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THE GOLD HILL NEWS, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON
gloomy statement that drew troiu tb> I
proud ami happy m inister an unusual
ly harsh rejoinder.
“ You ouglil to be kicked all the way
home for saying such a thing as that,
Joe Sikes." T urn in g to the »Urn, pretty
girl who walked beside him across th *
June-warmed campus, he said com
fo rtln g ly : "D on’t mind thia old croak
T a n ia « 1» a great n a tu ra l build
er, Jane dear.”
e r. I t revitalizes the blood, stim u
A word In passing about Jane Sage
lates the digestive organs, reju ve
Slender,
graceful,
slightly
above
nates th e liv e r and peps you up
medium height, Just turning Into y o u n j
a ll over.
womanhood, she was an extremely
F ro m the fo u r corners o f the
pretty girl.
e a rth w e g ath er the roots, barks
She adored O liver October. There
and herbs that go Into Tanlac. W e
had been a time when she was hla
compound them a fte r th e famous
sweetheart, hut that was ages ago—
T a n la c fo rm u la th a t baa brought
h ea lth to m illions.
when both o f them were young! Now
lie was supposed to be engaged to a
O ur flies are cram med w ith tes
tim o n ia ls fro m men and women
girl In the graduating class— and Jane
In every w a lk o f life , who state
was going to be an old maid— ao the
g ra te fu lly th a t T an la c has brought
childish romance was over.
them back to rigorous strength.
L ate in the fall o f 1011, young O li
I f you suffer fro m Indigestion,
ver, having passed the age of tw en ty-
loss of appetite, can't sleep o r rest;
o n e , packed his bag und trunk, shook
I f rheum atism la m a k in g life a
the dust of Burnley from his feet, und
to rtu re ; I f your liv e r la out o f
accepted a position In the construction
sorts and your body has run down
departm ent of a Chicago engineering
to akin and bonea, get a bottle o f
and Investment concern.
T a n la c a t you r druggist's and
E a rly In 1013 he was sent to China
• t a r t ta k in g I t rig h t aw ay.
by bla company on a mission th a t kept
You’ll be amazed to note th e
him In the O rient fo r nearly a year and
Im provem ent th a t comes a t once.
a half. A week before Christmas. 1014.
F o r the first tim e In months you’ll
fee l lik e eatin g some good solid
the Burnley Dispatch came out w ith
food. Y o u 'll w ake up In the morn
the announcement— under a double
ing rested and refreshed, ready
head— that O liv er October B axter wax
fo r a good day's w ork. F irs t th in g
returning from the F a r East, where he
you know you’ll have some color
now if you want to b u ild your
had been engaged In the most stu
In your cheeks and the sparkle of
body back to health and rigor.
pendous enterprise ever Undertaken
h e a lth back in yo u r eyes.
Take Tanlac Vegetable Pills for
by Am erican capital.
Don’t delay taking Tanlac. Begin
constipation.
When he arrived, he wag met at the
depot by a delegation.
F ailed to G e t A w a y
N o th in g So P leb eia n
“ I can't believe my eyes--no, sir, I
"W h a t are you in for, my good fel
C aller— A re your little ones playing
can't," cried old O liver, quaveringly as
low ?”asked the prison visitor.
store?
he w rung his son's hand. “You're back
“F o r being found out,” sighed the
M rs. N ew rich
(h a u g h tily )— Store?
again, alive and sound."
I should say not. M y children never fo rm er bank cashier, who had kept up
"You bet I ’m alive," answered O liv er play anything but bank.— Boston T ra n his peculations fo r years before ths
October, laying bis arm over the old ; script.
officials got wise.— C incinnati Enquirer.
man's shoulder and patting his back. I
Build your body
back to Health
OLIVER
l„ O C T O B E R
EO RG E B A R R M cCUTCHEON
C O P Y R IO M T . B E L L S Y N 0 I C A T E ( w N U. S E R V I C E )
NEW HANDY PACK
Fits hand —
pocket and purse
M o ra fo r y o u r m oney
and th e b e s t P e p p e rm in t
Chewing Sweat for any money
Look (or Wrigley’l P. L Handy Pack
^■^onjrou^Deale/aCount«^ 0 7 ^
O L IV E R A NO J A N E
SY NO PSIS— O liv e r
O c to b e r
Baxter, J r., w a n bo rn o n a vlla
O c to b e r «lay
I I I * p a re n t* w * r *
p r o m in e n t
In
th *
c o m m e r c ia l,
s o c ia l a n d a p lr lt u a l I l f * o f th a
to w n o f K u m le y
T h * n ig h t t h a t
O liv e r O c to b e r w a * b o rn ■ v y p a y
q u ee n r e a d * h l* fa th e r* « f o r tu n e
a n d t e lle blrn w h a t a w o n d e r f u l
f u t u r e h l* aon hae b e fo r e h im .
b u t a d d s t h a t h l * eon w i l l n e v e r
re a c h th e a g e o f t h i r t y , t h a t he
w i l l be h a n g e d f o r a c r im e o f
w h ic h he le n e t g u ilt y .
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CHAPTER II
Ten
Turning out a Flap«
Jacfc b m k f.tt for *
wintry-eppetiie
family ia no work at
all for mother. All
ahe dor* ia add a lit
tle water or milk and
lake on a hot griddle.
Nofuaal No ¿«her!
Y e a rs L a te r
T en year» passed, year« of change
and grow th— Burnley had not stood
still during the decade. It was the
proud boast of Its most enterprising
citizen, Silas L in k, that It hail done
a great deal better than Chicago: It
hud tripled Ita population.
And what a bceakfaatl
O liv er B axter, Sr., owned one of
the new huMlnesH "blocks** on Clay
street. It was known as the B axter
block, erected In 1MK1.
M ary B a x te r died of typhoid fever
when young O liv er was nearing seven.
H er untim ely demise revived the lialf-
forgolten prophecy of the gypsy for
tune-teller. People looked severely at
each ether and In hushed tones dis
cussed the Inexorulde ways of fate. It
was the first “algn" that young O liver's
fortune was coming true.
O f an entirely different nature was
"Alberi (tamil for
the agitation created by the un
better Ih t a k jt u n “
righteous behavior of Josephine Sage,
who had finally auccumbed to the lure
o f the stage, leaving her husband and
L o s A n g e le s ’N c w s s t
child. In order to g ru tlfy her life's am
bition. H a lf the women In town, on
learning that th e was going to Chicago
fo r a b rie f visit w ith her folks, went
around to the parsonage to klsa her
Main Street
good-hy. Kxcorlatlou and a stream of
bet. 6th &7th
" I told you so’s" were bestowed upon
7 0 0 ROOMS
the pretty young w ife and mother
when It became known that she was
not coming back.
with
H erb ert Sage was stunned, bew il
toilet
dered....................She wrote him from
Chicago a t the end o f the first week
o f w hat was to have been a fortnight's
OD
GARAG
visit to her mother. She was leaving
at once fo r New York, where she had
C o m p u lto ry E ducation
been promised a tria l by one o f the
An old Alabam a cook said to her greatest Am erican producers. A month
em p lo y e r: "L a w , mlanle, w hat makt-s la te r came a telegram from her say
yo' pay money to aend de chile to ing she was rehearsing a part In a new
school? 1 got one am aht boy named piece that was sure to be the “ hit of
Monett an* I la m » him inynelf.”
the season.”
“B u t, Aunt M a rla ," auld her mta- I
“ You w ill be proud o f me, Herby,"
tress, "how can you teach your child she wrote, "because I w ill take mighty
when you don't know one le tte r from
good care that you never have any rea
a no ther f
son to be ashamed of me o r for me
"H o w I teach him? I Jest make him
to be ashamed of myself. You know
ta k e do book an' net down on de flo'
w hat I mean. I don’t suppose 1 w ill
a n ' den I nay, 'Moses, you tak e yo’
say my prayers ns often ns I did when
• y e from dat book, much lean leggo
you were around to remind me o f them,
him . an’ I skins you a liv e .*”
but I w ill be a good girl Juat the same."
T h a t was four years ago. H e r confi
dence In herself had been Justified,
and. fo r all we know, the same may be
said of H e rb e rt Sage's confidence In
her. She had the talent, the voice, the
henuty, and above all, the magnetism,
and ao there was no holding her back.
Hill'« act quick!v— «top colds in 14 hour«.
F o r tw o aucceaalve aeasona she ap
Fever and headache disappear. Grippe it
peared In a Chicago theater, following
conquered in 5 days. Every winter it saves
million« danger and discomfort. Don't Uke
long New York runs o f the pieces In
chance«, don't delay an hour. Get the beat
which she was playing.
help science knows.
F in a lly, In one of her letters an
Be Sure It'»
Price 30c
nouncing a prospective engagement In
London, she put the question to h im :
“ Do you w ant to get a divorce from
me, Herby?" H is reply was terse and
brought from her the following un
Cet Rad Boa
with portteM
dignified but m anifestly sincere tele
gram : "N e ith e r do I, so we'll stick
till the cows come home. Snlllng F r i
day.
W ill cable. Much love,”
She ipade a " h it” In London In the
big musical success o f that season.
They liked her ao well over there that
haarlem oil has been a world they wouldn't let her go back to the
States.
Albers
F lap jack
F lo u r
many were the battles he fought In her
defense.
T he tim e came when O liv e r October
Baxter, age ten, had to he told wits'
wus In store for htin If he did not
mend his ways. For, be It here re
corded. O liver not only possessed a
quick temper, hut a surprisingly aan
gulnary way o f making It felt.
H e was a rugged, freckle-faced
youngster w ith curly brown hair, a
p air of stout legs, and a couple o f hard
little fiats, w ith which be made bis
tem per felt.
It was a fte r witnessing a p a rtic u la r
ly ferocious b attle between O liv er and
Sammy Parr, that Joseph Sikes and
Silas Link decided th a t the boy must
be warned o f the fa te th a t awnited
him If Ida a w fu l tem per was not
curbed.
And go It came to pass th a t young
O liv er October learned whut was in
store fo r him If his "fo rtune" came
true. In the presence o f hla father»
hla good friend, M r. Suge, who had op
posed telling the boy. and the Messrs
L in k und Sikes, he was made to realize
the vastness o f the dark and terrify in g
shadow that hung over him.
W hen they had finished, he cleared
his throat. “ I wish niy ma was here,"
lie said, his lip trem bling.
“Amen to th a t," said M r. Sage, fe r
vently.
"A m e n i” repeated M r. L in k in his
most professional voice.
M r. Sage laid a hand on the boy's
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She was greatly missed by little O li
ver October. F o r some reason—per
haps she did not explain It heraelf— at
any rate, she did not go to the trouble
of speculating— she had taken a tre
mendous fancy to the child. Thia sntull
boy o f five or six was the only being In
town w ith whom she could play to
her heart's content, and she made the
most o f him. H e r own tiny baby,
Jane, interested but did not amuse
her.
O liver was alw ays to have a warm
corner In her heart for the gay Aunt
Josephine. hut new diverting games re
duced hla passionate longing for her to
• mild but pleasant memory. Perhaps,
too, her own daughter had something
to do w ith Josephine's fading from O li
ver's mind.
F o r Janie Sage, at the age o f six,
was by fHr the prettiest and the moat
sought a fte r young lady In Burnley.
O liver was her chosen swain, and
"It's m ighty good to see you, and It ’s
wonderful to be back In the old town
again. H ello, Uncle Joe!
W elt, you
see they haven't hung me yet.”
"And they a in ’t going to I f I can help
It," roared M r. Sikes, pumping O liv er’s
arm vigorously.
“ N o t, on your life !
It's all fixed, O liver.
W e’ve got you
the appointm ent of city civil engineer
of Burnley."
"You needn't w orry about that, fa
ther.
I'll not accept the position."
M r. B a x te r brightened. "You won't?
Good fo r y o u ! T h a t’ll show Joe Sikes
and S lla i L in k they can't run every
thing."
Presently they drew up in fro nt of
the B a x te r residence, and as they did
so an uncommonly pretty g irl opened
the fro n t door.
“ Hello, O liv e r!” she cried.
“ H ello, J a n e !” he shouted back, as
he ran up the steps. “Gee! It's great
to see you. And. my goodness, w hat a
big gtrl you are."
H e was holding her w arm , strong
hands In his o w n ; they w ere looking
straight Into each other’s eyes.
"You haven't grown much," she said
slowly. “Except th a t you are a man
and not a hoy."
“T h a t’s IL " he cried. "T he d iffer
ence In you Is that you’re a woman
and not a g irl.”
"Come In," she said, w ith a queer
dlgnly- that she herself did not under
stand.
One can't re a r children properly if
one is selfish. T hey soon discover IL
F o rtu n a te the man whose hobby Is
his Job.
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SAY “ BAYER ASPIRIN” - tynuiet
Unless you see the “Bayer Cross” on tablets, you are not
getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by mil«
lions and prescribed by physicians over 25 years for
When he came downstairs, a fte r
having unpacked his bags and scat
tered the contents all over the room,
he found the "company” already aa-
sembled.
As might have been ex
pected, the guests Included Bev. M r.
Sage, M r. Sikes and M r. L in k , and
one outsider, the mayor of Burnley,
M r. Samuel Belding.
“ W hat's this I hear?” demanded the
la tte r sternly, as he shook hands w ith
the young man. "Y ou r fath er’s Juat
been tellin g ua you won’t accept the
distinguished honor the city of Bum-
ley has conferred upon you.
What's
which contains proven directions.
the m a tter w ith It?”
Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets.
Also bottles of 24 and 100— Druggists.
“T h e tru th o f the m atter Is,” O liver
AaptrlD Is th* trad* B ir k o f B arer Itw o fa c ta r e o f M oaoacetlcseldM ttr of Salleylleaeld
answered seriously, “ I have other
plans. I ’m going O ver T h e re In Feb
C o m p le te W ith
S ettlin g G ru d g e in C hina
ru ary w ith the Canadians.
It's all
"Knee-length skirts have reduced
Iu fu ll view of shopkeepers and
settled. I'm to have my old job back
passing pedestrians In the in tern a street car accidents 50 per cent.”
when the w ar Is over."
“ W ouldn’t it be flue if accidents
"B u t it's not our w a r!’" cried M r. tional settlem ent In Shanghai a Chi- ■
nese mem ber o f a crim inal gang was could be prevented entirely?”— B u ffalo
Sikes.
hacked to death w ith meat cleavers by Bison.
“ It's everybody's w ar,” spoke young
tw o other Chinese. It Is believed he
O liv e r out o f the very depths o f his
was the victim o f a rival gang’s venge
W r lz h t'e In d ia n V e g e ta b le P ill« c o n ta in
soul.
"W e w ill he in It some day.
ance. Despite the fact th a t many per o n ly v e g e ta b le ln r r e d le n ts , w h ic h a c t g e n t ly
Oh, I'll come back, never fear.
You
aa a to n ic la x a tiv e , by s tim u la tio n — n o t Irri
sons witnessed the Incident no one a t ta tio n . 171 P e a r l S t., N . T. A dv.
see. Uncle Joe, I ’ve Just got to pull
tem pted to help the victim or to call
through alive and well, so th a t I can the police.
be hung when m« tim e comes.”
The K ea to n
B lake— W h a t makes th a t police
I f one has no other faults, a de
sire to boss others Is bad enough. A r man so fat?
Off to the w a r!
W e ll, he’s
D ra k e — Too much traffic Jam.
rogance can become a sin.
safe.
H e’ll have to coma back
to be hanged.
Colds
Pain
Headache
Neuralgia
Neuritis
Toothache
Lumbago
Rheumatism
DOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART
“ Yea, S ir," Said O liver, “ I Do.”
shoulder. “Do you say your prayers
•v e ry night, O liver?"
“Yes, sir— I do."
“ W e ll— er— If Brother B a x te r doesn’t
mind, and If you gentlemen w ill ex
cuse me, I think I w ill go upstairs w ith
O liv e r and— and listen to his prayer.”
A little la te r on, the tall, spare pas
to r sat on the side o f young O liver's
tru nd le bed and talked In a confiden
tia l whisper,
" I am going to tell you something,
O liver, and 1 w ant you to believe It.
Nobody on this earth can foretell the
future. A ll that talk about your be
ing hung some day la poppycock— pure
poppycock. Don’t you believe a word
o f It. I came upstairs w ith you Just
fo r the purpose o f telling you this—
not really to hear your prayers. Now
don't you feel better?"
“Yea. air,” said O liver. “I do,”
"W h a t I w ant you to do, O liver, Is to
go on— lending a— er— regular boy's
life. Do the things that are rig ht and
square, be honest and fearless— and
no harm w ill ever come to yon. Now,
turn over and go to sleep, there's a
good boy.”
And the kind-hearted m inister went
downstairs feeling that he had given
the poor lad something besides the
gallows to thin k ab o u t
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I t is not the purpose of the n arra to r
o f this story to deal at length w ith the
deeds, exploits, mishaps and sensations
o f O liv er October ns a child. H e was
seventeen when he le ft Burnley high
school and became a freshman at the
state university. T h e last o f the three
decades allotted to him by the gypsy
was shorn o f Its first tw elve months
when he received his degree. As M r.
Sikes announced to Beverend Sage at
the conclusion of the commencement
exercises, he had leas than nine more
years to live at the very outside— a
(T O B E C O N T IN U E D .»
W hat A m I t
I have scattered breadirusts, tin
cans,
Sunday
supplements,
paper
plates, paper bags, chicken hones and
fru it skins from the wilds of M aine
to the tip o f Florida.
I have hacked forest trees and left
enmpttres burning from the C alifo rn ia
coast to the A tlan tic seaboard.
I have hooked apples from New
England orchards, walnuts from the
W illa m e tte valley and oranges from
our southern states.
I have rolled rocks Into the sap
phire depths of C ra te r lake and thrown
tin cans Into gurgling brooks In every
state In the Union.
I have seen all. heard all, know all
and In my weak w ay have destroyed
much.
I am the American tourist who
through careless nnd thoughtless acts
brings dishonor to responsible, respect
able and careful fellow travelers— Old
Colony M em orial.
Most advice Is good, but you are
given no w ill power w ith IL
C hildren
C ry for
C astoriâ
M O T H E R : - Fletcher’»Cas-
toria ¡s a pleasant, harmless
Substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
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for Infants in arms and Children all ages.
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