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About The Redmond spokesman. (Redmond, Crook County, Or.) 1910-current | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1914)
Tl>l Hxi>»Y W IK PAGE SIX m em REEDY'S KKEDY’S 1 he H c lb c f her Itaneà 1 1 i 1 ( ENTRAI. OREGON GARAGE Wo are now prosami to do t i r e vulcanising by steam. Lot us talk over the tire problem with you. Ia?t us start you right for the coming season with a new set of tires. We have a stock of two of the best lines— Goodyear and United States. H r GEORGE BARR HCCUTCHEON A . * \ » * / * ‘ ( t o u t e * '• • •T -W C » s J ù v . ' c a - » < Illustration» by Ubsonn Vuus( CaerncW t « l! Sr >•* CENTRAL OREGON Vasv'vsac 1VIA to Ltoei <, vit M SI REEDY’S REEDY'S o Vincent’s LIV ERY. FEED and TRANSFER 4 i-m saaf tes. there waent a nose there that couldn't be counted with perfect se renity. It was a notable occasion Mrs. Wrandall. the elder, had mad* out the list. She did not consult her daughtar-tn-law in the matter It Is true that Sara forestalled her In a way by sending word, through Leslie, that she would be pleased If Mrs Wrandall would issue Invitation* lo aa many of Chains' friends a* she deemed advis able As for herself, she had no wish In the matter; she would be satisfied with whatever arrangements the fam ily cared to make. It la not to be supposed, from the foregoing, that Mr*. Wrandall. the elder, was not stricken to the heart by the lamentable death of her Idol. REDMOND. - OREGON Phone No. 170$ i W.J. Buckley P T H E M AN ¡j¡ W H O IKIES A L L K IN D S O F Redmond. Ore. Milk 8. KENYON W. B. DAGGETT Attorney at Law C. 8. CO M M ISSIONER O F F IC E O N E IK m >R NO RTH B A N K O F COM M ERCE RKIIM OND, - - OREGON Denton C. Burdick a Successor to G. A. McFarlane and Burdick & Murphy LAWYER Practice in all courts and Land Office REDMOND. W HEN IN — CALL U. S." OREGON P R IN E V IL L E AT— The Brosius Bar F IN E S T B RAN D S O F W INES, LIQL'ORH A N D C IG A R S LA G E R D EER ON D R A U G H T F . E. BROMI US, Proprietor. Ijj • — He Did Not Mean to Be Unfeeling. Milk and cream delivered to any part o f the city. 15 quarte o f m ilk fo r $1.00. Leave orders at Hobbs' store or Redmond Pharmacy. C. I «Ta Light and Heavy Hauling Phone 502. ~ : g 4y REDMOND SPOKESMAN ” 1—I didn't moan It." he faltered “ You have always taken aid«« against him." he«an his mother “ Please, mother." he cried miser ably "You say thta to m « uow," »h* wout on. "You who are left to take his place In my affection -why, lesile, I Vivian Interposed " le a la upset, mamma darling You know he lovad Challla as deeply aa any of us loved him.“ Afterwards the girl aald to I«esII» when they were quite alone She will never forgive you for that, le a It was a beastly thing to say “ He hit hla lip. which trembled “ She's never cared for me as she cared for Chai. I'm sorry If I've made It worse " “ See here. Leslie, was Chai "Yea. I meant what I aald a while ago It was sure to happeu to him on* time or another Sara s bad a lot to pul up with." “ Sara? If ahe had been (he right sort o f a wife. Ihte never would have happened." “ After all te aald and done. Vlvl*. Sara's In a position to rub It In on us If she'* of a mind lo do so. She won t do It. of course, but— I wonder If she Isn't gloating. Juet (he same." "H aven't we treated her aa one of us?" demanded she. dabbing b<-r hand kerchief In her eyea. “ Since the wed ding. I mean. Haven't we been kind to her?" “ Oh. 1 think she understands us perfectly," said her brother " I wonder whal she will do now?" mused Vivian, In that speech casting her sister-in-law out of her narrow little world aa one would throw aside a burnt-out match. “ She will profit by experience." said he. with tome pleasure In a superior a tldom. • • • • • • • In Mrs. Wrandall'* sitting room at the top of the broad stairway sat the fam ily—that la to say. the Immediate family—a solemnfaced footman In front of the door that stood fully ajar to that the occupants might hear the words of the minister as they ascend *d. sonorous and precise, from the hall below A minister was he who knew the buttered side of his bread. Hla discourse was to be a beautiful on* He stood at the front o f the stairs and faced the assembled listeners In the hall, the drawing room and the entre sol. but his Infinitely touching words went up one flight and lodged. Sara Wrandall sat a little to the left of and behind Mrs. Redmond Wran dall, about whom were grouped the hree remaining Wrandalls. father, son ■ nd daughter, closely drawn together Well to the fore were Wrandall unclg» and cousins and aunts, and one or two 'arefully chosen blood relations to the mistress of the house, whose hand had long been set against kinsmen of less exalted promise. Beside Sara Wrandall. on the small, pink divan, sat a stranger In this som ber company: a young woman In black, whose pale face was uncovered, tnd whose lashes were lifted so rarely that one could not know of the deep. Kn* * * * ,u “ ' would tu* alius deatrxy were s<T-c«ed U, her ac« Ok lh*. fats1 nlgM J r" stood. facing them. lie*«’« ' “ * moans and »oh», and re« her limb, did not give »*> ben-s'h her Homo one »*nll* tom b'd her aim It . . . Ie .ll. Mb» shrank hack . fearful look in her •?*• lu 'he »en l darkness he failed U> no«* «»»• '• I * * * »Ion . . Won t you all here*“ h# asked. In dtcatlng «he »H I* P*nh duan again»« (he wall ’ AYrglva me for letllng you stand *o lor* looked about be! .be wild I'gbl »till In her eye» Mh# » • » Mb* • *• in a trap Her llpe parted, hut the surd of A *1 range. inarticulate sound *1 no»« * came instead 1‘allid »•- • kho* she dropped limply to III* dl'an. and du* her flngetw Into the satli v seat If fascinated, she »tired over the into black heads of the three women imme dlalely In front of her at th* fu ll length portrait hanging wb< i. re the light from the hall fell upon It the portrait of a dashing youth In riding togs A moment later Sara W randall cam» over and sal beside her The girl shivered a* with a mighty chill when the warm hand of her friend fell upon hers and envelops-d It In a firm clasp "His mother kissed ms," whispered Sara “ Did you •**?“ The girl could not reply She could only stare at th* open door A email, hatchet faced man had com* up from below and was nodding his tsead to ls>sll* \\ rwndall a man with short side whisker*, and a sepulchral look In his eye*. Then, having reeel ted a sign from Leslie he tiptoed away A! most Instantly the voice* of people singing softly came from some distant remote part of (he house. And (ben. a little later, (he per fectly modulated voles of a man In prayer Back of her. Wrandall*. beside her. Wrandalls. beneat^ her, friends of the Wrandalls. outside the rabble, those who would Join with these black, raven like specter* In tearing her to pieces If they but knew! The droning vole* came up from be low. each well chosen word distinct and clear tribute beautiful to tb* Irr* proarhabl* character of the deceased Leslla watched the face of th* girl, curiously fascinated by th* set. emo tionless feature», and yet without a conscious Interest In her II# was dully sensible to th* fact that »be was beautiful, uncommonly beautiful. It did not orcur (o him to feel that she was out of place among them, that »be belonged down atalrs Somehow she * I* »« <!>«• »urroundlngs. like «b*> »pecter at th* feast H he could have witnessed all that transpired while Hara waa In the rtutn below with her guest—her companion, a» be had come to regard her without having In fact been told a» much he would have been lost In a mate of thw mo»t overwhelming «motions. To go bark Ths door had barely closed behind the two women when Hetty-» trembling kneea gave way be neath her With a low moan of hor ror. »he »lipped to the floor, covering her face with her hand» Bara knelt beside her 'T om e." »he »aid gently, but firmly; "I must exact this much of you If we are to go on together, a» w* have planned, you mu»t stand bwald« ms at hi» bier Together we must look upon him for the last time You must see him as I saw him up there In the country. I bad my cruel blow that night. It 1* your turn now I will not blame you for what you did But If you m* «° « » *>n believing that you did a brave thing that night, you mu«t convince me that you »rs not a coward now It la the only test | .hall put you to. Come. I know It 1» hard. I know It 1» terrible, but It u the true t*-»t o f your ability to go through with It to the end I »hall know then that you have the courage to fare anything that may come up 8h<- waited a long time, her hand on the g irls shoulder At last Hetty arose. "You are right," »he »aid hoarsely "I should not be afraid " l-ater on they »at over against the wall beyond the casket, into which they had peered with widely varying emotion» Hara had aald "You know that I loved him ” The girl put her hands to her eye* ,n.'1 h o »"'l her head (,l1, how ' * n X°u h" ■*> merciful to me?" "Because he was not." said Bara, vhlfe-llpped. Hetty glanced *t the He was her Idol. He was her first born. be was her love-born. He came to her in the days when she loved her husband without much thought of re specting him. She was beginning to regard him as something more than a lover when Leslie came, so It wae dif ferent. When their daughter Vivian was born, the was plainly annoyed but wholly respectful. Mr. Wrandall was no longer the lover; be was her lord and master The head o f the bouse of r" * ' th ,t U y b* hlnd ,h* m- ln *>«r Wrandall was a person lo be looked *r,,b blue *?*•- She had arrived at the house an np to. to be respected and admired by her. for he was a very great man. but hour or two before the time set for be was dear to her only because bo the ceremony. In company with the was the father of Challla, the first widow. True to her resolution, tbs widow o f Cballls Wrandall had re born. In the order o f her nature, Challla malned away from the home of hit therefore was her most dearly beloved, people until the last hour. She had Vivian the least desired and last In been consulted, to be sure. In regard to the final arrangements, but the her affections as well as in sequence. Strangely enough, the three of them meetings bad taken place In her own perfected a curiously significant rec apartment, many block« distant from the house In lower Fifth avenue. The ord of conjugal endowments. Chain* afternoon before she had recelred had always been the wild, wayward, unrestrained one, and by far the moat Itedmond Wrandall and Leslie, his son. She had not sent for them T h e y lovable; Leslie, almost as good look came perfunctorily and not through ing but with scarcely a noticeable any sense o f obligation. These two (race o f charm that made hla brother at least knew that sympathy was not attractive; Vivian, handsome, selfish what she wanted, but peace. Twice and as cheerless as the wind that during the two trying days, Leslie had blows across the Icebergs In the north. come to see her. Vivian telephoned. Challla had been born with a widely On the occasion o f hla first visit, enveloping heart and an elastic con Leslie had met the guest In the house. science; Leslie with a brain and a The second time he called, he made soul and not much o f a heart, as things It a point to ask Bars all about her go; Vivian with a soul alone, which be It was he who gently closed the longed to God, after all, and not to door after the two women when, on her. Of course she had a heart, but It the morning of the funeral, they en was only for the purpose of pumping tered the dark, flower-laden room In blood to remote extremities, and had which stood the casket containing the nothing whatever to do with anything body o f his brother. He left them so unutterably extraneous as love, alone together In that room for half charity or »«if-sacrifice _______ ___ .. ___ __ he who ___ an hour __ or _______„ more, and It was Aa for Mr. Redmond Wrandall he went forward to meet them when they was a very proper and dignified gentle came forth. Sara leaned on hla arm man. and old for his years. as she ascend'd the etalra to the room It may be seen, or rather surmised, where the others were waiting. The that if the house o f Wrandall had not ashen-faced girl followed her eyes been so admirably centered under Its lowered, her gloved bands clenched own vine and fig tree. It might have Mrs. Wrandall, the elder, kissed become divided against Itself without Hara and drew her down beside her much of an effort. on the couch. To her own surprise, a» Mra. Redmond Wrandall was the well as that of the others, Hara broke vine and fig tree. down and wept bitterly. After all. And now they had brought her dear she was sorry for rhallla' mother. It ly beloved eon home to her, murdered was the human Instinct, she could not f j 1 and—disgraced. If It had been either hold out against It. And the older o f the others, she could have aald: woman put away the ancient grudge "God’s will be done." Instead, she she held against this mortal enemy cried out that God had turned against and dissolved Into tear* of real com her. passion. I>-alle had had the bad taste— or A little later she whispered broken perhaps It was misfortune— to blurt ly In Haras ear: "M y dear, my dear, out an agor 7i i | told you so ' at a this ha* brought ua together I bop« time when the family was sitting you will learn to love me.” numb and bushed under the blight of Hara caught her breath, but uttered the first horrid blow. He did not mean no word. Hbe looked Into her mother- to be unfeeling. It was the truth burst in-law’s eyes, and smiled through her ing from his unhappy lips. tears. The Wrandalls, looking on in "I knew r.'hal would come to this— a male, saw the smile reflected In the I knew It,” he had said. His arm was face o f the older woman Then It was about the quivering shoulders o f hla that Vivian crossed quickly and put mother aa he said It. her arms about the shoulder* of her She looked up, a sob breaking In sister-in-law. The white flag on both her throat. For a long time she looked side«. Matty’» Trembling Knee* Gave Wt y Into the face of her second son. Hetty CaatJeton stood alone and wa Beneath Her. "H ow can you—how dare you say vering, Juat Inside the door. No . . . ____ _ . , •orb a thing aa that?” she cried, stranger situation could be Imagined .. ace with queer, Indeacrlb- aghast. than the one In which thla unfortunate * ^ £ % ? * !* ,h" r 7 * * He colored, and drew her closer to glrl foond herself at the present mo < o m ffu ed o5"p !jk » Y * lo" k'H, him. A rii il .lisi.i T 4 is ! ■- ^ N t h e o ld est hank i n REDMOND SOLICITS I Ib ern i YOUK I r m i m e n i. IH’NINKsx ( o n s e t> a ll. r M a n a ge** Re.ul Our Statement*. Interest Paid on PepmUU. Safe!) l>r|Mmit llukrw lor State Bank of RedmoJ R K D M O N D . O R K i. O N Tho rii M ik r«m a ii In th® r i u l t b f t . O rlili? , r e « , hn« fitfu l««. f i r tue - • K w il. Il«rn «. I I r i J. I . « taunt*. rrtn evllU . I -alili nm. Hinters. ( nwi huiMi. Alfalfa. I'u vsll El fr. Hutto, I ' l l o o E n l l i « t u ! u t h o r J l i t r l « t » 'n thn rotin i? count? «*n l In fa ri, If roten m erchan t* the ani «h olt «th en to n a « h t h e f s r v u e n In tllfttrlrln (h o y « a n U « m «tu m i hy n d t o r U i inn in Th# Hyohotman Hides and Pelts Highest market price paid in CASH for the altove REDMOND MARKET, J. II. ROK. Proprietor. W ood und Iron Work If there ta anything you want in the above lint rail on me. I have a plant capable of <loifi( nil kind* of work in and iron, »nd will ■»«te you money on »II orders placed with m*. I can muke any furniture you mny want. G. W . D A V IE S Th« Old Pioneer ItlnckMnith of Redmond lf you want to SELL your property List it with f “That Man McCaffery” He doesn't ask an exclusive right; he can sell it a p Howling, Pool an d Hilliard 8 ...At the... PASTIME IT you want to enjoy an hour or two of h eu lt hful • •on, you should come to The Pant ime, where >’«»«* w i - 1 lung is tirsi-elusa in the above line. Tw<> l*>wlin| »l'Ut are jierfectly irue. and pool and billiard tab!«'* « condition for playing on. < IGAKS. TOBACCO, MOLT DRINKS AND CONFECTION HR Y E