nio9t enticing
line o f
Cud you cannot give It up—just let me
a n u , t r ie r all, little rooms are Iota
cheaper to heat than big one»." And
I know and It w ill be all right. Just
there the m atter ended for the time
i ,bink “ °v e r Hll then," he said kindly,
balng.
the dumb woe in their eyes appealing
M r. Hazelton and the law yer with
to him as the loudest lamentations
the necessary papers appeared a few
could not have done. "But If you don’t
days later. As the law yer took off his
mind, r d Uke to have an architect, who
hat he handed a le tte r to Miss nachel.
Is tn town just now, come up nnd look
** <” * « w ith me,” he finished.
“I stepped Into the office and got
your m all," he said genially.
"Certainly sir, certainly," said Rn
c h e l, longing for the man to go.
"Thank you," replied the lady, trying
to smile. “I f , front Ralph -h a n d in g
M r. Hazelton appeared the next
morning with tw o men—an architect ■ It over for her sister to read
Both the ladies were In somber
and a landscape gardener. Rachel wns
In the summer-house, and the first she
black ; a ribbon or a brooch seemed
knew o f their presence was the souhd
out of place to them that day. Tabitha
broke the seal o f the letter, and re
of talking outside.
tired to the light o f the window to
"You’ll want to grade It down
road It.
there
she heard a strange voice say,
. J ? * P“ P«r« were spread on the
"and fill In that little hollow ; clear
table, and the peu was in Rachel's
away all those rubbishly posies, and
Wi eD 8 screaro ,rnm Tabitha
mass your flowering shrubs in the
background. Those roses are no par­
shattered the oppressive silence of the
room.
ticular good. 1 fa n c y ; we ll move such
KITCHEN
RANGES
ever seen io Halsey i t on dis-
play at the store of
hill
& co.,
w ith bright porcelain
and
shining nickel which need no
polish. Up-to-date cooking ap-
PAI n k NE?£ l
w U a
r IT e U '“"
P A I N T S and O I L S h a r d F
RN
r f ”
° "
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5
¿LURt-
ROGOWAY
Secon d
an d
B a k er
A lb a n j
A big line of
. t li s ? 4 « etui“ p
Big stock.
(TENTS
A ll kinds
} FURNITURE
Gold Seal CONGOLEUM
Low, medium aud high prices
$15
9x12,
9 x 1 0 » , $ 1 3 .5 0
ss are worth anything, and make u
Stop— Stop— oh. stop!" She cried
"W hy, sister •— «ell»
Oh. no we
roae-bed on the south side— we’ll talk
rushing to her sister aud snatching the
" ’ « h in t do that I - she shuddered.
over the varieties you want. Inter. O f
pen from her fingers. “We don't have
But what con we do?"
course these apple trees and those
l o - s e e - rend " - p o in t in g to , h,
. . ¿ I>OV~ Why ,OU| ot tl,lnrs -'” Rachel’s lilacs w ill be cut down, and the sum­
script w ritten In a round boyish hand
lips come together w ith a soup. " It ’s mer-house w ill be out of the wav
coming berry time, and there’s onr
Ton’ll be surprised—u few changes will
V> S° ‘ * * u'l>rlae fo r you
ihlckens, and the garden did beoutl-
do wonders, and— ’’
ra
.
L'
* 1 ¥* be,n »»raing to ,
ully last year. Then there’s your lace
He stopped abruptly. A woman, tall,
h o te l, here the whole tim e
I ,-e got
V” *? b° Z' n a rh «'-" «he broke work and my knitting - they bring
flushed, and ungr.v-eyed stood before
T
v
e
m
i
?
?"
'
n
V raon , y tor
«'<1
Second and B a le r st'eets, Alba y
In ,
only think of It— Paul's boy!"
• II .¿5 *
c,‘“ nce to w o rk fo r m y board
something. Sell? O h - w e couldn’t do
him lu the path. She opened her lips,
■"d she dropped the bit of paper and tnat I
I m lt W
by b“ p,n'1 P r ® i» « o r H eaton 1 É U
but no sound catne— M r. Hazelton was
r la h t' £ * « h ,F ’ th l* ■"'m m «r, and h e’, the
" d ,n * i0Dd but te<i-
But ns the days and weeks flew by
Hftlug h i* bat. The flush fuded. und s la n t
tl~ T ' * ry , t o *
, v* ‘m ended a ll
i and September drew hearer, Rachel’s Iter eyes closed as though to shut out
’■* P m y “ lf « hit when it came
H e squirmed uneatlly.
o t h . c o lle ,, racket, bo , I d id n 't mean
| courage failed her. Berries had been
some painful sight; then she bowed
t h h i « ”* ° 7 £ 1 eat ° p “ y 0WD folks'
B u t » y° U Unt11 1 knew 1 could do It
her head w ith a proud gesture, and
scarce, the chickens had died, the gar
B u t It a a sure th in g now
uuri. i i he can carl the Corl u
things.
1 n go t0 „.„r t any
den had '■'Oivreo
suffered rrom
from drought
drought. and
sped along the way to the house.
B ye-bye. I ' | | be home n e x t Saturday.
-
------
.
I
may wear the Garland of victory
be suggested, *—
*
trying to draw away, bnt fo r th eir lace and knitting work
Y ou r a ff nephew,
Once Inside, she threw herself, sob­
and wiping a
__tinned from page 1)
tear splash from the ,b e ,r Income would hare dwindled to a bing, upon the bed. Tabitha found her
A carload of 29 grade cow
Bnt’V w a a ’ i“ '1
*" * trouser8’
" I P" lfnl ’ ntn Indeed. Ralph had been
R alph
T bu wbea‘ ^ r»p 18 rep TT ^dfair bought from J. K . Nieewood o
there an hour later.
Hapgood was X ’wed',,” .!>efOre H * '1*
: be bad aakad ">
Rachel had reati thls aleuti, but he. • round I.aiteCreek.
“You poor dear— they've goue now,"
I u k a , H . R . Satchweli of Shed<
voice ended In a sol,
of
* d ,o < ° t0 » « * • " canjPlng and fishing with some o f hla she comforted.
and
farmers about Peoria, Jeffer
boy a n a m a
jjj*
H la story was quickly told.
His school friends. H e was expected home
C ’eona Smith was
Rachel raised her head.
» pas’enge •«»n and Albany, wag shipped ti
her was long since dead, and his
hr.tk of hla h u u d ..c r o s s hia eye«, and to Albauy Saturday.
« week before the college opened I
T h e y re going to cut down every­ d X
Mount Vernon, Wash.
fath er hod w ritten on his dying hed however.
' " , e n ‘ ,y o " '
" In
1 thing—every single thin g!" she gasped
the letter that commended the bor—
Amos Ramsey’s step -daughter
flou. l or a moment tliers wag a al
Tabitha grew more and more rest­
W. R. Hooker of Crabtree a
" - I know
choked Tabitha,
— «e. It," ci.i.Rru
im m u n , "and
-an<i i im
ee ttiuf
so soon to be orphaned— to the pity less every day. F inally she «poke.
lenee
that nnni.i
«m ld be felt, (ben H aielto n . ormeyly •'<>«
Florence
Able.
subject of fits of extreme absent.
and care o f his grandparents. The
"I'd ftimhled rods
,d ‘S |Uu:d«y eveuing from Can- miodednes.1, disapp eared
“ Rachel, we'll have to sell— there
Inside, and build In Windows and
from
sisters trembled and changed color at
II}' with the pnpera.
sn t any qther way. It would bring a things,
Oh. Rachel— what shall we
the story of the boy’s hardships on the
home Tuesday and next day was
"Ladles I w ithdraw ,„y offer, ” he
ICL
she
continued
hurriedly,
before
do?”
way to F a lrto w n ;
*
n rne
: ~
I
7 C" n't 8ff0" 1 t0 buy «»>'8
Mrs. Georg« Hayes went to the found wandering on the Lebanon
her sister could speak, “aud we could .
Do? Why, we’ll stand It, of course.
.
evenlBg 'vLen ,be b°y "»■’ safe And some pretty rooms somewhere. It
s S « ; : " 1 ° u a b—
- p
mad, unable to tell where he had
hous.
I
e
a
n
t possibly Hffor)|
|
We
Just
mustn’t
mind
If
he
turns
the
In b e d - c le a n , full-stomached. and
Km expensive." And without another
»pent the night or where he was
wouldn't be so very d re a d fu l!”
house
Into
a
hotel
nnd
the
yard
into
|
sleepily content, the sisters talked I t 1
word he left the room, motioning the
going,
‘ Don't, Tabitha I Seems as though
• 8 pasture!” she said hysterically
A l'teru »„d Frank Koontz are
lawyer to follow.
•
over. Rev. John Hapgood, In his will, I couldn t bear even to spenk of It
“We must Just think of Ralph and ot I
The road from Foster to the
had cut off h!s recreant son w ith the O f course. I f I had an o ff e r - a good
The slaters looked Into each other’s ho ne from Newport and went to
his being a doctor. Come, let’s go to |
Salem Saturday, letiiriiing in the Vaecadia ranger station and four
proverbial shilling, so, by law, there big one— that would be qqulte anoth
the village and see If we can rent that i eV" ^ V e , d^ V tS ’r ^ " ’ bre8th
evening.
8
miles round Shea’s hill, impassable
was little coming to Ralph. This, how- er th in g ; but there’s no hope of that.”
tenement of old Mrs. Goddard’s."
ever, the slaters overlooked in calm
.>H’ a p p ^ troes! a n ^ r X
Rachel’s lips said "hope," but her
at
times i„ winter, is expected to
W ith s long sigh and a smothered
cnHhi‘f .C ,uSler ,ng of Brownivil e
disdain.
be put in good shape by the
heart said “danger.” and the la tte r was sob, Tabitha went to get her hut.
nlbd
at
the
W’h.eier
home
Th
u
n-
that we are th e re !”
We must keep him anyhow," said what she really meant. She did not
Mrs. Gcxldurd greeted the sisters e f­
day. looking as proiperou. and full county io the tune of $38,000 and
And hand In hand they went.
Rechel with decision.
kuow that but two hours before u fusively, and displayed her bits of
the govotnment in a like amount.
ot
life and joy Ma e v e r.
‘’Yes, indeed— the dear child.
stranger had said to a Falrtow n law ­ rooms and the tiny square of ynrd with
y
e
r:
Glen Wodd’e. 16 years old, of
“ H e ’s twelve, for all he’s so small,
As a collateral of the strike
the plainly expressed wish that the
but he hssn t had much schooling
“I w ant a summer home In this local
Licom b becamo ¡1| with ¡nHarn-
place might be their home.
We
beeU
n
t,On
Herb"rt
»«^bwell
has
A
R
C
H
IE
C
O
R
N
E
L
IU
8I
m il« » eno ««
roust see to that— we want him well Ity. You don’t happen to know of a
The twins said little , but tlieir eyes
been on guard at the Southern roatory rheumatism « „ j typhoid
educated,” continued Rachel,
Complications at a Sunday school
They left with the
a pink good old treasure of a homestead for were troubled.
U cific wate. tankatSuedd.
•pot showing In either cheek’
sale, do you?”
rally July J7 anj j ie , on thfl 23d
promise to think It over and let Mrs.
•In d e e d we do—w e ll send |,lm to
Oscar Stewart and wife, both
„
do n o f” replied the law yer
I.z p e rt
Goddard know.
workmanship. Watches
and
college! I wonder, now, wouldn’t ha
deaf mutes, and two girls, who can
Tho premium list of the county
Thera s a place on the edge o f the v il­
’T didn’t suppose rooms could be so
clocks a specialty.
like to he a doctor?”
lage that would be Just the ticket, but llttlg,” whispered Tabitha, a t they
hear, from near Har Uburg, were fair, to bo at Albany October R to
H
A
I.S
B
Y
’T erhap s,” admitted the other cau­
O R EG O N visiting
closed the gate behlud them.
John
LaRue
F ridty 0 inclusive, »hows $4000 offered
tiously, “or a minister.
for horse races and nearly as
“We couldn't grow as much as s sun
’’Sure enough— he might like that
Oft’gon
has
moro
varieties
of
flower lu that yard," faltered Rachel.
much
more for premiums on agri,
L
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n
8
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’’
y
o
lb
e
r
s
,
a
l
«
’
b etter; I'm going to ask h im !" and
“Well, anyhow, we could have house-
she sprang to her feet and tripped
Linn Lane and Benton counties cultural aud other exhibits.
Tabitha tried to speak cheer­
«cross the room to the parlor bedroom
»tale 184lJ
lh 'S refPect in tb«
A week ago Sunday F. M. Brown
fully.
door. “Ralph.” she called softly, after
shoved his hand into a fish basket
“Indeed we could!" agreed Rachel,
turning the knob, “a re you asleep?” •
rising promntly to her slater’s h eig ht;
"Huh?
hi t|0, ma’am.” The voice
r u » \‘?Ui G Y lBnd ol ^«banon will covered with ferns that he found
“Do I belong to yob f
lously.
‘ I - I don’t know. Who are y o n -
w hat s your name?"
’■Ralph Hapgood.”
w a 7 rtlvo hrd can<b‘ np the note “ d
was devouring It w ith awlft-movlng
Save 2 5 pe r cent b y seeing
ROGOW AY
!
before you b u y j
W
ATCHMAKER & Jeweltf
F. M. GRAY,
Drayman.
All work doue promptly and
nearly gave the lie to the words.
leveonably. Phone No. 26U.9
“ Well, dear, we were wondering—
would you rather be a minister or a
doctor?’ she asked, much as though
«he were offering for choice a peach
and o pear.
"A doctor I” come emphatically from
out of the dark— there was no sleep
I f you have been d riftin g a lo n g - ,n e ndini, , i . .
and thin k.
K -Pending all, saving nothing—stop
tn the voice now, “J’ve always wanted
to bo a doctor.”
You roust realize that it cannot go on forever
n ,,.-
“Tou shall, oh. you s h a ll." promised
numbered. Now, while v o i.r n r , , , ?
■ Ou' s earning days are
he woman eeatatleally. going back to
each payday pays SoM gTRiwc towaM * * Weyi8 the « re»Ie*t, see to it that
her sister; and from that «m e all their
lives were ordered with that one end
I d vloiy
The Uapgood twlna were fa r from
w ealthy. They owned the homestead,
Where Savings are tafe ”
»•
®
but their Income wag email, and the
ndded mouth to f lll- a n d that a hungry
one-mounted.
As the y e a r, passed
H u ldy came less and less frequently to
help in the kitchen, and the slaters'
gowns grew more and more rusty and
B«r«sved f r,ends com m itting to roy care f„ r p r é p a r â t , « n,l bur.,1
darned.
“Whera-s My Cnka?“
Ralph, boylike, noticed nothing—In ­
tem a .n , of beloved one, may feel assured of the same respectful
I
"And My Sandwich««'”
deed, h alf the year he was sway at
school; but as the time drew near for
I don’t suppow a c<M1,d be bought for
• he college eourae and Ita attendant
J « T 'ip 'n c n t and complete stock
’ '
r i ” rante’ ’1 «° M « s iy
Best of
love or money."
*
‘'»ben»«*, the sisters were sadly
"W hare Is It?” asked the rosn e«
troubled.
'
<«rly
“Ton never know what m o n e y
“W e might sell," suggested Tabitha.
m n do— to ray aothlng o f lo v w -tlll
» little choke In her voice.
you try .”
•
licensed mortician and funeral
irector
1 Rachel atnrted.
The law yer cbuckrisd softly.
1
L
E
B
A
N
O
N
,
O
RE.
“ft is tine!" murmured Haseltoa-
"It's th« Hapgood place. 1*11 drive
> I>«y or night. Pl,one 9
"and the view Is g r a n d h e continued,’
yoa over tomorrow, i f , owned by two
Lady attendant
his eyes on the distant hills. Then hs
old maid«, and they worship «vary
turned shntptly. ”I.adles. I believe In
s«ck and stone and blade of grass that
coming straight to the point. I want
belong» to It. However. I happen to
a summer home, a n d - I want this one.
know that cash la rather ecarce with
’ an I tempt you to part with It?"
them— and there’s ample chance for
',nd,*M “o ’" began Rachel almost
love, If the money fslls," be added,
y ,T hen b«r voice sank to a
with a twitching of hla lip«
bl’ r e r ; 1 - 1
tb" ,k Xou could.’’
UTictl the two man drove into the
But, «later,” Interpoaed Tabitha.
yard that Angnst morning, the Hap-
her face alight, “you know you aald_
good twin« were picking nestartinra»
that la. there are circumstances— per­
and the flaming yellow« and scarlets
haps he would—-p-pay enough—" Her
lighted up their somber gowna, and
voice stumbled* over the-hated word
made patches of brillian t color against
then stopped, while her face burned
the gray bouse.
ecarlet.
•
By jova, it’s a picture!“ exclaimed
“ f a y : — no human mortal conld pay
tne woul^bf purchaser.
for this house I” flashed Rachel indig­
The law yer trolled ta d sprang to the
nantly. Then she turned to Hazelton,
ground
Iotrodoctlona quickly fe|.
ner slight form drawn to Its greatest
lowed, then be cleared hla throat la
height, and her hands crushing the
^O TIC M o r P i n a l _______ _
some emharraaameat.
flowers she held till the b rittle stem»
I
'• bev«?»y given that the nmler-
“Ahem
’
I
ra
brought
M
r.
Hasalton
snapped, releasing a fluttering shower
ngued ho«file«] h i* final account a<i ad« I
up here, ladiee becaoae he was inter-
of scarlet and gold
“M r Haze'too
mm istrator of the estate ol 8u»an Z ir-
to carry out certain wishes very near i ested In your beautiful place."
ler de> eased, w ith the er.unl- clerk ot
Miss Rachel smiled— the smile of
to onr hearts, we need money
We
proud possession ; then somethlag w ith­
w ill show yon the place, and—and we
in seemed to tighten, and she caught
Office 1st door sondi o i school house
w ill consider your offer. ” she finished
herj>rrath_ sharply.
fa in tly
Halsey, Oregon
objections, if any, to said final account
In the end. Hazalton s offer was so
I ’ll have t h , naoeeaary papers ready D e a le r
in
R ea l
E s ta te . 8ni L j eetllement of said estate
fabulously enormous to their unw iiii»« fo sign la a few daya,’ said the lawyer
Dated thia 6th day of July 192’
_________________ Handles Tow» and Country Propertr
e«rs that their conscience forbade
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7
Adnnnistrat-w of the
• • ,h* f o geotlem -a turned to go
to refuse IL
oi S u m o Zigler. daceaaad.
w B aym taro B D a w v a t t .
Attorneys for Adm inistrator.
rnu a« th« democratic C andida, • man carrying near Holley. He
»at seeking to le irn i f the man
• or stAte senator
Be Honest With Yourself"’" '’
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