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FOREST GROVE 1‘ RESS, FOREST GROVE, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1912.
B r e v it ie s
Mark Bump is very ill at his
home in South Forest Grove with
La Grippe.
Miss Belle Watts left Tuesday
for California, where she will
spend the winter.
W
BY
G E O R G E : B A R R M^CUTCHEONI
Copyright, 1906, by Dpdd, Me&d 6 Com ptny.
He pointed to his feet Her bewil
dered eyes saw that his hand was
bloody and a deathly sickness came
over her. He was pointing to the out
stretched, Inanimate form of the dog
that had been his friend and comrade.
She knew that the beast was dead
and she knew that her brother's threat
had not been an idle one. A great
■wave of pity and horror swept over
her. Moisture sprang to her eyes on
the moment
"lie —he is dead?’’ she exclaimed.
“ Yes; and killed by some cowardly
brute whose neck I’d like to wring.
That dog—my Bonaparte—who knew
no feud, who did no wrong! Your
brother wants war, does he? Well, I'll
give him all” —
"But my brother could not have done
a thing like this,” she cried, slipping
^ "A ccid en t!
D on’t com e n e a r m e."
from her saddle and advancing toward
him quickly. “ Oh, no, no! Not this!
H e is not that sort, I know. It must
have been an accident and” —
“ Accident! Don’t come near me! I
mean it. God, my heart is too full of
vengeance. Accident? Is this blood
on my arm accidental? Bah! It was
a deliberate attempt to murder me!”
“ You—you, too?” she gasped, reeling.
“ Y'es; they’ve winged me, too. Oh.
God, if I only had been armed. There
■would have been a killing.”
“ Let me see, let me help you!” she
cried, coming up to his side, white*
faced and terrified. "I won't stay
away! You are hurt. I’ lease, please.
I nm not your enemy.”
For a long minute he held back,
savagely resentful, glowering upon her;
then his face softened and his hand
went out to clasp hers,
“ I knew you had nothing to do with
it. Forgive me—forgive my rudeness.
Don’t be alarmed about me. Two or
three scattered shot struck me in the
arm. The fellow's aim was bad when
it came to me. But he—he got the dog!
Poor old Bonaparte! it's as If be were
a—a brother. Miss Drake. I loved him
and he loved me.”
"You must let me see your arm. 1
will not take no for an answer. It
must need attention” —
“ Believe me. it is nothing. I have
tied my handkerchief about it—two lit
tle shot, that's all. The first charge
riddled the dog. But I forgot. I nm
still on your sister's land. At any min
ute I may be shot from behind some
tree. i _ i couldn't help crying. Miss
Drake. It was cruel—fiendish! Now,
if you'll permit me I’ ll take my dead
off of your land.”
“ Stop! I must know about it Tell
me; how did it happen?”
“ I can’t talk about it to you.” •
“ Why not? Do you think I condone
this outrage? Do you think I can sup-
port such means of warfare? You do
not know me, Mr. Shaw; you do not
know an Englishwoman's love of fair
ness.”
“ By Jove, do you mean it?” His
eyes lighted up. “ But. after all, yon
belong to the other camp.” he added
dejectedly. "I—I wish to heaven. Miss
Drake, you were not one of them!”
“ My brother—Cecil would not have
permitted this.” she tried to apologize,
remembering with a cold heart that
Lord Bazelhurst had given the very
instructions of which this was the re
sult.
■We can't discuss it. Miss Drake.
Some one from your side of the line
killed my dog and then fired at me. I'll
admit I was trespassing, but not until
the dog was shot. He was on Lady
Bazelhurst’s land when he was shot
It was not until after that that I tres
passed. if you are pleased to call It
such. But I was unarmed, hang the
luck!" The way he said It conveyed
much to her understanding.
“Tell me. please."
“ I’ve had murder in my heart for
half an hour. Miss Drake Somehow
you soothe me." He sat down on the
Jog agaij) god leaned his head upon h4ft
band. With his eyes upon the dead
dog he went on, controlling his anger
with an effort: “ I rode down the river
road this morning for a change, intend
lng to go up later on to our trysting
place through the wood.” She heard
him call it a trystlug place without a
thought of resentment or shame.
“ When I came to the log there I stop
ped, but Bonaparte, lawless old chap,
kept on. I paid no attention to him,
for I was thinking of—of something
else. He had raced around in the for
bidden underbrush for some time be
fore I heard the report of a gun near
at hand. The dog actually screamed
like a human being. I saw him leap
up from the ground and then roll over.
Of course, I—well, 1 trespassed. With
out thinking of my own safety I flew
to where the dog was lying. He look
ed up into my face and whined juSt as
he died. I don't remember how I got
off the horse. The next I knew I was
rushing blindly into the brush toward
a place where I saw smoke cursing like
a fiend. Then came the second shot
and the stinging in my arm. It brought
me to my senses. I stopped and a mo
ment later I saw a man running down
along the bank of the stream. I—oh,
well, there isn't any more to tell. I
don’t know who fired the shots. I
couldn't see his face.”
“ It was Tompkins.” she cried. “ 1
know it was. He had his orders” — but
she checked herself in confusion.
“ His orders? Do you mean to say—
Miss Drake, did your brother instruct
him to kill me?” She quailed beneath
his look.
“ I—I can’t say anything more about
it, Mr. Shaw,” she murmured, so pit
eously that he was touched. For a
seemingly interminable length of time
his hard eyes looked into hers, and
then they softened.
“ I understand,” he said simply. “ You
cannot talk about it. I'll not ask any
questions.”
“ My brother is weak in her hands,”
she managed to say in extenuation.
“ After all, it isn’t a pleasant subject
If you don’t mind we’ll let It drop—
that is, between you and me, Miss
Drake. I hope the war won't break
off our”—
“ Don't suggest it, please. I’d rather
you wouldn’t. We are friends, after
all. I thought it was playing at war,
and I can’t tell you how shocked 1
am.”
“ Poor old Bonaparte!" was all he
said in reply. She stooped and laid her
hand on the fast chilling coat of the
dog. There were tears in her eyes as
she arose and turned away, moving to
ward her horse. Shaw deliberately
lifted the dead animal into his arms
and strode off toward his own land.
She followed after a moment of inde
cision, leading the horse. Across the
line he went nnd up the side of the
knoll to his right. At the foot of a
great tree he tenderly deposited his
burden. Then he turned to find her al
most beside him.
“ You won’t mind my coming over
here, will you?" she asked softly. He
reached out and clasped her hand
thoughtlessly with his blood covered
fingers. It was not until long after
ward that she discovered his blood
upon the hand from which she had
drawn her riding glove.
“ You are always welcome," he said.
“ 1 am going to bury him here this aft
ernoon. No; please don’t come. I'll
bring the men down to help me. I sup
pose they think I’m a coward and a
bounder over at your place. Do you
remember the challenge you gave me
yesterday? You dared me to come
over the line as far Into Bazelhurst
land as you had come into mine. Well,
I dared last night.”
"You dared? You came?"
“ Yes, and 1 went farther than you
have gone, because I thought it was
play, comedy, fun. I even sat upon
your gallery just outside the billiard
room—and smoked two cigarettes.
You'll find the stubs on the porch rail
ing if her ladyship’s servants are not
too exemplary." She was looking at
him In wide eyed unbelief. ” 1 was
there wln n you came out on the lawn
with the Frenchman "
“ Did you hear what he was—what
we were saying?" she asked nervously
and going pale
“ No I was not eavesdropping Be
sides. you returned to the house very
abruptly. If you remember."
“ Yes. 1 remember." she said, a sigh
of relief accompanying the warm glow
that came to her cheek. “ But were
you not afraid of being discovered?
How imprudent of you!”
“ It was a bit risky, but I rather en
Joyed it The count spoke to me as 1
left the place. It was dark, and he
mistook me for one of your party. I
conldn’t wait to see If you returned to
renew the tete-a-tete” —
“ I did not return,"
,,
. she said. It was
his turn to be relieved,
Hartrampf’s Feed Mill has
just installed a grain cleaner for
cleaning seed grain.
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Twenty head o f good, young,
well broke horses for sale cheap.
See them at the U. S. Stable.
2-4t
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F or S a l e -No. 1, alsike-clover
and timothy-hay.
Phone, 726.
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W. W. Ryals’ Feed Barn.
Danielson will renovate and
re-make your mattress at a rea-
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They are quality goods, se
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It may seem a little early
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Orenco
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South Forest Grove
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Orenco
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Hillsboro
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l i t Good, hon
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ready, we begin: if
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6th. My prices are reasonable, not advertised
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Millinery
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2nd Street, Hillsboro
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Meat Market
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2nd Street, Hillsboro
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Gales Creek
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Gales Creek
Hillsboro
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L. E. H ess , Owner.
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First avenue, telephone 692.
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held an interesting session Tues
day night at which several can
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mysteries of Knighthood.
C. F. Miller departed the first
of the week for an extended trip
through Coos and Curry coun
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thusiastic hunter and fisherman,
will combine business with pleas
ure, and devote considsrable
time to his rod and gun.
At the home o f Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Haynie, in this city, occur-
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giving night, Rev. C. H. Hilton
officiating. Mrs. Molly Pauline
Stearns became the bride o f Rex
Smith, o f Portland, an employee
ofE iler’ s Music house, and Mrs.
Maybelle E. Ellis was united to
George W. Neff, of New York
City. The brides are sisters and
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Hay
nie. Mr. and Mrs. Smith will
reside in Portland, and Mr. and
Mrs. Neff in the eastern me
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