Bandon recorder., May 28, 1908, Image 3

“A #ofy you are not goftg, air?" tbe ’ vlrtoc« «He blow at the merchant «nA
»ai J. "You are not fit.”
throwing himself upon th» ■»rgesne'-
W < PRATT
R. E. PER5HBAKER
“J i* c* Sot, I am going,” Ezra sai l horae, regardlra« of a bullet from the lat
Ve-Oiutely. “If I have to be »trapped to tat’a carbine, he galloped away and wa
I
my bora* I'll go."
speedily out of range. Aa to William*
A greij Concourse of people had as­ from the beginning of the »kirmish, b"
Dealen» in
sembled by this time, attracted by the re­ had lain face downwards u|>on the ground,
port of the robbery.
I he whole square twist.ng his thin limbs about in an agon-,
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in front of the hotel was crowded wil.i of fear, and howling for mercy.
digger» and storekeepers and luuMM-
"He's gone,” Ezra said, ruefully, gaz
Kaffirs, all pre-s ng up to the portico ing after the fugitive. “We have nothin,
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to go after him with.”
pn the bops of bearding boom
< -
"I’m well nigh gone myself," said th>
There was a buzz of excitement among
Prosper
Oregon
th»> crowd when Ezra appeared on th* policeman, mopping up tbe blood from hi-
sli ps of the hotel, looking as white as a I stab, which was more pa.nful than dan
sheet, with a liandkerchief bound round gerous. "He has given me a nasty prod.'
"Never mind, my friend, you shall .tot
his head and bis collar all crusted with
blood. As he mounted his horse one of bo the loser. Get up”—thia to Williams,
A CONAN DOYLE
who was still writhing himself into the
h.s emissaries rushed to him.
Turned Shafting, Cap and Set
Screws, Machine Bolts, Pipa
“If you please, sir,” he said, “they have most extraordinary attitudes.
"Oh, plea.se, Mr. Gircilestone," he cried,
and Fittings, Brass Work
tak» n the < 'apetown road. A dozen people
• rWVfrf ♦f-ft+W-rWVVx
saw them. Their horses were not up lo clutching at Ezra's boots with his long,
much, for I know the man they got them thin lingers, "it wasn't me that hit you.
GENERAL REPAIRING
It was Mr. Burt. 1 had nothing to <!o
from. You ar» sure to catch them.”
BTOtif • Bf«< N Mw •», ■•••«» Mi NeeSees have in them ho many excelleneiea
A smile played qver Ezra's pale face, with robbing you, either. That was Mr.
that they are now acknowledged the greatest .-.«Ilers on the coast. and they are grow­
CHAPTER VIII.— (Continued.)
I wouldn't have gone with
which boded little good for the fugitives. Farintosh.
ing in favor every year We have the exclusive agency in Bandon for these house-
The meeting just described took pla ■» “Those police,” he cried, "are they never him only I knew that he was a clergyman,
Sobi and office necessities, and prices range excewlinaly modest in either case.
trpon a Tuesday, early in Ndvember. On going to come 1”
so I expected no harm. 1 am surprised at
the.Saturday Ezra Girdlestone had fillip"
"Here they are!” said the landlord, and you, Mr. Farintosh. 1 really am. I'm very
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made up his mind to turn his back upon sure enough, with a jingling of arms and glad that Mr. Girdlestone has shot you.”
the diggings and begin his homeward a clatter of hoofs, half a dozen of the
Th» ex-parson was s.tting with his back
Our 4«ortrtw«it of Mzrdwwr. Tin**-» and tdgrd Tool, A Moat Cosqplct«
journey. . He was pining for the pleas- Cape Mounted police trotted through the against a gnarled stufnp, which gave him
BEN SCHUYLER. Proprietor
utes of his old London life, and w-ia crowd and drew up in front of the gtopa some support. He had bis hand to his
wiary ot the perpetual glare of the South They.were smart, active young fellows, chest, and as he breathed a ghastly whist­
African mm. His task was done, too, anl armed with carbine and saber, and their ling sound cam» from the wound, and
it would be well for him to be at a d s- horses were tough brutes, uncomely to spurts of blood rushed from his mouth.
tance before the diggers discovered th" look pt. but with wonderful staying pow­ His glazed eyes were fixed upop the man
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manner in which they had .been hoaxed. er.
Ezra noted the fact with satisfac­ who had shot him, and a curious arnile
CIVIL
ENGINEER
AND
SURVEYOR
He
began
to
pack
his
boxes,
therefore,
and
Cha». S.
tion as lie rode up to the grizzled sergeant played about his thin lip».
High Classes of Work Solicited
to make every preparation for his depat. ■ iu command. ' . .
"Come here, Mr. Girdle»tone," he croak­
McCulloch
Bandon
Oregon
•ire.
"There's not a moment to be lost. s*r- ed, "come here.”
/
Ezra strode over to him with a (ace
geant,” he said. "They have an hour tnd
Choke Brands of
ment upon the Wednesday even
a half's start, but their cattle are not as inexorable as fate.
there was a tap at the door ai
"You
’
ve
done
for
me,
”
said
Farintosh
up to much. Come on ! It’s the Capetown
tosh walked iu. accompanied by Burt
road.
A hundred pounds if we cat-h faintly. "It's a queer end for the best
Williams. Girdlestone glanced
man of his year at Trinity—master of
up
theyi !”
them, and greeted them briefly, Hr
Eor the first few miles the party gal­ arts, »ir, and Jacksonian prizeman. Not
not surprised at their visit, for they
Who’d have
loped' in silence. The moon was still shin­ much worth now, is it?
come together several times before to re­ ing brilliantly, and they could see the thought then that I should have died like
port progress or make arrangements. Far
white line of the road stretching out !n a dog in this wilderness? What's tho Weinhard’s Steam Beer on Tap
lntosh bowed as he entered the room, Burt front' of them and winding away over the odds how a man dies, though? If I had
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nodded, and Williams rubbed his hands undulating veldt. To right and left spread kept myself straight I should have gone
together and looked amiably bilious.
a brpad expanse of wiry grass stretchiag off a few years later in a feather bed as
Sample Room
by the Week or Month,
“We looked in.' Mr. Griddlestone," Far- to the horizon, with low bushes and »crab the Dean o>f St. Patrick’» tnayb». What
latosh began, "to l«arn if you h»d anr scattered over it in patche».
will that matter? I've enjoyed mywelf” —
in Connection
Good Treatment Call and See M«
commands for us."
Out once more upon the Capetown road the dying man'» eyes gliatened at tha
“I told you before that I had not." it waa a clear race between the purauera thought ot past dissipation*. "If I had
Oregon ; Ezra said curtly. "1 am going on Satur and the puraued. Tbe former knew that my time to do over again,” ha continued,
day. I have made a mistake in speculat­ the fugitive», were it daytime, would pos­ “I'd enjoy rayself the same way.
I'm
ing on those diamonds. Price» are sink­ sibly be within sight of them, »nd the not penitent, sir. No deathbed sniveling
ing lower and lower."
thought gave them additional ardor. The about me, or «hort cut« into heavan.
“I am sorry to hear that,” said F'arin- sergeant having a fresh horse rode in That;« not wbat I wanted to aay, though.
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tosh, sympathetically.
"Maybe the mar
I have a choking in the throat, but I daro-
front, hi» head down, and his body for
ALVIN MUNCK. Proprietor
het will take a turn."'
ward, getting every possible Inch of pace say you can hear what 1 am driving at.
"Let us hope so.” the merchant «newer out of the animal. At his heels caiue You met a man driving toward« Jacob»-
Ezra, on hi» gallant grey, tbe blood-stain­ dal, did you not?”
•d
“It doesn’t look like it.”
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Ezra nodded gullenly.
Quick as a flash Burt sprang upon him ed handkerchief fluttering trom his head.
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Job Work attended to promptly and all work guaranteed to yrive satisfaction. Prices reas­
"Y’ou didn't speak to him? Too busy
• nd struck him down with a life-preserv­ He was sitting very straight in his saddt»
onable. Shop on Atwater Street, Bandon, Oregbn.
East of the Postoffice
I er. With a gasping cry and a heavy thrt.l with « set, stern smile upon, his lips. In trying to <Yatch yours truly, eh? Will you
Li
a
;
as
MAT!
Ezra fell face downwards upon the floo-, his' right h'and he held s cocked revolver. have your sioties back, for they are In the
A hundred yards or so behind them the bag by my side, but they’ll not ba very
• great gash in his head.
A
I
“Very neat -very pretty indeed!" cried two remaining troopers came toiling along much good to you. The little spec won't
the ex-parson, in a quiet tone of critical upon their weary nags, working hard with come off this time. You don't know wbat
•atisfaction. ns a connoisseur might speak whip and spur to stimulate them to fur­ the new« was that the liran was bring­
•f a specimen which interested him. lie ther exertions. Away ih the east a long ing?”
A vague feeling of impending misfor­
wax already busy at the door of the aa.fr. rosy streak law low upon the horizon,
Billiard and Pool Table
“Well done, Mr. Burt, well done!” cried which allowed that dawn waa approach­ tune stole over Ezra. He shook hfa head.
* “His news was," said Farintosh, lean­
ing.
and
a
grey
light
stole
over
the.
land
­
William» in a quivering voice.
“Here are the »tones," said Farintosh. scape, Suddenly the sergeant pulled h s ing up upon his hand, "that fresh dia­
Capital, «25,000
In the same quiet voice, ■'Here are man“ horse up. "There'R some one coming ’o- mond fields have Tieen discovered at Ja-
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gersfontein, in the Orange Free State.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J. L. Kronenberar. President; J. Denholm. Vice President
notes and gold. We may aa well have wards us. he cried.
F. J. Fahy, Cashier; Frank Flam, T. P. Hanley
Erra and the troopers halted their pant­ So Russia or no Russia, atones will not
them,
too.
Now,
tie
the
hag
carefully,
A general Imnkinr busincHii transacted and customers given every accommixiation con-
TTiat'» the way. If we meet any one on in» »teed», Through the uncertain light rise. Ha ! ha ! will not rise. Ix>ok at hla
•ietent with safe and conservative banking.
Call and See Munck
the stairs, take it coolly. Turn that lamp they «aw a solitary horseman riding down face ! It's whiter than mine. Hal ! m !
CORRESPONDENTS: The American National Bank, of San Francisco, Cal.. Merch­
ants National Bank, Portland Oregon; The Chase National Bank, of New York
out, Williams, so that if any one looks the road. At first they had thought that ha!” With the laugh upon his lips, a
Bank is open from 9 a. m. to 12 m., and 1 p. m. to 3 p. m.
In he'll see nothin. Gome along!” The it might possibly be one of the fugitives great flow of blood stopped the clergy­
guilty trio stole out of the room, bearing who had turned.' but as he came nearer man’s utterance, and he rolled «lowly over
their plunder with them, and walked they perceived that it was a stranger. upon hi» side, a dead man.
(To be continued.)
down the stairs of the hotel unmolest -d His clothes were so dusty and hi» hors-
j»o foam flecked and weary that it wns
«nd unharmed.
evident that he also had left many a long
ACCIDENT FAKIRS.
The moon as it rose over the veldt that
The New, Elegantly Fitted and Speedy Steamer
flight shone <>n three horsemen »purrin’ mile, of road behind him.
»
"Have you seen three men on horse­ Vten Who Ara Able to Swindle th»
It along the (’apetown road a» though
►
ELIZABETH
back?" cried Ezra, ns he approached.
losuronce t’ompnnlea.
»
their very lives depend'sl ujein their «peel I
"I spoke to them,” the traveler an­
( APT. J. OLSEN. Master
»
“Accident insurance companies are
Its calm, clear rays streamed over the si
►
swered.
"They
are
about
half
a
mile
steamer is new. is strongly built and fit ted with the latest improvements and will
lent roofs of Kimberley and in through ■
very suspicious of all accidents involv­
» jrive ’Hi a is regular
K day service, for passenger^ and freight, t«twern the Coquille river. Oregon,
particular window of the Oriental Hotel, ahead.”
ing injury to the knee, for it la bn hfs
and San Francisco. E. T. KRUSE, managing ajient, 23 Market St.. San Francisco.
“Gome.on ! Come on !" Ezra shouted.
IS THE
thi owing silvery patches upon the carpet
J. f. WAI ST ROM, Agent, FUndon, Oregon.
“I’jam bringing new» from Jagersfon- knee that the accident fakir mainly
• nd casting strange shadows from the fig­
■ relies."
tein------ ” the man said.
ure which lay as it had fallen huddled
The speaker, a surgeon, frowned and
"Come
on!
”
Ezra
interrupted,
furious
­
In an ungainly heap upon the floor.
ly, and the horses stretched their stiff I went on:
limbs into a feeble, lumbering gallop. Ezra
"There are men who make a living
CHAPTER IN.
find
the sergeant shot to the front, tnd
■
Ezra wa< endowed with rare vitality, the others followed as best they might. out of fake accidents. They travel from
city to city; they Insure in every com­
which enabled him not only to shake ofT
• California and Oregon Coast Steamship Co.
Suddenly in the' stillness they heard far­
thy effects of his mishap, but. tq.do so away a dull rattling sound like the nat­ pany that Issues accident policies;
in an extraordinary short space of dime. ter of distant castamts.
"It's their then, with a fake Injury, they proceed
There wns a groan from the prostrate fig
horses' hoofs !” Cried Ezra, and the troop­ tp collect dues.
ure,.then a feeble movement, then another
J
Now plying between Portland and Coos Bay only
"An accident fakir—for so wo call
ers behind raised a cheer to show that'
and a louder groan. Gradually raising they, too.- understood the significance of these men—has usually a knee that he
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himself upon his elbow, he looked around
the sound.
^can slip out at will.
He purposely
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L. W. SHAW, Agent
h.m in a bewildered way. with his oth«r
It was a wid, lonely spo't, where the
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Marshfield. Phone 441
hand pressed to the wound at the tm -k plain was bare even of the scanty foliage stumbles over an open trap or some
hard, sharp obstacle, put« his knee out
of his head, from which n few narrow lit
which usually covered it. Here and there
tie rivulets of' blood were still meander great granite rock» protruded from the deftly, raises a big holler so as to ae-
ing. riis glance wandered vaguely over
cure a lot of witnesses and then hob­
brown •oil as though' Nature's covering
th» table and the chairs and the walls, un­
had in bygone day» been rent until her bles home.
til it rested uf>on the safe. He could »><•
“He doesn't notify his Insurance com­
gaunt bones protruded through the
In the moonlight that it waa open, and
By then
wound, As Ezra and the sergeant swept panies until tbe next day.
empty. In a moment the whole circum­ round a sharp turn in the road they sa-v
1
his
knee
Is
so
swollen
that
an
accurate
stance« of the case'came back to him, and
•orna little way ahead of them the three examination of It is Impossible.
We
he staggered to the bell with a horse cry I
fugitives, enveloped in' a cloud of dust. I cannot tell whether It la one of thos»
•f rage and of despair.
Almost at tne same moment they heard a
Whatever Eire's faults may have been. shout and crash behind them, and, look­ fake, aelf-allpping knees or not. So we
On Regular Schedule Between Bandon and
Irresolution or want of courage were not ing round, saw a confused heap upon 'lie pay the man hla money, and ha aeeka
San Francisco
among them.
In a moment hs graaned ground. The horse of the leading trooper new pastures.
“There was one man—he Is In Jal.
the situation, and realised that it was ab­ had fallen from pure fatigue, and t.nd
A. F. ESTABR(M)K 4 CO., ‘.*01 Merchants’ Exchange Building. San
solutely essential that he should act, and rolled over upon its rider.
The other now—who In nine year« collected over
Francisco, Owners and General Agents.
at once. The ttnnea must he recover.-d, trooper had dismounted. and was endea­ $11,000 In accident policies with the
or utter and irretrievable min stared him voring to extricate his companion.
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help of a knee that he could-slip out-
In the face. At hie cries and ringing the
"Let u» see if he is hurt," the sergeant ns easily as I slip my hand out of my
landlord and several attendants, white cried.
glove." New Orleans Times Democrat
and black, came rushing inter the room.
“On ! on !" shouted Ezra, whose passion
•‘I've been robbed »nd assaulted.” Ezra was increased by the sight of the thieves.
Love 1» H«at.
said, steadying himself against the Yuan-
< • te!piece, for he was still weak and giddv. "Not a foot back."
"And yon mean to say that football
"He may have broken his neck,” grum­
“Don't alt start cackling, but do what 1 bled the sergeant, unalinging his carbine. player kissed you?” exclaimed the Irate
<
ask you. Light the lamp!”
“Have your pistol ready, sir. We shall mother.
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"Yes, ma." replied the blushing
The lamp was-lit, and there wag a mur- bo up with them in a few minutes, ani
1
mbr fr.isn tlie little knot of Employe», re­ they may »how fight.”
daughter.
enforced by some late loungers at the bar.
They were up with them rather sooner
<
“Why, the Idea ! Didn't I tell you If'
Dealer in All Kinds of
as they saw the disordered room and Pio than the policeman expected.- Farintosh, be tried to kiss you to yell 'Stopl' as
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great crimson patch, ujion the carpet
finding that speed was of no avail, ind
loud as yon could?"
“The thieves called at nine." _
<
said ‘ —
Ezra, that the number of his pursuers was now
AND
"I—I 'did. ma, but he had on his ear
I?arm Produce
Bought mi »U
talking rapidly, but collectedly. "Their reduced to two, had recourse to strategy.
guards
and
couldn't
hear
me."
names w^re larintosh, Birrt and Wil- There was a sharp turn in the road a hun­
Having purchased this old anti well established business, and moved the same to tho
Marshall building, east side Main street, we solicit a continuance of past generous patrouax«*
Hams. It is now .half-pnst ten. so they dred yards ahead, and on reaching it the
ffuaranteeinff honest ir<>ods. fair prices and courteous treatment to all.
Proved Correct.
have no very great start. You, Jamieson, throe flung themselves off their horse» and
<
Mlggles There's more truth than
and you Van Muller, run out and find if lay down behind cover. As Ezra and the
tlv ” men have been seen getting awiy. s' rgeant, the grey horse and the Isay, came poetry In that old saw, “Where there
Perhaps the» took a buggy. Go up and. thundering round the curve, there was a la smoke there is Are.”
0 m • ■ 1 isk ill you om Y ou , Jon»», go fierce splutter of pistol shot» from
Wiggle»—What do you know about
as hard as you can to Inspector Ainsli*. nmongst the bushes, and the grey sank
It?
Tell him there has been robbery and at­ down upon its kne.o with a sobbing moan,
Mlggles—It was against the rules to
tempted murder, and say that 1 want struck mortally in the head. Ezra sprang
hal' s <l-7-n of I. ic
-t mounted men - to his feet, and rushed at the ambuscad’, smoke In the office where I waa em­
not his best men, you understand, but his while the sergeant, who had been grnzed ployed. I lit a cigarette and was fired.
AT THE
beat horse».
I shall sea that he is no on th» <-l»o' k by the firs» volley, jumned
Hfa Motto.
loser if he Is <mmrt.
Where's my «pr­ from his horse and followed him. Burt
rant? Pete, get my horse saddled ati I and Farintosh met them foot to foot w.th
"My motto," said the obese passenge»
bring her round. She ought to be able all the Saxon gallantry whirl» underlies with thejaultl colored tie, "la, 'There'«
tn 'ateh anything In Griqualand.
the Saxon Urfftality.
Burt stabbed at always room at the top.' ” •
As Ezra gave his orders the men h jr- the sergeant and struck him through the
"What's your line?" asked th» hard­
ried off in different directions to carry musei» of the n» k. F arintosh fired «'
ware
drummer.
them out. He, himself, commenced to ar- the policeman, and was himself »hot down
"I manufacture a hair tonic," *x-
rango hin dress, sal tied a h»ii<lkerch.-.'f by Erta. Burt, seeing his companion fall,
r»| past hia two assailant» with a plalred tha Ueavjwalgh*.
tightly round hla head
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