^X^bany^^^irectory M. & J. CAFE A lbany baking co . Featuring 405 West First BUTTER-NUT BREAD A lbany Floral Co. Cut flower* and plants. Floral art for every! and all occasions. Flow er phone 458-f. ALBANY STATE BANK—We ^ * in v ite fyour business. Savings and commercial accounts. Capital, surplus, undivided profits. tlOO UOO E ASTBURN'S grocery 4 th and Lyons Street The place to buv good groceries at the right price. On the corner, pientä of room to parle. Albany. V O R D SALES AND SERVICE ■E Tires and accessories Repairs K tax-FoLt.aK MoToa Co. 2 5 c Meals 1 I 5 Lyon st. Albany Oregon George William Wright ATTORNEY AT LAW Loan* money at on farm* as rt choosss Y o u n e e d n ’t fly up In th e a i r an d lo o k f o r m e I ’m a ll r ig h t . M a y b e y o u w i l l g e t som e s a tls ta c t lo « o u t o f th e In c lo s e d ad. I w o u ld h a v e t a lk e d to y o u a b o u t* th le th in g tn p e r ­ son. b u t y o u w o u ld h a v e c a lle d a n a m ­ b u la n c e a n d h a d m e p u t tn th e p r iv a t e w a rd . “T h at 1* *11.“ said Miss Sylvester slowly. "R ead the advertisem ent." came In a strange voice from across the tahlo. The paper rustled ngnln as Miss Sylvester herd the bit of finely p rin t­ ed paper to her stenographic eyes. W a n te d : S m a ll, r e d -h a ir e d , f r e c k le d - fa c e , b a r e fo o t bo y. o f a b o u t s ix te e n y e a rs , to a c t aa o o m p a n lo n to a m a n o f f o r t y - f lv e y e a rs w h o Is fo rc e d to tu r n b a c k th e c lo c k . M u s t k n o w h o w to flab, s w im , h u n t, a n d liv e In a c a v e I f n e c e s s a ry . Im p e r a t iv e t h a t h e Is a c o u n tr y bo y w h o hex n e v e r liv e d In th e c ity . G - l l l , C h ro n ic le . A fter th a t for ten m inutes th ere' was silence In th e private office of Mr. Thom as B rent. Then Philip Your eyes examined and a flue The Only Way CHAPTER I S crottles w andered unsteadily to a That « the way I got my start. I'm pair nt rtmiller Furniture Co., furni­ self-made all the way through. I The door which led to the private window and stood looking out. “Give It out he has gone to E u­ ture, rugs. linoleum, stoves ranges haven't got a loafing bone In my body, office of Mr. Thom as Brent, had been H ere G oes Funeral directors. 427-433 west First rope.” he said a t last. “Nobody will and—” closed all morning. More than being As Thomas Brent left the elevator street, Albany, Oregon. "You've been keeping a t it pretty closed. It was locked, as Philip believe a sane man could do such a be resembled som ewhat a man at bay. in a frame of your own choice His bunds were deep In his pockets, steady for the last tw enty or twenty- Scrottles. the first aid and assistan t of crazy thing. W hat we are going to do IN T E L W RECK IN G CO bis Heavy chin was Jammed against five years, haven't you?” Doctor Jo r­ Mr. B rent, had found out a fte r several I don’t know. I guess I will have to 4.16 W e s t 1st Ineffectual attem pts to open It. Still look for him myself, and bring him bis collar, and his lips were In a don asked. Used Parts for all cars "Day and night," came the answer. more m ysterious w as the fact th at back. T h a t’s th e only way—" straight line. There was a g litter In “W here will you look?" asked Miss his eyes which carried an impression “Why, man, I had t o ! You ought to Mr. E rent had left his hotel early ernstilchiiiR, stam ped goods, have seen th a t foundry when I took that morning and should have been Sylvester with a quick upw ard Jerk of pent-up rage. fancy work of all kinds at the of her head. “Id io t!" he grumbled to him self hold of It. I've built the thing up to at work long ago. / Jewelers and Optometrists SPEC1AL1Y SHOP It all put a puzzled expression on "W hat s he think I am, anyw ay? a half-nVUIon-dollar corporation. See? “I don't know,” S crottles said wltli 3111 West second st. Doesn't he know I have som ething bet­ There Isn't any company In the state the face of Scrottles. A nything ont ol a sigh. Albany, Oregon ted to do than to go tearing «round handling any bigger contracts than I th e beaten track alw ays seemed tc U O L M A N A JACKSON puzzle him. the country like a wild man? I know do right now—” Grocery—Bakery CHAPTER III Must sell "So I see,” Interrupted Doctor J o r­ E verything in the line of eats what I’ll do"—he stopped short and "I don't know w hat I'll do," he said dan. "You don’t have any amuse­ Opposite l’ostoffice waved a hand Impotently—" I’ll see a n ­ to the stenographer as he RRt at his In the Jutting Ledges other doctor, th at's what. I'll see ments. do you, Mr. B rent?" desk. "H e ought to have been here "W hat do I w ant with am usem ents?" a long tim e ago. He never stayed I f V B C o n f e o t i o n e r v . N ooi near Halsey. W'il sell on easy w hether anybody is going to make an Indian creek strolls along through “ E lunches. Home made candy and terms to resposible party. Phone idiot out of me." the other man growled. "I need a aw ay before w ithout letting me bluff and p rairies—mostly the former. ice cream First street, next dooi r< tonic, th a t’s w hat I need—and some­ And cleft In the highest of thpse. one know. I—” Whereupon Mr. Thomas Brent dived or address I. A. Given, Blain Clothing Go. body to keep this eternal gang of hundred feet by a sloping footpath us fast as his palpitating heart would "I beg your pardon." It was the V a n d r a n H o te l, A lb a n s . money grabbers off my neck." MI’ERIAL CAFE, 20» >V. F irsi allow him Into another office building voice of a young man at his shoulder. above wlwre the reflection of the “M arried?" Philip Scrottles looked up Into the »hlinnterlng moon told of the w ater, Harold G. Murphy Prop. and scanned the register of names. “No—never had tim e." Phone 665 face of John E dw ards of the checking I * ^ 7 ,s at ,llat niBtlt two fiffures. Soon, punting from the exertions of a “Live In a hotel. I suppose?" Wg Nxvea cco sa T heir faces w ere lighted from the hurried entrance, he stood before a “Yes—when I'm not moving around departm ent. glow of the fire which blazed cheerily professional-appearing man In one of "W ell?” he asked. trying to find some place w here the Tennings Auto Top Shop— Auto the upper suites. E dw ards seemed to h esitate a little. on the ledge they had made their service is decent enough for a white Manufacturer* of •* trim m ing, seat covers and winter in B rent’s my name," he said shortly, man to exist on.” "I—I came to ask again about my resting plnce. T he great rocks behind closures. 202 It Second. Phone 418J them were dark shadow ed and formed •Thomas Brent. I’m president of the T here was a pause In which the un- raise,” he began. “I believe I am en a background of alm ost overpow ering N. L. Jennings Manager Amalgamated Foundry company, and umiable Mr. Brent looked gloomily at titled to one. I have been working I've Just been having a session with the floor, and Doctor Jordan, his hands here a good while, and there have w eirdness. Beyond gaped the d a rk ­ cave, of.' rath er, a pure Idiot One of your tribe," he dashed before him, gazed abstractedly and Buyers o f Eggs AGNETO ELECTRIC CO. been no objections to my work. II ness of a sm all a sheltering hollow In the Jutting added sarcastically. Investiga’» the new Prestoliti seemg—” the celling. At last the physician The heads of Battery prices before buying. A Farmers' Co-operativo Doctor Jordan smiled blandly. at S crottles pounded his desk. “This ledges of rocks. turned and leaned across his desk. "There are Idiots In all classes," he One was Isn’t any tim e to ask for a raise," he both figures w ere hare, “You said som ething about a cave, Creamery t> ia n o s ! P ia n o a ! ! S o n n i b ij much so, because it w ore a crown said with a laugh. “Now w hat's your ejaculated. "It seems th a t you would or som ething of the sort,” he sug­ E hargains in tecond hand pianoa; ont particular grievance?" get It through your head a fte r a while of baldness. Both sh irts were open gested. ’ $«S5, one 8193; one 1250 t a l l a t a t th e neck. Both pairs of feet were The president of the Amalgamated that we don’t w ant to raise you. A pudgy hand slammed the desk. Davenport Music House. Albany Foundry company seated him self and "Just w hat I said,” Thomas Brent “But I must have a raise,” Edw ards short of covering—but In them w as ;t grunted In a distressed sort of way. burst out excitedly, “and I want to put broke In. "T here are certain things g reat difference. Those of the boy pU L L M A N CAFE “T h ere’s enough of a grievance," he It up to you as a fair, sensible man of In my life th a t demand It. I have w ere brown and calloused, while those E Good food. Popular pncei Laundrv sent Tuesdays began. “Here I’ve been going to Doc­ medicine and ask you w hether you be­ been figuring on getting m arried for of the bald one w ere gingerly extend­ 227 W. First tor Jim Henderson for the last ten lieve any man th a t voices a scheme some time, but I can 't do It as long ed. toes ram pant, splotched with Agency H uh Cleaning Works years and paying him my good money like th at on another human being has as my salary stays as low as It Is m arks of purple and blue. A E 3E S P L A C E for w hat I thought was professional a right to practice In a civilized com N either the man nor the boy had now." J^OSCOK AMES HARDW ARE work, and now when I need him. he munity. It's an outrage I" he broke "Well, you can't count th at against spoken for a few minutes. The young­ comes rising up with a proposition out again, once more punishing the ns," S crottles answ ered him. The Winchester Store "We er person was busy attaching the that a ten-year-old schoolboy ought to desk with an em phatic fist. Doctor pay a man w hat he's worth. If he n' h,tP two frog saddle* to twr know Is pure Idiocy. You know w hat Jordan smiled at his nervous anger. w ants to get m arried, th a t Is not our iorked sticks preparatory to roasting lie's Just told nte to do?" he asked "Well, I think the best way for me lookout nt all. You ought to realize thera The older m an's mind w as busy with a sudden flare of anger. "H e to decide on th at would be after h ear­ that. Edw ards." I 'D thought. st lowest rste of interest. told me to live In a cave.” "B ut I don’t believe you are paying I F rec,s. ’ he began In a complaining fo r th e 'jo y ® o f bo yh ood * Fo ing the exact story of w hat was sug­ Real Estate Insurance p la Oh "A cave?" Doctor Jordan appeared gested to you. Now w hat did Doctor me what I'm w orth," E dw ards retort- soyf of volce< " “ Y ippt h u rt.” y in ' h o o k e y , flahln*. w w lm m ln ' Prompt service. courteous treatm ent • o n a ole c a t ’ W h a t Interested. “ I think we had better get Henderson say?" ed. "I know I am young and all that, "Stone bruised, mebbe," came from W m ' B a in , Room 5, First Savings Rank m an la th e re w h o to the bottom of this thing. Tell me "Say? He didn’t say anything. He but Just the sam e I have the ability I the boy' “T ha t's alw ays the way, huiluing, Albany w o u ld not lik e to everything from the beginning." e x p e rie n c e th e m Just gave me orders, th a t’s all. He to do n lot of things th a t you don't I ,hou8h- when you first take off your Mr. B rent looked I t the floor a min­ turned me around four or five times, give me credit for. If you would only !hoPS- T hey'll toughen up a fte r a a g a in , fo r n a b o rt If you enjoy a good meal ttm e a t le a n t? One ute, then with his hands on his knees punched me in the ribs, looked a t my And know a good meal when voll gel il give me half a chanee here I could whlIe 1 know Jennie says when I m an d id — T h o m as You'll be back for you’ll not forget It. I B re n t, m illio n a ir e , he begun, w hile the sharp eyes of Doc­ eyes. Jerked my tongue half out of show you. Now to be frank, Mr. Scrot- flrst ,ak e off n,y e,|oes In the spring 1 my xx x- F x A a *4 e« h _ J _ a J a . r«x 1 I . I V . • If i_ _ _ tor Jordan watched his every action. d y s p e p tic , c yn ic head and stared at It. Then he got tles, I m ust have a raise, or I will be I look like a bow legged goose on a an d g ro u c h — In “ Well. It's enough to drive anybody some so rt of a telephone Instrum ent hot griddle." forced to leave my position and hunt M r C oop er a a to ry crazy," he began. "H ere I've been and found out w hat my h eart was do M r Brent, undergoing th e first G EO . M. GILCHRIST W h ile he did not another. Of course, 1 would like to working for the last twenty-five years ing. a c tu a lly reduce stay, but J m ust—” painful stages of his m etam orphosis ALBANY itlie n u m b e r o f hie trying to build up a good business and "Then he sat down as If It was the T icket office Hell l.ine Stage. Scrottles Interrupted with a gesture stared glumly ahead. “Who’s Jennie?” > « a r a , he did auc It Just seems th at everybody in tb» most natural thing In the world.” Albany to San Francisco. l.Y "It has alw ays been a rule of this he asked. o e e d In r e lie v in g b lm e e lf of th e ir world Is eternally hanging around try­ Brent continued, "and told me about company th at we hold no man here ‘Why, Jennie's my sister," “F re c k ” w e ig h t. He b< ing to bleed me for something. I ___ . I aro­ TUSSING & TUSSING the best thing I could do would be to against his will. Mr. B rent has m ad e. returned. "She's older than t i m e a boy jg u ln haven't got an employee th a t's satis­ go back to n atu re with a vengeance. up his mind th a t he Is not going to she’g tw pnty-one. She w orks In the t a a r t a e y N y le y I t f e v e r y th in g but lawyers give any more raises around here. I p,,y' but shp comes out every couple nt fied. All of them are kicking for more C o o p e r. a nd. o f course, He said 1 ought to get a freckled tha'A In tim a te money all the time. All I hear Is H«l*«y and Brownsville w la d g a o f th s a a e ra ta o f n a tu r e face kid th a t knew everything about und th a t rule will be enforced. I air weeks to see ma and me. 1 goes« if money, money, money.” • V k 'r h o n ly a b o y k n o w « and w h ic h the woods, and find a little shark or very sorry, Mr. E dw ards, but If you ma hadn't looked a t Jennie and seen __________ Oregon Ills hands went up and waved wind­ n " ona e as t th e ago o f bovh ood can w hat the city had done for her I cave som ewhere and live In It for « • r s a in B ut B r m r t e n d th r n rx i don't care to work here at your pres wouldn’t have been here now." REFEREE'S SALE OF RiLAI. ESTATE ” • * » k in g , a r e a l good s e c o n d -h a n d mill fashion. "I'm getting, tired of it— six months— not go near th? city or ent salary, you had better find Hnoth tired of everything. I'm sick of the The bruises on Mr. B rent's feet ab­ « n v w la S g a o f th o se s e c re ts H e did anything of th at kind, you know. NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN. That not ba.-oine to w is e u a b o y . b u t e ll whole blamed business. I know what Ju st live out In this crazy place w ith­ e r position.” sorbed his attention too much for him pursuant to an order of sale mad* and « In s ' a t th e fa.I 01 a r I ought to do, but nobody will let me The young m an's hand tw itched, hl* boy. he out a telephone or anything else, w ith­ to delve Into F reck's conversation to entered in the C ircuit Court of th r Ia s i d a d a l o t do It. They w on't let me run the busi­ out any conveniences—Just make a face grew the least hit pale, then sud le a rn e d •<» m uch an d fo u n d S U te of Oregon for th e County ol sue P i ra n n t nxat ness the wav I w ant to—and I'm presi­ denly he turned and left the office, any depth. He merely grunted while Held o f e x p lo r a tio n o p e n ­ Linn, Dept No 2, on th e 28th Day ol in g b e fo re h im t h a t he did not w a n t dent, too, understand that. Every time wild man of myself, th a t's all. Now while the eyes of Mr. S crottles once the boy w ent on. If you can beat th a t for pure, down­ Tou see, ma knows th a t Jennie April, 1927, in th a t certain suit therein m 1 *> b a c k to hla m o n e y baga «o d th e I tu rn around somebody Is sticking a more turned tow ard the door of right Idiocy, I'll—” knows w hat's w hat and she's Ju st been •xa tthrg lir a o f t h . m a r k e t p la c e s wherein Jesse B Schroll. Annie M B rent's office. requisition for money In my face and nt r t h e f a c t t h a t c e r t a in raseale w a re "N othing Idiotic about th at at all.' Schroll his wife, and Clara L. Carlson O It has Just got on tuy nerves until I “He ought to be here— he certainly thinking lately that maybe the place hay h u rt and R uth Schroll his wife, were de­ washed dishes In a restaurant at night. by the m aster keys on the Janitor’s It. Five dollars a week would help h A n 'b a y d. a \ » b o y !— F i l l i n g In th e “Do you good to get all those things out lots.” fendants. and appointing and d irect­ v r * a « . e le e p l, ig Jn w e t ’ - lo t h e , by a and more. Now, look here, Mr. ring, Mr. Philip Scrottles entered the Mr. B rent had looked up quickly. ing the undersigned as sole referee tc c e m p flre >‘ h* •"»«« Prlce- centered on one thing until It Is a l­ m anner for Mr. B rent's stenographer "Beg your pardon, sir, but I w asn't em m nouse at Albany In Linn County I ’• • • • • - r . t . of , . x l . t . ne, t "I can't make It out." His voice most a m anta with yon. And you must nagging." Freck Interrupted. “You Oregon, offer and sell at public auc I '" - ‘" " » v * rlsv C m * Ur h«. w ritten w as husky. “You read It. Miss Syl get aw ay from It. I don t care how «aid you would give me four-fifty now tlon to th e highest bidder for cash I ** P kind, o t go od .to r t » » you do It, or w here you go, but for six vester." re a /p ro X ™ , 2 2 2 * I 'X The stenographer rustled briskly bv and five If I gave satisfaction.” months you must cease to be a p art of “Well, you haven't given satisfac­ r al property on execution, subject t e l •*' ,o r'«- •« » « » . or ,h . „ 5 rad o n s, of Mr B rent's closed desk to the table the Amalgam ated Foundry company. tion yet.” Mr. Brent said, adding, how­ confirm ation of said court, all the fol- I s . *n i pf eiecu« n r a Probably H er brows contracted as she read "If you w ant to go to the woods __ ___ k * la baxt lowing real property, to-wlt AU of I » > • • . *" £rpw" ,hrou«‘* hl* clrcua som ewhere and hunt, very well. If I Shp compressed her lips and allowed ever. with a little tw inge of conscience, T t ** ?* w tttc n than >0« Blocks 32, 39 and 40 of the City o f , IV you a re a pretty good boy, though. Of th a m f o r , , m i n ( t , -,t m » « « you w ant to get your freckled-face boy I hpr pve" f° roll a bit as she laid the Halsey In Linn County, Oregon a l s o l ’ 1"*’ , H a * , on « b e r w h o act» • l , V r « " What are you going to do with thos* and live In a cave and do your own I nofp on the tsble—w ithout com frog legs?" -r o m hAm«. Join«d a o lr "ua and beginning M Ft West of the 8 W .‘ **rk ,« cooking, all the bettor. I say all the I mpnt Scrottles waited Im patlentlv. F o r a a v a r a l v a a r a k» * 1 1 com er of Block 38 m the City of H al-1 • d . "I'm going to cook 'em. See. here’a b etter because th at will show you one I "W ell?" he asked. at S r r t h r b in tops p; ’ «n h« &•< a m e •ey In Linn County, Oregon and run port of your life you have missed I Miss Sylvester spread her hand yours and here's mine.” Freck hand- ' t » a tu r e w r t t « r f o r n t » • p s - » nlng from thence North 7 » Ft to the t P k ar» ra t» h f " ''" ’• n ’ ■» entirely. Did you ever reflect th a t you I *n<^ shrugged her shoulders. She snld M Mr. Brent his forked stick with county road Thence West 123 r t . „ 5 ,‘‘s Wangling on the end. never hnd any boyhood, th at you h a v e 1 nothing — Scrottles again picked up » « ■ « n tiitit otfle»r In t h r T s M a t Thence South 720 F t to a point due * II brush the fire aw ay a little so been shouldering a m an's responsibil­ * a ° a ? • 7 4 h t” ’ •"