Page Esht "r I I THE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAYOCTOBER 26, 1922.
Perivinlde
House
By Opie Read
(Illustrated by
R. H. Livingstone
Oewilrfit. Tha BI1 SyndioU. Ino.
SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER I The time Is the lato '
or easly '70s and the scene a steamboat
on thS Mississippi river. All the types
of the period are present and the float
Ins palace is distinguished by merriment,
dancing and gallantry. There are the
customary drinking and gambling "also.
Virgil Drace, a ybung northern man, Is
on his way (south on a mission of revenge.
He meets an eccentric character In the
person of one Liberty Shottle, who is
constantly tempting the goddeBS of
chance. They form a singular compact
CHAPTER
Drace sat miIng over the etranee
creature who had Just left Mm, but
soon his mind flowed down another
channel, far different from a whim or
an amusement his mission in the
South, secret, grim and desperate. But
life on a river steamboat in that day
left little time for brooding for, a few
moments after Shottle left to risk his
liberty and Drace's hundred, a roust
about thrust his tead In at the door
and announced that down on the deck I
there was to be a throwing and tying
match. The big fireman of the Leona
was about to encounter Vlcksburg Joe
for the championship of the River. J
" In an instant Drace was on his feet,
all his instincts keen and ready to
Jump. He was something of a boxer
and wrestler, but he had not been
taught in this pecullar art of tying an
adversary once one has thrown hlnu
And there was that in his mind which
made the acquisition of this knowledge
seem to him desirable indeed.
As he joined a group of men mak
ing their way below, he .overheard the
Colonel, Miss Lucy's admirer, explain
ing the gentle pastime. "Tying a man
once you have thrown film," the Colo
nel was saying, "is the ollmax of
prowess. I saw Cal Ulsdett throw
and tie Wlok Bcvta at a bejea at
Mount Zlcm emperotis!L and I bar
cause to remember It, for the yeang
lady I went with deserted me for the
hero, sir actually stuck flowers isto
his hair. Here we are."
Two enormous fellows were, strug
gling, while nearby lay a convenient
rope. Finally Vlcksburg Joe tied the
fireman, and he lay helpless, unable
to get up.
"I will give you five dollars If you
can throw me and tie me that way,"
called Drace te the victor when the
excitement had a little subsided.
Joe looked at Drace a moment. The
young man looked powerful enough to
be dangerous, but five dollars was
five dollars. He smiled, bowed,
spread out the wrinkled rug and took
Drace by the hand to lead him forth.
To the astonishment of all, Drace
threw Master Joe; but he could not
tie the champion.
"Show me how It's done," said Vir
gil, "and I'll give you the money."
For a long time, and until the Colo
nel and Shottle were worn out with
. waiting, the two struggled ; and so apt
was the student that he succeeded fin
ally In turning the master over apd
tying him. But It seemed that the
burly champion was too willing, and
Drace insisted on another fall. And
now, though the struggle was genuine
on Joe's part, Drace tied him. Still
more, another five promised, and Vlr
- gil was willing to quit
"Flaest sport I ever had!" he said
as he turned away to the upper deck
again to avoid the questions and fe
licitations showered upon him. . . .
Drace was musing not, It must be
confessed, upon the serious purposes
which had brought hlra to the South,
but upon that girl of the red roses
when Shottle appeared again. Liberty
stood In his presence, not with a droop
but straight in the manly -resolution
to dlschargethe duties au adverse. fate
had thrust upon hlra. In the belief
that It would make him look more'llke
a slave, he now wore his coat turned
wrong side out.
"Master, I salute you," he remarked
"All right," said Drace. "But turn
your coat I want my slave, the grind
er of my mill, to appear respectably
clad. Tou may sit down."
"I thank you, sir."
' "Xou didn't last long."
"No, master. The taagled-halred
hag kicked me sldewlse, like a cow.
In only two pots! But what caa you
expect of a man that has an ace-full
beaten? How long can a man preserve
his freedom at that rate? And a fel
low with a spindle chin and a nose
no bigger than the average wart beat
me with four jacks. Crushed me ! And
he would have crushed Julius Caesar
Just the same. Well, after all, free
dom has many responsibilities. As a
slave Til cultivate wnat virtues I can
jet hod of, aad look toward old age
and a cabin em 0) hillside. Aad Bqv,
as U is natural tf rery B e hide
his degraaMn. BMPMt US
ealfyoa Virgil la the fresenee ef eth
er people?
"I thought you didn't believe in the
natural thing! But all right; I grant
your request And now I suppose I'd
better give you some pocket-change.
It Isn't well for even a slave "to be
broke."
The slave's face brightened with
hope. "You couldn't make It as much
as five dollars, could you 7'
"No, thirty cents."
Shottle took the money and sat
drooping. Drace gave him a cigar, and
they smoked for a time In silence. At
last Shottle looked toward Drace, his
face guiltless of the. whimsical humor
that had hitherto possessed It. . . ! ;
"Master," he said, "I don't want to
be Inquisitive, and if I'm prying into
what's none of my business, I won't
mind your saying so. But I want to
be a faithful slave, and I can serve
you best if I know what what are my
master's purposes in life. .For exam
ple, was there any special reason for
your learning to throw and tie .that
way? In there anybody in, particular
I could help you to put the rope pn?"
Drae made no answer for a mo
ment, but bent a searching eye upon
his new servitor. Somehow the man's
soul seemed to shine transparent in,
his face; and through it Drace saw
sincerity; moreover the longing of
youth" for comradeship was strong
within his lonely soul and won him
from reticence.
. "Liberty," he said, "did you' ever
hear of a man named Stepho la Vltte?"
Liberty nodded. "Yes, I've heard of
him ; they say he's an outlaw, a smug
gler." "And worse," said Drace. "He's the
man who Liberty, give me jour
word, your oath, that you'll keep this
a sacred secret!"
Liberty gave his word -and his oath
with a certain quaint dignity, and
Draee went on :
"Liberty, before the war my father,
Alfred Drace, was manager of a line
of steamboats on the Ohio. In his em
ploy was the Creole Stepho la Vltte.
After a time it came, to my father's
knowledge that Stepho was not only
dishonest in ordinary dealings but had
.been guilty of piracy alone the Gulf
coast. And so my father dismissed
Stepho from a position which the Cre
ole's dishonesty had' made lucrative
and valuable to him.
"Just after that," Drace went on,
"the war broke out La Vltte, became
a guerrilla one of the men of Quan
trell's stamp, who kept out of the army
but who gathered in bands and lived
by rapine along the border. I was only
a little boy, Liberty, when La Vitte's
band of guerrillas crossed the Ohio
near Cincinnati and raided the little
town where we lived. But the horror
of that night still burns like a flame
In my brain. Liberty."
Drace stopped, drew from a breast
pocket a card and handed it to Shot
tie. On it was written in bold black
characters : rtStepho la Vltte, with the
compliments of Alfred Drace's son
Virgil." -
Shottle read the card, then looked
Inquiringly at Drace :
"Liberty," the young man explained,
"those guerrillas under La Vltte
burned our little town and killed near
ly every grown man In It. For word
was brought of their coming, and the
men nearly all of them married men
or old who had not gone to the war
seized weapons and went out to de
fend their houses.
"They were massacred almost to a
man. . . ' . - And it was not plunder
alone that led them to choose our lit
tle town for outrage, Liberty, but a
passion for revenge. For next morn
ing my father was found hanging to
tostHEefor"mT honor and my father's
memory to carry justice to that mur
derer." -
With an awkward gesture Liberty
stretched forth a hand, caught Drace's
and wrune It warmly. "You're like-
like Hamlet !" he exclaimed. "I'll do
my best to help you, Hamlet Let me
be your Horatio as well as your slave."
Drace .returned the -. fervent hand
clasp. "My Horatio 1" he agreed. And
then, solemn again, he added : "It s a
worthy 'cause. Liberty. It's not alone
my private vengeance, but the wrongs
of a' whole community that the ordi
nary machinery of justice can never
right Why, Liberty, dozens of men
were murdered by those drunken
fiends; little children were trodden
under the hoofs of their horses, and
women Near our house. Liberty, an
old couple live In poverty. . At the
time of Stepho's raid their son ana
his vounit wife lived next door to
them; they were well-to-do and pros
perous. The day of the' raid the son
had received tea thousand dollars from
the sale of some lands. When rumor
of the raiders came, he hurriedly hid
the monev somewhere in the neighbor
hood, scribbled on a piece of paper the
location of that treasure and gave It
to his wife before he went out with the
other men to fight. Next morning he
had been shot; and the young wife
had been carried ofC by those devils
her child with her, after the Indian
custom, to keep her from suicide. No
one knows what became of her. Nor
hno that monev ever been found. Liber
ty, if I could find Stepho, get him In
mv nower. I believe I could at least
learn what became of that poor young
woman possibly find that paper and
learn where to find the money those
poor people so sorely need; for once,
some years ago, a mysterious fellow
was caught digging about their yard.
- . But I've talked enough, Liberty.
Action ! Do you know any more about
La Vltte?" "
"Not much." replied Liberty. "I be
lieve he is often seen up the River,
and sometimes down on the coast. He
has his friends, and nearly everybody
else Is afraid of him. So you ve
,v,nt Voen rinrlc till we eet our chance.
And you mustn't show yeur feelings
in your - face. Remember, master,
you're just a young man out to see the
world. H'm here comes Colonel
Josh. Suppose we talk to him. He
was a mule-buyer in the war and may
know something about Stepho."
The door was darkened. In came
Joshua Mortimer, the man whom Miss
Lucv had Dlied with questions con-'
cerning Drace. He had dodged In for
a smoke, he said, when Shottle had
Introduced him. to his master, and it
was evident that it was his aim to Im
press Drace with his military bearing.
He had not been actually in the army,
but had acquired the title of colonel
from his adventurous work of buying
mules for the Confederate government
The Colonel "took It" that Drace was
from the North.
"Yes, but some of my people were
from the South."
"Ah! I congratulate you, sir. I have
And on His Breast Was Pinned U
Card That Read: "Alfred Draee,
With the Compliments of Stepho La
Vltte."
a tree. And on his breast was pinned
a card that read : 'Alfred Drace, with
the compliments of Stepho la Vltte."
Liberty looked again at the card he
held in his hand, then handed it back
to Drace. "I reckon I understand now,
master," he said. "You are huntln'
this Stepho to-r"
"To hang him as high as Haman
and to pin that card on his breast,"
declared Dsace passionately. "While
my mother lived, Liberty, I could do
nothing. You know bow women are
in sneh matters. But she died this
spring, Liberty, after, long years of
grieving for the man that d d out
law foully murdered. Now I am free
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a match, thank you?"
Drace had offered him a light He
filled his pipe with tobacco crumbs dug
out of his breeches pocket, and, long
legs crossed, sat back to enjoy him
self, i.
"Well, sir. Mr. Drace, the war has
been ended some years ; and If we for
get an evil as easily as a virtue, sir, It
will soon be only a dim memory. I
had enough of it" -
"But you were not really In the
army, Colonel Josh," the slave spoke
up:
The Colonel pulled at his pipe,
stretched his neck and appeared to
fish for something down In his collar.
"Liberty, my duty was scouting and
the Incidental picking up of mules, as
the records of the War Department
will be pleased to exhibit, sir."
After a few minutes' more conversa
tion the Colonel rose. "I will now go
back to the ballroom," he declared
himself. "Liberty, I came aboard to
night with your third cousin, Miss
Lucy Sanders."
"That so? Come down, Marse Drace,
and I'll Introduce you to her."
"I think, sir, that she has retired,"
the Colonel was quick to interpose,
realizing that he had thoughtlessly sug
gested an Invasion of his own terri
tory. "Not while there. Is a' fiddle going,"
said Shottle. "Come on." '
Into Virgil's heart flew the hope that
the slave's cousin might be the bar
baric girl with the roses; there could
be no mistaking her, after meeting her,
for in that brief gaze he had carried
away a master's painting of her,
easeled In his mind. So he was quick
to hasten below with Shottle, the Colo
nel panting behind them.
Miss Lucy had Just left off dancing.
No, she was not the thrilling barbar
ian, but Drace swallowed his disap
pointment dry, like a swamp man tak
ing quinine. Shottle might have re
flected that never before had his klns.
woman been so glad to see him. On
his arm she hung as she cooed, but
her eyes were on Drace, and he lis
tened, not to her words, but to the
music of her accent, soft as the notes
of a dove, like a frost-bitten Shang
hai, the Celonel stood first on one foot
and then on the other, Drace politely
asked Miss Lucy to dance with him,
and the Colonel, dropped onto a chair.
Shottle sat beside'1 him.
"She takes to him like a duck to
Water," said the slave, looking after
his master and his third cousin.
The Colonel sighed. "Liberty Shot
tie," he said, "I am going to tell you
something."
"Out with It"
"It Is not a matter to be spoken of
so lightly, sir."
. "All right; go ahead." .
"Liberty Shottle, it is this: I am
deeply in love, with your cousin, and
before the dawn of another day I shall
pop the question to her,"
"Pop the-deuce! Lend me ten dol
lars." "You shock me. sir."
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LEGAL NOTICES
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon, for the County of Clack
amas. . In the Matter -of
The Guardianship of the Person and
Estate of Oliver Sims, an Insane
Person.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant
to an Order duly made by said Court,
on the 5th day of October, 1922, in the
matter of the aboven entitled Estate,
the undersigned, Guardian of Oliver
Sims, an Insane Person, will sell at
private sale, subject to confirmation by
said Court, from and after the 10th
day of November, 1922, at the hour of
10 o'clock, A. M., at 407 Panama Bldg.,
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon,
all the right, title and interest of said
Oliver Sims, to the following describ
ed real property, to-wit: - " - '
The Northeast acre of Lot Sixty-five
(65), Oak, Grove, Clackamas County,
Oregon.,
The terms and conditions of such
sale is to be Three Hundred ($300.00)
Dollars cash paid; the assumption of
payment of $1,300.00 Mortgage, and a
Contract for payments of not less than
$50.00 per month with interest at 1
per annum until the balance of $400.00
with Interest, as aforesaid, shall have
been paid.
First publication October 12, 1922.
Last publication November 9th, 1922.
MINNIE B. SIMS,
Guardian of Oliver Sims,
- ' an Insane Person.
Motter & Barrett,
Attorneys for Guardian.
SUMMONS
LEGAL . S
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon, for the Counfy ot Clack
amas. MARY R. SMITH,
Plainlff,
vs.
C. H. SMITH,
- -" Defendant
To C. H. Smith, the above named de
fendant: -
In the name of the State of Oregon,
you are hereby required to appear and
answer the complaint filed against you
in the above entitled suit on or before
December 7, 1922, that being six weeks
from the date of the first publication
of this summons thereof, and If you fail
to appear and answer for want there
of, the plaintiff will apply to the court,
for the relief prayed for In the com
plaint on file herein, to-wit:
That the bonds of matrimony here
tofore and now existing between plain
tiff and defendant be dissolved and
held for naught; that the plaintiff be
granted a decree of absolute divorce;
that defendant have, for the present
time, the care, custody and control or
the minor chuldreri. Dorothy, aged
fifteen years; Clinton, aged fourteen
years; Milllcent, aged nine years, and
Betty, aged four years and for such
other and further relief as to the court
may seem meet and equitable.. '
This summons is served upon you by
publication thereof for six consecutive
weeks in the Banner-Courier of Oregon
City, Oregon, In pursuance of an order
of the Honorable J. XJ. Campbell,
Judge of .the above entitled Court,
which order is dated October 23rd,
1922. - '
First publication October 26, 1922.
Last publication, December 6, 1922.
. EDWARD J. SHINNERS,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
214-215 Northwestern Bank Bldg.,
Portland, Oregon.
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