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About Cloverdale courier. (Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1916)
Running A Gantlet By WILLARD BLAKEMAN % 4 A num ber of B ritishers were recent ly talking about the question of Eng land's m aintaining a suprem acy over the Suez canal when one of them said: “They m ay l>e able to take it away from us by force of arms, but they can’t do it by process of law .” “How so?"*asked one of the party. “1 was a m em ber of the B ritish em bassy a t Berlin when the am bassador received a cipher telegram from Lon don saying th a t a big block of stock of the Suez canal had been offered for sale a t Cairo. lie w as directed to send some one there to m ake the purchase nt any .price. He called me into his private otliee. showed me the dispatch and told me to leave a t once to do the Job. He said fu rth er th a t every large power would be glad to control the canal In this way, and if it were known to the others there would be a race as to who would got there first to m ake the purchase. The Germ ans would be surely a fte r it. If it were known th a t I w as going to Cairo 1 m ight l>e waylaid by the Germ an se cret service. I considered this highly probable, and instead of 'caving Berlin In my own proper person I j»lo!e out a fte r dark. “The route I chose was by rail to Genoa, tbeuce by sen to Cairo. On the train in Ihe sam e com partm ent with me w as a lady who from her cast of features, her dark eyes and hair I set down as being Turkish. She was certainly of an oriental type and a very beautiful woman. It is quite a Journey from Berlin to Genoa, and the lady and 1 were in th e same compart merit together for a long while. Smok ing was not allowed in (he compart m ent. but when nt a certain tim e all had left it but she and I she took out a bos of cigarettes and asked me in F rench--the medium betw een different nationalities on the continent—if 1 ob jected to her smoking. I said no, and she offered me the box. I declined the offer, w hereupon she took o u t' one. lighted it and bcgnn to smoke. “ My suspicions w ere aroused by see ing her every few m om ents npply her handkerchief to her m outh and nose, I fancying th a t she did so to inhale som ething on it th a t would counteract a n t effect. My suspicions were con firmed by n peculiar odor in the smoke and a languor stealing over me. I nt tem pted to lower a window beside me. b u t w as already so beuurabed th a t I couldn't get it down. I had just enough com m and of my forces to sm ash th e glass w ith my fist. The fresh a ir revived me, and when I tu rn ed again to the T urkish lady she, in well affected surprise, said: “ ‘M onsieur is sensitive to tobacco smoke?' “ 'Very,' I replied. “I w as satisfied th a t she bad been sent to delay me. and since by my m an ner I indicated tliot I was on my guard she made no fu rth er attem pt to in terfere w ith me W hen we left the train a t the border to take another I kept my eye on her an d saw her head ing for a telegraph office. I did not doubt th a t she would send a message to announce her failure, and some one else who stood ready would take up her work w here she had left off. v “T he first night out from Genoa I was w alking the deck, taking my usual smoke before turning in. It was quite late, and there w ere but a few j»ersons still up.' I was n ear the stern of the vessel when a gentlem an came from the taffrail and as he reached me stop- , t d and said in French with an Italian accent: “ The phosphorous illum ination in the wake of the ship Is very beaullful.* “W ithout forethought 1 w ent the few yards between me and the taffrail and was looking over when the man who had followed me seized me and lifted me to throw me over. Luckily for me I had been an ath lete a t home, being fond of cricket, rowing and especially wrestling. My m an was very strong, but I w ithstood bis efforts. “The next m orning”— “Hold on. W hat did you do w ith the other fellow?” asked one of the lis teners. "W hen I tell a story," replied the narrator, "I tell the story as I wish to tell it, and I don't feel obliged to answ er questions.” “Oh, go on!” “The next m orning and all the rest of the tim e th a t 1 w as-on the ship I kept my room. I had become satisfied th at some power—mind you, I don't say it was G erm an- bad let loose its bloodhounds to tear me to pieces if necessary to keep me from Cairo, and I didn’t care to give any more of them an opportunity. “I reached Cairo at night and, going to a hotel, went, to bed th an k fu l th at l was not tossed about a corpse in Medi terranean w aters. I would have en joyed a good sleep had I not feared some spy w ith m urderous intent was under my bed. As it was. I m erely dozed and the next m orning a fte r breakfast w ent out to get a convey ance to take me to my destination. A Jehu drove up, but before com m itting m yself to his care I scrutinized him. In a tw inkling I saw th a t he w ore a wig and a false beard. “ ‘T hanks, no,' I said to him. ‘I ’ve met several of your friends already and have no desire to hobnob w ith any of you.’ “I w alked to the place I wished to go, and before I left it the B ritish gov ernm ent owned th a t block of stock When I m ade the retu rn Journey 1 slept all the way. No one w as Inter ested In me." Apartment Life. “T hat lady next door seem s rather j upntsh.” “She can save her airs. I’m Just as anxious not to get acquainted with her as she is not to know m e.”—P ittsburgh j P ost 'Under New Management THE "GREATER OREGON” W it h n ew h u ll, i n t i, b e lte r «q u lp in e n t, en d •nni.r !»<?<<t r im » It« facu lty, th e t n l v r n l t r of <>re c o il v ; . l tx ,n It« fo r ty - fir s t your, T u c i- du;’, bo item !'«,- 1 vi, 1918. Spxclnl tr a in in g lu C om m erce, J o u rn a lis m , A n lilt e e t u r e .Ijiw , M e d ic in e .T e a c h in g , L,lt>m- rjr W o r k , M usic, Physical T r a in in g anil F in e A lt s . L u r t « suit strong d ep a rtm en ts o f IA b c r- ul E du cation . L ib r a r y o f m o re than 89,000 v o lu m es, f i f teen b u ild in g s fu lly equ ip p ed , tw o splen d id gym n asiu m *. T u itio n F ree. D o rm ito rie s f o r m en and fo r w o m en . E xpenses Low est. W r it e fo r fr e e catalogs, ad d ressin g R e g is tr a r . UNIVERSITY OF OREGON PROFESSIONAL Dining Room run an Family Style Meals 25c. Rooms 50 and 75 Cents, Special Rates by the .Week. Pacific Meat & Produce Co.. (R. D. W erschkul, Prop.) CARDS F. R. BEALS Tillamook Abstract Compauy T h o s . C o s m s . P h k s s i > i » n t . . REAL ESTATE COMrtMTK MKT W A U B T M *C » «0 (1 K g W rite for Literature. o r TILLAMOOK» COUNTT» »BBncXN. - - ORMGOW TILLAMOOK CITY. OREGON. TILLAMOOK, T.H. GCYNE, « \Sv* exe ax« ATTORNEY AT LAW $ »X* «X* «X« VXFeXr W. A. WILLIAMS Tillamook Undertaking: Co. R. N. H E N K E L , Proprietor. Night and Day cji II s * prom ptly attended. Next Door to Jones-K tiudson F urn itu re Store. TILLAMOOK, - - OREGON S 0» » * • sK e eXe dXa filled. Deliveries made North and South. Phone, Shop, 13-S-6. Res. 6-C-2 * • • FRANK TAYLOR, Notary Public Cloverdale, Ore. It pays to advertise in the C lo v e rd a le C o u r ie r O regon S tate F air Salem, Oregon Sept. 25-30 ine. A re V on G om é? A ll T rain s Sto/) a t F A IR G R O U N D S LOW ROUND TRIP F A R E S W ill he on sale fr o m a ll station s in Oregon S e p t . 21 s t - 3 0 t h I n c . The retu rn lim it is Ask local agent for fares, tra in service, etc. t John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent. Cash Paid for Hides } <• 4Xa eXftaXebX#**» exe ft «ft » O ct. 4 th Phone orders 4) f « R ELIA B LE HARNESS MAKER Wi w , Harness a n d Saddlery Conveyancing, Etc. % P ullm an Tires and Tubes—Best Opp. Court House, Tillamook, Ore. a on e a rth . • Tillam ook, - - Oregon. The Todd Hotel Tillamook, Ore. L. S. HUSHBECK, Proprietor. K rO E N E , OREGON J o h n so n H a l l A O M lfllS T R A T IO N H O O . Portland, Oregon. SOUTHERN P A G i r i G