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About Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1898)
/yien flouge. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Î M0LLY2 JAIL BIRD | B. L. EDDY, it J. P. ALLEN, Proprietor. By MAY BELLEVILLE BROWN § ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, T illamook , G recos M OLLY sat by her kitchen window and sang a low, cheery little song. Not that she had much cause for cheerfulness save the possession ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, of a clear conscience, but so long as BEST MEALS IN THE Deputy District Attorney of Tillamook she had that the little woman could not help being cheerful. County, Office in Alderman Hotel CITY. Building, She was maid-of-all-work, nurse, plain seamstress, butler, laundress T illamook , O regon . Tillamook, Ore and general factotum in the family of Headquarter» for Forest Grove Stage Line. James B. Revell, or, as it was written H. GOY NE, on her mistress* cards, J. Barnett Re vell. Her position was not a sinecure, ATTORNE Y- AT-LA W, for in each of her offices the best work was expected of her, few liberties were Office: Opposite Court Hon>e, given her, and her weekly stipend was no greater than that given in houses T illamook , O regon , where the same work was divided among three or four. But Molly was an orphan, unsophisticated and easily S trict attention given to outside orders . (J LA UDE TIIAYER, imposed upon, and, besides, a livid red D ying cleaning and renewing a specialty . mark lay across her right cheek, ren W ork called for and delivered . dering her self-conscious and willing ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, to hide herself anywhere. When she looked in her mirror she T illamook , O regon . did not see that her eyes were a pleas ant blue, that her lips were full and rosy, that her light brown hair waved prettily back from a broad forehead may , —she only saw the angry-looking brand burning on her cheek, and felt attorney - at - law , that she could not bear strange eyes. Further. Molly was faithful, and when T illamook , O regon . Mrs. I*.II, somewhat pompously, dwelt on her own goodness in befriend ing Molly, and the excellent home and U. J. DALY, advantages that she gave to her. the iOSCAR HAYTER. girl felt a gratitude that displayed it J) ALY’ & HAY TER, self in yet more faithful and willing servitude, not stopping to properly -N Ì Ï ATTORN EYS-AT-L AW, weigh the so-called “advantages.” The Revells lived on the street that D allas , O regon . was the very borderland of social eligibility in Veneering. The next ASTORIA AND street east, and Mrs. Revell might have ROBERT A. MILLER, struggled in vain for recognition. TILLAMOOK. Then it would have profited her noth ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, ing to divide her husband’s name in the O regon C itv , O regon . middle on her visiting cards. The next Land Titles sad Land Office Business a street west, and Mrs. Revell would Specialty. have found the struggle vastly easier than it had been. WILL nun THE So (when Molly sat singing by the (JAMKH McCAIN. (A W. SEVKKANCE. kitchen window, she saw, across the neat back yard and high board fence, JLfcCAIN & SEVERANCE, sandwiched between a great corn-crib and a blacksmith shop, the brick walls ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Will make trips every five days, the weather permitting, between Astoria and of the city jail—called the “calaboose” Tillamook City, carrying freight and passengers. by the youngsters about town. It was T illamook , O rkgon . a grim, one-story affair, with barred windows, and had been an eyesore to ELMORE, SANBORN & CO., ASTORIA ; or COHN & CO., 0AVID WILEY, M.D., Molly ever since she first saw it. Some TILLAMOOK, AGENTS. times its prisoners were hilarious, and PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND their shouts and ribald songs made her ACCOUCHEUR. shudder; often it was empty, for Veneering was a staid, sober town. All call promptly attended to. To-night she paused between the T illamook . O regon . verses of her song. The policemen on their beat were coming dohvn the al ley with a prisoner, their voices com £t E. HAWKE, M.D., ing clearly to her across the fence. He was a new man, therefore very PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. zealous. “Yes! Yes!” he was saying, deris TILLAMOOK, OREGON. ively. “They all play that gag on me. Telephone No. 7 I guess the sunstroke you got was over a counter and out of a glass.” “But—but, listen tome, officer,” said a . wise , the man, thickly, as he staggered along with the policeman’s help. “I haven’t DENTIST, touched a drop. It’s the heat—I was T illamook , O regon . overcome in the harvest field last The Dekum Building, Third and Wash month, and this is the first time I’ve been out—” ington, Portland. “Yes, an’ll be your last time till you’ve paid your fine,” put in the policeman. “But it’s true, I say,” stammered the man. “and you mustn’t lock me up. I’m sober—I’m sick. This is a false charge.” As he pleaded they reached the jail, General Banking and Exchange busi and, unlocking the door, the officer, with a derisive laugh, pushed the man ness interest paid on time deposits. into the inner darkness and slammed Exchange 011 England, Belgium, Ger the door on him. Molly, straining her many, Sweden, and all foreign countries. ears, heard him call once or twice, then all was still. Her song stopped, and TILLAMOOK, ORE. her ready sympathy went out to the poor man across the alley. Not for a FOLLOWING IS OUR LIST OF PRICES ; moment did she doubt his story, G. W. KIGER, COMMCN ROUGH LUMBER at *8 00 per thousand feet, though his thick and husky voice and SHIPLAP at *9.00 per thousand feet, DEALER IN uncertain walk were against him, and SIZED LUMBER at 9 00 per thousand feet, EXCHANGE AND MONEY an unusual anger burned within her. FLOORING. No. 2, at *12.00 per thousand feet SECURITIES. FLOORING, No. 1, at *16.00 per thousaud feet, Collection» Receive t'aieful and Peorapl She hurried into the parlor, where Mrs. RUSTIC, No. 2. at *12 <M) per thousand feet, Revell sat in imposing leisure. Attention. RUSTIC, No. 1, at *16.000 per thousand feet “Oh, Mrs. Revell—ma'am! The BAY CITY, OREGON. No 1 FINISH, at *15.00 per thousand feet, policeman has just brought a poor ' MOULDINGS. >,c per foot, per inch in width. sick man up the alley and locked him ALL 3IN. PLANKING at *7 per 1000 feet. u>p for drunk, for all the man told hi* C. A. BAILEY, was only sick from sunstroke. Won’t DF.A1.KR IN you have Mr. Revell go and see about it?” STUDEBAKER WAGONS, The mistress stared in petrified sur OSHO RHE MOWERS, Biiggie«, hay rnkea, plow», and other prise. not comprehending the meaning farm machinery. You can save I of Molly’s request. Then she laughed I an unpleasant, contemptuous laugh. money by dealing with me. “Fancy!” she said in a tone that Special Price» on Bnggie» »nd Spring made the girl shrink, “So you want Wagons. C. A. BAILEY, Tillamook, Ore. Mr. Revell to espouse the cause of a sot arrested on the street, just because you heard the creature protest that he was not drunk. You’ve done a good OUR MOTTO : many foolish things. Molly, but this is 9 9 the worst yet. Go bark to your place and don’t worry about your jail bird. He’ll be sick enough by morning, any way.” Molly crept Lack to her kitchen, " -»----- —_i. F- * abashed but not convinced, and sat in Specialties fof this tueek : silence by the window for an hour SHAVING, Moba Roast Coffee-Rojal Cream Flour-Maple Leaf Butter longer. The evening was still and very hot. She knew that the only ventila HAIR CUTTING, tion afforded in the prisoner’s room SHAMPOOING, was from a single slit-like window. At last she could stand it no longer, and | When you are iu town and want to »top .t • nice hotel, the place to go U to taking a pitcher of cold water and a small tin cup, stole out of the gate and EVERYTHING STRICTLY FIRST CLASS, across to the buikling'opposite. She peered through the.bars, but the interior was in the blackest darkness. The man was breathing heavily, groan E l JW. D. E. U/IST Proprietor. ing with nearly every breath. She shook the bars gently once or twice This HotBl has just been newly furnished and put in to attract hie attention, and spoke BARBER IND RàlRDRESSER first class repair and is now by far the best in the city I softly: SHAVING, HAIR CUTTING, “Say, mister—listen?” E verything C omfortable and H omelike - SHAMPOOING. ETC. Finally she heard a motion, and in a _ _ ... Tillamook Ore moment the man answered weakly: Tins iMMiakli, “What is itr New Building, next dour to Poet Office First class accommodation at second class rate. O. NOLAN, Tillamoolç Laundry and Dye pIougE. All work guaranteed to be first class, J. W. Atwater, Manager io yy j. Reduced Fares! 6.00 ROUND TRIP. 3.50 ONE WAY. Steamer W. H. HARRISON or R. P. ELMORE. yy S-A-ZT3Z OF WHEN YOU WANT LUMBER, C. & E. Thayer Remember that we keep the best of everything in Stock and at prices as low as the lowest- Tillamook Lumbering Co FOARD & STORES COMPANY. ASTORIA, OR. CHAS. PETERSON, “Cile Buy and Sell Everything Hot and Cold Raths THE TILLAMOOK EDGAR LATIMER, LIVE STOCK. “It’« so hot that I’ve brought a pitcher of water. Don’t you want a A Mote« La4> I.ertwrer Oaee Traveled drink f” a* to Keep an En- “Yes, yes,” he answered thickly and * «aaret eat. eagerly. “If you can wait till 1 pull myself up.” The persistent man or woman some After some struggling the man stood at the window. The light from across times has a rewiyd, by the way, in the opposite street cast a faint glow on | the unusual experiences which many the wall and window, and she could see of us do not go forth to seek. For that his face was fairly livid and his example. Mrs. Mary A. Livermore once eyes bright and staring. The cup ' traveled as live stock, and all because would not go through the bars until I she was resolved to keep an engage A less determined woman she had bent its rim, he watching her ment. eagerly. He emptied it thirstily twice. would have broken her promise and “You mustn’t have any more,” she missed the fun. One night she engaged the proprie said waruingly. “Here is a cloth wet in the cold water. Rub your face and tor of the best stable in a large town i to take her to the five o’clock train it will refresh you.” “1 believe you’ve suved my life.” he for Cincinnati, where she was to speak, murmured. “I felt myself sinking it was the only train that Sunday, and away with every breath till I heard I Cincinnati was 50 miles away. “Give yourself no anxiety, madam,’* your voice.” “1 heard you come up the alley with ■ said the stable keeper. “If I am alive the policeman,” whispered Molly, “and to-morrow morning, I shall call for I knew you told the truth. 1 am so ■ you promptly.” He did not call. Whether he was sorry.” “Well, you’re a blessed woman!” said : dead or not the record does not state. he, fervently. “Both for believing the Mrs. Livermore was very much alive. story of an unfortunate man, and for She arranged to ride in the cab of a thinking to bring me the water. I’m a special engine, which spun merrily respectable farmer, from 12 miles along for 34 miles, when it was blocked west of Veneering ,and it’s true about by derailed freight cars; but the time the sunstroke. He found me lying on table told her that a fast cattle train the ground, and of course took me for w’ould leave the next station in seven drunk. 1 have money enough to make minutes. She climbed into a two-horse some one smart for this—only there’s beer wagon filled with empty kegs the disgrace of the police court in the which threatened to roll on her feet, and with the engineer for driver, morning.” Dizzy and weak, he leaned against reached the station just as the con the bars and groaned at the thought. ductor was giving the signal to start. “I can’t take you, madam,” said he, “If you’ve friends in town, maybe I | could see some one for you to-night,’.’ i showing her his printed instructions. * “ You will have to wait for the next whispered Molly, timidly. The man straightened himself, “The | train.” The rules forbade him to carry any very idea!” he exclaimed. “Go tp Dr. Roberts, on Fourteenth and Locust freight but live stock, or any pas streets. He treated me last month sengers besides the drivers of those when I was sick. Here’s the envelope , animals. he addressed to me himsejf when he I “If I am not live stock,” asked the receipted my bill. Give it to him and ' woman, “will you please tell me what I am?” tell him about this.” The conductor reflected a moment, Before he bad time to say more. Molly seized the envelope and slipped then weighed and billed her as regu away. The young man felt his way to lar live stock freight, and at Cincin the shelf-like berth in the corner and nati, when she paid the charges, he sat down to rest.. Somehow, the dark gave her the usual live stock receipt.— ness did not seem so intense as it had Youth’s Companion. before, nor did he feel exhausted. The AN INDIAN FEAST. cold water had refreshed him, the kindly words of the little Samaritan had strengthened him. His heart felt Given !n Memory of n Deceased Chief —I'ronperouM Red men Who warm when he thought of her. Hide In Carriage«. In less than an hour he heard a tap ping on the bars. This time he did not The Indians had a big blowout at have to crawl along the floor to reach the residence of Louis Antelope in Te the window. koa one day recently, the occasion be “Dr. Roberts was very angry,” she ing the celebration of the anniversary whispered, “and went to headquar of the death of Augustus, a Coeur ters to see about your case, lie says d’Alene Indian, who died last year. that he’ll bring the officers right away. A magnificent feast was given by the I’m so glad. Good-by.” host, a son of the deceased, to all who “But wait,” said the prisoner. “Tel! attended. The entire tribe was invited, me your name. I want to know whom and fully 600, inchuling the children, to thank for this great service.” accepted the invitation. Chief Saltese “I’m only Molly Britts,” she whis made a characteristic speech, and was pered, “and I work for Mrs. Revell followed by Peter Wildshoe, who across the alley. You’re welcome. I’m | praised the virtues of the deceased. The sure, but it’s not likely you’ll ever see | chief of the Spokane tribe, whose name me again.” | was not learned, was also present and* “But I’d like to know why I won’t,” i addressed the assembly. The festivi was the answer. “Am I just to forget ties began at nine o'clock and lasted all this? ‘John Herring is his own mas until evening. The feast was given by ter, and he’ll probably see you before the host, Augustus, and must have cost he leaves town to-morrow.” a “pretty penny,” as excellent food was “But—but—I don’t want you to see served to the vast throng present. me,” answered she, glad that the dark These Indians are rapidly becoming hid her blushes. civilized and are assuming the cuBtoms “Why?” he urged. and dress of the whites more each “Oh—because I’m so—ugly!” whis year. They have excellent fnrms, good pered Molly, in agonized confusion houses and machinery, and one pass- that made the brand'on her cheek j ing over the reservation would not be burn and throb. lieve that it was occupied by Indians “Oh!” laughed the young man soft did he not see them. Their houses are ly. a tone of relief in his voice. “You’ll generally well buNt and painted and have to let me be the judge of that. look neat and clean, while many have Shake hands till to-morrow,” as Mol excellent bams and farms well tilled. ly’s work-hardenrd little hand slipped I They raise a large amount of grain each through the bars into his warm clasp, year and sell it in Tekoa. A large por “and take my ‘God bless you* along tion of it is loaded at a side trac k on with you. Good night!” the reservation, but the grain is sold Molly hurried away just ns the po to Tekoa dealers and the money is licemen with their lanterns turned largely spent there. Many of them into the alley. From her window in dress entirely like white people and the rear of the house she watched the come to town in carriages and hacks. group of men out of sight, on their way They are quite industrious and are ex from the jail, turned to look at herself cellent citizens and always peaceful ex in the mirror a moment, and then went cept when under the influence of liquor, to bed to cry herself to sleep and to | sold to them by unscrupulous white dream of feverishly bright eyes and , persons. The Indian trade is one of Te dark curly hair. koa’s main resources.—Spokane Sp’ikes- John Derr i ng. pale from his experi nmn-Review. ence of the night before, stood before Molly in the kilrhen the next morn ing. She blushed and quivered painful CUPID IN A BOTTLE. ly, but not by the tremble of an eye lash did he show that he saw the throb Tli« Ohio Hirer Assists a Loaelg bing mark on her face, and from that YouBf Wonrun to Find moment she worshiped him. Three a Hnabaad. months later she stepped out one morning, clad in modest gray, and Miss Edna House, of Bromley, near went with him to the nearest parson Cincinnati, was an ambitious young age. where they were married, much woman, who on one .September after to Mrs. Revell’*- dismay and disgust, noon became tired of single blessedness that lady giving speech to some of her and resolved to secure herself a hus- burning thought-» on ingratitude. ba nd. She cast a bottle upon the waves of The once forlorn, heart-starved lit tle woman is a merry, lovable and be the Ohio, in which, before sealing, she loved wife now. and the red mark, that had placed a note which read: was the heaviest burden of her early "The finder of this will please correspond years, Is fading, since, secure in her with me at once. I am lonely becauae the slow. husband's love and admiration, she has Bromley boys are too "EDNA HOUSE." ceased to be conscious of it. On a cab The missive danced along until it inet in their parlor stands a little tin was lost to sight, and the young damsel cup, curiously bept and battered, a had almost forgotten its existence when souvenir, so .John laughingly tells Mol , one day a month later she received a ly, of her “jail bird.”—Ladies* World. note from John Eggleston, a farmer of Morth Bend, Ky., which stated that be fa Other Days. had found the bottle and intended to “What wheel do you ride now, Bear comply with the note found therein. ings?” He did so, and an exchange of photo “The name as a) ways, only this year’s graphs followed. make.” Shortly afterward Bromley people “And your wife?” were startled by the appearance one “Oh! she 1« riding some sort of cheap Sunday afternoon of a new rig in front wheel. I forget the name.” of the House homesit ad, and investiga “But you both used to ride and swear tion revealed the fact thut Eggleston by the same make.” had come to make the acquaintance of “Yea, I know; but that Was before Miss House. Since then frequent visits we were married.”—Puck. have been made, and the gossips of I the town predicted a H|M*edy uniou of I'.rlh.r iBforMMtlOM NeeOeO. the two young hearts. ‘‘I want you to understand that I’m The expectations were realised one a» good a» my word, air,” declared the man that wa» looking for a »mall day lately when Eggleston arrived in town dressed in his best, and soon the loan. two were seen wending their way "All right, air. I’ll take a look around and find out what your word'» toward the office of S<|uire Anderson, | where thev were married. _ r J worth.”—Chicago Evening New».
