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i PAGE TITRES T H E SPRIN G FIELD NEWS THURSDAY. JULY 26. 1929 was alive, but my throat choked I have to go home." EXCURSION TO ODELL "How? ' Som ething In my face must have LAKE TO BE SPONSORED "I don’t know, lint you must think shown, however, because Mr». Hem up some way." m lngway looked at me and exclaim ed Another excursion into the Cas "Nonsense," I exclaim ed. "It can't In dism ay: cades Is announced by the Southern lie done tonight. T here’s no train "Did you bear what I said. Tom?" Pacific company for Sunday. July 28. until morning You can tell your "Well, part of It," I admitted. A special train will leave Eugene at husband and explain It to him." "You m ustn’t think I m eant It." "Oh, Is there a telephone?” 7 o'clock Sunday morning for Odell She tried h astily to repair the harm terrifying thumping which could he •’Sure. There rnitat be,” said Jim she had done. Lake, located almost on the very heard above the explosion of the Cooper. "You talk to John and tell ; "I sim ply had to make John think summit of the mountains. The ex motor. him It's all for the best." It was all right." cursion Is being sponsored by the “Cut her off!" I yelled. "I'll try." Mrs Hem m lngway said i A loud “W hoa!" outside distracted summer school of the University of When Grandmother Page had sub cheerfully. our attention from the conversational sided Jim Cooper asked solicitou sly; The telephone was con ven ien tly j Oregon and the Eugene Obsidian tangle Into which we had fallen "W hat's the matter?" located In the living room so that j club. Marlon McClain, West Sprtng- "DMn't you hear the racket she all private conversations were dl« ' “The sheriff!" exclaim ed Colonel , field man and manager of the Uni Stew art, going to the door. whs making?" I asked sarcastically. tlnctly audible to any one In the ! A fur-wrapped figure came In, versity Co-op at Eugene, will act as "I didn't hear nnythlng special." building the conductor for the trip. sheddlnig »now. Jim observed, which remark put him After considerable delay In getting Special attractions at the lake "Evening. sheriff." the colonel by unanim ous vote Into the I-oyal a long distance connection. Mrs. Hem will Include fishing, boating and greeted. Order o f H enw hethers I’llk hod no m lngway managed to get the ear of Riding horses will be The sheriff unwrapped a muffler dancing. thing on him for saying the wrong her husband, who fortunately had not available for those who desire them. which had been over his mouth be thing left the office Round trip tickets to the lake will In silent exasperation I lifted the i "Is thst you. John?” »he asked In fore he responded sell for J1.75 and may be obtained "Evening. C olonel.” hood and with tin* aid of the Inntern j the telephone at the local Southern Pacific depot. exam ined Grandmother's gizzard TO BE CONTINUED Apparently It was. Carl Olson urge» those who are In One look was enough I closed the ''Well, llstter. John dear. I can’t tending to go purchase their ticket» hood once more and stood silent, com- get home tonight I'm going to stay Perkins at W aldport—George Per early so that plenty of room will be mnunlng with nature. nil night at the lid Soldier's Hom e.” kins, local contractor, spent Sunday provided. S o m e th in g In my manner must have The rest of us tried to talk about on a trip to W aldport. Oregon. penetrated Jim Cooper's conscious som ething else so a» not to appear to neas. he listening, hut we couldn't help It. "Is anything the matter." he asked ind a sudden silence fell at her next "There 1» The pump froze while remark we were hunting for the escap ed con “Yes, of course Tom Bllbeck 1» here victs, and a« soon as I started the . It's all for the best." engine she stripped her gear She T he receiver hummed for a mo won't run again until I get som e new ment. Even we knew that he had parts from the factory " raised his voire. I turned out the lights and started "Silly; of course I'd come home If for the Home Jim Cooper followed I could Hut Tom broke his auto.” silently. H alfw ay to the home he said NEW STYLES APPROVED BY THE "No, no he didn't break it on brightly: "It's all for the best. Tom purpose." POSTMASTER GENERAL Think how glad the autom obile repair man will be." •‘L isten, dear, you must not say such When we entered the ladles stood things over the telephone. Some one up ready to go I "J didn't hear you come," »aid m ight be listening B esid es, you are Muryulla. "The car Is awfully quiet entirely m istaken. How eould I fall In love with a man like Tom Bllbuck?" tonight, Isn't It?” Impossible. Bells - By - Frank R. Adams lie said "I don't mind a bit. I'm WHAT HAPPENED HU FAR Turn Itlllwi k I n tbu uurrutor. Hu I n u glad Io slay hero overnight, where It's fat uuwNiHtpur wr.lur who drlvus u warm I'm kind of worried over tumliludowu car he «alls Oruudmotlmr I’agu Hu I n In loro with M»ry«lls. hl» Julius, though, out there In the snow rival bulna Jliu Coopur. Thu tliruu aru I wish you'd got him, too. He's deli nw<mb«rs of an aruatuur drnniallc club cate, and I'm afraid he'll catch cold Pluns for a pluy ut thu Old Holdlur»' "W ell, I’m going hom e.” I said, by IIout u aru under wuy Grandmotner I'ugu baa angina trouble while Mary way of farew ell, "llut before I go Is ulla la out drlvlua with Ullbuck. and there anything I can do for you?” Coopor In hla big roadntnr, luk«s Mary ! "Not unless you're going Io tell me ulla home. After Muryulla haa loft I what ynu are wearing those white Illlhm k I n able to aturt hla car again j IMd som ebody ateal Thu unintuur pluyora aru to give things for. Pygnutllou and (lulateu In their v«r your—” ulon llllbnck la to act ua thu atatuu, : "No they didn't." I snapped, turn and Muryullu guts puuvod when ahe discovers that Bllbuck la bowluggud Ing away. M t » Hemingway later flnttura 1*11 i "Ain't you going to tell me?" buck anil talk» to him about the play. "No." Bllbuck aula loir hand, only to Unit a I rejoined the rest of our group rough hand graaplng hliu by the around the fire Nhouldnr and lifting him out of hla "I'm going out and start the car," I aunt M r H em m lngway. huahimd of one notified them , "and back up to the nf the mumbura, thinks Bllbuck la In gate once more When you hear me love with hla wire During the urgu outside you can come out " meat the two men receive notice thill "Ini me com« with you." Jim Cooper there la a Jail «»rape at the penlauntl ary Thia nncapu keep» IIIII hk k busy offered. at hia new spaper work, an that he I would Just s s sooon have gone geta uwuy from the ilramutlc club alone, but there seem ed no way of llut Muryulla auintnon» him and atarta lulling the »lory of "Dollyunna" who decllngtng hl» assista n ce so we trailed tiellevea abut everything th.it happen» out In the snow together w'th an turn» out for the beat. oil lantern flickering unsteadily In The player» arrive nt the Did Hoi the wind. d lera' Home, being greeted royally and It was only a few hundnul yard» m eeting I’llk Hunwiuihur and other» T he play at the Old .Soldier»' H om e to where the autom obile waa stand I* Interrupted because of a fire, Ihe Ing. l i n t the wind, which was In player» and veteran» escaping creasing, threw the »now Into our H iding away from thi scunu of thu »It fated play In their custom«» and face» In stin gin g b lasts that made overcoats. they are held up by e s walking difficult and conversation caped con victs. one of whom 1» cap- practically Impoaalblu lared by Bllbuck after a »truggle Thu light» of the car were still k 'tiff OO ON WITH T H B STORY b ra v e ly hurling wedge» of lllumln» tlon Into the black end white night Mu obuyud muekly unough ’ The »eats ware covered with snow. "Will you anawur onu question?" hu I So was the windshield; around each a»k»d dufuruntlally. ' wheel was a little heap "Yus What?" “ Yon can get Inside If yo u w ill. " •Are yoa a ghoat?*' 1 told Cooper, “and advance the »park "No" ! as noon as I get an explosion.” 'Then what aru you?” R. F. D. M A IL B O X E S Special $4-00 Price “It Is." I assented glum ly, "and will 1 There was absolute silence In the room, also on the part of Mrs. Hem he for »everal days to come. W hen I bed explained what bad , mlngway. happened a cry of dism ay escaped the tips of Mrs Hem m lngw ay “1 promise-1 John I would come right home as soon as the perform ance was over, and he will be terribly anxious." she walled. •‘I wish I had gone home In the funeral bua." bemoaned Mrs. L lllelove "I wish you had." I echoed feel ingly. "It's probably all for the best." chirped Jim Cooper like a parrot. (O rnithologist's note: Parrots do not chirp I "W here do you find a ray of com fort In this." I demanded "That's easy." Jim explained. "For one thing I am glad that It wasn't niv l*ar. For another It will give u« a chance to spend the night In an old Soldier'» Hom«, which 1» som ething m ost people who aren't veteran» can't do." "S p e n d th e n ig h t h ere'" Mrs Hem- m in g w n i e x c la im e d In dism ay. "It's li e did as I directed I primed the motor thoroughly. I had no partlcu- • lar reason to suppose thst the engine “Oh!" would start new when It had refused He waa obviously disappointed. ' to do NO half an hour before, except • W h a t are you going to do with that from long experience I had great » »?" faith In the perversity o f Inanimate "Turn you over to the sheriff, I subject», esp ecially Internal combu» »appear.” tlon en gin es Grandmother Page had The sound of Hie »hot has aroused throw« «’• down In an em ergency, in atty al the Old Soldier»' llo h e. hut now that the Immediate danger and now half a doken of (lie moat 1 was over I had no doubt that »he nuurly com plete of the Inm ates led would »tnrt up cheerfully There 1» by Colonel Stew art cam e down the som athlng unm lstukably fem inine roa d In m ilitary order They were about a gasolin e engine. anned with rifles with hnvoneta fixed "All ready." I »aid a» I gave the 1 learned afterward» thin the wen 'crunk a »harp pull upward pons w ere S p n n l b \m e r lc .m • W a r I noticed that It pulled rather hard trophic» which were not loaded and but I bent an extra effort mid yanked bad not been fired for sixteen years We told the Colonel what had It over com pression. "Hang'" responded Grandmother 1 .ippened and he sent one of the old Page en th u siastically nu n hack to the Home with the ladle» The first explosion was follow ed bv with Instruction» to telephone • the a hideous clashing sound and then a «heriff The real of us went after the other «escaped prisoner. r W W ir i He hail broken away from the road and gone Into a pati h of woods that ley alongside. a» we could caally tell bv III» fresh track» In Ihe »now. It seem ed as If It w as going Io lie a I am installing new m achinery in niv plant at 4th and i ,-niparatlvely sim ple m ailer Io trail C stre e ts and will continue to serve th e public as I have him done in th e past. We changed our mind», how ever, May I have your continued p a tro n a g e In all kinds of w hen the track» led out of the com first class Wood Work. paratlve quiet of Ihe lim ber land to a meadow Mure they* ceased abrupt ly, There waa enough wind blowing so that the »now was kept clear In som e places and drifted In others. He had evidently avoided the drifts. We had only one lantern or wu could have searched to better ad van tage and by spreading out might have picked up the footprints without much delay. As It w as we worked »low ly and Ineffectively. A com plete circle of the field gave us no more clue. The snow was fall Ing more rapidly now and even our own tracks were filled In very soon after we had made them . I waa an x The W est’s greatest pageant ious to get started, too. while the roads w ere not badly drifted. A merica’s most unique paraae "t think w e've done all wo can to- A ll-N orthivcst r ir derby nJrhf, 1 suggested to Colonel Stew- art. "That fellow Is going to have a Industrial Oregon in review hard tim e traveling very far In thia utorm and probably bo'll lay low The greatest pioneer celebration som ew here until It lets up. The ever held in Oregon will arouse a new admiration for the brave deeds sh eriff can organlv-c a big posse and of those who settled this great area. pick him up nfter daylight ” Tim pioneer pageaut. with a cast The Colonel agreed, li e was anx of 1500 people will t h r i l l you as ious to g et hla men tinder cover. nothing ever has before. The pio "I only <l jeu tlon .” agreed to answ er one WILL HANDLE PARCEL POST PACKAGES EASILY "Tea. he has a funny face. Of course I laugh at him and all that, but— W hat's that? You're com ing here? Oh' Is there a train yet com ing this way? Good! That will be lots of fun. Then we can go home to gether In the morning. I am so glad. Good-by, d ear!” SEE THEM AT Wright & Sons Mrs. H em m lngway hung up the re ceiver and turned hack to our frantic, ally silent company. 1 wished that I eould »ay som ething to show that I HARDWARE FURNITURE PAINT Week! ANNOUNCEMENT only t dow n H. E. PITTS’ Cabinet Shop $8 PER MONTH All Eugene Invites You JULY, 25, 26, 27 We took our prisoner hack to the Home. There we found the lady Greeks sitting around disconsolate with their wraps on nmld a group of negligee hut wide nwake old soldiers having the time of their lives over the extra attraction of a thief hunt. There were no handcuff» In the In stitution, naturally, ao we bound our prisoner to s chair pending the ar rival of the aherlff. lie looked dla- conosolate enough. I was suddenly sorry for him. Poor fellow, all hu had done was to make a break for liberty. 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