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About Estacada progress. (Estacada, Or.) 1908-1916 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1915)
# S"3"3* » ♦ ♦ ♦ f Complete Line Of Groceries A lso Shoes Shirts Collars Socks f work and dress | Underwear Gloves) work | Overalls Trousers Neckties Sjspenders Handkerchief* Notions Corsets Hose Outing Flannels Calicoe Muslin Gingham Umbrellas Threads Make this your headquarters while at tending the Saturday picture shows. We pay CASH for E#f*s “ The Quality Grocers” Waterbury & Chapman - Oregon Take it easy after fishing Dig selection Jointed Bamboo Rods 90c up Bristol Telescope Rods (guaranteed) $5. Complete Line of Tackle. High Back Solid Oak Rocker $ 6 .5 0 Mahogany Finished 5.50 Estacada Furniture Co. Green T r a t in j Stamps 52. a day. Undertaken 510. a week The Hotel Estacada Modern Conveniences One of the, most delightful Resorts on the Coast Local and Tourist Trade Solicited This Week Colgates T a lc u m P o w d e r and Ja pa nese Cup and Sa u cer For only 25c Estacada Pharmacy \ C H A P T E R III. “ P t n ’t touch an y th in g iu th a t room until 1 com e b a c k !" he called to me, aud. Je rk in g th e pole from oue o f th e boys, propelled th e r a ft w ith um uzing speed dowu th e sti'eet. T h e liver on th e stov e w as burning. T h e re w as a sm ell o f scorch in g through th e room s aud a so rt o f bluish haze o f sm oke. I h urried buck and took It off. B y th e tim e 1 had cleaned th e pan Mr. H olcom be w as back ugaiu in h is own bout. H e hud fouud it ut th e end o f th e n e x t stre e t, w h ere th e flood ceased , but no sign o f Ludley an yw h ere. H e had not seen th e police b o a t "P e rh a p s th a t is Ju s t as w ell.’’ he said p hilosop hically. " W e cen t go to th e police w ith a w et slip p er and a blood stain ed ro jie and a ccu se a m an o f m urder. W e have to h ave a body." I " H e killed h e r." I said o b stin ate ly | "S h e told m e y e sterd ay he w as a tiend i He killed h er and threw th e body ii» th e w a ter." "V ery likely. Hut he did n’t th row It h ere." B u t in sp ite o f th at lie w ent over all tlie lo w er hall w ith h is boat, fe elin g S A T th ere, w ith a crow d of ch ild ren paddling on a r a ft outsid e th e window , and Molly M agu ire, n e x t door, By | h au lin g th e m orn in g 's m ilk up in u : pail fu sten ed to u rope, h er doorwuy | being too n arrow to ad m it th e m ilk C o p y r ff lh t. 1 9 1 3 . b y t h e D o b b s - |jj| m a n 's boat, and 1 told him th e w hole M e r r ill C om pany J> story . | "H u m p h !” he ex claim e d , w hen 1 had flulsbed. " I t 's curiou s, b ut—you c a n ’t prove u m urder u u iess you can pro Continued from last Issue duce a body." out o f his pocket and g lan ced Lt I t j "W h e n th e riv er goes dow n w e ll "F o rty -e ig h t! F o rty -eig h t, m ad am ! Hud th e bod y ." said I. sh iverin g. " I t 's And n in ety -th ree c a ts ! I h av e found 1 | In th e p a rlo r." them m arooned in trees, clin g in g to | "T h e n why d oesn 't he try to get fen ces, floating on barrels, and 1 h ave a w ay V" found th em in c o m fo rta b le houses " l i e Is ready to go now. He only w h ere th ere w as no ex c u se fo r th eir w ent b ack w hen you r boat cam e In " n eglect. W ell, i m ust lie m oving on ] Mr. H olcom b e ran to th e door and. ev ery foot o f th e floor w ith an oar. 1 have th e report o f a c a t w ith a new flinging it opei». peered into th e low er and Anally, at th e back end. Iu* looked litte r in th e lo ft o f a s ta b le near hull. H e w as too late, li is boat w as up a t »ue as 1 stood on th e sta irs. " T h e r e ’s som eth in g h ere ." lie said. h ere ." gone, tu b o f liver, pile o f wooden p lat I w ent cold all over and had to clu tch l i e wiped his hands c a re fu lly on a te rs and a ll! th e railin g . B u t when T e rry had com e fresh paper napkin, o f w hich also a W e hurried to th e room ttie Lad leys ! and th e tw o o f them brought th e th in g heap rested on one of th e s e a ts of had occiipl**d. it w as en jp ty. From th e boat, and picked tip an oar. sm il the window , a s we looked out. we j to th e su r fa c e It w as only th e dining j room rug. w hich I had rolled up and ing b en ev olently at P eter. T h en su d could se e th e boat, alm o st a sq u are forg otten to c a rry u p stairs! denly he bent over and looked a* the aw ay . It bad stopped w here, th e j At 1:30 Mr. H olcom be w rote a note stain ed rope end tied to th e s ta ir rail. s tre e t b ein g higher, a doorstep rose . and sen t It off w ith T e rry and, bor "W lm t's th a t? " lie said. »»hove th e flood. On th e step w as s it i row ing my boots, w hich had been Mr. " T h a t ’s w h at I'm going to find o u t,” tin g a forlorn yellow puppy. As we P itm a n ’s, in v estig ate d tb e dining room j 1 replied. I glanced up a t th e Lud- stared Mr. Lailley stopped the boat ! and k itch en from a floating p lan k; th e j ley s’ door, hut it w as closed. looked buck at us. bent over, piuied u doors w ere too n arrow to ad m it th e I T h e little m an dropped his o ar and. piece o f liv er ou a p la tte r and reach ed boat. B u t he found nothing m ore im i fu m b lin g in his poccstts, pulled out a it ov er to th e dog. T h e n , risin g la p o rtan t th an a rollin g pin. H e w as not j sm all m ag n ify in g gloss. l i e bent th e b oat, he bowed, w ith bis hat over a t all depressed by his fa ilu re He lo v e r, holding to th e rail, and Inspected his lieitrt. In our d irectio n , s a t down c a m e b ack, drenched to th e skin , about ! th e sta in s w ith th e g lass. I had ta k calm ly and row ed around the co rn er 3 and asked perm ission to search th e en a fan cy to him a t once, and in sp ite out o f sigh t. L a d le y s’ bedroom. 1 o f my e x c ite m e n t 1 had to sm ile a little. , Mr. H olcom b e w as iu a freuuy ot I " I h ave a frien d com ing p retty soon. "H u m p h .” he said and looked up iit rage. H e Jum ped up and dow n, shuk- M rs. P itm a n .” he said , " a young new s- m e; " t h a t’s blood! Why did you cut H e’s a lug his list out o f th e window a ft e r the * paper m an nam ed H ow ell. th e boat loose?” re tre a tin g boat. H e ran dow n th e ; n ice boy. and If th e re Is an y th in g to " I d id n 't." I said. " I f th a t is blood s ta ir c a s e , only to com e back and look th is I ’d like him to h ave It fo r his 1 w ant to know how it got th ere . ¿»lit th e window again . T h e police boat paper. H e and I h ave been b a rin g T h a t w as a new rope last n ig h t.” 1 j som e arg u m en ts ab ou t c irc u m sta n tia l w as not in sigh t, hut th e M aguire c h il ! g lan ced a t th e L ad leys' door uguin. | evid en ce, too, and I know he’d like to dren had worked th eir ra ft around to and he follow ed tuy eyes. work ou tills ." th e stre e t and w ere under th e win " I w on der." he said, raisin g his I g av e him a p air o f Mr. P itm a n 's dow . H e leaned out and culled to j voice a little , " i f I com e into your socks, fo r his ow n w ere satu rated an ,! them : k itch en if you will allow m e to fry n ! w hile he w as ch a n g in g them th e tele "A q u a r te r ea ch . U »ys." he said , " i f i little o f th a t liver. T h e re 's u w re tc h phone rang. It w as th e th ea ter again , you’ll ta k e m e on th at r a ft to th e ed M altese in a tre e a t th e co rn er of ask in g fo r Je n n ie B rice. n eare st p av em en t.” F o u rth s tre e t th a t w on 't touch it "Y o u a re c e rta in sh e Is out o f the "S lo n ey firs t.’’ said th e oldest boy, city?’’ som e on e ask ed , th e sam e voice r a w ." bolding Ills cap. ns in th e m orning. 1 saw th a t he w anted to ta lk to me. Hut Mr. Flolcom lie did not w ait. H e "H e r husband sa y s so ." so I tu rned around and led th e w ay to sw un g out over th e window sill, hold "A sk him to com e to th e phone." th e tem jiorury k itch en I had made. ing by h is hands, and lit fa irly In th e " H e is not h ere.” "N o w .” he said b risk ly w hen he hud c e n te r o f th e r ift "W h e n do you ex p ect hitn b u ck ?" closed th e door, " th e r e ’s som ethin g " I'm not su re he Is com ing back " w rong here. P erh ap s i f you w ill tell "L o o k h ere.’* said th e voice an grily, m e I «-ati help. I f 1 c a n 't It will do " c a n ’t you g iv e m e any s a tisfa c tio n ? yon good to ta lk ab ou t It. My n am e's O r don't you c a r e to ? " H olcom be, re tired m erch ant. Apply to " I ’ve told you all I kn ow ." F ir s t N ational hank fo r references.** "Y o u don't know w here sh e Is? ” " I ’m not su re th ere is an y th in g "N o. s i r ." # w ro n g ." I began. "1 gu ess I ’m only "S h e did n’t say sh e w as com in g back n erv ous and th in k in g little th in g s ure to re h e arse fo r n ex t w eek's p iece?” big on es. T h e re ’s n oth in g to te ll." "H e r husband suid sh e w ent aw ay "N on sen se. 1 com e down th e stre e t fo r a few d a y s’ rest. H e w ent aw ay in my boat. A w h ite faced gentlem an, ab ou t noon and h a sn 't com e back. w ith u c ig a re tte , looks out from a w in T h a t's all I know , e x cep t th a t they dow w hen 1 stop a t th e door and du cks ow e me th re e w eeks’ re n t th a t I ’d like b ack w hen 1 g la n ce up. 1 com e In and to get hold o f." find a !>et dog. obviou sly overfed a t o r T h e o w n er o f th e voice hung up th e d in ary tim es, w h in in g w ith h un ger on re ce iv er w ith a sn ap mid left m e pon th e sta irs. A s 1 p rep are to feed him a d erin g I t seem ed to m e th a t Mr Lad pale wom an com es dow n, try in g to put ley had been very reck less. Did he a righ t hand glove on her le ft hand ex p e ct a n y on» to b eliev e th a t Je n n ie an d w ith h er Ja c k e t w rong sid e o u t B r ic e had gone fo r a vacation w ith W h at am I to th in k ? " ou t n o tify in g th e th e a te r? E«|ieclRlly I sta rte d and looked a t tuy c o o t He when sh e w as to re h e a rse th at week * w as righ t. Aud when a s I tried to I th ou g ht It curiou s, to say th e least, ta k e It off he helped m e and even p a t I w e n t back and told Mr. H olcom be, ted m e on th e shoulder—w h at w ith his who put It down In his notebook, and kin d n ess and th e long m orning alone, to g eth er w e w ent to th e L ad ley s’ w orrying, and th e sleep less n ig h t. I b e room. gan to cry. H e had a clean h an d k er T h e room was In b e tte r ord er th an c h ie f In my hand b efo re 1 had tim e to usual, a s I h ave said. T b e t*»d w as th in k o f one. m ade—w hich w as ou t o f to e ord in ary, " T h a t 's I t " he said. " I t will do you fo r Je n n ie B r ic e n ever m ade a bed—but good, only don’t «nnke a noise ubout It. m ade th e w ay a m an m akes one. with I f It's a h usband on th e an nu al flood th e b la n k ets w rinkled and crooked be sp ree d on 't w orry, m adam . T h ey a l n eath and th e w h ite co u n terp an e pulled w ays com e around in tim e to w h ite sm oothly ov er th e top. show ing every w ash th e c e lla r * ." Continued on page 4 “ D o n ’t tou ch a n y th in g in th a t room .” ! for men, women and children. Estacada, | The Case of I Jennie Brice " i t Isn 't a husband. 1 sm uieu. "T e ll m e about it.” he suid. T h e re w as so m eth in g so kindly in his fa c e and it w as so long sin ce 1 had hud a bit o f hum an sy m p ath y th a t 1 alm o st broke dow n again . I MARY ROBERFS RINEHART j: