rtA a J Y E N T E R P R IS E
An Indapanfiant— Not neu tral—na»«-
paper, published eveíy Weduesdajr,
h;
Ly mg motionleaa ln the compara •
•
tive gloom, a prey to rising fever, new
feurs
assailed
her.
Shrinking
In
U t Wm. U. tS H E U LK K
horror, -he faced the fact of her Iso
latlon.
Sundered from all the sure
Baba, rts o.
»1 t : a year In advance
harbors of civilization with thia man
A d vertisin g, 2oc an inch ; no ditcoun
of uncertain moods— a man whuui she
(or time or epace : no charge for com
neither liked nor understood! . . .
soairtbn or ciatige»
A < »re fo r her physical w elfare had
Sa "t*aM-foi r’arasrapha." te a Un
certainly been shown today. But ln
»•• advartlS'ng disguised as news.
everything her w ill had been overpow
ered, even to the extent of physical
force.
It was not to be borne!
W hat
might not happen? . . . T he fears,
TO HIT THE GOVERNOR
accumulating, grew Into feverish ter
ror
She struggled to her feet, and
hurled herself w eakly at the door,
A correspondent tells of t
C O V V A IO M T » V F M I
yvitli some frenzied idea of escape. . . .
confidential circular mailed bi
The door was barricaded on the
Oregon republican headquarter
outside!
As a caged beast, half-mad with
pointing out that during th
terror and impotence, »he staggered
anti-income-tax campaign wi.
up and down the little hut, her brow
‘‘the time to hit the governor.
clammy, her clenched hands shak
Ing. . . . W ith n rush of hysterical
T hat is an example of thi
tears, she flung herself upon the
greatest curse of American poli
ground.
“ H u g h !" »be sobbed, dis
( C o n t in u e d )
tic s--th e sacrifice of the public
traught. “Oh, H u gh ie! H u gh ie!"
. fru it. “N o r »ball you !”
Gradually, worn out, she grew calm
H I» word» went out Into »Hence.
Throw ing away hi» hanana-sklns. he
good for p irty advancement.
They brought Instantly a vivid realiza rose and surveyed the w a te r; then he e r; gradually she lost consciousness
It was “to hit the president
tion of the Immediate priaent to her
eatne close to her, towering over her, of her surroundings, falling Into
troubled, restless sleep. . . .
that the United States was kep' mind, followed quickly by thought« of ■» It seemed to her excited fancy.
The sun had moved round behind
like flaming steel.
“I ’m going to try to reach the ma
out of tne league of nations the future. A new fear shot up,
the hill and the hut seetoed dark and
"H adn't you enough sense to realize
clutching her heart with a horrible,
chine. I may be able to rescue our
The Turkish massacre of th
oppressive when, suddenly, her yye? this possibility?"
clammy hand. She looked with sudden
luggage and provision»— "
opened.
She started up in some
Basketball practice started
Armenians and the general ur
Now was the time to assert herself,
dread at her companion's p ro file ; and
"O h! no, no. n o !” she cried wildly
alarm. Surely it was not night, and she hesitated; searched vainly for a Monday,
Dec. 1.
Both team s
something about his teDSe Ups seemed
“Suppose you get drowned?
Never
rest of the nations today ar
C roft still absent?
How ever auto
re to r t; opened her m o n th ; closed It
to confirm the aw fu l foreboding. The
seem to have good m aterial.
mind luggage! W hat does thnt mat
the price of a little party advai. fain t color revived In her cheeks by ter? Ob ! don't leave me all alone— ” cratlc nnd distasteful any companion again. In her weak state circum
Friday evening the boys play
ship might become, the awfulness of stances proved
too overwhelming
tage.
exercise ebbed away, leaving her
Terrified, «he tried to reach gome
ed
the first practice games of
solitude— as for a moment that con
Feeling u tterly Insignificant, »he mere
white. She clenched her teeth and her
part o f him, to restrain hint by force
Democratic or republican o
the year. The first game was
tlngcncy swept across her mind— ly turned her miserable eyes seaward.
lie caught her anus, raising her to
hand»; ttwu, w ith an effo rt,'p u t hei
made It desirable beyond nil richea.
ganizations alike sacrifice th
" I— was only looking— for you,” she the seniors against juniors. Se
her feet and supporting her.
dread to the test.
She ran to the door. T o her sur murmured unsteadily.
niors 9, juniors 20. In the sec
public good for party advantage
“L
is
te
n
'”
he
commanded
in
a
tone
“We— shall <oon be rescued? Sb’ l *
prise, It was no longer barricaded
ond
game sophomores scored 12,
Opposition
may
w
ear
down
a
man.
“ I t ’«
ure certain to— call here? It w ill only which checked her ngltatlon.
'i heat is the curse of partisa
She pushed It open, nnd drew a breath as a fortress, w ith tim e ; but help freshm en 10.
not only luggage I I want to save the
mean ■ few hourt— or days?”
. f re lie f; fo r outside It was still broad lessness »lienees all guns. H e stood,
politics.
The juniors’ rings arrived
The moment which Croft had dread wireless transm itting set— ”
daylight.
The sunshine gleamed In
A voter, a res ib-nt ol H a '» '.'
ed. yet known to be Inevitable, wo» at
"W ireless!"
Kadlunt re lie f over bright patches upon the shore, alter breathing hard, s till grasping her arm.
last week and there is much re
h an d ; and he felt the utter Inadequacy spread her face. ‘‘W hy— then— we cun nating with long stretches of shadow gazing Into her face w ith eyes no joicing among the m em bers of
b u t te m p o ra rily in a n o th e r count
of his sex In dealing with delicate situ
soon get rescued a fte r all? I forgot cast by palms which, slDgly or In longer flashing w ith anger, but smol the junior class.
w r it e * :
dering w ith something she could not
atlom .
about that.”
small clumps, dotted the bay. The define— something composed of horror
..
t
. ..
„ ,
"You
mustn't
rely
too
much
on
It
From
hl»
prolonged
alienee
Barbara
Alas! Poor, simple-mindt
time, she judged, must be early eve and fear.
1 he followng is from the Scio
guessed the tru th of his conviction»;' I? will be only the short range set. ning. I f C roft had returned and
m utts! They yielded to pre
“G— d ! ” he muttered at last, In a 1 T l iriune.
The editor of the E l i -
words were ■□necessary. She Clasped I T he long range used on hoard ob opened the door, where could he be
pag inda and voted more taxe
different
tone.
“I
f
i
had
been
too
i
terprise
is
not lucky enough to
her hands In agony, uttering a little tained It« electrical energy from a now ?
upon their own heads by votin'
la te !"
’
have
such
dream s as it refers
moaning cry Hke some dumb unimal generator run from one o f the engine»,
Unsteadily she walked to the wa
it (the income tax) down.
For a moment he stood silent, scan- ' to: Your editor is a millionaire,
and Is therefore useless now.”
receiving Hs deuth-wouud.
ter's edge, senrclieng w ith straining
I wanted to let the scot-frei
H e r eagerness for tills new hope to eyes the shore and the dlstaut reef. ning the vicinity of the palm grove; ! in his dream s; he discounts his
O o f t turned quickly. He looked down
perceiving no signs o f the native, he bills
every
m onth, in his
be
tested
was
still
modified
by
fenrs
bloated bondhokleis pay a littn
at the quivering, girlish form, meeting
• a itliout result. Nameless dread at her
turned w ith her toward the hut.
the frightened eyes turned to him. concerning the risks of Ids venture
and help release me from semi
heart, she turned to ascend the
dream
s;
he
doesn’t
h iv e to bor
" I rescued most o f the wireless and
annually handing over so largt trusting Ln Ills Judgment and resource. H e polntd out the shallowness of the -lope tow ard the palm grove, thinking luggage,"
row
money
to
pay
his rent, in
he said, turning the subject
ater and the scattered little coral to get froiu there a clearer view of
a portion of my hard-earnet And all at once be realized that. In w
his
dream
s;
he
can
look
ail men
of
her
thoughts
abruptly.
“I
brought
Island«.
“The
tide's
low
enough
now
¿his ghastly predicament, her very life
the wrecked machine.
cash in taxes.
I, as well at lay
in
the
face
and
say
“I
don’t
owe
some
of
our
things
across,
and
left
for
me
to
wade
to
that
one
nearest
ln hi» hands.
H e leaned forward
A movement behind, among the
they,
shouldn’t mind ridir
you a cent,’’ in his dream s; he
und took her clasped hands ln both of the reef. From there It’s quite u short trees, presently caused her to look the rest on the reef. You were naleep.
So I took the wireless up the hill, and
around in a motor car of m
distance. If swimming Is necessary.'
will be able to say a “A M erry
his.
round quickly. I t was. unmistakably,
fixed up the uerlal."
“I will wade w ith you— ”
own.
Christm as
and Happy New
"Don’t give op hope," he said earn
a fo o tfa ll: evidently C roft had re
“T he devil you w o n 'tI” H e sudden- turned and come to the river. W ith
estly. “It's very doubtful If ship» cull;
It was mostly spite again?
. Sinking
. u once u, more upon
, the . coats.
. ■ Year”
his .dream s, unless
M*t' !
• wh° kn™ they owe us
but they may pass this way. We will ly wheeled round upon her. “Look a sigh of relief, she left the tree and r a ^ ^ m X h i n “^ ; " .
the governor. He is too stron;
he-v' You're never to go In the Ia turned Inland to greet him. . . ,
It was the old tin box of Aunt
COme ln a n d P a >' u s ' O f c o u r s e
for them. I know this is true do ull we can.”
Then, for a moment, all power
She clung to his hands, breathing go««' ' Bathe In the river, but don't
you have a hard tim e in m aking
fo r
a
d e m o c ra tic
no«tm ««tv
hard, seeming to find the old mug- »vwr go In the lagoon. Swear to m e !” seemed to leave her body. She stood Dolly'B provisions. . . . Tears rose
a living, so do we; you need
to
Barbara's
eyes,
and
ber
throat
con-
She
gazed
at
him
In
stupefied
got a letter from headquarter; netlani of his personality draw her up,
rooted to the ground, her lips moving
your money for gasoline, so do
without uttering a sound, her eyes tra c te d ; but her companion's presence
in Oregon saying: ’Now is tin deriving mental as well as physical •m azsnieut and anger.
caused her to wrestle valluntly with
“■Why not? I f — I f you go In— ’’
we;
you have loved ones to re
dilated.
support
from
hl»
grip.
H
er
e>es
fixed
tim e to h it the governor.’’ St
upon his, as If searching for help. . . . ■ "X— ee— I understand these waters
About ten feet away, a p air of the grief stirred up afresh by the
member a t Christm as tim e, so
they hit him and the bank ac
fierce, restless eyes gazed upon her, sight of this fa m ilia r old box. The
Suddenly, like a plucky ray of sun- They're treacherous. Promise me— "
do we (strange as it may seen!).
counts of all of us.
fascinated,
from a sooty-black face re little homely tiling»- are ever those . Help us to be happy this Christ-
shins In a stormy sky, u faint «rally,
“O h !” she interrupted Impatiently
which
bring
out
the
fill!
of
loss
pulsive by its breadth of noae and
flitted tremulously a e N H lo r j,. la “1 don’t want to bathe— ever— any
I mas!
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The Portland business mei I! HP*-
thickness of lips. T he dark, naked or tragedy.
w here! I ’ll sit and watch you go.”
Hiding
weakness
from
Croft's
eyes,
|
“
W
e
moat—
as
you
said
buck
up.”
wiio contributed to the $40,000
One
of
the orders A. C. Arm-
"In this blazing sun? No. Indeed;
form, of medium height and sinewy however, wns becoming, unconsdous-
she whispered, the trembling words You must He down In the hut and
I strong booked last week was for
luiid th a t defeated the inconu scnreWy
build,
glistened
us
If
fresh
from
the
audible.
sleep."
(Contlnued fro m ra g e 3)
, $300 worth of baby chicks.
w a te r: the frizzy black h air clung
tax may find it the most disas
Vainly she remonstrated, fearing a
damply about the ears and forehead.
tixius investment they ever
recurrence of the tangible loneliness
As he stood watching her, like an anl-
she had experienced upon the hillside.
made.
tnnl watching Its prey, the coarse lipa
At mid day the heat became execs- His Jaw set In a way she was to know
alve. M ercilessly the sun, like a quiv- well. W ith a vlsellke grip he drew parted In a slow devilish grin. , . .
"When time shall be no mor< erlAg mass of molten steel, beat down
W ith a quick stream of unintelligible
her toward the liut.
words, he sprang forw ard.
—if th a t time ever comes,’ upcm the shore; no breath of wind
T he interior was cleared now o'
G row n*, bridge work anrd fillin g s. I t w il
spell broke. W ith one shriek
said a public speaker the othei stirred the hot a ir ; the lagoon, with rubbish, and a rough aperture for win of The
pay you to get m y prices on your dental work
terror, she turned and fled madly
Its almost Indigo blue, assumed on oily, dow had been made at the end facing
down the slope.
day.
W hen tim e ia no mors w 1
•Cusick bank b u ild in g , A lb a n y
sluggish appearance, us If sinking tr Injund. T he shade was cool and wel
The unintelligible m uttering ceased.
it be “th at t i m e r
sleep with the lowering tide.
come.
C roft fetched the coats und
A blood-curdling yell Uke some wild
W ithin the shade o f the angle fanned spread them upon the ground.
—
■ I,
w ar-cry pierced the still air, echoing
"Now ," he said, "stay here until I
by oae side of the hot and the hill he
around the bay . . . quick agile
S. P. Advertises Oregon
hind. Bin-bars lay Inert upon a soft. If re,u rn -‘
steps sounded close ln her wake.
"You
understand?
You
promise
to
simple, couch of sun-dried coats. Find
T he unearthly strength born of
Oregon’s industrial and jyrji
O r must I barricade the
tng that the ground swayed and rolled remain?
emergency came to Barbara. E very
cultum! advantages are bein
door?"
like a mountainous sea If she endi-ov
thing save the distant hut faded from
heralded by the Southern Pnci erad to rise, site gave up the attempt,
She pulled her huud away, und let
her s ig h t; time ceased; coherent
fic Company.
, .
sad lay inotlonleas, with closed eyes
thought fled from her. Only one In
Nearby were some untouched buna
Containing if wealth of au
stinct reigned— that of the hunted
thentic and-u|Ptbyiate inform a aas and a broken coconut. the shell of
beast to reach Its lair.
That, once
which was filled w ith w ater and placed
there, defense might prove equally
tion on the.opportunities offer upright
between three stones. From
Impossible, she never paused to con
ed in th is jju u i, . six ty -fu i . wlthhn the hut came the noise of split
sider. The bare feet drew nearer In
ting sticks, as If somebody w ere hrenl
page panHfbtot titled “Orego
their hot p u rs u it; the weird cry again
l'or rh eih ettler”, has ju st beet Ing the bamboo canes which, crossed
and again resounded over the bay
and Interlaced, formed Its structure.
pliblishou
by the Southern
. . . Closer he came; she heard his
The girl listened, wondering dully at,
short snorting breuthlng . . . closer:
Pacific company and is lieing
the endurance o f her cranpntilyu. full
the w arm th of It funned her neck
"i.lely distributed throughout of
a miserable sense of shame nt het
. . . closer yet, nnd a hnnd caught
the I nited States and abroad.
own weakness. W ithout pausing fot
roughly at the sleeve of her blouse,
The pamphlet shows that res*, a fte r fetching their coats and pro
tearing the soft silk to ribbons us she
curing
food,
he
hud
begun
clearing
and
with 452,000,600,000 feet, board
wrenched her arm free . . . closer,
measure, Oiegon has a larger Ini prosing this dreary abode— e a rn Inr
and this time the sinewy black Angers
grabbed the bare arm Itself. . , .
supply of . tim ber than any othei down broken portions from the ruin
above for a door, fetching other cane-
A sw ift w hirling noise smote across
state. Practically one-fifth of and palm leaves for mending th.
her reeling b ra in ; something hurtled
nil the standing tim ber in the thatched roof.
past her shoulder . . . w ith a sav
I nited States is in Oregon.
Presently, hot and disheveled, he up
age snarling groan, her captor fell
It also points out th a t the pvared H e had shed nil his clothe-
sprawling upon the ground.
1923 field crop production of except breeches and shirt, and looked
Dazedly she looked around. Spring
the state was $72.888,511. Win the thought, straugely In keeping with
ing over crags, scrambling through
•be
ecene
around
them.
This
»■«<
her
ì
brushwood, C roft came down the hill
te r wheat led, with a valuation
fir*« experience of a man whose life
behind the hut at break neck speed.
ot $21,624,637. The 1923 fruit had
bees spent chiefly In wild »ur
The native, quickly regaining hts feet,
and nut crop valuation is plac raaadlngs, often upon hut the fringe of
cast one glance toward the tall white
ed at $13,960.21)0. The total c iv ilis a tio n . whose abundant vitality
figure w ith blazing eyes, dropping, to
value of Oregon's products from responded to the cell of untamed na
h n muddled senses direct from the
ture
In
a
way
that
proved
he
had
net
larin, fisheries, livestock and
heavens; then, without a word, he
heaa shackled by chains of convention
forests exceeded $350,000,000.
| turned sw iftly and leapt, w ith ex-
s round him, fetter by fetter, as
tr.iordlnury rapidity, back toward the
Of Oregon’s 61,188,480 acres, closing
the years passed
palm grove.
cn.y 25..>58.622 acres are deeded
"T hat's done!" he said briefly
He
H er transient strength ooslng sway,
end 5,034,858 acres of tillable ■at down end proceeded to peel and
"Now , Stay Here U n til I Return."
Barbara staggered forward.
land are as yet uncultivated.
•a t bananas with considerable relish
her aching head fall back up-n the
Cruft caught her by the arms.
More than 20,000 copies of
" I feel so tMMleea!" she exclaimed
fleece lining of the coat.
"W hat the devil made you leave the
—— — — — — — 9 9 9 0 ^ » , ^
th e pamphlet have been printed miserably, "Hoch a hindrance Instend
"Oh, don't bully tne!" »he protested hflt?" be demanded angrily.
° f • help
It would have been wiser Irrltn hly, trying to control the quaver
and distributed.
All tendency to faint le ft her
No
te have left me in the w ater
You In her voice. "1 won't endure It 1‘leute
la«h of a whip could so have quick
wsmlrt get on better alone
We shall — go."
•
en«! her bewildered brain.
She re
If you have an auto and the •n ly die lingering deaths here. If res
lie looked down st her In silence coiled ln his grasp, gsslug up Into his
may communicate w ith Hnstgn I «
o( the Salvation A rm y st the
cee
dneeo't
come
"
m otor won’t
mote consult
for a moment, his brows knit In per face dunifounded Amid the confusion
•
W hite Shield Home. S65 M ayfair avenue. Portland. Oregon.
“Dashed If I mean to d ie '" he pro plexity. Then he turned end went out, of ber mind his extreme pallor struck
W ayne
Veatch
of Charity
tected hskweoe t v s large aiouthfnts of sfltting up the Improv Ised fi>»>r behind
g ra ti|e ,
forcibly
in »
pierced her
Bazar
SINNERS \
IN HEAVEN
of Hand-made
Christmas Gifts
Buffet Sets
Aprons
Towels
Bibs
Laundry Bags Toys
at Bargains
Also
BY CLIVE ARDEN
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‘/ Public Library Benefit
Dec. 13
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