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Dolly's Thanksgiving WILLIAM BOSSES COBflE, THE sun ict clear but ft chill the air on a November dy among the New Uaitiphliiri' hii!, wiui-c U-alU.ss trwi book their buuulu's muiirui'iillv as the north wr-iit winds pued thom by. I The f.romiee of the next day xi hriglitj Qf-pite tliu old, which brine no terror to the New Knl.Mid - it ii , long inured to the blasts from the north, il tut Timiiks giving eve, and no other day of all the ) ear brjiijE.-i iueh fl;.dw5M to tho!e bout where, ThankKiviiig day first !ud it beitn. Poor, jiided, wai the household tint I had not ready ii-s glorious jutv of pumpkin, nor ha pltimp, fat turkey m readiiuf fur I In- eom lug oi toe morrow. I'Vw weie the hearts that had been unable to forpci what oi the pat was soii'owMd tlmt they imnht hail and welcome this day ol home -bringing and home joys. hinoe they could firt recollect, aye! Mnee the day of their fiivher and fatiiers lath ers, it had been wo. with pure ;.nd J.ul Leilas, rale: n! for brri.:ii ti.e d.i.v .-I'i'.iUl ' be heralded and k t:;r ".uoi:. 'j, e.ivt il otiieiWtM' U'jyi.i ;.e a :.i.-i:':t:iv-riiij; o! ihe Simti'icrs who b're t. .-. :i and the .-iies Mom : vhose ioin.s I hey parc . j Vet in a neat. w. i.r u.tu.rc. hall-hidden j Lent .-ith one of lher '..ri,:t hit. at rnic v i a j Joui. wo'nan 1:1 .'.. t vi v of p.n t ti'ul aui io'i'i and the ti,;iitku.- cf i;t r pie, ' rt-Hised to enter into i:;e fjunl oi t.;e ea- , son. Dollv Denton was an only c iruth iv..ii be told, a .cmew.,at - tl''.-ipli jt ciy p"tity i-l.ir. Sj.e .;u THE LIMIT. ' DY FUAMt T. niOCKARS, . He had been known a hopeless drtinl; aid and "pood for nothing' for so. inns that he believed it himself. His friend- had ar filed wit-a hi hi mail, ft t lrtf.1, they had akui tinned turtt er illoit and deeided to bt Inm irii't on hs he would. They v ere di-cuted with hrm, nr-d evn he ne'nultrd they haci cni'C to be. And vol, they hi i!i fVsu.d some i'vfi line in his natme peri :ips it was hii f;.uik manner of CinieMi.ji !.i. faults 01 M J'umr.ni!y in the taee of oritum, or, perhaps, his j-iua-ie, ii fuiiie, dt .-ire to re form .vd. v. ln friend wou'j nrve, make sor.eiiiiiii: of hihi.-e'f or, erhaps, wit It it Maf the only way he had of imil tidier fire. MiJ friend- le.ld hi;n he was w,J; and 1.0 vio.on.'-ly tytd. and he him --Jell kiuvtd he was weak and wit very doubt f'd a'v.nii the latter. Vir.uiiy tVre vamu one who lad faith ir Jin. i.'uiK-.a-it oiiov't'h, he tvt:Mi to think, f.r h.-;;t of tf-.em. He reiiiernbtrred then list ihi 01 1 m hf own paii't ; nV.e 'itud-i.-tl at cido of the lirenhwe. wi:h it low i iu'mr.r;ir hvr Uww Ho u:iurvbeie.i t . a t v .r v!i,l itoL io.pis inm a b, -r o ve' p-v-iy tho -mat, e;t, jtn.l a;ir:;e:ive et'''.;u!il v a pa'.uar.t snd syn'j at'.e'u v.-ive a!!,i "..od-U-lloA-" k-.r.-i et r.mn.ur. Hi" v:l'ii lv.k n::ain, he ci n.l n:i or m .iH '!iy. and soon, to hio-vn s-jrprc, t.iid hliii.-i.lt on vpiite an i. i;!--iLt' h.olir, c-vat-i:td to tit ;!.t)y kv'mi'i: her Ui- t;.o".'. '. Luanty. A .aim -! ut hir.'.-i' and .The. Important.. Point In luiyiny Philis if ' tJl'AI.ITY, in.itity rrtil'y NO (lifli'i'ciioc. J . ' , , . IF YOU 1YAXT TO dirt IV ELL ir YOU IYAXT TO STAY IYKI-L l)ni;-.n tint linvo Uw.l Wonh, iiml !-t tln-m ilh . Qnlitio- that lnuko 'cm effcvtivo. Wo iiavi- Jrujr Kiiowh d.L'o ns well as (food Ni w Pru;.1, Slock. 1YE II A YE LATELY yiOYE.O into Our Xow Qmirtors, which wo Mic-vc will cciniparo f;(vvr;ih!y will) any in (nt'crinr Or0i;on. All t I'-'i'iuor-i, ol;! unit new, n:v inviu-.l tu oimn- aiivl iivprot our f'loro ". amlSj.k. fx p. mAmmfi 1 ii"id an4, if the ill m: phe eou.d not m'.e:t had rtlued to hi h.r He. too. -nas an o. . T;,ty, .I,.:- j iii f'.ii!-:'.,-' kt.ew t';e ! .i;d why 1 tr ; any da; v -I;: nid .-:it pi, ..d ta-n 01 e t:a To b- n T.. b.-dy in it .,d er..- e wo .-.lll.li v.; . 1 r- in .e 1 to' irj their fVi-; ;i, i:e v:r-,- a.-detfnnir.i-i r , h were a frtvpi .)!tit ''i t .) ii Lilly broken as lie - 1 l ; luatle, 1 ''ii 01;- .1- C'uU! l..-t t:!..i:i .and wi.y c.hvluicy eould 'liiVi ti.e heart to Le vr.at.k ld S'T r'n t'-iti(r. It ju-t tv.-.i yenv thi very night that oVi.-ez liad a.-kr-l her to marry trim. Tat years ,ij:o rt. v; isrr f';t her had sent him aw.;' wi ia..;t h 'y. Ti en he hiu; eiiiitu '. iiiid ync away to the Piuii; pir.e. loii.- :c jcl.ed her pi Via very in battle and h: iv.ph: : 'i'i:ir.::ot pli.mt Cunduet. lu-r iiearl t-i.tt h--t v. uh pride, even tinrnjih t-iie cou'1 not hupe 10 be h. But there followed a lord night of dark ness and despair. He had been killed by rr r , -.v. 1 r r: SEIZED DOLLY IN HIS ARMS. cruel bolornen, and his body disfigured be yond recognition. What Cii father i ttd vaa T.iU would nor nil the ; Ti,t-e was 1 ..e care this night that her t-r sS'-rrow, or t: at ne rtgret . '.uiv;:id the ni.:r. e ld? all idiu hat-k 1:1 :n t iccead, u..i!.g in i.er eorrv. u-i ;.ean. :.j uian iur her in all ti.e world. Tnere had Uen but one; there could not be another. T;;e iuimver.-ary but served to intensify her surrow. m ;ved about i.t-lpir.g iier niututr, for there wa yet much lu be done in pu.air.tivU fur the morrow. Ilia her -i'int.v.i(. mi In btr house::(d dutie-1. The bright gh.iiv L-i the the, trie Ntnh tin re of the lamp b.iie no t.iyn to her. 'i ne house within wa a dark as- the night without. It her pnronit, ubseived her mood they did not couiiiii.-ir, 1 ;j..'n it. Doily thuiirht ti.e evening never would erd, How he de'.c-n d pits and cake and every sut-iion of lea-tiig io utli a;- of merrhiitiit. S.-e lou-d to be a! one in her ruom, waere s:e mia.it c y out her very -yes itr aurtuw l.ii,c her dear love. God wa-? not eood. n -b -.'y was g-jod, theie wa no cause for gratitude, and how the did wUa ehe was dead. If the latter, tntn she would meet hi:n. The .,uly kind l:itnd, the only guod frieiid in all trie world was (itath. Ir.e MiniJ.e, htan oceasior,al woidi of her parent grad harshly upon her ear. ffity tiftd ra i t;.t;i lit togf ti er. Of course they m:g.,t be ti.ankiid, but '..e Tiien mere v;& a knock at the door, and then a tall, s-u'-iieiiydookirg itilow had en te:td and k'ia .i Dolly in hiu arm. And t.it-n he told her how he had been wounded tort:yt but had not been killed, and how he was- to remain in the army, and ''lint. D dly," he exclaimed, "why are you cn:r.g? Surely you are not sorry I have returned?" "for the joy of your coming, dear' she a a i-w-red, ae she buiied her fac-e on hi hre:i-t, "and fi-r tiie (i!adnest of thin Thanks givn.g and, and, Jabez. dtar, juht a bit, too, in rrjw I eatii-e 1 wa to lebellious wr:tn I thoLi'it I hi-.J loct you forever." Tut bitTH!.j ti.at are man'- may be found by tearening. ;;r; eveiy lieart may find much f r w.iit-h to he giaUtul at the coming of Thanksgiving day. ttri to t.i.r.k t,:at f-he u:v er.-!n )i;e e had eor vioue. e i-et:d s.i ipar.y jood tiair? in his Mar.uu'f, u:.; ht;ul .-ar- yvim-t: fo hitn, tht he '.ir.rtiiV t:ie v!.e; t:' 1 j ;e.;;e the man th.it she l:eluvta hir.i to be. ie u;-h!i-.1 io ,-ta;t w:i!t a ean !!.'-- .nd '. o told her one tv id::. as t:ilv w:vc .-it-; tina b'tiire the cherr'ni lire, jit hi- h:'e, 1 ?n-i s-; a rod ntt 'ir.? in the ; .wmm:. ( ;.:!'- i :-n was swrol. and, of ;di .,;e. t erad lo.ver : !-. in a hyp "-.erne, and .v v.,iitid to .'.jv, :ier v,'!;at L..cd he hail !i tv i.'un. S, i a :d ihe u'.'eved d'.ririu hi.-J n. She! ?Mip;y had at fjtiiit, wit.i hi:r h.i:. '. f-ld-! i on her h.p, gazing .-tea.! ill into t..-. hfe. 1 !:? wondered, r.';w and then, his --ry ! t-fi f: ti'teJ. of woat the was th-ki'-f. '.:ef lvt' i.is re.-ita! s'.o-kt-d hi ', if e v. a.,; t.-yg to rc."..! in tiie live coals Tf.e t.reary a-.iure e;:-t:ied t:p to her. why the eat an li fVid him i'H;.-:;it. his bp, W: ui -ho f.,'i hr.i-hoi!, h' too. .t quiet, v .y wio:;it-i i:.2 ii he J ad ben Mue in I.'.'.:;, l.ui t'.un i;e did not want to he a hy-.tiie. Listenirs to the licavy (h.k tii k, he sensed to hear tneni ;et them serves io the words: "You i ave Icsi r.vr." he Wi..;:-u;:td wiiy he only r..w kit : ow very dtar ."he was to him and how u.-ele lite seemed without her. Wirat iva the u-e of it all. anyway, of hi? good resolutions, of hta ftrer.uous efTorts. oi his (tl)'.inc-nee? No n.atter now what he did or became, he had just shatteied kerjzood opinion of him and how eouid a w..raan Inve a man after that? "U there any mre?" Her mild (jue?stion startled him out of his re very. lie was but dimly aware of the stillness ot the hou.-e, of her quiet, con strained tones ns she rcmarkrd how late it was, as she bade him good-niht, of her saying that she wanted to think it all over. As he walked slowly homeward, he re viewed aain all he had told her. Yes, he had certainly been frank, brutally fiank, and made a clean breast of it. ' After all, had it been ntcery? WeHf he would leave it until to-morrow. The night's sleep would clear hi thoughts. Trie next day he received her answer and he thought tli.it if he loved her before, he certainly adored her then. Her faith in him remained unshaken, and she loved him more than ever. How bright the vorid suddenlv looked! How jovous his heart ear:?! Tncy had been secretly engaged for el moat a year, a whole year of unalloyed hap piness, for they knew there would be pa rental objections. His friends had noticed - tTie change in his habits, but eta ted to won der, and accepted his reformation at--om-pltte. He ftlt that he had worked hard, but it had been a pleasure to work, thinkirg cori-tant:y of her. Her faith in him was firm. His prosrresis was slow, but they wore encouiagsd. He was steadily gair.i;:g head way and, this evening, he end the attended the play togtther. The evening parsed quickly, a3 all such evenir-ps had, and he gladly accepted her invitation to come in a moment and warm hirmelf before goina; home. The moment had lengthened silent ly, as usual, when she said: "I realize I've made a mistake. I've been wanting to tell you for some time, but d:d not have the courage. I'm ro sorry but I think it best to break our engagement, dr.n't you? Y'ou know you don't like hypocrite-." lie found him-elf trying to remember what the piny they had just ecen had bten and dimly wonderirg why he couldn't. "Why don't you ray w.hat you are think ing? Wny don't you abuse me, as I de serve':" she added. He stood looking at her dumbly, numbly. "I suppose," ehe continued, "you will go ba:k to vour dreadful drinking to your old life?"' "I don't know," he muttered. "Good night." Mi rror. Did HU Rest. Buggies was taking hi Thanksgiving din ner at a down-town restaurant. "What is your order, sir?" asked the waiter. 'I don't care what," replied Ruggles, "so it's tender and all white meat." "Frogs' legs!" yelled the waiter. Chicago Tribune, jy Millionaire ? Feeling wear garments made-to-prdsr by fj Strauss Bros. 1 I.V rmch to happi- E. . Strauss liros.' V V lescieutifiralljr f X America's Leadin; Tailors,' C li i p a n n f "j (Jowl clothes contribute much toliappi- iJ ncss, l'on eain the pciut in niado garments. They are made scieutifiralljr to your exact mee.iure hj highly skilled tailors in clean, sauiUry shops. Every detail Irom first to last given the minutest attention, tho renlt being garments distinctly above the ordiiary and absolutely satisfactory. 1 oil will wonder how it can be done at the low prices quoted. Call and see oar line of 509 samples of choicest new woolens. Salomon Johnson,. & Co, EFFECT Prinevilte-Sliver lake Stage Line. DICK VANDERVERT, Prop. Carrying 11, S, Jfail and ZPassovgcrs- Leaves Prinevillc Monday, Wedntliiy ami Friday?, ('(ml r!t;s, cari-'ful drivcrp. Freight and riiis.y'iii way bilk'd fii' lii-nd, Lavn, Rosland and Silver Lal:c C. I. WIN'N'KK, w. ' PrinevilleBiirns Stage Lan I OORNF.TT & OANTRELL, Props. Carrying U. S. Mail, Passengers and Fast Express ! Leaves Frineville on Mondays and Thursdays tit 0 a. m 'Passengers 'waybilled for Post, Paulina. Fife, PiiW, Unrns and all wav points. j " C. I. LXXIiK, Agent, Prineville The JoiirnaFs Special Offei r A 0 I Have you read the olfer of a year' subscription to tho 'journal for 81? If "t, yu should do so at once. 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