Sherman County observer., January 08, 1915, Image 4

of them all is the change In yoorface.
'“Crunt went forward
He touched
The young artist after ibis »pent lb
“I must tell Lucy that," Barking »aid
Barking
as
he’d
have
toothed
a lei»er.
considerable time at the villa, and.
to himself. “She wrought tbe change.”
though his Infatuation for Bertha
He swung on hit' heels with an ab­ 1 caught sight of Lacy Parker’a face
deeiwued. Tie kept bis promise to ap­
rupt movement and stood listening. again, »he was looking uot at Bark­
pear unconscious of her beauty and.
Hla ears held the sound of rustling ing. but at Grant, aud there was a
since be was peer and was too honor­
MORO. OREGON.
skirts and the tap of a woman’« foot curious tight lu her eyes. _ Huddeuly
able or proud to make love to her, re­
on the stairs. Barking strode to the she rushed forwurd. seized Graut’a
hands and drew them from Barking’s
FRIDAY........... January 8. 1915
frained from doing so. Bertha, who
door and flung It wide»
Events Occurring Throughout
shoulders.
‘Dou't touch hlrnT she
had been used to having every one who
“Lucy—y o u r ho exclaimed.
Singular Way In W hich a Wo­
cried. ’You’re not worthy to touch
cam e near bee express admiration in
“I
had
to
com«,”
»he
eaid.
She
the State During the Past
him. None of ua are.' There w as a
looks if not in words, was taken aback
m an’» Love Was Won.
sounded breathless. T h e r e are things
look almost of hatred lu the face ahe
X A
-,
u m
— Y I at this flrstexperlem 'eof one who show
Week.
m ust say to you.”
►
A Story For Halloween 11 DO consciousness of her gift, w heth
She w ent peat him Into the room* turned to Grant
“ T h a t you «diould touch him like
By R A LPH COB1NO
er »he was antagonized or piqued or In
8he gave a gesture of refusal when he that I' «he said
It w ai a» If Ura»ra
Purchasers W ould W ith d ra w Afctlon.
different she did not make known. She
would have brought ber a chair.
C o p y rig h t by F r a n k A. M u neey Co.
sneer and hta maimer of touching
certainly
displayed
no
interest
In
Wake
“You’ll
think
it
strange
for
me
to
S a lem —A tentative proposition was
W -
-
X By M A R T H A V. M O N R O E <.
a come here. But I must see you alone. Barking killed at one blow ail the feet
ley whatever.
lng ahe ever had for him. That’a tbe
The Rapid R eadw’»
•» made to the state land board to have
Kimball, being a friend o f both par­
I 9 *»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦
m u str
____...
the state withdraw proceedings for re­
story 1 read in Locy’a face, »be knelt
Darnel looked very Intently at hla
ties
observed
tha
situation
with
inter
Urgency
spoke
in
her
last
word, »he
covery of 20,000 of the 60,000 acres In­
t
Recent Reports Rewritten
A young artist sat before an easel e s t
It occurred to him that possibly friend, John Barking’s face. He was took a quick step toward him. “I by Barking's side.
“I can’t describe the expression of
volved in the Hyde Benson dummy In one of the great galleries in FIX’- W akeley might be made use o f to win thinking that the day of m iracles was want to try and make you under­
* . _ —
her face as she looked at us. TMere
-B u ild in g perm it, issued by the^city frauds, upon the payment of $2.60 an ence. Italy
He was an American Bertha from her fault. The artist’s uot over.
stand.”
aren’t words to describe the ring In her
“I’ve
knocked
about
the
world
a
good
sore
by
the
Innocent
purchasers.
The
, f Salem during the year totaled |268
“Understand?"
studying art in that city, which con­ control of hHnseir lb concealing his ad
voice when she spoke. ’He’s a herof
consent of the government Is neces­ tains one o f the" most valuable collec­ miration for whet had enthralled him deal.” he euld. “I’ve seen astonishing
“Understand that .1 can’tr-marry
she cried. ‘Next month he 1« to be
things, but the most astonishing^ o f
sary before the state can carry out the
you I”
1'
tions of art treasures in the world promised to be an element of success them all Is the «?hange In your face.”
carload of flour is to be
Barking stared at her. Somewhere my husband!*
Kimball laid a scheme first to give
,
county's donation to the Belgian relief agreem ent
Barking knocked the ash off his cigar
“Parker Ailed an awkward pause by
Visitors were passing through the
in hla forehead a pulse began to drqtn.
Bertha a gllmpae of what she would
A report of the purchasers asserted
suggesting a move to the dining room.
room»» looking at the paintings hung be as an old wgmao. then to make a with deliberate siowneea. Then he
She spoke again:
^ k r ig a tio n ista from all over Oregon that they had secured the school
said, “When a muu’s happy, has all he
We saw nothing more of «Locy that
on the walls, some stopping Jo cast a match between her and Wakeley.
“I’ve come to throw m yself on your
tracts in good faith, and that to push
evening. The next morning I saw old
ever
asked
for.
he
ought
to
look
differ-,
gathered at the Imperial hotel In Port^
glance at the untlnlabed picture or,
mercy.
If
you
love
me
as
you
zay
yon
Tjbe
hot
se»u»oto<n
Italy
was
over
aud
Parker in tbe club smoking room.
Und Thursday, for the fourth annual the suit to reoover title would be to rather, copy on the canvas before the gave place to that mellow autumn e n t ” ,
do you’ll set me free.” ' »be held her
Darnell nodded, “1 see. ContenV
•Pltv Barking’s broken out again.' I
inflict a hardship on them. Some of
hands toward him as though ahe felt
session of the Oregon Irrigation Con
artist. He worked on without noticing which renders Italy famous for Its soft ment/ wiping away discontent.’’
ramarked. He looked at me qoemfly
the tracts have passed through sever­
them
chained.
Entreaty
was
about
Bertha
was
sitting
one
evening
any of them till be bnd finished a cer- | Hkies
Barking spoke frankly. “It’s more
her us an enveloplug cloak. “It would for a m om ent Then he said. ’You
The Ashland sub-station of the Ore- al hands, it Is said.
It’s a clean Ufa wiping
tain feature he was p ittin g in. than in the gloaming bn a terrace without than th a t
heard my daughter call him a hero last
be magnanimous of you to release me.
away a soiled one. You used to see
o lgb tr I nodded, ’»he told me thia
gon-Califomla Light A Power Com­ New Freight Terminal at Pendleton, leaned bock in his chair for a brief the Townsend yiila. situated on
Have
I
done
anything
to
vex
yon.
height from which she could look dowu the history of dark days ia my face.
morning why ahe »aid that, »he ex­
pany. situated across Bear Creek, out­
Pendleton.—Vice-President and Gen- | rest
#
on the cRy of fll&fei>f e. On the mu Now yon see the history of bright onee •aid anything?”
side the city lim its, was burned with
“No,” ahe tokl him. “a thousand plained a few things.*
bunkments of the Arno the lamps were and clean ones."
eral Manager J. P. O’Brien, of the O.-
“ T h en you’ll consent to tha wedding
passed. among them a girl just turning
a loss of 115.000.
W. R. A N., announces that the pro­ into womanhood. ~ Her features were being lit faint in the atlU strong twl « Darnel was silent for a minute. times no ”
coming off?' said I. I imaged pari
“Then
you
mean
you’ve
ceased
to
A special short course for the teach posed freight terminal at Pilot Rock
When he spoke Anally he moved to an­
tanical old Parlmr aa father In-law to
marvelously beautiful.
A man was light
era of Oregon whose terms of school
care for me?”
Bertha's gaxc w gs fixed <»n the Ponte other phase of Barking’s experience
Junction, near the Pendleton city lim- pointing out the pictures to the group.
“I
never
cared
enough,”
ahe
eala.
•nd early has been announced by the ltg, will probably be started early in dlrw|lQg thejr attention to the most V ecch lott ridge«, the Duomo «cathedral
“In the old days you said you hadn’t
Oregon Normal School at Monmouth,
and other niouameuts or medieval the making of a lover in you. Now “1 was going to marry you from grati­
the spring, but that an actual begin- I
tude. You bad lent my father money
times, growing dim tu the udvaluing
to commence on April 6,
nlng depends upon the disposal of an
,.Heno. Reft!" he exclaimed, noticing night. I’ut none of these Interested you’re by way of being a model in that and saved ua from ruin.”
Progs Lewis, president of the Grand tl-rallroad legislation at the coming I the ardst ,,t the easel. “You here?
respect
I believe you’re never off
Barking spoke hoarsely :
her ss heriowu beauty. I*roni u tabic your knece, so to speak, before Lucy
Ronde Cash company of I-a Grande,
“I didn't know your father bad told
session of the législature. Mr. O’Bri I thought you werè working in jour besidet hcLU«tvvrod wtil»_ books aud
Parker’a shrine.”
was admitted to $1000 bond following en says that the European war is not | „tuilio
you. It was merely ■ tittle m atter of
periodicals she took up a handglass
“1
never
am.”
Barking
spoke
quick
his arrest at Burley, Idaho, on a responsible for shortage of funds with
“1 have accepted an order to copy with u view to getting a.glim pse ot
business between the two of us.”
ly, seemed Indeed glad of this chance
charge specifying larceny by bailee
“He told me. And L thought I could
this Titian. For heaven's sake, who her features while It was yet possible
which to Improve the railroad system ,
of putting hla experience Into words.
The completion of the new $125.000
*
to see them, »be was about to. replace j “She’s to me what the sun ia to a dark have married you, content with the
but that legislation opposed to the Is your girl friend?”
high school for The Dalles, which will
“A Mias Townsend of New York.
the mirror on the table when there day. I’ve come out of the blackness calm, prosaic thing called esteem,
railroads, together with high taxos is
dreamed that happiness might grow
••Never before have I seen such a came u Hash < f datzllug tight.
be ready for occupancy February 1
of despair to a place of tight.”
from esteem .” Color leaped into her
marvel of beauty.”
will give that city the best and moat mainly responsible.
In the uilrr« r she saw a mingling ot
Again by bis silence Darnel showed face. “But I have learned that it isn’t
Meanwhile
the
party
had
moved
on.
two faces one her own. the other that comprehension. His mind held a rap­
com plete educational building of its
enough
There must be something
Pioneer Q uarry Reopens.
•‘Unfortunately.” replied Frank Kim
of an old woman. The skin was wrin­ id review of Barking’s history. He
class in the state of Oregon.
Newport,.— Pioneer stone is once ball, “she Is so absorbed in it that she kled. the cheeks were hollow, the eyes bad been left an orphan, rich, free to else.”
All pawnbrokers and second-hand
“And some one else?” He tried in­
more being quarried after a lapse of •»polls it for others. From a little girl sunken, the teeth discolored. With a follow hla moods. Aud bis moods led
dealers of La Grande must keep a rec
effectually
to rob hla voice of bltter-
It
has
been
so
admired
tbst
she
could
18 years and promises to develop an
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cry she threw down the udrror sod him to the card table, the whisky bot
ord of all articles purchased or other­ industry in Lincoln county which has ,,ot remnlu unconscious of It Had J
mu Into the Louse.
wise acquired, the ordinance being the bppn nealected. The last stone taken |w n her father 1 should have shut her , From the time she saw the spectral tie.Then had come his engagement to
“Ye«.”
“Suppose you tell me a little more.
result of petty thieving which was rs- from the quarry at Pioneer was used I up where no oue could have seen her ___________
Lucy Pnrker aud a complete trans
reflection she was changed Her treat
Since we were to have been married
- ported in the last few months. ,
J™“
construction of the Call build and where she could not have seen
of W akekj |w t
antagonism. formation In his life.
thp reflection of her features. Her ad
lnrilffpl-Pllt. Those wbo
The prune acreage in Polk coun 1 the conBit
“I don’t think you know the details next month. I have the right to ask
in San Francisco.
mtratlon for them is her only fa u lt 1 uul
,
_
ty has been increased greatly this „ lng The
of
my flf3t acquaintance with the th a t”
knew
of
the
young
man's
adoration
product Is sandstone, g;
I
wprp
ellro,Bated she would be
“You have the right" She made the
for her could no« see that there was Parker family.” Barking said. “I’d
fall by the planting of mauy young
admission frankly. Her words rushed
color than any other in the northwea
ag lovely wlthln ag ahe Is w ithou t”
In her any responee Wakeley himself tike to tell you."
trees in each of the prune districts
now. It w as as if ahe sought to lessen
and, it is said, will not deteriorate in
fennw |h#t Bhe admires wub quite despondent aud so express
“I’ve
wondered
about
It,”
Darnel
ad­
according to a recent purvey of the
the prick of them by speed. “I have
fire. The government is reported to ||erHelf?.. nBke(j Albert Wakeley.
mit
t«-d
“When
I
went
nway
you
were
ed himself to Kimball.
various sections of the county.
met home one 1 love. And 1 know now
be considering buying this stone for
do | know'. 1 visit the family
“Cheer up.” said the latter. "1 have fascinated by“—
Extensive plans have been made by the postoffice at The Dalles.
Cards and the whisky bottle.” Bar that I could never live with a m an.I
| (,altP frequently and have never seen done a purt of my work aud am wait,
merely like. The man who has taught
the Polk County Association for the
lug for an opportunity to attempt the king laughed a tittle grimly. “1 was me this is Robert G rant You’ve met
eighth annual show which will be held
rest. If I have luck I shall render you 1 .wasn't u free <iun till I met Lucy
WASCO FARMER IS SHOT
in Dalla», January 18, 19. 20 and 21.
Parker. It was oue night coming out him. He came home a few months
great assistance.”
We were children
of
tbe theater I first saw ber. I’d been ago from Capsdn
Numerous cash prltes, a number of
A few evenings after this Kimball
together. We used to play as sw e e t
Clarence Bettis K ills Ralph Brown at
valuable ribbons and eight silver cups
was sitting on the terrace with Bertha refreshing pretty free!*' between the hearts. When wc met again after the
Kaskels. A
where she had seeu her face reflected nets Corning out. 1 believe 1 made years we knew that there was hap-
are among the prizes offered.
The Dalles.—.While entering the
more <»r less of u fofll of m yself. Aud
as an old woman.
Howard B. Woods, manager of the
in the midst of It 1 saw Lucy’s eyes pluees In each other's love. I have
gate
of
his
ranch
home
at
Kaskela,
“Tomorrow
at
this
time,"
be
said,
Weinhard ice and storage plant at
looking nt me. She was wttb a friend tried to be true to you. but I love him.
Oregon,
in
southern
W
asco
county
in
“wtll
he
Halloween.
Do
you
propose
You will be— magnanimous."
Springfield, was arrested in that city,
to try the usual method to see the fea In tbe vestibule wultlng for a carriage.
Barking Jerked hla shoulder» back.
charged with violating the state white company with his wife. Ralph Brown,
•‘ O O W T T O U C H IM M r H U B C M 1K D.
I
can't
tell
you
how
she
looked.
But
tures of your future husband?"
a well-known stockman, waB shot and
“You ore fr e e r be said.
slave a c t He Ik accused of transport­
something in me shuddered. Anyhow,
“1
shall
never
look
into
a
mirror
“But how—how?” Her hands <lrop- the man w n oa sung comic songs Io
Instantly killed by Clarence Bettis,
1 weut home and thought. 1 saw my
ing two women from Eugene to
again except when making my toilet
ped and she looked down at her fin­ his drawing room tbe night before.
age
21,
aa
employe
of
the
man
he
mur­
self
for
a
fool
und
worse.
The
curious
8pringfleld for immoral purposes.
“Why so?”
Hla reply knocked ine over.
thing was thut after that night I saw gers, playing with them nervously.
George Moar, one of the oldest pio­ dered. No reason can be given for
•That I do not care to tell.”
She seemed fearful of tbe sound of her
“ •Certainly I con sent’
Lucy’s
eyes
looking
at
me
every
time
the
killing,
Bettis
him
self
being
un­
<1 should suppose you would make
neers of Yamhill oounty, died at the
□ext sentences. “You aee, my father
“ 'And I.ucy herself?* I queried.
I
lifted
n
gkisa
of
whisky
to
my
lipa.
able to tell the sam e story twice, when
an exception of Halloween Come out
“Parker leaned across tbe table and
. home of his sister in Lafayette, on De­
will be angry. You helped him. It will
he was brought to this city by Sheriff
here at dusk tomorrow evening, look I couldn't drink It £ b e cured me.
be
difficult
to
make
him
understand.
«poke
lu a whls|»er ’Have yos ever
cember 29. Mr. Moar was bom at La
Then sometliing happened." he went
Chrisman and put in the county Jail.
Into a mirror, and 1 fancy you will
He will Insist on my keeping my prom­ gpen worship In a woman's eyes? »Ince
faygtte on December 26, 1851. He was
on
“1
was
able
to
help
old
Parker
Sheriff Chrisman say» that Bettis
see the fnca of the man you shall
last night there’s worship In L«cy’a
the son of Oliver and Hester Moar,
through a financial crisis. I’d got a ise.”
had evidently been drinking and be
eyes
when she speaks of Barking
marry.
Barking
said:
T
’U
put
it
right
with
pioneers of 1845, and one of a family
Bertha made no reply to this, but
“ ‘You voice riddle«,’ said I.
lieved him self a bad man. After he
your father. You need have no fear.”
of nine children.
Kimball was conttdent she would do
“Parker drew himself up with a Jerk.
He coo id not meet tbe sudden radi­
had shot down bis employer. JJettis
The fees of the motor vehicle de­
as be bad suggested
So I do.’ he said. ’You don’t hold the
ance in her eyes.
shot
several
times
at
Mrs.
Brown,
who
partment of the state totaled $77,592
’ True enough. Just before dark tbe
Intuitively she realized his need of key to them.’
for 1914, according to a report of Sec- was with her husband, returning from
next evening «he went out on to tbe
“Well. It’s a mystery. We others
solitude^ She moved to the door. With
terrace. Kimball, who had been din
- retary of State Olcott. Fees are paid a party, but the bullets went wild.
must let It go at th a t In some curi­
the handle in her hand ahe paused.
Bettis im mediately fled to the hills,
lng at tbe villa, followed, unseen by
ous fashion Barking has emerged from
for registrations of dealers, chauf­
She said in a low voice:
and
was not seen until 8 o’clock In the
ber. and stood back In a vestibule
“You are a good man. I never real­ n cloud aa an angel with wings.
feurs, motor vehicles and motorcycles.
through which she had passed. She
There's something else that’s queer. I
ized how good till today."
In 1913, they totaled $56,873, making evening, when he appeared at the B.
ant for some time looking out on the
A. Marks home. He told Marks what
need to fancy that Lucy’s feeling for
8he opened tbe door and went out.
the gain for 1914 $20,719.
view before ber and when darkness
Barking straightened himself with a Barking was le»« fervent thnn hie for
According to data assembled by Col­ he had done, and Marks advised him
bad settled down upon It took up tbe
her Last night I didn’t titiuk so If
Jerk. There was something to be done*.
onel Lawson, warden of the state pen­ to surrender to the sheriff.
hand mirror and held It before her
He must free Lncy. And In some way
ever I saw adoration In a woman’s
itentiary. 226 life-termers have been
be must overcome old Parker’a sense
face I saw It In Lncy*« as she knelt
face.
Farm Course Is Conducted.
received at the institution since it was
Kimball raised his band, there was
by Barking’s side. I wish yon could
of
duty
in
the
matter.
Corvallis.—Pursuing their policy of
He stood frowning Into tbe fire. The have heard her voice when she said.
established, in 1854. and to the total
a flash, and th the mirror Bertha saw
taking
the
college
to
the
people."
the
fierce leap of the flames in the grate
the features of Albert Wakeley.
Multnomah county has contributed
H e’s a hero.’ And the contempt In
extension service of the Oregon Agri­ SAW T H B F K A IU K IM O k AX.BBKT. WAXJLLXY
spoke to his mood. Decision came to her voice when «he ms Id to Grant,
Bertha, who bad believed that the
the greatest number, 61, and Marion
cultural College will conduct a series Bertha pass s mirror without looking former flash was not supernatural,
him. He struck hla hand against the ‘You’re not worthy to tou< h him.’ ”
county the second largest, 15
mantelpiece. “That’ll do It,” he said
of Itinerant schools during the early at her reflection. She will make any turned quickly to bee who was respon
Darnel lifted his pen from the paper.
That the action of the state board of
aloud. ’T h a t’ll free her. I’d have gone He hesitated for a moment. Then be
days of the new year. They opened excuse to do so. pretending to see a slble for the light, but so vivid had lr
health in attempting to remove Dr
to heaven for her. I’ll go to the other added:
s|x>t on ber face or that some part of been that her vision was dimmed
•
J. A. Van Brakle, an osteopath, as Tuesday, January 6. with a four-day
place If It’ll serve her!”
Kimball had no difficulty in getting
her apparel is awry and needs atten
“1 was standing near Lucy when
session
at
Creswell,
where
the
ex­
health officer of Clackamas county
He glanced at the clock. In an hour Barking was singing I heard her say
lion. At such times it is Impossible to away before ber eyes were capable of
w et Illegal, was the decision of the perts of the extension service and arrest ber attention. So absorbed in revealing him to her.
and a h a lts time he was due to dine to Grant at her side. ‘You wouldn't
at the Parkers’ He went to his bed­ have gone down Into the depths for me
From this time Bertha seemed more
supreme court in an opinion by Jus some of the regular Instructors of the herself Is she that she does not eveu
college gave demonstrations and Il­
room and dressed quickly. In half an aa this man has *
sensible to W akeley’s attentions, and
tloe Bean. The court affirms the find
hear what Is said to her.**
hour’s time he walked Into Key’s res­
lustrated lectures.
“And she looked nt Grant as If when
Quite the opposite of the hackneyed It was not long before the encourage
lngs of Circuit Judge Campbell
taurant and sat down at one of the compared to a giant she suddenly
ment
he
received
was
sufficient
to
war-
story of <be beautiful girl unconscious
The new year found all state lnsti
small tables
rnut hla declaring bis love for her. Ha
Endow m ent Campaign a S u ccess.
fonnd him a pygmy ”
of her beauty."
,
tutions and departments, excepting
“A glass of whisky,” he said to the
was accepted, and when Wakeley flu
N
ew
b
erg—In
a
fine
rally
that
be
“I
don't
believe
that
girl
ever
existed.
those having continuing appropria­
Ishcd hta art studies they were u»ttr
waiter. •
Peanuts as They Grow.
tions. penniless, and they will remain gan in the afternoon and was renewed Bertha Is a good girl, and 1 have often ried. After the wedding Wakeley sattl
The whisky was brought, and Bark­
In the evening, the friends of Pacific thought that 1 should like to make her
The peanut plant somewhat resem
In «*»>♦ condition until the legislature
ing
drank
it
deliberately.
He
called
College on Thursday completed their sensible that physical beauty cuunot to Kimball:
cornea to their rescue. It Is specifi­
for more. There was something of bles clover in Its foliage and has small,
1 am sure 1 ow e the change In my
last. I have told her she will ao'ne day
fierceness in his way of drinking. Now yellow single flowers. After blossom­
cally provided that money appropri^ campaign for the $100,000 endowment, la» either a fat or a skinny old woman, wife from vanity and the fact that
and
the
gifts
keep
coming
in.
The
to
and
then he consulted his watch.
. „ ing tbe little |*oda bend down gnd
she
Is
mine
to
yon.
Tell
me
bow
you
ated by the last general assembly may
but have failed to Impress her.”
thrust them selves Into tbe soli, when
tai
is
now
over
$116,000,
and
the
cam­
Darnel
was
one
of
the
guests
at
the
not be used after January 1. and, as
“Well.” replied Wakeley. “any one so did I t ”
they grow into tbe well known thick
Parkers’.
He
described
tbe
evening
In
paign
for
funds
will
bo
pushed
still
1
employed
an
artist
to
blend
a
pic
i result, a number of the institutions
boaatlfni as shd i s excusable for ad
•helled fruits. In cultivating the pods
a
letter
he
wrote
to
a
mutual
friend
of
further,
as
a
still
larger
sum
Is
great
anri departments will find them selves
tnlrltig herself. I am quite aure 1 abati ture of Bertha lu youth and old age in
are covered with earth, thn« Insuring a
hla and Barking’s a few days later.
never forget her face now that I have a mirror, tbe duplicate of the one she
in the unhappy position of impover­ ly needed.
“Barking was the last guest to ar­ large crop. Peanuts are natives of
kept
on
the
table
on
the
terrnce.
and
neeu It, and I could love her If she bad
ishing them selves for the benefit of
rive.” Darnel wrote. T h e r e must have tropical America, but are now grown In
anbstltnted It for hers Then I flashed
Seven are Indicted on Recall Fraud. every blemish In Pandora’s box ”
considerable
fortune,
as
you
know,
been tw elve or fourteen of na in the many warm countries. In the southern
the general fund.
light behind her when she was look
Portland.—Seven secret Indictments
KlmlMlI «-nat a glance at the yonng
United States they conatltute an lm
Because of an oversight of the fram­
lng Into It.' Next I substituted a mlr though I’d played ducks and drakes drawing room when he came in. Old
artist. He was double Wakeley’s age
ers of the law providing for an inter­ in connection with alleged frauds In
ror on which yenr fet tures had been with some of i t I owned the land Parker bad Just been talking to me porta nt crop.
on which Parker’a factory stood and about the wedding that was to come
circulating petitions for the recall of and very fond of him. He did not rei painted Thia she saw on Halloween
state bridge connecting Portland and
moat of the workmen's cottages were off next month when Barking was an­
M ild Rsproof.
and
Commissioners ledi the idea of hla friend falling In love
Vancouver, the state tax commission Mayor Albee
with oue trho was wrapped up In her
on my laud too 1 helped Pnrker tide nounced. There was an abrupt silence
“I say, young fellow,” said the nerv­
Dleck
and
Brewster
were
returned
by
The
Beat
Side-
- has notified the county commission
The habit of looking at tbe beet aide over a stiff time, didn’t bother him for a« he came Into the room. He’d been ous man to the taxi chauffeur, who
of Multnomak ccuu’.y that vo pro- , the grand Jury here. False names and own features
“Take care, my boy.” be said. “Men of any event 1» worth far more than a ground rent and made him a loan drinking. The sudden glare of tbs was speeding.
addresses,
said
to
have
been
written
vision has been made In the tax levy
Naturally the old man was glad to lights half blinded him, and hs stag­
have fallen In love at sight, and yon thousand nonpda a veer.—Johnson
“Well?" snapped the chauffeur,
avert a smash. That's bow I got to gered. caught bold of the back of a
for the payment by the state of $62,- In the petitions, were the basis of the are not Immune.
“What la it about me that gave you
The
Maanetlo
Poles.
With that he passed on and rejoined
know Lucy well.
600 Interest for the first year on the charges.
chair to steady himself. Then hs stood the Impression that I am in a hurry?'
The north magnetic pole la in latl
“I’d left off cards and the whisky
his party in the next nmm
$1,260,090 bond Issue of that county.
-D e tr o it Free Press.
grinning at ua »11., Nobody spoke-
WIIHain Townsend bnd retired from tude 70 degrees 5 minutes, and w est bottle—found It easy, mind you.” he
Under the law the county Is to pro­ 8 P. Pump Tender With Record Dice.
"I glanced at Lncy. and ahe w as
longitude
90
degree«
40
minutes.
The
. Q s n iu s an d in s a n ity .
added. “There’a a considerable touch looking at Barking with a face as w hits
Eugene —With no demerit In eight business and was' spending hla time in
vide Oregon’s share of the expense ot
Dr. R. Armstrong-Jones, chief med­
Eurots* He was uot a globe trotter south magnetic pole la in latitude 72 ■ of the Puritan In the Pnrker fami
as her dress. Parker’s a puritanical
building the structure and the state ^ e a r s of service on his record, Jerome
Urfving intellectual tastes, he visited degrees 80 minutes, and in east longl- I ly. I doubt If old Pnrker wouldn't old fellow, you’ll remember, and be ical officer ot Claybury asylum. Wood
ia to provide the annual interest on Smith, a pump tender on the Southern
the
principal |s»lnts rtf Interest, remain tude 165 degrees 30 minutes. A straight have faced a crash rather than accept
ford. England. In a lecture on tbe re­
the bonds. Just what complications Pacific, died here after a long lllBeas. tag a long while in each, lie l»'d tak tine drawn from pole to pole through i a loan from a man who drank too looked concentrated d isgust 8o did
lation of genius to Insanity, recently
Robert
G
rant
that
young
cub
who’s
Eight
bar
medals
gave
him
the
record
w ill arise as a result of the oversight
en a villa In Florence, or. rather, on one the eurth tfould |«asa at a distance of much and gambled. But he knew of turned up from Canada. I ««w Lucy B stated that he knew a man who could
for the most perfect service cn that
bo one la able to predict.
of the verdure clad hilts by which It 760 miles from the center. Aud one of the leaf I’d- turned over. Later on eyes flash from Barking’s face to recite tbe “Decline and Fall of the
8. O. Sargent, state superintendent line In Oregon. He had been with the Is «umaimWd. and was famtilarialnv the remarkable facta about this mag- when Lucy and I made It up he gave Grant’s, noting the sneer on i t All nt Roman Empire” from cover to cover,
UotS? axis of the earth is that it keeps
e f banka, in a supplement to his blen- company for 10 years.
once Barking began to sing. H e sang yet hla mind continued to be of the
himself with thè city and ila art tress Itself at right angle« to a tine drawn hla consent"
nursery type, and he did not under­
report, announces that his de­ State of Ohio. Ctty e f Toledo. 1 . . .
ores. He was as much wrapped In bit from its center to the center of the
s comic song in s noarse, cracked
“When’s the wedding coming off?
Luces County.
I
.
stand what he dramatically recited. •
partment w ill turn back into the state
voice.
And
w
e
stood
and
stared
a
t
him
daughter
as
she
was
wrapi>ed
In
h
«
Darnel asked.
'aun.—New York Americnu.
Frank J. Clmney makes oath th a t.h eto
'«
---
t— .» ™ $622103 of the appropriation senior partner of the flnn of F J. Cheney own lieutity. Indissi, he was largely
like fools.
“N ext month.”
Cav«4
o
f
Indlgestkm
.
*
Co.,
dolna
bustnem
tn
the
Ctiy^of
To-
•It
seemed
a«
If
Barking
In
his
for 1914- He also announces that If
"I wish you Joy. old chnp. And I’m
J S - 5 S , * i S i £ S , « i , 7 S r JSi o w S reaponsllde for her »suitu-hHisness of It.
Mrs.
Sadie
P.
Clawson,
Indiana,
Pa., ws«
drunkenness
had
a
ghastly
kind
of
a plan now being considered to turn
IF you have svsr used Chamberlain’« Colic, w is i1jng something you’re sure to g e t ”
bothered with indige^on. “My stomach
Cholera and Diarrhoea * Remsdy 7°°
— Darnel leaned forward in hla chair and control over the rest of ua who were pained me night and day,” she Writes. “I
‘ ovar all the li n k ing business of state
that It
F. t Gulp,
. . . to
. . n . sure—
_
Sam F
___v . W hit gripped Barking’s baud. “Here’s to sober. Presently hla legs failed him, would feel bloated and have headache and
depart me” including the filing of ar-
£
ih.-
d ,y . tb»« a n , « .» I O . «» you.- and he
. crumpled up into a heap on the belching after eating. I aim suffered from
of Incorporation of banks, now
That broke the tension.
aend villa. Kimball, wlm discerned ■kmach and h o w J a l had an awful time,
constipation. My daughter had used Cham
T
h
a
n
k
s.”
Barking
said.
Hoof-
filed with the corporation depart
oeui./ in
.« his
— room,
____ _
‘o Ol ,d barker rang the bell, and to the berlain’a Tablets and they did her so mud
B«'rt’a Infatuati«*» and «I’d not »p,»rove 1 and had it not been far Chamberlain’« Colic,
W OLEA8ON.
Left alone presently
ment, to hi» department, it would be
Notary Public.
Rarkine went to the glass and stared servant who answered it he »aid, P°ln^ good that ahe gave me a tow doom of them
of IL put him off for awhile, then «ou-
Hair« Catarrh Cure *• taken Intsrnallg seuted on Wakeley’a promDe not to ex ­ Cholera and Diarrhoea Remodv I oonld not
•elf-supporting. The receipts, not ln-
and Insisted on my trying them. They
possiblr have lived hut a few hours longer, at hlmaeif. His thoughts played about lng to Barking,
and acts dlrectly upon the blood
helped me m nothing else has dona” For
elodlng tha appropriation of $10,000
„ rfsc e.
press any .admiration for Bertha’s but titaake to this remedy, I am now well Darnel’s remark: “I’ve seen astonish , and to young Grant, « r a n t, d y e ml
mto by ail deaiaia.—Advarttoeamro.
for ifid . totaled $U,«M 46 or $2,6M.$7 ( testimony
beauty, b u t on the contrary, tu Ig­ and etro«<.” For sale by all dealers.—Ad- tag UtingA But the mogt astonlahtaf heUdBfff 1
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