Page E?ght THE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1922. riwinlil Mouse By Opte Read Illustrated by R. H. Livingstone Copjrlght, The Bell Syndicate, Inc. SYNOPSIS CHAPTER I The time la the late '60s or early '70s and the scene a steamboat on the Mississippi river. All the types of the peribd are present and the float ing palace is distinguished by merriment, dancing and gallantry. There are the customary drinking and gambling also. Virgil Drace, a young northern man, is on his way south on a mission of revenge. HeTneets an eccentric character In the person of one Liberty Shottle, who is constantly tempting the goddess of chance. They form a singular compact CHAPTEH II. Drace gets nis mina off his mission by entering into deck sports , in which he exhibits an unusual athletic prowess. Liberty Shottle is again un lucky at cards and attempts a financial negotiation with Drace. The latter, see ing an opportunity to use Shottle, con fides to him that his mission is to find a certain ex-guerrilla, Stepho la Vitte, who had murdered Drace's father. It is his determination announced to his new , chum, to hang La Vitte as high as I Haman. Drace has become enamored .of a mysterious beauty aboard the boat CHAPTER III. The steamer reaches New Orleans, at that time in the some what turbulent throes of carpetbag gov ernments Shottle becomes possessed of society event, and proposes that Drace accompany him to the affair. The young - Wen attend and Drace unexpectedly meets jhe girl who had fired his heart aboard the steamer. She is accompanied toy one Boyce, whose proprietary interest indi cates that he is her fiance. Through stratagem Shottle learns that the name of the girl is Nadine la Vitte and that her companion of the evening is. the man who Is seeking to marry her. ' He presented himself before Drace at length. "Master," he announced, "her name is Nadine Brown and her address Is Carriage Number 207." "Carriage Number Two . But that Is no address. And " "Listen, . Master," went on Shottle hurriedly. "I have a scheme a magni ficent scheme. Not only shall you be Introduced to this lady, but you shall be presented to her In the role of a protector and rescuer." "How In the world will you manage that?" "Very simple. At ten minutes past one, you are to be standing on Blank street just beyond the lamp at the corner of X street. Carriage 207 will drive past. From out the shadow of a garden wall two men will spring out and stop the carriage attempt to rob this Boyce fellow. and that girl. You will rush up with a cane a cane, Vir gil, no pistol and drive off the rob bers ! You are a hero the lady thanks you. Tableau!" "But but " "Leave it all to me but give me that twenty-five dollars. I know fel lows who'd hold up the devil himself for five." At ten minutes past one o'clock Ylr gll Drace was standing In the shadow of a tree near the streetncrossing de cided upon, cursing himself for a hair brained fool and Shottle for an addle pated' rogue. A rattle of wheels came to his ears, and a cab approached him. As it came under the lamp at the corner, Virgil was sure he recognized the flamingo neck of Liberty Shottle rising from the turned-up collar of the cabby on the box. "Good Lord!" gasped Drace. "He's done it. Pray heaven Boyce carries no pistol." The oab passed him. And then from the shadow of a wall a hundred yards or so distant two dark figures darted out. There came a hoarse command, a stifled scream, a cry for help. Drace ran forward and found Boyce, Nadine and the supposed cabman standing with uplifted hands beside the vehicle while a- masked desperado threatened them with a pistol and a second robber demanded their valuables. Now Drace played his part right gallantly, rushing upon the robbers with uplifted Bane. The fellow with the pistol fired once then a blow on the wrist from Drace's stick sent the . weapon flying. The pain of the blow enraged the fellow, however, and as Drace .made at the second robber, the first one struck him heavily, momen tarily dazing him. The two supposed robbers now took to their heels, pur sued half-heartedly by Cabman Shottle and energetically by Boyce, who had been robbed In good earnest. And to complete the melee, the poor cab horse, frightened by the pistol-shot, galloped off with the ramshackle ve hicle lurching behind It. Nadine turned to Drace, her face lighted with gratitude. She held forth her hand. With a grace that would . not have -mocked a Highlander who, schooled in France, had followed home the Queen of Scots, he bent over it and reverently touched it with his lips. Wild was her nature, this half barbaric maid, and she snatched her hand away, but repenting instantly, smiled and spoke. "I thank you much. You are brave. You, are like one on the stage, the hero." Her words came freely, and with just enough of accent to convince that they were sweeter than if there were none. Drace asked her If she remem Jones' Blacksmith Shop Service Station & Garage HIGH STREET NEAR THIRD Bring Your Autos, Wagons, Farm Implements, Etc. Saws Filed bered him, and her black velvet eyes flashed dark in astonishment. "How could I when never have I seen you? You must mistake me. No." "I saw you on the boat, at the ball at the St. Louis," Drace said. "Bar come to think of it, I know that it would be vanity on my part to believe that you have seen me." "No, it would not be vanity," pleas-, antly she contradicted him, shaking her head, her cloud of hair. "The brave do not be vain, but I did not see you. I am so sorry. You sorry, too, ha?" She laughed, and Drace thought that never, till that moment had he heard music in its sweetest purity. Then Boyce and Shottle returned, panting Shottle to disappear again in pursuit of his vanished vehicle. - "Sir, I thank you most heartily for your assistance," said Boyce, grasping Drace's hand. "My name Is Boyce Rupert Boyce. May I " "Mine, sir, is Virgil Drace," respond ed that young man. "I am only too' glad to have been of help. I'm afraid, however, you'll have to finish your journey on foot May I have the pleas ure of walking with you?" This suggestion, however, Boyce de clined. And although Drace insisted, -as far as the bounds of courtesy would permit, both Boyce and ilie girl evad ed consent. And they left him stand ing thunderstruck on the street corner for the girl had said, giving him her hand again in parting: "I thank you once more for your help, Mr. Drace. I hope I may see you again some time. My name Is Nadine la Vitte, and I am often in New Orleans." Drace passed an uneasy night, his mind torn by his suspicion that Nadine la Vitte was the daughter of old Ste pho. And when Liberty came to his room next morning, eager for praise and reward, the truth came out. Na dine was indeed the daughter of old Stepho ; Liberty had overheard enough while disguised as the cabman to con firm that But where she lived in New Orleans, Liberty had failed to learn ; he had planned to drive them home, but the runaway of the cab horse had sent that plan agley. CHAPTER IV Now more than ever was Drace re solved to find where the girl lived, to find old Stepho, to What would he do when he found them ? He was bent on revenge upon his father's murder ers, on solving the secret of that burled money ; yet he was in love with that arch-scoundrel's daughter. Or was he? He must find her, make sure. And he said as much to Shottle. "There are some things that can't be done by mere determination," said Shottle, his mind on filling a flush. "No, "but judgment ought to be the master and director of determination. I tell you what we'll do. This after noon we'll take the French quarter by streets and knock at every door." That afternoon they set out on their quest. But the scheme of knocking at every door soon seemed foolish and impertinent. They decided to halt on ly in front of habitations that seemed to invite Inquiry, consult their in stinct; but as repeated failure blunts instinct dull, hope became a critic, without creative adventure, and ad vised a return to the hotel. Then they thought that night would be a fitter time. They might catch sight of the girl or Boyce at the theater. They went to one, and from a stage box gazed through rented glasses at every face. Not there. They went out, walked a short distance, talking not of disappointment but of hope, and turned into a narrow and dimly lighted street. Suddenly there broke the noise of a rising tumult, yells and Some One Gave Him an Old Carbine and Another Gave Drace a Cavalry Saber. gunshots. And over walls and from dark recesses came pouring excited men. Drace and Shottle found them selves in the midst of a iaob, surging toward another mob rushing into an open space where torches discovered a band of executioners hanging some poor wretch to the limb of a tree. Where there were no houses, the gar den walls were too high to offer a means of escape, and as they could not fight their way back, Drace and Shot tie were swept onward. Torches flared, and all sorts of weapons were Stoves Relined revealed in the pitiful yellow light old muskets, swords, pistols with brass barrels .from ancient Spanish armories, clubs and' pikes that might have served , Cromwell. Some of the men looked respectable, others des perate; they were of many nationali ties, all anger-smitten and excited. "What's it all about?" Drace in quired of a bare-headed old man who panted beside him. "The carpet-bag devils. They hang a citizen." "We are on the tfght side, anyway," Shottle cried. "Give me a gun give me something." Some one gave him an old carbine, and another gave Drace a cavalry sa ber. The man from the North grasped it, feeling that he was to fight the scoundrels that cast discred it and reproach upon hla natlye state. At this time of man's madness na ture could not restrain the introduc tion of her own grim humor. Dogs gathered in the open space between -the bands of advancing rioters, and fought, howling, the victims of wounds without cause. Not many shots were fired. The authorities made a criminal of the citizen who carried a gun or concealed it in his house. It was a hand-to-hand strife, the breaking of heads, the cut ting of throats. big, red-shirted ne gro with razor gleaming in the smoky light made a grab at Drace, who had just room enough to leap back and strike with his saber j but the agile negro dodged, the blow was caught by a brick wall and the blade was broken off at the handle. But with the hilt, a boxing glove of steel, Dtace knocked the negro down and then passed over his body, striking right and left, push ing onward to the front, where the jagged ranks saw-toothed one Into the other. The struggle now was to save the hanging man, who, without fall enough to break his neck, was strung up to' strangle. Drace was the first man to fight his way to him. He dropped his steel boxing glove, grabbed out his knife, leaped up, caught hold of the limb of the tree with one hand and cut the man down. Catching up his weapon, he was about to mix in the fight again when the sharp scream of a woman caught and held him for a moment He glanced hurriedly about; at various windows were lights and silhouetted figures of onlookers. But as if drawn by some lodestone instinct his eyes went to a second-story . window jus beyond the tree; and there, in the strong light of a lamp just behind her, he saw again the face of "the barbaric rose maid, Nadine la Vitte. Instantly he whirled and strove to fight his way to a gate which he saw in the wall before the house. But now came a new cry and a scramble for safety. A troop of United States cav alry came sweeping the thoroughfare from curb to curb, their drawn sabers flashing, the aroused anger of Uncle Sam rebuking a riot. Not to run was ' to be trampled to death, but Drace stood an Instant to look about for Shottle. He could not find him, how ever, and he had to seek his own safe ty, for the cavalry were near, spread ing out upon the sidewalfi. With divers others, he stood not upon the order of his going but ran back down the street and then hurried down a side street out of the path of the troopers. There he waited until the tumult had subsided perhaps an hour. Then he made his way back to the scene of the riot. The house at the window of which he thought he had glimpsed the face of Nadine la Vitte was now dark. But in spite of the curious glances of sun dry loiterers, Drace took a careful sur vey of it and of the threa oak trees in front even felt their bark to fa miliarize himself- with them. At the corner he sought the' name of the street, on the lamp, but the glass had been broken, leaving only a red "L" and the fragments and "e." But no matter rhe would know where to turn, would know the house when abreast of It. Now Drace hastened toward the St. Charles. The streets were quiet But a wagon rattled by, and he saw that it was filled with wounded men. He thought of Shottle and his spirit was oppressed with sorrow. Shottle's es cape must have been impossible, and tomorrow they would take his body, throw it into some oozy hole and cover It witii mud. In the lobby of the St. Charles men stood in groups, talking of the fall in the iirice of cotton. The riot, which to Drace had meant so much, was not even ""known, so accustonied was the town to scenes of violence. Drace asked the clerk if Shottle had come In. No ; his key was in the box. Then Drace thought that surely Liberty must be dead or wounded, hauled away to suffer. He went forth again, to the department of police, to the cavalry barracks, but nothing could he learn. " Then in his room he sat sorrowing over his friend and yet thrilled with a selfish happiness, for he Imd found the barbaric rosemald. He went to bed, tossed, slept, dreamed In a mingling of distress and gladness, and awoke. Shottle was standing In the room. "Thank the Lord !" cried Drace, and sprang out of bed. "That's what. I say, friend Virgil. But you will ' please address me as Colonel Shottle. I am a . free man. Here!" He held forth an envelope ; opening It, Drace took out a hundred-dollar banknote. "What does this mean, Lib?" t "I am Colonel Shottle, sir, and not Lib." r (Continued on page 10) c:---'::x:::x:-:x-:'-kx- f. TrkTTI "vr-- A XT V Tailor . to y. A. Men and Women 207 7th St. Oregon "City f We do printing of all kinds at the' Banner-Courier the best ' 'workman ship at lowest prices. CANBY Dr. John .Kuiler ' J J ifitf ? if f j? ? jf j? jf if j? jf" Jf ? The Canby High school gave their first entertainment of the easson at the High school hall, last Saturday evening. About three hundred were in attendance and were well entertained. All expressed appreciation of the tal ent shown and were well repaid for the small fee charged.. Mrs. Tillie Barley of Indiana spent a lew uays uim weea witu ncr aunt, Mrs. Anna Cantwell. She left Monday mornin gfor Lyons, Oregon, where she will spend a few days with Mrs. Mabel Crolsen. - Clarence Eld and wife spent the week-end in Portland. J. H: Ballweg and J. H. Stroufe of Portland attended a special meeting of the city council, last Monday night, Mr. Ballweg is an electrical engineer and has under consideration a contract with the city council for a survey of the proposed . new lighting system Canby has in view, and Mr. Stroufe is figuring on the construction phase of the work. The company is known as the Jaggar-Stroufe Co., of 103 West Park street, Portland. L. A. Spagle of Hubbard has opened a new meat market in the store form erly used by F. L. Mathews. The room has been newly painted and has a clean, neat appearance. Domestic Science To The Fore Domestic science is coming to the front at Canby High school. - Six new sewing machines have recently been installed in the sewing department ; Miss Avis; Dougherty, who is quali fied, both by training and experience, has charge of this line of high school work, and we are looking forward to the coming of a more perfect day, when the present crop of high school girls will be well prepared to enter new homes of their own and comb out the warped dispositions of new hus bands by sewing up rips, tacking on buttons and proparing meals that will digest John Kopper John Kopper died at his home near Marks Prairie, Friday, October 20th, aged 49 years.. He was born in Kankane, Wis., April 13, 1873, and came to Clackamas coun ty with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward. Kopper, when 12 years of aga. Eighteen years ago he settled at Marks Prairie, where he resided up to the time or his death. He married Miss Bertha Marks in 1905, who survives him. Our Scribe Has Ear To The Ground Putting my ear to the ground I hear a noise like the coming tf a busy legis lature, loaded with many Important measures to he taken under considera tion and acted upon by the candidates elected and sent to Salean for the earn ing session. That our state affairs may be prop erly looked after, we must have men of business ability, unselfish motives and of sound integrity. There are good men in all parties and some of our candidates enjoy public confidence to the extent that they are unopposed in this election. F. J. Tooze of Oregon City, editor of the Banner-Courier, is one of these. Dolt to Music Soldkrs march better to the rneasure of a band. You can finish dull tasks quicker to the tune of a catchy Brunswick record. The Brunswick has a place every hour in the day you CRn work to it, rest to it, as well as amuse in leisure hours. You dance to it, sing with it and enjoy the world's great musical classics. 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County of Clackamas, By virtue of a judgment order, de cree and an execution, duly issued out of and under the seal of the above entitled court, in the above entitled cause, to me duly directed and dated the 31st day of October 1922, upon a judgment rendered and entered in said court on the 25th day of October, 1922, in favor of Flora Gait Sloane, Plain tiff, and against George Ar Smith and Lizzie M. Smith, husband and wife, Defendants, for the sum of $852.13, with interest thereon' at the rate of ten per cent per annum from the 1st day of June, 1922, and the further sum of $125.00 as attorney's fee," and the further sum of $52.40, costs and dis bursements, and the costs of and upon this writ, commanding me to make sale of the following described real property, situate in the county of Clackamas, state of Oregon, to-wit: Lots numbered one (1), eighteen (18), nineteen (19), twenty (20), (twenty-one (21) twenty-four (24), twenty five (25), twenty-six (26), twenty-seven (27), twenty-eight (28), twenty nine (29), thirty (30), thirty-one (31), thirty-two (32), thirty-three (33), thirty-four (34), thirty-five (35), thirty-six (36), thirty-seven (37), thirty-eight (38), thirty-nine (39), forty (40), forty one (41), forty-two (42), forty-three (43), forty-four (44), forty-five (45), and forty-six (46) all of block num bered seventy-two (72). Also lota numbered one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6), seven (7), eight (8), nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11), twelve (12), thirteen (13), thirty one (31), thirty-two (32), thirty-three (33), thirty-four (34), thirty-five (35), thirtysix (36), thirty-seven (37), thirty-eight (38), and thirty-nine (39), of Block numbered seventy-ithree (73), and all of Minthom addition to the City of Portland. NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of said execution, judgment order and de cree, and in compliance with the com mands of said writ, I will, on Saturday, the 2nd day of December, 1922, ait the hour of 10 o'clock A. M., at the front door of the County Court House in the City of Oregon City, in said County and State, sell at public auction, sub ject to redemption, to the highest bid der, for U. 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