The Gate city journal., January 23, 1913, Image 4

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and we'r
Em tfy
from ' j
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Viiave »tipped aw ay
w i t h *
re tu rn in g
■ , L e s tra n g e detain ed
tra c k the u>ag|.ino dashed. In ste ad of
S h i n i n g eye*.
m
following the bend c rash e d th ro u g h
th e bdrritur, and jttlle I over on its side
MT V " iT P $ over," he re m in d ed ;
In th e g reen m ead oar g ra ss.
. for T f t eaTb-* alone
"I'm going to
"The
ste erin g n u c k le !”
i aileja l$»ep y*' . If you'll s t a y "
H e "tu rn ed to ta k e a lim ping step,
g ro a n e d ^ V th e place b u rst
ro ar aiouikl them
T he w lu - e l* l saw offering his M n d cord ially to th e
jp e e c b le s s Ualley. a n d faced for th e
It tu rn fu s e b s a V ’zn-'rifs t i k i f j m ”
"T h ey 're i p ! " c rie d a dozen v o ice s■ first tim e th e o th e r m an p resen t.
“I th in * ,” said E th a n F fren ch , " th a t
"No. one’s n ip
and on e's under."
'W h o 's catfeht in th e w re ck —Le- th e re need be no question of hotels.
W e h ave not und ersto o d eac h o th er,
stra n g e o r ( d a m an ? ”
B ut betake th e people who surged but you haafe th e rig h t to Ffrench-
over thfi fm ick, b re ak in g all re stra in t, w ood's h o sp itality . If you can trav el,
before th e ) e le ctric am bulance, Dick we w ill go th e re ”
■‘N o.’* an sw e red David F fre n ch , a s
F french reached th e m arre d thing
th a t t a d »been th e M ercury c ar. It quietly. "N ever. You ow e m e n o th ­
wqa L a a ta n g e who had painfully, ing. sir. If I h ave w orked in your
'ra g g le d t o one k nee beside th e ma- factory, I to o k th e w o rk m an 's w ages
nine, L ig h tin g b a rd for b re a th to for It; l f (l h a v e w on honors for your
car, 1 a lso won th e prjte-m o n ey given
* M t th e cay off R u p e rt,” he pant­ to th e d riv er, I n e v e r m e a n t so to
ed, a t p ic k 's cry of relief on seeing e stab lish a n y claim
upon Ffrench-
him. "Pm all r ig h t—ta k e th e c a r off wood on'you. I believe we sta n d even.
D ick, h a s ta k e n m y place, happily;
Rupettt."
*
T b f t e x t In sta n t th ey w ere su r­ E m ily a n d I w ill go on o u r own road.”
rounded. overw helm ed w ith e a g e r aid
T hey looked a t each oth er, th e like-
T he am bulance cam e up ahd a su r­
geon p re cip ita te d him self tow ard Le-
igry Utes Kefuse to Surren
der Leader for Murder.
ortified in Mountains, With Rifles
and Ammunition, Are Big
Rabbit and Friends.
C ortez, C olo.— D e te rm in e d ' n o t to
iv e r B ig B a b b it, one o f th e ir trib e s-
in, to th e co u n ty a u th o ritie s to an-
e r a [charge o f a ssa u lt, th e 5# U te
d ian s who a re e n tre n c h e d i n : ,th e
ju n ta in s 18 m iles from here, d e fie o ^
e riff’s posse o f 100 m en.
The In d ia n s fo rtified th e ir position
e r th e y le f t th e U te re se rv a tio n in
ith e rn Colorado, and d e clare they
'1 fig h t th e w h ite m en to d e ath
h e r th a n give u p B ig B a b b it.
'n d ia n A g e n t S p e a r haa been ap|ieal-
to by th e county a u th o ritie s, in the
,je th a t he m ig h t b e able to induce
r In d ian s to re tu rn to th e re serv a -
n
and su rre n d e r
B ig
R a b b it.
b r
E leanor M . Ingram
A u th o r of
“ T he Game and the Candle"
Illustration* By~
RJY
got to n a f a botal
WALTERS
I t ISM, b y B o b i» M « rrU I CaO
S Y N O P 8 IS .
T h e s t o r y o p - a a ^ a -Txrng I sla n d , n e a r
N ew
Y ork
c i t y ^ ^ W ie r r
M U e ^ E n U ly
F fr e n c h . a r e la tiv e wrf .JCthan F fr e o a h ,
m a n u fa c tu r e r o f th e c e ie w ss te d
" «iT 1’"
cu ry " H utornohlle. l- e e s h e r y j a y l T l w
c a r h a * sto p p ed a n d h er > o u V ta g * M 0 R
F fr e n c h . Is to o m u d d led w ill d rin k to
d ir e c t It a r ig h t. T h e y m e e t a nr -tie r c a r
w h ic h !§ ru n by a p r o fe s s io n a l r a c er
n a n o <1 I -e s tr a n g e . T h e la tte r fix e s up
th e F fr e n c h c a r a n d d ir e c ts M iss F fren olV
how
to
proi eetl
h o m i-w a td .
E th a n
F fr e n c h ' h a s d is in h e r ite d h is so n , w h o
l.a *
r ¡...n r f
II
iiif o u n s
E m ily
p la in ly t h a t h e w o u ld lik e to h a v e h e r
m a r r y D ic k , w h o i s a g t-» d -n a iu r ed b u t
P rin c e to n , N. J . — P re sid e n t-e le c t
W ilson has disclosed the fa c t th a t he
h a s o b tain e d a guidebook o f W ash in g ­
to n ami is re a d in g it assiduously in
s p a re m om ents Mr. W ilson will be
v irtu a lly a s tra n g e r in W ashington
w hen he ta k e s office. H e has v isited
th e re little sin ce his youth, and never
h a s seen som e o f th e governm ent
b u ild in g s, e rec te d w ith in th e last 15
y e a rs. W hen he ste p s in to th e W hite
H ouse on M arch 4 it w ill be th e first
tim e he w ill have seen the in te rio r’of
th e e x ec u tiv e m ansion.
Cattle and Crops Lost.
G olconda, 111.— T he rise o f th e Ohio
r iv e r is c ausing g re a t d am age to liv e ­
stock and crops. T housands o f b u sh ­
e ls o f corn have been destroyed and
m an y
hogs and c a ttle ' h ave been
drow ned.
T housands of acres o f fa rm in g land
in th e v ic in ity o f C airo w ere flooded
w hen th e Ohio riv e r w ent to 45.5
fe e t, h a lf a foot o ver th e d a n g e r
m a rk . In d ica tio n s are th e riv e r w ill
ris e a n o th e r six inches.
Eater of Molasses Dies.
W akefield, Mass. W illiam Boone
E ld re d , who believed th a t by e a tin g a
g allo n o f m o lasses a w eek he had p ro ­
longed h is life m any years, died here
S u n d a y , aged 87 y e ars. H e a te m o­
la s se s on all h is food. W hen 70 y e a rs
old, E ld red b eg an rid in g a bicycle fo r
e x e rc is e , and according to his ow n fig­
u re s covered 20,000 m ile s in th e last
17 y e a rs.
H e w as a d e scen d an t o f
D an iel Boone.
Ci
■
THE BEST
TOWN
V fÿ o m p t üi\i Com petent Services, see
J. H* FARLEY, Ontario, Or
• ¿ 'S tan d back," th e surgeon com ­
m anded g e n era lly
“ A re you try lu g
sjn o th e r him ? S tan d back.”
b u t It w as he who h a lte d b e fo re a
g es'ii: e -fro m L estra n g e, who leaned!
on D ie ! and a co m rad e from the
"Go over th ere , to R u p ert."
"Y ou first—”
JIM NAGANO, Prop
“No.”
T h ere w as n o th in g to do except
yield. S hrugging his shoulders, the
surgeon paused th e
n e ce ssa ry mo­
m ent A m om ent only; th e re w as a
no p ro tests, b u t he h im self n e v er left
s c a tte rin g of th e hushed w orkers, u
r e c o g n iz e s t h e y o u n g
r. D i c k Ilk*»
th e w a y L e s t r a n g e I g n o r e s t h e ir f i r s t
m etallic crash. „
m e e t in g w h e n in a p p e a r e d to a d is a d ­
From th e space th e c a r had cov
v a n t a g e . L e s t r a n g e t e ll s E r n i l y th a t he
w ill tr y to e d u c a t e h er In d iffe ren t c o u s in
e red a sm all figure uncoiled, lizard
a s a n a u to m o b ile e x p e r t .
D ick u n d e r ­
like, a n d -daggered u nsteadily e re c t.
ta k e s h is b u s i n e s s s c h o o lin g u n d e r th e
t u t e la g e o f L e s tr a n g e . D i c k is s h e e r g r it,
"W h ere 's D arling L estra n g e? ” was
am m unition. S heriff G aw ith learned a n d in m a k i n g a te s t r a c e m e e ts w ith
Sunday o f th e revolt.
W ith a few an a c c id e n t. E s t r a n g e m e e t s Wrnily In b u rled viciously a c ro ss th e silence
"G ee, you're a slow bunch of w ork­
d e p u tie s he h a sten e d to th e In d ia n s ’
“ I Am 80 H appy.”
e rs! W h ere's L estra n g e? "
stronghold, b u t w as m e t by th re a te n ­
T
he
tu
m
u
lt
th
a
t
broke
loose
sw
ept
n e ss betw een them m ost a p p are n t, In
in g rifles. A m esse n g er frien d ly to
all to confusion. And a fte r all It w as th e sim ila r d e te rm in a tio n of mood
th e In d ian s w as se n t to ta lk w ith the
L
e
stra
n
g
e
who
was
p
u
t
In
th
e
s
u
r­
which w iped la u g h te r and w arm th
lead ers o f th e band. T hey re fu sed to
geon's care, w hile R u p e rt rode back from th e y o u n g e r m an 's face. How­
e n te r into any a g re e m e n t wjiich m ean t
to tho cam p on th e d riv e r's s e a t of e v e r coldly p h ra se d and d lc ta to ria lly
th e su rre n d e r o f th e ir com panion.
the am bulance
spoken. It w as a n apology w hich Mr.
T he sh eriff re tre a te d to C ortez and
"T ell E m ily I'll com e o ver to h e r as F fre n ch h a d offered and w hich had
sw ore in 100 d e p u tie s, th in k in g he F r e n c h ta k e s E m ily to s e e tt. T h e fa m e
could aw e th e In d ian s in to subm ission o f th e “ M e rcu ry ' 1a I n v o lv e d In th e eu c- soon as Pm fit to look a t." w as th e been declined. B ut—he had w atched
o f L e s t r a n g e a n d D ic k r u n n in g th e
m essag e L estra n g e gave Dick. “ And L e stra n g e all day; he did not lift th e
by a show o f g re a te r s tre n g th . W hen cesa
race.
w hen you go back to th e factory, g a u n tle t.
th e posse a rriv e d a t th e pa::- w here
h ave your ste erln g knuckles s tre n g th ­
th e In d ian s w ere fortified it w as found
"You a re p erfectly free," he con­
C H A PT ER IX.— (C ontinuad)
en ed .”
th a t th e s p irit o f defiance o f th e In ­
ceded, "w hich gives you th e o pportun­
dians had g re a tly
increased.
The
Dick exceeded his com m ission by ity of being g e n ero u s.”
T he ho u rs passed.- One m ore c ar
sheriff re tre a te d , se e k in g th e aid of went out of th e race u nder th e grind
tra n s m ittin g th e speech e n tire ; re
Ills son m oved, flushing through
Indian A g e n t Spear.
Ing te s t; th e re w ere th e usual Inci­ p eatln g th e first p a rt to E m ily with his pallor.
"I w ish you would not p u t It th a t
dents o f blown-out tire s and tem po­ all affectio n ate solicitude, and flinging
th e second c u ttingly a t 1 is uncle and way. sir,” he objected.
T
w
ice
rary
w
ith
d
raw
als
for
repairs.
MODISTES ARE MF* H INJURED
“ T h e re is no o th e r way. I have
Mr. f f r e n c h se n t his p a rtn e r and E m ­ Bailey.
“T he doctors say he o u g h t to be In been w rong and I h ave no control
ily to th e re s ta u ra n t below, to le ratin g
Wilson's Decision to Forego Inaug­ his se a t. P e rfec tly com posed, his ex­
o v e r you; will you com e hom e?"
T h ere w as no o th e r a rg u m e n t but
ural.Ball Causes Loss.
pression perfectly self contained, he
th a t th a t could have succeeded, and
N ew Y ork'—In all p a rts o f th e coun­ w atched his son.
th e th re e w ho knew L e s tra n g e knew
T h e day grew u n bearably hot to­
try th e decision of P re sid e n t-e le c t
th a t could not fall.
W ilson to h ave no in au g u ra l ball has w ard afternoon, a h e a t ra th e r of July
"You w a n t m e b ecau se I am a
dism ayed m o distes and m illin e rs. -It th an June. A fter a visit to his cam p
F french," D avid rebelled In th e final
Is e stim a te d th a t th e om ission o f th e L estran g e reappeared w ithout th e su f­
p rotest. “You h ave a su b stitu te ."
tra d itio n a l W ash in g to n fe stiv a l will focating m ask and cap, driving b a re ­
"P e rh a p s 1 w ant you o therw ise. And
headed,
w
ith
only
the
narrow
goggles
m ean a loss o f $1,500,000 to them ,
we will not speak in passio n ; th e re
th is a m o u n t b e in g u su a lly sp e n t fo r cro ssin g his face. T he change left
can be no su b s titu te for you."
gow ns, h a ts, w ra p s and clo th es sp e ­ visible th e draw n pallor of ex h au s­
"1* french and F fren ch ," m urm ured
c ia lly d esigned fo r th e e v en t.
Some tion un d er sta in s of d u st and oil, his
Dick coaxingly. “ W e can ru n th a t
o rd e rs given in a te n ta tiv e w ay had rolled-hack sleeves disclosed th e crlm
factory, L e s tra n g e !"
a lre ad y been receiv ed h e re fo r gow ns son badge on his right arm and the
“ T h ere 's
m ore
th a n
steering-
to be w orn a t th e ball, and those who fa ct th a t his left w rist was tightly
knuckles n eed in g your eye on them .
had s e t th e m ac h in ery in m otion to wound w ith linen w here swollen and
And you love th e place. Mr. D avid,”
g e t them e x p re sse d keen d isa p p o in t­ etrafned m uscles rebelled a t the long
said B ailey from his corner.
m en t. T he s ty le s w hich w ould have trial.
From one to th e o th e r D avid’s
bean a p p ro p ria te fo r th e bull would
"H e’s been driv in g for n ineteen
glance w ent, to re st on E m ily's deli­
riot hâve been a ctu ally ready u n til hours." said Dick, clim bing up to his
cate. e a rn e s t face In Its se ttin g of
e a rly n e x t m onth, us th is is now b e ­ p arty through th e excited crowd. "Two
yellow bronze curls. Full and s tra ig h t
tw e en seasons and th e d re ssm a k in g e s­ ho u rs m ore to six o'clock. L isten to
h e r d a rk eyes an sw ered his. th e con­
ta b lish m e n ts a re w o rk in g w ith re ­ th e m ob when he p a sse s!"
vent-bred E m ily’s a n sw e r to his pride
duced forces.
T h e Injunction wbb u nnecessary. As
and old re se n tm e n t and new reluc­
T h e re w ould h ave been m any o rd ers th e sun sla n te d low the enthusiasm
tan ce to yield his liberty.
fo r gow ns in som e e stab lish m en ts. grew to fever,
T his was a crow d of
"A fte r all.
you
w ere
born
a
O ne la rg e house w hich w as a bout to con n o isseu rs
m o to rists,
chauffeurs,
F fren ch ." sh e rem inded, h e r soft ac­
e s ta b lis h a b ra n ch te m p o ra rily in a
autom obile lovers and d riv ers—they
c en ts Just audible. "If th a t Is your
W ash in g to n hotel to look a f te r the
knew w hat was being done before
w ork?”
su p p ly in g o f in a u g u ra tio n costum qs,
Le-
them
T he word passed th a t
Very slow ly David tu rn ed to his
decided n o t to do so.
A n o th e r e s ta b ­
stra n g e was In his tw e n tie th hour;
fa th e r.
lis h m e n t is in re c e ip t o f sev eral o rd e rs
“1 n e v er learn ed to do things by
fo r gow ns su ita b le fo r th e fun ctio n people clim bed on se a ts to ch eer him
halves," be said. “If you w ant me.
and is u n c e rta in w h e th e r to proceed as he passed by. W hen one of hie
s
i
t
* -”
w ith th e m a k in g o f th e g a rm e n ts.
And E than F fren ch understood, nnd
first offered his hand.
Wilson Gets Guidebook.
S^EAM «HEATED ROOMS FOR REN
GOOD MEALS A T ALL HOURS
Prompt and Courteous Service
MAIN STREET
NYSSA, OREGON
•flyssa
THE NYSSA LIVERY
ih and Salt
Bacon,
CASH PAH
FEED A N D SA LE STA BLE
WILMER & PILKENTON, Props.
F ir st-C la ss T u r n o u ts.
C a r e fu l D r iv e r s
A ls o S a d d le H o r se s.
GOOD AVENUE
PIONEER
NYSSA, OREGON
ROBERT VAN CILSE. Präsident.
New Yards.
U N D S BU1L
MULKEY. Secretary
New, Complete Stock. Will be Pleased
to Figure With You,
Yards on First St., South of Malheur County Bank
S. H. THOMPSON, Manager.
Jvery, Sale & Feed Stable
Rupert was discovered a l- , ;i in a
cam p-chair o u tsid e th e ten t, a few
m in u tes late r, w hen Dick w ent In
search of him
"T1 e lim ousine’s
w aiting." h!s
p v i k e n e r Inform ed him. "You don't
feel bad. do you?"
T he mei h anlclan rose c au tio u sly
w incing
" " 'e l l. If ev ery Joint In fny ch assis
w a.-nt ro ie. I'd feel b ? tte r." h e ad
m itted grim ly. "B ut I'm still r tn n irg
" hat did you k iss m e a w a k e for,
when 1 n e id m y sle ep s?"
*
stra n g e hem e w ithout you. Ja c k Ru­
p e rt? "
"I a in 't supposing you could
I'm
l.m i'v s ta rte d up. Dick sp ra n g to ready."
o| i r the < nv::s, and L estra n g e c ro ss
T he rc t of th e p a rty w ere ulreadv
d the thresh o ld .
I.e stra n g e, c o lo r­
In the big car. w ith one ex ren tln n
less. his rig h t arm In a s'.lng his left
woei.d w ith linen from w rist to e'bvw
David, a- r e stood In th e dark pail
and b e arin g a heavy purple bruise
dock. " W e re re tire d ; com e help me
above his tem ple, but w ith the bright get used to It.” »
ness of victory flashing above all
K u p trt passed a g lu m e over th e de­
w e arin e ss like a d ancing flame.
se rted track .
" S w e e th e a rt!" he -la u g h e d .
as
my se n tim e n t-tan k has giv-
Km ilv ra n to m eet him. heedless of <*ii "1 o u guess
t,” he sw eetly
all th in g s except th a t he stood w ithin
"T h e M ercury factor;
touch o n to m ore. " M y dear. I to!d
good to me. D arling
them g o t ' to frig h te n you
Whv
can m ake a joy rid e i
Em'.Ty—"
any trac k , if we <
l o r a s he put his one a»
" I guess we i
David
about her. she hid h e r w<
on Ffrench. “Get 1
Emily.
his shoulder.
W e're going horn:
"1 am so happy,” *he
b reath lessly . "It Is only tl
"You should not have bi
all, my dear. But It is g
you. W ho b rought you!
catch in g sight of th e m an b
Good, I w anted t o u t one t
Good Rigs Horses, Careful Drivers. Charges Reasonable
Horses Boarded by Day, Week or Month.
A T r ia l W ill S a t is f y Y o u .
W. W. WILSON, Proprietor
Cor. Second and Good Ave.
InrienpnrW
The Empire Liwnber Co.
(LIMITED)
§
Dealers In
Lumber, Coal and
Building Materials
Office in Wils
YDELL,