TIIPRSDAY MAY* 3,
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
P A G E SIX
d rearily . S ilken h o siery w here h o si C ooper. su p e rin te n d e n t of public In D uncan S p aeth , P rln cto n U n iv e rsity !
ery w as unknow n. T h a t should a t stru t-lio n ,
C alifo rn ia,
Hr.
David mid Hr Jam e» P l.le h te n b e rg e r, U ni
tr a c t a tte n tio n .
S neddeii, C olum bia U n iv e rsity . Br I v ersity of P eniw ylvanla.
W ith th e sto ck in g sh e bound a
iragm elit of eo ral to th e leaf. T hen,
tim ing ap p re h e n siv e ly
about,. she
began to craw l forw ard
S he m ust
DEM OCRATIC C A N D ID A TE
not try to go too fur
And at the
slig h te st sound she m u st d ro p th e tuis
act ex q u isitely w orth th e sa c rific e ; a
slve before O live could see.
•
su p rem e m a n ife sta tio n , say, of h ale
LANF COUNTY
W ithin five or six y ard s th e cover
for his ty r a n t; a d e g ra d a tio n In th s
t tid e d
Beyond in the m oonlight lay
PR
IM
A R IES. MAY 18, 1028
island w orld e te rn a lly to m ake the
b arren san d , foot tram p led , a place In
w hite m an a m ock?
Am
dry
mid
favor
luipartlul.
fair prohibition law «liftin’«
freq u en t v isitatio n . S he would have
Olive th ru s t out th e sq u a re fore-
m
ont.
I keil to go fu rth e r. But the d an g er
Will give all buBlnenH careful conaldoraUoti and extend
h u g er to w ard th e q u a rte r w heuce the
wsu trem en d o u s, th e gain u n c e rta in
P igeon of Noah would d escen d upvil
equal eourteay to all.
i She paused b re a th le ssly Io listen
them , a n d th en to w ard th e su n to in
tPaW A d v ertisem en t by Alta King, Hiigene. O regon.)
I T hen she Hung th e w eighted leaf
d icu te th e flight to tim e
Poliow ing
F rom out th e re a clink of sound
! w hich he c ro ssed to th e lee beach
reached luick, brazen loud to her
and stood in th e brine. He beckone I
s tra in in g sen ses ns a gong It seem ed
to her. H e p o in ted to h im self aud to
im possible th a t O llv eS h o u ld not h e a r;
h er, and th e n off a c ro s s the w ater,
should not sp rin g g rin n in g from th e
w ith th e m o tio n s o f one who sw im s.
th ic k e t; should not, u n e rrin g ly as a
. T h e g irl sta re d . F o r th e first tim e
dog. nose up. snatelT th a t preclou»
sh e w as u tte rly a t fau lt. By h is in d i
m essage, h er only hope.
catio n he an d sh e w ere to sw im aw ay
F or an in te rv a l she hung on. w ait
to g e th e r Into th e th o u sa n d m iles , f
ing
T h en in the unexpected silence,
ocean. T h a t, h o w ev er, could not be
hoily and m ind collapsed. S he d ra g
H e m ust h av e som e o th e r m eaning,
But th e sav ag e m ad e plain he did ged h e rse lf hack to the u n itin g place,
m ean Just th a t. He h eld out his hand hut sh e w as u n aw are of It. T h e sand
to w ard h e r in v itin g ly . He w aved h e r w arm ed her. th e e a rth rocked h e r aa
In a crad le, b u t—she w as asleep.
—a t otu-e an ap p eal an d a com m and
F or ag e s she m ust have laid in to r
into th e sea.
P a lm y ra cow ed b efo re Olive. His por. T hen, suddenly, she aw oke with
S he w as clasped tig h t In a
m ean in g w as p lain, all too plain. But a cry
p a ir of g re a t a rm « ; held close agulnst
h is p u rp o se ? T h e re lay th e te rro r.
"I tell you I c a n 't sw im ,” sh e cried a nak ed b re a st. No need for h e r to J
out a t last. "1 c a n 't sw im . D on't you see th a t g rin n in g face. It wus th e (
The ' Cascade save» anuthet hour to Sail ira n u s c o
b e a s t!
u n d e rs ta n d ? 1 c a n 't s w im !”
over the scenic S h a s t a R o u t k .
D e sp erately she put all h e r s tre n g th |
F o r th e first »ime h is fe a tu re s o f
From Portland to San Francisco in 22 hours. I he
fered a re a d a b le significance. He w as into a lunge. So u nexpected th is ef- !
third cut in nine in 2 years a to ta l saving of 5 hours.
p erp lex ed
H e fetch ed his cocoanul- fort to get free th a t su ccess w as h ers. I
He sa t dow n b efo re h er. in d icated S u rp risin g ly , indeed, sh e flung h e rse lf
Thus the sw ift "Cascade," one of the nations line
th a t sh e w as th e o b je c t of th e play. q u ite c le a r of th o se a rm s —and fell,
trains, sets a new mark in speed.
H e bound twv> of th e d ry n u ts by th e ir with a stra n g lin g m a p . Into w a te r th a t
rose
above
h
e
r
head.
th o n g of h u sk to h ts ankle.
Also
"Special Couch T r a in "
(TO BE CONTINUED)
o th e rs, a s he show ed, ab out h is w aist.
Red Hair Blue Sea
and
By STANLEY P. OSBORN
his d a rin g ; d em an d e d th a t his clan s
WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE
P a lm y ra T rue and h e r p a re n ts, with men com e to h is aid.
The brow n m an w as u n aw are of.
P a lm y ra ’s tw o su ito rs. V an B uren
R u tg e r and Jo h n T h u rsto n and som e or unm oved by. P a lm y ra 's m isery. As
o th e r frien d s, a re c ru isin g on the soon as he had lau n ch ed th e bird, he
pulled dow n its perch. T h en , w ith one
Y acht Rainbow .
P a lm y ra s s ta rtle d by seein g a hand of th e u p rig h ts, he m arch ed to th e lee
th ru s t in th ro u g h th e port of h er beach au d begun m a rk in g on th e tid al
cabin., m ak es a s e c re t in v estig atio n sands.
T h e g irl w atched trag ically . U n til
and d isco v ers a sto w aw ay —a m an so
now th e re had seem ed h ard ly a ch o ice
m ild in a p p e a ra n c e th a t sh e is d is
If sh e had. w ith th e
ap p o in ted —a n d te lls him so. He com a s to h e r fate
m an d s h e r to glan ce a t th e door. S h e knife, su cceed ed in elim in a tin g O live,
obeys an d sees a huge, fierce, copper- B urke w ould have re tu rn e d to p o ssess
hued m an — w ith a ten inch knife held h er. O r if d is a s te r had elim in ated
b etw een g rin n ig lip s! B urke, th e B urke, th en te rrib le so litu d e, w ith
stow aw ay, ex p lain s th a t it is a Joke. d e a th from th irst.
B ut new , th a t m e sse n g e r a m ere
B ut P a lm y ra is sh ak en . N ext day.
B urke and th e brow n m an go u p on sp eck in th e sky. th e h ig h est th in g
dack. T he sto w aw ay e n te rta in s them as it seem ed in th e w orld, in stin c t
w ith wild ta le s o f a n ad v en tu reso m e w ithin h e r had ta k e n a stan d . B east
life— w hich his. lis te n e rs re fu se to be th a t R .r k e w as. he w as a t le a st b e tte r
th a n th is savage. A m an of h e r own
lieve!
P alm y ra sp en d s m o re and m ore race, th e re w as alw ay s th e ch an ce
tim e w ith th e sto w aw ay s to avoid Van som e a p p eal m ig h t re a c h through.
W hen O live. h av in g finished h is
and Jo h n , b u t w hen th e sto w aw ay s
a re p u t a sh o re a t H onolulu she d e work, tu rn e d to w ard h er, sh e g a th ered
But he stopped,
cides sh e loves Van. T h e n ig h t th e h e rs e lf for flight.
en g ag em en t is an n o u n ced th e R ain safely d is ta n t, an d sh e d ivined th a t
bow h its a reef. In th e ex citem en t he m ean t to a tte m p t a n exchange of
w hich follow s Jo h n rc -c u e s both Van ideas.
F irst, he p ointed in th e d irectio n
and P alm y ra— b u t P alm y ra th in k s it
th e Lupe-a-N oa had gone W hen Palm
is V an w ho saved her.
A fter th re e d ay s sp en t on th e u n in v ra did not u n d e rsta n d , he picked lip
h ab ited islan d , a sa il is sig h ted . It a piece o f th e fab ric, h uckram -like,
proves to be P onape B urke! B rake w ith w hich n a tu re binds fast h er plan:
H e folded it in to a form
co n triv e s to g et P alm y ra on board leav es
h is b o at alone— and th e boat is u n roughly tria n g u la r an d sm a lle r end
d e r w ay befo re a n y th in g can be d o n e ’ up. He held it ou t. blew a t It, moved
T h u rsto n is fra n tic an d p lan s to save ;t slow ly from hin t tin h e did so. H e
P alm y ra, alth o u g h th e re seem s no re p re se n te d a sa il; h e re fe rre d to th e And th en , th e n she « n d erstood.
T h e g irl saw th a t O live th u s w as
possible way.
M eanw hile Ponape sch o o n er itself.
tells P alm y ra he is going to th e Isle
N ext, Olive, g rin n in g su ccessfu lly sa y in g “life p re s e rv e r." He m e a n t to
a t h e r p ercep tio n , m a rk ed a sem i m ake h e r in to a so rt o f raft.
of T au n a w ith h er.
H e r a g ita tio n d em in lsh ed. T h is be
B urke h as to p u t h e r a sh o re on an circle on his fo reh ead . S he w as puz-
island, as a Ja p a n e s e m an-of-w ar is zled u n til she recalled th e s c a r on sp o k e life, n o t d e a th . T he fanatic.
sighted and it would be d an g ero u s to B u rk e's fo reh ead . A gain she nodded., a b o u t to d ro w n one. did not provide
float.
Once mope O live p o in ted to th e sc a r
have h e r aboard. Olive sw im s to the
W ith six of th e n u ts h e bouved h er
to in d icate th a t th e w h ite m an w as
island an d jo in s P alm y ra. S he is iu
now th e acto r. As B urke, he yaw ned h ip s an d w ith fo u r h e r shoulders.
fe a r of th e brow n m an
d row sily, lay dow n an d b egan to W ith a len g th of fibre h e wound her
Now R ead On------
T hen
snore. T h e g irl took It th a t P o n a p - s k irt tig h t aro u n d h e r k n ees
he fa ste n e d h is knife, secu rely but
had
gone
to
sleep
fo
r
th
e
n
ig
h
t.
T
h
e
CHAPTER VII.
im m ed iately a t h an d , in th e thongs
A t sn ap p in g ten sio n P alm y ra sta rin is la n d e r n ex t got up, p o in ted to th e
th a t bound h e r w aist.
place
he
had
lain
a
s
th
e
w
hite
mail,
ed to catch th e sound ag ain . H e r eyes
F o r a n In te rv a l h e le ft h e r, lying
sought to w e a th e r an d to lee. A nd an d th en to six o th e r p laces in a row.
w ith u p tu rn e d face, h e r eyes closed
sn
o
rin
g
rein
fo
rcfn
g
ly
a
s
h
e
m
ade
an
then h er gaze b ecam e fixed. F o r th e re
a g a in s t th e g lare. H e th re w Into th e
on th e c ro ssb a r w here Olive had Inclusive g estu re. All, sh e saw , had
sea. so it w ould d rift c le a r o r sink,
been
asleep.
fasten ed th e fish, sa t a larg e bird.
th e food an d c a sk of w ater, th e se v
O live now in d icated h im self a s th e
It w as th e sound of th e b ird s' a lig h t
ered leav es, th e opened n u ts ; every
ing th a t P alm y ra had cau g h t. The a cto r, by ta p p in g h is b re a s t w ith a
th in g th a t sp o k e of h is a c tiv ity . T hen,
C autiously, p eer
roost w as now sw ay in g u n d er th e im sq u a re fo refinger.
p au sin g fo r a la st c a re fu l inspection,
pact, th e n ew co m er sh o o tin g in and in ? to th is sid e a n d th a t, p au sin g to
h is g lan ce lig h ted on th e pink silk
c u t its neck in a s so m ew h at s e rp e n t look back and listen , he tip to ed aw ay.
W
ith
a
final
fu
rtiv
e
glan
ce
he
raised
ex am i n e d .‘t ,h o " ' ' h «fu l,y '
like concord an ce. T h e c re a tu re w as
ra ised it; offered It. w ith pleased look,
black, its feet d isp ro p o rtio n ately sm all h im self ju m p ed a s one going o v er th e
and th e beak, stro n g ly hooked a t th e I v essel's side Into th e w ater, sim u lated to th e tu g o f th e w ind. O live h ad a
sail.
th e m o v em en ts of a sw im m er. P a lm
end, a good five in ch es long.
T h u s did th e y d e p a rt in to th e thoas-
T he bird gazed back a t th e g irl w ith y ra read th a t, as soon as B urke and
som e defiance of m an n er, as if it th e c re w had tu rn e d in la s t night, an d m iles o f e m p ty ocean.
O ,,ve 8Wam b r,8 k ,y fo rw ard w ith
th o u g h t sh e m ig h t claim th e fish, i O live had elu d ed th e v ig ilan ce of th e
E x u ltin g , nhe discovered
T hen it lum bered alo n g th e pole and m an on duty, d ropped o v erb o ard an d » b e r now.
th a t th e so und w hich had m ocked her.
seized th e victim , w hich m an ag ed a sw um back to her.
final flop
H e w ent on w ith tn e d ram a. M ak th is tim e a t le a st, w as no c ru e l decep
tion. It w as th e tra m p le of s u rf upon
Could it be th a t OKve had know n ing again th e sign of th e scar, he
a reef.
p
reten
d
ed
to
aw
ak
e.
H
e
looked
he could a ttr a c t a bird down by b a it- '
O ne sh a rp s tra g g le and th o se splen-
aro u n d , said, “ O liv e?” ; d ep icted sur-
ing such a lig h tin g p lace?
prise,
an
g
er.
D
raw
in
g
his
knife
fero-
’
did
m u scles had c a rrie d them , buffet-
N ew s of th e a rriv a l had, in som e
m an n er, com m unicated itse lf to th e d o u sly . h e Kicked -the Im ag in ary ■ and b re a tb le s s . th ro u g h a cau ld ro n
sleep ers in to life, bellow ed an o rd e r. ! of a c ,e ft ,n th e o u te r b a r r le r - T hey
sleeper.
From his co u n ten a n ce she could not He blew in to his cupped hand, w hich cam e to re 8 t ,n a l,ba,low ° f sp en t su rf
guess w h e th e r he had expected to fin i w as now sufficient to in d ic a te th e sail. on thp re e f b e‘ w een *‘s h ig h e r rim
a bird on th e cro ss-b ar. o r w h e th e r ne p erfo rm ed th e ev o lu tio n of co m in g and *bB n e a rb y sh o re.
At first P alm y ra w as a w a re of note-
w as pleased. N or w ere h is actio n s Iiaout; w alked to w ard th e girl, blow
ln g beyond th e fact th a t she w as once
Illum inating. W ith th e leisu red veloc ing in to h is h an d and b ra n d ish in g
m o re on land. T h a t w as all-sufficing.
ity th a t w as so d is tu rb in g an a ttrib u te th e knife.
T h e Island, by re aso n of h e r hours In
She
held
h
e
r
ground,
u
n
d
e
rsta
n
d
in
g
he first c u t from a smafll cane-like
th
a
t
th
e
e
n
ran
g
ed
p
u
rs
u
it
re
tu
rn
e
d
to
*^B w ater, seem ed to rise and fail as
grow th a sectio n th e le n g .' of a
B ut sh e
finger. T hen he shaved a n o th e r piece her. Olive sto p p ed , p ointed to th e * ,d d ,ly a s tbp Rea Bself.
down to a point. She th o u g h t he sun and th en to a sp o t so m ew h at fur- could clin g to a p an d an u s and feel
safe .
m ig h t inten d p inning so m eth in g with . th e r along th e lute-.nary’s course. A
How m any, m an y m iles had they
sw
eep
in
g
g
e
stu
re
,
a
g
rim
ace,
a
sta
m
p
It. B ut he tu rn ed to h e r sto re s and
co m e? S h e reco llected m en had tried
ing
of
th
e
foot
upon
th
e
s
a
n
d
;
and
he
to re out som e th in p ack ag e paper.
to sw im th e E n g lish ch an n el. W as
T his he laid on a box W ith th e kn ife had said, a s plain as w ords, th a t h e re
th e c h a n n e l tw elv e o r tw e n ty m iles
B
urke
would
step
w
ith
in
an
in
te
rv
a
l
he pricked his left fo rearm so th a t the
a c ro s s? S o m eth in g lik e th a t. But. it
blood c a m e . T hen w ith the blood an d • ap p allin g ly brief.
w as cold n o rth e rn w ater and th e
A
B
urke,
fa
r
aw
ay
and
beyond
call,
th e sk ew er he began to w rite, p re
sw im m ers m erely E u ro pean.
Olive
sum ably to m ake som e so rt of hier- m ig h t seem th e le sse r of tw o evils.
But a B urke, risin g o v er th e horizon. m u st h a v e b ro u g h t h e r in fin itely fur-
oplvphics.
W hile O H v^ finished his com posi as fa s t as a sto rm , reg ain ed all h is th e r
T he Island, plain ly , w as in h ab ited .
tion th e girl w atched in a p aralyzing vile significance.
A s O live had w ritte n , w hy could
T h is m uch was p la in ; h ere stood
anxiety. Wh&t did he w rite? W hat
no t sh e ?
w as in th is m essag e th a t m ean t m ore O live an d h ere, w ithin tw o ho u rs,
B ut— w h at of p a p e r? S he paused,
th a n life and d eath to h er h e r? She would sta n d Burke. And th a t b eing
co
n fro n ted by th e sto n ew all of clr-
so,
w
hat
ab
o
u
t
th
e
bird
and
its
m
es
sp ra n g up once to dem and a sight,
c u stan ce. No need to cut h e r hand
th en rem em b ered she could not have sage
A gain, all w as Inexplicable. W ith as th e brow n m an had donp, for b rig h t
understood
d rops of th e p ira te g o re w ere alread y
T he savag e now folded h is p aper th e w hite b ru te h o t upon th e h eels of
av allab le. As sh e sa t, th e m osquitoes
tne
brow
n
b
ru
te,
th
e
re
could
be
no
sm all, w orked it in to tn e hollow sec
tion of cane, closed th e opening w ith such w aitin g as she had assu m id, had been sw arm in g ro u n d her.
W hile sh e puzzled, sh e fe lt recon-
a wad o f leaf. He w ent to th e bird, w hile a bird irresp o n sib ly d ellv ere 1
w hich seem ed n o t o b ject, and tied its “um m ons and re sc u in g trib esm en n o iterln g ly fo r th e h o stile foliage. It
the m issiv e u n d e r one of Its w ings. cam e ac ro ss th e sea. T h en , why th e proved to be a stiff sw ord-like leaf
th a t th r u s t a t h e r from th e shadow s.'
T hen he lifted it from th e ro o st and m esage a t a ll?
T h e leaf, sh e found, w as su rfaced
l
i
e
h
ad
se
n
t
th
a
t
m
essag
e
as
a
for-
tossed it in to th e air. In s ta n tly a s
a
tr a n s p a re n t film,
to n ish in g pinions flashed out. a spread lorn hope. Yet h e w as show ing m n e 1
of th e s tra in w hich should have gone j T h e “ PP«81 a r,‘W w l,b tra g ic slow-
of six o r e ig h t feet.
B urke h ad said th is stra n g e b eing's with so d e sp e ra te a race. Indeed, h is 1 ne88- T h e pin w ork could not be
purpose w as to d e m o n s tra te to all. by v ery calm frig h ten e d h er. i t w as un b u rrle ,L th e co n d en satio n of w ording
took thought..
his Cuurage, th a t he could live down n atu ral. He m u st exp ect, w ith a kn ife
B ut, read ab ly , th e leaf said :
to
fight,
fo
r
h
e
r
possession
a
g
a
in
st
the effem in ate nam e of Olive.
H e |P! A b ducted by P onape, Lupe-
In despo ilin g B u rk e of th e red h alr- Burke, w ith th e d ead ly rev o lv ers, and
I-x ked by th e crew . F a c in g such ter-1 a Nf>a' from w r e c k e d •c a c h t R ainbow ,
ed goddess, Olive b u t reach ed th e
clim ax of h is d em o n stratio n . H e had rlbii odds, no w hite m an could h av e j 4 d ay s Bal1- H,B m an UU*” now s te a ls
me.
W h ich e v er g e ts m e—d e a th o r
chosen th e one th in g th a t w ould m ost been so u n em otional.
«
Could It be th a t he h ad com e h e re worse.
e n rag e th e w h ite m a n ; w as, th erefo re,
M
iss
P
a
lm
y
ra
T
ree,
th e m o st d an g ero u s to a tte m p t—and to a w a it B u rk e’s a rriv a l and th en , a l
Boston, TT. S3. A.
m ost w ith in P o n ap e’s gTasp, to plunge
the most convincing.
She m u st m ak e th e leaf noticeable.
All too plainly the message th e th e kn ife in to h e r ' b re a s t— and h im
man-of-war bird carried could have self d ie? W as th e re th a t In his d a rk N o th in g else a t h an d , sh e d rew off one
but one destination; Olive proclaimed beliefs, tra d itio n s, to m ake such an o f h e r w et sto ck in g s. 8 h e sm iled
M
ALTA KING
For
D IS T R IC T A T T O R N E Y
Time cut
to California
on and after May 6
$15 to San Francisco-— Every D a y
SUM M ER SCHOOL D R A W S
M ay local students
S pringfield, w hich w as r e p r e s e n te d !
by four s tu d e n ts a t th e U n iv ersity of |
O regon su m m er se ssio n s la s t yeur. i
will send an even la rg e r n u m b er to
the su m m er sessio n In E u g en e o r In '
P o rtlan d th is y ear, acco rd in g to pre- ;
llm lnary in te re s t show n by te a c h e rs. !
s tu d e n ts an d o th ers. T hose w ho at- '
tended from Springfield last su m m er 1
a re G enevieve B eam an. Ava R. Hem
enw ay, R uth K erch er, and T h elin a E.
Sw eeney.
A m ong th e d istin g u ish ed v isitin g In
stru c to rs will be Dr. H en ry Suzzat >,
form er p resid en t of the U n iv ersity of
W a sh in g to n ; Dr. T. T. Lew, noted
C hinese e d u c a to r; Dr. W illiam J.
The special all-coach train, from Portland, Eugene
and intermediate points, now so popular as ro demand
a daily schedule. Individual reclining chairs, all day
lunch car, or delicious meals at moderate prices in the
diner. 50 lbs. free baggage.
Five fast trains to California. Go cast this way, it costs
but little more, and you have your choice of 3 great
routes east. Go one way, return another. Ask your
agent for details.
m Pacific
CARL OLSON, Apent
Williams Self Service Store
EUGENE. OREGON
77 EAST BROADWAY
Selling Out The
Newland Stock
IN OUR BASEMENT SALESROOM
WOOLENS
SILKS AND
COTTON GOODS
All Go Below Wholesale Cost
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Come to Eugene and Save
SERVE YOURSELF AND SAVE