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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
THURSDAY. JANUARY 17. U» >9
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and C rucified", Bunday evening, ''T h e
leeond Coming of C h ris t;" T h ere will
he no serv ice on Hiiturilisy evening.
T h ese m eetin g s a re being well a t
tended by both m em bers and frien d s
nnd m ore than 22 have m ade ninfea-
aion of faith so far. On W oitnesady
evening lite ¿liu reh w as crow ded T he
m eetin g s will co n tin u e through to and
Including th e ev en in g of Ja n u a ry 24
DUANES
hJuslrjleJ tyVerae(.Chriify
W HAT
HAPPENED
BEFORE—
Buck Duane, quick on the draw,
kills Cal Bain in self-defense and finds
himself an outlaw. Flying from pur-
suit, he meets Luke Stevens, another
outlaw, and the two become pals.
Luke narrowly escapes capture and
Duane is shocked to find his brother
outlaw severely wounded.
Duane buries Stevens. Then he goes
on to Bland's camp, whwere he gets
Into a fight with a man called Bos-
omer and wounds the latter. He
makes a friend of an outlaw at Bland’s
called Euchre, who tells him of Mrs.
Bland and the girl Jennie.
Duane meets Jennie, and promises
to try his utmost to get her away
from Bland’s camp. To avert suspi
cion, it Is planned that he pretend to
care for Mrs. Bland. Euchre intro
duces him to the latter and he en
gages in conversation with her.
Evidently the outlaw's wife liked
Euchre, for her keen glance rested
with amusement upon him.
Buck plays the game, making Mrs.
Bland think he loves her. To avert
Bland's suspicion. Mrs. Bland pre
tends to her husband that Buck has
come to visit Jennie. Bland urges
Buck to become a regular member of
his outlaw gang.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY —
Cast of P rin c ip al C h ara c te rs in T h is
T h r illin g Story by Zane G rey
Buck Duane . . . . L ast of the Duanes
Cal Bain .............. A T ex a s “ Bad M an ”
Luke Stevens ....................... An O u tla w
Bland ............ Lead er o f O u tla w G roup
M rs. B l a n d .................................. H is W ife
Jennie ................ G irl a t Bland's Camp
Capt. M c N e lly . . . C a p ta in of Rangers
Cheseldine . . . . . . . Dangerous O u tla w
slant he relaxed his hold on the rltlc- T aylor, se c re ta ry . T hey w ill m eet
barrel.
w ith Mrs. J a n ie s H ill on Wediiesda>
W ith a su d d en , redoubled, Irre s is t to m ake co stu m es for Mrs I’su l J* n
ible s tre n g th , she w renched the rilie k in s' class of folk d an cin g , wh eh w II
dow n an d d isc h a rg e d it. D uane felt give an e n te rta in m e n t in th e n e a r
a
blow—a
shock -then a
Now Located in
Miner Building
75?
burning future.
agony te a rin g th ro u g h h is b reast. He
T he
p a re n t - Teaehiu* asso ciatio n
sta g g e re d b ack w ard , alm ost falling. m et at th e high school last W ednes
T he w o m an 's stro n g h an d s, wwkwurd day a ftern o o n , th e re w as a program
from p assio n , ag ain fum bled a t the given. T he s tu d e n ts sold candy.
C ontin u ed on P age 4
Born to Mr. und Mrs. G eorge H art
ut the Puclfie C h ristia n h ospital In
step. Duane read in his eyes the des ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
E ugene S a tu rd a y J a n u a ry 12. tw ins,
perate calculation of chances. For a
a boy and a girl.
♦
UPPER
W
ILLAMETTE
♦
fleeting instant Bland shifted his gaze * * * « « « * « • « « « « « « «
Mr. and Mrs. L aw rence G o ssler are
to his wife. Then his whole body
seemed to vibrate with the swing of
his arm.
Duane shot him. He fell forward,
hts gun exploding as It dug Into the
floor, and it dropped loose from
stretching fingers. Duane stood over
him, stooped to turn him on his back.
... , . ,
_
then gasped his last.
“Duane you’ve killed hint!” cried
Kate Bland huskily. "I knew you'd
haTe {o ..
T h u lialij, w a l found j„ t , iw e ,
in New Yo rk b* m ilkm an Joseph
e ro tv iti while hr was making hit
varl>
m orning
rounds
H earin g
Sounds issuing Iro m * , f w „ n , ro
« i t i investigated and found this
h ttle tot
P a tls n t C onvalescing — Miss K ale
B axter, se cretai y of Dr C arl II I'h e t -
tep lace, has been confined to her
hom e during the p ast week w ith the
qillsy. She Is Im proving und Is ex
peeled back Io work next week
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bails of Philo-j the parents of a baby girl horn Sun
math spent the week-end at the home day January 6, 1929.
of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Kilpatrick
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Needham and
Mrs. Bails Is a sister of Mr. Kilpat son. Bay Mitchell, and mother. Mrs
rick.
Teeters motored to Hadleyvlile last
At the annual meeting of the Up- Sunday and visited Mr. und Mrs.
per Willamette Telephone company Harvey Hadley. They returned Mon-
recently, E. A. Lewis was re-elected day.
president, E. E. Schrenk. secretary
treasurer. An extra assessment of FORMER WENDLING BOY
one dollar was levied per member for
GETS NATIONAL HONER
the purpose of repairing and keeping
the line in repair E. A. Lewis was
O rlo C um m ings, a fo rm e r W endllnv
She staggered against the wall, her elected director on 51 line, J. W.
eyes dilating, her strong hands clench Wheeler on the 12 lino, H. M. Parivu boy, w as re c e n tly aw ard ed n atio n al
honor In form of rhe p re s id e n t's m edal
ing, her face half stunned, but showed on the 21 line, H. Merriam on the 25
of th e N atio n al S afety C ouncil for
no grief.
line and Morton Bristow on the 32 sav in g th e life by re s u sc ita tio n of the
“Jennie!” called Duane sharply.
line.
little D nm aschafski girl a t We idling
“Oh—Is it you—Duane?" came a
Several
residents
of
the
Pleasant
last year. O rlo had learn ed th e prt i.e
halting reply.
Hill district are recovering from the p re ssu re m ethod w hile he w as In the
“Yes. Cotne out Hurry!”
Accounting for the short cut across
She came 0U( with uneven steps flu. among them are Mr. and Mrs. E. boy scout o rg an izatio n and on th is
E. Schrenk and family. Mrs. O. H occasion had th e p resen ce of m ind to
grove and field, It was about five min- seejng only him. and she stumbled
, Wangelin, C. L. Williams. Mrs. Frank u se It.
utes walk up to Blands house. To < OTer Biand's body. Duane caught her
Smith.
Duane it seemed long in time and arm swung her behind him. He fear
Mrs. Ralph Laird has recently rec
distance, and he had difficulty in re- e(j the woman when she realized how
straining his pace.
she had been duped. His 'action was ?ived a shipment of 1100 Rhode Island
As he walked there came a gradual! protective, and his movement toward Red baby chicks from Corvallis.
The cooking club of the Pleasant
and subtle change in his feelings, the door equally significant.
Hill
public school met Monday after- (
Again he was going out to meet in
“Duane!” cried Mrs. Bland,
conflict He could have avoided this
It was no time to talk. Duane noon at the home of Mrs. E. E. Kil
meeting. But despite the fact of his edged on. keeping Jennie behind him patrick. their leader. After making.
courting the encounter, he had not as At that moment ere was a pounding plans for the coming week the clul»';
yet felt that hot, inexplicable expul of Iron-shod hoofs out In the lane was entertained with several piano b
solos by Mrs. Mildred Swift. Those
sion of blood. The motive of this Kate Bland bounded to the door. When
deadly action was not personal, and she turned back her amade was chang present were Mildred Swift, Lucettac |
Baughman. Bonnie Jeanne Tinker,
somehow that made a difference.
Ing to realization.
Nancy
Barnum. Euna Drew, Helen
No outlaws were In sight. He saw
“Where're you taking Jen?” she
Settle and Evelyn Phelps.
several Mexican herders with cattle. cried, her voice like a man’s.
Basketball fans were treated to a
Blue columns of smoke curled up over
“Get out of my way!” replied Duane
Ann Moss Gaynor of New York
some of the cabins. The fragrant His look, perhaps, without speech very lively game of basketball In
smell of it reminded Duane of his J,was enough for her. In an Instant the Pleasant Hill gymnasium Friday charges Earl Carroll, producer,
night when the Coburg teams were de with rejecting her and Louis«
home—that he used to cut the wood i she was tranformed Into a fury,
feated by the Pleasant Hill teams. Blakely because they refused to ap
for the stove. He noted a cloud of; "You hound! All the time you were The scores were as follows Second pear before him nud> as he waa
easting his next product.on
creamy mist rising above the river fooung mo. You made love to me
string boys Pleasant Hill, 24. C oy
dissolving the sunlight.
You let me believe—you swor6 yon burg 14; Pleasant Hill girls 32. Co
Then he entered Blands' lane.
loved me! Now I see what was queer burg 11. Pleasant Hill boys 41. Coburg HOWARD AND McCREADY
While yet some distance from the about you! All for that slut! Bui
ARE BUSY LAW MAKERS
34. When time wa« cal'ed »he bovg
cabin he heard loud, angry voices of you can't have her. You'll never leave
gaite stood 28 to 28. After five min
man and woman. Bland and Kate still here alive. Give me that girl! Lei
Salem, Jan. 17—Lynn S. McCready
utes more play the gman stood 32 to
quarreling. He took a quick survey me get at her! She'll never win any
representative
from Lane county Ore
32 and another five minutes Hay
of the surroundings. There was now more men In this camp!”
gon legislature was appointed chair
brought
the
score
to
41
to
34
In
fivor
not even a Mexican in sight. Then
She was a heavy, powerful woman, of Pleasant Hill. There was much ex man of the education committee by
he hurried a little.
R. S. Hamilton, speaker, at the first
and it took ail of Duane's strength to cltement and a lot of cheering
Half-way down the lane he turned
ward off her onslaughter. She clawed
The Pleasant Hill Athletic club 'ay’s session. McCready is also vice
his head to peer through the cotton
at Jennie over his upheld arm. Every was defeated by the Eugene Fruit chairman of the banking and corpora
woods. This time he saw Euchre
second her fury increased.
Growers by a score of 41 to 40 at lion committee and military and taxa
coming with the horses. There was
“Help! Help ! Help!” she shrieked Pleasant Hill Monday night. Those tion and revenues committee. Mc
no indication that the old outlaw
Cready is serving his second term as
might lost his nerve at the end. Duane in a volce that must have Penetrated playing on the Pleasant Hill team a state representative.
were;
E.
E.
Kilpatrick,
“Tubby”
Laird,
had feared this.
It0 1116 ren,0te8t cabin in the valley.
While In Salem, Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Duane now changed his walk to a' “Let go! Let go!" cried Duane, low Jim Dilley, Lotus Cole, Lyman Tinker Cready are living at 1284 Court street
and Bill Sharp.
leisurely saunter. He reached the and sharp. He still held his gun in
Mrs. McCready will serve as her hus
porch and then distinguished what his right hand, and It began to be
band's secretary during the session
was said inside the cabin.
hard for him to ward the woman off.
Their home Is In Eugene.
THURSTON
♦
“If you do —Bland, by Heaven, I'll His coolness had gone with her strlek ♦
Emmett Howard. Motor Route A.,
♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ « ♦ «
fix you and her!” That was panted for help. “Let go!" he repeated, and
Eugene, beginning his third session
Mrs.
Margaret
Campbell
.who
has
he shoved her fiercely.
out in Kate Bland’s full voice.
been seriously 111 with pleurisy—pneu as Representative of Lane county. Is
“Let me loose! I’m going in there,
Suddenly she snatched a rifle off the
monia following influenza at the hospi living at. 87fi Chemeketa street. None
I tell you!" replied Bland hoarsely. , wall and backed away, her strong
tal in Eugene Is much improved and of Mr. Howard’s family accompanied
"What for?”
1 hands fumbling at the lever. As she
expects to be able to leave the hospi him to Salem this time.
“I want to make a little love to her. Jerked It down, threwning shell Into tal In a few more days.
R. S. Hamilton, Speaker of the
Ha-ha! It’ll be fun to have the laugh the chamber and cocking the weapon.
There was a basketball game last House of Representatives, has ap.
on her new lover."
Duane leaped upon her. He struck ur Friday between the high school teams pointed Mr. Howard Chairman of the
“You lie!” cried Kate Bland.
the rifle as it went off, the powdei of Dorena and Thurston on the loeax committee on Roads and Highways,
“Let me go!” His voice grew burning his face.
vice-chairman of the commute on
floor. Thurston teams won.
hoarser with passion.
"Jennie, run out! Get on a horse!"
The Waltervllle district Bible Game, and a member of the commit
"No, no! I won't let you go! You’ll he said, still low and sharp,
school convention was held at Thurs tees of Administration and Reorgani
choke the—truth out of her! you’ll
Jennie flashed out of the door.
ton last Sunday afternoon there were zation. and Bills and Mailing. The
kill her.”
With an iron grasp Duane held to many from different Sunday schools appointment of Mr. Howard’s secre
“The truth!” gritted Bland.
the rifle-barrel. He had grasped It
tary has not been announced.
“Yes. I lied. Jen lied. But she with hls left hand, and he gave such In attendance and a very Interesting
program given, Waltervllle won the
lied to save you. You needn’t—mur- a powerful pull that he sw u n g tie banner.
UNIVERSITY MAN TO
der her—for that.”
, woman off the floor. But he could
SPEAK AT M. E. MEET
Mr. nad Mrs. A. W. Weaver enjoyed
Bland cursed horribly. Then fol- not loose her grip. She was as strong
a short visit from tlielr grand daugh
lowed a wrestling sound of bodies in as he.
Harold S. Tuttle, of the school of
te r and fam ily from Ban F ran cisco ,
violent straining contact—the space of ; “Kate, Let go!”
California, last week. They were education of the University of O reenn
feet—the Jangle of spurs—a crash of i He tried to intimidate her. She did
will be the speaker at the monthly
driving through to Seattle.
sliding table or chair, and then the cry , not see his gun thrust in her face
j meeting of Methodist brotherhood
The high school took their play to
of a woman in pain.
or reason had given away to such an
Pleasant Hill last Tuesday evening j here which will he held In the
Duane stepped into the open door— extent to passion that she did not care,
and
are planning to take It to Lea- Methodist church next Monday night
inside the room. Kate Bland lay half »he cursed. Her husband had used
The subject of the address will be,
burg
next Saturday evening.
across a table, where she had been , the same curses, and from her lips
"Character,
Education and School.”
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Edrmiston are
flung, and she was trying to get t o ; they semed strange, unsexed, more
A dinner will be served at G130.
planning
to
move
to
Eugene
In
the
her feet. Bland's back was turned. He , deadly.
had opened the door Into Jennie s j Like a tigress she fought him. Her near future where Mr. Edmlston Is
M a rria g e Licenses Issued
room and had one foot across th e , face no longer resembled a woman's, acting as deputy sheriff.
During
the past week marriage Hr
Misses Ruth Whitlock and Hazel
threshold. Duane caught the girl's: The evil of that outlaw Ife, the wild-
enses have been Issued by County
Russell
also
Jerry
Hanson
attended
low, shuddering cry.
ness and rage, the meaning to kill
the high school conference at the Clerk W. B. Dillard to the following;
“Good morning! he called loud and was, even in such a moment, terribly TTnlversIty
of Oregon In Eugene lest IJohn naHR and Kazp| nai”'' bo,h
I
clear.
Impressed upon Duane.
Eugene; David Hill, Rprlngfleld, and
week.
With catlike Bwlftness Bland whee-
He heard a cry from outside—a
The Ladles' Aid society held their Frances Averbeck, San Diego, Call
ed—then froze on the threshold. Hls man's cry, hoarse and alarming,
fornla; Wayne Walker, Eugene, and
sight, quick as hls action, caught Du ' It made him think of loss of time, annual meeting at the church last Anna Tucker, Lebanon; C. A. Wlnge
Thursday
fteranoon
and
elected
of
one's menacing, unmistakable poxltlon This demon of a woman might yet
ficers for the coming year. Mrs. John and Jtile A. Selim, both of Eugene;
Bland's big frame filled the door, block hls plan.
Price
wtas elected president with Mrs. Asa Hadley, Springfield and Ila An
He was in a bad place to rech far his ) "Let go!” he whispered and felt hls
dersen, Eugene; Verne Cnlp and Iva
gun. But he would not have time to lips stiff. In the grimness of that ln- Arch Shough assistant; Mrs. Charles Bhlrey, both of Eugene.
EVANGELIST TO GIVE
MEETINGS NEXT WEEK
A. Ted
Goodwin of Belllngh tu.
W ashington, who Is holding evuugella
tie m eetin g s at the B aptist church
h e re has annou n ced his su b jects for
th e com ing week. T he su b jects fol
You can have m ore lig h t on
defective sight by c o n s u lt
ing na.
Make Appointments
Whenever Possible
low:
D r. S h e rm a n W. M o o d y
T h u rsd ay evening. “ B ran d ed "; Erl
day evening. "C alling on the Niwne of
th e L o rd ;" Sum luy m ornlug. "Bound
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r
S uite 821 M iller Bldg. Phone s«2
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