“BL!\CK JIM”
THE CONVICT
B» M. QUAD
A Band of
Velvet Ribbon
Copyright. ISU, by Associated Lit­
erary Press.
By JOHN Y. LARNED
The man kuowu us "Black Jim" had
been seat out to the penal colony of
Australia for forgery.
They sent him up to Woona Wally
after bls first two years of imprison­
ment, and be fell into the bands of
George Stebbins.
In those days an
Australian convict was bld off—that Is,
a settler tn want uf help would bid a
price for so many men, aud they were
turned over to him for a certain length
of time. He was responsible for their
feed aud cure, aud Ills word was law.
lie could work them as hard and us
long as he wished. He could starve
aud beut them und there wus no one to
come between, in case of insubordina­
tion he could shoot them down, and
the government simply accepted his
statement of the affair. All convicts
were glud enough to get away from
prison nud out upon the ranches, and
In most cuses they found good masters
and were decently treated. As a mem­
ber of the mounted police 1 knew that
Stebbins was a hard man to get along
with. He bud been a tavern keeper
and a bully In England, and bls wife
bad committed suicide, and bis two
aons bad been taken away from him by
the law on account of bls cruelty.
Blnck Jim came up to Woona Wally
■with six other inen. and the gang were
up at |iollce beadquarters for the night.
It fell to us to take their pedigrees and
post them its to their new master nnd
what would be expected of them. In
our district we always gave a convict
a fair start Ho was told what would
be required of him. advised to do his
best to please Ills master and given to
understand that if he went straight we
Would see that be bad fair usage. 1
was Interested In Black Jlin at once
The law had made a convict of him.
but it hadn't degraded him.
I bad ua idea that Stebbins would
be down on him from the first because
of bls superior looks, und 1 went pret
ty thoroughly Into details. When I
bad finished the prisoner said:
"I thank you. sir. and shall do ID.V
best to pieuse."
Things came about as I feared. As
Stebbins Inspected bls gang ba picked
Black Jim out for special attention
He bad little to say to the others be-
yonil making bloodcurdling thrests of
what would happen If they didn't toe
the mark, but to Jim he said:
"So they have sent me a gentle­
man. have they? They thought I need
ed somebody to teach me manners per
haps. Mcblie the Idea was for you to
sit on the veranda und give me dally
lessons
Well, you've come to the
wrong shop
Look, now. I'm goln'
to keep au eye on you! You think
yourself head anti shoulders above the
crowd, but 1'11 take the conceit out of
you!"
Not one convict in a thousand would
have stood the Insults ami degradation
put upon Blnck Jim the next year
I know lie tried his best, but there
was no pleasing Stebbins
He was
always boasting that be hnd a gentle
mau couvlct and that he was bound
to "break" him. nnd he spent a good
share of his time worrying the man
Due day, hs I was returning with the
troop after hunting down a false alarm
of bushrangers. my horse shied am!
threw me utmost In front of Stebbins
bouse, and ns I struck on a stone nnd
bad several ribs broken 1 was carried
tn. Ho was not glad to see me. bill
under the circumstances was obliged
to give me a bed. On the fourth night
of my accideut four men and three
women arrived for an evening visit
When dinner had been finished and
the drink hnd gone around Stebbins
sent for Black Jim and ordered him to
dance for tile amusement ot the com
puny,
The com let respectfully but
fl rtuly refused, nnd Ills master cried
out In Indignation;
"You won't dance, eh? Tin» much
of a gentleman to give uh a hornpipe
Mebbe this coiiipuuy l-ii't swuggei
enough fur the likes uf it bloumlu
murderer!'
“The charge against me was forgery
Mr." quietly replied the man
"I don't can* wlint It was
Yon nre
insubordinate. and up you go by tin
thumbs:
Alter bangin' till daylight
you'll urobnltlv lie a II.tic more tinnì
ble " r
The num had been hanging ten mln
titcK and (In* agony
had almos
brought utuoiiHclousueHs when tin
door was kicked open and bushranger:
crowded In
It was a complete sm
prise. Tbe women screamed out am'
began to cry lull tlu* men. with th
exception of Stebbins, tool. It rattle
coolly
The bully i.uil coward wen
white a- death nnd fell Into a chair
and It was almost pitiful to hear him
beg for tils life
The m i* ’n-tiiiit Stebbins toppled out
of tils ehall ni.Ii a I diet in Ills bed
aud the lender said
"Sony We lime Interriip'ed the fe-
tlvltle«. bill It w is o ir ei'l'lm* night
We were after Stelililna alone, m d th.
rest of von neisl not fear Come. Jim
We went you “
Two of them lieltHsf tlu* f rger-con
Viet out of the house mid upon ii horse
and that was the milking ot the most
notorious buslirangei In nil Aii-tnilln
He had n career of five years mid then
died from n bullet, mid It was two
yearn after Ills death before It became
publicly known th. t lie hud let the
law make a convict of him In order to
shield a brother
I had always he
lleved him Innocent of th........ mid
knowing how he hml ti.-en **t •*
nnd abused by Mlebliln« I mu, • i r
jolcisl when ihe bu>h Hi <• *•
ortho
him utf to mnkt* n irmjt'j "i u m
I
Meaning at the Green Bough.
Tbe ciistmii >l placing a green bough
on the root, i f i new ly built house Is
nut confined to Germany, but was
adopted by the French Canadians
who brought It with them from Brit
tany
The custom originated from
the superstition prevalent centuries
ago that every tree Is Inhabited by a
spirit; consequently It was believed
that every time n tree was felled an
other spirit wa» dispossessed, and this
«ns supposed t<> etinse some bitterness
on his part against society.
Rather
than risk having these homeless and
disgruntled spirits vent their III feel
inu upon the houses under construction
or upon the builders a branch was
planted on tile highest part of tbe
bouse for their occupancy. They were
then supposed to tie mollified, and if
they remained so until the roof was
lint on any evil design contemplated
would prove linruilesM. for the spell
would be broken
Notice ot Sheriff’s Sale Under
Execution
Charles L. Schieffelin, Plaintiff.
vs.
B. F. Forbes and Mary Forbes, his
wife, Defendants.
N otice is H ereby G iven , that un-
der and by virtue of an attachment ex
ecution and an order of sale duly is­
sued
out
and
under
the
seal
of th i ireuit Court of the State
of Oregon, in and for the County
j of
Jackson
in
a certain
cause
I therein wherein Charles L. Schieffelin
as Plaintiff recovered judgment against
the defendants R, F. Forbes and Mary
| Forbes for the sum of $58.15 together
with interest on the tn-ni of $56.65, at
■ the rate of ten per cent per annum
■ from February 25th, 1914, until paid,
for the further sum of $.35.00 reason­
able attorney’s fees, and the further
1 sum of $16.00 costs and di: bursements
and accruing costs of sale, which said
execution is of date August 1st, A. D.,
1914, and was issued in pursuance to
i a judgment of March 27th. A. I). 1914,
l which judgment is enrolled and dock-
' eted in the office of of the Clerk of
d'.zil Found by Accident,
Amerigo V<>spiice| made the first map said Court and is of record in Volume
• 21 at pages 150-151 of the Circuit
of Brazil, although only of the coast
Court Journal, in which judgment it
line, and II was the publication of this was also ordered by the Court that, the
map that led to the fixing of the name property attached in said cause and
of the new world,
Brazil itself was hereinafter described be sold- for the
revealed to Europeans In 1500 by an * ■ satisfaction thereof.
1 am commanded by virtue of said
accident—the drifting out of its course '
of a Portuguese expedition. The coun­ execution and order of sale to sell the
try Indirectly owes Its modern ad- real property hereinafter described t<>
I'amement to Napoleon.
To escape satisfy said above named judgment, I
will therefore at 9:30 o’clock A M on
from the conqueror King John of Por­
MONDAY, AUGUST 31st, 1914
tugal tied to tils dominions in America
Hnd. believing Portugal lost to the roy­ at the front door of the Court House,
al family, set about putting Brazil upon in Jacksonville, Jackson County, Ore­
gon, otfer for sale and will sell at pub­
a civilized basis by throwing open its
lic auction, to the highest bidder for
ports to the whole world.
cash, all of the right, title and interest
At it summer Itutel lu tbe Adirondack
mountains, where there were tbe usual
quantum of young girls und the usual
deficit of young men for them to flirt
with, Albert Klug, who needed recre
at ion after too much work, found him
self in demaud
But King was uut
a ladles' mini, nnd be demurred.
Nevertheless, there wits one girl who
attracted him. She was not one of the
rocking chair brigade, as tin* ladies who
But on tile piazza were ililbbed, lor she
wus not udmltted to their charmed clr
ele. Why, Klug did not know.
Klug made Iter acquaintance unii
was thereafter taboo by the patriciai
girls, who hud no use for a man who
I would divide his attentions to them
with one of another caste. But he did
not mind this, for Elicit Bickford, tin*
I young lady In question, interested him
and relieved the monotony of Ills stay
in tbe mount iins
Besides, he discov
ered Iter superiority in one respect.
| courage, for w hen a large party were
| caught out on tbe lake In a terrilh
' squall mid It looked as If their bom
would be awmnped Miss Bickford dis
; played no terror wliatever. while othei
girls were desperately frightened
Miss Bickford utter wore short
sleeves to iter dresses except at the
of the above named defendants in and
hotel dances, whi n she displayed a
to the follow ing described r**ai proner.
A Bit of Forestry,
well rounded neck mid arms
But m
"Do you know Uow to tell a hard t.v, subject to redemption as is by­
such times her right arm was Inva
law provided, to-wir:
wood tree from a soft wood tree?’
rlably encircled with it broad strip ot
The* East Fou t en
feet of Lot
sold u forester
"I'll tell you bow to
velvet. The fact that this part of her
Eighteen and the West 23.75 feet of
do It. and the rule bolds good not only
Lot Nineteen, in Block Two of New­
arm— midway bit ween the shoulder
here among our familiar pities ami town Addition to the City of Medford,
and the elbow was never exposed
walnuts, tint In the antipodes among Jackson County, Oregon.
soon began to excite comment. That
the strangest banyans, baobabs aud
All of saiu above described property
there was something on her arm to
whatnots
Soli wood trees have nee or so tnu-'h t hereof as may be r.ec s-
be concealed was evident; curiosity die leaves, slim, narrow. almost uni
sary will be sold to satisfy said above
stepped In mid would know what It
named judgment
in favor of th
form In bremlth
It you don’t be
was. But there was a dignity about
plaintiff and against the defendants.
me consult tile pine, the
Dated at Jacksonville, Oregon,
Miss Bickfoid that caused curious per
tir
Hurd wood trees
bromi I
1st day of August, A. D, 1914.
sons to abstain from making inquiries,
leaves ut various stm|ie
the
W. H. SINGLER.
so tbe matter remained unexplained.
ebony, tile wuiliut. tile mahogany ami
Sheriff if Jackson County, Oregon
Klug was Ignorant of the gossip con
so on "
By E. W. WILSON, Deputy
cerning what kind of blemish was
bidden under the velvet. He Inn] noticed
She Doesn't Shut Up.
I
the fai t of Miss Bickford's wearing it.
Mi­ Finite Did you hem want be
but hud not troubled litmself as to the ca I led his wife?
Notice of She-iff’s Sale
cause. If he thought uf It at all he
Mrs Flatte No
Foreclosure.
very likely set it down to the conceal
"A delicate little plant"
meat of a scar, probably caused by
Sarah
S.
Van
Dyke, Plaintiff.
"Well?"
vaccination
But one day the rumor
vs.
"Why, delicate little plants generally
reached bls ears that Miss Bickford shut up during u storm."—Yonkers
John Arnell and Annie M. Arnell
was tbe daughter of a common sailor Statesman
his wife, Defendants.
who.
child, had tat
N otice is H ereby G iven that under
tooed
her arm an anchor. Since
and by virtue of an execution and an
Art in the Soup.
order of sale duly issued out and un­
been smitten with the young
King
The artist’s wife leaned over
der the seal of th • Circuit Court of
lady
report naturally Interested
the State of Oregon for the County ot
him.
Jackson, dated .July 23rd, 1911, in' a
Whatever he may have thought of
seroh certain cause wherein Sarah S. Van j
Miss Bickford’s origin. It seemed to
Isn't Dyke as plaintiff recover td judgment
him uulike her to conceal any mark
against John Arnell an I Annie M. Ar­
beau
of it
He would rather expect her to
nell, his wife, as defendants, for the
sum of$/13.14 with interest thereon
liermlt tbe whole world to know bet
from the 1st day April, 1914, at the i
for exactly wliat she was
London's Great Fire.
rate of 8 per cent per annum and $70
Miss Bickford. It seems, was as much
rhe* firrnnl tire ot London In Hll ill attorney’s fee, and the further sum of
attracted by Mr. Klug its lie was by her
FtmtPd in >i nous»- on i’uddins inns $16.50 costs, which judgment was en­
Moreover, s’* noticed that after a cer­
hik I elidisi hi I’leurn.sl niiej
Thirteen rolled and docketed in the Clerk’s of­
tain perk'd lie seemed disposed to draw
thousand (\x«> ciimdretl noiisvt* were fice of said Court in saiu County on the
away from her She knew that what
(Mimed, including rigm> nine » lunches 9th dav if May, 1,111, and is of record
tn Vt lame 21 at. pages 251-2-3.
she was concealing was causing a
I am ct.mmanded by said execution
smothered commotion among the young
th. Day.
.•ind onKr of s-le to make sale of the
ladies of the hotel and Inferred that
old shoe. ot hereinafter descrihed nal property,
some one of the many stories that were
nnd I will at the hour of 10:00 o ' ’clock
Udutiug about concerning it had reach
toi gotten ive A.M. on
ed him Due day she frankly said to
TUESDAY. AUGUST 25th, 1914,
Olovk ¡list
him;
tit the front door of the Court House
"Mr. King, have you heard the story
in Jacksonville, Jackson County, Ore
that I am tbe daughter of it common
gon, aeli at public auction
- ........ to the
..._ high
sailor who tattooed an anchor on my
est bidder for cash, suhj *ct to retli tnp
arm?"
Summons in Forecb sure of Delin­ tion as is by law providid. all the
right, title and interest of the def< n
"I hare.”
quent Tax Certificate.
dat.tr in and to the follow ngdesei ¡bed
“Yon are the only person In tills
real property, to-wit:
house w I iohc opinion I care for. but 1 IN THE CIRCUIT COURTOFTHE STATE OF
The w st ha f o: th** following; Com­
OREGON. FOR JACKSON COUNTY.
do care for lours mid do not wish, so
mencing at the Southwest corner of
far as you nre concerned, to sail u
D. L U. 6.3, in
Township 37 South I
F. F. Pinkerton, Plaintiff.
false colors.
My father Is or w
of linage Doe West of the Willnnietie
VS.
S. I . McGary and all other persons unknown Meridian; thence running South 5.585
landsman and had nothing to do with
chains;
what is under the circlet I wear
But i any having: or claiming: to have an interest in chains; thence West 11.81
I do wear It to I'oncwil something th nt or to the real property hereinafter described. thence North 19.38 chains; thence run­
Defendant.
ning in
it Easterly direction 11.81
has been tnttooisl on mv arm."
To S. L McGary, the above named defendant. chains; I K nee running . • ouh 13 795
"Tlnilik you very mtn'll for the
In the Name of the State of Oreg:<>n: You are ''ha ns lo the place of h ‘gii ning.
ereucc you hive shown me and
Ex *, tning and reserving » right-of-
hereby notified that E. E. Pinkerton, the holder
frankness
For tin* first time uij
of Cert Hcato of Dolinqnency numbered 1631 is­ way 60 feet wide reserved by the
sued on th- j 2nd day of May. 1914. by the Tax Trustees of the estate of h'tan.ds 1!.
rloslt.v ns to tbit ribbon lias lu*er
i Ited. mid sin <• you have canned It I Collector of the County of Jackson. State <> Ular<, deceased, extending Nm*:h ami
Oregon, for the nmount of 86.20 Do’lnrs. the South along the entire eastern bound-
look to von to gratify IL”
same being the amount then due and delinquent try line of the property herein de
“I ilssme toll llial It Is nothing to be
for taxes fcr the 1 ear 1910, together with pen­ 'i'i:i e I. Alas sh >wn in Car: ificat .*
ashamed of'
alty. interest and costs thereon upon the real ■ t Title N.>. 1321, issued O. t<*ber 22.
"Is it anything to be proud of?"
property assessed to you. of which you aie th« 1912, by the R agi tr ir of Titles for
To t!:|s she : sseltled It iltlll'.’l.v
owner as appears of record, s tuatod in said J cun.n County, Oregon.
All of said property or =o mm-h
"In that en: ■ I Insi t upon seeing ft " County and State, aid psiticulaily bounded and
theie f as may be
necessary will
After some persuasion she pulled the descril»ed as follows, to-wit:
South H. If Southeast Quarter Section 20.
to sat-
ribbon down toward Ini elbow, and
isfy the judgment in favor of the
there In blue Ink tinder the skin were Township Forty. Two East, leas Un acres sold
plai*'tiffs and
against
th>
for county loud and railway rlght-o -way.
def in­
I he letlet s "Heroine "
You are further notified thai said E. E. Pink- (hints, together with the accru:! g
King looked nt the word, then up nt erton has paid taxes on said premises for prior costs of sale.
the girl's face and. wdlt a smile, said:
or subsequent years, with the rate of interest _ Dated at Jacksonville,
lack
"( ome; tell ilte story. I am dying to on said amounts as fo’lows:
County, Oregon, this 23rd
Year's Tax Date Paid Tax
hear ft "
. Amount July, 1914.
19H M o* 2nd. 1911
"It Is u**t mu 'It of a story
For years
W. H. SINGLER,
19i2 May 2nd. UH I
« < 7
aty family hail a eotiace on the sen
Sheriff of Jackson County,
913 M. 2nd 1*1«
6.(»7
const. .Mv summers were spent there
By G. R. HARPER.
Said 8. L. McCarv as the
of the legal
from the time I was six years old
I I ¡tie of the above described
learmal to swim line a th < k mid could appears of reeo.d. and each
A .ininiatr.i ors Notice to Creditors
handle n I salt as w ’I is a boy
(>nr I above named are hereby furtner nouiie I that E IN 1 Hi: (MUN !'V C Hilf r OF ■!'{ GON. FIR
cottage was * .. *>ne Ide of a neck of r.’. I nk. tton will up| ly tu ihe t hru t Court
JACK ION COUNTY.
Ini'd mid a lie saving station was on Io. 'he County and Sate aforesaid for a decree
In th. Matter of Ihe E cat. of Willi.im Hart-
the other sl*l
(lite d iv nit nnr side a tort closing the hen against the property above man Deceased.
Notice H hereby Riven that the und *rai|tned
•bln came nsliori*
I'lm lift* men did dvsc Hkw U1.G menuoneu in .id certificate. And
not know of h *t I*. Ing there, mid tlliTe you are hereby summoned to appear within six has leen appointed by the C unty Court of
tv days au. r the service of this summons upon Jackson County. Oregon, administrator of the
was not time III which to tell them
you. exclusive of the day of service, and defend estate of William Hartman, deceased.
There wen* s|\ n . n nboitt to drown this action or pay the amount due as above
All persons having claims against aai.1 estate
I pulled out In mv limit und saved shown, together with cods ami aeci ued interest, are hereby notified and required to present the
them
I was lint thirteen years old and in case of your failure to *i > no a decree w I came duly vrr.l'i.sl, to the undersigned adminis­
mid didn't know enough to refuse to be rendered foreclosing ihe lien of said taxes trator. at the otliee of his attorney. J. R. Net1. in
permit one <>f the lift* saver» to tattoo anti <oele ax .iil-l the land and |*i.lnises above the city of Jacksonville. Jackson County. Ora­
named.
son. on or before six months from the date of
my a rm."
i bis rum nona ia published by o.tier of the this notice.
"You have hurried throitgli your sto-
H*'i.<ira! !■• t. i. Tou Velle. Judaeof the County
Dated July 27. tgu.
ry." Hold Kltg. “ns t hough it was
Cour: of the State of Ort-Ko i. lor the County of
something to III* nshamed of
I'm glad J .ekaon. an.l eaiii order was made a d dated
Administrator of the estate of William
whitt yon mi* is Ind bly written on this 7ih day of August. 1914. and the date of the man deceased.
vonr person end If you were mine I tii-nt l Uldleallon of this Sammons s the 8th day
would never c >t sent to an attempt to ot Anyust. 1*H4.
All I’l e..s >1.1 p(.pera in :his p reeding may
J. W. Copeland, of Dnrfon, Ohio, pur­
•*r-i’l* ate It '
In tic - she luenme his. aul there be erv.d I **• .1 . UI..I. IS.1K .<u iveiuin t w.lh.ll chased a belile >< Chamberlain’s Coi.gh
l'emedy for bis boy who !> d - celò, and lie
in.
8
uie
ot
u.
■,„!>.
at
the
address
her.-atier
imth'n*; lie was note proud of
an lamed.
fore the bottle was all use1 t"« boy's old
th- it Ihe proud flt'e Ills wife continued
was gone, Is that not letter e.hnn tn pay
E E. KELLY.
tu t'oiiveiil.
the dollar doctor's bill? Ver sal« by
Adv.i.sy 1 r .he t'lai.t.i.
dealers.
Aulire« Med. oro, Uregua.
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