reception. he concluded with a
< l. i k-e. swinging the glasses over bis
thick ah cider and waddling on.
When Tubby tbtefr the stub of bis
seventh Dos Hermanoa cigar out of
the window that night aud put aside
a back number of the Argosy it was
A Lasting Valentine.
only 10 .o’clock, nearly two hours ear
St. Valentine's day was approach
Rasmussen Bros.. Props
lier than it was hls custom to retire
lag and .1 mile aud Rosie sjient al)
Although it »as a hot night, he closed
How an American Met an
tne wind.»«* car< fully, switched off all their I . u: time in fa-b»>uilig pretty
Attack of Head Hunters.
but one of the electric lights that be cards f< r their friends.
While l it'» nt work mamma entered
had installed on a wire from the pow-
By BRADFORD K. DANIELS.
1 er house and then brought forth from I their nursery, and. seating herself be
j the capacious closet a bulky dummy tween the desks, she begun:
Cepyrlght, 1910, by American Presa
dressed in a suit of his own pink pa
“I heard a sad story just now. Mrs.
Association.
LIQUORS AND
jamas aud placed it in a sitting |x»s- Drown’s little girl bad a fall the other WINE5,
ture in the middle of the bed. Open day and will probably be laid up for
Tubby Hicks paused in bis labored ing the trunk, he brought out the
tuany months.
Would you like to
CIGAR. .5
progress along the path which led skull and after fifteen minutes tink
make
her
a
valentine?
”
from the Luzon power plant through ering had it secure upon the shoul
“Would we?” they shouted in glee. I Bandon
the fruit laden longboi bushes to his ders of tlie effigy.
“Let’s make her one that will last,”
With it wry face, be then made down
neat little shack upon an Abra hillside.
said mamma. "I read about a novel
a
bed
in
the
farther
corner
behind
the
■ nd as he mopped the sweat from bis
Idea for such a one the other day. I'll
closet, where the floor chanced to be get the slip of paper and read
it to
tropic blem h'd forehead he gave 8 low
made of beards and not of openwork you.”
whistle of surprise, for impaled ujHm slats through which a spear could eas-
Mothe.-r ■ urtied and read:
a bamIs>o stake at the turn of the ily lie thrust. Then he opened wide
“Eleven large, strong envelopes were
path and on a level with his own eyes the bamboo windows and, contrary to
obtained and marked one for each
was the iiead of an llocano, its pock itis custom, the door, switched off the
month, beginning with February. A
marked face looking straight into his remaining light and. after a glance subject was chosen for each envelope,
with a comical leer. “Humph—did it into tlie moonless night through the and a picture <>f each subject was Wines. Liquors & Cigars
at one lick.” he commented wbeezing- nlgeroba trees aglow witli fireflies, lay placed on the outside. Each recep-
ly as lie noted the neat way in which down with a groan of protest upon his taele was filled with all the pictures
hard bed. casting a longing look at that could be obtained touching upon
the neck had been severed.
Sten» iteci* on Drnuxht
the dim outlines of the more comfort that subject. These were cut front
First peering cautiously about him. able one occupied by his alter ego, as
old magazines or advertisements. The
he hastily wrenched the head fr*m the he dryly phrased it.
COURTEOUS TREATMENT
February envelope contained pictures
■take, tucked it under the flap of his
Tubby Hicks was never known to of and about George Washington,
wide khaki coat, sauntered ou toward have a case of “nerves" In all his
home and. wrapping the bead in sev happy life, and the nature of insomnia and a pretty valentine was also found
eral layers of the Manila Times, he was quite unknown to him. except as hidden .away. The other envelopes
carefully concealed it in the bottom of he had observed it in some of his less contained: March, a maple sugar
OREGON
camp: April, spring flowers; May. a BANDON
bis trunk.
fortunate fellow mortals.
Tonight,
That evening Tubby, to Sebastian’s however, the usually imperturbable visit to the farm; June, a visit to the
unbounded surprise, permitted the mu electrician was as wide a wake as a cat. j mountains: July, a visit to the sea
chaclio to leave un hour earlier than For obvious reasons he dare not I shore and Fourth of July celebra
usual and. when the streaming tail of smoke; he even dare not roll about in tions; August, a menagerie; Septein-
his caniisa had vanished round the search of n soft spot because of the her, a ride on a train; October, nuts,
turn of the path, took possession of horrible row the groaning boards made. | nutting and nut trees; November.
the smoke incrusted kitchen -with Its So he lay upon his aching back and Thanksgiving; December, Christmas
half dozen primitive clay stoves Im listened to the big lizards that scur in many lands.”
Jennie and Rosie grasped the Idea nt
bedded in a long trough of ashes. ried over the ceiling and “lok-u’d” in
i
When he had kindled a tire in one of raucous voices as if deriding his mis mice, and in a flash they were skim i
ming
through
old
magazines
for
the
Newly furnished large light rooms
these (the pungent smoke made him ery.
necessary materials.
Telephone
Electric Lights
sneeze ami splutter and anathematize
A clatnm.v thing fell with a smart
Mrs. Brown, their washerwoman,
Filipino kitchens In general) he filled
Rented
by
single
night, week or
with water the largest bij g bellied jar spat upon hls face, and he almost, rang the bell in the afternoon of St.
mouth
among Sebastian’s sooty pots ami. screamed like a schoolgirl, but as the ! Valentine’s day to thank the little
INQUIRE AT OFFICE OF
fetching out the mysterious head horrible something scrambled away misses, and by the way she describi'd
over the wide dome of his stomach her child's Joy nt receiving their token
dropped it in.
By boiling and rubbing lie pro he realized that it was only a ton inch the sisters felt that they were more The BANDON STEAM LAUNDRY
duceil a skull which he stowed lizard that had missed its footing as | than repaid for their trouble.—Phila
once more in the bottom of hls trunk It frisked along a rafter. Then a pig delphia Ledger.
If you wuh a bottle cold—
and retired to rest under n strictly camo m slng about under the kitchen I
for
papaya
rinds,
and.
mistaking
the
Call at the Eagle,
St.
Valentine's
Post.
first class u)os<|tilto bar upon a wide
u
If you love the goods that's old--
One child is selected as postman,
and very comfortable old Spanish bed sound for something very different, his
heart began to thump ominously. ; This player is blindfolded, and the
Call at the Eagle.
that had cost him 25 pesos.
Somewhat overheated from such u ti Scarcely had the pig revealed its iden others sit around the room in a circle. I
'Taint no use to sit and blink
usual exertions. Tubby shifted tila tity by a satisfied grunt when a parly The hostess or some other grown per- i
of
reveling
rats
began
to
danee
a
rug-
’
if you really need a drink.
son
acts
as
postmistress
and
gives
to
bulky form front time to time all over
Just make a sign or ring a bell.
the wide cane woven bottom of the time upon the bamboo matting over- i each child the name of a city or town.
The blind postman is led to the middle
And you bet they 11 treat you right
old family enrua in a vain search for bead.
But what was that? Tubby opened ■ of the circle, and the postmistress
the coolest spot. And as he puffed
Down at the Eagle
■
»
and squirmed (tonderously about like his mouth and held his breath in an takes a position where she can see
effort
to
determine.
Yes.
It
aurely
was
i
most
of
the
players.
She
then
calls,
a stranded grampus he reviewed the
situation. “Head hunters, hey!" All the sound of stealthy bare feet upon "I have sent a valentine from Boston
other squirm. “Didn’t like t|ie way I the bamboo slats of the open platform ; to Denver.” for example, and the chil
turned the river aside from their clus outside the door. And there, vaguely I dren representing these citieH change
BANDON, OREGON
ter of vile shacks, so they’re giving me outlined against the sky. was a dark ( places as quickly and quietly as pos
form
rising
noiselessly
above
the
win-
|
sible. The postman tries to catch one
formal notice to vamoose. Well. It's
kind and considerate of 'em, al) right, dow cap. Listen! The faint but un as they run, and if he succeeds in doing
but 1 guess I like the Abra climate mistakable sound of a spear in the , ihis or in sitting la one of the empty
lietter than Manila, even If it is a bit cracks of the bamboo floor under his , chairs the child who is caught or bandon
—
. O regon
hot”—another shift made the bed bod came to hint and sent a cold shiv- ' whose chair he has taken becomes
Druggist
and
Apotheca
ry
creak—“up here this time of year. er down hls spine. Now a dark figure postman. The retiring postman is re
Is .list in receipt of a new stock of
Let’s see; they’re due tomorrow night.” was balancing on the window ledge, warded by a heart shaped valentine
And Tubby drew in a long, fishlike spear in hand, and some oue was slipped Into a little heart shaped en
gasp as certain possibilities were visu standing in the doorway. Now a half velope aud addressed “To My Valen Drugs and Chemicals, Paten. ami I
dozen heads were visible at the win- j tine.” If a child remains seated when Proprietary Preparations, Toilet
alized with startling clearness.
As electrician at the Luzon power dow to the right of the bed. a villain- I his name is called lie must take the tides. Drngg t Sundries. Perfumes
Brushes, Sponges, Soap. Nuts and
plant Tubby was the only white man ous forked shield showing between postman's place.
Candies,
< ligars, Tobaccos and Cig
two
of
them.
A
hand
clutching
a
that side of Vegan, twenty miles away,
arettes, Paints, Oils, Glass and
the force under him consisting wholly poised spear rose stealthily in the
A Flag of Truce For a Dog.
Painters Supplies.
of Ilocanos. Of course he could tele doorway—and then Tubby pressed the
One day when Washington's army
button.
phone to Captain Aiken for a detach
lay in winter quarters at Valley Forge I
J
At the magic touch a skull with eye a tine hunting dog, evidently lost,
meat of constabulary to come up and
If
your
Piano
is
worth
protect him, but the thought of the sockets, nose and mouth aflame a[>- came to seek something to eat. Wash
1 i
anything it is worth
way the lioys would guy him when he pcared upon the shoulders of a portly ington and his staff were dining at
Went back to Manila rendered such an form in pink pajamas under the mos the time. Ou the dog's collar was the
I
quito netting, the horrible thing leer name “General Howe.” Washington
alternative impossible.
ing
at
Its
surroundings
in
a
way
(tint
The following morning Tubby made
gave orders that the dog should be
glad the heart of the cook—recently gave even Tubby a thrill. For a mo fed. and it was then sent to Philadel
saddened by the large amount of care ment there was silence nothing short phia under a flag of truce, with a let-
Any other kind will ruin it
fully prepared wood that had disap of abysmal, and Tubby noted a score ter reading: “General Washington’s
peared from the kitchen during the i f black eyes bulging with terror from compliments to General Howe. He
All my work guaranteed
night—by giving him ami the mucha under shaggy manes of hair. With does himself the pleasure to return to
Drop a postal card and I'll cal!
cho a holiday, as he «as going Into the the ghost of a chuckle Tubby pulled a hint a dog which accidentally fell into
hills to hunt deer, he declared. That string which released a spring, and his hands and by the inscription on
the fat senor ever hunted deer was the fearful thing under the uetting the collar appears to belong to Gen
!
news to them, but they kept their per leaped up. the three dozen sixteen c:Ui- eral Howe.” The British commander
Bandon, Oregon
plexities to themselves
d ' ist< ,?d dle power lights inside of it that the in reply sent a cordial letter conveying
to the cockpit in the villa.
v. iijeh the movement switched on making it glow his warm thanks for this act of cour
lazy presidente permittea to be kept like a fiery demon from the nether tesy of hls enemy.
BOOTS - AND
SHOES
open on week days in viol, on of the world.
You can't expect to get $2 worth
And then Tubby had the surprise of
new law of the “loco Americanos”
Conundrums.
for $1, but you can get your
against the heavenly s|«>rt nt any time his life. Instead of springing through
What herb is most injurious to a
money’s worth at
the windows in a general stampede,
except on Sundays and feast days.
lady’s beauty? Thyme.
the
Igorrotes
prostrated
themselves
be
The servants gone. Tubby slipped
What is the difference between a
the heavy wooden bar across the door, fore the pink glowing god. sending tip clock and a partnership? When a clock
a
chorus
of
deep
guttural
groans.
One
closisl the sliding bamboo windows
is wound up it goes; when a firm is
Dealer in Doots and Shoes.
and In the subdued twilight of the gaunt old savage flopped down so wound up it stops.
close
to
Tubby
that
hls
feet
pre-sod
shack brought out the skull and set to
Why should a ucedle make a good Repairing neatly and promp
work. With a pillow under his knees the lueklc < electri i ni's ^ tuach. but merchant? It always has one eye open
tly done at lowest liv
the
old
heathen
was
so
t.r
cn
up
with
to protect them from the hard bamboo
for business and carries its point.
slats of which the floor was construct the newfangled god that tie had little
ing prices
Why is the isthmus of Suez like the
ed, he labored over the skull of that surplus thought to bestow upon his first “u" in cucumber? Because It is
obscure and departed llocano with ns pedal extremities.
between two seas.
much thought and care as be would
Then a brilliant idea seized Tubby.
Why is early grass like a penknife?
have bestowed upon the Installation Rolling cautiously over, he switched Because the spring brings out the
Bring your
of a new dynamo. Chisels, mallets, off the cut rent, and the hectic god rap blades.
wires big and little, solder and a idly faded into blackness. For one
Why Is n real estate man not a tnau
soldering pot. white paper, a can of long moment Tubby heard nothing but of words? Because he Is a man of
TotHE R ecorder
kerosene oil. a gimlet, t" say nothing of the deep breathing of the dark forms deeds.—P h 1 la d el p h la Led ger.
heaps of clothing, littered the floor till I about him. while he held his own
noon, when, with a satisfied chuckle. I breath; then a wandering zephyr stray
Riddles.
the steaming electrician replaced the ; ed in through the nearest window,
What is the difference between pho
■kul) in the trunk, stixxl n bulky fanning th' bald spot on his cranium,
something in the dark interior of the and he sneezed. Promptly a ha ud tographing and measles? One makes
“aparador.” or big movable closet, came groping in his direction, and in facsimiles, ihe other sick families.
What is smaller than a flea's nmuth?
and then Opened the windows to the bis ongerrioss to see it lie again jabbed
blessed breeze that chanced to be at the button and switched on the ctir- | That which m is into a flea's mouth.
blowing down from the hills.
rent.
The Little Tin Î. Jdier's Valentine.
When he had taken a shower bath
An ominous grunt from the leathery j
Said the little ' i soldier.
from the cask that he had rigged up old monster at the other end of the
Who lived by himself,
over the porch lie ilrt'iv up a bottle hand brought every head hunter iu the
McCALL PATTERNS
To the Japanese doll
<_ •
ited for style, perfect fit. simp < itv -
from th«' deep well In which lie always room to hls feet, his spear |x»i«»sl in a
Ou ths high mantelshelf:
» i.ibility rtarlv 40 yeirs. S<-<1 in i
v
kept a supply “on ice." as lie phrased way tin t made the genial Joker in the
< v' i v c tv and town in ti e I’n t' <l J t
s :>• I
"My sweet talentine
<
.in.i
’
J.i,
or
by
mail
direct.
More
i
t
It in loving reminiscence. bi* bed on corner shiver. For a moment Tubby
I say will you be?
rny other make. Send for free cataln
crackers and niango<*s and then start looked death straight between the
For the slant of your eye«
Ila’S magazyme
Is moat pleasing to me."
ed for the plant. With him ho toot eyes; then, with an agility of which he
More <«ibscnbers than noy other fife
Ì
ri g. iz.tic —mi.iion a r.i »nt’.;. I'"- •
his fieldglasses and carefully studied hid never dreamed himself capable,
I
Well, the soldlcr cllm’ied up
r.'t styles, patterns, dressmaking, tr. i
the distant hills as he proceeded. he sprang t > the bed. slip|ied under the
plain sewing, fancy needlework, lr-»ir*b<
At the rlsk nf hl« life
etiquette, good stories, etc. On v fiO << •
And earrled her down
“Humph they’re tiling through the riosipitto noiting and. clasping the
year
(worth double), includin'? a in r p »
And maule her hls wife.
pass there from Itentoc now,” he com glowing god In an ardent embrace,
Subscribe today, or send for aaiii, .
mented after a long look through the stood safe from all dnnger except that
V-ONblRFUL IVDlCTMENTS
80 from this happy ending
♦•»Agents. Postal bnnr< premium <-t
Of course you can gvsss
glasses nt a gash in the distant moun ■ >f I eIng r iste l alive before daylight
id r i • cash pnxe offers. AG tig
That the Japanese doll
¿
tains. “Weil. 1 hope they eujoy th< it brought the president? and relief.
■U£ M CUI CO.. 2333B2U W 37th Si.. NEW W- I
Must have answered him "Yea."
The El Dorado
Tubby’s
Dummy
The Opera
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Of all Kinds. You can get my goods at
Rosa Co.’s store, at J. M. Baker’s store and
at Cornforth’s restaurant. Satisfact on guar
anteed. A trial will convince you
CIIAS. MERZIG. PROP.
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M
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ings, Men’s Shirts and Overalls
AT THE
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ANI»
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h
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