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r SUNDAY MORNINfl. DECEMBER 10. 1020 n THE OREGON STATESMAN. LKM, KKUM ' 1 m rr m "I ' - I Men, Economize! Buy your Footwear now while special prices are in force English and semi-English lasts in brown and black calf skin, sold regularly up to $8.50. Priced for this sale 0. HENRY AL. JENNINGS (Continued from last week) CIUITFIt THIRTY-FIVE "Sit down. Ira. and be calm." The warden could scarcely sup- nm the emotion of -bis own I voice. ! been up "Let me In, pleae, I bate no where to go." "No. no, go away, yonr par doned. I can't let you In." the captain answered, closing the door In Maralatt'i face. 1 "Iet the old man In. it' freea- to Clere-' ln out,de" another guard pro- Ran into the strangest Men's Calf Leather shoes in splendid fitting lasts, reg ular $1230. Sale $6.85 flllPOQ YOU told a straight i Thev keot It op for an hour. I ,...... ! DaMHl and overheard tb i -Who was it?" I asked $9.85 Men's heavy shoes in brown double sole outside counter, Priced for assuring this sale wear. r Buster Brown Shoe Store 125 N. Commercial St". $65 11 . , . ' . - . - - , .. - - - - - - ': r1 : c r -5 " " vn 1 11 - ft t tr-' r 7&h - Exhaust Whistles VBd 1.. i) i j , ijjj - D sneeaometers , lin ' r ! I - t - TLrprA Steerhie Wheels Wl . .o m- VI,K L m Weed Skid -Chains u r rik ttaaiazor covers va . ni iV ai-. motor uriven nvrns ui . n Wind Shield Wipers WXS : jl p " Closed Car Types $ ) L J Vdllev Motor Co. l land, thing. story, all right! "Yes sir." Ira answered, a frightened light In his eye. "Yes. sir, It was the troth. Leastwaya, I'm pretty sure It was. Surely, I couldn't bare dreamed it',, could I?" "Now, that's all right. But list en to me. 11 ou uaa a me, you say? Dora, that was her name. wasn't it? Well, she dieu aiea right after they kicked her out of the cottage. The baby lived. She's alive todar. I met her. She'a pretty. She was adopted by wealth people here in Columbus. They're friends or the governor. I just happened to talk about you. The girl's foster mother la a rel ative of your wire's. She thought you were a maniac. I told her the truth. "Ira. go over to the State Shop, 1 . Igei a sun ana mow. ivu re par doned. 1 took It up with the gov ernor, iou go dui lomuriuw. With a shock of bewildered I emotion that sent a quiver of sob bing happiness Into bis voice. Ira Maralatt put out his hands to the warden. mti1 "Does the girl knowT "Now, no, they haven't told her. It would be too sudden a strain. Warden Worrim Over Kx-Prisoner. " The next morning Ira. In his cheap suit.' the squeaky prison shoes and a light straw hat, came to the warden's office. His gi gantic frame was stooped and bis face shot through with nervous excitement. - "You did all this. Mr. Al," he said, the tears crowding Into his eyes. "Just think what you did when you rolled that apple to me." He reaitated a moment. "Mr. Al, she won't ever recognize me, will she? I don't think I'd like her to know her father was the Prison Demon." When Darby handed bim the pardon and the 1 5, bis hands shook. "I don't know bow to thank you. warden!" "You don't have to Cod knows you've paid for it!" Ira took two of his little can aries with bim. "IH give them to the girl for a present. I want to see her. I -have to see her." He shook hands with Darby and me. A week passed. We beard no word from bim. The warden be came alarmed. 'I wonder If any- i thing could have happened to the old man?" Maralatt was but it. His terrible sufferings daring IS years in prison had broken even his magnificent . strength. He seemed about 60. - "I wonder If he went to see bis daughter? Funny, I didn't hear." Girl Asks Why She Wasn't Told. It worried Darby so much he inquired. He sent for the girl's foster mother. , He told her of Ira and the canaries. Back came the frantic answer from the daughter herself. In an hour she '"An old man with canaries?" I Yes. an old man had come with j them. She had the birds now. ' "What about it? That man, my father!" "Why didn't some one tell me? How dare they keep it from me. That s what he meant when he left. That's why be called me I tented. I "Well. he'll die out there.' ibem. Maralatt." they answered. "bet him in. let bim In!" I yelled, snd ran headlong to tbe orfiee. Darby came rushing to the gate and ordered it opened. Maralatt was not there. ''You damn fools." Darby swore at them. "Don't you know we've been looking tor bim for weeks?" Warden Find. Him Stricken by Death. fh t-t of ns sought an out let In gayety In a hundred triv ial llttlf Incidents that would bring a faugh out of all proportion to their Tunnlnes. In self-def-nse the convict becomes hardened to the brumal suffering of the lire about hOn. If anyone had beard rilly Raldler.SlJill Porter and I. as we talked aid guffawed In the prison postofflf?. h would have rated us aa b unthinking trio of irre sponsibly scamps. We ner aired onr meiancnoij. would wrangle ind jm our over tb probable fly tatting Itself against nice window might taxe m t It out over tn origin lack race and the f.nish auraan family. would imagine that th was suJUeniy crunra iu piece in aQ. earthquake, and we would fegln to speculate on the menace of our presence to a terror-stricken society. No subject wa to ridiculous to beguile an hour aay. he always mads it a point to come on buMnefs. Itllly KaldW was a seml-l(.7lld. and offered an unfailing excate. Itilly's am ber hair was falling oat. He hounded Porter to bring Llm a remedy. Uok here. Bill.- tb ex-trala i "pen." rrtKr vnmit a r rnn roald I l'r get the arsenic out rons the hair on say scs!p? warden Coins, by some sals take, had ten given aa cvrJo of arvenle. Aatldote failed. Por ter vii railed In. He saved tie life of Coffin. Tats Urtdest tap. penei urore my arrival at tie tat IU Idler never rive of yon coald f er aay peae abost It- Por of that rock-!er lwa7 maintained taat tse but weg by tbe 3 course o tbe pofcfio If w 15 I of the t of the Q Orwl i prison j ribbed eld Coffin why can't yon 1 Cotland on a I Tleyond the walls, flinging him self along, tbe warden went on the search. He came back 1 minutes later, the half-froien Maralatt limping at his side. He found him down in the snow near the river. Ira was burning np with fever. His raee was already stricken with death. 1 Everywhere he went asking for work, he said, they had refused him. They said he was too old. Tbe warden sent for Maralatt's daughter. v The young girl, graceful and white as an angel, ran crying into the room and flung herself into the old man's arms. "Don't die. daddy! Why didn't von tell me? See, I'm your girl. Mary. Juit look at me! Oh. why didn't I know? If yon only knew how many times I longed for a father any one. any kind. Why didn't you tell me?" Maralatt looked at her In dim. feverlnh gladness. He took the delicate hands in bis gigantic palm and turned to her. "I looked all over for yon. Dora." he said. "I'm so glad yon came." With a smile of wondrous peace on his lips, the prison dlrnon rank back on the pillows. Tbe old hero had won his palm at last. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX Tbe shadows of a thousand Dick Prices and Ira Maralatts skulked like - unhappy ghosts through tbe cell corridors of the Ohio penlten;?ary. The memory of a thousand tragedies seemed to abide In tbe very air of the ranges. Men who allowed them selves to come under the persist ent gloom of these haunting pres ences went mad. Porter About ! 'art 1ml a r rion Kale. Porter vas not supposed to vis it the npstoffice while he vas on duty atsthe hospital. As he nev er vlolajed any of the prison rules. TRAINED CANARIES 4, Siag U XotUff liiKAL f IIRISTMAH PRETEXT. W ruMianl of fbril- THE at rhr. i TAKE ME HUMS I win wr4 Cartetaat Clr All ttrp(h U rear. rnm ih& vrry W f tk. Traia4 M Iaprtr4 Hi A4rMWarf flu r rrb.rd tit ARAM Li I Vflil GAHLSD0RF acts I < t Hs s V ' BIRD SCPPUtS That Christmas mornin,smile Will brek forth in til it reli ance if you &ive your hoy a bicycle. And all the -while you enjoy his happiness with him you hare the quiet satisfaction of knowing that you hare pro ridctl a means of healthful out door rxerrive that will keep hi in Lrdthy as well as happy. HARLEY -DAVIDSON BICYCLES Are the choice of every American Hot We haTe a complete line in all models, price fron $44.00 to $3$.00 on ear terms Harry W. Scott "THE CYCLE MAN" 147 S. COMMESCIAL CT2XTT Ob. what shall we ADVERTISE IN THE STATESMAN FOR RESULTS ittle Dora An nn-mt" In broken sentences she told of the mysterious visit of the old bird peddlar. Ira had gone up the steps of the palatial home where the girl lived. He had brought the little cage with the birds. Perhaps he bad intended o tell Mary he was her father. The sight of her beauty, her cul- ure, her happiness had chilled his ardor. The grand old fellow could not bear to spoil her glad youth with the tragedy of his bleak life. He had left with his claim unspoken. Singers Bought Out of Sympathy. - The girl was coming down the stairs as the old man rang the bell. The butler had denied him entrance. And the rirl bad run forward and ordered the old man to come in. 1 mourn, miss, pernaps Ton would buy these birds. I'm very poor ana they are wonderful sing ers." And just out of sympathy for the pathetic old stranger, the girl had bought the canaries. He would only take a half dollar from her. She had not understood. He had looked at her and the tears had streamed down his cheeks. "Goodby. little Dora. he said as he left. He stood at the door as though he were about to aay something further and then be looked at her with a queer, sad light on his face and went down the steps. They thought he was a harm less, unbalanced old oddity. "Where can I find him? Where shall I look for him! Why didn't some one ieu me." me girl was 10m wun griet. "Hurry, let us look now." Outside it was snowing. Tere had been a wind storm for a week Maralatt's daughter and the war den searched in every street and alley for the old man. He was nowhere to be fojind. Maralatt Returns; 4 Nowhere to Go. One night there was a knock at the guard room door and a faint voice called out, "Let me come In. please." The captain of the guard opened .the door. Ira Maralatt, bis thin nrlsnn antt ilranrhul mnA hanging in a limp rag about him. 'was kneeling In the snow at snow at the prison door. f4' .-rv . - 1 J ; : , l The enormous crowds that do their Xmas Shopping here unanimously proclaim this to be SALEM'S XMAS STORE Here we feature sensible gifts at reasonable prices. Two i Smashing Specials with hair. A large shipment of these doll were lost in transit and arrived yesterday. So as not to keep these till next year, we sacri fice these $3.50 valued dolls for BABY SLEEPING DOLLS I $1.75 Downstairs Economy Store -. .- . m I T BATHROBES for ladies and men can be had here in very heavy material and exceptional ly well trimmed. The?e bathrobes are sold in lo cal stores for $9.50. our special price only $5.98 Do Goods Department I 4 A the 1 Our Sale on 49c Bargain Baskets and 99c Bundles Begins Today In onr Economy Store. all of ttext week we will haTe on sale as long as they last the famous 49c Barfia besides the new market Basket to the ralue of at least $1.50. will feature for all of next week a 99c Surprise Bundle. These will con tain Christmas Candies. Nuts and Dried Fruits and each can readily see that these will be rained of from $1.75 to $2.53. You should not miss these as the public already know that what we say we do. for thit Basket These contain notion In our Grocery Department w reason we expect to run short of them. Your last opportunity of ob taining aid for a poor family in your district, through our Free Cheer Parcels. -1 a rnssS' We want you to come and see the entire balcony that ha been provided for the display of premiums. And ware giving double premium in our clothing, dry good and Shoe depart ments only.