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order houses when
30x35 Cord, $9.00 »
30x3J Fabric, 8.50'
32x4 Cord, 14.95«
you can buy better tire» in your
home town for the same price?
We also have our better grades of tires 1
attractively priced.
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a knack of shooting with the rifle and
pistol, which had won for him the
Franklin medal for marksmanship. In
the back country the favoTlte amuse­
ment of himself and father had been
shooting at a mark.
Jack forged ahead, not only In the
printer’s art, but on toward the fu ll­
ness of his strength. Under the stimu­
lation of city life and continuous
stuCy, his talents grew ilke wheat In
' black soil. In the summer of 'seventy-
three he began to contribute to the
columns of the Gazette. Certain of
his-articles brought him compliments
from the best people for their wit,
penetration and good humor. He hod
entered upon a career of great promise
when the current of his life quickened
Ilke that of a river come to a steeper
grade. I t began with a letter from
Margaret Hare, dated July 14, 1773.
In It she writes t
“When you get this please sit down
and count up the years that have
passed since we parted. Then think
how our plans have gone nwry. You
must also think of me waiting here
for you In the midst of a marrying
world. All my friends have taken their
mates and passed on. I went to Doc­
tor Franklin today and told him that
I was an old lady well past nineteen
and accused him of having a heart of
stone. He said that he had not sent
for yon because you were making such
handsome progress in your work. I
said: ‘You do not think of the rapid
progress I am making toward old age.
You forget, too, that I need a husband
as badly as the Gazette needs a philos­
opher. I rebel. Yon have made me an
American—you and Jack. I will not
longer consent to taxation without rep­
resentation. Year by year I am giving
up some of my youth and I am not
being consulted about It?
"8ald he: 'I would demand Justice
of the king. I suppose he thinks
that his country cannot yet afford a
queen. I shall tell him that he Is
Imitating George the Third and that
he had better listen to the voice of
the people?
“Now, my beloved hero, the English
girl who Is not married at nineteen Is
thought to be hopeless. There are fine
lads who have asked my father for the
right to court me and still l a m wait­
ing for my brave deliverer and he
cornea not I cannot forget the thrush’s
gong and the enchanted woods. They
hold me. I f they have not held you—If
for any reason your heart has changed
— you will not fall to tell me, will
you? Is It necessary that you should
bo great and wise and rich and learned
before you eome to me? Little by
little, after many talks with the ven­
erable Franklin. I have got the Ameri­
can notion that I would like to go
•w a y with you and help you to accom
pllsh these things and enjoy the hap­
piness which was ours, for a little time,
and of which you speak In your letters
8urely there was something very groat
In those moments. It does not fade
and has It not kept ug true to our
promise? But, Jack, how long am I to
wait? You must tell me
This letter went to the heart of the
young man. 8he had deftly set before
blm the gross unfairness of delay. He
felt I t Ever since the parting he had
been eager to go, but his father was
not a rich man and tbe fam ily was
large. His own salary had been little
more than was needed for clothing and
books
That autumn It bad been
doubled and the editor bad assured
hits that higher pay would be forth­
coming. He hesitated to tell tbe girl
bow little he earned and how small,
when measured in money, his progress
had seemed to be. He was In despair
when his friend Solomon Blnkus ar­
rived from Virginia. For two years
the latter had been looking after the
Interests of Major Washington out In
the Ohio river country. They dined
together that evening at the Crooked
BOlet and Solomon told him of his ad­
ventures In the West and frontier sto­
ries of the notorious one-legged robber.
Micah Harp*. and his den on tbe shore
of the Ohio and of the cunning of the
outlaw tn evading capture.
Solomon read the girl's letter end
said:
“I f I was you I'd swim the big pond
if nec’sary. This ’ere Is a real slmon
pure, four-masted womern an' she
wants you fer captain. As the feller
said whan he seen a black fox. ‘Come
on. boys. It's time fer to wear out yer
boo's.'”
T o tied to my Job."
'T te n break yer halter.” said Solo­
mon
“I haven't money enough to get mar­
ried and keep a wife."
"What an Ignorant cues you be I" Sol­
omon exclaimed. “You don't 'pear to
know whan ye're well off."
•Whel *o you ahantL
" I mean that ye’re wnth at least a
thousan' pounds cash money."
“I would not ask my father for help
and I have only forty poonds in the
bank,” Jack answered.
Solomon took <*)t his wallet and re­
moved from it a worn and soiled piece
of paper and studied the memoranda
It contained. Then he did some cipher­
ing with a piece of lead. In a moment
he said:
“You have got a thousan’ an' fifteen
pounds an* six shillin' fer to do with
as ye please an’ no questions asked—
nary one.”
“You mean you’ve got It."
“Which meaas that Jack Irons owns
It hide, horns an' taller.”
Tears came to the boy’s eyes. He
looked down for a moment without
speaking. ‘Thank you, Solomon," he
said presently. “I can't use your
money. It wouldn’t be right.”
Solomon shot one eye an' squinted
with the other as If he were taking
aim along the top of a gun bnrrel.
Then he shook his head and drawled:
“Cat’s blood an’ gunpowder I That
'ere slaps me In the face an’ kicks me
on the shin," Solomon answered. "I’ve
walked an' paddled eighty mile In a
day an' been stabbed an’ shot nt an'
had to mn fer my life, which It ain’t
no fun— yon hear to me. Who do ye
s'pose I done It fer but you an' my
ken try? There ain't nobody o’ my
name an' blood on this side o' the
ocean—not nobody at all. An' If I
kln’t work fer yon, Jack, I'd Just er-
bout as soon quit. This 'ere money
ain't no good to me 'cept fer body
cover an' powder an’ balls. I'd as
leave drop It In the river. It bothers
me. I don’t need It. When I glt hum
I go an’ hide It in the bush sorne-
whars—Jest to glt It out o’ my way. I
been thlnkln' all up the road from Vlr-
glnny o' this 'ere got demnable money
an’ what I were a-goln' to do with It
an’ what It coaid do to me. An', sez I,
I'm ergoln’ to ask Jack to take It an’
use It fer a wall 'twlxt him an' trouble,
an' the Idee hurried me erlong—hon­
est ! Kind o' made me happy. Course,
If I had a wife an' chlldern, 'twould
be different, bnt I ain’t got no one. An*
now ye tell me ye don't want It, which
It makes me feel lonesomer 'n a tarred
Tory an' kind o' sorrowful—ayes, air,
It does."
Solomon's voice sank to a whisper,
“Forgive me,” said Jack. “I didn't
know yon felt that way. But I'm glad
you do. I'll take It on tbe understand-
Ing that as long as I live what I have
shall also be yours.”
T 've two hundred poun* an’ six shil­
lin' In my pocket an' a lot more hid In
the bush. It's all yourn to the last
round penny. I reckon It'll party nigh
bridge the slough
I want ye to be
married respectable like a gentleman
—•lick duds, plenty o’ cakes an' pies
an' no slightin' tho minister er the
ram bar'l.
“Major Washington give me a letter
to take to Ben Franklin on t'other side
o’ the ocean. Te see ev'ry letter that's
sent ercrost Is opened on' read afore
It gits to him essen It's guarded keer-
ful. This 'ere one, I guess, has tuthlu*
powerful secret In I t Be pays all the
bills. So I'll be goto' erlong with ye
on the nex' ship an’ when we glt thar
I want to shake hands with the gal
and tell her bow to make ye behave,"
That evening Jack went to the man­
ager of the Gazette and asked for a
six tnoat&s' leave of abeenoe.
CHAPTER IV
The Croat log.
Thera were curious events tn the
voyage of Jack aod Solomon. They
sailed on or about the eleventh of Oc­
tober, 1778. Their ship waa the Snow
wtdeh had arrived the week heCsre
with some fifty Irish servants, Inden­
tured for their passage. The food was
of poor quality, the cooking a tax upon
Jaw, palate aod digestion the service
andean. When good weather cams,
by and by, and those who had not
tasted food far days began to fool the
pangs of hanger tha ship was filled
with a most passionate lot of pilgrims,
rt waa then that Solomon presented
tha petttloo ot the paaaangen bo the
raptatn.
“Osp'n, ’»•'re "boot wore out with
wbala meat an' rtobgaUlon. We'ra all
down by tha bead.“
“So m L" said the captain "This
ere man had a good recotamand an'
»aid ba could cook perfect?’
“A man Oka that km cook tha pas­
sengers with their own heat,” said
Solomon “I feel ilka my bally Was
full of rocks. I f you'll let ma Into the
iaUay, TO right ys up an* shift tha
way o' tha wind an’ the coorae o' tha
,hlp, TU swing tha bow toward
leaven 'stssd • ’ ball an’ keep bar
¿luted straight an' it waa t coat ya a
penny. Thejrs too much IwearBT on
this 'era ship. C ant nobody ba a
Christian with his guts a-b'Uln’. His
tongue'll break loose an' make his soul
look like a waggln with a smashed
wheal an' a bu'stsd ex A cook oould
do more good here than a minister.”
“Can you cook 7'
“Yon try me an* I'U agree to happy
ye up so ya won't know jersolf. Yor
meat won't be raw nar petrified as*
there w ont be no Inherits in the bis­
cuit?'
So Solomon was Installed aa cook
and happiness returned to tha ship,
In the course of tha voyage they
overhauled tha Star, a four-masted
•hip bound from New York to Dover.
For lionra the taw vessels were so
dote that tha passengers engaged In a
kind of battle. Those on tha Star be­
gan It by burling turnips at the men
an tha other ship who responded with
s volley of applea Solomon discerned
on the deck of tha stranger Captain
Croston and an English officer of the
name of Hawk whom be had known
at Oawago and hailed thorn. Then
mid Solomon:
" It’s a shipload o' Tories who’ra had
mough of Amsrlky. Thay's a cuss on
that tub that I helped put a coat o'
tar an' feathers on In the Ohio kentry.
Be’s the one with the black pipe tn
lie mouth. I don't know his name but
they use to call him Slops— tha dirti­
est, low-downdest, d—n Tory traitor
that ever lived. Uelpel the Injuns out
thar In the West. See that 'ere bluck
pipe? Alius carries It In his mouth
'cept when he's eatlh'. I guess he goes
to sleep with It. It's one o' the fea­
tures o’ his face. We tarred him plenty
now you hear to me.”
That evening a boat was lowered
and the captain of the Snow crossed
a hundred yards of quiet sea to dine
with the captain of the Star In the
cabtn of the latter. Next duy a stiff
wind came out of the west. All sail
was spread, the ships began to Jump
and gore the waves and the Star ran
away from the smaller ship and was
soon out of sight. Weeks of rough
going followed. Meanwhile Solomon
stuck to his task. Every one was tick
but Jack and the officers, and there
was not much cooking to he done.
Because he had to take off his coat
while he was working In the galley,
the relief' of Solomon, i t the desk
In tha lobby of the Three Kings he
learned that he must take tbe post
chetse for Canterbury, which would
not ba leaving nntll 0 p. rn This gave
hfai time to take counsel tn behalf
of bis friend
Turning toward the
door, be met Captain Preston, whs
greeted blm with great warmth and
wished to know where was Major
Blnkus.
Jack told the captain of the arrest
of his friend
“I expected it,” said Preston. “So
I have waited here for your ship. It's
that mongrel chap on the Star who
got a tarring from Blnkus and his
friend« Ha saw Blnkus on your deck,
as I did. and proclaimed his purpose.
So I am hers to do what I ran to help
you. I cannot forget that you two
man saved my life. Are there any
papers on his person which are likely
to make him trouble?”
"No." said Jack, thtnklng of the let­
ter lying safely tn his own pocket.
“That’s the Important thing,” Pres­
ton resumed. "Blnkus Is a famous
»cout who Is known to be antl-Brltloh.
Such a man coming here Is supposed
to be carrying papers Between our­
selves, they would arrest him on any
pretext You leave this matter In my
bands. I f he had no papers he'll be
coming on In a day or two."
“I'd like to go with yon to find
him,” said Jack.
"Better n ot" Preston answered with
a smile,
"Why 7'
“Because I suspect you hava tha pa­
pers
They'll get you, too, If they
learn yon are his friend. Keep away
from him. Sit quietly here in the inn
until the poet chaise starts for Can­
terbury. Don't let anyone pick a quar­
rel with you. and remember this la all
a sacred confidence between friends."
“I thunk you and my heart is In
every word," said Jack as he pressed
the hand of tbe captain. "After all,
friendship la a thing above politics—
even the politics of these bitter days."
He sat down with a sense of relief
and spent the rest of the Mfternnon
reading tbe London papers, although
he longed to go and look at the fort­
ress of Deal Castle. He had tea at
five and set out on the malt carriage,
with his box nnd bag, an hour later.
Tbe rood was rough and muddy, with
deep holes In It. At one point the
chaise rattled and humped over a
plowed field. Before dark he saw a
man hanging In n gibbet by tbe road­
side. At ten o’clock they passed the
huge gate of Canterbury and drew up
at an Inn called the Klng'a nend. The
landlady and two waiters attended for
orders. H e had some supper and went
to bed. Awakened at 5 a. m. by the
.sound of a bugle, be arose and dressed
hurriedly and found the post chaise
walling. They went on the King's
road from Canterbury and a mile out
they came to a big, wh..e gale In the
dim light of the early morning.
, A young man clapped his mouth to
the window and atouted:
“Sixpence, yer honor.”
It was a real turnpike and Jack
stuck his head out of the window for
a look at It. They stopped for break­
fast at an Inn far down the pike and
went on through Slttlngbourn, Faver
sham, Rochester and the lovely valley
of the River Medway, of which Jack
had rend.
At every stop It amused him to bear
tha words “chaise an’ pair," flying
from host to wnlter and waiter to
hostler and back In the wink of an eye.
Solomon gave tbe precious letter lota
Jack spent the night at the Rose In
Jack's keeping.
Dartford and went on next morning
About noon on the twenty-ninth of
over Godshlll and Shoo»e;«l,iii and
November they made Dover and an­
Blackhenth. '{'Left the Thames nnd
chored In the Downs. Deal was about
Qreeowk), nnd Deptford, from which
three miles away and Its boats Cftifie
he could see the crowds and domes
off for them. They mad* a circuit and
and towerr of the big city. A llttlq
sailed close In shore. Each boat that
past two „c o c k he rode over I.uaton
went for passengers had Its own land­
bridge and was set down «| the Mpn-ad
ing. Its men threw a rope across the
Eagle, where ha paid a shilling a mile
breakers. Thia was quickly put on a
for his passage and ate his dinner.
windlass. With the rope winding on
Such, In those days, was the cross.
Its windlass the boat was siawly
hauled through the surge. Its occu­ Ing and the trip up to London, as Jack
pants being drenched and sprinkled describes It In bis letters.
with salt water. They made their way
to the Inn of the Three Kings where
(To be continued)
two men stood watching aa they ap­
proached. One of them Jack recog­
The report of Basil Manley, direc­
nized as tha man Slops with tha black
tor of the People’s Legislative Ser­
pipe In his mouth.
“That's him,” said tha man with tha vice of Washington, D. C., says: "The
black pipe, pointing at Solomon, present high price of bread Is not
wkareupon the U tta r waa peamptly only levying heavy tribute upon every
streeted
man, woman and child who eats the
“Whet hare I done7' ha asked
bakers’ products, hut th is indefen­
"Yea'll learn directly nt 'ssdqusr-
sibly high price Is In large measure
tare,*' sold the tracer.
Solomon shook bands with Jack and responsible for the deplorable condi­
He de­
H id : “I'm glad I mat ys,” and turnoc tion of American farmers.”
and walked away with the two men. clares that English bread, made from
Jack was tempted to follow them, American wheat, retails for 3.9 cents
but faeOpg a bidden purpose In Sol» per pound, In American currency, arid
man's conduct went Into tha tnn.
Bo tha friends parted, Jack being be says. " I f any governmtnt should
pooled "sad" ¿ « ra w e d "b y'tiW « r if t levy taxes as oppressive » . private
chugs In the color of their affairs.) industry now iuigoae» an the bread
The letter to Doctor Franklin was lq of the American people, revolution
his pocket—e lucky rirrotastanee Ha would be inevitable.”
leclded to go to London and deliver
tbe lette» and «os» »drice regardlnj
The mother of L L
Haskin, the
PAGB.
J
Brownsville photographer and floral I A /d w a y S ) l
Oontifiued
botanist, died last week Thursday at -------
the home of a daughter in Browrrs-
HALLS'
F L O R A L & M U S IC S H O P
^ /^ b a n y ;£Z)irectory
W s grow oor owa cut flowers
Gold banded, Rubrum and other hardy
lily bulbs now oti hand.
Nice geraniums every Saturday.
HALSEY GARAGE
FU R N ITU R E A N D
• GENERAL HARDWARE*
H A LSEY ENTPRARISE
Phone 166J
Phone 312 Y
Satisfaction guaranteed
T h is is good advice: ' l l you liv e
Price $3,50
in Albany, trade iu Albany ; if you live
F R E D B- J O N E S
in some other towu. trade in that town.'*
But in these automobile days many re­
siding elsewhere find it advisable to do
at least part of th eir buying in the
ALBANY
larger town. Those who g o to Albany
to transact business w ill find the firms Piano Tuner for leading music stores ia
named below ready to fill tbeir require­
Albaay
ments w ith courtesy and fairness
Piano Tuning and Repairing
lliauv Bakery, 321 Lyon street,
A
Best one-pound loaf of bread made.
5 cents.
Wedding cakes to order.
Albany
sets.
Electric
Store.
B E N T. S U D T E L L
Radio
W'M. H O F U C H .
Floral
and i
A lbany
and plants,
and all occasions
bought, told And exchanged at all tim e#
Delco l ight Phone 76-R, 123 N. Broadalbin at., Albaay
Electric wiring.
products
GhKNN W lLLAR D
FURNITURE AND
used FARM MACHINERY
Co.
Cut flowers
Floral art for every
Flow er phone 458-T
„
D lu e Bird Restauraot, 309 Lyon
street. Eat here when in Albany.
Open from 6 to i and 5 to 8.
Mas. BioUXT.
B r u n s w ic k
PHO NO G RAPHS
at
<:
sale.
property,
W o uld
la
for
SHOE g
SERVICE
of
wear
Halsey Happenings
(Continued from page 1)
Albany for
exchange
.
Shoes that cost less per month
W O O D W O R T H 'S
D U N G A LOWS
- -
farm
Davenport Music House.
A state fish hatchery a’-nf feeding
ponds may be established 'pear Sil­
verton.
E ast burn Bros,—Two big grocery
The Price meetings lx-gan Sunday
stores, 212 W. First and 225 South
at tho armory in A lbany, to run twi»
Mam. Good merchandise i t tho right
weeks and one day.
prices.
ilm s
F
developed
and
p rin te d .
in
There was m illin g objectionable
We mail theta rig ht back to you.
"Black Oxen”
shown on the screen
Woodworth Drug Company, Albany, O r­ at the Globe ’theater, but the story as
egon.
I^irst garage gqiug north.
Tires, accessories, oils, gasoline,
repair work.
W. H. H ulburt ,
V O RD SALES AND SERVICE
A
Tires and accessories
Repairs
K irk -P o liak M otor C o .
published
placqa.
Js
in
nauscatingly nasty
The sh eriff’s office has mailed to
each taxpayer in the county a cheer­
fu l billet de:(ux stating* the amount
of tax
required to keep him
(the
sheriff)
,ro m the door.
Jay W» Moore is a fte r the republi­
can nunr ination for the county assess-
orshii*
M r. Giddings is a democrat.
It fiake s no difference which party
u o i . m a n ~it J ackson
wfns.
W e’ll have to dig up the taxes
Grocery—Bakefy hay way.
Everything in the line of eats
Opposite Post office
Tho ¡»resident of the Oregon and
Western. Colonization company Is ex­
ub Candy Co., First street, next
pected from the east in A pril to dis­
door to Blain Clothing Co.
cuss t l *
proposed transfer to the
Noon lunches.
Home made candy and ice Cream. '
county o f its right of way to a road
over the Bantiam Pass.
T J ub C leanin g W orks, In c .
D o rtm iller Furniture Co.,, furni-
x- ture, mgs, linoleum, stoves - ranges.
Funeral directors. 427-433 west First
street, Albany, Oregon.
H
H
*•1
Oor. Fourth and Lyon
Master Dyers and Cleaners
M a d e -T o -M e a s u re Clothe»
f you have friends they should
I
have your photograph-
Clifford's Studio
333 West Viral strse.i, Albany.
T rvin’s Garago—Next to Coinrnu-
The city payinff the lowest millage
tax in this county this year is Soda­
ville 45. 4 Halsey is next (for low.
45.9. Scio pay* the highest, 92.6,
Lebanon 65.1, lituvnaville. 58.9, A l­
bany 60.8. Harrioburg 56.4 and Sweet
Home 49.9.
Our
advertising
columns
show
* n itv house. K x id e Battery d is trib ­
utors for Linn county. Repairs made plenty i»f good second-hand sewing
on all makes of batteries.
machine, bargains and recently they
told of Si large number and variety o f
Official Strömberg carburetor serv­ second- hand organs which the owner
ice station.
Conservative prices. All wantod to find buyers for at attrac­
work
119-121 W . Second.
tive prices. The m arket in these line»
I W e n and m oney are best when beckom.
busy. Make your dollars work in
?ars. Leona Francis Coin, 42, w ife
our savings department. A lban v S tate
B ank . Under governmeirt supervision. of Linn County Repioeentative S. H ,
Coin, died in a Salem hospital Friday,
iller Motor Sales
following an operation for appendi­
Oakland and Jewett cars
Supplier tm l accessories
citis.
Mrs. Goin was born at Halsey
First and Raker 9ts.
^Albany,
June 9, 1881, and had spent all of
ortoti & Speur Service Com­ her life in this county. Her maiden
pany
r.ame was Francis.
Head.,-carters for gcod tires
The new officers of the Linn
Phope «ií
First and Lyon
county Jersey Cattle club » re W. H .
I M 'i r p h y M o to r Co. B u ic k and McConnell of Shedd, president; Ed.
Chevrolet automobiles. Tiros and
Schoel, vice-pyesident; Mrs. 8. B.
accessories.
H elt of Scio, secretary, and C. C.
Albany. Oregon. Phone 2#0.
Dickson and C. H. Brown of Shedd»
J^OSCOE AMES HARDW ARE, members of tbe executive committee.
X | AGNKTO ELECTRIC CO.
M
M
W IN C H E S T E R S T O K E
322 W. First s t
A persistent spot on the side o f
W . A. Carey's head, near the rig ht
eye, is now pronounced a cancer and
S. GILBERT * SON
• Adding a lin e of builders' hsrdwsre he is taking radio treatment for it in
O ld customers are invited to call and Engene.
I f this succeeds as well as
see tbe new stock.
the X -ra y did in A rth u r Wesley’s
OTIMRON T H E 8 HOE DOCTOR case one of the direst and most fatal
Second street, opposite Ham ilton's afflictlohs of mankind will have been
store.
brought bnder control.
"Sudden Service."
I In the serial story "In the
of
ald o Anderson A 8on. dietrib-1
utors
and dealers ter Maawell, Chai | P w W ch*«*.’ "ow running in the
11
mere, Bsses, Hudson & lluvinobilt cars. ' Enterprise, the genius of I.fVfng Bach-
Accessories. Supplies. 1st & Broadalbin s lier cuuses the dead co eome fo rth
and walk before ul .
We are brought,
into intimate qs#e»»tt w ith the found­
George Wash-
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seem as real as if they had occurred
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in our own lives.
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