Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, July 14, 1910, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextaaiL 1 ic ii ics H3? B5 BY-BOOTH TASS3NGTON and HARRY LEON WILSON NOVELIZED FROM THE PIAYBYW.B.MJFERGUSON I V V- Iff , CONTINUED.) CnAPTEK III. s I PARD D ESC II A MPS MO RE AC, to give bint bis full title, doing all things thor oughly, as befitted one of bis honorable character, was uot satisfied with, as be thought, disposing of Klrby's physical existence, but considered it bia pleas urable duty to effectually ruin what ever little reputation bad survived dur ing the other's downward career. Kirby. presumably fatally wounded, bad been carried ashore by Bunce at the next landing, and. in those days shooting and stabbing affrays emanat ing from card games being only too common, but little, attention bad beeu paid to the affair. Cameo Kirby was notorious the length of the river, and such an abrupt and tragic teruituaUon of bis career bad not only beeu fre quently and cheerfully predicted, but was. moreover, expected of all such members as graced bis questionable profession. Indeed, for them a sober and respectable death would have beeu considered bad form. Among the gam bling profession there existed a certain code, which in a manner served to link those at the top. who. like Kirby anil Bunce. wooed fortune honestly, to the Moreau type, gracing and disgracing the lowest rung in the gamblers' social ladder. This code, if so It may be termed, was an understanding to the effect that in no instance, however great the provocation, should the law be Invoked. Wrongs, fancied or au thentic, were to be redressed solely by the bearer thereof, the Joint otace of jude at:.: e ; inioner being vested in ea.-h sei :i; iiH ami distinct Individual. in view in this accepted understand ing, Larkin Bunce had accordingly made no mention of the fact that a probable murder had been committed, and. the passengers and steamship offi cials dismissing it as a gamblers' quar rel, whi'-h iv-is none of their affair, no stigma ;iety was attached to the ; od ( '-eaii. who. claiming to ' . an .1 valued friend of Mr. ..audit.' i -"ue to the latter's state room a in l brazenly assumed charge of the body Bunce's laconic statement was t'Xi pitifully true, for the old plant er bint it'e 'nally ended bis life. A?: u. r ; mna to Colonel Moreau's t ppy fa. ill , .if doiug all things well, ii was i i irii'teristic that to com plete hi- ivvH:is:f against Cameo Kirby he mm d'.d not hesitate to assume charge ot Mr Randall's body, did not hesitate t meet the son of the man f.t vw . . -; r b he had been directly i At ...t.iiue'u.i.t ouslltle, for young "0111 Itand.iK I1.-..U r.dden over to the I'laqueuiiue laii'lmjj in order to greet lis father, whi e over at the old bonie sread nil was bustle and excitement in houor uf the im iter's homecoming. Anxiously Tom Randall waited to see the jovial and well known figure of bis father march down the gang plank, waited to catch a glimpse of the familiar ami weather beaten green portmanteau which the planter always carried. The moments passed. Other and numerous passengers stepped ashore, to be eagerly welcomed and claimed by their own, bat John Kan lall was not among them A curious ind aeemingly pregnant bush had suc ceeded the landing of the freight, and off somewhere In the darkness a child whimpered shrilly. The boy's nerves were set on edge. Perhaps bis father was having a farewell talk with the captain and would come dashing out at the last moment with all his old dis regard for time and place. It was time the bell was clanging, the signal for backing away, for by now the landing of passengers and freight appeared to so terminated. And still no John Ran dall. The bo? walked along the string- Professional Directory of Wallowa Counts THOS. M. DILL ATTORN'EY-AT-LAW i Office first door south of 'New , Fraternal Bldg Enterprise, Ore. DANIEL BOYD t, ATTORiNEY'AT-LAW t 1 Practice In all State Courts and Interior Department. Careful at- $ f tention to all business. i frfrfrv''i'6i.gi.iiiiKgHjj. . D. W. SHEAHAN S LAWYER ' ENTERPRISE I ' i Practice In State and Federal f 'X Courts and Interior Department. 4 It you want good. feed for your team and good treatment come to White Front Barn. ' 97btf We do drat-olaae job work. oleee until llie Texas dei"". came me j Liore prominently into view, the glow from the open windows of the port staterooms silhouetting the loan vis aged pilot, absolute nuiuarcb of bis realm, who uow that au easy stretch of the river had beeu entered loafed about while his cub took the wheel. "Hello, on board the Sbotwell!" shouted young Randall, looking up at the pilothouse, "is that you. Mr. IIlx by? This Ls Tom Randall. Do you , know If my father is ou board? We , were PXeetlng him by your boat, sir." ', for reply Mr. Bixby. usually the , patteru of courtesy, offered a memo- j syllabic atilruiutlve and turned from j the window. ! FiUt young Randall bail no time to nurse his quick resentment, for now. "TnE SCOCNDBFL HAS ALREADY PAID FOB IT WITH UI3 LIFE." at last, his father had come ashore, borue on the shoulders of two roust abouts, while the captain and officers stood with bared heads and thankfully left the unwelcome task of explaining the tragedy to the amiable and willing Colonel Moreau. "My boy," said the latter, now lay ing a fatherly hand on young Ran dall's heaving shoulder, "although I am a stranger to yob. suh. I have ventured to assume temporary control of this terrible affair, fob I am a southern gentleman, as was Mr. Ran dall, and I feel bound to yoh all by the ties of sympathy and country. I was a witness, sub, to the events which preceded and prompted this out rage, and. although I am aware It ls but pob satisfaction, still it Is some thing to know that the scoundrel wko was instrumental In causing yoh pob father's death has already paid fob it with bis life. My name, suh, ls Colonel Moreau, and if I can be of any further service to yoh all In. this dark hour of tribulation pray com mand me. sub. As an old soldier I beg of yob to meet this calamity with the fohtitude of a Christian gentle man." witb which admirable and ploua adjuration the good colonel flourished his handkerchief and helped himself to a generous pinch of snuff. "I I thank you. Colonel Moreau, for all you have done," said young Ran dall stonily, looking on the huddled thing at bis feet. "You you say you witnessed my father's death?" "Not exactly, suh. foh he shot him self In his stateroom. However hard to bear, 1 think yoh should know who and what prompted his death. The scoundrel, suh. was the notorious Cameo Kirby. of whom, perhaps, yob have heard." Young Randall nodded dully, and Moreau, entering Into the spirit of the tale, continue'!: "1 fohmed an.acqu.ilnt- t a nimr pmif a . ATrORNEY-AT-LAW Office li Utch Building. Enterpiise, Oregon. The Extremes. "Let's see, we sometimes call a man Jonah, don't we?" ' "Yea, wbeu be briugs disaster." "That's the tunny tbiug about lu The original Jonah was a prophet, while the modern Jonah is a loss." Huston Transcript? CHARLES THOMAS LAWYER ENTERPRISE, ORE. Practice in State and Federal 1 Courts and Int. Dept. Abstract '. Bldg., opposite court house. ', Something new-Kir3h curtain rods and portier poles for the first time in Enterprise. J Come in and see then at F. S. Ashley's. ance. suh. witn'yoh pob" rather when he came aboard at New Orleans. lie confided to every one that be bad sold his sugar crop fob ten thousand and had the cash witb him. and be was in mighty high spirits because be was on bis way back home to see bis chil dren. Pob gentleman! As delicately as 1 can 1 must state tbat he was not quite himself, and by that. sub. I mean tbat be had been imbibing a little too freely. I don't have to tell yob. suh, that there are certain characters on all the big boats who keep a pretty sharp lookout foh gentlemen witb money who are In the condition yoh pob father, sub, was In tonight, and I expect there was more than one river gambler on board who would have liked to get bis hands on Mr Randall. But the one who got him was the slickest and clev erest of the lot. the Cameo .Kirby whom I have mentioned This rascal, suh. Inveigled yob pob father into a private stateroom, plied him with mob liquor and won from him not only all bis money and personal effects even iucluding a miniature of yoh dead mother, sub but also a deed to bis en tire plantation and all his slaves, every thing which be owned. I was too late to save Mr. Randall, but I knew Kirby by repute, and 1 was so screamingly outraged by the whole affair that 1 de nounced him fob the low scoundrel he was. 'Thereupon he drew on me, but I was the quicker and shot him down like a dog. They carried him ashore, suh. at the landing below this, and the river Is cleaner foh bis death." "You have taken vengeance out of my bands." said young Randall un steadily. "The coward and villain! For a stranger, sir. the attitude which fin have displayed toward my family has been most considerate, and I will never forget It. The the hospitality of a house In uiourulng" "No. no. my boy," Interrupted Mo reau. again employing bis fatherly baud. "I am sensible of the honor, but 1 couldn't think of It. This is a time wbeu yoh all must wish to be alone, and business calls me north. I merely stepped ashore in yoh interests as any gentleman would have done. There goes the bell, and 1 must run for It. Honored, suh. to have made yob acquaintance, though of co'se I deeply deplore the necessity wbtcb oc casioned It. I will veuture to pay my respects to yob family wbeu 1 return south, and pray command me in any occasion yob may have. Yoh servant, sub." And witb a magnificent bow the colonel turned and raced for the gangplank, boarding the Shotwell with a leap that shamed bis fifty odd years. Meanwhile Cameo Kirby, a bullet through his right lung, was making a desperate battle against death, fight ing for the life wbicb be bad consid ered little better than worthless. Id bis efforts bu was materially assisted by the crude but faithful Bunce. bis gambling partner, with whom be bad played up aud down the Mississippi for years. For two weeks this com bat raged. Kirby hovering between life and death, but at the end be emerged triumphant as. over the gaming table wbeu the odds were as heavily against blm, be had emerged from many a hotly contested conflict To those who judged Klrby's charac ter from the evil reports which gossip bad spread concerning blm and to oth ers who. In their righteous ignorance, considered all gamblers legitimate chil dren of the devil bis remarkable re covery would have been accepted mere ly as another proof tbat the evil one favors bis owu, that the mills of the god's grind slowly, tbat justice is blind aud that a scoundrel ls difficult to kill, together with many similar 'ancient and redoubtable maxims which Igno rance, aud. self rlghteousqess love to DENTIST - ENTERPRISE Office Beriand Bu'lding. Jiome independent Phone. C. T. HOCKETT, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON f Office upstairs in Bank Build- f X'lng. ind. Home phone In office J J and residence. j DR. C. A. AULT 1 PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON J Offloa In Ft An If nnllrltn S j TT ... ... . noma puone ooia onice ana residence, j Oakes carries a full line of Lowe Brothers' Paints. 108tf Japalac. varnish stains, nmieed oil at Burnaugh & Mayfield'i distribute on every fitting occasion. Among iKXisesMors of the last men tioned attribute Kugeue Kirby was regarded as a black sheep who. re ligiously avoiding the whitewash brush, was deemed beyond redemp tion, for what man worthy of the name would have acted as had the last of the Klrbys? What If he had been but fifteen when bis father died a bankrupt? What if he had been left au orphan, u pauper, with no Im mediate relative to cure how be acted? Wasu't the heritage of an ancient and honorable name, the knowledge that some of the oldest aud best blood In all the south flowed In his veins, euough to keep him straight? Most assuredly It whs. There was abso lutely no excuse for his drifting In with wild and dissolute companions, becoming ncommou river gambler and rendering notorious and obnoxious a name which had hitherto been the synonym for honor and integrity. Kirby bad been kept In Ignorance of Mr. Randall's suicide, but wbeu at length he became convalescent I.ar ktn Runce. barking hack to the events of that memorable night. Informed hltu. and the Invalid, on his part, re counted the occurrences preceding Colonel Moreau's precipitation of the "honorable" combat. The news of 51 r. Randall's death ls a great shock." he added, greatly mov ed. "Lie was my father's friend, Bunce, and when the devil played havoc with our affairs did all lu bis power to be of assistance. But for 1 "I'LL SCARE DP A PRATER OR TWO FOB JACK IIUKKAU'g ttOUL." my great pride 1 would have accepted his offer of guardian and, under bis suHrvlsion, 1 hope, would have been a credit to the name Instead of the disgrace 1 am." "Now, you quit these here postmor tems." remonstrated Bunce good na turedly. but firmly. "You don't call me a disgrace, do you? Aud ain't I your old side partner? Bosh. If you play the game straight I guess tbere's lots of worse ways of making a living than gambling. 'The sawbones said a- lot of rest was coming your way. so Just turn over on tbe other side and for get It." y "No, I can't. Runce. Don't you re alize tbe positiou lu wbicb I am placed by Mr. Randall's death? I hold a deed to bis entire plantation, and i must sign a release without delay. What If it should ever be thought that 1 en tered tbe game In earnest, with the deliberate Intention of robbing Mr. .Randall? You know my reputation," be added bitterly, "and bow easy It Is for a dog to earn a bad name. Bring me pen and Ink at once. Larkin. If you please, for I won't have a moment's peace until I sign that paper. . ' Propped up on tbe pillows and sup ported by tbe still grumbling Bunce, bo wrote tbe following: I hereby (urrender the absolute posses sion ot all the property hereto described to the child or children oi John Kantian. EttCKNB K.1HUX "There!" he exclaimed. "Now I feel better, and there ls no chance of my old neighbor's children beiug defraud ed out of their Inheritance." "You worry a heap more about them than yourself," observed Bunce. "and tbere's no call for It Even If they knew you bad got this deed , you're reckoned as a dead man by everybody. I beard from one of tbe boys tbat Mo reau bad skipped to Mexico, but you know bow the river calls, and he'll an swer sooner or later. When the fine old bucko Hoes return don't be fool enough to give him another chance at your back, for he's a painfully modest cuss and prefers to stay In tbe rear By rights be ought to get the same dose be gave you, and I'd do It for tbe asking." .."Yon know jnn wouldn't," trt Klr- W. B. APPLEGATE. Notary Publh , Collections made. Real Estate bought and sold and all business matters attended to. Call on or write mo. PARADISE, OREGON. ' yfs" wf ii I : by simply. Tbe momeni 1 lehfu flint Moreau bus returned you may arrange a meeting for us. You can leave the rest to me." Bunce nodded. "I guess there ain't any one who could get the better of you. Gene, face to face. I ain't much of a band at the gospel, but I'll scare up a prayer or two for Jack Moreau's souL" i I (TO BE CONTINUED. Making Life Safer. Everywhere life is being made more safe through the work of Dr. King's New Life PHIb in constipa tion, biliousness, dyspepsia. Indiges tion, liver trouble, kidney diseases and bowel disorders. They're easy, but sure, and perfectly build up the health. 23c at all druggists. United States Land Notices NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION ISO LATED TRACT. PUBLIC LAND SALE. Department of the Interior. U. S. Land Office at La Grande, Or egon, June 3d, 1910. Notice ls hereby given that, as directed by the Commissioner of the (.Jeneral Land Office, under provis ions of Act of Congress approved June 27, 1306 (34 Stats., 617), we wil', offer at public sale, to the hlgh ost bidder, at 10 o'clock a. m., on the 2 1st day of July, 1910, at tbls office, the following-described land: The NE SWVi & SV SB Sec. 33. T. 1 N, R. 45 E. W. M., Serial No. 07406. Any persons claiming adversely the above-described land are advised to file their claims, or objections, on or before the time designated for sate. 42c5 F. C. Dram well. Register. Colon R. Eberhard, Receler.' NOTIC FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior. U. S. Land Office at La Grande, Oregon, June 20th, 1910. .Notice is hereby given that Joseph Allen, whose post-office address is Enterprise, Oregon, did, on. the 2nd day of September, 1909, file in this office Sworn Statement and Appli cation, No. 06986. .to purchase the SE& NW, Section 14, Township 1 North, Range 44 East, Willamette Meridian, and the timber thereon, under the provisions of the act of June 3, 1878, 'and acts amendatory, known as the "Timber and Stone Law," at such value as might be fixed by appraisement, and that, pur suant to such applica'ion, the land a-.id timber . thereon have been es timated and valued by the applicant at $100.00 the Umber estimated at J:0.)0 and the land $50.00; that said applicant will offer final proof in support of his application and sworn statement on the 10th day of Sep tember, 1910, before C. M. Lockwood, U. S. Comm'r, at his office, at En terprise, Oregon. Any person is at liberty to pro test this purchase before entry, or initiate a contest at any time be fore patent issue3, by filing a cor roborated affidavit In this office, al leging facts- which would defeat the entry. 44cll F. C. Bramwell, Register. NOTICE TOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior. U. S. Land Office at La Grande, Oregon, June 20th, 1910. Notice is hereby given that Mary A. Elmer, formerly Mary A. Woods, of Wallowa, Oregon, who on Febru ary 25, 1904, made Homestead En try No. 13458, No. 09106, for S SW'Vi, Section 32, Township 1 North, Range 44 East, Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of Intention to make Final Five Year Proof, to establish claim to the land" above described, before CM. Look wood, U. S. Com missioner, at his office, at Enter prise, Oregon, on the lOta day of August, 1910. Claimant names as witnesses; Mark O. Courtney, of Lostine, Ore gon, Jasper J. Chapman, of Wallowa, Oregon, -Edward A. Crossler, of Wal lowa, Oregon, William Whitmore, of Wallowa, Oregon. 44c5 -' F. C. Bramwell, Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. . Department of the Interior. U. S. Lan 1 Orflce at La Grande, Or- 60!. ay 16th, 1910. Noike is hereby given that Michelle Baker, whose' post-office xddress is EMerprlse, Oregon, did, on the 20th day of July, 1909, file In this office Sworn Statement and Application, No. 06831, to purchase the W'SE Sec. 8, and NBVi. Section 17, Township 1 North, Range 45 East, Willamette Meridian; and the timber thereon, under the provisions of the act cV June 3. 1678, and acts amendatory, known as tue ''Timber and Stone Law," at such value as might be fixed by appraisement, and that, pursuant to such application, the laud and timber thereon have been estimated and valued by appli cant at $400.00, the timber estimated to be worth $200.00, and the land $200.00; that said applicant will offer final proof in support of his applica tion and sworn statement on the 10th day of September, 1910, before John A. Rumble, U. S. Commissioner, at his office, at Joseph, Oregon. Any person ls at liberty to protest this purchase before entry, or ini tiate a contest at any time before patent issues, by filing a corrobo rated affidavit In this office, alleging j facts which would defeat the entry. 44cll F. C. Bramwell, Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION ISO LATED TRACT. PUBLIC LAND SALE. Department of the Interior. U. S. Land Office at La Grande, Or- egon, June 13th, 1910. Notice is hereby given that, as directed by tbe Commis&loner of the General Lend Office, under provis ions of Act of Congress approved June 27, 1906 (34 Stats., 617), w 111 offer at public sale, to the bigh at bidder, at 10 o'clock a. m., on -he 28th day of July, 1910, at this office, the following-described land: The SE SW& Sec. 6, & NE& 'V14 Sec. 7, T. 1 S., R. 45 E. W. 1.. Serial No. 07432. Any persons claiming adversely the above-described land are advised to file their claims, or objections, on jr before the time designated for sale. 43c5 F. C. Bramwell, Register. Colon R. Eberhard, Receiver. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior. J. S. Land Office at La Grande, Oregon, June 30th, 1910. Notice is hereby given that Fred V. Harsln, of Enterprise, Oregon, vho, on June 13th, 1908, made Home itead Entry No. 16065, Serial No. 5466, for SW NWtt, Sec. 28, SD IEK, B'ASEtt, Section 29, Township I North, Range 47 East, Willamette : ieridian, has filed notice of lnten Ion to make final commutation proof -o establish claim to the land above described, before C. M. Lockwood, U. S. Commissioner, at his office at Enterprise, Oregon, on the 20Ui day of August, 1910. t Claimant names as witnesses: Jack Johnson, of Imnaha, Oregon, Clyde Harsln, of Enterprise, Oregon, J. E. Patterson, of Enterprise, Oregon, W. A. Murray, of Enterprise, Ore gon. 46c5 F. C. Bramwell, Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior. J. S. Land Office at La Grande, Oregon, June 30th, 1910. Notice is hereby given that Louis Jeorge Peterson, of Rognes, Oregon, .ho, on April 10th, 1905, made lomesteed Entry No. 14271, Serial '0.-02927, for SEVi BW, BWfc and Ei SBV Section 23. fownalitp 2 North, Range 44 East, VUlameilje Meridian, has filed no - or intention to make final tlve ear proof, to establish claim to he land above described, before) V. C. Boatman, County Clerk, at lia office at Enterprise, Orgeon, on. he loth day of August, 1910. Claimant names as witnesses: Nel son K. Bue. Syvert Hovde, G. W. lumphreys, Thomas Hovde, : all of .tognes, Oregon. . 64c6 ' F.i C. Bramwell, Register. Charles BrownRudolph Kuhl and August Kooeps were in Enterpris 'rom near the junction, this week. Vugust Keeps made application for laturalization papers. A Wild Bliwvd' Raging, brings danger, suffering often, death to thousands who take colds, coughs and la grippe that terror of "inter and spring. 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