EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS, THURSDAY, OCT. 27, 1921
HALLOWEEN STORY
his n ig h t's rest was much b r o k e n .;
When m orning came, he was glad to ‘
get up and go down to break fast.
Entered a t the postoffice in Estacada, The Mystery of Wexford Tower» The librarian war th e r e and In­
quired how he had slept, and w h e th e r
Oregon, as second-class mail.
Mr. T im o thy P o r t e r was a most there was a n y th in g he could do tor
Mr. P o r t e r evidently m a n i­
m a t te r of fact anil u n im a g in a tiv e him ?
man. He was th e head confidential fested some effects of his s t r a n g e ex­
Published every Thursday at
clerk of th e leading Arm of so licit­ perience, for the lib ra ria n looked at
ors in Wexford, whose clients were him r a t h e r curiously, an d asked if
Estacada, Oregon
am ong th e first families of th e city an y th in g was the m a t te r ? Mr. Poi-
and county, and Mr. T im oth y P o r t e r te r replied he had received so m e­
UPTON H. GIBBS
had grow n grey in th e ir service, thin g of a shock, which he would ex
l.ike a well know n m em ber of the plain a f t e r break fast. So when this |
Editor and Manager.
was over thpy went to the library
P o rte r family,
» here Mr. P o r t e r related what he j
“ He served hi* term
S ubscription K ates
As an office boy in an a tto rn e y 's firm: had seen, and pointed out th e place |
One y e a r
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$1.50 He cleaned th e windows and sw ept w here the man and boy had d isap ­
peared.
th e floor.
Six month»
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“ W ell,” said th e lib ra ria n , " th is is
And polished up th e h an d le of th e
extrem ely interesting, th o u g h I re­
big, fron t do or.”
W h e th e r It was due o r not to his gret yo u r having had su ch an u n ­
Thursday. October 27, 1921.
B ut it may
polishing it up "so ca re fu le e ,” he p le a s a n t experlenqe.
rose to his presen t Im p o rta n t posi­ thro w light on a m ystery connected
with this place. You may possibly
ANENT DISARMAMENT tion.
He probably did polish up th e be aw are, th a t it has th e rep u tatio n
hand le very carefully, for it was a of being hau n ted . Two ghosts are
The coming conference at trait with him to do e v erythin g t h o r ­ accredited to it, those of a m an and
The fo rm er is supposed to be
Washington, in regard to disar­ oughly, and to this he owes his a d ­ a th boy.
e wicked carl, who lived in the
vancement.
A n o th e r c h aracteristic
mament, has aroused a great was his tac itu rn ity , professional se­ reigns of E d w a rd IV, and Richard
T he boy was his nephew and
deal of expectation, and hopes crets being to him as sacred as those III.
of the confessional to th e priest. So ward, and possessor of rich estates,
are many that it will effectually though, he was th e repository of which would fall to his uncle In case
Ills death. He m ysteriously dis­
bring about the beating of family secrets an d sk eleto n s of v a ri­ of
Hue and cry
ous county families, yet never th e ap p eared one day.
swords into pruning hooks. A sligh test word escaped his lips in were raised, and the most diligent
search
made.
At first it was
correspondent in England, re­ connection therew ith.
It is not su r p ris in g th en, t h a t his th o u g h t he had been kidnapped by
cently wrote us, that if a proper employers tr u ste d him implicitly, and robbers to be held for ransom , but
ree m o nths later, a badly decom­
entente were cemented between often appointed him th e ir ag en t or th
re p resen tativ e in im p o rta n t m atters. posed body resem blin g his, was
the French. Americans, Japanese It was on such an e rr a n d th a t one lound n e a r the bank of th e river. It
was finally decided, th a t it was that
and British, the rest of the world day in th e fo re p a rt of O ctober he set of
th e boy, and in te rre d in the f a m ­
out for Wexford Tower, th e seat of
would have to behave. True, th e Duke of Wexford, who was th en ily v a u lt .”
‘‘But th ere w ere not lacking accu
but only if the entente nations engaged In a law s u it concerning sationn,
th a t his uncle had an in t e r ­
of his m anorial righ ts, which
were in a position to compel them some
est in and guilty know ledge of his
were disputed.
Wexford Towers occupies th r e e disappearan ce and death. Hut noth
to good behavior, and that neces-
of a q u a d ra n g le , with sq u a re Ing could be proved, even If anyone
states armaments. The best that sides
tow ers at each co rner, an d two on were bold enough to b rin g th e earl
can be hoped for, is a partial dis­ each side of th e m ain entrance. The to account. He finally fell on Bos
is situ a te d in th e m id st of worth field, with his royal crony and
arming, so as to reduce the ex­ a mansion
park of 1,500 acres. An old w riter monarch, R ichard 111. B efore his
cessive cost of war prepared­ snys enthu siastically a b o u t Its b eau ­ death, the ghost of his nephew was
ties, "T h e park is an assem blage of rep orted as having been seen in this
ness, which is estimated at 83 all
n a t u r e ’s beauties, hills, vales, wing. A fterw ard s the g h o st of the
per cent of every dollar raised by brooks, groves, thickets, rocks, w a­ earl ap p eared a t in te rv a ls.”
“ But I never h eard of them a p ­
terfalls, all wildly noble and Irreg ­
taxation.
ularly a m ia b le .” It is m entioned in pearing as you saw them last n i ^ i t
There be will a notable gather­ th e Doomsday Book as belonging to T h ere a r c two secret ro om s in the
an cestors of th e presen t Duke. walls of this mansion, which are
ing around the table at Washing­ the
Wexford Towers dates back in its know n, an d I h ave th o u g h t that
ton, and no doubt the delegates oldest portion to th e l a t te r p a rt of th ere m ig h t be more. It is possible
e 13th century. I t was added to th a t th e r e is one in th e wall, where
will taketheir task and themselves th
from tim e to time, b u t th o u g h th e res you saw th e panel open. C uriously
seriously, hut they won’t touch idential a p a r t m e n t s have been m od­ enough, the disappearance of the boy,
no p a rt of it is less th an h ap pen ed a b o u t this tim e of the year
the cause of the trouble. That ernized,
and yesterday may have been its an
th ree h u n d re d years old.
It has
is a spiritual one, which bteeds most rom an tic history, and suffered n iv crsaiy , I w ond er if w h at you saw,
in th e wars of th e roses and th e was no t exactly w hat to ok place. It
jealousy, distrust and strife, re both
rebellion. T h ere Is m ore th a n one may be, t h a t the earl im prisoned the
suiting in war. It is true that secret room concealed in the th ick ­ hoy In th is room, and th e r e left him
to sta rv e o r otherw ise m u r d e re d him
of its walls, an d it enjoys
there is a scriptural prophecy of ness
mystery which excites th e im a g in a ­ and the body which was found was
a time when nation shall not lift tion and Is the cause of m uch specu­ th a t of some one else. I sh all tell the
Duke on his re tu rn , and p e rh a p s he
up hand against nation, neither lation.
Mr. T im othy P o r t e r on his arrival may m a k e some in vestigations. No
shall they learn war any more found the family ab sent, bu t th e li­ doubt, he will be glad to clear up
this incident In his family h is to ry .’
but that which is to make this b ra ria n was th ere to receive him
A servant, Just th en, e n te r e d the
and look a f t e r his com fort. The II
possible, does not come within brary is one of th e most noted of room to ann o u n ce t h a t th e m otor
was a t th e door to convey Mr. P or­
the scope of the conference private ow nersh ip in E ng lan d, con­ t e r to th e station. So t h a t g e n tle ­
taining some of the r a r e s t editions
Such a peace is to be due to God It represen ts th e p a in s ta k in g collec- m an took his leave, not w lh o u t a
feeling of relief, for a m an of his
being supreme in the earth. His li o n s of th e presen t D uke’s g r a n d ­ te m p e a m e n t does not ta k e kindly to
fa th e r and
fath er, besides those
laws learned and observed, and which he him self has added to it. It having his norm al co m posure rudely
upset.
Himself the judge. Until this is kept kept in w hat was formerly
T hree m o n th s later, Mr. P o r t e r re
the g re a t hall a t th e end of th e south
condition is obtained, all attempts wing, and one of th e oldest portions ceived a le tte r from the lib rarian,
who
w rote:
will only be palliatory and tem­ of th e mansion. ThlB hall is some
"T h e Duke, as I th o u g h t, on being
sixty feet long, forty wide and sev­
porary.
en ty high. It has an open timbered told of y o u r peculiar experience or­
investigations made. After
The conferees will do well to roof an d for m ore th a n half way up dered
th e walls a re oak panelled, bu t this much tim e and ex am ination of the
recall:
Is hidden by th e book shelves. Above panelling, a sprin g was discovered,
“ The ten comm andments will not budge, these, and a t th e o u te r end, a re mul- which on being pressed, caused a
And stealing still continues stealin g ." lion windows which light th e hall panel to slide back, disclosing an
th e middle of th e side looking out a p e ra tu re and a flight of steps lead­
whether it is called high finance In
on to th e q u a d ra n g le , th e r e I s H ing dow nwards. At the end of these
or shrewd diplomacy. We re­ m am m o th fireplace with carved was a door which opened into a small
m antle by Grinley Gibbons, but for room e ig h t feet square. On th e floor
commend to them the ancient henting
purposes a m ore modern lay th e sk eleto n of a young lad, with
som e vestiges of rich clothing still
maxim:
"Fiat justitia ruat system is used.
It was in this room, t h a t Mr. T im ­ on it. It was lying face down, with
coelum.” Will they have back­ othy
P o r t e r pursued his researches, a d ag g er stickin g in the back, just
bone enough to follow it ?
so rtin g over various deeds and m a n ­ ben eath the left sho u ld er blade, evi­
uscripts, which had a bearing on the dently I n d i c a t i n g the m a n n e r of his
T he Duke concluded al­
case, and which th e lib rarian had death.
RECLAIM TH E HOME
selected for him. The l a t te r having th o u g h It could not bo proved beyond
an e n gagem ent excused him self and a doubt, t h a t this was the sk eleton of
e lost heir, so he had the rem ains
Governor Davis, of Idaho, left Mr. P o r t e r in ca re of th e serv ­ th
placed in th e family vault. A cu ri­
ants.
spoke in a .Portland church, Sun­
Mr. P o r t e r sa t a t a larg e tab le in ous th in g occurred a fte r th ey had
been placed in a coffin, they were
day, on the reclamation of the front of th e fireplace, while at work carried
th r o u g h the picture gallery
Electric lights had been Installed,
home, and his words were most but
only a clu ster of lights was burn and ns th ey passed th e picture of the
wicked earl, the supposed m u r d e re r
timely. Among other things he ing by th e door, in addition to r e a d ­ of
th e boy, It fell down with a crash
ing lam ps on th e table. B ut there
said:
and
was badly dam ag e d ."
was sufficient light to see to
the
U. H. G.
We make too many laws and f u r th e r end of th e hall.
As Mr. P o rte r was busily e m ­
break about as many as we make.
the h o u rs passed quickly, and
We should have fewer laws and ployed,
Pointer puts on Deadening
when he had finished and was g a t h ­
enforce them. A father cannot ering up his papers, it was long past Felt. Make your rooms warm
run a still in the cellar and ex­ m idnight. He had th em all a r ­
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pect his son to be a law abiding ranged and was p u ttin g away the for winter.
m an uscripts in th e safe, w here they
citizen.
were kept, when his eye caug ht what
Our national weakness is in the seem ed th e moving shadow of a per­
Read the Ads in the N ews .
home.
We put in too much son. At first, he th o u g h t It was the
time in seeking pleasure and not librarian, who had come in. But on
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looking up, he saw no one. He
enough on the welfare of the called
out, but th ere was no answ er.
home. Our insane asylums, re­ As has been m entioned, he was a
U S. MORGAN.
form schools and feeble minded most m a tte r of fact and u n im a g in a ­
institutions are fuller than ever tive individual, so he was su rp rised to
find him self grow ing nervous, while
before because of the neglect of the
began ru n n in g up and
the home. Eighty of the 330 down cold his chills
spinal column, in a most
criminals in the Idaho peniten­ dis tu rb in g m ann er, and he found
him self rooted to th e spot and un ­
tiary are 21 and under.
Timothy, Alfalfa, Clover,
“ Keep the home fires burning" able to move. T hen he saw a tall
in medieval garb, approached-
and I. W. W.ism and bolshevism man
ing from th e door, drag g in g along by
will die of malnutrition.
th e a rm a young boy, who was vig­
The Governor made a strong orously resisting.
The two passed rig h t before him,
appeal in closing to the fathers so he could fairly distin gu ish th eir
and mothers to give more time features. T he man had a heavy
black beard, an d hi» face m anifested
to the home and the proper a most s in iste r and cruel expression.
bringing up of the boys and They went to the fa r end of th e hall,
and th e r e stopped, th e boy fell on his
girls of the coming generation. knees and with uplifted hands, im ­
plored ap paren tly for pity. To Mr
Henry Ford made a success of P o rte r's asto nishm ent, th e book­
cases had disappeared and th e pan ­
a small railroad, chiefly because elling was distinctly visible. The
it was small, and he could fur­ m an touched a sp rin g in th e panell­
ing, which gave way, disclosed a
nish it with most of its freight sm all door, th ro u g h which he disap­
traffic from the output of his fac­ peared with the boy.
Mr. P o rte r was th en released from
tories. Now he thinks he knows his invo lu ntary trance. He rubbed
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all about it, and is telling how his eyes to see If he were fully awake,
and tu r n in g on a sw itch, flooded the
the great transcontinental lines room with light. But e v erythin g ap ­
peared as usual, th e bookcases were
should be managed.
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in place, hiding th e panelling
He
closed th e safe and went to
The strike promises to be a hastily
his bedroom. He did not. however,
recover from his p e rtu rb a tio n , and
foul.
Eastern Clackamas News
Announcement.
Dr. W. W. RHODES,
Osteopathic Physician,
wishes to announce to the public, that he is located
at Hotel Estacada, every Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, from 8:30 a. m., to 4:30 p. m. Consultation
Free. I treat both Acute and Chronic Cases. Ar­
ra n g e m e n ts can be made for House Galls. Portland
office 441 Morgan Building, Broadway and Washing­
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D epartm ent o f the Interior, U. S. Land
Office, a t Portland, Oregon, Oct. 20,
1921.
NOTICE is hereby given th a t George
W. Nevling, of Estacada, Oregon. K.
F. D. No. 2, who, on A ugust 1, 1918
made Homestead Entry, No. 05218, for
Lots 7 and 8. SWJ SEJ and SET SE*.
Section 17. Township 4 S, Range 4 E.
Willamette Meridian, has filed notice
of intention to make th ree year proof,
to establish claim to the iand above
described, before the Register and
Receiver of the U. S. Land Office, at
Portland, Oregon, on the 8th day of
December, 1921.
Claimant names as witnesses: Eben-
ezer Lacey, of Estacada, Ore.. R. F.
D. No. 2, Jam es R. Millard, of E s ta ­
cada, Ore., K. F. D. No 2. Mrs. Ethel
Julian, of Estacada, Ore., R. F. D, No.
2, William Ilendrcn, of Estacada, Ore.,
R. F. D. No. 2.
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