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CLOVERDALE COURIER. VOL. )2. CLOVERDALE, TILLAMOOK COUNTY, OREGON. AUGUST 24, 1916 to su sp ect an y one else of doing tfie sam e thing. l i e stopped a t a house n e a r th e road, a n d a w om an an d a girl cam e out to g re e t him . By th is 1 fe lt confident th a t he w as a C o n fed erate, fo r th e w om an em braced him in a w ay th a t told m e he w as h e r sou. I co u ld n ’t h e a r w h a t th ey w ere ta lk in g ab o u t, b u t I knew she w as try in g to p ersu ad e th e ; young m an to go In and g et a re st or som ething to eat. H e d em u rred fo r Neil A ppleton, a y oung A m erican who som e tim e, th e n yielded to her. T h a t h a d been to th e p an -E u ro p ean w a r and yielding cost him his life. h ad been d isch arg ed as unfit fo r serv "I reckon he h ad been to o u r lines fo r ice on a c co u n t o f w ounds, re tu rn ed inform ation an d w as c a rry in g it to th e to h is hom e in M aine w ith a Belgian C onfederates. M ounting m y h o rse I bride. A ppleton w as th e g ra n d so n of rode dow n to a low er em inence f a r th e r n o rth w a rd to w a rd R ichm ond, w h e re I a G. A. R. m an. an d y oung ’10 was could see th e house he w as in m uch sw ap p in g sto ries with* old '(51. m ore plainly a n d w a ite d fo r him to "T h e only d ifference betw een you and com e ou t to ride on. I d id n ’t h av e to m e. g ra n d fa th e r.” sa id Nell, “is th a t in w a it long, l i e soon a p p e are d , his m o th m y case th e 1 com es before th e <’>. while e r on one side of Jiim nikl th e g irl on in y o u rs th e 0 Is before th e l. Come: the other. H e kissed his m o th e r a n d th e n tell u s a n o th e r y a rn ab o u t tigbtlng In th e girl, a n d I knew by th a t second kiss th a t th ey w ere lovers. It w a sn ’t V irg in ia.” "T h e re’s only one y a rn I h a v e n ’t told like th e o th e r a t all. T h en he rode on you.” said th e old m an . “a n d th a t 1 to w a rd me, looking back a n d th ro w in g kisses w ith h is fingers. d o n 't lik e to tell. It h as been a sad “ I w as posted beside th e road behind m em ory fo r m e fo r m ore th a n fifty thick bushes. As soon a s lie cam e w ith y e a rs.” in pistol ra n g e I called out: All in sisted on h ea rin g th e sto ry , and “ ‘H a lt! H a n d s u p !’ th e old m an continued: " I’ll no t m ake " H e k new he w a s covered by som e one m uch o f a y a r n ou t of it. I'll cu t it he couldn’t see a n d obeyed th e order, sh o rt. As you know , I w a s on scout though he to ld m e a f te rw a rd t h a t if ing serv ice d u rin g th e p e n in su la r cam he could h a v e seeu m e lie w ould h av e paign. One d a y I w as re stin g on neu opened fire in stead . 1 d isa rm e d him tra l ground. I w as on a hillside fn y n e n d d ro v e 1dm before m e to one of om* w h e re I could look dow n on a road outposts, w h e re h e w as sea rch e d a n d ru n n in g b etw een M cC lellan’s an d G en in fo rm atio n of th e u tm o st im portance eral L ee’s arm ies. W hile I w as looking w as found on him . H e tu rn e d ou t to dow n on th is ro ad I sa w n m an on be a C o n fed e rate so ld ier an d , being hi h o rseb ack rid in g In th e direction o f th e citizen's d re ss, fulfilled all th e condi C o n fed erates. I t stru c k me th a t he tio n s o f a spy. h a d been In o u r lines and w as going "W ell, he w as tided by d ru m h ead to w a rd th e C o n fed e rate lines. Being c o u rt m a rtia l a n d sen ten ced to be o u t fo r In fo rm atio n m yself, I w as ready hanged. B efore he w as executed he IN estucca V a lle y Bank CLOVERDALE, OREGON W e W an t Your B anking1 Business And can give you all the advantages that any other can give you. 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D on't ask uie to d esc rib e th e deliv ery of tills n ew s a n d th e le tte rs, fo r it b re ak s m e tip even to tills day. T h is is the last, tim e I sh all tell th e sto ry .” Y oung A ppleton a n d his bride looked n t each o th e r a t th e conclusion o f th e n a rra tiv e , th e n su d d en ly w ere locked in each o th e r’s arm s. T h e re w a s a sto ry betw een th em sim ila r to th e one th a t h ad been told, b u t w hich h a d re su lted differently. A ppleton, h a v in g relished sco u tin g service, v o lu n teered to go h u n tin g fo r in fo rm atio n in te r r i to ry th a t h ad been co n q u ered by th e G erm an s. W ith in th a t te rrito ry w ns th o hom e o f th e B elgian girl w h o m he la te r m arrie d an d b ro u g h t to A m erica. A ppleton h a d so u g h t a place o f re s t a n d re fre sh m e n t in th e house, fo r he k n ew th a t a n y B elgian w ould h a rb o r him . n e w as e a tin g a su p p e r p re p a r ed fo r him w hen a com pnny o f u h la n s rode up to th e house. T lielr com m a n d e r d ism o u n ted a n d en tered . Ap ORE. pleton had no tim e to ev ad e th e ollicer and, n o t being ab le to give an acco u n t of him self, w as arrested . On his iter- son w e re sk etch es of G erm an w orks, an d d e a th sta re d him in th e face. W hen he w as tak en a w a y th e girl fol low ed, an d w hen th e u h lan s w ent Into a d eserted house w ith tlielr p riso n er fo r th e n ight she set fire to It. T his g av e A ppleton a chance for hls life. D u rin g th e confusion w hen tho u h lan s aw nkened, encircled In tlumes, th e ir prisoner, who w a3 w ide a w a k e an d prepared, got o u t into tho d ark n ess, w as Joined by hls d eliv erer, a n d tho tw o disappeared to g eth er “G ra n d fa th e r.” said th e young m an , “th e re ’s n lot of difference betw een n m an having a girl to help him a n d one w ho h a s n 't If th e girl In y o u r ease h ad known th at her lover wns in d a n g er of lielng tak en your sto ry m ight h av e ended differently." -**1 wish she had." su'd th e old m an. “ I w ouldn't have been loaded w ith tho rem em brance of th e trag ed y I had caused." “ You did only y o u r d u ty .” When in Tillamook and you w an t a good meal at a most reasonable price call at M. (Meson's in the Ramsey Hotel dining room . FIRE! FIRE! TROUBLES ON YOUR BRAIN d sets» , j | fif <1 i can be speedily done away with if you will but take the precau tion to protect yourself again*» catastrophes. 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