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HI» hand w ent up to hl» forehead
H e passed hla hand a w lftly across
W as It a dream ; or waa he Indeed hla eyes, and hl« thin fingers grasped
back once more In the day» of hla the aides of his chair with nervous
youth, back am ong the pine wood» force.
Ah' he must be dr'anting
which topped hla canlle. walking aide again!
It was one of the faces of
by aide with her w hose presence the past, tem pting and m ocking him!
seem ed to make the long summer days Yet, no! she stood there; surely she
one sw eet dream o f light ?
The stood there
Mother of God!
Was
fam iliar odor of v iolets and wild hya­ this m adness com e nt lost?
cinths seem ed to fill the room The
''M argharlta'" he cried, stretching
fog-bound city, with Ila cea seless roar, out his hands toward hoi
"Margiia
existed for him no longer
The sun rlta!”
of hla own dear country warmed
It was no dream, then, nor was It
his heart, and the sea wind blew In hla madness. It was truth. There were
eager face. And »he was there— -his loving, d in g in g arms around Ills neck,
q u een —the great d esire of hla weary a passional!', w eeping face pressed
life. All his pulses leaped with the close against his. Hot tear», her tears
Joy of her presence. Ftve-and-twentv were trickling down hla hollow cheeks,
years of lonely m isery were blotted kindling Ills stagnant blood by their
out.
Ah! m em ory Is a wonderful warmth, and thaw ing the apathetic
m agician!
chill w hose ley hand had lain so heavy
'T<eonardo! W ill you not speak to upon hint
A aob «craped him
HI»
m e*”
eager, trem bling fingers pushed bark
Again that voice! W here was he «he clustering hulr from her temple«,
now! Face to face with her on the H« peered wonderlngly Into her face
sands of Palerm o. d eceived, betrayed. " must be a vision; It would surely
given over to the enem ies of hl» coun
un,l leave hint once more
Flve-and-
WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE:
| The people at the hotel had made try. and by her— the woman for whom ln «he outer darkness
his
passionate
love
had
been
his
»ole
tw
en
ty
year»
had
passed'
She had
Palerm o is the scene. There an several attem pts to rouse him. but In
crim e
L isten!
The air Is full of been
,b l" ‘ hw»! A
of he
exile Leonardo di Marion!, has come valn He answ ered no questions, and
that
cry
of
threatened
vengeance
wililerm
ent
crept
In
epon
him
for love of Adrienne Cartucclo. who '» his quiet way resented Intrusion
"Margharlta!" he exclaim ed feebly
•p u m a him He m eets an Englishm an. He Paid w hatever was dem anded, and Hark how the ech oes ring back from
You are
Lord St Maurice, who falls In love he gave no trouble. The manager, the cliff». "By the sun. and the sky. *'I do not understand!
w ith Adrienne on sight. Leonardo sebs wbo knew his history from a short and the sea. and the earth, I swear Margharlta; you have her hair, her
bis sister Margharlta. who tells him <*u«“ nS «“ * newspaper which hao that, as they continue unchanged and i eyes, her mouth! And y d . o f course.
chronicled his arrival In London, was , unchanging, so shall my hale for you It cannot be Ah, no! It cannot tw­
b is love for Adrienne is hopeless. But
at hts wits' end to know how to save | rem ain!" d a rk n ess—a prison cell
"You are thinking of my mother,”
be pleads with her to arrange an ac­
him
He had once endeavored to j Year by year, year by year, darkness, she cried »oftly. "She loved you so
cidental m eeting, to say farew ell, be­
reason gently with his eccen tric vis- solitude, m ispry! See the black hair much. I am like her am I not*"
tw een Adrienne and him
itor. but he had been bidden quietly to , «urn gray, the strength of manhood J "Married'
Margharlta
m arried’
S h s consents. That night the Eng­ leave the room
On his endeavoring w asting awaw, the eye growing olm. Ah, of course! I had w orgollen
And
lishm an is informed of an attem pt be- to make one more appeal, the Count «he body weak. Year by year, year you are her child
My sister's child
lng made^to cary off Slgnorlna Cartuc-
r(sen quJetly and
t0 the by year. It goes on
What was that Ah. flve-and tw enty years Is a long
d o and Margharita, who are walking door.
I scratched on the w hitew ashed walls? tim e.”
by bigrands employed by a rejected
"I only wish to be left In peace.” he Wbat was the cry which rang back
“it
„ ghameful. cruel lime." she
ssiltor, on a lonely road. He rushes
said with a touch of dignity In his «rom tbe low ering c l i f f
H ale un crlod p assion ately. "My m other used
to the scene, and proves able to sad. cold manner. "If you cannot do ¡<'banKlfK an<« unchanged
The sam e to , e ,j nu.
when | waa „ little*
rescue the ladies.
that I will go away to another hotel. 1 * Ter the sam e.
girl. Bnd f,er yO|re would shake with
Inflamed by the failure of his Choose!"
i “Leonardo, have you no word
for anger and pity. Francesca, too. would
schem e, Leonardo se e Margharita
The manager had bowed and with- me
««Ik «° me abou« you. I prayed for
who show s him she knows that he drawn in silen ce. But he was a kind !
He rose sl°w ly from hts chair,
and you every evening when I w as-little,
w as instigator of the attem pted at-
.
'
,,,
fiv P<t hl» »v»« nnnn
that they m ight soon set you free
. u
1! K
. . hearted man. and he was still troubled i n x ea nls •'5re’ ,lpon ber
tack. The Englishm an now sees Ad­ about the matter. Dav by day the I B efor® ’bp|r Ore sh e shrank back, again. Oh. It was cruel! '
rienne often The Englishm an sittin g
Count w as grow ing w eaker; before a PPa 'lp4
Was It a storm about to
She threw her arm s around his neck,
In the h otel/fin d s a dagger at his feet
long he would doubtless die from burst upon h er’
No!
The words and he rested his he«<l upon her
L ooking up. he sees the Sllician and
.
were slow and few
sheer d istaste o f livin g as much as
»“ a
w.
shoulder.
It was like an elixir of
scen ts trouble
! from <r>y actual disease. S o m eth in g .
baTe dared to come here; ||(e for him.
Leonardo and the Englishm an quar-1
fo bp donp :o „ ard eomm unicat- ,,are<1
con” ‘ »"4 ,oolt ” Pon
"And your mother. Margharlta?" he
rel. The Englishm an at first refused jne
his friends. if he had any. h andiw ork’
Away!
Out of my asked fearfully.
to accept a challenge to duel, then w ith a rerta ln amount of reluctance. s«Fht! You have seen me. Go!
"She Is dead." was the reply,
when the Italian slaps him consents. t,ip m anager, a3 a last resource. T ears blinded her eyes. The sight
"Ah! Marghnrltn dead!
She was
The two m en face each other ready u. rcn n ej the follow ing od verllsem ent of him was horrible to her. She for- so like you. child. Dead!
Flve-and
figh t to the death.
aB(, aPE, ¡( tq tbp principal London got. in her great pity, that Justice had tw enty years Is a weary while. D ead !”
Margharita stops the dr.el by com papers-
i been upon her side. She sank upon
(T O BE C O N T IN U E D )
ing just in the nick of tim e to sr.ve .
there are any friends or rela- ber knee!’ before him on the velvet
the Englishm an from his fate, with t|vpa 9ti„ alfve of Count
dl pile carpet.
BIRD HOUSE CONTEST
tw o officers who airesi. the exile Le- Mariono who has recently been set
“I-eonardo, for the love of God. for-
DATE IS ADVANCED
onardo.
L oortrdo vow.- vengeance. frPP bv , hp Ita„ an
after S1" mB?” sbB fobbed
“Oh1 It Is
Afte- 25 years I'. Jail he Is again at „
term
|mprfRonment. they are PalnfuI «<> «oe you thus and to know
.................
The
final ____
date for the bird house
h is hotel, an old. broken man with reqUested a , com m unicate, personally. ! ,b e bur<len of hate which you carry conlegt for Springfield boy scout».
onlj m em ories left to him.
, if possible, with the m anager of the ln your heart. Forgive m e! Forgive whlch is being conducted by John
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY —
Hotel Continental, where the Count I s , " ’ bo«b -
Ketela. local druggist, has been ex-
H e stooped down until his gh astly tended from May 1 to June 1. Mr
now lying dangerously III.
face nearly touched hers.
For through all his aoalhy he was
Ketela announced yesterday.
The
The great room in which the Count
• conscious of a great sick en in g disap­
"Curse you!" he muttered hoarsely. dead line was advanced because of
Marlonl was sittin g
was alm ost In
pointm ent. som ething gene ont of his
darkness, for the afternoon was dull "You dare to look st me, and ask for the sm all number of houses completed
life, which had helped him. day by
N ever! never!
Every
and foggy, and tbe curtains were par­ fo -g lv en ess.
day, through all that weary im prison­
I
tially closed. There was no lamp lit, m orning a id night I curse you.
ment. Dear tc his heart had grown
and the only light cam e from the curse you when my m other taught me
that hope of standing one day before
hr’ghtly-burnlng fire near which the to pray. I live for nothing else. If
the m asters of his Order, and claim ­
Cmin' was siltin g In an armchair I had the st.en g tth I would strangle
ing. as his rightful -hie. vengeance
ludicrously too large for h is frail hodv. you where you stand. H ell s curses
upon those w hose word had sent him T h e flam
m es o fell
. . . „„„„
, w hite, ____
upon . h is
worn and mine ring In yor.r ears and sit In
into captivity. Dear to his memory tarp vs-ith Its deep branding lin es, and your heart day by day. ar.d night by
and treasured among 1-. ■ thoughts had
Away
with
you!
Away
gleam ed In his great sad ey es, so night!
grown that hone
In hla prison house hrj(fht and dry thaf thpy gepmpd , fkp aw n y -
he
liod
gruv.-n narrower;
other
mirrors for the firelight. H is hair
She was e brure woman, but she
thoughts and purposes had faded
and short unkempt beard w ere as fled from the room like a hunted
away.
Thol o re or.lv remained.
w hite as snow, m atching even the un- anim al, and passed out of the hotel
grow ing stronger and stronger day by na;uraI pa)lor of hig skfn an(J
his w’th never a look to the right or to
c ? ”. until it had seized bold of his
black 'rock coat was buttoned across the left.
w hole being. He lived only through
a ch e’ t which would have been narrow , fo u n t Marlonl sat in his old attl-
It and with it Now he had gone to
for a consum ptive boy. He did. Indeed, tilde, brooding over »h- fire from the
Signor Barth zzi. only to find that the
look on the threshold of death.
| depths o f his armchair, with a sad.
Order ha i given up its old purposes
He had not turned his head at the vacant look In his dull eyes. At first
and principles— had becom e a mere
opening and closin g of the door, but ho took no notice of the o,-cuing of the
social club
presently another sound broke the door, but as a light, smooth foot­
Given som e soul-ahsoi hlng purpose, silence. It was a woman's sob. and
step s crossed the Boor toward him
som e cherished end. how ever dim ly as h e slow ly turned his head, a tall
and hesitated at his sin
he glanced
s e ‘ r througn the m ists of futurity, and graceful figure moved forward out of ; w eariliy up. In a moment his whole
a man may p
!
‘ -1 on
shadows, and he heard his name ¡ex p ressio n was changed. He was like
through
the longest captivity- . while, soiriy
qnftlv m
iip m im s
u
.
..
.
,
,
murmured.
, ■ a number
and torpid
figure
suddenly
day by day, his narrowing t life con-
“t Leonardo.
ennardn*”
.
. .. . Into
. acute life.
galvanized
I
»p*- *
THURSDAY, MAY 2. 1029
at present.
FOR R E N T —Furnished Apartments
The contest la open to all m em bers i for Rent ut Hotel Elite.
M SV
of T roops II and IS
For the beat '
■ ■
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. i . . ....
bird house entered. Mr Ketela offers F t>11 RENT A Five Room house with
the prise of a boy scout axe, for the
bath, double garage anil nice garden
secoml a boy scout knife, and for I he
alreudy planted for fill (Ml Enquire
third, a boy scout first aid hit
To
at E lite Hotel.
M J !)
the troop whose m em bers capture nt
| least two of tthe prises. Ketela will
C A L L FO R W A R R A N T S
N otice 1» hereby given II at Hcliool
award a grand prise of a framed ph
d istrict No IV, In Springfield. Lane
lure of the official boy scout.
County, Oregon, will ray at the o tli o
of the Clerk of »aid (llstrlul all war
rants Inaued prior Io N ovem ber 10,
K e n n e tt at Coos Bay 41 W K e n ­ 192k. to and Including No l.’l*
In
iloti spent Inst week-end ou a buslnc»» terest cease» after May 4. 1929
WM G HCGIIER
trip Io the t'oos Hay ills 'rh l
Clerk d istrict IV
II
j
tra c t« till
ill
1
nn «< i - n - •-. ill hope, a ll
sentim ent, becom e the slaves of that
on e passionate desire Day by day, it
loom s larger before him: day by day
all doubts concerning it grows weaker,
and the Justice of It becom es clearer
and more unquestioned. Right and
wrong, Justice and injustice, according
to other m en's standards, have no
power over it in h is own thoughts.
H is moral sen se slumbers. So deeply
h2d it becom e grafted in his life, that
h e no more questions its right to ex ist
than he does the presence of the limbs
upon h is body. As surely as the night
follow s day, so surely does his whole
b ein g gravitate toward the accom-
pllshm ent of h is desire. It is a part
of w hat Is left in h is life, and if It Is
sm itten , his life Is sm itten. T hey are
a once sym pathetic and Identical, so
cloRely entwined that to sever them Is
death to both,
Thus It w as with Count Marlonl,
and thus It w as that, day by day, he
sa t in h is sitting-room slow ly pining
to death. Rude feet had trampled
npon the desire of his life, and the
wound w as open and bleeding. Only
a little while longer and he would have
turned upon hla side with a sigh, and
yielded up h is last breath; and. so far
as h is numbed facu lties could have
concleved a thought, death would have
seem ed very pleasant to him . H e w as
d ying of lon elin ess, of disappointm ent
and despair.
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60% May IO
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This mean» that if ihe am ic j v
fare i , t ill you will he ihle to
nuke the rnunJttif for $6.00.
In effect between »ny two point»
on Soutlieto P.uific's Pacific Line».
Miiiituum roundtrip fare 50 cent.
On »»le Fridjy, May 10. Trip
mull be ,r»rted rh»t d»y. Return
limit midnight, luesday. M»y 14.
The ’’Last Spike” will never
be driven
^ S o u th e r n Pacific s till
building with the WesL>
The 6 0 th a n n iv e r sa r y of the
driving of the Golden Spike, May
10, S o u th e r n P a cific's Golden
Jubilee, finds this western railroad
still building. W e a p o n e d with
crude tools, courage and vision,
the early pioneer had hand-carved
a way to the new West. W ith the
vision of the pioneer, the West
has carried on, and with it, step
by step, S o u th e r n P a cific has
builded.
In the last five years Southern
Pacific has built more new line
than any o th e r railroad in the
United States.
In fifteen years Southern Pacific
Aeron the
dn rrt—dine!
to Photnix
has built 1481 miles of new line
at a cost of 88 million dollars. Of
this, 40 million dollars lias been
spent in Northern California and
Oregon.
T h r o u g h th e b a rrier o f th e
mighty Cascades it has created a
new north and south railway. It
has double-tracked its O verland
R oute line over the Sierra. Anew
main line has been built through
Arizona. From W endel, Califor­
nia, to L a k ev iew , Oregon, has
been broad-gauged.
N ow Southern Pacific is com­
pleting a short line transcontinen­
tal railway through Southern Ore­
gon and Northern California. The
Cascade line of the S hasta R oute
Thru iba
minhty
Coteadti
and the O verland R outb ill
be connected.
From less than 700 miles in
1869 to 16,520 miles today is but
one way of recording Southern
Pacific’s 60 years of work.
Behind this cold fact of miles
built is the epic story of th$ devel­
opment of the West. A story of
progress indelibly written in the
traditions of the West.
Southern Pacific
T U N E
I N Southern' Pacific’i Golden labile» Program, featuring
M A Y
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Vf'rrrenrath. Station, KPO, KGO, KPI, K G W .
o -«ft i in h i
AOAtO, KtIQ , KSI„ A prize of tIOt) to the hoy or girl, IS
9:301« 10:30 p.m. or under, who lend, in the he,t written report of the program.