were, xlifhtly raised at the corner*, f i r ­ M AJ. GEN-. W IL S O N . ing their owner the half-sad, half-won­ dering expression of an animal. O n f o f th e N in e l u r v l T l n g G e n e r a l» He smiled now— an odd, twisted smile. o f th e t 'i s l l W a r . " It is not always that I have been on O f the 253 m ajor generals and those the front seat of a motor, signorina.” o f superior rank, upon whom fell the Then, breaking off abruptly, "This is m ilitary res]>onsihiiltieti of the held Andelys,” he said, in his usual tones. during the course of the Civil War, "That spire— it is a good piece of Nor­ ^ only nine survivors. Of Copyright. 1006. by J. B. L i p p i n c o t t C o m p a n y . man architecture, do you not think so?" there are By All right» reserved. But Annette only gazed absently ahead these M ajor General James Harrison Edith Morgan Willett as *he motor tooled through crooked j Wilson, famous cavalry leadei ana^en- ► ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ 4 streets at a pace that gave chickens and gineer officer, Is president of the Cat- small children scant time to get out of airy Society of the Armies of the Unit- the way. ! ed States. The Place to Go for Perfect Rest and Every Conceiv­ When they had left the little town | <;eueral ________ Wilson was horn In Shaw- In line with the best modern productions of fiction quite behind, she turned to her compan- [ ncct~nvn> m .f in 1837. His grandfather able Form of Healthful and Delightful Recreation o t tiie founders of Illinois and which we are offering, this serial is timely, intensely entertain­ ion again. "N o w I am going to make a | wa# conjecture " this abruptly .P j* « J» | wua an ..„sign In the w ar ing and dramatic, and should be received with enthusiasm French, the p.mfuilly correct French of a |„ the »la c k Best of food and an by every reader who delights in a bright, interesting story. the boarding school. Do you know — t or A abundance of it. Fresh water from springs. A ll modem she flushed a little, inwardly surprised H awk W ar. General Wilson was edu- It is entitled, he hauffbur and the ewels and at her own audacity— " I ’ve been wonder- (rated at McKemlree College and at the necessities, such as telegraph, telephone, markets freshly pro­ ««side from the automobile element, which is fascinating, ing— tell me If I'm not right in fancy- United States M ilitary Academy, ir o n vided every day. Fuel in abundance. Cottages partly fur­ has a wide range in land and ocean travel and includes Ing that at some time or other In the n-|,jclj he graduated ill 1880. H e w as course of your life you've been a «<>1- I assigned to the cor|>8 of toiKlgrapblcal nished or unfurnished to be had cheaply. Strict municipal scenes and incidents of varied interest. T h e gifted dier; you know there ia such an unmis- en gineer* and w as the chief engineer sanitary regulations. takably martial look to y o u r shoulders |of fh(> Koyal expedition, lie then dith organ illett the story authoress is The chauffeur smiled. ^ ou ha\e ■ , w 0 u 1 m tBaiu •• h*» «».id of the South, finely written and interest is maintained to the very last great discernment, mademoiselle, is reached by way of the Southern Paci­ ne saia . served in the Department * politely. "Vea, I have been in the For- ¡»id acted as aide-de-camp to General chapter. fic to Albany or Corvallis, thence Corvallis & Eastern R. R. region— you know nothing of that . George H. McClellan, Itelng present at T h e heroine is A n n ette Bancroft, the daughter of a elgn Train service daily and the trip a pleasure throughout. organization? It Is an extraordinary af- tile battles o f South Mountain and An- retired army officer, whose home is in Washington. Miss falr. the Foreign Legion"— hi» tones tietam. Appointed lieutenant colonel Bancroft and her mother pass a wonderful year visiting quickened, gaining .1 certain enthusiasm ¡„ t|1(1 vo|U|,teer staff of the army, hi most marvelous chemical solution \ ovelll|M,r »^112, he served as ctilef en- England in May, summer in Switzerland, the T yrol in in "the existence, capable of (Jep.’iv ‘ .r a man glueer and Insjiector general o f the , „ Septem ber and the winter in the Riviera, where their — anv man— of hi« identity auu turning him 'into a bit of military mechanism. Army of t(ie Tennessee, mid w as active automobile was bought T h e y are robbed in a mysterious neither m ore nor less. I served in the Di tile operation« around Vicksburg. lie | became captain o f engineers in May, manner ot very valuable jewels, and this incident forms ranks for two years.” Our elaborate new Summer Book gives a concise description He stopped short, and as suddenly the 1S8,'{. tnd brigadier general o f volun- the central point in the romance. Complications ensue of Newport, including a list of hotels, their capacity and light, the vigor of an unwonted exalta- . teers In October o f that year ami was 1 rates. Call on, telephone or write and around these are grouped plot and counterplot and tion, went out of his face, which settled engaged in tbe operations near Chat- tlle lmtt..... . Missionary Ridge numerous incidents that are intensely depicted. There is into its habitual impassivity. Replacing hi* goggle*, he lowered his cap over his * a strong element of love and devotion all through the eyes, and folding his arras sat looking story, ending in a dramatic way that is original and imperturbably ahead down the long road — a motionless leather-encased figure sug­ striking gestive of motor cars and naught beside. General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon T h is serial has a further e’ement of fashionable society This attitude was not conducive to fur­ life that lends a pleasing variation to its development. ther confidences, but Annette Bancroft at twenty-one had all the instincts of a born T h e double im(>ersonation, the loss of the jewels, the rapid biographer, and when once on the scent change in «sc ne, all continue to maintain the interest, and of possible romance was not to be turned aside. the result is a story of superior power and merit. " I suppose," she hazarded at last, join­ ing the loose ends of his unfinished story. -------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------- ‘that after you left the army you took IN T H E "All right," laconically agreed Mrs. this up?" C H A P T E R I. Springtime in France— a poet’* theme ! Waring, and the car shot on. "M r. Buist Her companion hesitated, twisting his The charm of a gray-blue sky strung with : h not an admirer of ruins," remarked the long, brigand-like mustaches. bead-like clouds, of level fields, of dis­ chauffeur sotto-voce, and then, as his ‘Well, not immediately," he responded MUTUAL HIRE RELIBP ASSN. tant spires and turrets jotted picturesque­ companion acquiesced with a whimsical guardedly, still speaking in French. "I ly on the horizon ; and always the white shake of the head, he shrugged his leath­ got down here by degrees; that is the road, glistening, undulating ahead, keep­ er-covered shoulders and sat staring at way it generally happens. Let me see— ing step with the windings of the Seine! rhe Englishman's square back with eyes I started by tutoring a bit in Switzer­ ns t h e : It was with the safety of utter enjoy­ which glittered behind their goggles. land ; the boy had consumption and died ment that Annette at hist closed her tired The chauffeur himself was not an in­ in less than a year. After that one took eyes and, leaning back on the crimson effective figure, in spite of the goggles, up what came easiest. The transitions cushions of the tonneau, gave herself up the heavy brown beard, and brigand-like do not amount to much, but"— he laughed ,,, to the twin luxuries of perfect motion moustache, not to mention an automobile suddenly, a frank, gay. wonderfully light- th<* Kuuxville. Placed ill and perfect air. livery which could not quite obliterate hearted laugh— "in the course of my i*>iuiuaiid o f the third division of the <’hugchug, snorted the motor as it swept the graceful lines of his person and the checkered career I have been respectively C a v alry Corps In tbe A rm y o f tbe ahead, consuming space at the rate of straightness of his nose. guide, courier, croupier, and even cabman I'otoniHe, lie bore a conspicuous part in sixty kilometres an hour. Over the girl’s Six weeks ago it was that he had ap­ on occasions, besides officiating aa motor the operations under (¡eneral Philip II. head rollicked a merry wind, now steeped peared miraculously on the wide, shallow, pilot for various racy individuals— not. of Rherldan, Including the Richmond raid in sunshine, and again chill with the orange-potted steps of the Hotel de Baris, course, including Hia Highness the Prince j nj t¡lt, combats near Petersburg. H e breath of far-away ice fields. Behind lay at Monaco, at the very moment that Mrs. led Ids division through tbe Shenan- Paris, left that very morning, and now Waring was descending them, and. ap­ del Pino. Dealer in He paused with a faint shrug of the campaign, including tbe battle of only a confused, composite memory of de­ proaching her with a low bow, presented lights which hail been crowded Into three to her a coroneted missive, in which no shoulders. Dpequnn, until October, 1884, when he delicioua weeka. Ahead the teleacopic less a personage than the Prince Kode- For an Instant the girl gazed at him Wtls ilss|Kne(j to the command of the ... - .. .... ,. , . •yea of Iha motor pointed to Havre; and rigo del Pino sang the praises of one with eves that were unnaturally dilated. ", J . ,, . ____ _____ j * uvalry C orps o f the military division "IIo w interesting!” she murmured at ... . . then -Mine Hancroft ahivered alightly— Ludovic Sarto, who had managed his " f ,hp Mississippi. Organizing a mount- there would lie the Channel croiodng. new forty-horse power touring car for last, inadequately. The chauffeur made a slight bow. ««• llf 1 “ >«'»• he contributed ftouthampton, Liverpool, and eventually two years in a trip which must have tak­ "Rouen already!” he ejaculated, dis largely to the success won In the west — home! en in all the corners of the globe, dis­ Home. To the girl In the tonneau that playing nerve, resource and science in missing the subject and glancing around, by the armies of General Thomas and magic word algnitied chiefly an nlmde in all motoring exigencies, besides intimate then relapsing into his careful, conscien- General Sherman, particularly by bis capture of Selma aiul Montgomery, H afreet, one of Washington’* unfsshion fellowship with Baedeker and "unusual tious English. "See you our auberge at the end oi \|;, and Columbus and Macon, (ia. able thoroughfare«, where bay-windowed linguistic ability." The effect of all this, that little atreet? How have we made "twenty-foot fronters" elltow each other endorsed by the coronet, had its influence A tto rn e y -a t-L a w In 28 days lit* captured live fortified He pulled out hia watch. with offenaive familiarity; where walls on Gussle Waring, who engaged the par­ the run?" cities. 2.'! stands of colors, 288 guns “Good! Seventy kilometres in as many are narrow, and ceilings low, and tile agon on the spot. •'»id 11,820 prisoners, among them Jef­ Forest Grove, Oregon • inell of cookery Imunts the air. And h o Ludovic Sarto steered the new minutes." ferson Davis. April, .1885, he w as pro­ It wfis in orje of these so-called "desir­ Napier motor over the upper Cornice, W h iz! buzz! anng the motor, it* able reeldetu*«” that Annette’« father « down to Monaco and Monte Carlo, and breath expiring like a wounded sky-rocket, moted m ajor general of volunteers. In January. 1888, lie w as mustered retired army officer on half pay -and her finally tip to Nice, where, Mr. Gerald aa it drew up in front of a red brick two little brothers had been keeping bach­ Buist. 1 1 1 1 ancient ally of Mrs. W aring’s Normanesque facade. "itt o f tiie volunteer service and in July elor's hall without her for the past year. t besides being second son of Lord Lind­ "S a rto !" called Mr*. W aring peremp w as commissioned lieutenant colonel of However, Major llaneroft was a wise say ), appearing on the scene, the new' torily. the Thirty-fifth Infantry and lirevetted parent, as well as a kind hearted if some chauffeur was relegated ignominiously to Tender, Juicy, Steaks, She stood, minus her dust-cloak and m ajor general in the I'. S. A. fo r gal- what prosale mortal, and when Mrs. the tonneau and the society of Miss Ban­ goggle«. a dazzling tailor-made vision lant and meritorious .services during Forest Grove, Ore gon Dick Waring, who was a distant cousin croft. with a big bunch of violet« at her waist, the war. Roasts and Stews, of his lafe wife's tind 11 handsome woman A month is a long enough time to reg­ smiling with unwonted graclousness to In 187» he was honorably discharge«! to boot. had taken him off forcibly in her ister an impression, and in Annette’s the chauffeur, who hastened to do her bid­ •»id engaged in large railroad and en- Sausage and Bacon victoria one tine day of the previous diary it will he found recorded that there ding. Then, accepting hia hand, regard- . , spring, ynd begged "the loan of that nine are worse things in this sad world than less of the Englishman beside her. the “^ r a t io n s nt home and girl of Ilia for twelve months on the other being whirled through space in a comfort­ landlord in the doorway, and an obsoqui- a '|1‘0jul. Ill May, 1808, he w as coni- A il kinds of Fresh aide of the ocean." he Imd aaid " Yes" able arm-chair, tete-a-tete with an agree­ ous commis-voyagpur who was pressing missioned m ajor general in the volun- HAIR CUTTING A SPECIALTY without hesitation. able individual who has apparently been forward to her assistance, she stepped teor service for tiie Spanish w a r and After all, when a man has a penchant everywhere and seen everything and who Forest Grove nimbly to the ground ami passed into the commanded the First and Sixth A rm y Postoffice Row for doing his own marketing and divides knows how to talk about it all in excel­ inn. followed by her cousin. Corps In Georgia and Cuba and took . hia time satisfactorily between the eluh lent idiomatic English. Mr. Gerald Buist with an expression- part in the Porto Rico campaign. He and hia newspaper, an only daughter is "Chauffeur!*,” if there be such a word, not always Indispensable— especially is a curious craft, which admits of its less countenance sauntered off to the Wlls wlth the ch in a R e|,e f Expedition postoflice, wondering what possessed ^ when she writes regularly and doesn’t re­ votary working like a coal heaver and ‘ommanded the co-operating- force Gussie Waring to make such a fool of quire an allowance. Reside«, whst an engine driver combined, while at the same herself;" hut the man whom she had l,f A,,terloan an'1 H rltl" h fo o p s in the opportunity for the child! Europe at time preserving the manners and appear­ delighted to honor stood by the motor '«I'tu r e o f eight Chinese temples. H e Forest Grove - - Oregon twenty-one ! A witching combination, ance of a gentleman. rooted to the ground, gazing in a rapt. " lso commanded the American forees even with an exacting chaperone to ofset "I know he’s a gentleman." Annette reverential nay at hia leather-covered In Peking. When K ing E d w ard o f En- ' Its charms. told herself irrelevantly, and for the gloves. gland w as crowned General W ilson rep­ "Y ou know,” Mr«. Waring had inform­ twentieth time, that June day, as they (T o be continued.) resented the United State« Army. He ed her proposed charge very frankly. "I've left Chateau Gaillnrd— a pin point on the - ■ _■ - __ : j was placed on the retired list In 1001 quarreled with Julie— and. any way. one sky line speeding on to Andelys, which o n l r an «n ic e B o r . h.v s|>eelal act of Congress as brigadier get« tired of traveling forever with a shimmered alluringly through a blur maid, « « I’ve had to do ever since poor haze. " I f you want a ready-tohand study general of the U. 9. A. I>lck departed this life— French women Above the front seat a veiled hat and In the downright eussednesa o f human ---------------------------------- - of that class have no Ideas to speak of a gray auto cap could be seen in close nature unw arped," sabl an Insurance To° , , " rd *“ fr o n o o n r e . FJREST GROVE PACIFIC AVE and are anch poor travelers. You won't propinquity, while their owners indulged agent, "ju st watch the office Imys In A well-dressed man entered a flor- mind hooking me up behind sometimes, in absorbed conversation, and the swing­ your own or any other place o f busl- ¡, , s «hop In a certain city recently, Everybody knows that will you. dear, and packing mv trunk«? ing car traced eccentric scallops on the ness. In four cases out o f five the threw down a dollar and said he W e'll have a beautiful lime together ami broad road. V e te rin a ria n wanted some flowers to take home. He we keep the best Meats ere everything within reach." **We will be in the ditch without doubt thing will come out this w a y : " A new boy is engaged. H e Is meek 'Vi,s finite unsteady, evidently taper- And so Indeed they did. the wonderful if Mecster Buist ia not more careful." County Stock Inspector year linking a chaplet of experietfi-es that commented the chauffeur aside, in his pre- and mild, apologetic o f bearing and !nr- ° f f a spree, and the flowers were to be had, but this is to Annette, like a good t’atholic, was for­ cise foreign English. He hit his lip and courteous of «|s«« h. He is apparently nppnrontly Intended as a domestic Office at Hancock & Gordon’s Livery scowled as the motor skimmed the edg.« seeking an excuse for daring to make peace offering. T b e florist picked out ever conning over and over. remind you to give us a Barn. Phone Main 33, Ind. 744 England In M a y ; summer In Switzer­ of the roadway in a tigiag course of per a living. H e looks reproachfully at tbe a collection of hyacinths, and the ilously acute angles. call. land ; the Tyrol through September: then head office boy. w ho orders him around caller started to leave, but at the door The girl beside him laughed softly. Italy and a winter on the Riviera, in a rough, catcb-aa-cateh-can style hesitated. “ I say,” he said, thickly, "H ow you want to be on that from *eat where the automobile had lieen bought. Sush rudeness pains him. (" w h a t ’s these flowers cnlled?” “ H ya- At this most exquisite point in Mi«« at this moment!" «he ejaculated. "Xote this boy a little later. Ilia cinths," said the florist. The customer Sarto turned his head. Bancroft'« rosary of recollections, a voice F o re s t O ro v e , O re . W EEKS G R A N IT E e o . walked "Sonsi, »¡Knorina?" he asked, eyeing rude superior has resigned or been die- shook bis bend. and. as he broke in upon them. 3 0 1 U t h at. P o r t l a n d . O r e . hi« companion with an intent glance that mimed, and he Is now head office boy. back to the counter, s a id ; “Hotter "W h e re «re we now?" it demanded, in Jlr*. W arin g'« dear, trenchant tones, that gave way to one of reluctant admiration. Is he meek and mild, apologetic and have something easier. Gimme a dozen f u r I k s q n « i n i P ric e s see Annette Bancroft wa« not a beauty; reproachful? Say. he's a worse young roses." carried above the whistle of the wind. the small oval fare, with Us delicate “ W h at'« that in the distance. Sarto?" ruffian than his predecessor bullyrags A rt nm l T r a n . "Chateau Gaillard. madame." Then, childlike features, had none of her cous­ the newcomer. Ignores the cuspidor, “ I suppose jo u sometimes shed real in's emphatic brilliance. Xeverfhrles*. Local Agent F a re d G rove to Annette. "There, to your right. uses language not tit to print and conn's tears at the theater?" said the ad­ Annette opened her eye«. Reside her the girl s *hy grace was hill of poten­ dnngeronsly near 'snsslng’ his employer. mirer. the chauffeur was leaning forward and tiality hints half uttered, yet unmistak­ He knows it all. anti a little more. pointing to distant battlements. Far able, of the charm that was to he. " I am tempted to.” answered Mr. ' fine work "There are exception«, but they “ Why do yon imagine that I covet the above the road on a rocky height the cas­ Stormington Barnes, “when I look over prove the ru le."— New York Globe. I White Shirt - - 10c Dm w en - 8 to 15« tle towered— a sullen mam of ruiua, blot- front seat, signorina?” he inquired curi­ the box office statement."— Washington. | Soft " . . . 10c White Waists - 10 to 20c ously. •ing the fair landscape. 9tar. . | White Skins - 10 to JO t'nderskirto - 1J to 25« T h r W ro n * One. ________________________________ Again Annette laughed. " A h ! I know The two people on the front seat of the Undershirts - - Sc Stockings - - 2I4e Lady— I ’m looking for a governed* W hen a woman Invites another to h* motor had turned their heads and were you must long to he at the helm again," Handkerchiefs - - 2c Collars - she surmieed sympathetically, "in your for my children. - 2c her guest, and finds that she has a pre- staring up. Men's White Vests 10 15 Pants - - 25c “ W hat's the use of stoppin' and over­ rightful place, with your hand on the Manager of Intelligence Office—- vtoua engagement, she feels that so far C o m . - 10 20c Lusters 15 20c haulin' that old den?” demanded the huge, •teering wheel." Didn't we supply you with one last as she is concerned the slate has been Towles . - 20c Do* Napkins 20c Dm “ In my rightful place!" echoed the broad -houldored. thick-set personage who w eek ? washed off. The follow in* articles 50c per dot Pillow The man had taken off bit was grasping the steering wheel. “ If chauffeur. - I « - * I ------------------------------------ Bed Sheets. Tablecloth«, Night Gowns. W _ Houses Rented and Rents Collected y e're goin' to reuch Rouen this afternoon, g I «sees an unusual action with him— Drawers, Underwear. Aprons and Corset Coven. "W e ll, madam, according to her re T h' n“ D wh” * n5' >,,° '* * l* ° »P » and without their somewhat grotesque we'd better pueh. etraight on and keep port, you don't need a g o v e r n «». l o g * ° u k * u|> * >,m‘ Y °u r ,lnw> O“» « _ _ a^r nerve and muscles and temper for the protection hia eyes gleamed out unfamil­ PACIFIC À V E U T FOREST GROVE a tamer anxious to heat O rest iar!/; long, heavy-lidded brown eyea they Ore What aa/, Uuaaie?" N E WP OR T The C hauffeur and the Jewels YAQUINA BAY Oregon’s Matchless Beach Resort* Its Eecilities are Complete— “T E C J M W , ,” is NEW PORT RATE FROM FOREST GROVE Season six-months ticket $6.00 Saturday to Monday ticket $3.00 W. Brown, Local Agent* W M . M c M U R R A Y, INSURANCE BANKERS UNO MERCHANTS Of Forest Grove, Oregon B e st and Cheapest JAM ES RA F L O U R and F E E D Forest Orove , Ore., IV . H. H O L L IS Dr. Geiger - Pacific A ve. Good Things TO EAT Homeopathist and Surgery Moulton & Bogan BARBERS Vegetables W ood Sawing Groceries ALBERT DIXON W. F. S C H U L T Z Misner & Gordon Good Eatables Fashion Stables Siyllsh Turnouts at Low Prices D R . J . M. K N O X Monuments V. H. LIMBER A. BALDWIN Real Estate Exchange ne«l lion —Ufa. ln* F»« r Grove SAELENS & CO. Quong Lee’s LAUNDRY done CHEAP—PRICES