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Toilers of the Columbia
By PAUL D E L A N E Y
a u t h o r o f " L o r d o f the D e a e r t , " " O r e t o n S k e t c h e s ,"
mud o th e r P o c l t l c e o e a t Storlea
C H A P TE R X X I — Continued.
The dash finally came. The boats
cauie togethei like so many battering
rams.
Curses arose loud over the
calm waters. The boats surged back
and forth like living animals. The
grim dark forms of the fishermen
writhed and contested with each other
like serpents of the sea.
“ Back you gillnettere!
You des-
tioyeis of the fish!“ shouted the north-
aiders.
“ Away with you, you trappers!
You cause our families to sta rve!" re
plied the men from the soutliside,
with bitter oaths.
The resistance on the part of the
northsiders was short lived. The over
whelming numbers against them soon
began to tell. By sheer force they
weie driven toward their traps. The
prows of the southsiders’ boats were
against theirs, and they were swept
along like driftwood before a huge
raft.
The red in the east was making
things more vis:ble on the water. It
was easy to see that the northsiders
were losing ground at every point.
But suddenly a volley of shots rang out
down the liver. Another followed.
The curses of the fishermen rose above
these.
“ The soldiers!?” shouted the north-
aiders.
“ Cursse upon the head of Gabe
Jarvi!” shouted the southsiders.
Then the steamer carrying the
m ilitia appeared dividing the contest
ing fishermen like chaff. They fired
volleys occasionally above the heads of
the retreating belligerents in older to
hasten their departure.
“ Bang!” rang out a rifle shot from
a retreating party to the south.
“ la k e th at!” exclaimed a murder
ous looking southsider as the smoke
cleared from the muzzle of his gun.
Old Seadog fell back into the arms
of his eons. The bullet had found its
mark.
“ T a k e th is!” said another south-
eider as he raised his rifle to his
shoulder.
“ You have betrayed us,
Gobe Jarvi, and you shall pay the
penalty!”
“ Don’t shoot, fool, it is a woman!”
exclaimed a man as he seized the nMe
rle of the would-be assassin’s gun.
It was Dan lapham . He had been
overpowered and taxen a prisoner. As
he grabbed the southsider’s gun it dis
charged. Lapham looked in the direc
tion the bullet had gone and saw in
the pilot house of the steamboat which
had come to their rescue the form of
Sankala!
The girl was pale as death, but she
clung to the wheel in a spirit of des
peration, and the boat continued upon
its course, ploughing through the craft
of the contending fishermen, the south
siders retreating with all possible
speed.
C H A P TE R X X I I .
Hazel Snubs Sankala.
“ It is simply a shame— it is a burn
ing shame!”
“ That it is, but it is the way of the
Seadoge. They were always hard
hearted wretches. The g ill takes after
her father and is not to blame so much
after a ll.”
“ But she ought to have enough
woman ' about her to show that she
has a heart. The idea of going to the
ball and her poor old father lying at
the point ot death.”
“ But she is in love, you know, and
all people are fools who are in love.
Since that m ilitia captain set foot on
shore she lost her head and has
thought of nothing else since. 1 don’ t
see anything in a state militiaman to
lose one’s bead over. Why my hus
band was a United States regular. I f
I had a daughter I would teach her a
lesson she would remember. A regu
lar wouldn’ t wipe his foot on a m ilitia
man.”
“ Still Captain Budlong is a nice fel
low and was kind to us. He did his
duty and made the southsiders go
home. He is not a bad looker either,
and you know that counts, too. It
would be a feather in H azel’s cap if she
could capture the captain of the
m ilitia.”
“ The average state militiaman is no
more than a dude, a rich man’s son
kept in idleness and is not worth any
woman’s while. He thinks all of the
women are crazy over him and struts
around with uniform on like a peacock
and more fit to look at than to use. I
have no patience with militiamen.
My husband was a regular.”
“ They say, though, this young Cap
tain Budlong is poor. The most of his
men are rich but be is only a clerk in a
store and was chosen by his men be
cause of his honesty and bravery. I
think Hazel would be a good catch for
him. He could take charge of her
father’s business, and if all accounts
are true some one may be needed, for
the old man is threatened with blood-
poisoning from that wound the south
siders gave him .”
“ Yes, and to think that Hazel would
go to the hall when her father is ex
pected to die! It is simply a shame—
a burning shame!”
The above conversation took place
between two matrons of the fishing v il
lage on the northside of the Columbia.
Ten days of peace had reigned on the
river. Since the arrival of the m ilitia
and dispersion of the fishermen there
had been no further trouble. The front
carrying the command of Captain Rud-
long had kept up a constaut patrol of
the river day and night and no at
tempt had been made on the part of
the southsiders to renew hostilities.
In fact committees had been ap
pointed consisting of fishermen from
each side of the river to arrange dupli
cate bills governing the fishing indus
try of the river which were to be
passed by the respective legislatures of
the two states. Dan Lapham was a
committeeman from the north side.
It was the night of the day upon
which the agreement had been reached.
Peace was at last declared between the
toilers of the Columbia. The north
siders were not to extend their trap
building any farther south and the
southsiders agreed not to cross a certain
line with their nets which was settled
upon as the center of the stream
through the fishing waters.
The active and exciting life of the
fishermen had its influence upon their
manner of obtaining pleasure and rec
reation. They did not cultivate the
intellect as a whole. In fact only a
few turned their attention to books.
Athletes by nature the men devoted
much time to athletics. They had
their ball grounds, tennis courts and
club rooms. Indoor sports were as
much in favor as their outdoor sports.
As hand-ball players the village team
stood ready to challenge any of the
cities. Foot-ball and baseball playing,
in their respective seasons, found these
fishermen in the field opposing the
best teams in the country.
Aside from athletics, dancing was
the magic means of amusing both
voung and old. No week ever passed
during the season that the fishermen
did not engage in this pastime. It
was an occasion in which all took a
part and the large hall provided for
the purpose was always crowded. A
fisherman is nevei too young or too old
to dance.
Dancing was the means of celebrat
ing all important events. No higher
tribute could be paid an individual or
event than by giving a ball. It was
the zenith point in bestowing honors.
The settlement of the dispute be
tween the northsiders and southsiders
occasioned the geratest ba’ l in the his
tory of the northside village. They
were weaker in numbers but had won
out in a measure and were determined
to celebrate the occasion in a fit and
proper manner.
There were honors due to many and
the fishermen were not slow to bestow
these upon the deserving ones. The
occasion of peace come on for its share.
In fact, it was called the great peace
ball.
W hile there were indviduals
who shared the honors, Captain Bud
long and his men were the honored
guests.
Dan
Lapham
had
dis
tinguished himself on the water and as
a commissioner in settling the trouble
and Sankala was the heroine of the
hour. To Captain Budlong and his
men she was tne most conspicuous per
sonage at the mouth of the Columbia.
The fishermen so accustomed to the ex
citement of river life, the act of the girl
in saving the boatload of soldiers was
not looked upon as a much out of the
ordinary, though they all recognized
in Sankala a remarkable young woman.
The hall was decorated as it had
never been decorated before. The floor
was waxed with greater care, and mu
sicians had been employed from the
nearest town.
The rude fisher-folk
were decked out in their best garments.
The women took unusual care with
their toilets. When the ball room was
filled at an earlv hour, the people of
the fishing village presented a very
good appearance. The soldiers, many
of them from the ctiy, were surprised
to see the presto change from the rug
ged men of the fish-traps, and the care
less girls of the beach to the gallant
and gay figtnes of the ball-room.
Human nature is much the same
among oil classes, and it was not ma
terially diffeieut among the fisher-folk.
Many of them had gathered early.
The women were seated in groups, and
commenting on those who entered lat
er. Young girls and boys were skip
ping across the hall in a frolicsome,
aimless manner. Old men sat in the
corners and looked on in silence.
A faint cheer rose over the room.
Captain Budlong entered accompanied
by Hasel Seadog. The applause was
riF T Y YEARS AOO.
for the captain.
“ Is Sankala coming?” askrd one of
Last night the/ had a r'hrtatmas trae down
the women of another.
at the new church; and
“ She promised after long persuasion A lot Ilf th ing« t he jr did. somehow. !
couldn’ t undoraUnd —
to come. But she only agreed to re
A 1st ot th in g« urw tangled that we never
main a short time. Kingwoht is about
need to know
exhuasted from his work with the ’ Way hark inioug those Christmas tim e« of
O ft; yea r« ago.
wounded and Sankala does uot think it
right anyway, to celebrate while the The preacher rude to meetln’ In a new
•team wagon which
wounded are so low. She thought It
Made aucb a racket that It nigh scared
wrong to give the ball while Old Seadog
Pobhln lu the ditch:
The sermon fairly recle«] with words no-
is lying at the point of death.”
bo«ty e'er heard Bow
“ It doesn’ t seem to worry Hazel, I From good ol«| llrothct lia u 'l W lggln ». Bfty
years ago.
his daughter,”
remarked another
woman who was watchtng the rich fish The orimii was moat wonderful; but then It
aoenir«! to uio
erman’s child, wreathed in smiles,
sound a« rev'rent aa It somehow
while she eutertaiued the captain ol It didn't
ought to lie;
the m iiitia.
But when they aaigt "Joy to the W o rld ,"—
ah, then I felt the glow
The crowd had gathered and the
That thrilled my soul those Cbrtatniaa tim e»
grain! march and quadrille that fol
o f Bfty years ago.
lowed were over.
A ll weie seated
I «cerned
again when a slight sensation near the A“ d "S fiS t& S
door caaused the pleasure seekers to T o where m» ««,ul could w < acmea. clear to
the giddeu «hure
look in the direction. The soldiers 1 Joined
and sang, "T h e laird la Comal I -et
commenced to applaud, and continued
Earth Receive H er K ing!
1-et
Kerry
Heart Prepare lllm Itoora, and
until the house fairly (hook. l>au
• loaven ami Rature Hlngl"
Lapham and Sankala had just entered. j
Sankala was very pale. She was
'twaa a aong to »w e ll the heart! The
dressed very plainly but neatly, and illd «.£ £ 2 gmCdlTh.aTiuward the voices
carried her left arm in a strip of white
of thv crowd;
looked out beyond the earth and
silk which pended from her neck. The My soul
•aw the gleam and glow
soldiers flocked anout her and weie Across the walls of Jasper where the living
watcra flow.
profuse with congratulation".
“ Excuse me, there is Sankala, onr And over all I heard a voice rise high, and
ever higher
brave little heroine!”
said Captain
A girl's sweet voice angelic floating down
Budlong and left Hazel and rushed to
ward from the choir;
Its melody «w|ft tangled In my tender
grasp the hand of the orphan.
heart strings so
The men broke away at the ap • here came to me a vision from that Chrlet
proach of the commander. Captain
mas long ago.
Budlong was full of praise for the girl, 1 ..
.
skies
inquired about her wounded atm and
those tender eyes I knew;
was very attentive.
' An<t *’,T*r from their depths I «aw lova'a
M it. Hemietta A. 8. Marsh, 7»Mi W.
“ May I have the next waits after i,oTa‘a au*n ,h«t shone>>r*r>me'alone straight
this one— pardon me Mr. Lapham !''
®ot of paradise
l « t h St., I.oa Angeles, Cal., President
said the captain turning to Banka la’ s rb*
w,,hl" m’ U“ ‘# Woman's Benevolent Ass'n, write«:
• • I suffered with la grippe for seven
«w ort after making the request of her. ;
weeks, and nothing I could do or take
“ Dan doesn’t waltz,” replied San- And
'Z Z 't T i * ?
* "n*'
helped me until I tried Pcruna.
kala.
A vlaloa of the old log church, ths llttls
“ 1 felt at once that 1 had at last se
Christ
maw
t
res
“ Then may I have this one— I w ill
A b laie with tiny lights; I heard a voles I cure«! the right medicine and I kspt
be careful with the arm?” said the
used to know
Within three
captain for the music was just sarting And lo r * In th>sw old Christmas tim es ot steadily improving.
fifty years ago
weeks I was fully restored, and I am
up and the dancers were beginning.
“ Certainly,” replied Sankala as Dan I felt her hand upon my arm; I heard ths gla«l that I gave that truly great rem
sleigh bells ring;
edy a trial. I w ill never he without
nodded his approval.
And through my inlud the echoes ran. “ Let
it again.”
When the waltz wat over Captain
Heaven and Nature K ing!"
In a letter dated August 31, 1904, Mrs.
I
saw
again
the
cedars
bend
beneath
the
Budlong escorted Sankala to a seat
rbant'ulng «n ew ;
near Hazel & dog. Sankala spoko to Again t felt my sw eetheart's kiss o f fifty 1 Marsh aaya: “ I have never yet heard
the efficacy of 1‘eruna questioned. We
Hazel but the latter took no notice of
y ea r» ago.
still use it. I traveled through Ken
her.
Captain Budlong saw it but Sing on fo r aye, O triumph aongl My aplrlt
tucky and Tennessee three years ago,
thought Hazel d id not hear Sankala
»oar» above
u
i And Joins an anthem all-divine, a song o f j where I found Pertina doing its good
speak.
purest love.
“ I have just hail a nice dance with I’ ve cast away the thralls of age, flung off I work. Much of it ia being used here
also.” — Henrietta A. 8. Marsh.
our little heroine.” remaiked the cap- Tb,
bough» . „ o r a ...
Address Dr. Hartman, President of
tain. “ Don't you think she is pretty;
wreathe and climb.
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columims,
and good?”
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“ She is only one of our employes The aong was done T h e light« wer» out. Ohio.
HO PE
FOR
TH E
S IC K
A VICTIM OF LA GRIPPE.
and I do not recognize her as a social
»«'hoe« all worm » t ill—
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ii . l o
The blue eye» onoe more «leeping en the
equal,” replied Hazel with all the Sea-
long-fWotte» hill;
d o g v e n o m e x p re s s e d in h e r
_
v o ic e
and
And I am old ah. very old! and yet my
I
dlmmiug eye»
¡H a r e caught a gleam prophetic from the
gatea o f paradise.
C le r ic a l J o lt .
8he was w«-althy and conse«]uently a
target for much flattery.
"la it a sin," ahe aaked her aplrltual
adviser, "to take pleaaure in having
people call me beautiful?”
"O f course It is, my child,” replied
the good old pnraon. " I t Is always
wicked to encourag«» falsehood."
Captain Budlong looked sharply at
his companion. His first lieutenant “ Joy to the W o rld !" I quaver o'er the
relieved Sankala’s embarassment by I
haunting old refrain
ile on through the lonely tears that
leading her to another poition of the And «m
fa ll like summer rain;
room. Dan Lapham was engaging a For every year that b ow » my head but
nearer brings, I know,
number of fishermen at another por-
. . . .
.
. ...
..
. My love of tboo» old C brU tn aa tim e» of
tion of the bonze by telling them of
'
flfty y,.uni a(0.
M other« w ill find Mr«. Winslow’« Soothing
the result of the peace commission’ s — L ow ell Otu» Kec»e, In L e »lt»’» W eekly.
Byrup tha bast remedy tons# tor thatr children
labors.
during tha teething iwrlod.
The dance continued until nearly j
C H R I8 T M A S IN 8ERVIA.
R e a s o n « tile I n q u i r y .
midnight without farther incident when
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"A llow tne, Mr. Iilfklns,’ said the
a messenger rushed in, almost out of ■♦■"•a Clan» Receive» Prreenta Instead
hostess to n late arrival, "to Introduce
breath, and announced that Old Sea-1
of Olvlnig Them,
doo WM dvintr
I ,n H*‘rrU the)r
Chriatmaa ere In Captain de .Ion«*s, a man who has
°f, „ ‘ ‘
.
..
,
, a »omewhat peculiar waj. Tha father of face«! death In a score o f battles.”
Ringwold, too, has collapsed and
family go«-» luto the wood and cuts
” Plena«*<l to meet you, captain,” said
is
the house of Seadog,
'* at *v'“
down a straight young oak, choosing the
bearer of bad news.
most perfect he can find. He brings It Blfklns. “ By the way, are you a mili
Captain Budlong hurried away with in, saying, "Uood evening and a happy tary or football enptalu?”
Christinas,” to which those pres«-ut eny,
Hazel and Dan and Sankala followed.
“ May God grant both to thee, and
(To be continued)
ninyest thou hare riches and honor!”
Then they throw over him grains of
C h ilia n M in ers P o w e r fu l.
Perhaps the greatest weights borne corn. I ’ raaently the young tree la placed
upon the coals, where It remains until
for any distance on men’s backs nre Christmas morning, which they salute by
the loads of ore brought up from the repeated firings of a pistol.
mines o f the Andes by tile miners of
The national dish In Scrvfa In pork.
Chill. Darwin visited a copper mine The poorest fnmily in Servla will pinch
In a ravine leading from the main themselves all through the year no ns to
range o f the Cordilleras, where the have money enough to buy a pig nt
work was carried on by such primitive Christman. Skewered to a long piece
of wood, the pig In turned over n blazing
means that, though the mines had fire until cooked, the guentn wntching
been worked in the mountains for at the process with Increasing Interest. A f
least two centuries, the water was re ter dinner ntorion nre told nnd songs
moved In some tiy carrying It up snafin sung. Santa Clntin, who. In the person
of nn honored guest. 1« present to receive
in leather tings on men’s backs.
Sir Francis Head, when visiting a instead of to give presents, departs, af
similar mine, found that all the ore ter the feast, deromtpd with s long ring
of cakes around his neck nnd laden with
wns carried up to tile surfnee, a ver- such gifts as his friends can bestow.
tcal climb o f d.'iO fee!, by the miners,
and that the averag- weight carried
flo o d T h in g , Too
was 2ij0 pounds. This load was uot
The Christmas Tree— it is strange I
carried up a winding stair, but up that children are so green ns to believe |
notched trunks of trees, set almost up In the eziste.nce of a Santa Claus.
right, one touching another.
The (Jhriatmae Candle (sputterlngly)—
The food of the Chilian miner, ac But they are not evergreen.— Woman's
cording to Darwin, conslsteil of ra Home Companion.
tions o f sixteen figs and two small
I n h e r i t e d M istrust.
loaves o f bread for breakfast; for din
“ Bessie, have you written your letter
ner boiled beans, for supper wheat
.
crushed and roasted. They scarcely to 8anta Claus?”
'D r ab M rs . TT n k i i a i i : — I suffered
“
Yea,
ma;
but
don’t
you
go nn’ give
ever tasted meat
w ith stomach complaint for yeara. I
it to pa to mall.”
got so bad that I oould not carry my
P o s e ns I t r e s s in a k e r s .
children but five months, then would
Such are the Impositions practiced K i n g O u t th e O ld , K in g In th e .New. have a miscarriage. The last time I
on department stores by women claim
became pregnant, my husband got me
ing dressmakers' discounts thnt a lead
to take L y d ia E . I'ln k hum's V e g e
table Com pound. A fter taking the
ing metropolitan house finds it neces
first bottle I was relieved o f the sick
sary to employ three detectives whoso
ness o f stomach, and began to feel bet
exclusive task It Is to verify state
ter in every way. I continued its use
ments o f this character. Those enti
and waa enabled to carry my baby to
tled to discounts receive credentials,
maturity. I now have a nice baby
while the others are tabulated under
girl, and can work better than I ever
the classification “ fraudulent.” Many
could before. I am like a new woman."
— M rs . F r an k B k tk r , 22 8. Second S t,
stores provide separate cashier's desks
Meriden, Conn. — f n o o o forfeit I f original o f
for dressmaker patrons, who repair
above le tter proving genuine n ett cannot he produced.
hither for their authorized rebates, av
eraging 10 per cent. This privilege is
F R E E M E D IC A L A D V IC E TO
usually confined to merchandise apper
WOMAN.
taining to dressmaking, and Is unavail
Don't hesitate to write to Mrs.
able for other goods. Cut rate and
Plnkham. She will understand
yonr case perfectly, and will treat
special sales nre also exempt from
P »t—Whoy la th’ owld year loike a rou with kindness. Her advlea
dressmakers' discounts.
s fre«) and the address Is Lynn.
whet towel, Nora, darllnt?
The best theology— a pure and benefi
Mass. No woman ever regretted
Nort—Whoy?
cent Ufa«
having written her» and SIM hM
U«t—Becaae they alwaya ring it out.
Many women are denied the'
happiness of children through
derangement of the generative
organs. Mrs. Beyer advises
women to use Lydia E. Pink-
ham’s Vegetable Compound.
i
helped thousands*