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CMArrt xiv.
A Doubl I Kip.
On Nauet Beach, In lb ihuk of a
aldaummer bight, two nan sprl4
oa lb aanda, om diatanr back from
th water, and Itsiaaed to th heavy
Ithumping of lhtr overtaxed heart.
'and banted.
Now and again on would lift kla
bd and tr out cw lb black fc
of tb water at a Utile Una of red
dish Came about a mil off ehora, all
that remained to witness to tba tart
that, an boar lnc, the two bad
.bo In command of a trim a small
schooner a vr ventured tit coast
"! trip from ortland to New Tort
A far out again hon tha star
board llfbt of a becalmed acboonar.
who popU bad bean directly reipon-
Ibla for tba dlaaater which bad orer-
takan tba amallar vaaeel.
In tba couraa of tlma, beginning to
breath wttb mora aaaa. on of tba
two maroonad gentlemen ald:
"What 1 can't understand anyway
la why tbea damned tbuo out ther
tboufbt w'd b asse enough to stay
aboard tba SaaTantur and get burned
9-m
Tb otbr rplld: "Did they?"
"Looks tbat way doesnl 11? If
they didn't, why war w permitted
to wlro ashore at oar elegant leisure?
There u nothing to prevent their
j rowing round to cut ut off."
nsyD iney aia. at xnat, ana miueu
I
a. Mr. Lw-nd-Order!"
1 "But "
J "W wr a we mlt excited you'v
' got to admit It' Just posilbl w
didn't bear tba noise of tbelr oar.
And It' black enough for them to
bar orerlooked us. A man's bead
In tb water lin't really a consplc
uoui object on a dark night"
"Tell me. Barcus, wbat'a tb near
at symptom of civilization?"
"Chatham village." said Mr. Barcus,
"elx mile to the no'th'ards. and cut off
by an Inlet a mile or so wide at that"
Mr. Law groaned aoulfully.
"Then tbere'f tb lighthouse on
Monomoy point." Mr. Barcus pursued,
"three miles to the south."
Mr. Law said nothing whatever to
this.
"Of cvur," bis companion reflected
morosely, "this bad to happen in mid
Humeri A month earlier we'd bar
With a Cry: "Rosel"
bad the life-saving patrol to look to
for protection. But the service Is sus
pended In June and July."
A silence commenced eloquently on
this assertion, broken only when Mr.
Law voiced a thought bred of long and
malignant observation of the schoon
er's green eye:
"I'd give a deal to know who's
aboard that vessel."
"You don't mean you think your reg
ular young woman ?"
"It's possible. Judith kidnaped
Rose In Portland. That's not so far
from Gloucester; a motor car could
have caught that schooner before she
sailed to waylay us, this morning. And
what better way to take care of an
able-bodied, full-tempered glil you've
kidnaped than to ship her somewhere
by Bea, In the care of trustworthy
hellions?"
"Don't ask me I've done very little
kidnaping for one of my years."
"For tuppence," said Mr. Law, "I'd
rlBk a swim off to that boat and see
for myself."
"For two million dollars I would
not!" Barcus affirmed with great de
clslon. A moment or so later the line of
little flames went out altogether and
unexpectedly; and the owner of the
late Seaventure fancied he could hear,
even at that distance, the hiss of
charred and smoldering timbers sucked
under and drowned out.
"Exit," he announced plaintively,
"exit Seaventure," with heroic gesture.
"R. I. P. a good little ship!"
Alan Law sat up, abstractedly scrub
bing a crust of sand from his cheeks
and commented soulfully: "Oh
damn!"
"Tbat goes double here," his com
panion rejoined. "And the way I
see It, I've got a right to do all tba
cussing at this Juncture of our hero's
foolish, but fascinating adventures.
I'm the Injured party it was my boat,
and now it's gone. I'm broke for fair.
Gee!" ho pursued vindictively.
"Oh, let up, can't you!" Mr. Law
exclaimed peevishly. "I'm sorrier than
you are and after all. It' my loss;
I've got to buy you another boat All
you've lost Is your temper."
, "And my susceptibility to the charm
.its el 'Vv.fl
lu
En
tf the well known ei." Mr. Parcut
cor rt led "Nothing can rr reitor
my bet ruth In gentle woman s gentle
rset. When you brought that young
woman aboard I tbougtit butter
wouldn't melt In her mouth, and (or a
blla I actually contemplated doing
her tb kindnea of tilling you or
Into the drluk, o' sh could lavuh
bar lander (Inclines oa a regular gu,
somaon able j appreciate ber mean
ing ma, of coura. And Drat thing I
know, stta upa and point a gun at ui7
bead and til nia overboard, and then
makes pretty bonOr out of my
sailboat And all the eicui you can j
r-roduc la tbat she's rrmiy In the
bead! WelL wbo said sh ain't?
Any woman wbo would content to
elop with you is a lit subject fc-r a
commlealon d lunalico Inquirrndo, ail
right"
If you Inflicted any such monologue
a that on Judith." retorted Mr. Law.
I don't blame bar for trylr.g to slay
you. and I'm sorry I Interfered."
Ther' gratltud for you!" Mr.
Barcus remarked bitterly. "I rtk my
llf for you. and you wont even let
m talk about 111"
"It lnl your talking I mind It's
tb everlasting noli you make." Mr.
Law explained. "Paaldea llsto!"
For a moment tb two maintained
aUaJv sllsnc.
A silken whlaper troubled the si
lence, a little Sutter of sound from far
acrots the waters. Grsdua!ly It gath
ered volume, became recognizable as
the Hip of cautious oars.
To going away from here." Mr.
Barcus announced guardedly, and gath
ered his legs under blm preparatory
to rising.
"Half a second." Alan Law InaUted.
rising In turn and grasping the other
by the arm. "They've got to land
barent they? and leave the boat
while they look for us. Well, then,
what's to prevent our biding In the
dunes and V
In the next breath, "Look out!" be
shrieked.
With no warning whatever, and
within fifty feet of them, a ghastly
Car broke out In full blaze on the
surface of th water, revealing the
bap of a dory which bad drawn In
unseen under cover of the profound
darkness, and at the same tlma dis
covering to its occupants th two
startled figures on. the beach.
Before they could etlr the weird
light glimmered on a polished weapon
In the bow of the boat, a spiteful
tongue of reddish flame spat out, a
bullet sang between Messrs. Law and
Barcus, and with a sad thud of disap
pointment buried itself In the sands of
the wave-eaten bluff behind them.
Like twin automatons stirred to ac
tion by the report the two turned and
pelted off down the beach, to escape
tbat deadly area of illumination.
Other shots sped after them, but
none was so well aimed, and presently,
finding a break In the bluff, they
swung off into the grateful shelter of
the night-wrapped dunes.
Meantime the dory had grounded on
the beach, and its several occupants
four or five of them, all men, appar
entlyjumping out, set off In pursuit
of the fugitives, following the tracks
in the sand.
The blackness ot the night, how-
ever, conspired with the savage laby-'
rlnth of the dune to save Alan and
his companion.
Within another five minutes wblla
still the pursuit floundered and blus
phemed at random a round quarter
mile to the south Mr. Law and Mr.
Barcus were noiselessly squirming on
their bellies, like two snakes in the
beach-grass, up the back of a ten-foot
bluff. And presently from Its brow
they looked down on the spot where
the dory lay, only Its bow out of water,
its stern afloat, under armed guard.
Very slowly and stealthily Alan got
to hla feet and swung back over his
thoulder a heavy club of driftwood.
A match spluttered beside the dory
and flamed In the still air, relieving
with its reddish glow a bronzed and
evil visage.
The guard puffed fast and had the
tobacco well aglow when the sky took
advantage of his trustfulness and fell
upon hlzc like an avalanche.
Simultaneously Alan and Barcus de
scended the face of the bluff In two
miniature landslides, dug themselves
out, and by the time the duzed and
disarmed guard had sufficiently recov
ered to cry out for help the dory was
a hundred yards off the beach and
making excellent time in the direction
of that lonely green light.
They wrought with the oars like
men possessed, yet with a machine
like precision that drove the boat fast
and furiously without attempt to still
the splashing of their blades. Con
cealment of their purpose from thoso
who remained aboard the schooner
was out of the question. The shouts,
the shots, the play of fiaahiamps
along the beach as though Bedlam
had loosed half a dozen lunatic will
o' the wisps upon the holy peace cf
night must have betrayed the fact
that they had turned the tables long
before the dory left the Inshore shoals.
The commonest precautions, how
ever, made them pause aud rest upon
their oars while yet a Httlo way from
their goal.
Only an ominous silence rewarded
the utmost efforts of their ((training
senees; no sound was audible other
than the gentle whine of an ungreased
block; nothing waa visible beyond the
sinister glare of that almost stationary
green lantern.
"What think?" Barcus inquired in
a dubious undertone.
"No telling," Alan replied in the
same manner. Ail A chance.
"You've got that gun handy?" with
reference to the rifle of which they
By Louis Joseph Vance
had despoiled tb victim of lb sky't
tllfsltn.
"liar."
Then-lets go to tt t Give way!"
A doiaa lusty stroke brought tbm
alougilda the schooner, and as tba
dory crd tb waist of lb larger
teas! lb two young man dropid
oars, roa. and selling th low gun
wale, lifted themtelte to th deck.
Nothing opposed tbeui; the deck was
Ignorant of other footstep than their
own. tb acboonar a silent a only a
becalmed ship cat) b.
Without further consultation, Alan
lad quickly aft and down th cosr?aa-
lonway to tb cabin, wher a dim light
burnad smoky lamp swinging la
gimbals abov a cluttered labia.
Of tb two stateroom door on dis
closed aa empty cabin, tb other waa
locked.
Trying tb hsndt roughly. Alan
fancied b beard a sound within. Pius
Ing. b called, with a thrill of fearful
bop:
"Hallo. In there!"
Tb res pone was cry of Incredulous
delight: "Alan!"
By way of answer Alan burled bUw-
alf bodily against the door. At tb
Now and Again On Would
second Impact of shoulders backed by
a hundred and eighty pounds of solid
flesh and determination, the lock splin
tered away from Its socket, the door
flew open with a bang and Alan into
the room with a cry: "Rose!"
His sweetheart met blm half-way,
her arms uplifted, her countenance
transfigured.
And Mr. Barcus turned and slowly
ascended the companlonway, his nose
wrinkled with misgivings.
"Blest if I know how he thinks he
can tell 'em apart," he remarked "Not
that I blame him for taking a chance;
" wouldn't pain me any to find out
I'd kissed the wrong girl by mlstak
not, tbat Is, unless she didn't care for
my technique.
"In that case," he allowed, "I guess
the sequel would be apt to prove tol
erable agonizing!"
Some ten minutes later a hail from
the deck broke the embrace of the
lovers:
"Below therel I say Law! wind
a-comlng!"
"Right-o! Half a minute!"
But that stipulated delay was sev
eral times multiplied before Alan
Bhowed up on deck to find Barcus
bending a laborious back to the cap
stan. "Lend a hand, can't you?" Barcus
complained, blowing heavily. "I didn't
Interrupt your amours Just to get an
audience. The Booner we get this
anchor In"
Alan checked him with a hand on
his arm. "What's that?" he demanded
in a tone tense with apprehension.
The muffled running of a heavy-duty
marine motor drifted down on the
winpH of the BluggiBh wind.
"Don't auk me I'm afraid to guess!"
"But they couldn't possibly!"
"Since when did you set up to be
a Judge of possibilities? Nothing prob
able ever happened to you in all your
yong life 'b far's I can make out. As
for me I know there are at least two
life-saving stations on Nauset, both
with modern enulDment motor life
boats and all; and nothing will ever
persuade me that pack of wolves
would stick at breaking in and confis
cating one of the same. It's as likely
as not only more so. Our present
buHineBs le to get the h 1 out of here
and not advertise our exit, either.
Take that port light In and dowse It,
while I do the Bame by the starboard.
Then duck below, warn your Dulclnea,
and put out the cabin lamp. That way
If this blackness and our bull-luck
only holds we may manage an eva
sion!" There followed an exceedingly busy
quarter of an hour for two constrained
in pitch darkness to grope their way
about the decks and familiarize them
selves with the idiosyncrasies of a
strange two-master. Nevertheless, the
end of that period found the schooner
with canvas full and sheets taut a
good easterly breeze abeam, swiftly
weaving a wake southwards the light
on Monomoy point watching ber curi
ously from over the starboard beam.
"Hear anything more of that power
boat?" Alan asked, Joining Barcus by
tb wheel.
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O'Hearte
"Nothing-wind too ftoeh Mk
)ouiielf eaey oa (ha ft aid of
plank beta. I ll land u a kick la.
tha slats when so pilnded-or wbau
It's your trick at tb wheel."
With a chuckle, Alan obediently
stretched hlmsalf out on the deck.
"1 r-U-
"Walir
"You seem pretty ay In your mind
about this young woman below. To
nie. sties the sam that tried to send
tne to ley Jo Bee' locker. How doe
sh ei plain bar preeeiic aboard?"
"Much as surmised." Alan replied.
1 fancy they chloroformed her while
It slept In tbat hotel la Portland,
bather or no, Ria woke Bp to a
loeed motor car bound aud gigged,
pf course and was brought aboard at
Gloucaatar about midnight"
"Blmpl when you know how," Bar
eus commented. "Of couraa, always
did say that truth wis a stranger to
Action. Cuddl down, now, and I'U
talk you Insensible."
Ills accents already nierglug la with
tb swlsb of tb 'loiuilde waves, the
bubbling of tha wak. and tb many
toii'd composite voice of the ship la.
being. unronsclouan-a like a cloud
V
Lift His Hesd.
descended upon Alan' overwearied
faculties. ,
He wok mutinously, with a yawn
and a shiver In the gray of a tarnished
daybreak, to find that fog preiaed
heavily upon the face of the waters, a
mist so thick that from the stern th
waist of the veiael was almost Invls- f
lble, the bows completely so.
Barcu stood over blm, at the wheel,
fairly reeling with weariness, his eye
blood shot, swollen, and half-closed la
a face like a mask of fatigue.
"Can't keea this up much longer,"
he apologized thickly; "stood It about
as long as I ran. Take your trick and
give me forty winks."
Grateful solicitude brought Alan In
stantly to his side, though he himself
was sluggleh and stiff and sore In all
his limbs.
"You're a brick!" he protested. "Why
didn't you call me sooner?"
"No good; I knew the way you
didn't That Is, I did until this ac
cursed fog closed down a couple of
hours ago. Now God knows where
Th 8lxth Member of the Boarding
Party Was Judith Trine.
we are by my reckoning, somewhere
In Nantucket sound, west of Mono
moy." Grasping a small brass handle
affixed to the wheol box, ho Jerked It
sharply three times, and the automatlo
horn blared raucously a threefold re
sponse up forward.
"Keep that going," he begged,
"three blasts in a row and a minute
interval and if the devil takes care
of his own we may possibly escape be
ing run down."
With a slgb, relinquishing the wheel,
be collapsed upon the deck and was i
almost Instantly asleep.
The' wind had fallen until barely '
enough air stirred to keep way on tbe j
vessel; she moved In silence, a spec-J
tral ship upon a spectral sea of long,
oily swells and tha complexion of lead, i
Hither and yon in tbe obscurity, fog-
signals of other shipping sounded a
concert of dteeordanr tb man
power bora of a raiboat crying tb
warning back tt tb deplhroa(a4
whlitle of a roaslwlie steamship and
tba Impertinent drumming of a motor
boat's aihaust with tb muffler out
out.
Tbl last bo led th com (Hi. sound
ing Dow near, now far, though Ihe com
plaint of other shipping diminished
In volume and dlad away tu lb dis
tance, giving plac to oilier still, th
flutter flutter of tbat motor waa never
altogether loat; If at tlma It faded,
tt seamed certain always to return la
ten louder volum
Vainly straining bl vision agslust
lb blank pallor of tb encompassing
fog, Alan wondered, worried, dreaded I
At Irregular Interval, lifting
from preoccupation, b would tninlpu
tat th braaa pull on th wheal bus,
provoking tb horn' stuttering blast
of pruleet But th Deed for unremit
ting vigilance and eiercla of tb fog
signal failed Don h teaa to reconcile
Alan to that blslant rliruor which so
widely a,' so hideously adverllied
tbalr whereabouta
If there war anything still to b
fnared from Judith and bar crew If,
, for liutanc. aa Barcus bad suggested,
i they bad sought out on of th II fa-
saving stations on Nauaet beach, ap
propriated II power driven lifeboat
and renewed th pursuit. If ever they
beard that horn there would beyond
queatlon be the devil to pay I
Tha lonellnei of his vigil was even
tually relieved by tha appearanc ou
deck of th woman Alan loved.
The tableau that greeted her vlilon as
she enu-rged from tha rompanlonway,
of the haggard, utmhaveu wretch at
the wheel aud the other who lay at hi
feet, where be bad fallen, lu a stupor
of fatigue, Instautly wrung from Hoi
a little cry of solli Itudn. Aud she was
i quick to do what little she could to
alleviate their dlicomfort. for Iiarcus
sh fetched a pillow and blanket from i
th cabin, and till one suffered her
ministrations without once rousing
from his slumbers. Then hastening
forward, she got tb galley fire going
and prepared a mskeililft breakfast
for ber half famlihnd lover.
Warm food and hot coffee such as
they were lending a little ton to
Alan's spirits, he was presently able
to dlscun tbelr sltustlon with som
optimism. Yet nothing could gloss
the fart that the problem confronting
them was one whoae solution bsfflnd
their utmost Ingenuity one the simple
contemplation of which taxed tbelr
courage and Intelligence to tb ex
treme. Me summed up: "I can't see any
thing for It but father and Judith are
determined to have my scalp, and I'm
hanged If I enn see how to protect my
self without taking a lenf out of their
books. Wlint I'm most afrnld of Is
thut some time I may forget It's a
woman I'm defending myiclf ngalnst.
When a fellow's fighting for bl very
life be ran t always stop to calculato
,ne Wl.lht of hto b,)Wll
The young man sighed,
shook his
hesd, laughed uncertainly, and held
her clmer to him. "Don't fear; I'll
find some way out without Injuring
either of thom. I promise you that!"
Ho sealed the pledga upon her lips.
And In that moment of their obliv
ion to the world from some point for
ward a mufflod crash sounded simul
taneously with tbe dull shock cf a
collision with smaller vessel, and ft
strange voice cried out with an ac
cent of high exultatlou.
Before either Alnn or the girl could
disengage tho decks rang loud with a
rush of booted feet pounding aft.
The figures of the boarding party
wore already taking shape through the
fog as Alan sprang toward the com-
; panlonway to fetch tho rifle. And In
i this action his feet slipped on planks
greasy with moisture deposited by the
, surcharged atmosphere. He went down
with a stumbling thump, and an In
stant later two men fell bodily upon
him active, strong fellows In the
dress of fishermen. He was suffered
to rise only as a prisoner, helpless In
the grasp of two pairs of powerful
hands.
He saw Barcus, rudely roused and
still dumb with sleepy confusion, in
no better caso Jerked to his feet and
held captive by two more flxbermon.
A fifth had taken charge of Rose,
clamping her wrists in the vise of
one big band.
The sixth and sola other member of
the boarding party, llkewlne In the
rough-and-ready garb of a fisherman,
was Judith Trine.
Down tho side a heavy life-boat
ground its way aHtern, tho loose end
of Its painter slipping over the ralf
even an Alan caught Hlght of It. (So
It seemed Barcus had gueHsed shrewd
ly!) Obnervlng this, one of the men In
charge of Alnn mndn as if to leave
him to the other, addressing Judith
for permission to prevent tho loss of
the lifeboat. She stopped him with
a peremptory gesture.
"No let It go. We're better off
without it. Hold that man fant till
I fetch a rope. Wo'll make sure of
them both this time!"
Straining forward In tho graep of
her guard, Rose Implored her sister:
"Judith, In pity's name, think what
you aro doing!"
"Hold your tongue!" Judith snapped
viciously. "Another whimper out of
you, and I'll havo you gogged!"
The balance of her threat, though
accompanied by the exhibition of an
automatic pUtol, was drowned out by
the sudden roar of a steamship fog-
signal, so close aboard that It seemed
almost to emanate from the forepart
of the schooner herself,
Aa It was answered by shrill and
hoarse cries of terror or of warning
from a dozen throats, Alan found blm-
elf ruteated bl raptors Uaplbg for
lliilr lite l.i the UrTrwII
He laugM u luilaiilauaowa gllmpa
of th knife Ilka Una- of a great steal
ar lowering above lha two ineeler
eweeli'g toward It at ipt-ed wlilck
raised a Hoar! Jot of wblt under th
cutwater
Hi niie. ma aboard tb chocner, with
tha voir of a stetitor, bellowed ter
rified appeal:
"Hlop your engines! Hhut off your
proi-eller! Hlop your-"
Then. Ilka Ilia wrath of (lod. th
slearnehlp overwhelmed Ilia leeeer
ship; Its bow seemed to site through
tha schooner as a knife through
rheeee. And lha two balvea were fairly
driven under wsler by th frightful
fore of tha blow
Thunders deafening blm. Alan was
burled bodily through tb air full
twenty feat.
When b rain l'p ba struck out at
random, blindly tormented by th
vision of Hoe caught In lb suck of
J"
lit i
Accompinied by IH Eahlbltlon of an
Automatlo Pistol.
(bat gigantic wheel, drawn under,
rrualied and mangled by the propeller
of th vast black bulk whoa flank waa
eliding put, Ilka the face ot a cliff,
ten tarda behind hla ahoulders.
A warn of several dark objects dot
ting the surface within a radius of
several yards, he swam for lbs near
est; the bead was a woman's, the fac
turned toward him, the face of Hoi.
He gasped wildly: "Keep cool I Don't
strugglo! Put one band on my shoul
der and"
What happened then w as never quit
clear to him; he only know that he
was forced to tight for hi very life
thnt tbu woman, a soon as ha came
within reach, flung herself upon him
like some maddened animal, clutching
his throat, winding ber limbs rouud
his, drugging him down and down.
Primitive Instinct alone saved him.
He remembered later, most vaguely,
the culmination of that duel beneath
tb waters remembered froulng aa
arm, drawing It back, delivering a
blow from his shoulder, with all hla
strength, finding himself free, strug
gling back to tho air.
Then a bout hook caught the back of
his shirt and dragged him for some
distance, until two strong hands caught
him beneath the armpits and hold his
bead above tho water.
He looked up wltlesHly into the face
of Barcus, and, still bewildered, strug
gled feebly.
The other's voice brought blm back
to his senses. "Easy, old top! Take
It ensyl You're all right now rest a
minute, then help nio get you aboard."
Ho obeyed, controlling bis panto a
best he might; aud presently, with
considerable asslstunco from Barcus,
contrived to scramble in over tha gun
wales of a boat which proved to ba
the stolen llfebont.
Aside from Iiarcus and himself It
hold one othor person only the wom
an he loved, crumpled up and uncon
scious lu tbe bow.
He strove to rlno and go to her, to
make sure that still she lived. Barcu
restrained and quieted him.
"There! Easy, I sny! She's all
right fainted that's all! She and I
took the water In practically the same
spot, and luck threw this blessed boat
my way within half a dozen strokes.
No troublo at all In a manner ot
speaking!"
"Hut tho steamer"
"Why fret about her? At the pace
she was making she couldn't hav
stopped within half a mile. Wo'll b
sal I right now with powor to fetch ui
to land."
"Hut tho others Judith!" Alan sat
up and leaned over the gunwale,
searching nn oily, leaden expanse spot
ted only with a few splinters and bit
of wreckage. "I loft her out there
unconscious she'll drown, I tell you!"
"And I'll tell you something!" said
Mr. Barcus severely. "You'll lie quiet
and shut up or I'll dent your dome with
the shaft of an oar. "Let her drown
and a good Job, I say 1 Don't you know
the meaning of 'enough'? Merciful
heavens, man, you're the most insa
tiable glutton for punishment ever!"
But Alan wasn't listening. His face
was as llghtlesa as the water that
swam beneath his lackluster gaze.
There was ft horror In his heart that
numbed even the sense of relief, of
deliverance, that penetrated bla beinf
like a shock of mortal pain.
PeadI Judith deadl Back there, la
the fog and the cold . . , deed by
bla band I
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the MHinly ie.o,,,r ltl .
follawi '',
loeel b Ilea el Ul ., Will!,,, tt.
Iitelolrl i t Ul . .w ,hl .
Oregon I Hf, flu
('. II. Jolniann e vi
'o A
inlet. IU a r-a In in,n ( "
t aoulh, ransw J east of Uin'
rl.li.ri. M,"Hia;
In Ins I. t'tark n ul ,()
llnriil el 111 . weal , .mi, 0
W.-.I S. e hweit , .,, " U
hl I soinli. rne ,,,, . ' '"i
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N A llodlun el ui
I'urrii el in , ijor'h ltl li
aw I !-( l, tiurihweci y J, 1 S
lownilily I aoulh, ran. ' ,
larneila meridian, 1 1 V 'HiJ.
An her I laaeoii r .
Hi hulls at ui . M i, lil.( , ""'f
a.litiIMn lo Oregon Uir; " f
( liarlie I. Heaver H t, u
Ta.lf, If,, I ,.f la..a.l I
('hinll.-r donation land "
ehlp ( south, range 2 rail w'
ell meridian; l.
Ileal relate) transfers f II. 4 ltv
county recorder Halurday , M
low a-
U A. I llfera In Ada A I f.n
Mm k i. Hllver Hprliisi hMki,,'.
Mrv Jane lili-knie to J. Hml i '
"in. lot iJ, Ouii.H.k, 1 10
H, I.. Wilms rl lu In r. l .t .
acrre In Ih aouthwrei U ,,,
V section Si. ioulili 4 aoiiih t.,.
J rail of Wlllaiuelin nurldlan I t
Adoiia (ixhrane to haniurl ..
et ui . SO ai res In lha Jauiri W r.
or uoiiaiion laiiu rljllll In r-! c
oanahlp aoulh, rne rut oft:
anieita meridian; uoo.
Jo.rph t Hlllllh to U A. I lli'n
I 3. Muck . Hllver Hprlngs c,ii
10.
Ileal relate transfers filed wllk Ik
ountv recorder Monday are r.
Iowa:
N J. Webb lo Mrr Nail L n
Orchard Hornea, lu
Kdua A. Treat-oil to Itoliert W Mr.
(overn, 4U acres soulhraat 1,
Writ V,. section J.'., towiinhlp t,,
range, tt ril of Wlllati.t-(t mrldiiB
nun.
( hnrlei ktt,ti to Hi(a I'. IM,!,
eaal S. loia SI and s:. Hk t lim
orv'a lal addition lo Molalla; I0
II. M Men-i-r n ut lo K. II, Todd
el ui , lot I. block 7, llerr perk In iec
(Ion !. lowmhlp J aoulh. ranis ? mi
of Wlllnineltn meridian; lv.
Ilottlleli Miller rl ui to ('harks W,
Unrrelt, o aern In arrlloa li, lows.
atilp 7 aoiiih, range 4 rait ul Willi
cite tiu-rldluli; II
J. II Melcalf e ui lo (). 8. Tir
I rue I of lund III Clm Catuni ro-;
i;:oo.
1'rnnk I'olelm to l.eo l',d. Im. V.I
scree In auction K, lownnlilp S .
rrtiigo 3 rail of Wlllnmelta ineriiji
ll'iOdll.
A In rite bunch of tali inoMIIr.l Wit
nli-ht In a back yard In Oregon CVT
and began lo fight wlihmit a declars
Hon of war, which, of courae, was cot
Irary In Ihn rules of I tin game.
Transfers of real miiito filed will
(th county recorder Friday, are aa M
llows: Ida 8. Derry rl vlr. lo Item, a
MlnilnKer. 10.7 acres In the Jans K4
logg (louutlon lund rlulm In toaiuafp
S aouth. ninge 1 and 2 runt ot H'Wam.
i-tta meridian: $10.
1 1 Mile II. MlHilnger el lr. UUV
Derry et vlr , same tract as abov'. W
Aurlo M. Draper et vlr. to J. W. Dn
er, lot 6, Mock 17, llollou; 110.
A. I Dlani-hard -t u. to Jacob Si
Jo lib. lots 1 aud J, block 122. Drew
City; $10.
H. J. Ijindon rt ux. lo Mnrlln Wait
rrgnrd rt ux., ll'i acres In section 12.
township 3 south, range 1 west of Wil
lamette meridian; $10.
Sarah I.. McMillan rt vlr. lo I lenry
K. Sporup rt ux., G acres In section L
township 4 south, rmiRO 1 east of Wit
lamelle meridian; $M)0.
II. II. CarHon i t ux. to J. II. Dleli,
tract of land In sections 19 aud it,
township 4 south, riingu 2 rust of Wil
lamette, meridian; $10.
Mattes Noai'k el ux. rt at. to R
tlnlph KIiiiih, tract of land In sect
M, towiislilp 4 south, ningo 1 ram'
Willamette meridian; ll.'.oo.
Cnsper Welsmnndel et ux. to Mi
Noack rt vlr., east H, nnrthweHt
section 24, township 4 south, range 1
runt of Willamette meridian; J SO.
Ten Hroech Whipple to Henry 0
Krl, lot 11, Hood View Acres; $10-
Iteal rstnte traiiNfers filial with t
i-oiiniy riH-order Weduesdiiy are as fol
lows: I.. I.- tf I . r II.
joiiii . iiuer ri ux. it) I iiruuwi
ICiiKorth. tract of lund In sect loin 3 Mil
10, towiiHhlp 3 south, rnugii 2 cunt ot
Willamette meridian; $10.
Wltllum W, Thompson el ux. lo W
sin O. Aiitlermm, tract 1, C'ovull; $10.
CliitlHtono Heal Kslnto association to
('. A. Cham hern rt ux., lots 7 and I
block Eel, (iladHtmio; $10.
nillH Land Co. to William M. ('ll'i'
well, 50 acres In the Oeorgo (iruluufl
donation land claim In township '
Houth, rnngo 2 cust of Wlllanielto mt-
rldlan; $10.
I). C, MtiiiKer et ux. and .1. M. I'M"
to Samuel Case, 8,52 acres In tho Hi
eklnh JohiiHtin donation land clulm lj
township 2 smith, raiiKo 2 east of Wil
lamotto meridian; $1.
Samuel Coho et ux. to Iminn Hlnisttii,
8.52 ucri-H in section 22, township
south, riiiiKii 2 eiist of WlllitumU8 m'
rltllan; $1400.
CLACKAMAS ABSTRACT TBU"
COMPANY.
Land Title Examined. ,
Ahatraeia of Tit I a Madt-
Offlc over Bank of Oregon CW-
Ilom in Medford Mall Tril.-.n b
Ing on the n.',Jm t,r 'u" '"",:,
nnnlVr: "T. K. Daniels Ims n phot
he Is using to prove a rea H . rt is .
best liiHiirnnco on a doer hunt. T
men aro wenrlng rod shlrls, ono i
urhiiA flflfl. A deer lies at their feel-
The white shirt In tho pictures bear
n strong similarity to tho deer Ml
Tho plt:turo Is pasted on the she
window and started several argument
this morning."
DATE CHANGED
II. H. Humphreys, a traveling muij
who Is under the custody of tho lorsJ
officials for passing a bad check si
Sandy recently, did not appear before
Jiihtlc.e of the Pence Slovers Thursday
when tho time came lor his hearing.
His attorneys promised to bring niro
Into court Saturday morning.
The dedication of that Swedlsh-N
weglan pence monument, which
place a week ago lost 8unday, In B
likely to have any effect so far
shortening the war Is concerned.
Wonder how many of those I. w-
foreigners who were cl8morm.g.1.11..1.
war a short time ago have ii
themselves of the present opportunity
in Europe?