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About Heppner herald. (Heppner, Or.) 1914-1924 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1914)
Tl'ESlUY. OCTOBER 13, 1914. HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPXER, OREGON. PAfJ: THREE )5 ftiiiitriiifiiiiiiiliiilil I MINOR & CO. 1 1 Ka'1tuck Hi Hi Hi Hi NN N Hi W e have a number of Ladies Suits which we are going to close out. While these Suits are not of the latest style creations, yet the material used in these garments is of ex cellent quality, and worth much more than the price we ask for the Suits. We have a good range of sizes now, and would advise yov to select youry early before the line is broken. m to m to to m m m m n to to to to to to to Anv 1 .arli ps Suit in tnp Hnnsp py- to S cepting Blacks and Blues JC A A N Ymir Chair. . . . .tfD.UU to to Hi m Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi M inor & Co. to to to to to to to to to to , Agents for H BUTTERICK PATTERNS-ROYAL WORCHESTER CORSETS Hi 444 4i4i4i44fliiifi.ifii.llii S-H-O-E-S of every description I specialize on "AMERICAN GENTLEMEN" dress shoes "JOMO" and brand and A. A. work shoes CUTTER E. N. GONTY The up-to-date repair man. ONIGHT Tuesday, Oct. 13 "Bob" obinson Address the Citizens of Heppner on He Saw New York and Went Through the Tunnel Prohibition From a Liberal View At the Club Building Promptly at 8. p. m. Mr. Robinson is an interesting and forceful Speaker. You will be glad you heard him. No Admission Charges By THOMAS R. DEAN In New York city there is a spacious excavation at the crossing of Broad way and Thirty-third street which is the entrance room of the Hudson tun nels. There are newspaper and candy stands, ticket offices and benches. One afternoon a tall, bony man descended the steps leading to this subterranean station and looked about him wonder- ingly. He was Martin Granger, a Ken tuckian, who had come from his native state to see New York. He had taken a tour In one of the big autocars in which strangers are shown the metrop olis while a conductor points out the principal items of curiosity and com ments on them through a megaphone. And now he had determined to go throngh the tunnel under the Hudson river that he might go back to Hen derson county, Ky., and tell his chil dren how the great ships, some of them 800 or 900 feet long, had sailed right over his head, while smaller boats without number had steamed back and forth In the same relative position. Not knowing exactly how to get to the cars which were to take him on this (to him) perilous journey or per haps wishing for time to screw up his courage to plunge under the great riv er, he sat down on one of the benches, presenting a perfect picture of a south western countryman wonder struck with that congregation of people which within a radius of twenty-five miles forms the largest In the world. He had not been there long before a man came and sat down beside him. But Martin Granger was not interested In a single man, but the throngs pass 1 Ing through this station, wherein every I thing was as much allvo underground ; as on the surface and were just as i much alive above the surface as on It. ; The man beside him sat there but a i few minutes, then got up and went away. Presently Granger noticed persons buying tickets at a booth and put his : hand Into his pocket for money. In tending to do the same thing. Casting i his eves down beside him. he saw a small package on the bench. Ho took It up, looked at It, then cast a glance about him for the owner, thinking tbut It had been left through carelessness. A number of persons were uear, but there was no evidence that any one of them was the owner of the pack age. He weighted it and found It light no heavier than paper. He pondered awhile as to what to do with it, then untied a string and partly unwrapped the covering. Any look of surprise that had comn over Martin Granger's face whllo in New York was surpassed by the ono that came upon It now. Ho looked upon the corner of a bank bill and es- 1 pecially on the figures $100. As soon as he regained something of his equa nimity he lifted the corner of the Mil, and underneath It was another of the ! same denomination. Tlio next below this was marked $."0, the next $20, the next $100, and so on of different denominations. The package wa about two Inches thick. "What you got there?" Granger, looking up, saw a man standing over him regarding him with a severe expression. "Somebody has been powerful care less and left a whole stnck o' bank bills on this yere seat." "I'm In luck," said the other. "You've found the bills taken from the vaults of the Trust company." "How do you know that?" asked J Granger. i "I know It because I am a detctlv I iind have been shadowing the man i who stole the bills. I followed hltu ; down here, and, realising that I had him truppcd. rather than be cuoelit with the plunder on hitn ho ant down 1 ere beside you and when he wejnt away left It. Ills intention Is douH less to follow you, and when you get , fur enough from the station and lit thinks himself unobserved he will claim the property 8 be on the train. When he joins you and ask you for bis parcel I'll nab him." "Waal, now, ain't that line! I thort that when 1 come to Now York I'd see some remarkable sights, hut 1 didn't think I'd git inter one o' them detec tlve stories." The man gave him a knowing look, and Granger bought his tickets and, descending a flight of steps leading farther down toward the center of the earth, found a train, which he board ed, and was soon curried down under the mighty waters. He seemed over powered and did not draw a regular breath till a guard called "All out!" and, seeing the other passengers leave the train, the visitor to New Yolk also left. ; He had no sooner stepped on the platform before he saw the detective looking at him. and Granger followed him up a flight of stairs, through a railway station and on to a ferryboat As soon as the boat left the dock the detective joined the Kentuckian. "I thort you was goin' to nab the thief," said the latter. "He has eluded me. We'll return to New York. You may as well turn over the goods to me. I shall not be able to take the thief." Now, Granger was a countryman, but there are few persons in the world who have not learned the principle that "possession is nine points of the law." "What am I goin' to git out o' the find?" he asked. "Oh, you'll get the reward. There's $10,000 offered for the return of the stolen goods." "Reekon that's all right. But if you do the returnin' how am I to git the reward?" "I'll report you as the finder of the property." "You jist tell me whar to turn it in, and I'll go thar with it." There was a good deal of sparring on the part of the detective to get pos session of the property, which failed. Before the boat landed he explained to the Kentuckian that the latter was In a very dangerous position. It Hie detective should arrest him as the thief it would go hard with him. But the bluff was not effective. The Ken tuckian said that he thought he could prove an alibi since he had reached New Y'ork only that morning and t y Butler could swear (o the fact since he had come all the way from Hen derson county with him. "Well," said the detective, "I sup pose I'll have to go with you to the bank that lost the money, but it's too lnte to go today. Tlio banks don't keep open after 3 o'clock. You can stay with me overnight, and we'll turn the money over tomorrow morn ing." The Kentuckian said he had prom ised to stay with Cy Butler at a hotel on the east side, but the detective ex plained that It would not do for him to let him go away with the money, so Granger finally consented to spend the nlglrt with him In bis room. The apartment was In a cheap lht house. The detective, as soon as they had entered it, locked the door and said to Mr. Granger: "See hem. pard, there's plenty for both of us In this deal. I'm the man that, took that money from the bank. There's JHfi.fXK) of It. I'll give you J20,K). What do you say?" "What do I suy? Why. I say I'm 1'arnln' New York powerful fast- I thort you was a directive." "You're a pretty good sort of cuiip, nydled the other, "and I don't mind taking you Into my confidence. I was the man who sat down by you In the Hudson tunnel station. I was trying to get nway from a slmdower. I con cluded to load the goods on to you till I could get awny from him and divide with you. All you've gut to do to ho rich is to turn the goods back to inu and deduct your share." Granger looked at him with righteous Indignation and said: "Stranger, I've lived In Henderson county, Kalntucky. for forty year. Anybody tlmr'll tell you I hain't got n dishonest ha'r In my head. I'm goin' to turn tills money back to Hie batik that lost It. ami don't yon forult It." The man put out his hand and grasp ed Granger's, saying. "Anybody M know to look at you that you were mi honest mini." Holding Granger's rliMit band, the rascal put his own left lininl to his liii nod drew II revolver, lie hail corked mid raised It only a part of the way to rover bis mini when Granger, ipih-k na a flush, put Ills hand to the bark of his neck and drew forth a knife about tea IncheM long and held It point down 5000 Fence Posts! FOR SALE j Get Our Prices Before Buying Phelps Grocery Co. 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Newlon i i i i s: i Made-to-0rder ER SUITS I'.nd AdeHiinier.t The westerner looked at the man i nr,i v,.r ,, n.. detertne. with wonder. ion must be one o theui fellers (bat I've read ibout In the stories printed In our home paper. , They kin tell from shirt button or the stump of clgsr Jlst who dona th murder." "Yes; I'm detective Now I've got the stolen property I want you to help me take the thief Where are you ko IngV ' "I'm goin' don under thi river Jlt to see how It fee l to be joggln' along under the big ship " 1 "All right. Put the parksgn In your , rww ket and" The speaker atnpped ahort and turn- . l Ids bark on I i ranger aa though li had bo Interionrae with tit m. In a few . minute lm turned again and con tinned I aaw th raaral. Ilea gone down the tln to the train I didn't want to hav him " m talking to jrti fio to that blrdrsge over there and buy th tleketK. You'll l given t WO f m ' Thu go psat that man over there and drop 'm In the hoi lift on the train, and don t leave li tilt yi I fi-t to the lat atatlon Hot. km I'll j I In the aame ear mlth you, and ' I'M Hkely tli man ho stolt tin bllli will "I see that bund," be auld ipilelly. "ml go you one better I 'me yer wion !" The man needed to raise his pMol but short distance to make It efler the, yet the dhlaiprt. was aulll' leiil I i give the Kriiturklaii time to dinw lm bewlif knife a weapon of the olden time-ami hold It 0nt downward ovr I ,ni The Ullaln quailed mid dn pord I la piatol How the KeiitiH klim drote Ida en ctnv down and out Into the kinrt. iim-i H pollreiuail Slid the thlee pr weedel to it Station, how the MAI morning Hie money wna turned over 1 H tinder I., the bank, la inereh n mi" elot of ordinary iMiills When the pn-Hh nt handed Ursniier a In k for II"'"" IV nliji I froa nu"i n Inli n-tli x T'e K-liHI' kino lm hded It Link, n If K l" yoi rerkon Unit If il o' tnv Kl""l'k lielrhlKira' timri kit to a'rav away and (jit on to tnv prnn aid I aent her La'k t.jr a n'.-k'T Id tr money fur d 'ln' It? No "l' 1 I n ay do thltu.- Hon a av to N,.,v V"k t,tl v e don't do 'em o to .1 it i k And t irnltnj on hi h" I. he left tt, '.auk. 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