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Newspaper Page Text1 . - ' - ' THE SUITDAY OREGONIAN, . PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 16, 1908. 3 : n- - MTjBiishe(l Narrative, by Edward FrancRopg, U. &jei J t,he.fath of he Ojwrnment II . ' ; 1 -" 7JZim a j T by my foot and made a slight noise and agent In the arresting of crime. I fc " 3t U " , ' jt S - . " w , ; " ."i iT "U fj i A , a !... i on the Instant there were flashes from This fact, more or less. is responsible Y$&X . VV5 J v - " . J & Y ' f VlV V f fvl I three directions and as many bnllets for the popular impression that his duty ' . 4.., .- X ' '"ft fc S s " l 1 ' " ' - f t 1?' -I . "'J! sputtered on the rocks about me. With ' consists of little more than the diseov- g fc f?,?5"V; , - ' ".,;"'', AJ -vlX' i Ifrf, U . i a leap and a bound I again stood at the r" and running down of the wrong-do- i fI' Ki V t x " V" ' f1'' JvyYS ' i?1 H ' Jljkt. , ' X- t" f entrance of the hole and was about to ers. who surrend-rs meeklv upon sight- W Lh i f"v. V. - -' C , VJ 4 Jfff S-,t " " ?" " '1 ' r - '3 ray w.y in -hen ! Wt ,m1;thin5 , K, u j . " wl'ifJW S.4 ir ' 1 j i Y.,Vy JJ? V IT-- 'u-?ltTif? i'fA J ,t 1 whip against my boot and the blood ing hi. blKp of authority. W,mm' fr'C VW 'V' , V- ' c ' ' 1 ; "l 1 Mil'"' J,.. ' chilling warning of the rattlesnake While this might happen in some few 1, M MlflJ, F X - VV ' I t" -T 7 A' - &frfAAA - T. 1 W : " !f ' v struck my ear. ! was so numb with fear casec, in. the majority there is always . ffTSs. - I '(X.-' vw'0 v ' ' ' --- M-Za' Aa ' o'i M ' lr ' ' - ' ' "Jt- tnat 1 mercy stumbled into my rftreat prrent n element of darker that at no J . - If As4. Nl t f 'J.-t- v'" " r"'"1'' f - 'i ' 7V f'J, SjA- Sy-T y i 4 . ' ' 'f T V,( to "'and weakly, while gaining control tlirm can be discounted: danger that at YA fJ r ., t f, teT " " '-', i1"' ' V . 'X wuir r - s Jf-lf 11 V. r ?' ' of my nerves. all times you must be prepared to grap. 1 in W Ji )Vl i if V - " C -?Tj!? . AZJ'rhfrtT U , ks: And so 1 stood hour after hnur- Not pie with and- overcome by wit or force . 1' t"1' '' f" JVY ' 5 ffc' - ? " , -T - rZ0'Zj ?J - Vr -v, t ' daring to rest for fear of surprise by the that your end may be gained. . Af ., F1 r,? Ot"i' ft - ' " , ?rJjSP: ZV A u Ck "ifl f 4ft ' j,1 VjV ' TAS "i m00nshineri r thP bite of a snake. I The man in the Government service -s .lV- . MprS4af ' r2 V Z thought the dawn would never come. At who would stop to figure on the danger .AiTSj t I Jf 1 X 'tt T ''ttZ? 'H -0 ' last faint gray streaks marked the sky. of each undertaking ami the likelihood JSmSTWU ' !?NWC?nNV ' W li' tri OS '$. S -H- J' ' ' f I I, , ' JJv then sheets of daylight pierced through, of his meeting injury or death In its MmW-tfM'Ml I 1 V "CSS i Y'tlAX i . fVi l' feSZZ. blrds twittered.- and a flood of light W pursuit, would soon find himself in a lXf Ml . ,A JIiA Vs'-'T " -V''W r-V1 S V TTPr4 fef W V JM brought some measure of relief. Hooked position where he could look for some AXM i Vt4 , ft 'TYi rA'?f 'f j' . J ' ' . X."- Al ' . j ' ' iT ir.1 tlfJt, vln'y 'or the snakes, for not until the nice quiet way of earning a living or be- MAb'MfcM&? k l' H t7J I W 4 rVfT 'lU t '1 ' . V4 TEc 5 J LJ!lTt r' if-J ' su" -am out a"d i hd them moving come a puhllc charge on his community. fBlrw 4 M$'t SsV'fi " J&u t4 W A T$3i!lr .Jf" 3 ;-flvf' d,d 1 ver the nest at the side of a These things are never spoken or in MmMm7rWIji &mtmS' 1 TP 4vST?T Artj1 "'V V O -VV tT'S X v'jJ ij'i large rock to the right of the entrance, the service. They are taken as a matter ffiitMSKVJ Tl Wr" Jtl& Fit, M'iW' - 4 & Xil'- n 4 'lJlZ 'Mt. f5S 1 sat down- almo8t "hausted. to think of course, just as the fireman takes the WMt4mV i J LX 'M 1 H S ' .f " ? !t ti? . 95-. 1? j2W rf'r$ f 80me meanS of eBCa,e' but nne fame- risk of life as part of the day's wort, a SpSHMwffltfAl& Wll l it 1 si' V&'"'hili&&ltf' r ( tt ,Z4: Tv'l XVM 7 ;-TV U To rush forth meant certain death, as railroad brakeman. or any man who yfylflfM .-' SllfewSt iU" IK S'V Ail5 JjS'vV 'jZSt ' ' I H AOVyi the m"ntaineers were dead shote. To works at a calling regarded as hazard- cNlWt& ill ' IP ?Af " 1 1,' , f1 J ' f&&,A? " t fl4 iTWWlS tr' at night meant the same thing, as o... Insurance companies recognise this ffr&iJ-IW' lV? U; J -f WlH' ft t $W J! trfTfl thcy 8u"ou"ded " a 'd"- Why fact and place certain lines of work at jf!lfo ' 1 A " llS Mi XlV 'H V'' WVvvV ViJ TV 7 M" N f- ftiV?rVi did not the d "nething? What did a much higher rate than would be called jBfll , J ' i T ' ff "jlW'lV l" Vn2KV :Vr ' 5 .f V 'l - i ,r tlftSE' "H TV., W V ' they mean by waiting so quietly? Then for were it not for tho unusual risk en- I 1 M I" ( , I V "ki J 1 kV'vi f U & tT - C - A 7?-S T " V ,J ? 1 ,'t.'1f V"1t " came to me lllce a flash- T mea,,t countered. . Ml J ;f!U i il V .1$ J Vir" la j. "J f -VfsV- jCM '"V' to starve me out.. I am not particularly desirous of set- J? h- 5 ft Wai 1 ' f R IT jfgXrH f uiXHl i ' 4 -1 " VUi'! r'rf Wltn tne thought, pangs of hunger ting forth this or that occasion when my J ill r VV J' 141 4" V V" jAiUV siezed me and made me despair more. leas on life was threatened, or plctur- jflU A WW A Xfc 1 : W4 1 ' than ever. I will never forget that day line, what the novelist would call my. l - J fT ' Kt' S&t MJ -WV - " and the night that followed. Feverish "Hair-breadth escapes." It is only for I ruj Vwil i Ci X i-CR 1 .vvH Zf'yfcSltW V - from lack of rood and sleep, my tongue the purpose of giving the general reader ' J i t t '1 flC '" jf! l'1 .rVI tf" JT U 1ft W V tUiV"'rJH';A4 parched and swollen for water, my eyes a proper perspective of the work M the I IIW ' f,R V I -V 4 ft f4 "Vin k' 1V oonstantly resisting efforts to keen them silent Government agent and the many if Mf l rf4rf KM WiT ifrTS&t kff Cii&fer$rV j 1 V W , JwAMV tfrtfj "An." open' tnere 1 lay durins ,he hours ot ths obstacles that he must of need over- I 'W'f W 1 i 5iuVi X S N'T E5-t WfSit 3l lLB A$- iPV X CL W 1 U v -1 13 day and there I stood in the dark until come, that induce, me to relate a few W Mill Iv 'EfV M IWtfLo another day had dawned, not daring to of my personal experience, on the ' K W A M I "fe' f it1 OwVsJ l SLlljE f .if?? i5 go out for fear of death by bullet or "danger line." T0& 1 A 'Jf??4 CJJ CTv'siNCU VW? Vt -v .53 VV" jfCrj' snake-bite, hardly daring to remain -tor Serving as a potter W AMM MS) fear of death by starvation, yet buoyed 8 ,P,,tr- 1? tlV . --VfSfiTl'-i Wl III iV WVXi1 l WMgrfT j7K$Ki:?t up by the hope that something would My first year or two In the service UM M I Blr" WwV'-MW perrait me to 1,ve on- was served In the capacity of a "spotter" " Vw. MW I iftV luLv'PS&S Stftif riWXV W$$ When the second day had struck I or "shadow.;- That is. my duty was to , '' ill iTCXSS. 3'jF 4&K W&X CvTlWW! lPf'rrifS-5'j was almost crazed and determined to follow various persons named or pointed ill Slih" 7lW 5V 7K V C wlcnyonhsomeToruein0wMchur " MxWAf - f Y'M WMr )s were quartered. Tolhe" cuual obse??e? XN ' w Mllli'ii 4 J. V,rSv'?" J hPlilllllSllI U this line of work would seem more or - WMlY& KW T ir'Slig fyM less free rrom danger. I had some such f i iv mZf-j, nm 1 I ff f Vf'Tl I NH ' -i?l ( V7-; H V UiiW !uit ILt fTk. notion in tho beginning and wa, only dis- . ,r Ljrrrm MMWWl MiV 7 ll I M KjfLc J-.aL T r ' , VVM 1 irfSI 1 UVTl IWAMiWS. grega7e.r,Aa rttai ili ' M C ftl c othes - a greasy hat. and a not over- UiWvmlX V J c JV-5K' J X I took Srmynwatcned .dh,gulSBwhen y " ' f hoSorfln 'Lt-fe -which were not frequentand on stv- V WJI P " 7 Wf W f V''- --rSSIF r? S - . wtiT JPT eral occasions I was admonished to move VA ' 1 ' fyV A V lltfll Wl' 1 -X' 'JT ' A Sw!! on. These orders I alwavs meekly V:" V "- -Plft ,fe?l - 1 Ak 4 Jy! Si I Jft 1 1 tlllM III IWk t V V -atSS ,,4 5' - srfc ' Vri'PI obeyed, until they were out' of sight! " VUVli V t - KT1 W Wif M&J ) P V?' " had1 maderem"ennf vislT, tt'l '-JI TSx ' 'V . - fvMwV ' jA-ftsSk. WJIp&fir jA.'' ' Tg ' ous dJveTaandfrPurcha.ed' (MnMk V " 4'Wfe?s.fei ffiW' kKSIi ' " C-&. f S ' to such an extent that If I had Imbibed it&rfm 4& V K-Sf ?WVV oVHo't coft!,dor"0th "rttta thte ' f J V make the eyes of "the night "loungers of iffl? Slh ' ll' die one way or the other. The cunning fi,re?h.,,y.f"n?l,ir WUhK my ,ace and 4 ;f yyi W X that I. sometime displayed by th? suspicions. , 'J . ''V' . " ' t 'fmy u d"' 1 proceeded the slightest detail, that nothing' in V ' - - -' Jy . on the ' collar and fastening strong one", work was too small to be over- ' V.i!1.-ife;fe-;aajr V lRMbtV ' branch of a tree under the back. I looked. U was on the thlrd night of ' "he'enminL to Ve'how manyUVho?f passed mfaeroo7 or twofonly twheM or two to return to my posfof o-Z: Thon6 mna- It haokT- hastllv Jl suddenly around and look at trie Intent- sefvatlon on the stable, only this time C - 3ftr?!f! -.rC L il .W ? A- v - - fV rJ drS n7 v L LS mi .1 Ah !f ly- I thought little or nothing of this I took up a position some distance up " rff ISZj&T Sf-. J 1 1 'r - ' - - j "d'' 5""fad, Jtndla" !a"h .jPe at the time, figuring that he probably the street. It was impossible for me 'J lllp :VN- 'v -" J-''. t '?? keeping sharp ffokoutfor the snakes took me for an acquaintance until he to leave the stable unwatched: my ' -V Vf$ J . m'S-'-.'-'-?"''---!-.r1- J7 Atf G.n thTcov o? 1m, .1 hlv got a -better look. The incident was duty wa. to remain until I was relieved ' AWKrr - !, "T - ' t- ' lV " -V:. fi . on a reel run In anv ' sufficiently unusual, however, as to In the morning by the other agent. IMVAVM " ' " ; ' 0 i i.- ' .,r iSSSEjf - rection 'o ?hat ?t v ( tho pres, the feature, of tho man on my Some time .ate, I became, aware of . WW - ; ' - ;. 7 , " V'X' tW P" t "Tad'spet d'a an'd AVour .ater X made my way to one "Tl ' haIeT XmS.'S rof-s dprt.to.r;ah,ry: rnrro0. rfor J;r&f . nrrof i kcnabrn urrr I had hardly raised the kg.ass to S ca&n?"nJ '. " ' " ' &M ' pUced meT f'ronl ofTtoUV.0 and in n,reha'raUOT ' T " - 1 -Trw,,VrperTon . . X'HADA DUm - --' gf . ht several bad-looking character, in a it with my ZTL lL lLl 'SFNSF HF iRrTVITT VrFT S L't "1;;" roft JheirT", fhthe r0m-, They droppe,J men. still keeping close to the build- OCJIOC U JlUJmriflCr X Lt r ff re.low .nu about me Mpntt o"d them, whispereu "o,neth,ngX1oUPtne thTgtmcoscTo counterfeiters, and spent day after ennon cracker, that a friend had Jok-, fit? " J maternal Instinct in a woman which others, whereupon they began grad- sense of hurrying feet of blows or ?ay watchlng various men. enter and lngly presented me with that afternoon 'X'' ' ' ualy to draw near me. with the appar- kicks raining upon my body followed .Y.tt P p" their floor was and I had kept them with the Intention ent ooject of taking their places at by pain of voices in loud -altercation where various persons in the of taking them home to the children. It f ... . "7 ) I il ill the bar for liquid refreshment, 'i of bands r Jp In. my arm. to raise me thhou,se ,wer )n the habit of emptying ba. been often said that in an extremity MMmMi kkzMiie0 ' dared not make a move to show my p . theTl rfturned my sensTs Z V? ', " adjoined the door lead- a man will attempt anything It was WTMmB SmS&lsB suspicions and waited with trepidation Tho pain was accentuated br T. 'ng to their rooms. This led me to perhaps this condition that suddenly in- for some indication of their intentions. sclSusneM Tnd I swooned I Joke up bucket "t"1 ?'P,S lTlnlL ach"ht; spired me with a plan that in my cooler fg J)S:x0t ' Tho place wa, filled with rough cus- n a ho, pit? ; cot where I remained mht I SnJhe h.ZPe that ,1 moments I would never have thought of. TZfiWS Iff M M''JSlW & ' tomers. most of them roustabouts-and a"mot two month, wfth a fractured omethln;. that would The hinges and lock on the door were . WfiW'rA,W' StXXRU ' J very carefully when they had taken and f tnSr w?o thought I was a d" " the nlght ln ""tion several of this Juncture that I lighted one of the .WXJP ' feCSklSL- tholr places. Apparently, determining tective watching them One of their my men were atationed outside, pre- cannon crackers and running hastily Into P Jsjl W.'??a f aa tesztt"? fez2 frC$--6, on a course of action, he leaned over, number, a former cigarmaker. was the Pared to shadow various members of my second .room, the transom of which JwY? WriAti t- I ' lllU PrH'- wh"VT' , and M,d: man who. In passing me. detected the the band as they left the building. ?Pnd thet. ta1rn th1 jd -below. V fL SJt, W!, "in ' Ik Say brotner! Yer smokin" mighty odor of havana. which led to my as- This plan had been followed for seme threw it Into the hall toeneath., For a irf i VTr . ' '--51 W i 7 T -s, ? r good cigars for a bum skate!" sault. The arrival of outsiders bad tim . roiiowea lor seme second or two I waited breathlessly, then 1 . -JJpi hlZ ?t,l Fear had a tight clutch on my heart Prevented then doing me further in- "? y- lad been walking there was a loud explosion. On the in- 'SsHfifm ' ' l V ist- ' as I realized that 1 wa holding a Jury. It all merely goes to show how .t i"ev Vreet to 886 that tne n,en Btant the Mi the door ceaffd and r.'Y'W freshly-lighted perfecto between my ' a small thing as a cigar nearly Zi . their posts, and upon entering I could hear -the -band retreating hastily -i-V I I 'r v'ZSyS teeth that would not have been aneexed cost me my life. tne Bouse decided to listen at the door down the steps. The next minute I had i L-TU jt ll0 - -o - ; at by a connoisseur and I had all I clj . , or l?f counterfeiters- room to see If hurled the remaining cannon crackers ' "' """"" '''"''BmnmmmamiHmmmmmmmmmgmmmamaaammiBmB couldy do to prevent Walling V he Sh.down Oounlerfe.tcrs. ll',1' Into the street belo.. where they ex- 4YYG ' nOMVZ?Z7y f?OCZJS) cU4 rS?J?Z) floor. I thought quickly and, with the " another -occasion, while my life anf glued mv e?rP to ll k nf",' P'0 loud y' f"d M'"ng OUt to TTULZJ , VG C7JV : rraPt,n f 8Ught 8Waer' Jerked rrusinTVsrct. "I ::Mr Jlad U" ? v&rSL ZSXIZZ me oban.itenXn 5 -"" K6ntUOky- f I In rder t0 PrWCCd tbe of the -d -r to pIty the dUtre,,. had made "I guess I ran smoke h.. . amusing aspects. I was working on fix in a clutch about my throat. The tracted. was Fall and the ground was cov-I on foot, when the play started. It start- her take me In ; ' - from some swefl wlUiout belnt d'irt" "ma L CQUntfelting case in which next mi nut el was grappling with my Then I went back to the door to listen. with red leaves, frost nipped your ed quietly. A Jharp crack somewhere when I was stronger T th. with mone, r.n't 7 a number of Italians were making assailant, whose superior strength was I dared not venture into the hall un- no9 and the smell of the forest acted m the forest about me, a puff of smoke, r,Cn T "tronger I learned that. With the'nth. . coins of small denomination and "shov- overcoming me. With one hand armed. Soon I heard scampering foot- as a tonic It looked mdre like a para- a stinging streak on my right cheek, arter w,lt"' ror my return for two mallclouslv i, LiL . at me , .. th , poorer sections of drew. m revolver to use as a club, steps, a sound of scuffling, a pistol shot lo for a lover of nature than a setting where a bullet had grazed its way, waru- daya. the;mcn had set forth to see "Dat", p8' . rvP' l'l?n Vrien8,"!; New York, New Jersey Ind Paterson! 7d Wrfc00.' a"d, "d several loud cries. I minute lateV or a hair-raising adventure? ed me. Then I dug my heel, into the what had happened to me, and. incl- yer a box of Z The affair had reaeht VH. V rl f?Z S a "'t the revolver tossing i recognised the voice of one of my men The re-enue department had been busy horse s sides and forced it in great leaps dentally, to make -a raid if po,,ibIe wuz bltln one "e. 8Tmoke!'- Yu Hon f rom the v.mhPr0S fl JS' I was on my feet be- and opening the door I - dashed down cleaning out the moonshinmg industry toward the road which I had left. An- Arrlvl.4 at Z rroe tht LT" de t store hVn lSaW.rr by I oZon ... fore the first member of the gang could the stairs to find the three agents in In the mountain section, of the State. We other crack followed, and a sharp thud fhT V P , , .k MJ and you mav no Ty b'ha ,cop widened which mZ f i".? ste .T.8 'ea?ed "P the .?ta?ra fur charge of the counterfeiting den and five "d a large force that had proven ex- and my horse fell to it, knee,, mort- the place . deserted; the moonshiners, b owl we d- " i u Ut VY Rd. b6tter quantities of coin were w- ,d. Zt h""6- t0 2P!k a"d .8,Ia" Ty Prisoners, and all their paraphernalia tremely active and fully capable of deal- ally wounded. I had no time to con- nav,n Earned of their approach. Then Thr'artender lye.r 'T t , After uchWOrklnth6WTrra JS!i"- IT .".k "25. thrW the hVta 11 need hardly be Ba'd that I was glad " with the moonshiners as long as we slder the animal, but leaped from Its they set out scouring, the neighborhood n,n M "t e.r n?,TCd Iri'h; men . hXi located the headouane?, ot against the Snshieh .ht -tf to see my companions, who laughed had faithful guides. My duty on this back and ran for cover as I unslung my In the hope, of finding som blew to taking In mvutl fu td.nd" the band "enemen "b".." MuN shok" th5 d0r' Wh'Ch Shk W'th at nrecrecker celebration. ZrJlVl UiS TZoT was er where my whereabouts.. This explained to me anee winked t mebrd.randsa": IVn.fVn tiJn & uy ticklish sltua- ?eath Menace on Two Sides. toen, 1, right lont ll Thawas" f thL' woiVJSuriVTf-vreh""e T,"'..boy" 5me coredn J "cou" ? o? rooms with WhlIe 1 can ,ook back, with amuse- "was almost impossible to bring a large most a cave.P intoP which I divld and wh'Ch bad permitted my escape. , wont hurt e ,f e go it lively." mRde unt everJr posslb" bit of ev" the expectation of seeing The door "t at an adventure like 'the last there b ff en neart f "n.Wne retreat waited. I rarely look back on this occasion o Chance of K.cape. dene. I. secured, so that the case may crashing" mfnutrafheunter: has always been one affair through "The r apph h" tlS Beten Deadly Bullets and leadly 7o, ,f XVVnZVTSr Taking this as a cue. I muttered wK' w, were satisfied that th. Th." ""T -"""""T"--"Sra,"r which I passed that chill, me whenever clme in ,ZT was on T my ; nL, rough' oW woman bf thrunta nt something about a man not being able money wa.'beTnS made id the 'room S escape " nUss! should indu'. I f For raMrtlc 1l11" to a point called Beargrass creek. "8S- " . tool an enemy In and admS e to take a peaceable drink and walked ln the tenement, yet we had to be a leap that would land Tme T mn of I have often thought that it would- eclipse where a .till was in full operation. I Things went on quietly. There was no unto him and restored him to life, out slowly, only to quicken my pace the fact before a broken boner ?n the stre"? five floor's the efforts of 8ome " our modern Ki'4.; UnUSUal S0Unds to how that m kl- , when I gained the street. I dived Into mJj f tCh" '1 bC J"af- A'so. it was de- below. smiths, who build plots around locomo- reTt distance invold ,l foot ThI Ing place was . disepvered. With every Tommy-Teacher, may I go out to a narrow alley-and coming out of the ber o ?ne t nn'Th V"y mf In my excitement I dived my hands in tive wrecks, automobile crashes, burning raTdtag p." s"untdX mte nerve alert, I determined to wait for n"