most enticing
line of
KITCHEN
RANGES
ever seen in Halsey is on dis
play at the store of
HILL & CO.,
wilh bright porcelain and
shining nickel which need no
polish. Up-to-date cooking ap-
paialus; latest improvements
GENERAL HARDW ARE
PA IN TS and OILS
FURNITURE
Onr prices are made with the object of making sales
JULY 13, 1922
H A LSEY R N TE R P R IS B
FABR )
•n J erlee. be®iv(vd their father nlth
quest Inns.
Tbn family were nil In the darkened him self and rustle the an o in t g <od e m p lo y m e n t, and O. W. Laubaer
sitting room—nil, Indeed, save Harriet, w h ile in v es tig atin g to trjr to le a n , has moved in to the Dean residence.
who sat In «olltary stnte In the ehnro- how the ap p aren t shortage occurvd,
ber above, her fare pnle and her heart and a federal grand ju ry in P o rl-
R ay B ryd en , the youth a rre ite d
beating almost to suffocation. It had l it . d ind icated h im lo r it!
for stealing a bottle o f perfum e io
been arranged that she w m not to be
the W oo dw orth d ru g store a t A l
seen until some sort of explanation
M r».
D.
F. D o n
is going b an y, p aid $25 fine end 96 50 costa
had been given,
“Father, whnt was It?" eobbed Hnu- to C o q u ille , where M r . D ean baa and promised to leave tow n under
nnh Jane. “How did It happen?"
I t must bare been so sudden,” fal
tered Jehlel. "It cut me up com
pletely.”
-
C-r-
x
“I
can't ever forgive myself,”
Harriot Clayton did not cry thia moaned Hannah Jane hysterically.
time. She stared at the letter long “She wanted us to come Bust, and I
minutes with wide-open, tearless eyes, wouldn't. Tw as my selfishness— 'twna
then she slowly folded It and put It easier to stay where f w as; and now—
back la Ita envelope.
< now—”
“Harriet, mebbe—" began the old
“We'be been brutes, rather,” cut In
man timidly.
Jehlel, with a shake In his voice; "all
1 never thought— 1 never
‘B oni, Thaddeus— please don't 1” she of us.
Interrupted. ”1—I don't want ter t»ifc •• drammed- father, can—ran we see—
And she rose unsteadily to hqy feet and h err
moved toward the kitchen door.
In the chamber above, a «onnin
For a time Mrs. Clayton went about sprang to her feet. Harriet had quite
her work In a silence quite naotual, forgotten tlia stove-pipe hole to the
while bar husband watched her with room below, and every sob and moan
Why not take advantage ol thia opportunity to realise
troubled eyea. Hta beurt grieved over and walling cry had been woefully dis
big profits in transportation costs to
the bowed hued end drooping aixral- tinct to her ears. IVIth streaming eyea
j ders, and over the blurred eyea that and quivering lips she hurried down
T illamook C ounty R eaches
N ewport by - t u b S ka
were so often eurraptltlonsly wiped on the stairs and threw open the sitting-
C rater L ake N ational P ark
a corner of tha gingham apron. Bat room door.
O regon ' s F orrst , L ake , R iver and M ountain R esorts
“Jehlel I Hannah Jane I I ’m here,
at the eud of a week the little old wom
O regon C aves N ational P ark
an accosted him with a fare full of right here—alive!” she cried. “An
S hasta M ountain R esorts
Y oskmitk N ational P ark
aggressive, yet anxious, determination. I've been a wicked, wicked woman! I
or
“Thaddens, I want ter apeak tar you never thought how bad 1 was goln' ter
about somethin’. I ’ve been thlnklo’ make you feel. I truly never, never
It all out, an' I ’ve decided ihr.t I've got did. Tw as only myself—I wanted yer
ter kill one of us off.”
so. Oh, children, children. I've been
“Harriet 1”
so wicked— so awful wk-ked!”
Jehlel and Hannah Jane were steady
"WeH, I have. A fun’ral Is the only
of head and strong of heart, and Joy,
thing (hat will fetch Jehlel and—“
“Harriet, are ye gone crery? Have It la said, never kills; otherwise, the
results of that sudden apparition in tha
ye gone clean mad?”
sitting-room doorway might have been
She looked at him appealingly.
"Now, Thaddeus, don’t try ter ben disastrous.
Aa It waa, a wonderfully happy fina
der me, please. You see, It's the only
lly party gathered around the tnhle an
way. A fun’ral Is the—”
“A fun’ral—It’s murder I” be shud hour later; and ns Jehlel led a tremu
lous, gruy-lmlretl woman to the seat of
dered.
"Oh, not ter make believe, aa I shall,” honor, he looked Into her shining eyre
and whispered:
she protested eagerly. "It'a— ”
“Bear old mumsey, now that we've
“Make believe!”
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“Harriet I”
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“There, there, please, Thaddens!
For further particular« aak agents
I've got ter see Jehlel and Hunnab
from me. bat eemehew the time Just Ists
away from me before I know I t
Minnie la wall ana deep la spring saw-
mg and tmusa-clenatag. 1 know -becaU M
dreaamakar'a bills are beginning to come
In and every ttme I go home I find a
carpet up In a naw pineal
Our boy Fred la slghtssn tomorrow,
Tou’d be proud of him. I know. If yow
could eeo him. Business le ruehlng Glad
to bear you're all right and that fathar a
rheumatism la on the gala
An ever, your affectionate and dutiful
•on.
JK JtTU l.
Oh. by the w ay -ab o u t th at visit B a s t
1 reckon w e ll have ta sail n elf this year.
Too bad; but can't seem to aee my way
clear.
Bye-bye.
VACATION
TRIPS
Cost Less This Year
A SUMMONS HOME
Everything Else She Triod and Failed— But Her Last
Trick Won Success.
By ELEANOR PORTER
Author of “ Pollyanna,” " Just David." Et«.
Cenrrlskt ky Blaansr R. Porter.
llS . T H A D D E U S CLA Y TO N ca m e
finftlv
th«« m
m n ■nil
softly Intn
Into the
room
and lnnkori
looked
M
with apprehensive eyes upon the little
old man in the rocking chair.
"llow be ye, tleurle? Ter lialn't
wanted fer nothin', uow, have ye?” she
asked.
"Not a thing, Harriet,” he returned
cheerily. “I'm feelih' real pert, too.
Was there lota there? An’ did Parson
Brew sny a heap o’ fine things?"
Mrs. t'lnyton dropped Into a chair
and pulled listlessly at the black
strings of her bonnet.
" 'Twas a beautiful fun’ral, Thad-
dena—a beautiful fun'ral. I — I 'most
wished It was mine.”
"Harriet I”
She gave a sharoed-faced laugh,
j "Well, I did— then Jehlel and Han
nah Jane would ’a’ come, an' I could
'a' seen 'em.”
The horrified look on the old man's
face gave way to a brood smile.
“Oh ! Harriet— Harriet I” he chuck
led, "how could ye seen 'em If yon
was dend?"
“Huh?
Well, I —Thaddeus"— her
voice rose sharply In the silent room—
“every single one of them Perkins boys
was there, and Annabel, too. Only
think what poor Mis' Perkins would 'o'
given ter seen ’em 'fore she went!
But they waited— waited, Thaddeus,
jest as everybody does, till their folks
Is dead."
“But, Harriet,” demurred the old
man, “surely you'd 'a' had them boys
come ter their own mother's fu n'ral!”
‘ “Come 1 I'd 'a' feasted her eyes on
'em. Thaddeus”— Mrs. Clayton roae to
her feet and stretched out two gaunt
hands longingly— “Thaddeus, I get so
hungry sometime« for Jehlel and Han
nah Jane, seems as though I Jest
couldn't stand It I"
"I know—I know, dearie," quavered
the old mau, vigorously polishing his
glasses.
“F ifty years ago my first baby came,"
resumed the woman In tremulous
tones ; “then another came, and an-
i other, till I'd six. I loved 'em *n'
tended 'em. an' cared for 'em, an' didn't
have a thought but was fer them
hable«. Four died"—her voice broke,
then went on with renewed strength—
"hut I ’ve got Jehlel and Hannah Jane
left ; at least, Pve got two bits of paper
,that comes mebbe once a month, an'
one of 'era's signed ‘your dutiful son.
• Jehlel, an' th« other, from your loving
daughter, Hannah Jape.' ”
“Well, Harriet, they—they're pretty
good ter write lettera,” ventured Mr.
Clayton.
I “Lettere!” walled Ills wife. “I can’t
hug an' kiss letters, though I try to.
sometime«.
"Well, well, wife, mebbe they'll come
—mebbe they’ll come this summer;
who knows T'
She shook her head dismally.
"You’ve ««Id that «v'ry year for the
'.lpst fifteen summer«, an* they lialn't
row« yef. Jehlel went Weat more than
twenty j-eara aio, «a* h«’s never been
home since. Why, Thuddaua, we've got
a grandson 'moat eighteen, that we
hnln't even seen! Hannah Jane's been
home Jest once since she was married,
hut tttkt was nigh on ter sixteen year« I
ago. Bbe's always wrltln’ of her Tom
my and Nellie, but—I want ter see
'em. Thaddeus ; I want ter see 'em !”
: “ Yes, yes; well, we’ll ask 'em. H a r
riet, again—wa'll »»k 'em real nrgeut
like, an' raebba that’ll fetch 'em," com
forted the old man- “W ell ask 'em
tar ba here the Fourth; that's eight
week« off yet, an' I shall ba real smart
‘by then.”
Two lettera that were certainly “ur
gent-like” left the New England farm
house the next morning. Ooe was ad-,
dressed to a thriving western city, the
other to Chattanooga, Tennessee.
In course of time the answers came.
Hannah Jane's appeared first, and was
opened with shaking fingers.
Dear Mather (its * Mrs- CUrtes «laqfij
Tau» lette
same two ar tkraa d a r t SB«-
sod I ha», hurries rauafi te «newer K,
tor reo eeemed to be ee aatteus te hear.
Pm real sorry. but 1 den t —a M » •»«
can get aw ay tkla aummor Nathan la
the visit very mnca; nut I guess ws can't
fio
1uat v«L
go Just
y e t Of
O f rnura*
course. if
If aavthln«
a n yth in g aartnua
serious
should corns up th a t mads It nscsssary—
w hy, th a t w ould be d iffe re n t; but I knew
' you are sensible, and w ill understand how
It te w ith ua.
N a th a n le w ell, but business has bean
p re tty brisk, and he is In the store ea rly
i and late. As long as he's m aking money,
ha do n 't m ind ; b u t I te ll him I Ib la k he
m ig h t re st a little sometimes, and let
tom e one else do the th in g s he dote.
Tom le a big boy now, sm art In Ida
studies and w ith a good head fo r figures
N ellie loves her books, too; and. fo r a
little g ir l o f eleven, does p re tty well, we
th in k .
I m ust cloee now. W e a ll send love,
and hope you are g e ttin g along a ll rig h t.
W as glad to hear fa th e r was gaining so
fast.
T o u r lo vin g daughter,
H A N N A H JANJ1.
The letter dropped from Mrs. Clay
ton's fii.gers and lay unheeded on the
floor. The woman covered her face
with her hand* and rocked her body
back and forth.
“There, there, dearie," soothed the
old man huskily; “mebbe Jehlel's will
be dlffrcnt. There, there! Don’t take
on so, H arriet! Don't! I Just know
Jehlel'll come.”
A week later Mrs. Clayton found an
other letter In the rural delivery box.
Yes, tt was from Jehlel.
She drew a long breath. Her eager
thumb was almost under the flap of the
envelope when she hesitated, eyed the
letter uncertainly, and thrust It Into
the pocket of her calico gown. All day
It lay there, save at times— which, In
deed, were of frequent occurrence—
when she took It from Its hiding place,
pressed It to her cheek, or gloried In
every curve of the boldly written ad
dress.
At night, after the lamp was lighted,
she said to her husband in tones to
low he could scarcely hear:
"Thaddeus, 1— I had a letter from
Jehlel today.”
“You did—and never told me? Why,
Harriet, what— ” He paused helplessly.
“I —I haven’t rend it, Thaddeus," she
stammered, " I couldn't bear to, some
way. I don’t know why, but I couldn't.
You read It!” She held out the letter
with shaking hands.
He took tt, giving her a sharp plane®
from anxious eyes. As he began to
read aload she cheeked him.
“No; ter yerself, Thaddeus—ter
yerself! Then—tell me.”
As he read she watched his face.
The light died from her eyes and her
chin quivered as she «aw the stern
lines deepen around his mouth. A min
-A Fun'ral— It’s Murderl” Ha GaepeS.
ute more, and be had finished the let
ter and laid It down without a word.
"Thaddeus, ye don't mean— he didn’t
say—”
“Read It—I— I can't,” choked the
old man.
, •
»
She reached slowly for the sheet of
paper and spread tt on the table before
* *
-i
Dear Mother (J .h M bad w rit U n ); Just
a word to tall you ws ar* an O. K . Sad
real boar at Ut« etere, «ad. asme way, I
Your lertsr rawih>d»d ma
c e t i teem to get up energy encugh to dAina fln .lv
that It was about time I woe writing
evto think of fixing op the ohtldren to
bom
.
to
the
folks.
1 don't m » n U lot
taka them so Car. Thank you fa r the ta- 1
jU a U e r .
¿ x d we ekeuld eajoy | u m a a r weeks co bv without a letter
Eastern Cities
via the Scenic Shasta Route
On your way east stop over at
San Francisco
Los A n geles
San D iego
Jane 'fore I die!”
“But— they—they’ll come if—”
“No, they won’t come. We’ve tried
It over an' .over again; you know we
have. Hannah Jane herself said that
If anythin' ’serious' came up It would
be dllTrent. Well, I'm goln’ ter have
somethin' 'serious' come up!”
“But, Harriet—”
"Now, Thaddeus,” begged the woman,
almost crying, “you must help me, dear.
I've thought It all out, an' It's easy as
can he. I shan't tell any lies, of course.
I cut my finger today, didn't I?"
“Why— yes—I believe so," he sc-
knowleged daxedly; “but wbat has
that to do—”
"That's the 'accident,' Thaddeus,
You’re ter send two telegrams at once
—one ter Jehlel, an’ one ter Hannah
Jane. The telegrams will say: ‘Acci
dent to your mother. Funeral Satur
day afternoon. Come at once.' That'«
Jeet ten words,”
“Now, that'« all true, ain't It?” she
asked anxiously. “The 'accident' Is this
cu t The 'fun'ral' la old Ml«' Went
worth's. I heard terday that they
couldn't have It until Saturday, so
that'll give us plenty of time ter get
tha folks here. I needn't sny whose
fun'ral It Is that's goln* ter be on Sat
urday, Thaddeus! I want yer ter hitch
up an' drive over ter Hopkinsville ter
send the telegrams. The man's new
over there, an’ won't know yer. Too
couldn't send 'em from here, of
course."
Thaddeus Clayton never knew Jost
how he allowed himself to be per
suaded to take hit part in this “crexy
scheme,” as he termed It, but per
suaded he certainly was.
It was a miserable time for Thad
deus, then. First, there was that hur
ried drive to Hopkinsville. Though
tha day was wans ha fairly shivered
as he handed those two fateful tele
grams to the man behind the counter.
Then there was tha homeward trip,
daring which. Ilka tha guilty thlflg he
was. ha cast furtive glances from aide
to side.
Even home Itself came to be a mis
ery, for the sweeping and the dusting
tnd the baking and the brewing which
he encountered there left him no place
to call his own, so that he lost his pa
tient)« at last and moaned;
“Seems ter ma. Harriet, you're •
pretty lively corpse!”
His wife smiled, end flushed a little.
“There, there, dear I
Don't fre t
Jest think bow glad w ell be ter see
em !" she exclaimed.
Harriet was blissfully happy. Both
the children had promptly responded
to the telegrams, and ware i«w on
their way. Hannah Jane, with her
husband and two children, war« ex
pected on Friday evening; but Jehlel
and his wife and hoy could not possibly
get In until early on the following
morning.
All thia brought scant Joy ta Thad
deus. There was always hanging over
him the dread horror of what he bad
done, and the fearful questioning as
to how It was all going to end.
Friday rem«, hut a telegram at the
last moment told of trains delayed and
connections missed. Banasb would
■et reach hems until 9:40 the next
morning. Bo It was with a four-nested
carryall that Thsddena Clayton started
for the station on Saturday morning to
meet both of his children and their
famines.
Jots and i ittles
Southern Pacific Lines
(Continued from page I ,
Shedd has 8700 acres in
Canuda thifllle pact.
the
JO H N M. SCOTT.
General Passenger Agent
Ball Bond and wife went to the
A 'brny Chautauqua Friday.
fikdtXA'
»)'Tv w A
** CtfJK«'
Mies Ida Mitzner proposes to
take a term nt the Motitnoulb nor
mal school the coining winter.
ET SOMETHING that is stout, that is,
C A B L E , in place of rope—stronger
anti lasts a lifetime.
VVhenjou buy machine oil don’t think
any old grease is oil. Wo have a heavy red
E N G IN E OIL, best that can bo bought, at
5 O ’; a gallon. Try it. T W IN E is here.
G
Halsey State bank literature
now carries the name of L. II.
Taylor, assistant cashier. T h a t’*
Lawrence.
G ra n d m a F ru m
of
A
B ro w n sville
and Miss Ruth Frum
started
Monday evening for Newport to
spend a couple of weeks.
G. W. M ornhinweg
iNM
N) i
Labor is scarce in the southern
part of the oounty and some grain
it being harvested at night because
it abatlerj out worse io the day.
Wt M il
Rosa Powell has been appointed
administrator of the T. A. I'owell
estate, which is valued at $4,720.
'ee legal advertisement in this
paper.
8. S. Hayes, John Standish, J,
C. Standish and wife and Mr«.
Mary
Hayes
motored
above
Brownsville Sunday and spent
ibe afternoon at the home of A. C.
Windom.
Septic tanks have been put in
at Dr. Garnjobat’ a and at J. J.
■Corcoran’s, Mr. Corcoran being
the cement artist. In tiie absence
of sewara the septic tank is neces
sary whenever a home in Halsey
has up-to-date plumbing.
8. 8. Ilayes of Portland, who
has been visiting at J itu Porter's,
near Peoria, arrived in town Sat.
urday for a visit at the home of
J, C. Standish. Mr. Hayes is an
old-time resident of Halsey end n
well known among tbe old-timers.
He is Mrs. Standirh's uncle.
the Claxtonola
Come le and hear it play
AU
T I «
»11K DR Y, perched throat of the
motor girl craves our deliciously
flavored tad temptiag lee eras a»,
W hy not gratify her? Our tea cream is
more beneficial than cheaply flavored
aot drink« We ate the beat flavoring.
Cold drinks
The bnsines) of tbe Elite con
fectionery, Mr. Tripp says, is In-
creasing rapidly ainoe he and Mr.
Hood took charge, being probably
the largeat in Albany. The cafe
teria branch, which has a special
appeal for Halaey people who teich
Albany hungry, is advertised in
thia paper,
F. C. Powell, aesistant poet-
master at Albany and employe of
the office for twenty-five years,
The ride home » u a silent one| diacovered a shortage of 11500 in
hut once InMde tha house, Jehlel end
the stamp account, reported it
QgAuUl Jana »"»‘B B.
Lunches
Stewart & Price Confectionery
. . _______________________
!•
If your farm will he
be for rent this fall g<
touch with me. I have sevoral good far
wanting t j rent farms. Fire insurance;
loans.
Jay W. Moore,
On a hot Sunday recently Pas
tor Cook annouced in the Metho-'
diet church that men would be
excused if they took off their
coats. Only W , J. Ribelin re.
spooded by removing bis coat,
“ A h ,” said Cook, "only one fnan
with a clean shirt in the house.”
Frank Smith's
chickens at
Sweet Home* raised
a cry of
alarm on several successive even
ings. Finally he went to investi
gate and killed a rattlesnake with
thirteen
rattlee that he found
coiled in one of the uests.
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