THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
THURSDAY DECEMBER 1, 1927
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"1 "wouldn't be surprised If pop did- Just thin way,*’ she went on dreamily, enjoy her confidence and bo hag
n’t pull out aomet|me and beat It for ’’There’! a young man, Abijah Strong, choaen aid In an hour of need and
who owns a farm Just a little way
I the \yeat. It muat be awful tame for you might help.
man who'» stuck pistols Into the
To be called hl« and brave a n d ' down the road. He and I have b e e n
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face» of express m -ssengers and itrong by so charming a person, to
made haul: teller» hand out their ca»h _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
to »ettle down In a place like thia
Xa. M e r e d ith N ich o lso n
where there» nothing much to do but
go to church and prayer meeting. 1
don't know how many men pop'» killed
In h|» time, but there mu»t be quite a
bunch. Hut pop aoean't seem to
worry much. It aeera» to me If I'd
ever pumped a man full of lead I'd
have a had ca»e o f innomnla.”
' "Well, I don't know,” remarked
Archie, weighing the point Judicially,
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i "I suppose you get u»ed to It In time. !
Your father seem s very gentle. You
probably exaggerate the number of
quite fitting that thievca should mate hl« i»*n. Neither really did any work hjs—er—homicide»."
INTRODUCTION
"Well, pop can be pretty rough
.Archie
.I<1 Uenuett.
wealthy bach
oacn with thieves.
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- further gather f o r t(i« m o n e y .
Archibald
U-nuett. weulthy
The Governor, «mokin« a pipe on • «ometlmes. He and I have our little
•lor. travel» constantly In the Inlare.t ed that Mr« Leary operated In Chi
At the first symptoms of eye strain, bring your child to us.
of hl« health He m eet. Label Parry, ca«o. under the gut«e of a confection the veranda and chatting with Mrs. trouble».“
"Nothing «erloua. I'm aure. J can't '
who recomm end, a life of crime, ad ery shop, one of the stations of the Walker, recalled him from hla med|-
and excitem ent a« underground
railroad, and assisted the , tatlon» to »ugge.t that he »bow a de-1 imagine any one being unkind to yon,
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• cure for h l. nerve«. Archie g o e. to brotherhood In disposing of their III , c-nt spirit of appreciation of the Sally.”
Bailey Harbor to invealigale a aum gotten w are. A recant reform wave Walker'» hospits'lty by repairing to | “ It'» nice of you to »ay thafT But
O P T O M E T D I^ T
E Y E S IG H T S P E C I A L I S T
aer b..u«e for hla alater
A heavy In Chicago hud caused a shake up In the kitchen »nd helping Sally with im not perfect and I don't pretend to
•torni force» him to »pend the night the polle» department, mögt disturb- the dl»he». In hl» jfotitb Archie h ad >be!
Suite 831 M iner Bldg.
Eugene, Oregon,
Telephone 382
been carefully Instru.'ted In the pro- r Sympathy and tenderne»» surged
there. During the night be I» awak Ing to the preying power«
"There clean o ff me, I reckon." said per manner of entering a parlor, but within hi» at this absurd suggestion —
•ned by footsteps, and In an encounter
with the Intruder, who s e e . Archie’s Leary a little pathetically, the re- It was w|th the greatest embarrass- that any one could harbor a doubt of
flrur« reflected In Uie mirror and ference being presumably to the pestl- ment that he sought Sally In her Hally's perfection. Her modesty, th-
i tone of her voice called for some more
»boota. Archie Ore« In return, wound- feruua police. "That was a good Idea kitchen.
"I was Just wondering whether you | concrete expression of his understand-
Ing the intruder, who make« hie os- of youra for me to go up Into Canada
Not that you ing than he could put Into word». Her
cape
Archie plane flight to evade and work at a real Job for e while wouldn't shrow up!
publicity.
He starts crosscountry Must a worked hard enough to change had to. but It'« a good dea! more fun hand, dimly discernible ¡n the dusk
afoot In the night. At dawn he la my lin g e r prime«. Hume bloke died having somebody to keep you com- of the June »tars was Invitingly near.
He clasped and held It, warm and
«tupped on a lonely country road by In Kansaii awhile back and got all the pany In the kitchen
"Olven me a towel and I’ll promise I yielding.
She drew jt away In a
"The Uovsrnor." master mind criminal credit for being the old original Red
not to break anything "
■ moment but not rebuklngly.
who m istakes him for a fellow crlml Leary.”
"You don't look « though you’d been 1
I wonder." she »aid presently;
nal Archie, fleeing, la afraid to tell
This error of the press In recording
the truth fall« In with "The Oover- Leary'» death tickled the Governor used to work much." ahe »aid, "but wonder whether you would—whether
nor," la whisked across country In a mightily, and M ary laughed until he take off your coat and I'll hang ac I you really would do somethin« for
me?"
stolen car. See» story In Newspaper waa obliged to wipe the tears from apron on you."
HI» inveitltude in Mr». Walker'«
"Anythin« In my power,' he d e
of killing at Bailey Harbor and. hla eyes.
frightened, he decide» to say nothing
"I'm going to pull my freight after ample apron made 1» necessary for ; dared hoarsely,
What time la It?" she asked with
but «tick with hla strange friend and »upper," he »aid. ''Walker'» goln’ to Sally to stand quite close to him. and
await developments. At Concord. N. taka roe Into town and I'll slip out to her manner of compressing her lipa a» a Jarr|ng return to practical things.
H , Archie cornea upon Isabel Perry at Detroit where the old gtrl'a waitin' »he pinned the hlb to the collar o f his
Ehe bent her head close as he held
¡nralstcoat be found wholly charming a match to hla watch. It was halt
the hotel desk but »he refuse» to for m e ”
recognise him. The Governor, by a
Walker called them to supper and H is heart went pit a pat as her flng past e ig h t
clever plan, «witches stolen money for th«y went down to a meal that met , er». moist from the »ud». bru»hed hl» i "We'll have to hurry,” she »aid.
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good _ money. Archie
used
as
decoy—
all
aroused
by
chin uj 8he
was quite
tall; 8 tal'er
than -w h e n I told you pop and I didn't
r
an the
me expectations
exp etm u on . «rou»«..
... the .......
boast
of
the
Walker
I
Isabel,
who
had
fixed
his
standard
of a always
,
,
. everything
...
making love to niece of agent sent to Governor's
Plenty of vegetables—yes, but for real appetizing, nour­
u iiT r r im t.
u.
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.
agTee about
I , was
proper height for girls Saily did not I
meet eccentric Congdon here n e«t
e lt culslna.
ishing and satisfying food you must have meat—good meat
thinking—'
day. Archie and the Oovernor drive
At the end of the meal Walker left | giggle, but acted as normal s-nsihte
— fresh meat. Cool days demand energy building foods and
"Tt tt about a man?" he asked, aur
away without crwttlng suspicion and for town to put M ary on a train fot , glr'e should act when pinning
apron»
there is no substitute for meat. Let us cut you a nice juicy
, mlsing the worst and steeling him-I
speed serosa the state to deliver the Boston. The veteran (rain r u b b e r • on young men.
beef or pork roast for this Sunday’s Dinner. Every house­
"You'v'e
never
stopped
here
before?
for
,h
e
blow
lf
‘‘
mu,,,
f,1L
880.004 to train robber Leary at Walk- »hook hands all round and waved a
wife knows that Meat is 70% of every good meal.
"It would be a long story," she said
Archie I thought I didn't remember you.
er'» (arm. where Archie get» new In­ last farewell from the gate
sadly,
"and
there
isn’t
time
to
tell
it,
sight Into workings »8 the crime was sorry to lose him. for M ary was Well, we're always glad to see the
but the moment I saw you were so
an appealing old fellow, and he had Governor, he'g so funny; but say.
world. Now read on.
big and brave and strong. I thought
hoped for a chance to coax from him i some of the people who come
Phone 63
4th and Main Sts.
perplexity profoundly touched him.
“On the whole It doesn't sound ex ­ some remlnlscensea of hla exp erl-, along— !"
PRATT HOLVERSON
E.
C.
STUART
“I
wouldn't
trust
the
Oovernor,
he's
"I hope." said Archfe. turning a dlah
citing." the Governor commented. In­ ences.
too
friendly
with
pop
for
that.
It's
M ary vanished Into the starljt dusk to the light to be sure It was thorough-
specting a clean shirt. "Did yuur ad
mlrable wife get rid of those pearls a« placidly an though he hadn't tacked ly polished. "I hope my presence lin t
»he pinched last winter? They were away In hl» clothing sixty thousand offensive?"
"Cut It out!" she returned crisply.
a handsome string, aa I remember, too dollars to which he had no lawful
handsome to market readily. Mrs. right or title. There was something "Of course you're all right. I knew
Leary has a passion for preclou« ludicrous In the whole proceedings. 1 you were a real gent the first sq u in t1
bau »lea, Archie," the Oovernor ex­ While Archie had an Income of fifty I got of you. You can’t fool me much
plained. "A brilliant career In pick­ thousand dol’ars a year from Invest­ on human nature."
"You've always lived up here'
ing up such trifles; a star performer. ments. he had always experienced a
Red. If you don't mind my bragging of pleasurable thrill at receiving the asked Archie, meek under her frank ;
statem ent of his dividends from his approval.
your wife.”
"Certainly not.
I was born |n
M ary seemed not at all disturbed personal clerk In the broker's office,
by hla ravealatlon of hla wife's larcen­ where he drew ao additional ten Missouri, a grand old state o f I dot
ous affection for pearls. That a train thousand as a silent partner. M ary's say It myself, and w e came here when
robber's wlfa should be a thief seemed method of dipping Into the world's I was twelve. I went through high
perfectly natural; Indeed It seemed capital seemed qujte aa huuorable as school and took dairying and the
domestic arts In college and I’m
tw enty-three If you care to know.”
When the kitchen waa In perfect
order they reported the fact to Mra.
Walker and Sally suggested that they
stroll to a trout brook which was her
o w n particular property.
He had decided to avoid any ref­
erence to the secrets of the under­
ground trail, but his delicacy received
a violent shock a moment later, when
they were seated on a bench beside
the brook.
"Iio you know," she said, “you are I
not like the others?”
"I don't understand." he faltered
"Oh. cut It out! You needn't try
to fool me! When I told you awh,le
ago I thought you were nice. I meant
more than that; I meant that you
didn't at all seem like the crooks that
sneak through here and hide at our
AN EXCLUSIVE SELECTION OF CARDS AND ENVELOPES HAVE
house. You're more like the Oover­
BEEN SETT ASIDE BY US FOR THESE PREMIUMS.
nor. and I never understand about the
Oovernor. It doesn't seem possible
that any one who Isn't forced by nee-
easily Into crime would ever follow
the life. Now you're a gentleman, any
one could tell that, but I suppose
you've really done som ething pretty
bad or you wouldn't be here! Now
I'm gojng to hand It to you straight;
that's the only way."
“ Certainly, Miss Walker; I want-
COME IN TODAY AND CLAIM THESE FREE CARDS WHILE
you to be perfectly frank with me."
We have Just received a big shipment of American and
"Well, my advice would be to give ,
THERE IS A VARIETY TO SELECT FROM
yourself up, do your time like a man j
Imported Dinnerware.
and then live straight. The Governor
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has monatlc Ideas about the great
fame
but
that's
no
reason
why
you
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pop would k|ll me if he knew I waa
talking this way. It's a funny thing
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about pop. All I know about him I
Just picked up a little at a time, and
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he and ma never wanted me to know
Ma's awful nervous about so many
of the boys stopping here, for she
“The Home Print Shop.”
hung on to pop all the time he was
Opposite Poatofflee
-
Springfield
shooting up trains out W est and hav­
ing a husband In the penitentiary Is­
n’t a pleasant thing to think about.
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M b ' s father ran a saloon down In
Missouri; that's how she got acquaint­
Vitus
Block
Phone 18
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ed with pop. but ma was always on
with each yearly subscription taken.
the square, and they both wanted me
brought up right.
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