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S T A Y T O N . M A R IO N C O U N T Y . O R E G O N . J U N E 22. 1906.
m ade n d a y s Journey hy rail, and as
he sat d ow n to d in n er la the d in in g car
his am azem ent nun uuliounded to oti
serve D rayton at a u ea rh y table. Th«
con vict looked up a t him w ithou t rec
ognition nml did not seem at all abash
til.
H ere w a s a limn w ho hud seen
Ry D O N A L D A L L C N
D rayton e v e ry d a y for tw o years, talk-
•si w ith him. noticed ev ery p ecu liarity
about him nnd could « w ear to him a
f'i'purtohl. Inai. Iiy U t a trio /Inule
thoii«nnd tim es over.
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T h ere wn« no m ore doubt lo Ills mind
W ben aver h innti I n *«-nt tu »•»at**
that the co n v ict sat liefore him than
p rlsiii hi» w o r d reseli«** tilt* In silili
that he wn» living, and he w a s prm ent-
i. ni ii I iimi I o f lilnt. T b e il**i>uty w ard en ly iiliio rlm l In «peculation. It wua Just
get« II frinii III** (Millrt* « I h » « orla» ! up possible th at the marl hud been p a r
ilio i ' iiim * nini iirrested lilm nml fi-uni thè doned. If so, w hy did he not recogn ize
pulillNlitnl noiiiun la o f li la trial. Il I n nnd gp-ct his old friendT T h e deputy
k u o « u berore In* a rriva * nbout « liu t had I teen n« frie n d ly w ith lilm ns the
aorl o f n ma 11 Ito I n . nini li«* la «oine- rcg u la tlcu ji perm itted, even m ore than
tlllies n««lgm il I o U i I n or tim i d epart- that.
im*nt Iti mi va li co. If la* la w o r d n l na
I f tie hod not been pardom-d, then he
n Inni man. th c d e p u ly get* ready tu luy m ust h a v e escaped, but that lie could
d ow n Ilio rute» inni regulutloii* tu litui. alt then* w ith aueh b razen nasiirnnce
If otlirrw lae. tlu* (ilticlal lieuve* u sigli wna not like D ruyton. H ie d ep u ty
o f rallvf. N ow here I» u limi unni oiit found hla poaltlcn erntinrraasliig ‘n •
o f pinco more tinnì In a ‘ penai luatliu*
t uli, w liarr Ma e sa tn p le umy lu fc ct w ay. and y e t It <T!d not la k e him long
to m ake tip bta inlud w h at to do. H e
lifty otber*. nml n ow bera la a "go o d "
would h a ve beer, jrifld to see D rayton
lumi gl ve n m « a r n ic r w elcom e.
get
n pardon, out If he hud (neaped he
Ili liromt d u yllg h t In a «'calerti city
uniat go b ack and s e r v e the r<*at o f hla
a atrm igcr limi eiitered a l>lg d ry g x s l«
time.
attira ami licld up Un* cuahlcr. olitaliicd
D u rin g the m eal the eyes o f the tw o
f M iicllllng llke $ lll inni am i gol luto
men
met a d o w n tim es, and o f the tw o
tlic atroci. H e w ould L a v e inaile good
hi* eacn|M* liut for mi accld en t. A* It D rayton wua the lesa confu sed. Hla
«< *, he gol lia lf a tulle a w a y licfore hair wna y el short from the prison re g
ulations. mid he bud on c iv ilia n 's dress
of good textu re. I lls dem eanor wna
that o f an y tra v eler, ca reless and In d if
ferent to a certain degree, and It w ill
certain th at If ad dressed he would
prom ptly d en y hla Identity and carry
the m a tter through w ith a high hand.
T h is dlsMcnihhng and a ssu ra n ce on hi*
part w ere n ew plinsin o f his ch ara cter,
and d inn er had been finished h a lf an
hour b efore the d ep u ty approached him
and said:
"I h a ve n g '** l m em ory fo r fa ce s
an*I I mu sure I h a v e seen y o u rs b e
fo re."
" It mny lie ao." wn« the c a reless re
ply. accom p an ied by a atulle.
" H a v e n 't I m et you In the v illa g e of
W a d sw o rth ?" m im ing the p lace w h e n
the K. sta te prison w as «Itunted.
"I m ay h ave punned through the plnce
on n train . bu$ I am su re I n eve r «top
ped then* it Is p ossible th a t w e hnvr
met ls*fore w hile tru v e llu g ."
T b e voice, the m ovem ent o f the
m outh w h ile «peaking, the look o f tlir
eyes, e v e ry th in g abou t the man w i t
p e rfe c tly fa m ilia r to the officer, hut lu
sudden ly decided to adopt n n ew line
o f policy for a w h ile. H e w ould meet
llm is c w ith finesse. T h e p air entered
Into gen eral con versation fo r two
hours, and then the d ep u ty sen t out a
telegram a sk in g the w ard en o f the
r i i K c o g v i t T l u o k k i » c p a t h im w t r a m n
s ta le prison If D rayton had been p ar
UeOOUNITIOM.
doned or had escaped. T w o hours
b ein g cap tu red . T b « m oney wna uoi later, ns he w a s n earin g the end o f the
f mild on him . lull there w ere Imlf n Journey, b e received an a n s w e r rea d
ing:
«losen pennuta to a w en r t > his Identity
"D ra y to n Is still w ith us nnd h as ju st
Tin* prisoner, «Im g a v e h.s num e a*
Is-cn locked In his cell.”
J r me» D rayton, decided Hint n min
U c re w a s an oth er puzzle, hut It did
ta k e limi lieeu m ade. At I iih trial lie
a c tu a lly proved that lie w in n realdeut not ta k e the a stu te official long to re a c t
D rayton had claim ed
o f a vll 11,'e fifty m iles nwn.v. nml h a lf a <-inclusion.
that the felon y had lieen com m itted by
a d »/.ell o f Ills fe llo w tOWUKUieii w en
som e m an resem b lin g him. H ere wan
0:1 li imi lo atvenr th a t lie wna un In
his proto typ e, his tw in brother. \V hllt
dtlMtrlouu, houeat m an.
T h ere are time» wtieu w ave« o f crtm< , be lo o k u l m ore like a resp ectab le husl
n e s s m an than a thief, the ex-deputy
m i iti to «w eep o v er a com m u n ity, ami
there are a lso tlt:u*s when n a v e s ot determ in ed not to let him go w ithou t a
Ju stice follow , and In their to u lo u a n e s■ rigid exam in ation .
II happened tliut the tw o got off at
the court* Kii'tii d eterm in ed to convict
a t any coat. T h e tw o w ave« happened the «nine city , nnd they had scarcely
to he a w eep in g o v er the w estern city d escen d ed from the train b efore the
stra n g e r w a s g iv en In ch arg e by the
a t the tim e, ami the la w m ade an ex
a m p le o f D rayton. 11 « w a s sentenced official nml taken to a police station . II
to s ta te prison for five y ea rs, and the w a s a high handed th in g to do, and II
ju d g e read him a sev ere m oral lecture he w a s w hat he represented or seem ed
to he he could m ake trou b le fo r the
from the bench In addition. T h e prls
on er protested to the last, and his w h o lt other.
H e seem ed stunned a t first o v er his
com m u n ity felt th a t the la w had made
n grievou s m istake, but there w a s a a rre st nnd then g re w in d ign an t nnd
spurt o f reform on. nnd the prosecution th reaten in g. H e g a v e n oertnin name
w ould h ave It th a t Ju stice had her and claim ed a certa in c ity as his rest
d eu ce, nnd fo r a tim e the police were
hands on the right man.
T h e d ep uty nt K. prison had read a inclined to a p ologize and let him go. It
fu ll accoun t o f the trial, hut lie did not w a s o n ly w hen th e ex-d ep u ty began to
let a doubt creep Into his mind. W ho question him nl«>ut a certain d ate, the
e v e r cam e to I i I h prison had been nd- d a te o f the ro b b ery, th at he tripped in
Ju d gu l gu ilty by th e cou rts nml put his a n sw e rs nnd arou sed n ew suspicion.
F e w men h a v e don e for another w hat
Into Ills keeping, nnd It « ns not for lilm
H e re-
to doubt o r critici««. H e looked for n the d ep u ty d id fo r D rayton .
m an w ho w ould w h in e and lieg for malm-d w ith the s tra n g e r until he got
sy m p a th y nnd c a r r y h im self ns n m a r good grou n d s for Ids arrest on the old
H e b rou ght the c ash ie r and
ty r, hut he «-as a g re e a b ly su rprised to ch arge.
others on a t his ow n ex p en se nnd got
d isco v e r n u lte the c o n tra ry .
D rayton w a s In the prim e o f life, the au th o rities to e x tra d ite the man
c le a r eyed and fran k fa ced , nnd he had nnd the co u rts to put him on trial nnd
n othin g to s a y a g a in st his sentence. sum m on D rayton from stnte prison.
W hen the tw o men Unally stixsl to
H e seiin ed to rea lize flint the tim e had
gone by for that. In the d epartm en t geth er there w e re w onder nnd am aze
to w hleli he w a s assign ed he m ade m eat In the cou rt. T h eir ow n m oth
such a record th a t a fte r a y e a r he « a s ers could not h a v e told them a p a r t A
appointed a " tr u s ty .” H e had s e r v ili little d e te c tiv e w o rk had u n earthed a
nlm ost tw o y e a rs o f his tim e liefore the had record fo r the stra n g er, and. a l
d ep u ty heard his sto ry. It had the ring though he ntnrted out to m ake n great
o f tru lli, and the officer believed It, but legal fight, he ended hy co n fe ssin g that
a t the tim e he w a s go in g to lea v e the he w a s the gu ilty p a rty and th at D ra y
prison and ta k e an oth er position, and ton had served tw o y e a rs for n crim e
he fe lt helpless In the m atter. In the he hnd not eo in m lttu l. T h e la tter w a s
cou rse o f n w eek he w en t to R d istan t pardoned and resto red to cltlzeilsh lp
stn te and took up n n ew occupation, nnd re sp e cta b ility , w h ile the gu ilty
p arty w a s sen t to occu py his p lace In
und three m onths passisi a w a y .
Then one. day. the. formey. deputy priso n , nnd the Jjtdsc who. had rend u
THE LAW’ S
MISTAKE
NOT A N
m oral lesson from the bench had som e
th in g m ore to say. H is con scien ce had
been trou b lin g him for tbe w a y ho
ch arged the Jury a gain st an Innocent
m an. mid he sou gh t to console It hy ad
m ittin g that so m ew h ere In the world
e v e r y man m ay find his prototype, hot
that the la w cou ld not ta k e cognlzuuce
o f the fact.
, t l .2& P E R ANNUM
N u m b e r 20
. Straw Hats
A nice line of m en's and
* boy's
straw
hats suitable
and
crash
for haying
and harvesting, at 5c to
A F la tte r lm
T estim on ial.
A ve ry em inent I » m l on surgeon, one
o f the lights o f the profession , one d a y
olm ervul a gen tlem an knocked dow n
b y, a ru n a w a y horse, l i e w en t to his
aid unil found he hnd broken his leg.
It w u s only a sim p le fractu re, but the
m an w a s badly hurt.
T h e surgeon used his onibrellu ns n
splint Hnd w ith his Awu hands tiorrow-
cd h an d kerch iefs, ban daged the lim b
tlg b tly . p u t the p a tleu t lu a cab and
d ro v e to the n ea rest hospital. T here
they w ere received b y u y o u n g m edical
stu d en t.
“ Y o u 'v e b an d aged this p retty w ell,"
Hald the you th p a tro n izin gly.
"N o t nt ii U.” said the other.
.
“ I suppose you h a v e been atten d in g A
som e a m b u la n ce class.
T h e y sa y it
little b u rn in g Is a d an g ero u s thing,
hut the little y o u 'v e len rn nl y o u ’ ve put
to good accou n t. I c a n ’t g lv q you your
nm hrella now . bu t If you lea v e y ou r
a d d ress It shall b e-sen t to y o u r bouse.” |
"I had b etter g iv e you m y card .” ]
said the em inent surg*i*n. and he did
so.— P ea rso n 's W eekly.
$1.50.
You will need a
new suit of Cloth
ing for the Fourth
of July.
Reduced
Summer
Rates.
SHOES
For One W eek O nly.
$5.00 M en's patent Blu-
cher welt Shoe for...... $4.00
Y our old suit appears
$4.00
M en's Valours Blu-
a little seedy.
,
cher welt, princess last 3 2 0
good suit of M en s Clothing $4.00 W om en 's patent kid
$ 7 50 values for
.$ ’> 00
Blucher M cK a y Shoes 3.20
1000 values for. .
. 8.00
$3.50
W om en 's kid lace
12 50 vslucs for ..
I8 60 valu*-« for.
.12 50
Blucher M cK a y shoe 2.80
G. D. TR O TTER ,
S T A Y T O N , OREGON.
A m an endo«-ed w ith g rea t p e rfe e
tlon s w ith ou t good b reed in g Is like on«
w h o h as his ¡Kx-kets fu ll o f gold, but <
a lw a y s w a n ts chan ge fo r bis ordinary
occasion s. - Steele.
Thirty Oregon witne*se»nre want'd
in Seattle to te.iify in the case against
(«••urge Mnchell, the man who kill'd
('rettiehl.-nnd «deputy prosecuting at
torney of Heattle is now in Corvallis
looking up evule- c • agsinst Mitchell
E X T R A S P E C IA L O N
LIBERALITY
£
O Ü R
Excursion
Newport. Yaquina Hay. Rn-itenbusli
Hot Springs from All ri. I*, and
C. w K roints.
On and after June 1 liHki the South
ern Pacific in connection with the
Corvallis A Eastern railroad, will have
o n s a le round trip tickets from |«unts
on their lines t o Newport, 'Yaquina
and Detroit at very low rate«’ good for
return until October 10, 1188!.
Thiee day ticket* to Newport and
Yii'piins, good going Saturdays und
returning Mondays are also on sale
from all Hast Side poinst, Portland to
Kngene, inclusive, and from all West
Side point«, enabling |ieople to vi.it
their famlies and spend Sunday at the
seaside.
Season ticket« from all Hast Side
points, Portland to Kngene, inclusive
mid Iroin all West Side points, are also
on sal»* to Detroit at very l o w rates
witli «top-over priveliges at Mill City
or any point east, enabling tourist to
vi.it the Santiam and Hreit'*nhu«h
H o t Springs in the Cascade mountain*
which can la* reached in one day.
Season tickets «ill la* good for re
turn from all |«iints until Octnlier 10.
Three-day tickets will Is* good going
Saturday« and returning Mondays
only Tickets from Portland and vicin
ity «ill la* .good for return via the East
or West side at option or passenger.
Tickets from Eugene and vicinity «ill
be good going via the Leba non-Spring-
field branch if desired. Baggage on
Ncwqxirt tickets checked through to
Newport; on Yaquina tickets to Ya-
quioa only. Sunday exclusions to
Newport on tlieC A E will la-gin
June 1(1 or 17 and run every Sunday
thereafter, leaving Albany at 7:30 a.m.
leave Corvallis 8 a. in.
S. P trains connect with the C A E.
at Albany and Corvallis fur Yakipnna
and Newport. Trains on the C. A E
for Detroit will leave Albany at 7:30
a in., enabling tourist* to the Hot
Spring« to reach there the same day.
Trains from and to Corvallis connect
with all cast side trains on the S. P.
Full information as to rates, time
tables, ect., can lx* obtained on appli
cation to J. C. Mayo, (ieit Pass Agt.
C. A E R R , Albany; A. L. Craig, <i.
P. A., S. P. Co., Portland or to any S.
P. or C. A. E. agent.
Kates from Kingston to Newport,
$4.50. To Yaquina $4(8).
On This Basii Mb Will Be Clad
ioMake'lbnr Busina» A«juaintanc<
Stayton State Bank
STABILITY
D o N o t R e m a in B lin d
T o the fact that the Brewer Drug Co. stores at Salem
and Stayton are the cheapest places in the State of O r
egon to buy your Drugs, Patent Medicines, Perfumes,
Sundries, Etc.
Our Advertised Cut Prices Still Continue
W e offer you the follow ing special this week.
surely a winner and wont last long.
It's
Fine Linen and Bond Box Writing Paper, reg. 60c box, 40c; reg. 50c
box for 35c; reg. 35c box 25c; reg. 25c box 20c.
O n any quantity lot of anything w e carry, we will
give you still better prices.
Telephone your orders.
Salem.
BREWER DRUG CO.,
Stayton.
Bring Us Your New Harness
Produce
Shop,
£
| 11^1 |,| y . y<
Having opened a harness shop
In the Poniacliil building, I
am prepared to supply the
wants of all needing
W e Pay the Top Harness, Whips,
Market Price
Saddles, Combs, Brushes,
You cannot induce a lower minimal
to eat heartily when not feeling well
A sick dog starves himself and get well
The stomach, once over worked, must
have rest the same as your leet or eyes. Goods Delivered Free to A n y
You dont have to starve to rest your,
Part of the City.
stomach. KODOL FOR DYSPEPSIA
takes up the work for your stomach,
digests what you eat and gives it a rest
Puts it buck in condition again. You
cant feel gixxl with a disordered stoni*
Stayton, Ore.
aclt. Try Kodol. Brewer Drug Co.
i
W . A. Wright,
or anything in the harness
line.
First-class Repairing;
and new work neatly and
promptly done.
Call and see our stock.
JOS. JOHNSTON, Stayton.