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West of flour mill, near R. R. track
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Is occupying his new brick and is
better prepared than ever to serve
his patrons.
New ret't iterator installed in
which to keep
BUTTER
CHEESE
EGGS
And other petishahlcs.
Ice water water on draught in t
gallon cooler on inside and drawn
through wall with lancet. Call
when passing and dry.
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Get yt'iir tousorial wotk done at
IUA TOMPKINS'
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j Beverly of
I Graustark
J.;!y.':J
CHAPTER I.
BAR off In the mountain lands,
somewhere to the east of the
setting sun, lies the principali
ty of Graustark, serene relic of
rare old feudal days. The traveler
reaches the little domuln after an ar
duous, sometimes perilous, Journey
from the greut European capitals,
whether they lie north or south or west
never east. He crosses great rivers
and wide plains; he winds through fer
tile valleys and over barren plateaus;
he twists and turns and climbs among
somber gorges and rugged mountains;
he touches the cold clouds In one day
and the placid warmth of the valley In
the next One does not go to Graustark
for a pleasure jaunt It is too far from
the rest of the world, and the ways are
often dangerous because of the strife
among the tribes of the intervening
mountains. If one hungers for excite
ment and peril, he finds It in the Jour
ney from the north or the south Into
the land of the Graustarklnns. From
Vienna and other places almost direct
ly west the way is not so full of thrills,
for the railroad skirts the darkest of
the danger lands.
Once in the heurt of Graustark, bow
ever, the traveler Is charmed Into
dreams of peace and happiness and
paradise. The peasuuts and the poets
slug In one voice and accord, their
psalm being of never ending love.
Down In the lowlands and up In the
hills the simple worker of the soil re
joices tliut he lives In Grausturk; In the
towns and villages the humble mer
chant and his thrifty customer unite
to sing the song of pence and content
ment; lu the palaces of the noble the
same patriotism warms Its heurt with
thoughts of Gruustnrk, the uuisient
Prince and pauper strike bauds for the
love of the land, while outside the
greut heartless world goes rumbling
on without a thought of the rare little
principality among the eastern moun
tains. In point of urea Graustark la but a
mite lu the greut galuxy of nations.
Glancing over the mup of the world,
one Is almost sure to miss the Infinites
imal patch of green that murks Its lo
cution. One could not lie hlamed If
he regnrded the spot us a typograph
ical or toiragmpblcul Illusion. Yet the
people of tills quaint little land hold
lu their hearts a love and a confidence
tltnt nre not surniiHKed bv nuv of the
Roue River Valley
FRUIT & DAIRY LANDS
Meserve t Meade
Courier Block, Grunts Puss
BXTEXStVB aDVEKTISiXG
In distant pniiers und an acquaintance all over the Coast otahles us to
MIKE QUIGK STILUS
Some fine bargains In Fruit und Dairy Lands, Stock Hunches. Quart
5 und Plueor Mines, Town Preperty, Husiness Chances, for cash or on time
The Strength of a
Bank is shown,
1st, Ry its working capital
2nd, liy its stockholders.
3rd, Hy its management.
THE
First National Bank
OF SOUTHERN ONEGON
Grants Pais, Oivtfon.
Huh a Capilal, Surplus
A Undivided Profits 577. 500.00
And an additional Stock
holders Liability um.
iter Ihe National Hank
ing Law'. .... 50,000 00
Total H.vponsiliility $127,500.00
niKKCTOKs:
John- IV Fnv,
P. H. Habth,
J. T. Titfs,
11. C. KlNNKY.
L. B. Hai.i.. Pros,
J. V, CAMlMiCLL, V. Pre
11 L GILKRY, CWhler.
: f
m GEORGE BARR
8 MTUTCIiEON.
t-.-..-
..' :'?': Author of "Grkiul&rk"
r.-.W.v
l-V-V.:.'.
GonrfeM. 1904. tr Mi.
Mud mi camm .'y:::
lordly inonurchs who measure their
patriotism by miles and millions. The
Grausturkiuus area sturdy! courageous
race. From the faraway century when
they fought themselves clear of the
Tartar yoke to this very hour they
huve been warriors of might and valor.
The boundaries of their tiny domain
were kept Inviolate for hundreds of
years, and but one victorious foe bad
come down to luy siege to Edelweiss,
the capital. Axphaln, a powerful prin
cipality In the north, had conquered
Grausturk In the latter part of the
nineteenth century, but only after a
bitter war lu which starvation and
famine proved far more destructive
than the arms of the victors. The
treaty of peace aud the Indemnity that
fell to the lot of vanquished Graustark
have been discoursed upon at length
In at least one history.
Those who have followed that his
tory must know, of course, that the
reigning princess, Yetlve, was married
to a young American at the very tag
end of the nineteenth century. This
admirable couple met In quite romantic
fashion while the young sovereign was
traveling incognito through the United
States of America. The American, a
splendid fellow named Lorry, was so
persistent In the subsequent attack
upon her heart that all ancestral preju
dices were swept nwuy. and she be
came his bride with the full consent of
her entranced subjects. The manner
In which he wooed and won this young
and adorable ruler forms a very at
tractive chapter lu romance, although
unmentloned lu history. This being
the tale of another day. it is not timely
to dwell upon the Interesting events
which led up to the marriage of the
Princess Yetlve to Grenfnll Lorry. Suf
fice It to say Unit Lorry won his bride
ugulnst nil wishes and odds and at
the same time won an endless love and
esteem from the people of the little
kingdom among the eastern hills. Two
years have passed since that notable
wedding In Edelweiss.
Lorry tyid his wife, the princess,
niiule thelt- home In Washington, but
spent a few mouths of each year In
Edelweiss. During the periods spent
In Washington and lu travel her affairs
In Graustark were In the hands of a
capable, austere old diplomat her
uncle. Count Cuspnr llnlfont Princess
Volga reigned ns regent over the prin
cipality of Axphaln. To the south lay
the iirlnelrinlltv of T in WKhenren. rnUxt
Weigh Carefully
.1 l.T i -a1
the ((notion of where you will do
your hanking! And we toil sure
yrtui fmal jniinient will he in t.ivor
of placing our money in the
Grant Piu Banking & Trust Company's
Hank where you will always re
ceive courteous treatment: whete
your affairs will he handled in the
most thoroughly husiness-like man- '
tier, and whete you can have im
plicit confidence in the trustworthi
ness of the institution.
KYllilltVaQ. I
' by young Prince Pnntun, whose half
brother, the deposed Prince Gabriel,
had been for two years a prisoner lu
Graustark. the convicted assassin of
Prince Loreuss of Axphaln, one time
! suitor for the hand of Yetlve.
It was after the second visit of the
Lorry to Edelweiss that a serious turn
, of affairs presented Itsel. Gabriel had
succeeded in escaping from his dun
I genu. His friends In Pawsbergen
stircd up o revolution, and Dantnn was
driven from the throne at Seiros. On
i the arrival of Gabriel at the capital
; the army of Dnwsbergen espoused the
i cause of the prince It had spurned, and,
limn, dnvs after his escape, he was on
1 his throne, defying Yetlve and offering
1 u price for the head of the uurortunaie
Dantan, now a fugitive in the hills
i along the Graustark frontier.
CHAPTER II.
UOIt GLOltGE CALHOUN wns
u member of congress from one
of the southern states. His
M
forefathers bad represented the
same commonwealth, and so, It was
likely, would his) descendants. If there
is virtue In the fitness of things und
the heredity of love. While lieVepId
frontiersmen were opening the trails
through the fertile wilds west of the
Alleghunles u strong branch of the Cal
hnun family followed close in their
footsteps. The mujor's great-grand
father saw the glories and the possl
blllties of the new territory. He struck
boldly forward from the old Revolu
tionnry grounds, ubundoulng the luxu
ries and traditions of the Carollnas for
a fresh, wild life of promise. His sons
and daughters became solid stones lu
the foundation of u commonwealth
anil his grandchildren are still at work
on the structure. State and national
legislatures hud known the Calhouus
from the beginning. Battlefields had
tested their valor, und drawing rooms
had proved their gentility.
Major L'ulhoiiii had fought with
Stonewall .Incksou and won his spurs,
and at the same time the heart and
hand of l!(.tty Ilaswell, the stancbest
Confederate who ever made flags,
bandages aud prayers for the boys In
gray. When the reconstruction come
lie went to congress, and later on be
came prominent In the United States
consular service, for years holding an
important European post. Congress
claimed him once more lu the early
nineties, and there be Is at this very
time.
Everybody In Washington's social
and diplomatic circles admired the
beautiful Beverly Calhoun. According
to bis own loving term of Identifica
tion, she was the major's "youngest"
The fair southerner hud seen two sea
sons In the nation's capital. Cupid,
standing directly In front of ber, had
shot bis darts ruthlessly and resist
lessly Into the passing hosts, and mas
culine Washington looked humbly to
her for the balm tliut might soothe Its
pains. The wily god of love was fair
enough to protect the girl whom he
forced to be bis unwilling, perhaps un
conscious, ally. He held his Impene
trable shield betweeu her heart and
the assaults of u whole army of suit
ors, high and low, greut and small. It
wns not Idle rumor that said she had
declined n coronet or two. thnt the
millions of more tlmu one American
Mlilus had been offered to her und that
she had dealt gently but firmly with n
score of hearts which had nothing but
love, ambition and poverty to support
them In the conflict.
The Calhouus lived lu u handsome
homo not far from th- residence of Mr.
and Mrs. Groniall Lorry.' It seemed
but natural that tlie two beautiful
young woi::r:i should become constant
and loyal friends. Women ns lovely
ns they have no reason to be Jealous.
It Is only the woman who does not feel
secure of ber personal charms that
cultivates envy. At the home of Grnu
stark's princess Mo. crly mot the (Ink 's
and barons from the far east. It was
In the warmth of the Ciilhouu hospital
Ity that Votive formed her dearest love
for the American people.
Miss Iteverly was neither tall nof
short. She was of that divine and in
definite height known as medium: slen
der, but perfect:;.- 'Molded: strong, but
graceful nn absolutely healthy young
person, whose beauty knew well how
to take care of Itself. Itelim quite
heart whole ami fancy free, she slept
well, ate well and enjoyed every mln
ote of life. In lier blood ran the warm. !
eager Imput e of the s.uith: hereditary
love of ease aud luxury displayed Itself j
III every emotion; the perfectly normal!
demand upon men's admiration was ns !
characteristic In ber ns it Is In tiny ;
daughter of the land whose womeu !
are born to expect chivalry and bom- i
ngc
A couide of years In n New York !
finishing scbiHil" for young ladles had '
served geat!y to modify Miss Cal
homi's colloquial charms. Many of her!
delightful "way down south" phrases!
and mannerisms were blighted by the
cold, miroinautie ntinos;leiv of a sem
inary conducted by two ladies from
Huston who were too old to marry, too
penurious to love and too prim to think
that other women might care to do
both. There were times, however if
she were excited or cuthusiastic-when
pretty Iteverly so far forgot her train
ing as to bivak forth with a very at
tractive 'yo' all." Msuah 'Hough" or "go
long uaow" And when the bands
played -'lUio" she was not afraid to
stand up ami wave her handkerchief.
The northerner who happened to be
with her .in such ocoasloua usually
found hinis,.f doing likewise before he
could escape the Infection.
Mi-s Calhoun's face was one that
painters coveted deep down In their
artistic xouU. It never knen- .iti
stunt; the
'viti IU-
as epres;.,n ( every
tueameiit. In every look; life, genuine
life, dwelt In the mobile countenance
that turned the head of every man and
woman who looked upon It. Her hair
was durk brown nnd nbuudnnt; her
eyes were a deep gray and looked
eagerly from between long lashes of
black;' her lips were red nnd ever
willing to smiie or turn plaintive as oc
casion required; her brow wns broad
and fair, and her frown was as danger
bus as a smile.
As to her age, if the mnjor admitted,
somewhat Indiscreetly, that nil his chil
dren were old enough to vote, her
mother, with the reluctance born in
women, confessed that she was past
twenty, so a year or two either way
will determine Miss Beverly's nge so
far ns the telling of this story Is con
cerned. Her eldest brother, Keith Cal
houn (the one with the congressional
heritage), thought she wns too young
to marry, while her second brother,
Dan, held th.it she soon would be too
old to uttruct men with mutrimonlul
Intentions. Lucy, the only sister, hav
ing been happily wedded for ten years,
advised her uot to thiuk of marriage
until she was old enough to know her
own mind.
Toward the close of one of the most
brilliant seasons the capital had ever
known, less than u fortnight before
congress was to adjourn, the wife of
Grenfnll Lurry received the news
which spread gloomy disappointment
over the entire social realm. A dozen
receptions, teas und balls were des
tined to lose their richest attraction,
aud hostesses were lu despair. The
princess hud been called to Graustark.
Beverly Calhoun was miserably un
happy. She hud heard the story of Ga
briel's escape and the consequent prob
ability of a conflict with Axphaln. It
did not require a great stretch of Imag
ination to convince her that the Lorrys
were hurrying oft to scenes of Intrigue,
strife and bloodshed, and that not only
Graustark, but Its princess, was In
Jeopardy.
Miss Calhoun's most cherished hopes
faded with the announcement that
trouble, not pleasure, called Yetlve to
Edelweiss. It had been their plan that
Beverly should spend the delightful
summer months in Grausturk, a guest
at the royal palace. The original ar
rangements of the Lorrys were hope
lessly disturbed by the lute news from
Count Halfont. They were obliged to
leave Washington two months earlier
than they Intended, nnd they could not
take Beverly Calhoun Into danger rid
den Grausturk. The contemplated visit
to St. Petersburg and other pleasures
had to be abandoned, and they were In
tears.
Yetlve'a mulds were packing the
trunks, und Lorry's servants were In
n wild state of haste prepuring for the
departure on Saturday's ship. Ou Fri
day afternoon Beverly was naturally
where she could do the most good and
be of the least help at the Lorrys'.
Self confessedly she delayed the
preparations. Respectful maidservants
and respectful manservants came of
ten to the princess' boudoir to ask
questions, aud Beverly Just as fre
quently made tearful resolutions to
leave the household In peace If such
a hullabaloo could be called peace.
Callers came by the dozen, but Yetlve
would see no one. Letters, telegrams
and telephone calls almost swamped
her secretary; the footman and the
butler fairly gasped under the strain
of excitement. Through It ail the two
friends sat despondent aud alone In
the drear room that once had been the
abode of pure delight. Grenfnll Lorry
wns off In town closing up nil mutters
of business that could be dispatched nt
once. The princess and her Industri
ous retinue were to take the evening
express for New York, nnd the next
day would find them nt sea.
"I know I shall cry all summer,"
vowed Miss Calhoun, with conviction
la her eyes. "It's lust too awful for
iMiythiic." She wns lying back among
the cushions of the divan, and her hat
wns the picture of cruel neglect. For
!'ir, solid hours nlie had stn'ibortily
withstood Yetive's appeals to remove
her hat. insisting that she coul l not
trust herself to stay more than n mln
i to ir two. "It scorns to mo. Yetlve.
that your Jailers must be very Incom
petent or they wouldn't have let loose
all firs trouble upon you." she com-
l.'.lned.
"Prince Gabriel Is the very essence
of trouble." cotif'ssoil Yetive plain
tively. "I'e w bom to annoy poo
I'K Jnit like t!,. evil prince in the
''airy tales."
"1 v!-!i we had t : : l ri over he-e." flip
American clrl answered stoutly "lie
wouldn't be !ioli a tvochV. I'm sure.
We don't let small troubles worry us
vorv Ion -, you know."
"I'r.t lie's il.-ei.dl'ull;,- Important over
;h"r. Ih.-evlv; that's the dillicult part
of It." sail Ve'iie sol. -inly. "Yon
see. h is a co:m!.t.i:icI muri'erer."
"Th-u yo.- ii-ght ,n hang lihn or
c!is-tro"ti:c him ,a- whatever It Is that
you (' t . m-ir.'erers over there." spoke
P.everly promptly.
"Put. dear, you don't understand
He won't permit us either to hang or
t electrocute him. niv dear Th ;t
tion Is pree! -'y :h,. nwcrso. If he Is'
corns tly i;uot, d by my uncle. Wheu !
Un le caspnr sent an envoy to Inform!
Hawshergon respectfully 'that Grau-i
stark would hold it personally respon-i
slide if Gabriel were not surrendered !
Gabriel himself replied, 'Graustark be!
hanged:" i
"How rude of him. especially when;
your uncle was so courteous about It!
Ho must bo a very disagreeable per
son." announced Miss Calhoun. '
"I nm sure you wouldn't like him.",
Mid the princess, "nis brother, who'
tins iwn driven from the throne-and
from the capital. In fact-is uulte dif
ferent I have not seen him, but my
ministers regard him as a splendid
ronng man."
"Oh, how I hope he may go back
tvlth his army and annihilate that old
(lubrlel!" fried Beverly, frowning
fiercely.
"Alas," sighed the princess, "he
hasn't an army, and besides he is find
ing it extremely difficult to keep from
being annihilated himself. The army
has gone over to Prince Gabriel."
"Pooh!" scoffed Miss Calhoun, who
was thinking of the enormous armies
the United States enn produce at a
day's notice. "Whnt good is a ridicu
lous little army like his anyway? a.
battalion from Fort Thomas could
bent It to"-
"Don't boast, dear," Interrupted Ye
tlve, with a wan smile. "Dawsbergon
has a standfng army of lO.Ono excel
lent soldiers. With the war reserves
she has twice the avalluble force I can
produce."
"But your uiou nre so brave!" cried
Beverly, who had heard their praises
sung.
"True God bless them'. but you for
get thut we must attuck Gnbriel In his
own territory. To reenpture him
means a perilous expedition Into the
mountains of Hawsbergen. and I nm
sorely afraid. Oh, dear. I hope he'll
surrender peaceably!"
"And go back to Jail for life?" cried
Miss Cnlhoim. "It's a good denl to
expect of him. denr. I fancy It's much
better fun kicking up a rumpus on the
outside than it Is kicking one's toes off
against un obdurate stone wall from
the inside. You can't bin me him for
fighting a bit"
"No, I suppose not," agreed the prin
cess miserably. "Gren Is actually hap
py over the mlserahlo affair, Beverly.
He Is full of enthusiasm and positively
aching to be in Graustark right In the
thick of it all. To hear him talk one
would think that Prince Gubrlel has
no show at all. He kept me up till 4
o'clock this morning telling me that
Dawsbergeu didn't know what kind of
a snag it was going up against. I have
a vague Idea whnt he means by that
His manner did not leave much room
for doubt He also said that we would
jolt Duwsbergen off the map. It
sounds encouraging at least doesn't
It?"
"It sounds very funny for you to say
those things," admitted Beverly, "even
though they come secondhand. Too
were not cut out for slang."
"Why, I'm sure they are all good
English words," remonstrated Yetlve.
Her hearers ttared at the picturesque re
cruit, "Oh, dear, I wonder what they ore do
ing in Grausturk this very Instant
Are they fighting or"
"No; they nre merely talking. Pou't
you know, denr, thnt there Is never a
tight until both sides have talked them
selves out of breath? We shall have
six mouths of talk and a week or two
of fight, just ns they nlwnys do now
adnys." "Oh, you Americans have such a
comfortable way of looking at things,"
cried the princess. "Don't you ever
Bee the serious side of life?"
"My denr, the American always lets
the other fellow see the serious side of
life," said Beverly.
"You wouldn't be so optimistic If a
country much bigger nnd more power
ful than America hnpiiened to be the
other fellow."
"It did sound frightfully boastful,
didn't It? It's the way we've been
brought up, I reckon even we south
erners, who know what It Is to be
whipped. The Idea of a girl like me
talking nbout war nnd trouble and all
thnt! It's absurd, Isn't It?"
"Nevertheless. I wish I could see
things through those dear gray eyes of
yours. Oh. how I'd like to have you
with me through nil the months thnt
nre to come. You would be such n help
to me, such n joy. Nothing would seem
so hard If you were there to mnke me
see things through your brave Ameri
can eyes. The princess put her arms
nbout Beverly's neck nnd drew her
close.
"But Mr. Lorry possesses an excel
lent pair of American eyes," protested
Miss Beverly, loyally and very happily.
"I know, denr, but they ore a man's
eyes. Somehow there Is a difference,
you know. I wouldn't dure cry when
he was looking, but I could boohoo nil
day If you were there to comfort me.
He thinks I nm very brave, and Txa
not." she confessed dismally.
"Oh, I'm an awful coward," explain
ed Beverly consolingly. "1 think you
nre the bravest girl In all the world,"
he added. "Don't you remember what
you did at" and then she recalled the
Hories that had come from Grajistark