THURSDAY KKBHUARY 34. 1927
TH E SPRINGPULD NEWS
TAOR SIX
ik» larger .centers but II»» »Huatlon
FIR LOGGING MORE
I» much Improved over that of last
ACTIVE. REPORTS 4L mouth at thl« tint«*
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PAUL ROBINSON
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W H A T H A S C O N E BEFO RE
It ia IBS« and the Pacific Railroad
kas reached its newest 'farthest
««*("— Benton. Wyoming, a town des
cribed as ••roaring. " as each new ter
minus. temporarily was.
Frank Beeson, a young (pan from
Albany. New York, comes because he
ia ta search of health and Benton Is
considered "high and dry.**
Edna Montoyo, a fellow passenger
on the train from Omaha, impresses
Beeson with the beauty of her blue
ey e s and the style of her apparel.
Equally she astonished him by taking
a "smile'' of brandy before breakfast
A brakeman tells Beeson she has
“followed her man" to Benton.
Jim. a typical western ruffian
whom she knows apparently well in
sults her and is floored by Frank
whose prowess impresses the*passen
gers
Col Lunderson and "Bill" Brady
volunteer to entertain young Beeson.
Frank avoids being caught by any
o f the numerous gambling games, but
is robbed of all his money.
At the "Big Tent" Beeson again
m eets the Lady of the Blue Eyes. At
"Monte" someone turns up (he com e-
of the ‘winning Queen of Hearts an 1
Beeson, his whole J2J bet on it. turns
the card—which instead of being the
Queen ia the Eight of Clubs.
AWAKENING.
Fort land, Feb. 14 (Special) With
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the reaumption of logging at several NOTICE GF FINAL SETTI.KMEM
more operations employment in moat Fatate of Edward A Rice, Deceased
Notice la hereby alveo that Ellen
of the Hr districts of Oregon and
Washington continuous to slowly In M Rice. Adininlatratrlx of the estât-
of Edward A. Rice, deceased, ha« filed
crease, according to reports from 41. '
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of the
Stute
employment
offices
vat tons P F a e e l f c l e I B 1» t Ibe
l ^ County
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v of
Northwestern elite» received at «1. nnt|1
„„ , Ul.|, administratrix
headquarter» here Inday.
Lugging and that ten o'clock In the forenoon
ha« now reached normal »prtng sell- I or Monday, the SXth day of March,
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IMT “I *be Court room thereof. have
vlty. the riport» in It t **
been, by the Court, fired and appoint
Iii the
Gritya Harbor uUtrUl the , tH|
anc| pia< t» (or h«*ttrliiK
shingle Industry remains virtually at objections to said report and for the
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standstlll. except for two large final settlem ent of the estate of »aid
I certainly owed a measure of court | |h l |U mat have not been affected bv deceased.
ELLBN M KICK. Administratrix
esy to this man l»ho had saved my the Shingle Weaver s strike. Several
A. K W HEELER. Attorney
life.
logging camps In the Grays Harbor
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We found a small table in a corner. I country remain closed
Preparations i
The affair upon the fioor waa appar- for the dam m ing and fishing seasou '
ently pa»t history—If It merited even are under way and many men are i
Dinner la Enjoytd
that distinction
The place had re busily engaged In this work
sumed Its program of dancing, playing
Honoring Mr. mid Mr». Herbert A
Moat camps of the Portland an I '
and drinking as though after all a Columbia R.vvr district are operating. Shannon, recently r e t u r n e d from
pistol shot was of no great moment although several are ruunlng only on.) their honeymoon trip, a dinner was
la the Big Tent.
aide. Willapa Harbor camps are not held Sunday at the Shannon home
"You had a narrow shave." my yet generally under way. but will attended by friends of the newlywed»
• Those present Included Mr. and
friend remarked as we seated our be by the middle of March
selves
Saltucn canning concerns on the Mr«. John Will. Mr and Mrs L. M
He proceeded to tell me that the North c ast and In Alaska are signing Shannon. Mr. and Mrs J. It. Bayer.
up craws for the season and crew Mr. and Mr», It A. Grr. and »on.
whole thing was crooked
■hlptnatta
will begin sometime In Jtiumle. Mr. and Mr». Fred Stump.
"And the women la the main i t e - r
Mr and Mrs. M Spore» and Mr. and
er." he em cluded. "That purty piece March
Mrs Walter U pea and fam ily.
There
arc
uttll
unemployed
tn
all
who damn nigh lost you your life as
well aa Iosin' you your m oney!”
"You mean the lady with the blue
eves?"
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ling table stood against him. revolver
barrel boring into his very atomacn.
“Stand pat. Mister. 1 call you!"
In a trice all entry of any unpleas
ant emotion vanished from my antag
onist's handsome face, leaving It olive
tinted, cameo. Inert. He steadied a
little, and smiled, surveying the
team ster's visage close Io his
"You have me covered, air. My
hand is in the discard.” He composed
ly lucked the derringer Into hls waist
coat pocket again. "That gentleman
struck me; he was about to draw on
me. and by rights ! might have kille I
him My apologies for this little dis
turbance."
He bestowed a challenging look up
on me. a hard unforgiving look upon
the lady; with a bow he turned for his
hat. and stepping sw iftly went back
to his table.
Now in the reaction I fought des
perately against a trembling of the
knees; there were congratulations, a
hubbub of voices assailing me—
and the arm of the teamster through
mine and his bluff invitation:
"Come and have a drink."
"Buf you'll return. You must! 1
want to speak with you!"
It was My Lady, pleading earnestly.
I still could scarcely utter a word; my
brain was in a smother. My new
friend moved me away from her. He
answered for me.
“Don't you savvy that your lady's'
Montoyo's wife— hls woman anyhow?"
"Montoyo? Who's Montoyo?"
"The monte thrower! That asm«
spieler who trimmed us," he rapped
impatiently.
"She's bound to Montoyo. He's s
breed, some Spanish, some white, like
as not some Injun. A devtl. ami a«
slick as they make 'em She's a power
too white for him. herself, but he
usee her, and some day he'll kill her.
"Not until we've had a little con You're not the first gudgeon she's
fab. lady. W e’ve got matters of Im hooked, to feed to him,"
(T O BE C O N T IN U E D )
portance Jest at present."
I saw her bite her lips, as she help
CALL AND SEE Dr. N. W Emery
lessly flushed: her blue eyes implored
me. but 1 had no wils of my own and on prices on plate and other work, t!
My fingers left it as though It were
a snake. The eight of clubs! Where
I had Been, in fancy, fhe queen of
hearts, there lay like a changeling
the eight of clubs, with corners bent
as only token of the transformation.
“We can't both win. gentlemen. '
th e gam bler said. "But I am willing
to give you one more chance from a
aew deck."
■What the response was I did not
know, nor care. My ears drummed
and seeing nothing 1 pushed through
into the open, painfully coarclo’-ta that
I was flat penniless and instead of
having played the knave I had played
the fool, for the— queen of hearts.
The loss of some twenty dollars
■light have been a trivial matter to
me once—but here I had lost my a lt
whether large or small: and not oalv
had been b'lked out of It— I had bilked
m yself out of ft by sinking, in pretend-
ed smartness, below the level of a
mere artful dodger!
I heard My Lady speaking beside
me.
"I'm so sorry- " She laid hand upon
my sleeve. You should have been
content iwith small sums, or followed
my lead Next time— "
"There'll be no ‘next’ title." I blurt
ed “I am cleaned out.”
"1 was first robbed at the hotel.
Now here."
"No. no' she opposed Jim sidled
to us. "That was a bungle. Jim.”
He ruefully scrateched hls heaj.
“A wrong steer for once. I reckon. 1
By thunder. I want revenge on this
John and I mean to get It. So do you ,
don't you. partner?" he appealed to
me.
As with -mute, sickly denial I turned !
away it seemed to me that 1 sensed a i
shifting of forms at fhe monte table '
—caught the words "You watch here a i
moment;" and close following, a slim '
white hand fell heavily upon My
Lady's shoulder.
It whirled her about, to face the
gambler. Hls smooth olive counten
ance was dark with a vernom of rage
Incarnate that poisoned the air- his
•y lle bles cracked.
"You devil! I heard you, at the
table. You meddle with my comeons,
will you?” And he slapped her with
open palm, so that the impact «mack-
ed. "Now you get out o ’ here or I'll I
kill you."
She flamed red all In a single
rush of blood.
"Oh!” she breathed.
Her hand
darted for the pocket in her skirt,
but I sprang between the two. For
getful of my revolver, with a blow f
sent him reeling backward.
He recovered.
With lightening
movement he thrust his right hand
Into his waistcoat pocket.
I heard a rush of feet, a clamor of
voices; and all the while, I was tug
glng. awkward with deadly peril at
my revolver.
His Angers had whipped free of the
pocket, I glimpsed as with second
sight (for my eyes were held strong
ly by h is| the twin little black muz-
zles of a derringer concealed In hls
pnlnif a spasm of fear pinched me;
they spflrted. with ringing report, but
at the instant a flannel arm knocked !
big arm up, the ball had oped ceeillng-
ward and the teamster of the gamb-
balance river bottom
60 telephone
share» go will) place If you are look
tng for a «mall farm come In and let
un
»how you thl». «nd will lake
Springfield property up to »3000
Springfield property to trarle fur a
good sheep ranch.
60 Acre» up the McKensle for »oine
thing cloee In.
3 Acre» and large hou»e at F all
Creek for Springfield
If you have anything you want Id
trade come In and »ee me
I can
match you.
WM. VASBY. Rani Estate
312 Main St.
Phone 73-J
Royal Neighbors Te M o t
The Rovai Neighbors will meet on
the fourth Monday In March at Mar-
cola. delegale» from Spring livid. Eu
gene. Cottage Grove and Creawell at
tending
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OUR USED CARS
SPEAK FOR
THEMSELVES
ltt,<au»<* their valuca arc always
right
tlur prices arc e»labll»hed to
; give our customer» the best possible
I »ervlce /or the tca»l coat. W . may
not h a w Just the type of car that you
I want today, but when we do have It
J you will find that you can buy It at
the right price and on the most favor
able terma.
Btudebaker lldstr
Late model, a
dandy.
Hudson Speedster
Bulrk "4" Sport lldalr, A good little
car
i Jewett Coupe, new due« finish
j Hutek Master Rdatr. Fully equipped.
, like new.
! Chevrolet Touring»
| Fortt Touring». 16« «0 up
■ Ford Touring with Ituxtell Axle
Bulrk Touring
s
Chevrolet Coupe, late model In nlca
shape
i Oldamoblle Sedan, a good family car.
Naah Touring.
Overland Coupe
Star Touring.
Dodge Touring.
Gardner Touring.
Dodge Coupe, late Model,
and several other good cars.
Can Be Made Into
New Ones
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Which will give More Service than any other domestic rug
Come In and look these cars over, if
we haven't Just the car you want now.
you can register with u» and we wilt
Inform you when we have the auto
mobile that we think will suit you.
A REVERSIBLE FEATURE GIVES
YOU TWO RUGS IN ONE
We would be pleased to give you information.
Just Call or Phone
F. W. Pettyjohn Co.
Fluff Rug Co.
Eugene
Equity *« » dandy fifty »1»
Beni Kami ban flood h«Hia< and barn,
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Our todaya offering» include the fol
lowing:
Your Old Carpets
163€ Jefferson St.
For Sale or Trade
Phone 401
7th and Olive Streets.
EVANGELIST JAMES SMALL
Eugene. Ore.
Buick Dealers
of Kansas City, M o.
Begins a meeting in the Christian Church. Springfield, Sunday,
Febauary, 27.
Clark Adyalot of Eugene will have charge of
the music.
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Price»
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fo r F o r d s a n d C h evro let
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