Friday, April 18, 1930
Vernonia Eagle, Vernonia, Oregon
Page Seven
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eye of the eobst
—
“What Is itr* he demanded, as
he followed Clements through the
"Very well," ’BetUngTon an
gabion door.
swered.
"That d—-<! Unwin boy," the oth
It was eight bells when Slivers
er said Impatiently.
“He's a brought luncheon into the room. At
nul.ance to the men. I don't think half-past twelve the lad bad re
Il's anything bad."
moved the dishes.
i'.ob, looking very pale, had a
Mrs. Judd Greenman motored
“I have balf-an-hour before 1
Mrs.
Isabel
Warrens
and
Mrs.
sculp
wound.
Examination
proved
need put on that damnable jacket
to Portland Tuesday morning.
Robert Warrens and daughter It to be kss serious than the fore aud ask Hallett if he wants a sec
Joe Banzer of Mist spent Pat of —
Forest Grove were guests castle had assumed. The dressing ond helping. I beg you to believe.
Tuesday in Vernonia shopping. at the W. B. Lappe home in Or- of It was well within Bettington’s Doctor Orme, that I am not a
range of skill. He had tied miles servant by accident but by design.
.’hard Acres last Thursday.
of bandages in Ills day.
Frank Peterson of Natal spent
“I know all that Is Interesting
"Now. my lad." he said kindly, of your career," Clements went on.
Tuesday in this city.
Mrs. E. A. Douglas of Mc-
“how did this happen?"
“Do you kuow anything of miner’
Minnville spent the week end
Bob explained that Sam wanted
Miss Macile Roberts visited at in Vernonia visiting Mr. Doug
"Absolutely nothing.”
a photograph of his sister, and
“Have you ever seen me beforeF’
Wilark Thursday.
las, who is employed at the lo when he would not give It, had
“Never. I'm sure of that. My
cal
Miller's
mercantile
store.
taken
It
by
force
and
In
the
strug
Ray Early of Portland spent
memory for faees Is unfailingly
gle
knocked
him
down.
Bob
was
good."
Saturday in Vernonia on busi
Charles Kramer, son of
__ ___
Mr. very miserable.
“And yet," Clements went on,
ness.
and Mrs. Dave Kramer, a stu
“Walt here,” Bettlngton com “my face has been tn almost every
at
Linfield
university, manded. “I'll see what- can be big newspaper in the world. There
M. E. Carkin and H. E. Mc dent
have been rewards for my appre
the home done."
Graw attended a meeting at ,St. spent the week end _ at ____
Captain Hallett received hhn. as hension which in the aggregate ex
of
his
parents.
Helens Wednesday evening.
usual, with a great deal of sus- ceed those ever offered for another
If you have been missed plcion. Bettington explained the man.”
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Neurer of
nature of the accident and Its
Bettlngton smiled politely, It
Natal spent Saturday in this when the enumerator was tak cause.
was as though he did not want to
ing the census, get in touch
city shopping.
“If you would allow this lad, Bob awaken the other from a pleasing
with Mrs. W. E. Bell today with Unwin, to take advantage of your
I
delusion.
Judd Greenman left Friday for out fail. Phone 704.
nephew's kindness and berth with
"I see you do not believe me.
California, where he will spend
him In the wireless room, where That Is part of niy triumph, Did
J. Glen Allen of Hillsboro, there Is plenty of space, I should you ever hear of Reuben Beurds-
one week on business.
formerly manager of the local be greatly obliged.”
ley?"
“That's a clever way of planting
Lester Sheeley, Lee Schwab Miller’s store here, spent Friday
“Not to my knowledge.”
and II. E. McGraw were visitors 4nd Saturday in this city in com a spy amongst us.” sneered Hallett.
“And yet you had no more sin
"How
am
I
to
know
what
you
are
I
cere admirer. He was in one of
at Timber Friday.
pany of several of the Miller saying Is true?”
your
classes in surgery. To him
Bettlngton set a guard on his there was no such operator In the
Mi r. Gehring, local high school mothers, owners of the organi-
temper,
lie
tried
to
realize
how
teacher, has purchased a new
Earl Smith has received word Hallett must he chagrined contin world as Andrew Orme.”
Bettlngton suld nothing. This
Oakland sedan.
of the death of his uncle, D. C. ually by the authority which Clem
resurrection of another man’s past
Smith, at Hoquiam, Wash., from ents was allowed.
was apt to prove embarrassing.
Nat Perdcw, who has recover- heart trouble. The
“Flit the boy is the brother of
“That’s all left behind long ago,"
ed from a long siege of pneumo- the father of Mrs. deceased was your owner's secretary.”
John Patrick
he observed at length. “How could
nia, is able to be about again. also of this city.
"He stays where he Is,” said I ever hoi>e to get famous as a sur
Hallett
geon with San Quentin hanging
Miss Pearl Krause visited her
"One minute,” Bettlngton cried. over me?”
Mr. and Mrs. C. Jackson, Mr.
Sun-
in
Sherwood
last
parents
and Mrs. Fred Chacker and “Ever since I’ve been aboard you’ve
“You will have no need to make
n hostility to me. There has money when tills trip Is done,” the
day.
daughter Dona B. and Mr. and shor
been absolutely no reason for It. Boss reminded him. “Your pupil,
Mrs. Harold Lewis and son Jack
Andy Brimmer caught a 7- ie all of Gresham visited Sunday Why have- you done so?"
Beardsley is dead."
“Because you’re u friend of
O.-A.
“Too bad,” Bettlngton murmured.
pound steelhead near the
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clements, nod he has undermined “He
was young to die." It seemed
mill Sunday.
T. Marion.
me with Mr. Radv.ny, us I’ve no a safe comment
doubt you are trying to.”
“It was a very serious blow to
Frank Hartwick, manager of
A. G. Greenburg of the Stan-
“I've not given you enough me, and It's an amazing coincidence
the Gilby Motor company, spent dard Oil company of this city, thought for that,” Bettlngton an that
the master can finish what the
Tuesday in St. Helens on bus landed a 15-pound salmon at i swered ; "hut I may ns well warn pupil begun. I was In luck there.
iness.
Oregon City Sunday. His bro you, I shall ask Mr. Radway to let Listen. Orme. At a word I can
ther,
William
Greenburg,
of that boy come out of the forecas send you back for that sentence
J. F. Johnson of Birkenfeld Portland landed a 25-pound sal- ' tle."
which will end only when you die.
lie sought out Radvvay and put Furthermore, I um not putting my I
was a visitor here Tuesday. Mr. mon, both men fishing from the
the thing before him.
self In your power. You may never
Johnson is a candidate for coun same boat.
“Do as you please,” Railway said know my real name. I could look
ty commissioner.
Idly.
eulmly at the very detectives who
Mr. and Mrs. E, E. Lenmann,
Bettlngton went buck to his first had spent years looking for me be
Fred and Geo. Miller, mem Mrs. S. G. Thompson and daugh- patient.
cause I gaze at them with a differ
"I've got leave for you to shift ent face. I will wuger that you
bers of the firm of Miller bro- ter visited at the home of Mr.
thers, were week end visitors and Mrs. Clarence Nance Sun- your quarters. The wireless opera have seen the face I wore for
day. Mrs. Nance returned to tor told your sister he'd take you yeurs. When my bank failed, with
in this city.
In hand. Take iny advice, and such disastrous results, I was In
Portland with her mother and
Mrs. Peggy Ericson motored sister on Sunday and returned keep out of people’s way. I refer every paper where illustrations are
particularly to the skipper, who re found. Yes, you know the real me.
to Portland Friday evening and home Monday evening.
sents my Interference, and the But Clements—the man you are
returned to her home here Mon-
owner, whose temper varies accord
looking at—Is only a year old and
Lawrence Kern, superintend Ing to the time of day."
day afternoon.
his pust is blameless. It took
ent of the Eagle Lumber com-!
The hoy forgot his pnlns In the Beardsley a year to re-create me
Flo Sell, Grace Sell and Edna pany at Westimber, along with prospect of being able to leave the and It will take you a few minutes
Portland several others from that vicinity society of the crew end see his sis probably, to rectify one mistake.”
Jaeger
motored
to
Tuesday to inspect the stores representing the Timber district ter.
Bettlngton had heard, often
Presently Radway went below. enough, of the comparatively new
and do some Easter shopping.
high school board, were the When
Bettlngton came on deck it brunch of surgery which devoted
guests of the Vernonia Chamber was deserted. He took the oppor
Itself to the fuce. He had asso-
J. II. Sell has received word of Commerce Tuesday noon.
tunity to make an Investigation of elated it wlth beauty parlors and
of the death of his brother, J.
the Albatross.
quackery In general. Now, sud-
Mrs. Fred Visnaw and two
C. Sell, at Kernsville, N. C., re-
Metzger was not In the engine
children of St. Helens were week room. Bettington looked anxlous- denly, he was convinced that what
cently.
said was true.
Clements
end visitors at the F. W. Cleve-1 I.v at Kenzle. He was planning
But to And that he wus expected
Born: To Mr. and Mrs. C. land home in Orchard Acres. ahead and needed allies. He won to undertake some of it was horri
Tackett of Timber, Wednesday, I Mrs. Visnaw was a former resl-i dered what hold the Boss had upon fying. He shrank from the idea,
at the Vernonia hospital, an 8-¡dent of Vernonia, her husband this engineer who seldom, or ever, but would not permit Clements to
left tits engines, except to sleep.
It.
pound boy. He has been named being one of the former part-
The cook welcomed the chance see “Beardsley
must have cut a
Richard Claude.
qers of the Vernonia Bekery.
to tall; “What's good for a sick i nerve,
for suddenly I found myself
stomach. Doc?" he Inquired.
with this damnable smile. It never
“FustIng.” he was told. This leaves
me. Orme, I haunt my
Hine BeGirgton hud n good look nt self.
I think I
the cl of. He was a very fat man cannot . . go . Sometimes
on living, unless the
mid Ids eyes were too close togeth I curse is removed
from me. I
er The first I glance showed him a I thought everything was
well done.
gross. Jovial ■nan; a closer lnspec- I I had finished with Beardsley be
tlon showed him to be scheming, fore I knew.”
sensual and vain.
Bettlngton wondered what was
Bettlngton went from the galley the cause of Beardsley's death.
depressed. In
I order to feel us-
"He died of pneumonia," said
sured of success In case he find to Clements, as though he had read
declared open war ugninst Sam, the doubt in his companion's mind.
Metzger and their commander, lie "It was a sad blow to me."
had at least to remove the dispar
“He was never strong," Betting
ity In numbers by recruiting some ton found himself saying, vylth
of the men to Ills cause. So fur gravity.
!
he could only tlduk of Slivers, mi
Reluctantly Clements rose and
nute representative of the Insulu- put on the steward’s livery coat.
brious Cherry Hill district which
"In this drawer,” he said, “you
lies along the lower east side of will find some of the most recent
New York’s waterfront. Bettlng books on operative surgery, They
ton knew the gamins of that dis may refresh your memory, Take
trict. Silvers had probably started them to your room."
life feeling the hand of t'.ie law
They proved of no benefit to
C0PYRI6HT IN THE US.
W.N.U. SERVICt
was against him. He would read Howard Bettlngton. Their idioms
Under the Influence of the old ily fall in line with those who ar were beyond his comprehension.
"Clements!" he called. “A little
rayed themselves ugalnst estab He put the books aside and went
of that old cognac; not a pony— French brandy. Radway's discom lished
! out on deck.
order.
fort was dulled. He was beginning
bring It in a cocktail glass."
On Ills way to his own quarters I
Mrs. Railway was sitting In n
“Clements seems a remarkable to find Bettington was an enter Bettington saw Clements.
chaise longue, writing letters. She
num,” Betilngton hazarded. He taining talker when he chose, and
the way.” he began, "I want- looked up at Bettlngton and smiled
was anxious to know inure of him. frowned when Clements said that ed “By
to ask you about meals, Atn I
passed.
“A disbarred lawyer.” Railway a trifling accident to a member of supposed to dine with the Rad- as “I he am
driven to writing letters
answered. “Had a gambling place the crew demanded the doctor's ways?”
to people I have almost forgotten.
of the highest class at Saratoga, attendance.
“
No,"
said
Clements.
“
You
mess
I'm
afraid
this Is going to be a
once. He must have lost It nil or
Bettlngton followed Clements with the officers. That Is Hallett, very dull month, doctor."
he wouldn't need to attend to the with justifiable misgivings. Sup Leary,
and Hallett's neph
“Dull I” he said to himself, as he
catering and so on. and wear a pose he should find that some bad ew. 1 Metzger
mess In my room. took a seat and looked out at the
livery. Odd smile of Ills, Isn't It? accident called for skill not at Ids I’d like usually
to share lunch with placid ocean.
“If she only
1 believe it’s a kind of paralysis. command. Would Ills crude flrst- me today. you There
are certain busi guessed I"
Reminds me of that old phrase we ni-1 methods betray Idin to the alert ness«
m
ilters
I
want
to
discuss.
”
Never,
he
supposed.
In the hls-
used to hear of the smile that
wouldn't come off."
tory of yachting had such a com
pany been assembled by the design
of one man. He was tempted to
cross the deck to Todd and tell
him to wireless to the government
what was afoot. If any accident
happened to him, what could save
Evelyn Radway and Unwin's chil
dren?
"The other night,” Mrs. Radway
began, "it was as a friend I spoke
to you. 1 felt you were friendly
to me.”
"Indeed, you were right," be said
earnestly.
“Now it’s to the doctor 1 am
speaking.” He hoped bls fuce did
not show his alarm and disap
pointment. "It's about Mr. Rud
way. I am horribly disappointed
In his behavior. He came here to
get himself Into good physical con
dition und he bus given wuy to
absinthe. Doctor Wuite, you must
help me."
"How r he demanded. He was
overcome with the layuiau's feel
lug of hopelessness in the presence
of illness.
"After all, you are a physician,
aren’t you?"
“Yes,” he found himself forced
to say. It seemed horrible to ha>e
to tell her a deliberate lie.
“Then it is your duty to go to him
and tell him he's killing himself.
And couldn’t you see that that hor
rible Cleuieuts offered him drinks
all the time?" She sighed. "It isn't
very pleasutu to have to confess
that my warnings or pleadings have
no longer any effect"
“You wish me to go now?"
“If you Would.”
“I’m afraid there is very little
1 cun do," he said rising. “1 have
no sort of authority except what
he gives me. If warning him Is
any good, I’ll certainly do that.”
He went below and then to the
bow of the boat, feeling he was
going on a useless errand.
Radway looked Bp as though he
had been expecting such a visit.
Except that a purple hue was
spread over his face more deep
than anything Bettlngton hud ever
seen on humun visage, be hud no
air of intoxication. Years before
in Faris, Bettlngton had noted how
absinthe acts. It is a curious prop
erty of the spirit that its effects
vary wIWi the Individual. It gave
Rudway the delusion of incredible
powers and predisposed him to acts
of physical violence.
“I should like to have them all
down here,” he said in mordant
tone. “I am not sure that a man
has lived unless he has actuully
squeezed the life out of the throats
of men he hates.”
“What particular Ilves do you
want to end?" Bettlngton asked.
"The Gibbons gang. Alfred Gib
bons first. He and bls group have I
tried for years to hate me to death;
It's quite possible."
“They're succeeding apparently,”
Bettlngton replied, and pointed to
the bottle of absinthe in the rnck.
“Have you ever thought that they
may all be concentrating on you to
Rt'nk this stuff? I don’t know any
surer way of death. You better
lie down, you look all In.”
“It’s my constant headache that
knocks me out,” Radway returned,
and pressed his temples as though
in pain. "Sometimes it Is so bad,
I actually am blinded. . . . It's
their concentrated hate."
Bettlngton J urn cd cwnv In dis-
B* WYNDÏJAM
MARTYN“
For County
Commissioner
1 respectfully announce
my candidacy for the re
publican
nomination
for
county commiuioner at the
primary election, May 16.
If nominated and elected,
1 pledge myself to ata eco
nomical and progressive ef
fort for the taxpayers. I
have been a resident of
Columbia county for more
than 40 ye^rs and as road
supervisor of the Rainier
district for a number of
years and mayor of that
city, my record for econ
omy and good work is open
to inspection. I will appre
ciate your support and en
deavor ..to
give., faithful
service, if I am elected.
gi;—. -me spectacle or tms wreck,
drifting toward destruction and
blaming others for his disaster,
seemed pitiful.
“Don’t go." Radway said queru
lously. “Stay here.”
Bettington, paid no heed to him.
Mrs. Radway was waiting for him
anxiously.
"Were you able to do anything?”
she demanded eagerly.
For the moment he did not an-
swer. He wanted to ask her a
question and did not desire her to
feel the humiliation of having to
endure his guze us he asked it.
“Have you any reason," he said
gently, “to fear physical violence
from him In this state?"
There was a perceptible pause
before she answered.
“The possibility exists, but It’s
most remote."
"If you like," he said, “I'll take
one of these forward staterooms to
be near him."
He hoped she would construe this
to mean that ho was merely exhib
iting the physician's readiness to
be at Ids patient's side In danger.
He did not want her to realize
that Itadway's safety meant noth
ing to him. He felt she would be
frightened to learn that his only
concern was to protect her from
the violence of a man almost
sane.
“I think there Is no need
’hat,” she returned gratefully,
fact, it might anger him if
found It out. He hns a hatred of
being spied utsin. ns he calls it.”
Mary Unwin came up at this mo
ment with Crosby Todd. Miry
smiled pleasantly, but the wireless
operator paid no attention to the,
slilp's surgeon. Bettlngton watched
Mary with the artist's admiration
as she went off with Todd. She
seemed to embody youth.
“I hardly realized the child was
so beautiful." he muttered.
"She's in love," suit! Mrs Itad
way. “1 don't think she Ims ever
been In love before. She tms found
a new heaven and a new earth."
Clements passed by.
“There's the man Captain Hill I
lett particularly dislikes.” Mrs
Railway said, when he had gone. I
Bettingtou de-
“Don’t you?" ~
mended.
Mrs. Radway hesitated. ''I'm
never quite sure, He Is so Courte
ous and has such au agreeable
voice . . . and yet, I sometimes
feel afraid. Perhaps it Is that set
tled smile which prejudices one.
Yes, It
His features are good,
must be that smile.”
Bettington wondered what the
real Clements had been like. a
voice had been cultivated to avert
suspicion that the fuce gave rise
to. And now the face was gone
and one had been created to match
the voice.
“Why do von st'th?” Mrs Rad
0T pity, was crossing file Heck
slowly, watching Crosby ~
Todd
leaning over the
* side
" talking
“
to
Mary.
Bettington wondered If there
could be a
better example of
a beautiful woman, beautifully
gowned and exquisitely
_______ _____
cared „ for.
than the lovely Mrs. Radway. She
had never been deprived of the
luxuries of her class and country.
Everything about her was beauti
ful and rare. What a morsel for
M'dzyer!
I
(Continued next week)
It is pointed out that labor
turnover is very low. The move
ment from city to city and from
district to district, seeking work,
has begun in earnest.
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way asked curiously, sne noCCSa
that there was a look of sadness,
almost of despair, on his face. He
was far too good looking, she had
often told herself, to have escaped
the attentions of her sex. “Some
thing has upset you. doctor," she
exclaimed.
He realized suddenly that he wus
nervous. Suppose the role he had
set out to pluy was one beyond
his ability or courage, He thought
of Sam and Metzger aud Leary,
and the lesser men they controlled.
Somehow he felt that Clements
was only money-mad and could be
satisfied only with money. But
Metzger and Sam I Metzger who
liked what he culled “class,” and
Sam who loved youth. Even at
this moment Sam. enormously
broad, prodigiously strong, and in
his licnrt free from ill sentiments
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