Pa F*4 Tv, ’S TT T T ra m o a ?. n r s , Fenderton Sloper, Hero Fenderton Roper’s l e f t ' Job,” and had. In his expansive Mr. Blatz took the tin and laid down his money, and sm iled in triendly fashion. T he store door I opened and two men cam e in. Automatics flashed from their I pockets and the muzzles covered Fenderton and Mr. Blatz. A n "H inds up!" ordered the tough­ er of the two. and Fenderton and Mr. Blatz quickly raised their hands high above th eir heads. "Shut up and keep shut up or you'll get yours and p len ty .” "I got 'em. Joe," said the other man. "G et busy.” Joe w alked around behind the counter and opened the cash reg- | ister and u ttered an oath of dis­ gust as he saw the few nickels and dimes there. He tu rn ed to Fenderton. “You don’t get aw ay w ith this, bo," he said. "W here's th e rest of the cash? Come across.” "T hat's all th ere is.” said Fen- j derton. "T h at's all Mrs. G ruber left here. She took the rest with I her.” "Cut it!" growled Joe. “W here's Fenderton lighted a cigaret and sn ap p ed the m atch »way from the cash? Come across. Talk him carelessly. . . . "All in the fast.” d ay ’s work. May. all in the day's "Mv goodness!" said Fenderton. w ork.” he said “I am telling you the tru th ." fro n t t u r blew out Just as bs way, vindicated to him self its a c -| was leaving his fath e r’s drivew ay ceptance— if he could get it. in his snappy little roadster Fen- "If I accept that job,'* he said derton said "Pshaw !" but w hat he to himself, “I'll work in and own felt was worse than that. i the dinky place, and ren t a store. He was on his way to pick up and have 6t), 100, a thousand chain pretty May Middleton and take stationery stores—” and that was her to the movies. He had a as far as he had got when May- Whole dollar in his pocket and spoke. three gallons of gas in the car’s “B ut of course I w ouldn't tell, tank, but the tire was utterly be- Fenderton,” she said. yond repair, and to get money • • • quickly for a new tire was about IN confidence it may be said that ns impossible as to buy th e moon. 1 May M iddleton did not take Fenderton's father was mad at Fenderton's talk about his detec- him and his m other had been for- tive w ork very seriously—not se- bidden to give him any money; riously at all. his father declared it was certain- She was well aw are that Fen- ly tim e that Fenderton got a job , derton was ap t to ride a very high and showed if he was good for horse at times, and that he liked anything at all. almost too well to seem im pres- W ith another "Pshaw!" Fender- sive, and particularly to im press ton got out of the car nr.d pushed | May Middleton with his im por- it to one side. He took his cane i tance. Young men who like voung from the seat—for he never w ent women especially well are ap t to fo rth w ithout that insignia of w ant to im press them, however, manly dignity—set his natty hat and May M iddleton knew th at nt the proper jau n ty angle, and Fenderton was w hat she would set forth for May M iddleton’s have called a nice bov. hu.™b?e h°JPP r n . The picture they w ere seeing at Why. Fenderton. May said the talkie th eater was only fair when she had issued from her ; to m iddling, but it was not as dull ra th e r humble door. “I thought as it might have been and Mav you were coming in your car. You Middleton was giving it her en- c a r F e n d e rto n ” I « a ^ f o r w ^ r d " g o ? u p l a n d ,M rs. G ru’?e r ' “You .''’as ^ n d y l j p s attention w as all given to • “I believe I did e x p re « th at in- w ent i h e ^ wero young m en K “ ** ugly U8' V autom atic. . ---- and the Well, and Joe's com panion, w ith his gun tention. Fenderton said in his ¡and w ore sw eaters instead of m avbe haughtiest m anner, "but I pre- coats, and they had probablv seen mu’ h " We don't could pay so pointed at Mr. Blatz. was scowling at Fenderton. Mr. Blatz, w ith his sumed you would rath e r have me the last half of the picture and get here on tim e than to w aste : ^ c a ^ V ^ R a T i n Fen- F e X t o n « k e d ~ r a tio n r ” 7 , ? ^ T m° ve’ He his unf» wife, upstairs a lot of tim e changing a tire, and derton ’—- • tie knew th a at t hi« got - up also, and • • leaned - renclcrlon asked. •Remuneration? You mean how across the street, alw ays w atched not get here on tim e.” over confidentially. • • « long you work, m aybe?” I him until he was safely home "M ay.” he w hispered, “keep my Don't look around ..£ a y ” F«nder,on ex- afraid that some car he could not ‘‘ W ’HY. of course, Fenderton," hat and cane. May. into . P’^ l t d X ™ s a l f ' ^ f ? he ’ — said n I.3 5 T — ,, falling ! 1! m 7 — » * « step » _ « ¡w hen I go out. I 'l l " b e “ w ith him. "Did you have a blow- Those two fellows—I w ant a look week we m v e ie h t doll irs O n l v over Vbn ■ • i rCCt- He colaId see- cut9« at them .” v ee k u e pay eight dollars. Only over the window screen, th a t she “I should think you would pre- Fenderton w ent up the aisle " ^ r f i ' t a k e ^ d o ’H rs ” s iid l i n e e r his sum e th a t I did have a blow-out and out into the lobby and to the Fenderton ° • .? > i uisy form ing letters -when I talk about changing tires, street. The tw o young men in • im n i , o f ..tb ® deaf- an d -d u m b alphabet. Miss sw eaters ere alreadv on give t h e ' | vou - ¿-hile ,„nh ' UP P ^ °Iice- i 1 T C' j l C S pe ''^ ' sw ered. Middleton,” Fenderton an - street but w Fenderton did not J . . t ¡ j ' ■ 1 , - 7 t t lephon'? •'1" d spelled “Well, you needn’t be ?o cross about it, Fenderton.” said May in h e r usual cheerful wav. Thus mollified. Fenderton eon- descended to converse in a more friendly m anner, and his self- esteem was quite restored by the tim e they reached Main Street. H ere, on a door beside a butcher’s shop, the lettering "R obert Con- n erty. P r i v a t e Investigator.” caught Fenderton's eye, rem ind­ ing him that he had a somewhat one-sided arrangem ent w ith that ° ? ' detective. "W ait a m inute here. May.” h? said. “I've got to run up and see th e Big Noise a m inute Report you know ” them so much as a glance. He turned in the opposite direction and hurried to the little stationery k. B d * * -7— «i£*n store. T The co o y v W a d n iu te ra sign was still in the window and Fen derton yvent into the little shop. o r o u r d s o m n r h ^ ik ^ n inti i-°? Hertnn again w ^ d e Fen- l nd‘"„n ' t , h‘ l' l' erl ld, VV' n . ' . ked' to convir’ee «J d° " 1 ° W° S te!‘,ng the ,ru ,h last husband he In . the window • » so . has my --------------- ° got ' ' ' 1 about ----- .. v rm u u w slck and , >°ng: ,o • g0 by {he — poun_ ncross * the (he money. s(rcpt Mr<, R]atz i r y 'j-m a' ^ e " >'n . he . f 0" 105 b ac" r s message and ran to he don’t w ant no boy.” the telephone, I T h at suited Fenderton well "Listen, bo.' snarled Joe, I^EH LxD t.ie counter was a enough. "W hen do you w ant me “you've got one more chance, see? woman alm ost too fat for the to sta rt to w ork?" he asked, and W here’s the cash?” narrow space between it and the it w as arranged th at he begin the “ But I'm telling you th at there shelves on the wall. She was next m orning, and he hurried isn't any m ore here,” said F en­ w aiting on a small boy who w an t-( back to the theater. derton. “I'd —” ed a five-cent tablet of school pa- j "Did you sleuth them , F ender- A police ca r sw ung to the curb per and he w as having trouble ton?” May asked in a whisper, and two burly policemen leaped in deciding between two or three Did you detect them ?” 1 from it. T heir autom atics w ere kinds, “Sh!” Fenderton shushed. “Keep in th eir hands and they threw » rSt nJin u te - •” ’ he it d ark can't you? This is a big open the door. Joe and his com- ®vd t0. F.ende5‘o n : and t0 !he ,cT a “ ’ Ma-V~ a m ighty big case panions gave one look an d th e ir y o u jvnoyy. # . , ‘You take th is one, yes? Nice U nder-cover stuff. I w on't be see- hands yvent up and th eir guns fell 1 picture on it: plenty p aper in it.” , ing you much for a couple of to the floor. clock the next eve- F enderton was able to . „ . - . . . - -------- , ----- Middleton, but she came derton entered she asked. the crooks off the track, see?” ,o u t to m eet him as soon as she “Listen, bo,” he said roughly. “You’ve got a sign in th e w in- “Why, of course, F e n d e rto n ,", heard his w histle, and she had ‘I m a busy man, see? I can’t dow,” Fendbrton said. “You w ant said May. although w hat she saw , read the news in the evening pa- have all you dum b bunnies but- a boy'” ’ was th a t Fenderton had probably per. The paragraph said: VO,’, vn KOn4 me 311 1 nOla ’ he said, eyeing F ender- found another job th a t was so “Joseph G ulkin and Richard you w hat you could d o - y o u find (on w jth su ise. , do >'ou see? 1 guess ? rubei’ l sta t;°.nery store, and he G ru b er stationery store, 857 Main until vou do see’ ” said the de -vou can u nderstand th a t 1 f°und th a t his duties w ere such Street. C redit for th eir capture tective and Dut his feet on th e w ouldn’t take it if it w asn't for th at he could casi!V handle them ; is given to F ennerton Rober, who desk ¡gain and closed his eves circum stances.” Before he left, Mr. G ru b er had kept the two men in conversation “W hat did he sav. Fenderton?” “Succum stances?” s a i d t h e fo /h lX ife V h ¡ h v ' th ,c arriv al of ° fflccrs M ur- asked May -when Fenderton was woman. “You got su c c u m -'. i _ i , Y'.fe ? benefit, and [ phy and H argraves m police car yvhen he needed to know anything No. 45.” at her side again “Was your re- stances?” Mrs. G ru b er was there to be i port all right? “Reasons,1 “You’ll have to excuse me from ton, m ustering hfs patience. m o sV needed’ t ^ t a k e care n i thn M^v W d d l ^ 11” ex5,aim ed « m e " gFcrdertona to?d her ° h’ reasons!” said the woman, H , nJuv 7 nodding h er head. "You got rea- is a pretty big affair I rn working sons you w ant a job. P lendy peo- or ju st now. and the least said p,es got reasons they w ants jobs d w " m in ‘ shop w hen Mrs. G ru b er m ade a h urried trip to her flat u p rtairs, w here she had th ree sm all chil- dren. T.nr. n n n . n n r r n \ Student Player Receives Injury bv Ellis P a rk e r H uiler W 'H E N T* TT 1 his arm and feU kffo^step0 whh him . “you w ere in E r n e s t y v e r X you?” " «1 don’t know w h it vmi m m n S T “ som ething got out just w hen we tom er who en tered th e sto re/ H c except chapge ¡or a d o n ?r out of I "O f V ! 7 Cady t o ,snaP the ? d m r‘? ce.~ was an elderly m an and he came the cash register and put it in a —well course not, Fenderton. But w ell—you ere d you e t e c t i n m g d , ’ e on a coup c of crooks that lo the counter w ....v.y. here F enderton sm all canvas and pui put m the bag . w eren’t you’ w And And Vo...«;. bag onu e uag w eren’t you? you did did cap- TTP „ , m . stood- re ” those ' holdup " P stood. He He smiIed sm iled a a t t the the sh°P shop- - in in th th e e bosom bosom of of her her dress. dress. J tu tu re men, didn't J E paused an instant then, but keeper but he said not a word. “I don’t be so long,” she told you?” only an instant. His attention Mrs. G ruber tu rn ed and opened Fenderton. "Oh had been caught by^a card stand- the w all case behind h er and took • • • loftily.' th at!” „ said Fenderton T h at’s all in the d ay ’s ing in the corner of a small sta- down _________________________ a tin of Golden Glow sm ok- 4 lP ! G H T aw ay down I come as work of a d e te c tiv e ” n . tobacco. W ithout a w ord the i A«. quick as - - t I could. You -------- Mgy tionery and cigar shop. This sign i ¡ng get I ,,yeg> j knQW „ roughly scrawled on the bottom j m an laid 15 cents on th e counter, along all right, I guess, yes?” !»ardb° ard b0X Sald' and took his tin of tobacc° a n d i T he sun w as shining in brightly dleton. “But I do think it was aw fully sm art of you. Fenderton. . y ‘ w ent out. over th e wooden screen th at Why, Fenderton, you’re a hero.” Fenderton was far from being a • • • ; backed the show window and Fenderton lighted a cigaret and m ere boy. A man who has been said Mrs. G ruber. F enderton leaned back against the snapped the m atch aw ay from to college—-and Fenderton had “And deef, poor feller. Mr J shelf behind the counter, and the him carelessly. been kicked out of three colleges ; Blatz, from across th e stree t up- door opened and Mr. Blatz came “All in the d ay ’s work. May; 7Ta . j carries a cane, should stairs. Effery day he comes by in. He cam e to th e counter and all in the d ay ’s w ork,” he said. be justified in considering himself the store and a tin of Golden pointed at th e tins of Golden “And am I sore?” a m an, but with his father in the Glow buys. Som etim es a paper, Glow in the w all-case and held “Sore?” asked May. "W hat are mood that he was, money was yes, or a m agazine not so often, up one finger. you sore about?” very scarce with Fenderton. Ain’t it a sham e?” “Yes, sir,” said Fenderton brisk- They spelled my nam e w rong,” Jn the instant that he hesitated “Yes,” said Fenderton. “And ly. “O ne Golden Glow, 15 cents,” said Fenderton, b ut he laughed. in his words to May Middleton about the job, now_” I although Mr. Blatz could not hear “But th a t’s life,” he said; “th a t’s F enderton had thought “T here’s a I “I don’t know hardly,1 s a id , him, being deaf an d dum b, and life.” illy Mis. Jo h n Kanina) Hl OOMING Flmei G urskc. who is attending W alter Mavs baseball school for the th ird season, who kmicked unconscious for som etim e Friday as he was cuts'll l i t tz a fly hall that ted Inin unexpectedly into the fence S ister Passes Word has been rc c d v e .l h ere of the dentil of Mi G u ld cn /o p t She was a sister of Mis l.iebenow and H enry Seheuernian Ml and Mrs Ernest llre lje anti Mr and Mrs | oonard M uhly r e ­ tu rn ed T hursday evening from a four-day trip to O regon f a v e s and C rater I-ake The R udolph M eyer C h erry p ick ­ ing crew w ere given an ice cream treat Tuesday evening Q uite a n u m b er from h e re w ent to S herw ood Sunday t o the annual mission festival O eeupirs P ulpit Rev W endhng of Forest G rove w ill conduct the church service S u n ­ day m the absence of Rev H inrichs Services will start al 9 30 instead of 10. th e usual tim e G len W erre yy as able to he brought hom e Sunday a fte r a w eek's slay at Sm ith hospital w ith an infected kneee. Mr. and Mrs Jo h n Jepsnn and Ju n io r left W ednesday for a yveek's stay at W aldport Je a n Jepson is spending six w eeks a! N ewport Hits Two Home Kuos T he Bloom ing softball team won a n ine-inning gam e with a score of 7 to a from the C annery team F ri­ day night It proved to be one of the most in terestin g gam es of the season F red M uhly m ade tw o hom e runs, one of them in th e ninth inning, w inning the gam e for ttie hom e team Miss A nne M eyer is spending two yveeks' vacation a t the hom e of her parents, the G eorge Meyers L adies' Aid w ill he held at the hom e of Mrs. H enry S chulenberg T hursday. T he first grain cu ttin g of the sea­ son began h ere S atu rd ay E. Carter Enlists in LT. S. Army (By Mrs. John Haasr) FIR D A LE-IO W A H it.I.— E dw ard C arter has joined th e U. S. arm y and leaves for San F rancisco by train this w eek, and w ill sail for the Ha­ w aiian Islands in the n ear future He yvill be gone tw o years and three m onths. A nthony Unger, w ho is em ployed at B ellingham . Wash . spent the w eek-end at his hom e here. Mr. and Mrs Jo h n S heets and fam ily retu rn ed from The Dalles last W ednesday w h ere they had been picking apricots an d cherries. T h eir daughter. B ernetta Sheets, spent F ri­ day and S atu rd ay in P ortland v isit­ ing M argery C hurch. Hazel C a rte r of F ird ale visited her b ro th er and w ife m P ortland last week On W ednesday and T hursday she visited Mrs E dna G razer and family, yyho form erly lived in F ir- dale. They all atten d ed the disabled veterans' picnic a t Jan tzen Beach T hursday. Mrs. Sam G erig and d au g h ter M ildred a re visiting relativ es in Salem this week. M aurice W aibel is em ployed at a logging cam p on the o th er side of F orest Grove. Roy C arter re tu rn e d to w ork last w eek on the P. S D redge M ichie at Coos Bay a fter a m onth s vacation. S everal farm ers in the com m unity sta rte d to cut th eir w heat this week Approval Given for Shady Brook Lines Hillsboro office of PEP company this week received approval of the Shady Brook line extension, which will bring light and power to 32 additional customers. R. R. Easter, division m a n a g e r, a n ­ nounced. The company will place 150 poles, and string 20 miles of steel core, aluminum wire. The steel core w ire is used to reduce the cost of lines by allowing an in ­ crease in the span between poles from 330 feet to 500 feet. J ( C o n v r li r h r . 1930. b y E v e r y t V e . k Funeral Held for Victim of Tetanus F uneral services were held Friday afternoon from the Donelson & Sew- p 1T £ d X i J 1ftiS«O7 )’ ^ rSr.O liue P. Pritchard. 64, wife of John Pritch- ard of North Plains. Mrs. P ritchard died last Wednesday in the Portland samtarium following an attack of lockjaw. Commitment was at the Portland crematorium . 1 She is survived by the widower; three sons. 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The n lunation beeomes effvetivt* A pplication for a 20-year fra n ­ August I Zum w alt bus not an chise w.e. presented the council at nouncvtl Ins plans for tin* future the Ju n e m eeting a n d rejected when the vote to accept th e frail Say you saw It In the Ar C He is reported as being a d ark horse in the fed- 126 S. 3rd Ave. Of cool water drawn in a dripping bucket from the old-fashioned well on hot summer days— T im e is O fte n a G reat F a c to r in th e D rug B u sin ess More picturesque, perhaps, than the present day faucet with a constant supply of fresh water, hut not nearly so sanitary or convenient. 1 he value of water a lw a y s available for all purposes cannot he over-estimated. This is the service rendered bv Speed in fillin g of a p rescrip tio n o ften i s vitally im p o rtan t — a life may d epend upon g e ttin g t it e proper m edicine in tim e. Rely on the Palm for prom pt service. R e g iste r e d P h a r m a c ists on D u ty at a ll T im es. 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