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TIIE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 15, 1921 . HENRY a Continued from, lest week) CHAPTER MFTY-XIXE - A toon a New York became of O .Henry lucky strike, was ; ready with ita meed ol u?sa. An eager, ruskins multi aonght him ont. Doors were :ng wide. TU j man who had t a lew years before been sepa 3d from his fellows conld now iiid among the proudest, com- udfcag. as he would, their smiWvj X their tears. He preferred so lace. Not because he disdained apany not that he feared ex ur, but because be despised c'X and hypocricy. And these, f?lt, were the Inevitable atten tts of men and women In their ial intercourse.- "A I despise these l;terattl," my a time he voiced the senti ent. "They remind m of bin Moons. If one were to puncture Hr pose, there-would be an as. nl.shed gasp as when one sticks pin In the stretched rubber. And nn they would be.no more not nla wrinkled trace oMbem." They could sue him with invita :n He had no time to waste. 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He wax not of that rightequs type that takes itself and its be liefs with ponderous seriousness, insisting that the world hear them out and then applaud. Bill Porter was too busy watch ing others to take much heed about his own reflection. Because he was eminently self-sufficient, he would not allow circumstances to set his friendships for him. But with the few who were the elect to him: who knew him and understood him he was the droll and beloved vagabond. Reticence would drop from him. He was in his element the troubadour of old, the sparkle of his gracious wit bubbling through every breath of the heavier discourse. Jennings feets "t-Tuwrn Few." "I have a treat for you. colonel. Tonight you chall meet the Chos en Few:" He would tell me no more, seeming to take a boyish delight in my irritable suspense. The Chosen IFew happened to be Rich ard Duffy, Oilman Hall and Ban nister Merwin. We had dinner together at the Hoffman House. It wa a treat for that night I saw Henry as he might have been if the. buoyant happiness that ; seemed to be his native dis position had not ben deepened and saddened by the distressing humiliation of his prison years. Porter bandrd me the menu. He was a bit finicky about his eating. "Centlemen," he said to the distinguished editors, "the colonel, will pick out a surprise for us." I think Porter consider ed me somewhat brazen because I was not awed by this presence "of the elite. "I could order bacon broiled en the hickory coals, terrapin, sour r dough biscuit and coffee strong enough to float the bullets how would you Ilka it. Bill?" "Don't endanger my future In my chosen profession by making ITERDES BARTON Phone II07 OREGON I J ....... -. n - me hit the tracks for the West." "Duffy and Hall looked at Por ter as though a sudden vision of his portly figure galloped before them on horseback and swinging a lariat. Porter caught the ques tion in their eyes. He was in a tantalizing mood. "You wouldn't mind edifying the company with a diecourse on the ethics of train robbing, would you, colonel?" The three guests eat up. tense with interest. It waa just the setting I loved. It pave me a big bump of joy to throw a fhock futo these New Yorkers. Outlaw Yarns Regale Guet Yarn after yarn 1 reeled off for their absorption. I told them all the funny incidents connected with the stick-up of the trains in the Indian Territory. I made them see the outlaw, not as a ruthless brute, but as a human being, possessed of a some what different bias or viewpoint from their own. Porter sat bacK, expansive and sedate, but his large gray eyes lighted with amusemesVt. Colonel. I stood in your shad ow tonight." he said to me as we were parting at the Caledonia. "What do you mean. Bill?" "My friends to whom I intro duced you ignored me. 1 was rather some pumpkins with Hall and Duffy until you cam", and to night 1 was forgotten by them. Would you mind the ne?t time wo ara together telling them I held the horses for yon'." "Honest, Bill, do you mecn It?'' 'Yes. I think it would add to Hiv prestige." A few days latr wp wcr at Moquifl's. I was stringing out a lurid story. I stopped in the mid dle and turned to Porter, as though ray memory' had slipped and I had overlooked an import ant detail. "BiJU you remember," I said, "that was the night you held the horses." Duffy dropped bis fork, sending out a roar of langhter. He reached over and rrhhJ Porter's hand. "By Jove. I always suspected you. Bill Porter." f; Stoties Sold Through Yarns. "I want to thana you, colonel, for those kind words- You bav done me a great service. I sold two stories this morning on th strength of my presumed associa- j tinn with von " Porter said a aay later. "Those fellows think now that I really belonged to your gang. I have become a person age." Not for worlds, though, would Porter have openly acknowledged to these men that he had been a prisoner in the Ohio penitentiary. Bob Davis. I am xrtain, knew It. He practically admitted it to me. Duffy and Hall felt the mystery surrounding the man. "Colonel, every time I step into a public cafe I have, the horrible fear that some tex-con will com up and say to me 'Hello, BUI; when did yott get out of ths O. p ti , No one ever did this. It would have been an insufferable shock to "Porter's pride especially when his "success waa new to him. Af ter all, the Jovial warmth of that dinner at Mouquln's aftsr all the bntr and gayety, the weight of oppressive sadness came down upon him. The memory of the past; the troubled fear of the tuture the two together seemed ever to press like gigantic forces against the bonny happiness of the present for Bill Porter. I was recklessly gay. I had taken plenty of the "wine that boils when it is cold." In the exuberance I asked all the gen tlemen present to be my escort across the river. Porter kicked me under the table, turning on me a straight, meaningful look. "Colonel, I am the only one that has nothing to do except yourself. These gentlemen arc editors. I shall be glad to act as your escort and keep you from walking off the boat. The a neter gives np its dead." Would Knjoy Jump in Itiver. "I don't want thoe men to be with us in our last moments." he said wnen we were crossing the Hudson. "Good Cod, Bill you aren't go ing to jump over and pull me with you?" "No. But I think I would rath er enjoy It." He had not been shamming gay ety at the dinner. When a full tide, it had swept over him. But there was always an undertow of shadows and whenever be was alone it carried bim out often to a bitter depth of gloomy de pression. (Continued next week) A dele Garrison's New Phase- Of REVELATIONS OF. A WIFE CHAPTER 64 WHAT MRS. DURKEE SAID TO RITA BROWN. To all outward appearance the big touring car which Alfred Dur kee had summoned from a neigh boring garage held the merriest of care-tree parties as we vere rushed over the smooth Long Is land roads on our way to "The Sand Pile." i But I who bad gleaned from both observation and tho confi dences of others many facts.indl mtlng the true rendition n af fair knew tbat the lauglting fares masked anything but mer riment in -most of our number. Edith Fairfax had remained OP on the Durkee veranda with my father and Dicky'a mother, say ing frankly that she had been so MY HEAR1 AND MY HUSBAND for quiet and beauty that aha would not exchange the moon light and apple blossoms for tin most celebrated entertainment in the world. There was a quiet de termination in her voice that told me what long canteen service-soften under fire on the French battlefront had done to develop the timid, shrinking southern art student, whom I had sen roused out of her apparently colorless personality but twice, both times when Dicky was in question. In Gay Spirits. ) v That her love for my husband was st:ll flaming within her soul I was rure. although, despite my knowledge that they had for a time been stationed near each other in France, I hugged to my heart tb belief that Dicky held for her only a ptrons? brotherly liking. , ' The innate justice of my nature compelled me to respect and sym pathy for Kdith Fairfax, even though the primitive jealousy which in greater or less degree is bidden in the nature af very wo man kept me from the sic. 'ere lik ing I am sure I would have other wise entertained tor the pirl. The contrast between her and her sister was a marked ofne, al though I knew that before Edith's expedition to France the girls had b;en much alike. But Leila's development was all in the future. She was still essentially Immat'ire, "nxperlenced, and as shn sat close beside be In the tonneau of the mach'ne. almost huddled against me. in fact, I had a sudden teel ing that she was instinctively f.hinking from the proximity of Rita Brown on the other s:de ot her, and that primitive jealousy was awakening the p-isfjibilitu s f her soul. Rita Brown was in the wildest of spirits. Her laughter, unde niably musical, but loud, bubbled forth at the slightest provocation. She kept -a running fire of raillery with Dicky and Alfred Durkee, who sat facing us in the toeneau, and onc challeneged Alfred's mother, who had insisted with the pretty fussiness which always gains her point, upon sitting in the front seat with the driver. "Oh. Mother Durkee!" "Oh, Mother Durkee!" Rita called audaciously, and then, as my little neighbor vouchsafed no answer, she called again. "Mo ther Durkee, can't you hear me, or are you so conceited at sitting in the front seat that you don't want to?" Little Mrs. Durkee gave a low laugh, one in which I, who knew her. so well, recognized the dain ty, malicious note of which she i Ofl n-ff ItyVJ New Price $809.00 Salem Delivery A Cut of $184.60 This price sets a new standard of values and is in line with the new adjustment of present date busi ness. The farmer that is required to take the low prices for his products at this time will note that the low price of the Chevrolet 490 is on a par with his products. capable on ocrasion. "I never anjrwer -when I'm call ed 'oaten my name'," sh'? said merrily. "If you'd said, 'stepmo ther now it would have been a!i right. I.'ni old enough to mother to young things like Edith and Leila, but not to Madge or you. I wasn't married in my cra dle, you know." I was cattiBh enough to feel like clapping isiy hands. With unerring intuition little Mrs. Dur kee had founds the weak plae 'n Rita Brown's ajmor. Unconuion ly youthful loaking, she had al ways pretended to be of the same age as the Fairfax cirls. It a pretense whuh was successful with men. but I had known when I first met her. as indeed would any woman, that the girl s thirti eth birthday was either a thing of. the past, the present or the im mediate future. Leila Fairfax. net me, gave a quick, indrawn htreath; Di:ky. or posite me", unaWe to chuckle r.s I knew he must be lousing to do. kicked my shoe lightly. Altred Durkee's face in tht? moonlint showed a tightenir? or the Hps. a drawing of ihi jpyebrows. bur he said nothing, airiiour.h T was s ir" that his mother's lilt!c speech r Some Drop in Tires Repair prices have also dropped so why delay in having those tires re paired before it is too late. Don't discard a cas ing just because it has blown out. We can give you many more tire miles if you bring them to us. Our retreads are giving practically the same mileage as most new tires at half the cost. We also carry a complete line of Perfection tires and tubes. All our work strictly guaranteed. Hoffman & Okerberg Tire Repair Shop Y.M.C.A. Bldg. k ati rtr HJMU VJI $809 mm AnDtom F.G.Delano hrvi both dlplcased ana disturbed him. But Rita 1'rrv.ii. although 1 w.is certain h- slender lingers were momentarily twitching with the impulse Vo s'.ran - some one any on! g.i"i no HishtOft in lication of di-.npouro. Her lajgh rang oot as lis'.nly as ever "You must be J'.ke my mothr.r." she said merrily. "Say makes ev ery daughter -nd diughtcr-in-Iaw call her sister " We drew rp to th.3 entrance of "The Sand IM'e ' vj xti" pok. :o then? was no opportunity f-r com ment -r retort ;it mile Mrs. M M II 1J 1! U iBONESTEELE MOTOR COl 184 S. Commercial St., SALEM Phone 423 O Ok-d- UIICIL. JL alem Belivert We do not charge brokerage The price of $809 is the car com plete no extras to buy high grade two unit system starting and lighting powerful valve in head motor water circulating pump forced feed lubricating system demountable rims tire carrier with extra rim Stewart high grade speedometer one man top -. Salem Dallas Durkee's part if she had wlshd! It. But I wondered if there had been a challenge in Rita Brown' ftnswcr. (To be continued) ' Kozcr, Knighton and Steiner Leave for East Sam A. Kozer, secretary' of tate: Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner, su perintendent of the state hospital for the insane, and W. C. Knigh ton, architect, who wiil build the Mate trnining school for boys. Ii attracts especially those who aro inclined to look for beauty com bined with comfort and economy. This is evidenced by the asionislung number of women who o;vn arid c rive Dod-c Brother s4 DocrCcdfin. .in- rrm'-uni;t!'n "t u'mieBlly I The 'ire miirag: i: unusually, higli 5 TKTiTtfrri-rr-nrtr y lUlil IM a Harrison radiator- complete set topis 30x3:.' tires front and rear wheels three gallons gas and motor filled with oil. You are already acquainted with our methods of doing business and our service, if not ask any Chevro let owner that we have sold. Mil A.I.Eoii for which money was appropri ated by the lat legislator, left ast nigm on a tour oi investiga tion of draining schools for Ideas to be used in the construction of the Oregon ecbpol. They were authorized to mako ihe trip by the state board of con trol. Indiana. Illinois', Iowa. Colorado, California and other Mates will be visited. The Ore gon school will cost about $260, too. Read The Classified Ads- The Car Complete Former Price $993.60 ll there waa. so cbanca t. ' .