Image provided by: Washington County Cooperative Library Service; Hillsboro, OR
About Washington County news. (Forest Grove, Washington County, Or.) 1903-1911 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1904)
n •?*•* <* v ♦ W*>->*M**W*4*4**lMM»*t*4Ml*,H gulsti, and L orry felt like kick in g him. “ IIow in th u n d e r do people get up to “ In E delw eiss? N ever did. F rie n d s those houses?” dem anded A nguish. of yours?” _____________ l»*fr*M»4»4***fr*l*»«fr4*«fr*fr*i*4-«l~i****e*M*4««fr*fr»*M»«fr‘M»«fr->*fr>H»- “ M ules,” a n sw e re d S itzky specifical “ A c q u a in ta n c es,” in terp o sed L orry ly. “ Say! free d a t little old fe lle r Iias’ily, fro w n in g a t A nguish. cornin’ on horseback, wid de w h ite u n i “ You w on’t h av e any tro u b le findin’ form ? W ell, d a t’s de ch ief of police, :# ’em if d ere anybody a t a ll,” sa id Sitzky a n ’ de fellers behind him a re police easily. ••He hotel people o u g h t to be g uards. ’A t’s old D angloss him self. able to tell you all ’bout ’em .” ie- H e’s a peach, dey say .” “ By th e w ay, w h a t is th e b e st hotel A short, grizzly faced m an. a ttire d in T *v th e re ? ” ask ed A nguish. a w hite uniform w ith rod trim m in g s, . . . By . . . “ H e re 's de B u rnow entz, one block follow ed by th re e m en sim ilarly north of de d epot.” T h e tra v e le rs look garbed, rode by. going in th e directio n * GEORGE BARR IMcCUTCMEON ❖ ed a t one a n o th e r a n d sm iled, Sitzky of th e statio n . D angloss. a s Sitzky h ad o b serv in g th e action. “ O h,” he said called him, w as q u ite sm all in s ta tu re , CopirrUlht. I . W , /» (/ Herbert 8. Stone -,- o b + ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------—— *:* p lea sa n tly , "d ere 's a sw ell jo in t u p ra th e r stout, g ray bearded and eag le tow n called de H egengetz. I t ’s too steep nosed. H is face w as keen and red a n d <• * j * v •> 4* •:* -;* *:*+<• <■ * * * *;* •> •:* •> •;* •:* •:< *:* * *j* *+❖ +*;• *;-++*5* *:• -;* •:» *:• •*• •;* *:* •> •> fe r m e, b u t m aybe you g en ts c a n sta n d not a t all th e kind to in v ite fa m ilia rity . C H A PT E R 1.—O re n fa ll L o rry , a w ealth y A m erican ylobe tro tte r, »tum ble« Into a c q u a in ta n c e w ith a c h a rm it. If y o u ’ll h a n g aro u n d de depot fer As lie passed them th e ra ilro a d g u a rd ers. in g fo re ig n jjlrl on th e tra in from D en v er to W ash in g to n . a little w hile a fte r w e g et in I ’ll ste e r o f A m erican citizenship touched h is T h e p a ir is left behind w hen th e flier stops for re p a irs in “ D ey’re fro n tie r police g u a rd s ,” re W est V irg in ia . I I.— L orry w ires ah ead to hold th e tra in . you up d ere.” spouded th e m an in E nglish, sm iling a t cap, and th e tw o tra v e le rs bow ed, H e and th e unkn o w n g irl ride tw en ty m iles a t a te a rin g “ W e'll m ak e it w o rth y o u r w hile, i w hereupon th e c h ie f of police g a v e p ace in a m o u n tain coach. T h e re is no lo v e -m a k in g , th e ir a sto n ish m e n t. B oth A m ericans but a n e a r ap p ro ach to it as the ro llin g sta g e tu m b les th e S itzky,” said L orry. rose a n d shook h a n d s w ith him. them a m ost profound sa lu ta tio n , fa ir p assen g ers about. I I I .— L o rry d in e s w ith th e fo re ig n “ N ever m ind d a t now . A m ericans ly sw eeping his saddle s k irts w ith hi* p a rty , co n sistin g of M iss G u g g e n s lo c k c r, U n cle C asp ar “ By G eorge, it’s good to h e a r a m an and A unt Y vonne. T h ey are n a tiv e s o f G ra u sta rk , a ta lk w h ite m a n ’s lan g u a g e ,” cried A n ought to stic k to g eth e r, no m a tte r j w h ite cap. c o u n try L o rry had n e v e r h eard o f b e fo re . IV .—L orry w h ere dey a re . W e’ll have a d rin k show s the fo reig n ers th e sig h ts of W a sh in g to n . T h ey guish. “ P o lite old codger,” observed A n leave for N ew York to sail on th e K aiser W ilh elm . a n ’ ’a t's all, ju s t to show w e’re fellow guish. “ IIo w do you com e to lie holding a M iss G u g g en slo ck er n a iv e ly c a lls L o rry h e r " id e a l A m e ric a n ” and In v ites him to com e an d see h e r at E d el " H is com pany m an n ers. J u s t let him Job on th is ro ad ? A n E n g lish m a n ? ” co u n try m en .” w eiss. V. W ildly in fa tu a te d , L o rry h u rrie s to N ew “ W e'll h a v e sev eral d rin k s, a n d w e’ll | g et you in d e s w e a t box if you t ’ink d em an d ed L orry. H e looked a n y th in g Y ork. T h e nam e G u g g e n slo c k e r is n ot on th e ste am er eat a n d d rin k to n ig h t a t th e ‘sw ell | lie’s polite.” list. H e sees th e ste am er off. M iss G . w aves him a k iss b u t E nglish. from th e deck. Joint’ you ta lk a b o u t,” said A nguish. “ E v e r been th e re ? ” " I ’m not nn E n g lish m a n ,” said the “ W e m ay d rin k dere, b u t I'll not e a t “ W ell,” a little confus(*d!y, “ I p a ste d g u a rd . Hushing slig h tly . “ My n a m e ’s A fter all, who w as M iss G uggenslocker dere. Dey w o u ld n ’t let a ra ilro a d g u a rd j a G ra u s ta rk bag g ag e sm a sh e r dow n in Sitzky, a n ’ I ’m an A m erican, sir.” —brew er, b ak er, g a rd e n e r o r sa u sa g e “ An A m erican!” exclaim ed Lorry. inside de feed in ’ pen. W hy, n o th in ’ de y a rd s tw o w eeks ago. a n ' dey had m aker? b ut royal g u y s e a t d ere w h e n dey're me up. I proved de feller insulted a T ra v e lin g o f course w a s p le a s a n t a t S itzky g rew loquacious. d o w ntow n slioppin’ o r e x p o sin ’ dem- iady, a n ’ old D angloss let me off, »ay- “ S ure! I used to be a sa ilo r on a th is tim e of th e y e a r, and th e tw o selves to p u b lic gaze.” in ’ I’d ought to h av e a m edal. D ese U nited S ta te s m an-o’-w ar. A couple of A m ericans suw m uch th a t in te re ste d T ru e to his w ord, w hen th ey re a d ie d guys a re g re a t on g a lla n try w hen la y e a rs ago I got into tro u b le dow n at th em aloug th e w ay. T h e ir F re n ch , E delw eiss late t h a t a fte rn o o n Sitzky, dies is concerned. If it h a d n ’t been f e r especially A n g u ish ’s, w a s of g re a t vul- C o n sta n tin o p le a n ’ had to g et out of d at. I'd be in de lockup now . An', say. ue to them , fo r they fo u n d occasion to d e service. A fte r d a t 1 d rifte d up dis | you o u g h t to see de lockup! I t's a to w use it a t all tim es a n d in all places. w ay a n d w e n t to ra ilro a d in ’.” H e er, w id dungeons a n ’ all d a t so rt o f B oth spoke G erm an fa irly well a n d h a d n ’t e x a ctly th e m a n n e r o f a uiun-o’- t ’ing. A m an couldn’t no m ore get o u t w arsin an . took ev ery o p im rtunity to b ru sh up in ’n lie could fly up to de m o n astery . “H o w long h a v e you been on this th a t lan g u ag e, L orry rem e m b e rin g th a t D ey’re g re a t on law a n ’ o rd er here too. th e (iu g g e u slo c k e rs used m any e x p re s ro ad ? ” asked G re n fa ll. De princess has issued s tric te s t kind of sions th a t show ed a p refe re n c e for th e “ ’B o u t a y e a r, I should t ’ink. Been rules, a n ’ everybody h as to live up to T eutonic. T he b lith e A nguish, confi on dis branch only tw o m onths, dou gh.” ’em like a s if dey w as real gospel. I d e n t and in high fe a th e r, w as h e a rt “ A re you p re tty well a c q u a in te d in t ’o u g h t I’d p u t you next, gents, so's you and soul in th e odd ex p ed itio n of love E d e lw e iss? ” w o u ld n ’t be doin’ a u y t’ing crooked an d talk e d in cessantly of th e ir recep “Oli, 1 run in d e re ev ery o th e r d a y - here.” tion by th e fa ra w a y hostess, th e ir im in a n ’ o u t a g ’ln. I t ’s a tine p lace—pur- “ T h a n k s," said L orry dryly. “ Wo pressions and th e tinal resu lt, 11 is tle st you e v e r s a w in y o u r life*. T he shall try to conduct ourselves d isc re et cam era an d sk e tc h in g m a te ria ls w ere tow n ru n s rig h t up th e m o u n tain to th e ly in th e c ity .” packed a w ay w ith his tra p s. It w as tip to p , w h ere the m onks a re —c le a r up P ro b ab ly a q u a rte r m ile f a rth e r d o w n his uvow ed in te n tio n to Im m ortulize In d e clouds. I)ey say it snow s up d e re I th e n arro w , level s tre e t th ey cam e to th e trip by m ean s of p la te , p a le tte a n d a lm o st all de tim e.” th e b azaars, th e gaudy sto re s and th e n brush. L a te r on from th e loquacious g uard th e hotel. I t \ v n tru ly a hostelry to in At the e n d o f tw o d a y s they reached th e tw o A m ericans learn ed q u ite a spire respect ;«.nd a d m iratio n in th e good b it ab o u t th e co u n try and city to a c e rta in large city, th e first change, m ind of such a s S itzky, fo r it w a s huge and then 700 m iles to a n o th e r. T h e d is w h ich th e y w ere going. Ilis know ledge a n d w ell equipped w ith th e m odern ap tan ce from th is point to th e c a p ital of w as so m ew h at lim ited along ce rtain pointm ents, As soon a s th e tw o A m eri G ra u s ta rk w as 200 m iles o r m ore, c h ie f lines, b u t q u ite c le a r a s to o th ers. cans h ad been given th e ir room s they “ IHs G ra u sta rk , ’s fer as I know , is ly th ro u g h m o u n tain o u s lands. Som e se n t for th e ir luggage. T h en they w en t w h a t e lated by the c h e erfu l in fo rm a e e d er a so rt o’ s ta te o r so m e th in ’ be o u t to th e b ro ad piazza, w ith its col tion th e re received, th ey resum ed th e longin' to de um pire, governed by Its um ns a n d m arb le b a lu stra d e s, an d Journey to E delw eiss, th e city of vale, ow n rulers.* E d elw eiss is de c a p ita l; slope a n d p a rk - sum m er, fall a n d w in de big gu n s of de land lives dere. I’ve " I ' m not n n E n g lish m a n , ” m ild theguard. looked for S itzky, rem e m b e rin g th e ir ter. C h a n g in g ca rs a t th e o*al of th e w alk ed o u t a n ’ saw de c a stle when* d • th e ir frien d of u n c e rta in origin, h u r in v itatio n to d rin k . T h e g u a rd b ad re second day out, they sa t hack hi th e p rin cess a n ’ de ro y alty h angs out. He riedly finished his w ork a n d joined th e fused to e n te r th e hotel w ith them , d u sty se a ts o f th e ir c a rria g e a n d sighed people speak a lan g u ag e of d e ir ow n tra v e le rs in th e sta tio n . L orry a n d u rging th em to allow him to rem a in on a n d I c a n ’t get n e x t to a t ’ing dey say. A nguish w ere deeply in te re ste d in all th e piazza. l i e w as n o t th e re w hen w ith relief. “ U nless we Jum p the tra c k th is tra in B ut once in a w h ile you tlnd som e guy they s a w —th e s tra n g e people, th e q u e e r they retu rn ed , b u t th ey soon saw him . will laud us in th e city w e a re looking d a t ta lk s F re n ch o r G erm an. H ey've buildings, tin* odd c o stu m e s and th e On the sid ew alk he w as a rg u in g w ith for,” said A nguish, stre tc h in g o u t his got a little s ta n d in ' a rm y of tw o f r e e a ir of a n tiq u ity th a t p rev ailed . O nce a w h ite u n ifo rm ed police g u a rd , a n d legs co m fo rtab ly . ‘T i l a d m it it h as t'o u sa n d m en, a n ’ d e y ’ve got de h o tte st upon tin* n a rro w , clean s tre e t th ey saw they realized th a t he h ad been ejected been a tiresom e Journey, an d I ’ll be u n ifo rm s you e v e r did see— m l an th a t E d elw eiss w as tru ly a city of th e from sacred precincts. They pro m p tly rescued him from th e glad w hen we can ste p in to a decent black a n ’ gold. 1 d o n ’t see w hy de i 'n lt m o u n tain side. T hey had expected hotel, h av e a ru b and feel like w hite ed Stat»*s c a n ’t get up so m e th in ' foxy so m eth in g w onderful, h u t w ere not officer, w ho bow ed a n d stro d e a w a y a s m en once m ore. I am b eg in n in g to feel fer h er soldiers to w ear. H ad a w ar p rep a re d fo r w h a t th e y found. T he soon as th ey interceded. “ Dese fellers is slick enough to see like th e se d irty S lavs an d H u n s we over here not long ago. I u n d e rs ta n d - city a c tu a lly ra n up in to th e clouds. so m e th in ’ like ten o r fifteen y e a rs ago. T h e re w as so m eth in g so g ra n d , so im you a re sw ells a n ’ I ’m no t,” said sa w ’w ay b a e l then*.” “T h e re ’* one tiling c e rta in ,” said L or H ere's a n o th e r little co u n try up no rth probable, so u n u su a l in th e spectacle Sitzky, not a b it an noyed by his e n ry, looking o u t of the w indow . "T h e of G ra u s ta rk . a n ’ dey got in a w ran g le c o n fro n tin g them , th a t th ey s ta re d counter. “ I'll bet m y head 'a t inside te n people an d the h a b ita tio n s an* d ifferent 'liotit so m eth in ’, a n ’ dey tell me in like children, a g h a s t an d stupefied. m in u tes old D angloss w ill know w ho an d th e w hole w orld seem s ch anged ’ E delw eiss d n t for 'b o u t a y e a r dey E ach had th e s ta rtlin g im pression th a t you are. w h ere you com e from a n ’ since w e left th a t sta tio n . Look a t fought like Sam B atch .” a g re a t h u m an d o tted m o u n tain w a s w h a t y o u 're d o in ’ h ere.” those fellow s on horseback over th e re .” ! "W h ich w as v icto rio u s?” dem anded fallin g o v e r upon his head. It w as " I'll bet fifty h ead s he w o n ’t find o u t “ W h a t dhl I tell you a b o u t b rig an d s L orry, deeply In terested . im possible to su b d u e th e sen satio n of w h a t w e’re doing h ere,” g rin n ed A n an d robber»!” exclaim ed A nguish, “ if “ I’m not sun*. T o h e a r de E delw eiss dizziness th a t th e to p p lin g tow n in guish. looking a t L orry. “W ell, le t's those fellow s nn* not b a n d its, i ’ll lose people ta lk y o u ’d t ’ink dey licked de sp ired . h u n t un th e th ir s t d e o a rtm e n t.” (C o n in u H 1 fa ith in every novel 1 e v e r rea d .” d a y lig h ts out o f tie o th e r slobs, but “ I know how you feel,” observed T h e tra in rolled slow ly p a st th re e som ehow I got n e x t to de fa c t d a t dem Sitzky, laughing. ” 1 w as ju s t de sam e Up-to-date Work m ounted m en w hose stt*eds sto«*d like o th e r fellow s c a p tu re d de city a n ’ w ent a t first. T om orrow you w a lk a little s ta tu e s upon a little knoll to th e rig h t of a f te r a sln sh in ’ big w a r Indem nity. I w a y s up ile side of de m o u n tain a n ’ If you want first class painting, th e track , m en and b e a sts eugaged in don’t know m uch ’b o u t it. a n ’ rnnybe y o u ’ll see how m uch o f de city d e re is sile n t contem plation o f th e cars. T he I'm c le a r off, b u t I t ’ink de G ra u s ta rk on level ground dow n lien*. D em build- paper hanging and house-finishing, m en, p ictu resq u ely a ttire d and looking a rm y w as t ’rash e d . E v e ry t'ln g is p ro s in’s up d e re a in 't m ore’ll one-fiftieth tierce, c a rry in g long rides, c e rta in ly perous now . dough, an* you’d never p a rt o f de tow n. D ey’re m ostly su m leave your order or inquire at Nixon’s Ism* a n a sp ec t th a t su g g ested the b rig know d e re 'd been a w ar. I t ’s de m ost m er hom es. It g e ts hot as blazes dow n real estate office. All work guaran and. W hen th e g u ard e n te re d th e c a r p eaceab le tow n I e v e r s a w .” lien* in de valley In de m iddle o f de riage, A nguish ask ed in G erm an for "B id you e v e r h e a r o f th e Guggen- sum m er, a n ' de rich ones m ove up de teed. som e in fo rm a tio n conccrnlm : th e rid ■lockers?” asked th e Irren ressih le \*>. mountain.” B u ffu m & H o ffm an r^M’To o ^ t N> cr^pTo t W* GRAUSTARK tM