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T H E W A S H IN G T O N C O U N T Y N E W S , F O R E S T G R O V E, OR., A U G U S T 7, 1903. of welcome, her reedy sym pathy, her How w as ane to live w ithout Norni.u. loving, jealous w atch over bis belong her knight, her husband. her Norm:.: ings, h er quick, helpful in terest in his W hat w ere those petty differences I . aim s and his am bitions. aide the sound of Ills tender voice an Too late, too late! the clasp of his strong arm ? H ad she w ondered fran tic ally why Suddenly a wave of wild w r th i;| he h ad not come to h e r aid? rose In her like a consum ing tlau.t W as she a t th e very m om ent even Luckily she had not cried out. Peril;; p w ondering nnd w aitin g ? W as he to the man had not seen her or deour-i b ring succor or revenge? ♦ »c « th a t she had not seen hint. The littL T h e responsibility w as aw ful. H ow revolver w hich Norm an had taugl.t lie; E dU iin L . ~/~abin $ best nnd su rest to carry out the mission to use w as In the top d ru w er of l ei pu t upon him ? H e w as eager to e x Silently she began a pur O rpurieht. 1901, by f.V tirm L . S a b in Q pose him self to any risk provided th a t chiffonier. poseful retreut, her face tu rn ed to w an it enabled him to a tta in his goni. A her unseen enemy, h er ear« w ary. I g re a t th irst for vengeance perm eated w as th e re tre a t of a tigress beivf ORMAN PAT.E reluctantly him, b u rn in g into h is m arrow . th a t seeks but a vantage point for i rolled from neneath th e cov furious leap. Vengeance, not safe;} ers and w ith his feet groped W hen, incapable longer o f b earin g w as her end. on the floor beside th e bed for h e r p a rt in the exchange of words, yet his b a th slippers. The rain w as failing disd ain in g to show how th e ra p ie r A lthough w hile thin k in g Pape hut furiously, u is! th e w ind seem ed to be th ru s ts had w ounded her, Mrs. P age increasing. Annoyed by th e conscious had hotly fled to h er room, d raw in g the been listening, listening to appreliem ness th a t n p arlo r window w as up, he portieres behind her, she had flung h e r th e least Indication of the w here hud iain as long ns he had d ared, hop self on h er bed to find refuge in p a s abouts of his m ysterious opponent, la ing th a t the storm would slacken and sio n ate tears. T hen, fearin g lest her had heard nothing save the dash of flu drops. The silence w as brim m ing w ltl relieve hlui of th e necessity of rising. possibilities. He m ust not open 111 E ven had not th is duty o f sh u ttin g door, for this would betray him. Tie w indow s devolved upon him by right, night covered him like a velvet pall he w as quite c ertain th a t to n ig h t he and, shrouded in his red robe, he wn> m ust be the one to a tte n d to th e m a t as invisible as w as his antagonist. te r or it would not be atten d ed to at D oubtless the other also w as listen all. A ssuredly his w ife w ould not be Ing, peering, planning. Wns he stc. I s tir herself a fte r the w ords of th e pre ing n earer ".¡id n earer until he might ceding evening. H ardly! grapple, or w as he crouching, prepared W hile lying aw ak e be had gone over to shoot as soon as his senses should an d over th e tilings th a t bad been said guide him ever so little? Amid tii< —tlie assertions, th e rejoinders, the storm a pistol shot would spread reckless th reats. H e sm iled grim ly. abroad no alarm . Yes, m isunderstandings had accu m u Page fnneied th a t he could detect tin lated and now had culm inated. W hich gradual upprouch of Ids ruthless foe. ever w as th e more to blam e—an d of the H is faculties w ere concentrated null! tw o it w as not he—It w as b e tte r th a t it seemed th a t Ills head m ust crack they cease association; se p arate for a from the stress. tim e a t least. H e w as sensitive an d she The effort wns futile. w as sensitive; he w as proud an d she Oh, for a chance to p u t him self upon w as proud; he w as stubborn and she an equal footing! Only give him some- w as stubborn; discord w as caused by I thing w ith w hich to kill. kill, kill! 11 is m ere trifles, yet trifles w hich appeared ! heavy cane w as In tlie opposite com a., Insurm ountable. A fierce longing to clutch it possess si So finally had come the p a rtin g o f the him. w ays. H e would go on by one patli He started to w ith d raw his finger: an d she would go by another. H e from the knob. w ould not u tte r a w ord of p ro test or A nother lightning flash so brillkin’ appeal. H e could live w ithout her, he and unexpected th a t it blinded 1 hi) as reflected angrily; he had lived th u s for w ith a w hite hot Iron. C rash—the m any y ears before he m et her. and he thunder peal close follow ing nnd ja r sim ply would drop into his old bache ring, echoing, fading aw ay until sub lor role. merged by the pelting spears! Now he found his slippers. H is soles ‘‘Norman!" invested, he stood, and. lifting his bath Page’s h eart wns jum ping, und Ids robe from the foot of th e bed, w here he ears thum ped painfully. had throw n it upon retiring, he w ra p “Norman, is th a t you?” ped it around him. He began to ad T H E LIO H TX IN O SK E TC H ED T H E F IG U R E H elen's voice! H elen w as alive, u n vance cautiously, fo r the blackness w as O F A MAN. harm ed! The shackles of fear that m urky, and he could not see an Inch. hu sb an d m ight approach nnd h e a r her, bound him w ere sh attered Instantly. H ow ever, his route w as com paratively a b ru p tly she had stifled h e r sobs nnd “Yes. pet; I'm coming.” lie answ ered stra ig h t a n d unobstructed, an d he had had begun to undress. Recklessly bold, he strode resolutely in his mind a clea r p icture of th e posi All h e r w om anhood w as in revolt. In the direction of the dresser, hastily tion of the articles of fu rn itu re in his H e r hu sb an d had been d etestable; he sw ept his hands over the top. seized a room and in the parlor. h ad been b ru ta l; he h ad u tte re d th in g s m atch and applied It to the gas. The H e did not catch a sound from his th a t she never w ould have believed he broad Jet leaped into life. and. clutch w ife’s cham ber, th e o th er side of the could, nnd she had been led into a s ing the sm oldering m atch. P age stared portieres. She m ight be aw ak e an d lis sertio n s now keenly re p u g n an t to her. w ith all his eyes a t the spot w here he ten in g for him to move, bu t of course Oh, he w as so irrita tin g , so m asterful, had descried th e man. she w ould not indicate it. O r possibly so unreasonable! And thereupon He saw only the pale face of his she w as not aw ake. W ith a little tu g th ronged into her tossing mind re to rt w ife above her raglan coat. ging of his h eartstrin g s, he recalled a fte r re to rt w hich sb* m ight have “Oh, Norm an. I-was so frig h te n e d ! I th a t she m ust have sobbed h e rself into m ade, b u t w hich she had not th o u g h t got up to sh u t the w indow , and the ex h au stio n nnd sleep. o f in tim e. She crep t into bed an d softly cried H an d s o u tstretch ed to w arn him of im m ediate obstacles, he proceeded u n afresh . These w ere not an g ry t^ars, til he encountered th e w all and, s k irt b u t te a rs from th e d ep th s of a desolate in g it, in an in s ta n t more had reached h eart. T h u s a t last her m arried life th e door to th e hall. He fum bled had gone th e w ay of so m any other blindly for th e knob. H is fingers m arried lives of w hich she had read clasped it, and he tw isted it carefully. nnd heard. The prophecies of cynical H is irresistib le desire to avoid noise did and im bittered acq u ain tan ces had come not spring on account of his w ife ex tru e —th a t she w ould discover she had actly. bu t somehow he w as seized w ith loved th e ideal a n d had m arried the an Inexplainable d read of noises am id real. T he d ream s of h e r girlhood had th a t inky quiet, a q uiet only inten si been beaten to death . W eil, a s an end to th e bickerings w el fied by the rain an d th e low rum ble of a rtille ry as th e tem pest legions com e th e separation. She w ould prove m arched ndown th e horizon. Covering to him th a t she w as not dependent th e ir w ith d raw al, upon th e field of b a t upon him , not in th e slightest. She tle behind them th e floods w ere de w ould a n sw e r defiance w ith defiance. W orn o u t by h e r turm oil of rese n t scending in to rren ts. Suddenly b u rst fo rth a vivid flash of m en t nnd grief, she snnk nsleep. She lightning. I t sketched to P ag e th e fig aw ak en ed w ith a stn rt, sittin g up in u re of a m an. upright, a few y a rd s on bed. every nerve on th e alert. A th u n his left. D arkness, dense, im p en etra d ersto rm w ns over th e city. How long it had been in pro g ress she did not ble, ruled again. I t w as as if in fro n t of his eye an know , b u t w ind an d rain combined in stan tan eo u s cam era sh u tte r had w ere lash in g roof an d pane. T he a t opened and closed, leaving an im age m osphere w as su rch arg ed w ith elec tricity . She w as q u iv erin g ; a w eight indelibly fixed on th e retina. S tunned Into an icy horror, not s h ift seem ed to be upon her. As she endeavored to collect her scat ing a muscle, his hand upon th e door knob. P age stood and strain ed his ears. tered senses her th o u g h ts flew to the N othing m et them save th e irreg u lar, p arlo r w indow . She m ust go and shut it. fo r th e rain w as from th a t direction. gusty beat of th e rain. E v ery th in g th a t he had lately read N orm an w ould not do It. and she would in th e new s of th u g s and h o u seb reak die ra th e r th a n ask him, much ns sh> ers rushed upon him. The slightest sh ra n k a t th e trip thro u g h the b ris m orsel o f gossip repented to him by ills tlin g darkness. D raw in g on her fleecy j tim id w ife recurred to him in a gasp. house slippers, she th re w a b o u t her th e [ R ecent nights had been ex trao rd in arily first w rap upon w hich she laid h er , “ p o o h s w e e t h e a r t !” prolific of deeds by highw aym en add hands—a raglan coat—and desperately set forth. lightning showed me you, and I burglars. Not a p aper but chronicled N ot a m ovem ent in N orm an's room. ; th o u g h t It w as a b u rg lar until the next In each edition a shocking list of crimes. The city w as in th e throes of its y early Surely he w as aw a k e ; he never slept I flash!” she w ailed, reaching out her arm s and w him pering like a lonesome a tta c k of hold ups and a ssa u lts and thro u g h a thu n d ersto rm . How cruel in robberies. Nobody w as exem pt. Even him to stay still and p erm it h er to child. m ake th e jo u rn ey —she. such a coward! "P oor sw eeth eart!” he said, spring In th a t very block a dw elling bad been H ow silen t th e house w as in the ing to her and g ath erin g her in his entered, husband and w ife drugged m lds^ o f sough o f w ind and rain nnd grasp to kiss her and stroke her hair. and bound in th e ir beds and th e p rem grow l of th u n d er! A lm ost she w as H er forehead w as dam p nnd her ises thoroughly ransacked. forced inlo speaking to N orm an to ns cheeks w ere w e t A surge of com pas Good God! H ad th is m an already c ertain if really be w as aw ake. But. sion. reg ret and self reproach welled In been in H elen's room, and w as he now no; she never, never would acknowl hiifAliroat. pu rsu in g his w ork fu rth e r? Yes. he edge a need for him. “ I thought yon w ere killed; I thought m ust have been In H elen's room and H ow ever, even h ard in her Indigna had Just made ex it through th e por tion. sh e could not help playing the th a t I'd lost my Norrle,” she quavered piteously, clinging to him. lieres betw een th e tw o cham bers. w ife, nnd, m indful th a t her door stuck “B ut I'm w ith you. you see.” he com A nd th a t w as w hy H elen had not an d w as difficult fo open, to avoid rous forted. gath erin g her still closer. spoken, moved. She w as not d, 4 -nod ing him If perchance he w as nsleep she “And w e'll never be sep arated ?“ she ly and bitterly still. She w as uncon felt for th e portieres nnd passed scious. dead, or p erh ap s she w as a t the thro u g h In o rd er to reach the ball by appealed. “Never, dearest,” he w hispered. w ill of a ruffian, th e co n fed erate o f the the door from hts room. H e carried her back to her bed nnd fellow revealed by th e lightning. W hat She had taken only one or tw o steps With loving hands tucked h er In. Then, untold to rtu re s she m ight have en when. In stan t as a sa b e r stroke, cam e dured. m ight be enduring! Supposing t flare o f lightning w hich for the fra c kneeling and bending over her. he m ur she w ere h arm ed —o r—o r—n ev er to tion o f a second tipped ev erything witti m ured im pulsively; “D ear, I w as to blam e. I w as m ean speak again. H ow could he b ear It! 9re and w as sw allow ed up. Brief as it All those m any th in g s th a t he had was. it gave to h er dazzled eyes th e to you la st”— “No, no,” she protested quickly. “ I'm •aid or done and th a t had h u rt h er a s glim , »e of a man Ju st on her left, mo to sensitive. I wish I w a sn 't.” sailed him as a life record passes be tionless. a rrested like herself. “You’re perfect.” he rem onstrated, fore a drow ning person. H is Im pa A b u rg lar! A desperado! In N or alm ost w ith Indignation. tience. his fa u lt findings, his selfish m an’s room! W hat had been happen T he assurance In his voice and In his ness, th e countless acts th a t he bad uu- ing th e re In the n ig h t? W hy w as N or grneionsly perform ed for h er and the man so still? And this. then, w as the kiss w as com plete, for w ith a sigh of countless acts th a t he had a p a th e tic subtle d read w hich had aw akened her happy contentm ent she nestle«! her head upon Ills arm and w as silent. ally suffered h er to perform for him — —an in tuition of th e tragedy. T hus holding her, he rem ained nio- these w ere the scenes now being b ran d Ah, could sbe bu t have known! Could sd on hla brain w ith cruel persistency. .tie b u t have last evening hack again! tionles* until long a fte r ahe had Taller W h a t could he do w ithout h er sm ile Could she but have th e last y e a r again! r.sleen and the wind and the rain bad subsided. i August 5.—G ale does $10,000 dam ag e to St. L ouis fa ir g rounds an d kills one and in ju res seven.— C arnegie gives $2,500,000 in steel tr u s t b o nds tft his n ative tow n in S cotland fo r th e a te r, public p ark and ed ucation of citi zens in h o rticu ltu re .------New York ju d g e will not n atu ralize a lie n s who can o n t an sw er all q u estio n s in E ng lish.------Phil May, E n g lan d ’s g re a te st black and w hite a rtis t, dies.------W all s tre e t has wild day, w ith tw o big fail u res and decline in all sto ck s.------ R ailroad lobby in Colom bia try in g to d efeat P an am a canal rig h t of way q u its a fte r spending h alf a m illion, w hen they find th e C entral A m erican leg islato rs will req u ire ten m illion for tem p o rary delay. W ill now aw ait building and tr y to g et fa ir com peti tion ra te s from th e ow ners w hen canal is opened.------6,000 sq u are m iles w ith d raw n for fo re st reserv e in A laska.— New York steel m agn ate m ak es vain effort to reach his dying d a u g h te r a t S an F rancisco, his special tra in cross ing from ocean to ocean in th re e days an d 9 hours.------10,000 P itts b u rg build e rs resum e w ork. O regon.— A. & C. earsh o p a t A storia w ith one locom otive b urned up, loss $15 ,000.—S ta te p rep arin g to build lad d e r for fish to clim b over th e falls a t O regon City.— E xtension of S um pter V alley railw ay into G ra n t county opens up big body of tim b er fo r loca tion.------W illam ette V alley P ru n e G row ers’ A ssociation sells a dozen c a r loads of p ru n es fo r export a t above local m ark et.— S e ttle rs ’ low ra te to c o a st will be re sto red in e a rly fall.— T w o m ore hold ups in P o rtlan d . August 6. —S e a ttle crooks ste a l a q u a rte r ton hotel safe, roll it down an em bankm ent, and blow it up with d y n am ite only to be d istu rb ed ju s t as th e y w ere g e ttin g a t its c o n te n ts.— C olorado h as d isastro u s sto rm , with te n inch h ailsto n es, w hich kill sheep and w reck h o u ses; dam age o v e r $200,- 000.—G orm an says D em ocrats can win on tariff issue; South w an ts ra c e issu«. — 250,000 on s trik e in R u ssia; soldiers b ay o n et and flog strik e rs in to submis- ' sion a t O dessa.— Pope w an ts to b e at p eace w ith Italian governm ent. Oregon. — S ta te seeks $4400 in te re st on funds deposited in d e fu n c t Salem b an k by ex-S tate T re a su re r M etschan — U nion county tax p a y e rs o b je c t to county se a t election, a s co u n ty has $200,000 debt, w hich would be in creased $45,000, w hile co n stitu tio n al lim it is $5000.— G ran t co u n ty c a ttle m en fix sheep dead li n e — Salem s tirre d because b arb ers w an t to charge 5 c en ts for sh av in g neck, b esid es 15 c e n ts for shaving.—Indian w a r v e te r an sues s ta te fo r m oney g ra n te d under leg islativ e a c t w hose ap p ro p riatio n h a s been exhausted. A D M IN IS TR A TO R ’S NOTICE. N otice is h ereb y given th a t th e un d ersigned h as been du! - appointed b> th e C ounty C ourt of th e S ta te o f O re gon, fo r W ashington County, adm lnis tr a trix of th e E s ta te of A sa W illiam s deceased. All perso n s h av in g claims a g a is t said e s ta te a re hereby required to p re se n t th e sam e to m e p ro p erlj verified, as by law required, a t Forest G rove, O regon, w ithin six m onths from th e d ate hereof. D ated th is 16th day of Ju n e , A. D 1903. SARAH L. CROW, A d m in istratrix of th e E s ta te o f W illiam s, deceased. Ass N O T IC E F O It P U B L IC A T IO N . D rp n rtm p n t o f th e In te rio r, L a n d Office a O reg o n C ity . O reg o n . J u n e 2t>, 1Po3. N o tic e la h e re b y g iv en t h a t th e follow ing n a m e d s e tt le r h a s Sled n o tic e o f bin Intel tlo n to m ake fin al p ro o f In s u p p o rt o f hi c la im , an d th a ; s a id p ro o f w ill be mart b e fo re R e g iste r a n d R eceiv er a t O reg o n C lt; O reg o n , en A u g u st 4. 1003. v i s : M o"- M lddnu g h . II. E. No. 14.106. fo r th e s o u tt e a s t q u a r te r S e c tio n 3. T o w n s h ip 3 n o rth R a n g e 8 w eat. H e n am es th e fo llo w in g w itn e s s e s b p ro v e h is c o n tin u o u s re sid e n c e u p o n an, c u ltiv a tio n o f s a id la n d , v i s : R ice M or tlg u e . o f T im b er. O reg o n : R o b ert T Slm i con. o f B u x to n . O re g o n ; W illia m M ld d au g l o f P o r tla n d O reg o n : Amo». B ra d s h a w , e R o asla n d . O regon. A LG E R N O N S. D R E S S E R , R e g iste r. A FLASH of j LIGHTNING5 Forest Grove Hotel (THE SLOAN) — i The Pioneer But Up-to-Date. The Commercial Travel ers Headquarters. -- I In the Heart of Town. Good Sample Room. N M rs . G eo . S loan . Forest Grove Southern Pacific Time Card 4 2 E x. I Sunday j D a ily I 16 0 0 4 50 7 30 7 40 5 38 8 18 7 50 5 4 3 f 8 22 8 10 5 52 8 31 < 15 f 5 6 6 f 8 35 8 25 f 6 10 8 40 8 44 6 06 8 44 9 03 6 15 8 54 9 30 6 21 9 00 9 45 6 25 9 05 10 00 f 6 31 f 9 11 10 15 6 36 9 IS 12 35 7 21 10 00 1 05 7 3 0 I 10 00 2 58 ......... 11 00 A 20 |11 45 Moa Wd. 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FO R ES T G R O V r CORNER MAIN AND PACIFIC A V F . -------- r --- i r r — A. R. Cornelius T. N. Cornelius Special Attention to Commercial Travelers’ Patronage. Good Servi e, Fair Treatment and Moderate Kates , < ************************** s Cornelius & Son I 444444444444444 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ • (S u c c e s s o rs to iT cN am ar & C o rn e liu s) P ro p rie to r* Fashion Livery, Feed and SaleStable Wagonette to and from all trains. Special conveyances over the Wilson River Route to Tillamook at any and all times. Forest Grove, Oregon