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About East Oregon herald. (Burns, Grant County, Or.) 1887-1896 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1892)
a verse from Lorena.After a long tb®*«*"»»« i‘"'1 ««"»•«ly ¿»«th of devotedly courting' Miss - Vina, time, however, seeing that the pur chasers simply held the purchrsed . and paving the p isiniasler hotel right in idleness and made no ef-1 rates for board an entire summer, fort to develop them, he sold his lie was indiscreet enough, however, to send and receive all his letters mineral rights also and at oncu be through the Bible Hill postoffice, gan a vi 'orou3 hunt for the pre .-ions •The Postmaster at Bible Hill. HY ROBERT Yttl.EK TOOMBS Krom The Coatnopolliau CHAPTER I.L Bible Hill postollice was at •' • and Miss Vina kept even better me. a Is. He was quite a tuineralologist in posted than he on his private busi-! ness and the state of his affections! his wav and prospected industrious ly along the mountain itreams and! regarding herself. Being a good- among the. rocks on the hillsides natured dutiful daughter, she the top of the high steep hill that one climbed immediately. after cross ing Lost ('reek, going west. It was also the long-time residence of Par son '1 he house was built of one-storv two room jmju I------ —. small logs and was inhabited by 1 the parson, his v^ife, tf eir daughter Rakestraw. MÍTHS33 Wjo-ii-vc v ‘.ÇC.-Ï.7, nr„CfOp¿.T, Ci' CU*— ;u ors^aus, \rho aro sutler- in r iron r re jz-ser r o STit P.ri*l any et "Te'er .- l **’ matters; and in the light lit subsequent events will Í able to their spy boarder as long pacious pockets, testing them at times after a rude : fashion with a8 h« remained with them. face of the earth. print Bible was hard work to him Miss Malvina, h s daughter, how ever, was a scholar She was a great I ig girl —tall, round limla d and red haired; she wore a .\'o Mi 1 sh«e and weighed probably a bun ' *lred and seventy five pounds Miss \ ina was strong physically, and • name as to personal virtu*- how« v*-r was iimpiestiom-d Mrs Rake ! straw was a dirtily dr.ssed. dilapi dated woman with small furtive tii’3 2.0m A- Cure for the Ailments of Man and ' . prijver beside! and gave his mill to his only „8 m John i Let ’em watch if they could a great rough parody-of ins father, saying he felt a call to more entire • the t dr mill • ham st II t lake her word for it I JN1MENT. ! ’ecasions arise for* its use almost every day. VI druggists and dealers have it. , . .. • i . ■ ■ } >>r sale I y H. 5*. I ( rton Tne hand Iv vousecrate himself to the some Imt unfortunate litile spy had indeed last summer spent mam ratters overhead : '4 . J' The next day Parson Rakestraw I miller but she was a hidv too and ....... . A long-tested pain reliever. l.s use is almost universal by the Housewife, the ran'—- ,C Stock Raiser, and by every orie 'requiring an t liniment. .n •. 1 • oilier application compares with it in efficacy. . i..s well-known remedy has stood the test of years, alw ’ venerations. ...... o medicine chest is complete without a bottle of Mcsr.n-. ihe rich pocket and really resolved ■ Id tashioiird rille brought in they wer«- ignor good 1 1 meat suflicit nt for fa'nilv consumption SUBiCRIBE FOB If I hev r;iii« d patches of corn ami reach by this windfall. And a tobacco, hunt«*,I. fish* d and « k< <1 his wife could attend to the mill as Many of them had ■ I ¡•♦■hr. ■ IJ his sister had heretofore. John could -till roam the forests in search'of out mis.*raUle poverty stricken * x istem-e». y«-t «-very lamiowm-r re gnrd* d liuu»«)lf as a po-si. 4«- million game, wi han easy mind ele tr conscience. a. general aire. as the po>s* srorsif a cold mine manager, in fact, tor a I old and Vet to la* discovered— If one ot ativceaaftil i*an*l w|»*> w«-re known them mineral ft Ikr« «.mid just t*» have their headquarters m ar the come along an’ dig it out." they Hill ami who were. rtMimn^, the Used to say. never dreaming of dig blockade with large qmii.titira of ging for themselves for 'rifling sums sohl all mineral rights in their lands to »|s culators. I ut for a long If the old cranky STTtf Mtg'btl's. h-“wliilr Tarson Kikestraw had de it product rights nr lie wanted titi«s clear l i'l. like a would ring 1 r«i 1 rs 1 oxroxi El' ) / ami a bilde Hill p-«etofli(-r was not v r> widely or heavily patronia-d. Its neighbors were not a letter writ ng |H-ople I he e indie ls>x on th*- mantle shftlf rar lv‘ I'mitni ad a • loien letters ior dmiwrv npd m t,n\ parcels among its contents were oft en In Id h,r weeks unyajh,-«l 4>r po urcat gnerd at the gate did not av erage one h tp r dai'v 1”’«’ anything for a i> her. said a pnssont-fae^i moun- taun-er. wCgvnrtr^Hy taky astpiint at him along hop of <nir (dd riffe arre s and «end d tn him without troublin’ the mail riders.” least to the usual grad« of the illic »n various guiar« vainiv attempt««! to w«»rk opacase again»! him. On«- handsome little spy even went to t fl l).- m armng the lie kl ed alone in ns I tries—but I hey's honest ” The (dd parson postmaster o.vned pecl'il as :;n accessory, er «»re guilty. Hs«, lind nit rh ihi JMWsibh' to trap hill! Detectives • .1 ant, unwashed, uncombed, uncoutl but strong and healthv. Their ,«n ami tosed in* x* hang»‘ for cotl'-e. a d p< t lies and digest ion were wondi r foUacco, but John was often solely Hves nm| a rasping fault tinding I'til From t lie a rseiiical < la v which put out with his wife's (piestions as V«»iee. they often ate. to th«- pure, strung to w here their “next bread were a Bilde Hill, In a steady ExeeLmr corn whiskey w Idel» I In y drank -j «mini' from ” N. w howevi'f, ther. ' Mnrt of a W.” I'.a.V’ K.r'vears b'en nothing hurt them Only help on* would nev »r more be- -trouble on • makitit* for'hVei^ii i»ince in the rev clear of the cradle an 1 it seeim-d In l that account; rh«r mill won.d bring ' 4 fmt:*' Veeorlpd’At (he western district naked no further favors until h* in corn ami meal to st-lband to keep; * lfcl A Iiiimb«-r of its citix.-na had been was read) for you to help him into eothe, tiil'uecv ami »Yhi'ki'V wen ).. in secure > and i.i- <en«v convicted—always unjustly as the) his coffin dso ........... brought at • • • • Cl ¿J over ■■ v.i- ( < on>... <'üó/’-"!, “ ” c'> in <??rrr Don’t brood ovcryr.r wfrst .2' , -. < \ Thousands c< cl ¡.‘ ■;3 .io Wc w-t < Cóir-, £ c -- ; ------- . A *-5 nr . , ia r c-.-R-ffnr »in c ' t. S.v.r..fPr < /'i.. * P TREATMENT, te- a Mite ; i;r-e. ( /; It send sealed, >.* .Of t puid, rfíEL, Liusth.'w ÜCUS. i-pr’in-UI.% iietactnberitmct ‘ 1. ---------------- --- ' < - eneo thtitw * cz'?» ' , ra-i w-t v¿aií-n tb -. /w.zc- ' ¿ f - success. /■-' • z; /?□., cause and that he feared the mill pleasant afternoons fruitlessly lin k might prove a stumbling block tn mg about the mill half the lime un > liis path ' John was a mighty hunter who mentally her strength was m keep I consciously in plain view, greatly t. ing with her size, but morally her I Miss N ina’s Amusement follow* d Ins calling seven days in training had been neglected and th-- w*ek. He claimed to always It was a strange country. misdirected ami she was a worth* * joy letter luck on Sundays than The people lived in wietchul Io daughter to her sire. Iler go,»*| I houses without floors * ft« n ami I ar. during s. cural days. His lon^ Rnjw-rior Î al! pattent!. nr.; wnEít’uii'.c I, i ar < cz wi'jL Jhcrc ¿i, IL-a, | rocks and roots in a dismal dell his possibly charge that Parson Rake 111 mill down on Lost creek B wa- hi his heart tor the moment to lead straw did not hesitate to read the. a slow primative affair and was i a changed and better lite, m become ! oontciifs of all letters that went 1 ' kept busy all the time gri *fii-g through his office in which he im corn into meal for an extensive set lie was practically stealing from the ' mineral right* speculator. Then i agined tic might be persomdlv in tlement. Informers had i.li *rge*. terested In advance we will prove ¡that the mill was used to grind he carefully cover* d nis preeiou-! this charge unjust to a self declared ■mash’ for the mountpin whisk**» s( cret with earth and leaves and! honest man ; lie could not e» en read men but this the fair miler. Misi- lalked home a strangely saddened man. the plainest writing—his old large Vina, iit'ligmmtlv denied. She wa w liiske v—mu*-h rîR A LIMITED TIME ERTE X Will >«1S and most cruelly j straw shuck it rich, *° 11 happened this waV: whipped him with switches; then Late one dreary afternoon it was j warned him against ever returning raining and a dens * fog covered the to annoy the poor girl with'his fine Hess in business fine ichows .-!■<’ i ,'^M teiapt pi iris.;,;-’* coatfaalctw. i&. :* flUW CWk1 mitiiou ana, aiiori a Cü People w ho chanced to differ in guilelessly into even a “revenue's” lips, (lanced wildly about with the politics with the post master, or were I infidel eyes and continue: “Some of ¡..«■How rocks close clasped ,1-n both over systematic themselves were . the boys air bad, myself I know [ hands, until exhausted and; pant-! shocked at hia apparent ea relesa- t hey’s bad, nor can I help it hard mg with the str.ang gold fever. centlv in a vague general wav par •oh Rakestraiv had «’oum to Im sus a«*-/»« they ca: ii pick shattered a fragment from a ledge of stone and unearth ?d a pock et of glittermg ore. til imlled for in a randle box on tlie myself J named it, ¡ui’ I promised With a glad ■ starlied cry cau mantle shelf in the common room the Lord, Him a helpin’ me, to use tiously smothered when, but half of the log hut, where the family my utmost endeavors to keep unto ('(Hiked, nte and slept, unless it was this hill s good name, an’ I’m a go uttered as he. remembered how he ' had sold Ire mineral rights, he curried away by mice or rats or it ing to try to do it.” Rubbing his chin stublde willi grasped a handful of the. bright chanced to be used on dark or cold -tuff, pressed it to bis heart, to his his great rough hand he would gaz. nmrniiigs to start the fire. “m aim fait tiring removing and a«-|| it.g" moonshine whisk, v; ami re HOMt guarantee to warned h* r father and his friends He carried numerous specimens H,’d made herself extremely agree- and bits of shining stuff in his cit into which patrons of the postoffice clothes and town ways “We re all honest people on this deposited everything which they mt rusted to the mails, All inconi- hill.” Parson Rakestraw would fre- iug mail for the ol llice wiis held un quentlv say. “I named this hill— in tti«' Asheville courts of end Contrct, orders of o o c rRtfWOttJ^r5 ( When he went awav a number of very unsatisfactory results. The day dawned at last however, masked men stopped him on the grand-(laughter Caddie. that was to bring hint- reward for 'Pile postoffice letterbox—that is. road to the railway station, and ac I all Ills labors-as-will . come to all the receptacle of all outgoin*' mail eusing him of trifling with Miss: Parson Rake- matter—was a large crook necked Vina’s affections led him awav to ! who dig and wait, * Isinied >i‘/E METHODS, for ad *^‘- o 0 o Malvina ami their little parentless gourd, which hung at the gate, at I he emi > «f a mpe, from the branch a narrow of a tree. Th-re was _________ __ open- r__ ide ... of the great 1, gu«*ii« gourd ing in one u .-«.i in»- s"'* f •** ■r’-’“L >—'' i-’ifA Li ViXIZJ s’ * ■ _ *■*? " \ j ^4 I4 <r -4 £- In. tin r» P- CLi vyo Atono çw." | • •. • < I ■ * Hi ì »’ i ■■ -* t I IJ 3 f !fv * %'i • 2 V * r t’> ÍJF5 » fi » ■ i »