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Gent I
From Indiana
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Cepyrijht. 1393, by Vo-Lltday K1 McClurt Co. ijt
; Cvpyrtjht, IS.02. by McClurt. Vhillln S31 Co.
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CH Vl'TKI! I.
Ilir.N tlu- rusty ruml of ttm
ff-":T""j I. the Ki.tol III liit f (.f tint
r '.f-l T;:rciw County IJ.-ruM tm.k
Urn l.:lMl I'lM nf Ms llilil'. I 1 1: i-- 'U
o;i Mr Lint imi!ci' I'ru.n lli' Wl.lk- CJil i n.
p:it on tils cult, -iAr;I nut tin' do.-!
ii r t U miry ainl left fi H.ii:rtti::i for
tl.c '.'i!,;h .lime ui 'tcr'.iii.iu.
llv tlic way to tin' wi'Ht, Hlrnil-
UiZ tliii!i.',!itfu!ly out nt town :y tlio
!ii liDt, l i'rtcl Main tre't mid
Uifiuv on w rd liy tin OKimtry r;tl Into
wliiili Us iruil half mil.' of old brkli
iiri ljiiildiiiKs, tim.lili il twn fraiuu
(iH nnil thinly iainti(l eottiiKoa !
P'lK'nitcJ. Tlio nun was In bis fnee
tu;ru the road ran Ntwwu the mim
iit fields, lying wiivi'U'sx, low, gra
iui!i in proiulst'; but, fo'.iilht; to a
wood of lilcUory nnd hoi-rh nml wal
nut that stood beyond, ho inlslit turn
it! down hMit hat lirim up and hold
kin Iioiid efct. llt're the shndit Ml
ii nd cool on the grvvn tiniKle of
! and Iron wevl (ind long p'iihs In
tlio-i-oniors of this miuka fence, al
though the sun Ix'ut iiMn the nad no
close tM'Klde. There whs no movement
oT the crlnp young leaven overhead.
II it'll In the hoiiKhii there wns a quick
(Hrt of rrluiHon where two robin hop
il nolnt-letwly. Tliw- lute afternoon,
when the air U quite still, bad cotim,
jet there rented Komewhere on the
quiet day a fnlnt, lennnt. woody
nieir. It enme to the editor of the
Hi-raid an bo climbed to the top rail
f the fitice for a sent, and he ilrrw
a loiiff breurb to get the eliiHlve odor
tore luxuriously, and then It was gone
Ifovether.
. "A miMt of dellenelea," he Bald nloud,
aildreMslns the wide silence coinplnln
Inrly. "Ono taste mid they quit," be
Uni-iied. pwAug Hol.'iniily upon the
tl.lnhiu little town down the road.
It w is a plaee ef which lis Inhabit
ant soiiietiineM ri'tnariied easily that
thi'ir city had a populitlnn of from
5.110(1 to i.(i(K soiiIm, but it Hbotild be
ciiMy to. forgive them f ir sue!) stnte
tnerit. Civic pride 1m a virtue. The
town lay In the heart of that fertile
stretch of Hat Innds In Indiana where
eastern travelers, ulnniiiu from car
windows, shudder and return their eyea j
to Interior uphohtery, piet'errliei cv n
the liwiiyitm eapai -isoiis of a Pullman to j
flin ttimmtonv wMmnt. 'I'be l.in.Ner'oe '
tuns on Inleri.'ilnal'ly level lines bleak
In win'.cr, u ih's ih.te plain of mud nnd
mow: hot ami dusty til buiuiuer, miles
on miles of Hat loiiesomeuos, wl.li not
av.c cool hill slope away from the sun.
The persistent tourist who seeks for
sii;ns of man In this sad expanse per
ceive. a reckless amount of rail fence,
at Intervals n law barn, and here and
tin-re man blm:elf, Ineurious, putleut.
slow, looking up from the Held apa
thetically us the limited Hies by. Now
and th"n the train passes a vlllavje
built sciitterlnvly about n courthouse,
with a mill or two humming near the
trucks. This la a county seat, and the
Inhabitants and the local papers refer
to It confidently as "our city."
Such a county seat was Plattvllle,
capital of t'arlow county. The social
and business energy of the town eou--ntratisl
on the square, and here In
an miner time the gentlemen were wont
fc lounge from store to store In their
Qirt sleeves, and In the center of
ttu square stood the old red brick
courtuoUHe, loomdy fenced In a shady
groT of maple and elm "sllpp'ry
iluui" called the "courthouse yard."
HVi tbe sua grew too hot for tb dry
gitatis box vhittlera In front of tbe
tores around tbe square and the oreu
pants of the r hairs In front of tbe rnl
m9 bote! oo the corner they wooM o
sun and dmpe themselree orrr tbe
Mow and carre tbelr Initials tm the
tap boa id. From tbe poattloa of tbe
an the wHtar of tbe Herald yodwd
ttot these operation were . now tn
prmniw, and be was not deeply elated
1? tbe knowledge that whatever riemil
Iwy ini rantlon mlarht pm from tnaa
sd man on tbe fenee wonM pmbabfy be
tnaplred by hia own conrlctkma rx
fwms edltortally In the Herald.
He drew a faded tobacco bag and a
brier pipe from bis pocket and, after
Biting and lighting the pipe, twirled the
punch met'haolcally atxnit his finger,
tlwn, suddenly regarding It, patted It
earetetliigly. It luid bt-en a giddy little
bag long ago, gay w ith embroidery In
the colors of the editor's university,
aod, altltodgh now It was frayed to the
trrge of tatters. It still ltore an air of
pristine Jnutitiness, an air of which Its
ewncr In rmwis, pnrt'tok. lie looked
f -om it toward the village in the clear
ii!!j'.)ce nnd siulied softly its h.e put
tuo poiu h lan k In his (mm ki t and. r'-st-Ing
hi arm on 11 kmc at.tl 1. 1 tl-in on
A little pu-;r snake cr 't I'.mler tic
fence beiieaih him and ili -i'p.'-uvd In
the underlini.di; a r:iMlt. rn.r ssinj
Oil Its ! I'll VI M I y II S'lle ef luilliant
dashes and tenor smitten hail", came
within a fi'tv y.ir.U of him. s.it up v. hli
quivering nose and eyi s ali;.:ht v. i!'u
fe.irtu) In in i inln.us and van'-i.t d.n lias (
of tlu'Ty lvoun and wiilte. Sl.i-.ih-w-'
grew ! i:iger: a erh'l.el chlfi ied and le i'l' I
answers; llrT.- v.-a a woedl.iml ir ef
brecz"s, mid the pair of loliin 1- f t tin1
btnifhes o erhead In "nver til-.'l.t. va
cating before the arrixul of a tioek of
bl.K kbird h.isli ien thither rt the
eventide thoold be upon them. Th
lilacUbirda tai.ie. cbattereU, gossiped.
;'.!. I lleh'd and beat each ether wilb
their wings above tin- smoker sittii ij
Mi the top fence rail.
Pl.t he had remembered. A thousand
miles to the east It was commencement
day, seven years to u day from his
ov n commencement.
Five years ayo, on another June aft
ernoon, a younx man from the east had
alighted on the platform of the station
north of Plattville and, entering the
rickety omnibus that lingered there
seeking whom it might rattle to deaf
ness, demanded to be driven to the
Herald building. It did not strike the
driver that the newcomer was pre
cisely a gay young man when be climb
ed Into the omnibus, but an hour later,
lis be stood In the doorway of the edi
tlee be had Indicated as bis destination,
depression seemed to have settled Into
the marrow of his bones.
Plattvllle waa Instantly alert to tbe
stranger's presence, and Interesting con
jectures were hazarded all day long at
the back door of Martin's I)ry (lood
Emporium (this was tbe club during
the day), nnd at supper tbe new ar
rlval nnd his probable purposes were
discussed over every table in the town.
Ppou Inquiry he had Informed Judd
Penuett. the driver of the omnibus,
that he bad come to stay. Nalurai.y
ion h a declaration caused a sensation,
as people did not eo' le to Plattville to
;ivc except through the Inadvertency of
belli $ born there. In addition the young
man's appearance and attire were re
ported to be extraordinary. Many of
the curio is, nmong them most of the
ii':ti i lagcilile females of the piece, took
ocir.sion pas and upass the sl,n of
the Carlovv County Herald duiiii tbe
evening.
Meanwhile the strair.er was seated
in the dingy oliiee ups'a'rs with his
head bowed low oiThls ari.'.s. Tvvlli!it
s'oiit through the dirty window paii"
and fed d into darkness. Night tilled
the room. 1 1c did not move. The young
man from theii.st had bou:-ht the Her
ald from mi !:: nt had hoiigiit it with
out ever having le-cn within a bundled
mlh s of Piatt . -.ile. I lie liennd was
an alleged weekly which bad some
times appeared within five day of It
declared date of publication and sonie
tine's liilt-sed tire nitegether. It wns a
thorn in Uie side of every patriot of
t'arlow comity, mid t'arlow people, aft
er supporting the paper loyally und
long, bad at last given It up and sub
scribed for the Cazette. published In
the neighboring county of Amu. The
former proprietor of tbe Herald, a
surreptitious gentleman with a goatee,
bad taken- the precaution of leaving
Plattville forever on tbe afternoon pre
ceding his successor's arrival. Tbe
young man from tbe east had vastly
overpaid for his purchase. Moreover,
tbe price be bad paid for It was all the
money he bad In tbe world.
The next morning he went bitterly to
work. He hired a compositor from
Roaen, a young man named Tarker,
who set type all night long and helped
blm pursue advertisements all day.
The citizens shook tbeir beads pas!
mlaUcally. They bad about given up
tbe Idea tbat tbe Herald could ever
amount to anything, and they betrayed
an Innocent but caustic doubt of abil
ity tn any stranger. '
One day tbe new editor left a note on
bU door: "Will return In fifteen mln
tea." Mr. Rodney McCune, politician from
the neighboring county of Gaines, hap
pening to be In Plattvllle on an errand
to bis henchmen, found the note and
wrote beneath the message tbe scath
ing Inqnlry, "Why 7"
When he discovered this addendum,
the editor smiled for the first time since
bis advent Bnd 'reported tbe incident In
his m-Jtt Issue, using the rubric "Why
Has the Herald Iteturned to I.lfe?" as
a text for a rousing editorial on hon
esty In politics, n subject of which be
already knew something. The political
district to which Cnrlow be'engd was
governed by a limi'cd I umber of g-'ti-
tiee.ieii whose v. al.h vva ever mi the;
Increase, nnd honesty tn politic was
a s'.'.riling concept eel to the cilnd of
week there was anotnor MiTorrntrr,,r-'
aonal and local in its application, and
thereby It hocume evid "lit that the new
proprietor of the Iler.iM was a theoriM
Who believed In general that a pollt '
clan's honor should not br merely of
that middling healthy species l.nowu
as "honor among politicians." nnd In
particular that Iioihe y Mei'une should
not rts-cive the nomination of bis party
for congn ss. Now, Mr. Met 'une wa
tbe undoubted dictator of the district,
and his follower laughed at the stran
ger's fantastic onset; but thecdl'or wa
not content with the word of print. He
hired n Imrse find rode about the co'tn
try ii Co his own surprise! proved to
lie mi adaptable young mini who .en
joyed cyereiso with II pile! fork to tbe
farmer's profit while tb. f.;rnier talk
ed. He talked little Llmeif. but lifter
listening an hour or so lie would drop a
Word from the s-nhll" as he b ft. nnd
tlifii. by some sc-prlslng wlatdry. the
fanner, thbik'ng ov r ti e l: rvievv.
'child there W-is so', e ,'., p. wbilt
1'...it jouiig follow s'aM'nVi Furi-w curi
ous to oe v, t the Ve:nr: fellow Lad
fui'IoT to say in the Herald.
l'oiiti. s Is the one suliji-i t that goes
to the vitals of cv.ry rural Aim rican,
ii t:-l a I! "osier Will talk polities after
i.e is d id.
liver) l.t iiy read the campaign nil
ton'aW and fo'iml them lM'TeMmg. nl
t'eoe.h lucre was no one who did not
1 eiceive the utier n!tin'.lty of a young
stranger dropping into t'arlow nnd J
invi h-ing ' 1 l:esi If In a party fight
m of the district. It was
"; 1 gbt, for by grace of
- . ar.der tic' nomination
ii the certainty of elec-
on.
the . . ;. .
carii d will
tioll.
A week before tbe convention there
came a provincial earthquake. The
news passed from man to man In owe
struck whispers McCune bad with
drawn lib name, making the shallow
est of excuses to bis cohorts. Nothing
was known of the real reason for bis
disordered retreat beyond the fact that
be bail been in Plattvilie on tbe morn
lug before hi withdrawal und bad Is
sued from a vl!t to the Heruld olllce In
a state of palsy. Mr. Parker, the
Itoucn printer,, had been present at tbe
close of the interview, but be held bis
peace at the command of bis employer.
He bad beeu called Into the sanctum
and bud found MoCunc, white and
slinking, leaning on the desk.
"Parker." snld the edl.or, exhibiting
tl bundle of papers he held In 1:1 hand.
"I Wi.tit you to witness a verbal con-
Jif-
u- . . .v. -e . r.
L J I : I I
I i b-ind. set blovv !ng c'n "id of si;il:e
it ef the sb.idc Into tbe snnslntiK, nl - v. te aive ind rc-ig'e'il who
iltly watching the glios'ly shadow oi ' t.nik- d the isliti l ial over on the strei t
Ue wkito dust of the road. J corners u-iel in the stores. The next
Mr. liodncy McCune fouml the vote.
tract between Mr. McCune and myself.
These papers are an affidavit and
copies of some records of a street cur
couipany which obtained a cbnrter
while Mr. McCune was In tbe legisla
ture. They were sent to me by a man
I do not know, an anonymous friend of
Mr. McCune In fact, a friend be
seems to have lost. On consideration
of our not printing these papers Mr.
McCune agrees to retire from politics
for good. You understand. If he ever
lifts bis head again politically we pub
lish them, and the courts will do the
rest Now, In rase anything should
happen to me"
"Something will happen to you all
right!" broke out VIcCune. "You can
bank on that, you black"
"Come," the editor Interrupted not
unpleasantly. "Why should tbere be
anything personal In all this? I dou't
recognize yon aa my private enemy
not at all and I think yon are getting
off rather easily, aren't yon? Too keep
out of politics and everything will be
comfortable. Ton ought never to bare
been In, It, you see. It's a mistake not
to go square, because In the long run
somebody la sure to give you away,
like the fellow who sent me theee.
You promise to bold to a strictly pri
vate lifer
"You're a traitor to the party," groan
ed tbe other; "but you only wait"
Tbe editor smiled sadly. "Walt noth
lug! Ion't threaten, man. Go home to
your wife. pl give you three to one
shc'il be glad you are out of it."
"I'll give you three to one," an Id Mc
Cune. "that the White Caps will get
you if you stay in Carlo'v. You want j
to look out for yourself, I tell you, my i
smart hov "
T'i 'e ( tiiitiituf it.
For s'tle. Tare -i f. A rp'irifi'j
of I b'nn tsre seed that We- will Kfll I r
J eo"f , r teuini'.. Cull Hi VatleyV
Fwl lirrj, Forest Grove, Ore, '
HOYT'S
PICTORIAL PUZZLE.
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WHAT IS UllUNG WITH PICTLUIV
There are three 'things wrong with the above
picture. Every person bringing into our store
before we close Saturday evening, February 13,
the correct solution of the above puzzle will
be given a reduction of 10 per cent on the tlrst
bill of goods purchased of us, regardless of
amount.
Finding one or the three things wrong will
give you a reduction of ( per cent; linding two
M ill give you S per cent, and 10 per cent for all
three.
Ecenjthinfl in Handkerchiefs
A dainty lace affair that gives
tlie finishing touches to a lady's
costume, and here just a littlt: nob
Itier for the price. Or a man's
bandanna, big, serviceable, and
cheaper than you can buy it else
where; and all the many grades be
tween, in variety of style and cost
to suit any taste and Ct any pock-etbook.
HOYT'S
The "MONEY HACK" Store. If you are not satis
fied with your purchase your money will be cheer
fully refunded. We want to keep your trade, and
are bound to please you. Right goods, right prices
and right treatment are the right policy, and that's
HOYT'S.
Hillsboro.
Who Fills Your Prescription?
If we fill your prescription oer r
cipe it is filled with the best quality
of drugs and full-weight without
over charge for honest service.
We pay no one to send you to us
and therefore, it PAYS YOU to
bring your prescription here. A
goodly numlier of people are al
ready aware of this and a trial will
convince you.
Bailey's Pharmac7.