/ / x -x A Brownsville car collided band." th irty -fiv e or t ..'r;y six. vigorous, v.-ell "I haven't,” Mrs. W illia m s answered form , il p re tty, a h e a lth y tan on her Ih an v ?i F p c If)FV th at of George Donnen of between th a t town and "H e has been dead e ig h t years." face end turns, and the w rin k le s o f ap­ “ Oh.“ said M r. B re n t again. "O h .' p re cia tio n o f life a c d w hat it means Corvallis Thursday night and I And then by way o f changing th e sub­ were about her eyes. smashed it, but Mr. Donnen and je ct, he a d d e d ! "M in d I f I take Just S 'o w ly sue regarded the head w hich A lbany baking co two children, who were in it, uae iu«»re b is c u itT ‘ -tuck up ubove the w oodpile w ith much ■sX 405 « e s t F irs t escaped with cuts and bruises’ F o llo w in g th a t one, w hich •as the I B U T T H K - N U T bread of the loud crow n it once bore s tic k >a M r- I last, he ro te h e a vily and watched Ing to l! and one o r tw o pnkeberries C ut tlowers W illia m s p ile the dishes in to the pan ! A lb a n y F loral Co. s t ill d ro o p in g and a w ry. F o r a second Mr. and Mrs. Berky, mission­ a n il plants, i and F lo ra l a rt fo r every Once or tw ic e he c lu m s ily helped her, o r tw o the expression about lied m outh and a il occasions aries from China who are visit­ then stood h u s h fu lly by lo o kin g w ith and eyes were changeable, then it re- F lo w e r phone 4 5 8 -f. ing friends in and around Halsey, som ething o f amazement upoh the mas­ olved In to a la u g h —a deep, fe e lin g will soon go to Nebraska. Mr’ te rly way In w hich th is woman ban laugh In w hich even Thom as Brent A LB A N Y SI ATE B A N K — Wo Berkey preached a t Pine Grove died things. T o te ll the tru th . .Mrs. was forced to Join. A * in v it e y o u r business. Sav.ngs and W llllu w s was the firs t real wom an . (.ouiincrci il accounts. C a p ita l, surplus, Sunday. " W e ll," she said. “ I don’t know who on e a rth you ure, but yo u 're about the Thom as B re u l had e ve r come In clo se I u n ,) lv , ded p ro fits . $100. tOo. contact w ith . She was the only w o r n fun niest lo ckin g cre a tu re I e ie r set S traw berry and gooseber­ A S I B U H N ’S G R O C E R Y an he had ever seen engaged In the I eyes on. W hy d o n 't you come out ry growers, who expect to be­ -1 t il and Lyons Street ; fro m behind there?" m ysteries o f a c u lin a ry departm ent, • "C a n 't," answered Thom as B re n t a nd Io him lo th is stage o f life the The place to buv good groceries at the gin their harvest w ithin a week, r ig h t price. On ihe corner, p le u ty of report th a t no shortage of pick­ p ic tu re was amazing. wdlli a re tu rn to lugubriousness. room to park. A lb a n y. “ C a n 't? W hy?" " I 'd lik e to do som ething to help ers is in prospect. j B re n t s tu tte re d a moment before an- yo u ." he said a w k w a rd ly , "h u t I d on't B y Cxjrfney Ry/ey Cooper ^ORD SA LE S AN D S E R V IC E C D PYilun W 6 O W r » A M | sw erlng. "Because y o u 're a w o m an ," know a n y th in g about th is s o il o f bust T ire s and accessories t C o n tin u e d i Mrs. Kemisies of Los Angelas lie said at last, "a nd I'm a man, and I ties»." lu g u b rio u sly surveyed an object dis Repairs “ Wefl, I t ’s tim e a man lik e you was was severely injured Friday player) before him In the m ooD liglit. haven't got on a n y th in g except a K ir k -P ollak M otor C o . There were »creams, pel)«, shout* He sut down and looked at It. He be­ stin g y lit t le old p a ir o f b a th in g le a rn in g ," Mra. W illia m s answered morning when th e fam ily car H rent looked beck. A woman o r two gan to cum ulate. I t was a h o llo w log Iru n k a ." w ith a laugh. "Y o u 'v e missed the best E T >rtiniIler F u rn itu re C o ., futn i- skidded while passing a wagon had fainted. T w o o r three men were " B a liiin g tru n k s ? " A n o th e r s h rie k lie saw— a la rge h o llo w log, p le n ty big p a rt o f y o u r life I f yo u 've never “ ture, rugs, lin o le u m , stoves ranges. seizing clubs and p re p a rin g to fo llo w on th e highway near Shedd. enough to accommodate him . | o f la u g h te r. "W e ll. I never. W h a t on washed dishes. Now here, you ta ke Funeral directors. 427-433 west F irs t him . She died a few m inutes after- "T h a t w ould keep o ff the breeze," he e a rth are you doing here?" the towel In y o u r hand lik e th is, see? street, A lb a n y , Oregon. "G osh." he said to h im se lf w llb s must d. " I o u g ht to be w arm In there. * reaching the hospital in Albany. "Goodness knows, m adam. It's too Then you ta ke up the dish w ith it and Vo harm In tr y in g It, a n yw a y." | long a s to ry fo r ine to go In to now. then you get y o u r hand under the L I N T E L W R E C K IN G CO. So he pu3hed h lu i e l f in fe e t f lr s t It'd ke

y a gocxl meal «and s n iiita rlu m s . a flock o f nurses AA lllta in s laughed. “ Som etim es I'm A n d kn o w a good meal w hen v o ll get i t a fte r th a t w ild chase. It was warm and n w hole regim ent o f doctors. You ! tilin g I ever had happen to me. glad o f It, and som ethin's I'm s o rry A ll c a lli answered day or night Y o u 'll be hack fo r y o u ’ l l n o t lo r g c t it . and pleasant und co m fo rtin g . He al "W e ll, they haven't got any dogs ought to see th is k id I'v e got. ||e'« T h a t hoy enn he the gre a te st blessing lowed Ills head Io sink low er and Phone 255 Ihe wisest lit t le bend I ever ran up PARAGON CAFE ; a fte r a ll. have th e y ? ’ Ue had reached o r the worse t r ia l o f anybody I ever lower. Al Iasi ho slept. iiga.n t. I'm going to grow him up t> Halsey, Oregon i Hie w ood-he I and had opened the d mr saw tu my life . F reck, how's y o u r When lie awoke It was w ith a sta rt be general m anager o f my business.' G E O M. G IL C H R IS T ma ?" m il rinsed It again In safety. He and the re a liza tio n th u t night was ap ' pawed a n xio u sly about In the darkness "W h a t's his name?” asked the host ALBANY I d o n 't kn o w I h a ve n't seen liei ess. broaching, th a t lie was liu u g rv , tiiu t T ic k e t office Bell t in e Stage. fo r th re e or fo u r days. Soon us Mr. the w arn, a ir o f the day was d if f e r « ! ! ‘ T " ‘.V* " ? " " • " "G o odne ss. I don’t kn o w ," Brent sn i . . i iiir r v iii | llf re lie f, lie found a pile o f sawdust A lb a n y to San F rancis o, $15. B re n t'll let me I'm going to ta ke her fro m the cool a ir o f evculng. th n t lie «wered. " I ca ll him Freck. Say. them snd lay down. Then lie slept— slept la to to w n and buy tie r a rug. S he'll he v.us s till In the a ttire and decoration b iscuits are good. W onder why thrn REFEREE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE s jlt e o f the humps. In spite o f tlie hum tic k le d ." lie tu rn e d s h o rtly . "H e re c f II cross between n M alay sut age and lou t cook 'em lik e th ia In hotels." hlcbee stings— In spite o f e ve ryth in g NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. That conics M r. E d w a rd s ." he said. a FIJI Islander. He gro u n ln g ly rolled H otels.' asked tlie wom an. " I l, pursuant to an order of sale made and at lo s c s t rate o f in te re s L A ta ll young man had opened the o \e r m id looked sto d g ily nt the moon .»ou liv e In a h o tel?" CHAPTER V II entered in the Circuit Court of the Real Estate gate and wna com ing s lo w ly down the Insurance “ tk'g g o iie II !' he hurst out whole ••Haven't live d In a n yth in g else sine« State of Oregon for the County of P ro m p t set «ice. co u rte o u s tre a tm e n t. w u lk to w a rd the house. As lie lo o ke d hca rte d ly. “ Doggone I t ! " But the I ra n rem em ber." I ’. ren t answered Linn, Dept. No 2, on the 28th Day of ill him M r. B re n t's fo r e lio n d gathered There’s the Gamble W m . B ain , w ilh Lane C o u n ty A b s tra c t i ja e u la tto ii d d no good except to re "W h itt k ii.d o f hum Is this?*' April, 1927, ln that certain suit therein In to puckers and lie s tra in e d Ids eyes com pany, A lb a n y th e sun was sh in in g when Thom as ».......... .... I l l s o v e rc h a rg e d feel "C o u nt, y cu re d ." wherein Jesse B. Schroll, Annie M. “ I'v e seen th a t young man lie fore •ng». It brought t il, ii no nearer his B le n t aw oke. W illi u reuse o f strun g "G ihm I. Isn 't It? M ind If | ta ke an Schroll his wife, and Clara L. Carlson som ew here." lie aal.l to h lm -e lf «lollies. iio m in e r the cin e , no nearer ness In Ids su rroundings, lie rulsed Other slice? F unny th in g how tlo and C. E. Carlson her husband, were “ Now w here was I t — w here was It? " a n y th in g except the re a lisa tio n that h im se lf amt looked about him. F or a co u n try gives a man n i l a p i w t l l r . ' plaintiffs, and Emory Wallace Schroll, LAW YERS E d w n rd s reached tlie door "H ow lie was lost In tlie wood« In exceeding lin im e n t lie could not understand. never fe lt th is way In the c ity . I d o n ' Ruby Almon, H. L. Almon her hus­ do you do. M r B re n t,*- he said c o ld ly H dsey and R row nsrille ly tliln « H ire and th a t It was going to Then It a ll came back to him . F or a sup|M<-e yo u k n o w much about Hi band. Pearl P. Sturgis, J. H. Sturgis "H o w do you do ," answ ered Mr. get ra th e r cool before m orning moment th a t sense o f hum or w h ich c ity , do youF* Oregon her husband, and George W Schroll B re n t. “ 1 believe yo u 'v e got the best had grow n In to hlg being In tlie Inst "N o fool lik e ln „ tq to o l," he “ D o n 't I? " T he wom an laughed and Ruth Schroll his wife, were de­ o f me. Y o u r face Is fa m ilia r, tin t I tw o weeks came upperm ost snd lie grow led as he rose and stum bled l i e hud both sides o f It. I came on fendants. and appointing and direct­ d on't rem em ber Just w here I'v e seen langhed nt the th o u g h t o f w hat had to w a rd an open space where the moon here to get away from It snd I tilin ' ing the undersigned as sole refere" to you b e fore .” happened. Then Just ns suddenly his lig h t made progress belter. " I ’ve gut m going to s ta y ." sell the real property hereinafter de­ face grew serious. “ I guevz n o t." T h e re was n sort to get th is era»..» mud o f f o f m e o r ( p "W e il, maybe yo u 're rig h t. S till, th. !■ uneral Director and Licensed scribed, I, the undersigned referee will "B e tte r w a it u n til yon can get out o f sn ug ly coolness In E d w a rd s' m ice. go Insane. I f I could And the creek c ity's a p re tty good old place. I mad on Saturday, the 4th Day of June,’ Embaltner o f th is th in g , T om B re n t, before you " I w o rk e d fo r you o u ly fo u r y e a rs " m aybe I could fo llo w it hack to the up m.v m ind I'm going to s tic k out hen 1927. at the hour of One o'clock P M L A D Y A S S IS T A N T do much la u g h in g ," he said. "You've "H u h I T h a t so? F un n y 1 d id n 't c««e or somewhere near It. s ix ty days, and th e n I'm going hack got a long way to tra v e l pet and you rem em ber y o u ." M r B re n t said ns he of said day. at the front door of the "T h a t Freck la a wise one," .Mr 1 ou re a feol If you d o ," the w o itia i B row nsville, Oregon courthouse at Albany in Linn County don't know w here jo u are. You— " put fo rth lit» hand "AVh.il d e p artm en t Brent commented to h im self. "H a d said Oregon, offer and sell at public auc­ Someone was sin g in g outside. He d id you w o rk In ? " sens« enough to stay In Hint brush "W e ll, w hat am I going to do abou tion to the highest bidder for cash stepped to listen. H e trem bled a h it. “ I was bead e f Hie « b n k in g de p art and nut move, amt o f course they my business?" ln the manner requited for sale of Someone w as s ln g in r, someone was m ent. I sh ould say. M r. B re n l. th a t it d id n 't th in k o f lo o kin g fo r h im There "H o w much o f n business have yoi real property on execution, subject to w o u ld be a lit t le q u e tr th u t a man approaching the woodshed, and w o rst he Is rolle d up In Ids blanket, u ie e p got? W h a t's It w o r th T' confirmation of said court, all the fol­ o f all. It was a wom an T a n k stricke n , co u ld w o rk fo r you fo r fo u r y e a r* and v a tu i. and co m fo rta ble —co m fo rta ble.’ "W e ll. It s w o rth h a lf a m illio n lowing real property, to-wtt:— All of T ho m s* B re n t scram bled to Ids feet you not kn o w h im ." lie said slo w ly and w ith a s h h e r The Am algam ated F o u n d ry com pany L a u n d ry sent Tuesdays Blocks 22, 39 and 40 of the City of snd dragged h im se lf behind the high “ There'» » o m e tliln g to th a t.“ M r ou kn o w ,” B ie n t said p ro n d ly ’’ llu h : there l« n 't any such c o n d itio n ’ Halsey in Linn County, Oregon al«o Agency H u b C le a n in g W o rks est p a rt o f the woodpile, leaving on ly B re n t answ ered w ith a lit t le laugh "H a lf a m illio n . And y o u 'll prob A shim m er In the distance re tu rn beginning SO Ft West of the S W hie head exposed. " T o te ll th e tr u th , when I wa« in • b ly go back and tr y to b d id It up t< his eye and he plunged fo rw a rd , to t The door opened snd a fo rm entered to w n I b u rie d m y s e lf so m uch w ith corner of Block 38 in the City of Hal- m illio n . Then when yo u 've b u ilt I " d in g w ith s few trees now an J ’.hen Lln" Count>- Oregon and run­ F or a moment she bent low A llin g her th e c o n tra c t end o f tlie buslne-« thut up to a m illio n , y o u 'll he about alxt> but i t la st te n kin g the creek wher ning from thence North 720 Ft to the N O T J C E o f A p p o in tm e n t of E x e c u tr i arm s w ith wood, then as she raised, a I sa i fo rce d to » 'lo w m.v e!.tpj • ees pi ears old snd th e y 'll he p u ttin g you w ith sh ive rin g teeth lie bathed ews« blank look came In to her face county road. Thence West 123 Ft Her be taken care o f hy S ernttles. |'v a In to a coffin snd saying nice th in g N otice is hereby g iv e n that, the n o - the b a le fu l mud and then ahlverlm . 3on’ h 720 Ft to a point due dersigned. by an o rd e r o f the C o u n ty arms opened, the wood cla tte re d to the been w o n d e rin g th e last week o r so about you before th e y cover you u* and tre iid i'ln g , sta rte d along Its bank« fleor, and she screamed. o. the place of beginning, and w h e th e r I d id Hie r ig h t th in g " C ourt ot I m n C o u n ty, O regon has Ix e n w ith d ir t. Then w hat w ill you d In the hop,, o f rin ding the eave. The Thom as B re n t sta rte d fro m behind St 123 n t0 w in n in g , as ap p oiate J B x e c u tr ix o f the last w i l l an d “ I h a rd ly ttilo k iou d, I ' Ed.vsrds w ith y o u r m illio n ? " a ir was g io w lu g colder, snd every It! a 3 blocks are numbered, designated u s la m e n , o. R ,chard C ’ F a rw ri! d ^ tlm w oodpile then drew hack again r e p llrd T h e re had not been a snifte M r B re n t »lam m ed lh « ta b le w ill He w h ile Ere it w as forced to pause r»on t run he herged, " I won t h u rt on bis face since he entered the house. and described on the maps and plat* ope band a» he lifte d a b is c u it w it' surt do a sh o rt but «nergetle war you • s u i T r 7 Br e o * * i "?t C' “ n” M ,d D o n 't run p l-sse I — why. I m th e o th e r "B y George. ' he «aid I d F re ck and S ir s W illia m s were s ta rin g of said city of record In the office d im e to keep the c h ille r out o f Ids harm less, he added " I'm worse th«n of the County Recorder of said Coun­ never th o u g h t o f th a t 1 M in d I f I have at litm . tee Ii and th e tre m b le and s h h e r ou’ harmless. I can t move." Ds’ ed and first published May 5 F re c k stepped fo rw a rd . " M r Brent ty a n o th e r b is c u it? Say by the w a y ’ ,.h« " £ r „ ; x h e r’ to U ” Of Ills body. FRANK RICHARD The w o m an s face showed amaze never asked you your nam e?" Is th e ntsn ’ h a t w anted to see y o u ," 1927. residence, about "O g-go Ii, It a c-e-co'd. he mat meut fe a r had le ft It. She w rs not Sole Referee he said. " H e w a n ts you to help M m "M rs. W illia m s ." was tlie answer n L in o te re d io h im s e lf tim e a f.e r tim e "1 an e ld e rly eom an Tuzslng it Timing Attys for Plffs. She was Just be out w ith a o m e th ln g ." "Oh!" T here was s tone o f d’ r ' p Hewitt 4c 8ox. w ish I cou'd find flin t c-c-cave "