The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910, May 28, 1910, Saturday Edition, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextI ! - i. I ii 1 ! f ) 1 i tcoitnirincD. Chapter THE American soldiery were ral lying to the defense of tlie beautiful Crescent City, and ' fur weeks tbe surrounding country presented scenes of unparal leled military activity. The meager troops of the defenders were gradually re-enforced by the op erations of tbe recruiting forces, which were sometimes ruthless In their man ner of "persuudlng" men to Join tbe army. And there was need of men grave need. The commander of tbe British forces. Sir Edward Pakenbam, bad In bU forces the picked veterans of foreign wars, 10.000 of them In all men who hnd braved the terrors of continental campaigns under Wellington men of brawn and skill and courage, who side by side, with tbe bearded Prussians, bud shuttered the Old Guard of Napo leon at Waterloo. ,. Surely, this proud array would make brief work of Andy Jackson's raga muffins; surely this rawboned Ameri can rebel, with bis comblued force of .only B.S0O soldiers, most of whom were "but half trained, bad no hope of pre vailing against the flower of the Brit ish army. "Thus reasoned Sir Edward J'ukeubum and bis staff of glided ad visers, little remembering that those men are twice armed who war for home, for country and for right. The closing days of tbe war of 1812 were tuouieutous ones for the Ameri can people. Proud Britain, shorn of ber briefly tolerated "right" to search American ships for supposed subjects tn the ranks of the seamen nud pre vented from perpetrating other gross Injustices on Americans and American property, was battling on land to re gain the prestige which Yankee brav ery bud so sorely shattered on the high sens. And It was lu the general neighborhood of New Orleans that was to be struck a decisive blow to demonstrate the superior force of the cue time mother country. But when a nation produces Gilbert Hteeles to wuge Its wars in tbe ranks, throwing their lives In tbe balance, risking life uud love for tbe sturs and trlies that wave above them, then Indeed must Invaders look sharply to their muskets and their saber edges and learu to weigh opponents lu a scale giving a record that does not lie. -. Dawn, following the night when Gil bert Steele left Madeleine do Valette at tbe planter's bouse, found blm it retched In troubled Bleep on the( ground lu the camp with bis mates. As yet tbe hastily mustered detach yieut to which be belungod bad not been able to secure tents for any save the officers, for the Infant hntlou wus but 111 supplied wKh funds to provide ecessltle for Its defeudurs. Shortly after the first streaks of morning light painted the eastern sky ' a bugle sounded, followed by the rat-a-tat-tat-tat tat of a drum reveille and the row of sleeping men unwound themselves stltlly from their blankets, gathered tbe rolled coats which had , served an pillows and proceeded to fall In line before the crudely constructed . cook shuck, where coffee and beans would be served to them for breakfast The dny had come, and over Gilbert Steele there stole thoughts thoughts of Madeleine de Valette which sub dued bla ordinarily gay spirits aud caused bla comrades to survey blm In wonder and regret i'he VXW flght and Gilbert Professional THOS. M. DILL ATTORNEY-AT-UW Office first door south of New J Fraternal Bldg, Enterprise, Ore. I BURLEIGH & DO YD ' ATTORNEYS-ARAW X Practice In all State Court and ' J Interior Department. Careful at- X tenllou to all business. ' 4 D. W. LAWYER 8IIEA1IAN ENTERPRISE Practice In State and Federal I Courts and Interior Department. S John D. Rockefeller would go broke It he should spend his entire kieoroe trying to prepare a letter jatdlctao than Cbamberlalu'a Collo, Steele was sad and gloomy. "Some thing wrong with him.. sure," was the comment bandied about among his fel low musketeers. True, be had been sharply repri manded by the captain for bis delin quency of the day before.. He bad promised Wolf, back In tbe forest up the river, that he would not delay If given permission to stop a few mo ments to talk with a young lady. He bad failed to keep bis promise to tbe letter, for he had not caught up with tbe squad of bnck woodsmen under Wolf's command when they reached their boats at the river's edge. , They had waited and hallooed for him. ne did not appear and bad been compelled to walk the entire way to the camp, arriving after midnight thus tiring him for tbe work of the day In which every ounce of energy he could command would be required. Yes, the captain had been angry with Gilbert, but his good points were so well known that he was not penal ized in any way. Therefore the lad's associates were certain that this sub- . Mr. nit, .; ' ."FORWARD, MARCH!" AT LAST Ject was not tbe one that was worry ing him. Perhaps, after all. It was tbe girl that the men with Wolf had seen bint wltb who was responsible for bis drooping spirits. Yes, that must be it the men Anally reasoned. But they could not understand why of all men Gilbert Steele should be disturbed over a girl. Surely a youth of bis makeup and personality would never lack at tention from and admirers among the women folks. No, Indeed! Of this they were assured. . ."Forward; march!" At last the wel come order came. But a, very few hours now would pass ere the momen tous Issues at stake on that day would be decided The detachment to which Gilbert bad been assigned was to occupy a Hue of trenches outside the- earth works which partially protected New Orleans. An attack was to be made on the right flank of the British line; then these attackers would full bnck behind the fortltlcatlons. It devolved upon Steele and his associates to aid tn covering the retreat of the attack- ,!. of the Britishers, which. .It was well Ditectory of Wallowa County The Power of tht Pockotbook. Hub I really think, wife, you should have that ball dress made a little high er In tbe neck, to say nothing of the back. Wife I'll have it changed If you wish, but the material costs $10 a yard. Hub Dm! Well, never mind. Bostou Transcript. Two Ways of Saying It ' "Then 1 am to consider myself re jected?" asked the young suitor. "You are to cousldcr your proposal returned with thanks and the regret that It Is Impossible at this time to ac cept It," said the daughter of the mag axlue edltor.-St. Loul Star. CHARLES THOMAS LAWYER ENTERPRISE, ORE. Practice In State and Federal Courts and Int. Dept. Abstract I Rldg.. opposite court house. Cholera and Dlarrhoc Remedy for diarrhoea, dyeeutery or bowet com plain'.. It la so simply Impobslb'.e, and ao says every one that has used calculated, would follow. The maneuver, as briefly Indicated, was one of great strategic Importance to the American side. General Jack son bad outlined it to bis staff, and they unanimously indorsed it The onslaught began. The Ameri cans valiantly assailed the forbidding lines of grenadiers. Cannon thunder ed, rifles spat their deadly missiles, swords glistened before tbe brightness of blue steet become dulled with blood, men and horses writhed and screamed In the death agony, prayers and curse were heard on every side amid the awful din. men who had souls and men who had lost tbelr souls went down in the hellish holocaust to sin- no more, fathers stabbed fathers and rode them down with sharp shod chargers, cowards killed brave men and brave men killed cowards, all on a springtime morning", for the ghoulish imp of ' misrule was running amuck among mankind, eager for tbe harvest of tears, suffering and death. A false king had decreed that honest THE WELCOME ORDER CAMK. . menBUoiiia murder one another 'In or der to support his dishonest govern ment, and so his men went forth to battle, singing hymns In a cnuse they little knew was unholy. - Gilbert Steele lay In the trench, .barely deep enough to shelter him from the singing messengers of lead that threatened him. The exultation of the fighting man combating his mortal foe sent hU blood a-ttuglliig. thrilled bis throbbing heart, captured his soul. . - ; The fears of yesterday, the premoni tions of the night, were gone. He Was going to win. and be was going to live for Madeleine. The Impulse to Jump from the mud dy' trench and to rush single banded across the bullet swept Held before him to the succor of bis hero com rades, who were band to hand with tbe foe, almost, miit rolled him for tha motneut then be gritted his teeth and mastered himself. , ne loaded bis hot barreled match lock. Agatu and again be laid the smoke blnckeued barrel a ross too earthen monnd and coolly -Aimed at a , point above the holt line of a red un'- ' 9 , w. c. DENTIST KETCIIUM ENTERPRISE Office Berland Bu'ldlng. independent Phone. Home 4 X ' ; C. T. HOCKETT. M. D. ' PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON ; ; ; Office upstairs In Bank Build- ; . i Ing. Ind. Home phone in office ', ' ; J and residence, '5M' & . DR. C. A. AULT J mYSICIAN AND SIRCEON ! Office In Bank Building. Homo phone both offlc and residenco, J H. Sold by oil dtfuggiats. ' - ' All phone orders tor bus to and from depot promptly attended to. White Front barn. Home phone-' 8Tb Novelized by PORTER EMERSON BROWNE From the Play of the Same Name by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY AMERICAN ' I torra. tie was one oi won a Bnarp- shooters, and he meant tbls day to Justify the reputation of that careful ly picked band of patriots men who could shoot the left eye out of a wild turkey at fifty paces! , ' And live up to that reputation be did. S- Ilenrd suddenly from the lips of Gilbert's mmandlttg officer was the cry of "Ready, men! Form Into line! Fix bayonets! Go at theui. boys! Charge!" 4 Almost before he realized what had happened Gilbert found himself lb the van of a wild, triumphant dash across the opeu death zone that separated tbe trenches from the enemy. The Britishers, having been re-enforced by two regiments of fresh troops, eoneealpd In tbe forest beyond, had shattered the attacking force of Amerlcaus. kept their flank from be ing turned, bad maintained tbelr gen eral alignment aud beld their position The ntter rout of the attackers was Immlneut unless , support arrived speedily. Hand to band, face to face, arm to arm. man to man. fought the stubborn prpnn riiers who won at Waterloo wltb tbe rawboned. uncouth, untrained he roes of the backwoods.. . .;' Back, back they surged. But It was not the bacJtwoodsmen. the fur capped squirrel hunters nor Wolf's sharpHhoters that fell back. The British grenadiers gave- way be fore lh ""slaught of men who, hav ing nothing bt tbelr lives to offer their country, frto!? offered all they had. In the 'fore part of the supporting column Gilbert Steele sped headlong luto tbe fray. Grasping bis musket by tbe barrel with both hands, he wielded tbe stock into tbe faces of bis foes. Of a sudden it shattered Into pieces against the upraised gun of ao Irish giant and he drew from bis belt a wicked curved bladed dirk wblcb be bad purchased at a wharf In New Or leans from a seaman who bad brought It from Morocco. On be lunged, distancing bis nearest friend, until . be was practically alone in a struggle In a small group of the enemy at one side of the main conflict , JSyes and nostrils dilated, nerves a-qulver. Gilbert Steele was superman when something struck him some where he could not tell just where or bow and a great blackness de scended over the eyes and the brain of the young patriot He gasped for breath, clutched at his bosom and fell choking, to his knees. Then his bead bent forward, and be lay . huddled in a motionless pile beside a dismounted cannon, A sallow faced, pockmarked Brit isher reclaimed from tbe Wbltecbapel slums and who bud seen service In India mopped blood from tbe aide of nis Jaw and mumbled to tbe man be side blm: " 'E was game, but 1 broke his neck with my bare flst" , Thus speaking, be stumbled on, kick' ing vengefully tbe prostrate body 'of Gilbert Steele aa be went ' And many 'mllea away there waa one who watched and hoped and prayed for the return of Gilbert Steele. to B coirrtjnrtD. Beautiful Player Piano for only $375 direct from ; the factory. F. S, Ashley, .... -lO&tt , Mr. J. A. French left Saturday morning for "Albany, where aha will visit, afterward attending the Sia.io cuapter Eastern Star In Portr land.. ' . Deputy Sheriff Crow ,waa called on official busdneas some five mllea south of Enterprise, Saturday, where he served aa . .attachment on some property. " , Mrs. Charles Hug, wife of Mar shal Hug,' left Saturday morning for Elgin. She wili also visit La Grande in order to wltnes the games of ball between Enterprise and "the La Grande teams. y Decorating the Living. The other day a small boy picked up a wreath of rosea that hnd been dropped In tbe street during a funeral procession. He gave it to an oh! woman and said, "Me believes in decorating t folks before they die." Is not that great belief to liver It la glorious to decorate. Try It. J There'are many flowers, not all I roses, but kind words aud loving thoughts, for decorating your I friends as they pass your garden 1 gate A. Louise Bablage in Cir cle Magazine. PRESS ASSOCIATION Tha Powar If Padsrawaki. A bard beaded business man went to bear Padetewskl play, 6aya A. E. Thomas In Success Magazine. Tbe man is not a musician. He spends bis days trying to buy cotton when it is low and sell It when It is high. This Is bow be described bla experience at the piano recital. , "xou Know, i m noi easily aiirrea up. and 1 don't know anything about mu sic. I wouldn't know whether a man was playing the piano extremely well or just fairly .well. But I do know that Paderewskl played one thing that afternoon that stirred me up as I nev er waa stirred In my life. I don't re member what It was. I couldn't have told whether he waa playing an hour or five minutes. All I know la that It stirred up feelings within me 1 had never felt before. Great waves of emo tion swept over me. I wanted to shout and I wanted to cry, and when the last chord was struck ! found mysell on my feet waving my umbrella and shouting like a wild Indian. 1 went out of that ball as Weak as a rag and happier than I'd been In years. I can't account for It I've tried, bnt I can't explain It Can you? . Burglar's Besetting 8ln. The burglar's besetting sin Is heed-1 . m , i i. i " lessuess. x ue cuaui-cs nre iuui 11 wan heedlessness that first drove him out of honest employment and made a bur glar of blm. Tbe burglar ransacks a house and. carries away a spoon hold er, a card tray or some other lnexpen sive souvenir of, the occasion, and be overlooks tbe thousand dollar bill ou the dining room table and tbe rope ol CSyU en tha towel rack. This be lessness seems tu bo conmn t roe whole fraternity.. We do hot know what tbe experience of other cities ia. but in Newark tbe burglar leaves bp astonishing amount of portable wealtf behind him Invariably. When be reads on the day after tbe robbery that he took Mrs. De Stile's cbaflng dish and Ignored ber $500 ruby bracelet beside It or that be upset the Pompleys dresser drawer to get the revolver and failed to se the government bond that lay In plain sight on tbe Wash stand, bow he much gnash bis teeth and bate himself for neglectlug to de velop bis powers of attention and ob servation in bis youth! Newark News. What "Garbler One Meant. "Garble." garbled," "garbler," are words wblcb nowadays convey quite a different meaning from that wblcb. waa formerly accepted. "Garble" orig inally signified simply "to select for a purpose." At 'one time there waa an officer, termed "the garbler of spices," whose duty it waa to visit the Shops and examine the apices, ordering the destruction of all impure goods. His duties were similar to those of the in spector of the modern health depart ment who forbids the sale of decayed Vegetables or tainted meat The word comes from a root meaning "to alft" Tbe Impurities sifted out have In tbe couree of generations corrupted tbe term till a "garbled report" U no long er a report w herefrom all uncertainty baa been removed, but one that la full of misrepresentation and made mis leading wltbdeMbettelntenit CONCRETE WC RK ifOf all kinds. tlf you believe in beautifying Enterprise, you must believe in making that beauty enduring. H Concrete is enduring it will render city beauty a "Concrete Reality." tSee us for any and all kinds of Concrete Work. :. i ' MARKS BROTHERS, General Contractors. I L. BERLAND 2 Dealer in Harness, Saddles, Chapps, Spurs S ' and Leather Goods of all descriptions. hit .s S 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 befor purchasing. . , . , ' i ENTERPRISE, . . . OREGON w ...... , . .,.. . i la Grande Iron Works. D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor. . Foundry and Machine Shop. Casting and Ma- ' chine Work done on short notice. . , we also pfactu:e feed kills Sawmill break down jobs promptly attended to GIVE US A TRIAL CHRISTIAN NURTURE , CONFERENCE HERE ' (Continued from first page.) It is expected that large delega- ' tlons of visitors will be present) from the eurroundtog .citdes. . All the churches are iinvl'el. The.Presbyte- Han pastors of Jo3cph, and Wallowa have bean placed- on 'Tfie program. The people of Enterprise are urged to be present, as no effort has been. :' 3pared lb malie the' program on T greai helpfulness to all. The follow ing Is. the program' complete: . , First Evening Popular. Meatyn. Introductory' Worship. . Address: "The Hi&toric Attitude of Preebyterlanism Toward Her Chil dren." ', Morning ' Conference, Round) Table Talk. v 'The Church and Infancy ." Sub-toplce: "Heredity," "Cove . nant Relattona," "Recognition ' in Baptlem." "The Pastor's Attitude Toward Bap tized Children." . ' - . . "Semi-Pastoral Duties of Sunday i scnool Teachers and' parents." Afternoon, Conference. '" - Round Tahte Talk. . . "Deolslon, Day." V Sub-topics: "Preparation," "The Day's Program," "Aftermath." 'The Pastor's Oommunican.ts, class." , "The Catechiam-Shall We Us It? Who? How?". "The Church's Attitude Toward Young Communicants." ' '.'" Second Evening. . Themes for Popular. Addreasea: "The Home es" a" Factor la Relig ious Education." ; . "Youtih and Environment the Church's Responsibility MEMORIAL DAY. . (By the Enterprise. Press.) ., The Call smote on the evening air, , , A deep and understanding Call, Unlike the shrilling trumpet's blare, But as some meaning madrigal ' Softly sung and moving through . The maze of heart and soul of you! ' i . - And dreams you dreamed and hopes you ' sought Swooning fell with life away, ; And crumbled where Ambitions fought And full Desire once held sway: For in that Call your human flower Faded with the sinking sun; Some babe or youth its little hour. Or parentage the Race had run; And softly now, sweet as that Call, Lay the flowers ovfer all ! ' A touch of rheumatism, or a twinge jeuralgla, whatever the trouble Is, Chamberlain's Llnlmentt drives away the pain at once and cures the complaint quickly. First application gives relief. Sold by all druggists. --co.