Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1910)
ft s BY BOOTH TARKIMfiTON and HAHKY LEON WILSON NOVELIZE FROM THE PIAYBYW.B.MESGUSON CONTINUED.. CHAPTER II. IHIS Is a private stateroom. I sub." Interrupted Moreau. glaring at tbe Intruder. "What Why. as I live. mm it la Colonel Moreau by all tbe saints, your admirable self, my dear fellow!" . heartily exclaimed tbe younger man. slapping tbe other on tbe back. "These lights are so dasbed disobliging I didn't recognize you. I have been .watching the game for some time through that window," pointing to one on bis right. ' "and you must remember tbat a state room Isn't private so long as tbe cur tulns aren't drawn. . If I bad known you were aboard I would have bunted you up long ago. for you know bow I love a game, colouel. and hence this ventured Intrusion. Have you any ob- Jeetlon to making It three cornered V" Ills bow included Mr. Randall, now ' blinking at tbe table. "Sorry, but quite Impossible, snh." replied Moreau shortly. "I am already this geutlemau'a master fob a matter of ten thousand or so he has been playing In dam pob luck and our next S ' wager is for fifty thousand. Too high fob yob. I calculate?" "Not at all, I assure you." lightly re plied tbe intruder, smiling Into tbe other's venomous eyes. "Come; If your friend Is willing, let me sit In. 1 really insist upou losing to you, colonel. Won't you Introduce me?" Moreau hesitated, trying to read tbe other's eyes. Then, apparently satis fied, he turned to tbe nodding Mr. Randall, saying: "Have yob any objec tion, sub, to making it three? My friend, sub, Mr. er Mr. Jackson of New Orleans." "Honored, sub! Honored!" replied the planter, arising and extending a frank band. ' I warn yob, sub, tbat the Randall luck has turned and tbat yob will surely lose. Stay out sub; 'stay out!" be added Impressively, pat ting the other's shoulder. "Fob I am about to make a killing, and I don't . want yob to be among tbe dead. Tbe colonel and I are old men of tbe world, uh, but this Is no place fob a youug man like yob. I trust yob will take my advice In tbe spirit in which It is offered, fob I am a father, sub, and and 1 like yob. Dy Gad, yob remind me of a dear friend I onoe bad tbe Klrbys. sub. of Plaquemlne" ' "Come," Interrupted Moreau, "let'u presume our frleudly hostilities. Mr. ' Randall, fob yob make yob landing, sub, in about half an hour." "I thank you for your advice, sir," said the intruder, wltb sudden gravity, ' while gently and unobtrusively be steered Mr. Randall to bis seat "But I am afraid it has come too late.) for 1 rard games of all kluds are my weak ness, rerun ps If I bad received it when I was plunger , But I see our rood colonel is impatient." "I am," replied Moreau, shuffling tbe rards, "fob we bave only half an hour, and It la to be tbe best' out of six ' lands. Cotne, my mooey la up, as yob in. and Mr. Randall draws a tor bis plantation as bis stakes, vh await yob pleasure, Mr. er don." i understand you to say that the '' were fifty, Dot twenty thou - 1 'J''" replied tbe other, casually :iH ing at the colonel's roll. I, calculate my check is good for '-t1 balance." replied Moreuu, slgnnl I'X a warning wltb bis eyes "the i iilonnl Bunk of New Orlenus, sub.", 'Ah. a very 'sound Institution, for I diaw agalust it myself," observed tbe . younger man. "As, of course, we do not carry such uu amount wltb us," ' he added, wltb defereucq, turning to Mr Randall, Colouel Moreuu and 1 ' mist of necessity substitute our Professional l THOS. M. DILL' . " ATTORNEY-ATUW Office first door south of New Fraternal BldgH Enterprise, Ore. ! BURLEIGH ft BOYD t ATTORNEYS-AT-UW Practice in all State Court and f Interior Department Careful at-1 tention to all business. D. W. S11EAHAN' . LAWYER ENTERPRISE Practice la State and Federal I Court and Interior Department V V I I I V tttttttttttttttTvtt Dr. F. B," Moore, teopatti, haa office hour eJl'day Tuesday. Thurs day and Saturday la Enterprise. Of fice over the bank. 83btf checks, We are strangers to you. sir.' word, sub. Is entirely suffl- dent," Interrupted the planter, wav- 1 i h....,i i ...i., t l honor between us. fob I might draw a deed to a phintHtlou I never owned. I am a man of the world, sub, and I reckon we each can recognize a south ern gentleman on sight." . "Yes, lu the present company tbat Is not a very difficult matter," gravely responded Mr. Jackson. "Shall we cut for the deal? The four best bands ' take all. ' Ab, luck Is wltb me. 1 take tbe cards, sir." "One moment." said Morenu. "as no stakes are up I reckou I'll give my check for tbe full amount should 1 lose." Pocketing bis roll, be glanced satirically at Mr. Jackson. If for a presumable amateur who oc casionally -Indulged In a gentleman's game merely for the sake of passing tbe time Colouel Moreau had exhibited a wonderful aptitude at shuffling and dealing his performance was now com pletely overshadowed . by tbut of the youug Intruder, whose lightning deft ness was almost uncanny. Talking nonchalantly and brilliantly, be stack ed tbe deck wltb a beautiful pre cision, fascinating in tbe extreme, even wblletbe colonel's watchful and sus picious eyes never for a nswment re Inxed their vigil. Owing entirely to this marvelous and criminal skill Mr. Jackson won on his own deal and, luck following blm, won also on tbat of Mr. Randall. As eacb and every one of tbe colouel's undertakings were highly estimable be naturally held tbe best band wheuv for a moment, the cards were lu bis power, and It speaks eloquently for Mr. Jackson's large charity of Judgment tbat be retrained rrom criticism even wneu acutely aware tbat the middle aged Creole bad rather clumsily garnered bis third ace from tbe bottom of tbe deck. But as youth must be served, especially when possessor of BUi-b consummate eklll as that owued by Mr. Jacksou. tbe latter bandsoinely won bis fourth showdown wltb surprising ease, verve and dash. "Well, tbnt winds her," airily re marked tbe colonel, arising and stretch ing bis long arms. "One hundred thou sand ain't such a bad cleanup, 1 reck- , on, nut you always were lucky, yob young scamp, and there's no playing agulnst It. Yob even topped my fob kings. I calculate tbe Randal luck finished a very pob Inst How about yob theory now, sub?" Tbe planter did not reply, for it is somewhat dllllcult for a but newly ruined man to sense the full humor of bis condition. In silence be drew to ward blm tbe pen aud Ink, while for a long moment be stared at tbe white sheet of paper, upon wblcb be was about to give title to all wblcb be owned. He and bis children were beg gars, total and complete. This was tbe turning of the tide, bis royal borne- coming. For a moment be bowed bis ! tie for yob to brnud. sub. 1 11 guar grlzzled beud; then, shutting his teeth ; antee yob the biggest game on tbe against all thoughts of tbe future, ' rlver."N seized the quill pen. For a Randall "You will oblige me, sir," replied the must show the world bow it can lose. I other, carefully lighting a cheroot "by A Randall must be beuten at nothing , employing the prefix to my name If -even at playing tbe fool. ! ever In tbe future I am unfortunate "Yob name, sub?" be courteously in- enough to have you address me. Per- qulred, turning to the young stranger wbo bad proved sotortunate. "Eugene Kirby. sir." "What?" exclaimed the planter to a dazed manner. "I thought, sub" "Ob, tbe colonel suiuetlmea calls me Mr. Jacksou because be thinks 1 re semble tbe geueral." lightly replied Cameo Kirby as, bead between bands, be stared gravely at tbe table. "Any oue'wlll tell you, my uuuie la Eugene Kirby even tbe Texas tender knows It" Ah. tbe General. 1 bave a boy. suh. Directory 'of Wallowa County .. f'llE foCiT excursionists on board, fire broke out In the hold of tbe Home Packet Company's steamer J. S., while en route on the Mississippi river be tween Gcno and Victory, near La Crosse, Wis., and before the vessel could be beached three men perished In the flames, one woman wat drown ed and scores were injured, many se riously. (;'': liie President" has nominated Ever ett Orville Jones and Nathan Putnam Wood, of Washington, and Frederick T.' Harris, of Idaho, as first lieu tenant of tbe army medical reserve touis. ' ". .' .. ". T t V tit - r St m LAWYER , ENTERPRISE, ORE. Practice in State and Federal Court and Int. Dept Abstract ' Uidgs opposite court house. Something new Kirsh curtain rod aud portler pale for th first tiro In Baterprb. Com la and Be in- at F. S, Aahley-n. t ' - ,.',' wbom we affectionately call by that name," replied Mr. Kaudall Irrelevant ly, staring at tbe celling. "I bave tnree cnnaren, sua. mere is ioin ana Adele and the General. Their mother Is dead. sub. And yob say yob name Is Eugene Kirby. Very strange, sub : i know tbe Kirbys of Plaquemlne. . sub. No relation, I suppose. Rut yob j pardon, suh " And. wltb a band now steady and 1 firm, be wrote and signed the deed to tbe Randall plantation aud. wltb a bow. handed It to the gambler whose father be had befriended; the gambler whose reputation was said to be the' worst on tbe river; tbe son of tbe man who bad been his nearest neighbor aud closest friend. This accomplished, Mr. Randall arose nnsteudlly and walked to the door, where he turned and for a moment surveyed the smoke fouled room wltb Its litter of empty bottles. And If for a momeut a fleeting realization of tbe very thorough manner in which be bad been victimized permeated his throbbing brain no hint of it was de? picted in face or bearing. "(!ood evening, gentlemen." be said gravely,' "and tbnnk yob for the obli gation. Good evening." Head erect be walked out, and very softly closed tbe door. Kirby resumed his preoccupied attl rude at tbe table, while Moreau. care lessly lighting a cberoot and pouring himself a drink, sprawled elegantly over an adjacent coucb. "Well, I calculate that's tbe .easiest mark tbat ever came our way," be observed, wltb a laugh. "Green as tbe everlasting bills," quietly pocket ing Mr. Randall's wallet, a delicate maneuver which Kirby neglected to nolo. "1 calculate this Is the first i time yob and 1 ever played together. i eh? Yob re a deuce of a band at tbe cards, my boy never saw yoh equal befoh. I take It, yob partner, Mr. Larkln Bunce, Is not with yoh . this trip or yob wouldn't have so uncere moniously doubled up with me. Or perhaps yob two have fallen out eh? If so, suh, I will be happy to make our Impromptu partnership perma nent" Kirby swung slowly around and fix edly regarded bis magnificent and; amiable companion. "Since when bave you contemplated such an admi rable partnership?" be blandly In quired. ' "Ever since I first saw yob play. Kirby. Come; yoh partner, Bunce, is crude a blubber faced Yankee, wltb no manners whatever, suh. But yob and 1 are gentlemen and would make the best team on tbe river. I consider our play tonight the biggest haul In a decade, and I promise yob mob like It, fob I never go In fob picayune af fairs. My fingers are growing a little too stiff fob skillful manipulation, and I frankly own 1 haven't yoh delicate and admirable finesse. But 1 bave tbe manner. Kirby. and can rope the cut- , mlt me to Inform you that you are a blank scoundrel, sir! I cannot be too emphatic concerning that statement. Whenever 1 form a partnership wltb you I will be more qualified for a front seat to bndes than I am at the present moment Why, you low, thiev ing swamp cat," be cried, losing all self control, "bow dare you think I gamble like you by getting unwuspeet lug victims drunk and then robbing them? 1 watched you outrageously cheat Mr. Randall and nlv him with I liquor in order to cover your charac ' W. C. KETCHUM DENTIST - ENTERPRISE Office Berland Bu'lding. Home 3 independent PQone. 4 I 4 C. T. HOCKETT. M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON ! Office upstair In Bank Build- ing. Ind. Home phou in office J and residence. 2 DR. C. A. AULT PHYSICIAN AND Sl'RGEON n mm iu cui tiuuuing. Horn phone both office mail residence. j 4t M Oakes carries a Cull line of Lo(we Brothers' PainU. 108tf ' "Little Jcker" aqulrrel traps kills hundroda. Try R. Price 35 cents. t w . '. ' -..-. teristically clumsy "manipulation of iTTe cards, aud if I stepped in tonight and stooped to emulate tbe type of game which you solely play It was In order to save your victim from complete and total ruin. It Is unnecessary to say that when Mr. Randall is capable of estimating what has occurred and Is once more himself this deed will be returned to bim." S "Now, Kirby. yob can't play tbat game on me," cried Moreau. jumping to his feet. VYoti come in on my kill and then try to do me out of tbe spoils. Tbat don't go. Kirby. I'm too old a hand. Keep that line of talk for sap beads. Tbe Randall plantation is sold under the hammer, and J get two thirds or" "Or what?" coldly demanded Kirby, carefully pocketing the deed. "You know me, Mr. Moreau. so don't try to pull a derringer. It's considerably safer to wait until my back, is turned. I say Mr. Randall himself will destroy this deed and that his plantatlob will not be sold, and you may believe it or not, just as you like. That ten thou sand you virtually stole I cannot, un fortunately, refund; but, believe me, that Is tbe entire extent of your steal ings. For once in your life you are going to releuse a victim before he has been completely sucked dry; for once In your life you are going to be half way decent" "Decent?" bellowed the other. "That's a compliment from one of yoh standing" "Like yourself, I game for a living. Mr. Morenu," coldly Interrupted Kir by; "but unlike yourself, I endeavor to do so honestly, and 1 bave never yet stooped to the methods wblcb you exclusively employ. Although you are MORE AC, CAREFULLY WIPING. TOE BUOKING USTOL, HKTUBN&D IT TO HIS POCKET. seemingly not aware of tbe fact, there is a distinct difference between a gam bler and a thief. Once 1 bad tbe priv ilege of meriting tbe ..friendship and esteem of gentleuieu like Mr. Randall, and I now warn you to keep your claws off him. If ever In the future 1 catch you bleeding him as you did this evening you and I will bave a different sort of discussion.', For your own sake I beg you to remember this." .. Before Moreau could renlv the sound o I ahn t frnm nna the staterooms and echoed Itself over ri. imnni.irii. Kti-i,. mrnort to the door, aud as he did so Moreau quickly withdrew his band from tho breast of bis long frock, coat A tongue Df flame leaping from his Derringer mattered tbe stagnant tobacco fumes, tnd wltb tbe acrid bite of powder in his nostrils and a bullet through the lungs the younger man. fighting hard agulnst his full, slowly eused himself to the floor. "For yoh, suh," courteously sneered Moreau, carefully wiping the smoking It lu till nrwl rarninlnif It ti ht lirnnct pocket while he coolly watched the writhing figure cougb out Its life. . "1 calculate, suh. yob are now booked foh that front seat In hades which you de clined. I'll teach yoh to play a low down game on a gentleman, suh." A he turned to refill his glass tbe door was violently torn open and a large, florid faced man entered. Mo reau turned, his band slipping Into bis breast pocket. For a long moment the two confronted each other in silence. "Mr. Raudall has just blown out his brains." said the intruder slowly at length. "I guess that's your work, my flue old bucko. But I beard another shot Where's my pat Oeue Kirby T Ills eyes, restlessly searching tbe dark' ened corners, at length happened on . . i,i i ,li I ; . . .III the huddled thing, now lying very still. "Geue," be cried, stooping and raising the other' beud to bis knee "SKak to me, boy. It's your old pat Bunce." "I calculate yob friend Is past tqcuk. Ing, suh," observed Moreau,- backing toward the door and keeping a wary eye on tbe florid faced Yankee. "Mr. Kirby Insulted me, sub. and has paid foh it with Va life. I shot blm In fair and honorable combat." "Fair and honorable bndesr snnrled Bunce. leaping to his feet "Shot blm In the back, you skunk your usual fair and honorable manner! You haven't tbe nerve to stand up and face crip pled hen!" "Stand back, suh'" warned the other, drawing his Derringer. "Yoh are nat urally excited, and o 1 choose 'to over I look yob words, which 1 will dot do in the future. But don't push me too far! sub don't push me too far, fob even a gentleman has his limits." - "No man ever double banked Gene Kirby twice," said Larkln Bunce la conlcally, "and It'll be a good thing foi you, Moreau. If be Is past speaking, which. I guess, looks .the case.. If be happens to pull through you can gam ble he'll fix your case himself, but 11 he doesn't, my fine old bucko. I'll settlt your honorable haBb. Yob've stunk up this river just about along enough.' "it will afford me considerable pleaB tire, sub," replied the pseudo colonei in bis best manner, "to place yob lu be same position which yob friend dr. Kirby will shortly occupy. I re fer. suh, to a front seat In the grill room of, bis most Satanic majesty Yob servant suh. and a very good evening." Bowing, tbe flower of south era chivalry backed nimbly through the door and disappeared. (to BE CONTINUED. The Alert Man. " ' "Calmness is a fine trait" said Mr. Bliffly, "but does It always get there? You take the case of two men stand ing up In a car holding on to straps,, both tbe same age, but one of them quiet and the other quick, and now let the man tbey are standing In front of get up to' leave tbe car at a station, and suppose these two men are botb at exactly tbe same distance from tbe Beat, each with the same chance as tbe other for seizing it which would get that seat? Would it be tbe calm, cool man who moved deliberately and al ways with some-thought for others, or would it be tbe ever alert man,- quick to move and always on tbe lookout, not caring a continental for what any body thinks and. always ready to Jump In ny seat be can nub? Why, while the calm man Is thinking It over about what be shall do and beginning to turn tbat way tbe alert man la In tbe seat. I certainly do admire tbe culm, tran quil man and bis good manners, but it 1b tbe man ever on tbe alert tbat gets the seat In the car and other things." New York Sun. ' The Back of a Glove.' Tbe mending of tbe three marks on tbe back of a glove and tbe clocks on a stocking were two of the little mys teries of dress explained at a lecture on clothes In London. The lecturer said that the three marks on tbe back of a glove correspond to the fourchette pieces between tbe fingers, and in old en duys these pieces were continued along the back of tbe band, braid be ing used to couceal the seams. A somewhat similar origin was assign ed to the ornamental clock on tbe stocking. In tbe days when stockings were made of cloth tbe seams came where the clocks do now. tbe orna mentation theo being used to bide the scams. Tbe useless little bow In tbe leather band lining a tnun's but Is a survival of tbe time when a hat was made by taking a piece of leather, bor ing two boles through it and drawing It up with a piece of string. Fashion Id Bom0, According to th rules of Borneonn ! fashion It Is deemed uecessary to mold one's limbs Into a more shapely form than tbut bestowed by nature. This done really effectively by wlndlu; strong brass wire round tbe ankles, tbe wrists, uuder tbe knees and above the elbows of children. Growth at these points Is, in consequence, greatly ham pered, with tbe result that the' limbs come to be deformed or, according to Dyak ideas, brought Into proper shape. Tbe headdress consists of a curious beadwork cap. and around bis neck a bridegroom to be wears bangles of plaited fiber and strlugs of cowrie 8bell8. These shells, by tbe way. a iu other parts of the world, are used as currency. A yard of fiber or twenty to thirty cowrie shells represent tbe value of a penny. . Tbe white armlets are made of another specie of shells. Wide World Magazine. Party' Fat on One Vote. lnstauces are common enough In elections when a single vote turn the scale, but for tbat vote to decide not only tbe fate of a candidate, but of a parly a well, is rare. Yet majori ty of one in parliament which may logically depend on a majority of one in the country, has worked some of the most momentous result possible. - Tbe i classical example 1 the act of union 1 of 1799. certainly among the largest, most important aud most remarkable chauges ever accomplished by a legis lative body. One hundred and six Toted for it and 105 agulnst. Then a majority of one carried the great re form bill in 1832. Majorities only a little bigger have again and again been responsible for j farrenchlng -r nsequeoces. A majorl i ty of five out the Melbourne govenmi'i't In 1839. By tbe same fig ure 1 id John Russell's government was deteated In 1S0C Gladstone went out of office In 1873 beca'use be lacked three vote, and the public education act, one of the most Important ever passed, was placed on - the ststnte book by a majority of two. London Chruuicle. . City and County -Brief News'Items Edison Records for July now on tale at Ratcllff's furniture store. A bright gkl baby was born to Ir. and Mrs. O. H. Brady Tuesday ifternoon. - Two more wagon loada of th .'roy bridge left Enterprise for Troy .'hursday morning. Mlssi Harriett Blow returned Wed esday from Pra!rle Creek where., .he has been for some time. Oovey Serratt, who has been v!b- -Ing for several days lm- Wallowa, re- arned to Enterprise Thursday. Wall paper at 10 cents per roll at latcllff's. His entire stock will he -old at bang aim prices while it lasts. O. H. Brady U placing a beautiful tile entrance , to the A. C. MUler building, and a concrete pillar which extends the ful 1 frontage of the building. Lee' Brothers, ho recently pur? chased the blacksmith shop here of I. N. PItzer, have purchased the stock formerly owned by Poulson) & Prater. The ' shop- formerly con ducted "by Poulaoa & -Prater, haai oeen closed. . Word' comes from Vancouver, Wash., of the blirth of a bright, live y gixl baby to Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Thomason. Mr. and' Mrs. Thomason ire well known . through Wallowa valley, Mr. Thomason at one time Having been- a well known newspa er man- of La Grande. Mrs. Thom son before her marriage was Miss Caroline Wasson, the Wassoa family ilso being well and most favorably inownr in Wallowa valley. Th, Ut ile baby girl will be christened' Oor aeil Thomason. - JOSEPH BUSINESS MEN: DEFEATED' 11 TO Now, will Editor Shutt be good. The Joseph business men were de feated by a score of 11 to 1 by, th 35ntrprlse busintesa med, in the Jail game laut Tuesday afternoon. A good, genial merry-making time was had, apd more fun than you couldi shake a stick (at. Moreover, ;he game was- played from start to finish that te, : everybody wa "In" the game. What the Enterprise bua Ines men's team now want to look out for. la an, invitation, to Joseph, with Joseph waiting patiently and confidently to annihilate them in. the return game. And It would be just like Editor Shutt to get his busines men to put up that sort of Job, so there. The-world's moat 'successful med icine for bowel complaints la Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and (Diar rhoea Remedy. It has relieved more Pain and suffering, and saved more lives than- any other -medicine In use. Invaluable for children and adult. Sold by all dealers. The White If you want a high grade sewinj machine which is a WORLD'S STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE BUY A WHITE The machine is unsurpassed for simplicity,, durability and the char acter of the work It will do. It 1 made in two styles, the Vibrator jhuttle and the Improved Rotary Shuttle The lauter machine sew either lock or a chain stitch. ' There are a, number of style to choose from and the wood work -to the handsomest possible. Fred S.i Ashley handle the WHITE MACHINE In Wallowa county.
