Wallowa County chieftain., July 21, 1910, Image 6

BY BOOTH TARKINSTON andKAHRY LEON WILSON
NOVELIZED FROM THE PIAYBYW.B.FLFERGUSON
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CHATTER IT.
I fore Colonel Moreau. bark
ening at lengtb to tbe call of
the river, returned to his old
taunts lo New Orleans. When he did
bo It was to learn that his gn;tpo$eU
victim had entirely recovered fn;m the .
effects of the "honorable combat" and. ;
In conjunction with his partner, had ;
reoccopled his oil niche of fame '
premier professional gambler of the .
illssissippL Quite aside from all finan- ;
clal reasons the fact that a mure
skillful and successful rival was gar
nering the major spoils of the river
the news of his victim's recovery was
seriously dUiinletir.? to the honorable
colonel, and had he been forewarned
he might have Indefinitely prolon?"tl
his acquaintance with the more health
ful climate of Mexico. He knew that
Klrby was not the type of man to for
get or coudoiie a bullet Id the ba'-fe
or the smirching of whatever linle re
mained of his once fair reputation. ;
and had he even remotely snspectttl
that he would recover he CMorratn
would not have prevaricated so cheer
fully and with such abandon to yoiius :
Randall. How much did the boy now .
know? That was the all Important
question. Kirly. of course, had learn
ed that he stood accused of the late
John Randall's suicide, but had he
taken the trouble to refute It? Mo
reau did not think so. and Moreau
was right
Kirby had but vaguely heard of the
unjust accusation and. having been
long since caseharjened to calumny
in ell Its phases, paid little If any at
tention. Had any member of the Ran
dall famiiy sought hlin out be would,
as a matter of duty, have proved his
Innocence. But they, believing him
dead, had not done so. and he refused
to take the initiative, partly because he
could not give absolute credence to
the rumor, but In a greater measure
because of the demands upon his
time. After all. It did not matter. It
meant only another tally to the score
of Jack Morean. and all would be
wiped out by that gentleman's death,
an undertaking upon which he had
definitely decided. What stood be
tween them could be eradicated only
by the bullet.
Meanwhile the passing year ha
brought with it many changes for the
surviving members of the Randall fau :
Ily Life Is tenacious, and they bad
persisted in surviving as best they
could the shock incident upon their '
father's suicide. The one small meas
ure of satisfaction In the whole ter
rible affair was the knowledge that the
despoiler of their home had promptly
met his death and that In consequence
they were at least saved from pauper
ization, for tbey were entirely igno
rant of Kirby's recovery or tbe meas
ures be had voluntarily taken for their
protection.
To the only girl. Adele. had fallen
the brunt of suffering. Tbe General,
a child of eight, was too young to fully
comprehend his loss, wblie Tom. a
hot headed youth in bis early twenties,
occupied all his time with the planta
tion and devoted all spare moments to
nursing his hatred against Kirby's
memory. While glorying In the lat
ter's supposed death he depiored that
his hand had not effected It. Where
grief had paralyzed Adele it had but
further aroused the boy's militant and
aggressive uature. adding, moreover, a
veneer of youthful and bitter cynicism.
He abhorreil Kirby's memory with an
inteusity passing the hatred of man
and. even had he been a stranger to
the then prevailing uud primitive no
tions fit Justice, wouid. bad he known
tbe other lived, have Immediately
sought him out and killed aim. if bis
Professional Directory of Wallowa Counh
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TK03. M. DELL.
J.nORMT'AT-LA
Office
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D. W. SHEAHAN
LmER ENTERPRISE
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Practice In State and Feder&l
Courts and Interior lenartroent i
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W do firsUciase Job iwrk.'
Bluefiame coil oil atoes and Insur- j
auce Kaaunne -WV8B just arnvea
a; KeKners.
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father's mettinry iTen'an ":tT ttiat no re
itat.c sli.iiiiil le made to tt'e gam
bler's claim i: i;U-wie demanded that
the latter should not live ovenoug to
enjoy his tiew-y acquired property.
More than once, as if uneasy intnl
tlin S'lusht t prompt the truth, the
loy had :uaeil to his sister the pos
sibility of Kirby having survived Mo
reau's sincere attentions. Then he
wou d breali out In au ungovernable
tit of fury a:ui b:ured
"Supposing th:it scoundrel has lived
nd intend. reaping the reward of his
crimeT' he would ir . "He gained
that deed by the vies: scoundrclisju
ever practv't-d. Wt 11. let L.sn nutj
good his claim if L-c cun "
"Eut who will :is; at,, it""
would ilfeiessjv u.qmre pi'vt'vs: ul
Dei black dress, wuiie twn. ; uts of
scarlet wuu d tgin to buru la the
dead while of her fa.-e "Ikj yon think
we couid stoi to ask mtT-y (rum a
man of that staap: .Whether the
de-d was cuineU honest!) or not. It ;
dues not matter. I atuer's siguature i
is nu Uie pitr. and we must stand
by it. Tom. You know that. Any- ;
way." she w.m.u tinNo drvarlly. "what
iiy It matter? What does it matter
. where we go. what we become? Let
Inis Mr. Kirby if that bt- his name !
finish the work he hrjtan so well." !
"I I wisb you could pluck up a
little more spirit. IWIe." be would re- ;
turn, solicitous an.T reseutful In the '
one breath. "Itoesn't the thought of
that scoundrel's pssihie recovery '
make your blood boil? iHm't yuu ever ;
"seppostrrn Tn r scorvDRin, mtsM
BLPl.Sti tbe i:tiuu or ais cbime! '
consider the thought of yon and the
General and me l ing rendered abso
lute paupers? Thiuk of what it would
mean to leave (be only home we have
known"
"1 have thought of all that until
my braiu is sick sick like my heart."
she would Interrupt colorlessly. "I
have long contemplated the possibility;
thought that the deed might, after all.
be enforced I have talked the mat
ter over wi;b Aunt Iwvezac. We have
decided that the moment we learn
that this this g-imbler Is alive we
will put the place In order and leave
Immediately for New Orleans again
quarter ourseltes on aunty. Afler
that well, you and 1 must learn how
to work. Tom. We must provide for
the Geueral's schooling, and of course
we cannot lie a hnnlen on Aunt Da
vezac one moment longer than Is ab
solutely Dwessary. Above all. there
must n no a.-rmint I any opposition
to this Mr. Kirby's claim, supposing
he still lives."
"Yes. I sup;He yon're right. Dele."
he would reluctantly agree. "We could
not dishonor furrier's memory by re
sisting, tbe si-onndrel's claim."
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ATIORNEY-AT-UW
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Canniaal Lobsters,
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the dogfish, but the lobster.
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ENTERPRISE, ORE. I
iJra';'.i-.e in State and Federal
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Courts and In:. Iept. Abstract 1'J
Bidg., opposir court house.
Eometii'mg new Kirah curtain rods
and ponier pole3 for the firet time
ln tjterpriKe. Come in tnd
ithe - , at r. 6, Ashlej-fl.
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Ana haa sn-mw not blurrefl therlrl s ) the mie fa-ts of J,,iu Hand id sui
per-vptl.-a. rendeml her ludifferent to j cide. Turn hi om-v rimtiill ui lutcn
everything, she wou:d Instantly tiave ! tiou of killing On Lit. Kirby. and. de
snspected her brother s IniteiiimumesM. j li-tited .it securim sii.-ti uiievH ted re
for. hot beaded and Impulsive, be was eufop-einei:ts. V,iriu heart;:- con
not one to hned advice, accept the pas- J cunvd In the iiitcuiion. nfftTiV.g Ms
sive course that she had outlined. uiodwt riwipcr-.itioii in thesuine worthy
As the motirhs pussd and nothing . caue On b:s part the Im v was ..i.ly
was heard nf Kirby the possil.illty of too harpy t m-t.i the flintier serv
his being alive and ever claiming the! l.-e uf so vatujl.tt- a frif.ij. ai;d he
piaiuaiioD was nnai:y Rimniinneo oy
Adele. Itut young Randall. nlthou--n j
rarv:ui!y inot-jinic 10 ue ctiutrary. '
sun emenaineo uie suspicion tuat DLS '
enemy lived In time the thought be- j
! came so Insistent that he deit-rmined to j
iquieriy nn f.tot a thorough Investi-
uatiou. Visiting in H-rsoD the town in j
whi h Kirby had fought his victorious j
; battle against death, he eventually sue- j
.-eeded in tracing the physi.-iau who ,
t uau n.ieuue,, u,e .uii.ieu camoier. .
i ami in u. 10 mr if a riinh hiur w ere j
I ei luni .--u..u iur ,uijU ... t
; aoubt. His intuition was vindicated
Kirby lived Biid
so far as tbe doctor i
gaged with his chosen profession.
Young Raudall returned home, care
fully concealing from his sister all biut
of his mission The girl had htit lately
expressed a desire to visit their aunt In
New Orleans, for the plantation was
pregnant wi:b memories aud sorrows
that were fast growing unltearahle.
Taking advantage of this opjwrtune !
j , , . . ;
desire nnd keeping his real purpose In
the background. Tom now suggested
that the house be teu.rarily clewed I
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and the long contemplated visit paid.
Securing Adele's assent to tbLs and !
satLstied that Kirbv was alive and that
justice had yet to be meted out. voung !
,, i ., .
Randall, a was the custom in such .
, .
matters, prompt !v set alut Informing ,
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Cls ur.tle relatives and f"ie:;ds. Among !
the latter was Judge Pleydell. a ueigb
, bor. whose plantation adjoined on the
t west that of the Randalls aud to whose
j daughter. Ann. the boy was engaged
' Tom's sole surviving relative was .an
e(der;y cousin. Aaron Randall, who.
: ignorant of the details connected with
his uncle's death, had for over a year
been detained by business Interests In
the north To him Tom now urgently
wrote, requesting that he come to the
, borne of their mutual aunt In New Or
leans, and the following morning the
J rieydell and Randall families set out
for the same destination. In the Cres-
cent City there resided another gentle
! man. M Auatnle Veaudry. who. bav-
ing for years sought au alliance with
i Uie Randall family through the medi
: urn of Adele. wouid naturally be ex
', jeered t concur heartily in the plans
; for the annihilation of Cameo Kirby.
; Four to one were heavy odds, but the
scaegraee gambler in his day had
' accented greater.
In due time the Randalls nnd Pley
delis arrived at the home of Mrr.e.
rmvesac. but the weeks passed and
as yet no Information had been re
ceived tending to show that Kirby con
templated securing the property. In
fact, Tom Randall, scouring the city
for the gambler, jmsirively learned that
the latter and his partner. Ruuee. had
left. This was indeed the case, for
Kirby's sule motive in coming to New
Orleans had ueeu the desire to run
down a rumor to the effect that Jack
Moreau had returned to bis old haunts
The rumor proved authentic, but the
colonel had already left for Raton
Rouge, from which town he again
beaded fur the Crescent City. Kirby
and Buuce close um.u bis heels.
Aud then tbe inevitable happened,
for one day in the s'reets of New Or
leans Tom Randall came face to face
with Moreau on both sides the meet
ing was an affecting one. the astute
colonel's momeutary alarm tnmlng to
relief when, fruiu tbe boy's effusive
greeting, he ascertained tbe other's
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DLVTIST
KETCHCM
LVTESPRiSE
fice Reriand Bu'lding.
Home
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C. T. HOCKETT. M. D. t
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
orric upstairs in Bank Build-
ing. ind. Home phone in office
and residence. 4
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DR. C. A. ACLT S
t PHYSICIAN AXD SURGEON .5
Office In Bank Building. I
Horn phone
residence.
both office and
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Oakes carries full line of Lowe
Brothers' PainU. 108J
Japalac, Tarnish stains, Itnseed oil
at Burnaugh A Majfleld'i
Agreeable state of Ignorance regiirdi:!-
promptly ti.viteil M
liav-zacs. uu iiirlt:;:
..reau In Mine
ion that was as
prompt ;
t ptetl. It toeing (ite char
ucteristtc of thr esMniul.it ", i.rl....,.,n
t a,,,, Xh n.pitalit v ,.f th.tse n bom
he had irretrievabiv wronged,
Learning fr..u. Moreau that Kirby
tvHs Ii, the Htv n:.U. in fa. t. bad been
n,x t!!;lt U1rl.n. ,lt tile j;.,!
de ( omle. y.-ung Randall bnmediv re-
tIlru. , lljs untX u,.,,.,.,,,,. ', g
llD flMlt ,,,,, ,.,,
suggested
j,y Judge I'ievdell 'i'h-it
moidv vil-
lain. Colonel Moreau
promiscd to join
the other the moment ht im.l Kwnrrf
tUs ifirtmanteau.
.iir.ii:nuiir Aim'U t.a U V.ll . 1. 3U
elder
!y. pre ise gentleman, whose long so
jouru in the north had served to some
what i-oni bis bery southern nature. '
had promptly answered his cousin's I
urgent letter by shelving nil business
demands and hastening s.hkU. An old j
baehWor. Ins late uucle and he had
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through life, and lie had lavished all '
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17 i blWn- I
f t 'T ,M"ilJS UlS
favorite. Unstaess cares bad iirohib- '
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X'f h!f "t,e:,Ja"- 81 J"!'"
f1' "1 h;ul
" facts surrounding 1
lDe others stm ide. Adeie ni.idii g thai
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It would cause needless worrv aud sor
tTu.a ""j m-u nur ,
row.
tk
iuu- uuui-asii.i uuiy or explaining
the tragedy devolved upon Judge Hey
dell. and. eveu while Tom was. renew
ing bis acquaintance with Cuionel iio-
; reau. Aaron had arrived at the little
! house in tbe old French quarter of the
I town aud Pleydell was recounting to
him their plan ut campaign against
' Kirby.
"We hnve all our plans arranged.
ir." the oid judge was now saying.
while he paced the room in some ex
J citement. "and I have taken affairs
more or less into my own bauds. Tom
; would have fauutedvut the villain aud ,
i shot him on sight, but 1 veuture to
i thiuk my wuy is the best, for we must
; recognize tbe bouor due Mr. Randall's :
memory, aud thul means making no
resistance lo Mr. Kirby's claim. The
first thing to do is to send your cous- :
Ins out to the plantation, and they will
surrender tbe place to its claimant
slaves, laud, everything. Then. sir. we
,nd the ladies Mine. Daveaeac. tiong
i with my daughter Ann and the little
boy over to my plautution. while we
, remain behind to deal with the gentle
man You understand? 1 don't think
' he'll live very luug to enjoy the proper
ty. and this time 1 don't think he'll
; get well."
"We'll see to that." replied Aaron
' quietly. "There's you and Tom and
. I"-
"And Colonel Moreau." supplement
ed the judge "1 understand he is a
dead shot. Then there is M. Veaudry.
whom you know, lie has long been a
suitor of Miss Adeie's. but since her
father's death naturally she has been
in no frame uf mind for courtship, and
consequently pour Anatoie is as bitter
on the subject of Kirby as she her
self." 1
"Poor Cousin Adder murmur-Mi
Aaron, wiping bis eyes. "When I last
saw her she was such a happy, bright
eyed girl. To thiuk of her young life
being made a tragedy by this scoun- j
Orel. I d cut off my right hand for
thai giri. Judge Pipy dell, liut this
Colonel More-.iu. this defender of the
family you sjieuk of his co-operation.
Is be. then, in town?"
"I have beard so," said the other 't
quietly, "and there is- no doubt that j
he wi'.i join us in our crusade against '
this scoundrel. He Is not the man to
forget or cofc.Ione such an unspeakably '
vile action lis he wi;ues.ed aboard the i
SUorwell that night. In fact, your :
cousin hoie to have the honor of
entertaining Colonel Moreau, and Tom :
has gone ont for the express purpose
of ascertaining his whereabouts, for I
heard quite inadvertently that the '?n- ;
tleman was in town. I reckon Mr.
Kirby is due to lose fcis life pretty
shortly. He has made a iot of misery
for us. sir. and it Is high time be bad
some himseif,"
- (TO BE C05TI.TCXD-
Hearing of the suits of the Eastern
Oregon Land ;on:panj, owning the oid
j Dalles military wagon road gran,
j through the north central portion of ;
the state, against the V.'illow Creek
! Land 4b Irrigation company and the '
i Malheur Valley rairroad has been
postponed in the United States court '
until Ju'y 1. :
W. B. APPLEGATE. j
Notary Public.
Collections made. Real Estate
bought and told and all business
matters attended to. Call on or
write me.
PARADISE, OREGON.
' Tl
T"Tie state railroid comilf.sslon has f
issued an order designating July S as j
the date for bearing :n the matter of i
the operating methods of the Portland :
Railway, Light Power company on
its Portland city lines.
Jefferson Myers, a prominent Port-!
land citizen, and ex president of the
Suite Lewis and Clark Exposition
Commission, has announced Uis can- 1
didacy for tbe democratic primary
nomination for goveraor.
Sentence of Jefferson W. Scr.ber,
ex-cashier of the Faroiers & Traders'
National Bank at La Grande, who was
cucvicted in the Catted States court
of wrecking tLat institution, has been
bostuoned lor the second tlma
CencaiUd.
"Is h. conifited':"
"t't.neeited': l shnuld tr be Is. He
even Imagines ihat be cut some fig
ure at his own wedding." Detroit Free
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ENTERPRISE OPERA HOUSE
One Night Only
Saturday, July 16, 1910
THE POPULAR
Lowe's Madison Square
Theatre Company
In the Charming Western Comedy Drama, in 4 Acts
The Girl From Tennessee
Prices as usual, 25. 35. and SO cents
Seats on Sale at Burnaugh & Mayfield's
CONXRETE WORK
TOf all kinds. TIf you believe in beautifying Enterprise, you
must believe in making that beauty enduring.TConcrete is
enduring-it will render city beauty a "Concrete Reality."
TSee us for any and all kinds of Concrete Work.
J1ARKS BROTHERS, General Contractors.
wacxBuasiKumnunun
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The City Planing' Mill
W. F. RANKIN, Proprietor
ENTERPRISE, OREGON.
Carries a complete stock of rough and dressed
lumber.
A line of standard mouldings always in stock.
Satisfactory Mill WorK a Specialty
Fiv pr oent discount for cash. All accounts balanced
at expiration of 30 days and settled by cash or note.
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HnirninrnmnnnniiniinnniEininninii
I a Grande Iron Works.
D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor.
Foundry and Machine Shop. Casting and Ma
chine Work done on short notice.
WE ALSO MANUFACTURE FEED MILLS
Sawmill break down jobs promptly attended to
GIVE US A TRIAL
L. BERLAND J
DeaTrr in Harness. Saddles, Chapps, ' Spurs
and Leather Goods of all descriptions.
I will fit you out with the best goods for the least
money. When in need of anything in my line, call and
inspect my stock before purchasing.
ENTERPRISE, - ' - . . OREGON
Making Life Safer.
Everywhere life Is being tnado
more safe through the work of Dr.
King's New Life P-lte In constipa
tion. bi!iousaes8, dyspepsia. Indiges
tion, liver trouble, kidney diseases
aud bowel disorders. They're easy,
but sure, and perfectly build up the
health. 2."-c at all druggists.
Calvin & Roe cow have their big
centrifugal pump ai work pumping
wa'er from the river upon their
l(H-acre patch of grain hay. The big
j pump was smriei tn operation Wed-
nesday of las: week, ll answers uie
purpose fully and the trying effort
now is to k memo Irrigate and
properly direct the tmmeiise volume
of water that is lifted.
j W. L. Mulkey, the weU known buv
I inei man of Joph, transacted bus
liness in Enterpiie Wednesday.
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