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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1928)
$iit iikiitm f iiiii .1 BT ROS1TA CHAPTER X. As tlit party spurred out of the headman's yard, they met a youth leading the (Ji'inmn's hastily-saddled pony. 1'eliiml him wore several fig ured muffled In stained djellnhas. and It was not till they were a mile from the village that Ilelnz realized Rose mary was anion:: them. Wrapped In n hoi-rowed mantle, the darlt cainel's hair hood over her faee, she was astride her own horse, cool and de termined, now that the strain of wait ing was over. Ilein7. did not stop their headlone downward pace. "You must go hack,"' he Said, his eyes between his pony's ears. "This Is madness ! The track's Impossible, li'll take us nil we know to tret over It ourselves. If we have to lo.i'i out for you. we'll never make It." lie had a vision' of the flood swiH'piti? rocks and trees in Its ni-di I'erhaps the whole lot of theai would t'( down with it "You can't pome." he repeated. "If you want to help your husband, go haek now. Don't hinder us" "Kinder !"exc!:;!ined Rosemary. "All 'my" life I've ridden. n you think I cat:'! statu! a few hours of this? You're 'mad if yi. u Imagine you nti send tne hack. I'm coiilim:. if I have to en on .'in j feet I'ai a lighter weight than any of you. and I'll see you all out !" She hardly knew what she sail, but her intentions were ipiile clear IMnz argued no fai'thef Keil.vtivelv. he measured the sfeinrth of Ms hand No. he could not spare two men to take the irirl hack ami he could not make her pi. except hy force The littie fierman was silent He never wasled energy unnei'cssarily. That was the secret of his force. .The river bed was in a deep gully "and the path, which was little more 11 2tu!t track jlr.wuul tiv iirul Into thickets of oli'jmders and trailing thorns. The mountain ionics picked their way like cats aiming the rocks "hut.' at times. Ill-fitting native sad diary slipped over their withers and necessitated agonized halts for re adjustment. When, for the third time. Heinz found himself draped mum! the neck of his beast. -he slipped off. Hung the rein over the animal's head, and ' (ilodded down on foot. The .HilTs fol lowed, suit. Only Rosemary clung to . the saddle, because, by this time, she was too cramped to move. Her thighs and the rciwles behind her ankles "were stlT with the Incessant strcin of teani!:g back, as her mare jerked -hi If Y MM Pi 2T ?'U."fcV c I downward, with m'.'!''!t!r seH'-'y nf Iter l'oieli ;;s. ' ii.-Ir progress was si lent, except for the cascades of loos ened isiones, Macli man had an eye oil the sun, which dropped re! ntless ly behind Hi.' we''teiil raii'ie. lleinss alone realizi - a ;'i' ::t r i!.ii:';!'r than darkness. As tin y clattered around the last I "tids into the ravine, his ears we"e n!eit in enicli the roar of waters released. The .short Afri-an twilight fell ovi r ' tlieui. The hushes were ghostly (;r:iy, ai'd the bowlders fan tastic as cr uK iiii,;; ulilmals. Though It was owl, sweat broke oat on Helnz's foreliend. They must (?et tllroiigh before It was dark and now they were below Hood level, shut In between l lie cliffs. In an hour. In a few minutes, heaven alone knew when, this path would he gone, the whole place lout In a hurtling mass of water, lie measured the over grown batikfi looking cavernous In the twilight, and wondered how far up the torrent would reach With a smothered exclamation he flung himself hack Into the saddle. "Come along. We must 4S 1 1 r 1 1 'A H t I n y.m, , 1 5l 5 j- . OPVBKjtT get on a lilt." Clinging with Knee and calf, he literally lifted his ratlike pony over the holes. They bucketed down the last slope and slipped rather than stepped Into the stream bed. Helm was unusually excited Now they were In for It, he thought! The stream was already swollen and the ponies were girth deep before they were half way across.' The bowlders, worn smooth and slippery, impeded them. "Keen close behind me." ordered ni'lns. "The ford's narrow. I've got to pick the best place." Strung to that pitch of tension where time Is marked by heartbeats hammering on an anvil of bruised senses, Rosemary clung to the mane. Often she was nearly swept from the saddle, but her mare was gallant With a heave of strong withers, she breasted It, nostrils wide. In this fashion, swl dug til! her hoofs struct the submerged bank, she strug gled across and up, shaking herself like a dog as she reached dry ground. One by one. drenched and buffeted, the Riffs struggled across, and Heinz urged them up the cliff. He had set his mind on a certain line of bushes. Surely the Hood would not mount be ygnd that. They must get up there somehow. The Riffs 'padded silently, dragging their ponies after them. Rosemary hung loose In the saddle, righting her-elf automatically against t lie riiare's blunders. PuTkness caught them while -they were still far short of- the safety line. Heinz, .least . Imaginative of men, felt his.. ears. were stretched on wires, for the first rumble up the valley. Instead, he' heard the breath of Rose mary's' mare whistling through bel lowed lungs. ' "Your beast's blown he said. "You'll have to get off." He lifted her, the Kits half pulled, half carried her on The forced movement stimulated the girl. Tin getting my second wind; she Totrt Hetnt, as they clam bered through straggling shrubs which made a line, along the hillside. She' never understood the German's passionate, "(lot be thanked!" He mopped his shaven head with a sleeve. "Now - we shall soon come to the path." They were safe, beyond reach of the destruction Imminent below, but he hurried them on. It was decided that the party should divide. Two Riffs would go hack to wards the dam. "Keep to the high level," ordered Heinz, "and watch out." With gusty, guttural sighs and a shivering "Allah, keep us!" the men drugged their soaked djellabas round them and headed Into the south wind. The rest turned north. Once on the path, the going was easier, but. If Westwyn' was ahead, speed, and only speed, could save hint' The horses were buckling In.- They stumbled at . every step. ' "We'd do better afoot," muttered Heinz. "There are houses near," returned a Riff. ' . "lusha-Allah, we can get mules there and, If Allah Is generous, news of the Kaid." The German raised a last amble out of his beast and then light glimmered at them from squares of mud wall, sheltered by a protect ing buttress. It was not necessary to i thunder on fha plncarl rinntst Hnrro gave warnings of their approach and a muffled figure awaited them, bis rifle ready. To Rosemary, uncomprehending, the exchange of question, explanation, and comment was Interminable. She made a move to go on, hut her mare was roofed where she stood, head hanging, Hanks heaving. "Be still," said Heinz. 'The Knlil's not far ahead, and there Is a short cut." It took some minutes, though not as many as Rosemary Imagined, to make the villager under stand the urgency of the situation. Once he grasped It, he wasted no more time than was necessary to shout In Shilljh to some one within the yard. A voice answered in the same dialect. Then the mountaineer started, gnatlike, straight liver the rocks which hounded the path. The Telehdl Riffs followed him and Heinz waited only to urge Rosemary, "Stay here, for God's sake; your hus band Is only half an hour ahead We'll catch him this way It's a cer talnty. but you're finished. You can't 'manage It." The girl gestured assent, and watched the dark figures laboring up what appeared to be a sheer wall. Would they he In time? CHAPTER XI nelnz panted stubbornly after the Riffs, but he was a long way behind when they topped the shoulder. The guide turned and called Impatiently. There was a swift colloquy among tin; mountaineers. Finally the local man went on, running with Incredible agil ity do-.vn the sheer LiiLlile. lumhxi NOTES FROM MAUPIN SCHOOLS With Jesse Crabtree and Earl Grteno as members, Miss Richards is organizing a mixed economic-politico uusj for the second semester. Miss Tillotson's class in third-semester algebra has been dissolved Mid Iho c who desire will continue in iidvanced arithmitic. The algebra is completed at mid-year. Last week we sent in no item In regard to the play, players and the coach, we have said nothing but we have heard and read beautiful com ment Since we are of but few words we will say "ditto." But to the pleased public we want to say thank you for the near seventy dol lars taken in as proceeds. The High school debate team is wrestling hard with the state debate question, Misses Crofoot and Math rws are going to uphold the state ownership and operation of hydro electric power, Mi s Bonney and Mr. Crabtree, the negative. Nina Matthews, Merle Snodgrass, Ailcne Greene were absent one of the examination days and Richard Crabtree both of them. Edna Ward, only one-half. The Junior Spanish class will have a vocabulary contest in their Ian- puage each week. Captains Martin and Ward have authority to save from failure any of their staff who May be delinquent in the meaning: of Spanish word:. Report of the fray next week. 0 The number of pupils in the Pri mary room seems to be shifting: about considerably. Within the last three weeks three new pupils, Geraldine Peters, Lawrence and Oliver Radtke, have entered the First grade and one of the other members of the clas , Viola White, has moved away, leaving eighteen children in the room. The Second grade arithmetic class has been carrying on a system of store keeping in which each mem- irom rock to roils, his sandals flap ping from his heels. Far away they heard him shout uiid the sound gal vanized them Into fresh endeavor. A Riff caught Iielnz hy the arm and, In a hunch, they crashed downward, oblivious of anything that lay In their route. "Look out !" yelled a tribes man and pulled up short. In their blind rush they had almost overshot the path. The Itlff remained motion less, pointing ahead. Heinz blinked sweat out of his eyes, rubbed them with the hark of tils hand, and saw a solitary rider silhouetted against the next heniL Beside him stood the guide who had outstripped them. The Germun was conscious of Im mense stillness. Everything In bis body was relaxing. Gottl Uow tired he was I Amidst the flatness that It the aftermath of relief, be plodded to speak to Westwyn. The Kngllsh man had grasped the bare facts of Martengo's plot from the villager who had appeared suddenly above Mm, tike a great bat flapping among the bowlders. 'i'.ut how did you get herp?" he asked, bewildered; and then, taking In Helnz's appearance, "Good Lord, man, you're done In !M Dismounting hurriedly, he grasped the German's hand, for the rtlffs were Involved In simultaneous and dramatic explana tion. Their exploit was magnified by success, but their eloquence could not beat Helnz's appearance. A branch had torn a jagged rent In his fore head; an unexpected snag ripped open the leather above one knee. He was sodden, his boots still squelch ing, and his plump cheeks sagged Into grooves caked with mud. Westwyn pumped his arm up and down. "You're a d n good chap. Lord, what a ridel That ford's rot ten even in daylight." "It was the thought of the dam that worried me," confessed the Ger man, naively. "I had a picture of It coming down on top of us. But you must get on. I don't know wbat time it Is." The guide plucked at Westwyn's sleeve. "We must go high up. Sidl, to get round that dog!" "I'm mining." He turned again to Heinz. "I don't know what to say, man. It was a Jolly tine Rhow. 1 owe you my chance to be In at the death !" "No." you owe It to your wife." "What?" "She got the story from Znrlfa. She pulled mo out. roused the village, and Insisted on coming with us. He stopped, caught In the blaze of light, grim eyes. "She came across the river?" asked Westwyn In a voice so hard repressed that It sounded uninterested. ;. "Tlie whole way! She's waiting at the house hack there." The Eng lishman stood still. He wanted to shout, to race hack along the path, but all he said was. "I must get on. Take her back tomorrow by the top road above the dam you'll look after her tonight, won't you? Tell her" he. hesitated "tell her Til Join her (Continued next week.) ber has a turn at Belling and the others enjoy buying. Although-they rcem to enjoy it tho purpose is not for piny, but to tRi:h tho mo ol money the kinds and mukin.ir change. Roth the First and the Second grades are learning Rome of the im portant orinciolea of keeninir healthy ty means of posters and storieo. Several of the pupils in the Fifth and Sixth grades are nearly sick with colds. Douglas Bothwell has been neither absent nor tardy for three and one-half year.i, but this week a severe cold got the better of him, and he must remain in bed. The industry of the tw Oaker man girls from Harney county is a credit to the Burns schools This spirit prevails among the Maupin tudenta and any added stimulaa is welcome. As the half-year class subscription to the 'Current Events" for this room has expired, Jim, Ralph and Dorothy are renewing individual subscriptions for home reading. We are plea ed to note the many homes which provide worthwhile juvenile literature. "Child Life," "The Youths Companion," and "St. Nicho- us" furnish stories, besides news items and literary bits.. The Seventh and Eighth grudes have ju t finished their six weeks' exams and have apparently done pietty well. The Eighth grade tried the state mid-term examinations and found them to be fairly easy, according to their estimation. All papers are not jet graded so standings are net de termined. The first basketball game that Maupin plays for the pennant offer ed by Mr. Semmes will be played on February 10, with Shaniko-Antelope. Of course Maupin has high aspira tions for the trophy and will do all in their power to win it. The Maupin Times C W. Umm 1 1. Editor C W. SamaMM aad E. R. Simmii rafcllsWt Published vnr Thursday at Maopin, Orecoa crobscriptlon: um year, $1.50; tlx months, $1.09; tfcrta montha, 60 eta. Entered aa Mcond class mail mat Mr September 8. 1914. at tha post w'fice at Maupin, Oregon, under the lit of Marc S. 1879. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS To one of humane tendencies it is distressing to witness the utter dis regard of animal suffering which is shown by thoughtless or vicious person:. Acts of unnecessary cruelty to dumb animals are an indication of either a lack of education or a ser ious moral defect on the part of those who practice them. Children should be taught very early to treat animals with kindness. Without Luch teaching a child is very likely to develop cruel tendencies, partic ularly when the example of unfeel ing indifference is set by older per sons. As a prominent educator recently (raid, any system of education which neglects training in the humane treatment of animals is failing in its duty. We have noticed another thing: Any person who is cruel to animals will bear watching in all his other relations of life. The man who knowingly destroys a great forest by throwing away a lighted cigarette, is an arsonist as well as he who purposely fires, houses and "factories. Although silver is es:entially a more and more by industries and i.iore and more by indusctries and arts. But very little in the newspaper game. LICHTS ON THE FARM Of course everyone has known for a long time that electric lights on the farm reduce fire hazard, in crease property values, develope cleaner homes, lessen labor, pre vent eye strain and make for better health. But many probably do not know that electricity in tho barn reduces chores 5, in the house re duces woman's work 5, and in the poultry houce doubles and trebles winter egg production. Lights on a flock of 200 pulleta will earn $100 Why Your Deposits arc Safe With Us Because. in the first place they are guaranteed by responsible local men, whose own money iis in this bank. Because the banking laws of the state are lived up to and every care is used in. making loans to safe guard depositors' funds and to see that such loans are made on terms that are satisfactory to all con cerned. Good banking rqeuires strict attention to details, and we make it a point to protect our depositors in every insianee. That is why so many people arc de positing their money in the Maupin State Bank (INCORPORATED) more per season than otherwiiw would bo earned. The bee and the silk worm are the only two insects which have been domesticated. (jood Pric For Wool The Condon Clobe-Timea has in formation that the price of good wool in that vicinity this year will be 35 cents a pound and that most of the Lake county sheepmen have already contracted their clip for 33 cents a pound. CLASSIFIELLQgALS FORSALlAboutFtTImrof fine alfalfa hay, part baled, the rest loose, for sale at my ranch near Wapinitia. Address F. M. Con fer, 988 Pre cott Street, Portland, Oregon. 12-tr LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN From the E. Karlen ranch at Tygh Valley, one gray horse, weight COMING TO THE DALLES DR. MELLENTHIN SPECIALIST la InUrnal Medicine for the Patt Fifteen Year DOES NOT OPERATE will be at THE DALLES HOTEL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 44h Office Hour 10 a. m. Ij 4 p. m. ONE DAY ONLY No Charge for Couultation Dr. Mellenthin la a regular gradu ate in medicine and surgery and la licensed by the state of Oregon. He does not operate for chronic appn dicitis, gall stones, plccrs of stomach tonsils 0 radcnold.i. He has to his credit wonderful re sults in diseases of the stomach, liv er, bowels, blood, 1 kin, nerves, ting, catarrh, weak lungs, rheuma tism, sciatica, leg ulcers and rectal ailments. Below are the names of a few of his many satisfied patients in Ore gon who hae been treated for one of the above named cause:: Emer Booker, Condon. Chas. Dcsch, Portland. D. G. Horn, Bonanza. Fred Shields, Klamath Falls. Daniel Steinon, Allegany. R. E. Neal, Central Point. Joe. Shoeships, Gibbon. Remember above date, that con sultation on this trip will be free and that his treatment is different. Married women must be accom panied by their husband:. Address: 21 1 Bradbury Bldg., Loe Angeles, California. HAVE IT DONE er-N.ow !3 We mean that now is the time to have your Automobile Overhauled This is the place to bring it. We have the largest and best equipped machine shop in Wasco county. READ . QALLOWAY .lOiemxJ iteaeA 4C0 about 1,700 pounds. A reward will be paid for its return or in formation rcgarlng its where abouts. 12-t2 VONG COUPLE wants work on farm. Write particulars to Jack Savage, Wamlc, Oregon. 10-t2. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of The Interior U. S. Land Office at The Dalles. Oregon, Jan. U, 1028. Notice is hereby given that Jamei P. Abbolt, of Wapinitia, Oregon, who, on Apr. 23, 1923, niude Homestead Entry un der Act Dec. 29, 19 IS, No. 01H.224, for WhNEtt. SHiNW, NViSWU, SE'SW4, Lot 1, NWKSEtt, S V4 SEVi, Sec 25, and Lot 5, Sec. 26, Township. 0-South, Range. 13-East, Willamette meridian, has filed on tice of intention to make final three year proof to esUbludih claim to the land above de scribed, before Frank D. Stuart, United States Comi: sinner, at Mau pin, Oregon, on the 25th day of February, 1928. Claimant name as witnesses: Arhur L Pechette, Thomas Klennle, A. R. Wilcox, Frank McCoy, all of wapinitia, Oregon. J10-F10 J. W. Donnelly, Reg. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of Tho Interior U. S. Land Office at The Dallea, Oregon, Doc. 12, 1927. Notice is hereby given that Anion T. Llndley, of Maupin, Oregon, who, on Nov. 13, 1920, made Homestead Entry under Act. Dec. 29, 1916, No. 020.920, for NEU SE. Sec. 22, T. 3 S., R. 14 E., Lot, 4, SMt NWU, Sec . 1, SEW SEV4, Sec. 2, NWVi NWU, Sec. 12, Ett SWW.Sec. 14, WVi NWtt.Sec. 24, T. 6 S., K. 14 E., NE'4 NEW. Sec. 7, and NWVi NWVi, Sec. 8, T. 5, S., R. 16 E., Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make final three year proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before F. D. Stuart, United States Commissioner, at Maupin, Oregon, on the 1st day of February, 1928. Claimant name as witneaaee: John Donaldson, Floyd McLeod. El mer Hornquist, Al. Kennedy, all ef Maupin Oregon. Dl 6-J 1 2 JjW. Donnelly,Rejr. ZELL'S FUNERAL SERVICE Undertaking and Embalming: AMBULANCE SERVICE Call Maupin Drug Store Phone-345 7 WhiteRestaurant Where the best 35 cent meal is served in The Dalles Next The Dalles Creamery C. N. Sargent, - - Prop. Tk Dallas, Orecoa Pboae 383-J
