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. 1........... . ! !*' e ouse 1 ■ OPIENREAD l)W. P. J. O’DONNELL KXODONT1A ILLUSTRATED Phenes—415-10 (ófrica) SlH-lll (residence) Cor. H2d an<i Footer Road I---------------------------——------------------- ■ V ■ 6VNOP8I8 Y. AONO Associated All kinds Gasoline of Oil» Tires. Tube« »nd oil Accesaories. Northeast corner of 824 and Divi sion streets. _________ . Candirs, Ciders. Tobaccos, Light Grocoriee. Freeh «’Kgs front my own hens every day OtAFTBR I-The Um. I. th. 1st. SO. se .arly he and th. scans a ataambuat oa the Mlselselppl rtvse. All th. types af the period ar. prwant and the MSb- Ins pala.-a Is distinguished by merrtmeat. dan.ins arid gallantry. Tti.ro ar. th. ou.lomary drtnhlng and cam bling also- Virgil Dear«. a young northern man, ts on his way south on a mission of revsega It. mnu an ^'inlrtc rhsrnctsr In the person ot one Uterty HhotU.. who Is constantly tempting th. goddu. of chancy They form a singular oeApast R. TABELL > I '< ; MSI! Foster Road All kinds of Light Trucking Gar bag* Hauled B. F. COOK 10207 67th Ave. 8. E. Auto. 614-48 chum. u> hang La Vina as High as Hamaa. Drees has ba<<>m. enamorad W a mystortoua teauty aboard the teat CMAITEK UL—The staamsr reaches ' HOUSE'S RESTAURANT 128 Third oL, bet. Washington and Alder sts. Just 1H blocks from “M-S" ear. HEALS AMDJLUMCHES etratag.m Bhottle Irerns that the naaas of tbe (tn Is Nadia, la Vltte and that ter companto, of ch. .venlng Is tte maa who I. seeking t. marry h.r. MT. SCOTT TRANSFER CO. (•HAVTktl rV — Draco paasM an uneasy night torn by the suspicion that Nadin, la th. daught.r ot old Mspho la Vltte. now an admitted outlaw. Now. mor. than .ver, la he resolved to And whore th. girl lira, and to «nd St .pho Drees and Bhottl. begin a eeerch ot the «MP. In on. of their nocturnal pilgrimage, they roma upon a mob Intent upon hang ing a poor wretch from ths limb ot a trae. It Is e typical r.rpetteg sierutioa and aroused th. resentment of an oppoe- Ing mob of dtla.ni Draco takes a hand tai th. light which starts and Is Instru mental la preventing th. ««..-utton From a window opposite tte arena, te tetabas a glimpse of on. h. la sur. to Nadin. Ante. 646-21; Roe. 4822 60th Street J. 8. Miller. Prop. Daily trips to Mount Scott and Lenta. Stand, First and Taylor eta.. Portland. LAUER REALTY CO. IU-AL HMTATK citt raorauTT «a* raans Phone 688-83 •out nos nm< riaLAND station DRESSMAKING LADIES' TAILORING MRS. N. J. BRENNAN 4828 Ninety-seventh Street S. E. (Next door to the Callin’s residence) Painter-Decorator D. H. LETCHER 8436 FOSTER ROAD Telephone Automatic 641-01 ___________________ FOR SALE Two second-hand sewing machines. Furniture polish for sale. Monarch, the best. F. E. JIGGAR SR. 6131 Ninetieth Street THE BENJAMIN STUDIO MODERN PHOTOGRAPHY •'Every Sitting a Study” View Work, Home Portraits, Kodak Finishing 6436 FOSTER ROAD LADIES! Come to the Vogue for good, slight ly-used clothing. Everything for every occasion. Suita from 85 up. Shoes, lists, coats, dresses. A good line of children's coat* ORDERS TAKEN Dressmaking Done Reasonable THE VOGUE Fourth Door, 403 Alisky building, Third street. Just north of Morrison street. Main 3132. GRAYS CROSSING Sheet Metal Works GET MT PRICE BEFORE LETTING THE JOB Automatic «40-75 «0074 82nd St. M.L. NOBLE & SON 6264 FOSTER ROAD Groceries and Fresh Meats We grind our own hamburger and our own sausage BY R.H. LIVINGSTONE (Continued from last week.) “That raaZof wine was addressed to Btepho Is Vltte at Famum'e landing. Mlnalsalppl. That wine Is going to Btepho on tbe Bumblebee. And so are we!" Au hour later Drace eat with 8hot- tlo on the deck of the Bumblebee, watching the ever-changing panorama of the Mississippi and musing upon the sudden shifting of his quest. "Liberty," asked fintee presently, "bow far up Is thia Farnuui's Mnding? Do you recall HF' "Yea," said IJberty. "I know this rtver. Fnrnum'a 1-sndlng la—by gol ly I" he exclaimed, breaking off. "fan num's landing is the next slop below Bethpage's landing! And Gen eral Bethpage la my uncle! We'll go there." “But," Drace said dubiously, "he's not my uncle, and I'm afraid It would be Intruding somewhat on his hospi tality to—" “Nothing of the sort," averred Lib erty. "Any friend of mine would bo doubly welcome. You can't know much about lhe General. Taming, now, but he used to be the moat re markable character, In a quiet way, along the river. And when I tell you about him, Virgil, you'll laugh. Before the war he was professor at Newsome, a little college up In the scrub-oak country, lie entered the army as a colonel and came out as a brigadier.“ "1 don't see anything to laugh at In that." “No, tint Walt He had considerable money, and at times used to come down to New Orleans to enjoy him self. On one occasion he lost all hla money at roulette." "Still nothing to laugh at" “Not All the property he had with him was • bodyservant a Guinea ne gro named Dip. 8o what does he do? He says to the proprietor of the gam bling house: 'I wish to plsy this ne gro, air.* 'All right; I'll take off the limit and let you play him. How much Is he wort tit says the gambler. T don't want to play his value In money, hut him, I tell you,' saya the General. 'Say the word, end I'll bet him on one of these numbers.' He had been los ing every bet and the proprietor knew that It would he safe. So he says: 'All right, go ahead.' "The General wasn't sober, so he calls the darky and says: 'Dtp, stand here with your forefingers on number twenty, right here.’ The darky did so, and they turned the wheel, everybody laughing. Well, sir, if twenty didn't win, the world Is a puffball! Won, and the owner of the place tamed pale) He know that he'd have to pay or close op hie house. So he says: 'All right get at hie value, and 111 pay the het.' "Valael' cries the General. *1 didn't bet hla value, but him. I want thirty- five Guinea negroes. Sise them up to him.’ " "What a farcer commented Drace. "Was It? Well, I reckon not. They had to go out and buy thirty-five Guinea negroes. It took quite a while, but the General waited. And when they had all been sited up, the General J ! | I ! | I ■ - — - — went up the River, with bls thirty-five Guinea negroes trailing after him." Now Druce could see the picture of It, and bo laughed. This was ths mao ho was going to visit I Tbe Bumblebee was jointly owned and operated by Major Pewltt and a young fellow named William Hawkins. It was a fine steamer, bet while It »«« eunn'ngly masked as a public carrier. Shottie was quick to discover that It was In truth a nomad gambler, profuse to entertainment that taxed not the ! giver. But the entertainment sought by this pelican, as tbe gamesters termed Shot tie. was not of wine from France, the fish-egg from Russia or . venison frrrm America's native woods, - but spades, hearts, diamonds and dubs. , And while the Bee still lay at the ‘ wharf, breathing low and blubberously through her nostrils Rhottle had put i In operation a quickly contrived “touch," presenting himself to Ms jar ! Pewltt before he had taken the time to Introduce hie friend to that well- i known character. ; Now, however. Major Pewltt strolled ' up; and Shottie, keen to get to the gaming table. Introduced Pewltt to Drace and then a moment later him self slipped away. “We are on our way to visit Shot tie's uncle. General Bethpage." ex plained Drace. "What, my old friend and fellow soldier. Bethp«*' I Never a nobler mnn drew sword In defense of what he conceived to be right. If you like a genial atmosphere and a company that never tires, you will remain with him as long as possible and still too short a time. I earnestly hope that you may find Inducement to settle among us." "Possibly 1 may. I like the River. I like the study of character. In charac ter there ts sll history, all philosophy, all—" "Just so,” the Major agreed. “And we have some remarkable characters here, sir. and some of the most beau tiful women In the world; to some peo ple It may appear a little singular, but lutereetlng character among mon ah ways develops In an atmosphere pro ducing beauty among women." "And naturally. Major, you are ac quainted with both characters and beauty. And by the way, did you ever meet an old fellow—let me see. what la his name? Oh. 1 think they call him Btepho — something. Oh, yes — La Vltte?" The Major cleared hla throat and gently laid bls hand on Draco's shoulder. "My young friend, they have told you about the moat Implacable and desperate of men. air. I know the man. and while nature did not Intend —and I beg your pardon for wlist might seem a want of modesty—that I should fear any human being, yet I confess to an occasional uneasiness In the presence of eld Stepho la Vltte. I have never had any words with him —that la, strained words; but If I should, Fd await no move on hla part but shoot him Instantly. Ha, I wish you to meet my dear young friend and much esteemed partner, William Hawkins." Drace was much taken with Haw kina, hla quiet mrnner. Ma athletic mold, and panned some time with him In talk, the Majc-r having given to Hawkins a scheming wink. The boat was now fluting her ruffled way up the river. At a table beneath a great shaded lamfi, flhottie sat, not alone, not staring Into vacancy but In to the expressionless countenance of stream of hounds, and an old 'possum dog “barked up'* Sbottle as if be had treed. The double hallway doors stood open The General conducted Tirace Into tbe library, a room that looked big enough for a tennis court Then he hastily withdrew, and BbotUe spoke: “Gone to find Aunt Tycle. You’ll like her. No hickory tree sap Is any sweet er than her dlspoeitioa. She was a Bhottle. my fathers young sister. Rhe's young, as I told you. And she looks younger new than when she married. Did you ever notice that when a young woman marries sn old fellow, «he alwsys tries to loot young er? Here they are." Presently the great plantation bell on a tower In the yard rang time for the evening meal. The General arose, and bowing to his wife, gracefully ot- fere«) her his arm. To Drace It was a pretty ceremonial, and he contrasted It with the more brusque customs of everyday life In tbe North. When sn opportunity offered, Grace Inquired of the General, as casually as possible, if he knew enythlng of an old fellow named Btepho la Vltte. who was reputed to live somewhere In tbe vicinity. The General seemed somewhat sur prised nt the Inquiry. “Yes." he »aid. The Major Cleared His Threat and “I know something of him. Ard ’ be Gently Laid Hla Hand on Draco's lieve there are rumors that he Is some times seen serosa the Rtver near here. thoulder. During tbe war be was a guerrilla and n>en merciless In vlvfsecttoo. Luck at cast much blame on the Confederacy first had cajoled him. let him swell I met h m once, after the w«r—near the fifty be had obtained to near five your father's house, my dear. My hundred, but a yellow-looking swab of mules v ere tired, snd I had halted In whiskers entangled with him and the shade to let them rest, when up leeched him down to twenty-five. came two men : one put his hr. nd on Bhottle looked at him, hla caterpillar the wheel of my buggy and said that eyebrows, beard his slight backing my mules were hla—that they had cough. Ma request for a glass of Ice- been stolen from him. I laughed, but water, and said to himself: meantime I had the muzzle of a pistol "One of these days 1 may have a between his eyes. He didn't flinch nor chance to set fire to you as I would wink. He looked nt me and sam thst any other (Mitch of dead gruss." be may have made a mistake. I told Slowly and with an economy painful him I thought he had. T.,vu. taking for .him to practice. Sbottle with many his band off my wheel, he bowed him ups and downs built up again toward self back and said that he would nee two hundred; but at length In tbe aft me again, to apologize. Rut I haven't ernoon an old citizen who eat high seen him since.” and who looked like a steer, hooked In the evening how still and sweet Mm and horned him broke. was the air! From the quarters came Shuttle came stumbling over the the weird drone of tbe negro's chant doorsill and found Drace in conver for the habit of tbe slave had not fal sation with Major Pewltt and William len with his chain. In the parlor Aunt Hawkins. With a wink tbe Major Tycle sang. In tMs house a custom to enjoined a hntnorous silence. and be dreaded by tbe learned ear, but mutely they set attendant on tbe los Drace's ear was not learned: Shottle a er'« mood. Bhottle sat down, took out waa as an oyster-shell clapped to his a card, wrote on IL pot It beck Into head ; and in music the General could his pocket, tapped bls teeth with the not distinguish Intention from accom pencil and spoke: plishment. It waa a song of love, “I have Just written a resolve, and “Hast Thou No Feeling to See Me whenever I do, It becomes a law of my Kneeling?” and when Its last note had being. It has just been enacted and found a dark corner wherein to die. recorded that never again on this earth Drace requested her to sing It again. am I to bet another cent I may go She gave him a grateful look; tbe Gen to houses where Ibero are card parttea. eral smiled at him; and as the song be but never again am I to shuffle a deck. gan again to mourn Ito way. Shottie My career aa a fool la ended said to himself: Who waa It that wrote. If at first you "If Providence will lend virtue to a don't succeed, try. try sgatn'? A pris scheme, that will cost you money. Vir on sentence would be too good for the gil. Came here to rest after going hatcher of such a fallacy. If at first through more than Stonewall Jackaon you find you're wrong, quit. That’s my could stand, and this Is what I get! course for the future." Oh. It's respectable and ought to be | "I congratulate you. Rut what are endured, and so ts a casket lined with you going to do?" Drace Inquired. satin, but It doesn't suit roe. Lord, "I will drag a surveyor's chain and but thia atmosphere Is unsympathet squint at the landscape I'll Ing a tri ic!" pod and eat a raw turnip in the wind. If you have patience to wait, bed Or. If compelled to be humbler. I can time always comes: history Is strewn curry horses." with bedtime. It came slow-footed for “And bet some fellow thst you'll Shottie. but quickly enough for hrs«, have your horses curried first," as Id with his nerves of steel wire, and the Major. how delighted he was with Ms room, a With his pencil Shottie slowly museum of antiquity, a great four- tapped hla teeth. poster bedstead with a canopy heavy "The first squirt of cold waler gen enough to have served as deadfell to A chair that erally ccmee from one as much af some medieval giant flicted as yourseli. Rut no matter. looked like the oaken throne of an an Cold water chills, but at the unit time cient Rrlton. a wardrobe wherein Blue It cleanses. And from this time on. beard might have hanged his wives, gentlemen. IJberty Shottie. the vague a rough-hewn mantelpiece remindful of and unreal, will become the obvious a beetling cliff—these were featured In the light of a hanging lamp big and the actual. If I had a thousand dollars right now. I wouldn't bet that enough to turn the ashes of a cre the sun will rise tomorrow. 9h there mated dragon. The night was warm, snd through la such a thing aa redemption." tbe windows the air came cool and lulling from the Gulf: but Druce lay CHAPTKR VI. until daybreak before he slept, and when he awoke the noontime bell was About four o'clock In the afternoon the Rumblebee passed Fsmum's land ringing. « negro knocked to teli him that dinner was ready. The General ing. and later touched at Bethpage and Tycle were seated, but Shottie Lauding From the crest of the high embankment waa an endless view of was not at the table with them; and spreading cane fields. The General's following Draco's look of inquiry, came house stood In the midst of old trees explanation from the General: “I gave him the five hundred dollars near half a mile from the river. Lead that he was to put In w)»h the five ing from the landing was a road In the perpetual shade of low-branching live hundred furnished by you to be In vested tnltlstlvsly In thst cotton-bag oaks Along the road wild poppies ging factory at Vicksburg, and he took Mated In patches of sunlight, and In ths shade glowed the color of darker an early beat for that city. I think It blood. Tn dumps of feathery grasses la a fortunate thing for the South Insects sang. wMle from everywhere that they discovered a wild plant, a came the low and drowsy murmur of sort of jute, really batter for making ropes and bagging than either flax or the cane. Drace was enchanted with the scene, hemp. I bad seen nothing about the the sweet air. Reside him Shottie discovery, but I sm not a very dose long-legged his way, his neck stretched reader of the newspaper* But Shottie assures me that thia wild jute can be out. "Yonder comes Unde Howard, the grown on the poorest land and that It nseds no tending. I am naturally cau General." he said. Toward them, with a slow but firm tious, Virgil, and I did not myself In and emphatic step, came a tall, spare, vest. but backing your judgment In erect old gentleman: and an he drew the matter, I loaned Liberty five hun nearer, Drace saw that he wore a mus dred. When do you expect active op tache and whlskera trimmed neatly erations toward building the factory?" Tycle forestalled Draco’s answer: down to a sharp point. The soldier “Oh, I am sure It will succeed, and within him predominated, the profes sional soldier, who Is often gentler It will be a great thing, eopeclally for and more kindly than the volunteer. IJberty. He has tried so hard, but Bhottle hailed him, and he quickened somehow his energies haven't been properly directed. And he Is so cap hte pace. "Well, well. Liberty Bhottle! Wel able!" She waa so confident, and so hopeful come. sir, snd your friend—" “Uncle. thia la Virgil Draco, my best for her luckless kinsman, that Drace played protecting villain to Shottle'a friend.” The old man straightened, held out purposes. “Well, I don't know exactly when both hla hands and made Liberty's they are to begin work, but soon. I friend welcome moot hospitably. Now they walked toward the house, trust." She gave him a grateful look for his the General with Ms hand on Drace's arm. Over the yard fence poured a trust, now perfectly assured of Shot tie's useful fetem. Bot the General did not appear to be easy in bls mind, and a Uttle later when he and Grace were walking about the yard, beneath the trees, be referred again to the In- veetmenL Drace would have shuf fled away from IL but the old gentle man cornered him with a question: "I wont the truth. Did IJberty Ue to me?" “Yoe, sir, be did." "I began to think so tbe moment be left me. Well, It Is a singular thing. tbe pole, and ft yielded. The gate opened, «nd through the weeds that appeared to have been bent by the passing of a boat, ho saw a narrow channel It was easy enough to shove through tbe weeds end to enter the new canal. Soon It broadened, winding about among the enormous cypress trees. Now he came upon a widening that looked like a millpond, except that In the midst of It aroae an Island of tall cane It waa an attractive sight, and he ceimed paddling to look. Slowly he drifted toward the Island's shore. He took bold of a cane root and pulls«! the nose of the canoe hard Into the bank. Then he got out, parting the stiff and stubborn cane in a shade as dense as night. Bet now through this parting hallway be could see sunlight beyond, and knew that he waa about to come into an open space. And oat into it be looked with a start; for there, a few feet from ths edge of the fringe of cane, stood a small house made of minute shells cemented—peri winkles. Its roof was of thatch, the long rushes gathered from the swamp; and about the door was a cypreea vine. Its red blooms dazzling in the sun. And then a bended cane Drace held was crushed In bls hand, tor through the door and out beneath ths vine came the barbaric rose-maid, Nadine la Vltte. CHAPTKR VII "I Want the Truth. Did Liberty Ue to Ms?" She did not take fright when she saw him. She was startled, but did net run Into the house; she stood dazed, her marvelous eyes In wide stare. Slowly he came forward, gaz ing. hla hat in hla hand. Ha dropped the bat. »tooped. caught it up and now stood before her. If she were agitated, he could not discover IL She stood where the red blooms brushed her brow. He held forth Mi hand, and slowly ahe shook her head. “Monsieor, how foolish to come! If you ds not go now. In a short time you arill die. My father! He will shoot you. I should like It not to see yea dead, you are so brave. My father, he win think you come for Mm." "But I will tell him that I did not. 1—" He moved nearer, but with her hand raised, palm toward him. she motioned Mm sway. “You do not know what you talk. Nothing could you tell him. for the gun fire, and you will be no more. Please go away bow ." “Oh. it Is because you want to get rid of me." "No, no, no. It la not that. I like you much. You are ao brave — aad handsome. It la because I fear far you. My father would be angry to have me talk with a northern man Go now, and for my saka, come no more." “Mr. Boyce." said Draco then, “to not a northern man?" She shot a sudden startled look at him. “Mr. Boyce—but he la my fa ther’s friend. My father expects me to marry Mr. Boyce. And If my father that when he Is with me, I believe In Mm. but the moment he la gone my faith has rone with Mm. I have had much experience with men. Mr. Drace, tn the army and elsewhere, but my wife's nephew Is the most—I don’t know how to define him. Let me thank you for protecting him In tbe presence of my wife, and I regret that I may have seemed In doubt. But Drace. that fellow makea me angry with myself. Confound him, he almoot convinces me at times that I have no stability of character. And yet I am fond of him. I am always glad to see him come. And let me say that he Il lustrates one truth very dearly—that ability consists mostly in the fervor with which we go at a thing. I sup pose he has cost you considerable." “Oh. not very much. 1 am fond at him too. and I believe he is going to be of much help to me." “Well. I've loot five hundred tMa morning, but I can stand IL I have or dered the mules hitched up. and am going to drive with you about the plantation. I am going to show you a government here In the delta." During the drive the old gentleman was talkative, sometimes with the school man's hesitating precision, but more often as the free companion, agreeable rather than discursive. Drace evinced in everything a keen In terest. but It was not real. His heart was not with him. It waa In New Or leans. In a narrow street where boards were nailed across a door. From what he bad been able to gather from tbe General and by talk ing In seeming Idleness to boatmen and to men along the River, Drace confirmed the Information snatched by Bhottle from the label on the French man’s wine case—namely, that old Stepho had a haunt somewhere In the neighborhood. A shrewd old negro had said that the outlaw lived In the swainp. in a house built of periwinkle shells. On the opposite shore, and several miles below the General's home, there lay a great wood of cy press and a thick tangle of salt cedar, a sort of everglade, a marsh with hun dreds of knoll-islands here and there rising among the ba.voua. Here was In deed an outlaw's paradise, for Drace was told that not nearly all its lanes «nd crooked byways of brown water had been explored. Herein he began his search for old Stepho, day after day penetrating farther and farther in to this moss-hanging wild. He did not confide In General Bethpage, for hla mission was sacred unto himself alone, and by himaelf alone must It be ac complished. / At Ms feet in the canoe lay a rope, one end of It a hangman's noose, and he smiled at It, grim and firm of faith. should come back and find me here Sometimes his canoe would stall In the talking with you. he would—Please. carpet ef scum. But he forced his Mr. Drace, go at eece, before It Is too way through into a narrow and unob late. See, the sun is almoot set. Tbe structed channel. Now he paddled stars come soon, and then through the swiftly. In front of him a great alli cane he come. Oh. won't you please gator arose and sank, the canoe graz be kind to me and go at once!" ing hla scaly back. With a shriek great “Kind to you? God bless you, I birds flew, flapping low, their long legs would die for you." stretched out behind them. Drace was "On, you make love soon I But armed with a revolver, but did not won’t you please go now I Quick. I bear wish to fire It, caution warning him. something." When he ceased for a time to paddle, "You hear my heart. Let* me Stay how still everything was! , ten minutes, and then I go.” The adventurer liked to feel that no “Ah, but why would you give me ten one had ever been there before. But minutes of fear?” now suddenly something caught his He saw that her anxiety was real, eye. In the green tangle on a low and his heart smote Mm for cruelty to bank he saw a pole with wires strung this dazzling creature whose father he to IL a sort of gate. The wires were would hang with a rope brought from covered with vines, trained about them. the North. But for what purpoae, here In tMs “Yes, I will go. I wanted to tell yoa brushy tangle? He caught hold of a something, but my regret at going la weed and pulled the canoe up closer, so deep that I forget what It was. But took hold of the pole and now he I must come again when the min 1« not found a lower slat to which the wires so low. No, tell roe please, when that were also attached. Farther along he shall ber (Continued Next Week.) discovered a sort of hinge attached to a enag almost hidden by briers. Of the 530 men and one woman who "171 open this gate and see what lies beyond.” he mused, drawing the canoe fl re at present members of the house back to the other end. He pulled at of representatives and the senate, more than 300 are lawyers.