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4 THURSDAY AUGUST 2!». 1929 THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS PA O S BIX W e n d lin g W o m a n In T o w n M r- HUCKLEBERRIES FOUND S M Wicks of W endling w as a PLENTIFUL ON MOUNTAIN business v isito r In S pringfield for a reach W H A T HABBKNBD SO FAR Tom B ilbeck ia th e n a rra to r He is a o » k a u n til m o rn in g anil w anted tat newspaper w rite r who «Riven » ! food and s h e lte r fo r th e nig h t. tum bledow n c a r he calla G ran d m o th er Page. H e Is In love w ith M aryella. hia I th o u g h t th a t I had aeen farm P lana for a play a t th e Old S o ld iers H om e a re u n d er way. G ran d m o tn er P age h as e<w:lne tro u b le w hile M ary- alia la out d riv in g w ith B llbeck. an d C ooper in his big ro a d ste r, ta k e s M ary back on th e tra il. H em m in g w ay In- ¡dated th a t th ey w ere on th e left. i I " T h e re la no u s e Q uarreling about j ( |n s i,v ‘T h e re is n o th in g f i^ w ^ « s s f f L ,x .s " ;» The a m a te u r p lay ers a re to Rive he th in k s Is rig h t. It s a «.inch wt P ygm alion and G alatea. In th e ir ver- wm both find s h e lte r if we k eep go aion B llbeck la to a c t as th e sta tu e . , fa r ,..noUgh .” a S n c d o r M peeved w hen she I So _ we . , ... . . _ e r aryella s th a t g B e ts ilbeck la bow legged se p a ra te d . W e h ad grow n M rs. H em ingw ay la te r f la tte rs B il In ten sely tire d of one a n o th e r a n y beck and ta lk s to him ab o u t th e play. w ay ; esp ecially sin ce h u n g e r had B ilbeck g a ts h e r hand, only to find a put an edge on o u r te m p e rs. Hem- s a - ' i . s s i s V s S i geat T he S h e riff’s h o rse h a s b ro k en loose M eanw hile H em m ingw ay sus- peets B ilbeck m ore and m ore, and Jim C ooper m ixes in to te ll B ilbeck he had a rra n g e d th a t th e H em m ing- w ays be d iv o rced and th a t B ilbeck Is to m arry M rs. H em m ingw ay. Mr. H em m ingw ay. h u sb an d of one of the nu m bers, th in k s B ilbeck Is :n love w ith h is wife. D uring th e argu- m eat th e tw o m en receiv e n o tice th a t th e re is a jail escap e a t tb<- p en iaen tl- ary T his e scap e Keeps B ilbeck busy a t his n e w sp ap er w ork ’hi»' hl' B ut M arvella sum m ons h m an d s ta r ts g e ts aw ay front th e d ra m a tic club. tellin g th e sto ry of "D oH yanna” w ho believes a b a t ev e ry th in g th a t h a p p e n s tu r n s out fo r th e b est. T he p la y e rs a rriv e a t th e Old Sol- d ie rs ’ H om e, b ein g g reeted royally an d m e etin g Bilk H en w eah er and o th e rs T he play a t th e Old S o ld iers H om e is in te rru p te d b ecau se of a fire, th e p lav ers and v e te ra n s escaping. R iding aw ay from th e scen e of th e Ill-fated play in th e ir co stu m es an d o v erco ats, th e y a re held up by es- b ran ch ed o ff o v e r to w ard th e n orth u grew d a rk v ery rap id ly a f te r th e gun wag gone, b u t th e snow on th e »„ «ro u n d m ade it fairly easy to see an d I w as ab le to hit up q u ite a fast pace. p ut t j,e fn rm h o u se I th o u g h t I h3(, geen did n o t m a te ria liz e . I . . .. . . h3Te sw o rn “ w a8 ln, ,h a t dl; rectlo n . too. R a th e r th a n give up I pushed on fu rth e r. 1 did not like , h ^ ,dea of Koine p „ k to H em m ing- w av a n d a d m ittin g th a t I w as wrong. : Knur S p rin g field n»en found the I h u c k le b e rrie s p len tifu l on the sum I mil of Gold H ill, n e a r Blue R iver, i they re p o rt, follow ing an expedition th e re S unday. T he p arty , c o n sistin g of l.loyd W illiam s. T J M axw ell. W elaey to th e sound In th e rear. I cam e to th e door w here I had ! M axw ell, and Bill Cox. left S pring aeen my m an d is a p p e a r last It | field a t 10 o'clock S aturday night and stood open 1 step p ed In and closed '. reach ed Blue R iver about m idnight It so ftly a fte r n*e N ext 1 fell grop- L eav in g the c a r at S im m ons G reek, a Inglv fo r th e light sw itch on th e wall 1 trib u ta ry , they s ta rte d hiking up the B efore I could find It th e r e w as a {m o u n tain , sto p p in g at the spring* woman*» sc ream in th e room some- , tw o-thlrila of th e way up th e sum m it w h ere ah ead o f me. sm l th en at my at th re e o'clock, w h ere they ram p ed back 1 h eard a click in g sound in th-* u n til d ay lig h t. door 1 had Just cloand I T h e m en co n tin u ed to th e to p the My hand found th e sw itch 1 n ext m o rning and sp en t th e g re a te r tu rn e d It on. p a rt of th e day picking b e rrie s. <ach S ittin g bolt u p rig h t In bed. w ith ’ one of them o b ta in in g five gallons re v o lv e r leveled u t me. w as Mary T hey saw se v e ra l d e e r n e a r th e top. ,T h e y left th , top of th e hill w ith ella.! T h e re w as no one else In sig h t! i filled palls nt 6 o'clock and reach ed (TO BE C O N T IN U E O l ! S pringfield at S 30 C H R IS TIA N C IT IZ E N S H IP REV. AND MRS BAILEY IS TH E M E OF SERMON HONORED AT DINNER “C h ristia n C itizen sh ip ” will he A d in n e r p arly In honor of Rev th e m e of Rev. Roy Dunn at the S p rin g field C h ristia n ch u rc h S u n and M rs W a lte r Halley of S pring day m orning at t t o'clock Bible field. M assach u setts, who a re visit sch o o l will he held ln th e ch u rch ing with frien d s here, « a s given on b eg in n in g a t 9:3 0 o 'clo ck In the W ednes luy night at th e holm- of ev en in g at 7:30 o'clock Rev Ihinn Mr. ami M’ s lln rrv C hase at I ' h r r G ardens. T hose who « e re pr.-n-tlt will sp eak on “tH irlstlan L lh ertv At th a t tim e lie w ill use a c h a rt and a t the a ffa ir w ere Rev and Mi's W> n dell and will illu s tra te his ad d ress. S pecial Bailey and ch ild ren . P a tric ia ; Rev. H ailey's s is te r and m usic is b ein g a rra n g e d hut th e d e S u rely if I k ep t o n In th e sa m e di- brother-in-law . Mr and M is E rn est rectlo n I had been going 1 would ta ils a re not vet co m p leted T om orrow n ig h t th e m onthly M eldleuer of E ugene i l r an d Mrs g y e n tn u a lly re a c h som e so rt of sh* 1- N ew port, and . P eligra of C hurch nig h t will he held a t the A rth u r 11 P auline A r n i e . c h ild ren . A rth u r J r , A p ro g ram c o n sistin g of It w as a lo n g tim e though, be- ch u rch . Ms G e r tru d e Golii i f fo re I saw a w elco m in g lig h t 1 m usic and re a d in g s is b eing a rr a n g and Billie c 3 n t ga¥ j US| how long, but I think ed b y a c o m m ittee co m posed of Hood R iv er; Miss M arg u erite Gobi t^ e n gevj>r3, h o u rs M arlon A dam s. Jo h n R o b ertso n and of J e ffe rs o n ; J . W. C hase, Miss A nyw ay. 1 w as th o ro u g h ly fa tig u e d . W . 1. H ouse, b u t It h as n o t yet been M aude C hase, and Mr. and Mrs R e fre s h m e n ts w ill be H urry C hase and fam ily and could b arely d re g one ski a fte r , com pleted. Rev and Mrs. B ailey will leave by se rv e d follow ing th e p ro g ram . th e o th er. train for S p ringfield, M a s sach u setts caped convicts, one of whom Is cap B ut w hen 1 saw th e lig h t I q u ick tured by Bilbeck after a struggle. Rev B ailey is the To Leave on V acatio n — M iss Wini- S a tu rd a y night. ened m y p ace an d m ade for It. I T he ca p tu re d th ie f is ta k e n back to p asto r of th e P ark M em orial B ap frid T y so n w ill leav e to d a y on h er w as a fra id th a t th e people who th e Old S o ld ie rs' H om e and th e S h e r Miss tis t ch u rc h th ere. He w as brought iff is s e n t fo r. As th e c a r re fu se s to lived th e r e w ould go to bed b efo re v a c atio n from G ray 's sto re. budge, th e p la y e rs m u st sta y th e re , I could a rriv e . T y so n e x p e c ts to v isit frie n d s for a up h e re and w as a g ra d u a te of the and Mr. H em m ingw ay. h e a rin g th is high school an d the As I p assed o v e r th e snow I had tim e In P o rtla n d an d th e n c o n tin u e S pringfield over th e phone, sa y s he is com ing to S e a ttle . S h e w ill be gone from ' U n iv ersity of O regon He w as or- rig h t to th e hom e— as he is su sp i a cu rio u s se n se o f fa m ilia rity , a dalned as a m in is te r a t th e local cious of B ilbeck and h is w ife. M ean feelin g th a t I h ed been th e re before. S p rin g field for tw o w eeks. B ap tist church. w hile th e S h eriff a rriv e s. All a t once th e nxoon c a m e out. C ut» Kn«e— G eorge P ra n k s , an H em m ingw ay a rriv e s ju s t w hen an d a t th e sam e tim e did th e build- em ployee of S im m ons and G rey, log B ilbeck is a s s is tin g M rs. H em m ing- ¡n ? to w ard w hich 1 w as h ead in g » « ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ a » * rh1nk.WX h ^ ‘n t Meannwh,"e T d ™ j > knew a t once why th e n eighbor- g in g o p e ra to rs of Ja s p e r, c u t his i THURSTON ♦ k n ee w ith an axe w hile at w ork on ♦ tu rb a n c e is h e ard in th e ce lla r, a n d hood h ad seem ed fa m ilia r. The W e d n esd ay m o rn in g He was • ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ a all in th e h o u se ru sh dow n to it. , b uilding w as .a e Old S o ld ie rs' Home. NOW GO ON W IT H T H E S T o R I and j bad Wa lk e d a |( d a y to re tu rn b ro u g h t to S p rin g fie ld for m edical C lifford W eav er an d Mrs. Mary W e found th a t we w ere ln a a( t0 th e Tery spot from w hich a tte n tio n . M cE lroy from S alem sp en t th e week bowl sh ap ed d ep ressio n w ith s te e p j j h ad g ta rte d ! V is it in g in W a s h in g to n — W . G end a t A. E. W eav er's. sides an d a ro u n d ed b ottom . It looked I had no v e ry c h eerfu l v ision of a H u g h es Is ex p ected to re tu rn to Mrs. A nna H ouston and P ran k a s it would be a co m p a ra tiv e ly easy w arm w elcom e upon my re tu rn to f-p rln g field to d a y from T acom a. Cumm from W ash in g to n a rriv e d on m a tte r to clim b out. H em m tngw av H om e, b u t It w as a case o f any W ash in g to n , w h ere he has been th is S u n d ay from an ex ten d ed visit w ith suggested th a t we ru n aro u n d in a pOr( jn a s to rn l, 80 j co n tin u ed on w eek v isitin g a t th e hom e of his th e ir sis te r, Mrs. Ira G ray. circle and th e n by easy sp ira ls we w aj. T h e H om e w as still h alf a sis te r. Mrs. Lem ley. F lo ra and I^eota B ertsch . sm all woukl finally re a c h th e top., a fte r m (]e d is ta n t w hen th e lig h t w ent d a u g h te rs of Mr. an d Mrs. W 'l!i A t S p rin g field H otel — Mr. and B ertsch from S p rin g field , hi » nt tin- g u t j plugged on. I fe lt p re tty th e Ramo m a r n '-r th a t m o to rcy cle o u t rid e rs rid e w ithin a bowl. su re th a t I could g et in w ithout M rs. Gus S w an so n of S a n ta Monica, w eek-end w ith th e ir uncle. E rn est He s ta rte d o u t ah ead of m e and in w aKing anv one up, w hich I decided C alifo rn ia, and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. B ertsch o rd e r to keep o u t of hts w ay I had w oujd be m uch b e tte r th an m ak in g A ndrew s of G ra n ts B ass w ere regis- Mrs. Jo se p h in e Cum m left I st te re d th is week a t th e S pringfield T h u rad ay fnr h e r ,,om e in N ark. to follow. W e su cceed ed in e e tt.n g e x p lan a tio n s. ali « a y up th e along fine and w er As 1 d rew n e a re r In th e shadow h otel. New Je rs e y , a f te r a visit of s< eral side of th e bow l v. •U H em m ingw ay. of th e w oods th 2 t b o rd ered th e read H a rrisb u rg Man in Town W Piani w eeks w ith to r relatlv» s h ere lly fin e slip p ' I I saw a fig u re d a rt su d d en ly from w ho w as tra v e lin g T he sm a ll th re s h e r m achine f i r ' di S p erlen , H a rris b u rg resid en t, w as a and as he w ent ¡own c a rrie d m e th e ir n ro te e tln g sh ad e ac ro ss th e ed w ork M onday. T h e larg e, one b u sin e ss v isito r in S p rin g field on w ith him . V/e la: led in o u r usual p atch of in te rv e n in g m oo n lig h t to fin ish ed W ednesday. C lover hull iig W ednesday. of th e howl, th e Old S o ld ie rs’ Home. position a t t h ' h o " m-n ' began T u esd ay at A. H. M athew s w ith th e sk is h o p -le ssly tan g led u E van H u g h es H ere— E v in H ughes T h a t s t r u 'k me as r a th e r curious B orn to Mr. and M rs .Morris an d «no«" hoes. in S pringfield B raw n at th e Gosln-n h o sp ital, on W hv shonld an y o n e be In such a s p e n t th e w eek-end \Y a ro s e and trie d -h e sam e h u rry and w hv so fu rtiv e ? v isitin g a t th e hom e of his p a re n ts. F riday. A ugust 23. a son. sch em e ag- in. only to have th e sam e I th o u g h t ft o v er q u ite a w hile as Mr. H u g h es is sp en d in g th e su m m er Mr. and M rs. Ray Baugh and Mrs. , resu lt. I stood th - r e w aitin g for so m eth in g as th e tra v e lin g re p re se n ta tiv e of a Jo h n E d m lston a tte n d e d the fu m ra l A fter a se rie s of h e a rt b re a k in g else to occur. p u b lish in g com pany. He has been of th < ir brother-in-law . Jim .Maxwell, tri 'Is we a rriv ed a t th e top. w orn out S o u th ern and la st S a tu rd a y at E lm ira. T hen a so lu tio n o ccu red to mp. w o rk in g th ro u g h and very hun g ry . Is Miss G race W ilburn from Salem It w as d o u b tless th e o th e r escaped S o u th w e ste rn O regon, but now "W e h av e b '» n delay ed so m uch." p riso n er, th e one who had held us w o rk in g th ro u g h th e co ast sectio n v isited h er M iss Mi Id reti cousin. said H em m engw ay, “th a t we have u p In th e road when we had sta rte d in th e v icin ity of N ew port. P rice, last week p robably m issed th e tr a in .” for horn, th e first tim e! “ I suppose so," I re tu rn e d , “but T h e ch an ces w ere th a t he w an ted th e r e should be a n o th e r tra in a g a 'n to get back and re lease his p a rtn e r som e tim e. I guess If we h u rry up As soon a s I had a rriv e d a t th at we m ay be th e re befo re it goes." decisio n I. too. h a ste n e d in th e sam e So we push ed o n . a little d o u b tfu l d irectio n th a t he had gone. By the as to our d irectio n , b u t as soon as we tjm e j to th „ fro n t of th e h u ild in g I em erged from th e wowl we found h e had d js a p p ear. "I. .' ' onc-t w in-; th e sun again and headed in th a t dow in d icated very plain!., w here he 1 g en eral d irectio n , b earin g a little to p ad gone, an d rem o v in g my skis I th e left as before. j had no h e sita tio n in follow ing him . A lthough w e w ere h u n g ry H em- j t w as h ard for mf! t0 c i,m b th ro u g h , mingwa-y vetoed thp idea of sto p p in g h u t I m an ag ed It. at the firs t farm we cam e to. say in g T h e re w as enough m o onlight com- th a t we could n o t possibly be v ery ; | ng ¡n t0 t j,e liv in g room w h ere I fa r from th e tow n. found m y self fo r m e to see th a t At th e to p of ev ery hill we expect- th e re w as no o n e th e re . I h ard ly ed to get o u r firs t view o f F a ir O aks ex p ected th a t he would lin g e r long, h n t every time we w ere disap p o in t- w as d o u b tle ss se a rc h in g for the ed. It seem ed s tra n g e th a t we had room In w hich Bill, his p a rtn e r was n o t com e e ig h t m iles. S till, we w ere confined. h ead ed in th e rig h t d ire c tio n , due ! T h e re Was n o th in g on th e m ain w est a t le a s t to w ard th e sun. : floor ex cep tin g th e liv in g room and i It w as only w hen th e su n s e t th a t th e serv ice q u a rte rs. I glan ced in th a t w e realized o u r b lu n d er. W h ile I ear;h room below and th en w en t up- j we had been In th e soup-boaw i th e s ta irs w hich w as a m o re lik ely hunt-1 su n had p assed o v erh ead an d w hen | n g ground. I paused a t th e head of 1 ■we had ta k e n o u r b e a rin g s ag ain th e s ta irs sc a rc e ly b reath in g , a f t e r co m in g o u t we m u s t h a v e ! H e w as n o t th ere. h ead ed so u th w e st w hen we w en t j W hile I w aited , sen ses a le r t and ' to w ard th e sun an d a little left n e rv e s ta u t, a fig u re glided th ro u g h j Jt w as really sim ple w hen we cam e a do o r and w en, down th e h all aw ay I to th in k of it, b u t I d o u b t if an y o n e from me. Tt re a p p e a re d ag ain and ; n o t ra ised ln w o o d craft would have , p assed on Into a room . I w as in a ' done d ifferen tly . q u a n d a ry w h at to do. If I ra ise d an i W e had been going e v e r sin ce alarm th e ch an ces w ere about, even noon in th e o p p o site d irectio n , and th a t h e would escap e. It seem ed by th is tim e w e w ere th re e or four b e tte r to c a p tu re h im single-handed. h o u rs tra v e lin g from F a ir O aks! T h e refo re, w hen b e d isap p eared J u s t by w ay o f d iv ersio n we now Into th e n ex t room I follow ed down h ad an a rg u m e n t a s to w hich way th e h all. As I did I h eard a door In th e n e n re s t farm h o u se lay from b ack of m e open, but. w as too In ten t w here we w ere. W e had d eterm in ed on m y q u a rry to pay m uch a tte n tio n short tim e Jaeger Man In Town I ' I. W a l lace of Jasper was among I be visi tors In Springfield frinii the country W ednesday W ednesday mimm JCPENNEYCO. - 942 Willamette St . En^ en». Oregon. Students’ Suits Just in T im e for School 14-75 and 1 6 ’75 »ingle breasted model with either peak or notch lapel, pleated vest and pleated trousers Fabrics in, hide many line 1 assimeres in the newest Two-button and sm a lle st sh ad es iot ball. //z/Tz/iiiinxVk. Heater Time Circulators take the cold out of your home MONTAG CIRCULATOR $ 84 and $99 HEXTER CIRCULATOR $59.75 T ru th * itt your <>hl h e a te r a s p a rt paym ent. T erm s if th sli't <1. 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