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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1927.
PAGE THREE
The Leading Characters.
EDISON FORBES, a young resi
dent of Scottdale, goes on a little joy
ride with another young fellow. Some
liquor in consumed. They are stopped
suddenly by the sight of a booze truck
driven by
SCOTTS LIBBEY, a worthless char
acter, who has smashed his machine
into another car, killing its lone oc
cupant, a woman. Forbes companion
and Libbey quit the scene hurriedly,
leaving the former alone to face a
constable who reasons that Eddie,
with the scent of whiskey about him,
must be connected in some way with
the accident. Accordingly Forbes is
arrested.
Out on bail Eddie keeps from his
wife the name of the person he was
with. Forbes does this to shield the
younger fellow who would be ruined
if the truth were learned. Instead
Eddie bears the brunt of the circum
stantial evidence and at his trial is
declared guilty and sentenced to
prison for a long term of years. At
the jail one of the authorities ap
proaches and introduces himself.
CHAPTER V.
"I'm Warden Courtney," announced
the newcomer. "You're to go up to
Lansing right away. The governor
wantB to see you."
Edison looked at him uncomprehen
ingly. "The governor?" he stammer
ed. "Me why?"
The warden smiled. "He'll tell you
when you get there. If you hurry
you can catch the next interurban
limited. There's one due in 10 min
utes." "But " Edison looked about un
certainly. "No officer; you go alone." Still
smiling the warden shook hands with
him. "Good luck." The handclasp
propelled Edison toward the door.
"You know where the station is? AUj
right, better step lively."
He caught the car. He did not
"Why, we can stay here
tonight, Pat," he an
nounced gleefully... "It
won't be much of a job to
clean up. Wonder if the
pump's all right?"
know what to think. In fact, the
waves of emotion which had passed
over him made clear thinking impos
sible. He dared not hope; but the
car wheels clicked endlessly; "The
governor, the governor, the governor
" and it seemed a song of hope.
When he reached Lansing he found
that Governor Albright was expect
ing him. When he gave his name
to the attendant in the executive
suite, he was ushered at once into
the private office. "Well, Forbes,"
grunted the governor, as they shook
hands, "how many kinds of a fool
have you been making of yourself?"
He was a big man whose age was
hard to estimate and whose hair was
of a certain shade which defied the
coming of gray. Edison started at
the beginning and told him the whole
story, withholding only the name of
his companion.
"So you took a chance on prison
to protect the fellow who was with
you?" queried the governor, when he
had finished.
Eddie nodded. "But I don't know
that I would have done it," he con
ferred frankly, "if I'd thought they'd
convict. It didn't seem possible they
could do that on the evidence."
"Anyway you did," returned the
governor. "The world calls you a
chump for that. But somehow, my
boy, I'm for you. There's too much
thinking of ourselves and too little
thinking of the other fellow in the
world today.
"I suppose you're surprised nt my
sending for you. Fact is Edison, we
should know each other. Did you
ever hear that your father was one
of my best friends 40 years ago?"
"He mentioned you sometimes be
fore he died, sir."
"Well, I brought you here on his
account. When we were both young
sters we worked in the lumber woods
together. It was he who gave me my
stmt. Ho came into a little money
about the time I had a chance to buy
a block of pine. He let me have it.
In a couple of years I cleaned up a
mighty comfortable stake. There was
no stopping mo after that.
"Of course I paid lilrn back long
ngo. But I've always hod n wnrm
spot In my henrt for Joe Forbes. If
it hadn't been for him, the chances
are about fifty to one I'd never been
governor of Michigan.
"That's why I sent for you, Edi
son. I feel I owe his son something.
SWM&P
Michael J.
I kept an eye on your case. I could
n't interfere until you'd had your
trial. When I heard you'd been con
victed I telephoned the warden to
send you down. Boy, I've pardoned
you.
"Pardoned me pardoned?" gulped
Edison. .
"Yes, I read the evidence pretty
closely. I came to the conclusion
you were telling the truth. I was far
enough away from Scottdale not to be
blinded by prejudice, and local issue.
So you're a free man."
Edison sat motionless, bereft of the
power of speech. "Of course the
long-hairs will rant about my turning
you loose, went on the governor
with a good-natured smile. "But I'm
through with this term. 1 should
worry what they say, when my con
science tells me I've done right. Now
Edison "
"Yes, sir."
"There'B. one thing I want you to
promise me. You know, your father
was a fine man and a clever man. He
would have gone a long ways if it
hadn't been for "
"I know, Governor, liquor."
"That's right, boy. It looks as
though you've Btarted the same way.
There s nothing in It; never has been,
and now less than ever. I wish you'd
promise me, Edison not to quit
drinking, because that may be beyond
your strength, but to try to quit
drinking."
"Oh, Governor, I promise to quit
now, forever!" breathed Edison.
The governor clapped him on the
shoulder. "All right, lad; that's fine.
You see, it sort of puts us in the
hole and makes the long-hairs right
if you fall down on me. I'd like to
turn the laugh against 'em. Now
run along to that little wife of yours."
In the truin-ride from the capital
to Scottdale Edison came as near to
true happiness as at any time in his
life. The fate which he hud faced
and so narrowly escaped had toned
down the riotousness of his joy. The
tornado of emotion which had carried
him breathlessly to the depths of
misery, through the uncertainty of
the journey to the governor's office
nnd through most of the interview
that followed, hud left him somewhat
exhausted.
So he was in a condition of de
lightful languor, swathed in the in
effable thought that he wos a free
man free to start over again, free
to take up life ngain with Patsy Jane.
Prison doors did not open blackly be
hind him. They had closed, closed
forever.
"That's as near as I want to get,"
he said to himself, with a Bhudder.
' That's what booze did for me. I'll
never take another drink!" But even
as he reiterated the pledge anxiously
he was conscious of n lack, of a void
at his nerve centers which a good stiff
drink would plug up effectually.
CHAPTER VI.
A Change of Scene
Scottdale hummed like a swarm of
angry bees over the governor's par
don. The community had never been
for Albright. In all his campaigns
it had voted for his opponents, pro
fessing church-goers who singled out
the liquor law in their speeches as
the one they would enforce rigor
ously. This applied to Scottdale
which, furthermore, disapproved of
Richard Albright because he was
known as a "liberal."
Judge Persons issued a public
statement in which ho declared that
the govornoi''s action was a "gross
abuse of power," and made the Forb
es case a "travestry of justice."
To Edison and his wife the town
had become impossible. Ho could
have stayed on, found work of some
kind, and forced it to revise its es
timate. But the game was not worth
the candle. He knew something of
the inert vimlictiveness toward the
erring of which small communities
rre capable. It might bo years be
fore he could fight back to grudged
position again. These would be years
of loneliness nnd ostracism.
"It isn't worth it, Eddie," agreed
Tntsy Juno, soberly when, the first
rapture of reunion over, they discuss
ed the future. "Any boy that was
Lorn here nnd tries to be somebody
th under a handicap. They can't ad
mit ho can possibly he ns good as
someone who comes from away. No;
we'll go. But where?"
"I've thought of that," replied Ed
Phillips
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die eagerly. "Don't you remember
dad had some cutover pine lands near
Long Portage? Let's go up there.
The land isn't much good, I suppose.
But there's a house on the place;
anyway there was three years ago
when I went fishing on Portage creek.
"It's wonderful up there in the
summer. We can make the land sup
port us. If you'd care to go so far
from civilization and rough il, Patsy
June," he concluded, wistfully.
"Why, of course I would, Eddie,"
ahe returned promptly. "I'd love it!
If the land won't support us, why
there are opportunities there just the
same as there are here. It's that or
u big city. And I hate big cities."
"So do I," he rejoined, bis face
clearing magically. "I'm crazy to give
the wilderness a trial. We'll buy a
secondhand bus and some camping
stuff and start."
It was nearly noon of the third
day when surmounting a considerable
ridge, they saw the roof of the log
cabin. Patsy Jane greeted it with a
triumphant chirrup. The journey had
been a pleasant one. They had left
behind the prosperous section of the
state with its paved road, with the
first day. Concrete had been replaced
by gravel, which in turn yielded to
dirt turnpikes.
These made way for sandy tracks
which wiggled with apparent aimless
ncss through the jack-pine country.
Spring was appreciably more tardy
as they penetrated northward. The
nights were chill but the days were
fine and sunshiny.
The Forbes hundred and sixty acres
were twelve miles east of the village
of Long Portage. They had stopped
in the woods town for provisions and
other supplies. It boasted a railroad
division headquarters, a sawmill, and
little else.
The log house, much to Eddie's sur
prise and satisfaction, was found te
be in fairly good condition. The
roof was whole. Apparently, deer
hunters had used the place the pre
vious autumn as a camp. There was
a rusty but serviceable stove which
he did not recall as having been there
previously, in the kitchen.
The kitchen was a leanto, adjoining
the main building. The bigger struc
ture was divided into a combination
living-room and dining-room, and a
bedroom considerably smaller. The
living-room had chairs and a table
of a sort, and there were bunks nail
ed to the log walls on two sides.
"Why, we can stay here tonight,
Put," he announced gleefully. "It
won't be much of a job to clean up.
Wonder if the pump s all right?"
A few strokes of the handle of the
iron "pitcher" pump near the back
door brought up an abundance of wa
ter. "We're sitting pretty," he de
clared. "Let's have lunch. I'm crazy
to tear in and make this place into
pomething."
In mid-afternoon, as they scrub
bing and furbishing happily, they had
a visitor. He had walked to the cabin
over the rolling jackpine wastes.
"Good day to you," he began. "I saw
the smoke from your chimney. My
name is Isaiah Sealman. My land
adjoins part of your quartersection
on the west."
"How do you do?" greeted Eddie,
taking the proffered hand. "I am
Ed ison Forbes. This is my wife."
Sealman. Somehow, the name fitted
him admirably, Eddie thought. He
was as sleek as a seal which has
just emerged from the water. He had
smooth brown hair, worn long, but
kept in excellent order. He had a
full though sloping forehead, and a
Inrge, high-bridged nose. The lower
part of his face was covered by a
beard several shades lighter than the
hair. It was also sleek and well
kept. The man was large, inclined
to stoutness, and with an air of be
ing above the rough frontier clothing
which he wore.
"Here for a summer outing, I sup
pose?" persuaded Sealman? as he look
ed about with large, shrewd blue
eyes.
"Here for good," returned Eddie,
smiling frankly. "I own this place,
you know. We thought we'd give the
north a trial."
Sealman shot him a quick glance.
"I had heard that people named
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Uncle Sam tested most thoroughly
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Forbes owned it," he said, slowly.
"But I thought you'd abandoned it.
The taxes "
"By Jove, that's so!" interrupted
Eddie, frowning thoughtfully. "I've
neglected the taxes for some time.
I must go downtown tomorrow and
see about them."
"You intend to farm, Mr. Forbes?"
"To tell the truth, I don't know,"
returned Eddie. "We haven't had
time to look around and decide. ' I
don't suppose much of this land is
good. I haven't any implements or
horses "
Sealman nodded agreement. "The
land isn't much good. It goes ii
streaks up here in the jackpine coun
try. There's an occasional belt of
good land and then a belt of white
saijd that won't raise ragweed. Yours,
except along Portage, is mostly sand.
It's all right to spend a vacation on,
though it's pretty lonesome, even in
summer. I'm afraid you'll be pulling
up stakes again pretty soon."
Eddie had a good, sizable jaw. He
thrust it forward unconsciously as he
answered: "Oh, no, we won't. We've
decided to locate in the southern part
of the state. We haven t seen much
of our land. I don't think it's lone
some here " He looked doubtfully
at Patsy Jane.
"Neither do I," she supplemented
spiritedly. "I want to Btay here. I
love it. If the farm won't support
us, my husband can find something to
do, I'm sure. We don't need much."
Sealman considered without speak
ing for a time. He spoke slowly:
"Well, if that's the way you feel
about it I might be able to use you,
Forbes. I'm raising a good deal of
alfalfa lately. They've taken to feed
ing sheep and cattle on these barrens.
Most of my land's under cultivation.
I need a hand " he stopped. "I
tell you: Come over after you've seen
about your taxes and made up your
mind fully whether you're going to
stay."
(Continued next week.)
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