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paob s i x
palsied her tongue, and laid a cold f forgive.
w eight upon her heart. They stood
face to face, breathless and speech
leas. A host of unfoi'Kotten sen sation s,
kindled by her appearance, had leaped
up within the SMIldan'a heart. He had
liMleed loved th is womau.
"Merciful God' to meet you here,"
she faltered.
"You will help me?
Oh, you w ill help me? My husband
Is being murdered there on the cliff
by an escaped lunatic. Oh! Leonardo,
save him. and you may strike me ijead
at your f> et. It Is I whom you should
hate, not him. Oh. com e! Come, or
It will be too late ! ”
He stood quite still, looking at her
curiously.
"And It Is I to whom you dare to
come for help— I whom you ask to
save him —your husband? Adrienne.
do you remem ber my words ou the
sands at Palermo?"
She wrung her hands, frantically
Imploring.
She will understand
"Leonardo," she sobbed, your ven
geancs------ "
Ho Interrupted h«r.
"This Is my vengeance!" he said.
"1 have kept my oath!"
Then he closed his eyes, and a gray
shade stole Into his pallid face. A
breese sprung up from I he sea. and
the tall blood led popples, which stood
up all uround him like a regiment of
soldiers, bent their quivering heads
till one or two of ther actually touched
his cheek. He did not m ove; he was
dead.
Lord and laidy Itumley had lingered
loug In Home, and now, on the eve
of their departure, they had spent
the afternoon buying curios of a wit
enod old dealer, whose shop they had
■ found lu one of the dark narrow
streets ut the back of the Plugs»
Angelo. Lady I.umley had taken up a
curious old ring, and was exam ining It
with a vague sen se of fsmtllurlty.
THURSDAY. JUNK «, 192»
nothing; It Is I who ow e you a wife May. Fur Year, Frances Keeler
7th and nth Q rsdst
Come. Margherita, let us got out Into
A ttendance;
els
weeks,
Ell«en
the sunshine again "
And sign or P as-h u ll kupt the note Baker, Melba laiwery, l.ela Petersou.
ilut he hud come to the conclusion Vivian Hnnl. Junnila Beamans, Mary
that all Englishm en traveling on their Bmltsun, Keho June T om seth. Evelyn
Baeus. Beatrice Carson, June Geiger,
honeymoon are uiad
Alys
Thatcher,
luunar
llrattnlu.
T H K KNO
W ayne Kendall
For year, Johu
Jam ese. Lein Megwell, Dorothty Nice.
HONOR ROLL FOR YEAR
Hose Inky, Keith Curry. Evelyn Ila
NAMES MANY PUPILS cus, Mary Hmllson
(Continued from Page 1)
lei Doris \Valkiir. Franklin Wardlow.
Boris Worley.
C ertificates of Award
Perfect Attendance for Entire Year
Sixth A
Charles Cole. LaVernu Pugh, Wlnl-
fred Frans.
Fifth A
Oreo Lanaberg, Jo Lana Putman,
Druclle Ogilvie.
Sixth
Velma I’eddlcord
Third
Hone Ogden. Edgar Troller. Emil
I'chytll, Lloyd Beamans.
“ LUCKY BOY.” TALKIE
h it at M c D onald
G eorgs Jeasel Is the leading at­
traction for this week end at the Mc­
Donald, In Eugene, with "Lucky Boy,"
which la the flrel tim e this excellen t
entertainer has talked and sung In a
feature length picture, und we hope
If won’t he (he lust, for th ese new
talkies xeein to have been Invented
for the talents that Jeasel has to
display
Jexxel I* the whole show. and that s
)
fine, li e works In a New York oom
shop and lives on the East Side whore
F o u rth B
his poppa keeps u Jewelry shop and la
Elisabeth Wardlow, L o u is a C o w d e n
um hltlous for Georgle to become a
L IN C O L N S C H O O L
mender of w atches, but Georgle want«
F irs t Grade
to sing and make Jokes und momma
Scholarship; Dorothy Jean Stewart, i
thinks his songs and Jokes are the
Bobble Pollard, Frank Stuart, Beryl ,
best tn the world und she «non it rages
Robertson, Winifred Lyons. Frank i
him.
Anderson, Alberta Keeler, Jane Alice
It's all the encouragem ent he does
Pengra, Arthur Proehnow.
Attendance: Janie Apg«r, Alberta get for u long time, and If his troubles
Keeler. Winifred Lyons. Dorothy Mill are rough on Georgia they're far from
llgun. Frances Oram. June Alice Pen (hat for the audience as the hoy
gra, Frnnk Anderson. Illllv Dow. ' breaks Into m anager s offices, tries
Merle Nice, Arthur l*rochnow. Bobble am ateur nlgu- snow s, sin gs In night
eluba and then bursts onto Broadway
Pollard. Dave Smith, Joe Slugglv.
In u blaze of song and glory, having
Second Grade
hud dm » betw een Frisco and New
Scholarship: Kenneth Ables, Frank
York to win the heart of a girl, de­
Bennett, Robert N ice, John Spore,
sp ite the ban her fam ily put* upon
Lawrence Thompson, Doris Munn.
Roberta Putman, Muriel Tyson, Ro­ him.
It'a a chronicle, rather than a plot.
bert Ilavls
A tten d an ce Frunk B ennett, Harold 'iul that Is of minor Importance, so
Duke, Junior Endicott. Ilohby Foster, i long as Jeasel Is there tn keep It
Bonney Findley, Donald House, Nor­ j crackling and bristling with wit and
The dialogue and titles
man Nealon, Robert Nice, Robert hurmony.
Perry, Bernie Slagle, John Spore are o f Jessel's own authorship
“How can I remem ber anything—
"Ten pounds for that ring, my lady,"
think of anything now? For the love the eurlo dealer remarked, "and It has
His w ithered figure seem ed to have with the faint o«one of the sea. Out- of God. help him," she begged sieging a history. You will see that it hours
gathered strength and dignity, and hi» side, the placid silen ce w as broken his hand. "That was all so long ago the arms and motto of the Marioilla,
the most powerful family In
appearance and tone, as he gated only by the murmurous bussing of You would not have him killed here i ! once
,
Come! Oh, do j Sicily. 1 had It. from the late Count
scornfully down at the girl at his feet, in sects and the soft lapping of the tide before my ey es?
' him self."
w as full of a strange dramatic force. upon the shingly sands. W ithin the com et"
“Lead the way." he answered j L*dy Lum ley sank Into the little
H er heart sank as she listened to him. room, a pale-faced girl knelt upon the
C all your loudest for other chair by the counter, holding the ring
T his was no idle, vulgar passion, no floor, with her long, slim fingers sternly.
morbid craving for evil, which ani­ stretched upward, and the passionate help. I make no promise, but I will tightly in her hand.
"Will you tell us the history?" she
mated him. It was a purpose which despair of death in her cold, white ' see this tragedy."
asked
In a low tone.
had become hallowed to him; some­ features. The sunshine laughed upon
She ran hack along thte path and he
They turntd , udden„.
The man hesltulueil
thing which he ha«l com e to look upon her hair, and glanced around her. folIowed hpr
"If I do so," he aalit don hl f uIIy,
She understood j bathing her beautiful face in Its fresh. an abrupt corner, und cam e upon two
as his sacred right
how her drawing back must seem to ' bright glory. W as it an answ er to raen lockt>d | n eacb o tb er-g arms, “wll you promise to keep it uhsoliltely
him. As though a flash of light had her prayer, she wondered her prayer and sw aying backward and forward •eerw t?"
laid bare his mind, sh e saw how weak. ! for peace and forgiveness? Oh, that upon tne short green turf. The lima
'Yea."
"Well. then, 1 have told It to no
how pitifully woak. any words of hers it might be sd! God grant It!
i (,c al. lnunt,rse fellow. more than six
There was no fear in her face. (e e , hljtlj was clutching his oppo- one yet but 1 will tell It to you
must sound, so she was silent.
1
“ chem ist, and
He had comm enced walking up and though only a mom ent before she had n en t-g ,(,roat with his left hand, while i Muny ye“r’1
down the room; and watching him taken out and sw allow ed the contents wtth h)g rlght he brandished a ,ong umong my custom ers was Count Leu
fearfully, she saw that his manner was of that little packet of poison which u b l e . kn|fe w |, h keen,y . sharpene(1 nardo ill Marlonl. Ills history was u
gradually changing.
The unnatural had burned in her bosom for those edge. The struggle was virtually over. very sad one, as doubtless you may
calm into which he had momentarily last few days. But there had been The madnlan-g 8trcngth was more have heard. When he was quite a
relapsed was h a v in g him. and he was Just one passing shade of bitterness , han buman and de8p„ ra, H|y though young man he was arrested on some
becom ing every moment more and Her life had been so short, so Joyless
had 8trugg|ed, Lord St. Maurice political charge, and Imprisoned for
more excited Fire
flashed In hts until there had com e to her that brief was ,y|rig exh3U8ted and overconl„ in flve-and-twenty year»—a cruel time
Well, scarcely more than tw elve
eyes, and he wan m uttering broken taate of wonderful, am azing happineas.
arms.
m onths ago he cam e to me here, so
words and sen ten ces to him self. Once j She was so young to die— to die with
W ith a final effort he turned his
he raised h is clasped hands to the the delirium of that passionate Joy head at the sound of footsteps, ana altered that I found It hard Indeed to
recognize him
Poor old gentlem an, Maxine Cogtll, B ettle Currie, layl
roof in a threatening gesture, and in still burning in her veins.
saw them come— his w ife and this
"Yet, after all. It la b e st!” ahe
when he had talked for a while, 1 Keeh-r. Doris Munn, Roberta Putman, MRS. HINSON RESIGNS
the act o f doing so she saw the blue
shrunken little old man. But close at
flash of a sdlletz» in hia breast pocket, j whispered softly, at the end of that
^ ^ ' ‘^ .7 ^ ’ no“tM ng7ou?d felt quite sure that his long confine­ Muriel Tyson. Mary Purnell, Margaret *
FROM LIBRARY BOARD
ment had affected his mind, and his Purcell, Billy Glthena, Jew el Fam-
It frightened her. and she moved unspoken prayer; and with those
Mrs Fred Hinson, who has been a
errand with me made me sure of It. worth.
toward the door.
words of calm resignation, a change „
Jn
T h ird Grade
num ber of the Nprlngfteld public llh
He came to buy a celebrated poison
It seem ed alm ost as thongh he read
8oftly ln upon her face 11 his eyes
Scholarship: six w eeks, Francis rury board for fhe past several years,
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seem ed alm ost as though, w hile y e t ,
which I used at one time to be
her purpose in her terror-strick en ,
The kn| fe ,ie8Cpn(jed but
st
secretly noted for, and 1 could te ll' Jean Lloyd, B ernice Smith, Ruth resigned her position because of poor
face and it maddened him. He caught 1 on eartn' tnere na<1 com e to ner a . . „ llri,,p r»m«tn»,i ..nhnw w i . h
.
w. a,., «.riot ana thr.iat hor K o i touch of that exquisite spiritual beauty ’aurlce remained unhurt. With a from Ills manner that he wanted It for Keeler. For term. Francis Jean Lloyd, health at the m eeting of the board
her by the w nat and thrust her back
8W, ftBMg whfch 8eeDled alm08t un
T uesday night. The board accepted
som e fatal use. Well. I thought at Bernice Bmllh.
“You shall not leave this room.
Qf
earth,y pas3fon anrf
credible, the Sicilian hud sprung be-
A ttendance: six weeks. Hazel Huf Mrs Hinson's rislguntlnn. but has not
first of refusing It altogether, but
girl!'" her cried. "Wait, and soon J uplifting Into a purer, sw eeter life. tween them
•
. - knife was quiver- what was the use of that? Some one ford, Pule Carson, Ruth K eeler. Jen yet chosen a successor. The m em bers
' and . the
•will bring you news.
I And , . her ey es closed
, * , upon .. the sun- ¡ng
side
Behind
nle Jackson. Mahlon Pengra. Bernice I present at the m eeting were Mra N.
" in his »me.
iveninu. the
m e In
lu n n - a il u l , else would have sold him __
_
an equally
She stood up. still panting, overcom e j , ight anu darkness riole I p upon her wa!' •t™FgM®K helplessly In the grasp powerful poison, and the m ischief S m ith, ! e 1 nd Huff' rd, Neal P eder*on YV. Emery, the president; Mrs L K
for a mom ent by the strength of his sen ses. She lay quite still upon the
three keepers.
would be done all th e rnm e. So, after S cott W right. Mary F ritts , Hu Put­ Page, th e s e c re ta ry ! Mrs. Vina Me
m an. Io lira s G laspey, Furl H ouse. L ean, und Miss Mary R o b erta, tho
grip
Before she could recover her- (¡cor; hut .h e sm ile st<)l lingered upon
There was a wild cry of horror a little consideration. I made up quit
self, he had caught up his hat and her bps, m aking her face more lovely from Ijidy St. Maurice, a choking 1 an Innocent pow er, which tnlgh' Illllv B u rn ett, Je a n D aniels, M ■h>-| lib rarian .
Mrs Dave S a ltsm a u und
F or year, Mrs C II. Blom w ere ab sen t
w as gone Ootside, she heard the eVPn ,0 jt8 cold repose than when the gasp of relief from her husband, and ¡cau se a little momentary falntne-s, bu' S iem sen, Ralph H ickm an
sc und of a key in the lock. She was g iow ,» youth and life had shone ln a horrid dhuckle of triumph from the | which could do no further harm, and R uth K eeler, J e n n ie Ja c k so n , Dub
T he re p o rt for the m onth of May
a prisoner!
ber dark, clear eyes, and lent expres- madman as he gazed upon his handl- I gave It to him as the real thing C arson, N'-al P e d e c o n .
m ade by Ml«» R o b erts was as follow s
Her first thought was the window, sion to her features. Saints like St. i work. But after that there was silence I couldn't take m oney for doing
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A las! it was too .--mall ever for her Francis of A ssisi may die thus, but —a deep, aw e-stricken silence— the thing like that, so he pressed this i in»,
M
to get her head through. She cried seldom women.
silen ce of those who stand In the upon me. You see, It really has a hell, F lo n neo May. Six s e e k s , Bai
Honk* loanftl tn schools
2»
burn B arnell, F lo ren ce May. M argaret
out. No one answ ered; there was no j "Help, for God's sake, help!"
presence of death.
M agazines luam ,1
history.
13»
New roaders
1»
oce to answ er.
She w as alone in the I A woman's cry o f agony rang out Count Marlonl lay on the turf where
Lord Lumley took his wife's hand M e e k . F ran ces K eeler, H u m o e Cole
Hne*
cottage, and bell i ss. ind away o v c- upon the sw eet morning stilln ess he haefsunk. very white and very still, and pressed It tenderly. In the deep For year, B arb ara B urnell, F lorence
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May.
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the cliffs, tow ard Mallor -G range, -he Count Marlonl, who had been hurry-, with the blood dropping slow ly from { gloom of the shop the curio d eale r
A
ttendano-:
for
term.
Frances
V isit W ith B akers Mr and Mrs.
could see a sm all, d irk figure walking ing on with dow ncast head, stood still his wound upon the grass, and hU could not see the tears which <11 tened
K eeler, G ordon G illette, Floyd G r e e n . C lair B aker, Mr and Mrs. Jo h n Hr#
steadily along, with bent head and in the cliff path and lifted his head eyes closed.
At first they
thought In her dark eyes,
Six w eeks. E lm er ham , und Mr. and Mrs. H ow ard G m
sw ift steps.
The cottage stood by It was the woman w hose memory he that he was already dead; but. as
"We will have the rin g !” Lord Lum. S tep h en Rice.
itself, a m*l»
frr-m the village, and had cursed who stood before him —the though aroused by Lady St. Maurice's ley said, taking a note from hts pocket C hase, G ordon G illette, Flov,| G reen. n- m of P orti nil. and Mr and Mrs.
w as approached only by a cliff path woman on whom his vengeance was broken sobs, he opened his ey es and book and handing it across the S tephen Rice. Irene And« o n, Ber C harles P a ris of M areola v i s i t i ' h e - n
nice Harm s. M .tiJorli Davis. E llcaiieth Sunday al th e hom e of .Mr. and iMrs.
She turned away from the window in to fall,
looked up. His lips moved, and she counter.
John on, F ra n c e s K eeler
F lorence Ira B aker
despair. It. seem ed to iter then that
Her face was as w hite as his own. stooped low down to catch fhe sound
T he man held It up to the light.
the tim e for her final sacrif.ce had an)j jn the sw iftn ess of her flight her
"Will you tell Margharlta that this
"One hundred pounds," he remark
Indeed come.
hat had fallen away and her hair was was best?" he faltered. "I have heard ed.
“I shall ow e your lordship
It was a warm, drowsy morning, stream ing in the breeze. Yet in that a w hisper from over the sea. and— ninety."
and the air which floated in through moment of her awful fear she recog- and the W hite Hyacinth forgives. I
"No, Signor Paschnll, you owe me
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