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1 HARDWARE AND DAIRY STOVES & RANCES Large Line Charter Oak Stoves. Star Estate Ranges, Umpire Air Tight Heaters, Doors, Windows & Glass, Churns & Butter Workes, Milk Cans, Paints & Oils. HARDWARE. We carry the Largest Stock of Hardware in Tillamook County. Before buying Nails, Windows, Doors and Sashes call and get $ '.sai groceries . We carry a First Class Stock of Groceries and Provisions, Canned Goods, etc., which will be found complete in every Hne. We want your trade and will do our best to give satisfaction in all transactions. We keep in stock a nice line of China, Crockery, Glass, Tinware, etc. CHINA & TINWARE. McINTOSH & McNAIR. Tillamook “ Who says so?” bellowed one of the twitching of his muscles caused him to his head, stood some few rods distant, sink loArer. The sand now came up to sailors. gazing wonderingly at him. • 9 “This poor, shipwrecked lad, who we i his chin. He gave up all hope He Cupid with his bow and arrows Ronald at once fell into a perfect deli OF SAN FRANCISCO, DEALERS IN Wandered through the world one day, rium of excitement and joy. Quickly I are going to take away with us. The prayed. He became more composed and Looking for unconscious victims, tossing aside the remnants of his meal he gold pays his passage,’’ went on the red- i resolved if he must die to meet death Their repose to take away. rushed toward the newcomer, with the bearded skipper, with a curious intona bravely. To this period of resignation All at once he spied a maiden, evident intention of embracing him. But tion that hardly pleased Ronald. “ You’ll succeeded a sort of stupor. Later on he Who was famed for beauty rare, the latter was not over-cordial. At the come ashore lively,” the captain con became entirely unconscious. Several But who always coldly listened first sign of this /»dvance he drew a short tinued, addressing the men, “and maybe hours passed Mean while the wind had steadily been To each lover’s ardent prayer. sword or hanger, which he bore iu his we’ll sail off together with doubloons I gathering force. It soon blew a gale. belt, and presented its point toward the instead of sandbags for ballast.” Swiftly Cupid shot the arrows, The sailors in the boat consulted to Through some caprice it eddied about breast of the enthusiastic youth. Vainly shot them, one by one. gether, but the sight of the chain, with the hillock in which Ronald was very "Not so fast, monkey, ape or wild man For his darts all missed the maiden, of the island, whichsoever you may be,” its attendant promises, was a strong nearly entombed. At first a few min As his darts had always done. cried the stranger, with an accompani argument. The unhappy Ronald heard ute grains shifted. Then whole layers Then he winked—sly little fellow— ment of oaths. "Keepyour distance and the captain cursing at his men in an un i were carried off. Slowly but surely the And his next shot surely told, dertone, while they were making up their work went on until at last the boy lay I’ll keep mine.” Forthe last dart in his quiver reluctant minds. But when they had de all exposed. Not till then did he com “ Oh, sir ! have mercy upon me, ” poor Was an arrow tipped with gold ! Ronald screamed, falling upon his knees cided and pushed the boat back to the pletely recover consciousness. It was AGENTS STEAMER LUELLA. and extending his hands pitifully toward beach the crafty skipper received them ( now night, pitch dark and stormy. He I managed to relieve himself of his fetters, I Hobsonville, Or “A BOY CASTAWAY.” the impassive stranger. “I am an unfor with an assured smile. “You'd have only gone to Davy Jones’ I but knew not how to find a way of shel tunate, cast away alone upon this horri Who Found the Treasure of a ble place. You surely will sympathize locker without me, lads,’’ he said to i ter. And so he staid where he was I Spanish Galleon Buried with me No human heart could steel them. “ Who would have laid a course? [not forgetting to return a fervent prayer | C. B. HANTHORN, Pres ; A. WELCH, Vice-Pres ; S, T. HARRISON. Sec. I’m the only one that can pilot in these to heaven for his well nigh miraculous i itself tn my condition.” in the Sand. And rapidly, at times incoherently, the waters. As for being marooned on this ■ deliverance] and braved the elements as In 1703 the ship Goodly Hope was wretched bov told the story of his ship island, nothing would have pleased me ' liest he could. After long hours of suf- thrown upon one of the many shifting wreck and wept in mental anguish. better. Some ship would have taken me feriug, the storm subsided and the sun Successors to the Columbia Iron Works. bars of Sable island, The seas broke over The red-bearded stranger listened im off in good time and I’d have had the came up on a cloudless blue sky. With her. The hungry, restless sand slowly patiently and without making any effort best part of the treasure to myself. But in a few feet of him lav the galleon’ »» I i n il ri is 533 Bond Street — but surely gulped her down. It was not I to conceal his lack of attention. I’m honest. Share and share alike hulk, once more almost entirely ex particularly novel. This island monster I “So, so,” he interrupted, before the lad among gentlemen-ad venturers is my posed ! ASTORIA, OREGON. of the North Atlantic Ocean had merely | had well finished. “You need enter into , motto. Treat me right and—’’ Poor Ronald was well nigh out of his swallowed another tid-bit. Of all that no more precise details. "I have just “Belay! We ain’t no lubbers to be witts. He argued that the buccaneers and gallant crew only a singlesoul escaped to been through something of the same sort. gammoned by a sea-lawyer,” growled were too experienced sailors to have ven-' shore. j tured putting to sea in their frail craft i This cursed island has proved the death | Bully Ned. A young lad of good family, Ronald of my own good ship and left me with If he j Captain Rogers’ eyes flashed fire at in the teeth of a rising gale Fletcher bv name, had been lashed to a but half a dozen companions and our this ungracious interruption, but he could come to them with practical proof Cannery, Steamboat, Loggers’ Work wooden grating by some rough seamen. pinnace to—hey, knaye ! What is this knew better than to waste words. of his sincerity in regard to the treasure and Blacksmithing. - The vagrant eddies swept the grating bravery ?” "Push along to the galleon, boy,’’ he he imagined that they would relent. And Electrical and Cycle Sundries • ■' » 1 IB IB * IBI* well into a shallow cove. As soon as he His eyes had just caught sight of the ordered, giving Ronald a by no means so he clambered down into the after hold Estimates Given. in Stock. was able the boy cleared himself from the golden chain around the lad’s waist. The gentle shove. of the hulk, and. utilizing the greater saving fetters and waded thankfully to rubbing of the ragshad cleaned away the I Up and down, across the billowy sand- part of his wreched clothing for the pur the dry land. discoloration in places and brought out dunes went the lad, closely followed by pose. made up a bundle of the tarnished But a brief survey of the treeless waste the yellow luster of the rich metal. the little band of tyrants. From their gold and silver coins. Tile package was dashed his new hopes As far as the eye With trembling, nervous fingers Ronald conversation and appearance Ronald not large, but it was very heavy and all could see was nothing but an expanse of unfastened the trinket and laid it at the quickly realized that he had met with he could well carry. In fset he made rolling sand dunes, with butan occasion stranger's feet, meanwhile sobbing out nothing more or less than buccaneers. but slow progress with it shoreward, i al patch of rank grass to vary the mo his discovery of the stranded galleon, Such gentry infested the seas in those having to put it down repeatedly and 1 notonous landscape. During one of these with its chests of treasure in the after days The pooc lad knew that he could rest his arms. Seabir Is, with their eggs, an 1 an occa hold. expect but little kindness from them. pauses he saw something which looked sional drowned fish tossed upon the “Now, this is something like,’’ chuck However, he thought that the sight of familiar at a d'stanee. It war the wool* strand, furnished Ronald's only food for led the red-bearded one. snatching up the the treasure might render them more en cap that Captain Roger had worn. many days. Portions of wrecked vessels bauble and examining it greedily. “ ’Tis generously disposed tow ard him than if Coming nearer. Roland notic'd that it were abundant, and he secured a crude a brave lad. All will be well with you. he came empty-handed. And so he lay in the very center of a Ixiggy sp<>i. shelter by creeping underneath them ; Fear nothing. Bear me company to the trudged on. with a heart heavy enough, Die lad was cautious. He extracted but nevertheless, he suffered terribly from shore. Why could you not have men to be sure, yet still not completely down several coins from his bundle and threw i exposure to the never-ending procession tioned this matter firstand left the other cast. them near the buccaneer's cap. The Stage leaves Tillamook daily exeept Sunday. of storms. His clothes were soon torn to tale for idle hours? My merry comrades But a sad blow awaited him The pieces of metal lodged innocently beside t itters. His hair grew long and matted. will brisk up their ears mightily when storm which had w recked the buccaneers’ it. Then Ronald approached a little Stage leaves N Yamhill daily exeept fhonday. His skin became frightfully tanned and I they find that their captain brings them craft had also changed the surface of the nearer and tossed the heavy package in also disfigured by eruptions resulting 1 reward, even though misfortunes. Lively, island considerably. He could not now the same direction. It landed close along Tickets must be secured the day previous from the Agents at from the unnatural food he was com boy; play me no tricks. Try but to find the galleon. From hillock to hillock side of the cap and—sank out of sight North Yamhill and Tillamook. pelled to eat. dodge away, and—tremble not. You he hurried, the rough crew ever growing in two seconds! The epot was a ’‘cup In one of his excursions about the is will find nie as gentle as a fond father if more impatient, without catching a hole.’’ in other words, a quicksand or land he found the hull of an old-fashioned ! your own duty is performed with a good sight of the hulk which some days lie- treacherous morass, another common ship standing upon an even keel, bet ween I grace.” fore had reared itself aloft above the attribute of this hungry ocean island. two sand hillocks. Ronald eagerly So saving, in curiously alternating sand. At last he had to admit his search The buccaneers had probably walked clam tiered nil over her, hoping to find accents of harshness and forced geniality, was useless. He tried to explain the in. into it all unknowingly. At any rate something that might prove useful to the newcomer started away at a lively cessant movement of the island and that they had disappeared, leaving their well him. But she was apparently an old S|H*ed, half pushing, half dragging the the galleon must have lieen covered up. equipeed lx»at upon the shore of the wreck, clean strip|M.*d by the remorseless boy along with him. They soon reached But the buccaneers were in no mood to cove. years. In further searching the hid the same cove which had received Ronald listen to excuses. Captain Rogers, per In an agony of fear and sorrow, and yet scnqird away the sand and o|>cncd a so hospitably. Sonic thirty or forty haps from motives of selfish policy, was will: deep compassion for the ¡men who small hatch which showed itself in the yards from the shore was a ship’s boat, particularly aggressive. He led the rest had so cruelly used him, young Ronald Agent« for Kopp« Brewery, the Brewer of the finest Beer in the Northwest floor of th ? after cabin. Little d ivlight manned by six repulsive looking fellows. in cursing and threatening vengeance waited for three days. Then he put to Strangers can find here a place to write, attend to correspondence, privateli could find its wa v below deck, but he dis. They were engaged in hoisting sails and upon the unlucky guide. Finally the sea in the pinnance. willing to risk any confer upon business or social matters and generally feel at home, cerned several great metal hound chests. did not at first note the approach of the whole party came to a halt upon the fate rather than to remain longer upon With a piece of loose timber he managed pair. summit of a sand hillock. the island. He was picked up by a to smash in the end of one of them. Out "Hi ! Lads. 1 sav!” shouted the red- 1 “I’m for going back and sailing away Dutch war ship, and, after many vicissi tumbled a stream of discolored metal ' bearded man excitedly, but. nevertheless, in the boat while we have fair weather.” tudes. reached England safely. pieces. They were coins of silver and gold, I keeping fast hold of the willing Ronald. announced one of the tnen. and ornaments and trinkets in the same I "Is this the fashion in which you obey “Aye, aye, that’s the talk. It’s breez- New Jersey's secretary of state reports precious metals. The craft undoubtedly the orders of your commandant ? Did I ing up now,’’ growled another. that 1.945 corporations were chartered had hecu a treasure ship, mayhap a J not bid you await my return? Would Sure enough, in the excitement of the proprietors of Spanish galleon bringing her treasure desert an old shipmate? Shame upon search they had noticed it, but the clouds this year and that they paid into the treasury of the commonwealth in incor. from the Indies. Before he left the hulk you for fair weather sailors!” were scurrying overhead and the distant the lad took a heavy goldchain and fa At. ' "Easy all. Cap’ll Rogers,” replied one surf beginning to roar in a fashion that portion fees $728,023. ened it around his waist. The thing . of the men in the boat. “ Your watch is presaged another blow. Statistics show that the visitors to DEALERS in served to keep his tattered clothes togc- ' done with us. Me and my mates have “How about this young shaver with Lincoln's tenth number nearly 2.500 a ther. figured that this boat is too small for his lying tale of chests of treasure to lie week and come from all over the world. During the frequent storms Ronald was ' seven.” taken away for the carrying?” cried The statement speaks for the better side Shop next door to Larsen's Hotel, Tillamook. coiii|H‘llcd to remain lieneath pieces of of human nature. "You don’t mean it, Bully Ned." cried Bullv Ned, with a volley of profanity. wre kagv. The clouds of flying sand a the captain, with a hoarse laugh. "Put him w here he can keep looking Admiral Dewev barely got through the such times were overpowering. 11 is lar “Set' if we don’t!’’ several of the crew for it until his eyes give out.” cried the naval academy at the foot of the class, der was si» ill-supplied that he frequently r. torted angrily. red-bearded captain, scowling savagely and Captain Carter, in prison form' endured the pangs of hunger along with " Where might you have come across at Ronal-I. lterzlement. passed West Point with the the conlincmciit. t’pononc such occasion the young shaver?” inquired the one Before he could well comprehend their 1 ou .mend to give your house a new fire«, inside or out, >ee highest honorsever given to a cadet. in particular his tasting had lieen exceed whom the captain had addressed as intention, the boy’s arms weie bound T M. Judson, of Philadelphia, who re HERMAN CESSNER, Painter and Paper Hang«* ingly pr«-longed. With the first signs o Bully Ned. “He’ll lx* a nice messmate fast to the sides with some pieces of Ian the storm’s abatement he hastened to a I for you, if there is anything to mess yard, a bole was scoo|^d in the very cently made it a point to investigate the greit stretch of salt swamp, mu ha act with on such a sandbar.” summit of the hillock and the trembling effect of female suffrage in Colorado, Spruee and Tillamook City, Or. cd by the gulls, where he gathered an i "What do you m ike of this, lads?" lad roughly |laved therein. The crew found many bright and intelligent armful of eggs. Crouching down upon called the captain, holding up the pre then filled up the excavation and heaped women who thought it had done the sex the soggy grass, unmindful of the noisy cious chain which Ronald had so freely the ¡«a id aUmt until only his hea l pro more harm than good. birds circling overheat! or anything else, turned over to him truded. Ronald shrieked, screamed and Maxence Roldes. the labor agitator, he commenced to crack the shells and There was a den I silence in the boat. pleaded with his raptors, but it was un who is getting up an army of 15,000 . TILLAMOOK. OREGON. swallow their contents. In the midst of I but the men all stared eagerly. availing Not until the callouse«1 ruff men and women to march from Le this poor feast he heard an exclamation "I’ll tell you what I make of it." went ians had marches away unheetlmgly i Cirusot to Paris to ask the government of «urprisr. Hr looked up, scarcely he- j on the captain, impressively. *• It is all did he realise hb true position He tried i to interfere in the matter of the strike at lie\mg that he had heart) aright. A Ing i gold. and. better still, there’s a whole to squirm. In vain, the cruel sand kept the i Crens.it Iron Works > a vs he gets his redd carded man, attired in rough sea. shipload of the tame and hnet back Joni ab^dutely immovable. In fact lie i i.kafrom the Coxejr army' movement Same Old St< ry. FIR & SPRUCE Lumber, BOX SHOOKS. GENERAL MERCHANDISE And LOGGERS’ SUPPLIES, LEIGH JONES, Mgr. COLUMBIA ELECTRICAL & REPAIR CO. Electric Light Power Plants Installed. Foundrymen and Boiler Makers. Local Agents-L. HINER and H. HUDEN The DIRECT ROUTE to TILLAMOOK. Carrying U.S. Mail BARKER & McNAMER, Pros WINE AND LIQUOR HOUSE. Billiard Parlors and General Social Resort. c. E. HADLEY, Proprietor. Tillamook City, ■ Oregon. LEACH & JONES, Tillamook Meat Market, Fresh and Cured Meats, Hides, Wool, etc. IF FRED SAPPINGTON, Fainter, Paper Hanger and Decorator. L Noti„ ReMOOabl. guaranteed. Satzart*
