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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-08-03
CHAPTER ".

~0HERE comes q time in the life
of every thinking man OF wO-
man when the argosy of ex-
~ istence, floating placidly on
smooth and lazy stream, gathers unto
itself speed, rushes swiftly onward
past familiar landmarks of custom and
convention, boils furiously over resist
ing rocks and ultimately, If not sub
merged in an unknown sea, finds itself
again meandering through new plains
of wider horizon
Such a perilous passage can never be
foreseen. The rapids may begin where
the trees are highest and the meadows
most luxuriant. No warning is given.
The increased pace Of events is pleas
ant and exhilarating. Even the last
wild plunge oser the cascade is neither
resented nor feared. Some frail craft
are shattered in transit, some wholly
shaken, some emerge with riven sails
and tarnished embellishments. A few
not only survive the ordeal, but there
by fit themselves for more daring ex-
ploits, more soul stirring adventures.
When the two girls stood with Ste
the lighthouse, the gravity Of their
bright young faces was due solely to
the fact that their father had announc-
ed the serious accidents which had be-
fallen his assistants. No secret moni-
tor whispered that fate in her bold and
merciless dramatic action had roughly
removed two characters from the stage
to clear it for more striking events.
Not once in twenty years has it hap
pened that two out of the three keep
ers maintained on a rock station with
in signaling distance of the shore have
become incapacitated for duty on the
same day. The thiHg was so bewilder-
ingly sudden, the arrival of Constance
and Enid on the scene so timely and
unexpected, that Brand, a philosopher
of ready decision in most affairs of
life, was at a loss what to do for the
best now that help, of a sort un-
dreamed of, was at hand.
The case of Jackson, who was scald-
ed, was s:-cple enough. The board Of
trade n,eS..cizle chest supplied to each
lighthouse i; a facsimile of that car
ried b.F e.-ery seagoing steamship. It
contaua,i the ordinary remedies for
such an injury, and there would be lit
tie difficulty or danger in lowering the
sufferer to the boat.
But Bates affair was different. He
lay almost where he had fallen. Brand
had only lifted him into the storeroom
from the foot of the stairs, placing a
pillow beneath his head, and appealing
both to him and to Jackson to endure
their torture unmoved while he went
to signal for assistance.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-08-03

"D'yc think ue can hold her, mate 2"
lighthouse saw Ben relieve the steers
man and tendcrly arrange the cushions
behind his back. Then Brand closed
the iron doors. and the three were left
in dim obscurity.
They climbed nearly a hundred feet
of stairways and emerged on to the
cornice balcony after Brand had stop
ped the cfockwork which controlled the
hammer of the bell.
What difference up here! The sea,
widened immeasurably, had changed
its color. Now it was a sullen blue
gray. The land was nearer and high
er. The Daisy had shrunk to a splash
of dull brown on the tremendous ocean
prairie. How fierce and keen the wind
How disconsolate the murmur of the
reef!
Brand, adjusting his binoculars, scru-
tinized the boat.
"Au right aboard he said. 81 think
we have adopted the wiser course.
They will reach Penzance by half
past g"
His next glance was toward the
Lands End signal station. A line Of
flags futtered out to the right Of the
staff.
'Signal noted and forwarded" he
read aloud. THAT Is all right, but the
wind has changed"
Enid popped inside the lantern for
shelter u was bitterly coad.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-08-03
Ga1veSton'S Sea Wall

Makes life nov as safe in that city as on
the rplands. E. W. Goodloe, who re.
sides on Dutton street in Waco, Texas,
needs no sea wall for safety. He writes:
~ have used DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption for the past five years
and it keeps me well and safe. Before
that time had cough for years which
had been growing worse. Now it's
gone" Cures chronic coughs. la grippe,
Group, whooping cough and prevents
pneumonia Pleasant to take. Every
bottle guaranteed at Allen & Wood
wards drug store. Price Soc and 81.
Trial bottle free.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-08-03
Real Estate Transfers.

7 M Porter and wife to A J
Johnson, lot IL, block S, original
town of Marysville. now the city
of Corvallis; 81, 900.
Hubert Hodes a 1d wife to A ]
johnson, south 6 feet, lot II,
block 5, Corvallis, SOTO.
M Wright to Eta E Downer,
lot 8, block IS, Corvallis
81, 125.
Alfred Mcclure and wife to S
A Mcclure, 90 acres near Mon
roe; $3.50.
w Walters and wife to Mon
roe Mill Co., 100 acres of land
west of Monroe; 500.
Charles Pernot to Onus c Sen
ger, lots 9 and TO, block 3,
Avery & Wells Add to Colval-
lis; S17s.
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swung back, ana Brand leaned out.
He had no greeting for them, nor
words of astonishment
"When will the tug reach here, Ben?''
he asked.
The fisherman told him the opinion
he had formed.
..Then you girls must come and help
me. Jackson scalded his hands and
arms in the kitchen, and Bates was
hurrying to the storeroom for oil and
whitening when he slipped on the
stairs and broke his leg. We must get
them both ashore. Ben, you can take
them?"
''Aye. aye. SIR"
sNow, Constance, you first. Hold
tight and stand in the skip. Your boat
cannot come near the rock"
He swung the derrick into place and
began to work the windlass. Con-
stance, cool as her father, whispered to
the excited Enid:
"Let us divide the parcels and take
| half EACH"
"Oh, I should have forgotten all
about them," said Enid, STOPPING to
empty the lockers.
/ Constance, without Pickering an eye
| lid, stepped into the strong basket with
| it's iron hoops and, having arranged
some of the plethoric paper bags at her
feet, told her father to ''hoist away"
She arrived safely. Enid followed
her, with equal sang froid, though a
| lift of forty odd feet while standing in
4 skip and clinging to rope is not an
everyday experience:
Dang me,'' said Ben, as Enid, too,
was swung into the lighthouse, "bu
they're two plucky 'uns.''
The great bell tolled away, though
the snow had changed to sleet, and thu
heights beyond the Lands End were
dimly visible, so its warning note wa:
no longer needed. The sky above wa:
clearing. A luminous haze spreading
| over the. waters heralded the return o.
the sun. But the wind was bitterly
| cold; the fisherman watching the ope1
| door, with one eye on the sea lest al
| adventurous wave should. sweep the
| Daisy against the rock, murmured tt
| himself: as5
"'Tes good job the winds l. tht
norrard This sort o. things weathel
| breeder or my name amt Ben Pol
| lard'' 1F@
! And that was how Enid came bacl
to the Gulf Rock to enter upon the sec
| Ond great epoch Of her life.
Once before had the reef taken he
| to its rough heart and Tended her from
peril Would it shield her again-res
cue her from the graver danger whose
| shadow even now loomed out of tht
deep? What was the bell saying in it!
! Wistful monOtony?
| Enid neither knew nor cared. JUS
then she had other things to thinl
about.
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appeared.

"DGflU me. but t1eIfe ta0O DtNckg 'L7lS.
1t was Stephen Brand.
''Thank Gcd," murmured Constance.
Enic, on whose sensitive soul the
storm, the signal, the Kissing rush of
the boat through the waves, had cast
a spell of indefinite terror. bit her lip
to restrain her tears.
Brand gave glance of amazement
at the three uplifted faces, but this
was no time for surprise or question.
u am coming down." he shouted.
providence must have sent you at
this moment"
He vanished.
'What can it beY' said Constance,
outwardly calm now in the assurance
that her father was safe.
Must ha' bin q accident" said Ben.
THAT signal means Bring a DOCTOR
An there ain't blessed tug In harbor,
nor won't be till the tide makes"
'-That will mean delay" cried Enid
-Five or six hours at least missy"
The main door at the bead ee the
hQn lA4Asr eiamped to tho stones
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with your pretty race ana saucy
ways, Enid" he said, Il shall have
trouble enough to keep you in the nest
without worrying as to the manner of
four leaving it. Work at your draw
Ing, by all means. Avoid color as
the bane of true art. But where Con-
ME and live you shall live, until you
choose to forsake u.s.
No wonder these girls thought there
was no other man in the world like
dad" Their delightful home was
idyllic in its happiness, their only sor-.
row that Brand should be away two
months out of three on account of the
pursuit in which he passed his hours
of leisure during recent years.
Neither dared to look at the other.
They could not trust themselves even
to speak There was relief in action,
for thought was torture.
The docile Daisy steadily forged
through the waves. The spasmodic
clang of the bell came more clearly
each minute. Pollard, kneeling in the
bows, peered into the gloom of the
swirling snow. He listened eagerly to
the bell. With right hand or left he
motioned to Constance to bring the
boats head nearer to the wind or per-
NIT the sail to fill out little more.
Enid, ready to cast the canvas loose
at the first hint of danger, consulted
her watch frequently. At last she
cried:
Twenty minutes, Ben
70 h
voice. The tension was becoming un-
bearable.
Fright y are, missy. No need to
slack off yet. TIES clearin' bit. We'm
heave to alongside the rock in less'n
no time.'' Z
The fisherman was right. His train
ed senses perceived a distinct diminu-
ton in the volume of snow Soon they
could see fifty, a hundred, two hundred
yards, ahead On the starboard quarter
they caught a confused rushing noise,
like the subdued murmur of a mill
race. The tide had covered the rock. e
"Luff ct isr' roared Ben suddenly.
STEADY noww %
Out Of the blurred vista a ghostly
column rose in front. Smooth and
sheer were its granite walls, with dark
little easements showing black in the
weird light. The boat rushed past the
Trinity ,mooring buoy. She held on un-
til they heard the sea breaking. ise
Lower away" cried Ben, and the
yard fell with a sharp rattle that show
ed how thoroughly Enid had laid to
heart Pollard's tuition.
Constance brought the Daisy round
in a wide curve, and Ben got out the
oars to keep her from being dashed
against the reef.
Enid's eyes were turned toward the
gallery beneath the lantern
Lighthouse ahoy!' she screamed in
a voice high pitched with emotion.
There was no answering clang of the
door leading from the room on level
with the balcony. Not often had the
girls visited the rock, but they knew
that this was the first sign they might
expect Of their arrival being noted If
there were no watchers pacing the
promenade"
''Help us, Ben" cried Constance, and
their united shouts might be heard q
mile away in the prevailing stiffness.
A window halfway up the tower was
opened. A mans head and shoulders
oproorod
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-08-03
DON'T Be Blue

And lose all interest when help Is with
in reach. Harhine will n AXE that liver
perform lis duties properl.. ]. B..
Vaughn, Elba. Ala. writes: "Being
const4ut sufferer from constipation and
disordered liver, have found l1erbine
TO he the best medicine, for these trou-
bIes. on the market 1 have used it
constantly. believe it to be the best
medicine of It's kind. and wish all
sufferers from these troubles to know
the good Herbine has done me.-Sold
by Graham & Wortham.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-08-03
Children in Pain

Never cry as do children who are suffer-
ing from hunger. Such is the cause of
all babies who cry and are treated for
sickness when the> really are suffering
from hunger. This is caused from their
food not being assimilsted but deyoured
by worms. A few doses of Whites
Cream Fermifuge will cause them to
cease cry .ng and hHgin to thrive at once.
Give it trial. sold by Graham 4
Workman.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-08-03
Don't Grumble

When your Joints ache and you suffe,
from rheumatism. Buy hottie of Bal
lard's Snow liniment and get instant re.
lief. A positive cure for rheumatism
burns, cuts, contracted muscles, sore
chest, etc. Mr.. I. r. Bogy, . promi-
nent merchant at Willow Point. Texas,
says he finds Ballads Snow Linimeni
the bess all round liniment he ever used.
Sold by Graham & Woetham.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-08-03
A Mystery Solved.

"How to keep off periodic attacks of
b.llousness and habitual constipation
was a mystery that DR.. Kings New Life
Pills solved for me-" writes John N.
Pleasant of Magnolia. Ind. The only
pills that are guaranteed TO give satis-
Only Csc as Allen & Woodward's drug
etore.
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now was one of Judgment Was it bet
ter to await the coming of the doctor or
endeavor to transfer Bates to the boat?
He consulted Ben Pollard again. The
girls were already climbing the steep
stairs to sympathize with and tend to
the injured men,
do you think it will blow harder,
Ben, when the tide turns?" he asked.
The old fellow seemed to regard the
question as most Interesting and novel,
Indeed. to hia some such query and
its consi6erati tio2 provided the chief
proa,em o. each day. Therefore he
surveyed taal. sea AID sky most care
fully before he replied:
st mag b. a'laost anything afore
night Misser E-and."
At ;.notlle;. time Brand would have
smiled. Today he was nervous. dis
traught, wreocheI out of the worn rut
of things.
Il fancy there is some chance of the
doctor being unable to land when he
reaches the rock Do you agree with
lne?''
His voice rang sharply. Ben caught
ambiguity.
..It'n blow harder, an mebbe snaw
aG'in.'' he said.
II shall need some help here in that
case. so l will retain the young ladies'
Of course you can manage the boat
easily enough without them"
Pollard grinned reassuringly.
''We'm run straight in wi thiccy
| wind he said.
So they settled it that way, all sc
simply.
A man sets up two slim masts 6
| thousand miles apart and flashes com
prehensible messages across the void
| The multitude gapes at first, but soo1
accepts the thing as reasonable. ''Wire
| less telegraphy" is the term, as ont
says ''by mail.''
A whole drama was flowing over {
! curve of the earth at that moment, bu
| the Marconi station was invisible
| There was no expert in telepathic sen
| sation present to tell Brand and tn
| fisherman that their commonplace
| words covered a magic code.
Jackson, white and mute, was lower
ed first. The brave fellow would no
| content himself with nursing hi
agony amid the cushions aft. Whel
Bates, given some slight strength by
| stiff dose Of brandy, was carried witt
| infinite care down three flights of stee]
| and narrow stairs and slung to tn
crane in an iron cot to be lowered il
his turn, Jackson stood up. Heedles
Of remonstrances, he helped to stead,
| the cot and adjust it amidships clea
| of the sail.
"Well done, Artie," said Brand
clear voice.
| ooh, bravev' murmured Enid.
eve will visit you every day at tn
hospital" sang out Constance.
Jackson smiled-yes, smiled-thougl
his bandaged arms quivered and tn,
scared nerves of his hands throbbet
excruciatingly. Speak aloud he coult
not. Yet he bent over his more help
less mate and whispered hoarsely:
| "Cheer up, old man. Your case i.
worse'n mine An We did it for me-"
Pollard, with soul as gnarled as hi
body, yet had glimpse of highe
things when he muttered:
"D'ye think We can hold her, mate
whiles hoist the cloth?'
Jackson nodded. The request was {
compliment, a recognition. He sa
down and hooked the tiller between
arm and ribs. Ben hauled with a will
The Daisy as If she were glad to es
cape the cascades of green water swirl
ing over the rock. sprang into instan
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Better follow her example, Uonnle,-
said Brand to his daughter. II viii
draw the curtains. We can see lust
as well and be- corfortable
(To be Continuedl
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-07-20
tiops.

St. Petersburg, July 19.-Gerer-
al Stoessel, the hero of Port Arthur
who for so many months defended
the Russian citidel against the at
tacks of the japanese, will be sem
fenced to death Tor surrendering
the fortress. Stoessel's defense has
been looked upon as the one bright
spot for Russia in the disastrous
conflict with the armies cf the mi.
kado, but the report of the COM
mission appointed to iLquire into
the surrender dispels even this he
role defense, finds that there was
no necessity for the surrender and
recommends that Gen ,ral Stoessel
be sentenced to death and General
Feck, a mem Der of Stoessel's staff,
who urged the surrender, be con-
demned to 20 years confinement in
the galleys.
The report finds that the resist
ance could have been prolonged a
considerable length of time and
holds that it was the garrison's du.
ty to hold out until the last man
perished, in accordance with Rus
sian army ideals, before striking
colors.
The Japanese maintained their
besieging force of 100000 men
practically throughout the cam.
paign. Their losses were placed /,
$4,000 men.
General Stoessel, defender of the
fortress, had at the beginning A.
900 men. These were rsduced to
about 1870 men.
The siege began FebruaryS, 1e04,
with naval attack. January j.,
1905, after a siege of $50 days, rep.
resentatives of General StoesseI, the
Russian, and General Nogi, the
Japanese commander, arranged for
terms of surrender.
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Oregon and California Railroad Co.,
and Union Trust Company. .Deft's.

Oregon and California Railroad Co.,
and Union Trust Company. .Deft's.
To Union Trust Company, the above named de-
fendant:
In the name OF the state of Oregon YOU are
hereby summoned and required to appear and
answer the complaint of the plaintiff in the
above entitled suit, in the above entitled
court. now file in the office of
the cleik of said count on or before the last day
of the time prescribed in the order for publica.
of Benton county, state of Oregon (Which order
is herein after referred toy to-wit: August 81,
1906, and you hereby notified that If you fail
to appear and answer the said complaint as
herein required, for want thereof the plaintiff
will apply to the above entitled court for the re-
lief demanded in her said comp aint, to-wit:
that the defendent o. & c. r. K. Co. make a
deed to plaintiff convt ying the N. W. quarter of
N. w. quarter of Section %, Township 13 s.,
r. W., in Bentt IL county. Oregon; that defend
ant Union Trust Company join in said deed,
and that if defendants refuse to make such deed
then that the decree of the above entitled
conrt stand in lieu thereof.
This summons is published In the Corvallis
Times newspaper once week for six success
slve and consecutive weeks, beginning with
the issue of August 81, 1906. in pursuance
Of the directions contained in an order
made by the Hon. f. Woodward, county
judge OF Benton county, Oregon, dated July
16, 1906. Date of first publication hereof is July
20. 1906.
E. E. WILSON,
Plaintiffs Attorney,
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MAY COME TO OREGON
SEATTLE OFFICIALS TALK
OF SHIRKING TRIALOF
HOLY ROLLERS.
Statute Permits It-Insane Persons
Residents of Other States May
Be Sent Home-Alienists
Are at Work on Slayers.

Seattle, WASH, July 1S.-Esther
Mitchell and Mrs. Maud Crefield
may be removed to their Oregon
homes, instead Of being tried for
murder here, despite the direct in.
formation on murder charge filed
here today. This is a proposition
which has b en- discussed at some
length by, and has met with some
favor from influential memb bers of
the King county bar. One object
gained by turning over to Oregon
her own citizens, say court officials
who have suggested the matter,
would be that King county would,
at very little cost, rid itself of an
expense bill of about 5000. Mrs.
Creffield's home, they claim, is at
Corvallis; Esther Mitchells in New
berg, Or, or Portland. A Wash
ington law provides that non-resi.
dent insane persons may be taken
to their home state. 1t reads:
Whenever any person shall be
found in the superior court in any
county to be insane and such per-
son has no residence in this state,
such person shall be sent, at the
expense Of the state, to the place
where such person belongs, in every
case where such place of residence
can be ascertained."
The trial of George Mitchell, it is
estimated, cost King county about
$4,000. As many Oregon Witness
'ses would probably be required 10
the case of the women as IN that of
the young man against whose life
they plotted. The women have the
right to be tried separately, thus
c,s,ing the state twice SIS much as
did Mitchell. Should an insan ty
com mission find TIE women insane
and the court s5nd them 10 O.egon,
tbe Oregon officials who were so
outspokan in their opinions IF the
trial of George Mitchell, claim los al
court officials, would then have a
chance 10 handle the case them
selves. Probably Esther and Mrs.
Gre fl Id would be sent to the Hos
pital for the insane at Salem. On
the other hand, if alenist experts
should find the prisoners sane, their
record would be admissible at the
murder trial here.
Even now insanjty experts are
holding an inquiry into the mental
condition OF the pris, ners. Much
wi depe nd on their report. The
information to be filed this after.
noon names II witnesses for the
state, including local police officers,
newspaper reporters, physicians,
and Perry and Fred Mitchell, Fred
Dickmen and Lewis Sandelle,
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known as the bordereau. The ap.
pearaace of the autograph of the
bordereau led M. Castro, stock.
broker, to recognize it as being In
the handwriting of one of his cli-
ents, Count Esterhaay, thus precip-
itating Eeterhazy's trial and the
publication of Zola's famous "I ac-
cuse" letter. IfIhad not forgotten
to answer the letter Dreyfus wrote
to me about the Congo, the photo
graph about the bordereau would
not have appeared in the Matin and
Dreyfus would be dead in shame or
still confined on DEVILS Island.