THURSDAY JUNK 2S. 1927
THB SPRINGF1BLD NBWS
PAOS SIX
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Attend Encampment
| Boy la improving—Ths small »oil
Atteudlug the G. A. H. encampment I of Mr and Mrs C. M Millar, who Is
through the trap at once.
number Ntn« Black Street to-night a t ' gt B ale« thia week were Zach Ki»t ’ lu tb« l*aulfic (h r laitan kosptial, is
ten If you would learn ha rtuth about • «l«*> and V M Itorlty. the «äly Civil reported lo be Improving nicely.
Jeaun Beaufort."
i War veterans left here able to make
"lUmph! Thia amelia strongly of I
trip Mee. 0 . F Kgxlmann and
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my old friend Morgau. We've nipped Mrs. Bert tloane, members of the*
hit claws, but we must draw hts teeth I.adlea of the tl. A ft . attended an-
took a prominent part in the state
to be rid of him.*
aecreta from you?" Asked the man at
conclave
Mrs. Kggtlnann waa on the
Jeanne Beaufort, daughter of a up her mind quickly.
He found Captain Armltage reading
It thia man proved to be Armitage the desk.
Virgin Lan. aneara vengeance against
a letter Idnutlcally the sam e aa hts memorial committee* and Mrs. Doan«
•T repeat I f
served aa Inner guard.
the North for the death of her father he should go free; her debt would be
own.
“ Who Is Alice Trent?"
and two brothers In the Civil War She paid. It It waa a man ahe did not
"It's a trap, ton—plain aa day."
“Alice Trent?" Kennedy blinked.
To Open Station
la enrolled aa a spy for the Confeder recognlge. well, ue would have to pay
“But suppose we take a look at
“Why. so far as I know, sbe la a
The Mutt and Jeff service station.
ate government and instructed to use th,‘ penalty.
It?" Migxeetml Armliage
| She tiptoed to the door silently, and young woman from Ualtimore. at pre
"All rlghi
We 11 go to Number b“" ‘ hy U r ’ °" “o‘l Jon""
the w iles of her sex to bring
waited. A etair creaked. He was • sent living with the Caldwells, a
Parson John Kenedy, a Union ape.
Nine Forewarned Is forearmed. I tn ami Main streets, will be opened form
coming down
Fearlessly she seiseo • family inclined to sit on the fenne.
kind of curious myself If the house ally Juue 25. Hpeclal offers are heln(^
within the powers of the South. Dis
i The Trents are of an old stork In
the knob and Bung the door open
doesn't look right, why we can ahy made by the owner* on that date.
covered In the act of spying upon the
A man s body plunged against her's ’ Baltimore, of established loyally "
off."
group of Secret Service agents of Her revolver exploded harmlessly.
i “Armltage calls there quite fre
CARD Off THANKS
The block lu which Number Nine
whom Kennedy Is the leader. Jeanne
The spy dashed Jeanne aside, leap- ’ quently."
was
situated
waa
partially
deserted,
la given the alternative of death or ed through the window and waa gone. | "What of that?"
We wish to thank our many friends
Kennedy mounted the stepa and for their kind help and sympathy dup
marriage to one of their number. They I A shot broke the silence; then came I "Well, Morgan has called two or
rang the bell. Then things began to ing the recent Illness an<l death of our
are all masked, but Jeanne rejects another shot, followed by w arn in g, three times.
happen Men dashed out of the door, husband and father. Abraham It Voris
one volunteer and chooses another of cr,M A thlrd sho,
to seU l„
“Morgan goes everywhere."
ANea ats ans Kelf plnl rene/
and came pouring from the alley By Also for the many beautiful floral
e n d w a r huuti "A « T aina id < e k w
the eleven aa her husband To her-
for
that all became op-
"We are laying a trap for Morgan
In Yeaar t l a w n e " I h l r . . a n l > W * w
their
sudden
unexpected
volleying,
offerings.
I» s m ie B y Manta tl sa H a a r e e k .
g elt she call« him Irony.
Parson pre«slvely *tlll.
today merely to open Senator X s
f l. a l a l a r . l h a * w a . » < l l ha a .|a a a l l a
they toppled Kennedy and Armltage
Mra. Nettle Voris and family.
Kennedy performs the ceremony and
Jeanne, a hand pressing down the ! eyes. The President Is to entrust to
l la a a a l a l a U l a a * f r a a w M M ** M sa.
to the aide-walk.
the bride and groom, ignorant of each thundering throbe of her heart, ran the care of Senator X some valuable
EASY
WATCH
Neither had the slightest chance lo
U Al.l. W>R SCHOOL WARRANTS
other's names and ahe not even know- downstairs. She had not seen the papers at four. We have spread ths
TO
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defend himself.
School District No. IP, of laine
tng what he looks like, sign the Mar man's fare!
' rumor quietly that these documents
A PPLY
DR Y
They were swiftly bound and gag County. Oregon, will pay at the office
rata aBm/ar e shew
rlage Certificate a s “Mary Smith" and
in the garden she espied a e-.>up relate to the munition storea You will
ged; bundled roughly Into an evil-
of the District Clerk, School Warrants
“John Jones" Aa w itnesses the group of officers and men looking down at ¡escort the messenger from the White
amelling hark and driven away. An up and Including No IftdO Interest
Springfield Decorating Co.
sign as follows:
something which lay quietly at their House to the Senator's. Morgan la his
hour brought them to their Journey's
Vasby Broa.
ceases
after
June
25tn.
1*27,
on
all
fe
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private
secretary,
aa
you
know."
John Kennedy. O. D.
end. They were lifted out. A cabin
312 M ain
Phon« 73-J
warrants so called
“What
has
happened?"
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Kennedy
began
to
rub
bis
palms
C-WO-L
H-RDM
stood back of the road.
R W SMITH. Clerk of said district.
"The Yankee. Mias Beaufort" said together In pleasurable anticipation
A-NK-S
P-PA-Q
They were carried Inside, and a
one of the officers. "We got him on "Morgan knows the combination to
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glance was sufficient to acquatni them ' ~ “
the third shot." He held the lantern the Senator’s dispatch box.
But If
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F-BN-S
close to the fallen man's face.
1 those are bogus dispatches, we'll lose with the deeperateneea of their altua-'
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j tloa. Upon a table stood a keg of .
The stab of Joy drove a sigh past him."
They leave her bound and disappear h(fr
Bot A nntu<e T e| 11 "That's exactly what we wish to do. ■ powder, attached to which waa a ten- j
Money Morgan, a Southern officer the face
lo her We w ant him out of the Senator's mlnate fuse.
| Terror first, then death!
and Spy for the Confederacy, la In love
had , he seen it before? Yes. house. In the open
There are lots
The two men were placed In chalra '
with her but she rejects his advances. vea now ghe remembered, it was a of men who'd be happy If a scandal
One day getting a letter signed your Cyjjjjn Morgan had been forced popped up In the Senator's home. *f I snd rebound so securely that thev
husband. ’ Jeanne realises that her through politeness to introduce to her the documents do what w ■ hope thev 1 could move neither hand nor foot.
The men who performed thia service
Eugene, Ora.
Store 11
6th and W illam otto
identity is known Disguising herself one night in Richmond.
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Morgan will never cross the
on compleOug their work solemnly
with a brown wig and atainlng her
-W e found this ln his pocket. Mias Senator's threshold again. Carson. _. .
face. Jeanne assumes the name of
Beaufort."
those documents ire - « 'ri!!rtmenf
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Immediately Morgan stepped Insid-*
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Alice T rent she goes to Baltimore
It was her photograph the one That » the Joke, It he purlo'ns them i
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to carry on her work. She Is unawar*» that had stood on the dresser. She and reads, h e ll go into h u.
lly for a pace— then stepped over and
that a real “Alice Trent" lives in was puzxled. Th»«- showed h»r s dl«- he will not leave W ashington at this
relieved them of their gags.
patch in a cipher that was as much I time. If he doesn t go into the dis-
Baltimore.
"They say a prayer la more aatls-
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of a mystery to her as the others. But patch-box. then w ell have to try some _
John Armltage. a Union officer, rei
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factory If spoken aloud
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four
capital
letters
at
the
b»»toir.
other
method.
cues
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lea Jeanne _ _____
from _ a drunken
man
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. , . . 1 “Are you going to II,
light that fuse.
MYnu
You art*
are tnkinr
taking rr#*Ht
great rlfttrn
risks, 1
Jeanne induces Morgan to abduct r»<
of fhn
* * /liarvatnh—
d ^ 'c h - G —
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R D FL
- A A * On® of the*
Morgan?" asked Arniilage,
eleven *
grumbled Kennedy.
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Kennedy so that she may question
"1 am.”
Jeanne rolled back the sleeve of th“
“Sooner or later, he'll hang Go to
him about the names on the certlfi
There was no mockery in Morgan s
mans left arm. There it was. the Baltimore to-morrow. Come back as
cate and about the carious tattoo
eyes He swore in his heart that this
dreaded unforgetable circle with the soon as you can. For Armitagc's sake
mark on the arm of the man she mar
was war, that the death of these two
I hope there's nothing to my idea. If
strange device in the center.
led. Armltage rescues him. but Jeanne
men was a military necessity. Rut It
She was free! For there, at her there is anything off-color. I'm sur<-
escapes She sees placards announc
was a ragged defense, and his con- i
feet, lay the man with the devil's that the boy Is Innocent. Ordinarily
science saw through the U tters and
ing a reward for her capture, “dead banter, the man she had married!
[ it would be water off a duck's hack.
voiced the truth.
or alive."
Parson Kennedy leaned against the But he's under a cloud. And if you
“This la not war; It is murder." sal J
General Armitage. father of the Cap- side of the window and looked across warn him. there'll be trouble for you."
Armltage.
"Til not warn him. But If Morgan
tain. Is discussing plans for the final Pennsylvania Avenue. The man at
"Well, what Is war but murder? You
succeeds in getting South. I'll never :
campaign against Richmond when the desk asked:
would have shot me quickly enough.
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Are you keeping an eye on Arml- forgive you."
Jeanne, attempting to steal them, is
“Best easy on that score. That's I win—that Is all."
captured. Though she is in boy's
Kennedy ran his tongue across his
"I am keeping two eyes on him. all."
clothers. Captain Armitage recognizes
Kennedy went sw ay somewhat dis battered Ups.
her. but says nothing, and she is bound He doesn't keep any secrets from me."
"Will you ever be able to forget us
"Could you put your hands on turbed. What new coll bad the boy
to face a firing squad in the morning.
after
this night's work?" asked
sprung about Ms feet?
Morgan’s shoulder?”
Armitage helps Jeanne to escape
Morgan left 8enator X s at ten Armltage.
“You mean arrest him for a spy?
and she makes her way back to her
“You are In my way."
As eaffily as that,* said Kennedy o’clock In tbe evening. The Senator
home it .« Is now the ■ center
"It Is an abominable crime you a e
. of » a Con-
aw snaplng hts fingers. "Buf If *we spring saw him to the door. Immediately
/»• «we vwm ■« ♦ Sentries W
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federate o encampment.
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o - u u i c bring
w ing u,_
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we > |oge a _ more
valuable
quarry. Morgan returned through the garden About to com m it Take us out sad
A r e tb? W e s t’s G reatest Shoe V a lu e
word that a Obion spy Is ou t h e ’ Armstrong
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could have handled them window which he had left open and shoot us. If you will. But not this—
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grounds
both, poor lad.”
j was tn the act of lifting back the lid mutilation!"
You
may
pay
$2.00
and
$3.00
more, hut are
“I do not care to have you found. I
Do you know where Armstrong i 0,1 tbe dispatch-box. when the por-
CH A PTER V III.
ou
getting
more
value?
Our
shoes are the
g**1 ’ '
i tleres rattled on the poles and the intend that you two shall vanish from
died1
est
proof-of-what
sp.*?in!:".?(l
shoe
buying and
Senator
him
self
with
candle
in
hand,
the
haunts
of
men.
John
Armitage,
"Somewhere Inside the enemy's
Supposing
It
were
Armitage
appeared.
1 Parson Kennedy—adieu!"
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selling
does.
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thought Jeanne; to act would be to ’ lin** .
Morgan sprang, bore the elder back- | He ared the f * , , placed tbe candle
send tb hir death the man she loved, j “At the home of Jeanne Beaufort,"
ward, toppled him to the floor. nD
table, bowed and backed out of
•L O W E S T -IN -T H E -W E S T -P R IC E S -.A L W A y 3 "
She could not do It. a tnousand tim es "«Id R>e other gazing curiously at the bundled the dispatches In his pocket,
the cabin, closing the door gently.
no!
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broad back of his friend.
and ran all the way to his lodgings.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
She knew no sleep that night. She
Kennedy whirled around. ' I**nn:ie There he burned what papers he had.
spent the hours listening, listening. Beaufort's
home? G-RD-A
d i e d saving only his various passes, and
She imagined footsteps; ahe saw j there? . . . They are paring us down fled to another part of the town.
Armitage running the gauntlet of fire, , Fogarty has
been
hanged.
ar.d
The room he ent«*red was rather
she saw him totter and f a l l ---- What Schmidt; Henderseon has died of ex bare.
He lighted the candle and
was that?
posure; Skinner has b^en shot; and placed the sealed document befoae
In the garret above something now comes Armstrong. And you tell him. One by one he broke the seals. I
heavy had Icattered to the floor. 9h<- me he died at Jeanne Beaufort's!"
He stared entranced.
Suddenly he J
waited, holding her breath. She made
You say that Armltage has no jumped to his feet furlons.
Fooled, tricked! ' He swore. He
; ripped these cyndlcal Indictments In- j
to tatters. They had played with j
1 him. Henry Morgan, as they would j
have played with a tyro!
W e'll put this tire on your wheel
f He laughed shortly. Clever, devil- !
— quickly and correctly.
Ishly clever! They had gotten rid of
him without dragging the Senator j
through the mire of a political scan- ;
dal, a thing every sympathizer would
W e'll inflate it to proper pressure.
942 W illam ette St., Eugene, Oregon.
have hailed with delight.
i “Devil take them all! Well, the I
game's up. But Parson Kennedy, and '
We ll inspect it regularly, after it’s
you, John Armitage. watch out. Im I
on and running, to make doubly
a masteries» man from now on. I'll |
never leave Washington until I see j
certain th a t you get long and
you both dead! Jeanhe Beaufort Is :
mine, mine!'*
trouble-free mileage from it.
He rolled up his sleeve and stared j
B ring Thoughts o f Suitable
at the symbol on his forearm. He I
laughed again as he recalled a night
O uting Clothes
To sum it all up w e’ll make it otfr
I h4 had entered Jeanne's room anil
W e knew you’d be ready soon— for
stuffed the little note In the side of
job to make you a regular custo
camping, hiking and picnicking! Come
her mirror. If only eh could get hold
m er by saving you tim e, bother
in and select the right clothes for those
of that certificate to see If she had
good times!
I written her name there!
and tire money.
Next day Morgan recounted to Jean-
H ere Is T h e Place T o
J no the trickery which had brought '
about hts downfall, and he was keen
B uy T h e m - Inexpensively
for reprisal. He must, now remain In '
' hiding, but he would manage to keep I
In our stock you will find values that
( In communication with her. Besides, i
cannot be duplicated — knickers, two-
time.
i he had some news for her he could
piece suits, riding breeches and blouses
Bound to the
>1 B yr,Harold MacGrath
Beautiful
W ALL R A C K ,
£gQ
Bear in Mind
Breier’s Women’s Shoes
a m
£
We’ll Sell You a
GOODYEAR TIRE
25th Anniversary]
Warm Weather and Vacations
Ford and Chevrolet Special
2 9 x 4 . 4 0 S X ? . $ 9 . 4 5 ^ — .«<
for the whole family.
not put on paper.«
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Knickers, 98c to $ 3 .9 8
M iddies, 98c to $ 1 .4 9
Other Gaumenta— Low Priced
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He was determined to attack Par
son Kennedy first. And this fell 'n
with Jeanne's plan agreeably. Parson
Kennedy knew, and torture should
wrest the secret from him.
When Parson Kennedy got out 01
« 'b e d tbe next morning he found an
k 1 1 Interesting note under bis doorslll. '
Springfield Garage
W . H . A D R IA N , Prop.