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STje Gentleman !l?
From Indiana jij
ULk "Booth Ta. hkjjvc tojv fr
Copyright. IS 99. by "DoubUduy
C(tpyT)$ht. 1902.
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As Mr. M;irtin'-4 e . fell u;.'-n llto
!.' ..r , ).o. I a v : u r l.n.'. II. c I ' ll riny
er '.."i.l n. M. :i -t n;ipn. :i.-i. it.;; tl..'
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iitiil i i .l llii- trt rt tn m t li.in.
"I w.i-i only oi-itin mi Ihiw prnii'l ll.i'
vly iii;r!. I In lie if .'..linlii liU'," lie snlil
mourn! ully us llt"y fclmok lunula; "Imt
!, liKiku lilml (if put nut wltli inn." lie
liiii'lii'd IiIm iirtti In that of tin' youiiH
ii mi uml drtnliiitl liini for a rnonii'iit
ns the HtipfitT iptiiii? twuimliil from wttli
lu tlit lioti'l. "Cull on the Judjie ti
nlIit?" lie nsknl.
"No. Why?"
"I reckon you didn't tee that Indy
with MInnlu hint night."
"No."
"Well, I guens you twttpr go out there,
yomiK man. 81m might not stay here
long."
CnAI'TEK II.
TIE nrtrnTO buokboard rattled
along the elastic country rond.
the rou ns getting a shurp puce
as they turned eastward on
m
l&tad
the pike toward home.
"They'll make the eight miles In
three-quarters of an hour," mild Jiidgu
l;risi'ie proully. lie turned from his
(luiiKhtcr ut his side to MIhs Sherwood,
who sat with Mr. Flstieo behind them.
and pointed uheud with his whip,
".lust beyond that bend we pnss through
Six Crossroads."
.Miss Sherwood leaned forward eager
ly. "Whut did you mean last night
ufl.T the lecture," she said to Flsbee,
"wl.cn yen asked Mr. Martin who was
to be with Mr. Ilarkless '"
"Who was watching him," he nn-i-
ci'i'i!.
"Watching him? I (lnn't under
staiul." "Ves; they have shot at him frnni
l!ie woods at night, und"
"Hut "1 o watches him?"
"I'h" younit men of the town. lie
l.us u habit of taking long walks after
i'itL, ami he Is hecillcK.s of all remou
nt ranee, so the youii! men have orpin
l.cil u frnurd fnr him, and every even
ing one of them follows hlui until he
goes to the i.lMce to work for the nU'lit.
It Is n (lilTerent young man each night,
mid the watcher follows nt a distance,
no that he docs not suspect."
"Hut how many people know of this
arrangement?"
"Nearly every one In the county ex
cept the Crossroads people, though It la
not Improbable that they have discov
ered It"
"And has no one told hlrnT
"No; he would not allow It to con
tinue, lie will not even arm himself."
"They follow and watch him night
after night, and every one knows and
no one tells him? Oh, I must say,"
cried the girl, "I think these are gxid
. copier
The luioklxmrd turned the bend In the
mud. and they entered a s piallil settle
ment built ruggedly about n bhick
s 1 1 1 i t Ii s'.i'P iiii'l a saloon "I'd hut" to
Icivc a bri'iikilown bet
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I i .. 1.' -I ll'.i'll sllilll! '
I ' . f'C e. II few r.M'I's s
1 1.. i.--ijy cell ivulc
: li 1 1 'i- pmpp. d by I
c." r.i-Nne n-
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lllcreil tl.l'nif!
)'. Is. icr ,
nee r ii'S, snin
M.-.ls iili g.. ; n;' ipertu
v 1 I. the l!g-: I via nee. I f: in s
r'.tU: a s.inid of thin rii.orii-fc Im
In.u ii ii. I then .volTied by gaii'lt hntli:
t,
and s ti e abused looking hens gro
nlioiit disconsolately In the mire, n
broken topid buggy with a twisted
uhecl. settling Into the mud of the
middle of the road (there was iluny
a 1 iiiida nt mud here In the driest sum
mer); a dim fuee sneering from a bro
ken window Six Crossroads was for
bidding and forlorn enough by day
The thought of what might Issue from
It by night was unpleasant
legends of tin CmssroniR
and the
together
it!i an nnshiipon threat easily fanei'V
In the atmosphere ot the pin.-, made
Is Sherwood shiver ns though a cold
lira ft had crossed her.
It
"And
here
inc. I'
I b.
Is so sinister! she e. 1 ri ; r : i: I
so nnsncak.ililv ne-a'i' T1, ' i;
t'wy live, t.'i ' jrf'ic.:.' t!cit 'die
II The While Caps'"
y lall tliei:,-elV'- tli.il." replied
V.n "I'- iaHy While Cr.ps lite n
iilaiiin' ceintiii'lee In a I'l'iou where
t'.c i.tw isn't eut'ofced. These fellow
.licn'l that k nd. Ihey got together to
w ip,. .nit gru.l-.es, mi. I sojii. times didn't
I nil any gm.l.'e in-ele their r. litis
Ini p.; re b' liliietit. There's u felhl be
tween us and them that g.s s back Into
f tie. r days, sod only a few of us old
i ,'iks know much alsnit It."
"And he was the first to try to stop
tin in ':"
"Well, you see, our folks are pretty
long suffering." said Hrl!coe ais.loget
bully. "Wed son of got used to the
meanness of the Crossroads. It ti
a stranger to stir things np, and b
lld. lie sent eight of them to the peni
tentiary, some for twenty rears."
ScH McClurm Co.
by MtCon, VhiUip fZl Co.
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,.: I :::eiils Win II lo i'.c color nt H'l 1
I. .ire head was cm ioi,..! i.i.iil'.rin
i d, higher oil ;'!..' side th.lll on Hie olo
cr, and thom.li the biicUho.ini pastel
rapidly and nt :i distance this Singular
lopshlcdness was plainly visible to the
iN'ciipulitM, lending tin ugly signllicance
to bis meager, yellow face. He was
tall, lean, hard, powerfully built, lie
eyed the strangers with affected luil
tsiuir und then, when they had gone by.
broke into sudden loud laughter.
"That wus Hob Rklllett, the worst of
the lot." said the Judge. "Ilurkless
sent his sou und one brother to prison,
and It neurly broke his heart that he
couldn't swear to Hob."
When they were tieyond the village
und In the open rood again Miss Sher
wood took a deep breath. "I think I
breathe more freely. Thut was a hid-,
eons luugh he sent after us."
The Judge glanced at his guest's fuee ;
und chuckled. "I gui-ss we won't '
frighten you much," he said. "Young
lady, I don't believe you'd be afraid of
many things, would youT You don't
look like it. Hesldes, the Crossroads
Isn't PlattvUlo. and the White Cups
have been too scared to do anything
much except try to get even with the
Herald for the lust two years ever
since It went for them. They're lay
ing for Ilarkless partly for revenge and
partly becuuse they daren't do any
thing until he's out of the way."
The girl gave a low cry with a sharp
Intake of breatlv "Ah. one grows tired
of this everlasting Anierlcun patience!
V, by don't the l'lnttville people do
something before they"
"It's Just as I say," Hrlscoe answer
ed. "Our folks ure sort of used tn
them. I expect we do about all we
can. The boys look after hliu nights,
but the main trouble Is that we can't
make him understand he ought lo b
more afraid of them. If he'd lived here
ali Ids lil'e he would be. If they get
lihn there'll be trouble of ni) illegal na
ture." lie broke off suddenly and nod
ded to a little old man In u buck
board turning off from the road Into a
farm luno which led up to u trim cot
tage with a honeysuckle vine by the
door. 'That's Mrs. Wlmby's husbund,"
said the Judge In an undertone.
Miss Sherwood observed that Mrs.
Wlmby's husband was remnrkable for
the exceeding plalntlvewss of his ex
pression. He was a weusceued, blank,
pale eyed little man, with a tbla wldte
mist of neck whisker, and be was
I dressed In clotlies much too large for
I him. No more Inoffensive figure tbun
i this feeble little old man ould Ik? lin
i uglnod, yet his was the distinction of
having received a hostile visit from his
neighbors of the Crossroads. A vaga
bonding tinker, he had married the one
respectable person of the section, a
whlow, who bud rofusi d several ( on
tlciiietl nt the Crossroads, and so coin
plete was the bridegroom's insignUi
anoc I!. at to nil the World his own'
i':ii:ic wis lost. 'I'l," bri.it' continued to
i e i.ieovn l-y iicr i.'. :i - r i.. i.:. i a- ".Mr.-.
Witiiby." uml her soncse as usuail.v
mlled "Widder Woman Wlmby's hus
band" or "Mr. Wimby." The bride sup-'
pii.-d his wardrobe with the garments
of her former husband, and, alleging
this proceeding lis Ihe cause of their
anger, the White Cups broke lntu the
farmhouse one night, tore the old man
from bis bed and before his wife's eyes
lashed him with sapling shoots till he
was near to death. A little yellow cur
that had followed Ids master on his
wanderings was found licking the old
man's wounds, and they deluged the
dog with kerosene and then threw the
: poor anlinul umiii a tKinlire they had
I made mid danced around In heart lest
I enjoyment.
I The man recovered, but that was no
! palliation of the offense to the mind of
a hot eyed young man from the easl
who was twsieging the county i.utl.oii
ties for redress and writing hriii:stii"
and saltpeter for his paper. The po.v
ers of the count proving eit' er la k
inl.'ilsi. ill nr tiliinroiis. he npp-Hi'd to
those of the t-'ate. atel lie went every
night to ship at i farmhouse the own
er of which hud rec. ie.l a Warn.li
1 from the White Caps, and one ui!.t i:
lief ell that he was rewarded, lor th
raider attempted an entrance, lie an I
' the flintier and the farmer's pons best
j off the marauders and did n satisf.n to
rj a mount of damaue in return. T"
of the White Caps tl.ey ciiptine.i atel
Imr.nd. and others tiny r.-cociil.ed
Then the state nuthorltle hearkened ti
the voice of the Herald and Its owner.
There were arrests, anil In the cours
of time there was a trial. Kvery prls
oner proved an aMbtr could have proved
oVaen tit Ihe editor of the Ilernld,
Oer Tirtonhy condru-ftng the proseou
Ooo, went opon th stand and swore tt
man after mini. Kight men went t
the penitentiary on bis evidence. f!v
of them for twenty years. .The I'latt
ville brass bund serenaded the editor of
the Herald again.
Then' wen no more raids, and the
Six Crossroads men who were left kept
to their hovels, uppullisj and shukci.
but us time went by and left diem un
iiiob'sted they reisiverisl a measure t
their hardiness and began to think on
That they should d to the mull who
lad bi-oiight mlid'nrtunu and terror up
in them, l or a long time be hud been
iilblishing their threat. "iiing letters u nl
..irni'us in a coii.i'iii which he beaded
1 1 in.i.,1 of II. e I 'ay."
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I t'le hili-h
il her nil. I
. "I wish I
t. r t.t ir :-uilleU bud cue
said half under her hivn I,
hall' wish - that in
hud not driven
through there." She clasped Mr. l'ls
lice's hand gently. Ills eyes shone, lie
touched her lingers with u strange, shy
reverence.
"You will inis-t Iiliu tomorrow," lie
said softly.
She luughed und pressed his hand.
"I'm afruld not. I wus almost at his
side lust ulght when Minnie usked hlui
to call on Die. He wasn't even Inter
ested enough to look at tue."
Something over two hours later, as
Mr. Tom Martin was putting things to
right In his domain, the Dry Uoods
Emporium, previous to his depurture
tor the evening's goesip und etiectters
at the drug store, be stuinbhsl over
something soft lying on the floor be
hind a counter. The thing rose and
would have evaded him, but he put out
bis hands and pinioned It and drugged
It to the show window, where the light
of the fading day defined his capture.
The capture shrieked und squirt., "d
nnd fought curncstly. IJ rasped by the
Wilder, he held a leun, fierce eyed,
urtflerslfced girl of fourteen clad In one
rugged cotton garment, unless the coat
of dust she wore over all might be es
teemed another. Her cheeks were sal
low, nnd her brow was iilrendy shrewd
ly lined, and her eyes were us hypo
critical as they were savage. She was
wry thin und little, but old Tom's
brown fuee grew u shade nearer white
Alien the light fell upon her.
"You're no l'lnttville girl," he said
sharply.
"You lie!" cried the child. "You lie!
I am! You leave me t", will you t l ni
tonkin' fer pup, und you're a liar!"
You crawled in here to sleep after
vour seven mile walk, didn't youV"
Martin went on.
"You're a liar!" she screamed.
"Iyook here," said Martin slowly,
"you go back to Six Crossroads and
tell your folks that if anything happens
to a hair of Mr. Ilarkless' bend every
shanty In your town will burn, und
your grandfather, and your father, and
your uncles, and your brothers, and
your cousins, and your second cousins,
and your third cousins will never have
the good luck to see the penitentiary.
Reckon you can remember that mes
sugel But before I let you go to carry
It I guess you might as well hand out
the paper they sent you over here
with."
His prisoner fell Into a puroxysm of
race.
"I'll git pap to kill ye!" she shrieked,
striking at him. "I don't know nothlu'
'bout yer Six Crossroads, tier no pa
pers, ncr yer Mr. llarkels neither, nei
ymi, ye razorbackisl olo tb'Vll. I'np
II U;i v.! Leave Me go! I.e.-tve mi
go! Cup 'd kill ye! I'll git him t"
l.id ye!" Suddenly her stni;gles ecus
.ii. bet eyes e!o-..l. le r tense little lnei
.'les r laved, an. I i-he drooped toward
Ihe tl.mr. The old mini shll'l.il his grip
to support her. and in mi lu-l.int sin
twistid out of his hands and sprang
nit of reach, her eyes shining with tri
umph und vetioln.
"Yahav. Mr. Iiuzorbuok!" she shrill
ed. "How's that fer high? I'np 'H
kill ye Sunday! Ye'll Is- scroechln' In
hell In a w.i'k, an' we 'nil set up an'
.1 rink our applejack nn' luff V
Martin pursued her lumbcrlngly, but
she wus oglle as a monkey and run
dodging up und down the counters and
mockisl him. singing. "Urun'mumuiy.
Tipsy Toe." At lust she tired of the
game nnd darted out of the disir. fling
ing back ii hoarse laugh lit him ns she
went. He followed, but when he reach
ed the street she was a mere shadow
Hitting under Ihe eonrtl on-' trees. II
looked after her forebodingly, th'ti
turn. si his i
1, I oil the
hei'dd w.i
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murky r-d ;
;. i s toward the I'al ici
ortier. The editor of
ho-tl-
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.!l 1..- ell. nr l." 'l I I
I, g.iina dr .un.'.v at .li
; r. low in tie v " '
T' I'- ( im'iitll' it.
For rent - i;i vr.-s. I I it ui!t iv di. ti,
j fair bous'. barn, gnol water, 1 Ili.l-w-t
of Ilillshoroon leise line rou I. Will
rent for one year w iMi privilege of three
C.i-li rent. W. II. Tsvlor, llilWo. -II
New Fel Mill ready I am now
prpp.rel to do your f! grinding
with first rla grinder. Will grind
all kinds of feed every Saturday.
Bring in your grist, our charges re
reasonable. W. F. Hartrampf, Pac.
Ave Foiest Orove, Or.
HOYT'S
PICTORIAL
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WHAT IS WUONU WITH TICfUUET
Tliorc are Uiree tli Ins ion4 with the above
picture. Kvery person ! r i n !A 1 1 Into our store
lieforc we close Saturday evenim;, February 27,
the correct solution of the above puzzle will
be Riven a reduction of 10 per cent on the Hrst
bill of goods purchased of us, regardless of
amount.
Finding (me of the three things wrong will
give you a reduction of per cent; llnding two
will give you M per cent, and 10 percent for all
three.
tQjgjC Watch for Hoyt's hand.
It tells you of Special llurgalns. It will appear
in front of his window tw o times each week. It
w ill remain out one day only. On that day a
bargain w ill be put in the window. It is not a
ruse to get you to bite. It tells of a real bar
gain. Watch It close. It will pay you.
HOST'S
The "MONKY IiA "" .';t"iv. If von ure n..t -ati.--lictl
with vonr pn ivli.ir your money will !e diet r
f ii 11 v refuiiilt 1. W'y Wiint to kceji your tnnle, ;inl
ure IiouikI to j.IciKu you. Hilit gtnxls. riIit jirices
Mix! ri":lit treiitinont nn. the ri,urht policy, and that's
HOYT'S.
Hillsboro.
Who Fills Your Prescription? j
1 If we I'll your prcscriT.ti. tl ot.r r- "j
cijic :t i li!'..'l witli t!i : l.e-1 j 1 t h I i t -.f
ilru-i an.l full-weilit wilb.'-ttt
over c'.i.ir-'.- lot lioiiest st.iVice.
We I'.iy t.o otrj to scml yon to t:
ami tlicie.'ote. it PAYS YOU to
l.rin yoitr lrt stri; tioii litre. A
inily ntnnlicr of j.coolj are al
reaily aware of this aii'l a trial will
convince you.
Bailey's
PUZZLE.
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