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About Cloverdale courier. (Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1915)
M i 'v ■ qacM —— — m a he was continually signing 1. O. U.’s The truth is he had lost all his cash PROFESSIONAL CARDS and was signing away his stock in the mine. Molly knew how many shares Tillamook Abstract Company he owned, and, keeping count in her Jim head, she was aware that she had i. T H 0 8 . CoA'WCS. PR E S4 U K VT. 0. U.’s for DO per cent of them. When CO Ml* LOTS SKT OF ABSTRACT BOOKS she took in the final tenth she called a OF TILLAMOOK COUNTY, ORBGON. halt and said: By SADIE OLCOTT “Jim. how many shares in your mine TILLAMOOK CITY. OREGON. do you own?" “Fifty thousand.” Moily Burton was a western woman took up the I. O. U.’s and, add- T. H. GOYNE, of tlie early days, when every man I Ing Molly the amounts on them, figured up was a gambler, a horse thief, a miner f>o,000 shares. Jim turned pale. or something worse than any of these. "You're a good man, Jim .” said Mol ATTORNEY AT LAW Molly kept a boarding house aud was ly. “and I'm going to give you a chance bail fellow well met with her boarders, to win back your property.'" Writiug Conveyancing, Etc. who were all men. There was noth something on the back of one of tbe Tillamook, Ore. ing squeamish about Molly, but she 1. O. U.’s, sbe folded it and told bim Opp. Court House, was considered perfectly straight. The to put it in his pocket only dissipation» she Indulged in was “I’ll play all 1 have won from you gambling, aud this with her was a pas against what’s on that paper." sion. If she had dollars to stake she Jim begged to know what it was, would play dollars; if she had cents it but she wouldn't tell bim. He was would be penny unte. She always desperate enough to accept any terms, A tto rn e y at L a w played a fair game and would take no so lie consented He proposed euchre, charity from uny one. Once when an but Molly substituted a showdown Office Over Tillamook County Bank opponent bet to lose purposely in order poker band, with Jim for dealer, say to enable her to recoup she told him ing that she wanted him to be sure TILLAMOOK. ORE. that if he did it again there would be that there was no shenanigan. Jim no more play between them. said be was sure of that already. They Jim Hodson was a miner who had concluded to make it the best iu three Tillamook Undertaking Co. struck it big. It was while he was de bauds, and Jim dealt the first hand R. N. IIENKEL, Proprietor. veloping a claim that he came to Mol Molly won, drawing a king with aces ly Burton's house to board. She used and sevens. Jim had no pair. The Night and Day calls to play penny ante with him. but second hand Jim won on tens and promptly attended. would never consent to u considerable deuces. His hand trembled as be dealt Furniture stake. She said that he needed all his tko third time, and when the cards Next Door to Jones-Knudson Store. money to get his claim in condition were drawn he showed tbe queen of to offer on the market. She also saw hearts high against Jack high. TILLAMOOK. OREGON to it that he did not fall into the Without waiting for Molly to hand hands of card sharps. If she saw him over his 1. O. U.’s he took out the pa playing with one of the fraternity she per she had given him, unfolded it aud J.E.13EEARER, M. D. would ask him for u loan, thereby get read a single word— Physician and ting his money out of his hands. “Y’ourself.” One day Hodson struck a vein that It required some time to get the Surgeon made his property very valuable. A meaning through his head, though lie company was formed which gave him was assisted by a mild blush on Mol Office Main St - Cloverdale a large block of stock with plenty ly's face. When he understood he of cash down. lie accepted the posi reached across the table and took Mol Phono 13 S-7. tion of superintendent. When not en ly in liis arms. gaged in his duties at the mine he This is bow Molly saved Jim Hod- played cards at Molly Burton's. Despite son’s interest in a mine which eventu Dr. A. W. Lister, all her efforts to prevent it he was ally became enormously valuable. soon stuck for some $20,000. Molly DENTIST played with him in order to keep him from playing with any one else. He FRANK TAYLOR, Main Street knew she would take no charity from Notary Public him, so he played to win. In the long Cloverdale, Ore» Cloverdale, - Oregon run they stood nearly even. One day a man got hold of nodson and was playing him for all he was i worth when Molly interfered. From W V W VW W W VW v W WW V W VW V W VW V ’ that time forward Molly kept Hudson playing with her all his spare time, and it soon came to be noticed by those who overlooked the game that she was cheating him. This caused great sur prise. because Molly was known to be square with every one. especially Jim Hudson. No one said anything to her , victim about her manipulation of the cards. That was none of their busi ness, aud any of them would gladly | see her gain. It was not known to any one besides | - FOR- Hodson and Molly how much of his money she was relieving him of. but it was considerable. One night when they were playing together alone Jim said to Molly: “If you clean me out. Moll, what’ll you do with the funds?'* “Marry a good for nothing man.” “Don't see what such a first class wo -AND- man as you wants with a good for nothing man.” “Well, u weak woman wouldn’t; a strong one would. It’s our opposites Safe and Comfortable we like.” They were playing ordinary euchre. Molly was “turning Jack" on her vic Leave Cloverdale daily at tim, dealing herself hands to match the \ 7:30 a. m., arriving at Tilla trump and every now and again pro mook at 10 a. m.— in time for posing to raise the stake. Hodson was morning train to Portland. very stupid not to see that lie was get Leave Tillamook at 3 p. m , ting slaughtered, but he had no faculty J arriving at Cloverdale at 5 for cards nnd was blind as u bat to sleight of hand. Besides, he never p. cn. dreamed that Molly would cheat More J. M. TRAXLKR, Prop. over, there was no money on the table; How Molly Burton Saved Hodson’s Mining Shares GEORGE WILLETT I i . AT THE : HEAD OF THE ! j PROCESSION SELLING I I DRUGS AND DRUG SUNDRIES | , Accuracy in compounding pre- i Fcriptions and pure drugs » | what gets uh the business. TAKE [THE WHITE AUTO S TAGE i Tillamook- Cloverdale All W aypoints CLOUGH | Wants to see you, at his store i you will not be urged to buy1, and you are sure to be interested even if you do not see anything r you want. i> CLOUGH, ¡tollable Druggist.* L. L. HOY, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Commercial Club Bldg. Tillamook, Ore., E. J. CLAUSSEN, Attorney at Law -213 TILLAMOOK BLOCK- Tillamook, £(•(• *X* - - «*• *X* Oregon «X » *X**)S • | W. A. WILLIAMS * s f $ Reliable Harness Maker • Harness and Saddlery Tillnmook, Oregon. (*«K««X« «X* <(• »X* #X# »X««X* • > • £ « •