HALSEY ENTERPRISE, HALSEY, OREGON, NOVEMBER 15, 1928
1
LAUNDRESS
BENEFITED
T he lie d
cad
R om ance oF
B rad d o c k s D e fe a t
By Taking Lydia E. Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compound
I gently pushed her behind me and
slie sunk at the foot of a tree. I drew my
ax and knife and placed them beside
me as I sank to one knee and gath
ered up the two rifles. Over my shoul
der I whispered;
“ Don't use the pistol on any Indian.
Iteinember I"
"We must go faster," said a voice in
Delaware, only I knew It was a white
man speaking. “ They'll follow us very
fast."
Nashville, Tenn.—“ I cannot »ay
too much in favor of the medicine.
I was in a run
down condition.
I worked in a
laundry but my
lllusirabon.»
health got bo bad
that I had to
IR w i n MytOi
give up work. I
O
got a bottle of
Lydia E. Pink-
W
N . U . S Ê -R V te e
ham’s Vegetable
C o p y rig h t
Hugh
.
Compound and
began taking it
and every time I
CHAPTER VIII— Continued
feel run-down I
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get another bottle. I t is an excellent
There came a flare of light through
tonic and I am willing to tell others
the loopholes that lit up her pale face
about it. People take me to be much
younger than I am.” —M bs . H arbt
vividly, and then a tremendous crash
B obsstcjn , 406 Second Ave. South,
and the cubln seemed to rock under
Nashville, Tennessee.
■ the vibrations. Afraid It was too good
to be true, I stepped to the small win
dow. set high under the eaves, and
looked up to the heavens. I could
RELIEVED
i have shouted aloud In Joy as 1 beheld
the mighty wall of black and slate
. . . QUICKLY towering
almost to the zenith with Its
Carter's Little Liver Pills
lead-colored draperies dragging on the
Purely Vegetable Laxative
horizon.
m o v e th e b o w e l* fre e fr o m
p a in a n d u n p le a s a n t a fte r
While we had talked and watched
effects. T h e y re lie v e th e system o f conatip a*
tio n p o is o n s w h ic h m a n y tim e s cause a s our
for danger the storm hud swept down
a n d a cid c o n d itio n I n th e sva te m . R e m e m b e r
the river and was upon us. The open
th e y e re a d o c to r's p r e s c r ip tio n a n d c a n be
g iv e n w ith a b s o lu te c o n fid e n c e to a n y b o d y .
lng grew dusky nnd It would have
A l l D ru g g is ts 2 5c a n d 75c R e d Packages-
been an easy task for the savages
to have crawled close in the uncertain
lig h t Again the Thunder-god hurled
a spear at the water-serpent and the
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H A IR B A L S A M
noise of the contest transcended all
R em ove*(M ndruff HtnpiH sir Falling
earth sounds. A strange moaning ran
R e s to re * C o lo r and
B e a u ty to G r a y e n d F a d e d H a ir
through the forest-crown and lofty
<Wc. and | l 00 a t hnigtrlct«.
tops bowed and swayed although as
Hlsct.g f h . m WkM p»t4-t,..t n.. N Y.
yet there was no air moving in the
F L O R E S T O N S H A M P O O - H n l fo r d m In
connection w ith I ’arkrr'H lla lr Balsam. -Make* the
opening.
hair soft and fluffy. 6U cents by mail or at drug*
giata. iliacoz Chemical Works, Patchogue, N. Y.
"I'm thinking It's going to rain.*'
remarked the girl In a faint voice.
“ Thank God, yes! Stay hack there
to see they try no tricks," I cau-
Hanford’s Balsam of Myrrb ' tloned as she came toward me.
Money bark tor first bottle i f not suited. AH dealer«.
The lightning ripped across the face
of the clouds, and the girl gave a lit
tle squeal. I went to her to learn
Part Played by Table
what was the matter.
in Uplift of Mankind “ Not Injuns," she whispered " I ’m
There was a time when not a table thinking I'm scared of these sort of
existed In the whole wide world. But storms."
one day prim itive man, weary of
It seemed Impossible that one who
sprawling on the ground, rose and ate hod shown such absolute control of
his first meal from a broad hewn slab nerves could be frightened by a flash
laid on bowlders, and from that day of lightning ,and the rumble of thun
his upward climb to civilization began. der. And yet she was clinging to me
Todny we do not stop to think how like a child, striving to conquer her
much we depend upon tables, but what self, yet keeping her face pressed
a dull and Inconvenient place a house against my fringed sleeve so as not
would be without them. Not only are to see the glare of the holts. 1 en
they at our elbow everywhere to keep deavored to soothe away her fears
things w ithin reach, but how they de by telling her the storm was our best
light the eye—their lovely designs nnd friend; that It would make the cabin
beautiful woods.
flre-proof, that It would compel the
They minister to our comforts, and Indians to keep their guns covered
please our senses with their grace and and their bow-strings protected from
charm. Each year they Increase la the rain. But as I talked I could feel
variety and cleverness, and each year, her wince convulsively each time the
because of them, our homes grow more god renewed the ancient strife.
attractive.
With n deafening roar the rain
catne battering against the cabin. It
was Impossible to distinguish an .ob
A tte n d the P a rty
In Spite o f C o ld ! ject fifty feet from the door. Now was
the time for the enemy to attack and
Don’t despair some duy your social cut their way Into us and finish us
calendar is full, and you awake with a w ith their belt weapons, liaising my
miserable cold. Be rid of It by noon 1 voice about the terrific drumming of
You can, If you know the secret: the rain. I told the g irl;
Pope's Cold Compound soon settles any
“ We'll go. The rain w ill wash out
cold, yes, even one that has reached our trail. Find something to wrap
deep In the throat or lungs.—Adv.
around the rifles.”
She found some oiled skins and we
W o rth the Price
wrapped them about our Titles. I
Science has discovered that the opened the door. The water was falling
white of an egg contains ovomucin, In torrents nnd the wind was blowing
ovoglohulln. ovalbumin, connlbumin with great velocity. Closing the door,
nnd ovomucoid. Just remember that we were plastered against the walls
when you are stowing It aw«y with for a moment by the force of ttie wind.
the breakfast bacon, and be satisfied I sought to shelter her hy holding tier
that you are getting your money', close to my side; and leaning against
worth.—Indianapolis News.
the storm, we made for the woods.
We could not talk and we scarcely
could see because of the rain filling
A ll Com forts o f H om e
Mr l.lttle lta t—Can't you hurry and our faces. We both realized ttiat such
get through with the bathroom, 1 w ant a downpour could not last long. Our
progress was slow, hut finally I was
a bath?
Ills Wife—I have four more walsta waist-deep In some cherry bushes. We
and six pairs of stockings to wush. fought through these and cume Io drip
I f you re in a hurry for a bath you'll ping trees and entered among them.
The uproar of the storm suddenly
havt to go (town to the laundry.
lessened now that we were walking
ou ancient forest mold nnd were shel
Essential Lacking
tered from the wind. Kivulcts ot wa
"W hat’s holding up the round-table ter ran under our feet and there was
conference."
no need to hide our tra il until we were
‘‘They had to send out for a round two miles lu the woods. We were as
table.” —Life.
wet as two river rats.
It became strangely quiet in the drip
ping woods amt we no longer shouted
to muke ourselves heard. How the
s'orm was raging outside ne could
W as Y our
only guess. I feared It was abating.
G ra n d m o th e r’ s Rem edy
"They'll lose some time, mister. In
For every stomach making sure we re uot In the cabin,
and Intestinal t i t the girl philosophically remarked
This good old-fash "And it's gifting so dark they can't
ioned herb home find our trucks even If we do leave
remedy for consti some "
"We must find a place under a rock
pation, stomach Ills
and other derange where we ran make a tire and you
ments o f the sys can dry out.”
She laughed at me. nnd tier voice
tem so prevalent these days is In even
greater favor as a fam ily medicine was most musical because II was
natural.
than In your grandmother's day.
"Hard work to drown a w itch." she
said "I've fared hard before this and
didn't mind It."
I remembered those days when the
House of file i >;»cu Hand entertained
when beauty must he gently
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wrapped In water proof coverings and
sent home In coaches. 'Flits wild young
Last year we placed more than
creature nt my side had done a man’s
1000 in good positions. W e
work ami more. She was made up of
can place you when competent.
the outdoors.
W hen will you he ready?
It grew very dark, and Without stars
Sand for StoUMfl CiUisg
to guide us we would have wandered
blindly If not for a little run that we
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11th and Salmon Streets
stumbled upon and which I repreiu-
Portland, Oregon
tiered flowed parallel Io Turtle creek
■ i f f i . r i M w n r g a . i T i i n I We took to the water, knee deep be
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CARTER’S ESi PILLS
For Galled Horses
Garfield Tea
cause ot the rain, and worked our way
upstream by clutching at the over
bunging boughs. We finally left the
stream where a windfall had smoth
ered It. By the sense ot touch alone
I found a spot clear of Itrueb and un
dergrowth and informed my companion
we must wait for daylight before pro
ceeding. I could find no dry fuel, even
bad v dared to build ft tire.
“ We have water, but n t fire oor
food,” I told her.
“ You re wrong, mister, about food.
I fetched this uloug." she unswered;
und tier hands found mine wltb a
small package wrapped In deerskin.
i t was some of Frazier's smoked
meat which she had bad tbe fore
thought to bring along. It was tough,
but It was food, and we chewed It
vigorously and felt the better for hav
lng eaten it.
"Lean against me,” I commanded.
" It 'll be dreary waiting."
"Not co dreary as when we was In
the cabin, waiting.” she replied. And
her head rested against my shoulder
and very soon I rejoiced to find she
was asleep.
When she was entirely oblivious to
our discomforts, 1 shifted her Into
my lap, and thus we passed the n ighty
she sleeping the sleep of niter exhaus
The W ater Was Falling In Torrents
and the Wind W a t Blowing W ith
Great Velocity.
tlon nnd I afraid to move lest I dis
turb her. Near morning I dozed off
and was aroused by her baud pressing
lightly on my shoulder. I came to my
feet nnd rubbed my legs and arms to
drive out the kinks and cramps. She
whispered for me to make no noise,
nnd I noted she had removed the cov
erings from the guns.
"W4iut Is It?" I murmured, a te rri
ble rage sweeping over me us I glared
about to discover the relentless foe.
She shook her head and said;
“ I thought I beard something mov
ing toward us." Footsteps would full
softly on the wet ground, and. after
listening without hearing anything, I
told her:
"Some animal got the scent ot us
amt turned ta ll."
Her small hand gripped my urm for
silence. Men were coming. I heard a
voice say something in the Delaware
tongue. She pulled her Highland pis
tol from her blouse ami noiselessly re
moved its wrapping. Then her hand
found mine und gave It a convulsive
squeeze, nnd her soft voice was say
lng:
"Mister, you've been powerful good
to me. W ere made a good tight for
it. it won't be awful hard this way.
Don't let ’em catch you alive. If I go
first. I'll be waiting for you."
1 shivered wltb a th rill of hope, but
dared uot give uny encouragement to
the girl. I glanced buck at her. Her
face showed none of the anger I hud
witnessed at the Witches Head when
she was menaced hy the mob. It was
placid of expression, and she met my
gaze wltb a little smile of encourage
ment. We could hear them making
their way along the windfall. Sudden
ly they burst In^o view: two Indians
and a white man. One ot tbe Indians
uas carrying a fresh scalp fastened
to the end of a short rod.
I reached back and snatched the
pistol from the girl's hand and cried
o u t:
" I f that be Christopher Gist, we are
friends.”
The three vanished as If by magic.
After a few moments tbe white man
replied:
" I am Gist. Who are you? Speak
sharp. My Indians are uervous."
"Black Brond, returning from a scout
to Duquesne. 1 have a young (rleud
with me." In Delaware I added, “Tell
your friends we are your friends, and
'hat there Is a large band of Pontiac's
men chasing us.”
«aid:
"W ell, your grave If George III
had bad tbe sense tact and winning
We kifock nnd criticize her; we
scold, apostrophize her. we wish that
she was wiser, mere dainty and re
fined; her path were always stalk
ing to criticize her talking, her clothes,
her way of walking, her manners and
her mind.
We suy, “ Oh. hlghty-tlghty! she Is
frivolous and flighty and all her ways
are mighty undignified to see; she Joy
rides. flirts and chatters, our old-time
rules she shatters and laughs at serf
ous matters with unabated glee!’’
We elide and we correct her, we
shadow and detect her, we study and
dissect her with all her smiles and
tears, and find on looking o’er her
(and learning to adore her) she’s Jusi
like girls before her for several thou
sand years.—Boston Transcript.
OLD FOLKS SAY
DR. CALDWELL
WAS RIGHT
The basis of treating sickne« ha- not
changed since Dr. Caldwell left Medical
College in 1875, nor since he placed on
the market the laxative prescription he
had used in his practice.
He treated constipation, biliousness,
Every mother real
headaches, mental depression, indigestion*
izes how important It sour stomach and other indisposition»
Is to teach children entirely by means of simple vegeubft
good habits o f con laxatives, herbs and roots. These »re
duct but many of s till the busis of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup
them fa il to realize Pepsin, a combination of senna and
the
Importance of other mild herbs, with pepsin.
The simpler the remedy for constips.
teaching their chil tion,
the safer for the child and for you.
dren good bowel hab And as you can get result« in a mild
its u ntil the poisons from decaying and safe way by using Dr. Caldwell's
waste held too long in the system Syrup Pepsin, why take chances with
have begun to affect the child’s strong drugs?
A bottle w ill last several months, and
health.
can use it. I t is pleasant to the
Watch your child and at the first all
taste, gentle in action, and free from
sign o f constipation, give him a little narcotics. Elderly people find it Ideal.
California Fig Syrup. Children love A ll drug stores have the generous bottles,
CHAPTER IX
Its rich, fru ity taste nnd it quickly or write “ Syrup Pepsin,” Depfc BB,"
drives away those distressing a il Monticello, Illinois, for free trial bottle.
ments, such as headaches, bad breath,
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The Fatal Errand
coated tongue, biliousness, feverish
This meeting with Gist und his two ness, fretfulness, etc. It gives them a
Indians was most pleasing to us, a l hearty appetite, regulates their stom
though the Delawares did not cure ach and bowels and gives tone nnd
Do Not Neglect S
enough for our company to slacken strength to these organs so they con
their pace. They ranged ahead while tinue to act normally, o f their own
Nervousness =
Gist traveled with us. He gave us occord. For over fifty years, lead
Irritability
=
much news. 0 d July third the Indians ing physicians have prescribed It fo r
Sleeplessness =
had refused to go on a scout, but on lialf-sick, bilious, constipated chil
the following day two had been In dren. More than 4 million bottles
duced to accompany him. The three used a year shows how mothers de
— H a s Been Used Successfully fo r over =
—
40 years. Sold by all D ru g Stores.
“
of them had advanced to within hulf pend on It.
03k for FREE SAMPLE
a mile of the fort and had been de
Mrs. C. O. Wilcox, 3855% W olff
terred from approaching closer be St., Denver, Colorado, says: “ My son,
=
KOENIG MEDICINE CO.
=
— 1045 N. W ells St.
C H IC A G O , IL L 5
cause of the excitement occasioned by Jackie, Is a prize winner fo r health,
n i i i i i i i i i i i i u i i i i i i i i i i u i u i iiiiiiiin iiiiiij;
the escape of the girl, the Onondaga now, but we had a lot of trouble with
and myself. They did not know what hint before we found his trouble was W. N. V., PO RTLAND , NO. 46-1928
had happened, but with so much yell constipation and began giving him
ing and howling and running iDto the California Fig Syrup. I t fixed him
Neu> D a m -B u ild in g Idea
woods the Delawares had taken fright up quick, gave him a good appetite,
and declared the entire red force was made him sleep fine and he’s been
Apropos of some recent failures of
starting to attack the army. Two In gaining In weight right along since dam construction for storage and pow
dians had sighted Gist and bnd chased the first few days, taking It.”
er purposes, something new In this line
him for some distance. The Dela-
To avoid Inferior imitations of Is being tried out In France. The new
wures surprised and scalped the ! California Fig Syrup, always look fo r dnm to be built at Marege, In the
Frenchman the Dlnwold girl had the word “ California” on the carton.
Haute-Dordogne, Is to have five thin
stumhled upon among the bramble
curved shells of reinforced concrete
bushes.
placed one behind the other and each
Econom y
Gist said he and bis companions bad 1 “ You have nine children I They shel! lower than the one directly hack
attempted to follow Turtle creek to must cost a lot to bring up.”
of IL in this way the desired head of
Its head, where they had expected to
"Yes, but at least we save on a water w ill be obtained in five stages.
find the army, but had been turned ' maid."
The Idea Is that when the reservoir Is
back by a large band of savages com- i "How Is that?”
filled, the water In the Intervening
lng down the creek. They had taken '
“ Do you think any maid w ill come spaces w ill help to support the walls.
refuge In a windfall and had remained where there are nine children?’’
Incidentally, this construction Is said
In hiding through the violent storm.
to result In an economy of about 25
This delay permitted the girl and me
Seeking publicity means that you per cent In building material alone.
to get In advance of them. I d scout may have to accept some pretty rough
ing to the neighborhood of the fo rt ! ■tuff.
A Q u ick T a lk e r
they hod found the fords open and
Howell—I figure that my time Is
without any signs of an ambuscade
I t Is admirable, the dignity with worth a dollar a minute.
being prepared. Nor had they discov which some men maintain a bare ex
Powell—That's all rig h t
I only
ered any trace of the enemy’s savages istence.
want 50 cents' forth of It.
being outside the Immediate vicinity
of the fort until the night of our es
cape.
When GI?t set out from the army
camp, Braddock was about to march '
to Thicketty run, a small branch of |
Sewickley creek. Time had been lost
at Jacobs' creek In waiting for Colonel
Dunbar's provision train to come up.
Many of St. Clair's road-builders were
<>u the sick list, and quite a number of
them had died. The wagon horses
were In miserable condition. Colonel
Washington was too III to travel and
had not rejoined the army up to July
fourth.
"You have nothing but bad talk In
your bag.” I remarked.
"We have oDe French scalp," be
grimly replied. “ And since June twen
ty fifth Braddock has been paying live
pounds apiece for scalps. But none
of our scouts are getting rlcb on tbe
bounties. If we could oDly get ahead
faster, and reach the fort before all
our soldiers are dead, or too sick to
fight, we'd win Just by showing our
selves. Mr. W illiam Shirley, the gon-
eral's secretary. Is very much dis
gusted and discouraged nt the way
things are being managed. He rays
he doubts our success. But talk like
It is always safe to give a Bayer tablet ; there is not the slightest
that is all foolishness, of course. If
harm in genuine Aspirin. 5ou have the doctor’s assurance that it
we can only hold out till we reach
doesn t aflect the heart. And you probably know from experience
Duquesne, we'll whip the French easy
enough.''
that Bayer Aspirin does banish all sorts of pain in short order.
Denver Boy
is a Winner
NERVES)
| Pastor Koenig’s Nervines
(T O
D I C O N T IN U E D .)
Sample of Tact That M ade Blaine Famous
One year James O Blaine visited
Homhurg and the prince of Wales
at once invited him to luncheon
Blaine’s retort to a qtiesiioo delighted
every American In the pluve. One ot
the guests was Ute then ddke of Man
Chester, an old man and a great lory.
When the duke grasped that Blaine
was a leading American nnd had been
a candidate for tbe PresfMbcy of the
Cuited Slates ntl his old toryisui was
aroused and he was hack In the days
of George 111. To the horror of the
prince the duke said to Mi Blaine:
' The most outrageo'is thing In all his
tory was your rebellion and separation
from the best government on earth.“
He said much more before the prince
could stop hint
Blaine, w tb that grace nnd tact for
which he was so famous, smilingly
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About Girl of Today
qualities of his grent-grnhdson. our
host, it is Jusi possible that we might
now be a self governing colony In the
British empire."
The answer relieved the situation
and Immensely pleased the host.—
From "My Memories of Eighty Years"
by Chauncey M. Depew.
V ikin g Fortifications
In the Isle of Skye, which was not
restored to Scotland until 12t)C, are a
unrulier of ancient round forts pre
sutned to have been built by the Vi
king« who took possession of the 1st»
In the Ninth century.
N am ed by St. P a u l
"The I-ord's Supper" was given by
St. Paul to the commemorative ordl
n inee Instituted hy Christ on the eve
ning preceding His crucifixion.
Instant relief for headaches; neuralgia, neuritis. Rheumatism,
too. Nothing like it for breaking up a cold. At all druggists, with
proven directions enclosed.
P r o t e c t t h e i r T r a ile r N E in » a n d
N ilE y H a i r i r i t h
( iil ic u r a
b a c h your children the Cuticura habit
that they may have clear skin and lovely
T
hair through life. The daily u»e o f Cuticura
Soap, assisted by Cuticura Ointm ent, keeps
tbe siun and scalp clean and healthy.
f»o«p ffSle. O in tm e n t J-'Yr. 5<M.
T a k a n ’J 5 e .
rrrryr*rrr.
Simple tu b free, AMreu :
"Cuticura,'’ Drpt B 4 , Malden. Maas.
( ' ■ t i r a r a T u le m a a <• * o « » th in < a n d C e e l t a g .