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spraax on ths box, and they rattled away
“What am 1 to do dowj at Bed»
I
as fast as tie horse would gp Long be worth?”
asked.
O
fore resigning N<> tW he had opened the
“I want you to be Miss Harston’s coin
1
and was standing upon ths step. pan1 on. fthe'11 be lonely, and will need
NO3LKR.0 JflDRRISON. Prop».
I • doe
Thg instant that the cab pullsO up he some other woman in the bouse K> look
♦
i
sprang otf,o4bd rang loudly ©4 th© greap after her.”
bra»»
which flanked the heavy door.
“You are still thinking ot her, then.
-t
4
“Is M*. GirdliMone in?” k© <cked. <0 She rnnst have this; she must haw that!
Of evwrv kind done on »hot notice
I
and at revocable prisa».
a maid appeased at th* door.
Everything else is as dirt before her. I'll
. "No, 0ir.”
not serve her—so there ! You can knock
19 GUARANTEED
“Miff© H0r*on, is she ©t bom©?" Oe me down if you like.”
■at" Ool«x» left on Mond©»s with our Bandoe
said ewitedly.
"Rebecca,” said Ezra slowly, “do you
sgsru A. O. TROWBR1&GE. will be given car»
"No, ©ir. They b0ve both «on© ©way." hate Kate Hareton?’"
•
f£l aSKstation and dslivSrSd in Bandon st the tiers
"Gone «way !”
"From the bottom of my soul,” Hbf
tgty o e»in»s.
“Yea. Goff© into the country, air. 0n4 answered.
•
CQQUIU< OREGON.
Mr. Esr*, too, ©ir.'
.
"Well, if you hate her, I tell you that
B Y
".And when ar© they com In« b0cg?” he I hate her a thousand times more, You
- asked,
in “bewilderment.
thought that I was fond of her. All
A CONAN DOYLI
“They are not coining back.”
that is over now, and you may set your
"Impossible!” Tom cried in deapeir. mind at ease."
"What ie their address then?" .
“Why do you want her so well cared
"They have left no addreaa. I am sor for then?” asked the girl suspiciously,
You can't expect to get |2
ry I can’t help you. Good-night, air.”
worth for |1, but you can get
“I want some one who feels towards
,>c—{Ô}—
your moneys worth at
Torn Dimsdale stood upon ths door her as I do to be by her side, If she
step looking blankly into ths night. He ♦ere never to come back from Bedsworth
CHAPTER XU.— (Continued.)
"Cut down ! You don’t mean to aay felt dazed and bewildered. What fresh it would be nothing to me.”
"What makes you look at sne so
you are paid In proportion to the rotten villainy was this? Was It a confirma
tion of the German's report, or was it a strangely?” she said, shrinking away from
ness of ths ship»?”
"There ain’t no use makin' a secret of contradiction’ of it? Cold beads stood his intense gaze.
Dealer in Boot» and Shoes
it among friends," said Miggs. "That's upon bi* forehead as be thought of the
"Never mind. You go. You will under
just how the land lies with u*. A voy- possibility of such a thing. “I must find stand many things in time which seem
Repairing Neatly and Promptly Done ago or two back I spoke to Mr. Girdle her,” be cried, with cienched hands, and strange to you now. At present if you
at Lowest Living Prices.
etone, and I says to him, says I, 'Give the turned away heartsick Into th* turmoil will do what I ask you will oblige me
ship an overhauling,' sajs I. 'Well and aud bustle of the London streets.
greatly. Will you go?”
good,' say« he, 'nut it will mean so much
"Yes, 1 will go.”
CHAPTER XIII.
off your wage,* says he, 'and the mate's
‘‘There’» a good lass, Give us a kiss,
Rebecca, the freab-complexioned wait- my girl. You have the right spirit in
wage as well.' I put it to him straight
and strong, but he stuck at that. So ing maid, was still standing behind the you. I'll let you know when the train
Sandy and me. we put our beads together, ponderous ball door, listening, with a goes to-morrow, and I will write to my
and we 'greed it was better to take fifteen smile upon her face, to young Dimsdale's father to ekpect you. Now, off with you,
/
pounds aud the risk, then coma down to retreating footsteps, when another and a or you'll have them gossiping downstairs.
brisker tread caught her ear coming from Good-night!"
twelve pounds and safety."
r-
All Kinds of
“It is scandalous!" cried Tom Dims the opposite direction. The smile died
»'
“Good-night, Mister Ezra,” said the
dale hotly. "I could not have Italievmi away as »be heard it, »nd her features girl, with her hand upon the handle of
assumed a peculiar expression, Ln which the library door. “You’ve made my heart
it."
"It'» done every day, and will be while it would be hard to say whether fear or glad this night. I live in hope—ever in
there is insurance money to ba gained,” pleasure predominated. She passed her hope.”
said Miggs. "It's an easy thing to turn hands up over her face and smoothed her
"I wonder what she hopes about,” the
* few thousands a year while there are hair with a quick, nervous gesture, glanc
»Id ships to be bought, and offices which ing down at the same time at her snowy young merchant said to himself as she
will insure them above their value. There apron and tbs bright ribbons which set closed the door behind her. “Hopes I’Ll
Furnished at living price». A share
was D'Arcy Campbell, of the Silvertown it off. Whatever her intentions may have marry her, I suppose. She must be of a
—what a trade that man did! He vai been, she bad no time to improve upon very sanguine disposition. A girl like
of the public patronage solicited
swart! Collisions ivas bi* line. and he her toilet before a key turned in the door that [flight be invaluable down at Beds-
worked 'em well. There warn't a skip- and Ezra Girdlestone stepped into ths worth. If we had no other need for her,
per out of Liverpool as could got run hall. As he saw her shadowy figure, for she would be an excellent spy.” He lay
the gas was low, hs uttered, a hoarse cry for some little time on the couch with
down as nat’ral as be could."
of surprise and fear, and staggered back bent brow and pursed lips, musing over
"Get run down?”
the possibilities of the future.
“Aye. He'd go lolloping about in the wards against the door post.
While this dialogue had been going on
"Don't be afeared, Mister Ezra,” »he
Channel If there was any fog on, steer
in the library of Eccleston square, Tom
ing for the lights o' any steamer* or said in a whisper ; “it’s only me.”
headin' round for all the fog whistles if
“What makes you stand about like Dimsdale was still wending his way home
wards with a feeling of weight in his
it was too thick to see. Sooner or later, that^ You gave me quite a turn.' »»
as sure as fate, he'd get cut down to ths
"I didn't mean for to do it. I’ t ve only mind and a presentiment of misfortune
water’s edge. It was a fine game ! Half just been answering of the door. Why, which overshadowed his whole soul. In
AT
a yard o’ print about his noble cvnduc* surely you’ve come in before now and vain he assured himself that this disap
iu the newspapers, and maybe a leader found me in the hall without making pearance of Kate's was but temporary,
and that the rumor of an engagement be
about the British tar aud unexpected much account of it."
tween her and Ezra was too ridiculous to
emergencies. It once went the length o'
“Ah, lass." answered Ezra, "my nerves
a subscription. Ha ! ha !'* Miggs laughed have had a shake of late, I've felt queer be believed for a moment. Argue it as he
would, the same dead, horrible feeling of
MRS. SARAH.COSTEI-LO
until he choked
all day. Look how my hand shakes.”
impending trouble weighed upon him. Im
"And what became of this British
“Well, I'm blessed!” said the girl with
possible as it was to imagine that Kate
»tar?” asked |he German.
Nice clean rooms 25c and 50c »
a ¿titter, turning up the gas. "I never
"He's still a,bout. He's in the passen thought to see you afeard of anything. was false to him, it was strange that on
night; JI.25 a week; $5 a month
the very clay that this rumor reached his
ger trade now.”
Why, you looks as white as a sheet I”
ears she should disappear from London.
“
There
’
s
many
a
way
that
it
’
done,
"There, that's enough!" he answered
OREGON
BANDON
How bitterly he regretted now that he
air," the mate added. “There's loadin' roughly. “Well, are they gone?”
had allowed himself to be persuaded by
a cranky vessel wi' grain in bulk without
“Yes, they are, gone," she answered,
usin' partition boards. If you get a little standing by the side of the couch on John Girdlestone into ceasing to communi
cate with her. He began to realize that
water
in,
as
you
are
bound
to
do
with
a
which he had thrown himself. "Your
BANDON TRANSFER CO.
he had been duped, and that all these
ship
o'
that
kind,
the
grain
will
swell
father
came
about
three
with
a
cab,
and
C. H. PATTERSON 4 SON
specious promises as to a future consent
and swell until it bursts the seatus open, took her away.”
•
to their union had been so many baits to
Dray and General Delive »
and down ye go. Then there's Ignition o'
"She didn't make a fuss?"
amuse him while the valuable present was
coal gas aboard o' steamers. That'* a
"Make
a
fuss?
No,
why
should
she?
I SOteta all boat*. Al! ordsr» hand lad w ih ear«
safe game, for nobody can deny it. And There’s fuss enough made about her, in slipping away. What could he do now to
•ANDON
OREGON
there are accidents to propellers. If the all conscience. Ob, Ezra, before ehe got repair the past? llis only course was to
«
shaft o' a propeller breaks In heavy between us you was kind to me at times, await for the morrow, and see whether the
weather it's a bad lookout. I've known I could stand harsh words from you six senior partner would appear at the offices.
ships leave the docks with their propel dnys a week, if there was a chance of a If he did so. the young man was deter
lers half sawn through all round. There's kind one on the seventh. But now— mined to have an understanding with him.
So downcast was Tom that, on arriv
no end o' the tricks o' the trade."
nffw what notice do you take of me?" She
ing at Phillimore Gardens he would have
“
I
cannot
believe,
however,"
said
Tom
began
to
whimper
and
to
wipe
her
eyes
BANDON, OREGON
stoutly, "that Mr. Girdlestone connives at with a little discolored pocket handker Blipped off to his room at once had he
not met his burly father upon the stairs.
such things."
chief.
“Bed !” roared the old man upon hearing
“He's on the waitin' lay," the seaman
"Drop it, woman, drop it I” cried her his son's proposition. "Nothing of the
answered. "He doesn't send ’em down,
but be just hangs on, aud keeps his in companion testily. "I want information, sort, sir. Come down into the parlor.
Di JOA In receipt of a new end freah stock of
surance up. He’s had some good hauls not sniveling. She seemed reconciled to Your mother has been waiting for you al)
the evening."
Drugs ©nd Chemicals, Patent and Pro that way, though not o’ late. There was go?"
"Yes, she went quiet enough," the girl
(To be continued.)
prietary Preparations, Toilet Articles, the Belinda at Gape Palmas. That was
Druggists Sundries, Perfumes, Brushes five thousand clear, if It was a penny. said with a furtive aob.
"Did you bear my father say anything
No Flattery Necessary.
Sponges, Soap, Nuts and Candies, Cigars And the Socatoo—that was a bad busi
Tobaccos ana Cigarettes, Paints, Oils, ness I She was never heard of, nor her as to where they were going 7”
“You needn’t begin jollying me,” said
Glass and Painters’ Supplies.
"I beard him tell the cabman to drive the gruff man to the man who had land
crew
Went down st sea, and left no
to Waterloo station.”
trace.”
to sell. "I’m not a man that can be
"Nothing more?”
"The crew, too I” Tom cried, with hor
affected
by flattery. When I----- ”
"No.”
ror. “But how about yourselves. If what
That's
Just what I said to my boss,”
“
"Well, if he won't tell you, I will.
fou say is true?"
A. B. SA Bl IN
Interrupted
the agent. "I told him,
They
have
tone
down
to
Hampshire,
my
"We are paid for the risk," said both
Manufacturer of and Dealer in
lass. Bedsworth la the name of the place, when he suggested your name to me,
(be seamen, shrugging their shoulders.
"But there are government inspectors?” and it is a pleasant Httle corner near the that it was a relief to call on a man
.All Kind« of Saddlery
"Ila! ha! I daresay you’ve seen the sea. I want you to go down there as well who did not expect to be praised and
Harnee» and Saddles Repaired
way some of them do their work,” said to-morrow.”
flattered to his face all the time. I
■ANDON
“Want me to go?"
OREGON Miggs.
tell you, Mr. Grump, this city has
"Yes, they need some one who Is smart mighty few men such as you. Nine men
Tom's mind was filled with consterna
tion at what he bad heard. If the Af and handy to keep house for them. There out of ten aye simply dying .to have
rican merchant were capable of this, what is some old woman already, I believe, but
might he not b© capable of? Was his she is old and useless. I warrant you some one tell them how great they are,
word to be depended on under any circum wouldn't take long getting things ship but you are above such weakness. Any
stances? And what sort of firm must shape. My father intends to stay down one can see that at a glance. I’m glad
this be, which turned »o fair a side to the there some little time with Miss Harston.” of it. It's helpful to me to meet a man
"And how about you?” the girl asked, who rises superior to the petty tactics
world and In which he had embarked bis
fortune.
Al) these thoughts flashed with a quick flash of suspicion In her of the average solicitor. It's a real
through hie mind as hs listened to the dark eyes.
and lasting benefit, and an instructive
"Don't trouble about me. I shall stay
gossip of the garrulous old sea dogs. A
experience."
greater shock still, however, was In store behind and mind the business. Some one
RASMUSSEN BROS., Props
Ten minutes later, after a few more
must be on the spot. I think Cook and
for hitn.
Von Baumser had been listening to ths Jane and William ought to be able to look such comments on the part of the
agent, the man who could not be flat
conversation with an amused look upon after me among them.”
“And I won't see you at all?" the girl tered into signing the contract was
his good-humored face. “Ah I" said he,
suddenly striking in. "I will tell you cried, with a quiver in her voice.
asking which line his name should
"Oh, yes, you shall. I'll be down from wrltteu upon.—Success Magazine.
something of your own firm which per
haps you do not know. Have you heard Saturday to Monday every week, and per
that Mr. Ears Glrdleetone is about to be haps oftener. If business goes well I may
Best He Conld Do.
come down and stay for some time.
married?"
“Sir," ttaid the irate parent as
Whether I do or not may depend upon unexpectedly entered the parlor, “wlint
'"To be married !”
"Oh. yss; I have beard it this morning you."
do you mean by kissing my daughter?”
Rebecca Taylforth started and uttered
at Eckermann's office. I think It is tbs
"Excuse me," replied the poor but
an exclamation of surprise. "How can
talk of the city." .
otherwise honest young inan, “but I de
“Who's the gal?” Miggs asked, with it depend upon me?" she asked eagerly.
"Well," said Ears, in a hesitating way. sired to show my appreciation of your
languid interest.
"I disremember her hum ," Von Baum- "it may depend upon whether you are a daughter's loveliness, and kisses are
set answered. “It is a girl the major has good girl, and do what you are told or the only,, things I can afford to give
met—the young lady who has lived In the not. I am sure that you would do any her nt the present stage of the game.”
same bouse, and is what they call s thing at all to serve me. would you not?"
Hard to Open.
"You know very well that I would. Mis
warder."
"Rich, Isn’t he?”
"Not--not his ward?" cried Tom. ter Ezra. When you want anything done
“Fabulously.”
springing to hi* feet and turning as white you remember it, but if you have no use
as a sheet. "Not Mi»» liars ton? You for me then there is never a kind look
“Where did he get It?”
don't tel) me that hs I* going to marry on your face or a kind word from your
"He's the mnn who applied the car
lips
I could st«nd your ba1 window principle to doors of safes and
Miss Marston?"
"That is the name. Mias Hsrston It is could stand the blow you rave me. and safety deposit vaults, making them ab-
forgive you for It. from ray heart, but oh !
sura enough.”
proof.”—Houston
loliitely
burglar
“It is a He—an Infamous lie!** Tom it cut me to th© very ©oul to be standing
rost.
by and waiting while you wer© making
cried, hotly.'
“So it may be,” Von Raumssr answered up to another woman. It was more than
I’M’« K m B»eriencr.
or
serenely. "1 do but aay what I have I can bear."
Little W'.llie-wSay, pa, what I» ©
"Never
min
’
d,
my
girl.
”
»aid
Ezra
In
a
heard, and heard mors than ones on good
authority.”
»soothing vol« •’That's ©11 ovw and done scheme?
Fa—A scheme, my son. Is something
"If it Is true there is villainy In It," with.’ 8 m 0h»t I'v© brought you.” He
cried Tom. with wild eye», "the blackest rummaged In hl© pdeket ©nd produced a that usually fails through shortly
viilaiffy that ever was done upon earth. little parcel off rWu»- pape^ wlffc-b he after you Invest money tn It.
•
I'll ro—I’ll »ee him to-night. I shall banded to he».
<t
Quirk
nick Hrlurns
•
Kr( urns
know® the truth !" H» rushed furiously
It was on^y a «ngll ©liver anchor, with
Tom»on
—
Was
Dr.
PufTff
treatment
Scotch
pgbbla©
inlaid
in
It.
The
woman
’
s
downstairs and through th* bar. TYiers
• •
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sa tl0fa<0ory ?
was a cab near th» door. “Drive Into eyes, however, flashed ©0©b© looked at ft. of your rich uncle satl®£a<0ory?
e
Johnson--fliilge
Johnson flulge so. I came lute
lut© the
tht
Leadon I" he cried: "60 Eccieston square. and she rtiffed it to her Jigs ©nd fctostf* it
I
Bandon
Oregon J an on fir* to b* Utsrs 1” Th* cabman
ftrtun© recently.
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