v- ME DAILX COOS KAY TIMrtS, MARSIIFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 10071 r The Maft&ger Of the B. A. By VAUGHAN Copyright. 1001, by CHAPTER I. OAKLEY was nlono In tho bare general olllcos of the Huckle berry line, na tho Buckhorn and Antloch railroad wbb commonly called by tho public, which It betrayed In the matter of meal?; and connections. Uo was lolling lazily over bis desk with a copy of the local pa per before him and the stem of a dis reputable cob pipe between his tooth. The business of the day was done, and the noise and hurry attending doing had given way to a sudden hush Other sounds than those that had filled the ear since morning grew out of the titlllncss. Big drops of rain driven by the wind splashed softly against the unpalnted pluo door which led Into the yards or fell with a gay patter on tho corrugated tin roof overhead. No. 7, due at G:40, had Just pulled out with twenty minutes to inake up, between Ant lock, simd Harrison, the western terminus "of the line. The 0 o'clock whistle had blown, and the men from the car shops, a dingy, ono story build ing thut joined the general juices on tho east, Wort straggling on" home. Across the tracks at tho ugly little de pot tho ticket agent and .telegraph op erator had locked up and hurried away under one umbrella the moment No. 7 was clear of the platform. From the yards every one was gone but Milton McCllntock, tbo'mnster mechanic, nud Dutch Pete, the yard boss. Protected by dripping yellow oilskins, they were busy repairing a wheezy switch engine that had been Incontinently backed In to a siding and the caboose of a freight. Oakley was' waiting the return of Clarence, tho ofllco boy, whom he had sent uptown to the postolllce. Having rend the two columns of-local and per- sounl gossip arranged under the header ing "People You Know," he swept up newspaper into ,tue wasteoasuer anu pushed back blstchalr. The wluddw nearest his desk overlooked the yards nhd a long line of shabby day coaches qfud bnttered freight cars on one of the sidings. They were there to bo rebuilt or repaired. t This meant a new lease of life to the shops, which had never proved profitable. . Oakley had been with the Huckle berry two months. Tho first Intimation the office force received thut the new man' Whom they had been expecting for over a week had arrived in Antloch; and Ws prepared to take hold was wlieu he walked Into the office oid oulotly Introduced himself to Kerffciad Holt. Former general managers h;d arrived by special after much prelimi nary wiring. Tho manner of their go ing had been less spectacular. They one and all failed, and General Cor plsh cut short tho days of their pride find display. Naturally the office had been the least bit skeptical concerning Oakley and his capabilities, but within a weekl jiected with the road. The trains be gan to regard their schedules, and the slackness und unthrlft In tho yards gave placo to an ordered prosperity. Without any npparent effort he found jivork for the shops, a few extra men even were taken on, and there was no jblnt as yet of half time for the sum mer months. He was a broad shouldered, long Jim bed, energetic young fellow, with 'frank blue eyes that looked ono square ly In the face. Men liked him because ho was straightforward, alert and nble, .with an Indefinite personal charm that lifted him out of the ordinary. These were the qualities Cornish had recog- ' nlzed when he put him In control of his interests nt Antloch, nnd Oakley, who Jenjoycd hard work, had earned his sal- ' ary several times over and was really i Ho put down his pipe, which was smoked out, and glanced at tho clock. "What's" the matter with that boy?" he .muttered. The matter was that Clarence had .'concluded to take a brief vacation. 'After leaving tho postoflico he skirted 'a vacant lot and retired behind his fa ther's red barn, where ho applied hlm 'Eolf iHllcnntlv tr n elirarette. 4 When the clgarotte was finished the urchin bethought him of the purposo of .Ills errund. This so worked upon his i fears that ho bolted for tho ofllco with Jail tho speed of his short legs. As he rnn he promised himself emotionally (that "tho boss" was likely to "skin" Jhlni. But whatever his fears he dashed ,lnto Oakley's presence panting nnd In jhot haste. "Just two letters for you, Mr. Oakley!" he gasped. "That was all j there was!" ! no went over to the superintendent J nnd handed hUn tho letters. Oakley ' observed him critically and with n dry smile. For an Instant tho boy hung his head sheepishly, then his face brightened. "It's an awfully wet day; It's just sopping!" , f Oakley wa'jved this bit of gratuitous Information. . "Did you run all tho way?" "Yep, every step," with the Impudent mendacity that comes of long practice. "It's rather curious you didn't get .bock sooner." Clarence looked nt the clock. "Was I gono long? It didn't seem d"ng to me." he added, with a candor he Intended should disarm criticism. "Only a HttJe over hulf an hour, Clar- KESTER. Harper & Brothers .4 encc. I guess you may as well go home now. Good night, Mr. Oakley," with hap py alacrity. "Good night, Clarence." The door Into the yards dosed with 0' bang, nud Clnrence, gleefully skip ping the mud puddles which lay In his path, hurried his small person off through the rain nud mist. Onklcy glanced at his letters. One lin anw wnfl frnm finliornl PnrntQll If "VjfifHSAl to be a brief note, scrlbbed In 8U- I j.jucll on tho back of a telegram blank. Tho general would arrive In Antloch that night on the late train. He wished Oakley to meet him. The other letter was In nn unfamiliar hand. Oakley opened It. Like the first, It wns brief and to tho point, but he did not at once grasp Its meaning. This. Is what he reud: Dcar Sir I Inclose two newspaper clip pings which fully explain themselves. Your father Is much Interested In knowing- your whereabouts. I have not fur nished him with any definite Information on this point, as I have not felt at lib erty to do so. However, I was able to tell him I believed you were doing well. Should you desire to write him, I will gladly undertake to see that any commu nication you 'may send cars of this office will reach him. Very sincerely yours, EZUA HART. It was like a bolt from a clear sky. Ho drew a deep, quick breath. Then he took up the newspaper clippings. Ono wns a florid column and a half ac count of a fire In the hospital ward of the Massachusetts state prison and dealt particularly with the heroism of Roger Oakley, a life prisoner, In lead ing a rescue. The other clipping, mere ly a paragraph, was of more recent date. It announced that Roger Oak ley had been pardoned. Oakley had scarcely thought of his AhStfr In years. The man and his con cenit-his crime and his tragic atone ment had passed Completely out of his life, but now he was free, If he chose, to enter It again. There was such sud denness in the thought that he turned sick on the moment; a grent wave of self pity enveloped him, the recollec tion of his struggles and his shame the bitter, helpless shame of a child leturncd. Ho felt ouly resentment to ward this man whose crime had blast ed his youth, robbing him of every ordinary advantage, and clearly the end was not yet. True, by degrees, he had grown away from the memory of It all. Ho bad long since freed himself of the fear that 'his secret might be discovered. With success ho had even ncqulred a certain complacency. Without know ing his history, the good or the bad of It, his world had accepted him for what he was really worth. Ho was neither cowardly nor selfish. It was not alone the memory of his own hard ships that embittered him and turned his heart against his fnther. His mother's face, with Its hunted, fugitive r 'iose up before him In protest. He recalled their wanderings in senrcu or some place where their story was not known and whero they could begin life anew, their return to Burton, and then her death. For years It had been like a dream, and now ho saw only the slouching fig ure of the old convict, which seemed to uicnacchlm, and remembered only the evil consequent upon his crime. Next he fell to wondering what sort of a man this Roger Oakley was who had seemed so curiously remote, who bad been as a shadow In his way pre ceding the presence, and suddenly ho found his heart softening toward him. It was Infinitely pathetic to the young man, with his abundant strength and Bplendld energy, this Imprisonment that had endured for almost a quarter of a century. Ho fancied his father as broken and friendless, as dazed and confused by his unexpected freedom, with his place In tho world forever lost. After all, he could not sit In judg ment or avenge. , So far as he know he had never seen his fnther but once. First there had been a hot, dusty Journoy by stage; then he had gone through a massive Iron gate and down u narrow passage, 'sldeV,oidlng fast to her hand, yu uu uau iruuuu vy uio ujuiuci Allhls came back in a Jerky, dls connected fashion, with wide gaps and lapses ho could not fill, but the Impres sion maao'upon his mind by his father had been lasting and vivid. He still saw him as ho was then, with the chalky prison pallor on his haggard face a clumsily made man of tremen dous bono and muscle who had spoken with them through the bars of his cell door while his mother cried softly be hind her shawl. Tho boy bad thought of him aa man In a cage. ne wondered who Ezra Hart was, for tho name seemed familiar. At length he placed him. ne was tho law yer who had defended his father. He was puzzled that Hart knew whero he was. ne had hoped tho little New England village bad lost all track of him, but the fact that Hart did know convinced him It would be quite use less to try to keep his whereabouts a secret from his father oven If ho wish ed to. Since Hart knew, there must be others also who knew. i;rtook up the newspaper clippings again. By an odd coincidence they had reached him on tho very day tho gov ernor of Massachusetts bad set apart for his father's release. CHATTER II. OAKLEY drew down the top of his desk and left the olllcc. Be fore locking tho door, on which some predecessor hnd caused the words, "Department of Transpor tation nud Maintenance; No Admit tauce Except on Business," to be sten ciled In black letters, he called to Mc Cllntock, who, with Dutch Pete, wis still fussing over tho wheezy switch en gine. . "Will you want In tho ofilce for any thing, Milt?" The mnster mechanic, who hnd been swearing nt a rusted nut, got up from his knees and, dangling a big wrench In one hand, bawled back, "No, I guess not." After turning the key on the depart ment of transportation and mainte nance, Onklcy trossed the tracks to the station nnd made briskly off uptown, with the wlnd.nnd rain blowing In his face. Ho lived at tho American House, the best hotel the place could boast. In Antloch Oakley was something of a flguic. Ho was tho first malinger of. tho load to mnko the town his pcrma uchf headquaitcrs, and tho town was grateful. It would lnuc swamped him with kindly attention, but be had studi ously Ignored nil advances, prefeirlng not to make friends. In this he hnd not entirely succeeded. Tho richest man In the county, Dr. Emory, who was a 'good deal of a pntrlclan, had titUcn a luucy to him nud hnd Insisted upon entertaining him at n formal din ner. It wns the most impressive func tion Oakley had ever attended, and even to think of it still sent the cold chills coursing down his spluo. lhat morning he hnd chanced to meet Dr. Emory on tho street, and tho doctor, who could nlw ays bo trusted to say exactly w hat ho thought, had tak en him to task for not calling. There was a reason why Oakley hnd not done so. The doctor's daughter had Just re turned from the east, nnd vague ru mpts were cut rent concerning her beauty and elegance. Now, women weie altogether beyond Oakley's ken. Howecr, since some responsive cour tesy was evidently expected of him, ho determined to hac It over with at once. Imbued with tills Idea, he went to his loom after supper to dress. As he arrayed himself for the ordeal he sought to recall n past experience In line with the present Barring tho re cent dinner, his most ambitious social experiment had been a brnkemau's ball hi Demer years before when ho was conductor on a freight. It was still mining, n dlscouraglngly persistent drizzle, when Oakley left his hotel and turned from the public square into Mniu street. This Main street was never nn imposing thor oughfare, and a week of steady down pour made It from cuib to cuib a riicr of quaking mud. It was lit at long in tervals by flickering gas lamps that glowed like corpulent flieflles In the nilsty daikiiess beneath the dripping maple boughs. As In tho case of most western towns, Antloch had known dreams of greatness, dronmfc which had not been realized. It stood stock still in all Its raw, ugly youth, with tho rigid angularity Its founders had Im posed upon It when they hacked and hewed n spot for It In the pine woods, whose btuuted second growth encircled It on eveiy side. Tho Emory home had once been a farmhousp of tho better class. Varl- "Will you want in the office for any thing, mitt" ous additions and Improvements gavo It an air of solid and bubstautinl com fort unusual In a community where the prevailing stylo of architecture was a squaro wooden box built closo to tho street end of a narrow lot The doctor himself answered Oak ley's ring and led the way Into tho par lor after relieving him of his hat and umbrella. "My wife you know, Mr. Oakley. This Is my daughter." Constance Emory rose from her seat before tho wood fire thut smoldered on the wide, old fashioned henrtlt nnd gave Oukley her hand. Ho saw n state ly, fair haired girl, trimly gowued In an evening dress that to his unsophis ticated gaze seemed astonishingly elab orate. But he could not have iinaglned anything more becoming. He decided Hint she was very nrottv. Later he changed his mind. Sho wns more than (To bo continued.) Makes Kldnoys and Bladder RInht All the latest Magazines at the North Bend News Co. NORTH BEND vil.'. mamma. can furnish tho following Thoroughbred Eggp nt $2.00 Per Setting Jlhodo Island Ruds tinned Plymouth Hocks White Leghorns Pekin Ducks JOHN W. FLANAGAN Send in your oulers Now Eggs Shipped anywhere in the county. Flanagan & Bennett Bank MAUSIIFIELD, OREGON. UnpltulSubscribed ttO.UOO Capital I'aid Dp $10,000 Undivided Plollts $15,000 Does a general banking business and draws ou tho Bank of Cultfornln, Ban Francisco Calif., First National llank Portland Or., Flrsl National Hank, noscburg, Or., Jlnnovcr Na tional Bank, New York, N. M. Itotlichild & Son, Ixindon, England. Also sell cbange on nearly all the principal cities of Europe. Accounts kept subject to check, safe deposit lock boxes for rout at 0 cents a mouth or ?5. a) car. INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS STEAMER. FLYER M. P. Pendergrass, Master TIME TAI5LE. Leaves Marshfleld 7:30, 9:00, and 10:30 a. m and 1:002:30 and 4:00 p. m. Leaves North Bend at 8:15, 9:45 and 11:15 a. m., and 1:45, 3:15 and 5:00 p. m. Makes dally trips except Sun days. Pare: One way, 15 cents; round trip, 25 cents. w. A. HARINQ Dealer in Puro Cream Milk and Iiuttermilk. Fiee do livery to all parts of the city. North Bend, Ocegon Now Ready v HOTEL OREGON New and Modern Sample Rooms in Connection NORTH BEND, ORE. Try the Marshfield Hotel Home Cooking, Good Beds Itate-i Boaid and Lodging $5 per week; per day, $1; Meals U3c. Pull the BELL CORD Wet Vour Whistle Then Blow1 J. R. HERRON, Prop. Trout Street, I t Marshfleld, Oreson Sank of regrm (Sttuitul ntiult fully uattutti sn.unn. JTrmiBarlii a yrtirral fianliutn SuUlllfDfl. Nurilj BmiI.. (Drrrjmt TheC.B.,R.&E.O. and Navigation Co. TRAIN SCHEDULE NO. 2. In Effect January 1, 1007. All previous schedules are void. Subject to change without notlco. W. S. Chandler, manager; P. A. Lnlso, freight agent; general offices, Marshfleld, Orggon. No. 1. Trains. Dally Excopt Sunday. Stations. Leave 9:00 n. m.Marshfleld. 9:30 a. m.B, II. Junction. 9:45 n. m.jCoqullle. Arrive 10:30 n.m.JMyrtlo Point. No. 2. Dally Except Sunday. Loavo 10:45 a. m.Myrtlo Point. 10:30 n. ni.CoqulIlo. 12:00 m. D. II. Junction. Arrive 12:S0 p.m.JMnrshfleld. Extrn trains will run on dally special orders. Trnlns to and from Denver Hill dally. SKATING RINK An n ouncements: Open afternoon and even ings, 2 to 5 and 7 to 10, wfelc days only. Prices: 25 cents for iipo of Kink skates. 15 cents for thobe using their own skntes. 10 cents admission to Gentlemen evenings. Special attention given to beginneis Fiiday after noons. I Uest of order always main tained. D L Avery, Manager Nelson Iron Works P. n. NELSON, Prop. I Wo ropnlr all kfmls of Machlner), Btetim nnd Gnu Knglr.eB, Guns nud III c)eIo8. Uest of work ourSioclftlty. : : Wc mnuiifiiotiiio Castings In Iron nnd lroii70 for Saw Mllla nnd Losing Canips. Wemnkethn best Slicnvca and Koad Spools for toggcra. : : : ti:i.ki'honk;92i MARSHFIELD, - - ORECON F. H. BRIGHAM ARCHITECT AND SUPERINTENDENT Plans and specifications mado for all classes of buildings. North Bend, Oregon PHONO 541 I uiAaiuua a hiclain MarNlilluld and Ninth Iienil CONTRACTORS TOR , Wood and stone block pavemonts, miicadum and pltink stieuts, new er und water wains, cement side walks and curbs, plain and lein' forced concrete foibnildiiiK. foun dations and iituiiiing walls, l'iro proofing and nnphult roofing Crushed rocksand building stone. Gi ading and excavating. I Steam Dye Works G Street. Ladies' and Gouts garments clean ed or dyed. Philip Becker', Proprietor. Business Directory Doctors. E. E. STRAW, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat a specialty. OfUce in Lockhart's Building. Marshfield, Oregon DR. IIAYDON Oftloe opposite Union Furniture Store. Hours 10 to lnjid 2 to A wrlAl aLfpntfnn tui Sfirclnl attention p&fd to diseases of the skin utliiary and (irgo;tle organs U. 8' Pension examiner' Marshfield, Oregon DR. J. W. INGRAM, Physician and Surgeon, OhIco over Sengstncken's Drug Store. Phones Offlco 1621; residence 783. 11. M. RICHARDSON, Physician nud Surgeon. Diseases of eye, ear, nose and throat a specialty. Offlce In Eldorado Block. Lawyers. E. Ii. U. PARKIN. A t tor u cyat-La w. City Attorney. Deputy Dlat. 'Atfy. Lockhart Building. Marshliold, Ore. Phono 44. J. M. UPTON, Attori.cy-at-Lnvr. Marshfleld. ... Oregon. J. V. RKNNETT, OIIlco over Flanagan & Bonott Bank. Varshfleld, - - J Oregon. o. f. Mcknight, Attorncy-at-Law. ' Upstairs, Bennett & Walter block; Marshfleld, ... Oregon; J. W. SNOVER Attorncy-at-Law ' Ofllco: ''Rogers ' building ,,vv ' .1 1 Uf,f' 'jClil- r - Oregon Marshfleld, COKH Ai COKE, ft Attorney-nt-IJaw. K; Marshfleld, ... Oregon! PIXLEY & MAY15EE, ' i. Attorneys-nt-Lnw. ty . Ofllco over Myors' Store. ( Phono 701 . , . North Bond, Ore. Real Estate Agents. K-) DIER LAND COJUANY Ileal Estate Brokers 'I North Bond, Oregon. TTT" OAICIiEY & ARNOLD, T Civil and Mechanical Engineers All kinds of land surveying, drafting and map making. North Bend t Orego Heady to Bhow Spring Millinery' t CLARKE ;, Broadway and "0" Streots Correct. Millinery Smart shapes nnd tasteful trimmings combine to mnke every lint in the as sortment a Perfect Style .v Uniform Dampening Is the secret of our xucoeas in tht rroni Ingot sbtrts, collars and cads. Uoon dampened In spots, Irous up with rough dry finish, hu a llmpjr fcctlug, and Is generally undesirable. W dampen alt our work by hand. It take longer, but It means better work, and that Is our constant aim. ' Goos Bay Steam Laundry McPherson Ginser Cq. V II . ' I Wholesale liquor dealers Cigars and buIooii sup plies. California Wiaes a Specialty Front St., Marshfield A u- ;,.lh W mifci -U.jafc Jfc'.-a- j. , J r.lrt.til U. . Illtf"