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I ‘ you wish this offer, send or give 4 month s subscription to each of the „„ thp m „ once „„ the offer following magazines which total $2.Wi ^ fm ^ g few week# Ad(]re^ for only ONE DOLLAR. I Stayton Mail, Stayton Ore. C olonel Bunker By M QUAD < nyrlght, tuli, by th® MoClur® NV\v:,| UK*»»’ Syndic*!«. M edieval tim es w ere prolific o f ato ‘You lu x e a sk ed me, su b ." begun rles of th e ‘devil, w ho w ua aupiktsed Culcuttl B unker, “ wiiitU w as th e s t r a n to be going a b o u t m ak in g b a rg a in s for gest duel I e v e r fought. O f th e fifteen or tw e n ty I th in k th a t tw o m ight couie souls. A g re a t m an y sucb tales lllus ! tr u tin g bis m eth o d s h av e lieen luii.dtsl under th e bend o f stn in g e. “ fUaJuh U lste r au d 1 w ere frien d s d o w n to u s fro m th a t age tu w hich | th e y w ere believed by th o se w ho elr- and netgUbon* uml bud lieen fo r years. j eu lu ted them . H e re is one th a t bus Am a « M il «if illseonl bud e v e r im ssed < re m ain ed d o rm a n t fo r m any y ears. It Iw iw eeu us. H e bud u v a t am i 1 bail a ! w as told m e by a n A m erican multi- «leg. a n d they w ere also friend*. "O ne m orning the u m jjb cam e tu tu m illionaire w ho b o ught a eastle In my uUlce an d culled o u t; G erm an y am i fo u n d th e legend am ong •"C olonel, tell y o u r duv.g th a t If he p a p e rs th a t ’ nd not been d is tu rb e d for w ill co u ie o v e r be m ay have a look u t : h u n d re d s o f y ears. C o u n t C a sp a r A rdoiirold. th e lord of them .' " 'W h a t U It, uiaJaUV' i th e eastle in question, w as In love ” ‘O u r old oaf b a s kittens.* w ith B e rth a , the d a u g h te r o f a neigh- " You d o n 't say! H ow m any o f ' b o rin g B aron C ronsheld. T h e re had them ?' l been a feu d b e tw een th e fam ilies, an d •••Just tw enty-one, sub." , C ro n sh eld re fu se d th e young count the •"Y ou counted them yourself. dl«l b au d o f Ills d a u g h te r. yvuV O ne e v en in g th e c o u n t w as sittin g In " 'C olonel, do you q uestion toy s ta te his cn b in et, d isco n so late th a t be m ust be d ep riv ed o f b is lo re, w heu th e door m ent Y •"N o t a t all, m ajo r; but tw euty-ono opened n u d a m an e n te re d w earin g a k itte n s la u U tter Is certa in ly n w on , p o in ted b eard a n d a n u p tu rn ed tnus d erfu l tiling.' j tacbe. “ 'I t m ay be. stih, a n d —good m orning, “ W ho a re you,” asked th e count. sub" | “an d bow d id you g ain access to m e "A nd. sub. It w a sn ’t an h o u r befo re \ u n an n o u n c e d T ’ lie s e n t a frien d tu m e to a rra n g e a “ I a m th e d evil.” w as th e response, ilue! 1 had seetned to d o u b t bis v e ra c “a n d I have com e to help you to w iu ity. an d be m u st c le a r tils honnb. I i th e b a n d o f th e g irl you love.” ag ree w ith you th a t It xras silly, b u t “Leave m e; you w ill re q u ire a soul to m en w ere m ig h ty peppery In th o se i p ay fo r y o u r a ss ista n c e ." days. T h e u in ja b 's w ife cam e a m i “ You a re rig h t. I m u st h av e the begged th a t I re fu se th e challenge, b u t , soul o f y o u r firstb o rn ch ild ." a t th e sam e tim e sh e couU lu't sh o w "B egone, 1 sa y ; 1 w ill h av e nothing uie how I <-ould do It an d m a in ta in m y | to do w ith you." honnh. I asked h er th e n u m b e r of k it “ T h e n you m u st g ive u p all hope of ten s nnd w as not a t all su rp ris e d to a u n io n w ith th e C o u ntess B erth a. U er learn th a t th e n u m b e r w a s only four. ! fn th e r w ill n e v er y ield .” "T h e ex p lan a tio n w a s th a t th e ina- T h e d ev il stu c k to b is w ork, con v ers Jah s w ife had been can n in g s tra w b e r ing w ith th e c o u n t a n d c o n sta n tly get- ries. an d tu sp eak in g o f It to him sbo | tin g him u n d e r his sa ta n lc influence. g a v e th e n u m b er o f th e ca n s a s tw e n ty - C a sp a r a sk e d him how be w ould ac- one. I com pllsh his o b ject, an d be sa id the “ W ell, sub, th e choice o f w eapons 1 b aro n w as a sk illfu l chess player. T h e lay w ith mo, an d 1 chose aw onls. A ! devil w ould ta u n t h im Into p lay in g a w eek befo re th a t w h ile o u t fo r a walk | gam e, th e w in n e r to nnine a h u sb a n d I crossed th e d u elin g ground, nnd 1 ob I fo r b is d a u g h te r. C asp ar, w ho wns served th a t close by in a fen ce c o rn e r : d e sp e ra te ly In love, finally consented, w ns a bum blebees' n e s t W e w ere to I b u t only a f t e r w rin g in g from th e d evil m eet a t su n rise, w hich Is a very u n a c e rta in co n d itio n . l i e m ig h t redeem co m fo rta b le hour, by th e bye. an d th e | h is c h ild 's soul If h e could b e a t th e night befo re 1 bad a confidential ta lk ! d ev il a t a g am e o f chess. T h is d id not w ith n colored b ro th er. | seem likely, b u t i t w as tbo only hope "T h e n ig h t passed, a n d th e m o rn in g I S a ta n w ould give. 1 cam e. 1 w as first ou th e ground, a u d I T h e b arg a in h av ing been stru ck . bud tim e to s«*e th a t th e colored broth- 1 S a ta n se n t th e b aro n w ord th a t be b ad . e r w ns u p lu th e p a r t be w as tu play. On 1 h e a rd o f h is re m a rk a b le skill a t ch ess my w ord, the m a ja h knew no mo* a b o u t | a n d ch allen g ed him to a c o n te s t T h e sw o rd p lay th a n a L aplander. I could baron, m uch flattered , invited th e ch al have had him o u t In one m in u te, b u t I lenger to Ills castle. S a ta n a p p e a re d In did not w a n t th a t. 1 gav e th e colored th e person o f a n a g re e a b le y o u n g m an . b ro th e r th e nod. an d he stirre d up th e giv in g ev id en c e by h is rich a ttir e a n d bees th ro u g h th e fence w ith a pole. g e n e ra l ia v lsb n e ss o f being a g ran d T hey cam e o u t o f th e g ra s s by th e h u n personage. l i e to ld th e baron t h a t be dred. a n d I alo n e saw them in tim e to w ould p lay him a g a m e o f chess, th e get aw ay . “ B ut th e bees, su b —th e bees! T hose sta k e to be w h a t h e h ad n am ed to C as par. T h e baron, su pposing th a t he men le ft behind w ere a sig h t to Bee w a n te d B e rth a fo r him self, consented. w hen th e Insects got th ro u g h w ith O f co u rse th e devil l>eat th e b aro n , a n d them . All o f th em h ad to be leil hom e, th e w in n e r n am ed fo r a h u sb a n d fo r an d not o ne o f them got o u t o f th e his d a u g h te r C o u n t C a sp a r A rdenreid. house fo r u fo rtn ig h t. As fo r th e i u i - T h e b aro n co n sen ted , cu rsin g th e tric k juh. w hen h e could g et o u t h e cam e to s te r a t th e sam e tim e a n d w o n d erin g th e office to s a y : “ 'C olonel. I h av e b ad n ew s fo r y o u r w hy h e b ad b efrien d ed th e lovers. Since th e re w as n o th in g a g a in s t d a w g .’ “ 'W h a t Is l t r C o u n t C a sp a r b u t th e feu d w ith w hich “ ‘E v ery k itte n la d e a d .’ he h a d n o th in g to do, B aron C ronsheld " *Sho! T h a t's too b ad .’ m ade th e b e st o f It a n d soon becam e “ ‘A nd th e s h e lf fell d o w n n n d broke a tta c h e d to bis son-in-law . C a sp a r told • him bow he bad w on h is c o n sen t an d all the f r u it Jars.' “ ‘Too bad. too bad .’ w h a t he h a d a g re e d to p ay fo r It. T h is " 'A nd you fake notice, sub, w e d id n ’t excited th e old m an to sp en d n g re a t deal o f tim e stu d y in g difficult chess g et th e k itte n s nnd th e Ja rs m ixed I p roblem s In o rd e r th a t w hen th e devil up.’ " A t th is Ju n c tu re Colonel B u n k er re ; cam e to claim his g ra n d ch ild he m ight | redeem him by b e a tin g th e a rc h fiend m arked th a t ho w ould tell th e sto ry o f a t his ow n gam e. H e w as so proud o f snotb«-r «lucl. “C a p ta in Benton w as my good frien d | his ab ility a s a ch ess p la y e r th a t he nnd had been fo r years. One ev en in g I really a sp ired to b e a t th e devil. T ile day a m an ch ild w as born to th e ns w e s a t on th e v era n d a of h is bouse, ' co u n t a n d co u n tess w as both a happy sm oking o u r pipes nnd sa y in g little, be j a n d a sa d one. T h e lady had learned carelessly observed: ” 'I t 's a w onder th o se g rassh o p p ers | from h e r h u sb an d th e se c re t th a t her ! b a b y ’s soul m u st go to th e devil, nnd can keep th a t noise u p th e w ay the*- j sin ce sh e w as v ery relig io u s th e calam - to .* “ 'You m ean crick ets, c a p ta in .’ T Cf)r. i Ity w as th e m ore a w fu l. H er fa th e r | a ssu re d h e r th a t h e r son w ns sa fe , for rected. “ "I m ean w h a t 1 m ean !' he r nnpped- | It had been stip u la te d th a t If nny one "W ell, th e re w e w ere." sn 1 j t(l(, col(V could he found to b eat th e devil a t j ch e ss th e b a rg a in w ould lie off. H e n el—" th e re we w ere. It ' nmIe no j i f . j (the Imroni h ad le a rn ed a n u m b e r of ferenco w h a te v e r to e i r uer one o f ug co m b in atio n s an y one of w hich wns w h e th e r it w ns a c ric k ' ,t , „ Krassh o p p er su re to win. o r an ow l singing, I’ u j th e re a re tim e s T h e m o th e r proposed th a t th e baby i w hen th e best o f ’j j en n re a tta c k e d by be b aptized a t once, hoping th a t this w h at m ay lie cs ||e,| „ f00| p e rv ersity . m ight fo restall H atau. but befo re It e sulked fo r five m in u tes, nnd th e n I could be done he a p p e a re d and claim ed sa id : th e c h ild 's soul. Sine«? nil depended on " 'C a p ta in , th e songs o f th o se c rick ets a ch ess c o n te st th e c o u n t proposed th a t a re n o t sc, u np!ensnnt a f t e r all.' th re e g am es Oe play ed betw een th e You. m ean the so n g s o f th o se g ra s s b aro n nnd th e d evil, tw o g am es to win. hoppers. su b .' he replied. So th e y sa t dow n at once an d began to “ ’C rick ets!' play. B aton said lie w ould play the '" ‘G rasshoppers!* first g am e w ith his ey es shut, l i e p u r “ 'C olonel B u n k er, tny frien d will w ait posely threw ’ a w a y th e gam e, but even on you n n d arra n g e !' w ith o u t seein g th e chessm en lie could '" T h e so o n er th e b e tte r, suli!' h a v e b eate n hLs a n ta g o n ist If he had “A nd w ith in an h o u r h is frie n d cam e, liei.’ii so disposed. T h e second g a m e h - am i a d u el w as a rra n g e d fo r su n rise. bent th e baron In less th a n a dozen You m ay say w e w e re a couple of moves. idiots, suli. b u t in th o se «lays a munV C ronsheld refu sed to play th e th ird lionali w as held to be a sacred thing. It gam e, d e c la rin g th a t th e bert ehess I w as o u t w alk in g w ith n g en tlem an p la y e r In th e w orld could not beat one nnd re m a rk e d th a t th e r e w as n ring w ho played using su p e rh u m a n m eans. aro u n d t'.ie moon nnd he replied tlin t he T h e c o u n t w en t to his w ife to Im p art c o u ld n 't see It, h onah req u ired th a t I th e n ew s th a t tlie lr so u 's soul depended sen d him a challenge. on th e th ird gam e, w hich th e devil w as “ And, suli, p erh ap s th e re w as n e ith e r su re to w in. B e rth a said she had been, moon nor rin g show ing! p ra y in g to th e V irgin M ary fo r help “ W e w ere on th e field and th e d is an d had been told w h a t to do. W hen ta n c e w ns being paced off w beP n b u ll h e r h u sb an d w e n t back to the devil he dog got a f t e r a d ro v e o f m u les o u t a t said he w ould p lay th e th ird gam e him- p osture, nnd fbe m ules g o t a f te r t,s. All self. S atan laughed scornfully, b u t sat h an d s w ere d riv en up tre e s, nn.l hs w e d o w n a t th e board. rem in d fifteen feet high one o f th e sec H a lf a dozen m oves had been made o nds called out: a n d S a ta n bad b u t tw o m ore to m ake " 'G entlem en. 1 «lon't th in k tt w ss to eh eck m n te w hpn C a sp a r th re w back eith e r « rick ets o r g rassh o p p ers!' his d o u b le t an d d isp la y ed ,n gold cross. “ 'T h en what?* S a ta n crin g ed u n d e r th e ta b le and left " ‘T re e to ad s!' th e room like a dog w ith his tail be "A nd we descended nnd shook h an d s, tw een h is legs. nnd the duel w ns off. s u h —a n d th* A nd h e n ev er cam e back for bis pay. duel w as off!“ A SK your dealer for W-B Gut Chewing Tobacco. It is the new “ Real T obacco Chew”—cut long shred - o r send 10c in stamps to us. 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Land Office, at Portland, Oregon, o n the 14th day o f September, 1916. Clafmant nam es as witnesses: E. L. Patterson, J om ph Lahunski, R. F. Rode. John Vat iGorder, all of Hullt, Oregon, Auto-Stage Proof m ade sect >rding to law um ler w hich entry w as n iade. ®*2 N, Can lpbell. Register. Leaves Mill City 6:30 a. m. for Lyons Mehama, Stayton, 8:06, Sublimity, Aumsville, Turner, arrives in Salem at 9:30. Leave Salem 4:40, arrive Mill City 7:45. Stops in Stayton at Stayton ! ' TR ESSPA SS NOT) CES Printed or strong white muslin, for sale at th« Hotel and HendcrshoU’a. M ill City- Stayton- Salem D. B. Hill, Owner. Stayton Mail office,