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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1892)
' w. - - , w rr tMwmmmmmm iiin". JjmKM - ' :- , Dorothy, hlkn whRacottairr anion Ih Iras Dorothy llvva with IwrfmUTi "MkM amh tra bkMMMii ami tmnejr III ruuifoM and ilatir liok altar. Who. Rtiirnlntr rriHn lull, ol titling lb nit, kUrlaliu. a l aiwt ll fair daulilar, ikifulliy. r. My H.va. d yua baar? I poolil not lo wUIhmm oh. Through lhnuxurl aw Huh! rtiHrln , Taatiaiul tolh tan! and her nowsra, flat su4 fbritt amsla "math lh toranoaai wwt, And ll bamm fail uiinn ! In hrr. Tka- ansa In my. In ihvlr a a swsat way. Immlhy. thr. My !. il4 Iwait Wsmaltt n4 lti wlinuul yoa. Tha finunuil lllar rn hy lti trMa, Noil their IknwIk In th an spring lw Wltll tha tnUii walks un lha lawn. ami call , to hla ntoia. ta hrr hlitnen nasi, abova In tha rarm: The blnls on thalr pan-ha mhl rut leaf hi re haa, - String whI ting, with I ha ltHtrtn- laarst. To Dunttliy. lar. My hn-a. tl ru heart Wa would not live without you. Through lb vtaa iwlnad amlga. a form ah Thai l nobis, nilh manly lwnty hi portion With a Hash oa har -he Ilka pink sweM asa. Hha hide not bar glrllah anuHluu. II lai4 has hand, aa ha rauwla a!. Oft oitwvil '"I f davutluo. ifcirolhy. dear. My v. do you baarf t eanonl liv atlhom.you. Ualaa A. Khali utk In Unod nonaakaaplng'. AN INCIDENT OF 1865. po you snow l That THE MIST publisheB all the local ; news of Columbia County? it is to .your interest to read it. PO YOU KNOW That THE MIST is the County Official paper of Columbia County! read it and " " ' . keep posted on current events. - - PO YOU ENOW That THE MIST has the largest circula tion of any paper distributed in Columbia County? ask your postmaster. , PO YOU KNOW 1 That in this progressive age intelligent people want the news politically and otherwise? THE MIST will endeavor Jo keep you posted. PO YOU KNOW 7 That it is impossible for a newspaper to please everybody? this we do not propose to undertake. P0 YOU KNOW " " That THE MIST is the only paper in . . the county that prints the court proceed ings and real estate transfers? this is a tact. pp YOU KNOW - That the subscription price of THE MIST jg $1.50 per year,' or a little less than 3 cents a week. - l i. 'Indeed, niaruruA. 1 ran bridle and ddl that littW dun pony, and b back bow before you eau aa Jack Robinson. " ' "But ui child, it I auch a mad freak fo go encli a dbtance. and alone. ton. on that atrav non. and for what! )ul.T one green poacb wan Keen on thai tree. Yea. onli one erven peach.-and per jbapa aoiuebody has got it before now. but Hotliinn ventured, nothing have. and I am ("ing to rule tueiv tiiw alter noon and look for that peach and briii) it to you." So Mpoke tle young jtirl who was bent on taking the rule lor bidden by her prudent mot lief. ThMt wot (lunna the miunier ol M followinir the d'mmdroiw Hood in thul riHrt of tlie MUauiiDDi vallev. We had fathered utmwberriea under the water otuetiiiiea wading out to Uie ImhIk ami aoiuetiiue paddling ont in a flotilla ol eanoes. We had liaa dewberrtea aud blaekberriea uatbered by the more heroic members of the family. wti were not in fear of the moccasin aud biuewater anakee who1 entwined them aoivea anion? theee briar, feaxtina on h Iwrriea. All the other fruir wa mined l tlio overllow. and it o Imp pened tiiat eome one had discovered a living peaoli tree, Deartng wie loriom DTen nench. In a deserted iilutitation c I garden five niilex from the home of out heroine. Tin tree errwoo a anon a link, elnvnted above the overllow Now, in Juue. thin peach uliould have ripened, hence the longing to pluck it and rive it to the mother who had sighed out that very day that she should o enjoy Home peachea. The irfrl had the dun pony aaddled with a man ' naddle and rope bridle. and donnins her ridinir ekirt of env copper colored dimity tliat had nerved many yearn aa the numery winnow enr fjrfrr. and the tuan'a hat coQiiettihly triuuued with an aigrette of white and blue crane a fentlieni. sue waa aoon mounted and cantering gayly down the graawy road. What a loiieaome road it waa too. Tliere waa no travel In- that day, ml come atraggliug aoldiera going from eaiuD to picket station. The nlnu tat ions were deeerred by nesrroe. ail the Ions line of dine "qaartera" with wide opened doom and swinging wi$ dow sliuttera looked lonenomeat of all lonesome' tliinga In nature. The gnus waa knee dep to the dun pony; aa he cantered throngli its green a h cIommI hi lib wake like the waves of a calm emerald sea. asleep tinder the hot glow of that June day sun. Tlie senna weeds grew as tall as tree along the leveesand where fences had beeij. j giving out" a fragrant odor from their leaves, beana and swufy yellow faced nOwln. lilt" LHm uriun wni. unw with tlie great army of rampant cockle burr; uot an inch of soil to be seen anywhere after that spleMdid irrigation of an .nlnnldy falmloiiHly fertile Kind, and there being no cattle to trample the weed and to crop the hprlwge. lt grew and grew into this wilderness ol unbroken green. . J lie uieitcuea ooues of much valued stock drowned were even now agisting to luuke thin rank luxuriance over their once nappy tonige grouiMl. Nothing Is wasted in nature's storehouse! However true this is. there waa not the "survival bf the fittest; l.x mnA liorilx ttere fertitiziilU this rich earth, the people deprived of beC milk and iMitter. ana uie senna and cockle burrs were all hi their glory. Cut bono. f- i--": 5 Tlie only four looted beast .tliat was In tliat section of country fu. months waa the dun pony, and he waa left be hind by some dixgusted soldier who was traveling along in tlie mud just after the water receded into their banka vTh dun 'pony happened to fit Into the laudacape (or uiudseape?) at that period. ; He harmoniied with tlie hue of the prevailing mud. and no doubt thought he made a "symphony In dun," and he stuck fart in a bug. so his sol dier master made a jump for terra flnua, or an adjacent bog. or tree, of something besides mud. iioga ana 'j""K wires, and there tlie my waa. I dou'i remeiuliei if lie nlUI InmaeH out in deed. I don't think h had snfflelent strength in hi" skeleton iiame to make the effort to (Mill: o I wipjaa the win sboue flereely down srnue day, drying tlie mud about the Banks t( the poor urate, and then, perhaps, soro good Samaritan helped him sotuo. I don't know, though ; titers waa no one about there but the lady of the house, a younger lister-in-law. two young girts, two litUe children, one a baby, and a nnail neoro berr. tKBM W "J H He, the poof, must have bad horse sense, and got out somehow; leant wise, be shambled up to the kitchen gallery to sniff at the eorn meal and potatoes, and be ahared ; the frugal family ineal and partook of Avery Island salt, and' be most bar bad eotue Arab blood in pit ancestry (f write aDceatry, 4f;ar render, tteeaiuw 1 don't tiilnK at this time he had any blood In his body to write of), for, after partaking of the family salt, he never dVtwrted the fuui U y "Nobleaae oblige;" wiis hla motto. Very differeut, IndeeJ, was v this plebeian and eolore.1 creature, from tlie high stepping, bobtailwd, aornl, antin coated cikirtuge hum thut held arched nej-ka and more arched tails, never ! seeming prouder thnn when trotting j out for the lust time through the stuble ; gatv prancing anl onraeoling. under the sent of tlie burly negroes wha www on their way to readout and the "year of Jubilee," IKjubllesa, Prince and Albert sniffed afar off the fragrant fodder and t:ie plentiful forage of the Federal camp, their stable stall being quite empty. Who that haa a atoiuuch can blame them for wearying of green fields and pasture and hankering after Uieir "fleahpot." Yet I cannot fancy the humble dun pony turning tail on hi ba though poor friend, and comforting himself with pride and dignity and champing the bit, while bestrode by another in KWte of a greater degree; And when nne iwineiiilvra thut t ho sorrels had ! etwt golden dollars In plenty, and the dun had cost not even a 'thank ye. sir," there Is n text for a sermon on in gratitude In horses. : V He seemed nrond. indeed, when the young lady fixed herself finally to her aaitlxfuptlnti In Iter niau'i saddle, itnth-1 eriug together tlie voluminous folds of j tlie copper colored riding suirt in tier hands to prevent their hiding ooiuplete lyher muall steed. With a shake of tlie rope bridal and a wave of the hand toward thf group on the gallery she started on her quest, s Alas, and alas!: why slum Id "The beat laid plans of mice and men," and maids also, "gang aft agleer The garden waa reached, and in the orchard of defunct fruit, trees, amid the billows of noxious and tall bull erawes. tliere, too. atianl that one liv iug green peach tree, but no pinch was there, look ami peer as she would, fooling heraell a dozen time with a reddened leaf, standing up In her stir rup, handling almost, eaeh leaf upon tlu tree, until tot the sun had already set. However tlie old deserted dwelling hniiaw looked, as she recalled the recent tntvedv enacted there in all Its horror jurt as she bent her plumed hat to escape the bendiiiR bouglis of a low branched tree, slie had almost thought soineoooy tmlioil hip; bur im It waa only the disturbed brauchea closing behind her. "Yea, this la the very window the boy Jumped through after shooting hi poor old father, and It la wide open Why. 1 can see clear through, even into the hall where lie fell and died Ave minutes later. They say the blood stains are there yet Poor old man! what a sudden, oil. wuat a uorrioie death by the Innocent hands of his young son! What a stricken life now and alwuy for Uie boy. liia motuer aua his sisters." . These reflections were more terrible a she recalled every detail of the futal mistake. The mother rousing her son at midnight, placing tlie weapon in hi hands and whispering In hla sleepy ear that "somebody some thief or prowler -is walking through the hall." She had thought her husband asleep in bed, and the gun being In the boy's room .she luvd slipped out quietly, not waking the old man. as she thought fatal error. Tlie father had risen some momenta .before, fearing some thieves were tir his melon patch, not wishing to disturb his good wife. He had dipped out aa silently, and on return ing he caused death. O times of unutterable horrors' War abroad over tlie fairest country under tJod'a broad skies: men far away fouii lionrth and home, their treasured ones unprotected save by Sid men aud tender youtlut. Hear the weird nooi iiig of that gray old owl as he flaps his iiigs.on that moss cover! cypress limb. -The birds are ull twittering In the rank rose bushes and the honey uickle bowers, and that wise old owl calm and dinning, watches keenly his prey, and well knows when cacti nttie i.a...l I fiicbml beneath a winu. He orot thi absent family and thechick ens thut nightly adorned tlie oak tree i. tl.o back yard.'- IHrda are very dainty, to be sure: but there li ao much more m a chicken, to devour. expect that's what Mr. Owl is thinking about. Ugh! and oueht .What a great big snake just glided up that old stump covered over with trumpet -vines: What a tanglewood we are In. my lit tie dun, you and I! l-et us hasten to get out of thia and beyond tlie yellow bayou strip of woods befdre it gets dark. ,::'. I i I 5 . Hut there are washout boles, hidden perils nnder the green briar vine, tlnmia. locoata thrusting their prickly branches aggressively in one's face, and echoing from tree to tree booms the weird Iwotlugsof tuany cruel, watching owlaj while bullbats. are, fliUiug fleetly tiirough ihe gloaming. Here sha reaches a gap in tlie xigaig fallen fence, densely shrouded In the deep green of the aiiipelopsia. and white alder bios ,om erowmng them wltb their bridal whits eorymba. There Is a rail or two for the pony to step over, and the mo tion shower down thousands of the fragrant Itorett upon the equestri enne. Tlie river road Is reached, tlie sunken and crevassed levees looking mow like Wlloeked grave than a breastwork against tlie turbid waters of that wift flowing Atelia-faiaya; al belt, they looked Innocent enough In .fun, within their cavelike red and blue clay banka, and broad white sanded bar stretching almost acros to tlie farther shore, willow fringed and sentineled with a thick mushroom growth of cottonwood tree that, like T.nnii.iiur'i sta.fi. Drancnea anu leaved and (lowered a three nights growth, mystically, gear eaten by rata, and the wagon f tlleii Into "liitioouoiiH diwwruua, anu the vole of tlie laborer no lonipr hoard t. ti.. nhoitiitlon nii'loilv. but I being Jlfted-lnthe rousing chorus of "John Ilrown s soul g HiaremuH . eonquerltvt Fudernl eauip. The Yellow Hayoit woods, sliirtad by an old eloarlnsr of rotting trwia, and pttt4d by crevasse hokw, liup.'l the gin to have her wits about hex and liake off the tllsmal memories of the traglo haunted house, the uul vernal desolation ot her nurrouiidingsand herpreeent iso iation. Should somethiivg happen what then t She waa far from human aid, no ear to hear her cry, no hand to aval Almost her lot would form a parallel to tlie previous plight of the abandoned Kiny left like a stick In the mud by his ditgnatad master, "Hollo! hero I go, sure, enough!" The unshod hoofs had stumbled. The pony foil to the ground, the girl going over his head and then still ness! ' ' ' Tliere stood a wretched, gloomy, snd, colored little "beaatle." looking more like a donkey than a home, thy raddle awry on his thin back, the ropa bridle d;ui:tling dlxeoiuiolatcly In (rout of his nose, ' "Hello! what' thlsf A mustiuig saddled in the wood! tkauelKHly utuat be uroiiiid besides ourselve. . Strang that he did uot take up the 'yawhoop,' or Join In our tune." A party of six mounted rebel were riding aimtjt the unfrequented river road, alluring "The Yellow Kose of Texas." "The Oirl I Left Hehlud' Me with an oouasiouiil rebel yell to enliven tlie refrain, "That animal, or animule, haa some very tine points about him, boy," "Fine piinU in-JneO' UxiK at ins sliouldera; his ritw can be eoiiuted, ami he may be one great interrogation point to us; h tolls us nothing, how ever." , . . : Then he peer among the fallen logs and around the deadened tree trunks humming, "till, the sweetent girl, that ever I did see Is tlie girl I left behind ma. Why, b b boy look here! The sweetest mirl that I ever did see 1 here before me, dead or tainted dead away!" The six soldier clustered around. bustled about and held canteen water tn li oliumit lion, and stirlnklefi tlko nnllirf VOU117 fitoe. One nicked uiltlie hat and another esaayed to arrange the disheveled coper skirtin to more si-eiu-Iv folds: all the time the sad cvod dun pony ttanding stock still waiting for tlie Issua. Soon the girl stirred, and opened wondering gray-blue eye upon her numerXMH uttcn.lanta Where was hof And goodnes sake alii-e! what were all these soldier doing f They seamed the whole of Walker' "brigade to her, crouching around her there, ami her head duwn ninon tho loo and bad miielling.wevHls. She said she had been thrown the momont before, a she has tened to Hcramblo up, wondering if her skirt worn at all dcorous, and If tliere might not be eu wigs crawling over har. Twelve hand assisted her from her recumbent posture and placed bar on the met-k pony twelve eyes looked so licitude and tender sympathy, and ail urn wanted to lead that dansrerou and excited beast front amid tlie pitfall of this howling wilderness! The girl did! not like o much attention, and did not want to be pitied by them and laughed at by the home folk. "Her pony wa as safe as a sheep This wa no wilder (l ess only the Yellow Hayou clearing. and tlie crevasso holea were not o very deep." 8o, with her escort she wa soon "home again" to explain her disap pointed search to tlie anxiously alarmed mother, and to slur over her aouidtiut as nothing at all. "I wa tij: hi a min ute, but for an Instant I must have swooned - everything became bluck and stilt then the soldier saw uie." Hut the mother knew her head strong, willful daughter liad luln among the logs and weeds aud decayed stump for longer than she reallxed. since she did not hear the familiar airs wing by tlie slowly riding-soldier, nor bad sha heard one word of their criticism of her pouy.-Ii. a Uaiiie in Atlanta Consti tution PIANOS and ORGANS Ilillett & l)uviH mid New Fcalo Isnnimll riunos and Kii. bivll Ui'giiiM 1 invitw iitsjit'dioii, mill ill ly coiniietilioii, I,. V. 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