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TIW RBDAY APRIL 12, 1928
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PAGE SIX
SINGERSREAOÏFOR
HIGH SCHOOL P H I
charming (han her photograph.
Unexpected guests in the person»
ot Sir Percival Chetwood and M Keno
LeMon arrive and are welcomed as
distinguished noblemen, by Mr Mont­
gomery, and invited to remain tor the
festivities.
That night while the
guests are dancing, a robbery takes
place and suspicion is turned on
Goorge who is forced to disclose his
identity. Things look dark for hint
until the guilty parties are brought
to Justice. A telegram from th • real
"Bob" announcing his marriage leaves
Geoege free to finish the story in the
approved fashion.
Red Hair
Blue Sea
lie leered at her humorously.
Her hands clenched until the sharp
nalla brought the blood.
•'Don't bltuiM’ me " he cried In a
sudden flame of emotion
"Don't
blame me. B.amc yourself I fought
agin It rutlit along
Didn't I warn
you? Warn y'how you'll »el n poor
starved devil like me a lire? Bui
you?
Y’Just had t'keep hanging
around: you who was like, like God»
daughter. Hanging around and hung
ing around ’till jf’had me fair wild
The flame of that fire leaped Into
hla eyee.
"I swore then I'd have you Luckv
lor yer folks I saw how I trap y'on
here For. If need »»». I’d of killed
every soul of 'em In cold blood."
She shrank into loathing
Burke was silent, conquering I hat
evil flame of pasalon.
Then shortly: “Original Noah," the
man Jeered; "he wont It blind. But
me - I know our mountain |op. every
Inch o il. And, girl,” he warned,
"when the Ark does hit dry land,
make no mistake
You'll never see
arey one o'yer folks again For you,
they've perished off the fare o'the
earth. The flood's made a clean
sweep. In all creation there's only
you—and me."
Exaltation was In his guso; ob­
scure, Intimidating
"Come, girl, y'shall he a queen."
(TO BE CONTINUED)
M. W. A. MsaBng Sat
Springfield Camp of the Modern
Woodmen of America »III meet In
regular session on Wednesday avail­
ing. April 1». at the W O W hall
Royal Neighbors will assist In the
program which follows the business
meeting Refreshments will be served
The committee III charge has urg«,l
that all member» attend
blossom.
(Continued from Page 3)
student I had for my South Sen lec­ I Burke bellowed his rage.
He had awning the vessel over so
tures. seems as tf she hud ought t he
first t'lay aboard a genuine South Seu ' that Palmyra, all unaware, stood In
: the line of fire, Thurston could not
trader.”
“Once in a Blue Moon" to Be
Thurston acquiesced. But as Burke shoot again.
given Friday Evening— Miss
was being carried down to the boats.
At his trlufiiph, Burke regained his
Worker's Hand Injured
Grace Potter Directs Three-
John turned to Johannsen. acting good humor. The wound had proved
Ills hand caught between a choker
mate, and said: "You yourself be one unimportant. “Joh ns the only man
Act Musical Comedy. Huck
line
and » 1"« «< lhl* Fisher Lumber
of our three men to go aboard and— In that bunch," he conceded a i lahly
Harper is Play Manager.
mill at Marcola Tuesday afternoon,
stay.”
"If he was stealing my girl I'd give
C. II. Lauder» received a painful In­
With the stage set and ail arrange­
Tile big sailor gave hlin a look to him more than a sore arm."
jury to that member.
He wss
ments mad«, everything is ready for
see if the ordsr had more than rou­
Palmyra was desperate.
Behind
brought here for treatment. Il was
tine significance, then lumbered after i her, her ban,I closed on an Iron be-
the curtain at the high school where SIX DEATHS AND FIVE
found necessary to take several
the boys' ami girls' glee clubs »'Hl
I laying plu. "You— you brute!" sue
BIRTHS IN PAST MONTH Burke.
stitches In order to cloae the wound
In the boat the girl's mind was I cried. "Turn — this — vessel — back.
present their annual operetta tomor­
The thumb of the right hand was
row evening at 8 o'clock. After sev­
gradually
brought
back
to
the
some­
Deaths reported in Springfield for
, Turn It back Instantly!"
badly lacerated.
eral weeks of rehearsing, the cast Is March outnumbered births, according thing in Burke's manner which she
I She Jerked the pin from its socket;
ready for the three-act musical play, to statistics for the month tn the had not been able to analyse. For
| took a step toward him, her eyes
. Portland People Here—Alene Lari
“Once in a Blue Moon. ’
hands of Dr. W. M. Pollard, city reg­ now it was so noticably upon him | aflame. "You go back to that island!"
nor. Maude Oorrle and Lucy Bchwer-
Miss Grace Potter, director of istrar. One physician has not yet that he was either constrained, ab­
From behind, a hand closed on her
Ing. all of Portland. visited their par­
music in the schools here, directed made his report and this ratio may sent or too painstakingly voluble.
ents here last week end.
"And how is Olive?” she asked in wrist. Olive, grinning, took t*P> be-
the production. Huck Harper is gen­ be changed.
an awkward Interval. “He’s with I tying pin from her finger., .« If
eral manager of the ptay.
Six deaths and five births were re­
they had been a baby's and y'urned
Principals of the cast, in order of
FORCED TO SLEEP IN
corded for the months. This does not you. of course?"
appearance are: Moon Lady, Ruth Carl­
Ponape Burke assented. "Sort of It to the rack.
CHAIR— GAS SO BAD
include a number of bjrtns to Sprimr-
ton; Mrs. Montgomery. Gladis House;
In charge aboard." he explained. 'I | l*almyra sank against the cabin,
,d parents at the Eugene hospitals
Hop Sing Hi, Lloyd Mattison; Sui-
ain't gut no mate. Still talking about helpless.
"Nights I sat up In a chair, 1 had
and likewise does not account for
anne, Vernice Hawke; Sylvia, Dorene deaths of Spring----- people in Bu­ you: yer name and yer—red hair."
Not by accident had the Pigeon of
such stomach gas. I look Adlnrlka
Larimer; Leatrice, Ruth Bettis; Mrs.
The boat rounded the stern and Noah risen from the sea upon the
and nothing I eat hurts me now. I
tene.
Lila Lavender, Waive Peterson; Billy
then
the girl looked up to find—as If scene of their disaster Back In the
sleep fine." Mrs Glenn Butler.
These statistics should be reported
Maxwell, Ofa Luce; Sir Percival Chet­
Even the FIRST spoonful of Adler-
in the person's home town. Dr. Poll-- his eyes had never ceased to follow— days before Honolulu (his spider of
wood, Laurence Roof; Monsieur Rene
the grinning stare of the man Olive a Burke had spun his web. He had
Ika relieves gas on the stomach and
| ard states, tn order that the proper
Le Mon. Roy Streamer: Betty Mor­
fixed upon her Just as it had faded talked of the atolls In the terms of a
removes astonishing amounts of old
record can be kept.
ton, Melba Mellon; Mr. Babbit Mor­
out at Honolulu
purudlse until the voyagers were
waste matter trom the system Makes
Looneys
Move
Away—Mr
and
Mrs
ton, Gerald Morrison; George Taylor,
His great naked body rose above eager to behold. He had convinced
you enjoy your meals and sleeiabetter.
SPRINGFIELD
BOYS
WILL
Bill
Loney.
who
have
resided
In
Paul Potter; Mooney, a policeman.
the rail and a thick bare arm cam« i Pedersen that, to take advantage of
No matter what you have tried for
PRESENT KNOT EXHIBIT extending Itself down toward her. In prevailing winds and current, he must Springfield during the past two years, your stomach and bowels, Adlerika
Thayer McMurray; Skylark Roam, a
moved
to
ttalem
thia
week.
Mrs.
(lay his course from Honolulu first *o
detective. Richard Harpole.
exorably.
Looney has been employeil by the will surprise you. Flunery’s Drug
Springfield Boy Scout troops will
Chorus Personnel Given
The square fingers closed and her the north Gilberts—Butarltarl or
Store.
Long
plumbing company.
!
present
a
stunt
in
the
circus
which
The choruses contain the following
own hand was swallowed, disappeared Apaiang—and thence make north and - ....... ........................ Mi .i I —
ernie
the
echievement
roundup
of
west
Into
the
Marshalls
and
the
Car­
singers; Maxine Snodgrass, Melba
in that grip clear to the wrist. There
Mellon, Gladis House. Dorene Lari Lane county troop« tn Eugene came a pull, as if the arm were to olines.
Burke had followed, then, holding
mer. Waive Peterson, Lena Frixell, April 20.
follow the hand In. and then Palmyra
Four
boys probably
represent found herself on deck and standing j back the fast sailing Lupe-a Noa to I
Frances Frisell, Louisa McDowell,
i match the yacht's pace. Fortune had j
Jessie Beals, Ruth Carlton, Wilma i Springfield in the demonstration. free.
Hack. Eileen Schantol. Doris Myers. Clayton Barber, scout commissioner,
Johansen had already clamored to favored. •
Informed as to the lagoons they
Ruth Bettis, Betty Anderson, Audrey announced this week. The boy» are the deck.
Daniels. Naomi LeVee, Jule Pollard. yet to be selected.
"We got t'keep four boats moving." would make, their order, he had
They will have charge of the knot- Burke explained. “One pulhng ashore meant to outsail them to an anchor- '
Audrey Smith. Evelyn Manley, Au­
drey Shultx, Nellie Sankey. Vernice tying demonstration one of the chief empty, one loading there, one coming age and, lying there unsuspected, to
Hawke, Irma Crider. Miriam Rice. stunts of the circus.
out with cargo, one discharging here seise the girl at some favorable nfnni
And then, the fleet 1
Richard Harpole, Ofa Luce, Gerald
Each o'yer boats' crews'll bring me a ent ashore.
It is the best machine of Its kind In I^ane county. Handles
Morrison, Roy Streamer. Thayer Me- TWO CANDIDATES ADDED
load and take back an empty at once. I Pigeon away with none In all those j
Murray, Freeman Squires, William
LANE COUNTY ASPIRANTS I'll clear the boat y'leave So now, 1 wild seas save the fat old Rainbow ,
any wreck up to 20 Tons.
Cox, Paul Potter, Chester Chase,
you Rainbow boys, t'start her off. pass to pursue, what could have been more ,
Arthur
Potter. Hartford McVey,
Two additional candidates filed for up the stuff in my own boat and take easy?
A sob of self-pity shook the girl, j
When you break down or have a smashup. call u#. We are
Lester Patrick, Albert Harper, Carl cunty offices at the Lane county her ashore, while my kanakas tackle
though even now she did not. In her j
McKInnis.
cuorthouse this week. John L. Marsh the launch."
sure to bring you in and do It In a hurry.
The high school orchestra, also u n -• win seek- re-election as constable. He
The girl's voice rose In surprise: Innocence, comprehend the depth if |
der the direction of Miss Potter, will wm have opposition for this office In "Oh, but they're not going already?" his infamy.
The man himself, leaning over the
play between the three acts, other the person of Asa Branstetter.
Burke looked, grinning, from her to
stunts will also be presented in the
Clyde H. Sedgwick has added hia the naked savages of his crew. "Sort wheel, sought, with an honest co n -,
i cern, to soothe her. Even she realised
interlude.
name to the list of those desiring to o' wild like, eh?” he asked.
Members of the orchestra are:
But Johannsen reassured her: I'm ' that he was moved by a real earnest­
become a justice of the peace.
ness of emotion, conviction.
Violins, Jack Danner, Elisabeth Rice,
James K. King, Eugene attorney, ordered to stay, miss.”
He gripped his hands upon the
Charles Narfvornik, Maxine Swarts, who bad already annunoced his candi­
Burke shot him a glance. "Sure."
Betty Anderson, Harlan Duncan; dacy for district attorney, filed with Then to the other two: "Yohannsen'll wheel In an excess of disdain.
"Ci*f yer eyes out for yer mother.
trumpet. Ofa Luce; clarinet. Miss the secretary of state on Tuesday. tinker up the motor so, next trip, the
That can't be helped. Hut the rest
Potter; piano, Lena Frixell.
His slogan is: “I pledge rigid en­ launch won't have t’be palled In.”
forcement and courteous conduct in
A minute later the boat had cast o' them dickey birds?” He snorted In
Miss Tyson Plays
,
Wm. RODENBOUOH, Prop
off and the sailors were settling to • derision. "Why, they. . . .Y'thlnk I
Miss Winifrid Tyson will play the administration.”
their work.
Johannsen, watching now you'll mlss'em. But watt. To-1
piano score which accompanies the
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"Handle her gently, boys," called ing, too, laughing at all of 'em—at
Maxine Snodgrass is in charge of j
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Van. And then. . .
He spoke
the ticket sale and properties, and ' Pre-Easter evangelistic meetings Burke. "She's getting old.”
The boat was now clear by perhaps with the impressiveness of certitude.
Miss Lydia Osgood, faculty member, ' at the Methodist church proved buc -
"Then you'll be thanking me."
coached members of the cast in speak-' cessful, members of the church in ten fathoms.
Suddenly Ponape Burke, with an
ing their parts.
charge reported following the final
After an absence of four years at meetitng last Sunday. Several new agility unexpected in that plump
college. Bob Harrington is expected to members were added to the member body, leaped forward and lunged at
return to the home of his foster aunt, ship through the efforts of Rev, J. B. the unsuspecting Johan nsen's back.
Mrs. Mary Montgomery, whose daugh- Coan of Eugene who conducted the The next secon 1 the sailor was In the
ter, Sylvia, was his boyhood sweet­ preaching and Mrs. C. J. Pike of Oak­ water.
Burke whirled, whipped out an
heart. Having fallen in love with an­ ridge. who was in charge of the sing­
other girl at college, he sends his ing and children's work during the order, sprang to the s h e e t The
chum George Taylor, who closely re­ two weeks. Both the evangelists re­ kanakas worked like mad. Another
sembles him, to substitute for him at turned to their homes following the order and the sails filled, the deck
listed down and the Pigeon of Noah
the week-end party. George has al­ final meeting
was under way.
ways been anxious to meet Sylvia,
The man at the wheel burst into
UNBREAKABLE WATCH CRYS-
whose picture greatly attracts him.
He arrives amid preparations for a TALS—Fancy shapes and regulars. that tittering laugh of his, now
tf. strained, false, sharp-edged with ex­
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citement, exultation.
“Remember, girl?” he cried. "BI-
low on the Rainbow—night black?
Wanted t'seare ’em a bit, says you I
Pirates, bucket o' blood?" his laugh
rose into a crow of triumph. “W 11,
kid, what about this here? Give 'em
a hell of a startle, eh Palmle?”
As the Lupe-a-Noa filled away, the
1 girl ran to the rail and sent ov>. r
the water a frantic cry.
In the boat the two sailors sat,
rigid, their oars poised. The red face
of Johannsen emerged from the sea.
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quickly with a tough clay-
1 rather than her voice, threw them In-
tic finish that is easily
I to panic. They pohited, shouted, rat,
kept clean. It will not tu rn
here and there, futile, absurd.
w hite from water marks.
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Then John Thurston snatched the
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struck the Lupe-a-Noa, shattering the
glass on the binnacle. A second flash,
and Burke himself staggered back.
But before the schooner could fall off,
he clutched the wheel again with one
hand. As his left arm hung, the spot
of blood, spreading slowly on the
white cotton, was like some brilliant
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