The Scio tribune. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1914-1917, January 20, 1916, Image 3

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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
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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
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know from experience that Seneca Cameras
meet every photographic condition auccew-
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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-
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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
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THE SCIO TRIBUNE
r
By CLARISSA MACKIE
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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
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