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About The Scio tribune. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1914-1917 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1916)
I For Sale H. B. CHESS A valuable farm 310 ml Ire went of Irlannii ATTORNEY AT LAW in eulltvalton. pasture land balance gru! Fair house and hart* The White Lantern g<M>d small orchard, within one-half mile «>( railruad. on K. F. I), route. The farm has gu>al natural drainage farms in that locality. All of the cultivated lan.l has brvn «retie«! to Attorney at Lew clover For price ami term» write The Scio Tribune. or Sew. Ore uuauo* Inauguration of * Motor Car Service Between % ALBANY AND CORVALLIS on Saturday, January I 5 Leave Albany at 5:30 p. m. for Mill City Leave Mill City 6:15 a. m. for Allutny For further information auk local agent SOUTHERN PACIFIC JOHN M SCOTT, General Paaamfer Agent Portland. Oregon The right Camera for the right Subject/. t * That*« «11 there it to photography. We know from experience that Seneca Cameras meet every photographic condition auccew- fully. Manufactured by the Largest Indepen dent Camera Makers in the World, they are •o constructed that they allow the wideat lati tude in every branch of artistic photography. From th« Senors Bcoul, th« .tnillew Ind .implevt ramen of th« chilli, to th« complete View Camera pictured above, ws make photographic low rument« fr»r every known purj-we, in all wo- but one quslrty- Send te-day for rhe rerent editvoo of our great Seneca Hand B«*k of Fte*og«phv. Free tn you. It wiW tell you just what matro- ment to buy The relative merit« of roll him. Mm par k an«l plate ( aineraa •re diwutfe.1 and you wdl know what Camera ia th« <*• lot you» purpo». Best of all, this book ia free. Writs to-day o. fas w «S Mfg. Company ROCHESTER. N.Y. la* Sufitcribe for the Mystery Was Solved and ia regarded ae one of the I m at N. M. Newport LAPANON How 0 THE SCIO TRIBUNE r By CLARISSA MACKIE ♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦a Uuieuua la aa <>»< Iran as mao? other «'blnrae cities. and Job« lailbaui left the «jualor of the twat inn that tbe place afforded and made hie lei •urely way down tbe crooked street* quite ■ititrvlou* to tbe malodoroiks at aaoapbere as well •• the unfrlendlv glau.es i bat met hlu> in hla walk lull ham we« a, cut for a large Arm of tea Importer«. and 'hla waa to be bla last trip lu «‘blue Hereafter hr would tw *tatlo«w*d In the New York <>tBce of the company and be waa glad of the change This everting a* hr «trolled tbe street** tanking fix one th-t led down to tbe river« e>lK> where there uitgbf lie • whiff of f,. «b air to nil bl* lungs, hr war« rly noticed 'be crowd« that grad mill) Sited tbe «'reeta Then tin •mind of drum« *u<l the shriek of t'hl oeae fldd'e. annouu« rd that aotwe fawfl val vii tn progrvua l.lgiitc*! paper lanterna >«p|«eared ev erjrwtn re. and l.tllum waa Jnatled to • n.l fro tn the crowd. Aa be went ba bararne aware of a run«««* fa»t In tbe narrow «tree! there appeared among ibe gayly tinted lantern« one of pure while i«i|«*r It waa •wincing at tbe tup **f ■ slender I muh I miu pole, and tbe man who carried It waa masked Aa soon aa the »bite lantern siqieer ed a batwi of sta< »to yells amae from the crowd and they broke away to lei lb. white lantern have free imaaagr Ttn-ii «Deme tell up<M tbe afreet, and the masked man b *d tbe right of way nntll be turned tbe corner an>1 dlsap pea red Ustbam ««bed b«maelf th« «|u»atloe 'What about tue white lantrcnF* and tbe spirit of adveuturo which was ever with him an. veruaL “Follow it " Ho be hastened io the rurner as leal be migbL turned It and In tbe far die tame saw tbe white lantern making a patb for Itself lterough this leas > rowd rd thoroughfare He kept a hundred fret behind the pale bobbing tratispareti« y until It left tbe winding« of >be city street« and turned Into a path that led into iba .-ountry Aa he pa*«e.i through the city gate Latham felt a hand on hi« arm Tbe gatekeeper a fat. frteudly i<wklng i hln c se pointed after ibe white Ian tern t>ot>binit steadily away The Aturrkan lord must not fol tow ibe wbite lauiern.“ be «ahi In the dial«*« t of tbe provtb«*« tailhau> <in<1rr»t«»*l bla words and I «used "Why mMF be asked ciirtouaiy “It la not well to follow tbe white lantern.' persisted the other gu«r<l«*l ly “11 leatls to death “Why can't you tell uie where tt la going and all about llT* luttum Jug gird a dollar tn hl* hami Tbe gatekeetwr ■ eyes i... sed rove* oualy al the money, but ba shook bls bead "I cauaot a|ieak tbe name or it will tome upon tue slid my family for three generation«' be muttrrvsl “But I have warned you ' “I ■ball follow It. said lattbam ob •tlnately “And here s something for your warning mao of impeccable <nu •< lenret" and he <!rop|«e«f the money into tbe eager palm Tbe white lantern waa disappearing down the farther slope of a little bill and be had to run to keep it la sight Tbe maake«1 man waa evhleutly In a hurry now. fur be was basteuing up • nd down the little bills dtalglng •round farm buildings, following the uiesixlertug pslb «long 'tie river's edge and Anally vanishing In the gloom of a pine grove luilham ran breathlessly among it» pines until tbe muoollke fare of the white lantern apfieared . lore at band Now it stopped ■« If its bearer MB* aware of pursuit sml was waiting for 'be pursuer Latham panted re a «tand*tut I» fore ibe moio! Agues Tbe white lantern was lowered ua r|| It tieeamc • IsifTler tier ween 'be two men "Bland beck'’ said tbe lantern hear er In Hngfish Ijtthsm. startled hr the nori peered • nler obeyed The glow of tbe white lantern ahoue >>n the Implacable black iuaak with Its bole* through wbh b aparkle«l ‘glitter Inc eyee Mt a ad beckf repeated tbe lanteru nearer 'Whyt" retorted Iwbam Because to follow me hi to go ta • horrible death ' “I «»«Jd «'ba».e •». said Iw T«»lrr »pub« «««tn be« ter gu i»**w l»tb<m l<rUH*mlwr air lu old fclemia buck In the world Say that I »lu writ »ml nappy and, kang It all. I'd ilk« some at*»»paper« II«* laughed that are nut a roar old** •fr-tUK. B.n •• *i.a* hi Olbia amf AB url>*<ltv w ** «roused by thr iwldeui «if Ilo* ev.iiing "lei nw follow you. «trsngv-r end I will bold nu iuaa w «p«>u»lt><e fre what Lapp««*' Tt>*> n> ««M-d uiau laiKtsad *h'*rtly '•»•«.me fool'" bs «rWd/nd lifted Ma white lantern oa high John l-at!i»iu lifted bin h< lastham followed. • strange dsfeaw -| win attend to that. I ■luu retting bls «plrlta •ah! gravely “And there Wan the Itewrer <»f the white lantern thing I will do I will tell «« mih * III tlme.1 i«mter of the evening and your work Hod who would make «port of ibe foreign gomlbyH «let UY IV«« be the agent ef sou» They «leltaattei! a hm b*ok and gre**!fnl «ecret «m-ietv’ Wbst was be* when Or Foalar had turned away to Latham was «»‘O to dtocovar bla bldeott« charges John luitham He followvd tt«* white lantern throaglt walked away back to tbe city Imi the plus grove « im I out Into a barren when be reached tbe city gate bin area •trei.h «>f open «ountry Hers was were ao blinded by tear* that he could de«<*bHiun Iwh-rd A few trees were net recognise the fat gatekeeper who erowd«M In-uh* of a rwwgb au» k«dr bad let hl* out ibe night twfore •ml shaded some mlrerable Utile hula, Tbe gatekeeper cinched «» mpalhet plainly vlalble lu tbe light of tbe full irally ISOtl “Ah. tbe American lorvl hns lookod Thr white isn'cni l*««btwd over tbe hili', ks until they res* bed a gate la upon «teathT' he cried “No." said John Imtham 'be «iss'kadr “ The masked mao turned tn Mina«, ed wearily through the gate lowed the white lantern, and I who was < lore at hla beets 'Would y<»o enter and face deal* F looked upon «tenth In lifer be a»kcl “lea.'' «aid ! «albata, bla rurkwtty A Vsraish*ng Tip. • roused to its highest pit«-* When rarntetilu* •<«! the woe* F«**ir* laugh«! the other and. slip must be done lu a warm raut» at a ptag inside the gets -barred It securely temperature i>t a1 least ib degrees F If you have no care for your life I At a lower temperature tbe mol* torn will save ii for .• u “ tie blew out the tn ibe air will giro a milkv ami <-k>u«1y white lantern and th* place waa t«atb • ppearan«-* to tbe vartilsti on tbe *d only lu tbe « .«id tntMmllght <ab«-r band. at 'tie big tier temperature Miw hl«^» w ith surprise. John la the moisture la not prs>lpliaieJ 'tntll ih«m lean«! agNlnst the storked« and • be alcuboi of tbe varulsh Uta autn looked through at the treew. the tittle • lently evaporated to leave a thin dark huts and the form of tbe masked smooth Him of • tie I lac Tbe dnratHUty man who was «trldlng a< rose the yard and gw*w» are <l«*peiid«H>t on thia lie i-aured on th* fbreahold of th* largret but waved a pale hand and Tali Coglisn Author« ranldted « lac bee would *rem o*« I» ia< k «l< the pla> a I’tter aUei«*» reigned over ain-aix e in literal tire Of tbe great There wa« ikm th* bark of ■ dog o* English writer« of the v h-tunau era the «tlrrlng >>f fowl, and there are few alnemt all wer« lall renn.vuen. < ar- plaivc. |u t tiina where « hlrkens are net tyte Kdwanl FttaauvuM and Matthew umlerf>»>t and disputing the right of Arnold all reached «11 f»*et Ku* km •ay ’ to«»- tlrl Uro fret ten Fronde A»* tret “I'll »ill until n»**rnlng If iMweaaary sleveo. iH*kei» atol Browning tell tut I'll pierce tbe mystery of the •bort of tbe an t»«»t <evei by only a white lantern.“ muttered' Ijitham as narrow U"*** and ' hs> keray turned be withdrew to a nearby tree and eat •tr fret three l^»n<1on ''hrortlrle down with hl« ha« k agaltjat It- Th* night waa warm, apd ha s«a>n slumiwred Morning tlawur«! faintly in tbe eaat. A red ray of sunahlne awoke John I atbaui to a bewlltlrred *eu«* of tbe in ink rim vrr coibt or it|g ttTAfKur ««ent* of tbe night He rubbed hts oaaotiN roa linn COUNTY ejes shwpliy • I task g. Pwitsb Within ibe stoekatle there waa a ptsismr •tlrrlng of forms some bobbkrd fre My lo tbe «ba.le of the nearest tree and <ow«re«l Ibero others llmpcl woefully alMtul In miserable <dleu<-v. while oth.-r- gal here. I in gr>aitw and Ate ravenously snnrltug like dogs wblie they ate Gradually LaUuim got ni«»a hi« fret, a great «tread In his face Nearer, nearer, be drew step by step lu the •to.'kade. where a dreadful fa«* |«*er <*d at bint through the paling« A fs.e that was a nx* kery a mis ery an inhunnin horror Mtbem lauKlwd wildly, and the face • a utab«*l He «aw the tail furi» of the uiuieru twwrer stri*t«iig «<•«>«• the yard lie waa rtotbvd lu a long w bite linen .cat >u< b sa surge«us w«*ar sod "t> his band» were white gloves. He waa •Ilil wearing the ma«k of the nltht l>efur* He < am* straight to the eft» batta and. gripping bte bands upoa Hie pal Inga, be safai-d abruptly My <«•«! man can't you stay • wayT“ Yon are au Atuerh-un.“ was Ivs tbaai • •tirprtaed reply "Yr«' Ibe other drew a deep breath 'And you what are you do Ing here lt> thl. place uf iwstilewro and deithi I'ld ><>u cttnie serosa ibe world to tempt me to reveuge inveelf upon you for stealing tbe woman I lovedF* be etxled her* sly Latham cried out .liarpiy -Only une man tn the world roiiW reproach me that way.“ bo breathed ’•y s* rtt r>. kMvIly “I am that tnaaf deeiared the other U e«v «L imi Amia» ivi « «a ‘I am Clay Fiwterf • “t'lay Foster y«m> You are hero •MLM Wr» ««. •SSl IMI Avril* I»I4 here In this ic|«er «otony?" (Minted I a •ut au.» UW>H. ISM lMe<. * IVI*! them You you it» brilliant young pby«l<-tan who had wary thing tn life“* 'Everything «are tbe woman I lov cd “ was tbe grave reply “I can brtng my skill and knowledge hero among th w unfortunates I can do w«««d W'bal more can I ««If latbam's soul was wrung with re morse And II wa« in your power to visit death upon me he said slowly “When I saw you with your white lantern of warning that a leper was coming through the .tree«« when I saw y.m little did I guesa your Ideotlty or th* ‘»Ignltkanre of the white lantern “I was attracted bv an element of ■>d'enrure and I followed. , I wanted to follow you In here aiutmg these Ami you whom I had “'««nged jruu prevented me' flay Ftsstar. ynu are a great nun a nmtj Indeed'*’ lie te.we.1 bla bead against the pel ms*, «nd the man who bad devoted hla life tn the «otnforts nf a leper rolo or in the b«in of « bins i»>ked st him pityingly ss fcMdia .me who baa out .-rown tbe InalgnlBrant things of life wbo know« only of tbe magnitude of •la aod suffering and offers up bla life It * %*. i ;> C'**W '"'t* tes b X’ j • CT
