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tween his until pain cam *, into her |
fingers. "Listen, Linda," he command- ]
‘ “Ik with Bruce had given her
ed. She looked straight ut> at him
“Are you sorry I came?"
More than I can tail you—for your
sake.'*
"But when people look for the truth
In this world, IJnda. they don't take
any one's sake Into consideration. They
balance all things and give them their
true worth. Would you rather that
you and I bad never met— that I had
never received Elmira's message— that
you Should live your life up here with­
out ever bearing of me?*'
She dropped her eyes. “It Isn't fair
—to ask me that—”
“Tell me ,the truth. Hasn't It been
worth while? Even If we lose uud
die befvre this night Is done, hasn't
It all been worth while? Are you sor­
ry you have seen me change? Isn't J
the change for the better—a man *
grown Instead of a boy? One who -
looks straight and sees clear?"
He studied her face; and after a
while he found his answer. It was
not In the form of words at first. As
a man might watch a miracle he
watched a new light come Into her
dark eyes. AU the gloom and sorrow -
ef the wilderness without could not |
affect its quaUfy. I t was a light of
joy, of exultation, of new-found ,
She W at Dreaming Dreams.
strength
"You hadn’t ought to ask me that, 1
. fresh heart, and as she rode down the
Bruce," she said with a rather strained | | sunlit trail the future opened up eu-
distinctness. " It has been like being ¡ trancing vistas to her. Perhaps they
born again. There aren't any words
yet could conquer, and that would
to tell you what It has meant to me.
menu re-estnhllsliment on the far-flung
And don't think I haven't seen the lands of her father. Mutthvw Folger
change in you. too— the birth of a new had possessed a fertile farm also, and
strength that every day Is greater, Its green pastures might still be util­
higher— until It Is—almost more than ized. It suddenly occurred to her that
I can understand. The old smiles are It would be of Interest to turn off
gone, bat something else has taken the main trail, take a little dim path
their place—something much more
dear to me—hut what It Is I can hard­
ly tell you. Maybe It's something that
the plues have."
But he hadn't wholly forgotten how
to smile. His face lighted as remem­
brance came to him. "They are a dif­
ferent kind of smiles— that's all," he
explained.
"Perhaps there will be
many of them In the days to come.
Linda, I have no regrets. I've played
the game. Whether It was Destiny
that brought me here, or only chance,
or perhaps— If we take Just life and
death into consideration—Just misfor­
tune, whatever It is I feel no resent­
ment toward It. I t has been the worth­
while adventure. I t seems to me that
I can understand the whole world bet­
ter than I used to. Maybe I can begin
to see a big. purpose and theme run­
ning through It all— but It’s not yet
clear enough to put Into words. Cer­
tain things In this world are essen­
tials, certain other ones are froth. And
I see which things belong to one class
and which to another so much more
clearly than I did before. One of the
things that matters Is throwing one's
whole life Into whatever task be has
set out to do—whether he falls or suc­
ceeds doesn't seem greatly to matter.
The main thing, It appears to roe. Is
that he has tried. To stand strong
and kind of calm, and not be afraid—
if J can always do It, Llndn, It Is all I
ask for myself. Not to flinch now.
Not to give np as long as I have the
strength for another step. And to
have you with me—all the way."
"Then you and I — take fresh heart?”
“We've M ver lost 'heart. Linda.”
“Not to give up, but only be glad
we've tried?”
“Yes. Anfi keep on trying."
“With no regrets F'
“None—and mkybe to borrow a little
strength from the pines!”
This was their new pact. To stand
firm and strong and unflinching, and
never to yield as long as an ounce of
strength remained. As If to seal It,
her arms crept about bis neck aud
her soft lips pressed his.
NOV. 16, 1922
11 Ah SHY EN TK R FR ISB
FA«g 3
tried to puzzle It out. .she understood
now why the Turners had not as yet
made an attack upon them at their
home. It wasn't the Turner way to
wage open warfare. They were the
We have lots of good
wolves that struck from ambush, the
rattlesnakes that lunged with poisoned
fangs from beneath the rocks. There
wus some security for her la the Folger
os hand sad are getting more every day
hon e, but none whatever here. There
site had a strong man to tight for her.
a loaded rifle, and u nler ordinary con­
dition« the Turners could not hope to
butter down the oaken d«*or end over­
whelm them without at least some loss
Of life- For all they knew, Bruce had Used ranges $21)
to MO. Very good
coaditoa. All «(¡bargain prices.
a large stock of rifles and ammunition
—and the Turners dtd not look for­
422 West First st., Albany, Oregon.
ward with pleasure to casualties In
their ranks. The much simpler way
was to watch the trail.
They had known that sooner or
later onr of them would attempt te
ride down after either supplies or aid.
Linda was a mouutaln.girl and she
knew the mountain methods of proce­
dure; and the knew quite well what
she would have had to expect If she
had not discovered the ambush la time
Sne didn't think that the sentry would
sttunlly fire on her; he would merely
shoot the horse from beneath her. It
would br a simple teat by the least
F. M . F r e n c h * S o n s
of the Turners—for thee« guunt men
ALBANY
OREO.
were marksmen. If nothing else. It
wouldn't be In accord with Sltuon'e
plan or desire to leave her body lying
«till on the trail. But the horse killed
Hight would be Impossible, and wbat
would transpire thereafter she did not
dure to think. She had r.ot forgotten
Simon's threat In regard to any attempt
to go down Into the settlement* She
knew that It still held good.
Of course, If Bruce made (he exenr- O V E R S
CLEANERS
ston, the sentry's turget would be
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np the ridge thut she had discovered
years before, and look over these lands.
T A IL O R S
HATTERS
The hour was early; besides, Bruce
(Conlit utd cn page 4)
would And her report of the greatest
Interest.
She Jogged slowly along In the west­
Oregon
ern fushlnn— which means something
quite different from arm y iurfhlon or
Local
sportsman fashion. Western riders do
(Continued from page 1)
Agsat
not post. Riding Is not exercise to
Krcell Suted csuie horns lor Hit
them; it is rest. They hapg limp In
weak end aud to take in ilia parly
the saddle, and all Jar Is taken up, as
FOR SALB
If by a spring, somewhere In the region Saturday night.
of the floating ribs that only a physi­
Edith and Louisa Rohnatt, Lila
cian can correctly designate. They Dudley, Frost and Worth Bat«.
never sit firm, these western riders, Enoch Cuuniugbatn, W arns Rob from 1 to S years old. Big, flat swes.
snd as a rule their riding is not a par­
tsrtson and John btsudish attend
ticularly graceful thing to wntch. But
td the high school play at Tangeut
they do not cure greatly about grace
registered Or w ill let out oa shares t$
as long us they may encompass their Friday night. Thsy declared it a old ewee, or st $1SO per head.
flue
entertainment.
I
t
will
bs
Ufty miles a duy and still be fresh
(iven at Rialto ball touiglit.
grade
enough for a country dance at night.
There are many other differenced in
Dr. Marks and wile visited to (reshea this fall.
western and eastern riding, oue of Portlsud ths latter part of the
them being the way in which the •veak, returning Saturday.
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horse Is mounted. Another difference
I Carload
Is the riding habit. Linda had no trim
Linn county has 88 students at
riding trousers, with tail, glossy boots, O. A. C.
red eoat and stock. It was rather
There is a good prospect that
doubtful whether she knew such things
existed. She did, however, wear a the county will finance a count)
trim riding skirt t»f khaki and a middle agricultural agent
the coming
R. B. MAT BERRY,
blouse washed spotlessly clean by her year.
477 West Eighth street. Eugeue, Ore
own hands; and no one would have
Linn county voted against au­
missed the other things. It Is an In­
disputable fart that she made a rather thorising tbs payment of outatsnd-
alluring picture— eyes bright and hair ing overdraft warrants, but the
dark and strong arms bare to the el­ rest of the state made paymtnt All Made of f i s h
*• —
bow—us she came riding down the possible.
pine-needle trail.
for caaaiag
The Albany Harald understands QwartMt of B E E F
She came to the opening of the dim­
purposes st caaaiag prices
th
it
there
isu't
going
to
bo
any
mer trail and turned down It. She
entered a still glen, and the color In "atsta house crowd" uuder the
her cheeks and the soft brown of her new admioiatrfltioo.
arms blerjed well with the new tints
A- L. Gardner and wife, W ill­
of the autumn leaves. Then she turned
iam K irk and family and Jo n
up a long ridge.
M illar ware at the county seat
The trail led through an old burn—
GuABAMTaan W o ia
Friday.
a bleak, eerie place a here the Are had
L a v m b r v
swept down the forest, leaving only
Mrs. Chsrlotta Gaunt of Harris­
C
lbahin « Ann Faassiw«
strange, black palings here and there burg, aged, 90, was buried Thurs­
and she stopped In the middle of it day.
D D R IQ C L IN . Frep.
to look down. The mountain world
Qeosnsetbs
Pacific
highway
and
was laid out below Iter as clearly as
in o relief map. Her eyes lighted U tbs market road make it uneerer.
Its beauty snd Its fearsomeneaa weut sary the "elbow’ road at the H.
home to her, and her keen eye« slowly B, Sprenger place. nearSbedd, hat
swept over the surrounding hill tops. been vacated by the county court
Then for a long moment she sat very
The Young People’s, Society of
still In the saddle.
All work don« prum ptly and
A thousand feet distant, on ths same Christian Endeavor of the Chrie
•asonahlv
i’l.no« No îflV.B
ridge on which she rode, she caught t"io church is preparing to give
sight of another horse. It held her a play at Rialto hall Saturday,
gaze, nnd In an Instaot she discerned Dec 9
the rather startling fact that It was
John Carmichael. « former r»s:.
saddled, bridled, and apparently tied
< »ihre l* i rtO’ir » r.ith oi F» i • . ho»«e
to a tree. Momentarily she thought dent of lU lsrV, passed s«sy Ni«V
that Its rider was probably one of the 9, 1922, at the lx.n e of h « «up, ( .
f M ui‘ or. *)•*
[)exler in R e a l E i l a t e.
Turners who was at present at work V. C«rniich«“l
on the old Folger fa rm ; yet she knew Mr. Carmichael h*d »««uhed lit»
Hand ie» ’.f. a n 1 k /-e.
at once the tilled lands were still too «eveniy-fourth milestone and «1 Give him a call and etc if he can Its
far distant for that. She studied close­ though he had hesn in poor health you up.
ly the maze of light and shadow of the for a riuiiilxr of years he passed
underbrush and In a moment more dis­ o it quite peacefully
The funeral
tinguished the figure of the horseman.
a«rvioes were conducted at the
It wss noe of the Turners—bat he
borne of C. V. Carmichsel, with
wur not worklng ln the fleld ,
„„
—coming low from the south—was on
duys ottered toe last hope of success
his face. ‘T v e never had any hope
In their w ar ngnlnst the Turner«.
to give up—Just realization of what
Thrj adventure In the pasture with
lay ahead of us. I'm looking It all
the K ille r had handicapped them to
In the face now. just as I did at first.
nn
unlooked-for degree.
Bruce's
"And what you see— makes you
muscles had been severely strained
afraid T’
by the bonds; several days had
Yet she need not have asked that
elapsed before he regained tiielr full
question. His face gave an unmistak­
use.
Linda was a mountain girl,
hardy as a deer, yet her nerves had . able answer:
. .
, that this
A . . man
.
, had
. „ con-
...
Buffered a greeter shock by the ex- <,“ereJ .,f ear *“ the te" ™ e Tog? .Wl?
♦
h,l
la
I
I
1
/-tw
"V’/lS
T
In/lo
’
the Killer. “Not afraid. Linda," ho
he
pertence than either of th en had
explained,
"only seeing things as they
gueared. The wild ride, the fear and
the stress, and most of all the »base
nt*»'-*
blow that Simon had dealt her had
been too much even for her strong
constitution ; and she had been obliged
to go to bed for a few days of rest.
Old Elmira worked about the house
the same as ever, but strange, new
lights were In her eyes. For reasons
that went down to the roots of things,
neither Bruce nor Linda quertloned
her as to her scene with Dave Turner
In the coverts; and what thosghts
dwelt In her aged mind neither of
them could guess.
The tauth was tbat In these short
weeks of trial and danger whatever
dreadful events hud come to pass In ,
that inerting were worth neither
thought nor words: Both Bruce and
Linda were down to essentials. I t Is
a descent that most human beings—
some time In their lives— find they are
t ty e to make; and there was no room
fOr sentimentality or hysteria In this
grim household. The Ideas, the soft­
nesses. the law* oi ‘ *>e Galleys were
far awn ’ from them; they were face
to face w . ‘ h ranlltles. Their code-had
become the b“ s,c code ®< ,lf« : “ > k111
for telf-prot. * tlon without mercy or
remorse.
They did not k2i»w when the Turners
would attack. I t ” «•
d»rk
‘ he
“And You Mean You’ve Given Up
moon, and the mt v* would be able to
Hope?” She Asked.
approach the hous « without present­
ing themselves as t: ®Yets for Bruce’s really are. There are too many against
CHAPTER X X V
ride. The danger wi i not » thing on us. I f we had that great estate be­
which to conjecture and forget: It hind us, with all Its wealth, we might
Toward the end of the afternoon
was an ever-present seallXy.
Never have a chance; If we had an arsenal
they stepped out of tile dvor, never of rifles with thousands of cartridges, Linda saddled and rode down the trail
they crossed a lighted vlnd^v. never we might make a stand against them. toward Martin's store. She bad con­
a pane rnttJed In the a1nd Irtti that
But we are three— two women and one siderable business to attend to. Among
the wings of Death might h av* been man—and oue rifle between us all. Five other things, she was going to buy
.hovering over them. The days were little shells to be expended In five sec­ thirty-thirty cartridges— all that Mar­
purelng, the date wlieif the chance <or onds. They are seven or eight, each tin had In Mock. She bad some hope
victor)» would utterly vanlsk was nl> man armed, each man a rifle shot. of securing an extra gun or two with
most at hand, snd they were haunted They are certain to attack within a shells to match. The additional space
by the ghastly fact that th e 'r whole dcy or two—before we have the moon In her psck was to be filled with pro­
defense In V In a single thlr.'y-thlrty
again. In less than two weeks we visions.
For the was faced with the unpleas­
rifle and flv v cartridges. B ra« *s own can no longer contest their title to the
gun had bee a taken from him Io Si­ eatste. A little month or two more ant fact that her larder was nearly
mon's house; Unda had emptied her and we will be snowed In—with no empty. The Jerked venison Was al­
most gone; only a little flour and a
chance to get out at all.”
pistol at the .Killer.
*
“We've got to get more shells.
“Perhaps before that," she told him. few canned things remained. She had
space for only small supplies on the
Bruce told Lindt • "The Turners wo® t
"Yes. Perhaps before that."
horse's back, and there would be no
be such fools as . *» wait until we have
They found a confirmation of this
luxuries among them. Their fare had
the moon again.
attack. I can t
prophecy In the signs of fall without—
understand why tLVX haven t already
the coloring leaves, the dying flowers, bren plain up t . this time : but from
come. Of course, they don t know the new, cold breath of the wind. Only now on it was to consist ef only such standing near the animal's head, back
things as were absolutely necessary to to her, and his rifle lay In his arms.
the condition of oui‘ .ammunition sup­
the pines remained unchanged; they
ply, but it doesn't s a ’ “> ‘®
P**1 were the same grave sentinels they sustain life.
And then Linda understood.
She rode unarmed. Without Inform­
that alone would ha re .held them off.
He was simply guarding the trail
always were.
ing him of the fact, the rifle had been down to Martin's store. Bxrcpt for the
They pre sure to conte * x,n- nnd Jrou
"And you can forgive me?" Linda
left
for
Brace.
She
did
not
expect
know what we could ck> wt,tb ®ve c* r ‘ " asked, humbly.
fact that she had turned off the main
for herself a rifle shot from ambush
ridges, don't you?"
“Forgive you?" The man turned to —for the simple reason that Simon had trail by no possibility could she have
seen hltn and escaped whatever fate
" I know." She looMed up .'»»« hJ* hef In surprise. “What have you done
bidden otherwise—and Braca might be he lind for her.
earnest face. "We e s ild d ie - ‘ hat'«
thut uedde to be forgiven?"
attacked at any moment.
She held hard on her faculties and
alU"
“Oh, don't you see? To bring yon . She was dreaming dreams, that day.
here—out
of
your
cities—to
throw
your
-Yea—like rabblta. W ithout h u rtlh j
them a t all. I wouldn't mind dying
life away. To enlist you In a fight
Now it the time to have your ctr put in condition for neat season's use
so much, if I did plenty of damage I that you can't hope te win. I ’ve killed
first. It's death for roe, anyway. I 1 yot. that’s nil I've done. Perhaps
By having the work dune st this tune of year, when your car it idle,
‘pnlfiht—perhaps a few days Inter."
suppose—and no one but a fool can
yon will not he annoyed by having to wait for it to he repaired nest spring,
see It ottierwlee. There arc simply
H e nodded gravely.
when the best weather is at hand for using (he car. Come in snd let us make
too many against us. But I do want
"An< Tve nlready killed your «mile,”
sa estimate of the cost of repairing i t
to make some payment first."
she -vent <W> looking down. “You don't
We have jaet received a shipment of spotlights, windshield cleaners, top
* H er hand fumbled and grope«! tor smile any « • * » ‘ he way you used to.
snd curtain patching and many other useful winter accessories.
his. Her eyes pleaded to hint—more You're not the W too were when you
We are pleased to have yon inspect our lines of tires snd accessories at
than any words.
“And you oseaii came Oh. to think of It—that It’s all
any time, sad our prlees are thc^lowest it is possible to make.
.
.
______
___________
.been
my
work
To
kill
your
youth.
you’ve given up hope?" she asked.
He smiled down at her—a grave. . til |M d you Into this slaughter pen
strange little smile that moved her «here nothing—nothing lives but
in secret waya. "Not given up hope
death—and barred—and unhappiness
Linda." he said gently
They were '
leaped to her eye«. He
standing: at the ftopf * nd tbe sunljfhl c n ^ iq h< r hand» Bflfl pressed them be
Halsey Garage r"KÜ
BROS.
Jots and 1 ittles
Cor Fourth and Lyon sta.
Albany
E. C. Miller,
50 Blackface Ewes,
1 Shropshire Buck,
2
Jersey heifers
Oit and Vetch or Clover Hoy
and 1 car Cheat Hay
Fresh end Cored Meats
W. F .C A R T E R
lb Old Stand Baiter Ske$
F. M. GRAY,
Drayman.
W. J. Ribelin
Amor A. Tuuinf
Interment in the Woodburn ceme­
tery. He is survived bv his wid­
ow , snd one son, V. Csrmieh 'sl,
and two daughters, Mrs Maltie
; Gsslin of Coquille and Nellis C.
Whitlach of Weis«’-, (dtbo. all of
w hom a c re p res en t
LAWYER AND NOTARY
Banwasvii.i.x, O rboor
I. 0 . 0 . F.
W IL D E Y LODGE NO. <».
Regular meeting next Saturday
M«»d* tries Laura and Bessie night.__________________________
Drsmmell went to Portlsud Hat-
A bmimibtratur ' s 3 a lb
urday aud were gon« a couple of
Notice
is hereby given that by virta«
days.
" M ik « " McK«rn returned from
Hood Riv«r Hundsy eveninp
of an order of the county court of Lisa
W . J. Laos snd wife earns nv«r county, Oregon, made October Ihifc,
1422. authorizing end directing the »«-
from Brownsville and vlait«d Mrs. derstgned
ee administrator of the estate
Ringo Friday evening
of W H. Kirkpatrick, deceased, to tell
||M i« s Nettie Spencer cam« home lots fl, 6. 7 snd I in E Hayes addition to
Halsey, Linn eonnty, Oregon,
from Corvallis Saturday.
Therefore, I will, from snd after th«
Mrs. Hugh Leeper’s sister. Mr«.
Turner of Albany, is with h«r
«gain. Mrs. Lesper is improving
slowly.
(Continued on page 4)
70th day of November 1922, »1 my resi­
dence in llaleey, Oregon, sell the real
property above described at private tele
Io the highest bidder for cash in band,
subject to conflrmsti«« by said coart.
F. M. U b a v , Administrator.
L. L. Sw*ir, Atty, tvr A d ar.