Eugene daily guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1904-1924, January 31, 1908, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextTHE ETQHNK DAILY GUARD. FRIDAY, JANUARY 81, 1008 fled launders By HENRY WALLACE PHILLIPS viumm. PHILLIP t COMPANY " cl vii (Continued.) erttton to the distance. 'What part W - ' do you Uke? I mean, what's your on away and share of each animal? and does the .fir, J? Di Mum I"t man get the hoofa and the tatir 'par hrie' T rf i. Oh, you doj't understand,' say he. Vinjed Into the , .rll explain It to you.' So he atarta fh In to tell me that "stock didn't neces- ...... .nniurh so that we Ijjit kiw horse and mn'f UJenu cruiure auu a lot LdHijenJ ol(1 e ,, tf more things, whilst old man Ferguson, (v former resting " onfl wh0 was putting the deal through, ,yd en0Bb a , tho road stood llBtenlng and chewing bis teeth, lite Utter sitting in tne thmkIng t was olnff to lve our frlen(j rL.l any Intention Ui , . KBUV" I,,, be matter, Mr. Saunders, I' n,iiiio fussy nost- .iMrtrmi"" sneer volubility and fonnit i.. , gust that the method didn't work Ued ii ' wor8h,P- To ,nose eyes' lied listened most respectfully and aiwnyg WR8 318t rlKht ln evory Pnrtlcular; replied: "Yes, ma'am bot a; likewise to Miss Mattic, who even want that paint. Get us anno now was-filling her eyes with him paint-bully old paint with sttck'uiu ln It. This atuff la Ilka whitewash, only feebler. We're going to put on a well front up at the mill, aud we've ot to have the right thing." And at last the poatmUtreaa said that she wouW. her respect for the ex-cow panther having rtoto noUoeaoly la the meant tm the frolicsome hee-hee at the wind up. But I stood solemn nnd never even drew n smile, for fenr of queer ing Ferguson. Well, thnt's tho proper i,i nii way to start n company make it as Lt s W' m" dreary nud long winded ns possible. &sn"', h t-Vm nerfectly We nl" ' (,one llmt' nntl Pcl'haps we'll Tnu IV - rwn lrtiA rot I ireil 1.-1 ti ft flin .11 ah 1.1W ... hrtl. . ,, hurt," sue pcn.wn.-u, go broke for breaking the rules, and "Now. do tell us X'" ----- -- - .. J Kn don't rnn pot pvotlitil nlinnt- II T be tbe nia er Vi wnnte the Snumlers fnmlly to bo rep resented. Tretty soon tho old lnd with the nose will be around, and you'll mil" returned the exns- WUI' ..T .ltl 111" toj-punener, - nnve n ct,ance to read about the 'par- -..,m. nave oiiin-.v, ... - fh a f .,., nn,i iQrtnj, L-iiid they're now lu n con- Qf the pnrty, nnJ .aforesalds. nlul .bp. mite my aiif" hlndsnlds' nnd the rest of the ynppl ta... tt nnt mnossible: . . .. 11 mm liitu... " - them liiM-yei-s swing so iliat honest an so wa'' men wou.t know what t!l0 devli they're ;1 horse blanket. i up to." BSKttable mac iue ..ohi wm. Il0w can j cvor t!mnk -ibenostmlstress ivas receded lls Wla."'-. T1'e .a"! ' inc. it seemed a great and responsible BimJanaKeasmiKeuou, on tQ tho a )(j lje fl dlaiitT, nian-eu uj u ..mi. ,..,., ;(t leg. for he had come upon i . f- .. jnnuii "-"""" , i thine: it was tho nrldp of nlnrn. K inroufeu on ..if TOI. Hon't know Imw rlon't tir' W f.,rnl! l three stockholders a good feed tomor- over m ou""1"1-1' - : followed bis owner. Ibere ::ht in bis eye now; he looked M He. too, limped, imo a trickle of blood down his My it had been a hard imea were anxious to see the the land as soon as possible :-t bis place In the wagon b. jfter tbe damages were re- sintent to wait nntil his leg lsre for horseback riding. Mowed a busy two weeks k lir. Dernllt bad some money kd to rut Into the enterprise, Hst valuable assistance was. xbls thorough knowledge of its of the country. M an ndralnible site for tbe a old Btone barn which hud irmps of desolation almost fti. Hed'B inining experience 3 Hat tbe creek could easily 'ID tie barn, nnd as that was : objection of the others- to s:o they wrote tbe owner of try for a price. They were' ;:;-J when they received the fis- taucoaie by Inheritance to whom it was a white elo- f the most exasperating sort,1 Six feet ttraluhUn the air. nsglad to get rid of it fa " ., , 1 ' 'Mag. They were a jubilant 'u"7 ' " new8. it saved the cost , ll"ll 1Ull.U. II 1J1UBL IUIVU E1UI11C jiiih:- fiiwr .r-rr :j' jh ir..-y CHAPTER VIII. mHIC work on the mill wh paah d, and la spite of the nssal amount of unforeseen delays It wai ready for buslneaa by the latter part of September. The official opening was sot for the 27th, Utsa Mattle's birthday, and the village of Fnlraeld was Invited to a picnic to be held at the mill ln honor of the oc casion. It is needless to say that the Fairfield Strawboard Manufacturing company did the thing up ln shape. Wagons loaded with strow nud drawn by four horse teams went tho rounds of the village collecting the guests. It is doubtful If Fairtleld was ever more surprised thnn at the realisation of how much there was of her, using the pronoun out of respect to the majority, "when she was bunched." as lted said. You would not have believed that struggling, lonesome looking place held so many people. As lted could discov er no means In the town's resources to provide a meal for 300 people, it was necessarily a. basket party, which struck Mr. Saunders as being grievous ly like a Swede treat. He made up for it ln n measure by having barrels of lemonade nnd cider on rnp nt the grounds, stronger beverages being bar red, and by hiring a quartet of strings "clear from town." At half past 2 on a resplendent but hot September afternoon the caravan started for the mill grounds, the wom en dressed In the most unplenieky cos tumes Imaginable, and tho men osten tatiously at ease in their store clothes. Every one wna In the best of spirits, keen for the excitement and pleasure that v.-as sure to mark the occasion. lted rode old I'.uc'i'-.in, who had succumbed to the iivnir ible and only "Jumped nronnd a little," as lted put It, on beliiir. mounted. It was pretty lively "jumpinf; around," but perhaps lir. Saunders found some satisfaction In sitting perfectly at his ease, smok ing his cigarette, while Buck jumped and Fairfield admired. Aud, at any rate, Buck had legs of Iron nnd the wind of a locomotive, carrying Red all day and willing to kick nt anything which bothered him when night came. He was a splendid beast through and trough, from forelock t tall tip, but J8 mill, rnd, Including that, tasas low ner acn. ns u,uw "UBB L vo 1 mold have obtained Ite 1 uoa l,icl!nsscs lnftt coula not Dray bargain Instantly e snme class with that little old ! !rt of the business was Sont-come In. Come in! You needn't "mnge for the disposal of S"d atfnln," A t. and when he explained ' Tb,,S ndJure1 the ,awrer madc h,s " flat be could reason- "I" i"o do In that line the affair d,le and lnTolved course of law a . U""T otnnUliil.loi. In I.-lnl,l Blmw. nor unreality and be- " " P Proposition, for IrfttlS ' ""nnus i-uiiijiuujr. eirelient buslneso ,m.,.nl I Fairfield rose to activity like a very 'to mild he giaj to deal with Bma" lant refreshed. Teams and 'iWorwnrd vonmr f,.n, i thelr heavy loads kept the respect- :'-"!il after the Biirnii,., n. ' "ble dust In constant commotion. A to Miss Mmtio: "We Rnst mill was added to the Intended ' ",r MockholiWti' ,ll,... nlnnt tlilia nlY.irlnir nn InrliKiomoiil- tf T Slcht. Mattle. If vnn n..i.i tbp fnrmorto rnlsi. irrnln nn.l luplilpnt. lc bul1' girl who wears ', n'ly strnw, "So we can ketch 'em on , I, 0 00,110 In aud both ends, too," as lied put it. ut. old you feel erual The time seemed like enchantment to ' I Miss Mattie. As n bringer of the tid- '""S Wit it Unit T- I In n., o,l,l.l.l.. l ,!, ""'avor in ,, fcl r u. - . ... h t ll mums, in, duo uau riseu 10 ue u persuii ui nntur- L w . ..wrfec,1r well there's i tancc, with the result thnt she wna 1-btii 1'" r,,pllwl Miss even more modestly shy thnn before, ii. t pHn mlle. "How-1 although ln her heart she liked It; but more delightful yet was the spirit of holiday activity which Inspired and pervaded the place. Red had InalBted on operating on the lines that are laid down with rail road spikes ln tbe western communi ties to patronize home Industries as much ns possible. Therefore the ma- i Mi Tpraffc ' 1'cs, from behind tbe vantage of a broad brimmed straw hat At last the whole party disembarked at tbe flat before the mill and made ready for the official starting of the machinery. The big doors were thrown open, so that the comiRiny could see within while resting outside ln the (bade, and under the cooling Influence of what breeie there was. The mill wm officially started. Red dlinbed the bank to the flume and ralaod the at. The crowd cheered M the Im prisoned waters leaped to freedom with a hollow roar, raising In pitch aa the penstock filled and the wheel be gan to go round. Speech was called for, and the vigorously protecting Red was forced to the front by bis former friends, Demllt and Lettls. Thus be trayed by those he trusted, Red made the best of It. "Ladles and gentlemen, fellow citi zens," Bald he, "the mill Is now open to all comers. We hope to make this thing a success. We hope to see every horny handed, hump hacked farmer ln the country rosin the soles of his moc casins and shove bis plow through twice ns much ground as he ever did before, nud If lie comes here with his plunder we'll give bhu a stiuare shako. We'll pay him ns much as we dast and not let him In on tho ground floor, so he can crawl out through the coal hole, as Is sometimes done. Now, ev erybody run away aud hnvo a good time, for I don't Uke to tnlk this yappt any more than you like to hear it. Kola geus! By-by!" It was a very successful picnic. They spent the afternoon in wander, lng around in the usual piculc fashion, developing appetites, until it occurred to Red to liven the performance by showing them tho nrt of roping as practiced upon an old cow found lu the woods. As a spectacle It was a failure. The combined efforts of all the hooting small boys could not make that cow run. She even stretched her neck toward lietl, as though saying: "Hurry up with your foolishness. I have a cud to chew and can't stand here idle all day." So Red golloped by nnd threw- the noose over her head as an exhibition of how the thing was done rather than how It ought to be done. ' Nevertheless picnic parties are not hypercritical In the matter of amusement, nnd the fent received three encores. The last tlmc.be missed his cast through overconfidence, where at tho old cow tossed her head nnd tall lu the nlr nud toro off nt an elephan tine gallop, with n bawl that sounded to Red mightily like derlslou. "Dunied If she nln't laughing nt me!" ho cried. But ns a matter of fact it was n hornet and Its unmistakable sting that injected tills activity Into her system. It was all very pleasant to Miss Mat tie, as one's Hint picnic in many years should be. She enjoyed the crisp green nod, the great trees standing around, purkllke, with the sunlight fulling be tween their shade like brilliant tat tera of cloth of gold, while from the ner-r distance came the tiny slioiillug of cool waters. They hud a camp tire at night, making tho moonlight still more mysterious and remote by con trast. Tho quartet of strings played' for tho ears of those who eareil to listen and for the legs of those who chose to take chances on tripping their light fantastic toes over tree roots ln the grass.. lted loved music, and he loved the night. The poetic side of his memo ries of watching the Dipper swing around rolaris while he sung the cows to sleep camo bnck. to htm. In his mind ho snw tho vast prairie roll on to Infinity, snw the mountains stand out, n world of white peaks, rising from a sea of darkness. Again he heard tho plidntlvc shrilling of nn Indian whistle or the song of the hid down- creek, ma le tuneful by the charm of dis tance. "Having a good time, Mnttlc?" he asked, with a smile. "The best I over had, Will." she on- wered, smiling back unsteadily. Toor lady! The size of nn occasion la bo many standards, whether the stand- ! said. It was well the barn was dark, or he would have seen a change wonderful to behold como over the ex-puncher's face. "Tho lad hns hit It." he said to himself In astonishment; aloud he grunted "hunh" scornfully, and aroused Clmselt for an unnecessary Joke or two. Miss Mottle had noticed tbe "attack of stillness" and Immediately tried to fasten the blame upon herself. What ; Bad she done? She couldn't recall anything. 81m remembered she had aid something about the way hta hair looked with the moon shining on it Perhaps he had taken offense at that The remark waa entirely compliment ary, but sometimes people are touchy ) about each things. Still, that waa not the least lfke Cousin Will. 8 he must ' have said or done something, though. iWhat could It be? Oh, what a pitiful ' memory that could not recollect an In jury done to one's best friend! She tossed and wondered over It for a long time before at length she fell asleep. Red nlso looked up at the roof and took account of Btock. Ills face was radiant In tho dark. "If I could only pull thnt off!" he thought. "I must seem nn awful rough cuss to her, though. All right for n cousin, but It's different when you come to tho other proposition. My Jlnilny! I'll take a chance In tho morning and And out, anyhow!" said he. nnd, cased ln mind by tho decision of netton, ho too shook hands with Morpheus nnd was presently dreaming. It had never occurred to Red Saun ders thnt he was afrnld of anybody, j IIo oven chuckled when he got Lettls lont of the wny wltH a plausible ex 1 cuso the next morning. Then he strode briskly into the house, lus ques tlon on Ills Hps In a plump out nud out form. ! Miss Mattle looked nt him with her Blow smile. "What Is It?" she asked. I Red swallowed his question whole. "I I wanted a little hot water to shave Willi." said be. Then a fury took bold of him. "What the devil am I lying like this for?" lie thought. He exhorted himself to go on ami say what he had to say like a man, but the other Hod Saunders refused to do anything of the sort. IIo took the cup of hot water most abjectly and lied from the house. lit; had to shavo then, and lu his hurry 1 1 ltd Indignation he turned the operation into u clinic. "Oh, .Ilmlny, look at that!" he cried as the razor opened up another part of tho subject. "There's a silt an Inch long! If I keep on nt this gait 1 won't have face enough to Bay good j morning, let alono what I wnnt to do. Whnt alls mo? What alls me? as tnongh In Bearch of some one, ana Red felt Intuitively thnt the one was himself. "Here's where I ought to act aOlf I wore long pants." snld he. "Now, what's to hinder me from going out there od get a-talklng?" Aud then ho sat down hastily, more disgusted than ever, and amote the air with his fist "Yon'd think the nicest quiet est woman that ever lived waa a wild beast the way I act; yes, sir, you would!" Meantime the chance drew nearer. It wsa not a pleasant looking oppor tunity. Iti eyes, full of dread and dreadful, peeped out from beneath a ma'am, but v-t: don't leant thnt jol?it." he had learned who wns his master and obeyed him accordingly. It wns n uve nine ritie. inosny nnaer ; ari )B ic.hes or feet or miles. Miss ; the simile of line old trees. The road jiutu0'8 events had been measured 111 i wound nround the hills; here nnd there hundredths of an inch, nntl it took u j ii itit-tiu iu mi.- ... .....v.,. ...... ...... ; KOurl ninny or mem to cover so Binan views of rolling country, well sua peel , actlon as a successful picnic ou a f to thenar. "T raw. .-7. ' n ram over ""disturbed." and pleasing, winding up grassy slopes ln groves of verdure. Of course most of the freshness of leaf was past yet the modest gray green gave a silvery sheen to the laudsenpe that brought It Into unity. One member of the party felt that beautiful night. Her eyes were hu mid; her mouth smiled and drooped nt the comers alternately. Red felt her happbicss with a keen sympathy, and, aa he looked at her, suddenly nho changed ln his eyes. Just what the difference was he could not have told, I W-Tou'll Mt wl(n the L"1 "holders"- The It k, ,, '' " lwi"t a kin- chlnery orders went through Mr. Far forth ' ,U'r ,1,,,mv"r- tlle blacksmith, initiating thnt -rwn.1 ? f,"lr"le! lnstl-1 worthy man Into the mysteries of ""K n IntPOTnl n,-l.l J....... .1.1.... In utahwl ui ! uiimiiig money wiiuoui uoiii nu. tuiuii within . fnct' " '"'nor: for it, which seemed little less than a Tim, i, miracle to him. Everything that could i. . .. UrWll rPtortr.il Tl.J I l, l.r,,,l, I I . ,.h. lU tile n.m ., ,u.uuu imai Wo ,J. tnined In that way. It cost a trifle "'.' asked more, but it brought more money Into the plnce and enabled the villagers to as cood partake of the enlivenuient without 1!Tn- . -1-no.l OVes -'SB .fr,!.i.. , , Tv. r loq to no! 1 I'uimivc ui uie villi Kiiuit.-iii i iLii.1111 1-1 JW i? f m-r 8,"oli- ,ne feeling that It was a Ilarmecldo Mattip This Is a feast. The postmistress furnished tho "Ill Tha .. ... . I . . ftL cmn "-K-unrion paint nnd It Is painful to nua mat "''rt ir.. -IF0"'' f ours, she tried to furnish a No. 3 paint for '' "t y ""J ''i1 ' 8 No- 1 Price, arguing thnt she wns a 'K-iv '" "ht to !,.,.' s BontonVJl noslnan uncharitable world nnd that tho 1 :x f the ft, 'f'Te , incronsed profit would do her consld- w . 1 Hork " "weneo ; ernuie giod, n view vj hlch HeJ ilia not tf,hlt dnrn ny: "e shnrc' "e would willingly have made i 1 d to u 1 eT8r hor " Profit of the difference, but he i, iboot ,. 0n 1 dlda't 1 dd not In the lenst Intend to 1 . k(i . .'OT. t rhoucAl iiit nt It I... min nf trnmflh HO-"! 10 III.. ... - . .,. iV " " - bis honrt was very full as ho looked at nor whether It was In her or ln him. It That was Lettls. "Blast the old j a sudden access of feeling, undeflu office!" he kept saying to himself. ablo, unplacenble, but strong, pos "Blast Its Blx dingy windows and the ! sensed him. There Is a critical tern clock at the end! Doesn't this look ; perature In the life of a man, when good, and doesn't It smell good, dust 1 no amount of pressure enn ever mnke nnd all?" and then he'd howl nt the the more expansive emotions assume horses ln sheer exuberance of good the calmer form of friendship. There feeling, making the mild old brutes was something lu MIsb Mattle's eye put n better foot of It to the front. which had warmed Red to that de Hod cantered up beside his wagon gree, but ho didn't know- It. lie only "Well, Lettls." he snld, "here we go knew thnt he wanted to sit rather un for the opening overture with the full necessarily close beside her, nud thnt strength of the company we're great he would be sorry when It came time people tills day, ain't we?" And the to go home. And be wns very silent, big man smiled like a pleased big Imy. lnirlng the drive back to the bouse "Oh, what a bully old fellow you he spoke In monosyllables; he went nre!" thought lettls ns he looked at straight to the bnrn with Lettls nftcr hlm. Lettls was thinking of other ward, anil made no attempt to tnke qualities than Ib'sh, but the physical the usunl frank nnd hearty good night Red Saunders on horseback was dc- kiss. serving of a glance from anybody: the "You're as glum as an oyster!" snld massive figure so well iolsed; the clear i.tn, when they reached their qnnr- cut. proud profile; the shapely nean ters. "What's tbe matter, old man?" Wr " them M4J t bunch of They had a very funny debate In pri vate, wherein the feminine tried to dominate tbe masculine principle by with lt crown of red gold hnlr; the easy grace of him by virtue of his strength-it would I a remarkable crowd In which Chanta Scechec Red couldn't pass for a man. Hp was ev ery Inch of that from the ground up. Lettls had come to bow down to blm In adoration, with all an afTiic "1 don't know, t.et; I feel kind of quiet roinehow." "Kick? Or something go wrong?" "No; nothing of the kind, it's Just sort of nn attack gf stillness, but I feel durn good." Lettls laughed. "If It wasn't yon. Red. I'd say you were ln love," be j Why should I be senrt of tho nicest i woman Ood ever built? Now, by nil the Mormon gods. I'll post right Into the house and say my little say ns soon ns these cuts stop bleeding!" Cobwebs stopped the cuts, and other cobwebs stopped lted Saunders, late of the C'hantn Seechee ranch, LC() pounds of the very llnost bone nntl muscle. And the cobwebs held Mm, foaming and holllmr with rage and disgust, calling himself all the yallcr pups he could t'.ila!; of. but slaying strictly within the safe linills of tho barn. It was a revolution to tho big man. and not a pleasant one. How was he to know that the most salient "point of his apparent cowardice; was nothing less worthy than respect for the woman's security? That If he would stop swearing loinj enouh to get at tho sprlnirs of his action be would find that be hesitated because the new light on the matter made huge shadows of the slips In tho career of a strong, lawless, untrained but sorely tempted man? IIo knew nothing of the sort, nud tho funniest of comedies took plnce ln tho bnrn. He would rench the sensible stage. "Pnh! All foolishness! Go? Of course he'd go, nud this very minute, nnd hnvo tho thing done with, good or bad." lie wns quite amused at his former con duct until he reached the door; then he'd skip nimbly !uck again, with n hot feeling that somebody vns watch ing him, although n careful Inspection through the crack of the door revealed no one. Red discovered anoth'T tVv-; ('-nl tftrniin. which was u.j. !th nervous ,vuii aie the i.eire ncrtom you get. He j.i'o.inc.1 l.i i -I-;'.-; t Ml.-eri: "Oholio! Thin 1 should bate seen the day when I was afraid to a..k anybody anythiii,;! WVil's c.iuie o.er me any how? I i'm this duiu country, 1 be lieve. "1'n 1 ii 't me." Then he stopped short. "What you Billing, Red?" ho queried, "Why don't you own up like a man?" Tho fact thnt It nnd a funny side struck him, nnd be laughed half forlornly nnd half lu thorough enjoy ment. He suddenly soliered down. f "She's worth It anyway," sal he. "She's the I test there U, and I ought to feel kind of leery of the outcome. Well, now 1 guess I won't say any thing till there's a downright good chance. I see I didn't savvy this kind of business like I thought I ' did. 'Twouldn't be no kind of manners to step up to n lady nud shout, 'I'd like to have you marry me if you feel you've got the time!' That don't go no more than n Chinaman on roller skates. Your work is good, Red, but It's a lit tle lumpy In spots. Them two left feet Isither you. You're good ln your place, but you'd lioftor build a fence around the place, d n the luck! Smothern tlon! I think she likes m. all right but when It conies to more'n that oh, blast It, I'll just have to wnlt for a rpiil g'Ksl chance! Now come, old man. get four feet on the ground and don't roll your eyes. Take It easy till the chanie comes." I Little be knew the chance wns com ing up the street nt that moment. IIo cmly saw Miss Mattle step out Into the bed of flwwora. her face looking un usually pretty nnd youthful under the big straw lint aud start to reduce the weed to order. She glanced around She glanced around ns thowjh In search of vome one. brush of matted hnlr. A tough, ropy foam hung from its mouth. If you put as much of that foam as would go on the point of n pin lu an open cut, you would have nn end that your worst enemy woultl shudder at, for this was the most horrifying of dan gerous animals a mail do,:;! l'oor brute! As he came shambling down the road he was the grisly mask of tragedy. It was near noon, Intensely hot, nnd tho street bf l-'alrlleld was deserted. No one saw tho dog. ami If his occa sional rattling, strangling howl reach ed any cars they were dead to Its meaning.. IIo was unheeded until ho lurched through the gate which Let tls had left open, ns usunl, nnd. spin ning nround lu n circle, guvo voice to his cry. j It brought Miss Mnttle to her feet in an unknown terror; It brought lted ! from the barn ln a full cognizance ' he had hoard that sound before when n mnd coyoto landed In n cnbhi full of fairly strong nerved cowmen and set them Bcrcochlng like hysterical wom en before a cli.iiice shot ended him. Red saw the brute Jump toward Miss Mattle. Irt.-tlnotlvoly his hand flew lo his hip, nnd Instantly he re membered there was nothing there. Then with great, uneven leaps he sprang forward. "Keep your hands up. Mattle. and don't move!" ho screamed. "Let blm chew the dress! Kor dud's s.'ike, don't move!" She turned her white face toward his. and through the dimness r.f sight from his straining efforts, he saw her try to smile as she obeyed him to tlle letter, aud without a sound.. "(Hi, bravo girl!" he thought and threw the ground behind him desperately. At twenty feet distance he dove like n base runner, nnd bis bnnds closed around the dog's neck. Over they wont with the shock of the onset, nnd before they were still the hands nnd finished their work. A clutch, nnd a , snap, and It was done. 1 The dog lay quivering. Red rose to ' bis knees, wondering at the humming i In his bead. Ills wlls came back to - blm sharply. I "Hid bo bite yon, Mattle?" he cried. Rut she had nlready caught his hands and was looking at them with n Bav nge eagerness one would not have be lieved to bo in her. "There Is no im'rk," she said. nid lenly weak. "He didn't touch yoc?" "Answer me when I speak to you I" shouted Red, beside himself. "Old be blto you?" She nnswered him, with a sob, "No." And then his question asked Itself, nnd answered Itself, although, again, he did not know It. Ho gathered her up In his amis, kissed her llko one rained from the dead and swore and prayed and thanked Ood all In the same breath. Ills old Imperious nature came back with tho relief. "Here!" said he, put ting her away for a moment. "Tnke off thnt dress that sllmo on there's enough to kill a hundred men tnke It right off." Miss Mattle started blindly to obey, then stopped. "Not hero. Will I'll go In the bouse," alio said. "You'll tnke It off right hero nnd now," snld Red, "and I'll burn It up on the spot. I'd ruther have forty rat tlesnakes nround than Hint stuff. Off with It! Tills Is no child's play, and I don't care n d n what tho old lady nest door thinks." Miss Maltle slipped off her outer skirt and stood a second, confused and dainty. She took lllght to the house, running ns lllbe'y as a greyhound. "By Jingo!" said Red In udinlrutlon. "l,ct'B see you bring another woman that can run like that!" II" gathered porno hay nnd piled It On the dress, llrltig tho heap. Then ho turned to his nntngonlst. "Poor old boy! Hard luck, oh? Hut I had to do It," he snld nnd pave him de cent Interment nt the end of the gar den, washed his bands carefully nnd went Into the bouse on plensnuter duties. O O 'Til ask her now, by tho great hora spoon!" snld he vnl-gntly. Miss Mattle was Tn u curious stato of mind. There was an after effect from th fright which made her trein ie, mid a rcinemltraiu'e of Cousin Will's nctOns which made hor tremblo more yet. When she heard blm com ing she started to tly, nlthough now. clothed beyond reproach, but hor knee deserted ber, and she wna forced to sink bnck In her chair. Rod came la wh-istlliig blithely, vainglorious manl Ho bad his suspicions, generated by the peculiar fervor Mlsa Mattle bad shown In regard to bis bands. "Mattle," quoth he, "I'm tired of liv ing oat there In the bnrn. I want a respectable bouse of my own." "Tea, Will," replied Miss Mattle, as tonished that he should chooso such a abject at such a time. "Tea," he continued, "and I wunt a wtfe too. You often said you'd like to do something for mo, Mnttlo. Sup pose you take tho Job?" How much of glancing nt n thing ln one's mind ns a beautiful Improbabil ity will over mnke such n cold fact less astonishing? Miss Mnttlo eyed him with eyes thnt nnw not Speech wns stricken from hor. Red cnught fright. IIo spring for ward nnd took her hand. "Couldn't you do It, Mattle?" said he. There, wns u world of pleading lu tho tone. Miss Mnttlo looked up. her own hon est self. All the little feminine shrink- . lugs left her immediately. "Ah, but I could. Will!" she said. Lettls came up on the stoop unheard, lie stopped, then gingerly turned nud mndo his wuy buck ou tiptoe, holding his nrms llko w-tngs. "Well, by (ieorge!" bo murmured. "I'll come back in a llttio whilo, when I'll lie more welcome." Ho spoke to Red ln strong repronch thnt night ln the barn. "You never told mo n word, you old slnuer!" said; he. "Tell you tho honest truth, Let." re plied Red earnestly, looking up from drawing off a boot, "I didn't know It myself till you told me about It." They talked It all over a long time before blowing out the light, but then the llttio window shut Its bright eye, nnd the only life the midnight stam saw in Fairfield was Miss Mattle, her , elbow on the casement, looking far, far out Into the tranquil night nnd thinking mistily, j the F.sn. Notice of l'lnnl Seltlenicllt. : Estate of Wllinm A. Marshall, de ceased. Notice Is hereby given that N. S. Marshall, ndinlnlstrator of the es tate of William A. Marshall, deceas led, has filed his account for final Bet-, itlemeutof the snld estnte, nnd Mon !dny, tho 10th day of I'Y'hrunry, 1908, I at It) o'clock In the forenoon of 1 said day, ut tho county court room nt j tho court house ln Kugene, Lnno I county, Oregon, hns been set by the I Honorable (1. R. Clirlsnian, county IjuiUe of said county, to hear objec- tions to the same. I Dated this 27th day of December, ! A. U. 1 107. I N. S. MARSHALL, Administrator. 3KSSK C. WKLI.S, Attorney for said eslalu. NOiJICK TO ('RClHTOltH. Notice Is hci-fliy givjn that Mnry Kllabeth Heller hns been appointed executrix of the estnte of Philip llel er, deceased, by tho County Court of Lnno county, Oregon, this the 2nd day of .liinunry, l'JOS, and all per sona having claims against said es tate ut'o hereby notified to present tho same tu said Kxecutiix duly veri fied us by law required at the office of I. N. Ilnrbaugh, situated in Room 5 over tho First National Hank In tho City of lOugene, Lane county, Oro gon, within six months from the duto of this notice. Dated this 3rd day of .liinunry, l'JOS. M AltY KLIZAIiKTH 1 1 KLLKIl Executrix. : 1. X. llarhiiugh, j Attorney for Estnto. Not ice to Creditors. Notice Is hereby given that the un dersigned has been appointed admin istrator of 111" estate of Oweixda Pc- pion, dece;"ied, by the county court of Lane county, Oregon. All persons having cl-ilms agulnst said estate will ! present, tho same, with vouchers Iherefor, to the administrator at tho law office of Williams & lleun In tho McClung Building, Eugene, Oregon, within six months from tho (late of tho first publication of this notice. ! Dated this 3d dav of January. 1808. L, E. BEAX, Administrator, i pADA!n7DEAN'r '1 n.i Pills. I; 9 A t'ATK, OK HTA IU ItR- I i.irr roii niimhwiKD 1 j H.M Muri'l Hi.('()v! HiiUnrnclLm (iUHi ntn-"i r Mnwy lWun1'il, f'iit r tjwld rorSl.m ht box. VilliK-fnJ thi'iit '4 trhil, lo tx jmlii for wliiiri rHllofil. , (.-'.iiiii'li't Krir. InxIM on Kottlliff tho 4 if-enulnt', nrrcpt no PMioBtltiit!, If your n lrinrint do- not tmyu Litem wnd Tour A onl'-iM to tiiu A MirkO mui CO., lot 74, lincimr, Pi. n jfii in Lugene bv W. i Delano Aejnortsa Cat RiaHttroublgi. For Sale 9 Chambers llardwure Co. and Uerger-llean Hardware Co.