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«* . -**>*14^ PAUL ROBINSON _ etivuu^i^Grand sabin V 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 _ 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. ' ..................... , ,, I m .... I In n » .r l.n i» of the Stute employment offices vat tons P F a e e l f c l e I B 1» t Ibe l ^ County (|| #m| Court |JU||, Cou|„ 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, .... .a - i„.n......i I 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 . y. ¿**'*''*•1 •»*«..» k«*-. 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 F 34 M .1 10-17 34 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?" > 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 I OUR USED CARS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES ltt,