A nd a f te r th e w hole th in g w as o v er
an d he had tin* E n g lish m a n 's sw o rd in
th e m idst o f th e s ta te an d cerem ony of
“ U'Uivfasr ne a te m m s ow n sratero o m sionally. out gen erally lie had th e n e rv th e q u a rte rd e c k he said :
-»» alw ay s h a d a s ta te ro o m - w h ic h ous, tire d look of a h e a rt w ounded
“ W here is Mr. N olan? A sk Mr. No
w as when* a se n tin e l or som ebody on m an.
lan to com e h ere.”
the w atch could see th e door. And
And w hen N olan cam e th e c a p ta in
N o lan 's tr a n s f e r a t se a to th e W a r
w h a te v e r else he a te or d ra n k he a te ren w as th e first of som e tw e n ty such said:
or d ra n k alone. S om etim es, w hen the tra n s fe rs , w hich bro u g h t him sooner
“ Mr. N olan, w e a re all very g ra te fu l
m arin es or sa ilo rs ha1 an y special jo l or la te r inti* h a lf o u r b est vessels, b u t to you today. You a re o n e of u s today.
lification. th ey w ere perm itted to invite w hich k e p t him all his life a t least You will lie n am ed In tin* d isp a tc h e s.”
“ IMnln H u tto n s.” as th ey called him. som e h u n d red m iles from th e country
And th en th e old m an took off his
T hey called him “ P lain H u tto n s” be he had hoped he m ig h t never h e a r of ow n sw o rd o f cerem ony an d g av e it to
cause. while he alw a y s chose to w e a r a again.
N olan a n d m ade him p ut it on. T he
reg u latio n a rm y u niform , he w as not
I t m a y h av e been on th a t second m an told m e th is w ho saw It. N olan
p e rm itte d to w ear the a rm y button, cru ise—it w a s o nce w hen he w as up cried like a b aby, an d w ell he m ight.
for th e reason th a t it bore e ith e r the th e M e d ite rra n e a n - th a t M rs. G raff, H e h ad not w o rn a sw o rd sin c e th a t
in itials or th e insignia of th e c o u n try th e cele b ra te d so u th e rn b eau ty of those Infernal day a t F o rt A dam s.
he had disow ned.
T h e c a p ta in did m ention him in th e
days, d an ced w ith him .
T hey had
I rem em b er soon a f te r I jo in ed th e l>een a long tim e in th e bay of N aples, d isp atch es.
It w as a lw a y s sa id he
navy. Some one told th e sy stem w hich an d th e officers w ere very in tim a te asked th a t he m ight he pardoned. l i e
w as adopted from th e first ab o u t his In th e E nglish Meet, nnd th ere had been w ro te a special le tte r to th e se c re ta ry
hooks and o th e r reading. As he w as g re a t fe stiv itie s, a n d ou r m en th o u g h t of w ar. Hut n o th in g e v er cam e of it.
alm o st never p e rm itte d to go on shore, th e y m u st give a g re a t hall on board As 1 sa id , th a t w as a b o u t th e tim e
even though th e vessel lay In po rt for th e ship. T hey w a n te d to use N olan’s w hen th ey began to ignore th e w hole
m onths, his tim e a t th e b est hung sta te ro o m fo r som ething, a n d th ey h a t tra n sa c tio n a t W ashington.
heavy, and everybody w as p e rm itte d ed to do it w ith o u t a sk in g him to th e
to lend him hooks if th ey w ere not ball, so th e c a p ta in sa id th ey m ight
To be continued.
p ublished In A m erica and m ade no a l a sk him if they w ould be responsible
lusion to it. l i e h ad a lm o st all th e th a t h e d id not ta lk w ith th e w rong
Estacada’s Postal Savings
fo reig n p ap ers th a t cam e in to th e ship people, “ w ho would g iv e him intelli-
Postmaster Johnson reports thej
sooner o r la te r, only som ebody m u st, I jteuce.” F o r ladles th ey hud th e fa m
go o v er them first an d c u t o ut a n y a d ily o f th e A m erican consul, one or tw o sum of $3,078 as now on deposit in
v ertisem en t o r stra y p a ra g ra p h th a t tra v e le rs w ho had v e n tu re d so fa r an d
the Estacads Postal Savings Hank,
allu d ed to A m erica. P hillips told m e a a nice bevy o f E n g lish g irls an d m a
sto ry of so m e th in g w hich h appened a t trons. p erh ap s L ady H am ilto n h erself. comprising 33 accounts.
As th e d an cin g w e n t on, N olan and
th e ( ’ap e o f Good H ope on N olan’s first
This service began March 1, '1 2
voyage, a n d it is th e only th in g I ev er o u r fellow s all g ot Jit ease, a s I s a id — and in the'past few months has in
k new o f th a t voyage. P hillips had so m uch so th a t it seem ed q u ite n a tu
These accounts
b orrow ed a lot o f Knglish hooks from ra l fo r him to bow to th a t splendid creased decidedly.
a n oliicer. w hich in th o se days, as in Mrs. G ruff an d say :
draw 2 % interest and represent a
deed in these, w as q u ite a w indfall.
“ I hope you h av e not fo rg o tten m e. class of depositors that ordinarily
A m ong th em , as tile devil w ould order, M iss U utledge. Shall I h av e th e hull
do not avail themselves of the aver
w as th e “ L ay o f th e L ast M instrel,” • r of d an cin g ?''
w h ich they h ad all of th em h eard of.
H e d id it so q u ick ly th a t S hubrlck. age hanking service.
b u t w hich m o st of them h ad never w ho w a s by him , could not h inder
An account may he opened bv
seen. I think it could n ot h a v e been him. S he laughed an d said:
any person of tile age of 10 years
p ublished long. W ell, nobody th o u g h t
*1 a m n ot M iss U utledge an y longer.
th e re could he a n y risk of a n y th in g n a Mr. N oiaii. h ut I will d an c e all the or over, and for the sum of $ 1. or j
tional in th a t, so N olan w as p e rm it sa m e.” ju s t nodded to S hubrlck a s if over.
The interest being pa\ahlc
ted to jo in th e circle one aftern o o n to say he m u st leave Mr. Nolan to her on all money it it on deposit one
w hen a lot o f them s a t on deck sm ok and led him off to th e plac e w h ere th e
year.
ing a n d re a d in g aloud. N olan took th e dan ce w as form ing.
book an d re a d 1.» th e o th ers, an d he
For children' desiring to start
Nolan th o u g h t he h ad g ot h is chance.
road very well, a s I know . Nobody in H e h a d know n her tit P hiladelphia, savings accounts, the service Uses a
th e circle knew a line of th e poem, an d a t o th er places and m et h e r and
only it w as all m agic an d b o n ie r ch iv th is w as a godsend. H e saitl b o ldly— scries of stamps in denominations
alry an d w as lo.ouo y e a rs ago. P oor
a little pale, sh e said, a s she told m e of 10 cents, and when a dollar is
N olan read ste a d ily th ro u g h th e fifth th e sto ry y e a rs a fte r:
shown on the card, the card is can-
canto, stopped a m in u te an d d ran k
“ A nd w h a t do you h ear from hom e. ceiled and the dollar deposit is cred
so m e th in g a n d th en began, w ith o u t a
Mrs. G ra ff7”
th o u g h t of w h a t w as com ing:
ited. This arrangement stimulates
And th a t splendid c re a tu re looked
“ B r e a t h e s t h e r e t h e m a n w i t h pool so
saving on the part of the child
th
ro
u
g
h
him
.
.love!
how
sh
e
m
ust
«lead
h ave looked th ro u g h him ! ’H om e!!
For further information, apply to
W h o n e v e r t o h i m s e l f h a t h said.
“ ' T h i s is m y o w n , m y n a t i v e l a n d ? ’ ”
Mr. N olan!!! I th o u g h t you w ere th e your nearest postmaster.
T hen th ey all saw so m e th in g w a s to m ail w ho n e v e r w an ted to h e a r of
pay. but he expected to get th ro u g h . I hom e a g a in !” And sh e w alked d ire c t
Juvenile Hog Raising
suppose, tu rn e d a little pale, h u t ly up tin* deck to h e r h u sb an d a n d left
p lunged on:
poor Nolan alone, a s he a lw a y s was.
Every boy and girl in Oregon
H e did not d an ce again.
“ W h o s e h e a r t h a t h n e ’e r w i t h i n h i m b u r n e d
A n h o m e his f o o t s t e p s be h a t h t u r n e d
A h a p p ie r sto ry th a n e ith e r of th ese will have a chance next year to
F r o m w a n d e r i n g on u f o r e i g n s t r a n d ?
I
h av e told Is o f th e w ar. In one of take part in a hog raising con
I f s u c h t h e r e b r e a t h e , go, m a r k h i m w ell .”
th e g re a t frig a te d u els w ith th e E n g
Ily th is tim e tlie men w ere till beside lish. in w hich th e navy w as really hap test to be backed by the Portland
Union Stock Yards, the State
them selves, w ish in g th e re w a s an y
tized. It h appened th a t a round shot
w ay to m ake him tu rn o v er tw o pages,
from t*ie enem y e n tered one of our Bankers’ Association and other
b u t he had not q u ite p resen c e of m ind
p o rts s q u a re and took lig h t dow n th e organizations interested in the
for th a t. l i e gagged a little , colored
officer o f th e gun h im self and alm ost agricultural development of the
crim son and sta g g e re d on:
every m an o f th e g u n 's crew . As the
The Mdn Without, a Country.
“ F o r h i m n o i m n s t u l r a p t u r e s swell.
H i g h t h o u g h iiis tiilos, p r o u d his n a m e ,
B o u n d l e s s h is w e a l t h a s w is h c a n c l a im ,
P e s p i t c t h e s e ti tle s, p o w e r a n d pelf.
T h e v. r e t c h , c o n c e n t r a t e d al l in s e i f —
Northwest.
It is planned to per
su rg e o n 's people we re c a rry in g off th e
mit the young people to borrow
bodies th e re a p p e a re d N olan in his
s h ir t sleeves, w ith th e ra m m e r in his money on the security of their
A nd here th e poor fellow choked, could hand, nnd. ju s t a s if lie had been th e parents or suhool principal which
n o t go on. but s ta rte d up, sw u n g the officer, told them off w ith a u th o rity will enable them to buy their
book into th e sea, v an ish ed in to his w ho should go to th e cockpit w ith th e
hogs for cash at current market
sta te ro o m , “and. by .love.” said P h il-I w ounded m en, w ho should sta y w ith
lips, “ w e d id not see him fo r ttvo him . perfec tly ch eery a n d w ith th a t rates, the money to be repaid
m onths ag ain . And 1 had to m ak e up w ay w hich m ak es m en feel su re ail is when the stock is sold. The
som e beggarly sto ry to th a t E nglish rig h t an d is going to he right. A nd he
boys and girls will be required to
su rg eo n w hy 1 did not r e tu rn his W al finished loading th e gun w ith his ow n
han d s, »Timid it an d hade the m en fire. keep an accurate record of all
te r S cott to h im .”
T h a t sto ry sh o w s a b o u t th e tim e j Ami th e re he sta y ed , c a p ta in of t h a t I thein expenditures and to submit
w hen N olan's braggadocio m u st h a v e , gun, k eep in g those fellow s In sp irits
a complete report of their opera
broken dow n. At first they said he till th e enem y stru c k . T h e ca p ta in
took a very high tone, considered his w alked fo rw a rd by w ay of e n c o u ra g tions at the end of the year.
im p riso n m en t a m ere farce, affected to ing tin» m en, an d N olan touched Ids
en jo y th e voyage, an d all th a t, b u t h a t an d said:
Farmers’ Week Postponed
P h illip s said th a t a f te r lie cam e o u t of
"I am sh o w in g th em how w e do th is
h is sta te ro o m he never w as th e sa m e i in th e artille ry , s ir.”
Announcement is made by the
m an again.
H e never re a d aloud
And th is is a p a rt o f th e sto ry w h e re Oregon Agricultural College of
rg u in unless it w a s th e Hihle or Shake- I all th e legends a g re e —th a t th e com m o
the jiostponement of the date for
»»peare o r so m e th in g else he w as su re 1 d o re said:
of.
l i e w a s alw a y s sh y a f te rw a rd
“ I s«*e you do, an d I th a n k you, sir. Farmers’ Week, from November
w hen I k n ew him very seldom spoke an d I shnlI n ev er fo rg et th is day, sir. \ 30th December 5th to February
u n less he w as spoken to, ex cep t to a nm l von n e v e r shall s ir .”
1st 6th inclusive.
very few fri.euds. H e lig h ted ud occa
1
\
Dale’s
Would like to have you come
in and see the nice alumnium ware
that they are giving away absolutely
FREE
as premiums.
It pays to trade
with them, as their prices are always
right, their goods the best and their
treatment, courteous.
Yes. the fruit trees have come in,
that we told you of, some days since.
See them also,
just which you want.
and pick out
See DALE’ S
Surplus Sale
Manufacturers’ Emergency and Sur
plus sale combined with the slaughter
of the balance of the Soule Bros.’ Fail
ure stock all in the hands of Ellsworth,
Barnes & Davey, the manufacturers’
representatives, still in progress at
Eiicrs Music House.
Here is a list of the many beautiful
instruments still to be had at the almost
unbelieveably low prices.
R em em ber, nearly all pianos art' now,
n o t even shopw . ru , h u t th e few th a t are
u<e,l are In perfect an d g u aran teed condi
tio n . All can he h ad on very easy p ay
m en ts. T ak e t o o r 30 o r 40 m onths.
$650 Mission Wegman Piano now
less than half
$316
$850 Lester Grand, latest style,
almost half
___________ $437
$550 Kingsbury Inner Player, la
test 88-note model
.
$288
$575 Steinway, Ebony - Stained
Case______________________ 5237
And a smaller-sized Mahogany____$185
$525 Hardman, Very Elaborate
C ase
_______________________ $188
$500 Largest-Sized Weber Upright
_______
$196
$1150 Weber Pianola Piano, just
like new, the best and most
expensive ever b u i l t by
Webers____ (____ ____
$488
Many other slightly used Pianola
Pianos, all with Themodist
M e t r o s t v l e attachments,
______________ $380, $337, 5285
$2 a fla y
$ 10 a w e e k
The Hotel Esiacada
M O D ERN C O N V E N IE N C E S
One of the most delightful
Resorts on the Coast
Local and Tourist Trade Solicited