Hillsboro independent. (Hillsboro, Washington County, Or.) 189?-1932, September 25, 1903, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text- . i'ABNER i DANIEL , 1 sorter thocght jou looked Cab bcrgnstcil." returned Aimer os be mvhiik lii nh'p uvif tin backs of tils kI.vI; horse.-.. , "Wi-ll. I reckon I could alfonl to ;io .u n ride. I hauled that cuss Dole Jhi.f Ui'.hn goln' t'other way.. He hud the cheek to yell at tne frill.) 1 III t)li- .sh.'l Ill'M gliltlOUXe uu' axed nit) &t I'll buul 'iui. Tbeti he kept me waillii' till In-'il belt prayer on' read to the family." -You limi t soeni to like blru." said Alan. "I've niitk'eil ilinl for some time." 'l reekoii I don't to nny frreat ex- tent," ii hi Abner. clucking to his tired horses, ''bui It ain't rnlly to my credit A feller's wrong soiu'er'a, Aliin, that allows hisM-rf to hate anything the Lord ever iniule. I've struggled agin tlint proposllloii fer twenty five yeer. All this tall about the devil mnkln' the bod an' the Iam-iI the good la talk through a hut. 1 in 1 things was made 'fore the devil ever Jumped from hi high estate, tir he'd never preferred tt fork to a arp. I've tuck notice, too, that the wust things I ever aeed will sometimes ut the root o' the beat Manure Ih a bod thing, but cake of tt will proilueo a daisy bigger 'n nny In the field. Dole ninkea uie gag some- times, but lis nnrrer os be la twlxt the eyes lie may do aome good. I reckou .I'.'. ... that hell Ore sermon be pave tit last August made aome ' the crowd aweat nut a little o' the'r meanness. I'd 'a' In-en more merciful on aech a hot day though, lie mouglit 'a' reserved- that harangue f r Rome cold day In Decern X'V when tlie stove fluea wouldn't work. Kf I'd u been a golu' to tell limit future torment that hot day, I'd 'a' xnlil that every lost aoul waa made to set on u cake o' lee la a windy spot through all eternity, an' I'd 'q' started out by sliigln' 'On liroenhind'a ley alouutnln.' Hut that ain't what I axed you to K't In my wagon fer." '--'You didn't Inteud to try to convert uie, then?" ' "No, I didn't, fer'you ore Jest my ort of a Christ Inn better'u me, a sight, for yon don't about off yore tia-' t )D on one aide or t'other, an' that's tbe luil.lt I'm trylu' to quit. Ef I could bold In when Pole gits to apoutln', I'd be a better man. I think I'll do better now. I've cot a teupenny null lu my pocket, un' wbouever be starts In I'm (.'oin' to bite It an' keep my bolt on It "Kf you art a-goin' hnme, I'll rent yore Icyt." till he stops. Yea, you are Jest my sort of a Christian. Yon believe lu brenthin' fresh air Into yore wludplpe, thnukln'God with a clear eye an' a good muscle nil' tn kin what be give you mi' nxln' 'lm to pass more ef It's ban dy. You know tho Ixrd has sent you a Invite to his table, an' you believe In eatln' an' drlnkln' mi' uiakin' merry. Jest like you'd bnve a body do that was stoppln' over night with you. Yea, I wanted to nny some n' else to you. As I Kt to the Widdcr Snowdeu's house, a mile this side o' Darley, she ciinie oflt an' axed me ef I'd object to dellvcrln' a couple o' smoke cured bams to a feller In town Unit had ordered 'em. Of course that's what a old bnch like me 's heer ftT, so I let 'er fling 'em In the back end." Tbe speaker paused and smiled know ingly, mid Alan noticed that be slowed bis horses up by drawing firmly on the reins as If be feared that their arrival At the farmhouse might Interrupt what he bad to say. "Well," said Alan, "you delivered the ha mis?" "Yes." Abner wns looking straight ahead of him. "They was fer Colonel Heto Barclay. I ilrlv up to the side (into, nfter I'd helloed In front till I was hoarse, an' who do you reckon come trlppln' out o' the dlnln room? Itwniher. Kf .vim hain't never ketched 'cr off' n her guard round the bouse, you've missed a treat. Durticd ef I don't like 'r licttcr without a bat on than with all the Huffy tlaniilisslle that gills put on when they go out. She waa ns neat as a new pin. un' seemed pow erful glad to see me. That made me bless the VViddiT Nnowden fer sendlu' tue thar. She said the cook was off som'er's, au' that old nigger Ned, the stableman, was In the garden patch behind the house, she was thar by 'erve'f. She actually looked like she wanteil to tote In the hams 'erse'f ruther'n bother me, but you lict my old bones hopped ofTn this sit quleker'n you could say Jui k Itobitis'a with yore moutli open. ' - ' 'i wns nfeerd my team wouldn't stand, fer fellers was a-scootin' by on bicycles, but I tuck the hania to the tack porch an put 'f r.i on a shelf out'n re'eh a' the dor. Tlie.t I went bselc to my wagon. s.:e follercd me to the fori-e, an I noticed that some'n' was wrnii with 'er. Siie looked so funtiy By... ;l WILL N. HARDEN A.mthar of "XUmtrftU" t Caprrisbt. I90J. MAnrtR. BR.OS.. WkaPaklUkUuWarb In rvm. All R.ibu R.nam4 1 an" (Trooijiy about ihe niouth, an' "kepi a-talkiu' like she was afeerd I'd fly oil. She axed all about Adele au' how she was a-makln' out dovru In tlautu. au' said she'd bcerd that Bia wus mighty popular with the young meu, an' from that she axed about my craps au' the lueetln' goln' on nt Wg ltethel. Finally she got right white about the mouth an' said kinder shaky that she waa afeerd you wus mud about souie'n' br pa'd said about you, au' I never seed a woman as ulgii cry in' as she was with out doln" of it. ' t., , J "I told 'er I wus nt the fust of It, but I'd noticed bow worried you've lookod beer of bite, au' so I told Vr I'd been afeerd some'n' had come betwixt you two. Then she put her head dowu on the top rall'o' the fence an' heit It thnr fer a good minute. After awhile sbe looked up an' told me nil iilxmt It an' ended by axiu' me ef I thought she was to blame In the matter. I told 'er no. but her old sluink of u daddy bad acted aocb a fool, that I couldn't hojd iu,. I reckon I told 'er Jest about whut 1 thought o" 'lm, un' the more I raked up aglit Mm the better she seemed pleniicd. 1 tried to pin 'er dowu to what she'd be willlii' to do In a pinch ef 'cr a continued to hold out ngln you, lint she was too sharp to coin nil t 'erse'f. It Jest looked like sho wuuU'd to Uiake up wltu yoil' an' 'didn't want no n outlier." The horses stopped to drink at clear sLrvsui of water which ran across the road ou a bed of brown pebble The bridles were too tight to allow them to lower theJr bends, so Ainu went out on the heavy tongue betwev the pnlr and unfastened the reins. When he had regained his seat, he told the old man lu detail nil that bad hap pened ut the dance ut tbe hotel, ending with the advice he had received from Ituvluru Miller. , l "I don't knvw about that," At'Vi aid. "Maybe .Miller could call a halt Life that un go ou like notbln' bad hap peueil. l don t say he could nur rwuldu'U but iin ool . advice You mnught miss It, un' regret It to yore dyin' day." : ' " ' Alan looked at blm In some surprise. lie bad hardly expected Just that stand on the part of a continued old bachelor like bis uncle. The old man's glance swept dreamily mer the given -fields on either side of the road ncrewi which the red rays of the netting aim were streaming. .Then, be took a deep breath and lowered the rolu's tltl they rested on the backs ef the horse, c: 'j:i;-i "My boy," be bogun,., '.'I'm a good mind to tell you somc'ii' that I hain't mentioned fer Blighty nigh forty yeer. I don t believe anything , but my lu- trimt in that town gul an' you would make me bring It up. . Huh! liny Mil ler says you klu pass 'cr over Jest lis cf you'd never wed 'er. doee he? An go on an' pick an'- choose agin. Huh i wasn't as old as you -are by five yeer when the one l m talkln' about passed away. Jest a week after me nn' ber'd come to a understundln'. I've seed women, women, women, sence I seed 'er corpse that day amongst nil that pile o' wild Bowers that old an' young fetched from the woods wluir inn an' 'er used to walk, bnt ef I live to lie as old as that thar bill I'll never forget my feelln'. I kin seeer right now as plain as I did then, an' sometimes my heart aches as bad. I reckon you know now why I never cot married. Folks has poked a lots o' fun at me. an' I tuck It as it was intended, but a lots o' times what they suld made me suffer simply awful. They've picked ont this un an' that un, from spring cbicklns to lings o' all ages, shapes an' sizes, but the very thought o' glvla' anylHMly her place made me sick. Thar never was but one fer me. I may be a fool, but I Islleve I was Intended fer her. . Shucks! Sech skip nbouts as Miller may tulk accb bosh as that, but It's becu'so the ljrd never give 'em the glory o' the other ttilus. "It lamt me (he truth aliout the aft er life. I know thur'a a time to come. n u a blcssis! one. nr the Lord never would 'a' give nie that taste of It Shea soiu'er'a out o' harm's way, an' when me 'n' her meet I'll not have a wrinkle nn' I'll be able to walk as spry un' hoeful us I did. when she was beer. Thar t to l? punishment re served fer hard bended fisils that aep- arate lovln" young folks lieca'se one lir t'other -hain't Jest so many dollars I tied In a rag. Don't you listen to Mil ler. ! don't my ymi oi t to plunge right la an' make ti e old man mad, but don't give cp. Kf rlie's what I think sbe Is, nn' she sis-s you nln't n-goln' to mu nfter no fresh face, she'll stick to you like the bark ou a tree. The wult w on't hurt nut her one of you cither. My Walt ain't a-liui tln' me an' yore'n won't jrou. I never need a young woman I llkii belter n I do the one yon select ed. : i' I've sent cp ninny n pctitlou that you'd boih make It nil right." The old man raised his reins and clucked to li s horses. "I'nele Al." raid Alan, "you've made a better hum of uie. I've had a lot of trouble over this, tut you make me hope. I've tried to give her up, but I simply cnmi 'o tt." - "She ain't a goiu" to give you up tiuthcr," repiled Abner; "that's the pur ty part about It. Thar ain't no give up In 'er. She ain't that sort. She's goln' to give that daddy o' hrr'n a tussle." CHAPTER XI. NE morning early la June, as Alau was passlug Tote lin ker s' cabin on his njf to Darley. Pole's wife came out to the fence ami stopped him. She trim a slender. 111 clad woman, who bad ouce liecn pretty, and ber face still bad sort of wistful attractiveness thnt was upiealing to one w ho knew what she had t-en through since her inar riuge. , " . . "Are yon goto' to town. Mr. Alan?" sbe asked nervously. "Yee, Mrs. Baker," Alan answered. "Is thejy anyth'jjs I can do for you?" She did ii(t reply at once, but came through tbe little gate, which swung ou wooden blngvs, and stdod looking up at blm, a thin, hesitating hai:i uo his bridle rein. . "I'm afeerd soroe'n's bapnecied to Pole," she faltered. "0o hain't been home fer two whole days au' ulgbta. It's about time fer 'lm to spree agiu, au' I'm powerful afeerd he's lu trouble. I 'lowed while you was In town that you mougbt Inquire about 'lm au' let me kuow when you come back. That 'd sorter free my mind little. I didn't close my eyes all lust night" ' "I'll do all I con, Mrs. linker," Aluu promised. ' "Hut you mustn't worry. I'ole can take cpre of himself, drunk or sober. I'll be back tonight." . A Inn-rod o on, leaving the pathetic figure ut the gate looking after blm. "I wonder," be mused, "what I'nele Ah would say aboutjove thut has that sort of reward. Toor woman! I'ole was bur choice, and she has to make the best of It rcrhnps she loves tbe good that' lu the rascal.' lie found Uayburn Miller at his desk Oiukiug out some legal document. "Take a seut," said Miller.' "I'll be through In a minute. What's the new out your way?" he asked as be finished bis work and but down bis nen. "Nothing new, I believe," said Alan, "I've been away for two days. . Not having ai.j thing else to do, I made it my busiuefcs to ride over every foot of my fathir'u big Investment, and, to tell you the truth, I've come to you with a huge Idea. Don't uiugb. I cau't help It It popiM-d into my bind and sticks. that's all." "tlood! Lot ni have it" "licfore I tell you what it la," said Alan, "I want yon to promise not to ridicule me. I'm as gi-t eu ns a gourd lu business matters. Hut the Idea has bold of me, and I don't know thut eveu your disapproval will mako me let It Vhhu" "That's a good way to put It," laugh cil Miller. "Tbe Idea bus bold of you, and you can't let it loose. It npplli more closely to Investments Uuiu any thing else. Onco get into a deal and you are afraid to let It go. like the chap that held the calf and called for help" "Well, here It Is," aald Alan, tl v made up my Diintl that a rujlroud cuu and shall be built from these two main lines to uiy father's lumber bofianxa.' Miller whistled. A broad smile' in gul fi-d tho pucker of IiIh Up, and then his face dropped Into seriousness. A look almost of pity for bis friend's ere dulity and Inexperience came Into his eyes. , "I must say you don't Want a little thing, my boy," he said Indulgently. "Remember you are talking to fel low that has rubbed np against the moneyed world considerably for a chap raised In the country. The trouble with y oh, Alan, Is thnt you have got heredity to contend with; you are a chip off the old block in spite, of your belonging to a later generation. You have Inherited your father's big ideas. You nro a sort ef Colonel Sellers, who sees millions In everything you look nt. ' ' Alan's face fell, but there remained In it a tenacious expression thut won Miller's admiration even while he de plored It. There was, too, a ring of confidence in the young farmer's tone when he replied: "How uim-li would a railroad through that t'imutry, elghtccur pilled In length. cost?" "Nothing but a survey by an exiert could answer that even approximate ly," said the lawyer, leaning buck- In hts creaking chulr. "If you bad the right of way, a charter from the stiite and no big tunnels to make nor long bridgea to build, you might, I should say, construct the road nlone without locomotives nnd rolling stock generally for a little matter of one hundred and fifty thousand. I don't know; I'm only guessing; but it wouldn't fall under thut estimate." , ; ' . I didn't think , it would " replied Alan, growing more enthusiastic. "Now then, if there was a railroad to my fa ther'a proH.'rty, how much would his 20.000 acres !o worth?" Miller smiled again nnd began to figure on a scrap of paper with a pen ell. "Oh, as for that," he said. "It would really lie worth standing uncut unsawed. Including r world of tan bark at least JflTi on ncre-eay a clear half inlllion for it nil. (Hi, I know ft looks ns plain as your nose on your race; things always do on paper. It looks big nnd It shines; so does a sol der web In the sunshine to a fly; but yon don't want to be n fly. my boy, and you don't want any spider Webs- oii the brain anyway." Aian stissl up nnd walked to tbe door nnd back. Finally he shrugged uis nr. mu snouiin-rs. - don t care what you say." he declared, bringing his hand down firmly on Miller's desk. It will pay. ns sure ns I'm nlive. There's no getting nruimd the facts. It will take a quarter of a million Invest ment to market a half million dollar bunch of timber, with the land thrown I'n Arerd enme'n' hnrpct& ! Pole,'' h fultrrfl. i snd the traffic such a road would i.ccure. to hc! pa jr.Tnscs,, Thcxr Ik are men In tbe world looking for sueh opportunities, and I'm going to g!v somebody a chuuee. "You hate not looked det-p enough Uito it uiy boy," mildly protested Mil ler. "You haven't figured on the euor ruous exix-nxe of running sut 1 a ru'! nd the dead loss of tbe tmesrmenr after the lumber la moved out. Vim i davea railroad property worth a quar ter of a tullllou on your hands. I eiwi ; wake you see my-jswltlon. t slnq.'y say to you that 1 wouldn't touch drut like thut with a ten root pole." Alan laughed good mituredly fit l laid his baud on his friend's. shoulder. "I reckou you think I'm off." he wihu "but sooner of later I'm going to pnr this thing through. 1H you hear uli? I'll but It through If it takes ten years to do it I waut to make the old mun fvl that be has uot uutdu euch a fi.ol of himself. I waut to get even Willi the Thompsou crowd and IVrklns uud everybody that Is now pokhi fmt at a helpless old man. I shall U-giu by raising money some way or other o pay taxes uud bold ou to every Inch of the Muuiid." MiHer's glance fell liefore thi fleiee fire of Alaa's eyes, and for the Urt time his tone wavered. , '"Well," he said, "you have the stuff lu you that big speculators nre inailr of, and I may simply lie prejudiced against the scheme nil uceouut of your father's blind plunging and what some u)eu would cull ov . uutlousness on my iwirt. 1 may be trying to prevent w hat you really ought to do, but 1 am advising you as a friend. 1 only know I would be more cautious. Of course you way try, .You'd not lone in doing that; ill fact you'd galu experience. I should say thut big dealers In lumber are the men' you ought" to see first. They know (he Titlues of SHch Invest ments, aisl they are reachlug out. In ull dli wtioc.s now. They hit vo cleaned up the timber near the railroads." CHAPTER XII. 111. I. Eit necixiipiinieil Alan to the do:,r. . Old Trabue Ktood In front of his ofllce In his shin; sleeves, bis buttered silk hat ou the back part of bis bead.. He was funning himself with a palm leaf fan uud ffeery using bis handkerchief on bis brow, lie bowed cordially to Alan aud came toward him, 1 want to nsk you," he began, "has Pole linker any way of raisin' money?' Nut th.lt' I knbw of. laughed Alan. " don't know whether be'e got a clear title to the shirt on his back. He owes everybody out our way. My father Is supplying him on time now." "Thnt was my Impression," said Tr:i hue. "He wanted me to defend blm the other day, bnt he couldn't satisfy me about tbe fee, an' I let him go. ' lie first said he could give me a lien on e mule, but he finally admitted thnt it wasn't his. He's not lu trouble, Is he?" ex claimed Alan,' suddenly recalling Mrs. llaker'a uneasiness. -. . , . Trabue looked ut Miller, who stood leaning In tho doorway, and luugbed. 'Well, 1 reckon he might call ft thnt. That chap owned the. town two days ago. He got blind, stavln' drunk au' wanted to w hip us from oue end o' the pluce to the other. The marshals are afruld of 'lm, for tUey know be ll ahtsit at the drop of a hat, an' the butt of it was stlckin' out o' his hip pocket In plain sight. Wns you thar, Uayburn? Well, It was better 'n a circus. Day. beforo yesterday thar waa a sort ' street temperance lecturer In front o' the Johnston House, speak In' on a dry goods liox. He had a lot o' gaudy pic tures lllustrntln' the appearance of n drlnkln' man's stomach an' liver com pared to one In a healthy condition. He was a sort of a snide faker out fer what he could git dropiied In a hat, nu' Pole was sober enough to git on to his game. Pole stood thar with tho rest Jest about able to stun', aif thnt was ahV ' Finally, when the feller'- got wanned up an' got to creechin') Pole U'gun to deny what ho was sayln'. As fast as he'd make a statement I'ole would flatly give It the He. The feller on the box didn't kuow what n tough customer he had to handle or he'd 'a' gone slow. As It was. he p'lnted a fin ger o' acorn at Tole an' helt 'lm up fer a example. "Pole wasn't sober by a long shot, but you'd 'a' thought he was. fer he was us steady as a post. He kept grlniilii'. ns cool as a cucumber, au' sayln: 'Now you know yo're a-lyln, stranger Jest a-lyin' to get a few dimes dropped In yore hat.' Y'ou know nobody's stomach don't took like that duru chromo. Y'on never seed Inside of a drlnkln' man, nn' yo're the biggest liar that ever walked the earth.' This mndo the crowd laugh nt the little, dried up fuller, an' be got ns mnd as old Nick. He begun to tell Pole bis liver wns swelled from tis much whisky nn' thut he'd bet he wns Jest the sort to beat bis wife. Most of us thought that 'd make Pole Jump on im, but he seemed to enjoy naggin the feller too much to sp'llc It by n fight. A nigger boy had liecn ciirrylu' round a bell au' a sign advertlsin' Webb's auction sale, an' stopped to see the fun. Pole beerd the tinkle of the hell au' tuck it an' begun to ring it lu the bTturer's face. Tbe harder the fel ler sixikc the harder Pole rang. It was the biggest racket ever beerd on a pul- lic spin re. Pnrt of the crowd the gocst. church folks began to sny It was a disgrace to the town to allow a stran ger to be treated tlint a-way. sence thar was no law agin public speak In' In the streets. They was In fer callln' a halt, but all the rest the drlnkln men (an' I frankly state I was onel secretly hoped Pole would ring Tin down. When the pore devil filially won, I felt like yelliu' hooray, fer I glory In tbe pluck even of a daredevil, If he's a uortb (Jeorglnn an' white. The lecturer hnd lo stop without his collection, an went off to the council -chamber swearin' agin the town fer allow-In him to be treated thnt a-wny. Thar wasn't any thing fer the mayor to do but order Pole's arrest, but it took four men two regulars an' two deputies to accom plish It. "The trial was1 the richest thin I rrer attended. Pole had sobered up .'t mrmrMi to t- witty, en' he had o More respect fer Bill Mam-tfa com! than he had fer the lecturer's platform. I'lin an' Ratrctt used to fish an' hunt together when thpy wns lKa. ' Pole kept cnlllu' lil in l:ill. tt was ini thN au' mil thnt. an' as liarrett bad caly I een In office a oiontli be hnrdly knowed bow to rise to bis proper dig nity, especially when be saw the crowd was laugUIu' at his predicament Wbn I declined to defend 'lm, Pole attempt- I J to read the law ou tbe case to Par- 00 eit an' show whurlie was right. I5ar rcit let 'iiu talk becuuse he didn't kiuiw how to stop 'lm, an' I'ole made the ln-sr defense I ever beerd from, a unlettered man. It kept the crowd In a ronr. l-'or awhile I swenr it looked bUe I'ole was goln' to eleer hlsse'f, but i'-arn tt bud to do bis duty, an' so be Hind I'olo thirty dollars, or In default tiicrisif to break rock on the streets fer ti n days. You ort to 'a' beerd I'ole snoYt. 'L,ooky beer. Hill," be said, 'you know ns well as yo're a-settln' cocked up thar, uiakin' folks say "yore honor" ever' breath they draw, that I ain't a-piiiri'-to iH-enk uo rork In thnt br'llln' sun fer ten days 'ca'se I lieat thut skiiuli ut bis owu game!' "'You'll have to do it If you don't pay out, liarrett told 'lm. " 'Well. I Jest won't pay out. un' I Won't break rock tinther,' I'ole said. .'You've heenU about the feller thut could lead a, boss to water, but couldn't mako 'lm drink, hain't you? Well, I'm tho boss.' ' .. - ""Yesterday waa Pole's fust day on the Ktrcet. They put a ball an' chain to one of bis ankles an sent 'lm out with (he nigger gang, but ull day yes terday an' today be hain't worked a lii-U. He's as stublKirn na a mule. Thill's Ix-on n crowd around 'lm all the tine. You klu see 'liu standlii' up ns straight as a post In the middle of the street from one end of It to the other. I'm sorter sorry fer 'lm; be looks liko he's ashamed fit bottom, but don't want to give In. The fuunlif-t thing about the whole .thing Is that . Pole seems tu know more about tho law than the mayor. Ho says unless they force him to work In tho !eclfled ten dnys they can't bold him nny longer, nn' that If they attempt to flog 'Iui ho'll kill tlie first man that lays bands on hi i a. I think Hill liarrett likes blm 5w Writ J: . """4itolVBsZZ..i mat r - - vv ' "iook hier, ' JMnhoji," he mill. too well to have 'lm whipped, an' the whole town Is guyln' hliu'an' nxln' -lm why be don'tfiiuke i'ole set In." . Aian went oimu uie street to see Pole. He fyund him, seated on n large stone, a long handled rock hammer at his feet. He lisjked up from under his ronil brimmed bat, nnd a crestfallen look came into bis big brown eyes. "I. in sorry to see this, Pole," enld Alan. '' Pole FtiKid up nt bis full height, the cluiln clunking as he rose; "They hain't treated me right nlsiut this mutter. Alan Itishoii," he said, tinlf resentfully bulf us if ho recogiilziMl his own error. 'Tilll knows lie"linln't done the fair thing. I know I w'as full, but I Jest wanted to have my fun. "Thut don't Justly him In, puttlu' mo out heer wfth these niggers fer folks to gap' at, an' be knows it. oil ain't a friend right Me an him has slcp' together on tho same pile o' leaves, an I've let 'lm pull down on a squirrel when I could knocket It from Its perch, an' I've lent lm my pointer nn' gun many nn' many a time, llut he's showed what he Is! He's got the wrong sow by the yeer, though, fer ef he keeps me heer till Christmas I'll never crack a rock unless I do It by accidentally steppln on It. Mark my words. Alan Itlshon. tlinr ll bo trouble out o this." "Dont talk rfiftt'Vny. Pole." said Alan. "You've broken the law, uud they had to punish you for it If they Un dn t, they would have made them selves rillculous. Why didn't yon send Die word you were In trouble, Pole?" Tho fellow hung bis head and then blurted out: lieca'sn I knowed you would make a fsd o yorese'f nn' try to pny me out. Durn It, Ainu Ilisbop, this ain't no business o yore n!" "I II make It my business." snld Alnn. "How much Is your fine? Y'ou ought to have sent me word." "SaVit you not bin'. Alan ISIsbop, growled the prisoner. "When I send you word to he'p mo out of n scrnM that whisky got tn into, I'll do it nfter 'I've decently cut my throat! I say when ynu'vo plead with me like you have to quit tho durn stuff r At tills s)!nt of the conversation JetT Dukci. n ii miii ofuedium size, dressed In dark blue uniform, with a nickel plated badge si in I ted like a shield aud ls?nring -the wrds "Marshal No. 2.' ennio directly townrd them from u stonecutter's shop near by. "I.o heeji J'.ishop," be Raid dictn t'Mhilly, "whar'd you git the right to bilk To that nmn?" ' Alan l.siked surprised. "Am I link ing the law tooV "Yon are tf you baiu't got a permit from the mayor In yore iioeket." "Well, I" have no inuit." replied Alan w-ltli r good natured smile. "Ha .-e you got n not her ball and chain handy The officer frowned off his Inctitiutl ,n to trcnt the matter as a Jest "Y'ou 0,1 to have more sense than that" be aald crustily. "Pole's put out heer to work his time out an' cf everylssly In town is allowed to laugh au' Joke with him he'd crack nl out ns many rocks as you or uie." "You ure a dam liar, Jeff Dukes," snld Polo angrily: "Y'ou nre a-makln' that up ti humiliate me furdcr. Y'ou know Bo h w Uke. that never was en forced." Kf I ever' git ymi out lu Pea Vine dcstilct. l it knock n dint In that teg shaptd head o' yor'n au' make them eyes Inok two ways fer Ssnd.iy. You know a giiitleman like Alan Itlsh- I I i.n. wouldn't notice you under ordinary j circumstances, an' mi itu trump up that excuse to git bis attention." J The two uiciiglareaat eacB other, but Pole seemed to get tbe best of that sort of combat for the officer only growled. "You can Insult a . man when you are under arrest." he said, "becaae you know I am under bond to keep the peace. But I'm nof afeerd of you." "They tell tue you are afeerd o' sper- Its, though," retorted tbe prisoner. "They tell me a little nigger boy that wns shot wheu a passle o' skunks weut to whip bis daddy fer vagrancy stands at the foot o' yore bed ever utght Oil, I know what I'm talkiu' about!" "Yes, you know a lota," said the man sullenly as his eyes fell. To avoid cucouragiug the disputants fnrther Alau walked suddenly away The marshal took willing advautage of the opportunity aud followed blm. "I could uiuke a case aglu you." be aald, catching up. "but 1 know you didn't mean to violate tbe ordinance." "No, of course I dldu't," said Alau, "but I want to know if that fellow could be released If I paid his flue.". "Y'ou are not fool enough to do It ere you?" "That's whut I am." "Have you got the money In yore pocket?" Tho officer waa laughing, s If at a good Joke. "I have." "Well" the marshal laughed again ns he swung his short club round by a Ktrlug that fastened It to his wrist "well, you come with me, an' I'll shpw you a man thut wuuta $30 wuss than uny ninu I know of. I don't believe Iilll liarrett has slept a wink sence this thing happened. He'll be tickled to death to git off so easy. Tbe towu baa deviled the life out of him. He don't go by whur Pole's at work I mean, wbar be ain't at work fer "Pole yells at 'lm whenever he sees 'lm." . - That night when Alnn reached home be scut a servant over to Ull Mrs. Ilu kcr that Pule was nil right and that be'd be borne soon. ' Ho bad eaten bis supper and bad gone upstairs to ga to lied w hen be beard his name culled out side. Cuing to a window aud looking out. he recognized Polo 11a ker stand lug ut the gate In the clear moonlight. "Alau." be aald softly, "come dowu heer a uiluute. I waut to see you." Alau went dowu aud Joined blm. For a moment Pole stood leaning agnlnst the fence, his eyes hidden by bis broad brimmed sl.iucb hat. ' "Did you want to see me. Pule?" Alan asked. , "Y'es, I did." the fellow swallowed. He Hindu a motion as if to reach out bis baud, but refrained. Tbeu he looked straight Into Alan's face. - 1 "1 couldn't go to sleep till I'd said some n to you," he began, with an other gulp. "1 laid dowu au' made try at it, but It wasn't no go. I've got to say It. I'm heer to swear that ef Hod or sonie'u' else don't show me way to puy you back fer. what you done today I'll never draw a sutlslled breath. Aluu Itishop, yo're a mun mun from yore outside skin to theH marrow o' yore bones, an' cf I don't find some way to prove, what I tliluk about you I'll lot bum up! - 1 got Into that trouble a? --Ii! ' -. as I'd play n prank with u.j L.i. ; i' then they all come down ou me un' Lcgun to try to drive me like a hog out'n- a field with rocks nn sticks, an' tho very pld Harry ris In me au' . defied 'em. 1 reckon thar wasn't anything Hill could do but carry out the luw, au' I knowed It, but I wasn't ready to admit It Then you come along an' rendered verdict In my favor when you needed the money you did It with. Alan, cf 1 dou't show my appreciation It 'II be beca'se I don't live long enough. Y'ou never axed me but one thing, an' that wus to quit drlnkln' whisky. I'm goln' to make a try at It not beca'so 1 think I bat '11 pay you back, but beca'se with A sober head I kin be better friend to you ef the chance ever comes my way "I'm glad to ' beur you sny that Pole,", repiled Alan, greatly moved by the fellow's earnestness. "I believe you can do It Then your wife and children" - "Hang my wife an' children!" snort ed Pole. "It's you I'm goln to work fer you. I say!" i He suddenly turned through the open gate and strode homeward across the fields. Ainu stood looking after him till hi tall form was lost in the hazy moonlight, and then he went up to his bed. Polo entered the open door of bl rnblu and began to undress as he ant on the si do of bis crude bedstead, made of uubnrked poles fastened to the bare logs In one corner of the room. Ilia wife nnd children slept on two beds on the other Bide of tbe room. Did you see 'lm, Poler" piped up Mrs. Ha ker from the darkness. Yes. I seed lui. Sully, say, whor's that bottle lo' whisky I had the last time I was at home?" ' I Here wna nit ominous silence. Out of It rose the soft breathing of tbe chil dren. Then the woman sighed. "Polo. sborely you ain't a -goln' to beglu i.gurr No; I Want to bu'st it Into smither eens. I dou't want It alsait; I don'l waut to know thnr'a a rirnn In the bouse. I've swore off. au' this time sbe sticks. GI' me that Im'tle." Another silence. Suddenly the woman poke: "Pole, you've swore off as man? times ns a dog has Dens. Uften when I feel bud an' sick when you are off, (.'rap o" whisky mukea lue feel better. I don't want you to destroy the last bit lu tho bouse Jest beca'se you've tuck this turn. Hint mny wear off be fore dnyllght The last time you emu- tied thnt keg on the ground an' swore off you got on a spree an helt the baby over me wen au' threatened to drap Vr in cf I didn't find a bottle, au' you'd 'a' done it too." Pole laughed softly. "I reckou yo're fight, ole gul" be said. "Besides, ef I cau't ef I ain't man enough to let up with a bottle In tbe house I won't do It without. But tbe sight or smell of It Is hell Itse'f to a lover of the truck. Ef I was to tell you what a little thing started me on tills hist spree, you'd Inugh. I went to git a shave In a barber shop, an' when the barber finished he soaked my fnce In bay rum, an It got In my mustache. I kept smell In' it all morn In' an' tried to wipe It off, but site wouldn't wipe. All the time I kept walklu' up an' down In front o Luke Kellinorca liar. 1 nnally I enld to myself. 'Well, ef you have to have a barroom stuck under yore nose all day like a wet snoiige. obi man, you mought aa well have one l-lmp If Ml !) ImMa- a -it. I ufc . ,ho - "'" " To l Continued, POLITICAL D1BEI10BY. President Theodore Kooev't ; New York. Term expires March 4, ltftjo. Viue-l'resiJent -Office left vacant on and after September 14, l'JOl, when Vice 1'ieeideiit Kooeevelt suceeded to the Presidency upon the death c Win. Mi Kiuley, i'le.iilent. 1 ('abler. SccicUry of State John Hay, Illinois. Term expires oilli that of the Presi dent or by ileaili or resignation. Secretary of Treasury Leslie M.Sbaw, iowu. Term expires sith that of Pres ident or by I catenation nr devth. Secretary ol Wur F.liliu Hoot, Now York Term expiiea with thut of President or by resignation or death. Attorney tiencrul P. C. Knox. New York. Term expires with that ( President or by resignation or death. Postmaster (iencral li.C. Payne. Wit cousin TtTineipireswitli that ol Pres ident or by resignation or death. Secretary of Navy Wm. ll. Moody, Massachusetts. Term epi es Willi that of 1 'rcsiilci.t or by i . situation or death. Secretary ol Interior K. A. lihchcorL. Missourri. Term expires willi that of President or by resignation ordeulh. Secretary ol Agriculture James Wilson. Iowu. Term expires willi that ol President or lr resignation or !cm!i Secretary of Couniierie ami Ijtbor. tit.i U. l ortelyoii, New York. Term expires with that of President or by resigna tion or death. Nuiul?r ot cabinet olliecrs, nine. Supreme I'snrt V S. Chief Justice M. W. Fuller, ago TO. Tenure of ollii. life. John M. Harlan, age 70. David J. lirewer, ago mi. Henry li. Brown, uge(7. (le irge Sliiras, sge 71. rxt. J. M ime, age M. Itufus W. Peckbain. axe tin. Joe. Mi Koiiini, sge Ul. Oliver W. Holmes, ago 112. Term of olUce, life. Numlwr of judges composing the Court, nine. Judge of N in tit Judicial Circuit embrac ing California, Oregon, Nevada, Mon tana, Washington, ld.ih.i, Ala-ika, Alis ons and Hawaii, J us' ice McKemia. Cir.mil Judge lor Oregon Win. 11. Ciil beit, for life. Judgo Lr. 8. District Oouit 0. II. Bel linger, for life. Stale OOieliiK Orrgou. Governor, lico. Ii. Clianilierlaln. Secretary ol Stale F 1. Dunbar. Tressurer (Jhaa. 8. Moore,. Suiieriiuen.lciit of Public Inslnicii n J. If. Ackermau. Attorney tieneral A. M. Crawford. State Printer Jos. Whitney. Tcriiiacxpire January, l'.M)7. . Sup re me Court, Oregon. Chief Jiwiee R. S. Beam Term expires, . Sopt. nmn, Associate Justices F. A. Moore Term expires, HH-i. Clius. K. Wolvcrton Term expires pa. Ml. Judge Fifth District Thoa. A. Mcl'.rido Term expires, HH4. District Attorney Harrison Allen. Ter expires, l'.MH. Deputy Attorney K. P.. Tongue Term - expires, l!i)4. State Souator W. If. Weliiiin Term expires, P.SJ4. Joint Senator Alex. Sweek Term ex . pires, lisil. Representative. Dr. ('lias. Hiues, It. K. Purdy and D.M. C. (isult Terms ex pire, pit) I. COL'S IV OI'r'K'F.kH. Judge L. A. ltood Term expires, liMNl.' Llerk (ieorgM A. Morgan, 1101. Recorder ii. I. Kuratli, 1!MM. iA)iniscioners K. J. Ward, l'.'Oi. " W. J. P.utner, I'.MMI. Shcrff J. W. Scwell, 11M)I. Treasurer W. M. Jackson, IHO-1. Assessor ti. II. Wilcox, IfHMt. Surveyor A. A. Morrill, 1K)4. Supt. Kchools II. A. Ball. !HU. Coroner Dr. C. L. l-argo, ll)(H. JiiKtii-e of Peace' N. Ilill-boro, H.T. Bagley, I'SU. 8. IlillsUoro, lU'nton llnwman. P.MI4. Constable- N. HillslK)ro,K. B. fappington.spitciul. S. UillslMW, S.T. Bowser, HMJl. ( lij ef llillsbnre. Mavor W. N. Barrett, llliM. Cuiincilmen Max Craudall, l'Kl.'l. K. (J. Brown, l!03. Kil. Siliiilmeticli. J. W. Morgan, HUH. ' C. K. Beekwith, l'.MH. 1,. A. Kissl. I'0i. Marlial-Win. Atkinson, PKIII. Attorney Benton Bowman, llHN. P Kl I AM MA UK KIN. Wheal Walla Wul'a. 7Sc: blueileiii S2c; valley, win. 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I2t 15 ; mohair, 3d(i:t7ic r kmiih1. roiaiisjs i iregon .riC'0; prrwuk. Onions Silvurskins 1 15( 1 25 j er sack $202 Tlie 8 Sit Pddishab fries lnme4l witch Milt Non-Magnetic Iskal SUtm Cue folly Guaranteed Forstlstty ALL JEWELERS maitratol Bmklet ea naiaast, kowlof COLORED FANCY DIALS TheNefEsglandt Watck Co. ftsMftafy.Cssa. OfSos tMPnMclK.