v a
Il J. SHERWOOD Pres.
R. E.SHIRE, V.-PreB.
advise h e r a f te r h av in g done so. H e,
I H. HAZARD, Ceeklei
0 . C SANFORD, A t t l.C s e h lt r
how ever, tu rn e d th em o v er to his w ife
w ith In stru c tio n s to read them an d re
p o rt
M rs. H a w le y read th e le tte rs an d ,
o p C D g U lU b a , O R E O O S .
co n sid erin g th em r a th e r stra n g e ep is
tles fo r a clerg y m an an d a m an of
Transacts a Genern I Banking Business
fam ily to be w ritin g to a young girl,
By M A R G A R E T BA RRY
co n su lted w ith th e ch airm an o f th e
Board of Olroetor».
She Came to Grief by lg-
oto.
co m m ittee fo r sen d in g supplies to In
d ig eu t clerg y m en . T h en It n i n e o u t
L ie u te u a u t G iu sep p e G rlolano o f th e R . O. D em ent,
A . J . Sherwood,
N
ational
B
ank
o
Commerce,
New Y ork C i
noring System
th a t, th e lad les h av in g learn ed th a t Mr. Ita lia n untionul police being su m m o n
L . H trlo c k e r,
L . 11. H azard.
O rocker W oolw orth N ’lB auk, S an F ra n c !
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O K a p la n h ad no w ife o r children, his ed to h e a d q u a rte rs a t N aples, h is ch ief
Isaiah H acker.
U. K. Shine
F irst N a t’l B ank of P o rtlan d . P o rtla n d .
•> n am e hud been erase d from th e ir list.
B y F. A . M IT C H E L
¡1 It also ca m e o u t th a t Miss A rcher, in sa id to him :
‘“T his b rig an d L a n e ttl w ho h as been
ste ad o f w o rk in g u n d er orders, h ad
been d o in g so ou h er ow n hook. M rs. te rro riz in g th e m o u n tain s m u st be ca p
R . S. K n o w l t o n , President
G e o . A . R o b in s o n , V ic e -P re s.
M iss G w endolen A rcher, aged eig h t H aw ley u n d th e ladles o f th e com m it tu re d . 1 h av e se n t o u t a spy, w h o
R . 11. M a s t , Cashier.
eon, w as a n ea rn e st church w orker, tee sa w a t once th a t th e article Mr, s a y s th a t in a ra v in e hack o f S o rren to
T here w as only one trouble a b o u t Miss K ap lan w a n te d w as a wife.
h e cam e upon th e band.
t i e w as
A rcher—so said th e older ladles of th e
M iss A rc h e r received a noto fro m h er b a ite d uud to ld to tu rn ab o u t. H e
;h u rc h —sh e w as ra th e r inclined to ta k e p a sto r t h a t h e h ad tu rn e d Mr. K a p la n ’s could see no one, b u t rem ark e d th e
affa irs Into h e r ow n hands. She had le tte rs o v er to his wife, who w ould p o sitio n und sa y s th a t if th ey rem ain
se rv ed on a com m ittee to sen d boxes en d eav o r to solve th e riddle.
th e re long en o u g h fo r a co m p eten t
COQUILLE. OREGON
of clo th in g an d o th er d om estic a rtic le s
M rs. H a w le y ’s rep o rt w as long de fo rce to a tta c k th em th ey m u st all be
to m in iste rs In o u t of th e w ay p laces layed. O ne d ay a m em b er o f th e su p
c a p tu re d . T a k e fifty m en, go a t once
th e larg en ess o f w hose fam ilies w as ply co m m ittee show ed M iss A rch er a a n d b rin g L a n e tti h ere d ead o r alive,
Opened for Busines March. 1 8 9 0
p ro p o rtio n a te to th e sm a lln ess of th e ir p h o to g rap h of a handsom e young i f you can b rlu g tb e o th e rs do so, b u t
salu rles. B ecom ing restiv e a t bein^ clerg y m an a n d ask ed h er how sh e Ilk
do u o t fail to c a p tu re th e ir lead er.”
su b o rd in a te d to o lder w om en, i t oc ed h is a p p earan ce. M iss A rch er e x
“ H a v e you a d escrip tio n o f h im ?”
CORRESPONDENTS!
ru rre d to Miss A rcher to pack a box p ressed h e rse lf very m uch pleased a sk ed th e lie u te n a n t.
Ladd
&
Tilton
Bank,
Portland
First National Bank, San Francisco
w ith 1L L a te r on a n o th e r m em ber o f
a n d send It aw a y herself.
"No. Nor h a v e 1 fo u n d an y one w h o
National Park, New York
First Trust & Savings, Coos Bay
W hen she had g ot to g e th e r sufficient th e co m m itte e ask ed Miss A rch er to h as seen him . * H e h as b u t recen tly
artic le s, co n sistin g p rin cip ally of su ch ex ch a n g e p h o to g rap h s w ith her. T h e begun Ills d e p re d a tio n s an d th u s f a r
E « « « c s c « < e e e « A e « e c e « e « te (e e « « « « « e e e « » i» 4 € « e « « e « «
ns w ould be needed by ch ild ren , she m ean in g o f th ese tw o photo g rap h ic In w e h a v e not beeu ab le to g e t an y in
looked over th e list of Im pecunious cid e n ts w a s m ade kn o w n to Mr. K ap fo rm atio n n b o u t him.
P erso n s who
-STIPES-is C i
m in iste rs w ith larg e fam ilies a n d se lun by M rs. H aw ley , w ho h ad w ritte n h a v e been c a p tu re d by his b an d a n d
looted one th a t stood h ig h e r on th e list him sa y in g th a t sh e w ould be happy held fo r rau so m h av e not. been b ro u g h t
OLD RELIABLE—EQUIPPED WITH WIRELESS
th a n som e to w hom boxes had been to a s s is t In su p p ly in g th e a rtic le he b efo re blm ."
needed an d apologizing fo r M iss A r
L ie u te n a n t G rlo lan o w ith his m en
c h e r's h a v in g p re m a tu re ly Bent him th e w e n t by tra in a s n e a r to th e p o in t th ey
c h ild re n ’s clothes, th e girl h av in g sup
in te n d e d to a tta c k a s possible, th e n a t
posed him to be m arried. So Mr. K a p n ig h tfu l! follow ed a ro ad lead in g up
ALWAYS ON TIME
lan, a t M rs. H aw ley 's su ggestion, se n t in to th e m o u n tain s.
Sails from Portland at 9 A. M.,
*
h er h is p h o to g rap h , und sh e se n t him
A s soon a s it g re w lig h te r th e police,
M iss A rch er's.
all a rm e d w ith rifles, ad v an ced , tu r n
April 15, 20, 25, 30,
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O ne d a y Mrs. H aw ley rep o rted to in g a bend In th e rav in e, w h ich led
M iss A rc h e r th a t she hud w ritte n Mr. th em face to fa c e w ith a b a rric a d e of
Sails from Coos Bay at Service of Tide
«
K ap lan an d he hnd given h er th e sto n e s th e b a n d its hnd ere c te d acro ss
April 12, 17, 22, 27
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n am e of th e a rtic le he w an ted . M iss it. G rlo lan o h a lte d h is m en a n d stood
A rch er w n s all eagerness to h e a r th e looking up a t th e b a rrie r. All w as s i
IN. L KOLM, Agent
Phone Main 181
so lu tio n o f th e m a tte r an d w as m uch len t. Not a liv in g th in g w a s to be
d isa p p o in te d w hen she w as told th a t tt seen.
w as n o t b est th a t she should know
“ T h e b ird h a s flow n,” be re m a rk e d
th e n am e of th e article, b u t It would in a d isa p p o in te d to n e.
he se n t to Mr. K aplan a n d if M iss A r
No so o n er h a d th e w ords been u t
c h er chose sh e would he com m issioned te re d th a n n b u llet sa n g close to his
F red V on P e g e rt
C . I . K im e
by th e c h u rc h com m ittee to ta k e It to ear.
him.
T h e b ra v e s t m an will d u ck a t being
M iss A rc h e r w us m ore puzzled th an th u s su rp rise d , f o r th e n e rv e s do not
ever. W hy w as tt not sen t by ex p ress? g iv e th e b rain tim e to reaso n th a t th e
T h e rep ly to th is w as th a t, being an d a n g e r lias a lre a d y passed. G rio lan o
M EC HANICAL
an im al, It m u s t ent an d , being a very in v o lu n ta rily d u ck ed , th en o rd ered his
high b red a n d valu ab le an im al, It could m en to lie d o w n u n d e r co v er till he
u o t w ell be In tru sted to th e c a re o f could d e te rm in e upon th e b est m ethod
th e em p lo y ees o f an ex p re ss com pany o f a tta c k . l i e sto o d u p rig h t h im self,
Miss A rc h e r th o u g h t th e m a tte r o v er ta k in g in th e d e fe n se b efo re him. H e
G e n e r a l lllack sm ith in g .
n nd d ecided to decline th e com m ission. w a s a h an d so m e m an, tw en ty -flv e
W agon M aking, M achine
Sho sa w no reason w hy sh e should y e a rs old a n d b rav e. W hile be w as
W ork, P a tte r n M aking and
h av e th e resp o n sib ility of a pet dog or lo oking fo r a n o p en in g by w hich to
C a stin g , A uto m o b ile W ork.
c a t on a long Journey to a b en ig h ted m a k e a flank a tta c k u|>on th e position
co u n try . W hy, the Idea w ns too a b a n o th e r b u lle t sa n g a few in ch es ab o v e
COQUI LL E , OREGON
su rd fo r a n y th in g .
If M r. K ap lan h is head. T h is tim e h e w a s p rep ared
w an ted a p e t he could com e and g et I t an d did not flinch.
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On both sid e s o f th e ra v in e w h en ,
W hen th is reply wus m ad e to Mrs.
A SU SPIC IO N O P T H E TR U TH CAME SU D H a w le y th e m a tte r, so f a r as M iss
th e b a rrie r h a d been erected th e re w as
DENLY R U SH IN G OVER H E R .
A rcher k n ew , w a s dropped. T h en one a w all o f rock, w h ich th e lie u te n a n t
se n t. W hy th is fa in tly h ad been om it
dny sh e w ns Inform ed t h a t Mr. K ap sa w no w ay o f p assin g . Indeed, th e
ted sh e did n o t k now , an d sin c e she lan w as co m in g for his pet, an d , since positio n th e b a n d its hnd tn k e n could
w as a c tin g Independently sh e d id not he h ad w ritte n her a b o u t it, sh e w as only he c a p tu re d fro m th e fro n t, nnd
J. L. LAIRD, Proprietor
ca re to ask.
to g iv e it to him w h en he arriv ed . th is could n o t be d o n e w ith o u t c o n sid
T h e re w as a t th is tim e in th e so u th M iss A rc h e r w a s so m e w h a t m iffed a t e ra b le loss o f life. T h e you n g officer
Leaves Miytle Point daily at 7 o ’clock
w e s t a so rt o f m issio n a ry s ta tio n p re th is, sa y in g th a t she sa w no renson w a s a t a loss how to proceed. W hile
a. m. Arrives at Roseburg at 2 o’clock
sided o v er by th e Kev. F ra n c is K a p w hy Mr. K ap lu n c o u ld n ’t huve told d e lib e ra tin g a n o th e r rifle crack ed , and
Ian. I lls p a rish io n e rs w e re plainsm en, h er fra n k ly w h a t he w a n te d ns well a n o th e r b u llet w hizzed p a s t him . th is
Leaves Roseburg daily at 7 a. m., ar
cow punebers, In d ia n s, g re a s e rs and u s a n y one else. S he a sk e d If h e In tim e kn o ck in g off th e u n ifo rm N ap o
riving
at Myrtle Point at 2 o’clock.
som e negroes. T h e re w a s n o t a p e r ten d ed b rin g in g Ills w ife u nd fam ily leonic h a t w o rn by th e n atio n al police.
Special rigs for parties at any time.
son in bis flock w ith w hom he could w ith him nnd w as to ld th a t h e did
‘F o r h e a v e n 's sake, lie u teijh n t!”
a s so c ia te on fa m ilia r term s, i t w as not. S he said th a t sh e hnd been b o th cried a se rg e a n t. "C ense to expose
lonesom e o ut th e re In th e hom e o f th e ered a good deal u b o u t th e m a tte r nnd y o u rse lf In th a t w ay. T h e n e x t sh o t
cactu s, an d Sir. K a p la n sig h ed fo r a w ould sen d no m ore boxes o f su p p lies will su rely b rin g yon d o w n ."
com panion. H e w a s th in k in g o f w r it to a n y one. T h e resp o n se to th is w ns
“T h o se sh o ts h a v e com e fro m d if
in g to som e of th e ladles in th e ea st th a t sh e hnd b ro u g h t th e m a tte r upon fe re n t p a rts o f th e b a rrie r,” replied
Carrying United States Mail and Passengers’ Baggage
w ho h ad se n t him to h is field o f lab o r h e rse lf by w o rking In d e p e n d e n t o f th e th e lie u te n a n t w ith o u t h eeding th e
O ffice at Laird's Livery Barn, Myrtle Point
to sh ip him a w ife w hen one dny he co m m ittee.
w arn in g .
"T h e re m u st be h a lf o u r
Farmers Telephone 156
received a box.
O ne d ay M iss A rcher w n s m uch s u r n u m b e r behind It. an d If w e a tte m p t Home Telephone 461
Mr. K aplan opened it, w ish in g th a t p rised a t receiv in g n c ard on w hich to c a rry it by sto rm w e sh all lose th e
he m ight find a w ife p acked in ex cel w n s e n g ra v e d Hie n am e o f Mr. K ap g r e a te r p a rt o f o u r m en. I m u st And
n w ay to g et n t th em fro m ’’—
sior, a real flesh h n d blood w ife, w h o lan.
would lie a com panion to him In his
I’in g l A n o th er b u llet g razed th e offi
“ W ell,” sh e exclaim ed. “ I ’m glad
exile. T ak in g off th e cover, he saw h e hns com e.
Now 1 su p p o se tills c e r 's shoulder.
“ I beg of you, lie u te n a n t,” re ite ra te d
inside on top of various articles a p a b o th e r will be ended. B u t 1 h u v en 't
p e r on w hich w as w ritte n In a w om a n y th in g fo r him. I w o n d er th a t Mrs. th e se rg ea n t, "to g e t behind a rock.
W hy th e villain s h av e m issed you foul
a n ’s hand, " I f you w a n t a n y th in g else H aw ley h a s n 't se n t tt.”
send to M iss G w endolen A rcher." T he
K x p eetin g to see a n old, eld erly o r tim e s 1 can n o t u n d e rsta n d ."
“ N or 1," replied G riolano. “ H o w ev
ad d re ss w ns added.
m id d le age<i m an, s h e d id n o t ta k e
T a k in g up an article, he unfo ld ed a p ain s to im p ro v e h e r to ile t, h u t w en t er, th e re Is n o th in g fo r It b u t to c arry
little g irl’s p e ttic o a t; th e n e x t w ns a d o w n s ta irs Ju st ns s h e w as. On e n th e place by a s s a u lt.”
G iven th e o rd e r to ad v an ce th e men
n ig h tie; a th ird w as a p a ir o f boy’s te rin g th e d ra w in g room sh e stopped
kulck erb o ck er trousers. T hen cam e to y s sh o rt on th e th resh o ld . A y o u n g m an m oved up th e rav in e, each m an g ettin g
is now fully equipped with modern
of v ario u s kinds, ch ild ren ’s shoes, sto c k a b o u t tw en ty -flv e y e a rs old ro se to o v er th e rocks in his ow n w ay. E v ery
faces of type and accessories
m
om
ent
all
ex
p
ected
to
receive
a
vol
ings th a t had been often d a rn ed an d g reet her. She recognized him a t once
a s th e person w hose p h o to g rap h she ley th a t would th in th e ir ra n k s, but
som e m uch th u m b ed schoolbooks.
for the execution of
th ey m ade h a lf th e d ista n c e nnd n o t a
Now, though Mr. K ap lan hnd n o c h il h nd ndm lred.
“ I h av e com e to th a n k y o u ," he said, sh o t had com e fro m th e b a rrie r. E very
d re n to u se th ese articles, th e re w ere
p le n ty o f little M exicans an d p ic k a w ith a very p leasan t sm ile, “ fo r th e a r neck w ns stre tc h e d , ev ery ey e b en t on
th e Im provised fo rt, looking fo r a b u rst
n in n ie s w ho w ould be only too g lad to tic le s you se n t m e.’’
W hy. I ’’-
o f flam e an d sm o k e an d a h ailsto rm ol
g e t them . H e tu rn e d them o v er to
You d id n 't ex p ect to see a m an of b u llets. H alf th e rem ain in g d istan ce
som e w om en of his flock fo r d is tr ib u
w a s covered an d y e t no sig n o f tie
tion. nnd v arious children w h o hnd m y ag e?”
fense.
been ru n n in g a b o u t nearly n ak ed w ere
“ No; I did not.”
“T h ey a re w a itin g ," sa id th e se r
now b e tte r covered.
“ I h av e no w ife o r ch ild ren , so I
M r. K a p la n w ro te M iss A rcher, g a v e th e th in g s In th e box to th e ch il g e a n t, “ till w e g e t rig h t b efo re them ,
th e n each b a n d it will aim a t one o f us,
th a n k in g h e r for her donation, nnd, re d ren o f o th ers."
“ You’re not m arried ?” By th is tim e an d th ey will tire all n t once."
fe rrin g to h e r p ap er on w h ich w as
B u t In a few m o m en ts m ore th ey
w ritte n th a t i f he w anted a n y th in g a blush w as sp read in g Itself o v er h er
else to send to her, he said, “T h e re is fnce, n o t th a t she d ren m ed of w h a t he w ere a t th e b ase of th e b arricad e,
one th in g I need very m neh. b u t sin ce had com e for, b u t th a t sh e bad b lun th e n on nnd o v er it, all u n h u rt.
In th e fa rth e s t c o m e r cro u ch ed th e
it is n ot an easy th in g to g e t I h esi dered.
ta te to a sk fo r it.” H e did n o t Inform
“Oh, no; I’m not m arried , h u t th e g arriso n , a g irt som e se v en teen y ears
h e r th a t since he hnd no fam ily o f his th in g s you se n t cam e v ery han d y . I a s old. No o th e r living being w as th ere.
in a style unexcelled and at prices
G rio lan o stood tn am azem en t.
ow n he h ad g iven th e th in g s to th o se su re you.’’
equally as inviting as can be
“ W h ere is L a n e ttl? " he asked.
T h en th e rem em b ran ce o f th is m y s
w ho had, b u t he said som e o th er
“ I am L a n e tti."
th in g s th a t w ere n o t called fo r—n am e terio u s th in g he w an ted cam e to her.
obtained from others
“ You L a n e ttl? ”
ly, th a t he w as s u r e M iss A rch er m u st
“W h y ," she asked, “co u ld n ’t you
“
Yes.
sig
n
o
r.”
be a very p ra c tic a l C h ristia n an d a l have w ritte n me n b o u t th is —th is p e t”—
“ W h ere a re y o u r m en?"
A suspicion of th e t r u th cam e su d
to g e th e r lovely.
“T h ey a re co w ard s. T hey h av e d e
T h en follow ed by corresp o n d en ce a d enly ru sh in g upon her. T h e slig h t
kind of tw en ty q u e s tio n s gam e. T he b lu sh of a m om ent ago becam e a deep s e rte d m e."
A fter u b rief silen ce, d u rin g w hich
y o ung lady ask ed w h e th e r th e o b ject crim son.
d esired belonged to th e an im al, vege
T h u s fa r th e In terv iew w n s g tven by th e officer w as lo st In w onder, he said :
"W h y did you m iss me so m any
ta b le o r m in eral kingdom . T h e reply e tth e r one o r tb e o th e r o f th e p arties
w ns th e a n im al kingdom . W ns It a concerned, hut here th e n eco u n t ends. tim es. Are y ou so poor a m a rk sm a n ? ”
“ No, signor. I ca n h it a b ird on th e
pet? Yes, it w ns In ten d ed fo r a pet. W h at fu rth e r imssed b etw een th e
T hen follow ed a n u m b e r o f q u estio n s young couple w ns not revealed. Mr. w in g .”
"W ell?"
as to w b n t k in d o f a n an im al It w a s— K aplan w as obliged to go hack very
"Y ou looked so h an d so m e In yonr
dog, cat, p a r ro t o r such lik e? T he soon to his charge, an d M iss A rcher
a n s w e r to all th e s e q u e stio n s w ns in had in th e m ean w h ile becom e so In b e a u tifu l u n ifo rm I could not kill
fa tu a te d w ith him th a t sh e would not yo u .”
th e negative.
T h e police w en t back to N aples and
M iss A rcher, n o t m a k in g h ead w a y In let him go alone. So th e re w ns a
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rep o rted th a t th e b rig a n d s had d isa p
th e m a tte r, concluded to co n su lt h e r h asty wedding.
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"S erved you rig h t." sa id th e c h a ir peared. B ut th is Is not th e last o f the
m inister. T h e m in ister. Hr. H aw ley,
listened to h e r n n d took Mr. K a p la n 's m an of th e su p p lies co m m itte e to th e sto ry so f a r ns G rlo lan o and th e b a n
letters, w hich he prom ised to read and hrhle. " H e re a fte r you 'll know b e tte r d it a re concerned. T h e re st Is a tale
of love.
th an to w ork In d ep en d en tly .”
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“Yes, Madam, this fabric shows identically the
same details and color as would be shown in broad day
light. You see I’m displaying 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
why 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
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