HALSEY ENTERPRISE, HALSEY, OREGON, MAY 21, 1928
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Tlie sword dance, one of the earliest j
dances, Is still performed In Norlhuin
berlaod, Eugland. In thia the duncers .
form to a circle, which remains un­
broken while the; twist under the
arms of one another, until at the end
each makes a forward thrust with his ,
short sword so that the Interwoven 1
blades form a star.
Im p o rta n t L e tte r C h a n g e
A. T. C. Hansard In Typography
(printed In London, 1825) says: “ The
Introduction o f the round ‘s' Instead
o f the long Is an Improvement In the
are of printing, for which we are
Indebted to the Ingenious Mr. Bell,
who Introduced them In his edition
of the British theater, published
1701-1802.”
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Browning well says, "Ignorance Is
not Innocence, but sin." The sin of
CHAPTER XI— Continued
Ignorance becomes greater and great­
—18—
er as the means of knowledge In­
One second she stood Irresolute,
creases. I f on Individual neglect to
make the most of knowledge In books, doubting her own courage to open the
conversation, and Incidents of the day, door. But memory of Band's dear­
ness nerved her. Gripping her pistol
be Is guilty of an Inexcusable fa u lt
with tense and nerveless fingers, mar
vellng, even In that terrible moment,
T im e ’» C hange»
that
press
The gent who used to complain that .. . she
, did . not unconsciously
, ..
too mud. valuable land was being the trigger she opened the door A
thick
given over to six acre baseball lo t. Is
.f“
now prunclng around over a 200-acre i folds before It. She felt for the cor­
golf course, and wishing the course ner, and then, breathlessly, drew It
Included a whole county so Hint Ids back. Only deep blackness beyond.
Following the wall on her left, she
ball wouldn't slice out of bounds.—De­
stepped, slid rather, behind the thick
tro it News.
curtain, and guided by the touch of
her fingers on the wall, moved forward
H e ro ic C u re
slowly, breath by breath. Another
“ To cure an elephant of Rtotnach heavy curtain. Explorlngly she felt
ache, pin the animal down and let and fingered it, hesitating a moment
three or four men dance on Its chest,” to quiet her panting fears.
Is the newest vetcrlnnry “ how to” by
Suddenly there was a sound, a voice,
by one who has done It.—Thomas behind the curtain right at her hand.
Prime, a veterinary surgeon of Upper
“ Let's have a look.”
Norwood, England.
Gay had barely time to flatten her­
self against the wall, white face low­
N e w fo u n d la n d In d e p e n d e n t
ered Into her dark collar, when the
Newfoundland Is a separate entity curtain at the other end moved and
of the British empire, and benrs the parted. No light emanated from be­
same relationship to the empire that hind It, but Gay felt that two men
Canada d"t'a. It has Its own parlia­ came out, curefully pausing to replace
ment, premier, ministry, and Issues Its the heavy folds behind them, and
own money and bonds without regard crossed to the curtained door through
which she had entered.
to Canada.
One drew back the black folds of
curtain, and pushed the door wide.
F o rm e d " A c a d e m y ” a t 14
“ No sign of them.” The voice was
Cuvier, the greatest of French nat­
uralists, formed, at the age of four Ronald Ingrum’s. “ They ure late.”
“ He'll give you the devil for taking
teen, a sort of “ learned academy,"
from among Ids school fellows, where that fellow on board," said the other
the merits of vnrlous books were seri­ voice, one strange to Gay.
“ There's nothing else to do with
ously discussed.—Gas Logic.
him," Ronald defended quickly. “ I ’m
d—d If I'll croak him. Garmun knows
A nd M en
I f you want something done never 1 w on't I told him when 1 signed
ask an Idle woman; ask n busy one. on.”
" I f you let him get away—"
Idle women either enn't or won't. Busy
" I can't let him get away; I don't
women work a little harder and quick­
er and willingly do a little more.— dure. He had been spying on us—
God knows how long. Knows every­
Atchison Globe.
thing we're up to, of course. He’d
have them after us In no time. No,
Conscience, th e G u id e
we’ll take him along. Garman can do
The man who tlxes upon something as he likes. He sticks at nothing,
that he feels he must do nt the ex­ God knows. But they’ve nothing on
pense of everything else If necessary me so far. Look, there's the lig h t
w ill find the greatest adventure he they're coming.”
w ill ever have on this side.—Ameri­
The men went back carefully
can Magazine.
through the heavy curtuln, drawing
the folds of It behind them. The
blackness was like pitch. A prisoner
P ric e o f F re e d o m
No free government or the blessings —a spy—who knew everything! They
of liberty enn be preserved to any were taking him to Garman who stuck
people tint by a firm adherence to Jus­ at nothing. Dear Randi All Gay's
tice, moderation, temper-nice, frugality fears fell from her, dead courage lay
cold upon her hands. Her thoughts
and virtue.—Patrick Henry,
were quiet nnd consistent
“ A bout Is coming for them. They
On th e L in co ln H ig h w a y
have tuben him prisoner. Perhaps I
The distance from Kan Francisco w ill have a chance to rescue him—
to Omaha by the Lincoln highway Is with my pistol.”
1,008 ndles, and from San Francisco
Breathlessly she tiptoed to the edge
to New York city It Is 3,323 miles.
of the curtuln, drew It back. Still
blackness within. Her Ungers guided
her. ih e re Was a door now. on the
M o n e y Spent in E u ro p e
The United States bureau of for­ right side, o|>en but thickly trtnlned.
eign and domestic commerce estimates Her fingers touched I t VeR, a light.
that Americans spend 8650,000,000 a They were In that room. Rand was
In that room, a prisoner.
year abroad, most of It In Eunqie.
She wedged her face up to the cur­
tain where but the slightest fraction
E x p e n tiv e C op p er»
of one eye touched the aperture her
The rarest of all United States cop­
Angers formed In the folds of cloth.
per coins, the half-cent of 1706, has A dozen men In the room, all dressed
brought ns much ns 1400 at a public for cold weather, out-of-doors, heavy
auction sale.
coats, heavy hats, gloves In their
hands. They were not smoking. There
S top A l l th e G ap »
wus no Are In the room, hut one pale
A man should always keep hli fences lantern giving light. She shw Ronald
mended and not stop merely with clos­ Ingram. He was dressed ns the oth­
ing the gate.—The American Maga- ers were, with a revolver In his hand.
Others had revolvers, too. The China
■lue.
man was there. And there was one
other, hands bound behind the low
O d d D e fin itio n »
Matrimony: A proven» by which chair on which he sat, his mouth
a male annexe, a critic.— Buffalo tightly gagged. He too wns dressed
for the sen, wnrinly, but he sat
News.
hunched down, dejected, cowering.
“ Oh, my dear," Gay thought tender
M a y b e So
ly. Tears came to her eyes. She
The cosmetic movement Is a cosmic could not see the face, she had no
movement— Woman's Home Compan need. Every line of Rand's face was
Ion.
clear to her heart.
Ronald Ingram looked at his watch.
“ Be ready now," he said. In a low
voice. “ Go one at a time. Follow
Moy Sen. Walk slowly, feel your way,
we can't show a lig h t Don't talk.
You cannot smoke until we are well
out to sea. Hodge, you take the pris­
oner with you. and go first after Moy
Sen. The rest fall In after Hodge.
I'll bring up the rear. Not a sound
when we go out.” Then he crossed
sw iftly to the dejected Agure of the
prisoner. “ Now mind what I told
you." he »aid Ills voice was low. In
clslve. “ I f you make the slightest
sound, the least effort to get away’’—
Call or vend today for this FREE book ex-
pUiningthe D r.C j. Dean
he turned his revolver In his hands
method ( used by us eiclu-
suggestively—"that for your pains I
s lv e ly )o f t r e a tin g a ll
You know this place, you know this
Rectal and Colon dLonlrrt.
cove—yon haven't a chance In the
No huartta I anrgrrs Aaaurante
world to escape. Be ready now, fel
. a
o l l*llr t cuard er I r e refunded.
lows."
¿OtbN ¿UNtd
The men stood up. drew on their
gloves. Gay slipped away from the
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curtain, hack to the aseoa-l one. be
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"A boat Is coming—they are taking
Rand with them—they are all armed,
and be Is bouud.” How her thoughts
raced!
Outside In the night again, she
stood flat against the wall and waited.
It was In her heart to touch Rand as
he passed, to draw him out of the
line as they walked, perhaps escaping
notice In the darkness. Motionless
she waited, cool, alert, bolding her
breath.
There was sudden sound on the
shore of the cove, the low plash of
oars, a low whistle, the scraping and
grinding of a boat on the sand, and
again the low whistle.
Then, without a sound from within,
the curtain at her hand was drawn
aside. The little Chinaman came out
and padded softly down toward the
shore, his head lowered, looking neith­
er to right nor le ft After him came
the tall man, Hodge of course, a re­
volver In one hand, the other thrust
through the bound one of the prison­
er. Gay’s lingers ached about her
pistol, but she knew any use of It
at that moment would mean only
death to Rand, und to herself £ s well.
Perhaps later she might have a chance
—he was a strong swimmer—If she
could only munage to release the
bonds that held him.
S till from behind the curtain came
the silent, closely cloaked figures, one
after another, silently, and at last no
more. But there was a sound within,
the drawing of curtains, the click of
a latch, the slide of a wooden frame.
Gay did not hesitate. Stumbling a
little, she moved out sw iftly Into the
line of silently marching men. Blind­
ly, automatically, unhesitatingly, she
followed them, but In her blindness
she fell fu ll length on the rocky path.
Ronald Ingram came upon her from
behind. She felt the touch of his boot
at her shoulder.
“ Get up, d—n It, and be careful I"
His voice wag low, less than a whis­
per.
Gay scrambled to her feet, nnd hur­
ried after the others. A band was
held out from the boat to assist her,
and she wus swung up In her turn,
with Ronald Ingram behind her, the
last man on.
“ O. K.?” breathed a voice from the
boat.
“ Yeh. Let’s go."
The boat boat crunched on the sand
again, swept Into the water. The
oars dipped the waves. A fine ex­
altation came over Gay. She was
daring death with Rand. If she could
not contrive to suve him, then she,
who had selfishly refused to share
Ills life, would gloriously share bis
death.
The boat headed sw iftly out to sea,
and the fine salt spray touched her
face.
CHAPTER XII
No one questioned Gay's presence
in the boat, no one so much as looked
her way, or offered her a word. She
dropped upon the bench, cowering,
Just where she was pushed In the ‘
pushing crowd. Shyly at first she
kept her face lowered Into her collar,
but later, gulniug courage, she dared
to look about In search of Rand.
Her eyes found him at last where he
sat crowded between two others on
the opposite side, and there was no
opportunity for her to draw nearer to
him at that moment.
The three men, Ingram and Hodge,
with the one In charge of the boat,
stood together and talked- Gay wus
beside them, but their voices were so
low that she could catch only scat­
tered words of what they said, and
none but Ingram's, whose voice was
familiar.
“ Hanging around spying—
No,
d—n It, business Is one thing, but
murder Is murder. Do as you like, but
I can't have a hand In It. Remember
Blakely. Nothing on me but smug­
gling and coast running. Few years
at most. I've got mine salted away,
too, believe me."
“ Remember Blakely." Was It Blake
ly who had come to her In the
cove, with the bullet wound In his
brow? Not Ingram, then, who caused
that gashing wound, but another,
Garman, to whom they were taking
Rand. Gay's fingers fondled her pis-
tol. tentatively, but well she realized
that any such action would be worse
than folly, for these were desperate
men, and they were armed. Ingram
might stick at murder In cold blood,
but self defense would put a different
color on his scruples. If she could
only get to Rand slip her pistol Into
his hands, release his bonds. Still
there was no opportunity, and she
could think of no subtle expedient to
contrive her ends.
She would have liked to fling her­
self across the Intervening space and
put both arms tenderly about those
drooping shoulders.
“ I f I dared, I would. How surprised
they would be. 'Rand,' I'd say, 'kiss
me.' I dare say they would all drop
dead of astonishment.”
Her teeth
chattered nervously, her knees trem­
bled. cold little smiles wrinkled her
lips. “ I am going to laugh,” she
thought. “ I know I am simply going
to scream with laughter. How absurd
this Is. Going to sea with a band of
murderers.—Ridiculous. People don t
do such things. Such things don't
happen. I must be losing my mind,
I dare say I am crazy, as they think
on the Island." A low dry chuckle
gurgled through her cold Ups. The
man at her side turned.
“ Cold,” he muttered. “They don't
put themselves out much to give serv­
ice, eh?"
Gay’s reply was an Indistinguishable
murmur, but she guarded her thoughts
more closely.
The men smoked thirstily. She felt
they were not fellovs of a common
hand, but separate, each for himself,
except Ronald Ingram. Hodge and the
little Chinaman, and Hie men who
manned this boat. The others held
aloof, nor did Ingram show any spirit
of camaraderie to one of them. It was
some sinister personal business that
brought these men together.
Suddenly, In the darkness ahead,
the lights of a ship showed up, lights
green, and red, and pale.
Gay fingered her pistol nervously,
tempted to fire desperately for help,
taking the chance that help would
come. Watching warily she waited a
moment. The boat seemed to be
heading direct for the ship, not
avoiding It; yes, they were making
for IL That ship, then, was Gar­
man's, where they were taking Rand.
There was no signaling between the
two that she could see, but the great
majestic monster of the sea slowed,
came to a stop, and the small boat
pulled alongside.
Ronald Ingram nodded toward the
prisoner. “ Bring him, Hodge," he
his “hln far down In the woolen collar
of his coat
Daring the bright lights, she got up
and crossed the room quickly, slipping
Into tlie seat beside him. her arm ly­
ing against his.
At the unexpected touch and pres­
sure, be threw himself back In his
seat suddenly and looked at her. For
the first time she saw bis face. She
never knew how she repressed the cry
of horror that rose Instinctively to
her lips at the sight of him. She
had never seen him before. The face
was sly, vicious, hard, the most evil
face of all she bad seen that nig h t
I believe Champion is
It was not Rand. She was alone at
sea with the murderous band.
the better spark plug
Her flesh crawled upon her quiver­
b eca u se o f th e way
ing nerves as she shrank back. She
Champions stand up in
was sure he could not fall to hear the
great pounding of her heart In her
hard truck service.
throat, the sob on her lips.
Rand, Rand 1—The name beat In her
Champion Is the betterspark plug
ears, throbbed In her pulses. Sheer
because it has an exclusive silli-
terror, panic seized her. She grew
manite insulator spe­
frantic In terror and despair. She
cially treated to with­
edged away from him, farther, farther,
stand the much higher
until she reached the door, where she
tem peratures o f the
peered out Into the dim corridor.
modern high-compres­
Now and then sounded the whir of
sion engine. Also a new
bells from below; the spit of steam
patented solid copper
and the pound of the engines In­
gasket-seal that remains
creased.
absolutely gas-tight
The corridor was empty, dimly light­
under high compres.
ed. Gay edged outside the door and
aion. Special analysis
stood a moment uncertainly. Doors
electrodes which assure
down the corridor, to the right and
a fixed spark-gap under
the le ft One stood open—a cabin—
all driving conditions.
there were chairs, a desk, bright lights.
I f only she could gain access to some
passenger, some traveler, she thought
she could not fall to gain protection.
S p a r lÇ P lu g s
Gay slid slowly along the wall until
she was beyond sight of those in the
Dependable for Every Engine
smoking room. Then, with a desper­
ate flying leap, she gained the open
door, the shelter of the cabin. It was
The D usky P edant
empty of occupant
Steps sounded on the stairs leading
Law yer—fa n you tell me II the de­
up to the smoking room, a voice called fendant was expensively garbed?
orders.
Rastus (A witness) 'Deed she was,
Gay flashed a frightened glance gah, Ab knows expensive garbage
about the room. Beneath a shelf of when I sees It.
books along the wall of the cabin a
wide bunk was made up, the blankets oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
turned back.
Beneath the bunk
showed a foot locker. But the bunk
was wide, and Gay was not large.
With movements quick as thought It­
self, she squirmed under the bunk
at the foot, behind the locker, and
wriggled up until she was out of sight
ooooooo
from the room. In the silence she ooooooo
moved up a little, so that she could j
stare out from behind the shadow of ,
the foot locker.
The cabin was unusually large, with
a bath adjoining. The desk was cov­
ered with books, papers, writing equip­
ment. There w-as a typewriter. On
the walls were files of papers, more
books, professional instruments, and
on a row of hooks were coats, caps,
uniforms—men's things. Gay's heart
sank. It was a man's room, a sea­
Most stylish looking women you see
man's room. There was gold braid on are simply "good managers.” They
the cuff of the coats on the walls, four don't open th e ir pocket-books wide
stripes.
for every change In fashion. They
“ Oh, dear heaven,” gasped Gay. “ It know simple ways to make last sea­
la Garman's cabin I"
son’s things conform to this season's
Her eyes swam dizzily, her head styles.
reeled. Garman—who didn’t stick at
Thousands o f them have learned
murder—poor Blakely—
how easily they can transform a
Instinctively, half realizing what dress, or blouse, or coat, by the quick
" C o m . On In , In g ram — Cold as the
she was about, she started to shudder magic o f home tin tin g or dyeing.
D e v il,"
out, feet first, from beneath the bunk. With true, fadeless Diamond Dyes,
said, and then ran quickly up tlie lad­
But she was stayed by sudden anyone can do this successfully. The
der first of alL
noises, steps and voices In the cor­ "know-how" Is In the dyes. Each pack­
Hodge and the Chinaman prodded ridor.
age represents the perfection o f 50
“ Bring us coffee, B u rt—Come on In, years o f dye-making.
Rand up and shoved him to the lad­
They don’t
der, which he climbed nimbly enough, Ingram.—Cold .8 the devil.”
streak or spot like inferior dyes. New,
The voice was deep, assured, with fashionable tints appear like magic,
though he must have been stiff with
the cold and the exposure, as were a pleasant quality In Its depth.
right over the out-of-style or faded
Two men, Ronald Ingram and the colors. T inting w ith Diamond Dyes
they all. Gay's first tmpr'se was to
crowd forward, to go up the ladder captain, stepped quickly Into the room, Is as easy as bluing, and dyeing takes
after him, but remembering In time pulled off their gloves and wraps, drew [ Just a little longer. Only Diamond
that a nearer view of her person chairs up to the desk, their backs to Dyes produce perfect results. Insist
might disclose a lack of mannishness the bunk.
on them and save disappointment
Gay, crouching there In her stuffy
In spite of her boots and knickers,
My new 64-page book, “ Color C raft,"
woolen
garments,
watched
them
fur-
she hung modestly back. One after
gives hundreds o f ways you can make
another they hurried up, and the uvely, one eye riveted to the captain your home and clothes stylish and at­
between the trunk and the great boot tractive, and do It w ith little money.
Chinaman Indicated her forward.
Already the ship was heading east, A* large figure, broad, not tall, with a I t ’s FREE,
Send fo r your .copy,
as the men shambled forward Into the massive head, and dark soft hair In NOW.
W rite Mae Martin, Home
great
abundance.
The
face
was
like
corridor and up the stairs Into the
Service Dept., Diamond Dyes, Bur­
warm bright smoking room. Gay the face of a saint, mild and spiritual, lington, Vermont.
slipped Into a corner In the shadow very dark. The lashes of the eyes
of the door and crouched there, were dark and silken, the eyes both
mild and kind. Gay's fears stilled a
watchful, catlike.
Hodge came In with the prisoner, little at sight of bis benevolent face.
He busied himself with the papers |
shoved him unceremoniously Into a
seat on the opposite side of the until the boy came with coffee, which
door, beyond Gay’s sight, and went both men accepted In silence. As
soon as he had gone, the captain took
quickly out again.
1 2 D a y s ’ F re e T r ia l
She slid forward In her seat and up the business in hand; “ Papers all
right?”
peered around the projection of the
To get relief when pain tortured
“ Fine. Best set he ever turned out Joints and muscles keep you In con­
door to the opposite corner where
Perfect”
stant misery rub on Joint-Ease.
Rand sat alone, dejected and sullen.
(TO B I CONTINUED.)
It Is quickly absorbed and yon can
It In often and expect results
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more speedily. Get i t at any drug­
gist In America.
N o A p p e a l P o s s ib le F r o m B i r d s ’ J u d g m e n t
Use Joint Ease fo r sciatica, lum­
bago, sore, lame muscles, lame back,
chest colds, sore nostrils and burn­
Most people have seen large num­ court be guilty of a crime not serious ing,. aching feet. Only 60 cents. I t
bers of birds gathered together In a enough to deserve the death penalty. penetrates.
field or on a hill. But how many know Its sentence is delivered by a few
they were probably holding a court- sparrows who rush at It and Inflict .u iiro ,
j . n a u o w e lt, M aine.
martial on one of their fellows?
the necessary punishment. It Is then
These bird courts are held peri­ forgiven and received back Into th .
odically, chiefly by crows, ravens, or fold.
sparrows. The prisoner la brought
For Mosquito Bites, Sting of Bees
Into the court and a general croaking
N e lto n ’» C olum n
ensues until Judgment Is delivered.
and Venomous Insects
The Nelson column In Trafalgar
Should the unfortunate bird be square, London, cost the comparative­ H A N F O R D ’S B A L S A M O F M i ’K R H
M o m t back for a n t bottle i t not aulted. A u d n lo n .
found guilty. It Is set on by the rest ly small sum of £28,1)00, Including the
und pecked to death. Stealing stick, statue, but excluding Landseer's four I
I n a P in c h , U se
from another bird's nest Is, apparent­ lions, which were not added until i
ly, a crime that doe. not call for such 1868, nearly twenty-five years after
drastic punishment Six or so of the
For Tired Feet It Cen t Be Beet
the completion of the memorial Itself
other birds simply proceed to break
A t night when your feet
This long delay In the delivery of the
up the offender's own nest 1
»retired , sore and swollen
lions sorely tried the public's patience I
k
much walking or
Should an offender In the sparrows' and when they were eventually forth
(dancing, sprinkle two
ULFYSFOOT-FASt powders
coming opinion wns by no means unanl
In the foot-bath, gently
mous concerning their artistic m erit j
m b the »ore and ln-
O ld F lo w e r F a v o rite »
Many cruel Jests were ottered at their !
2-j. flamed parts and
Some of the old fashioned flowers expense, one being that the old lion
H 1 relief Is like magic.
-V Shake Urn's F~>i- Fa«r
are: l.arkspor, Iris, hollyhock, phlox, on top of Northumberland house re j
Into your shoes In
l«eony, columbine, splrea, poppy, eve fused to acknowledge them as bretb I
the morning and
nlng primrose, rocket, lupine, fox ren.
w alk all day In com­
fort, I t takes the
glove, anemone, bluebell, pink, tnlgno
friction from the sh e. ForggFF -am p le
nette. bleeding heart, «erbena, candy
Self-confidence Is the first requisite I
t i l l ' - FOOT-USC. I r Bny. > )
tuft, liger Illy and 'Uy-of-the-valley.
to great undertakings.
Truck Driver
C hampion
A ny Woman G in
lo o k S ly lish
‘So, MAC MARTIN
Quickly Relieves
Rheumatic Pains
Joint-Ease
ALLEN’S FOOTEASE
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