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ca - , Iff T w "' ss 3 1. i : IKV ESS , . jwju S ' -J . - . - IJlfl I - B 4 THB DAIlvr C009 BAX JEjff iMi M"""M'""" i wi rY""1''"'." ' - 1 TIMES, MARSttFlELtt, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1007. i: : The Manager Of the B. & A. By VAUGHAN KESTER. C Copyright, 1901, by Harper & Brothers (Continued from Sunday. ! Row oat He naa evoivca a aeiinito " purpose be waB quite cheerful and hap- py save for occasional spells of de '. presslon and blttor self accusation, but T. ".the excitement of his" flight buoyed him up amazingly. . - H had distanced and outwitted pur- I 'suit, and hlB old prldoju his physical , lstrenth and supcilorlty returned. The - woods ne er ceased to Interest htni. There was u mighty freedom about "- them, a freedom be shaied nud Joyed ' In. He felt be could tramp on fore er, " with tho scent of the pines filling bis "t nostrils nud tho sweep of the wind In ' bis :ears. His muscles seemed of Iron. " Thfre was cunning and craft, too, In - the life bo was living. -.. Tho days wero sultry August days. " Mo -rain bad fallen In weeks, and tho earth was a dead, dry brown. A hot v baio quivered under the great trees. J Off.ln tho north, against which his face 3! was set, a long, low, black cloud lay ?-. on -the horizon. Sometimes the wind J-" lifted. It higher, and It sifted down dark r- threads of color against the softer blue ji of the summer sky. Presently the r wind brought tho odor of smoke. At $" first It was almost Imperceptible a Zi suggestion merely but by and by It L-. was In every breath bo drew. The for- S flt;.wa8 on Are ahead of bltn. He ' Judged that tho tide of devastation waft rolling nearer, and be veered to . tho' west Then one ovenlug bo saw ''-what he bad not seen before a dull " -redljlght that shone sullenly above the . : plujw. The next day the smoke wob . ' thick la the woods. Tho wind, blow- . lng'- strongly from the north, floated . ' I little wisps and wreaths of It down r" s- Upon him. It rested like a heavy mist r above the cool Burface of the lake, on .C-r.the shores of which he had mado his "-camp the night previous, while some V. thickly grown depressions ho crossed '-wero Bour with the stale, ruucld odor "that clung to his clothes and rendered . breathing difficult There was a pow- .2lerng of fine white ashes everywhere. " 'At ttrst It resembled a boar frost and I -theJi a scanty fall of snow. '. By 6 o'clock he gained the summit of .-a low rldgo. From Its top he was able I' to soouro an extended view of the fiie. I' -A red line as red as tho reddest sunset ' -HJ&etched away to tho north as fur r as "ihe eye could see. Ho was pro ,' '.fouhdly Impressed by the spectacle. i Thef conflagration was on a scale so '-.gigantic that It fairly staggered him. , Heknew millions of feet of timber . must bo blazing. He decided to remain on tho ridge - and. study the course of the flie, so he V lay down to rest. Sleep came over him, I' for the day bad been a fatiguing one, but' a midnight ho awoke. A dull, ', roaring sound was surging through tho . J forest, and Hie air was stlfllug. Tho .r-flrchad burned closer whilo ho slept. . It ,hod reached the rldgo opposlto, T; .which was nearly parallel to tho one ? ,-bo was on, and was burning along its '-. northern base. Tho rldgo flattened per ': ceptlbly to the west, and already at ," ibis point a single lone lino of flro hud - surmounted tho blunt crest and wus creeping down Into tho valley which Intervened. Presently tongues of lire shot upward. Tho dark, neater side of the "Tills q showed clearly In the llcrce -' light, and soou tho flro rolled over Its eut)fe length, a long, ruddy eutaruct of flume. As It gained tho summit It - Boomed to fall forward nnd catch fresh ' timber, then It raced down tho slope t tow'urd the valloy, forming a great" red avaiancho that roared and hissed and crackled and sent up vast clouds of - gmoko Into tho night. Clearly any attempt to go further " north would bo but a wusto of time am) i. strength. Tho flro shut him off . completely In that quarter. He must retruce bis steps until bo wus well to the' south again. Then ho could go elthpr to tho east or west and perhaps '-'- W0J around Into tho burned district. . Thl risk ho rau of capture did not wopry him. Indeed, ho scarcely con- ftldfYed It He felt ccrtnln tho pursuit, . .if pursuit there were, hud been nbnn- doucd days before. Ho had ti shrewd Idea' that tho flro would glvo peoplo something elso to think of. His only fenp was that his provisions would bo exhausted. 'When they went lie kmj,w the'tthanecs wero tbaf ho would fetnrve, but' he put this fear resolutely aside whtfnover it obtruded Itself. "With earo his supplies could bo made to last many days. He did not sleep any more that night, but watched tho flro eat Its way across tha valloy. When It reached the slope at ills feet he shouldered his puck and started south. It was noon when he nUdo his first halt Ho rested for two hojirtf aud then resumed bis march. IIo, was now well beyond tho Immedi ate range of tho conflagration. There was only an occasional falut odor of tnioko in tho woods. Ho had crossed Marul small streams, and ho knew thiy would bo an obstacle in tho path of'Uio Are unless tho wlud, which wus f r$n tho north, should freshen. Might fell. Ho lighted u campflro and Berapod .together his bejl.of pipe of the cabin, mm out or tno menaced terruoiy. it would be easier tnuellng, tob, for the ridges which cut tho face oMbo coun try rau east and west. The. sun wus In the boughs of the hemlocks when he awoke. There had been n light rain dining the night, nnd the forest woild hud tukcu on now beauty. Uut It grew hot and oppiebstvo as the boms passed. The smoke thickened once mote. At first he jtrled to believe It was only his fancy. Then the wind shifted Into the enst and the woods became noticeably clearer. IIo pushed ahead with loncw ed hope. This change In tho wind was a good sign. If It ever got into tho south it would drive tho Are hack on Itself. , IIo tramped for half the night and threw himself down nnd, slept heavily the sleep of utter exhaustion and weariness. It was broad day when ho opened his eyes. Tho first sound ho heard was the dull roar of tho flames, no turned with a hunted, fugitive look towaid tho west A bright light shone through the trees. The lire was creep ing around and already encircled him on two tildes. His feeling was ono of bitter disappointment; fear, too, min gled with It. In tho south wero Ityder's fi lends Dannie's enemies and bis. Of the oast he hud a horror which the study of1 bis map did not tend to allay; there were towps there and settle-, ments, thickly scattered. Finally he concluded he would go forward and ex amine the Hue of Are. There might bo some means by which ho could make his way through it A Journey of two miles brought him to a small wnter course. Tho flro was burning nlong the opposite bank. It blazed nmong the scrub nnd under brush nnd lenped from treo to tree, first to shrivel their foliage to n dead, dry brown nnd then envelop them in sheets of flame. Tho crackling was like the report of musketry. Itoger Oakley was awed by the sight. In spite of the smoke and bent he sat down on the trunk of a fallen plno to rest Some bhds flutteiod out of tho rolling masses of smoko above his bead nnd flew south with shrill cries of alarm. A deer crossed tho stream, not 200 yards ftoni where ho sat, nt n sin gle bound. Next two large timber wolves entered the wnter. They land ed within n stone's throw of blm nnd trotted leisurely off. The heat soon drove him from his position, and ho, too, sought refuge in the south. The wall of flame cut him off fiom the north nnd west, and to tho east he would not go. There was something tragic In this blocking of his way. Ho wondered If It was uot the Lord's wish after nil that he should bo taken. This thought had been troubling blm for some time. Then he remembered Dannie Dannie, to whom ho had brought only shnnio and sorrow. He sot his lips with grim de termination. Right or wrong, tho Lord's vengeance would bnvo to wait. Perhaps ho would understand the situ ation. Ho prayed that ho might Twenty-four hours later and bo had turned westward with the desperate liopo that ho could cioss out of tho path of tho fire, but tho hopo proved futile. There was no help for It. To the east ho must go If ho would escape. It wos the towns nnd settlements bo fenroU most, and the people. Peihaps they still continued the seaich. When lio loft tho wilderness tho ono precau tion ho could take would bo to travel only by night This plan when It was firmly flxed In his mind greatly encour aged him. But nt the end of ten hours of steady tramping ho discovered that tho flro surrounded him on three sides. Still ho did not despair. For two days ho dodged from east to west, and each day tho wall of llumo and smoko drew closer about him, nnd the distances In which ho moved became less nnd less. And now a grout four of Antloch possessed him. Tho railroad ran ueaily duo cast nnd west from Buckhorn Junction to Har rison, n dlstnnco of nlnety-Ilvo miles. Beyond tho rond tho country wus well settled. There were thriving farms and villages. To puss through such n country without being Been wus next to Impossible. He felt n measure of bis strength full him, nnd with It went his courage. It was only tho thought of Dannie tluit kept him on tho alert nnppeupWhut might, ho would not bu taken. It should go hnrd with tho man or men who mudo tho attempt. Ho told himself this not boastfully, but with quiet conviction. In bo far as bo could, as tho fire crowded bun back, ha avoided tho Welnlty of An tloch and Inclined towaid lluckhoru Junction. Thero wus need of constant vlgilnuce now, ns ho was In n sparsely settled section. Ono night sonio men passed quite near to tho fringe of tamarack swamp where ho was camped, Luck ily tho undergjowth wns douse, nud his lire had burned to a few red em bers. On another occasion, Just' at dusk, ho stumbled Into u small clear ing and within plain view oftho win dows of u Jog cubln. As Jio leaped back Into the Avoods n man with a cob pipe In his mouth enmo'tb the door .-needled uuJ lay down 'to sleep wltli tho comforting thought that ho hud put a suftlclent distance between himself und tho burning forest. Ho would turn to tho west when morning cniue. Ho trtMted to a long daj's Journey to carry Itoger Oakley, with tho hickory staff which ho had cut that day hold firmly In his hamlB and n florce, wild look on his fuce, watched him from his covor. Presently tho man turned back Into tho bousa, oloslntr the door nf tar blm. rncsc experiences stnrtlcd and alarm ed blm. Ho grew gaunt and hntrgrtrd, a terrible weariness oppressed blmr bis mind beenrrie confused, nnd a sort of panic seized him. His provisions bnd failed him, but nn occasional cultivat ed field furnished corn nnd potn'tbes 4n spite of tho serious misgivings bo felt concerning the moral nspect of these nightly depredations. When he rulded a spring bouse nnd carried off eggs nnd butter and milk ho wns nblo to leave money behind. lie conducted these transactions with scrupulous honesty. Ho bad been living In the wilderness tin co weeks, when nt last the flie drove him from cover nt Buckhoin Junction. As a town tho Junction wns largely a fiction. There wero n railroad ciosslng, a fielgbt shed nnd tho depot nnd per haps n score of houses scattered along a sandy stretch of country road. The B. nnd A. had Its connection with tho 51. nnd W. nt this point. It wns nlso tho begliiulug of n llch ngilcultural district, and tho woods gave place to cultivated fields and farm lands. It wns Into afternoon as Itoger Oak ley nppioacbcd Buckhorn. When It was dnik ho would cross the raihoad und take his cbiuice theie. lie judged fiom tho light In the1 sky that the Hie had alreutly burned In between Buckhorn and Antloch. This gave him a certain sonso of security. Indeed, the file sur rounded Buckhorn In eveiy quarter ex cept the south. Where theie was no timber or biush It crept nlong the Mil fences or ran with tiny spurts of Unuio through tho dry weeds nnd dead stub ble which coveted much of tho cleared land. He could seq n number of people moving nbout a'qunrtcr of a mile west of tho depot. They weio tenilng down a burning fence that was in peiilous proximity to some straw stacks and n bain. IIo beard and saw the 0:50 on the M. nnd W, pull In, This was the Chlc.x go'oxpiess.und the Huckleberry's local, which was due nt Antloch nt midnight, connected with It This connection in volved a wait of thiee hourrf at Huek horn. Only ono passenger loft the train, no dlsappeaiod Into the depot. Roger Oakley waited until It was quite dark, and then, lenvlug tho stilp of woods just back of tho depot, wheio ho hud been hiding, stole cautiously down to the track. He had noticed that thero were an engine nud borne freight curs on one of the sidings. IIo mo e.l nmong them, keeping well In tho shadow. Suddenly he paused. Two men emergod from tho depot. They came down the platform In the dlrcc- W J. his Roger Oakley uatched him from cover. tlon of tho cms. They were talking earnestly together. One swung himself up Into tho engine nnd lighted n torch. IIo wondered what they wero doing and stolo nearer. They wero standing on the platform now, nud tho man who held the toich had his back to him. His companion was saying something about tho wires being down. Ho listened intently. Antloch wus In danger, "hud if An tloch was in danger Dnunle All nt onco the mnn with tho toich turned, nnd its light suffused his faco. It was Dan Oakley. D CHAPTEIt XX. AN OAKLEY wont to Chicago, Intending to see Holloway nud resign, but ho found that tho Huckleberiy'b vlco piesldent wus In Now York on busluess, nud no ono In his olllco bcemcd to kuow when ho would return, so ho bat down nnd wroto u letter tolling him of tho con dition of affairs nt Antloch aud ex plaining tho utter futility, In view of what had happened, of his trying to copo with the situation. Ho wnlted llvo days for u reply and, uono coming, wired to leurii If his let ter hud been received. This produced results. Holloway wired back that ho hud tho letter under consideration nnd lequested Oakley to leumln In Chicago until ho returned, but ho did not Bay whether or not his teslguntlou would bo accepted. SIuco there was nothing to bo dono but await Hollow'ay's pleas uto In tho mutter Dun employed his en forced lolsnro lu looking nbout for nn other position. Ho deslied n connec tion which would tako lilm out of tho country, for tho farther away from Antloch nud Constnuco Emory ho could got tho better ho would le satisfied. Ho funded ho would like to go to Seuth Amerlcn. no was willing to ac cept nlmost any kind of n post salary was no loiuror u consideration with him. What he required was n radical change, with plenty'of Imrd work. By far his giehtest nuxlety was his father, ne watched the papers close ly, expecting each ddy to rend that ho had been captured nnd sent back to Antloch, but the days slipped past, and tnero was no mention of blm. Holt, with whom ho wns In constant corre spondence, reported thnt Interest lu his capluio had considerably abated, while the organized pursuit Jiad entirely ceased. Dan hud tho feeling that he should never see him ngnlu, nnd the pathos of bis ago nnd dependence tore bis bcait In n manner, too, ho blamed himself for the tragedy. It might havo been averted had he said less about Ryder In bis father's hearing. IIo should hn known better thnn to dis cuss tho strike with him. Ono morning ns be left Holloway's olllco ho chanced to meet nu ncqualnt anco by the name of Curtice. They had been together In Denver years before, and ho had known him ns n rntlier tnlk'atlvo young fellow, with large hopes nud n thrifty eye to the main chnnce. But ho wns the one man ho would have piefeired to meet, for ho had been In South America nnd knew the Held theie. Appaiently Cuitlce wus equally glad to see blm. He Insisted upon carrying him off to his club for lunch, w hero It developed ho wns In- a, slate of happy enthusiasm over s con nection with n rond AvTilch had Just golio Into tho hands of n lccelvcr, and n new baby, which lie nssuied Oakley on tho spur of tho moment ho wns going to name after him. "Ydu see, Oakley," ho oxplujne'd ns they settled themselves, "I wiis mar ried nfter you left to n girl who had, come to Denver with n consumptive brother. They bonided at tho same place I did." Ills companion wns prop el ly Interested. "Look here, how long are you going to bo In tho city? I want you to come nnd seo us." Dan avoided committing himself by saying hlsi stay In Chicago was most uncertain. He might have to leave very soon. "Well, then, you must drop In nt my office. I wish you'd mnko It your hendquarters while you are here." "What about tho road you nie with?" "Oh, the road? We nie putting it In bhape." Oakley smiled a trifle skeptically, ne leenlled that even as a very young man, filling n very subordinate posi tion, Curtice bnd clung to the "we." Curtice saw tho smile nnd remembered too. "Now, seo bere, I'm giving It to you straight I renlly am tho whole thing. I've got a greenhorn for a boss, whose ignorance of tho business is only equaled by his Confidence iu mo. If you want to be nasty you can bay hs Ignorance Is responsible, for much of his confidence. I'vo been told that be foie." "Then I'll wait I may bo able to think of something better." "There nre times when I wonder If ho really knows tho dlffeionco between an engine's headlight and n coupling pin. no's giving mo all tho lppo I. want, nnd we'll bnvo n great passenger service when I get done. Thnt's what I am working on now." f "But wheie nro you going to get the funds for It? A good service costs money," snld Dan. "Oh, the road's always made money. Thnt was the trouble." Oakley looked dense. IIo hnd heard of such things, but they bad been outside of his own experience. "The dhectors were n superstitious lot. They didn't believe In paying div idends, and as they had to got rid of tho money somehow they put it nil out In salurles. The president's Idea of tho valuo of his own services would have been exorbitant If the road had been operating 5,000 miles of track In stead of 500. I nm told n directors' meeting looked like n family reunion, nnd they had n most ungodly lot of nephews nephews wero everywhere. Tho purchasing agent was n nephew, so wero two of tho division sup'u-ln-tendents. Why, the president oven had u thhd cousin of his wife's braking on a way freight. Wo'vo kept him ns a sort of curiosity and becauso ho was tho only ono In tho bunch who was earning his pay." "No wonder the stockholders went to law," snld Oakley, laughing. "Of course when tho load was tak en Into couit Its nffalrs wero seen to be In such rotten shnpo that a receiver wns appointed." Oakley's business Instinct nsserted itself. IIo hnd forgotten for the timo being that his services still belonged to Cornish. Now ho snld, "Seo here, haven't you cars you Intend 'to re build?" "Wo'vo precious few thnt don't need carpenter work or paint or upholster ing." "Then send them to mo at Antloch. I'll make you n price you can't get ln bldo of, I don't enro where you go." uurtico meditated, then ho asked: "How nro you flxed to handlo n big contract It'll bo mostly for pnlnt nnd upholstery or woodwork. Wo havo beeu considering equipping works of our own, but I nm afraid they aro not go ing to materialize." "Wo can handlo anything," and, from sheer force of habit bo wns nil enthu siasm. Ho hnd pleasant A-Islons of tho shops running overtime, nnd everybody satisfied nnd happy. It mnde no differ ence to him that ho would not bo thero to shnro in tho general prosperity. With the start ho had given it, tho fu tiiro of tho Huckleberry would bo as sured. Ho decided ho had better say nothing to Curtlco about South Ainer,- ion ThcC.B.,R.&tR. and Navigatic TRAIN SCHKBULE In Effect Jiiiiiin' All previous ached Subject to chnngo W. S. Chandler, Lalse, freight ngen Marshfiold, Oregon No. 1. Dally Except Sunday. NO. J ues j nj Co. 1, 1007. aro void. without notice. nanngor; F. A. general offices, Trains. Stations. Leave 9:00 a. ml Marshfiold. 9:30 a. nf IB. H. Junction. 9! 45 n. nl.jCoquille. Arrive 10:30 a.rf. Myrtle- rolnt. No. 2. Dally .. Except Sunday Busi usiness Direct Doctors. E. E. STRAW, M D j .mi Tii ,. .!. J,;' -Mi ...... ..iU.,,v lv oiMji-iauv. m; ; t i .. M.nM T'Hiii DU. IIAYDON Onloo opposite Union 10 to lnncl 2 to'5 Snpplfll nttpnffmi unf, nrlnnrv miH fllpafifKnl U. SV Tension exhinlnf Marshfield, Furniture Btore. J to illsenip. , ..ll .. Wl MIH urifAiia Leave 1-0:45 a. ih.Myrtlo Point. 10:30 a. ih.jcoqullle. 12:00 m. 1 B. H. Junction Arrive 12:80 p.in.lMarshflold. DR. J. W. INGRJU, Physician md Surgeon Offlco over Songsacken's Drug J Phones Office 1G21; resident II. M. RICHARD ?ON, Physician nnd Surgeon. Dlsenses of eye, ear, nose and I a specialty. Office in Eldorado Block. I (To bo continued.) FOlEYSKlWilYCUlE Makes Kidneys and Bladder Right Extra trains Xvlll run on dally sncciiil orders. 'Irains to nud from nnfivnr Hill ilfillV I Lawyers. ! nTHHrrrnuujiM jiM.j. IIIIBIII IIIIHII llllljl K- O. FAR BIN. I OX A' TTVTVT1 B AttoJney-nt-Lnw. ! jj OlSunL lIiNvJ 8 City Attorney Deputy Dlst U 9 ,!.. Lockhart Building. Marshfield, 0 I . RiNJK I fhom u: I AjitibuiWrnents: I j. m. wto, I j 1 Atloriicy-nr-Lnw. I Ope in"ft rnoqn nn1 even- 1 i ings2 tt 5 nul j to 10, Marshfiold. I - - 0, wee data onljr. .;. w. brnLktt. Xnl-7 I t I i Prices I I I nrL i "V c t- i E Offlco ofer Flanagan IBs I 25cpnts for u&il of Rink I . 1 li cnit for tlioVc using Marshfield,! - - - Om I th'pir c vn sldatea. 1 lb ccnti nittnission to I O. V. McK UGHT, I GcntlcAien AvenhW , ttorncy-nt-Xaw. special atleiuion given to i 3 rcginners every Vfter- I "Plrs, : lennett & Walter a 'loon. V Marshfield, - Onj I KehlfoulA always main- I yuned. AA j. w. SNO 'ER 1 JT 7 i ittorncy-nt-Law j. jw .ivxyj Office: Rogers building Manager j B . B Marshfield,! Oa t COICK & COKE, ' Aitorney-nt-Law. j Marshfiold, 1 - - - Onf Nslson kon Works f 1 ' PIXLEV & MAYBEE, P. VJ NECSON, Prop T Attprneys-at-Lnw. I 7 ' V J Offlco aver Myers' Store, WorLr alt UndXor jchlnery, phn 701 .. . North Bend,l Slenin nhn Ons KiiBlnes.Ytini: nnd HI- . i cjcles. Jlcatot uork oiirVpinlty. : : . A . , . A f Real Estate Agents. Vcrmilifuctuic Cnstln JV Iron nnd DIEHsLAND VCOSIPANx" Uroif'O Hr &av Mills nd Loggfng y Qnnps. Yo make tho uet ShU es nnd Real Esttnto Brokers Itod Spools for Loggers, : : : J North Bend, A - - 01 J TELEI'IIOlforci MARSHFIELD, - - OREGON MHHHMHH I McPherson GinserCf P Hi RtMfiHAIW I WhdUale liquor Walen r. ik DKunyu c.v an(1 salooBup. ARCillTEOCr nD SUFERINTEpENT I l'A L Plans Ind speciftcatons California Wines a ppectf made4 all clnils of ! Front St., MarshHeld buihfingsA A HMBBIMBWM North Bend, , Oregon ' phone 54 -c -t HHHaaa "r '" milimmaaMimammtmaanTrtmiiTcwaammmtaa masVfrs & kc.um I 1 ' Mnrsifiol(laiul Noitli Beil 1 rnvTnir"rnnc rim 8 1 OF I vuiiiimuiuivj ly II n! f I Wood niulYfjono block p.nXnonts, n I macadam itml plank streets, row- i er and wntuY mains, cemiik side- j! I 1 unlks nnd drbS. lilniii innl ruin' D A I foicedeoiicfoMiforlHiildiiK. Venn- I I datlousnnu rAninirig units. I I Firo proofing ayd iiaphfJt rodfing a m - luouuvt v"a(t ivtiilij ctvuiut U f unuiuig ami exavatmt, r v ""' I I t L ! StemDye- Woclfe S? St,reet Ladies' idGents'gnrn.enls clean Rfilljf Jiuuents gnrn.enls clean ed or dyed. 1 Becker, Proprietor. Coos Bay Sfeani Laundry MARSHFltLD and mm0 AlNdrk now dorfe at the Worth Bend dear Mau?ei Agent, Marshfeld North Bend Phone J031 Marshfield Phone 1804 ') "MWftT(H ,aM'rK6i