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MNDfetnUuKTIN, BUND, ORKOOft, THURSDAY, NOVKMnKR 00, lM & i Tt f - jf Y The copyright Q ACrtaVRO ca Wo linil scarcely exchanged words during thu entire night, but, now she ncccptod uiy proffered hand "gladly, ami with n smile, t-prlnplnp lightly from the deck to the Insecure footing of the loir. ! "I tic not intend thnt you shall lenve me behind," she fnld, glancing nbout Villi n shudder. "This Is such n hor rid plnce." "The way before us looks scarcely better," I nnswered, vainly endeavor ing to locate Sam. "Friend Shrunk evidently Is not eager for callers. "Where Is that fellow?" "Somewhere oer In that thicket, 1 think. At least his voice sounded from there. You discovered nothing in the boatr "Only n rug nnd some fishing tackle. Come; we'll have to plunge in some where." She followed closely as I pushed a passage through the obstructing un derbrush, finally locating Sam at the edge of n small opening, where the light was sufficiently strong to enable ns to distinguish marks of a little-used trail leading along the bottom of a shallow gully bisecting the shlehlll. .At the crossing of n small stream we noticed the Imprint of several feet In the soft mud of the shore One plainly enough was small unit narrow, beyond oil question that of a woman, but the others were nil men's, one being clad In moccasins. Sam, still ahead, start ed to clamber across the trunk of a fallen tree, but came to u sudden halt, "Good Lord o' Mercy I" He Exclaimed Excitedly, "What's Datf" staring downward at something con cealed .from our view ou the other side. "Good Lord o' mercy !" he exclaimed excitedly, "what's dat?" 1 was close beside hltn by this tlmo nnd saw the thing also the body of n mau lying on the ground. "Walt whore ou are, itene!" I ex claimed, waving her back. "There Is n mau lying bore hcjond the log. Come, Sam; we will see what he looks like." lie won slow In following, hanging back as I approached chwer to the motionless form, and I could hear the muttering of his lips Unquestionably the man was dead; of this I was as mired beforo I even knelt beside-him. lie lay on his face In a litter of dead leaves, and almost the first thing I noticed was the death wound hack of his ear, where a large-caliber bullet bud pierced the brain. Ills exposed hands proved him a negro, nnd It was with a feeling of unusual repugnance thnt I touched his body, turning It over sufllclently to see the face. AH at once I knew Mm, unable wholly to repress u cry of startled surprise as I stared down into the upturned face the dead man evidently mur dered, shot treacherously from behind, was Free Pete. I sprang to iny feet, gazing about blindly Into the dim woods, my mind for the instant dazed by the Importance of tills discovery, What could It mean? How could It have happened? lly what means had he reached this spot in advance of us, nnd at whose hand fad he fallen? Ho could have been there only for one purpose, surely In an attempt to guide Eloiso Iicnuculre and the quad roon Delia. Then what had become of the women? Where were they now? I stumbled backward to the support of tho log, unable to answer any on of these questions, remembering only In that momeut that I must tell Ren the truth. "Tell me please," she begged. "Zi the man dead? Who Is he, do you ' know?". "Yes," I replied desperately. "lie Is dead, and I recognized his fuce. K Is the negro I'eto nnd has. bceu killed, shot from behind." "Pete," she echoed, grasping at the log to' keep' erect, her eyes on that dimly rovenled figure In the leaves. "Free Pete, Carlton's' 'Pete? How could he huvo gqt here? Then then the others must have been; with him. Wha has bccoinof'them?" j "It I till Mystery; the only wny to J solve It Is for us to soon.. It "n do 'iui7?ii ' utty ;rdu uT1?mnuTrc. si-VTaf VwjB ., I i " , Devi u Own. ABonuiaceof iltcBldck Hawk War When 1VUM VMM KiB, fc iniutrjaiyjwwn - at This ilenll liody. "vVlieh "wo reuTfi the cabin we may learn what has oc curred. Co on ahead, Sam, nnd we will follow don't be afraid, boy; It Is not the dead who hurt us." She clung tightly to me, shrinking past the motionless figure. She was She Clung Tightly to Me, Shrinking Past the Motionleis Figure. not sobbing; her eyes were dry, yet every movement, each glance exhibit ed her depth of horror. I drew her closer, thoughtless of what she was, luy heurt yearning to speak wonls of comfort, yet realizing there was noth ing left me to say. "Do not mind me," she said, paus ing before the utterance of each word to steady her voice. "I I am not going to brenk down. It It Is the suddenness the shock. I I shall be strong again In n minute.'' "You must lie," I whispered, "for their lives may depend on in." It va a short :itli before u nnd became more clearly defined ns we ad vanced. A sharp (urn brought u Into full view of Hie cabin, which stood In a small opening, built against the sldehlll, and so overhung with tree ns to lie Invisible, except from the di rection of our approach. We could see only the side wall, which contained one open window, nnd was n one-room affair, low and lint-roofed, built of logs. Its outward nppearance was peaceful enough, nnd the swift bent of my pulse quieted as I took rapid sur vey of the surrounding. "Snm," I commanded, "you are to remain here with Itene, while I learn the truth yonder. Yes," to her quick protest, "that will be the better way there is no danger nnd I shall not be gone but for n moment." I seated her on n low stump nnd left them there together, Sam's eyes rolling about In a frightened effort to perceive every covert In the woods, but the girl satisfied to wntch me in tently as I moved cautiously forward. A dozen steps brought me within view of the front of the cabin. The dmir had been smashed In and hung dan gling from one hinge. Another step, now with n pistol gripped In my Imnd. enabled me to obtain n gllmiisf within. Across the puncheon threshold, his feet even protruding without, lay a man's body; hejond hint, lmlf con cealed by the shadows of the interior, appeared the outlines of nnother, with face upturned to the roof, plainly dis tinguishable because of a snow-while beard. CHAPTER IX. The Trail of the Raiders. Shocked and unmanned us I was at this discover') to pause there staring at those gruesome figures would have only brought fresh alarm to the two watching my every movement from the edge of the clearing. Gripping my neni's, I advanced over the first body, watching for any sign of the presence of life within the cabin. There was none the work of tho murder had been completed, and the perpetrators had fled. The dead man, with ghastly countenance upturned to the roof raf ters, nnd the snowy beard, was un doubtedly the negro helper, Amos Shrunk. Pete's description of the ap pearance of tho man left this Identifi cation beyond nil dispute. He hud been stricken down by u suvnge blow which had literally crushed In one side of his head, but his dead hands yet gripped a rifle, ns though he hud fallen lighting to tho Inst. The other man, tho one lying across the threshold, had been shot, although I did not ascertain thH fact until after I turned tho body over sufllclently to reveal the face. This wus disfigured by the wound and covered with blood, so that the features could scarcely be seen, yet I Instantly recognized the fellow Carver. Surprised out of all control by this unexpected discovery, I steadied myself against the log wall, fully aroused to t,he sinister meaning of his presence. To n degree tho com plete significance of this tragedy In stantly gripped my mind. If tills fel low Carver had been one of the ussull nnts then It was absolutely certain that Klrby must also have been pres ent tho jender,of the attack. This Inevitably' meant that both men hud been aboard the steamer, and later vere"purasho're"aflhe "mouth of the mm- wm WwU&LArJ' J. iiH Illinois. Km iow 11ml ltfiouin"rt nbout It, why not.? It was no accident, and 1 wondered that the possibility had never occurred to mo before. The gambler naturally knew tdl tho gossip of the river,, nnd beyond question lie would be awnro of the reported e Istence of this underground station for runaway slaves. It was common talk as fur down as St. Louis, and his mind would Instantly revert to the possibility thnt, tho lleelng ltene might seek escape through the assistance of Shrunk. The mysterious vanishing of the bout would servo to Increase- that suspicion. Even If this hud not oc curred to him nt first, the steamer would have brought news that no keel boat had been seen on the lower river, while the cnpttilu of tho .lohn It. Glover, or someone else on board, would have been sure to huvo men tioned the negro helper and suggest that ho might have hud n hnnd In the tirfnlr. To follow that trail was, In deed, the most natural thing for Klr by to do. Ho had not overtaken Itene because she was not yet there, but he had unexpectedly come upon the other fugitives, and, even though the en counter had cost tho life of his bench man, Carver, It also resulted In tho death of two men who hud come be tween Ivltn and his prey the negro nnd the abolitionist. The scene cleared in my brain and beenme vivid nnd real. I could almost picture In de tail each act of the grim tragedy. The two revengeful trackers If there were only two engaged, for others might httxe been recruited on the steamer must have crept up to the hut In the night or early morning. Possibly Klrby had learned of some other means of approach from the big river. Anyway the fact that Shrunk had been trapcd within the cabin would Indicate tho final attack was a sur prise. Tho negro might have been asleep outside and met his denth In an attempt at escape, but the old white man, finding flight Impossible, had fought desperately to the last Mid had killed one antagonist before re ceiving Ids death blow. This was all "plain enough, but what had become of Klrby, of the two women Klolse and the quadroon mother? Uncertain what to do or bow to act, I could only turn to the waiting girl nnd the negro to tell them what I hud found. They listened as though scarcely comprehending, Snm uttering little moans-of horror, and appearing help less from fright, but Itene quiet, mere ly exhibiting her emotion in tho white ness of her face and quickened breath ing. Her eyes, wide open, questioning, seemed to sense my uncertainty. As I ended the tale and concluded with my theory as to what had occurred fol lowing the deed of blood, her quick mind asserted Itself. "nut this must hnve happened very lately; the fire still smoldered, you sqld. When do you think that steamer could have landed here?" "Why, perhaps early last evening." "And It has not occurred to you thnt the boat might have waited hero while the man Klrby went ashore?" "No; thnt could scarcely be true, If the steamer was transporting troops; whnt was It you were thinking about?" "It Is all dark, of course," she laid slowly, "we can only goes nt what happened. Hut to me It seems Impos sible that the man Klrby could have accomplished this alone without as sistance. The boat wo saw at the landing was not his; It must have been Pete's, nnd then) Is no evidence of uny. other trail lending herefrom the river. If. as you Jiiinglne, he kn:w tho captain of that steamer, uud some of the other men aboard were MIsmoii rlnns nnd defenders of slavery, he would have no trouble In enlisting their help to recover his runaway slaves. They would lie only too glad to break" up mi abolitionist's nest. Thnt Js what I believe has happened; they ciimc ashore In a party, und the steamer waited for them." 'And you think the prisoners were taken along? Vet Klrby would not want to transport them up tho river." "As to that," she Insisted, "lie could not help himself. Ho needed to get away quickly, nnd there were no otuer menus available. He could only hope to connect later with some craft south bound on which to return." "You may be right," I admitted, Im pressed, yet not wholly convinced. "Ilut whnt can we do?" She limited at me reproachfully. "Vim should not usk that of a girl." Tho words stung me. "-No; .this Is my task. I was thoughtlessly cruel. Neither can we remain here, only long enough to bury those bodies. It would he Inhuman not to do that. Sam, there Is an old spade leaning ngnlnst the cabin wuli go over und get It." Ho started on his mission reluc tantly enough, glancing constantly backward over his shoulder to Insure himself of our presence uud carefully avoiding any upprouch to tho open door. Unpleasant as our task was It proved to bo less dlfllciilt of accom plishment than I had anticipated. There wero blankets In the cabin bunks, nnd In theso I wrapped the bodies. They were too heavy, how ever, for mo to transport nlone, iuu It required some threatening to ii.duce Sam to give me the assistance neces sary to deposit them In the shallow grave. Only tho .fear t lint I would not have hlin with us longer compelled his Joining me. Ho was more fright ened ut tho thought of being left alone than of contact with the dead, Sam tilled in the iorso rirth, rounding J. tato form, and the two of us stout ibove tho fresh mound, our hem ;cads bared to the sunlight, while endeavored to repent hro,eiiy a fc rdu of j'Vuyer. .Now our llivt io; itty wiisTooXT.rOi! thls"TTounfl TTTaTr supply, and compelling Sam to assist we, we hastily prepared a warm meal Ivor the open lire. It wim eaten with out, no one of us desiring to remain In tlie midst of that scene of death; and the very knowledge that tho ihrtid burial was completed uud thnt we were now free to depart brought to ult of us n renewed courage. It scarcely seemed piohnblo that otto tuiiu alone, or even two mm, had com mitted this crime, and the side sur vivor disappear so completely with tllo prisoners. I had turned each detail over nnd over In my thought, while I worked, yet to but little purpose. The only present solution of tho prob lem seemed to he our return to that hidden basin where our boat lay, and then remaining there In concealment until the darkness of another night rendered It safe to once more venture tho river. 1 spoke of this to her, us I finally .approached where she rested on tho stump, eager and glad to escape from nil memories of that somber cabin I had Just left. "You you are no longer so confi dent," she said; "your plan has fulled?" "I am afraid It. has," 1 admitted, "for It was bused altogether on the assistance of Amos Shrunk, lie Is no longer alive, mill I do not know where to turn for guidance. There would seem to be danger In every direction; the only question Is In which way lies the least?" . "You begin to regret your attempt to aid me?" "No," Impiilshely. "So far as that g.ies I would do It all over again. Your safety means more to me now than ever before ou must believe that." (To Ho Continued.) LEGAL NOTICES XOTICK KOU Pl'llMtlATIO.Y. Deportment of tho Interior. V. S. LAND OKFICK at The Dalles Oregon, November 3, 1919. NOT1CK Is hereby given thnt Ferdinand Tuuscher, of Mllllcuu, Oregon, who on April 2(1, 19 to, made Homestead Kntry. No. 01S987, for Lots 1-2 9i, NK'4, SKU, Suction C, Township 20 South, Itungn l Knst, Wlllumetto Murdlun, has tiled notice of Intention to make final threo year proof, to establish claliu to thu land above described, beforo II. C. Kills U. S. Commissioner, nt llend, Ore gon, on thu 2?th day of December, 1919. Claimant names as witnesses' Clifford J. Cook. Ocorgo V. Cook. Wlllluin Itiihn, Charles Oraffenbor gcr, all of Mllllctin. Oregon. II. FltANK WOODCOCK. Register. 38-l2p HL'.MMO.VS. In the Circuit Court of the Stnto of Oregon, For I)chut4-s Count)-. ANNETTK FRINK. ) Plaintiff. ) vs. ) W.M. A. FItl.NK. ) Defendant. ) TO Win. A. Frlnk, tho above nnmod defendant: In the Nnmo of the State of Ore gon. yoit urc hereby required to np poar and answer tho complaint filed against you In tho above ontltlod caso and cause on or before the 2&th day of December. 1919, which Is more than six weeks after tho 13th day of Novombor. 1919. tho (Into of the first publication of this summons imd If you fall no to nppoar nnu' nnswor, for want, theroof, the plain tiff will apply to thu court for tho relief prayed for In tho complaint, to-wlf For u decree of this court dissolving tho bonds of matrimony heretofore nnd now existing between plaintiff and defeudnnt, and for n furthor decree awarding to plaintiff the future caro, custody and controt of plaintiff and defendant's minor child, Gladys Frlnk, nnd for such other nnd further relief ns to thu court may appear Just nnd equitable. Servlco of this summons is made upon you by publication thereof in tho Hond Ilullotln for six consecutive! aim successive weeks under nnd by virtue of nn ordor mndo and entered on tho 13th day of November, 1919, by the Honorable T. B. J. Duffy, Judge of the nbovo entitled court. Tho duto of tho first publication of this summons Is tho 13th day of November, 1919, nnd the dato of tho Inst publication thereof Is tho 18th day of December, 1919. B. O. STADTBR, Attorney for Plaintiff. Hond, Oregon 37-2c SU.MMOXH. In Hie Circuit Court of tlin Htato of Oregon In and For (ho (Viiiuty of Deschutes. OEO. II, SIMPSON. Plaintiff, vs. OKO. S. CLAYTON, Defendant. THK STATK OF OREGON TO TUB SAID OKOROK S. CLAYTON: You are hornby summoned to np poar within sixty days after tho first publication of this summons, to-wlt: within sixty duya aftor tho 13th day of Novombor, 1010, and defend tho abovo ontltlod action In tho above ontltlod court nnd sorvq a copy of your unswer upon tho attorneys for the plaintiff ut their ofllco holow stntod and In caso of your fulluro so to do Judgment will bo rondorod against you according to tho prayer of tho complaint, which has boon filed with tho clerk of tho siild court, tho object of thin suit Is to foroclosu n mortgago In tho sum of Ono Thous and dollars, together with Intorost thoroon at tho rate of 10 por cent per annum from tho first day of hep tomber, 1018, and for the further sum of Two Hundred dollars utlor- TANLAC miy's feo uud ttio costs and dlshuniO" moats of thin action to ho luxud. Said foreclosure holm; sought up on tho followlui; described properly In tho county of Deschutes, Htato of Oregon, to-wlt: tho southwest quarter of thu southeast quarter of section .12, township in and lots threo uud four and the north ouo hnlf of tho southwest quarter of sec tion tlvo In township sixteen south, all In riiugo II K. W. M. containing 1,18. M ncroH. This sutumoiis Is published lu com pliance with mi order of tho Honor able Cltcult court for tho county of Deschutes made and unturod on tho 22ml. day of October, 1910, uud or dering that tho said suinmoiiH ho published In sovou cotiseciitlvo Issues of a newspaper of gouurnl circula tion In Deschutes county, Oregon. CUIUS A. IIKLli, (IKO. II. SIMPSON, Attorneys for Plutiitlrr. 37-430 ) )ss. STATU OF OUKdON. COUNTY OF DKSCIIUTKS ) L, 0. Mrltoyuold, who being first duly sworn, states upon oath that ho Is tho duly elected, qualified, and acting Cashier of The First National Hunk of Iloud. Oregon, n corporation organized and existing under tho laws of Oregon. Aidant further states that tho fol lowing Is u true nud complete state ment ot nil uccouuts, now nu the hooks of' siild bank, In which thorn has been neither deposit or cheek drawn during seven (7) years last past: II. J, Doughin $283.07 That thu last known place of re sidence, or post oltlco address of said depositor wan llend, Oregon, and that tho last change made lu said account was February, 1912. L. 0. McltBYNOLDH. Subscribed and sworn to beforo me, this 7th. day of November, A. D , 1919. IllllDIB MORGAN. Notary Public for Oregon. My commission expires, October 18. 1922. 37-tOc NOTICK I'OH Pl'IILICATIO.N. Deportment of tho Interior. V. 8. LAND OFFICK nt The Dalles, Oregon. October 18, 1919. NOTICK Is hereby given that Mary Metcnlf, assignee, of Florence A llunnell, of Portland, Oregon, who, on December IS, 190S, made desert land entry, No. OB72ri, for B14NBU M48BU & HW'Vi SB'.i. section 32, township. 1G South, range 12 Hast, Brooks- Scanlon Lumber Company Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Huilcliiitf Material, Kiln Dried Floorini; and all kinds of Finish SASH AND DOORS COMPLETE STOCK ol St.mJ.rJ Sum. DROOKS-SCANLON LUMBER CO. Locnl Sales Agent, MILLUt M'MULIt CO. Business and Professional Cards R. S. HAMILTON ATTORNBY-AT-LAW Rooms 13-1C First National Rank Illdg. Tel. Ml (Dr. Co' Kofmr OnV.) II. 11. PcAnnomJ Chu. W. Krtkln DcArniond & Erskinc h a w y i: it h O'Kano Ilulldlng, llend, Orogon II. O. Jfl L L I B AttorueyfttLan United State Commissioner First National Hank Ilulldlng IIKND, OREGON MISS B. OSTERMAN 1WA.NOFOBTK SCHOOL Lawrence Illdg,, Room 3 Phono Red 2201 DR. C. H. SOLL PHYSICIAN AND SUROKON Imnd Press Illdg. IIKND, ORKOON Phones: Ofllco Red 41; Ilea. 123 Deschutes County Abstract Company D. II. PEOPLES, Proeldcnt Most Complete Abstmet Plant In C'ontral Oregon. Special Attontlon . , v - Olven to Federal Loan Abstracts. ""troiion . TM") NmjIoi.1 bunh Whig., BEND, ORE., Cor. next tq.Alley FOR SALE I3Y The Owl Pharmacy aoiiij aop.ntn Wlllulnetto Meridian, hits filed notice of Intention to miilto final dusurt laud proof, to establish claim to tho land above ilencrlbod, before II. C. Kills, II, H. CominlsHlonor, nt Hand Oregon, on the 2Hth., day of November, ill ID. Claimant namos ns witnesses' .lames It. Ibmhiim. of Deschutes, Oie gnu; Kd M. Hwnlley, of Deschutes, Oregon; Oliver J. Hamlin, of Turn alo, Oiokoii; liny C. Ilamllu, of Tutu ulo, Oregon, II, FRANK WOODCOCK, Register U I -38 p. , ii T Department of the Intel lor. V. 8. LAND OFFICIO at Lakovlow, Oiokoii October 13 1919. NOTICK Is hereby given that Net tle Hliulti, or, Laplno, Oregon, who. on March 9, 1910, made homestead entry, No. 09108, for WV4 HI1W.W i KM HYlVt, WM. HKli NKW KK U. W'i K4 HKU H1'3 , . suction U. township 22 H iiiiiRO U H., WIN lniiiulm Murldlnn. has filed notice of Intention to make final thmo- year proof, to establish claim to tno land above described, beforo K. L fUiirk it u. iTnniiiilHHliinor. at Lu pine, OroKou, on the 26th., day of N'nviitnlinr. lQl'J. Claimant names as witness W. K. Ileesley. (leorgo Maylleld, Chi I Wise, Jessie Wise, all of Laplno, Oregon. (Publish for live consecutive weeks lu tho llend Ilullotln, Iloud, Oregon.) JAM. F. HimOKHH, Register 34-Sgc J Dr. L. W. Gatchell Optometrist and Maauficlurinf Optician CompUtc Lrm Grinding PImiI in con. skIivq wild my ofllct l LARSON . COJwlri M3 Ofrfon tlircl, IWih), Ofrgoa Brand Directory A Right side; right oar crop pod; wattle right hind leg, 11. h. TON!-:, HUtcrs, Ort. adv.lOOa Phono Dlack 1291 LHIJ A. TIIOMAH, A. A. 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