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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1920)
rnn bknd ihjixktih. i)Aii,y kditioji, iiknd. orkoon. HATritiMv, maiich o. ioao PAQK 1 i 1 1 ii T1T1 i"Ti voiil "up Involuntarily. 11 In possible III' 1 1 11 I never mlH'ii'il It be fori, fur II look of 1 1 1 ) Ml t i i'iiiihi lulu tlm Hllin'il fni'i llm firm symptom of Veiil(neN I IiiiiI over delected there. "II IIMIHl llllVI' I. .'I'll lllHl mislaid " "ll was; mill I chance In he i.l.le In t"ll ymi wlii'ii' hi iIiIh vi-ry mum. Horn h your pin, .vim inrnriiiilK devil. I fllllllll ll CMIIKllI III UlOKO hllllilil'ls 4 yonder. 'I'll Ih Ih mil your llrsl vIhII to IIiIh ciililiii you were hero with Indian murderers." "Il'ii ii il-il lie" llllt Ki'lini'ily hull lilm, bulled In II vImi'-HUm u rl p. ll hum well In' IiiiiI, fur thu follow IiiiiI hurst I tit tt n friinlli' riiKi'i ''! Mil liniiiiil so utterly helpl!-" nx In appear almost iillirul. The knnwlcdifi' i if wluit he liml planned, or III dosplonble tri'inlii'ry, li-ft u pier- cllcs. Ill Hpltll of III HtrilKUll'H we bore lilm In I hi' Hour, liml pinned lilm there. cursluK liml HiiuppliiK lll.u ii Willi lll'UHt. "Ti'iir lii otio of those blutikcl"," I culled lnii'lt over toy shoulder tn Hull. "Yes. lulu Ntrli, of course; now lirlnit lltrtii lirrr. Tim. yoit tic tin- fellow j i'H. tin n kihhI Job; I'll liolil hlin. l.lo Mill, Klrhy, or I hIiiiII have Iii kIvk you tln Imtt of till Kim It) tli filer." Hi- imidc out' lust effort to break free, nml. n my hand tittcuiptod in close on liU tlirnut. ( 1 1 rliitrhlnu tinn ers rmiKlit tlm luinil of lit Klilrl, and ripped It whin open. There, directly before III", It Hear across Mm luilry, ex posed chest, wu n hrond, Iilio'k iiiii rk. u trll.nl toli'in. I Mured down tit it, ri'i'i'Kiilnliiit It slttuUlciiurr. "Ily llcnvcn, 'J'lm, look tit this!" I rrlnl. "Iln I nil Indian hliii'iif n black Hue!" ilo not know nlmt delayed tlm titlark of tin' hiiniKi'K. unless they wore wnltlnir fur muiio Hlifiiul which never mine. I passed from loophulu lu loop hole, tlm assuring myself not only ( Unit they milt reiiiiiln. il. Iml thm tlu till. Ill wu completely nuii.iuinl. cl. ill IiuiikIi I In- milliner In which tin war- rlor IiiiiI I n illHrllmti-.l left Hie crent mux of them n . i.H the front. The other evidently roiiiiiiHe n mere Kininl to prevent escape. No move ment I could observe Initlenteil ml Im mediate moonilt ; they rnlher upH'urel to hp nwullliiK Ho'inetliln. Those J iww were nil dismounted, nml liml mhii need lownnl the riihln n closely ii possible without riiuiluK within the rniici! of pin. They hnd hImo sheltered thetiiHelve n fur n pnsslhln lieliltiil rlpinps of brush, or rlde.ee of rock, no thnt i fotmil It 11 tll mli tn estimate their niimlier. only occasionally would n venturesome warrior iipienr for n in. .incut In llm open. n ho Klldeil sieulililly froto tlm protection of onii envert to nimlher, No iloiiht Hiimi) wore liroiiuht within riniKe of our rlllcs, us th"o efTort were usually iiuiile to more mlvmieeil ( poHltloiiH, hut I foiiinilo llrlm:, In the viiKue hope Hint, not lieiirltn; front Klrliy, the ehlef uiluht heroine iIIh eouriiKeil nml ilrnw off wltlumt rlsklntr 0 nil open nltiick. TIiIh wim mure n ilenpornlp. hope, rnlher tluin nny rent fiillh I piuoo'KM'il. 1 ley mid iloiiht Hip Indian ehlef knew, or thoiiKht he knew, our exnet mretiKtli hefore lip oonnenleil to iinii hi war- Inwrn-OTrrt WIITHIN the of Essex and Hudson Super Sixes from Detroit then there'll be cars for everybody wanting a substan tial automobile. We're looking for word every day so keep in touch with us. liillilMIIIIBIMIIIIM Ai? ottuincool Aultiof of ConlrubonJ, Slwoof (JwLtinBuVl Uluiii Mva uy umu pi'jarr rlor lu tlil'i iimiiiiiiII. If Hie luinil liml triilleil u to ll.li ...l, It hint liei ll iln lie Iliinii;li Hie liifliieneii of Klihy, innl he Inid, lieyoml ipienlloli, Inf.. lined lliom nn to who nu wen;, nud the eiiiullllon under uhleli wu hiul lied from Yellow P.nuki. 'I'll" only iiildlllou In our pni'ly k'iiik I lu lu wu tin' rexeued hoy, They would tin vu llllle fear of Nerloux lotix In an iillaek llpi.il two men, anil two women, limiriiied, cxeeit ioHlldy wllh a phdol or two, even HioiikIi liiirrleinled he hind thu log wall of u nil. In. And, with olio of their niiiiiher wlihlu, any alleiupt nt ilefeuie would he hut ll faree. Till Hume khiik liml nlreaily Miiekeil Hid enhln, till. I ii '( with them, a they liidleveil, every Wenp..n It e..u tiilni d. lu their liitilx lliey hud ovi r looked llm n llnr lielmv. Tliey liml no lliuliejll of H exlHleliee, nor thllt we iiwalteil them rlllei lu linn. I mid with mi miiple fuipply of iowder mid lead. Whatever mle.lii he the Itiial rehiill, u MirprUe of no pleiisunt i.nlure wu liwiilllnii their mlviinee, 'on liniil. a I liml l.eiiune. that Illiiek lluwii wa aiiuiilly with the parly. iiIIIm.ukIi I wu lilu.l.le to olitaln liny uHnil.-e i.f hlin, I fll there wu mull ehuiii e of Id ilepuriure, Willi. nil inalilnK lit lean olio effort to enpliiri Hie enhln. That wu hi nature, hi reputation- I tut I of u liiilhlou to huuu on, ii Hkit to miike. More, even, lid luinil of raldem in nit he fur koiiiIi of the iiuiIii l.ody of the Hawk' follow er, 1111(1 lionet) III (IllllKer tlieiiiHelve. They would never riMlillltl heru InllK, fiiiiiif the polhlllly of dlxrnvery, of linvluii llnir retreat eut off. If they uttnekeil the attempt would not he Ioiik iliinyed. HUH tliere wu nothing left to ilo hut wall. We tvero alreudy com pletely prepareil ux jioxxllile with our rexourees The tnnln iixxnnlt wnulil tindolilitedly ho ilellvereil from Hie front, directed nunliixt the door, the only point where they could hope to lin-iik In. Here Tlm mi'. myxelf held our poxltlon. n realty nx wo ivuihl ho for uuy emer k'eni'v. iind wnliliFuT of llm" "xlluldex't movement without. Tlm had even liroiicht up the hulf-keK of conriu.' pow der from the collar, mid rolled It Into one corner out of the wit jr. Ill only t'xpliimillon wiik, u itrlut reply to my question, that "It inoiifht he tnlclily hundy ter hav' round afore the frneu wu done." .There win no fenr In KIuIko, no lirlnl:lii(f, no ovlileuco of Cowardice. Not' onco did I feel the need of itlvitiK her wonl of eneour iiKement vcd h I clnueed toward her It wit to percelvo the n I en in of u plxtol gripped In her linml. Hho wiir of Hip old Kreneh fliihtlng stock, which never full. , Acalnxt Hip Ins wall n few j-urilx iiwiiy, Klrhy xirnlned nt hi hlimliet bond, nod hnd nt hint nucii'ided In HftliiK hluiHi'lf up fur enout;li im to uluro Hliout the room. There wim none of thii ordlnnry culm of Hie liuiiihler tihiiut the fellow now nil tho plllleX'i hnte, and love of revenue which hcloiiKcd to his wild III. Hun blood lilar.eil In hi eye. Ho K In red nt mv lu midden, linpotent rnge. Essex "Are Coming tn announce the arnva ot PIONEER "Ton llilnk you'vti Kot mii.'Jii you?" he cried, xenwHiiK iierox; then tin uuly Klin dlHlorli'tl Id llilu Hp. "Not yet you haven't, you Holdler iIok. I've Kol miino card left to piny In Ihl kiiiiic, you youiiK fool, What (lid you bull lu for un.vwiiyV Till wa iioiiu of your lilTnlr, I) you, Knox, do you know who Kim m? I menu Hint wiilli-ffiond chit over there do you know who xlin Ih? 8ho' my wife; ilo you lienr? my wife I I've not tho pitperx, (I you I Klie'M tnliie! mine; nml I nm KoluK lo luivn her Ioiik after you're ilend yi'M, mid Hut wiiiilo d lieiiti ciilre priiiierty Willi her. Uy (I I you lulk ill.. ml HkIiIIiii; why Ihere lire Ilfly Indian out here. Wall till lliey llnd out win. I luix hiiiH'iied to file. Oh, I'll wnlcli you did lit tho Ktnko, you xnenliliiK whim cur. liliil Kill In your face I" "Klrhy." I wild Klernly, hut quietly, xleppliu: dlreiily neroKx toward hlin "You tire a prlHiuier, nud helph, hut I mn Kolnu tn tell you now to hold your tonuue. Olhorwlxo. you will never xeii me nt the ktnko, I.eeuuHO I hIiiiII blow your brn In out where you He." "Vott.ilnru not do " "And why not? It will rid llm lrl of you, mid that iiienn HomethlnK lo me and her. ,lut try me, and xee." He IiiiihI have read the rliii inenn Inu In my fiu-e, for he fell hack iikhIiixi Hie l.'K, iiiiilterliu; Incohereiitly, hi limit eye well of halo, hi fnco u lilcture of mnllimmicy, but utterly lielplex the ItirklnK coward In hlin. tinahle to face my threat. I left lilm and tooied ahovo her. "Wo xlnill he huxy preently; tho de lay cannot ho much lonccr. I mn nfnild Hint fellow may micceed ome how lu doliiK u linrni. Ilo Im cruzed enough to ni tempt miythlnK. May I truxt you to Kiinrd hlin?" Her 0)-e. nliKoliitely fenrleK nnd di rect, looked Ntrulglit up Into mine. "Ye, he will make no movement T xluill not nee. Tell me; do you believe there In hope?" "fiod know. We Minll do our best. If the worm rumen what ?" "Do not fear for me; do not let nny memory of mo turn you nxlde from your work," he nld quietly. "I know what you men n nud pleili-e you I hIiiiII never full Into hi hand. II It can not be wroiij;, I mn mre, nnd and I iiiuxt tell you thut. I I could uot, Steven, for for I love you." My rnijer hnniN were upon here, my eye creed Ily rcndlne the iiickmieo re vealed o frankly lu the depth of her own. Hhe only wa In my HioukIkh; we were tliere nlone alone. "Tliey're n cumin', Ctip," yelled Ken nedy nnd hi rllle cracked. "Ily O ! they're here!" With one Kwift sprlnK I wn hack nt my deerleil poxt mid flrliiB. Never before hnd I been lu nn Indian bnttle, hut they had told mn nt Armxtronc thnt tho fine were fighting men, 1 know It now. Till wu to be no piny nt war but n irrlin, relent lex xtruccle. They came en iniixse, ruNhliiK rerklesii ly forwiird ncloxi the Open Hpuoe, presxlni; upoii each other In hendlout; dexlre to bo firm, ToWne; like fiendH, Kim hrnndlxlied In air. or HplttliiR lire, nnlinnled hybut one purpose tho luitterliiK of a way Into that rahln. I know pot who led them nil I saw wax n iiinxa of half-nnked bodle houndlug toward me, Ioiik hulr si rema in K. coiior faces nulow, weiipoii Rllt tcrlni: In the light. Vox, I miw more the meiinlui; of Hint fierce rush; the Instrument of destruction they broujfht Willi them. It wn there In the renter of the maolxlrom of leaping flgiire. protected by tho pronped bodies, half hidden by ' cemlrulalliiR red nrms n luiRO Ior, borne IrrcKlxtlhly forward on the Rhoulder of twenty warriors, gripped by other hnndx. nnd hurled next two Inward ii HN'thoucTi "xwepi on "I7y "n liiiman it'll. A kii I n nnd iiriiIii I llred Mindly Into the yelping inoli ; beard llm crack of Tlm' rllle echoing mine, mid tho chug or lend from without milking the xolhl log. Ilullelx ploughed ernxliliig llirotigh Hie door pmiolH mid Mlnie' shrill Kcreninx of fii;;ht rani; out nhove the uiieiirlhly din, A hlu;; lore llirotigh my loophole, drawing hlnod from my xhouhler In IlH iiiixniiKe, n till 'liohi (in," llxeinn fiTi oppoxlle wall. In front of me mvagix fell, Hlnggerliig, ficreain of anger mid ligony inliiglliig an the axloiilxhci) nH mtlliililN reiill.i.il the fluid before them. All Itixiunt we held them, xlnrlled, nml dein..inllei. Tho wnrrlorx hear ing the lug mumbled over a (lend body mill Went down. Die great timber cninhliit' out number life i It fell. Again we lln d, 11,1m time mrul;;ht lino their fnei x hut there wax no mopping them. A red blanket flashed linr-k be yoml Ih" big tree; u giilliirnl voice Khouled. Hx hoiirue note rlxlng above the lielll.ii uproar, and those demon were on llnir feet again, filled with new frenzy. It wa a minute no more. With n blow thai xhook the cabin, propelled by twenty mrong lirmx, the great tree butt mruck, splintering the oak wood nx though It were no inu.ii pine, nnd driving n Jugged hole clear through one panel. Kennedy wax there. IiIiizIiir away di rectly lino the uxNillantH' eye, mid I Joined hlin. Again they struck, nnd again, the Jagged end of llnir buttering ram pro Irudeil Ihroiiu'li the shattered wood. V killed, hut they were too mnny. Once more the grcnt butt rnme crash ing forward, thl time caving In the entire door, bursting It back iihiii Itx hlngcM. In through .the opening the. red mob hurled INelf. recklex of death or wounds, mud wiih the thirst for vlrtory; u Jam of nuked benstx, crawd by the smell of blood a wave or slaughter, crested with brandished (run and gleum of toinnhawk. There Ix nothing to remember nothing but blows, curse, yells, the crunch of xteel on flesh, the horror of cruel ryes glowering Into your, the clutching of finger at your throut, the spit of lire singeing you. the mrnln of commit hand to hand the knowledge thnt It I all over, except to die. I hud no sense of fenr; no thought hut to -kill nud he killed. I felt wilhlii me Klrength desperate. Insnne strength.. The rifle butt splintered In my hand, hut the bent nnd shapeless barrel rose and fell like a flail. I saw It crush' ngalnst skulls; I Jabbed It straight Into red faces! I brought It down with nil my force on clutching arms. For nil Instant Tlm wax beside me. He hud Inst Ids gun and was fighting with n knife. It wax only a glimpse I had of li I in through red mist the next In stant he wa gone. A huge fellow weeks we should GARAGE faced me, a Wlnnehiigo, I knew, from his shaven head. I struck hi in once, laying open hi cheek to tho bone; then he broke through nnd gripped mo. The rest Ix what ll dreuiii ; u de lirium fever? I know not ; It cornea lo mo In fliishi H of iiuiil im mory. I wn struck ngnln nnd again, stabbed, and Hung to Hid floor, Moicaxlued feet trod on me, mid some Ilend gripped my hulr, hciulliig my hend buck across u dead body, uiilll I felt the te-ck crack. Above me with nuked leg and nrm, a paliiletiiuiiluiii of dinning llgurei, n horrible churn of iiiinldciieil yells. I cnughl ii gllinp"t) of A:u Hull (lung high Into the air, shot ileud In mid night, Hie whirling body dropping Into tho-ruck below. I saw the wivat-e, whose, finger were twined In toy hulr, lilt u gleaming loinnlinwii mid circle It about bis head; I mured Into the hate of hi eyes, uii'l nx It swept down there wn n glare of red mid yellow flame between ux, the thunder of an explosion ; the roof above seemed to burst asunder and fall lu and dark ness, death. (To He Continued.) Mlitake and Mushrooms. An unusual occurrence I reported from I.etchwortli golf link. It appears j that mi eiithiisinxiic beginner inixtisik j a mushroom for Id hull, mid did not : riixcover bis mlxtiike until five stroke! i afterward. i Co Eaiy, Boytl Rumor ha reached us of uurc?t and Imputlence uio'iog our trade school pu pils, who are eager to be sharing the high wag now being paid to labor. They are In n hurry, one might say, to exchange the heyduy of youth for the pay day of adulcacence. ISoslou Traa-eerlpl. When Your Car Breaks Down We have one of welding plants, in to do the most work. The work paid expert'. A Word About Acetylene Bon't think thut it necessarily needs a new part. Save money. Hate an expert look at tho part and de termine whether it can bo welded. And If it can bo done, remember thut Tho I tend Iron Works can nuiko the broken part as smooth running and strong as the day it wax made. , BEND IRON WORKS t:;5:Es:"::'s3! mux wmm seven canoaas Clnaer a Valuable Crop, dinger grown In Jniiuih n has always comnil.lii'e.l .-tc than double the price of unv other. Under favorable condition : r. acre will produce OS much a four thousand pound. SQUEEZED TO DEATH When tho body beRirm to stiffen and movement fcacomeo painful it is usually an indication that tha kidneys are out of brdor. Keep these organs healthy by taking COLD MEDAL Tha world's standard remedy for kidn7v liver, bladder and uric acid troubles, Famous since 1098. Take regularly and keep in good health. In tbiee size, all drugglDta. Guaranteed as repreaeoted. 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