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Bv L U 3 L E BARKER
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The Ghost Club
Man s Story
VALUABLE
SA TC H EL
Gy EDVIIN C SMITHSON
By ROGER N. OLMSTEAD
Copyright by American Ft»«« A mo
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Back to tho farm Is now (ho slogan, and the low
COLONIST FARES
Ä
From tho Middle and Kantern
IKirtioiiH o f tho United Staten
To Oregon and the
Northwest
There lift'd In th« d ry of t'h ltefel
"P u t a few thtnea la a hand bag at
Though 1
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phtn a wlilowor and his son who ware •nee." 1 .« id to my wife "1 Imre a
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A SUNSET \
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louiotlre engineer. I crawled up to
always set>n together. T h e father was letter from n man in ». who saya he
|m.sWlt ,M>H, „trough eVery Inter
lOGOENdSHASTAl
a little over forty, the son about twen will publish tny novel and give me 30 mediate puaitlou
RO UTES
/
Uue wouldn’t »up
prevailing daily
ty-one. The two alw ays drv«sed alike, per cent o f the prtye o f the book.”
i H»,, that « uiuu who had mude his
talked alike, acted alike and had the
“Oh,
Ju
st i i think
It! n From
way
by
work
u r pruni,
nl
o u , Henry!
m u » »
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,l' ‘T'lnloos on subject*. 1 hose a who poverty we will Jump right Into co n
makeup would be a member of ihr
over the
them Intimately s|H)ke o f them j ort
Ghost club, ns some persons call the
. „ i , ...bey Cv Son. though their name
"H 'm > |f the book «ell«.“
Society For 1‘aychlcal ttesearcli. lint
was Hardwick.
"Oh, mv goodress gracious!"
I am. aud I'm gulag to tell you wlmt
All went well between tho two till 1 "W h at's up now?"
started me lu that Hue.
is th * best m oans of ca rry in g it o u t.— F a r e s from
the i]Ucstton of the so n s marriage
"W e have only one bag. and I loaned
Wln'ti I was a young fellow tuy fa
CHICAGO
»33.00
came up. Jlm tnle Hardw ick fell !■ ; that veatenlay to Maggie Jonew"
ther wanted me to go to college, but 1
ST. LOUIS
32.00
love with a girl who had no means
“ Well, wrap some things In paper, disgusted him by taking a position as
whatever and If he married her had
There's „ trunk store on the way to llremau ou a locomotive. I had Just
OMAHA
25.00
not yi'K: lent fortune to keep up his
tbf, s, a t|0n
I'll stop and pick up o I earned enough about the m adilue to
KANSAS CITY
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25.00
poeitlou In I he ultra fashionable gold- ^ tc h e L "
lake the throttle when the civil war
ST. PAUL
*5 .0 0
eu circle to which he possessed a birth-
mlnntes later 1 kissed my wife broke out. and 1 enlisted. While
Culonist Fares are West Bound only, but they can be prepaid from any
right
lu vain his fath er held up to
nnd „tarted out with a light campaigning In the «until we captured
point. I f you have friends or relatives in the East who desire to “ Get
him the fa ct that If he made the« In- bt,.lrt ' [ blld worked two years on mv « hundred mill's of railroad, luclud-
tended match the relations that had
Vel and had aaed up all hut euough ‘“ K a good supply of rolling stock, o r
back to the F a rm ," you can de|>u.'Ut the value o f the fare with your nearest
existed 1-etween them must cease, the monev tl> ,„^0 uu> , 0 „
j bad 0(Tt>rcsI course there was a call for those of uh
Iocs! agent and a ticket will be telegraphed to any address desired. Ca II on
older man continuing In the sam e so- mv sfory tl) ton jid eren t publisher«. 'vho ***** railroad experience. ami I
the undersigned for good instructive literature to send F ast.
cl.il
tie. the son dropping out.
aU had ref,]!loa It. Here, at last. * * T* »“ “V n“ m‘’
“n onglmgfr. 1
Bath Tubs, Lavatories and
Emily Sberbourn* was a very »enal- , naa n pub„ ab,»r who had had the lu- d,tl ,hnt because I was young and am
all Lanitary fittings— Farm
Me. practical young woman. She had | ,o|i'|^ n0e to discover its value. Hut bilious to run au re glue
ers-W e carry a line o f
no ambition to hobnob with mnltltull- ()(l ,mlst iM, a ¡(OOI. business man or he
* whs given a machine nt once. This
PORTLAND, OREGON
ltoaaires. but she loved Jim m ie and WimlJ not have offered me 30 per cent wa* ulore *hnn 1 waBt,fd' for w* h“'1
pumps, leader water sys
vvaa loath to give htni up. Indeed, she when I would have l>een glml to get 10. made some sixty tulles of forced
tems. etc. Gasoline engines.
did not propoae to give him up.
I stopped In at the trunk store and marches, ndvnueiog every hour of the
i he -ase dragged. |»oor Jlnitnlo loath fonud a bargain In a leather twig a night, before we had made the cnplurr.
to give up the position In which he had man had ordered, saying that ho would The consequence was that we were all
JACOB SPANIQL
been born, especially since It would cnll for it. The hag was marked with dead tired, and ns for sleep we'd bad
put a wedge between him a rd his fa his Initials, but he had not called. I hardly any for wverul day« We had
come down ou a central point where
ther. But one day J,,u
Jim saw
* HW sign«
s,* n" that
lu " 1 paid half price for It. tho vender agree '
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his father was himself contem plating . lug to erase tht,
)nltlltlK
,,n
mv
rptoni
th<*
rw,,,n* *,lH* waM •‘•'l’1 *****
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the Initials on my return
matrimouy. None o f the widows or . I , 7 hud
... no
., time
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for him ...
to do It then to enpture the terminals on our tlauk«
young spinsters of society seemed to j Dumping my belongings Into It, I hur I w ii « ordered to pull n train loaded
with a regiment o f 600 men on nu ex
; have attracted Mr. Hardwick's atten rted on to the station.
tion. for Jim kept watch o f him when- i When I reached I». I met with a pedition to occupy the eastern termi
ever they were "out.” and the older shook. The publisher who had made nal. and I wasn’t permitted to go to
-Best of Guns and Targets
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sleep for a few hours l<efore «tuning
man’s attentions seemed to be general. me the liberal
offer had done so for th ; Htb(.r j , o|d MaJor Twlll,ug< ,rb „ blld
Confident
that
his
fath
er
would
not
I
reason that lie proposed when he got
P R I Z E S
GI VEN
think o f marrying out of his set. Jliu me to » . to soak me for $S00 with been made superintendent, that he had
better send a man with me In case
Win th at $5 in Gold with the
made up his mind that he had been
which to get out a first edition of the went to , 1 « , |„ tbt, cab from s h e e r In-
mistaken and there was nothing In It.
best score.
work
Ilis letter whs an advertising a b ||l t y t„ keep awake. He «eut Bob
Then he cone laded to make one more dodlJl, ,0 secure a customer for his
Stew art. who was to shovel the coul
CRO SS CU T SA W S F IL E D
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»'is own prll]„ nK blls, 11P* * , K.,Trf b,m a p i « *
in’on de 1 marriage
FI« l.oreed Mr pr,n,,n*
1
alm n
c nnd Is- randy to relievo me lu esse of
Safety of your funds is not the only advantage
ii..ended mnrrl..ge.
He lugged Mr. ui IUy miud. hut what did It avail? nhtmlnte neeessl,»
esslty
Hanlwlck to call on hU lu-trothed, Nothl„K t starte(, for holne t0 break
,jr'
tnis bank can offer. In addition to the un
We started at dask to run through a
hopi'ful that a view of her would so the sad npw, to m y w)fe
A. S. DAVIE
attract him that he would fall In with
j w>8 3itt, uit ln th(, truln waltlnK for country, the |ie«ple of which were all
questioned
safety tfcat our strong directorate,
the scheme. But the fath er said that ,t to start wUh m y eveH sUut and mv hostile to us and ready to throw us
business-like management, and well chosen sé
he hnd never made visits other than hat drawn down orer mv
wtu.n off the track or fire Into us whenever
an opportunity arose. It seems now
within his own circle of acquaintances ,
on# sat down
lue
curités
give to our depositors' money, this
more than it did then a pretty risky
and declined to make an exception ln
“Fool!” he whispered.
business to put a man who hadn't hnd
is a pleasant place to do business. You'll like the
this case.
I started up and looked at him. as six hours' sleep In forty eight hours lu
in an Interview with Miss Sher- tonished.
way you are received if you bring your account
charge of the live« of .U hi men
Be-
h" ;rne Jim told her o f his effort and
• M bat do you mean by putting your a, d^ , waa
^
and volltIk,
here, and we hope to see you do that soon.
o f the suspicion be had had o f his fa in i ttlrls
r l n 1g n
n you
* •/ » « » h
o i » " ’ ho added
u itilivl
on
bag?”
persons require more sleep than older
ther's attraction for some woman. Em
“W hat do I mean?»'
W e’il try to make the connection mutually helpful.
ones
For awhile the danger of run
ily asked her lover If he had entirely
“Yes. Are you crazy?"
nlng Into obstructions was so terrible
given up this suspicion, and when he
I was on to something; that was evl-
to me that 1 hnd no thought of sleep,
said that he was still uncertain nbout d en t
W hat i dldn't know
I must
but we hnd some seventy miles to go
the m atter she advised Jim m ie to dissemble.
before morning, nnd with the loud, the
watch. Jim admitted that his father,
“How did you know m e?" 1 asked
condition of the rosd. the grades anil
who was too aristocratic to use street
“W hy. by the bag, o f course—‘R. L.
cars, uow and again telephoned to a B .’ Beside*, you were described to me the locomotive of that dale we could
stable where he got his livery, order a as a sawed off man with a bad eye. not do more than twenty miles un
carriage and drive away, whither the mutton chop whiskers and a book honr. nnd the required stop« lessened
that figure
son did not know.
nose.”
We had got over «even eighths of
“Why don’t you go, too?” asked E m
This was not pleasant. My wife al
the dlstnnce when the monotonous puff
Now is the tim e to o rd e r ■ monument ily.
ways told me that I was conshk-red
W« con furnish
of the engine began to tell on me nnd
How can I do that?”
more than ordinarily handsome
am
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.
! “ I will give you a plan. The next
“ Well, now you've got on to me. tell I looked nronnd for Boh He was not
In the tender. Looking over the ten
Marble, lirsnitc or Bronze tln,e your father orders a carnage go me what you want.” I said.
der. I saw him lying on top of the next |
to the stable and bribe the coachm an
“ H alf."
Thlnklug It
Abo build Stone or Concrete Wails to to let you take his place.”
“ When and where shall I turn It car back sound nsleep
would lie better to let him get a little
‘!B u t fath er would recognize me.”
•rder. Don't foil to get prices before
over?”
rest before calling him. I turned ngilln j
“Does he always have the same
ywu buy.
“ You're going to A., aren't you?”
coachman?”
to the throttle.
I w asn't, but I said I was.
“No.”
I must have gone several miles halt
L. L THOMAS,
“ Where do you put up?"
.asleep At any rate. 1 was roused by
“Very well, i f you wear a coach
“ At the S."
STAYTON.
OREGON. man’s
and sec that she has every
livery nnd make up fo r a colored
"Suppose I see yon at 8 o'clock to bullets spattering against the shies ot
man your fath er will never dream that night.”
the cah nnd hearing s fusillade which
requisite for doing her
you are his son.”
Now. it was ns plain as the nose on was nnswered by men front the cars
work the way you want
“I have a mind to try It.”
your fuce that there had been some ' ’callring that we hud struck a tie«t
“Do so. It may be that your fath er sort of getaway with property by a
enemies. I ptil'ed her wide open,
it done. Don't blame her
Is courting some one not o f his set. man whose initials were R. L. H. an'1 Kl'e «P M "* forward alMi i«*n«hl
Jos. Sescak & Sons, Props.
if you do not provide her
If he is and you discover the fa c t he j t o(.currf.d to me that I might have stab le speed
Anyway, we got away
D u l t n In
will no longer oppose your doing the ebanijo<i bags with him, but that from whoever were firing on us. Then
with the proper cooking utensils. Everything she wants
same thing."
couldn't be.
I had bought the hag thing* settled down to the same old Jog.
fresh, Salt and Smoked
•Tim made all his preparations, and empty, nnd it now contained my lie-
The next thing 1 knew Bob shook
for cooking purposes is here in reliable qualities at reason
when he next heard his fa th e r order longings. I was sure of that, bemuse me nnd. taking the throttle out of my
able prices. W e pride ourselves upon the neat make and
a carriage be slipped out through a ten minutes liefore I had opened it. hand, told me to find n place P> get
back
door
and
went
to
the
stable,
j
unj
n
wrjtpr
0
(
detective
stories
and
*leep.
I
preferred
to
sit
on
(lie
splendid we iring properties of all our kitchen and * other
TOfhest Market Price Paid for Stock and
where a burnt cork transform ed him alw sys looking for material. I was n
°n *he other side of the cab. I
Hides.
hardware.
Into an ebony Instead o f a white man. trifle discouraged by my late expe- f 1" ' - Bob running the engine, looking
Then donning a livery he mounted the rlence. but once n mnn gets the liter n* wide nwnke as If he hadn’t been
STAYTON. ORfGON
box o f a coach and drove to his home. nry fever he can ’t get It out of his doing forced marching, nnd. reassured
His father came out. opened th e door, system. I must follow the thing up. by the sight. I went to nleep. I was I
gave the address and got ln.
To meet the man that evening would awakened by a touch which I sup-
When Jim m ie heard th a t address the ?>e rather quick work. But what mat- posed came from Boh. who wished to j
expression on his face was not only * ter? I could have a police force ln nn be relieved. I didn't see Bob. hilt I I
Stayton, Oregon.
one of wonder, but o f astonishm ent, adjoining room to listen and If the saw that day was breaking. No one j
His father bad ordered him to drive pb.„ ripened could arrest my man. So was nt the throttle. No one wits In
to the house where dwelt Miss Em ily [ told him I would Ire ready for him.
the cab or the tender. The lia iimo
Sherboume. His first Impulse w as to
The police came pretty near spoiling live'« speed hud been reduced to a min
get down from the box end ask his the next detective story I wrote by Imum.
parent what the dickens h " m eant; his arresting me ns I left the station. One
Where wns Bob? 1 hnd seen him
second was to drive on nnd see the of them, who was keeping n close nsleep on top of the car; then lie hnd
m atter to the end. He followed the watch, saw the letters on my bag nnd relieved me. But where hrd he pone
latter. On reaching his destination Mr. took me. Fortunately "my pal” had since, nnd how hnd lie come to leaie
SATISFACTION GU AR AN TEED
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Hardwick got out and. ordering the given them the slip by craw ling nn- the engine without a guide? And who |
Third S tre e t on* h alf block sonth Stay-
f0 w ait> rang the bell a.id went | jpr a train and getting out another had awakened me If not he?
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nt0 tb e house.
way.
I was taken to the station. { We needed water, nnd as soon ns I
Here was n pretty pass—the son sit- , where my hag was examined nnd u came to the next tank I pulled tip to
ting on the box while his fa th e r was i nlghtsldrt. comb and brush nnfi tooth- take In some Colonel Fordlck. lu com
Sij. Inside (Uftlng the girl he would not ' brush found, whereas they were look- nnind o f the troops! wa* hauling, runic
comes from a p i p e of
1 consent to his offspring m arrying. It 1 j niI f or yooO.OOO In negotiable aecttrl forward to ask why we were getting
■ seemed to Jim that tho call w as inter ties. T he reward offered wn* <0 per
on so slowly. I told him my story at. ;
choice tobacco,and wc are
. . sell
,,
5 minable.
on . , h have
a v e property
l !t*
1 could
lie going
on? rent
o f the amount recovered,
asked him
I I f f you
property to
to sell come
come |
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-- have a search inmlr P
now offering our patrons
in and list it with us, and we will P ,ie '• '» vk '" . hirr;=elf Into n fury,
then , , j to divide all over $10,000, and the Bob.
He did so. but no Bob ivn«
fin j a buyer. We already have a
K° l d'*'rn fri' m H»“ box, stalked up the
offer was a t last
accepted, sin e I lie found.
J l»egnn to feel kind of
the finest pipe tocacco that
numlier of choice farm» listed. I f p, ,i?I>s and rang the bell.
tl.refltensd to keep mum ou any other queer
about the whole bn-dnes«. I
was ever grown. It has a rich fragrance and great smok
yon desire to make an investm ent R
Mr Hardwick was sitting on the
louldn’t stop thinking what had be
it will pay to see us.
L same sofa with Emily Sherbonm e
ing qualities,smooth, cool and pleasant. T r y it once— you
W ell, at 8 o’clock my man appeared, fame
of my assistant and when or
E when the tete-a-tete was Interrupted nnd by a lot of talk that I hnd been why he had left his post, endangerin'’
will smoke it always. We also carry a fine line of foreign
W e Sell the Earth
by a negro coachman with a whip in «onched In by the police 1 got him to the lives of a whole regiment
give aw ay enough for them to get on
We made the point we were going
t h a u
t p o m r
f h l ,J l l nd " UndIn<?'« “ »c doorwuy.
and domestic Cigars and Cigarettes, as well as a goodly as
to the right man. I didn't go home to before sunrise, and when i look the
1 H U M A o &
L L iL
jj
/ ip y * d<>eS ,b h rno:iu’ P°PT" cried
sortment of briar and meerschaum pipes, smokers' articles
li»
I had followed the matter up. It train back I had orders to look out for
Office next to Stayton H o t e j ‘ m V Hardwick W ll paralyZfd with
I was a quick Job, nnd when I did go Boh or his body on the way.
We
etc.
WMCh astonishm ent and Miss Hherbourn«- home I hnd »17,300 In niy pocket.
found the body where we had met
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,ursl into a langh.
"Oh, my, dear,” exclaimed my wife. with the firing. He hnd been shot
» T T /"'( m T /~\ X T T ' P TV
' r ,’ V* a
11 n ,h<’
I “I thought you were never coming: ; dead nnd rolled off th» top of the car.
A U C T I O N E E R
T L r J
r h
ao'lu* ln tai!' * ; Did yon make a good contract?"
! He couldn’t have relieved me. and
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h rn U o , vts'.’t hceer U V * drn™ I
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from the time I supposed he did fill
30 years’ Experience.
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The next morning it wns ln the dawn the locomotive hsd been with
J. A. H E N D E R S H O T T , Proprietor
GERMAN AND EN G LISH
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newspapers that n detective story ont nn engineer. Nor could tic have
t?ati«f«rticnG u aranteed
Term s R eas- ”
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* " VV° * < * « • * w riter h
"1 . Mg haul, nnd I awakened me at least not In the
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CCr”" ’n" ' 1 t0 ,h
received twenty-four offers from pub- flesh.
onahle. Phone or wr.te ai <1 r> rv. Ut- wedding and the three gave up socle y Ushers for the book I h a J gone to B
T h at’s what made me a nem b er of
to sell.
GEO. KOENEKE, Stayton, Oregon j i fo
’ be happy in their own home.
the Gboat dub,
Hoi Drinks
Beef Tea, Tomato
Flip, Coffee
Oyster Cocktails
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PLUMBING
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Banking Here Is
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F o r S a le
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CEMENT,
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W. A. Weddle
m o
TH E STAYTON
STATE BANK
MONUMENTS
Take Care
of the Cook
City Meat
Market
MEATS
H. C. Downing
EXPERT WATCH AND
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Streff Hardware Co.
The
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