The Redmond spokesman., December 11, 1913, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 9

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TI I K
HIS R ISK TO I'OW KK
F. I10SCH, M. I).
PH YSICIAN
ami SURGEON
C orn ar « t b a n d K HI*.
Oregon
4 <l mon«!.
f. ». KODKMKÏKK
PHYSICIAN
and SURGEON
b;>cs
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Otlii f in Ehret Hnm. hluck
Iteti mond.
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DK. J. H AR K
DENTIST
Jiihniwm Building
Kctlinoiul,
m a r Mill
Ila fall, aprawllng, olirmi
wliiiia mi (ha floor
••Ila ou gh t." aulii M ore ball, " i o b ara
a T orli lab bath "
CM APTCA XV.
ornea:
I
to llllliu i'd from liana 3
• Oregon
John Haalh MaUaa Restitution.
p f S l K N tioora latar Hharrmt iqtrned
[ 1 I Ilia »)■•« Ila atartiil up. with
[ G l » 1 1 a iffonii mol I m O ip M dia mao
*■ ■~ihai w lio ant by ilia window
Tha
inno Mori hall lianrd Ilia movaoiant
ami m o ia to Ilia liadnlda
Ha almnl
liaiklng d o w n pllllanaljf at tha h alf ra
ruin baut al< k loan
Hherrod ataiad
lau k Willi I«-*« lhh-r»l fanrftil ryea. for
a montani
'Ilian, with anothar groan,
ha frll hai k
Ilia pan had 11 1 a trtail to
frnma a question hut nothing ram a o f
tlia atfort aara a dry. rroaklng oound
Than Morahall a|ioka "W h o ." ha da
mandad
la John l l a a t h r
A apuani o f faar a i m mora acuta con
tra i l iil Hherrod’a fnra
"\\ ti w hai ilo ì mi k now V
" W h o " Muri hall rafiaalad. utili In
the pittima tona
w ho la John IlaatbT"
"Ila la Ihr pollili »I account "
“ O f w hich yoii'ra tha raiatvlng en d ?"
Htierrod’s llpa formati a aoundlaaa
• w
" l l o w imuti ara you ah o ft ?"
"N ina hundred Ihoiiaand d o lla r » "
" " h a i ha va yog gut to allow for I t f
"Koma aociirltlaa oll c lo c k s "
"W orth w h at?"
T b r a a biindrait tlumuaud ataiut. I
doli I know « ta r t ly ."
"W hara ara ItiayT"
" lu my privata unfa at tba ortica."
Mure hell turned aharply and left tha
n u lli
Allunai at otic* h* waa hack,
accom panied hy Watklna
'G ive Wat
kina tha com bination. ' lia ro|iim aiid»l.
Ttirre waa anothar moment o f boatta
tlon. o f luw ard »(n ig g le
Ilut a great
Denton (¡. Burdick
Ho* •
to Ü A Mi F ir lu t P
■nil Iturdleti A M urphy
L A W Y K K
PrarUra In all m u rta ami U, S.
I a m i I * (TV a
lU .H 'li *M*.
mu i.iiN
Vincents
LIVERY, FEED and
TRANSFER
«E D M O N D .
.
Chuna N o
OREGON
KOI
M ethod.
" " I t i l a aaka a great m any remark
a Pia 'ju eallolia." aald the penaive fa
" W h s ." ha dam an dad. " it J o h n H e a th f*
faar waa upon Sherrod, sw allow ing up
sta ll hate and auger
He m um bled
the com bination
"H ate you k"t that. W atkins? Then
you and I'alne fetch bere all the oe
eurltles In Hie safe
Everything you
call Ond
He qu ick ."
W atkins obeyed, as prom ptly and
uuqueatlonlngty aa tin- soldier on 'h e
Old Philadelphia.
Deli! o f I a* I Ile olir;, a Ills B*p « f l «r o f
A liook printed In England at tin Heer
As hr went he found tim e to
and o f tha seventeenth century aaya w onder t*>w the Impression had r v rr
that I'htladelphla con tain ed many alate g.,l abroad that this man o f Instant d e ­
ly houaea o f lirtek amt aererai rtm rla Ion o f crisp uniera. w »» » uoeleoa
arpiare« ami courta
llrtw ecti the prtn * let tin o f the decrepitu d « o f nge.
'l|wl In an * the "w a term en constantly
"W li w h a t." Sherrod quavered, "a re
ply I hair wherrlea “ T h ere are no lieg you goin g to do?**
car* to iw w en . m*r. ImW1 ed. have any
Miin hell aho<ik hla arm free
"I am
the lena! tem ptation to take up that going to get you out o f the m uddle you
a*-nndaloua life
tim e got yourself Into, y o u " — He left
I he sentence uncom pleted, as though
he cou ld think o f no adequate epithet.
A Visit to "M o n ts Cnato'a Call."
HtemntwMit eicu ra lo n a run from Mar
Sherrod gn|ied foolishly, tryin g to
»elll*«* out to lale d 'lf . w here gaping com prehend the Incomprehensible -
huirtata are atmwn the Chateau d 'l f that the inan al«>ve him. who least
and Monte Crtatn'a cell with na much o f all the w orld owed hlin eerelee.
would lift him over the Impasse
lliiprewalfeueaa na If he liad really e l
around w hich no way appeared. Then
•»till
It la a w on d erfu l tribute to the
suddenly he broke Into tear« and
rciil|«m o f D ilioaa
Ttiey e*en allow
maudlin babbling* explanation ». con
J "i the pla ce w here M onte Críalo"» trllloii gra lltmie. pmmlaea mingling
•"«ly «trm k tlie w ater
It la alili wet
d|a,-onn«*ctedly.
Monte t'rla to la m uch m ore o f a reality
Mure hell llatrne*! In nold contem pt.
than Miraheno. w h o actually waa tin- •You d on 't mean a word yon any." he
............ . there
f r o m "T h ree W eek» Interrupted the rtnw at last
" I o n re
In Era nee."
only a cow a rd frighten**«! out o f hla
wlta
You'll he the same trónchenm e
hound when I f « o v e r - I'm not dolu g It
Lang Lived Clock.
H f all m uclilnca m ade hy m an none for you "
H e turned and went out o f the room ,
van com pare fo r hing life w ith the
clock
T h e life o f a clock la aa much not to return until W atklna and Paine,
the messenger, arrived with the os cu ri
lonirer than that o f any oth er machín
" fy aa the life o f a man la longer Ihan tica
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that o f a d o g
T h e Kreuch city o f
An afternoon train, rolling dow n out
Rouen haa a great clock w hich waa
o f the hills Into the flat land*, bore
•»lilt In the yea r I.Wtl and la still keep
W illiam Mure hell to the city that hnd
lug ip»«| tim e
E ic e p t fo r cleaning Witnessed the last step In hla o v e r
and a few neceuanry repairs It haa throw A ca b b*>k him. hy a p p oin tm en t
never stopped du rin g a period o f more to the hom e o f Philip W ilder, where he
• linn live cen tu ries
It atrlkea the lay overnight
Philip W ilder waa not
•mura and ch im es th e quartet*.
a monarch, to be sure, but he waa «
prince o f the blood, and lie ruled o v e r
a province o f street railway*.
Many
thing* did this prim ely gentlem an de
SM ALL SACRIFICES.
sire and fur them he w as w illin g to
pa* the least price that must Iw paid
11 ion*« ml« that are capable of
It.«, like Ml** Rolierta and W atkins,
great Mcrihce« arr yet not capable
was astounded when I»* beheld, not a
"I the little one* which arc all that
shuttling, harm lees shadow , but a man
arc required of them. A multi­
w ho show ed »he nmrk* o f a g e * twit
tude of turcruive «mall tacnfii r»
terlng. yet was clear minded, tinte and
may work more real good in the
hearty, w ho hnd not forgotten how to
world than many a large one.
drive a close bargain, w ho knew e i -
ther
h w ." repltn l tha otiaerrant m other
In-never he wanta In get out for the
aflat mam ha pilla a lot o f i|tlnrtea up
to you oo that you w ill let him g o out
atol play w hile you rouaiilt the eu cy
• .o í,"
"a a h in g tu n t|far
U K I ) MONI»
actly wlint he w anted and w ho got It.
Ho pleased was he hy tils discovery
Dial the K elt m orning, breaking a sol
emu promise to kliirchrll. lie reported
It to Hnckett
” lip hard. " he declar
ed " 'Is him self again ' "
Rut hy that tim e Murcliell w as wall
ou hla way hack to the capital
A rum or that the on ce great poll
Helm* was on the train quickly spread
am ong the passengers and many o f
them found occa sion to stroll past Ids
«eat
Itut there waa no visible rtpple
o f eiieitlon to Is-tray to their curious
« )e a the a welling sense o f triumph
within him
When, hla energy supped up tiy the
•Ickueas. tlie seriousness o f w hich he
did not yet realize, he hnd con fron ted
Hnckett and declared hla purpose to
quit, he hud u|Mikeu In all truth; hut.
the operation ov er and strength creep
Ing back Into the tasty w hose tisanes
austere living had never devitalized,
the hunger, the heed for aetlon re*»
«erled Itself
lie n e e he planned, not con sciously
to reseek hla old |xiwer and rea|amsl
b lllti but from tils castle In the forest
to make sudden. une!|iected fora ys to
hnr.I»« those wh<* had deprived him o f
hi* glory
Then ca m e the opportu nity
In wreak the sw eetest o f all revenges,
to save those w ho had throw n him
over, to torture his vuemy w ith tha
oenoe o f Inferiority and obligation,
in -rlin p»-th e w arrior soul le a p e d -t o
m ake o f revru ge also a lever to open
the gulps lu the road back to eu
prvm acy.
PAGE SEVEN
HPOKKH. MAN
bully me uut o f polities with, did n 't
yo u ? Well, sw ing you r clu b
I'm not
afraid
I know w hy you did I t not
for me. hut for y ou rself Y ou're trying
to sneak back Into the gam e a fter
yo u 'v e been throw n out. and you know
Hint tills thing If It vume out w ould
kill you r ehaiieea aa well aa mine. It
w ould help ooleMly hut that fool Dun-
m ead«, anil hy helping me yo u 'v e made
y ou rself an a ccessory
Ho th e n -c r a c k
you r w hip If you d a re !"
Mun tied got slow ly to Ids feet
II*
spoke still lu the cold, eveu voice that
cut.
"Ju st w hy | have d on e Ihls Isn't Im
portant at present
I had a good many
reasons, som e, probably, that you are
not qualified to understand. And I'm
not trying to aneuk buck Into the gam e
I've never been mil o f It
A» to
w hether I want o r dare to aw ing tny
clu b Ihaf rem ains to Is* seen
You'll
have to ch ance It. Hherrod "
Hhernsl la u g h »!, a harsh, anecrtiig
cachlunatlon that must have carried
Into the adjoinin g room
"I 'll ch ance
II!
Y ou're not the kind o f man In
w hose hands such k n ow ledge la dan
gem iis
And I know all atmut your
gam e
D o you think I've lieen fooled
hy your preten se? I know all about
W ash Jenkins' gum shoe csm p slg n for
delegates. I can I * n otaicated g o v e r­
nor even from behlud the bars o f the
pen iten tiary!"
M urchell w as fu lly m aster o f him self
m iv
m ore
“ T h a t," he rem arked,
'w ou ld be a tit time residence fo r you.
In tlie m eautlm e. w e'll put It ou t o f
you r (low er to seek tlie nom ination
from that quarter."
H e left the room abruptly, returning
Im m ediately with W atkins
H e ca re ­
fully cloB »l the d'x>r behind them
T h en he fo ce d the tw o men.
"W a tk in s, It's fortunate that y o u 're
* cashier In Hie treaaurer'» office."
W atklna agreed.
"I l»-a u » e from this m inute I am
state treaaurer.
Mberrud w ill be a l­
lo w » ! to sign vou cher» that I ajiprove
—that's all
You will re|>ort to me
on ce a w eek In person.
And not a
voucher must Iw cashed until O. K 'd
by me. You underatand?"
W atkins looked at Hherrod. then
back to M nrcbelL l i e nodded.
'■Hherrod will d o nothing to disturb
this arrangem ent. I f he trie»—let me
know, flo o d d a y !"
H e w ent out o f the room , quietly
clo sin g the door.
f u lle r the stim ulus o f sharp, s u c­
cessfu l action be felt alm ost the
strength o f
tils prime
W hirring
wheel struck from rail an Iron song o f
trium ph In w hich hla soul Joined the
innd, ciu ltn iit shout o f the viking re
turning victorious.
Ilut he found a Hherrod w ho had had
lim e to think, to m ensure the situation,
wlio had recovered hla nerve
And o f
S h ern «! this may tie w ritten he was
a grent lighter, cunning and daring,
con science lea*, proud, d isloy a l—y e a -
hut even hla treacheries w ere a c ­
com plished with a certain reckless
gra ce anil decision that ga ve them
the «eptnlng o f I he horn m aster's In
atlnctlve strategy
And he had what
Miin hell hnd not. a neraonal magnet
Ism that often won faith even where
Interest failed, though he lacked wlint
made Murcliell grent. Inflexibility and
•elf control
C ow ard lie w as n o t At
( T o he co n tin u e d . )
most any man. tientrn hy the sam e
know ledge o f crim e and Imm inent dla
C arrying Out Hi* Principles.
covery. with so much to lose, would
have suffered a lapse from cotirnge
tint the hour o f rrtngtng and weak
ness waa p a s t
M ur hell found him In the sam e hotel
nxun. through the open w in dow s o f
w hich a tilting wind had sw ept the last
trace o f the fetid futile* o f toliareo
amt w hisky
M urchell ca refu lly closed
and locked the door and. without
s|>enklng. sat dow n across the tattle
from him
Hherrod'» rye», cool, not
deftnut. but a ggressive, m enacing at
m u st locked with M urchell'a steady
ouea
“ W ellT" T h e voice was cool.
“ I went to W ilder." onld Murchell.
alm ost In a wtil»|«-r
" H e In oelltng
your securities today at the market
lie will lend you the balance
To
Mr Graaaentee—No m eat fo r me.
m orrow a tnan will com e with the never eat anything that costs the life
caah ''
j f a living creature. T h is boiled po­
"A n d In retu rn ?" Sherrod knew the tato will d o
prince
Mr Mist t ie d —V ery well, but let me
"H e want* som e ch arters In Adelphln warn you that the production o f that
and som e traction legislation
H e will liotahi haa cost tho lives o f thousands
explain In detail when you are him
I j f |«.tat.i b u g »
have prom ised him w hat he wants
You will see that he gets I t "
“ Yea
T h e tmlnnce— you aay It 1» a
FIRM NESS.
man
llo w am I to rep a y ?"
T h ere it one sort of man that
"T h a t I* for yon to aay." Murchell
never win» rrxpect.
H e ■* the
|tause*l, then added. "I understand
w eak wobbler, w h o never know»
(tanks are still paying fo r (he privilege
where he Hand», w h o is always
o f atate d e p o s it » "
•lipping about, apologizing, never
" l lo w much do I’ aln* and W atklna
daring to take a firm Hand on any­
k n ow ?"
thing.
E verybod y despise» him.
"A a much as I gu essed ."
fie
a weakling.
Belter a thou­
“ I can keep their m ouths »h u t."
Again alienee, tirnkrn tlrst by Sher
sand times have the reputation of
rod
Hla ll|ta tw isted In a faint aneer
being eccentric and cranky, even,
“ Are you w aiting fo r my gratitu de?
than never to Hand for anything.
I have none.
I'm alck still, but I'm
not a fraid, aa I waa yesterday, and I
Cut tha Ship In T w o.
understand (he situation
You h aven't
" I w as a passenger on on e o f the
done thla for me "
*
“ la there any reaaon w hy I should old faahloued sailing stenmera goin g
from L on don to Australia In 1SHH,"
do It for y o u ? "
Sherrod began to feel that he could an id a traveler. “ In the Red ecu w e
rnu plum p Into a vessel, and ou r boat
no longer endure the oth er's cuntem ptu
cut It entirely In tw o, so neatly that It
ou*. relentless gnxe— that. In spite o f
hi* w ill. Ills ow n w as w averin g
The might alm ost h ave been don e w ith a
W e w eut clean through
coolness vanished
H e alm ost lilsatsl huge k n lfo
her, and the men on the vessel struck
out his w ord*
atrp|ied from the tw o h alves o f that
"Y o u ca m e here ex p ectin g to gloat
ship on to our deck. T he Injured vea
over me. did n 't y o u ?
You think be
set w ent dow n within a fe w minutes
cause y o u 'v e cau ght me w ith the good*
a fte r It hnd been alruck.
T he thing
on y ou 're a sui<ertor being
You
wns no atrange that when the captain
needn't.
E veryth ing I am. Kill M ur­
o f the vesael we hail atruck w ent t>ack
chell. you are
I *'po*o w hen you w ere
to lo n d o n an Investigation *vna held,
sick you hint the parson around to prny
and It wna substantially proved that
over yon. did n 't y o u ? W hen you w ere
the officers hnd with design got In the
praying did you tell the parson how
Imm ediate track o f our vessel In order
you got to Iw* so rich ?"
to bring about a collision In the hope
"A t lea st." M urchell aald quietly. "1
thnt they eould collect Insurance raon
did n 't steal It from the treasury o f the
ey. T h e captain and som e o f the ofll
state."
cera w ere punished by Im prisonm ent."
Under tlie taunt Sherrod seem ed to
lose nil hold on him self.
l i e sprang
Duma*' Chlekan on the String.
to hla fret.
Ills fa ce w as convulsed.
A m using rem iniscences o f the elder
Ills voice and the poin ting hand shook
Duiuna have been supplied by bis cook .
In a very hysteria o f hate
Mine. Colin. Dum as' m ost fam ous
“ You dare cull me a th ief!
Yout
reelp# waa "p o u le t a la flcelle" (chick
llo w a bout tho m arket tips yon got
for you r votes In the senate, the hrtbea on on the airing). T h e plu cked bird Is
aiispem led by a string from tlie celling
you authorized to t>e given, the hlnck
mall you levied for y o u r Inttuenrv In and turned slow ly b efore the lire. The
the legislature?
Mnytie you called flninea. Just tou ch ing It. b row n It s lo w ­
them legal fr e e ? You a law yer, w hen ly. It took time, aaya the cook, but
there Isn't a buxines* man In the c o u n ­ m ade a tasty dish.
"D u m a s lived a h lgglcd y plggledy
try w ould trust you w ith a en se!"
Into M urchell'a eyes had com e a life.” said Mme. Colin. " H e kept o|>en
house and a lw a y s had at least fifteen
steely gleam that In a saner m om ent
Rut he lin 'd from
would have restored Hherrod to se lf people to din n er
hnnd to mouth, and at tim es a sheet
control, but now w as unheeded. Rut
■erred aa a tablecloth. A fte r his recep­
his voice con tin ued cold , cu ttingly c o n ­
tions he som etim es w orked all n igh t
tem ptuous
Huch a m uddle displeased me. espe­
"T h ou gh t you 'd co m e Into this affair
cially s i hla guests w ere bohem ians.
and use the know ledge as a clu b to
He I left a fter ala m onths o f I t "
K U E E A I It
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C e n tr a l O r e g o n G a r a g e
“ R E E D Y ’S ”
Now in the proper lime to consider buying those NON-
SKII) TIKES for your car.
make.
I-et u> give you prices on any
These fires will give you an increased mileage plus
the safety factor.
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F K E E
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