East Oregon herald., April 13, 1892, Image 4

I of confidence on the part of
The Postmaster at Bible
Hill.
Law
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the valley clear of illicit moon«hine
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BY ROBEHT YCÍ.EE TOOMBS
Frjin The C.iinp-.ll an
CHAPTER IV. ( co . xtim ed .)
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"<\unt Vina likes him spite of
hll gramlpap can say. but you
mustn’t tell.” looking cantiouslv
right and left over her fat pudgy
bhoiildrrs.
"Im von mean Mr. Rjaby. dear? ’
"No!" indigi antly.
"All the
other« d<i. but she says he's na»ty.
hhe loves yi ur j arm« r ’cause he's
so sweet and smells so nice, ami —
but say. lie’s Mamie's brother.
Can she marrv her own brother?”
"No dear," said Mr. Crow inter­
ested.
"Well, grandpap's goin’ to make
'■•m anvhow as soon as they git
through with von.”
Crow started. Thia w a s I ecorn-
ing inter« sting indeed. "Tell me
w h it thev an-going to do with me,
Cuddie ”
"I am your sweetheart. ain’t I?"
“Yes. dear.”
“I tnld 'em so,” cri«d the child
clanping her hands triumphantly,
“luit grandma said to grand pap Tast
night a hell I W1IS asleep—’most
asleep, mu know—that you was a-
fooiiti’ you- time away after Aunt
\ imi trvin’ to get her to love you so
stie would tell you all alaiut grand­
pup's whl*k-v ami where he makes
it under the kitchen floor.
Then
grandpap said they’d la-eu watchin’
you mid would make von jump
• >fl 'n a Ing rock som’rs down on the
«•nek. They made one r--al nice
feller jump ofl’’n that rock oi.ee
ami he never come back any more.
Rut that was all right, ’cause I
«lidn't like him nohow ”
Crow s flood ran hot ami cold
for a moment as h- realized tiieter-
ril le meaning to him of Caddje’a
art|«*«s r velatimi. He determined
to consult Colon«-! Gault as it s«-cm-
•••I there was also s< me underhand
work going on against h's family.
)!•• heartilv Hs*ur«-d Ca«ldie in as
gav a lune as he could assume that
he could not easily and saf Iv
jump ofl'n the big n»ck ami he
would I*- Hurv to come back to her.
'I hen filling h*r |ss’ket« full of pr«-t-
tv things of her o vn selection, tnev
walk«*! hack tn supper. Ca ’die
again ami again reminding him
1« at he mU'tu't tell her grandpar­
ents what she ha«i tolu him.
CHA ITER V
Lawrence ami th’ old |H>stma»ltr
Rukestraw hi uself.
As has been written, the colonel parson to their doom.
In a gliMiniy cave on the bank of
and the parson were bad friends
and either would readily lend a R«a-k Creek in a lonely remote can­
hand to frustrate an^ oi«jyct the on seve al miles fr>«m Bi<*le Hill
other de.-fre«! to accomplish.
Col postuflice. was secreted a null dug­
Gault therefore, believing the voung out” or cavern still, known among
sp< r sman al out to bling the old its frequenters a.« "•»usov s simp.
semi cr tnk b« justice, at once l>e- It was the exclusive property ami
came the young man s fri« nd ami place of buainess of Sam iiusuy,
promise«! him all nee«le«l assistance Mies Vina’s long favored but now
But for I hat unforgotten mid­ forgotten lover.
Half a dozen men are seated
night kitchen count il of war in t-he
R.ikestraw family of which the about in the semi darkness of the
reader, little Caddie ami the writer squalid apartment, drinking, smok­
were th.- only witnesses, it might ing and all talking atoi.ee. Ill O æ
seem strange that Parson Kake- corner three others are engaged tn
straw was so anxioui tn have Ms an all rtigio'Sliig. oatii-priivoking
enemv'sttaiigliter capture the young game of cards.
The cards are a
handsome and rich stranger whom I cheap maikvd quality, nut as each
his own daughter Miss Vina plain­ pluver knows ttie marks from long
ly loved desjieratel v. For despite , usage they all know the hands pret­
her promise Vina was evidently de­ ty well uv the backs as they are
termined not to la- bound by the dealt out. amt the platers ‘mg,”
kitchen caucus I lit tn win Law­ l>et or leei accor«liiigiy as good or
rence to herself if |Hissifile not know bad c rd.« are jt( jd.
ing that he was also her brother as
tn toe n-«»rway s.ts a strung r—
he was Mamie's.
"the straugei on Toe River” lie is
Country jieople are elo«e oltserv calieti tar and near, amt every one
era. esp< ciaily in love affairs, and j likes iiim lor a tree-amt easy young
they could not understand this mat ' ieiiow. lie slioots better Ilian any
ter at all nor th«- close relation* < o.iy else, liilnks tils «hare ami
ami *trang»- confidence tnat se«-me«t lends money ir« el.’. l'lie men like
to exist lietwe-n young Lawrence him and tin- «'iris nave ail gone
and old Rakestraw.
Wild over him'’ as a tew uglv j al-
Iler tmrvnts objected at first but
when the young man brought them
his tesliiiKHiials proving him a
meml<er of an exrellent family, and
bis latiik Ka>k which showed quite
a little fortune to his end it the col-
otiel yield«*! ami the voting people
were fi«j«pv with each other and in
I right ar.l'ci|>ati«Hi
Colonel (iaiilt's cot sent was oh
• MEN ®
Who have weak erf ; ’-3
•ifVELOPEO, or oi<as:
oFrans. who are suStr
ini? from r r«ws or roim.i
and any fcreesscs. ?-*c-
trv ;sMtma«ter«. ui>ju«’lv |w*rhhp«.
that they are g< nerally of a curious
ami prying nature
Had this 1-een
true of Mr. Lawrence he was now
m a |M**ition to satiate an* ciiriuai*
tv le might f. el com-erning his
neigh* or«' private affair*—Colonel
(•nulls for instance. Thi« was in
fact afterwards charged a gainst the
oflice when fate in tie- guise <.f the
tained the sooner pg rhaps by a bit , inevitable revenue raiders swept
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1093 Bets fences.
Bar.,a this paper when , C" V ’bíCJ
Cure for the Ailments cf Man and !\ •
A long-tested pain reliever.
Its use is almost universal by the Housewife, the Farmer. ■'*
Stock Raiser, and by every one requiring an ene»..«:
liniment
> o other application compares with it in efficacy.
'. i.is well-known remedy has stood the test of years, alm."
generations.
• o medicine chest i.> complete without a bottle of M ust **
L iniment .
Occasions arise for its use almost every day.
Ail druggists and dealers have it.
For sale I'v H .V. Horten.
M IS Ï0I1RIHI
scraggy chickens that eked Oil a
scanty living scratching indust i
ou-lv utaiul their d. ors. nut lie was
a kindred spirit. Like themseiv.-s
maybe he was hunted of men, a fu-
gative from the word s glare, s. ek­
ing refuge in these dal k ^lens ill the
shadows of the Black Mountains
They looked up to him a* one of
a «up rior order to themselves and
trusted him implicitly ami without
reserve in just those things comvrn-
ing whicn they were alwavs most
•»n guard against strangers.
1 his coiitidei ce they would have
slid was never solicited by him.
Indeed ttie first cui'tidancea ia-tweeu
tliem C line irmii him. He trusteil
one or two ..f their leadi >g spirits
with it rtain «. crets of his own: al­
most unconsciously they responded
with similar csi.fidem-es. and the
young wanderer was made to feel
himself ainwng friends
He was astomsheii at the va-l
aiiioimt of wickedness bring con­
ceive«! ami carrie«! out by the sl< w
uncouth ami uneducairil inountain-
errs, ami M( j|lv shrewdness ami
a' llitv they displace«! in their un-
uwful work
(To be cox T om fp )
A.
Linimeir
‘Se«-ms to me like the parser, and I ous teliuws d> clare.
tie is mgiigeiitlv but richly
that jimdamlv with th«- javl«ir«l
cloth»-* mi is a-gittin’ mighty thick." dressed and carries a short heavy
said old Sil«* Gamlv one da«’ a« t In- r« |>eatiiig rifle and a pair of t.elt le-
two mentioned came down the mud vmvers. all using cartridges as
His
to th«- mill where a crowd wa« gath- large as a lady's thimble.
f««rm
1s
tall
ami
shapely,
his
face
er««l wait ng fur their turn* of rnrn
to lie ground into m«-al. The par fair and ruddy, his eyes weie pleas­
soli and his companion were laugh­ ant uuii mue. and his Slliillllg
ing I oisteroiislv about Colonel inoutli — a most seductive coliti.leu*
Gault ami singing alternate]«’ vers­ lial mouth—is shaded by a blond
es from th«- old in in’s favorite ’ Lo­ mustache thick ami long.
ills con versai ion and manner
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prove
him a man of varied experi-
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growled Pave Mangum,
“and it’s almighty «(range t.> me I diet s mid a wanderer m the world,
tin«* the old singing blockhead j lb- is plainly only a l.ird o passage
can’t see that he’s a foolin’ wi’hone alighted here tor a lime, s< on to
A f-w
of Colonel Gault's ‘tectiven all the wing ms flight onward
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ti
iths
since
when
be
first
came
while and a-pnttin’ his f ><»t in*«» a
trap ten times sTunger’n a I ear > among these p-opie thev Were shy
and cold toward him, having cause
trap, and"—
perliaps to fear all Imnest stranger.«
I arson Rakestrnw howrver i«u
agimd himself "able to ’tend to his • lit stsiii as they c one to know him
own afluir« vet a while ’tboiit am la tter they lear..ed to loveand tiust
i mm.
giiardecn*.” and went hlimilv on
He could never I e.’ome one of
trusting his new fliend desnite
all
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them any more than the luoun am
oflieiou« friendly warning«
He
ar..n««-d
intern**» indignation hy hawk could tHc nie o.ie of the I . n
placing Lawrence in charge of the
( harles Lawrence had met Mis« po«tofli<a> ns hi« assistant.
Mamie Gault soon after he cime to
The deputy at once- made some
etav in the mountaina. and a* blind long needed improvements in the
perverse fate u*ii illy wills in such oflice fixtures and fitted up a ca«e
unhappy situations a mutual at­ of letter boxea arinnged alphabetic*
traction was at their first meeting ally. He al«o desired tn replace
lawn in their hearts.
the old gourd mail-receiver at ’he
Aft»-r riiat he seemed to haunt g ite with a ItH'ked lox. but Mr.
her fiaitsteps. At church he met Rake«traw would not allow this;
her regularly and returned h >mr m»t even when Lswrrnce assured
with her; at the crossroads store, him that th«rr were parcels stuck
at the (wisiofliee. a* country parties fast and moulded at the Kittom
or when slw as-out walking even­ which could never la* got out. and
ings Lawren«* was now ever at her that they had already been there
aide—and he was ever welcome several month«
there.
It ha« I'een charge I a gajos t num-
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rence. It was a tine stroke too on and its lawevading manufacturers,
the part of that .young man and Before that day however the s'rang-
must have tareii inspired Ly Parson trail Toe Rriver had driven Mr.
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