I But I awoke to the horrid reality of hear you talk that you wasn’t no'gen­ promptness. “Cuptulu," he sa’d enrrq-tly. “from It all aa Captain Magnus, smiling his tleman. I f you fau't keep little Ued- wolfish smile, turned and approached top In order without you tie her, why. long experience In the financial cen­ me. . then hand her over to a guy what can. ters of the country, I have got to be "Well, boys.” he remarked fo bis I het I wouldn't pave a speck o' trou­ a man what understands human na­ followers, who had lowered their weap­ ble with her—hyr and me would git ture. The minute I looked at you. I seen It In your eye that there wasn't ons and were standing about at case, along as sweet a* two turtle-doves." “You dry up, Tony,” said Magnus, ! no use In tryln' to bluff you. You are "here's the little pippin I was tellln’ of. Frald we give her a little scure lowering. "I'll look after my own af- i a congenial crowd, you boys— gosh. bustin’ In ao sudden, so she ain't quite fairs of the heart. Anyway, here's I but you do look good to me after the so bright and smilin' as I like to see them two old hens what have been ' bunch o' stiffs I been playin’ up to It ’s all right, girlie; you'll soon cheer ' makln’ ine sick with their Jabber and ; here! All I ask Is, to let raa In on It up when you find out you’re goln’ to be nonsense all these weeks. Ain't I go- | with you, and I ’ll be glad to put you the little queen o' this camp. Things In’ to have a chance to get square?" wise to the best tricks of a sly old will be all your own way now—so long “Here, youse!” struck In Blinker, j fox who ain't ever been caught yet as you treat me right." And the j “quit your Jawin'I Here's a feed we without two holes to hla burrow. I , won't ask no half, nor no quarter, abominable creature thrust forth a tin t seen the like of in weeks." hairy paw and deliberately chucked I Tony thereupon ordered the women either, though I Just signed up for me under the chin. to sit down on the ground In the shade I that amount with the old girl here. I heard a roar from the log—and co- and not move under penalty of “get- But give me freedom, and a bunch o' Incldentally from Captain Magnus, tin’ a wing clipped.” We obeyed In live wires like you hoys! I've near For with the Instant response of an silence and looked on while the pirates froze Into a plaster figure o’ Virtue, automaton—consciously I had nothing with wolfish voracity devoured the what with talkin’ like a Sunday school at all to do with It— I had reached up meal which had been meant for us. , olass, and sparkin' one qld maid and and briskly bored the captain’s ears. They had pocket-flasks with them, and ' makln’ out like I wouldn’t melt butler Furiously he caught my wrist. “Ah. as they attacked them with frequency with the rather. So H. H will »hip you red-beaded little devil, you'll pay the talk grew louder and wilder. By along of you, mates, and we'll off to for this! I ain’t pretty, oh. no! I degrees It waa possible to comprehend the China coast somewhere« where the extraordinary disaster which had the spendln' Is good and the police befallen us, at least in a sketchy out­ not too noisy, and try how fa r a trunkful of doubloons will go I” line of which the detail was filled in With a choky little gurgle In her later. Tony, It appeared, was the mas­ ter of a small power schooner which throat Aunt Jane fell limply against had been fitting out In San FranelsCo me. It was too much. All day long for a filibustering trip to the Mexican she had been tossed hack and forth coast, and his three hard companions like, a shuttlecock by the battledore of were the crew. None was of the old emotion. She had borne the shock hearty breed of sailors, but wharf-rats of Mr. Tubbs' sordid greed for gold, pure and simple, city-dregs whom his disloyalty to the expedition, hla i fiance had led to follow the sea. coldness to herself; she had been shak­ Tony. In whom one detected a certain en by the tender stress of the rets rough force and ability, was an Ita l­ onclllatlon, had beeo captured Jby ian. an outlaw specimen of the breed pirates, and now suffered the supreme which mans the fishing fleet putting blow of this final revelation of the forth from the harbor of San Fran­ treachery of Tubbs. To hear her ro­ cisco. When and wliere he and Mag­ mance described as the sparking of an nus had been friends I do not know. old maid—and by the sparker! From But no sooner had the wisdom of Miss Miss Hlgglesby-Browne had come a Browne Imparted the great aecret to snort of fury, but /¡he said nothing, her chance acquaintance of the New having apparently no confidence In York wharves, than he had communl- the effect of oratory on pirate«. She ! cated with his old pal. Tony. The did not even exhort Aunt Jane, bat power-schooner with her unlawful car­ left It to me to sustain my drooping go stole out through the gate, made aunt as best I could. As Mr. Tuhbs made his whole-heart­ her delivery In the Mexican port, took on fresh supplies, aud stood away for ed and magnanimous proposal Captain Iveeward Island. The western anchor­ Tony opened his small black eyes and attention age had received and snugly hidden contemplated him with her. Captain Magnus, meanwhile, by Then he glandbl round upon hla fel­ means of a mirror flashed from Look- lows. "What say, boys? Shall we ship I out. laid maintained communication Furlouyly He Caught My W rist, with his friends, and even visited them old Washtub« on the schooner and under cover of the supposed shooting let him have his rtlng along with us? ain’t a handsome mooncalf like the Hon- I expedition. And now now, while we had Eli?” And as Captain Tony uttered ©rable: I ain't got a title, nor girly striving to overcome the reeal- these words the lid of Ills left eye plnfc cheeks, nor tine gentlemanly dtrancy of M r. Tubbs, Captain Mag- eclipsed for aq instant that Intelli­ wavs. No walks with the likes o roe nils )|Hd taken a short cut to the same gent optic. no tatey-tates In the woods -oh, no' pnd You felt that the secret of Mr. , From the pirates came a scattering Well, It’» goln’ to he another story Tubs would be extracted, If need be. volley of asaents. “All right— hnoraj now. girlie. 1 guess you ran learn to I b y 'n o d arranged that Blltikt-r and a eouiiienum i. as the illuuiiuaitng con-I kindness, i gte -s—' velsHtion of the pinttes had proceed- . cross-eje.il man named Horny should A Hired mao stepped through a loose | board of a barn loft, and farm and household work waa delayed while be recovered. This latest misfortune was the worst of the season. Johnson had been shingling the barn, using a common prop scaffolding, made by placing wooden brackets against the aide of the building and supporting them with two-by-four scantling, set at an angle of 45 degrees and anchored at the foot with stakes and atones. He had un­ dertaken to carry a bunch of shingles to the roof. An upper rung, previous­ ly broken from the ladder, had been replaced with a two-lnch shingle band, nailed on with eight-penny nails. The wood In the side of the ladder was dozy and the nails gave way under Jobnson’s weight. The Jolt as he struck the next rung upset the ladder. and down tumbled Johnson, ladder scaffolding and shingles, all In a heap on the ground. “Pretty tough on Johnson." observed Brown. “They talk about farming be­ ing a safe and healthful pursuit; but I'll bet be didn’t think so when that bunch of shingles pursued him and smashed his ribs." - “Farming is healthful." said the old doctor, “providing people woulfi take reasonable care of themselves. It ought to be safe as any ordinary occupation : but the observations of the United ÏÎÏÎ •3 *1 , - Farm Steam Engines Should Be Offi­ cially Inspected at Least Once Every Year. States Department of Agriculture and the National Safety council show that every year hundreds of people are maimed mid killed in farm accidents, a large part of which are preventable. “I don't know where some farmers find economy In keeping a horse that will shy at anything and kick any­ body who conies near him. Perhaps they like to feel their mastery, but the horse usually vets his Inntnc in the IA N a. i'<21 HALSEY EN l EUt'KlSM I puttiug up a little headstone—4J needn't cost much—In the family pluu with Just 'Virginia' on It? And gnjt thing of mine that you don't want yo’lgg' self I'd like Beaa te have lor (oB baby, please. Aak ber when the luiJt I duck is old enough to tell her my W f I story— " ' f'Wj , By this time Aunt Jane was aob- , hlng loudly and waving her little hands i about In wild beseeching. “Jane!" broke in Miss Browne again In awful tones. But a t Chat momen- I the floor of the cabin opened and th> J face of Sllnker peered iff. ' “Say,” he remarked, "tiiare ain't no sense In you glrle stayin’ .cooped up here that I see. I guess me and Hornet 3 % "Aw, stow that soft stuff. Magnus,' 1 ed, EAU Ksr> ftramwall drove to A Ibaa> Mra C. p any Friday. Stafford visited ▲). Mra. J. W . Drinkard waa a pag> ¿engar to Albany Friday. A lath m ill, to employ 34 man, s to ba an Albany industry. Clarence C. Diceaon and wife of Shedd have a brand naw son. Mrs. B. M . Cushman of Browns­ ville baa bought a naw Dodge toor- ng car. E. B. Panland war among those -uggeated for county commissioner to succeed Butler. Mias Bather McKinney returned to her duties at O. A. C. Sunday, after a visit at boms. Mrs Horace Armstrong and two voting daughters got home Sunday from a week’s visit at Oakland, Or. Mrs. Ann Hope Purdy has pur­ chased the Harrisburg hospital from Dr. L. 8. Kent and Mias Rickard, Owing to the death of Mra. Cecil Harrison the Ash Swale H unt club postponed its advertised banquet to Jan. 14. M arr Welch having married and resigned aa postmaster at Craw-* fordsvilla, Estelle Smith has been appointed to the position. Mrs. Charles W hitlatcb of Eu­ gene and Master Rqnald. who have Iwen visiting here, took Sunday’s train for their new home in Port­ land! After fumigating tbair house. Mrs. Ralph Dannen’s oldest daugh­ ter, Dorothy, took aoarlet fever— "T h e r* Ain’t Ne Sen a* In Yew Oírlo Albany Democrat. Stayin' Cooped Up Horn." Dean Tyoer's taxi brot George can atnml you off if you try to rash Finley over from Brownsville F ri­ ua. Come out and cool off a little.” The great heat of the day waa over day to take the train for hia home and Ihe aun already dropping behind in Portland after a holiday visit at the peak of the Island. Mr. Shaw Crawfordsville. and Cuthbert hud been allowed to alt. ’ Mayor Whits of Browusvtlleand In the shade, and 1 thought their wife came over Sunday, bringing wrists were not too tightly hound for their daughter to take train for comfort. Cookie had Iwen released, and under the eye of Horney was get­ ‘ Portland after enjowing the holi- ting supper. Crusoe bnd earlier In days at home. the day receiver) a kick In Ihe ribs G. W Bramwell nod family of from Captain Magnus, fortunately too Brownsville and W . E Hover and much occupied with the prisoners to family visited at J C. Bramwell’s pursue his vengeance further, and bad at the holiday feast and with the fled precipitately, to my enormous re hosts constituted a houseful, Hef. The dog was quite wise enough to know that he would help me besl Thursday of last weak L. E. hy keeping out of the clutchca of our Wultou received a carload of good i four-foot fir wood from above June- City. Aa luuoh aa he did uot Just then there ...t»- f»o.,t the womi» , t iou the -.aturt of fmff.repa ioh,-cs. and < a n t the three pirates and M r. Tubbs en M d " lost the speckled appearance i remain at the camp on gtiurd. As a advised Blinker “You can do your which had characterized It at the measure of precaution Cookie, loo. tereil the clearing. A thrill ran through The county, stats aud special spoonin' with the gal later on. We’re height of his terrors. Something like was bound, aud Aunt Jane, Miss llai camp. Caplora and captives fori?©» taxes in this coumty this year here to git that gold, and don't you Ills normal hue returned. He sat up Browne and I ordered Into the cabin. all else hut the great, the burolDg Thia is all forget It. Plenty of time afterward stralghter. moistened his dry lips, end The three remaining pirates, armed question— bad the treasure been dis amount to >1.000,082. i ba increase over last year’s figures to spark the wlmmen.” looked around upon us. yes, even upon with our spades and picks and dls- covered? And I am sure that no on« “T hat’s the talk,” chimed In Black- Aunt Jane and Miss Hlgglesby-Browne. Iienslng a great deal of Jocular pro­ was so thrilled aa I. although In m) that the 6-p«r-oent lim it w ill allow. beard. “'Don't run us on a Friday W. C. Thompson, con­ with whom he had been so lately and fanity. set out for the cave under the mind the,question took another font) for th« Mike of a skirt. For now [ was going to know what' trolling owner of the bank of Skirts te j so tenderly reconciled, with a side- guidance of Mr. Tubbs. tlik-ker'n herring In every poi'L i had been w aiyng fo r me - there In' Brownsville, brot bis rootbar, Mrs. aln i long, calculating glance. After the Thankful as I was for the depart Hi»'.'?" pirates had eaten, the prisoners on the ure of Captain Magnus, 1 underwent the cave, when I stood yesterday at Ila M C. Thompson uf Salem, over to I got s score to settle with this log were covered with a rifle and their torments In the stifling interior of black entrance, afraid to go In. take the train for home after a vis­ one,” growled Magnus sullenly, but hands untied, while Cookie, In a lu­ the cabin. Aunt Jane wept piteously. it at bar son’s. hla grasp loosened on my arm, and I gubrious alienee made eloquent by his At last I heard a faint moan: (To be continued.) “V irg in ia!" slipped from him and fled to Aunt rolling eyea, passed around among us Mrs. Tschants of Silverton, onoo I went to her. ''Yes, auntie?" Jane— ye*, to Aunt Jane— and clung the remnants of the food. Yet under Miss Effie Cola of Brownavilla, “Virginia," she murmured, “I think te. her convulsively. Miss Hlgglesby- all the ten o r was a bedrock confidence daughter of S. E. Cola, made a hoi. C w r i(k t. Th. Bobte-M-rrlU CoauxaJ Browne seemed to have petrified. Het that there was, there must be some I ahull not live tb leave the lalaml. iday visit at bar old home and bar sk, and also ex|*ected to visit Mrs. R. i »heath. knlves which Mr Shaw and Cuthbert E. Alexander at Mbanou before “You!! do; can't git loose nohow," Captain Tony, having finished his leave your bones on thia Island. I f t who wants Io trade $40,000 woitli carried at their belts were taken away. he announced. Then, with a savage pipe, knocked the asheg out against you did you know, you and Bill Halil- j of bu>inee» pro|*erty for firm ing returning to Halsey. The three prisoners were then or­ frown, "But no monkey business. the heel of his boot and put the pipe well might ha'nt around together— Among representatives of Linn land in thia valley, where be dered to seat themselvee In a row First o’ that I s< It's a dost o' cold | in hla pocket think how cozy I (Here Aunt June tktnaa his health would ba better. oountv who attended the annual •u hinih | hopeT Now [ d„oo o' t|ietu guys has the line on the stuff, would have to 'lie Captain Magnus’, church at -Brownavilla, Herbelt G. G. Hockenamith and wives from the bleating of a sheep, which broke : care about Nyln' youse up, In case wg wouldn't they?" « MagnusF W iltou, arretted in C a lifo rn ia *^ forth at intervals, nobody spoke o r[ nan help It. so Jest he good girls, an ! Lake Creek, John Push of Shedd, “Oood gracious, Virginia!" shrieked "Old Baldy, here," returned Mag­ head of a gang of burglars, wka Carl M illar of Harmony, P. made a sonnd The throe riflemen In I'll let youse ran around loose for a nus, with a nod at Mr. Tubbs. "Old Aunt Jane faintly. But I wept oo re­ supply pastor of the Brownsville Pehrsaoo and J. Sylvester. the background, standing like Images while." Weahtugg I call him generally; ha. lentlessly. determined to distract her with their weapons raised, locked like But Magnus struck In wltb an oath. ha I" mind from thoughts of ber approach­ Baptist church in 1014, but o ia n . a well-trained chorus in an opera - The Albany basketball team peered the next year. It is hut "Loose? You're turnin' toft, I saf. “Than looky here. W ashtub*" said ing end. And Indeed It was all extraordinari­ The future M r* M. there— which I Tony, addressing Mr. Tubbs with aud- 1 "All things considered, I suppose I fair to add that Wilson denies spy which got beaten by Halaav high ly like something on a stage. Blink­ mean to make her If she behaves right I t is recalled that school at the Rialto aant a chal­ d»o sterenewa, “maybe you could bluff really ought to aak you to put uiy af­ criminal acta. er. for Instance. He had a prowling, —she's a handful, she 1». There aig’t these here soft guy a, but we're a dlf- i fairs In order when you get hack. If Wilson left Brownsville oaring nu­ lenge for a return game to be played sidelong fashion of moving about, and no low trick she won't play on ua If ferent breed o' cats, we are What­ I am carried off by the pirates, natu­ merous bills and that three have at Albany on a Thursday with an ennrmons yellow mustaches like a Vi­ she gets the chance. Better Ua her Halaay replied ever yen know, you'll come through rally I shall have to Jump overboard not been paid, Mre. Fred U tn f- Albany referee. king. And the burly fellow In the up, I say " with It, and come quick, or It'll ba the at once, though 1 dislike the Idea of man has been in regular corres­ " N o ” and «aid that both these background, with the black Whisker« drowning, and ea|ieclally of being Magnus." responded Tony with ge- • orsa for your hide, aee?" pondence with Mrs, Wilson iu provieoe violated tbe established .“ IS» &,d b?,(1 * > T * « n big earrings. J rerlly# ~,td ffiake a person think to Mr. Tubbs rote from the log with eaten by sharks. Would you mind Los Angeles, rubs of the game, which confirmed Jots and Tittles A-