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By ETHEL HOLMES
noth -«.
«he said presently, ’are too
large for y*»n and Arthur’s are tuo
«aia»
A etrunger WB»# Io the hose»
thia evening sod asked fise fend aad
lodging
He la «boat year stee
If
tou could uee hl« clothes they weuM
serve you «diulrsbty "
“Wberw Is her
“Asleep upstair«“
“Hl go sad see what I NS do w«*
him **
Tti# ■■<!!<■## wss Captain Rtrtagfellow
th# flsn-w nt Kate Kutle-lgs
Re
awvmled to the ■tmagwr’e chamber
iwitennl him and aald to him
-My friend I would Uhe ks bessww
your clothes ’’
Th# man. easing an officer ta C»m-
rtneetal nalfiirm. tanked «urprlssd
"If I tand yea my clotbss I shall
hat« nothing tn wear ”
* As anos «a It la daylight MISS Bat
ledge will e#ud mu for apparai far
you ’
-And If tb#r# 1« delay 1 «oppose !
••aa w#«r your uniformr
-Cenalalyr
“In that cnee you are wvlcwtne to my
cloth#«
But I «upp>ss you will set
need them till fomnrrowF’
•"Indeed I shall
! need them sow"
“Very well; tabs them.”
White fit rtngfallow wss dtSBng MS
uniform and putting on the rltlaen’s
cloth#« the latter «shed him what It
all meant Tbe captain told him of hie
.capture by tbe Br<tlah and hla eecaps
and that be eipected pursuer« might
arrive at any mosnent and «esreh the
bone« for him
The stranger listened
to all this Intently but made no coas-
'»•nt
“By the bye.“ said Stringfellow, and
den I v retn# mbering that If the mah
wore «o disposed he ml*ht betrey htm.
•which side are yon oaF*
“Never mind that I abati do you ae
harm or any one •!«• in thia hoses
Tat I proroiaed tb# young lady why
kindly took ms In fed m# snd gars me
• bed for the night”
When Atrlngfeltow had changed bls
doth#« tbe stranger said that If men
cam# to tbe house to make a «earcb
ho would prefer to be up and about.
Ao he arnae, pnt on the captain's uni
form and went downstair« with him
Kate Rutledge re-el red the twe mon
in the great hall. na#d principatly for a
living mom. and, seeing the stranger
la th# uniform of an America« oAcwc.
was not only surprised at bl« marame,
but that In such a ftp «re I he appeared
far more gwctiemanitke than erar he
'fore Beeid#« h# greeted her with the
manner of a bora arlato« rat
"Do you not fear." she said, that tn
thia un 1 form if Rrirlah soldier« rosne
they will make a prisoner of youF"
"If they do I w||| prove that I «m
not aa American officer
“But that «111 betray Captala String
fellow They will surmise at once that
he ba« changed clothe« with you.”
“Never fear for that
I will nog rw
real the true situation uarll there 1«
ao danger nt bet raring him Ton triad
ly took me tn snd gave me meat, drink
aad shelter
No on# la this house
• hall «uffer thrnngb me ”
Tbe three chatted together, the
stranger being informed aa to tbs re
latto« between the other two, «nd the
lady’s name Rut be gave so Informa
tion «boat himself
His change from
a poor white man to a gentleman
would have excitad tbe enriosUy of
fitringfellow and ble flanees bad It fist
be#n that they »ere momentarily ex-
porting a party of Rrltlah «oidtera to
look for tbe American
C reveo Uy «minds of horwa boot« as-
nounced tbe coming of the pursuers A
vlt|.e witboat wa« beard detailing a
sergeant «nd sis men te eeareh ths
bouse, while the ra«t rods es
Then
tbe door w«a thrown open asd tbs
•earcbera entered
“Coms. come, aatasaatr «aid ths
guest In a tone of antborlty. '’When
you enter a dwelling of gentlefolk nea
the knocker “
Tbe sergeant leok«d at tbs speaker
ta a pussled way. then suddenly stood
erect and «alated
TVbat means thia. Major Tbora
dyke > Row tarns yon to be la a rebel
uniform F"
■’W hat to your boetneae borer' «shed
the major Instead of replying
■We captured a rebel «optala tMs
afternoon
Re earapad. and ws are
fell ««Ing Mat. I ba#« tbs orders of
the lieutenant commanding to saarrh
this hoes« “
And yoo have sow the orders ef
Major Thorndyke te retire from tMa
hone# and toare It und 1sturbad.“
Th# «ergeaat k>ek«d for an explana
tina to follow the words, bo* store no
explanation was voachaafed be aalub
ed and retired with hla
How
ever. as be was about to
behind blm Major Thon
him to ride os aad rar« 11 tbs
era.
Daring this arene Btftagfbll
Mias Ratledge leaked os with
Ing wnoder
As «ooo as tbe
bad gone the gneet turned to tl
•aid:
"Yoo s*s '«piato that I base bept
my word Yos are aa aafb bare ftoea
tb# king « troops aa If yos were at
General Marloa's besAqaartors
tf
three sre rebel ton ups »boat I am to
far more danger than yea. Three days
ago I left Colonel Tarleton's beadquar
ten Is ths disguise yen now traer
General Waehingtou. coasaMadar tn
chief of the patriot force« during the
Am#ri>«n llevoluthin. bed a very large
territory to wait b ever. True, the re
volting i-ol'-nirs all lay »n th# Atlantic
coast, bat they rra h#<1 fr*>m Maine
tbe north to Georgia aa the aoutb.
O rkgon
W atkkumi
Inclusive, and it must «too l>e re
VSM H mm
m#ni>>ervd that th# only mrtb<«1 of
oti eyso' # on land In tb-««# days *••
Sale date« arranged for at The Scio
tb# legs of a man «>r th.•»•• of other an
Tribune Office, Scio, Ore.
■male, principally th# hi#«#
Naturally 1Vsshingt<«n was obliged
For your rending faff 1917. con-
to rely oa hl« itauteuente m different
•ult Tb# Trtbuno. We ran give you
When in need of anything in the socttoite
la H>'utb Carnitas Gawekal
Imrgain day rates for all of tbe way of job work, call and nee ua. Marlon was carrying < mi a hale and
leading daily and wwklv newauapera We do first-class work at reasonable •eek warfare with Hrltieb troopers
under Colonel Tarietoo. an energetic
and magazines.
priesa.
young cavalry offi rr.
One evr ing • man si"pped al tb#
plantauoa of John HutlmUe. a cotton
planter, sud asked If br could t«» lode
ed for the night
All tbe m#n of th#
family were with Martan, the Swamp
Fox." as be wa« called, th# only In
tuatee of th# ruanor bouee t>#lng Mia
Rutledge ai d her dsughter. Ka'e
A!
tbe time nf the stranger a routing Kate
was oo th# gallery, and It *•• of her
that be made hie request
He w»r#
the clotbee of a poor white man. but
there were Indication« that b# woo a
gentleman
We are patriots in ibis houee, air,"
•aid Kat#, ’and my father, who to
fighting fi>r our tnd#p#ndeii< e, charged
ua to admit uo on# who favored the
Rrltlah cause
If you are <>ne of us
Practically a Daily at the psice of a
you are welcome in what we have to
Weekly. No other newspaper in the
give. If not. we must de- lln# to receive
you."
world give« no much at no low a price.
TN# young man did not reply tmm#
<1 lately to this When he did be said:
The value and need of a newa|>ai>rr in
'“Tn make truthful s»«urance that 1
the houaehold waa never greater than
am a patriot would be Impoeelble
I
can only say this If I rwelve your
at the preaent time. The great war
hospitality you need have no fear that
in Europe is now half-way into Ito third
I will abuse It. I promise you that no
year, and whether |*eact- he at hand
harm shall < ome to any one tn this
house through me “
nr yet be far off. it and the even tn tn
There was • ta> k on the man a face
follow It are sure to be of atamrbing
that betokened he was tn fi-ar of aom#
interest for many a month to come
Reaides, be looked tired ami
thing
hungry
Misa Rutledge being a «'»m
Those are world-shaking affaira. in
an th# stranger excited ber 'ommio
which the United State«, willing or un
Thrrr use an unmlatakable
•ration
willing. is compelled to take part. No
sincerity tn hl* w«»r<1a fi he yielded eo
far as to tnvlt# him In lo panak# of
intelligent person can ignore such issue«
a meal, reaervmg her decialon aa to
The Thrice-a-W’eek World's regular
further #n tert« In went till later. A ne
gro cook waa aoou preparing a auppor.
■ubacription price ta only SI 00 per
while th# stranger. haring turned his
rear, and thia pays for 166 papers.
hors# over to a black ■tableman, «aa
We offer thia unequalled newapaprr
In nn upper i ham ber getting rid of
Routh Carolina dust
THE THRICE - A - WEEK WORLD
When hla supper waa ready be wae
and THE SCIO TRIBUNE together
summoned by a quadroon bouse eerr
for one year for only $2.16.
■nt
Kate Rutledge felt that she
abould be preaent with the guoet at
■upper, but nine* hie dreee betokened
that be waa of Inferior oo> lai grade
and he •« «•med t<> bare Tory aymps
tble« she felt It beneath Iter dignity
Scio
to do ao. As aoon aa be bad eaten he
Subscnbe
■ ailed for her and «aid
Oregon
From
"If you «111 permit me to orcupy
th# meanest of your chaml>eni for tbe
night I will go forth al dawn without
dtoturtilng you or auy of th# bouaeb'tel
tf you Insist ui>on my mo« Ing on I will
sleep under tbe aiars
Whl< b course
•hall I takeF'
Tills waa too much for Mias Hut
ledge’s edu stl'-n la hoapltalliy. aad
she permitted tbe man to remain ta
tbe house
As soon aa «he bad given
her <oaaent be retired to hla •• ham bee.
saying that he bad bad uo aleop for
tome time st>d since be must be off
early coaid nut now take a full night's
root
In thanking hla boeteoa for her
BUT YOU WILL NOT GET WORK
klndnewa to blm It aeemed to her that
THAT IS SO GOOD AS WE DO
for the moment be forgot hlruself and
fell Into tbe manner of a gentleman
At any rata, «be auapw-ted that ba waa
of higher grade than hla coarse coat
■nd broeeb#« and W'»»len at» kings bo-
tokened.
However, there waa sot
enough Incongruity between the man
ner and tbe gtatbaa to make much of
an Im pre« «tan on her
BUT YOU WILL NOT GET WORK
A few hours later wfien Mlaa Hut I
THAT’S ANY BETTER IF AS GOOD
ledge was about tn prejere for bed
■be beard a loud knocking below and
taking a candle, went down to see who
might be eeeklng admittance Opening
Thea# statements refer to Job and
the door, there stood a young man tn
tbe uniform of a captain tn tbe Cost*-
Rook Printing.
1 Our faciliti« are
lie entered hurriedly
aentnl army
complete. 1 We use only the best of
' freed tbe dour ■eh ln<l blm ami as Id
material, and our prices are right for
•Hhle me Kate, qubk' I waa cap
tared thia afternoon by be Rrttlab and
first class work. We do no other kind.
•»aped tbto evening
They are aft
1 We always satisfy our customers.
•r Ste’
-Won’t they aeorvb «very nook and
comer V
“1 fear they will “
-Wouldn’t you have a better chance
in a dlaguleoF'
What dtagulae bate you for meF’
I
Kate pa sand _te thtek-
Aethsra nib a riaw ta galatea tataaaitoa aa
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to th# "Swamp’ Fug*!" fair that «S»
might trap him
I failed and was
working my way Ita k tu «bere I bo
tana through thia cvuulry. «here tbe
king's tnuot« end the Coaitlueatala are
both roving, «hen a few hours agi* I
naked food and «belter of Mias Rut
ledge
Uhs gate ttieni to me. and I
verily Iwttev# In ber kt nd urea of heart
if 1 bad liceo «itero» ered bere by your
men ah# «uuld liars protected me
You moat admit, captain, that I risked
something In donning your uniform,
for had your men Instead of mine route
bere I would bare been hanged fbr ■
spy
You are at lltiefty to get beck
Into It and without danger fn>m our
tronco su long as I am wftb you '*
Tbe evening ««• finished with re
frenhmetits ordered from tbe larder
by Miss RuUrdg# after wbkb all re
teed to their mums
In the morn lug
Captain htrltiKfrllii* appeared In ble
uniform and Major Tb>>rndyke. bar
Ing sent a trooper for hl* own regi
mentals preeentml hlntaelf st break
\ftor the meal
hast In proper apparel
bad been llntehed Captain Htringfel
io« was sent under a flag of truce to
General Marlon • arrnv
Tiny JsthsM Island.
Jethou Island la not only lb# mnaltmt
•f tbs I'hauoel lalands, but also the
•nial'ret Inhabited Island In Ku ropo,
tn all Ila little length and breadth Ibero
1« only one inhabited bouse
J el bou Iles midway twtwwu Gurru
ssy and Hark and affonla a perfect re
treat from the world
it baa a |M>pula
Hou of about seven, la without roads
nt any sort and has no post
lielug
surrounded by submerged «nd partly
submerged rocha, It Is tmixwelble fur
lbs Islam! I» be visited by vi-sseis ut
any sise an all canmuuicatluu with the
outside world la iwrrtod oct by ineaua
of • liny sailing culler.
In winter tbe guod folks uf Jrttiou
snm#tlm#s have n<> news of any of the
happenings nt tb# outside world for
«aeks «I a titue. and yet Guernsey la
only « couple of mile« off
Guadua
Mata
A Brendel Averted.
Mttle Gert rude lutd been very naughty
soil had t>#en aeveraly «tapped. first by
tbe nuree and then hy mother, with •
promise nf another doe# fr**u> fa flier
when be came home
lib# sat <m tbe flimr, her eyes tilled
with angry tears
Hmblenly •!«• runs
with « determined look ui « hi tier little
face, and seised her list
"Where are yoo golugF' asked her
mother
"Out to tell the family secrets Io the
aotghbora. said tbe child Ormly.
But she didn’t go Ptlteburab t'brua
tele Telegraph
What the Asked Fee.
Carle Jack, «ho «■■ «lallIng them
rrom tbe «eet. wished to talk to Kllaa-
bet h 's father at tila «ini'«
lie i-uuhi
not find the telephone directory ami
thus appealed to tbree-year old Kllaa-
both for Information regarding tbe
phone number: "Kllaatieth. »list due«
mother ask for «ben «he talk« to daddy
at bia oAceF
Rllaaheth was wl«# for her days.
’’Monev
abe (taped
Fsllswng Their E «ample.
’Why dnu t y<Hl go Io your frteude
when you want to borrow money F'
”1 have l*eeu to them, but Just at
present tbev ar# all hard pressed, they
•ay."
'Thea count me am<>t>g your friend«
Their Judgment on yon la g*«Ml enough
for me" (lefrolt free f'rvxs
Reseible Substituía.
“Nothing ■ au ever lake your pleca.”
coned tbe bride
"Nothing dearr
"That la prrbape es epi admitíate
alimony '* Kansas City Journal
Semething Accemphsned.
"My wife «rut to s beauty d-x-toe
to have her (otupletlott cleared ’
"Well, was HF
-No hilt my |»«-k#fle»ik was“ Bal
timore AmerVau
Re «bo la mail# hi an nt1*orr<iult* la
mraally the »»# who made tbe <>ppoe
funlty
Psssst
The proper weenliw of th# weed
Toeeel.
frequently used in I .an
egahlr# Kngland. 1« a drink taken be
fore going to tied
Originally It w««
■tHk curdled with wine mid < <>us#«
ftvm tb# l-atln poo-« meaning a drink
made with vinegar and waler
Highly Neeeeeary.
Why la the otti' lai apelllng of go*
arument with a Ma <•
’Betau«# they «-onld hardly begin
government without a capital" Haiti
American
Moen I
Pa. what Io st» du.g moneyr
Any coin tour mother get« hold of.
Detrull Irre I’ve«#
New The» Don’t tpeeli.
If I were In your shoes
Jews
-Dost talk of ImtsswIMIIGes Hcwton
Trasse Hpt
Any Hm» I« th# proper rim# for any
ina what la JoM tirwk Fraverb.