Bandon recorder., April 30, 1908, Image 3

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> E PERSHBAKER
W C. PRATT
Dealers in
General Merchandise and Gent’s Furnishings
HIGHEST PRICE FOR FARM PRODUCE
Oregon
4* ®f At tl Stoves, Boeses eras Hesters have in them so many excellencies
that they are now acknowledged the yreateat seller* on the coast, and they are grow-
iriR in favor every year. We have the exclusive agency in Bandon for these hou«*^.
bold and office necessiuee, and price» range exceedingly modest in either cane.
Oer Akkertmeni of Hardware. Tinware and Edged Tools is Most Complete
Lewin’s Meat Market
CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR
High Classes of Work Solicited
Oregon
Meats & Provisions
HOTEL GALLIER
Special Rates
Sample Room
Bandon
Oregon
SHIELDS 4 KENNEDY,
SHOES
M. BREUER’S
TINNING AND PLUMBING A SPECIALTY
Rates $1 to $2 per Day
by the Week or Month,
in Connection
FIRST-GLASS LAUNDRY WORK
BOOTS
A. McNair, The Hardware Man
Bandon
Coquille Steam Laundry
The Firm of
Girdlestone
PRATT & PERSHBAKER
Chas. S.
McCulloch
his son, and ths rv*nlt had been disas­ ' old footing.
ws can ones get enffl-
trous. One of the Cornish tin mines in ' cient money 1« satisfy our pit-sent cred t-
which hs had sunk a large amount- of ors, and so tide over this run of bad luck,
money, and which had hitheito yielded the current will set In the other way, and
NOSLER 4 MORRISON. Prop».
him a handsome beturn. became suddenly nil will go well. And first of all. there
exhausted, and the shares went down to is one question, my boy, which 1 should
zero. No firm could stand uga.nst such i ke to ask you. What do you think of
a run of bad luck, and the African trad­ John Ilarston's daughter?”
Of «very kind don«
«hort notice
ing company reeled before it. John Gir­
"She’s r;ght enough,” the young man
and at reasonable price«.
dlestone had not said a word yet of all answered brusquely.
this to his son. As claims arose he set­
SATISFACTION IS GUARANTEED
"She's a good girl, Ezra—a thorough
tled them in the best manner he could, good girl, and a rich girl, too, though her
• 4" Orders left oa Mondays with our Random
and postponed ths Inevitable day when money la a «mall thing in mj eyes com­ went. A. O TROWBRIDGE, will 1« m«n car*,
fui attention and delivered In Bandon at tbe atom
■ he should have to give a tru J aciyunc pared to her virtue."
Friday «v.ninga
I of their financial position.
lie hoped
Y'oung
Gird! eatone
sneered.
"Ot
aga.nst hope that ths chapter of acci- course,” he said, impatiently. “Well, go
COQUILLE, OREGON.
dents or ths arrival of some orllliant car­ on—what about her?”
go*s from the coast might set the concern
“Just this, Ezra, that there is no girl
( on its legs again.
A. CONAN DOYLE
in tbe world whom 1 should like better
From day to day he had been expect'rg to receive as my daughter-in-law. Ah!
news of one of his vessels. At last one you rogue, you could come round her;
morning he found a telegram awaitit.g yon know you could.”
The old man
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You can’t expect to get $2
him at tlie office. He tore it eagerly open poked h s long bony finger In the direction
worth for $1, but you can get
for it bore the Madeira mark. It was of his son's ribs with grim playfulness.
your moneys worth at
from his agent, Jose Alvercirns, and an­
“Oh, that's the idea, is it?” remarked I
CHAPTER III—(Continued.)
nounced that ths voyage from which ho the junior partner, with a very unpleas­
“You're raving, Baumser,” said Major had hoped so much had been a total fa.I-
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Clutterbuck. excitedly. "Why, man, the-r ure. The cargo was hardly sufficient to ant smile.
“Yes, that is one way out of our diffi­
names are above suspicion. They are defray the working expenses. As the mer­
looked upon as ths soundest joucern in chant read it, his head drooped over tne culties. She has forty thousand pounds. I
which would be more than enough to save 1
Dealer in Boot* and Shoes
. the city.” •
table and he groaned aloud. Another of
I "Dat may be ; dat may be,” the Ger- the props which upheld him from ruin the firm. At the same time you would
gain a charming wife."
I man answered stolidly. “What I know I had snapped beneath him.
Repairing Neatly and Promptly Dona
“If we are reduced to such an expedi­
know, and what 1 say I say.”
at Lowest Living Prices.
There were three letters lying beside ent I think I can answer for the result.
“And how d'ye know it? D’ye tell me the telegram. He glanced through them,
Tbe
girl
’
s
not
a
bad
looking
one.
But
you
that you know more about it than the but there was no consolation in any of
men on ’Change and the firms that do them. One was from a bank manager said you had several plana Let us hear
some of the other ones. If the worst
business with them?”
informing him that his account was some­
“I know what 1 know, and 1 say what what overdrawn. Another from idoyd's conies to the wirst I might consent to
that—on condition, ot course, that 1
I say,” the other repeated.
Insurance Agency, pointing out that the
“And you won't tell me where yoo policies on two of his vessels would lapse should have the whole management of ths
money.”
heard this of the Girdlestonos t"
unless paid within a certain date, The
“Quite so—quite so.” his father said
"It woqld be no good to you. It is clouds were gathering very darkly ov-r
All Kinds at
enough that what I say is certain. Let the African firm, yet the old man bore hurriedly. “That’s a dear, good lad. As
it suffice that they are people what are up against misfortune with dauntless you say, -when all other things fail we
bound to tell other people all that they courage, He eat alone in his little room, can always fall back upon that. At pres­
ent I intend to raise as much money as
know about anything whatever.'’
with his head sunk upon his breast, and
"You don’t make it very clear now.” his thatched eyebrows drawn down over I can upon our credit, and invest It in
the old soldier grumbled! “You mean his keen grey eyes. It was clear to h m such a manner as to bring in a large and
that these secret sociét és and socialists that the time had come when he must immediate profit.”
“And bow do you intend to do thia?“
let each other know all that comes in enlighten his son as to the true state of
their way, and have their o*n means of their affairs. With his co-operation he his son asked doubtfully.
“I intend," said John Girdlestone, sol­
getting information.”
might carry out a plan whicil had been emnly rising up and leaning his elbow
Furnished at living price*. A share
"Dat may be, and dat may not be.” th» maturing for some months in bis brain.
I
of the public patronage solicited
against
tbe
mantelpiece,
“
I
intend
to
German answered in the same oracular
A moment or two later the green baize
voice. "I thought In any case, my good door flew open, and the young man came make • oorner in diamonds.”
friend Clutterbuck, that 1 would give you in, throwing his hat and coat down on
CHAPTER V.
what you call it in English the straight one of the chairs. It was evident that
John Olrdlestons propounded his Inten-
tap. It is always well to ha vs the something had ruffled his temper.
straight tap.”
"Good morning,” he said brusquely, tion with such dignity and emphasis that
bs evidently expected the announcement
"Thank ye, me boy,” th* major ■lid nodding his head to his father.
heartily, “If the firm's in a bad way
“What’s the matter with yon? You to come as a surprise upon bls son. It
either the youngster doesn't know of 11, don’t look yourself, and haven't for some so, hs was not disappointed, for the
young man stared open-eyed.
or else he's the most natural actor that time back.”
"A corner in diamonds!” hs repented.
ever lived. There's the tay-bell ; let’s get
“Busins** worries, my boy, business
down before the bread and luttber Is worries," John Girdlestone answered “How will you do that?"
“You know what a corner Is," has fath­
all finisheil."
AT
wearily. “I have not got a gx>d balance
er explained. “If you buy np all th»
Mrs. Robin* was in ths habit of fur­ at the banker’s”
"Pretty fair, pretty fair," his son said, cotton, say, or sugar in the market, so
nishing her lodgers with an evening meal
at a small sum per head. There was only knowingly, pricking up the long thin vol­ as to have the whole of it in your own
a certain amount of bread and butter sup­ ume in which the finance of the firm was hands, and to be able to put your own
the ts­ price on it in selling it again—that is
plied for this, however, and those who recorded, and tapping It
MRS. SARAH.CO6TELLO
called making a corner in wheat or cot-
cams lats were likely to find an empty ble.
ton.
I
intend
to
make
a
corner
in
dla-
correct,
“But the figures there ars not
platter. The two Bohemians felt that
Nice clean room* 25c and 50c a
the subject was too grave a one to tr'tle Ezra.” his father said, still more huskily. mon da."
night; $1.25 a week; $5 a month
“Of course, I know what a corner I*."
with, so they suspended their judgment "We have not got nearly so much as
Ezra said impatiently. “But bow on
upon the Cirdlestones while they clat­ that.”
earth are you going to buy all ths dia­ BANDON
OREGON
“What!” roared the junior partner.
tered down to the dining room.
“Hush I Don’t let the clerks hear you. monds in? You would want ths capital
We have very little. In fact, Ezra, we of a Rothschild.”
CHAPTER IV.
“Not so much as you think, my boy,
It is
Although not a whisper had been heard have next to nothing in the bank
for there are not any great amount o>t BANDON TRANSFER CO. \
of it in ordinary commercial ctrc.es, there all gone.”
C. H. PATTERSON 4 SON
For a moment the young man etood mo­ diamonds in the market at any one time.
was some foundation for the forecast
The
yield
of
the
South
African
fields
reg
­
tionless.
glaring
at
his
father.
The
ex
­
which Von Baumser had made as to tbe
Dray and General Delive ’•
fate of the great house of Gfrdlestone. pression of incredulity which had appear­ ulates the price. I have had this idea In
my
head
for
some
time,
and
have
studied
j
f
Meets
all
boats. All orders handled w (h cars
For some time back matters had been go­ ed on his features faded away before the
the
details.
Of
course,
I
should
not
at
­
earnestness
of
the
other,
rind
was
-e-
ing badly w,tb the African traders
If
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OREGON
the shrewd eyes of Major Tobias Clutter­ placed by a look of such malignant pas­ tempt to buy in all the diamonds that are '
in the market. A small portion of them
sion
that
it
contorted
his
whole
face.
buck were unable to detect any indica­
would yield profit enough to float the firm
tions of this state of affairs in rhe man­ “You fool I” he shrieked, springing for­
off again.”
ward
with
the
book
upraised
as
though
ner or conversation of the junior partner,
"But if you have only a part of rhe
thal reason simply was that that gentle­ he would have struck the old merchant.
man was entirely Ignorant of the immi­ “I see it now. You have heel speculat- supply in your hands, how are you to reg-
BANDON. OREGON
nent danger which hung over his head. ing on your own hook ! What have you ulate the market value? Y’ou must come
seized
his
father
Dy
down
to
the
prices
at
which
other
holders
’
He
done
with
it?
”
As far as he knew, the concern was as
him furiously in bis are selling."
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prosperous and as flourishing os it had the collar and ■hook
"Ha ! ha ! Very good I very good !” the
been at the time of the death of John wrath.
off me !” the senior old merchant said, shaking his head good-
“Keep your hands
I
Ilarston.
The momentous secret wn»
Is just in receipt of a new and fresh stock of
nhnself free humoredly. "But you don’t quite see my
locked in the breast of his grim old partner cried, wrenching
I did my best plan yet. You have not altogether grasp­ Drugs and Chemicals, Patent and Pro­
father, who bore it about with him as from his son's grasp,
the Spartan lad did the fox—without a with the money, How dare you address ed it. Allow me to explain to you. I prietary Preparations, Toilet Articles,
did some business in diamonds myself Druggists Sundries, Perfumes, Brushes
quiver or groan to indicate the care me so?”
“Did your best!” hissed Ez-a, hurling when I was a younger man, and so I had Sponges, Soap, Nuts and Candies, Cigare
which was gnawing at his heart. Placed
face to face with ruin, Girdlestone fought the lodger down on the table with a crash. an opportunity of observing their fluctua­ Tobaccos ana Cigarettes, Paints, Oil*,
against it desperately, and, witnal, cool­ “What did you mean by speculating with­ tions in the market. Now, there is one Glass and Painters’ Supplies.
ly and warily, throwing away ao chance out niy knowledge, and telling me at the thing w-hich invariably depreciates the
and leaving no stone unturned. Above same time that I knew all that was price of diamonds. That is the rumor of
all, he exerted himself—and exerted him­ done? Hadn’t I warned you a thousand fresh discoveries of mines in other parts
self successfully—to prevent any rumor times of the danger of it? You are not of the world. The instant such a thing
gets wind the value of the stones goes
of the critical position of the firm from to be trusted with money.”
Manufacturer of and Dealer in
“Remember. Ezra.” his father said down wonderfully. The discovery of dia­
leaking out in tbe city.
monds
in
Central
India
not
long
ago
had
with
dignity,
reseating
himself
in
the
Many things had contributed towards
All Kind*» of Saddlery
this state of affairs, The fir-n bad been chair from which he had risen, in order that effect very markedly, and they have
Harness and Saddles Repaired
never
recovered
their
value
since.
Do
you
involved in a succession of misfortune', to free himself from his son's clutches, “if
follow
me?
”
I
lost
the
money,
I
also
made
it.
This
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OREGON
some known to the world, and others
An expression of Interest had come over
known to no one save the elder Wird'e- was a flourishing concern before you were
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■tone. Lines of fine vessel» from Liver- born. If the worst comes to the worst Ezra's face, and he nodded to show that
was listening.
pool and from Hamburg were i unning ’o you are only where 1 started. But we are he
(To be continued.)
far
from
being
absolutely
ruined
as
yet.
”
the West coast of Africa, and compe-i-
“
To
think
of
it
!
”
Ezra
cried,
flinging
tion had cut down freightage to the low-
An Kn*llah Amenity,
est possible point. Where tue Girdle- himself upon the office sofa and burying
striking
difference between our
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stones had once held almost a monopoly his face in his hands. “To think of all manner* nnd those of our English cous­
I
have
said
of
our
money
and
our
re
­
there were now many in the field. Again
the negroes of the coast were becoming sources ! What will Clutterbuck and tho ins was shown one day at a garden
educated, and had a keen eye to busi­ fellows at the club say? How can I party. The hostess, an American, was
ness, so that the old profit* were no alter the ways of life that I have learn­ speaking to one of her guests, an En-
i longer obtainable. The day* had gon? ed?” Thm sudd^ily clenching his hands, gllshwoman of rank.
RASMUSSEN BROS., Props.
J by when flint-lock guns and Manchester and turning upon his father, he broke out,
“Dear Lady B.,” she
prints could be weighed in the ualau-e “We must have it back, father; we must, some sandwiches which I made with
by fair means or foul. Y’ou must do It,
xgainst ivory and gold duet.
my own hands, particularly for you.
I
While these general causes were at for it was you who lost It. What can
You know 'I’ve often told you about
we
do?
How
long
have
we
to
do
it
in?
work a special misfortune had befallen
our
American
snndwlchea
anti
how
1
i the houae of Girdlestone. Finding that Is this known in the city? Ob, I shall
be
ashamed
to
show
my
face
on
'Change.
”
good
they
are.
Here
ore
different
their fleet of.old sailing vess-.s were too
slow and clumsy to eompet :e with more So be rambled on half-maddened by the sorts, lettuce and cucumbers, if you
modern ships, they had bought in two pictures of the future which rose up in care for 'grass,' or if you like a savory ,
first-rate Bteamers. One was the Provi- his mind.
letter try the cream cheese ones with
“Be calm, Ezra, be calm !” his father
dence, a fine screw vessel of twelve htm-
plmentoes. I’ve some sweet ones, too» i
said
imploringly.
“
We
have
many
chances
dred tons, and the other W1S the Even-
raisins and nuts chopped together—,
Ing Star, somewhat smaller in size, b-it yet if we only m*ke the beet of them.
which will you try first?”
both classed A I at Lloyd's. The former There Is no use lamenting the past. I
She held a plate in each hand, ■
freely
confess
that
I
was
wrong
in
using
cost twenty-two thousand pounds, a id
the latter seventeen thousand Now. Mr. this money without your knowledge, but plate filled with dainty looking sand- ;
Girdlestone had always had a weakness I did it from the best of motives. We wlchea, and they were extended lnvlt-'
for petty savings, and in this instance he must put our heads together now to re­ ingly toward her guest, who looked at
determined not to insure his new vessels trieve our losses, and there are many them critically, then said in the clear,
If the crazy old tubs, for which he had ways in which that may be done. I want high pitched voice of the well bred Et>
paid fancy premiums for so many years your clear common sense to help me in glishwoman:
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with an eye to an ultimate profit, m-t the matter.”
“
Oh,
thank
you,
so
kind
of
you,
but
"I’ity you didn't apply to that before."
with no disaster, surely thus» new pow« r-
H m a Balaet Stock of
do you know I never touch the nawsty,
ful clippers were safe. It chanced, how­ Ezra said sulkily.
“I have suffered for not doing so.” the things?”—Cleveland Plain Dealer .
ever, by strange luck that as the Even­
ing Star was steaming tip Channel in a old man answered meekly. “In consider­
Two 1.apses of Memory,
dense fog on her return from her second ing bow to rally under this grievous af­
Mother Tommy. what did I say I'd
voyage, she ran right into th* Providence, fliction which has come upon us, we must
which had started that very morning from remember that our credit is « great re­ do to you if you touched that Jam
,
Liverpool upon her third outward trip. source, and one on which we have never again?
Tommy—Why, IP* funny, ma. that
The Providence was almost cut in two, drawn. That gives us a broad margin to
and sink within five minutes, taking down he|p us while we are carrying out our you should forget, too. I’m Mamed If
a
the captain and six of the crew, while tut plans for the future.”
I can remember!—Philadelphia Tele­
Evening Star was so much damaged about
“What will our credit bs worth whan graph.
COURTEOUS TREATMENT
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the bows that she put Into Falmouth in this matter leaks out?”
a sinking condition. That day's work
“Rut It can’t leak ont. No one suspects
Takes Its Own Galt.
cost the African firm mors than fire-and- it for a moment They might imagine
"Time wait* for nobody,” alghoti th*
thirty thousand pounds.
that we are suffering from some tempo­
Other mishaps had occurred to weaken rary depression of trade, but no one could senior partner.
"True,” rejoined the junior partner,
the firm, apart from their trade with the possibly know the sad truth. I h*vs
coast. The senior partner had engaged more than one plan In my head kg which ’’but the office Imy worries each sftcr-
I d aDsculatlon without th* kuowledgs of our affairs may bs rs-a*tablUh»d oa their noon becaum it will burry for nobody
E.
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Proprietor
Furnished Rooms
Blacksmiths and Wagon Makers
Wagons of All Kinds Maxie to Order
Horseshoeing a Specialty
Job Work attended to promptly and all work guaranteed to give satisfaction. Prices reas­
onable. Shop on Atwater Street, Bandon, Oregon.
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Capital, $25,000
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J. L. Kronenberir. President; J. Denholm. Vice President’
F. J. Fahy, Cashier; Frank Flam, T. P. Hanley
A general banking business transacted and customers given every accommodation con­
sistent with safe and conservative banking.
CORRESPONDENTS: The American National Bank, of San Francisco, Cal.; Merch­
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Bank is open from 9 a. m. to 12 m., and lp.rn.to3p. m
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