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About Oregon City enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1891-194? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1898)
8 OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, SEITKMHER 23, 1803. WE WANT YOUR , ... IJ W.tA.I.U, SOB SCRIPTIOI! We Will Give You The mimm WEEKLY 10 nuei FOR ONLY $2 PER YEAR Cash in Advance Or we will give you the Enterprise and one of the leading Eastern papers on the same terms. This offer will stand good only for a short time, and only for people who are square on our books. The price of the Enterprise is'not changed by this offer, and we can pay agents no commission on this subscription. This Offer Gives- 12 1 16 Paps ttplc ii to And All tho State and County News. lis THE TUlUilO IIOUSK. "A lino public hoium," wild HUnco Wntaon, tho humoriht. "Yon," I npHHlp looking nt the building we wow approaching, "but etrnngo poHition nwny from tho high road, and HliriMiitiiloit by villa." "A very ntrnngo poMtlon. Wo will rwt tn thu Hilillo houno, mill I will toll you how it cuiuo to ho built in such n, vory ntrtuigo portion." 1 smiled mid fallowed hint into tho saloon liar. Wo wit nt mm of tint tuhlon nml were idloiit for n tlim liu thinking mill I watching him. "Tho tiry begin," ho wild present ly, "with i burglnry committed by n certain 1U1I Jones olio ulght long KK "llillwnn ft young inotnlxT of hiit profession. Hitherto ho hml not at tempted anything vory big, but contin ued sumwi iu siniill thing hud nmdo hint bolil. On thin night lio broke Into tho country how of u well known no trow, lu tho hope of ourrylng off hor jewels. "Ho snowdod III getting tho jewel ml wim lonving with them wliou ho found tlmt tho slight iiolso ho hml made had attracted attention. A servant girl mot him nt n turn of tho stairway uud began to Mlirlt ti. Ho rwdied iy her nml to the window through whirh ho hml entered. A ho pioucd through It again ho heard door liolng opened nnd know tlmt tho Imiiho wan fully nronmil." "1 understand," I mid. "Uill escap ed. Tho actress employed a detective. Tho detective built thin public house lu an out of tho way place, hoping tlmt Dill, hi nn out of tho way young mini, would cull iu oiio day for a drink. Curi ously enough, lull dhl " liluuco Watmm frowuod. "This U nn iiiUilloctiml story," lio mid. "It does not depend on colucl-1 deuces. "I will ornithine. Hill mtoIiIihI the first pursuit by long run across conn try, mid thai walked toward bin homo, uot during to tho railway. Ho kept to tho byroads on lmioh a iMwHiblo, and at tho close of tho next dny had reached tho neighborhood of Loudon. "A Hondo lying liiNldo a flold gnte suggested to him tho advisability of hiding the joweldjtilil ho hud arranged for their sale. Alter making turo that ho wan not observed ho entered tho fluid and picked tip tho spmle, A tree of o- ouliur growth stood j tint beyond him. Iu tho maimer of fiction, he counted 30 stepn due north from tho tree and then dug a deep bole, placed tho jewels la It and filled it up aguiu. "Ho arrived homo snfuly tlmt night, but wan arrested In tho morning. The sorvunt girl had given au accurate do script ion of him to tho police, aud they bad recognized it. 'In duo courno bo was tried. The evl donee against him wo vory strong. The errant girl (wore that ho wan tho man the met on the stairs. Homo of the vil loguri swore that they had eoou hliu near too bouno prevloun to tho bur glary. Ho wm found guilty and ten. teucml to novon year pi'iinl nemtuilo. 'Jtill twbavod very woll tn priwin and at the end of five yearn wan ruloawd on a ticket of leave. Ho decided to wait until tho ticket had expired and theu to get tho jewel and leuvo tho country. But a day or two after hi releuito he walktid out to look at tho field "Thnre wns no field During the five yearn ho hud boeii In prinon tho otate of which the llnlJ wan part hud boon built upon. Ho wonderud about tho houw in donna ir. Iiut a bo turned a ooninr ho mw louirtbliig which auggent ed hope. lieblud noma railing w troo of curlou growth. "It was tho treo 20 gtcpnduo north of which he had buried tho Jewel. Ho rocogulzod it iiumedintcly nml ran to ward it Again ho wun iu il en pair. A yard or two north of thu troo wan a chapel, and tho jewel wero under the chnpcl. He leutiod iigaiiiNt tho railing, covering bin face with hi bund. "It haptH-nod presently that tho head deacon of tho clmx'i, a kindly old man, came down tho road. He imw Hill Htund- ing liko ono In trouhlo and ntopptnl and axked what won tho matter aud whuthet ho could help. For a few moment liill did nut know what to reply, but then ho spoko well He Hiiid that once ho had boon a burglur, but that ho had learned iu prinou that burglury in wrong; that now ho wan trying to llvo on honoHt mo, but that an he hod no friuudn it wun not easy. 'Tho-old man wan touched. Ho had found liill leaning agaiiiNt tho chapel railings, and liill hud mid that ho had no friends. Wun it not his duty ns head deacon of tho chapel to be a friend to Bill? Clearly it was. 'Ho took Bill homo with him. Hi was a bachelor, and there wus no ono to restrain his benevolence. They hud sup per and talkod together. Tho deacon found Dill intelligent and fairly well educated and offered him employmuut. Great occasions do not muko koroes or coward, they simply unveil them to tho eyes of men. Silently and impercep tibly, as wo wake or sleep, wo grow and wax strong, wo grow and wax weak, and at last some crisis shows ns what we have become. Canon Westcott. The total area of tho Hniidwlch, or Hawaiian, islands is about tho same- as Now Jersey. 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