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About Estacada progress. (Estacada, Or.) 1908-1916 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1915)
See Us About I hcit Grocery Order You will need for this week. Make our Store your stopping place. Bring in Your Eggs W e pay C A SH for them Fresh Vegetables full Line of “ floss of the Itndd” Overalls and Jumpers, Work Shirts. Canvas Gloves, Ladies Hose, Socks, Crochet Cottons, Thread, etc. Waterbury & Chapman “The Quality Grocers’’ Esta>ada, • Oregon The. Man Who Would Be King Continued from last Ifsue m a t knew Dow to hold a r m s pretty straig h t. E ' e n those c o r k s c r e w e d .h a n d m a d e g u n s was a m ira cle to then* Dra- vot talked hig a b o u t p owder shop s a n d factories, w alking up a n d d own in the pine wood when t h e w in ter w as coin ing on. ' I won ’t m a k e a nation.' sa y s he. *1*11 m a k e a n em pire! T h ese men a r e n ’t niggers; t h ey 'r e E nglish! Look at th eir eyes, look at th eir mouths. Look a t th e way they sta n d up. T hey sit on c h airs in th e i r o w n houses. T h e re m u s t he a fair ‘2.000.000 of 'em in th ese hills. T h e villages a r e full o’ little children T w o million people- 2 ">o.oon lighting ln< n at d all Lngl.> li! \\ lien ev ery th in g is sh ip sh ap e I'll han d ov er t h e c r o w n — this crow n I ’m w e a r in g n o w —to Queen Victoria on my knees, an d «hell say. 'L ise up. Sir Daniel Dravot.’ Oh. i t ’s l ig! i t's hig. I tell you! lint t h e r e ’s so m uch to lie done in every place— Bash- Uni. Klinwnk. Shu a n d ev e r y w h e r e els«*. It's a big co u n try , an d so m ehow you can't help me. IVachey. in tlie way 1 wan t to he helped ' " • H o to your blasted priests th en !’ I said, an d i was sorry when I m ad e t h a t rem ark , hut it did h u rt me so re to tind Daniel talk in g so superior when I d drilled .all th e men a n d done all tie told me. What Do You Need Now? Furniture Dishes Linoleum Carpets Glassware Kitchen ILensils S.lverware Tubs Cutlery Wringers Mattresses Rugs Wall Paper Graniteware Fishing Tackle Boilers Springs Shades Curtains Special - Matting Rugs 9 x 1 3 - S>3.0!) PHONOGRAPHS Estacada Furniture Co. Grten Tra in k Stamps 52. a day. U.idcrtakcr. 510. a week S he Hotel Esiacada Modern Conveniences One of the most delightful Resorts on the Coast Local and Tourist Trade Solicited Prompt Attention Given To Phone Orders Kindly aim to phone your orders for rural d di very not later than 8 P. M. of the day before. Estacada Pharmacy ‘ Don't let's q u arre l. Peachey,’ sa ys Daniel without c u rsin g 'You're u king, too. a n d the h alf o f th is kingdom is yours, hut c a n ’t you se«». Peachey, we w an t cleverer men t h a n us n o w - t h r e e or fo u r of 'em. t h a t w e can sc a t t e r ab o u t for o u r deputies. T h e r e ’s a n o t h er thing, too. T h e w in ter's coining an d th e s e people w o n 't he giving m uch trouble a n d if they d o we can 't move about. I w an t a wife. " T o r Hurd's s a k e leave t h e women alone!' I says. ‘W e’ve both got all th e work we can do. though I am a fool, ile iu e m b e r th e co u traek an d keep c.ear o' women.' *• ‘T h e co n track only lasted till such lim e us we was kings, an d kings we h ave been th ese m o u th s past.' sa y s D r a vot. weighing his cro w n in his hand. ‘You go get ¡1 wife, too. IVachey.' ‘‘ ‘Do n ’t tem pt me!* 1 says. *1 will | not h av e un.\ dealings with a woman, not till we a r e a d a m ' site more se ttled (!i. hi w e are now. Let's lie oil u Git a n d see if we can get some b e tte r tobacco from A fghan co u n try an d run in so m e good liquor, but no women.' ••‘F o r t h e last t im e of a n s w e r i n g 1 will.’ said Dravot. a n d h e w en t a w a y th ro u g h the pine trees looking like a hig led devil. ' Lint g ettin g a w ife w as not so easy as Dun thought. H e put it bef ore th e council an d ther e w as no a n s w e r till Hilly l ’ish said th at he’d b etter ask the girls. Dravot d d them all round. ‘W h a t 's wrong with me*?* he shou ts, ¡ s t a n d i n g l>y t h e Idol Indira. ‘Am 1 a dog o r a m I not en o u g h of a m an for y o u r wenches?' He walked out of th e council room, a n d t h e o th ers sa t still, looking a t the grou nd. “ ‘Hilly Fish, sa y s I to t h e ch ief of Hashkai. ‘w h a t ’s t h e difficulty h er e? A s t r a i g h t a n s w e r to a t r u e friend.' ‘You k now .’ sa y s Billy Fjsh. ‘How should a man tell you who k now e v e r y th in g ? IIow c a n d a u g h t e r s of men m a r ry gods o r devils? It's not proper.' “ *A god can do a n y th in g .' sa y s I. ‘If t h e kiu g is fond of a girl he'll not let her die.' ‘S he’ll h ave to.’ said Hilly Fish. ‘T h ere a r e all s u i t s of gods and devils In th ese mountains, an d now a n d ag ain a girl m arries one of them a n d isn ’t seen an y more. Besides, you t w o k n o w the m ark c u t In t h e stone. Only t h e gods know th at. We th o u g h t you wer e men till you show ed t h e sign o f t h e mas ter. *‘l wished th«»n t h a t we had e x p l a i n ed a b o u t t h e loss of t h e genuine s e crets o f u m as te r Mason at th e first go off. but 1 said nothing. All t h a t n ig h t t h e r e was a blowing o f horns in a little d a r k tem p le h a lf w a y d o w n th e hill, a n d I heard a girl crying fit to die. I One of t h e p r ie s ts told us t h a t she was | being prepare«! t j m a r ry th e king. ‘T h e | girl’s a little bit a f ra id .’ sa y s t h e priest, j 'She th in k s s h e ’s going to «lie. an d they | are a h e a r t e n i n g of her up d o w n in tin* temple.' *‘ H e a r te n h er very teu d er. then, says D rav o t ‘or I ’ll Imarteu you with tin* b u tt of a gun so t h a t y o u ’ll never w an t to he h earten ed again.' ” 1 got up very early iu th e morning while Dravot w as asleep, a n d I sa w the priests talk in g to g eth er in w his pers a n d t h e ch iefs talk in g together, too. an d th ey looked a t me out o f th e ! « orn ers of th e ir eyes "'W li . i t is up. F ish ?’ I sr.ys to the Hashkai u n ii. wh o was w;:tpp«*d up in liD H n s ii n d looking spkMidid t > la-hold " I can't rightly say. sa y s he. 'hilt it you n i n induct* the king t «» drop all this 1 •n-.i*iist* ab o u t m arriag e y«m ll be tip ina him a n d me a n d yourself a gnv.t serej«*«».' " 'T h a t I do believe.' says I. ‘Hut sure, you know. Hilly, as well as me. hav ing fought ag ain st an d for us. that the king a n d me are n o th in g m«»re than two o f tin* finest men that Hod Almighty e v er made. Nothing more. I «lo assure you ’ " 'T h at may l»«*.‘ sa ys Lilly Fish, ‘and , y«»t I whoiild he sorry if it was.' He 's i n k s Ills head upon Ids great l u r cloak for a m in u te ami thinks. 'K ing* sa.\s In*, ‘he you m a n or god o r d«*vil I’ll tie!: I*v von fdit-iv | have tw e n t y of my men w ith me. ai d th ej will follow me. W e ’ll go to Hashkai until the storm blows over.’ “ A little sn o w had fallen in the night a n d e v e r y t h i n g was white except the g reasy fat clouds th at blew d own a n d d o w n from the north. Dravot ! cam e out w ith his «-¡-own on his head, sw in g in g his a r m s a n d st a m p i n g his feet ’lid looking more pleased than Pu n h. *' ‘Fo r th e last time, drop it D an.’ says I in a whisper. 'Hilly Fish here says th e r e will be a row.' “ 'A row am« ng my people!* says Dravot. ‘Not milch Peachey. you’re ■ a fool not to get a wife too. W h ere’s the girl?’ sa y s he with a voice as loud as t h e b ray in g of a Jackass, -(’all up ail tlie «•liiefs an d p rV sts a n d l«*t the e m p ero r s«»<* if his wife su its him.' " T h ere w as no need to call an y one. T hey \ve»*e all t h ere leaning on th eir g uns a n d hi tears round t h e clearin g in th e c e n t e r o f t h e pine wood. A dope tatloii ««f p riests went d own to th e lit- f!«* em p ire to bring up tin* girl, a n d the horns blew up fit to w ak e the dead. Hilly Fish s a u n t e r s round a n d gets as ••lose t«* Daniel as he could, a n d behind him stood his tw e n t y men with m a t c h locks. not a Ilian of th em u n d er six feet. I w as n ext to Dravot. an d be hind in«» w as t w e n ty men of th e reg u lar ar m y. F p comes t h e girl, a n d a strap p in g weiM’li sh«* was. cover ed with silver an d turquoises , lait w h ite as d eath an d looking hack «»very minute at t h e priests. ‘‘ ‘She'll do.’ said Dan. looking her over. 'W h a t ' s to he a f ra id of. lass? Com e a n d kiss me. H e p u ts his arm round her. S he s h u ts tier eyes, gives a hit of a sq u e ak , a n d down goes her face in t h e sid e of D a n ’s flaming red heard. " T h e girl’s bitten m«*!’ sa y s he. clapping his han d to Ids neck, an d s u r e enough his h an d was red with blood. Hilly Fish a n d t w o of his m atchlock men catch es hold of D an by t h e sh o u ld e rs an d d r a g s him into t h e Has hkai lot. while th e priests bowls in th eir lingo. ‘Neither <jod nor devil, but a man!* I w as all t ak en a b ack , for a p riest c u t ut m e in front, a n d th e arm y beh ind begun filing Into t h e Rash kal men. "I tried to give some so rt o f or ders to my m en —t h e men o’ t h e re gular a r m y —h u t It w a s n<» use. so I llr«*d Into t h e b ro w n o f 'em with an Knglish M a r tini a n d drill«*d t h r e e beggars in a line. T h e valley w a s full of shouting , h o w l in g creatu res, a n d «»very so til w as snrieking. w o t a Hod nor a devil, but only a man!* T h e Has hk ai troops stu c k to Billy F ish all they w ere worth, bu t th eir m atch lo ck s w as n 't half as gootl as tile Kabul br eech loaders, an d fo u r o f th e m dropped. *’ *We c a n ’t s t a n d , ’ sa y s Hilly Fish ‘M a k e a run for it d o w n th e valley. T h e whole place is a g a i n s t us.’ T h ere w a s n ’t more t h a n six men. not co unt in g Dan, Hilly Fish a n d me. th at ca.u e d o w n to t h e bottom o f tlie valley alive "M y own notion is t h a t D an begun to go mud in his head from t h a t hour. H e s ta re d up an d d o w n like a stuck pig. T h e n he w as all for w alk in g buck alo n e a n d killing t h e p riests with his b are bun ds, which he could h av e don« ‘An e m p ero r a m I,’ sa.vs Daniel, ‘a n d next y e a r I sh all lie a kn ight o f t..e queen.’ " ‘All right. D an .’ s a y s I. ‘hut com«* alo n g now while th ere's tone.' *’ ‘I t ’s y o u r fault.' sa y s tie. 'f o r not looking a f t e r y o u r a r m y b e t t e r ’ I was too heartsick to care, thottgh.it was all his foolishness th at br ought tie* sm a sh ” ‘I ’m sorry. D an.’ s a y s I. 'but th e r e s no accounting for imtiv«»*. T h is hint ness is o u r Fifty- se ven May 1 m * wc'il m a k e sum«‘tiling ou t of it yet. when w e ’ve got to Hashkai.’ ** Tret’s get to Has hk ai th en .’ says Dan, 'an d w hen l «*«» 111 «» hack h* re a g a i n I'll sw eep th e valley so th ere j is n ’t a ling in a b lan k et left. [ " W e w alk ed all t h a t day. a n d ali t h a t night D an w as s t u m p i n g up a n I I d o w u on tlie snow, ch ew in g his hear«I a n d m u tte rin g to himself. | *' ‘T h e r e ’s no hope «»' g ettin g clear.’ sa id Hilly Fish. 'T h e priests will have se n t ru n n e rs to the villages to say th at you u re only men. Why d id n ’t you stick on as gods till th in g s w as more se ttl ed ? I ’m a dead man.* says Hilly Fish, a n d he t h ro w s him self «io.wn on t h e sn o w a n d begins to pray to his gods. | "N e x t m o rnin g we w a s in a cruel bad c o u n t r y —all u p a n d down, no level g ro u n d a t all a n d no food either. T h e six Hashk ai m en looked at Billy Fish h u n g ry wise as if they vvunted to ask som eth ing, bu t they said never a word j At noon w e cam e to t h e to p of a tl.it m o u n tain all covered with snow, an d i w h en we climbed up into it. behold. t h e r e was a n arm y in position w aitin g ! in t h e middle! *' ‘T h e r u n n e rs h av e h«*en very «piick. sa y s Hilly Fish, with a little hit o f a laugh. ‘T h ey a r e w aitin g for us.* ‘• 'W e 'r e do n e for.' s a y s Dan. 'Th»»y a r e Eng lishm en , th ese people, a n d it's m y blasted nonse nse t h a t has brou gh t you to this. (Jet hack. Hilly Fish, and t a k e y o u r m en a w a y : y o u 'v e «lone w h at y o u could, find now cut for it Carrn*- han .' sa y s in*, ‘s h a k e h an d s with me a n d go alon g with Billy. Maybe they w o n ’t kill you. I’ll go a n d m«*et ’em alone. It's in«*, t h e king, flint did it ” •**(3o!' sa y s I. *I’m with you here. Billy Fish, you clear out. ami w«* tw o will m eet thos«* folk * " *I'm a «*hi«*f.’ sa y s Billy Fish, «piit«* qu iet. ‘I sta y with yon. My m«*n «•an go.' "Til«* Hashk ai fellows d id n 't wait for a second word, bu t ran off It was «•old—a w f u l «*«»1«1. I've got th at «’«»Id in th«* back o f my head now. T here 's lu m p o f it th«»!'«».*' C a rn e h a n was shivering, an d I f ear «•d t h a t Ids mind might go. I wlp«*«l m y face, took a fresh grip o f th<* pit«* ously mangled h an d s a n d said. " W h a t hap p en ed a f t e r t h a t ? " “ W h a t w a s you pl eased to sa y ?" w h in ed Carn ehan. "T h ey took them w ith o u t a n y sound. Not a littl»* whis p er all alon g th e snow, not th o u g h th e kiug knocked d own tin* first m an t h a t se t ban«] on him - not though <».d P each ey tired his last car trid g e into tlie brown «if ’em. T lieie w:.s a m an «•ailed Hilly Fish, a good friend of us all. a n d they c u t his th ro at, sir. then a n d there, like a pig: an d th e kiug kicks up th e bloody snow a n d says, 'W e 'v e h ad a d a s h e d fine run for o ur money. W h a t ’s com ing n ex t?’ But P e a c h e y —Lem hey T alia fe rro. I te.l you, sir, in confidence as b e tw ix t tw o f r i e n d s —he lost his h ead. sir. No. he Concluded on p age 4
