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... FIASl OF THE ARMY “ n a v e you e v e r neon a w a it e r In a T h e n ight w a s magnificent. The southern s k y w a s resplendent w ith a hotel ?’’ T h e r e w a s a touch o f r a ille r y million so ft stars. Prom th e e a r th In h e r voice. i on tinned iroin fu st png • “ I’v e been t - t h a t too,” h e answ ered, into w hich th e uhundunt rain had filtered, u fresh d a rk odor rose. O v e r ( unruffled. v t ..« III the Uliafislukeniile '..aUJwriting “ W h a t h a v e n ’ t you b een?” yon der som e w h ere a wood ow l hooted i t f R a lp h P ay n e . A n d its sig n a tu re “ N othin’, m-ma’nm. nothing.” ' a t th e moon. xxas gx tiuiite. Again she questioned him w ith her H e cume a c r o s s P ea rl D u r e seu ted j T o MY E X E C U T O R S : eyes. T .lie innocent of the crim e of which I >n I lie grass. H e r fa c e w as damp with “ W -w a iters h o a r things, t-too,” com hove Ixcri nmile the victim of othc tm un tears. Mite looked up a s h e w a s p a s s m ented he. known to me. I leave my entire fortune ing and spoke. to J’e’irl Dare an sHe truetee, to use In I’ earl did not know w h e th e r to sto p unearthing the criminal* for who*« <1ÌS- “ ('an y o u tell me, please, w-hen the or continue tills seem ingly e m p ty talk. covery and puiuoi.fi« ut 1 m ake my llUft r elief train will a r r iv e ? ” “ W hat, f o r e x a m p le ? H a v e y o u ev er p ra y er. • “ .No. ma'am, I c a n ’t. S h a ll I find hea rd a n y th in g about C a p ta in B a y n e ? A solemn alienee fe ll upon the o-oitt?” A n y th i n g — p e rtain in g to this c a s e ? ” t r i ',1 c scene. S he shook h e r head w e a rily . “ A r e “ I g-got a notion th a t I k n o w “ T o o l u t e ! ’’ b reathed th e strick en you also a w r e c k vic tim ? ” w -w liere them m ilit a r y p la n s and t.-that irlrl. H e r eyes ’m et T o k o ’s to r th e first “ Not e x a c t ly t-thut.” there locket is a t this m-minute,” he time, “ l i e ’s dead I” “ You seem to huve been In jured?" sta te d a s c a lm ly as i f th e y w e r e dis “ I h a v e a lr ea d y te lephone Colonel " J e st b-brulsed. A n d you, m a ’a m ? ” c u s s in g the w ea th e r. D a r e to come fo r you.” he said gently. S h e negatived . “ Y o u a r e the m an B o th rose sim ultaneously. T o g e th e r they m oved a w ay . w ho helped me— ” H e r v o ice broke, j “ W h e re ? ” she eja cula ted . T h e man with th e lantern n ow g a v e A d a m s bow ed g r a v e ly . “ T h e m-man It w a s A d a m s ’ turn to be i n d u l g e n t B e r th a Bonn a g r e a t start. with the lantern. T h e dead fe l l e r w a s ( “ I f y-you d e c id e to em ploy ui-me to “ I ’ve b-tieen try in g t-to k e tc h u-up a friend o f y o u r ’u, w a sn ’t b e? ” w ith .Voti fo r s-s line time, Miss B onn ,” S he shivered. “ T h e d ead m an w a s le lp you. I'll t-tell you w h e r e I think he stam m ered. " I ’d thank you t-to let Cnpt. Italpli Puyn e. am M iss P e a r l they a re .” ui-itie huve them p a p e rs you j-Jest Dure. W h a t is y o u r num e?” B ear! b ecam e cautions. “ Y o u ’ll h a v e stu c k in y o u r d ress und th a t lo c k e t " T . O. A d a m s o f M onk’s C orner, to see my fu th e r about thut a lso,” she o-ou y o u r n eck.” N e b ra sk a ,” h e responded f o r the sec- replied, Icily. Mile recoiled. oud tim e th a t night. H e bowed and instead o f continuing " W h a t do you m ea n? W h o a re "M on k 's C o r n e r ! ” s h e echoed. >n to the s h e lte r a b ru p tly d isappeared y o u ?” “ It’s not on the m-tuup. It's a c-eow in a clum p o f hushes. " T . O. A d a m s o f Monk's Corner, town.” | W ith o u t hesitation I’earl follow ed. N eb ra sk a, m a ’a m ; t h a t ’s rn-iue. L e t “ Oh !” S h e looked a t him w ith som e All a lo ng h e had reminded h er of som e m-iue h a v e them, p le ase 1” l i e sp ok e Interest. " Y o u m u s t be a cow bo y one whom she hud seen som ew here. perem ptorily. t h e n !” N ow th e re flashed Into h e r mind that S h e turned, b ut b efo re sh e could es " Y e s ’m.” lie m u st he a m em ber o f the fo. ign c a p e h e c a u g h t und pinioned her S h e fe lt th a t h e w a s e v a d in g her. a llia n c e po sing us a tramp. The w rists, sn atchin g the p a c k e t from her “ I ’m too curious,” said she, upologet- j thought th a t she might be pursuing bosom and tearing tbe locket from tbe I rally. d a n g er n e v e r o ccurred to her. chain. Whereupon h e releused her and A p le asa n t light c a m e into his eyes, j Admits, k n o w in g that h e w a s bowed to her profu sely. "K in s-sit d ow n and ta lk w ith you follow ed, q u ic k en ed his step, strik in g “ Thu n ks, M iss Bonn 1” ho mocked. a w -w hlle? M a y b e kin help you i-in | out w ith stro n g strid es along a titnber- T h o u g h outraged and frightened, y o u r trouble. Y o u s e e m to h a v e a-u j |nI1(j r , )H(j wlilch soon began to w ind c u rio s ity w a s upperm ost iu her up- lot o f it o-on y o u r mind.” I up a hill. H e s ta r te d to run and w a s praisal o f him. H e w a s a tall, well- S h e signified an ind ifferen t w illin g ! lyiiekly o u t o f her sight. H a l f w a y to set-up y o u n g fello w in common, though ness. j the sum m it he stopped, stra in in g his not Ill-fitting clothes, w hich w e r e soiled “ C o w b o y s m a k e good sold iers," sh e j cutis a s if f o r an e x p ec ted signal. T h e n mid torn in s ev eral places. H is fuce, com m ented to k eep u p the c o n v e r sa i tie (lushed a cr o ss the trail and entered p a r tly shaded liy u slonch hat, b ore tion w hich d iv e rte d her. the woods. W h e n Beurl c a m e up she th e m a rk s o f b ruises and w us red a s “ Y e s ’m.” ‘ paused, bew ildered, and w e n t on. She fro m sunburn or overdrinking. H is Site looked a t hitn a ska n ce . i reached the rid ge j u s t a s d a w n w a s fe a tu r e s for un ordinary man w e r e " Y o u ’d look the p a r t in un iform , j s tr e a k in g the horizon. w ell cut. in u cle a r er light B e r th a j H a v e y o u e v e r th o u g h t o f jo in in g the B e lo w luy a s h e e t of w a t e r on w hich th o u gh t that h e m ight be v e ry good- t a r m y ? T h e c o u n try needs fighting not u rip p le m oved. T o iter right on a looking. | men these d a y s .” bluff w a s a curious looking sha ck Bcl.-tti ring her courage, sh e ventured “ Y e s ’m, I hev. IIow do y o u g-go front w hich ran m any w ire s to u tall th e all Important q u estio n : “ W h e re is about it ? You trav el around a h-bit pole w ith cross-arm s. She hud seen a m y ph otograph?” I in the a rm y , don't y-yon? W ou ld m-my w ire le ss station b efore and in stan tly “ W h a t ph otograph?” ; s tu tte r in g k eep m e ou t? Y o u r d a d 's a recogn ized this a s one. Mlie ap " T h e photograph that w a s token g r e a t soldier, a i n ’t h e ? ” proached it n oiselessly and finding tlie from the locket.” T h e mun's sim ple mind am used door p a r tly open looked in. “ T h e photograph tliiit wan ta k en j Pearl. “ You ask too m any q uestion s A t first site s a w nothing. Then sud from th e lo c k e t? ” ' a t once,” she replied w ith a little d en ly upon the Inner w all flushed a “ Y e s I” laugh. “ I’ ll a n s w e r them all in one. j shad ow w hich deepened into the sil “ You g-got me.” H e eyed her euri- T a l k w ith m y f a t h e r w hen h e a r r iv e s I h ouette o f u imm w hose fe a tu r e s w e r e eusly. If th e s u b je c t a p p e a ls to y o u seri m asked. In one hand he held a little S h e g r e w Irritated. “ A s y o u must o usly.” ) round ob ject. H is fingers pressed it. n oli k n o w Its return w us a ssu re d m e " W u a l,” lie reflected. “ I a in ’t g-got ! A lid flew open. It w a s a locket. In by— by Mr. I ’a yn e.” a n y th in g else to do. I m-might a s w ell j rite o th e r hand w a s w h a t appe ared to “ Oh !’ l i e b ecam e v e r y nlert. “ T h a t j sold ier." T h e n in* ch an ge d the sub- j lie an envelope. p h o to g ra p h ! I’m so r ry to s-say I j T h e sh a d o w jeet. " T h a t th e re C a p ta in P a y n e w a s i T h i s now h a p p e n e d : h a v e n ’t got It with in-ine. M iss Bonn. | s-sotne officer, w - w a s n 't h e ? " luslu ua- J opened the locke t and took from it tw o L e t — int>— see, w h e r e d-dld leave ! | d is k s w h ich lie slipped into th e eu- tiou lurked iu his voice. P a y n e ’s p h o t y ! " l i e s c ra tc h e d his i i “ W ha t do you k n o w abou t C a p ta in * velopp through a slit at one edge. head and looked In th e direction o f th e T h e n the shtMow b ecam e a blur P a y n e ? " she a sk e d sharply. body of the person w hose n a m e h a d ' a g a in s t the wall und at the sam e tim e H e replied in an indifferent tone, j passed b etw een them. “ N o th in ’ inobhe ex c ep t w -w hut I seen ; Beurl heard foo tstep s, a m u tte re d for- “ Not P a y n e ’s ! .Major B r e n t ’ s ! " iu t-the n ew sp a p e rs. T h e y 'r e a l w a y s I I eign o a th and a sc u rr y of feet. She She a d v a n c e d a p a c e or tw o. " D o n ’t i w h eeled about. In her d irect g a z e w a s | u h-bundle of lies, a n y w a y .” trille with m o! Y o u ’ re e ith e r ve ry a r eluccn t moon, its tran splend en t r a y s Slit* seemed to lik e thut. stupid o r a m ighty poor b lu ffe r ! " i d a z z lin g h e r vision. “ K lu s-sinoke?” lie usked, o p en in g T h e man w a s sta r in g stra n g ely, fo r W h a t h a pp ened n e x t will n eve r he the moment fo r g e tfu l o f the packet a c i g a r e t t e cuse. | q u ite c le a r to h e r mind. S he remein- H is ob se r v a n ce o f po lite fo r m w a s j and It cket. W ith a quick m ovem ent ■ lieretl that s h e peered about cautlous- H e r c u rio s ity site k n ock ed both out o f Ids hand. I un expected to Peurl. j l y ; that, c a t c h in g sight o f a muffled T h e n the first o f sev eral un ca nn y i deepened. man behind the slun k, she requested things happened. l i e tumbled In a | “ l i e in-meant a lot to you, d-didn’t j him to show h i m s e l f ; th a t he obeyed heap ns i f stricken by an In visible h e? " he observed, hu n tin g m a tch e s iu i w ith relu ctan ce, w hereup on sh e de his pocket. force. m anded the e n v e lo p e ; that he sta rted “ V e r y much. Indeed," she m urm ured l to com ply w ith d isa rm in g servility , S he grabb ed th e lantern and searched the spot a t tier reet w n ere sa d ly in th e m om en tary silen ce w h ich i T h e n s h e rem em b ered n othin g ex- had fallen. I lie locket and pocket had fallen. T h e y I cept a s w ift encounter, a s tr u g g le fo r “ Now thut t-thcre note— ” had d isa p p e a r ed ! She darted u sus- ! tlie en ve lo pe on the ed ge o f th e Muff. H e stru ck a m a tch and c a lm ly lit the sensation a cc o m p a n y in g a seetn- pic.ous ey e upon Adams. He had not* Moved a muscle ami w a s indeed q uite ti c iga re tte. I itigly never-ending drop through space “ T-that then* note.” he repeated, in a n d a plu n ge Into deep w ater. unconscious. Her ey es swept the vt- h a lin g d e e p ly ; " t h a t th e re last w -w ill elm ty and could not d etect sight or S h e had a h a zy recollection o f a re and t-testatnent o f Ids. T - tb a t's a a ssu rin g a n s w e r to her scre am s fo r as . ouad any human presence. A g a in t he exam ined the ground, using iter p r e tty b ig J-Joh for a little girl lik e s ista n ce Just b efo re her body struck hands a s well as her eyes. Pinned: you t-to ta c k le." tlie s u r f a c e y f the str e a m ; while Im under the hoot of the dead soldier sh e S h e sat up and glanced at his profile. 1 mersed of see in g th e muffler still upon .otllid a ctiimpled note. l i e smoked and sta red stra ig h t ah ea d th e f a c e o f her a n t a g o n i s t ; and the She tore It open w ith trem bling, pu rp o sely a vo id in g her eyes. present e o f a third persou sw im m ing fingers. H e r e y e s (topped. It w a s thoi “ A r e y o u g-golng to ta c k l e i t ? " ho furio usly tow a rd her. -t locket receipt o f the Hotel Wil- q uestioned w ith a pu: sling fran kn ess. Mlie w a s p r o n e on th e sh o re w hen tou ! T h e i r e y e s now met. " W h y do y o u she revived . T o k o w as ru bbing her vigorously. B er th a experienced a sen sation n ew a s k r to her fe a r of the dead. Site forgot * T d l-llke to help you.” (»rent Joy a ppe ared on T o k o ’s f a c e A d am s, she forgot the lost o b je c ts when she opened h e r eyes. He w as w hich (tad been intrusted to her by “ W hy not? I ulu't g-got a Job J-Jest d rip p in g w et, too. T h e sight o f him P ay n e , even fo r tbe moment site fo r now ." relieved her. got M a jor Brent. S he tied In it panic. "1 f e a r that n c o w b o y could not be “ Did you sec h im ? W a s it you w ho H e r otto thought w a s to get a w a y o f m uch a ssista n c e ,” she replied, iu- s a v e d m e? " from the sc ene und b ack to the W ilton d ul gently. "Y es." replied T o k o , still rubbing, i to investigate. "I'm a b-bnrber. too," h e rejoined. “ I follow you. He g e t a w a y .” She leaped to h e r feet. " W e must A t that moment A d a m s r e c o ve red “ B a r b e r s hea r a Mot o f funny things, find him. T o k o ! H e is— is n great ami sta g g er ed to ht* T h e Idea seem ed so fa n c ifu l that she c r i m i n a l ! H e p o ssess es a priceless fee t, w a tc h in g her T h e r e wus som ething ha lf hum orous, h a lf p a th e t giggled. “ W h a t else h a v e you b een ?” m ilita r y s e c r e t ! I saw i t ! I had it i c und a lto ge th er m y s tify in g In his " W a a l ," he d ra w led , ta k in g a soiled In my h a n d s ! W hich wny did he c o? ” dem eanor. H e grim aced at th e c orp se en ve lo pe from his inner emit p o c k e t ; " I didn’t k n o w ! " exclaim ed T o k o and b ro k e into m irthless laughter, “ I've b-been a little o f ev eryth in g , I w ith re g r e t and concern. "I show sh ru gg in g hi« shoulder*. T h e n b ea r g guess." H e took a card ou t o f the y o u !" T h e y hurried a lo n g th e shore. in g noises, he atlffrnetl. A c ou ple o f en v e lo p e nnd handed It to her. “ M-my men c a r r y i n g a st re te ller appeared. s p e c ia lty o f l a t e ’s b-beeu telegrap h * " A h ! " ex claim ed T o k o a f t e r some m inutes o f f a s t running. H e stopped, T h e y hud com e for P u y t w ’s remain». o-oi*erating." A d a m s strod e a w a y . H e stru ck a m atch so that she could pointing to a muffler In th e sand. She T e m p o r a r y sh e lter b " d been p r o v id read. T h e c ard Identified him ns T. picked It up as they ran. A f e w m inutes la t e r th e y again ed fo r th e w rec k s u r v iv o r s In a tr uck O. Adam s, n m em ber o f the O r g a n iz a g a n g 's cabin, fo r th e n earest h a b ita tion o f T e le g ra p h e r s, a sort o f trades- stopped, seeing a figure sente«! upon a n w k Just ahead. It w a s Adam s. tion w a s sev eral m iles to the north. union. " O p e ra to r s h e a r a M o t o f things. ' T h e y crept close behind him. who H ither A d a m s proceeded g t r t n g Into the steeping silence o f th e c o u n try sid e t-fnn, m a'am .’* he draw led, pu ttin g the u n a w a r e o f d isc o ve ry w a s c lo sely ex- ! us lie w a lk e d w rapped iu Im penetrable card hack In th e en velope which he «mining n sheet o f part hm entlike p a re]jjniod Jo his p o c k e t _ * p e r about thirteen Inches square. Uiangbta, 1 being 1 1 . _ i t w a s the plan o f m ilitary w e a k n e s s and d e fe n se o f the c a n a l ! N o r w a s the sk etc h noxv invisible. T h e xvater had dissolved the chem ical d isk s r e ve a lin g th e hidden secret. Q u ic k a s a flash both P ea rl nnd T o k o leaped upon Adam s. “ Y o u a re the len d er o f th e foreig n a l l i a n c e ! ’’ she pan ted a s th e y xx-ent down, stru gg lin g . “ You a r e th e Si- lent M e n a c e ! ” (E N D O F E P IS O D E T H R E E .) PROFESSIONAL CARDS Tillamook Abstracting Co T hu s . C ijatks . P r ksidknt . C O 'I P I . K T K HKT O K A B S T R A C T B O O K » 1 OK T II.I.A M O O K C O U N T Y , O R K O O N . TILLA M O O K C IT Y , OREGON. T.H.G0YNE, ATTORNEY AT LAW Indigo In Southern India. A p rim itive hut effe ctiv e m ethod of ob ta in in g indigo in southern India is C o n v e y a n c in g , Etc. p ra ctic ed b y the n atives. T h e plant i T illa m ook . Ore. tig h tly p a c k e d the d a y it is cut. in a Opp. C ou rt House. l a r g e vat, Into w h ich w a t e r is run. and --------------------------- b oards a r e then placed o v e r the top and a r e k e p t in position b y h e a v y crossbeam s. T h e p la n t is allo w e d to s«mk f o r fe n or t w e lv e hours, during w h ic h tim e a h e a v y fer m en ta tio n ta k e s place. T h e liquid is then drained off W r ite for L iteratu re. into a n o th er va t, a f t e r w h ich coolies beat and s tir the so a k ed m a ss th o r T I L L A M O O K . - - OREGON o ug hly w ith Halls until the d y e begins t o em erge. T h e w h o le is then a llow ed to s e t t l e ; th e c le a r liquid is drained off. au d tlie resid ue is boiled in copper vessels. It Is then p ressed into hard c a k e s r e a d y f o r th e m arket. F. R. BEALS REAL T h a n k a W om an f o r T h i s N e w Idea. “ W ho Is th a t m a n ? ” a s k e d the gid d y y o u n g person. “ A fa r m d em on strator.” “ in d e ed ? T n otice h e h a s a large, flat case u n der ills arm . D o y o u sup pose It con tain s a sa m p le f a r m ? ” — B irm in g h a m A g e-H e ra ld . FRANK TAYLOR, Notary Public Cloverrlale, Ore. A. C. EVERSON rl I f . i . A M O U K . O R E . Money to Loan Leal E state A g e n c y •/ (jet tlie habit. Ilend ‘ he story m e fo r r e a l t y H e a ls . Tillamook Undertaking Co. run- now U. N. H E N K E L , P roprietor. ning in the Courier, N ight and Day c alls in « «tu j *t ly atten d ed . hen see the show on TILLA M O O K . The Todd Hotel M hh I s F u ti i l i - Office G r o u n d Floor Bell P h o n e National BUI, P. I). Box PACIFIC S t \l e 25 c ooms 50 and 75 Ceats, Special Rates by tiie Wetk. L V. EBERHARD. Manager. C o m p lete Set of A b str a cts of the Records of T illam ook C o u n tv , Oregon. TILLA M O O K . - - 1 "Your consciousness go. ma'am.” x ’ip *••• Taylor Real Estate Agency F ifty acres of u p land, close to C lo v e r- dale, practically it 1 cleared and fenced, no buildings, at per acre. you h a v e a tonal' a m o u n t of m on ey to pay dow n 1 will help you m a k e th e first p a y m e n t. $100 If One hundred a i d s i x ty acres r e a r Mt da ut un acre. F iv e cow s and some you n g stock u this place th a t will be throw n in. A sm all cash p a y m en t d m n will secure this place. M ig ht eon«ider a trade oi p u t of the principal. T h is place for sale or rent. $_‘5 F ive hundred d id irs d-uvn w ill buv th e mv *4 of th -st l4 an I the n ' 3 of t h e s w '4 id* section , and th e e of the se ' 4 section . tow n sou th, tango l O w . - t . I can r. lit yon this place, if vou want it. at a very retsm i.tble prifST. 4 h it th e old eastern wil l . 53 -J 147 ABSTRACT CO. 1 1 OREGON Abstracts on Short Notice by the L. S. HUSHBSCK, Proprietà. im i - F.ast W ith Rollie W atson TiMamc; k, Ora. R im iri t in i • S i x t h S treet at Second A v e n u e -iiturday night. ■ t ì i t i g ESTATE 3 5 160 have von to trade for acres, Sehtiei place. Will consider or C an a i 1 property. T i l l ns .1 h.ix’ x nnd keep the ball roll- *»*• f Hie John Weiss s:|\>- m ill, the nt.p that ttiakts money e x ery tim e the wheel goes round. Let 11s e x p la in 1 he term s and price on this money m aker. B e ha ve 1 resilience property at P.x- riiii City that can he b"light for hall cash , balance to suit pnichnsei oil know that Pantii v tx will some «lav lie th e idea suiuniet rysoitati«! l l j j t p rop erty xx 1I1 I login 1. W i n net b u y now xxbile tImre is a c h an c e for s n inxest- in e n t. 5 Pwy inc. selling or t r a d in g real estate and business enterprise? our lug hoi I. Vx> have realty from T im b e r to Nesko- win Mid b u sin e ss-eo te i pi li-es scattered along the wax’ , that c an be bought right Find ns if you »re in the m a rk et and if xoit Hie not in tlie m arket for some of t! e -nai s I have, get in. A tip t h a t ’ » urn th takii'g. Taylor Real Estate Agency Clovirdale, Oregon. OREGON