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About Cloverdale courier. (Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1916)
CLOVERDALE, TILLAMOOK COUNTY. OREGON. JANUARY 21, 1916 VOL. 11. NO. 28 Ik Several of our customers are people we do not know by sight MARIA though we have done business by mail with them for years. We believe we have given them satisfactory hanking service and can give you the same satisfaction. DAVIESS M ail us Your next Check or Checks AUTHOR OF It saves you time, and T IM E IS MONEY, especially at this season "THE MELTING OF M O L l^ of the year. No need to come to the hank in person. SECURITY AND SERVICE our Motto C o p y rig h t, 1913, by th e C e n tu ry C om pan y. C H A P T E R 14—Continued. “ Mr. Haley has just stopped by to say that he thinks no price Is too great to pay for peace and fellowship and good will In a community." she said ns she dropped into a rocker and looked pensively after the retreating tigure of the handsome young dominie, who had accompanied them to the gate, but wisely no farther. He didn’t know that Jane had gone with Polk. "And women to pay the price." an swered Mamie spiritedly. “ I have Just told Ned that ns yet 1 do not know enough to argue the question o f wo man’s wrongs with him, but I have learned a few o f her rights. One of mine is to have him accept any invita tion I am responsible for having my friends offer him and to accompany me to the entertainment i f 1 desire to go. I reminded him that I had not troubled him often ns on escort since i my marriage. H e.w as so scared that he almost let little Ned drop out of his arms, and he got In an awful hur ry to go to town, but he asked me to have his gray flannels pressed before Tuesday and to buy him n blue tie to go with a new shirt lie has. I never like to spank Nod or the children, but I must say it does clear the atmos phere." “ You don’t think we could put it off or—or” — Sal lie faltered. "N o !" answered Mamie and I togeth er. and as I spoke 1 called Jasper to set out more rockers and have Petunia tret the ten tray ready, for I saw Aunt Augusta go across the road to collect Cousin Martha and Mrs. Hargrove and the rest, while Nell whirled by in her rakish little car on her way to the square and called that she would be back. And it was most interesting to listen I IN estucca V a l l e y Sj to a minute description o f Hie com posite tit thrown by the male popula tion o f Glendale at their rally invita tion. but as time was limited 1 linaliy froaxed the conversation around to the subject o f the viands to be offered the lordly creatures in the way o f propitia tion for the insult that w e w ere forc ing them to swallow by taking mat ters in our own hands, and then we had a really glorious time. Bank GEOVERDrtEE, OREGON $ w To Papa and Mamma, Nestucca Valley, w Tillamook County, Ore* Did Your child receive our letter of November 30th? We wish Gents in to pay your child Gash. * Now is the time to teach your to save money. Don't Fifty W W w child for&et to make deposit in special account of at least One Dol lar on or before Feb. 1st. Nestucca Valley Bank, Cloverdale, Ore. $ W w » “ I * t h i* rig h t? ” he asked as he g en tly to o k me in his arm s. gone to answer Sallte’s cnll to come and help Aunt I »lisle In the bedding o f the kitten and the pup Polk’s auto stopped at the gate, and he and Jano came up the frout walk in tho tw i light together. She had on his flannel coat over her linen one, and his expression was one o f glorified and translucent daze. I didn't look at her. I felt as if I couldn’t I was scared! For a sec ond she held me in her arms and kiss ed me, really—the first time sho had ever done It in all my life—and llien went on upstairs with a nice, cool good night and “ thank you" to Polk. “ Evelina.” he said as be handed mo the empty lunch basket and also the empty tish bucket, the first he had ever in his life brought In from Little Har- i petli, “ I was right about that hallelu jah chorus being the true definition o f tiie real woman, only they are more so. 1 have seen a light, and you point ed the way. W ill jou forgive me for being what 1 was and trust me—with —with—good night!" He was gone! Jane's kiss had been one o f revela tion to me. For a long time 1 sat out there in tbe cool, hazy, windy autumn twilight breeze that was heavy with the scent o f luscious wild grapes and tasseled corn, fanning tho flame o f loneliness in me until I couldn't have stood it any longer If a tail gray figure o f relief had not come up the street and called me down to my front gate. "H ail the Instigator of n bloodless revolution.” laughed the Crag ns I stopped myself with difficulty on tho opposite side o f the gate from him. "Th e city fathers will have to capitu late, mid now for the reign o f the mot hers!’’ “ And the same old route to subjec tion chosen, through their stomachs to their civic hearts,” I answered Impu dently. Overlooking my (>ertnesa, lie went on: “ Mayor Shelby was at home with Mrs. Augusta for two hours after din ner. and as I came by the postr.fflce I heard him telling Polk la remarkably chnstened if not entirely chaste lan guage that It was ’l»etter to let the The afternoon wore away on the wings o f magic, and the long, purple shadows were falling across the street, a rustle o f cool night wind was stirring the treetops, and the llrst star was coming timidly out into the gloaming liefore they all realized that it was time to hurry and scurry under roof trees. Lee_ Greenfield was waiting at the I k I H gate for Caroline. Just as Henrietta had taken a last peep at the clock ou tho hall table and (Continued on last page)