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N o s ie r Sc N o rto n Coquille, Oregon Phone H om e 1 1 1 Farm ers 4 8 3 | | txxxv )0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 < > 0 0 < ^ < > C ^ > ^ 0 Coquille Herald is now fully equipped with modern faces of type and accessories for the execution of "Tl in a style unexcelled and at prices equally as inviting as can be obtained from others iGmti Hrirfs PRIN TED P R O M P T !* AND ACCURATELY El W ork entrusted to us will receive the personal supervision of a practical printer who takes pride in the proper execution of every detail Q Give Us a Trial Order 3 [Hi ih ie A GREAT CLUBBING OFFER Semi-Weekly Oregon Journal one year T he Coquille Herald one year Total - - Both Papsrs one year - - - - $1 50 - 1 50 - - $3 0 0 - $2 00 THE SEMI-WEEKLY O re g o n J o u rn a l Publishes the latest and most complete tele graphic news of the world; gives reliable market reports, as it is published at Port land, where the market news can be amt is corrected to date for each issue. It also has a page of special matter for the Farm and H ome, an entertaining story page and a page or more o f comic each week, and it goes to the subscriber twice every week one hundred and four times a year. THE COQUILLE HERALD gives all the local news and happenings and should be in every home in this vicinity. The two papers make a splendid combina tion and you save $1.00 by sending your subscription to The Coquille Herald! We can also give our subscribers a good clubbing offer for the Daily and Sunday, or Sunday Journal, with The ‘Herald. Evelyn Pierce T1 k * o . Bcrpan Shoe Mfjt.Co. R Population Predicted for U. S. R. ;ttg his estimate on the last Incorporated. Manufacturers o f c o i The Celebrated Bergmann Shoe tion and ta k in g in to con sidera- « i . SHERWOOD Pi e i 0. C SANFORD, A i t i . C a. hla r COQUILLE F IR S T N A T IO N A L B A N K STUDIO OP C O J U Ih liH , OR B O O R . 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For Reservations NOSLER & NORTON N osier & Norton Agents, Coquille, O regon e x c l u s iv e a g e n t s NOSLER & N O R T O N OLD R E LIABLE—EQUIPPED WITH W IRELESS Regular as tlie Clock STEAMER BREAKWATER San Francisco a n d Bandon First-class fare only Up freight, per ton Coquille, Ore. •xpir Str. Elizabeth ALWAYS ON TIME F ro m P o r tla n d 9 A . M . *7.50 3.0U May 1, 8, 13, 18, 23, 28. June 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27 F ro m C o o s B a y E. & E. T . K r u s e May 4, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 2 4 California Street, San Francisco PAUL L. STERLING, Agent June 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, 29 Phone Main 181 For Reservations NOSLER & NORTON Agents, Coquille, O regon r FIRE-PROOF ¡BEE SUPPLIES* ^ A S M A B A O S The only ready roofing manu factured that is absolutely fire proof. Made of a combination of As bestos (stone) fibre and genuine Trinidad Lake Asphalt. This roofing is proof against every destructive element. It is simple to lay and never requires painting, graveling or repairs. 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' P o r t l a n d . 0 « e « on . R. ( . S H I N E , V I .« P r i t l . H. HAZARD, C l l k l . r tmm i /Notice to Dealers something t o prove me the whit# m n n ’a friend.” 8h«t did «» he desired, mid he led her to the ha k of the inugaxine. whirl) win bidden from view. and. re moving some rubbish, exposed a hole through which, by stooping, one might pass. "C o In." he said "I show yon what I mean." Evelyn drew bin It. "I show yon that somebody here 1» A Story of the Old LI. S. traitor; he go In blow up magazine.” Evelyn hesitated, but not for long. Army Possibly the man whom she knew had been ruptivuted by her appearance— B> EDWIN fttORNTON for she had spoken to him but once und then to warn him uot to trouble her—hud a secret which he would give I Tht* days o f army posts on the west to tier atone. Rending low. she went ern frontier, a garrison shut up by It through the opening She could see | self with no outsiders to see or talk nothing for the darkness. On a shelf with or eveu hear about, are over. sltHxl a lantern, which Cncas Instantly Then, too. In those days- they are not lighted; then, after pretending to look so far distant-occasionally Indians for something, nei dug her und chip- must be driven back on to their reser plug Ills hum! over her month, he vations. and sometimes they would he j dragged her throw.h another opening, too strong for the little garrison, and ( un<l she found herself outside the fort days and nights of agony would pass What she had suspected was plain to in expectation o f their making a break her now, though -<» great was her ter in tin* walls and murdering every unt* ror that it only flushed through her inside tin* inclosure, including women mind. Uncas had come to the fort to effect an entrance for ids comrades and children. Yet there was a pleasant side to the He had secretly made the opening to life. The garrison shut off from the the magazine, con caWd it and made world constituted a family consisting another through the wall of tlie fort. Desiring to possess her. he had ar of two divisions, the one being com posed o f the oflicers and their families, ranged to take lur with him when he went back to his people. Doubtless the other of the men and their families long before dawn he would lead them Between officers and men was a divid iug line as to association on familiar through the magazine into the fort terms, hut there was a union o f heart. and massacre the garrison before they The enlisted men understood that this could form to repel the attack. Evelyn was very strong for a girl line had from time immemorial been considered necessary to the discipline She had not been captured long be and efficiency of an army. fore summoning all her strength for Years ago there was one of these a supreme effort—it was enhanced by army posts in what is now a sovereign terror—she wrenched herself from the state in the American Union. One day Indian, and before he could get his when a supply train arrived it brought grip on her again she darted away for something to stir the tiresome life of the fort. She ran in the dark, but took the officers* division- a young lady She no thought o f falling Fortune favored came to visit Mrs. Major Bertrand, her in this, while It deserted the Indian wife of the commandant, whose niece He fell, and while lie was getting on she was. Her coming had been talked his feet again Evelyn gained sufficient about, but her appearance was disap advantage to reach the opening into pointing. She was not especially pret the fort and pass through it. When ty. though she possessed a soft dark Uncus entered through the same uper eye which was very expressive, though ture she was standing by a barrel of of what uo one could exactly deter gunpowder, from which the head had mine. been removed, holding the lantern di Within four hours after her arriv rectly over it. nl she had divided tlie garrison Into “ Come a step farther,” she said, two sections, consisting o f those who “ and I’ll drop it.” liked and those who distrusted her She stood at bay ready to sncrlflc* However, it. was not long before her herself and the Indian. Savage as he friends were converted to the opposite was, I k * at once began to look for some side b.3 the fact that she was caught strategem by which he could again gel talking with a private in the ranks the advantage of her Drawing away, named Conover. A few o f those who he feigned fright, then penitence, tell had fancied her remonstrated with her. 'ng her- Lie had been tempted by his telling her that perhaps she didn’ t passion for her to take her to his own know that association with an enlisted wigwam and make her Ids wife. He man by the families o f the officers was would rather die than harm her. prohibited. She listened to them de This and other things he said, mu rely with those singular eyes o f hers watching her like a cat for an oppor fixed on them, but said nothing Nev tunity to ci^tch her off her guard and ertheless only a few days had passed got her again in his power Mean when she was again seen talking with while she was thinking how to get out the same man. of his clutches She could hear a sen The matter now came to the ears of try walking on the parapet, though his Mrs. Bertrand, who gave her niece a steps were only audible to her when lecture and tokl her that if she was he came to that end o f Iris beat near against caught noticing any one of the est the magazine. He had turned and enlisted men as an equal she should gone to the other end when she formed be sent home. Then Evelyn—Evelyn a resolution. She listened to Uncas ns Pierce was her name—asked with real though moved by liis penitence till the or feigned innocence—her aunt could sentry came back to the end o f his not tell which—why she could not treat bent nearest her. then gave a shriek one in the ranks just as she would so loud that had it not lieou inclosed treat an officer. Mrs. Bertrand could would have awakened the garrison. only say that it wasn’t the custom and Major Bertrand had given order** lias been an unwritten law in the army. that a key to the magazine door should And so Miss Pierce was in disfavor hang in the sentry box o f the man who Those who showed their condemnation guarded it. Since the magazine was most openly were the women of the never unguarded the key was always garrison. The officers, whatever they within reach o f a sentinel. The man. thought o f the young lady’s action, hearing the shriek, seized the key and. though they refrained from showing opening the door, saw Evelyn standing her marked attention, always treated by a powder barrel. The moment she her with studied politeness. This was saw him she pointed to tlie hole in the due the commandant’s wife, whose wall leading from the magazine by niece and guest she was. But it was which the Indian had beaten a retreat. not long before several of the unmar A hasty explanation ensued, and ried officers began to find it difficult to within a few minutes men on horse let Miss Pierce alone. There was some back started after Uncas. In his fall thing about her that the cloud hang- j when chasing Evelyn .he had received ing over her could not obspure. Fur a sprain which deterred bitn in his thertnore. she had voluntarily brought flight- Hearing his pursuers near upon that cloud upon herself and gave no him. he crawled under a bush, but they evidence o f being ashamed of it. Pos had caught sight of him and, pressing slbly an attraction in her was that no on. dragged Id in ou t one could quite make lior out. Some When they reached the fort with liiir. said she was a fool, others that she they took him to the commandant’s was very shrewd. quarters, where Evelyn had gone and. One day an Indian came into the fort after a fainting spell, had regained and told the major commanding that somewhat o f her equanimity. those of his tribe on the reservation After a brief examination Uncas was the fort was intended to keep in order taken out and shot were preparing for war. He said that So ended an attempt of the Indians I he knew In the end an uprising Would be disastrous to his red brothers and to gain by strategem possession o f the fort, which doubtless would have been that the move would be a grievous er ror At any rate, he had come to successful had not tin* man to put it in warn -tils white brother, and having practice lost his head over a woman come, he could not go back. He must Had he not attempted to take Evelyn j remain In the fort or he killed. He with him he could easily have Intro dined his red brothers and caught tlie was, o f course, suffered to remain The coming of this redskin, who garrison napping. A great change came over those who soon become known ns I nras. cast a deeper blot upon Miss Pierce. He was had turned a cold shoulder upon Eve seen to look at her covetously, and she lyn She had warned them against the was seen chatting with him. as sin* I savage and by her heroism had saved had chatted with Private Conover j them from being massacred And not Soon after this conversation sin- went ■ long afterward another matter was to the major and told him to look cleared up. Private Conover was not Conover at out for Uliens The major asked her on what she based her distrust, and all, but Eugene Werner, a gentleman’s she replied that In* had n wicked eve ! »on. who had enlisted in the ranks for The major told his wife what Evelyn j tlie life, tlie experience and n possible had said, but as no one else had no commission in the army. Evelyn had feed any wickedness in the redskin s | rccogni >d him as such when tlie oth eye and as Mrs Bertrand was very ! ers h.o! either failed to do so or had much troubled about Evelyn's actions I declined to take notice of the fact she lost her e pinnlmity and attributed After the episode which had nearly be her niece’s accusation to a desire to I come tragedy Evelyn openly nsso hide the real cause of her treatment i dated with him. and Major Bertrand of him The major did not entirely | for her sake recommended the .voting agree with hi** wife, but be couldn't I man t r a commission Then he and send I ncas out on suspicion to be j Evelyn became engaged and wore murdered by Ids own people, so he I married at the fort. took no action in the promises It v s then that n latent Infatuation One evening when dnrknes* had fall several o f the officers had conceived en I n as met Evelyn Just going into for Evelyn flamed up. and they con her aunt’s quarters and beckoned her deni; .1 themselves for not having to follow him -ehfspering. “ I show you made an effort to win. her. S ten o g ra p h y an a ty p ew ritin g for business and professional tntn expe- d itio u sly transacted at the H erald office. A ll w ork entrusted to us treated conffilentiallv- Y ou are Sure o f a Perfect Match “Yes, Madam, this fabric shows identically the same details and color as would be shown in broad day light. Y ou see I'm displayin > the goods under the clear white rays of this wonderful new General Electric Mazda Lamp. It's really the equivalent of daylight, and that’s w hy all up-to-date stores are using it. O f course there are also other vital reasons, one of which is this: the G -E M azda Lamp gives tw ic e the light of the ordinary car bon incandescent lamp—and c o s ts le s s to bum.” T h e invention of the Mazda Lamp has caused thous ands of people to have their houses and stores wired for electric light. 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