The Beaverton enterprise., June 17, 1927, Page 4, Image 4

CA M BI
„G O LF 1
L\
ELLE RYH. CLARK i
v/Aw
r
VJ.N U C erv/c e
shadow of death,
o n tne Instant,
* c h a p t e r VI.—nnreisy *<■!» I.indsay he seemed to summon all his remain-
ashor. on Jamaica lalunu, „ :i*r telling |nj» energy, and whispered, so faintly
M iA U ta u ilk »ma\«Simu;'^atjouucrhiin- that I could scarcely hear him, “I
seif un Roosrt. amt out ail h« can promise.”
fensVa/'u^nd“report to^ulrct'.y In two
At once I struggled to my feet, and
wuuks . on Ms way to in- t o w n land- (Hklltig care to possess tnyself of his
fyin*" up'Vf
I n.s«r.s.>
shouted, with what
little
or n«"coVyreu"iiian!iawhotii'1ha
a c o l o r e d ma n , w n o m 11« weapon,
«»- uj mmi , «
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t r a s s ' f h man tell* mm^he^i» Wus-ik*'! strength wus left to me, to George and
well know
lng w a s to o"kiep
keep him
lilm *rom
from r*din*
riding m*» Renfrew to come ashore. I started, I
match race the next day <juu«ny bunds remember, to walk toward the boats,
Kingi*u>n, l *to eiplan!""ttie* "iViattsr.^fts and the next that I recull with any
does so. and next day sinsUton'» distinctness was thut George’* urm
boiee, with igu.isiiy up, win» me race wa8 around nit*, umt tliat Ids voice was
CHAPTER v ii.—innasuy hue m*de asking me how badly I w h s hurt. I
u . * r » « l ? w m * s h o . n L l‘K d m iix wiw'e answered, gtupldly enough, tliut I was
-watchtns a card gum« in which l.«wi»- not hurt in tlie least, to which he re-
id, eat fna! * **' H«* 'asiroit r!c *t h • *c- he a i*r. Joined impatiently: ’’Look at your
a n d a duel follow» i.indsuy worsts hi» sleeve!” And when I did so I saw
bf.^admVttUm f h i nuul'hn,ofh‘u i d I a y i there « «Pending stHln of glistening
accusation.
red.
“George," I Mid weakly, ’ 1 ve
CHAPTER
vi i i
Uadaay
ta d s ,IU<1 *B#**^ ’ ,;,'t
home.”
Bhtvely,
lntioducea
tilma.lf,
and
u
c o l d l y r v i a l v e d . t j h l v a i y I n a c o w a r d l y
t y r a n t , b r u t a l to t,ko » l a v e s u n d e r
hi » « « a trot
H e 1» torturlag a young
f e m a l e « l a v e w h e n t he W o m a n » hu *
b a n d tr l eu to k i l l h i m w i t h u k n i t *
M i l v e l y s hou t » t h e ma n , hut In hi»
d e a t h t h r o e » the u l a v e d e c l a r e » he wi l l
come b u c k to h a u n t hi» » l a y e r .
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C U A P T F R
b t lA r 1 tlv
V III
V III
ffip—fiegfd’a head appeareir afiove li e
What’s Worrying You? What Can You Really
[ uever stolen the watch, naturally she surface. Almost Instantly three pistol *
could uot confess where she hud hid­ «hots rung out, but tlie aim of the
Worry About, Except—
den It. Hut Shively, like a god Upon marksmen was hurried, their hnn.1*
1. T o B eco m e W holly Di»«bled,
his throne, wail ufter her again. unsteady from running, und though
2. T o Have A F a ta l Accident,
“Where? Whciv? Cun t you under- the three bullets splashed close to the
swimmer’s heud, no one of them took
«fund English? Where Is it, 1 say.”
3. T o Need M o n ey ,
Whereupon the girl, cleurly smutch­ «fleet, and lie disappeared again like
4. T o Die,
ing at the first thought that caiue Into a shadow. Shively alone had held III*
her head, answered wildly, "I throw fire, and running out ou a projecting
5. O r T o B e P oor in Old A g e ?
point to lose no foot of Ills distance,
watch In river.’’
Fill Out And Mail Coupon T o d ay
Shively exploded In another torrent lie cried exultuntly, “ He cun’t slay
of rage. Of course 1 do not suppose under so long tills time; watch me
J . S. R oark, A «e n t New Y o r k L if e I n s u r a n c e Company, Portl«nj
tliut he was stupid enough to believe settle him when lie comes up I”
y
O regon. Tell me how to ta k e th e s e worries out o f life.
The second* passed.
Then, sud
for an Instant that the girl was guilty;
ull he wished was an excuse for pun­ denly. still farther out In the stream, X
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ishing her. With a cruel smile curling und as though the protracted effort X
Address .......................................................... .......................... P h o n e
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the corners of Ids mouth lie said of staying so long submerged bad .•., x ** x *'X ~ X '* x * x ** d x **- x K "X ~ x k ~ x ** x *, x ~ x k **X“X*<~ x *'X-* x - v v -:..;..:....,: ''
something to Evans which I could not sapped Ids energies, tlie head and
ca tc h ; but the woman heard ami her shoulders of the fugitive burst from
frantic pleas for mercy told me that tlie water, presenting a mark too good
she must he facing some further or­ to miss. I saw Shively’s right urm
deal more terrible than anything she extended, and prayed to myself that
had yet undergone. Hut Shively bade the bullet mlglit go ustray. Then came
her be silent In u tone so menacing tlie sharp crack of the pistol, but this
that her cries subsided into frightened time there waa no splash to mark a
sobs that fuirly wrung my heart. And miss. I suw the negro's head snap
when the assistant led her away she buck shurply, and tils arms clutch con­
I
followed submissively, us If realizing vulsively at the air. Then, as if re­
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taining his faculties to_ the.end, ids
the futility of resistance,
1
At otice, though knowing that my
(To B e Continued Next W eek)
efforts would be vain, 1 attempted to
intercede In llie girl’s behalf, but the
DURHAM
look
Shively
i u d e that
umi o
h m c i j gave me and the con
temptuous manner in which lie heard
A bridge is being built across
me made It evident that our dislike
Wus thoroughly mutual. Moreover, I Durham creek at i hirhain Station,
knew, only too well, that these men which has long been needed.
were within their legal rights, and that
V
Shively’s action would doubtless have
John Scheckla has graded a road
|n.en approved by 1mlf the overseers through his lot tract adjoining T i­
„„ tlle is|Hll,i. Therefore, sorry us 1 gard, making quite an improvement.
*
(vqt f,,r t|te poor girl, I subsided, only
inquiring how soon lie could provide
Terwilliger Boulevard
The Durham school building is
nle w(t|, n boat to take me to the going to get a coat of paint, also
A
lsland T o which, doubtless scenting the windows changed.
At Bertha Station
g chance to make me suffer us well as
tlie girl, lie replied that lie first wisiied
Mrs. George Heisler entertained
me to see tier punished, so tliut I her mother, Mrs. Schuble, of Keeds-
might assure my uncle that discipline ville last week, and sister, Mrs.
on the plantation wus being mulu- Davis, of Tualatin.
tallied. Then, reaching for his hut, he
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bade me follow him.
The
Durham
Community
Club
will
I answered, curtly enough, that 1
meet June 18. Plans will be made .;..;..X--X''X"X“>'X”/'X"X'’>^'i'X"X“>’X"X":“X"X"X"X“X"X'
would stay where 1 w as; whereupon
*1
F.verybody come so
with a scowl and a shrug of his slioul- for a picnifc.
you
will
know
all
about
it.
ders, he depurted, leaving me upon the
BUSINESS
veranda, gazing forth, sick at heart.
CARDS
Into the blazing sunshine of the tropic
Mr. and Mrs. George Noyes of [
afternoon. Presently, ufter the lapse P o r t l a n d , were Durham visitors I ■
of what might have been ten minutes, Saturday.
•— “ «
: t
I wns startled by the heartrending
shrieks of a woman in mortal agony.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Dobson visit-j!
It was enough ; spurred to instant cd Mrs. Dobson’s sister, Mrs. Arn- •
’
j ,
action, I hud traversed, in u twinkling, old Outer, Sunday.
the space between the house and the
spot, in tlie woods, whence tlie cries
The r e l a t i v e s of Mrs. Albert; -j»
hud come. There, in a little clearing, Schechla gave her a surprise party IX
I beheld |Mior Sally hound hand and Saturday evening.
I y
PIONEER PRINTING & STATIONERY CO.
foot to a cottonwood, lier face pressed
close to the trunk of the tree, lier
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212 F O U R T H S T R E E T — N E A R S A L M O N
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Weiss, of
brown back bared to tlie impact of tlie
PORTLAND
L o o k fo r E le c tr i c S ig n
OREGON j
lash, while Evans and two other as­ Portland, spent Sunday with Mrs. ♦
sistants stood by, uitd Shively, whip Weiss’s mother, Mrs. Heisler.
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I Meet Jack Shively.
George’s first act, after getting me
to bed, was to find a physician. He
bathed and bandaged my wound, and,
C H A P T E R I X.
I . l ndbuy Is a c c e p t e d
to my relief, assured me thut it was
Wi t ho ut g u e s t l u n a» M c A l l i s t e r s n e p n
e w He f i nds t he m a n t h e e m b o d i m e n t not serious.
o f e v i l , a n d I* c o n v i n c e d o f t he t r u t h
When morning came, I wns not only
o f B a r c l a y ’s » l o r y o f hi« v i l l a i n y _
l , _
lv-
daughter* ¿lVlenl*l'wUh * vv Ihm ¡ld‘’j ,l*,d ready, hut eager, to leave the Port lie-
i» impressed. >K‘dud* the pia-'-e »trung hind me. 1 breakfasted, though with-
J y d e f e n d *ed
ed
h 1» ueuuaintam <■ with „ut appetite; then made my way to
H e l e n proicre»»«-»
oKreBNt-». During a h u r r i c a n e
M cA lllale r a »hip, the A n M hiuco , with ; George s room and tried to persuade
a c a r g o o f s l a v e » . Is w r e c k e d on the him to keep me company.
Hut In
I s l a n d , not a s o u l s u r v i v i n g .
vain. The pleasures of the puluce still
darting pain, and ns he came leaping beguiled him.
And so I bade lilm
In to finish me, hurled my weapon good-by, engaged a light vehicle, and
full In tils face.
was soon on my way toward McAllis­
The weapon struck him heavily on ter's plantation.
tlie shoulder, checking him Just sufil-
An hour’s leisurely Jog trot brought
clently to enable tne to get to my feet us to the estate. No signs of life were
und draw my knife before lie had nn visible; evidently It wus the hour for
opportunity to catch me unprepared. luncheon and temporary relaxation
from toll. Near at hand stood a large
white house, without doubt tlie dwell
Ing of Shively.
Dismissing my driver. I mrr**» my
way, through the scorching heat, to
tlie house, to find, on Inquiry, that
Shively had Just finished his luncheon.
He came forth to meet me, a tall, sal
low, unsmiling yuan, with a bald head,
u hooked nose, Hiid In his pale eyes
an expression of perpetual distrust,
which increased, I thought, rather than
diminished, when I showed lilm my
credentials and told lilm that my name
was Ilobert McAllister. Altogether, he
was u man for whom I experienced, at
once, u hearty antipathy, and more
and more I felt thut Captain Harclay
had told tne. In every particular, noth
Ing hut tlie truth.
Shively was cleurly In an ugly mood,
lie greeted me with scant civility;
then, apparently dismissing me. for the
moment, from his mind, he summoned
from an udjolning room one of Ids
subordinates named Evans, a callow,
unprepossessing youth for whom I
conceived no greater liking than l had
for Shively. "Hook here, Evans,” he
snarled, "that watch mis stolen, ami
tliut sneaking, light fingered Sully took
“Georgs," | Said Weakly, “ I’ve Had that watch; now you get her here and
make tier say so.”
Enough. Get Me Home.”
Shively, Whip In Hand. Was Meatur
The mau answered, mildly enough,
Ing His Distance for Another Blow.
Thus here we were, not six feet upart, that Sully had already been questioned
and ufter these sudden shift lugs of the
and had denied all know bilge of the In hand, was measuring tils distance
tide of buttil, again on even terms.
whereabouts of the watch. At which for another blow. A second more, und
Presently, as we shifted and feinted
Shively
broke forth Into a torrent of i would have been on him; was. In
In the treuelierous sand I »aw my
vain and blasphemous Arsing, and '**'*’'*• In the very act of leaping fur his
rhunce, and Icuplng In. with a quick
arm. when suddenly, and without
ness born of long experience on the wound up by exclaiming: "Trice tier
warning, a gigantic negro burst from
wrestling green at home. 1 succeeded, up. tlie black liar. Trice tier up till
tlie shelter of the woods and hurled
»he
says
she
took
It.
And
If
she
won’t
to my Joy, In gaining the wisiied for
himself full U|a*n Shively. I suvv a
hold upon Ills wrist. Hut my venture own up, set her on the picket. I'll
knife flash, and hoped, for one ex
wus In vain, for Johnson. In the same show these black trash who's muster
ultant moment, that It would find a
here.”
lirenth. and with equal dexterity, man
I listened with a sensation of help­ resting place In the overseer » heart.
uged to achieve the same grip on mv
lessness,
to tills callous commund. At Hut luck was against the avenger;
knlfe arm that I had on Ills
\nd
nee
Kvnu*
took himself off, while Shively mauaged to parry tla- thrust,
thus, both striving with < ur utmost
the two men. grappling, rolled over
strength, we swayed and struggled Shively sat In »Hence, yet with what
and
over on the ground, and then the
blindly, until at length the sand give ■ w*vm **'1
“n expression of sensu-
suddenly beneath our feet, and v.
ou" Anticipation upon Ids face, until fortune of war was decisively nltered
as three assistants rushed to the res
crashed together to the ground
An
’»»’esently Evan* reappeared, followed
here fortune favored me. for u„l „ul>
,jr “ ° " n,' lv volored girl, whose qulv- cue of thvlr chief. Yet even then the
negro, whose strength must have been
did T fall uppermost, hut Jol r o.n’s
r'»K »»' «ud tear stained cheeks bore
enormous, succeeded In wrenching him
head must. I think, have en co un ... ed L ' V,,B” * lo
' " “*>'"*«♦ *>»’ >>«d un
Shively began upon her «elf free, t.nd with one final stab which
the pistol I had hurled ut hin> for «k-rgone.
slashed Shively's arm. he bounded off
> enoinously.
Instantly his whole body went limp,
like a deer lu the direction of the
"So
you
took
tlie
watch,
did
youf*
the muscles In his wrist relaxed, and
river.
Tlie
girl
fell
upon
her
knees
before
as Ida knifu fell from his hand, I »u.--
"Catch him !" roared Shively, and
him, with hand' elus|>ed In entreaty.
ceeded in wrenching uiy right
with the blood running from his bared
"So
help
me,"
»he
cried
piteously,
"I
free.
never see watch. I say I tuke It ’cause arm, he dashed after the fugitive, with
Here, then, was my opportunlt
l no tteur pain. God’s truth, I no the others at bis heela. Making the
but. whether it be to my credit or m
most of my opportunity, I cm the
take
It."
shame, I confess that I have never beet
thongs which bound tlie woman to tlie
"You
Me.
d
it
you."
ronred
Shively,
by Instinct, what Is called a fighting
tree, laid tier unions» loua form on
’but
It
won’t
go
down
with
m
e."
And
man.
Often enough. God knows, I
have fought, and fought to kill, but ;o Evana he commanded, "T rice her up **** ground, and then, knowing that I
would ilo more harm Gian good h.v
never save where there seemed to be a g ain ; we ll see who’s master here."
At this the poor girl completely lost trying to help lier further. I hastened
no other choice. And so now, with
after these chivalrous ruler» of the
my enemy helpless, my arm was pow­ control of her*olf. for. as I could plain
plantation.
erless to strik e; It was ti*o much like ly »«•*. she would sav anything rather
I found them grouped on the mar
murder; and as I saw him staring up than endure a second tricing up. "No
gin of the river, pistola In band. The
at me with a half dazed glance. | took no." »lie cried. "I lie. | take watch
No trice up again."
negro must have been a remarkable
a sudden resolution.
“Johnson,” I
“I thought *o," aald Shively grimly. ! swimmer, for I could see no sìkd of
cried, "I don’t want to kill you. Say
that you ch eated ; promise you won't Then added threateningly, "Where hltn. but Shively explained savagely.
"W e saw him dive In. l i e s swim
sg stn ; and leave town tomorrow. If have you hidden It? No lying, now
ml Mg under water, but h e * no ft»h
\Yhere Is It. you black thief?"
you'll do this, your life’s jo u r own."
He’s got to -ome up."
It
waa
pitiful
to
perceive
the
girl’s
I shall never forget the look that
The words had hardly left hit lips
simple
nilud
thrown
Into
coufusion
cams over his face at my words; the
v *»r*' *** • >"v* *’ t" • '«-» ‘ -'»v f*,,
Slncu,
as
anyone
could
sxw;
the
had
lyk__of i msn reprieved In the verv
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