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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1905)
NOTARY PUBLIC AND U. S. COMMISSIONER Toilers of the Columbia By PAUL DB LAN BY THither el "Lor ef the'Danert," "Oregon Sketches," mini 'Other Paeltle Coast Stories m& ift flfe dfe BHintf mkmeMt iMWB ffwSOXd Bs3Ett&S CHAPIKft V. Itfngwold and Sankala. "How did you make it at school to MADRAS' OREGON HotelShanifco JAME8 McllARGUE, Prop. Only One Price Hirst-Class Meals & Beds All White Help Shaniko Oregon Eastern Oregon Banking. Co.. 8HANIK0, OREGON1 St, J28.0O0 Depa.lt., $280,000 AH P-rt,thmWa,,a Iwi&dW . A. Moore, F. T. t",ra . Hammond, J, II. Coo Qotothe kfy Allen Feed Yard BATTENTinM "mxjiyejn STUCK lMi4,,Hi the Diamond Mill. Av mv ch 7" , "Juet fine, except that Hazol Seado YtM more rude than ever. My father, I am kind to Hazel. I do not antago nise her intentionally, and yet nho seems to dispise me. She flaunts tho fact in my faco that her fattier owns many Ashtrays and has a cannery and that they aro rich, while my fatuor is a common flflherman, la old and poor and lives in a cabin, and thoy live in n big house with glass windows, and have a nlnnn. w . . li t- T Tat 11 or, Jt uon'( caie ior hub. j am liappy with you. I don't envy Hazel, and why should sho dlsplse me anove alt others?" "My child, there is an intuition sometimes that tellfl ue more than we know. There is often a guilty con- Mlnnce thnt is handed down to posterity and while the posterity knows not what It is, it feels it keenly. In tin case between you and Hazel her intu If inn tnllnher that something iswrona that youi existence is dangerous to her welfaroand yot sue does not Know Tf vnn knmv the facts, child. you would understand, you would un derstand!" 'Toll mo, father. Why does Hazel fee) this way toward me." ,fI will not toll you all now, but I m toll von much. I havo a long time contemplated tolling you about vnnriMlf. hat vou aro rot voune too young to grasp tho meaning of th thintrs of a wicked world. Bnt vou aro old cnoueh now to know who you are, who I am and what tho future may bo to you." "Wliv. father. I know who I am I am Haukala. vou are Father Iting wold and mv future shall be devoted in mv dcar'fathcr. You know you aro aattlnir ton old to null tho boat, father and thov eiiv it does not look so well for clris to minglo with the fishermen hut I filial! heln you at tho oars and nets until I have complotcd my oduca tlnn and then I will tcacll school or Keep books or do romothing that girls should be rospected for doing and tako ram nf mv dear old father. ' Thore was a long pauw. J.ho griz tied old man: sat in one corner of tho rafiin craeintr into an onen firoolaco fed bv nieces of dritfwood cf various eizen and Ittncth. These had been oathered from tho beach bv tho stlrl upon her arrival from ficllOol. Aa tho child busied horsolf with thn dishes and light housekeeping the old man- eat deeply absorbed. Ho was of tho Dflflt. An inky dark ness pre-vailed outside. A stiff wind hurled heeta of mist upon tho roof which fell from the caves in heavy drnna. A a tho wind arose and whistled amnnd the corners of the cabin tho old man startled as if awakened from terrible exnorlences of the past ft. wan n small structure nestling in tli tall timbers near the beach, scant llv furnished. A few cooking utensils ob the open fireplace were used for pro narfna tho meals. A larjco bed and t small couch furnished the eleoping auartera in tho same room. Though tiio place was much crowded, every thing was kept as neat as a pin. Tho man was nearinc his four score and ten. Tho girl waB a few days riant, nflnpn. 8ha bore a refined air in anttn nf hnr Hiirroundinns. Her cloth ing was of the cheapest kind, yet it was clean. Her garments' were not made in the latest style, still they were nut. Ifnr hands and feet were small thnncrh the former showed the marks of toll. Her eyes were older than tttrtOA nf mnat ciila of fifteen, but thoy VWKTV wa v ft ' ' - worn no 1a bflantifUl. TlieV IOOK0U deen into things with an intelligence and InnnrnnCA that commanded rc "Yes, Sankala, I told you I would toll vnn aomo hut not all. Tho Soadogs An not Ilka ua. Tliey do not know uiiv hut thorn la an intuition that nil thnm wo are danuerous to their walfara. Those letters you have from the nostofllce nil Wl VHgMV aw w a thou a voam arn hrinslmr to a COnstim mation the plans which have so long unnntod mv tlmo. It llBS been Inno and trill I ml H dutv but it shall be performed ere the last spark shall leavo me. 'Sankala, you have been 'told the story of the shipwreck by the old women time and again. I have seldom BDoken of it. It is a link in the story nf vnnr lifa that la of the greatest im . nnr(inin tn vnn. . . I am the only person living that knows, you. I am the only person llvlncr that knows the facts which Bha iiA iiov mokn vou free from poverty. Whleh shall enable you to live the life that vnn riooarvA win enable you IU J " M.WW-I - W rnmnlata vour education and to out shine Hasel Beadog and all of the Thv are sailine nnder false k1nmu Hnnlaltt. tliBV arfl BaillnK UU der false plumes. They are wearing tkat which of right belongs to others. "Sankala. I have always passed as wjviim fotlmr T lnva vou hatter than a father ever loved his child, The idea prevails among the fisherman that only your motuer was arownea ann um your aged father, w-ho had taken a vonB wife at the ave of three score and tea had clutched you in my ans at tke last mowwjt ad that faU kad east us ashnro. "Wo wore cast ashore together, it is tlUO. VOU a flvn.wootra nld halm in rrtv arms, but your mother and father both wont down to a watery uravo." ri... -.t. it u.i. "ui uu uio tuy lauier now, uiuu in fiankiiln. "t lnvn vnn ni mv fnthnr and shall always lovo you as such.' JL'liat is true, mv child, that is true, but your real father is dead. It 1b this liat places ft hcavv responsibility upon you and rno. Your father was much wronged and it is left to you and me to right the wrong. Should I continue to live, Sitnkalu, I will right tho wrong, but should I die tho duty falls upon you. You are young, L Know, hilt vnn nlrnnflv tmaaiiaa a wnnmn'a ln tdllconco and with thn data before you, you will bo ablo to complete tho plans which i ltnvo inaucurntcd. buouio tne worst come. I am failing rapidly, Bnnkalfl. I am fallincr ranidlr." ''But vou will Hvn. father, vou will ivo." sobbed tho crirl. t m m t . . . K' .a 11 "i intend to, my child, but snouiu fail you must finish the work. Un uer tho hearth there is concealed a small box, It is a small metal affair, but contains much of interest to you It contains evidence. Sankala, that shall somo day make you tho queen of the flehinir villauo. It will do more Haulcala, it will enable you to travel and to seo tho creat world. "I shall never forget your mother's dying request. It was on that fearful nislit iust fifteen years aco when me old ship inado such a gallant fight on tho bar and finally wont atrround on Sand Inland. "Your fnthnr wnn assiatincr the sail oro and had been swept from tho deck. You were horn aboard the snip auer .... . . . . Haf wo had Jolt ho old country, xne shin's eurceon had given a certificate of vour birth. Your mcther knew how imnortant that ccrtirJcate was, aan- Icnla. and when nil wore lost but the captain and you and I; sho came to me and threw you into my armB. Sho had imbedded tho certificate ol your Dirm n wax and thrust this deep into tho nnlda nocket of mv vest. She Said, cnilincr mo hv mv risht name: ".p. -. " 'I have a presentiment, xou win Hvn and riwna tho child. I will be lost. Upon tho very evo of reaching the place wo eo long sought, my poor ixKdi&nd went down in stent ol ma own wealth. I must surely follow. Take her, my dear friend, take the child and soe that sho gets what belongs to her. In thn namo ol Ulm who Win rowara . t 1. 11 A. von. I hoc? von to Do Dravo ana uo inai fir which vou are now intended.' "In a fow minutes all was lost God spared me the sight of sooing your mnthnr rrn. I lashed mvsolf to a spar, clutched you in my arms with the grip on. nf dcntli and became unconscious, tho eea cut the remaining timbers from tho vessel." CHAPTER VI. Disturbed Peace oi tho Seadogs. "T do not know why it is. husband, but our Hazel, young as sho 1b, is wor rvlnir a meat deal. That girl. Sankala, dintnrhfl hor neaco of mind. Sho does not likelier. The poor clrl is kind to our Harcd and all of that but our child scemB to have a moat natural antipathy fnr hor. "Sankala is tho inoBt popular girl at school. The teachers lovo nor, me rdrla run after her and tho boys wor ship her. Thoy look upon her aa some superior being nro yet suo is oniy nnnr littlo waif that you remember was caehashoro hero many years ago. "Old Rinewold, hor fathor, is arinK- intr mnrn and moro whenover he can cot It, and the child, poor thing, much as aB sho disturbes our Hazel, eeems more devoted to tho old man overy Irt V "ft would bo bettor for hor if ho ui.nnld die. but then it would almost kill hor, for tho poor thing worBmps iw. nld f nllow. Hut It would oo naa fnr thn vIIIhpo if Rincwold Bhould dio Thero would bo no ono to fill tho diffi cult prescriptions at tho drug store ana I do not know what poor Gosnell would WtinMt him. t UU ... . "Do you know, lniBband, spoke the woman moro cautiously, "I do not like ti.nt trl Rnnkala. Sho is all kindness Imt I do not liko the UUU uravin-ci " - --- . .n.l Hnr name aisturos mo anu. whon I soo hor a poculiar feeling comes .,r m whlnh I cannot explain. I do nn viah thn rirl had luck, but I do wish that something would take hor At. 1 1 1 ii Imrn T mil1 away irom mo vn'"B , , T( ann hr nnd where sue wouiu nut. Thus spoko Mts.Jfiailone-wilfl..0. M ixsxm, tlio ruling powur u great flflherioa on tho north side of tho Columbia rlvor near hh mourn. 'I do not liko tho kid olthor, wife," ..1.1 i,nil nld onidtallBt. who ll&d made his wealth in various ways. He had pulled oars through tho storm-driv TTa hml anld frnndfl over the on wnvca. . .... r conntors ol his groat Btore at enormous profit. He had dispensed wnissy over Mo io that was paid to have been of his own make and was warranted to nAnia In nn nWra to the nuart s he had thrown Chinamen from his cannery in i. ii... Kunonan t.hnv did not earn n iimm thnir wacoa: ho had robbed i.n flnh trnna o! his neighbors, stolen which constituted tho foundation of bis fnritinn f finiirli antna mil mnand 4h mvm waaw tHiyugU RWJV iVUI ulvto.M details of which were shroudeu In mS- io ry. "No. I do not like tho kid. cither.' ho conilntind. "And rrmfli intin do I liko tho old bunch of my story who is Known as her father. 'Do you know that whon I learned that thoy had drifted ashore from that vessel, 1m more than ban dead and she but littlo more than spawn, I felt an noyed bv it. In finite cf the fact that thore could bo no harm in them I would rather that all on board should have been lost at the time. And it is rnmnrkflhln that, thn nldont and vniintr- ... . - .w C. est should have survived the very onos that under tbo laws of nature snouiu havo been lost. Tho weakest aro ac counted lost on such occasions under tho law. yet that old duck and the vouna minnow hrokn tho record. "I don't liko to think of those times, and yot I do. My trial for boarding that wreck gavo mo a cloeo call. In spite of tbo fact that it was shown that I did not attemnt to carry away any of tho valuables, and I made tho plea that tho bova and I were onlv trvine to save life, thero was a atronc suspicion that wo had some wicked motive in board- ins tho wreck and tho iury hung out on tho case until tbincrs looked shaky "Thon it linn ita nlna.HA.nt aide. TJp X" " ' A on that wreck I found the evidence that nut mv mind to rest forever on ono nnint that In. ifithnuld have done BO I found the evidence of the death of tbo only person living who could disturb mo here. Ho went to tho bottom of the sea. I know he was on the vessel beyond all reasonable doubt and when I found his namo on the ship's register .a aa .a . . a tnen all questions were settiea. "When I lound a woman's name on the resistor identical with that of his own I did not understand. But upon investigation I found that ho was mar ried a year before sailing and this cleared all matters on this point. She wont to the bottom of the sea with him. "I first had fears that this 8ankala might have been of their isuo, but I find from tho ship's register that ono Rincrwold and his wifo and child were aboard and sinco old Rincwold claims hor that set all doubts stialgbt on this Tntnf "Ringwold was -very old at the time, hnt he annears to have had a vonnzer wife. Besides tho old fellow Is ban crazy and doeB not Know what he is do ins? half the time. . "But if this Sankala should have been tbo child of the son of my only brother, she could never prove it. All records not in my possession are do stroyed. But, still I am like you. I do not like either the old man or his daughter. Sho gives mo that same feel ing of uneasiness or rather unpleas antness and he, well, he reminds me of a rival of tho olden time. "That rival was about his height, but ho wob slender and stood high in life. He was even a druggist to the czar. But I, a mere commoner, won out over him and it cost me my coun try. I bad to escape by flight and come to America. He Bwore vengeance on mo and I ehould tremble in my fihoea-were I sure he is living today. "This Iungold has eyes like the lei- lnTC and I do not like him for this rcas But he as a different kind of man. Z. F. MOODY GENERAL COMMISSION and FORWARDING MERCHANT Largo and Commodious Warehouse. Consignments Solicltodr Prompt attention paid to those who favor mo wltii their patronago. SHANIKO, OREGON HALL'S SAFES SOLD ONLY BY THE Norris Safe and Look Co. Arnt frtr tfi Ve',(ic rnst. Tfie onlv firm that can sell a Safe under Hall'. Brand. Exclusive sale for the only MANGANESE BANK SAFE; Agents for the OLIVER TYPEWRITERS. 84 Third Street, 1332-4 Second Ave., Seattle, Wash. 412 Pine St, San Francisco, Cal. 114 Washington St., Spokane, Wash. Portland, Ore. If you want the best there-is you will call for WHITE RIVER FLOUR orders direct to headquarters' Aa i vlit aiia .ajua v va vvu'i a j j - . and it will bo filled from our nearest agency. Wasco Warehouse Milling Co. in all kinds oi hay and grain, seed, flour, bran, shorts Dealers wool, etc. THE DALLES, OREGON EASTWOOD & DEE AW MILL Carries a full line of rough and dressed lumber, shingles, etc. on Willow Creek or write to us for prices at Call at mill GRIZZLY Oregon: CENTRAL OREGON BANKING & TRUST COMPANY; ( INCORPORATED. ) Capital Stock $25,000. General banking and trust business. Saving and business accounts solicited. W. G. Guerin, Jr., president; A. L. Goodwilhe, vice president; F. O. Minor, cashier. He was quick motioned, had a springy atcn. wore no beard and kept his bair ont. nhnrt. "But Ringwod is like him in another characteristic, though a mere imitator. While Ringwold is considerdeane BEND, OREGON. For tho best quality of L FIRV POTTPtH TJJMRHR. FLOORING. BlUUniU HU UIWIV I JUT J. X Jh - -j : I prescriptionistforthis fishing : village p T TQ,-. nrf FTMTSHTNa MATERIAL my rival was me Desi cnemiar. oi an ..wws jl o.w i-.w - the Russians. The cazr prized him nhnvn all others. No other could fill a prescription for his family. His. post t on was that el royalty." "What rivalry existed between you and this man, my husband 7" inquired thn interested wife. "Oh. it is a lone stdry, my dear. There was not a woman in it. There i7oH woman's curiosity, cut, never r . . ., mind. I will tell you tne story anomei f Im. "Rut thin finnkala and the old fel low! He Ib getting old and cannot loBt much longer. When ho is dead the . - ...a lit A I t girl will have noiuing to Keep ucr j hero. Sho pan do us no harm; out rlayCfeeK still. I would liko to soe them away. They seem to bo-a menace to tne peace of the Beadog tamiiy." Of All Kinds, Goto THE DERHAM SAW Situated on Foley Creek. 12 miles- east of Hay creek Store. Good roads and accommodations; t,ia tlfi.OO n(r thousand feet- 1WUKII UUIUUUI) OUT OI1.U ' - X - 1x4, first-class flooring, any length 20.00 " 1x6, first-class fioorinp, any length 2o.00 Finishing lumoer irom f zo.iai per inousanu auu up. For Further Particulars Address CHARLES DERHAM, Proprietor Oregon E. H. SMITH (Tote continued) Nothintr White There. Albert tho younff man of the ram ily, was undeniably ill. Tho doctor was sent for. He pronounced It a case of jaundice, as Indeed tho parents had suspected, from the patient' yeuow tch nnninrnnPO. Albert's little sister was explaining. trv a rnller. TTft'a rot tho Taller landers." she nld. "The doctor says so." "But how could tho doctor telL Bos- i.i rO" asked tho caller. "TCnRv cnoueh." replied Bessie. Anvhort eould tell it by Jes loolcln' Into the the yelks of his eye." Tho liosser of Two Erlla. Nervous Passenger (as the train ttops) I say. conductor, are those two moq tnWIne a RtrflW vote? rviniliictor No: thev are takinir up a mllwilnn. Train robbrrt. you know. Nervous Passencer On, then It Isn't' as bad as i suspected. Dealer In and Manufacturer ot HARNESS AND SADDLES Bridles. Quirts, Silver-Mounted Spurs and Bits Goat Chaparejos, Etc. REPAIRING NEATLY DONE Prineville Oregon CULVER HOTEL AND FEED BARN ?ERUY READ, Manager. Good Meals Clean Beds New Buildings GRAIN AND HAY QF ALL KINDS FOR SALE PRICES REASONABLE - CULVER OREGON A, M. WILLIAMS & CO. DEALERS IN All Bets Off. Miss Lakeilds (of Cleveland) -You A tl- . . . Till 1 - can Just ut your owei iu mm i u u ...nrimr an Anir&cemant rln before ths ond of the season. . rr n J YiAi Ml" Browning (of Boston) Excuse L7rV VJUUUb V-4lULimig me. but X do not cars 10 wager my . . yt chariue vitality. How He Got It. tlio nan trupa i V b , 7 "i " Biuks Quoer that Charley Monter tholr property rlghta by night, and was could lnj 8Uch an RUtomoWi, face, oharged with having eont gillnottors to H neyer drlves bU machin, over elgbi the bottom of tho iivor. Upon all of me8 nn i,0UPi this, old Beadog had built up an im- Jinks I know, but he got It when his nienee fortuno, but It was wuisperea ur8t month's uiu ror tne ropaira came in. :uB,w he had eowe to the wealth I Cincinnati uominercui xnuune. Mohter Furnishing Goods BOOTS AND SHOES HATS AND CAPS THE DALLES OREGON j. l. Mcculloch DEALER IN Real Estate & Insurance ABSTRACTER & EXAMINER OF TITLES Prineville Or J. W. BQGMe Fof'First Class Haptiess and Stock Saddles Repairing Quickly and Neatly Done PRINEVILLE OREGON H. HERBRLNG Importer and Dealer In Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, ETC THE DALLES' OKEGOK.