4t
Mt». M. Ettner.
LEE SONG,
THE CHINESE
HATCHET-BOY
By ALBERT W TOLMAN
U
they known what lay hid in th« •<■< rat
half-past ten before
it
tapped on tie laundry door. Billy
opened It quickly.
"You »re lute.” grunted be resent
fully. lie did not enjoy being cheated
of his smoke.
“Be content." smiled Lee Kong. "You
»ball buve enough presently.”
In a box in the back room Jlug lay
asleep, curled up like a kitten. Billy
did not even look at Idin Gut of Ids
sleeve he shook Iwo packets of opium.
“Try this, before you buy,” »ahi he.
and Billy snatched it greedily.
Each produced Ids pipe, and they
begun to smoke.
For the first five minutes tu t ween
whiff». Hilly talked of Clinton; for the
second live he «poke occ»sJ«Rully In
he
monosyllable« ; the third
»moked In «Ih me ; suddenly the pll1*
twitched from his Angers, und lie turn
bled buck on the bunk.
Surely, It
was strong opium.
Lee Hong, watching him cut-like, luid
down bls own pipe, and stood up. The
time bud come tut Billy to join bls fu-
ther».
•
There are pistol Jobs, and kti.fe-joli»
und rope-job». Tbl» w»a to be a ro|>e-
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It follow'd h«r to »chool on« day,
Mary had
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They taught h«r bow to cook.
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OR a luncheon or dinner dish th«
EE SUMI, aqun11In« at ml Inlghl
■inoker,
following will be enjoyed:
In a hack
Browned Pressed Veal.
drowsily Inlmled th« warm
('•ok tlirfe hu one-half pound* of
fumes of lila c 1 an ret t e, , us he
veal nud one half pound of lean pork
blinked through th» lumpllt reek «n
until the in rut fall« from the bone«.
the lines of sleeping mtn »prattled
and n*du<'e the lk|uor to three*
8a»a Terra.:
‘
along Ilie hide» of the Car. Illa fine,
quarter* of q pint. ¡’our thia over the
round, unwrlnWod, guiiele«". pro-
meat and mix thoroughly, then pack
claimed him un ordlnury lnoifen»lve
In a pan. When cold, allce» dip in egg
Chinaman.
Portland. Or«
113 Sixth St..
L'mlvr Lee's feet iny hl» straw ex-
and crumbs and brown In butler.
It
contained
n
Testn-
tension case.
Banana Fluff.
(
ment and several t'hhiese tracts, but
- Cut seven banumis Into slice», sprin
ulso the tool» of Id» trade a bulldog
Salem, Oreg—"For some
kle them with lemon jul<e and shred
revolver, a long, narrow knife and a
I have U’cd Dr. Pierce'» Golden
ded coconut; let stand an hour on ice.
>>
stou^ cord.
Medical Discovery nv a spring tonic
I’nt the fruit through a fruit pres« and
A poor workman quarrel» with Id«
and hive never found it to fail
add one cupful, lacking a tablespoon
tools but Lev Hong never quarreled
in cleansing the syMcm, »limulatinif
holds no thrills, and
the Idooil and giving a feeling of
ful, of powdered sugar. Fold Into the
Teaches trade in • week». Boma P»X
wlt'i hl«. The cord wit» new and un
but
little
anticipation, for the while learning Position» secured. Writs
healthy life. At one time I was
mixture
the
stiffly
beaten
whites
of
ground
keen,
and
cord. Sl.llfully slipping It round Bil
frayed, the knife
weak and run down, felt all worn
for catalogue. IS4 Bumside Street, Port
every chamber of Hie seven shooter ly'» neck, be rolled him over on hl» four eggs and turn Into a freezer; turn
sick and puny.
<'Ut and <eady to go to bed, but the
land, Oregon.
loaded.
It
was
U-e
’
s
attention
to
de
until
It
begins
to
turn
hard,
then
add
face.
help I got front the ‘Golden Medical
Therefore keep up that
tails.
Joined
with
certain
other
udmlr
CUT FLOWERS & FLORAL RESIGNS
a
pint
of
cream
that
has
been
whipped
Crossing
the
rope
ends
the
hatchet-
Discovery' brought back to me a
Clarke Bro».. Florist», Z87 Morrison st
able qualities. that hud made him the boy grnsped '»ne firmly In each hand. until stiff.
feeling of strength and new life.
100% feeling,
foremost hatchet boy of the Liu Kwen Ills arms stiffened. A »trong. steady
I shall always have a good word
to - iv for this wonderful remedy
Cream Cheese and Walnut Salad.
pull would »oon do the bualoeaa. But
Tong.
lor 1 have alwiv» found it good
Make »mall balls of er m cheese
by taking
Lee Hong »M an artist, either nt Billy snored peac»fuliy on.
You Will Feel Ri«ht at How Her«
I
have
when a tonic
premeditated assassination or Im
I^ee Song’s gorge rose. Disgust pos ami put together with a walnut on each
also used the
prompt« murder. In bls makeup was sessed him; not pity, for Imtehet t.o*» »Ide. Arrange on lettuce ut,d serve
Excellent Cafe. Special Weekly
nothing spectacular, no boasting or know no pity. It was a Job for a nov with French dressing.
can -ay they can be depended upon
Rate«.
Boe Meet! alt Traina. ■ Ilth. and Stark.
and
knlfe-hiift
ice.
a
bungler,
unworthy
a
finished
Fistol
butt
to de i t and regulate these organs.
bravado,
PORTLAND. OREGON
Croots Soup.
Mr* M. Elmer, 44« South 18th Nt.
show ed no notche»- but he never artist.
Write Dr 1’icrce's Invalids' Hotel
Take one quart of tomatoes, three
"Bull!” he grunted. "It 1» too easy.
fulled to get his innn.
in Buffalo, N Y . for free medical
pints of water, one-fourth cupful of
When the Tong send»- Lee Song aft I kill men. not pig»."
advice or . < nd Vie for trial package
A Mild Laxxdv«
er you, you are as good U» dead al
Contemptuously pulling out the cord rice, one large onion, one tables; oonful ,
ÜAXK-ítüOT
For reliable Clean:ns and Dy«-
of any of his medicines.
A System Builder
ready, and tuny an well get meaaured he rolled Billy «ver again on bls back. of curry powder, three slleea of carrot. .
Then he stepped to the box where Jing one tablespoonful of be f extr: 't and |
for your eaffln.
We pay return postair«. Inform
Coral Formation.
one tab|es|MMinful of sugar. । it the
On till» »pedal night the hatchet lay curled, and shook him lightly.
That will assist NA-
ation and price« givea upon re-
boy
wu»
bound
for
a
certain
city
to
vegetables
fine
and
cook
with
the
wa-
Coral islands, formed from petrified
"Ciaue," he said.
quest.
URE in keeping your
•* an boor. I
send n laundryman named Billy Wing
The boy started up, looked nt him a ter and tomatoes for • half
ENKE’S CITY DYE WORKS
System fit at ail times
■kelatons of coral polyp», are numer to steep beside hl« father». Why the moment In sleepy wonder, then un- Strain; rub as much as posslbl” of the
Portland. Or«
Established ISSO.
ous In the warmer portions of the Tong wanted Billy killed was Imma besltatlngly stretched out his arms. pulp through the sieve. Itetum to the
Pacific and Indian oceans, where the terial to Lee. Hl» busin«»» was simply The hatchet-man lifted him. und passed fire, add the rice, salt. pep|»er sugar,
At your Drug Store
beef extract Cook the butt r and
We Specialize in
gro>Wth of coral goes on with great to obey, to strike like lightning, like Into the night.
■
to
a
Two hours later Lee Song sat in flour with the curry powder
rapidity, These islands also occur to ' lightning to disappear.
The J<»t> promised to be a simple the comer of the smoking car. bound cream, then stir It Into the sori >; cook
u lesser e xtcnl in the Gulf of Mexico
Hides
l Worf, Mohair,
and along the Atlantic shore of the one. Lee smoked dreamily. His «oul for the great city. In bls anns lay for another half hour. I he eu.. y may
Tallow,
Uscara,
Orejas
was at peace, save when be thought Jing, fust asleep, «ne bund tightly be omltteù If not liked.
Chick« from
West Indies.
local bens A double pediere«
Ci ape Rao', Coed Skiis
of his only son. who hud died a month clasping Song's right forefinger, that
»irw. Sttfe •«oredited. Alno
before. Every time the little white terrible finger which had sent so many
Curried Banarras.
choice
A Rocks. I/”«!
Horse Hair
Answer That.
pri e«.
Hve delivery
casket rose before Lee’s eye» a devil Chinamen to Join their fathers.
I’ut a cupful of desiccated coconut
jriiaranteed. ('ate loir fre<.
•ailk;
If
Write for Shippin* Ta*« A latest Pree Liat
"This 1» a diplodocus. ono of those who Stood beside him night and day
The hatchet-boy looked down on the Into a dish with a cupful of
its own
primeval monster» which existed on ran a sharp dagger Into bls heart So little black head In the hollow of bls the fresh coconut is used ad<
ortland ide a
ool o
often hud the devil done this that the arm. He pressed the limp, thin body rnllk, if enough. 1’eel and »1 • • a half
the earth millions of years before the
dozen tpinanas and put them rlth two
Accident Record.
spot was very sore.
im
umo« m»ut ««rx. mruna, imm
against
nls
breast,
and
felt
the
qulck-
appearance of man,” »aid the pro-
tablespoonfuls of butter in which a
All night he Journeyed, sleeping nnd
Branch at Pocatello. Idaho
The accidental deaths in this coun
fessor. "Dlploilocus?" repeated the waking, and at early dawn came to the beutlng heart and the gentle breath tal.lespoonfnl of curry • i« been heat--
ing
HI»
room
In
Molt
street
would
Well. if It existed
try in the course of a year amount to
perplexed student.
ed
;
brown
lightly.
Ad
I
a
tca«poonful
I city where lived Billy Wing.
1« brighter with thl» little fellow play-
■o long before thu appearance of man.
of the essence of anchovies, a tea- more than those from typhoid, mea
In the
few
There
Ing in It.
right
»poonful of Worcestershire sauce, one- sles, diphtheria, dysentery and whoop
how do you know that is its
. place, und Lee easily found Billy's
A wave of strur.ge tenderne« swept
! laundry. Entering, he made the oplum- over Lee Song,
name?”
Again lite devil h«lf teaspoonfnl of salt, a dash of ing cough together. Among the var Made From Old Carpet» “Wear Like
cayenne and. last of nil. the coconut ious kinds of accidents those attribut
I smuggler's sign to the proprietor, who
Iron.”
stabbed him, but his dagger was
Presidential Succession.
was wrapping up a shirt for a cus- blunted. The »ore place did not hurt and milk. Simmer for fifteen minutes, ed to the automobile have g: own with Deal Direct with the Manufacturer. Ah«olute
Satisfaction
Guarantwi.
Send in lo«r Ma
then
stir
In
n
»ell-beaten
egg.
Serve
turner.
Billy
signaled
back,
his
■
-
in
far
greater
rapidity
than
a
y
of
the
the Presidency, in glittering. After the customer w ent so much. His lips were silent, but
terial or Write for Prices.
Succession
in a well of freshly(bolled rice.
other and are now placed a. ’.ong the
WESTERN FLUFF RUG COMPANY.
his
heart
he
»aid:
casa both President and vico president out. he asked eagerly:
Portlard. Oregon
"It Is good to have a little boy.
major causes of accidents in ids coun- M-J« Union Aveno« Nor.
should die Is: Secretary of state, sec
"When?”
try.
"Tonight at ten." answered
retary of treasury, secretary of war.
Of French Origin.
attorney general, postmaster general Men who smoke opium should m >t In- Made Up Her Mind to
An Idea of Spase.
The term “tailor" comes from the
cur the Tong's displeasure.
and secretary of the navy.
r
Show Thoss Jacksons
One may judge how great is the French tailler, to cut. At one time the
Tlie hatchet-boy run tin experienced
in earlier days of eastern Indiana,
distance to evea the nearest stars,
eye over the laundry, sizing h up for
tailor, or cissor, made clothes of all
Celebrated Trick Horse.
when the community physician acted
says Nature Magazine, from tl - fact
the kill and the get away. Ah, yes,
descriptions, including underwear and
Morocco, a horse owned by one that back room! The Job over, h«' us dentist, surgeon und sage, it was
that Vega, a near neighbor, is ibout
Mr« t?M«d«r Juhn Appkto«
the
padding and lining of armor;
not
infrequently
tlmt
his
knowledge
J
all
London
by
his
dev
could shed Ids false queue, shift hi»
1.500,000 times more distant th i the
Hunks. amarci!
M> m Daywy May me Apple«»«
of the personal prejudices of famllle«
hence the name "Taylors and Linen
elóse
of
the
Sixteenth
clothes,
und
»11p
out
of
town
on
u
sun,
which
is
our
own
particut
c
sun,
ut
the
erne«
Armorers” which figures in the early
common American served him well, the Indianapolis
the one about which our ear.h re
anti the ■ beginning of the Seventeenth freight like a
News remarks.
charters granted to the Merchant Tay
century. Mention is made of him in tramp.
It is re :.lled by an early physician s
BS. LYSANDER JOHN APPLE- volves.
lors' Company of the City of London.
out of the door, a llt-
As
he
started
contemporary play».
•on umt his father told often of how
TON, recently visitisi Grants
tie Chinese boy sllppcd In. The devil a cun- was effected by a remark that
First
Map
of
the
Atlantic.
tomb. She gave a passing glance at
rply In the »ore spot,
First Aid for Neuralgia.
A man charged In an English police stubbed Lee sba
now would come under psychological I
The first map in which the Atlantic
for tile lad was about five, >, Just the
clmwlficatlon.
Mr.
B
-----
■
«
member
।
court wrote that ho could not attend
As
a
remedy for neuralgia get a
ocean
is
depicted
and
given
its
proper
eeu.
The
age hl» own son liuti
of a family known for Its strength of |
In the morning, but If the court would
name was published in the year 1306, thick slice of bread, soak one side in
batchet-mun's heart wurmed toward character, which then “i- cnlled by
nit for him any afternoon ho would him. and he turned back. Billy was
and was the work of an Italian geog boiling water and sprinkle, cayenne
neighbors, “plain contrariness.
was |
"bo pleased to make an appointment." upbraiding the child for being lute.
rapher, Marino Sanuto, of whom lit pepper over the dry, hot side and ap
had given up recovery. Hie;
"Son of ii pig!" he screamed shril 111 and
ply to the face. This application is
tle is known.
ly happened to have un Inherent ■
family
ly. "Where have you been so long !
better then a mustard plaster, as it
Tree’» Odd Growth.
for all members of another ।
With a buffet he sent him reeling dislike The physician wisely thought
Prices in Bible Days.
does not blister the face.
The banyan tree is peculiar. Ita
Into u corner. The little fellow picked family.
Abraham paid 400 shekel ■ of silver
branches send roots downward, which,
of a plan.
hlm»elf up without a wldmper, and
Is It Not So?
($200) for a piece of land for a bury
"Nancy,” he said the next time he
l>c
rooted.
when they have become
disappeared into the buck room, rub called on the woman who refused to
ing
place.
In
Solomon
’
s
time
(I
Kings
come props, and In this manner the bing Ids head. Lee’s fingers drew up
Some men are always wanting peo
get well. "I "»» talking to Bill Jack-
10:29) it is mentioned that the price ple to tell them how good looking they
tree spread» over a great surface and toward something In his sleeve, lie
•on today and told him you were pret
of a chariot in Egypt was 600 shekels are, but a woman will stand up in
wished It were ten o'clock at night ty sick. He said: That’s the way
endures for many ages.
of silver (»250). The price of a horse front of a mirror and see for herself. —
now.
with them 11----- ». they are always
was 150 shekels (about $72).
“'Tls Jing, the son of my brother,
Washington Star.
dyln’ off.’ ”
who died with hl» wife of the fever
"You Just tell Bill Jackson,' she said
"Would
Uncle Eben.
lust spring." explained Billy,
hotly, sitting up In her bed, “that there
Another Question.
the boy had died with them. He Is ain’t nothin’ the matter with Nancy
Why do they call a roadster
“
De
discovery
of a new comet,” said
not worth the food he eats or the H — and that the B
s ain t no
Uncle Eben, “makes a heap o’ talk. "chummy” just because you have to
THE
clothes lie wears.
1 can save no race to lay down and die like the
But when you comes right down to crawl through the carburetor to get
FLAVO
money while he 1» with me."
Jacksons are."
human
requirements, ’taint near as into the auxiliary seat —Atlanta Con
Lee replied nothing. Billy wns go
It Is recorded in the case that Nan
important as de discovery of a two- stitution.
Ing that night where money would not cy soon arose from her bed and lived
। be needed.
it, and then said: “What a pity to dollar bill in last winter’s pants.”—
in good health to an advanced age.
Keeping It Dark.
waste all this tine grass when it would Washington Star.
All that day the hatchet-boy lurked
in the outskirts of the city. He thought
keep a cow.”
Lovely Arithmetic
in Manchester, England, a magis
much of little Jing, and of Billy's
—x—
Partisan Parley.
\ girl complained to her male com
trate who remarked: “You are mar
When Lysander John Appleton gets
cruelty to him, and the spot over his panion tb-t she didn’t like arithmetic.
A partisan is a man who thinks you ried?” was interrupted somewhat in-
heart wns very sore. But he could She couldn t understand it nnd didn’t cross his wife gets no sympathy from an enemy it you can’t be as unreason
dignantly by the exclamation: “Hey,
not kill the laundryman, until he re Bee the use of it. The young man said Daysey May me. “You married him,”
able as he is.—Duluth Herald.
not so loud—it ain’t a thing to boast
she will remind, her mother. "What
ceived final orders, at seven tlmt night,
be would teacher her.
ever
made
you
marry
a
man
like
about anyway!”
from the Tong.
"Now." said he, "I kiss you three
German Boy Wonder.
Promptly on the hour he was ut the times on one cheek and four times on that?" Then Mrs. Appleton replies In
Johann
Baratier,
who
died
in
1740.
After eatlnd or si»okina
post office. The general delivery clerk
Gratuitous Help.
’ — that a low mumble, and Lysander John
How many does
Wrigley'» freshen» the mouth
handed him n letter containing a white the other.
knows she Is apologizing to her chil at the age of nineteen, is one of the
Character
is something you make
and sweeten» the breath.
sheet, entirely blank. Its upper right that make?1 whispered the girl, dlsen- dren because she didn’t marry a world’s most striking instances of pre
Nerve» arc soothed, throat 1»
yourself.
In
making a reputation you
“
Seven,
”
hand corner showed n slight nail-mark.
prince, or a duke, or at least a banker. cociousness. He read and wrote Ger
refreshed and digestion aided,
gaging herself to breathe more freely.
have a lot of volunteer help —Duluth
This was made by the right forefinger
—
x
—
So ea»y to carry the little packet'
man and French at four, Latin at five,
“Well. thtU Is arithmetic.”
Daysey Mayme Appleton, though a Greek and Hebrew at seven.
of the chief of the Tong. It signified
Herald.
______
“Dear me.” snld the girl. "I didn’t
devout member of church, can’t resist
that Billy should live.
plea»
think It could be made such n
the desire to be revenged if some one
Lee Song felt the devil's dagger ant study.”—Philadelphia Inquirer.
offends her. A girl recently stole her
again. He had planned that nfternoon
beau, and Daysey Mayme got a sweet
to adopt little Jing, after Billy hud
Pot From Ancient Copper
revenge. She cut up a loaf of bak
gone to his fathers. Sorely disap
Charles M. Forsberg of Williams er’s bread Into thin slice», put ham
WTTH OfiARANTXTD
pointed, lie pondered, walking in the
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dusk. At last he came to a decision. port Pa., has In his possession a cof between, and tied them with • baby
BATOR. Made in two
He would kill Billy on Ids own ac fee pot made of copper oiiore than 400 blue ribbon. Then she made some
si»ea,210snd 420egg sect
years
old.
He
made
theV>t
from
cop
ions. Addasectionany
lemonade, ami Invited 12 girls In to
count. nnd take the boy. ,TruF. It
time. Each section a
You Want a Good Position was
somewhat Irregular—but the per taken from the.roof of the cath spend the afternoon, and left the
complete Incubator,
Vi»rv
—Tak« th» Acronntancy »nd Bntin««»
large capacity small
Tong's rules did tjot forbid the aveng edral of St. Peter, In Home, about 42 Hated One out. Oh, It was sweet
M«ntt»fm<int, PriraU 8«erstorl»l, (
space automat ic regulat
Comtoinrtor,
HUno«raphin,
l «nnuushi», o' ing of a private feud, nnd Song took year» ago, nt which time replacement when she passed the ham sandwiches
ion. less wort, low oper
Oomm«rol«l T«»' h«r« Oonrss st
ating cost . You can t
Billy’s abuse of Jing us n personal of some of the copper was undertaken tied with baby blue ribbon, and wa
Abdominal Sunporter» - Arch
beat itln Priceor Hatch
after It had served nearly 400 years. tered the lemonade a little more, to
Support». Send for maasur-
2 510 IG G ,.
Address me at om e for
•latter.
in» blanks.
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free catalogue. No great
At quarter to ten he started for Bil The roof had been on since the build reflect on what her rival was missing.
er Incubator value obtainable Free trial proves
Laue-Davis Drug Co.
ly’s laundry.
A crowd of young ing of the cathedral, in 1503. Com “She will be sorry." said Daysey
Th. tnr.mn.t Bn.tnM. ColUn of th.
it. 25 years practical experience and Money
which h.. WOB mor. Aeenr.rv **•*>•«'» J
Truss Export«
du sxAnte®.
hoodlums on a corner hooted nnd hits menting on the copper roof, he says Mayme, when she returned to the
Modal. lh*n .ny oth.r .rhool In .Aiwrt._«■ Ho«"
ST. HELENS INCUnATOR CO
173 Third St., Portland. Or«
tied the mild Chinaman, nnd turned that the perfectly made Joints Indi kitchen with an empty plate, “when
for onr SuccM Cstalog F"¡¡T
Pr..
A. R- Badger,Prop. Box M Centralia, Wash
Morri win, Portl.nd, Or. Issso M. W»lk«r, PrM
him back. Song bore It meekly. But cated that the ancient roofers who did she find» out what she has missed.”
the work were thorough craftsmen.
No. 12, 1925 they would not have hustled him, had
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