The Man Who Would Be King
Continued from page 3
didn't neither. The king lost hi* head,
so he did. all along o’ one of those
t unning rope bridges. Kindly let me
have the paper eutter. sir. It tilted
this way. They man-bed him across
that snow to a rofie bridge over a ra
vine with a liv e r at the bottom. You
may have seen such. They prodded
him behind like an ox.
*1>— your
eyes!* says the king. TY.voil suppose
I can't die like a gentleman?* l ie turns
to Peachey— Peaehey that was crying
like a child. T v e orought you to this.
Peachey.* say» he. ‘ Brought you out
ot your happy life to he killed in K a f
iristan. where you was late eommand-
er in chief o f the emperor's forces.
Say .von forgive me. Peachey.*
"I
do.* says Peachey.
‘Shake hair’s.
Pemdiey.* says he. ‘ Pm going now.
Out he goes, looking neither right nor
left, and when he was plumb hi the
middle of those dizzy dancing ropes.
‘Cut. you beggars!* he shouts.
And
they cut. and old Dan fell, turning
round and round and round, ‘j o.ooo
miles, for he took half an hour to fall
till he struck the water, and I could
see his body caught on a lu k with the
gold crown close beside.
“ But do you know what they did to
Peachey between t wo pine trees? They
crucified him. sir. as Peachey's hand
will show. They used wooden pegs
for his hands and his feet: and he
didn't die. He hung there and scream
ed. and they took him down next day
and said it was a miracle that he
wasn't dead. They took him d o w n -
poor old Peachey, that hadn't done
them any harm that hadn't done
them a n y "-
He rocked to and fro and wept bit
terly. wiping his eyes with the back of
his scarred hands and moaning like a
chi d for some teu minutes.
“ They was cruel enough to feed him
up in the !»*mple. because they said lie
was more o f god than old Dauiei that
was a mau. Then they turned him out
on the snow and told him to go home,
mid Peachey came home in about a
year, begging along the roads quite
safe, for Daniel Pravot be walked be
fore and saiii: V m n e along. Peachey.
It's a big thing we're doing.’
The
mountains they danced at night, and
the mountains tliey tried to fall on
Peachey's head, tint Dan he held up
l is hand, and Peachey came along,
bent double. H e never let go o f Dan's
ha i ll. and he never let go o f Dan’s
head. They gave it to him ns a pres
ent in the temple, to remind him not
to c.
• again, and. though the crown
was pure gold and Peachey was starv
ing. never would Peachey sell the
same.
You knew Bight Worshipful
Brother Pravot. Look at him now !"
Control of Peach Leaf Curl
n e luuiincu in m e mass or rugs
by Bordeaux Mixture
around his bent waist, brought out a
black horsehair bag embroidered with
Oregon Agricultural C o llege,!
silver thread and shook therefrom on
Corvallis, M a r .------ . Peach le a f ’
to my table the dried, withered head
o f Daniel D ravot! T h e morning sun curl may be controlled by spray
that had long been paling the lamps ing at the right time o f year.
struck the red beard and blind, sunken
Bordeaux mixture (6-6-50) is the
eyes; struck, too. a heavy circlet of
gold studded with raw turquoises, that best spray to use, but if scale or
Curuehan placed tenderly on the but
peach tw ig miner is present, com
tered temples.
mercial lime-sulfur (1-12) is rec
“ You behold now." said Carneban.
ommended.
"the emperor in Ids habit as he lived-
the king o f Kaliristan with his crown
The right time o f year for ap
upon Ids head. Poor old Daniel, that
plication is while the buds a r e !
was a monarch once!”
1 shuddered, for. in spite o f deface
swelling but before any of thej
meats uiani.old. 1 recognized the head
tender green leaf tips begin toj
of the nn. n of Marv» ar .Dilution
It is better to spray
Curuehan lose to go. 1 attempted to emerge.
stop him
lie was not tit to walk j early than even a few days late, |
abroad. “ Let me take aw ay the whis
About the last of February or the
ky and give me a little money." he
gasped. “ I was a king mne. I'll go first of March will be about right
to the deputy commissioner aud ask in the Willamette Valley.
to sit in the pool-house till 1 get my
The spray must be applied so
health. No, thank you. 1 can't wait
till you get a carriage for me. I've as to cover all the buds thorough
urgent private affairs—in the south.’*
ly. This will require an outfit
lie shambled out o f tile office and
A good
departed in tin* direction o f the deputy giving good pressure.
commissioner's house
That day at nozzle is necessary and a great
noon I laid occasion to go down the deal o f care must l e observed.
blinding hot mall, and 1 saw a crooked
I f the job is well done, however,
muii craw ling along the white dust of
the roadside, bis bat In bis hand and at the right time, the leafj
quavering dolorously after the fashion will be eradicated.
Failure will !
o f street singers at home. There was
probably come if the reeommen.-
uot a soul in sight and he was out of
all possible i ill-shot o f the houses. And dations regarding time and meth- j
he sang through his nose, turning Ids od of application given above are'
head from right to le ft -
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What Fibre Silk Is?
W e will tell you, it is silk, made
from wood fibre and has all the qual
ities of the ordinary product.
Women’s
S IL K
F IB R E
Hose,
lo>k
like silk and wear
like
iron.
This
hose is lisle bodied,
silk faced and es
pecially dressy.
Colors Black, Tan,
White or Gray.
(In ordering, state size
and color.
We pay
the postage.)
a pair,
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not rigidly a Ihered to.
“ T h e son o f man goes fo rth to war,
A golden crow n to gain.
H is b.ood red banner stream s a fa r.
W h o fo llo w s in his tra in ? "
I waited to hear no more. Imt put
the poor wretch into my carriage and
drove him off to the nearest mission
ary for eventual transfer to the asy
him.
lie repeated the hymn twice
t Idle he was with me. whom he did
not in the least recognize, and 1 left
him singing it to the missionary.
T w o days luter I Inquired afte r his
welfare of the superintendent o f the
asylum
“ He was admitted suffering front
sunstroke.
He died early yesterday
morning." said the superintendent
“ Is it true that he was half an hour
bareheaded in the sun at midday V
*‘ Yes." said 1. “ but do you happen
to know if he had anything upon him
by any chance when he died?"
“ Not to my knowledge." said the
fcuperintendent
And there the matter rests.
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Oregon City Enterprise, Weekly
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These combinations may apply on renewals also.
Estacada P ro g re s s
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7.00
Weekly and Sunday
same as above.
Hose, colors
Per pair
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F. E.
B ckwith,
commonl»
known H4 tlie "Sandy Jeweler", I
visited Rstac.ida the early part of |
this week, with a view to locating!
here permanently
For the time
being and until he can arrange his i
business in Sandy, Mr. Beckwithj
will ba in Rstacada everv Wednev ■
day.
He has made atraligements
with R. G. Marchbank to locate his
repair shop in the adjoining store!
and anyone needing watch repairing
or other work, can leave same at
the Marchbank store.
The end
$8.00
6.00
3.00
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Jeweler Locates
Estacada Progress
AND
3 pairs for
Formulae for making up the
sprays mentioned will be found
in the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege Bulletin on “ How and When
to Spray the Orchard,’’ which
will be sent free on application
to the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege, Corvallis, Oregon.
Combination Yearly Subscriptions
Oregon City Courier, Weekly
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As stylish a LADIES UMBRELLA
as could be desired,
onied handle and heavy braided
wrist cord.
Women’s PIQUE
Special
KID
GLOVES,
Black or Tan, regular $1.25 quality,
Special
FAMILY
Theatre
with long eb-
79c
W e pay the postage on all orders,
and by giving you good values, aim to
obtain a repeat order.
“ Perils of Pauline”
Sixtn Episode
The Red
Scar
of Courage
2 part Drama
This is Life
Comedy
Chas. F. Berg. Vice-Pres. and Mgr.
Portland,
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