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THE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1922.
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Supposing you
were -a young
man' who had
served In a war
and escaped Its
perils and that
the future were
rosy with prom
ise, . excepting
that fate had
oalled upon you
to execute a
grim and terri
ble purpose; the
circumstances
being that dur
ing the conflict,
an outlaw oper
ating under the
semi-sanction of
guerrllle warfare had raided your home
and murdered your father, and then,
hanging his body "to a tree, had in
solently pinned a card , to it bearing
the outlaw's name! Would not you
likely do as Virgil Draco did swear
a solemn vow to find that outlaw, hang
him as high as Haman, and decorate
his corpse with your pwn card? Then,
while you were setting about to exe
cute that vow, suppose you met a fasci
nating girl with whom you fell in love
and had the satisfaction of finding
your affection sincerely reciprocated.
Then supposing it developed that the
girl were the daughter of the man
upon whom you had sworn .to wreak
vengeance. What would you do? Is
it not a satisfactory web upon which
to weave an Intensely Interesting story
of romance, especially when the inci
dents occurred in the Sou,th following
the Civil war, the young man a north
ern officer, the girl a beautiful, fiery
southerner, and all the other charac
ters and episodes of the South and
that turbulent period which marked
the days of reconstruction? Would it
not be more absorbing iz, as in this
case, the author were one of the
greatest of American novelists? You
will find this stirring romance worked
out In the most charming way in
"Periwinkle House," by Opie Read.
No man in the United States has
written as many stories as Opie Read,
and no author has had a larger num
ber of readers. He was born in a
small town in Tennessee In 1853, fol
lowed newspaper work for awhile in
Kentucky, and then moved to Little
Rock, Ark., whene he edited the Ar
kansas Gazette from 1S78 to 1881. He
was next on the staff of the Cleveland
(O.) Leader and then returned to Lit
tle Rock, where he established the
Arkansaw Traveler, a humorous paper
which attracted the attention of the
entire English-speaking world. Mr.
Read furnished most of the material
that went intd the publication. He
conducted It from 1SS3 to 1891 and then
moved to Chicago, where he has since
resided, engagednn literary work.
It Is doubtful if Opie Read himself
could recall the titles of all the books
he has written, without referring to a
list. One or more of them is In nearly
every home where fiction Is Indulged
In throughout the land. They form a
conspicuous part of the fiction section
of every public library, and are car
ried in stock by every enterprising
book dealer. During late years he has
been less prolific, due to the fact that
he has not had the leisure for writing,
for he has become one of the most
sought after lecturers, and his time is
practically filled with Chautauqua, Ly
ceum and special platform engage
ments. In this work he has covered
practically the entire nation and has
visited some sections several times,
for there always is a demand for
his return.
CHAPTER I
Out upon the sheen of the mighty
river the pine-torch flames fell in
rippling streams, and the full moon,
peeping over the tall timber, made
mouths at herself In the' wrinkled
mirror of flood. On the steamboat
Leona the negro deck-hands were
chanting the buoyant anthem of the
June rise. In the gilt, enameled sa
loon, a sweet-stringed waltz, centuries
removed from the melodic bellow of
the black bucks below, swelled out
upon a breeze that seemed eager to
mingle with it, while sentiment smiled
and gallantry bowed in the studied
graces of a floating ballroom on th
Mississippi. All ceremony was precise
with the inherited observance of pre
cedent, save when some hair-greased
and less refined dandy of the woods,
having lingered too long at the bar,
let liquor fly to his heels to cut a re
bellious plgeon-wbig.
The boundless ranch of the West
was unknown, and along the lower
Mississippi lay -the great plantations
of America. Except for the toll of the
slaves, Industrial life had been only a
sort of happy . indolence ; but society
held many a thrilling charm, and with
Its libraries from Europe, Intellectual
life Indulged the luxury of ceremoni
ous romanticism. This atmosphere
was still breathed on the big Missis
sip; ' steamboats, for fantasies which
render ; etic the condition of us all
linger on the water after having been
driven from the land.
. In the ballroom of the Leona the
dress of the men and the women was
- variegated wtth the odd ends of dif
ferent perlccB of style- Old chests,
hidden during the Civil war, only a
few years past, had been opened to
give up the faintly scented fluffs and
gourd-flowered vests of Andrew Jack
son's day ; and the brigadier In ruffled
shirt poured gallantry's extravagatft
figures of speech upon the graceful
; young dame arrayed In the silk that
Opie Read
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had adorned the form of her grand
mother when In the village of Wash
ington fche waltzed with Lafayette.
During a lull In the music-measured
capering a tall, handsome young man,
garbed in the fashion of the day,
passed with long and careless strides
from one end of the saloon and out
toward the upper deck.
Admiring eyes were bent upon him ;
and one lady turned to her partner
and said:
"Oh, please, Colonel, tell me who he
is." - f
The Colonel placed his right hand
on the bosom, of his ruffled shirt and
bowed. "Miss Lucr.".Jie said, "it would
be one of the satisfactions of iny Hie
to gratify your more than natural
curiosity, but that pleasure Is denied
me. I can't tell you who he Is."
And then because the Colonel had
sighed his own sentimental distress In
the presence of Miss Lucy and because
her curiosity concerning the young
stranger stirred a Jealous qualm he
added: "He looks like a Yankee to
me."
The yung man was a Yankee. And
because he was journeying to the
South upon a grim and terrible mis
sion, the gayeties of the ballroom had
grated upon him and he had sought
the solitude of the upper deck. Yet
it was this moment that Fate chose
to bring him face to' face with one
who was to change the whole course
of his life.
For as he turned into a long pas
sageway, aflame with light but de
serted, there suddenly entered at the
far end a girl thrilling In Htheness and
almost barbaric In dress.-jtn swift un
consclolasness of him she approached,
a' great hatxdful of roses in red glare
hiding her features. She lowered her
hand ; he caught full view of her face ;
and it seemed to him that his heart
ceased to beat, like a pAdulum caught
and halted, then thrown again Into
motion. She did not look at him as
he slowly passed her. He gazed Into
her eyes as she bent them upon the
roses held out In front of her; and
then he wheeled about to follow her.
She turned into a cross-passage, was
gone; he ran fo the entrance, but she
had vanished.
In the young man'rs heart was a
struggle to call her, but there was no
appropriate word; and then sobered,
the Yankee smiled at himself. But the
smile did not balm his delicious
wounds, and he continued his search
Into the ballroom. There were many
handsome women, belles of proud vil
lages, but to none did he give a set
ond glance. Again he passed out to
ward the upper deck.
For a time he stood gazing down
upon the never-solved mystery of night
on the Mississippi. The fiddles were
going again, and he heard 6llppered
feet whispering over the floor, but it
seemed to him that this scene of gay
ety was forced, like a melancholy
laugh; it reminded him of a book of
poems in tatters, of a love-letter in
faded ink.
Built about one of the smokestacks
was a shanty of boards called the
"dog house." Turning a corner of the
shanty, the young man stumbled
n gainst some one; a man growled in
resentment.
"I beg your pardon 1"
"I should say you do!" A young
fellow of unusual height and of hu
morous slimness came forth out of the
shadow. The boat was landing, and
a turpentine-torch on the shore re
vealed him, pale and long of face,
with collar cut low and chin standing
high.
"Yes, sir," he added, "and although
It may not be necessary on this occa
sion, yet if you knew who I am, you
would apologize some more." -
"Ah, you don't say!" replied the
Yankee, smiling. "And as you seem
to be fond, of the music of apology,
will you please tell me who you are J"
"I can do that easy enough, but I
don't wish to frighten you."
"You are considerate. But the fact
Is I rather enjoy the sensation of
fright"
"Then tremble: I am Liberty Shot
tie." "What, you don't mean that you are
really Liberty Shottle!"
"I swear it"
. "Well, well ! And now will you
please enlighten me as to who Liberty
Shottle Is? And why do you suppose
that people who have heard of you,
tremble in your presence? What have
you done?"
"Sir, modesty puts a clamp on . me.
... And now would you mind tell
ing me yaur name?"
"-tfot at all. My name is Virgil
Draee."
"You don't say? Well, well! But I
never heard of you, either." Now they
Jaughed, the joyous and unsuspicious
mirth of youth. They, stood looking
Stoves Relined
down upon the deck-hands, loading
freight listening to the stream of the
second mate's profanity, who swore
his emotion by the stars,, the moon,
the river, the universe; and when the
Leona was on her way again, the
fiddles going, the muddy roustabouts
singing, Liberty Shottle and Drace
seated themselves on campstools,
eagering toward swift acquaintance,
the friendship of two natures far apart
in aim and principle.
"If you've got two- cigars, I'll join
you in a smoke," said Shottle. "Thank
you. You. see, my people, what few
of them are left say that I don't
exist They haven't cast me, oft, or
anything of that sort, but being of
staid habits themselves, they swear
that I am too unreal to exist Lord,
what Is the world but queer? What's
your game?" -.
"I haven't any any game," parried
the Northerner. "But what are you
doing on this boat yourself?"
"I'm going down to New Orleans,"
replied Liberty, "to see how long'l
can stay there.' I had a pretty fair
job a couple of months ago teaching
a school near Memphis. They liked
me, too. I've got a sheep's hide from
Chapel Hill university, North Caro-
"Then Tremble; I
Shottle.'
Am Liberty
Una, with all the wool singed off and
the board acknowledged my qualifica
tions, but they caught me shaking dice
with the boys and told me that as
there were some branches of learning
they didn't care to have Instilled, I'd
better get a professorship in. some
higher institution. Have you been In
there?"
Liberty Shottle waved his hand ;
and Drace, thinking he meant the ball
room answered, him :
Be
Consistent
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"Only passed tEFough. I've bee
rather worn with that sort of thing."
"Oh, you think I meant the ball I I
meant the poker-room."
"Yes, I sat in there for a tlme.Z
"How did you come out?"
. "Not very well. Lost two hundred."
"You speak of losing two hundred
as lightly as If' It were a matter of
breath instead of blood. ' Would you
mind holding my hand till you say it
again? Two hundred! ',vWhy, you
know, a fellow would teach bullet
heads and sissies for two months for
two hundred dollars -. . . Now, let me
lay down a. proposition : I am lucky
tonight. I lost fifteen dollars, all I had,
but rd.just got up to the point of
winning when I lost my last dollar.
Just one more ante, and it would have
rome my way. I saw it coming, but
a blundering fool headed It off. Now,
here's my scheme, and it's a good one :
you want your two hundred back ; you
stake me to a hundred, and I'll-go In
there and make a cleaning. Don't re
fuse,, now, until you have let your
mind digest the situation. Most of the
errors in this life come-frond snap
judgment" -
"Ah, you think you can win, because
you lost?" ' ;
"My dear Virgil, Aero is, you might
say, a psychology in everything. Who
wins a fight? The man who believes
he can't? No, the man who knows he
can. And I know right now. Why, I'd
stake my life on it You give me the
hundred and stay right here and wait
As for my honesty, I can give you ref
erences the mayor of New Orleans
and Judge Hebbins of Memphis but
he died last week. No matter I'd
Jump into the river and let the paddle
wheel beat me Into sausagemeat he-
fore I'd deceive you. Liberty Shottle.
tHat's my name!"
-Drace leaned back and laughed.
"Liberty, a thing astonishing to roe Is
going to happen. I'll stake you to the
hundred." - .
No superstitious devotee ever re
ceived from the priest of the gods a
libatioa with more of emotional strain
than Liberty Shottle evinced when he
closed In tight clutch on Drace's ad
venturous hundred. . Then he bowed
and disappeared.
Drace sat musing, and soon he be
gan to wonder why he had been so
weak as to give $100 to this peculiar
fellow, a stranger. Well, Liberty had
amused him. Made him laugh, and iu
this world there is more money spent
for the promotion of laughter than for
the relief of tears.
Presently Shottle returned. -, He set
down and though physically he was
light the camp stool groaned beneath
him. Drace waited. The Leona blew
her great horn and all the world
teemed to tremble. When the sound
had died, echoing miles away, the
gambler coughed lightly and groaned.
Drace wondered why he should be
tickled over any one's misfortune, but
k felt a merry tingling in his blood.
"This boat's got a good bass voice,"
he jwarked.
( Continued on page 10)
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Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been appointed adminis
trator of the estate of Charles Gries
bach, : deceased, by --the County Court
of Clackamas County, Oregon. Any
and all persons having claims against
the estate of said deceased are hereby
required to present the same, duly
verified as by law required, with prop
er vouchers, to me at my office. Room
10, Hogg Building, opposite Court
House, Oregon City, Oregon, on or be
fore six months from the date of the
first publication of this notice.
Dated, October. 19th, 1922.
W. L. MULVET,
Administrator of the Estate of Charles
Griesbach, Deceased. .
Grant B. Dimlck, -
Attorney for Administrator (10-19-5t)
SHERIFF'S SALE
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon, for the County of Clack
- amas.
"A. H. KRAUS,
- Plaintiff, ,
vs.
HANS P. ANDERSON and JANE -Doe'ANDERSON,
his wife.
Defendants.
STATE OF OREGON, "J
S3.
County of Clackamas.
.By virtue of a judgment oraer, de
cree and an execution, duly issued out
of and under the seal of the above en
titled court, in the above entitled
cause, to me duly directed and dated
the 14th day of Oct., 1922, upon a
judgment rendered and entered in said
court on the 9th day of October, 1922,
in iavor or A. H. Kraus, plaintiff, and
against Hans P. Anderson, and Jane
Doe Anderson, his wife, defendants,
for the sum of $500.00, with interest
thereon at the rate of eight per cent
per annum from the 28th day of De
cember, 1917, and the further sum of
50.00, as attorney's fee, and the fur
ther sum of S20.00. costs and disburse
ments, and the costs of and upon this
wnt, commanding me to make sale of
the following described real nrnnertv
situate In the County of Clackamas!
otate or uregon, to-wit:
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Che northwest quarter (NW) of Sec-
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