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About Weekly coast mail. (Marshfield, Coos County, Or.) 1902-1906 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1903)
4i"tf Hrt"" wrtM, F, Ml - i 'Tvi i if fl II. i Iff t (I'll !.' 1. 7 I' y ?. 7 i i.i it l f t 8 Mi 7. At Five O'clock P.M. Br JOHN HAMPT9N Ooryrtew, jms, hi r. a J ttaSwfrwttrd "Senoc Srott, rocw- mm Dt tfwirw witn farum I takt It that tho inln. Tha'tinnm ni-ma o.v . n.i Ima been closed down on account of thr memhr. An t M,iwt ..i. war and that all tbo people have left Rml kk-eU yeu iMhVJ. Qwtmt but four ... , J Awl y,ld " wwn't fair, 'caww you "ou take It correctly,- KM tbe quiet turnea toto R lnermakl . 800U M KH7 ' . .. - - . .u "ach the care." rAlM? fL E21 "An,v y w r v, "4 t2Sl1i?2!r 8t, ,ltw!r fhea n1 uM fo"o wasn't it tuur "TouTo hit it. INlro. I hare beet ' .-flt fUB. Owen, dwen, tlarllufci day, and now that jrou havo nualb; x x ,jam,ed you.H ahown up let ua have a plain uuder! ii , T t..i, - .-- ...... ttt .. ..- -...l..lt.... I..t.. ..l l. I i i. ... . ... .x.v. wt wn.ixa n.u. wuini uw miHuuuii u.vu uu.. tun Hnnuing. i nni u. w uwcuu um kMea you nKnn r WM good thofl0 jrrcaldcnt of the Union mine, which rortr."! havo altrong' ?ort"ln Ihta daya. Ueturned a ktas for a blow. And was owned by New Yorkers and run bouse, and I havo a Winchester rtilo didn't iUd liiat time, 'ou kuchCK) y Americans, ordered a shuldown and I and plenty of ammunition. Don't try ntl back. flrcWod tlint things must be left to tako mm of themselves until the two fac tlous had KOt through cutting each oth er's throat Tle laborers and subforc- incn and odlco staff got away by the last boat UwonuIng tbo river, but through accident tho superintendent was left behind. Ho was missed, and the boat turned back; but, being flrcd on, she had to resume her courso and leave him to tike his chances. The men who know George Scott best didn't worry tnuc& over the situation. He was a man who waa always taking HMMMHMMiHaaHiMMMaaaiHHaMi XUi: BitXLZ OKEW BJOWOSB XB . YAXC2X). IIS AJ chances and coming out on top. Tho laborers In the mine were always ripe for mutiny, but he bad held Uiem in hand without bluster. They noted his quietness and his grimncsa, nnd they feared him more than if he hnd talked and threatened. They said to each oth er that a devil lurked under bis placid demeanor and If that devil was ever aroused It would.demaod blood. Scott didn't set out for a forty mile tramp through n tropical forest when ho found that ho had been left behind. Zo simply settled down to tay on and Moelro visitors and dispense such hos pitalities as tho situation afforded. Nei ther of the, belligerent factions woh likely tq disturb him for a week or so, but other callers might drop in any day. , Pedro tho Devil waa abroad in tho land. I'cdro was tho leader of a guer rilla band. lie was a robber and a murderer In peace; bo was a pretty fair specimen of a fiend when war was on. He had not acquired hla title in a day. On the contrary, It had not como to him until ho had shot, hanged or cut tho throats of 300 or 300 prisoners. lie was not at all particular in his killing. Everything was fish that came to ma act, bo it an American, an Englishman, a German or one of hia own country men. Pedro bad a way about him. It was a fluavo, slick, oily way. Do interro gated his prisoners with a grin on his face, nd ho sent thein to their death with a Hmilo that was bland. Ho prid ed himself on his suavity. Pedro's bond hod boon heard of within twenty miles of tho mlno on tho morning of its abandonment, and it could be safely figured that ho would look In on the Union before leaving for other fields. Ilo might find no throats to cut, but thcro would be considerable plunder nnd opportunity for destruction. Po dro knew tho power of btaBtln? powder and had used it with greet socccsa to blow down stono walla and to blow open iron doors. Scott went to wortc "with pick and shovel and dug many holes on tho level ground In front of tho .stone offloo building. Ilo was at thlo work all day long. Every holo received n deposit after being dug to a certain depth and waa then covered up again. Copper .wires connected ono holo with another, and then a signal wiro wns led into tho ktons- houto nnd connected with an electrical battery. It wns sundown before ho had fin ished his labors, and ho ato bis supper and smoked a couplo of cberoota and waited for Pedro tho Devil. Pedro wus taking things cosy a dozen miles away. Be had church to blow up in case tho V)rfefit failed to raise ransom money, And there wcro half a dozen prisoners tp bq dono to death in different wnyu. Being thus employed nhd not knowing rtliflt any one was waiting at tho Union jto interview him, he did not arrive un ,01 8 o'clock p. ro. tho next day. II? 'hnd forty of his cutthroats with him, and ho smiled pno of his blundcflt smiles when he saw Scott slttlug alone In the open door of tho office building, fThe imiJe frew blander as ho ad- iynmd IJnftf.ini jpwatad ih supcrta' any of your little games ncro ir you want to keep n whole hide." - Tbo penor American Is inclined to apeak plainly," said Pedro as blandly as an auctioneer, "and I will match him. My men are tired out Just now with their long march, but two hours later ay at 0 o'clock wo will do you tho honor of calling upon you in a, body. For supper, in case tho senor is hungry, I promise him a novelty his awn oara roasted to a turn.' They call you Pedro tho Devil' re plied Scott as bo looked tho fellow ltratght In tho eyes, 'but I believe you, io wc a uiuuur. aou are mining through your hat, as wo say at home, but it won't work. If you and your cutthroats desire to tako S o'clock tea with inc. nleaso be nunctnaL The toa will be ready. I think we havo reached I an understanding." "Tho ecnor is correct It shall bo 0 o'clock to tho minute, and I Bhall bopo. to get a couplo of hours of amusement out of the senor later on. Adloa till 5." t With that anmo bland smile playing over Ids faco tho guerrilla turned and, walked away and was soon out ofl sight in the thickets. Scott could havo! filled him with lead as ho went, but he ' macjo no move to do it Pedro had trusted him. In return ho trusted the guerrillas that is, he continued to sit In the open door until his watch told him that it was a quarter to o. They could havo crept np and shot him as he sat but he neither saw nor heard of them. When bo had barred the door' be sat down with his hand on the koy .i n J Mamma's "It waa ages ago," Sho bent over tho rail aaln away from him. Ills eyes were so full of something pomethlng it unnerved her, and the others' were watching.' She could alnlost feel Ilnrvey's gnsa. ' "I3ut, dear, I'vo been loving you all tho time. I'm not a kid, Gw6n. Listen to me. Turn your head again. You're afraid." "Of whatr "Your eyes. They tclhM After a pause: "Daro you to, Gwenr Sho turned bcr head slowly and looked at him. "You silly boyr "Sweetheartr "I'm not Bcrtio, doatt watching I" v "And Ilarrer? la he. so verr rich. I Owen? Bay, Owen, don't he look like a frog in tils evening suit? Owen, look at that old fossil and then at me. Lore mo, GwcnT Tho curtain will go up Id a mlnuto. Ilushl" "Gwenr "Uush-dearr "You darllngl Say It ngnlnl" "Dear, dear, dear! Now will you b haver "If I could tell him for sure, Gwcn dad, I mean that I had you for suro you know, dear, ho'd stand by us;' I know ho would. Ilo isn't like tho wom en. All they think of Is landing a fel low Uko Harvey ami hla cash. Dnd knowB I love you. He'd give mo a start, dear heurt It would bo fun starting rf ttsk r ftwi ni1 1nMlru1 a t- M 4a V vi lUv uc4, .uw-. .- tOKOti,crt wouldn't It Gwcn? Yon're dow. At ten minutes to C bo seemed to ,, ' ,, ., n T ..t i - bo tho only living man for miles' f,,Un' "f.'J Im?oim J would do any aJni AtflvemtauteaToStblrda' sjnlltovrlihyo tomy'G9KhoL' cca&cil their aongs, and tho Insects In tho thickets were strangely quiet Fedro the Devil understood the hour and the moment. Punctually nt 0 his band broke out of the thlckcta twenty rods away, ho leading, and with yollB and cheers they rushed the houc. "Tea la ready!" whispered Scott to himself as ho realized the crisis, and five seconds later bo turned the electric current through tho wires. It wns ten minutes betoro the cloud of dirt nnd leaves and smoke blew away and ho opened tho door and walked out Thoro was nothing to bo afraid of. Tho dy namite mines had wiped Pedro nnd his Gwen' Tho curtain Ji rising." "Never mind. Tho rest will look at tho stage. Just glvo "mo your hand If you're afraid, .sweetheart Just your hand for answer. When I bend for j ward put your hand down, and they won't see. PlcaBc, Gwcn. Then I'll be good, dear. Just to bo suro. Youf eyed told unywny. Oh, you darling!" Curtain rises. Her fan falls. IYOLA L. MEItUIFIELD, Cottars mail Folileaeaa la Cornea. Caracas bus a public library which contains not leas than 30,000 volumes. gang off tho faco of tho earth and scat-1 class of cltUcus aro not only tered-tho fragments to tho four winds, educate" we understand tho word, of hcaveu. ENTR' ACTE Coprlght, XX&, by T. C. McCluro.) "Of course you knew all along." Ho was tearing tho edges of tho pro gramme into scallops and did not look at her. "I did not you Billy boy. How could 11 You never said a word." "But I looked." "Lots look." "Harvey V "Ho looks lovely." "How do I look?" "Bertlo! You big, silly, Billy kid child!" "Don't augh at mo, then. It isn't a Joko." Sho leaned over the plush rail of the box and let a rose leaf fiuttter, light at a baby butterfly, down to tho tier be low. "You girls must bavo loads of proposals." "Why?" " "Oh, you nil tako it eo easy. You Just laugh at a fellow and look ploasant nnd all that" "IIuvo you asked so mony, Dertlo?" 'Ten. Scored, didn't you? Honest though, I haven't, Gwcn; Just you dear." . "Thcro was that Ferris girt" "Who? Madgo-lltUe Madgo Forrts? I wasn't lli lovo with her. Wo Just chummed. You knojv, Gwen. Sho was a great chum." "Did you ever kiss bcr, Dertio?" "Not sinco sho was old enough to fight Thut isn't anything. I'vo kissed you, Gwen." ' Dead silence; orchestra plays "La Pa loma." "Owen, tho tip of your ear's awfully pink. Turn around, won't you? I iloi 't care. I did. It was down at Faraway Dcach, that summer. 'Member, Gwcn) You wcro an awfully funny little gaw ky kid tboso days. Fuzzy hair and big eyes" "You used to call rao a walleyed friz zlHop," she said over her shoulder, and her eyes were full of dream light and her voice was low, "It was ages ago." "And I chased you that dny, You could run oh fast as us boys. 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