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' A ’v ? £ C I T Y D R A Y L IN E PER Tl C. W . D eB oer, P rop . AH kinds of dray work promptly atten Nyssa Physician and Surgeon ¡lov er Explained. u methods of «t»i explained to Q R. iHyslop, chief O. A. C . Bxpei surest way o f etern O regon wai ia 'February on T h is is ada, tdi l tilth where cj fully. Harley is rap, wheat good, de. Right soils fall plowed landed ten damaged by fri tih spring grain Inoculation Is m ve clover or volant rwing. An apolit .’ ounds land olaaterp the ■pl'inx. through tl E arly winter pash TO CREDITORS t l T COURT OF THI OREGON, FOR THE OF MALHEUR er o f the Estate of Atwood, deceased. ieroby given that tl äs been duly appoint! with the Will annexe o f Ernest A. Atwoo ny creditors havli said Estate are hen 0 present said data istrator, w ith the WI -se name ia ihereunl Oer.y verified by lai nubs from the date i ieation o f this iN'otioi a tor with the W ill ai his residence oi W eiser, Idaho, In Mi O regon and his Pos 1 being Welser, That» iTOH, Admlntitmtor, W ill annexed o f ra re A. Atwood, 'Publication, publication, Jam« BVbr Office hours 2 to 5 and 7 to 8p.m NYSSA BARBER SHOP and DR. HARRIET SEARS Cigar Store Osteopathic Physician, L . B. H a m a k e r, prop. Ontario, Oregon. Synopsis.—Loitering on the Pan Francisco water front, John Rai ney. newspaper reporter, Is accost ed by a giant blind man, who asks Rainey to lead him aboard the sealing schooner Karluk. In the cabin they find Captain Simms and a man named Carlsen. Simms rec ognises the blind man, calling him Jim Lund. Lund accuses Simms o f abandoning him. blind, on an ice floe, and denounces him. Simms denies the charge, but Lund re fuses to be paettied. He declares his Intention of accompanying the Karluk on Its expedition north, where It Is going In quest of a gold field which Lund has discovered. Peggy, Simms' daughter, is aboard, and defends her father. Carlsen, who is a physician as well as first mate, drugs Ralnuy. Awaking from Ids stupor, Rainey finds himself at sea. Carlsen Informs him he has been kidnaped. He otters Rainey a share o f the gold, and Rainey Is forced to declare himself satisfied. Lund gives him a brief account of a former expedition of the Karluk, tells him he distrusts Carlsen. and suggests a "partnership." Rainey to act as Lund's "eyes." Rainey Is made second mate. Captain Blmms Is 111 and the navigation Is entirely In the hands o f Carlsen. At the latter's suggestion a shoot ing match Is staged and the Beal hunters exhaust their ammuni tion. Carlsen shows his skill with the pistol and Lund does some as tonishing shooting "by sound." Sandy, the ship's boy, is swept overboard and Is rescued by Rai ney, who thus wins Peggy's admi ration. The captain gets w*>rse. Sandy tells how Carlsen is stirring up trouble over the division o f the gold. Carlsen draws a gun on Rai ney, who overpowers him. Tamada, the mysterious Japanese cook, de clares himself neutral. =i) CHAPTER VI— Continued. — 7— “ All right, sir,” Rnlney answered, getting a thrill at this first actual In timation o f the meeting. Hansen, It seemed, was-not to be one o f the rep resentatives o f the seamen. And Carlsen had been smart enough to forestall Lund’s demand for Rainey by taking some o f the wind out o f the giant's sails and doing the unexpected. Unless the hunters had suggested that Rainey be present. But that was hard ly likely, considering thut he was to be left out o f the deal. In Just what capacity are you call in’ this conference?’’ Lund asked, when Carlsen notified him In turn. ’T h e skipper ain’t dead, Is Jie?” "I represent the captain, Lund,” re plied the doctor. T ie entirely ap proves o f what I am about to suggest to you and the men. In fact I have his signature to a document that I hope you will sign also. It will be greatly to your Interest to do so. I am In pres ent charge o f the Kilrluk.” “ You ain't a reg’lar member o f this expedition,” objected Lund stolidly. “ Neither am I a member o f the crew, Just now. But the skipper's my part ner In tills deal, signed, sealed and ra- orded. Afore I go to enny meetin I'd Ike to have a talk with him persohal- y. Thet’s fnir enough, ain't It?" Several o f the hunters had gathered bout, and Lund’s question seemed a eneral appeal. Carlsen shrugged his boulders. “ if you hod yonr eyesight,” he said Imost brutally, “ you could soon see hat the skipper was in no condition :o discuss matters, much less be pres- nt.” “ Here’s my eyesight,” countered iund. “ Mr. Rainey here. Let him see J ie skipper and ask htin a question or tH ro ?” t "W hat kind of a question? I'm ask- hig ns his doctor, Lund.” “ For one thing If he's rend the paper ou say he signed. I want to be sure f that. An’ I don’t make it enny of ore blzness, Carlsen, what I want to lay to my partner, by proxy or other- ise. Second thing. I'd like to be sure e’g still alive. As for yore slundln' s his doctor, all I’ve got to say is that o're a d— d pore doctor, so fur as the ikipper's concerned, ennyway.” The two men stood fuclng each her, Carlsen looking evilly at the ant. whose black glasses warded off Is glance. It wus wasting looks to lare at a blind man. Equally to sneer. |But the bout between the two was timed now, and both were casting aside any veneer of diplomacy, tfacli enmity manifesting Itself In the raw Hie Issue was growing tense. Rainey fancied that Carlsen wa.i not [entirely sure o f his following, and re all lied upon Lund's Indignant refusal ui terms to hack up his plans o f gctttrg rid of him decisively. SHERIFF’ S SALE RECLOSURE S O F AN 'SUKIB, duly issued the C ircuit Court of fop, County o f Maih«i lit day o f Decem ber 1! suit in the said Clrci said State and Com da M. Copeland, overed Judgment agai: lbertson, O. A. 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Copeland, together "Rainey can see the skipper,” ttld id dlsborsem enta [ ' arisen careteudy. y accrue. “All rig h t" said Lund. “ Will you do N ow V And Rainey Pale. Oregon, thF V ^ttat^t Rainey? .1 fleeting fancy that the giant Tiber. 19*1. l led one of bis blljnl eyes at him. . L E T NOE, 9 h * ! f t ugh the b'ack lens- s were Jeeeiv- publication i- He went below Immediately and it ; raggirati on Ja apped « « the door, a little surprl ed ■ see Hie girl appear In the opening. He drawn expression ef her face, the January 14th, IMS. latn tbed faint smile with which she [¿reeled bln. he hopeless look In her startlso him “ I wanted to see your father,” he said In a low voice. She told him to enter. “ He Is In a stupor,” she said. “ He has been that way since last night, fol lowing u collapse. I cun barely find his pulse, but his breath shows on this.” She produced a small mirror, little larger than a dollar, and held it before her father’s lips. When she took 11 uwuy Rainey suw a trace o f moisture. “ Carlsen cannot rouse him?” he asked. “ Cannot—or will not,” she nnswered in a voice that held a hard quality for all its despondency. “ Lately the doctor hus seemed un certain. He tnlks of perverted nerve functions, und he has obtained a tre mendous Influence over father. "You lieurd what he said when— the night he tried to shoot you? Y'ou see, I am trusting you In all this. Mr. Itulney. I must trust some one. If I don’t 1 can’t stand It. 1 think I shall go mad, sometimes. The doctor lias changed. It Is as If he was a dual personality— like Jekyll and Hyde— and now ho is always Hyde. He said last night that he could save futher or — or— that he would let father die. I told him it was sheer murder 1 He laughed. He said he would save him— for a price." She stopped, and Rainey supplied the gup, sure thut he was right. “ If you would marry him?" The girl nodded. "Father will do anything he tells him. I sometimes think he tortures futher and only re lieves him when father promises what he wants. Otherwise I could not un derstand. Last night father asked me to do tills thing. He told me lie looked upon the doctor as a son, that It would make him happy for me to marry him — now. Thut life would perform the ceremony. That he did not think he would live long and he wanted to see. me with a protector. “ It was horrible. What shall I do?” “ Miss Simms,” said Italney, “ your fnther Is not In Ills right mind or he would see Carlsen as you do, as I do. Cnrlsen’s bruin Is turned with the lure of the gold. If he marries you. I be lieve It Is only for your share, for what you will get from your father. It cannot be right to do n wrong thing. No good could come from It; But— something inny happen this morning— I cannot tell you what. I do not know, except that Lund is to fnce Carlsen. It may change matters." “ Lund,” she said scornfully. “ What can he do? And he accused my father o f deserting him. I—" A knock came at the door, nnd It started to open. Carlsen entered. "Ah,” he said. “ I trust I have not disturbed you. I had no idea I should Interrupt a tete-a-tete. Are you satis fied ns to the captain's condition, Mr. Rainey?” ltainey went on deck, raging but Itu potent. He told Lund briefly o f the talk between him and I’ eggy Simms, und described the general symptoms of the skipper's strange malady. It was nine o'clock, an hour to the meeting, lie went down to his own room and sat on the hunk, smoking, trying to piece up the puzzle. If Carlsen was a potential murderer, If he Intended to let Simms die. w hy should he want to marry the girl? lie thought he solved that issue. As Ills wife Carlsen would retain h ., share. If he gave her up. It would go into the common purse. But, If he ex pected to trick the men out o f it all, that would lie unnecessary. Did he really love the girl? Or was his lust for gold mingled with u passion for possession o f her7 He might know that the girl would kill herself before she would submit to dishonor. Per haps he knew she hud the means 1 One thing became paramount—to save Peggy Simms. Lund might fight for the gold ; ltainey would battle for the girl s sanctity. And, armed with that resolve, Itulney went out Into the main cabin. Carlsen took the head o f the table. Lund faced him at the other end. Ail six o f the hunters, as privilege.! char acters, were present, but onlj three o f the seamen, awkward and diffident at being aft. The nine, with Rainey, ranged themselves on either side of the table, the and five, with Italney on Lund's right. The girl was not preseat. Yet her share was an Impor tant factor. Lund sjit with folded arms. Us great body relaxed. Now that the table was s e t the curds all dealt, anil the first play about to be made, the giant shed his tenseness. Even his grim face softened a trifle. He seemed to regard the affair with a certain amount o f humor, coupled with the sent of a gambler who loves the gmD,e »-Nether the stakes are for death or doi'ars. Cwrlis-n had a paper under his ham!. ‘ kJd hut deferred Pa reading untU Inched addressed the meeting. “ A ship." he said. "Is a little com inanity, a world In itself. T s Its safe ty every member Is a necessity. On lookout as much as the man at On wheel, the common i r nan. the navi gator. And. when a ship 1* ettgr.c la a rerinln calling, Oman who a- aired as experts In that Use are eqm. 'y eMewtlal with the icm . latch mi.n. luck, an' I make a deal whereby tin skipper gets the same as I do, an’ the ship, which Is the same as his daugh ter, gets almost os much. You men were offered a share on top o f yore wages If you wanted to take the chance— two shares to the hunters. Tl was d— d liberal, an’ you grubbed al It. I got left on the lee, blind on e breakln' floe, an' you sailed off an grabbed a handful or so of gold, enough to set you crazy. “ What In blazes would you know what to do with It, enitj o f you? Spill It all along the Barb'ry coast, oi gamble It off to Demlng. Is there one o f you 'ud have got off thet floe an’, blind us I was, turned up ag’ lnl Not one of ye. An’ when I did show you got sore becoz you’d ttggered there ’ud be more with me away. “A fine lot of skunks. You can take yore d— d bit o f paper an’ light yore pipes with It, for all o f me. To h—JI with It! "Shut up I” His voice topped the murmurs at the tnble. Carlsen sal quiet, sometimes licking his lips gent ly, listening to Lund as he might have listened to the rnntlngs o f a tne-Iodru matle actor. But Rainey sensed that he was making a mistake. He i t u letting Lund go too far. The men were listening to Lund, and he knew that the giant was talking for a specific purpose. Just to what end he w ald not guess. The big booming voice held them, while it lashed them. “ Equal to tpe? Bait! I’ m a man Yo're a lot o f fooJs. Talk about me bein’ blind. It was Ice blink got me Then ophthalmy matterin’ up mj eyes. It's gold-blink’s got you. Y’ o're cave-fish, a lot o f blind suckers.” He leaned over the table pointing a massive square finger, thatched with red wool, direct at Carlsen, as if he had been leveling a weajxm. “ Csrlsen's a fa k e ! He’s got you hipped. lie thinks he’s boss, beeo 2 he's the only navigator o f yoke crowd I ain't overlooked that card, Carlsen That ain’t the only string lie’s got on ye. Nor the three shares he expects to pull down. He made you {tore suck ers fire off all your shelly; he found out you ain't got a gun left among you that's enny more use than a club. l i e ’s got a gun an’ he showed you how he could Use It. He’s sittln’ back larfin’ at the bunch o f you 1” The men stirred. Rainey saw Carl- sen’s grin disappear. He dropped the paper. Ills fnce paled, the veins showed suddenly like purple veins In dirty marble. ‘ ‘ I’ve got that gun yet, Lund,” hs snnrled. Lund laughed, the ring o f It so con fident that the men glanced from him to Carlsen nervously. “ Yo’re a fake, Carlsen,” he said “ And I’ve got yore num ber! T o It— I with you an’ yore pop-tun. You ain't even a doctor. I saw real doctors nshore about my eyest Nlplinblepsla they call snow-blindness. I'll bet you never heard o f It. Y’ o ’re only a wom an-conning dope-shooter! Else you'd have known that nlphahlepsia ain't permanent! I've bln gettln’ my sight hack ever since I left Seattle. An now, d— n you for n moldy-hearted sllnty-souled fakir, stand up an' say yo’ re my equal I” “ A Fins Lot of SkunW»—” He stood up himself, towering above nodded toward one of the senatan the rest as they rose from their «hairs, delegates who listened with his slack tearing the black glasses- from his mouth agape, scratching himself un eyes and flinging them at Carlsen, who was forced to throw up a hand to der the armpit— *ure all equal?’’ Denting cast a glance at Harris unil, wnrd them off. Rainey go< one glimpse o f the giant’s eyes. They were gray- for just a moment, hesitated. blue, the color o f agateware, hard as Harris, squirming under the look of Denting, which was aped by the sud steel, implacable. Carlsen swept aside the spectacles den scrutiny o f all the hunters, found speech : “ How In h—JI did you know and they shattered on the floor as he 1 was here?” he demanded of Lund. lenjied up and the automatic shone In his bund. Lund had folded his arms “I ain’ t opened ray mouth y it !” above his great chest, lie laughed “That Hla’t the truth, Harris," re again, and his arms opened. plied Lund composedly. "It’s alius In an Instant Italney caught the ob open. Rut If you wunt to know, I ject o f Lund's gpeechmaklng. He had smelled ye.” I'here was a guffaw at the sally. done it to enrage Carlsen beyond en durance, to make him draw his gun. Carlsen’s voice stopi>e<l It. ‘T il answer the question, Lund. Yes, Olant as he was. he moved with the grace o f a panther, with a swiftness we’re all equal. The world Is not a democracy. Harris, so far, hasn’t had too fast for the eye to register. Some a chance to got the equal share thut thing flashed In his right hnnd, a gun. belongs to him by rights. That’s wh.it that he had drawn from a holstei I meant by saying that the Karluk slung over his left hr- nst. The shots blended. Lund stood whs a little world o f Its own. W e’re there erect, uninjured. A red blotch ull equal on hoard.” “ Except Rainey. Tamada an’ Scndy. showed between Carlson's eyes. He Scents to me yore argutnint’s got holes slumi>ed down Into his chair, his arms clubbing the tahle. Ills gun falling In U. Carlsen." ’NVe are waiting to know whether from his nerveless hand, his forehead you agree with usT’ replied Carlsen. striking the wood like the sound of His volte bad altered quality. It la id an auctioneer’s gnvel. Lund had b e a t the direct challenge. Lund accepted en him to the draw. Lund, no longer a blind Samson, 1L “ I don’t," he answered dryly. ‘“There with contempt In his agate eyes, sur ain’t enny one o f you my equal, an’ vey ed the scattering group o f men who you’re showed It. Yon had to band to stared at the dead man dully, as If gether In • peck.'Mke a flock of sheep, gripped by the exhibition o f a tnlrticl*. with O rls e n for sheepherder. Tjp •alklng,” lye went on In a tone that snddesly hesprtl to thnndet. "Nhne of j “ T o e a x i d t r e r T aka triad. L ead grinned i t U r , hjit you have got the brains o f C arton. (Kara m nn k a g h b a r hec-ox he had to ppf this scheme Inter •y yore neodms. Demlng. you know d— n’ | dll you ptay better poker than the j rent, an’ you agreed to this b*-*z you (TO BE OCNTUflfKU t r r .u j^ Agger y«»'11 win most of the gold »flirt- the v'ynge Is ore.*. The rest of And Thart’ s .ha Troubla. vou surtM-r» Ils;eneo tx-coz «orne «ut The world nee»!» both dreamers und •ells you you are gotti' to get mor- worker*. The troubia 1. Lha worker* * on what's rtehtly coinin' to yon often go to sleep am» lha dreamer* “This cold I« mtr,e by rl-.’ht -if di*-- frequently have algVj o -«-v ’ ho e my ship through bu ■ rranacTlpt _ _ _ _ _ responsibility being equal, Us reward should be also equal. “ Payment for ail services comes on this voyage from an uncertain nmouut of gold that Nature, mother of us ull. and therefore intending that all her children shall share her heritage, has wushed jp on a beach from some deep-sea \*-ln and thus deposited upon an uncharted, unclaimed Island. It Is discovered by an Indian, the discov ery Is handed on to another." “ Meanin' me.” Lund seemed to be enjoying himself. Despite the fact Hint Carlsen was presiding and most evidently assumed the attributes ol' leader, despite the fact that ten of the twelve at the tahle were arrayed against him. with the rest o f the sea men behind them, Lund was decided ly enjoying himself, "Shure and share alike," he said. ’ I’ve got yore drift, Carlsen. Let's get down to brass tneks. The Idea Is to divvy the gold into equal parts, ain’t It? How does she split? There’s twenty-five souls aboard. Does that mean you spilt the heap into a hun dred parts an’ each one gits four?” “ No." It was Denting who an swered. “ It don’t. The Jap don’t come in, for one.” "A cook ain’ t n brother?” “ Not when he’s got a yetlow Bkln,” answered Detnlrg. "W e’ll take up n collection for Kandy. Rainey ain’ t In on the deal. W e split It just twenty- two ways. What have you got to say about It?" His tone was truculent, and Carlsen did not appetir disposed to check him. He appeared no> quite certain of the temper of the hunters. ‘‘You figger we re all equal aboard,” said Lund slowly, “ leavin’ out Mr. Rainey, Tamada an’ Sandy. You an’ me, an’ Carlsen an’ Harris there” — he O ffice : W ilson Bldg over Itaders Shaving, Hair Cutting D O N S. N U M B E R S , M . D. Hot and Cold Baths PHYSICIAN 6c SURGEON N ylia Phone 4 0 Dr. It. Go to the A . 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