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JM-M M bfcHUB !■■■■■ w c mn o ____ PRATT & PERSHBAKER The Firm of l»a 1er« in General Merchandise and Genfs Furnishing "Th<to w« must h*»» it by th» out HIGHEST PRICE FOR FARM PRODUCE Prosper Oregon A. McNair, The Hardware Man M»>Gf • nrat tt Stoves, B.tngi's anti Heritors hat« »• them s«» ma»". »■ <*f»||enri<-s that they are now ack now l«i Red the R*reut «S i sellers on . ht*»-««a.~ » ingrow ing in favorevery year. We have the exclusive auenuy in Bar.1L.11 • >' iae.se house hold and office necessities, and prices ranRe exceedingly mode- .. m eithei i use. TINNING AND PLUMBING A SPECIALTY Our AiMrtuwrt of Harhware. Tinware and Edged Tools is Most Complete Chaa. CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR S. « High Classea of Work Solicit«! McCulloch Bandon Oregon HOTEL GALLIER Rates $1 to $2 per Day by the Week or Month, in Connection Special Rates Sample Room Oregon Bandon 2 SHIELDS & KENNEDY, Blacksmiths and Wagon Makers Wagons of All Kinds Made to Order Horseshoeing a Specialty Job Work attended to promptly and all work guaranteed to give satisfaction. onable. Shop on Atwater Street, Bandon, Oregon. ank of Prices reas andon BANDON, OREGON 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 hanking CORRESPONDENTS: The American National Bank, of San Francisco. Cal.: Merch ants National Bank. Portland, Oregon: The Chase National Bank, of New York. Bank is open from 9 a. in. to 12 m.. and 1 p. m. to 3 p. m. r » ► 4 « The New, Elegantly Fitted and Speedy Steamer E L I Z A B E T H * « « s 4 CAPT. J OLSEN. Master This steamer is new. is strongly built and fitted with th«» latest improvements and will give a regular 8 day service, for passengers ami freight. b«»tw<»«*n th«’ Co<iuilie river. Oregon, and San Francisco. E. T. KRUSE. managing agent. 2.‘> Market. St.. San Francisco. J. E. WALSTROM, Agent, Bandon, Oregon. « * 4 4 4 4 4 ► * California and Oregon Coast Steamship Co. > J f » 4 4 Now plying between Portland and Coos Bay only WEEKLY TRIPS GEO. D. GRAY & CO., Gen. Agents L. W. SHAW, Agent 421 Market Street, San Francisco Marshfield. Phone 441 A The New Modern Oil Burning Steamer ANDON On Regular Schedule Between Bandon and San Francisco A, F. ESTABROOK & CO., 901 Merchants' Exchange Building, San Francisco, Owners and General Agents. BANDON COMMERCIAL CO.. Agents for Bandon and Coquille Valley W. IN. WRIGHT Successor to HOOVER & MONDAY' BANDON MEAT MARKET Dealer in All Kinds of 1 Fresh Harm ind - Silt - Meats, - Vegetables, Lard Etc. I*rod tic« « Nought und ¿sold Having purchased this old and well established business, and moved the same to the Marshall buildin», «ast «ide Main street, we solicit a continuance of pa .. nero iru»ranteemg honesi vosi«, fan puces arai courteous treatment to all Portland & Coos Bdy S. S. Line BREAKWATER Sail« from Coos Bay Saturdays at Service of Tide Sails From Portland Wednesday at 8 p. m. C. r. McCOLLUM, Agl Phone Main 34 4 4 4 4 4 Steamer Alliance A St. Dock girt«money, t'ould wo «ot get tow t»m- »prary «n><» of 1»?” !• h»s Bithe*»^swered With • oigh. “Jt ja •<» t «4 up ia the will that sho rannot • «» if »«-a» ft<to»elf lantil she ecu»» o? ■«« 'i’laera .a no wag st touch- ai» if S»eey» hj, mafria^o <« n«r death.” 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Bandon Foundry & Machine Shop "It will aepen* upon youraelvee. tt you prove yourself to be a tuan of honor in this matter I ¡pay be inclined to s.i>c- tion your addresses. In the meantime, you must give me your wor4 to let it rest, and neither to attempt to speak to M.ss I llarston nor to see her. nor to allow your parents to ci^imunicate with her. The GARFIELp 4 VON FEGEliT lust condition may seem to you to be hard, but, in my eyes, it to a ve*y impor tant one. Unless you can bring yourself to promise all this, my duty will compel me to remove my ward entirely out of your reach, a course which would be pain ful to her and inconvenient to myself." “But I must let her know of this ar rangement. 1 must tell her that you hold Special Machines Built ts Orear out hopes to us on condition that we keep Turned Shafting, Cap and Set apart for a ti^ie.” Screws, Machine Bolts, Pip® "It woud be cruel not to allow you to and Fittings, Brasa Work do that,” Girdlestone answered. “You may send her one letter, but, remember, there shall be no reply to it." GENERAL REPAItlNG ’Thank you, sir; thank you!” Tom cried, fervently. “I have something to live for now. This separation will but make our hearts grow fonder. What change can time make in either of us?” ‘‘Quite ao," said John Girdlestone, with a smile. "Remember, there must be no more walking through the square, You BEN SCHUYLER. Proprietor must remain absolutely a;>art if you w eh to gain my consent.” "It ia hard, very, very hard, But I will promise to do it. What would I not promise which would lead to our earlier un ion?" Near the Boat I endings, Baastoa “That Is settled then. In the meantime. I should be obliged if you would go down to the docks and look after the loading of the transferable corrugated iron house» for New Calabar.” < ’hole« Brand® of "All right, sir, and thank you for your kindness," said Toni, bowing himself out. He hardly knew whether to be pleased or grieved over the result <vf his interview; but on the whole, satisfaction prevailed, since at the worst it was but to wait for a year or so, while there seemed to be some hopes of gaining the guardian s con Weinhard’s Steam Beer on Tap sent before that. On the other hand, he had pledged himseTT to separate from Kate, but that would, he reflected, only make their reunion the sweeter. When the hour of luncheon arrived no Good Treatment Call and See Me thought of food was in the lad s head, but, burying himself in the back parlor of a little Blackwall public house, he call- el for pen. ink and paper, and proceeded to indite a letter to his sweetheart. Never was so much love and comfort and ad vice and hope compressed into the limit» Formerly ANCHOR BAR of four sheets of paper or contained in ALVIN MUNCK. Proprietor the narrow boundary of-a single envelope. Tom read it over after he had finished, and felt that it feebly expressed his hi» thoughts; but then, what lover ever I Is Now Located in Fine New Quarter» yet did succeed in getting his thought» East of the Postoffice satisfactorily reprpsentp(i upon paper. Having posted this effusion, in which he had carefully explained the conditions im posed upon him, Tom felt considerably Choicest Wines, Liquors and Cigars more light hearted, and returned with re newed vigor to the loading of the corru gated iron. He would hardly have felt so satisfied hail he seen John Girdlestone Billiard and Pool Tables receiving that same letter from the hands of the footman, and reading it afterward» in the privacy of his bedroom with a sar donic smile upon his face. Still leas con COURTEOUS TREATMENT tented would he have been had he beheld the merchant tearing it into small frag ments and making a bonfire of it in his Call and See Munck capacious grate. Next morning Kate look ed in vain out of the accustomed win dow, and was sore at heart when no tall figure appeared in sight, and no frieudlf hand waved a morning salutation. (To be continued.) n.»pvis opon ts u». ’ " 4 id that .is?* "I must marry her” "You will?” ”f shall. Hero is me haed oa ?« ” "Then we ara saved," eric® the qld man. throwing np Ina tremulous hands. “Gir dles;. me .a Son will weather the storm yet." • CONAN DOYLI “But Girdlestono become« a Sleepln.t partner," sh I<1 Ezra. "It’s tor my own A ♦»•»»» WWîmWWWW »ike I ,1<» it ttn(j not for yours;” with which frank remark he drew his hat down over his brows and set off for Eccleston Ac—[□J—Jv*’ square • • • • • • a CllAlTER X. One day, as Thomas Dimsdal» was During the months which Ezra Girdle- I «tone had spent in Africa the affairs of making his way cityward, at a rtthrr the firm in Fenchurcb street had been earlier hour than was customary with exceedingly prosperous. Trade upon tho him. he missed the usual npparition at th.' coast had been brisker than usual, and window, Ijooking round blankly in search three of the company's ships had come in of some explanation of this absence, he i «1. short intervals with excellent cargoes. perceived in the garden • pretty white Among these was the Black Eagle, which, bonnet which glinted among the leaves, . ' > the astonishment of Captain Hamilton and on closet? Inspection a pair of bright ■ Miggs and the disgust of his etnploy-r, eyes, which surveyed him merrily from had weathered a severe gale in the Chan underneath it. The gate was open, it nel, and had arrived safe and sound once may be imagined that he was somewhat more. This run of luck, supplemented ’>y late at the office that morning and on the business capacity of the old merchant ninny subsequent mornings. until the and the indomitable energy of young clerks began to think that their new eni- Dimsdale, made the concern look so flour pioyer was losing the enthusiasm for ishing that the former felt more than ever business which had possessed him. convinced that if fie could but stave off It chanced that one morning the Inter the immediate danger things would soon view between the lovers had lasted rather right themselves. Hence he read with longer than usual, and had been concluded delight the letters from Africa, in which by Kate's returning to the house, while his son narrated the success of the con- Tom remained sitting upon the garden «piracy and the manner in which the min seat lost in such a reverie as affects men ers had been hoodwinked. The old man’.) in his position. While thus pleasantly figure grew straighter and hi» step more employed, his thoughts were suddenly re firm as the conviction grew upon him called to earth by the appearance of a that the company would soon return once dark shadow on the gTavel in front of again to its former condition of atfiuence. him. and looking up he saw the senior Tt mey be imagined, therefor*, that partner standing a short distance awav when the rumors of a bona fide diamond and regarding him with anything but an find in the Grange Free State came to ariilable expression upon his face. Ho I his ears John Girdlestone was much agi- had himself been having a morning stroll , tated and distressed. On the same <lay in the garden, and had overseen the whole that he saw the announcement in ths of the recent interview without the pre papers he received a letter from hi» son occupied lovers being aware of his pres announcing the failure of their enterprise. ence. After narrating the robbery, the pursuit, “Are you coming to the office?" he j the death of Farintosh and the announee- asked sternly, “rf so. we can go together.” I ment of the new discovery, it gave an ae- Tom rose and followed him out of the i count of his subsequent movements. gardens without a word. He knew from “As to our speculation, the letter said, the other's expression that all was known It is, of course, all tip. Even when the to him, and In bis heart he was not sorry. Russian business proves to be a hoax, the His only fear was that the old man’s price of stones will remain very low on anger might fall upon his ward, and this account of these new fields. It is possi he determined to prevent. They walked ble that we may sell our lot at some small side by side as far as the station In com profit, but it won't be the royal road to a plete silence, but on reaching Fenchurch fortune that you prophesied, nor will it street Girdlestone naked his young part- help the firm out of the rut into which nei to step into his private sanctum. you have shoved it. My only regret in "Now, sir," he said, as he closed the leaving Africa like this to that Williams door behind him, “I think that I have a will have no one to prosecute him.” right to inquire what the meaning may Thi» letter was a rude shock to the be of the scene of which I was an invol- African merchant. Within a week of the untary witness this morning? receipt of it hto son Ezra, gloomy and "It means,” Tom answered firmly but travel stained, walked into the sanctum ge’ntly, “that I am engaged to i Miss Hnr- at Fenchurch street and confirmed a'l «ton, and have been for some time." the evil tidings by word of mouth. The “Oh, indeed,” Girdlestone answered old man was of too tough a fiber to break coldly, sitting down at his desk and turn- down completely, but hto bony hand« clot- ing over the pile of letters. ed convulsively upon the arms of tne During the long silent walk the mar chair, and a cold perspiration broke out . chant had been revolving in his mimi upon his wrinkled forehead as he listened what course he should pursue, and he nad to such details as his son vouchsafed to come to the conclusion that It was more afford'him. easy to guide this impetuous stream of "You have your atones all «afe, youth than to attempt to stem it. He did HOW TO WIN BATTLES. not realize the strength of the tie that •hough?” he stammered out at last. "They are in my box at home,” said bound these two young people together, Men Who lilt What they snoot Ezra, gloomy and morose, leaning against and imagined that with Judgment and pa the Deter ni I nt me Factor In War. the white marble mantelpiece. “We'll ne tience it might yet be snapped. It was, Cither things being equal, good shoot lucky if we clear a» much as they cost therefore, with as good an imitation of ing Is the determining factor in war. and a margin for my expenses and Lang geniality as his angular visage would per Poorly drilled and hastily organized worthy's, A broken head is all that I mit of that he answered his companion's bodies of men »•an give a good account confession. have got from your fine scheme.” "You can hardly wonder at my being of themselves If they know, liow to "Who could foresee such a thing?” the old man said, plaintively. "The fall in surprised,” he said, ‘.’Such a thing never shoot and hit what they shoot at. In our war for independence, says entered my mind for a moment, You pi ices is slire to be permanent?’’ "It will last for some years, anyway,” would have done better to have confided Army and Navy Life, the colonist» They carried and "'I’lio Jagorsfontein ■ in me before." Ezra answered. were woodsmen, “I must ask your pardon for not hav used their arms to supply their homes gravel is very rich, and there seems to lie ing done so.” plenty of it.” with food and to protect them from the “As far as you are concerned.” said savage. As marksmen they vastly out "And within a few months we must re pay both capital and interest. We uro John Girdlestone affably, ”1’ believe you- classed the British, and that more than ruined!" The old merchant «poke in a to be hardworking and right principled. anything else gave Washington th» broken voice, and his head «ank upon hto Your conduct since you joined the firm breast “When that day come»,” he con has been everything that I could .desire.” final victory. ztgaln. in our grant Civil War mark Tom bowed his acknowledements, much tinued, "the firm which has been for thir the effect of a general knowledge of ty year» above reproach, and a model to pleased by the preamble. "With regard to my ward." continued firearms. In the South were sporting the whole city, will be proclaimed as a bankrupt concern. Worse still, it will be the senior partner, speaking very slowly people. They were fond of riding and shown to have been kept afloat for years and evidently weighing his Words. “I hunting Shooting at tarket and at j by means which will be deemed fraudu- could not wish for her to have a better game entered into their s|iorts and I lent. I tell you, my dear »»on. that 'f husband. In considering such a question pastimes. The North was commercial. any means could be devised which would I have, however, as you may imagine, to Its men knew little or nothing of avert this—any mean*—I should not hes consult above everything eles the wishes firearms save the flintlocks of their of my dead friend, Mr. John Hareton. the itate to adopt them. I am a frail old man, and 1 feel f?iat the short balance of father of the young lady to whom you say grandfathers, objects of curiosity In I my life «otild be a small thing for me to you are engaged, A trust has been repos their shops or homes, except In the far give in return for the assurance that the ed in me, and that trust must, of course, West, where the life of 177« was still I being lived. The result was that in work which I have built up should not be be fulfilled to the letter.” “Certainly,” said Tom. wondering in his the East the southern troops were gen altogether thrown away.” "Your life cannot affect the matter on«* own mind how he could ever have brought erally victorious for a couple of year» way or the other unlees it were more himself for one moment to think evil of until the northern troops learned to ’ heavily insured than it is," Ezra said. this kindly old man. "It was one of Mr. Harston’s most shoot. What little success the North , callously, though somewhat moved by hto clearly expressed wishes that no words or had was In the West, where they wer» father's Intensity of manner. "Perhaps little better than a standoff there to some way out of the wood yet,” even thoughts of such matters should be allowed to come in his daughter ’ s way un he added, in a more cheerful tone. til she had attained maturity, by which Had Reformed. "It's so paying, so prosperous—that's he meant the age of one-and-twenty.” Askltt—What kind of a man h what goes to my heart. If it had ruined "But he could not foresee the circum Itself it would be easier to bear it, out stances," Tom pleaded. “I am sure that Hyker? it is sacrificed to outside speculations — a year or so will make no difference in Noltt—Oh, I guess he’s all right my wretched, wretched speculations. That her sentiments in th s matter.” now. but he was engaged In a ahndy is what makes it so hard.” He touched “My duty to to carry out his instruc business a few years ago. the bell, and Gilray answered the sum tions to the letter. I won’t say, however,” Askltt What was the nature of the mons. “Listen to this, Ezra. What was continued Mr. Girdlestone, ‘'that circum business? our turn over last month, Gilray?” stances might not arise which might in Noltt He manufactured awning». "Fifteen thousand pounds, air," said the duce mg to shorten th.s probationary pe little clerk, bobbing up and down like a riod. If my further acquaintance with Helpful SucKestton. buoy in a gale in his delight at seeing the you confirms the high Impression which I junior partner once again. Miss May Dupp—I just can’t be»/ to new have of your commercial ability, that "And the expenses?" of course would have weight with me; walk out In the wind; it roughens uiy “Nine thousand three hundred. Uncom and again. If I find that M.ss Harston’s complexion ao. mon brown you look. .Mr. Ezra, to be Mias Pert—Mabe your complexion’» mind is made up upon the point, that also sure, uncommon brown and well. I hop's too thick ; If you'd put it on thinner if as you enjoyed yourself in Africa, sir, and would ¡»fluence my judgment.” "And what are we to do in the mean might not do that. was too much for them Hottentots and Roars.” With .this profound ethnological time?” asked the junior partner anxious If They Old. remark Mr. Oilray bobbed himself out of ly. “In the meantime neither you nor your Twould be a blessing without »rid the room and went back rwdiantly to his people must write to her. or speijk to her, The lesson thus to teach. 'nk-stamed desk. or hold any • communication with her If all the folks who give advice "Ixx>k at that,” the old man »%ld. when whatever, if I find you or them doing Would practice what they preach, the click of the outer <|oor showed that so, I shall be compelled, in justice to Mr. •he clerk was ouf of earshot. "Over five Harston’s last* request, to send her to —Cleveland Plain Dealer. thousand progt in a month. Is it not ter some *stahlishiji»nt abroad where she Ito's f Insalflcatlon. rible tfcat su»h a business should go to shall be entirely out of your way. »My Little Willie—Say, pa, Is It pn>pe9 min? What a fortune it would hav» mind is Irrevocably made up upon that been for you I” |Aint. It is not a matter of peiwotial in to refer to an airship as an aerial greyhound! "It must be saved!” cried HBra with clination, but of conscience.” I’a—No. my son; the airship to la meditative brows and hands plunged deep And how loua ia ibii t» ÀMt|” «ie4 ia his trouser pock ita. "There U that aky taarier elusa. Mill and Steamboat Work a Specialty Pattern Shop in Connection Elkhorns Saloon Wines, L quors & Cigars The Eagle Saloon THE BANDON RECORDER IS THE Best Advertising Medium AND • • + » • •• t <r • •
