
autumn laitp''dc lo ImwKon were
plcturrttiiie, for the rmdiln;; river
win crowded with l.oals all racing
with one another. Wnt!i lowering
HkieH, past nhoKtly ;dior(i seen
dimly tiirouxti a tenuous curtain of
nit i nK Hnowflakes, Kwepi 1 these
craft; thoy went hy aifn and hy
twos, in KrotipH and in flotilla.';
hourly tlic swirllnu; rm-n nt iorc
tlicin alon. and as (he miles jtn w
hIcuiIIIv less the HfilrllM f tho crow
mount id. I, and lauKliter, Hon
yell of KirtliiK and encourae
ment, ran iuick and forth; a til.
iiinidianl joyruliii'Hs, a Jo v inn
mirth, iintinait tliese iii'-u of
hrawn, for thv had met tlie North
and they had hi-Mtcd her. Hf-stralni
luid dropped a way hy now, and
they reveled In a new-found free
dom. There was decline In tho air.
for Adventure wax afoot and the
I'uknown beckoned.
1'Wd on hy oar and sweep, pro
pelled by favoring- breexes, the Ar-
KOiiautH preHcd forward exultant-
hean to Joke he fb-slHiei with ally. At nltrM their ronrlnfc ennui
latiKhlriK confeHslon that he had
Jmblhed too tniich.
Xaure dn w htm out of hearlnjr,
ihfn inquired, anxiously, "An- you
all right aKain?"
"Hure! 1 feel Kreit."
"I I thought I'd die when I saw
you disappear." Hhe shuddered
and hid her fact In tier bandit for
u m ioiul time. It wuh ouliu dark
firen winked ut one a not lier like
beacon Mfchis alonjr Home friendly
channel. 1 'it rolling Itefore them
was ii n endlcHH panorama of spruce
anil birch and Cottonwood, of high
hlllfl wlilte with snow, of unex
plored viillevB dark with promise.
As the Yukon (ncreiiHed In volume
II liccamo-muddy. Hinging, a low,
hlfHlng nnng. uh if the fulling pnr-
vhcre they Htood; they wi n nlte- tlcles of snow melted on ttn surfacr
tered from obnervallon
'"Herved m' right," hn declared.
"ext time I'll took where" He
halted In umnzenicut. "Why,
J.aiire, I believe you're rryingl"
Hill! Ilfled her' fyey ally) nodded.
'Tm frlglilene.r'jer Hhe laid
trembling, exploratory hamlH upon
and turned to Hteain.
Out of all the traffic that flowed
punl the daiici'-hnll party, among
all the houis they overhauled and
left behind, Pierce 1'hUllpK no-
1'oiirteuu's otitrit. Win) her Hhe
wan ahead or whet her I hey had
Illm, UH if to miHNiire herm lf of ouldiHtam vd her I... ill.) tint knnw
hlH wifely. "I'lerce! I'lerre!" htn- ami lix.nlrv rewiir I l.l.n u-lfl.
exclaimed brokenty
Huddenly I'lillllpa discovered
that till; glrl'H concern affected Jchang
nun ueepiy, for it w.'ut genuiueil
was no) In the Ma -it put on. AH
ni once she Hcemed very mar to
hlni, very much u part of Jiltum lf,
JIIh Itend was spinning now and
Homethlng wllliln tilm had riulck
'ited magically. There wus u new
note In his voire when he under
took to reiiKHurc din companion.
At his first word Uiurc looked up,
Htarthd; Inio her dark eyes, hi 111
nihtv with ti-ars, there fl;.me,i a
1 -s
J.efus serve
Electrically
Wc. arc fully prepared
to tako cave of your elec
trical needs. How about
some new Mazda Lamps
for those empty sockets?
La Grande
Electric Co.
1 112 Adams Ave.
Snoclgrass &
Zimmerman
Exclusive
Undertakers
Our Invalid Car Is used but
for one purpose of convey
ing the tick and Injured any.
where they want to go.
Main A3 Mgni or Day
hint.
During (IiIh Journey a significant
gradually came over the
young mini. Kamlllurlly, a certain
intimacy with his companion,
laugh! him much, and In time lie
lingo t to look upon litem uh par
InhH. lti-Ht, for instance, proved to
an Irritable but fcood-hcurtcd
Utile Hebrew; lie developed a gen
uine fonilucHH for I'lerre, which he
look every occasion to hIiow. and
IMcrco gi w lo like him. Tin- girls.
too, opene,) their heart and made
lilm feel their friendship. Kor the
moM part, tliry were warm, litiptil-
Ive i real an s, and I'lerce waa
amazed to discover how Utile they
lltfered from Hie girts he had
known at home. Among t heir
faults he dlHcovered umtMial trails
of character; there was not a llltle
kliidllneHH, gem rosily. nnd of
oitr'e much rheerf ulneHH. Tln-v
better undiTHtanding of each oth
ttiey had. not the Hllghict idea.
(Mie Ihing the rjrl by ttii:i liuu- li.nl
made hiin of, viz.. wlu n erce waa
IiIh naiural ir he Ml her Jippenl
only fainlty, (in Hie otbr liand.
Die moment he was not his natural
self, th- moment his pit eh wat
ruined, he saw iitlun'menis in her,
aim at micli times tin y met on
common ground. Hlie mode tho
mou of thla fact.
I'lerre longrd for ome one to
whom lie could confide IiIh fc-liiif;
of triumph, bill no win re did 1k
recognize a face. Finally Im
strolled inio one of the larger ;;a. ,
looiiH ami gambliu-houseH, and
was contentedly eyeing the iiei-m:
whn he feit a gaze fixed .upon
him. He lurried IiIh head, opened
J j Im HfjM to spciik, then stlifirted m
his trucliH. He could not credit
his Menses, for then-, lounging at
caj;c against I tie b:;r, fare dis
torleii into an evil grin, Hlood .Joe
.Mfaskcy!
plained, wi()i a muliclotiH grin.
"He and Jim was put. And. say!
Here's another guy you ought io
meet." He laid a hand upon i.till
o second fit runner, a man leaning
ucross the bar in conversation with
a whit-uproned ntlendani. "fount,
here's that fellow 1 told you
about." . ;
The man addressed turned, ex
posing u honda'Ofne, .smiling blond
face ornameitteii with a w-ll-ra
red -for mustaciie. "S beg par
don?" he exclaimed, vacuously.
r "Meet J'hilllp.. Hi can give you
seme inii- un yuur wile. joe
chuckled. I'iillllpH flushed; iln-n
he paled; his face hardened.
"Ah! To he sure." Count our
leau bowed, but he did not extend
his bund. "I'hillip: Yen, yes. 1
remember. You will understand
that J'm diHi ractei) for news of
Hilda. Khe in with you, perhaps?"
'I left her employ at White
j Horse. if Rhe'A nit here, she'll
Iprotiatdy arrive noon."
j 'Kxcellent; J shall fiutriis-' her."
I'lerce spoke dryly: "I'm afraid
it. won't be ho mjuch of a surprise
a you think. Hhe rather expects
you." With a Hhort nod and with
what pretunse. of carele hhuch he
coulil Hf.Ktime he moved on toward
Hie rear of the building, 'whence
came the sounds of music and the
voice of a dance-hall caller.
For Home time ho looked on
blindly at the whirling figures. Joe
.VtcCuskey here!. And fount our
teaii! -What an astonishing cotn-
tcldenco! And yet there was noth
I'lerce blinked; he found that hhi hiK ho remarkable about It; doubt
ji w nun uruppeu m amnzemeni, '
McfftHkey enjoyed
ne nan creaieu; nc leereu at ma ' rfli(i . nnt w.ui hm-. .,.mi
meeting. I'lerce remembered 1111-
Ja's prophecy that her Indigent
i-nn iiic ftiinie Kiitn nun nmiiKiiE
the R -nsation them nnrtli In whlnh o.-tnt ihnv
former camp-nuile, and In his ex
pression whh n-liint of that same
venom he had displayed when lie
hud run the gauntlet at Kiu-cp
I'nmp after hit flumgiug. lie broke
the spell of rierce'ii ainazement
and proved hlms If to be indeed a
reality by uttering a greeting.
I'lerce was Inclined to ignore the
salutation, but curiosity got the
better of him and he answered:
"Well! This Ih a Biirprise. Do
you own a pair of seven-league
boots or what ?'
Mrfaskey bared his teeth fur
ther. In triumph he said: "Thought
you'd I out me, didn't you? ftut I
fooled all of you. I Jumped out to
Die Ktates and rung lit the last boat
for Ht. Michael, made connections
there with the last up-river packet,
and here I am- I don't iitilt; I'm
a finisher."
I'lerce noted the emphanlH with
which Joc'h last words were deliv
ered, but uh yet his
husband would turn up, like a had
penny. , ilia presence was agitut
Ing for that matter, to was the
pn seine of Joe McCaskey's broth
er Frank, ;m yet an unknown
I'uantity. That he was an enemy
was certain; together, he and Joe
made un evil team, and I'lerce was
at u loss just how to meet them,
f IIAITKIl X VIII
Kouletta Kirhy was awakened by
the wound of chopping; in the Htill,
froHly morning the blows of the ax
rang out loudly. For a moment
she lay staring upward at the hIoJi
ini; tent-roof over her bed. study
ing with Hleepy interest the froat
fiinge formed by her breath during
the night. This fringe was or in
tricnie design; It resembled tatters
of filmy lace and certain frag-
meniK of it hung down ul least
k 1 . ' . K. f .-J
I Altain ItoKlHIu uttert-il u fam-
Uheit cry.
(To ! Colilinurrt.)
.-km. tY'rv
llanalinn I'rnlt ITme
lill'Ul for Symp I'rotlHilloil
IIONOI.I1.I" (Al" The li.,-n
v.igcr oonti-nt of Hawullan fruilB
M!ii:.. l j.onallilp hi proiluci' yr
up ut a lrm rout than nyntliptlf
syrMpa r, produced on the main
land, it ha bi'in rcv. al.-il hy pk
rKTlmil,t coniiiK'l"'.! liy Dr. K. H.
Ollvrr. chtmlst, w'io i expirt
mpntinir lit thi- iluunlian holnrii
HHttl.-ni.-nt on the islaiifl of Molo
kui. Ut nnnounrcd the 8ilcc..-i-fnl
extraction of nyrip.i of vary
IliB di'tsmn of concentration
throuKh h freesiinif ih'occms on
wiiich lie IniH I n uoi-kmik e-.
eral years. The xii rlinents here
were confined jninclpully lo pine
apple, whieli cotuaiti an average
of ! 1 per cent of sugar, but Jie
a!d !h- wuh uhle to extract a
syrnp of triple that MrellKth.
Slllilv "t "t ln"lln Ant
ItiH'orilinl liy -None Special
I'lill'il AI'). Tin- story of ,
demented nnt is recorded In t
Swif: Arclrivc for Neurology 8n,
iiUi-.hlntv with due nclenliru
wrlousneus hy Dr. Iludolph Brun,
U'I'lely linov. ii . lie. . u Dtri mum.
The unt wus dlHcovered In ona
of th4 artificially constructed
nests for liclcntiric olisirvation.
The ' insect run aliout incessantly
While Olliers remui.-M iiieuy t)
the corners of the nest, upiiarem.
ly shunninif the demented on,..
The momentum of the wildly
rusliliiK nnt was such that it wu
una'nle to stope when anything
i(s patii was encountered.
After slv days the ant was di.
seeled ami. under a microscope,
it was found to have suffered a
ti r in the left lohp of th.
drain, which Had ilestroyed sever.
;il of Ih" m"l Important center,,.
u bviiuoi iraruers niinK mev nr ijnuertKiin just thini: of try
ing to rail theue triplet; t,y their rlht namen every day of the nehool year.
, ....... .... v . tl.n,y ' IIJ l.MIIIVj IXU V U 1-. ii 1
Milwaukee.
work all rigltt, ,T got het-yr 's'prise
for dat li't none today."
The lop of Houleita's liead, her
eyes .then her month, came cau
tiously' ou'. from hiding. ,
'What Is It, 'i'oieon? Something
to eat . -
upre! What I tol you? Kvery
minute 'eat. fn!'! You' worse dr.n
iharmy of Swede. I ain't poin tol'
you wat is dis s'prlse blmebyyou
smell him rookin." .. !
"Moose, meal!;' ifoiilcfta cried.
"Xo!" 'I'oieon vigorously re
sumed his labor; - every stroke of
tho ux wa.s accompanied hy ii loud
"'Huh!" 4I tol' you not'in'!" he
derinrod; tlu-n after a moment' he
Timl or It4-hig a Slriio, So
Mn -Ijitcred ManV Field
I. ON' HON' (AP) Kathleen
Hritter Iuih become London's first
woman conveyancer. And she does
not see why any capable woinr'n
could not do her sort of work I'
she was interested in It.
"The trouble with, so manv girts
is thai, they gi-t Into a groove an !
stay there." Hhe said, "I g"t
tired of being a .stenographer,
.studied real property and per
suaded a firm that was adver
tising for a male conveyancer
that a woman -who handled tint
noil of work for solicllnis for
years could fill the place us well."
Miss Itrltter is '14 and has been
a buninctrs woman for about five
years. . Her mother wan house
keeper tin- the late Lord Lever
hlume, who took an Interest In
the ambitions of the young uten
ographer. and encouiaged her to
Mifily law.
fool, a wurninir that Hie ilnv
urloslty was i vtr,.ni..iv .ni,i tt..t
.inHatl.led. Ih wondered if lhiJi(.ltu needed no proof of that fart
it nun mm n llll u,M""flU "eyonil the fvldence of hi
nose.
l-XpC- hi. tit) nr wliirh un. U .....i
rleitce or If he nronosefl in some 1 un n. n i... .. .. .
Hi tl r that Mlii. r.f.iii.l i..
way to conceal tl. Certainly Jm wr(nU1(, 1( she C0Vi.ri.a 1t , no
had not evaded nrognlt ion. norwith warm )m)m miini
had he mude Ihe HllghleHt attempt Ule,i it genllv. solicitously.
To alter his appearance From his Tho chopping abrupt IV "ceased
- - ii i -in roieon h voice greeted her gaily
that he was totully indifferent usHon jour, ma soeur: iy goily
.w miu ii vvhuiA' ii ii ii' 1 OU gel in' n le
For Calumet quality -purity or
economy. There are no substi
tutes for the pure, wholesome
bakings produced through use of
THE WORLD'S GREATEST
m iorUP A
SALES 2', THMES THOSE OF AMY OTHER BRAND be9tbt"test
In One
Year
Our Savings Account
has increased
$100,000.00
Evidence of satisfac
tory investment.
HIED STATES
IK
WANTED!
Feed sacks
For the next
Few weeks.
Five cents each,
For any number
From one to
Five hundred. .
La Grande
Warehouse &
Storage Co.
Main 792 .
mutt, posseSHcd moral courage uf wtH,,.
ii." is lazy gal!
the elremcnt sort or else an un- ( InaU hig nol.e."
" mimm. .j. 'i.ood morning!" Ilouletta'a
Ah for rierrn, be wilh deeply re- I voii wa.i muffled. As ir repenting
sentiui of Joe'd falye nc'u.alion a leH.vnn. Hhe ran on: "Ve, fi-i-l
the memory of Hint was HM-rnMi'. fine. 1 had :1 dandy 'sleep; didn't
able nevertheless. In view of lite cough and my lungs don't hurt,
oulcome of lhat cowardl' aiiempt, Ami no bad dream. So I want to
he had no desire Tor f in tl.er e- get up. There! I'm welt."
venge. II aeemi'd to liim that tin "Vou lion'rry, too. I hit, oh?'
fellow Itad been sn rricii nt ly pun-t " h, I'm dying. And my nose
iviii'd for his misdeed; in fact, hN i won't work."
could have found ll easy to feel Uoret shouted his hiuglit. r. "You
sorry for Ii It 11 had it not been for watt. I tuak' fire um .-ck j,u' cook
the lM-cniieeaetl nuiljce in .lO'-'n df b re.i U fn.'. ieti--on none goln
AFTER ALL, WHAT IS WEALTH?
IB Him H ' I U
y'J'V I ALWAVS GiTs T'Feeun'
I I'M'l (-P -n V TbweeFuL Rich uwa
ABouT "SiSTMe OFW
1)1 I w ' '
The undersigned will sell at public sale, at his ranch three miles up the Grande Rnnde River
from Hilgard, Oregon, commencing at 10 o'clock A. M. on
mi
October 22nd.
liirsaay,-'
With Free Lunch at Nocn, the following described property:
Entire
Dairy Herd
25 MILK COWS '
Consisting Of
10 1 YR. OLD HEIFERS
JERSEY BULL 1 YR. OLD
30 Head of Horses, All Ages
36 Barred Plymouth Rock Pullets
FARM IMPLEMENTS
Drag Saw, Circle Saw, 2 'Gas Engines, 2 Cream Separators, Fanning Mill, 3-Section Roller
i. iih.v ivitinn, oianc in.n m khii ikui ums hoiiub, i .ucturmii'K uinaci fnew;, l John Deere
2-Bottom Tlow, 1 2-Scction Spring Tooth Harrow (with alfalfa teeth), 1 Disc Harrow, 1 John
Dccre Mower, 2 Peering Hay Rakes, 1 Sets Harness, 3 Saddles. Blacksmith Tools and raw a,..
tides Too Numerous to Mention.
TERMS .Sums over $10 six months time, purchaser giving bankable note drawing 8 per cent
interest from date. Sums under $10 cash on sale day.
1 1 SSXT" G. L WADE
Ex