The most enticing hue ot
KITCHEN
RANGES
ever seen in Halsey is ou display
at the store of
HILL & CO.,
w ith bright porcelain and sinning
nickel which need no polish. Up-
to-date cooking apparatus ; latest
improvements.
FU R N IT U R E
RUGS
Our prices te ll goods
man h a lf turned about, giving the girt
an instant's glimpse of something that
she transferred from her breast to her
sleeve.
It was slender and of steel,
and it caught the moonlight on its
shining surface.
The girl's eyes glittered when she
beheld It .. She nodded, scarcely per
ceptibly, and the strange file plunged
deeper Into the shadows.
Fifteen minutes later Dave drew up
to a halt tn a little patch of moonlight,
surrounded by a wall o f low -trees and
brush.
• • ' ■
"There’s more than one way tn make
a date fo r a walk w ith a pretty girl,”
he said.
T he girl stared coldly Into his eyes.
“ W hat do you mean?” she.asked.
The roan laughed harshly. “I mean
thut Bruce ain't got hack yet— he's still
on the other side of L ittle river, for
all I know— (’
“Then why did you bring us here?”
“Just to be sociable,” Dave returned.
• T il tell you, Linda. I wanted to talk
to you. I ain 't been In favor of a lof
of things Simon's been doing— to you
and your people. I- thought maybe you
and I would like to be— friends.” ;
No one could mistake the emotion
behind the strained tone, the peculiar
languor In the fu rtiv e eyes. The girl
drew back, shuddering.
“I'm going
back," she told him.
"W alt. I'll take you back soon. Let's
have a kiss and make friends. T he old
lady won’t look— ”
H e laughed again, a hoarse sound
that rang fa r through the alienees. He
moved toward her. hands reaching. She
backed away. Then '«he half-tripped
over an outstretched root.
The next Instant she was In his
arms, struggling ugulust their steel.
•
filic
!
•
Was lit His Amjs, Struggling
Against T h e ir Steel.
She didn't w 's te words In pleading. A
sob caught at her throat, and she
fought w ith nil her strength against
the drawn, nearing face. She had for
gotten E lm ira ; In this dreadful mo
ment of terro r and danger the old wo-
man's broken strength seemed too little
to be of aid. And D a re thought her as
helpless to oppose him as the tall
pines that watched from above them.
H is wild laughter obayured the single
sound that she made, ,'a strange cry
that seemed lacking In. all h um jn qual
ity. R ather It was each a sound as a
pnma utters as it leaps upon Its prey
I t was the articulation of a whole life
of hatred that had come to a criala at
last—of deadly and terrible triumph
n ite r a whole decade of waiting. I f
H a v e hail dts-emed that cry In tim e he
would have hdried Linda from bis arms
to leap Into a position of defense. The
desire for women In men goes down to
the roots o f the world, hut self presets
ratio n Is a deeper Instinct still.
But he didn't hear It In time. E l
mira had not struck w ith her knife.
T he distance was too fa r for that. But
she swung her cane w ith all her force.
T he blow caught the man at the tem
ple. his arms f e ll away from the girl's
hodv. he staggered grotesquely In the
carpet of pin needles. Then be fell
face downward.
'tffg belt, q u i c k t h e woman cried,
fto iuagef was her voice that of de-
greplt age.
f h e girl struggled »dth
(lerseif. wrenched hack her sclf-coo-
and leaped to ghsg |>er aunt. They
«■so-tied the rasas belt ft cm »Lout his
w aist, and fhe women locked It sw iftly
•bout his ankles. W ith atronj, bard
L IN O L E U M S
CONGOLEUM S
hands they drew his wrists back of
him and tied them tight w ith the long
bandanna handkerchief he wore about
his neck. They worked almost In si
lence, w ith incredible rapidity and
deftness.
The man was waking now, stirring
In his unqonsctousness. and sw iftly the
old woman cut the bucksklu thongs
from his tgll logging boots. These also
she twisted about the wrists, knotting
them agaiq and again, and pulling them
so tight they were almost hurled In
the lean flesh. Then they turned him
face upward to the moon.
The twg women stood an Instant,
breathing hard. “ What now?" Linda
asked. And a shiver of awe went over
her at t h | sight o f the woman's face.
“Nothing more, Linda," she an
swered, In a dlstaut voice.
"Leave
Dove T urner to me."
I t was a strange picture. Woman
hood— the softness and tenderness
which men have learned to associate
w ith the name— seemed fallen away
from Linda and Elm ira. They were
only avengers— like the she-bear that
tights fo r her cubs or the she-wolf that
guards the lair. T here was no more
mercy in them than In the females of
the lower species.
Dave awakened. They saw him stir.
They watched him try to draw his
arms from behind him. I t was Just a
fain t, little-understanding pull at first.
Then be wrenched and tugged with all
his strength, hopping strangely In the
dirt. The effort increased until It was
some way suggestive of an animal In
the death struggle— a fu r bearer dying
in the trap.
■ T erro r wns upon him. I t trtis In his
wild eyes and his moonlit fa c e ; it was
In the desperation und frenzy of his
struggles.
And the tw o women saw
It and smiled Into each other’s eyes.
Slowly his efforts ceased.
H e lay-
still .In the pine needles. H e turned
his head, first toward Linda, then to
the inscrutable, dark face of the old
woman. As understanding came to
him, the cold drops emerged upon bis
swarthy skin.
“Good G— d !" he asked. “ W hat are
you going to do?"
“I'm going back," Linda answered.
“You had some other purpose In bring
ing me out here— or you wouldn’t have
brought Elm ira, too. I'm going back
to w ait for Bruce.”
“And you and I w ill linger here,"
Elm ira told him.
“W e have many
things to say to each other. W e have
many things to do. About my Abner
— there are many things you'll want to
hear of him."
The last v «seize of the man's spirit
broke beneath the words. Abner had
been old Elm ira's son— 6 youth who
had laughed often, and the one hope
of the old woman's declining years.
And he had fallen before Dave’s am
bush In a half-forgotten fight of long
years before.
T he man shivered In his bonds. L in
da turned to go. The slle/ice of the
wilderness deepened ubout them. "Oh,
Linda. L in d a .' the man called. “Don't
leave me. Don't leave me here » 1th
her I” Me pleaded.
“ Please— please
don't leave me in this devil's power.
Make her let me go.”
But Linda didn’t seemed fco hear
The brush crackled and ru s tle d ; and
the two— this dark-hearted man and
the avenger— were left together.
CHAPTER X V III
The homeward Journey over the
ridges bad meant only pleasure to
Bruce.
Th<- days had been full of
little nerve-tlngllng adventures, and
the nights fu ll of peace. And beyond
all these, there was the hope of seeing
Linda again at the end of the trail.
I t was strange how he remembered
her kiss. He had known ether kisses
in his da.vs— being s purely rational
and healthy young man— but there had
been nothing o f Im m ortality about
them. T h e ir w arm th had died quickly,
nnd they had been forgotten.
They
were Jtift delights of inouollghi -lights
anil nnthl>i»m»re But be woulu wake
up from bis dr«- ams at night to feel
Linda's kiss npon his lips. T o recall
It bronght a strange tenderness — a
softening of all the hard outlines of
his picture of life.
But aside from his contemplations
of Linda, the long tram p had many de
lights for him
He rejoiced In every
manifestation o f the wild life about
him. whether It was a bushy-tailed old
gray squirrel, watching him from a
tree limb, a magpie trying Its best to
Insult him. or the fleering glimpse of a
deer In t?ie coverts. But be didn't see
the 'K iller again. He didn't particularly
c a rt to do to.
Both days o f the Journey home he
wakened sharply at dawn. T he cool,
morning hours were the best for travel.
H e was of naturally strong physique,
and although the days fatigued him un
mercifully. he always wakened re
freshed In the dawn. At noou he would
stop to lunch, eutlng a few pieces nf
Jerkey und frying a single flapjack In
his skillet. And usually, during the
O CT. 5, 1922
H A L S K V K N T K R P R IS K
PA G E 3
of i t
“Linda.' he called lu alarm.
“where are you
I t ’s Bruce."
c o rd ia lly in v ite d to a tte n d . E a c h
H e stood an Instant listening,
o f B U V k i n d , “ ,e ,b ^or be p re p a re d to g iv e som e
great fear creeping over him. H e b i l e s u p p l i e s
—
-
-
s u e e .s t.n n fo r i h .
called once more, first to Linda anil
t h , im provem ent of
then to the old woman.
Then he
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, our meetings lo r the coming year.
leaped through the doorway.
lltllS C V
E reel I Sneed and Roland M irk s
The kitchen was sim ilarly deserted.
ware home from O. A C. over tho
From there he went to Linda's room. 1 and get prices.
We haudle G O O D Y E A R . F IS K and week eud.
H e r coat and hat lay on the bed. hut
G A T E S T IR E S and are able to. sell
ihere was no Linda to stretch her arms you a tire at almost any price you wish
C liffo rd Carey came from the
to him. He started to go out the way to pay.
U. of 0 . for tho week end.
he had come, but went instead to hla
Automobile, repairing. W illa rd bat
The Riugos visited at Cottage
own room. A sheet of not»-paper lay tery service.
Grove Sunday.
on the bed.
HALSEY G ARAG E
It hod been scrawled h u rrie d ly ; but
F D O IR BROS . Props.
J. A. Porter of H ul-ey is re
although he bad never received a w rit i > i ,_ „ „ J Shop, 16»S
ported by the Democrat as a Sat
ten word from Liuda be did Dot doubt 1 hone‘ 1 Residence, 164
Before bu.\ ing automo-
it will pay you to come to •uSK"'ti°.° for
noon rest, he would practice w ith bln
rifle.
H e knew that I f he were to fight the
Turners, skill w ith a rifle was an ab
solute necessity; such skill as would
have felled the grizzly w ith one shot
Instead of adm inistering merely a flesh
wound, accuracy to take off the head
of a grouse a t fifty yards and at the
same time, an ability to awing and
aim the weapon In the shortest iiosal-
ble space of time. The only thing that
retarded him was the realization that
he must not waste too many car
tridges. E lm ira had brought him only
a small supply,
H e would w alk all afternoon— going
somewhat easier and resting more of
ten than In the morning; and these
were the times that he appreciated a
fragment of Jerked venison. H e would
halt Just before nightfall and make bis
camp.
And the best hour of all waa a fte r
Ids meal, as be sat Ip the growing
shadows w ith his pipe. At this hour
he fe lt the sp irit o f the pines as never
before. H e knew tbelr great, brood
ing sorrow, their Infinite wisdom, their
Inexpressible aloofness w ith which
they kept watch over the wilderness.
The smoke would d rift about him tn
soothing clouds; the glow of the coals
w rs red and warm over him. H e could
think then. L ife revealed some of its
lesser mysteries to him. And be be
gan to glimpse the distant gleam of
even greater truths, and sometimes It
seemed to him that he could almost
catch and hold them. Always It was
some message that the pines were try- 1
Ing to tell him— p artly In words they
made when their limbs rubbed togeth- ,
er, p artly In the nature o f a great alle
gory of which their dark, Impassive
forms were the symbols. I f he could
only see c le a rly ! But It seemed to him
that passion blinded his eyes.
More I
and more he realized that the pines,
like the stars, were living symbols of
great powers who lived above the
world, powers that would speak to
men If they would but listen long and
patiently enough, and In whose creed
lay happiness.
The last afternoon he traveled hard.
He wanted.
regch Linda'? house be-
urday visito r at the county seat.
but that It waa her h an d ;
“T he Turners are coming— 1 cuught
a glimpse of them on the ridge. There
Is no use of m.v trying to resist, so I'll
wait fo r then, in the front room and
maybe they won't find this note. They
w ill take i t ? to Simon's house, und
I know from Its structure that they
w ill lock me In au Interior room In
the east wing. Use the window on that
side nearest the north corner. My one
hope Is that you w ill come at once to
save me."
Bruce's eyes leaped over the page;
then he thrust It Into his pocket. H e
slipped through the rear door of the
house. Into the shudows.
E. L. Stiff
FURNITURE EXCHANGE
We have lots of good
O. E. Elcbinger of Scio is the
Intes' candidate to file for the
sheriff's office.
Douglas T a y lo r ami fa m ily took
iu the slate fa ir F rid ay and B. M.
Bond and fa m ily the uext day.
Mrs.
Brown, who has been ab
room, is
fro m the school
USED FURNITURE sent
teaching her class again.
on hand and are getting more every day
The new concrete Howe garage
a t Brow nsville is <X) by 100 feet
to $92
in size. I t and the new concrete
Used ranges $20
to $40. Very good creamery are not far apart on
conditon. A ll at^bargam prices.
M ain street in the section swept by
tire three years ago.
422 West First st., Albany, Oregon.
BeauTy Banquet Ranges $65
(To be continued.)
The C hristian church ra lly day
Sunday brought 78 to Sunday
school and about seventy-five par
took o f the basket diuuer,
How Many Will Give
One Dollar?
E a rl D. H arm on w ill give up tho
M cLain place, three miles south of
tow n, which he has been ren ting ,
and w ill sell his stock and fa rm in g
paraphernalia a tau ctiou next M on
day,
T . J. S k irv in went to the state
fa ir Saturday.
ALTER M. PIERCE is making a
gallant fight, almost single-handed,
E. B. Pen,and and wife were at
the state fa ir F riday.
to be elected governor of Oregon. He has
The Salvation A rm y w ill have
no funds to pay the expenses of his cam
a
harvest festival at the county
paign. The issue ho makes is Reduced
seat M onday next,
at which,
Taxes, and he promises, if elected, to use
among other things, donations of
farm products sent in by farmers
every power vested in the governor to lessen
W
the ta xatio n th a t now rests heavily upon (he back? of the
people.
No powerful corporations are backing Pierce ; nobody
but the p la in people. H is election depends upon them
alone. Don’ t you fesl it your duty to help h im iu bis
w orthy fight by co ntribu ting One D ollar to his expenses?
I t isn’ t much for anyone to give, but there are many p la in
people, and i f you help a little the battle w ill be won. I t
w ill make a elean campaign ami elect a clean man.
Please send yo ur d o lla r today, together w ith your name
and address, and the co ntribu tion w ill he acknowledged
by return m ail.
Putting Pierce in means
putting your taxes down
H e lp P ie r c e W in I
w ill he sold at auction. Col. Sud-
te ll has agreed to donate bis ser.
vices us auctionoer.
Mrs. M . C. Brandon went to
the state fa ir Saturday, where she
expected the pleasure ot meeting
a daughter and together w ith her
ta king io the eights.
.
Mrs. Russ K n ee h nd le ft .Saturday
for a visit in Portland w ith relatives
und frienda.
Bob Tugging of B row nsville ex.
nects to complete a course at the
U. of 0 . thia year an I enter tho
practice of law w ith hie father,
Am or A. Tussing.
(Continued on page 4)
Halsey
Meat Market
Dealer in
Cut this uotice out and pin a dollar b ill to it and mail to
T. H. C R A W F O R D . Manager
Pierce for Governor Campaign
Gordon Building, Portland, Oregon
Her Coat and Hat Lay on ths Bed. but
There Was No Linda to Stretch Her
Arms to Him.
fore nightfall. Rut the tra il was too
long for that.
The tw ilight fell, to
find him still a weary two miles dis
tant.
Aryl the w ay was quite dark
when he plnnged Into the south pas
ture of the Rags estates.
H a lf an hour later he was beneath
the Sentinel Pine. He wondered why
Linda was not w aiting beneath I t ; In
his fancy, he thought of It as being
the ordained place for her But per
haps she had merely failed to hear hla
footsteps.
He called Into the open
door.
“Linda," he »aid. "Tve come back."
No answer reached him. The words
rang through the silent rooms and
echoed hack to him. He walked over
the threshold.
A chair In the front room was turned
over.
His heart leaped at the sight
Fresh and
Cured Meats
I’AI.K I1KON., P ro p s.
¿0 days' credit
YAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAA-A,
The Old Stand Barber Shop I
G uasantxbd W obk
L aumdsv
C leaning ano P sessino
D D R IB E L IN .
Prop.
Jots and Tittles
(Continued from page 1)
1J. H . S tnrtevant and w Je took
iu the stale fa ir F rid ay,
Mrs. R. A. Templeton waa a
|c o u n ty .eat visitor M onday.
W. J. Ribelin
Office 1st door south ol school house
Halsey, Oregon.
Dealer
in
Real
Estate.
Handles Town and Country Property.
Give h im a call and see if he can fia
you up.
M i * C'eona Sm ith le ft Monday
for Eugene to enter the U. of O.
Dr. G arnjobet and fa m ily were
Sunday callers from Brownsville.
R. L . W in n ifo rd and wife and
A d ria n Guodbrod were guests at
the Sidney J. South home Sunday.
Charles Sterling end w ife of
Brow nsville were iu Halsey Suu-
dsy.
For the best cash prices see
0. W. FRUM
H A Y . G R A IN . FE E D
A N D LIVE STO C K
First-class grinding and grain cleaning done
at any time
Not a very large house greeted
‘ ‘Jiggs and Maggie.” nt the R ialto
Monday n ig h t, and those who went
were not enthusiastic over the en
tertainm ent.
W. L. Norton and w ife, Mre. N,
T. Sneed, Miss Marie Sneed spd
| Miee Cleona Sm ith drove to Cor
vallis F rid a y and visited Ercell
Sneed and O. B. Slaloaker and
wife. Mise Sneed took the train
the seme evening for Seattle, where
•he w ill take up her etndiee at the
I U niversity of Washington and her *
; work at the Seattle p u b lic lib ra ry .
The W . F- M S. of the M. K
church w ill meat at the home of
Mr». J, C. Standish Saturday
afternoon, Oct. ", at 2. AU members
Wo make a
Specialty of
Friendship,
Engagement and
W edding
Rings
M . F rench & S o w
ALBANY
ORFG
VAA^ArwwAAA*
I. O. 0. F.
W IL D E Y LODGE NO. (5.5.
Regular meeting next K - .'-i- ’ n-
n ig h t.
Amor A. Tussing
LAWYER AND NOTARY
B kownsvili . b , O hioon
C. C . B R Y A N T
ATTORNEY A T LA W
Cusick Bank Building,
Albany, Oregon.
FARMERS
u m sity have an
accumulation ol
articles no longer(nseded. or auccssried
by better ones. which somebody would
lik e to obtain. An advertisement the
sim ol this, costing 23c, murht find a
buyer and covert what is f 5 A Q I I
sow oaly trash into good V - x O l l