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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1919)
i Elsie Takes . 'Command By WILL T.AMES lMM Hit IdlMlltl, till, kr Iht MoClan Hii ' A frrrjr bunt Imil of th tMprard men pllrd pell-mell over th wharf, tcroaa ihl mllnitd track and onto lb milD llformighfur of tba town, it the foot of. whirl) tjr th ruakralilft illp. The war roughly rind tnd irlmr ind iroDf, lid, tunny of them, bard look Int y Thr had bD crap gam 00 th boat coming ovr and It bad not tnnt smoothly, Thr of tli mn aiming tb thotuaud iliowrd Ilia marks of It, for th wr nior or Ira bluodj and mil whit with ngr. Tht thr, aarh with friend or two, atupptd at tba saloon at tit foot of tbt aliwt to wash off th taint of Ilia row, Tli rail of tba worker paid no tiiwd but burrlrd on homeward, Thr we lllllt laughter or Joking. What ronwaallon (her waa among them waa unimlllng and It waa plain to b rtn that tba aat of dlacontent waa t wort At th itrwt corn two-blocks front th wharf girl atood by th curb, walchlug tha putting Ibrong and luck lug for aom ou. Br tnd by ah caught tight of t tall, toughlr fault lontil young hilow with Uilck hair that looktd flaitn by contrail wltb bit iud burned ikln. U spied lb girl tt th m In atant, aald I brief word lo th com panion of th moment, aud Hopped Ixwld btr, automatically reaching out for tha bundle ah carried. Tb gtrl'i yf wr alilulng. "What do you know, Billy! I found plum I an houesl-to-goodii ipartmrnt. Mr. Kill beard about a Cuupl that are go ing out of town tumebody ht know. Mi' good old thing, after all, Billy, tnd ah went right down then aud got them to keep Hill about It (III w could get t chine at th place. Tv been down today tnd engaged It. It'aan old houa, Billy, but ther' three room and t bath1- and only on 'other family, th folk that own lt they live downstair. I gueaa they're booallng tba rent two or three dollara. But w ahould worry with your pay. If our lucky day, lan't It, BlllyF But Billy Noion didn't reapoud to th happy mood of bit young wlfa nearly a aba had anticipated. Whll Kill lay In wait for blm ther aha bad ex pected that h would throw up hi bat and about. Place to live to rnlly II ind keep houa Ilk regular civilised people wer simply unob tainable In tha town. Th N'oiona had been "light housekeeping"' In a tingle room for four months, Ilk hundred! of other, "Don't know n there' tny ute In fuailng about It, Chick," the boy Anally replied aoberly. "We're likely to bav to get to blaiea out of thla mau'l town tny time now, Th gang'l pretty tore, tnd they'rt likely to tie t can, any time tt all, to th bunch of grafter that r running th te kettle factory over th river." t ty you alrlker x - "H i t heap alglit mora than Juat on strike, when th blnwulf come. Tb working man hni been carrying tha tar end of th atlck about a lung aa he' going to .In thla country. Ilere'a you and m living llki I Cuupl of buma In I coop of t roria ml nit aweatlng my bide off over ther on (bo hull and lot of luuferi that don't hit t thlp t lick frum the lime ahe'l doped out till ah' Overt xird, and haven't even got t dollar of their own money In tha plant, pulling down million. "Living In palareaanddreaalngtlii'lr wlvea In tbouaand-dollur fura and awelllng around In llmouilne and play ing golf while we play on l rivet gun and all off ua I All atolen from th working man and hla family I And then', when w hit them for t lousy dol lar t fnf ralae, to help pay for the profltw.rlug price on th grub we eat, they give, u th hoot I" Kill waa looking very tteadlly and atudloualy at her big huahand? "Welir h aald, aa h ran out of breath. "Well," fill I y returned, "If about all over, ale. There' going to b ome thing doing, and that right Quick. I duuno' It' worth whll for u to change from on room lo three. May be we'll l In the middle of hard bollod ahltitly In t week or two and either have aome kind nf l decent ilure In thlnga or nothing at nil. Death' belter thin alavery." The bar tin red guomlly tt l potting tour ing cur. The girl waa about an luch above Ave feet her huahand about an Inch above six. Her eyea had been grow ing bigger and bigger aa ah listened to hla dour apeoch. Now ah elied blm by th arm ind aald: "Hilly Noi on, yu come home with me, itielght. "And don't yon apeak or even thlnk-a word till I tell yon to" The aomber face nf Ibo boy thawed 'nto iheeplth grin aa ha permitted himself to be nmrtlinled nlong all city Hocks to the place where they lived la Mr. Ella' furnlthed (ccond floor liooV, Not until they wen In their 11:0111, with the door doted behind them did Eltl speak again. "Now," eh de clared taking th bundle from hilly ind pulling them 01 the table, 'I've got something to any to you, you )lg boob I You've been llttenlng to tfee darned bolthevlka again I You alt down ther and anawer me 1 couple of qucatlona;" and ahe puthed her husbunl Into the llmpy-legged morrla chair, "First How much money did we have after two year when we quit lloihury. and cam here) W bad 1140, dldu't we) We've been her four month, tnd how much have w got? W'v got 4s0 of new money, that's what w'v got, . And It's clean money, Billy, honeatly earned, I'd rather have that than million that waa grafted. We're not getting along ao badly. Mnyba somebody else Is getting whole lot mora that doean t deierve It half is milch. But 1 gueaa thete things will be straightened out If fellow like you don't go looney and spoil everything. Anyhow, you never had so much money ahead In your life. Hllll Noion, and I know It. "Now, who' the bead devil over there nt the ynrd In getting up all this I. W. W. aentlmentt la It a black mua lied fellow they call SaundeMon ?" "Well, Rnundcrson'l the amnrteat, most Independent man In the ynrd, If "Ever Occur to You?" says the Good Judge That it's foolish to put up with an ordinary chew, when it doesn't cost any more to get real tobacco satisfaction. Every day more men dis cover that a little chew of real good tobacco lasts longer and gives them real , contentment. There's nothing like it. I THE REAL TOBACCO CHEW put up in two styles RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco WB CUT is a long fine-cut tooacco rIOUSANDS OF WOMEN suffer miserably from periodic attacks of headache, never dreaming that a permanent cure may be had. Headache nearly always results from some disorder of the stomach, liver or bowels. Take Chamberlain's Tablets. They will correct these ' . ders and there will be no more headache. Many h:ive been permanently qured by Chamberlain's T able'J. Mini's what you mean, and not afraid to ieak hla mind. Th fellows llaten to hlin because he' ther with the good." I thought p. I ant behind him ind torn other innrchlal In I street car yeaterday, when ha ongtit to bar been at work, tnd I know what he think. I heard him tell th man with him that It waa about tlm th toonhwa' waa kept from monopolising every thing, Including the 'Burnt beautiful ind dealrable wlvea' that' euctly what be aald, Billy Nnxnnl" "Well," responded Billy, rather doubtfully, "he meant tint t working man can't compete wltb t rich one for 1 girl, when he can't tend ber flower ind glv her buix-car rldea and inch thlnga." "Billy, you'r I limp. He metnt becauaa be said o that th women ought to be nationalised. Understand that? Mad th property of the men equally, like the food ind the clothe ind th house ind automobiles! He aald It wa too early to spring that Idea yet, hut It would aurely come." Hilly tried to ny something, hut the little wife kept on. "Billy, I didn't tell yon before, but twice that blnck devil haa tried to pick me up on the street Yeaterday when he got up to leave the car he grinned it mt tnd winked, nnd h laid out of th corner of hi mouth ii b piased: 'Pretty peach I' Billy Noxon, do you want me nationalised for Raundersonf Ar you for th bol sheviks or for mr 1111 1 jr Noion found Siunderson In the Turd next day, and hammered blm for flv minute. H told blm that bed lick him every tlm b saw blm. Wherefore, Sounderson 1 now agitat ing elsewhere, ind there baan't been tny itrlkt In th yard. Mayb every thing I not exactly aa It ahould be ta between labor and capital, but is between Billy ind Eltle, bolthevlain batn't 1 look-In. Quest of Novelty. "Henry, I mutt hive motorcar that la unlike anybody else's." "I don't see how we ire going to ar range that, my deer. Moat of the available model teem to be lo use. 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Halleck buys junk of all kinds and pays highest eash prices. 6tf Governor Olcott tent a telegram to Admiral Rodman, In command of the Pacific, fleet it Santt Barbara, Cal., requesting that he make every effort to tend 11 many ahlpa of the fleet u possible to Portland after the presi dential review without the ahlps first going to Bremerton. Rapidly growing Interest In the American Legion throughout the state reported by Oibun Walker, advance igent for E. J. Elveri, atate chairman if the legion, who baa been touring watern and central Oregon In the In- erest of the national organization of 'ormer aervlce men. J. W. Burnett of Pendleton will sue- teed W. L. Thompson aa the eastern Oregon member of the atate highway sommlsslon when Thompson leaves he board upon his removal from Pen lleton to Portland, January 1, accord ng to an announcement made official y by Governor Olcott. A total of 25 private educational In itiations In Oregon have sent to Sam Koier, assistant aecretary of state, tvldence of their being institutions of earning under the provisions of Uie ioldlers', sailors' and marines' edu -itlonal flnaucial aid law passed at he last aesslon of the legislature. Word haa been received In Pendle on from the national wool growers' iSBOclatlon advising stockmen to re 'rain from purchasing cottonseed cake it the present price of $80 a ton. Pres int price of cottonseed cake is laid jo "unholy speculation." A price of ICO later In the aeason it expected. , That D. C. Brichoux and E. B. Douthwick, who eacaped last week from the slate hospl'al flax-pulling ?aiig, were aided by Southwlck's brother Instead of hla lister, Miss Florence Southwlck, la now the opln on of Superintendent Griffith. The nen, after leaping from the hospital ruck, ire believed to have escaped in in automobile. Harry G. 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