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e « rT M IIS fllvverlng acrosa country Is
not as Joyful as It sounds.“
growled M r. Bellamy. as he munched
• dried beef sandwich.
“Don't call my Roiway a ’filw e r ',"
objected Jack Hellamy. “W hat is that
Behind us?" Jack asked.
“A very disreputable car—probably
B a n d its ”
It was an ambitious little closed car.
much the worse fo r wear. Suddenly
there was a loud report and the Koi
w ay listed s little . Jack stopped the
car at the side o f the road.
■'Tire, front— flat,” explained Jack
as he got out and removed his coat.
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Mr. Bellamy growled Inarticulately
as he, too. scrambled out.
Hut he
paused, petrified, as the shabby little
flivver came up and stopped In front
o f them. A girl's charming face looked
out at them. She sat at the wheel.
She was wearing knickers and soft
w hite blouse, w ith a round hat on
her misty dark hair. Beside her sat
another girl, fa ir and blue-eyed, in the
same attire.
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M r Hellamy. at heart a kindly man.
beamed upon them and asked huskily:
•'Haven't any w ater on board, have
your
“ I am sorry— we have drinking wa- ,
ter. not enough for— "
“ Don't want it for the car— dying
o f thirst.” explained M r. Bellamy.
“T he poor thing 1” exclaimed the
o th er girl. “I w ill get It Dorothy."
At the sound of Dorothy's name the
head of Jack Bellamy emerged turtle-
wise from beneath the car, besmeared
w ith grease and sand, his expectant
«yes seeking the dark-haired girl. She
•a w him at the same moment and
paled. His head vanished Instantly to
reappear at Its proper height beside
bis father.
“Oh. see the pretty man." breathed
Helen as she passed Dorothy w ith a
thermos bottle In her hand.
“ Idio t,” groaned Dorothy, wondering [
w hat adverse fa te had brought ber to
the same tra il w ith Jack Bellam y,
w hose erratic fath er had refused to al- |
low his son to m arry a poor, unknown
g irl.
T he girl herself, sn ambitions
• r t student, was tow proud to enter a
hostile fam ily, so she had tent Jack ,
aw ay. They bad loat sight o f each j
other, and now Mie and Nina Gray.
Jigging along In their beloved ”b uiay j
wagon,” Journeyed from town to town
and sketching by the way. had found
themselves tra ilin g a gorgeous car
th a t blocked the narrowing road. And ’
ft had proved to be the car o f Jack’s
objectionable and objecting parent.
Mr B ellam r drank deeply from the
• liv e r cup again and again
It was a
•h illin g
cup— Dorothy's
christening
cup— and b re h e r name. T he horn­
rim med speclaeles eg U r
Bellamy
peered closely at the Inscription.
“Dorothy
M e a re s — M etres — that
your name?" he asked sharply.
“ Yes," admitted Dorothy, regaining
fcer lost color.
“ I knew a Meares. Old friend of
mine. W e used to hunt In Canada to­
gether. long ago. W hat was your fa ­
ther's nam e?'
’■Nathaniel,*' she said reluctantly.
Bellamy looked disturbed, and his
fs -e Softened.
- H e was my friend,
and he has pawed away, my dear?"
“Two years ago. at Seattle." she an
•«■-red sadly.
H e nodded. “I beard that. A brave
man and a thoroughly honest friend.
I am very glad to meet h it daughter.
My name is Bellamy, Angus Bellam y."
"Thank you. M r. Bellamy. M y fa ­
th e r always kept your picture In h it
study, the one In which you were land­
ing a monster trout."
“ Hight I Jack, come here and meet
the daughter of an old friend of mine.
M iss Meares. this Is— ’’
Dorothy's slim form stiffened. “I
have met your son, M r. Bellamy."
“Jack, you never told me, air." H e
frow ned on Jack.
“ Miss .Meares Is the young lady 1
wish to marry, dad." lie said at last.
B h a t : bristled Mr. Bellamy, try ­
ing to collect all the astounding facts
before him and tit them Into the puz
kle of Hie undesirable girl Jack had
wanted to marry. "W hat? W h a tT ’
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"One of Dorothy's pie«." irrelevantly
broke In Helen G ra f, as she came
tow ard them with a huge fluky apple
pie In her hunds. “I am starved, and
I t la twenty miles to the next town—
who will have a slice of pie?" she put
her things on the running hoard of tlie
H olw ay.
She flushed a silver knife
and passed pieces of delicious pie
around on paper plates.
Mr. B ellam y’ate. and mutely passed
his plate fo r more. “Anyone who can
m ake a P|e like this
. . . tj,e
daughter o f my best friend . . . I
D orothy, my dear, go and make It on
w ith Jack !'•
D orothy led Jack to the shabby,
happy little car that she and Helen 1
owned together. She bent, and swept I
a kiss at the open door.
"T h e d ear old buzzy-wagon , . . '
Jt brought us right to you I"
“ J want to kiss It myself," grinned I
J td k . “only It's a pPy to waste ’am |” |
Frank Campbell was In from Thurs­
D E P A R T M E N T O F T H E IN T E R IO R
ton Saturday.
D an W in fre y of P lea-an t H ill waa
a business v is ito r In Springfield Sun
day.
O tto Rice returned home to M aple-
ton Monday.
J C. Stapleton. Alvadore m erchant,
was In this city Monday on busiue»»
T. K. W illia m - was here from hla
home near Springfield to transact bust-
Back at W o rk
Thomas Oreen, of C »burg, O regon,
T , L Harber, of CnJ» trg. Oregon.
W It CANNON. Register
OI t í , ïo. »7. JS
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V . 8. Land O ffice at Rosehutg. Ore
gwn. I ecem ber fi, IMS3,
Notice Is hereby given that tira n t
J. Oray. of Eugene, Oregon who, on
| M ay 14, 1920. made Homestead entry,
S erial No. 013724. for tb s L ot 4 of
Section 5, Tow nship 17 S . Range .1
W . W illa m e tte M eridian
has filed
notice of intention to
m ake
F in al
We Save You Money on
TOYS and CANDY
Our Candy is fresh from the factory and the price is right
All kinds
of nuts, plain or mixed. Special Xmas prices.
Fancy Work
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The New Store of the
Green Merrell Co.
Stationery
¿
« £
42 PIECK DINNER SKT
$10.00
A wonderful a s s o r t m e n t, We can give you the very heat
various designs and styles, of value In this line of gifts. This is an exceptional ofTer
Stamped
goods, most any- You’ll save na»ney on this If —one you will readily take
thing you want.
You com pare quality.
ad van Inge of.
Wilson’s Variety Store
Located at 336 Mala Street
Located at 825 Willamette street is now open.
New merchandise, especially desirable as gifts are
displayed in wonderous array.
We especially invite you to visit our new store in
our new location and make this your store when
in Eugene.
Phonograph
SALE
HERE’S MUSIC FOR YOUR HOLIDAYS
green ITIerrell Co.
“One of Eugene’s Leading S tores’’
CANDY? XMAS
AVTOtASTie
This beautiful new style Console Phonograph,
which plays all makes of records, at practically
half price—
$97.50
10 Double 75c
Records Free With
Each Instrument
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Don t forget that Christmas only comes once each year and
that the Kiddies expect to get all the candies, nuts, oranges
and other good things that they can eat and remember
that we carry a large assortment of those things. Our prices
are right and quality of the best. Help the kiddies have a
good time at Christmas.
Dry Goods
We have lots of good presents in our Dry Goods depart­
ment at a nominal price for holiday presents.
F eed s
—
E. C. Trapp, popular conductor on 1
the Southern Pacific lines, is bank
at work on the train running be­
tween Albany and Oakridge, accord
Ing to his friends In the city. He will
be on the mixed train after several
months spent elsewhere on the divi-
ry
f
LCYSOTXCLIS
on Monday.
I T h ree Y ear proof to »s’ ubllsh d uini n t h day of January. I":’ «
Claimant names as wltneaaes:
a a I A carlond of pole» arrived from to the land above dcm rlhed. before
.C a rly le . W ashington, on Monday to be •C O tunnel, l ’ g. ( ' iniiulssloner at
C II Kwango, o f Coburg. O trgon
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¡treated at tb« Carbollneunt wood pre hl» office at R u g tie Oregon, on the John Hettinger, of ( onurg Oregon
Luke Morehouse was In Springfield B(,rvlBg plant,
on business Monday from his home in
F allereek
N O T IC E FOR P U B L IC A T IO N
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THE BUZZY WAGON
By C L A R IS S A
THURSDAY DFX’EMHEH 13, 1 »23
NBWS
Be sure to get an extra sack of feed for the old hen and)
Cow for a Christmas present.
MB*
A. R. Sneed Dept Store
FOR THREE
DAYS ONLY
PAY ONLY $7.50
DOWN AND $2.00 PER
WEEK
Why not take advantage of this offer and have one
of these models set aside for Christmas delivery?
Laraway Music Stores
Store» in Eugene and Corvallis
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