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the old reliable
PAINT. Chi-Namel
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ARGofUirr iSAAl's Story
J D GaiUmn
"Ir p&nnd blm oat OTr mnd orer
Bat (oand iry a tlgn of eolor" -
8ld Argonmt 8 oMTalofft beo
Aa tUtirf atop of box, to torn men
iU'wfci ploalng an: Old OalUoraU
yvn.
.. And then.
With anna Ml akimbo bo itiaigbtonod
bJabaok, j
And aald: " 'Twaa ono night In tbo
,,60'olknow,
Tlior fcam op tho trail from tho toJch
jaafbalow
A JroongUh liko foliar aUppla' ao
- alow ' i'
I hoatilly pitlad him, eran boforo .
I aaw hU pale face and hoard tbo abort
Of hia troobleaomo ; eoogh and plain
onoogb Iaok
01 moro'n onQOgh powor to brlnsj to
,mjr floor
That tremblln' yoang body. -
a had a 'mall paok-
A blanket anr baokakln, bot that
4wa'ntnoUck" -v
In then dayi whan notion and faa h
C torn was alack; .. ...
When all a man neadad. , be idea pick
and pan
Wu a wallet ol leather to tie p
hi.
Or a plaoe to - get ! grnb-aUked - '(that
, means, to git tmat
Till be ioond siod proapeck)
And then he'd put In
His very beet licks; tor in them' daye
' Hwozaln .
'n' V Umb
T hang orronnd loafln' all day 'twas
too thin I
- II
"Well thla pony feller hod gria'-etan.
like grit,
Bat wna clean tuokered ont 1 when ' sy
eabin he.hlt, - ;
H' fell down a-falntln Jnat inilde my
door .:.;.. !.
Eli eye aet 'n'glaasy, he seemed done
i j for,. shore. . ,;. . ; .., ,.; . I
So I L straightened him oat ooaldn'jt
do any more .,
Than to pat back his hair, 'n to dam
. en hie brow
N' to feel of bit pdlae-joy-I foand ii
slow
'N' flickery tbo. stoppln' n' starUn'-
1 HAS ' I
Gone ag'in; then It rerlved ; bat so
faint, don't yon know i
That for fall twenty mlnateo i . oeald-
.. nthersald
Whether the feller wu livln or dead.
'All night I watched by him, V 'long
a-to'rd light , 1
I seed tbet a change hed oam; so,
. ... honor bright I , , , . ;
I made op my mind tbet I'd save that
;. young lfe .; , , , ,
If it took mo alt summer . ' I'd fight
With grim death to a finish far blm.
'Nd so I begun. I quit , workin. my
. claim ..... . , -
Whar I'd got on an average , ('pon my
, good name) " ' .
An ounoe or two dally of Vp. 1 gold.
Bat then we thought no thin' In them
days, yoa see, ' '"' ' ' j
O' layln' by stuff fer a rainy day. - W
Bed plenty, the diggings Wert rich 'n'
:.,:,! thick r
Scattered over the kentry, 'most every
orlok ' .. 1
Held plenty b' gold both In uugget 'n'
dust
'Nd the man that wuz stingy bed ori
tU be eassed. . .
So, I shouldered my task.
'it was wonderful how
The new life appeared toooma back to
i my boy,
(Far thet'a what I called him, My
boy') nd the joy
Of pervidin' fer anihln beside my lone
self-. . l-v
Made ma happy. V aea th' 'iperlen'oe
waa new ''
Fer, I'd lived all alone aver since ; 'IS
Wbenbaok in Missoury I'd buried my
wife . ' i ' ' ( . ia
Nd Ubyt sluce then I bed looked upi
oclite
Asa weary, oafrlendly detestable load J
Bo thet'a why I lived by myself don't
von
I didn't love nothin' an aotbin' loved
me.
IV
"But now of young Josh hia name,
wutvosa. qiark -
He'd oome from old Tork state could,
SS.sJng.lUte a lark- , (U
He wui -finely brung up, n tbet
mother o' hia.
A sister he told me, V a girl be called.
' ua, t
0 V give the hull earth if they only
oould know . . ,
If ho wui alive: but ao hard hearted,
he
ould sever be grateful to them nor
. to me.
(Tho' 1 hod no claim on him;) yet it
would seem
After all I hod dona fer him surely
soma glean
Of thoughtfalneaa somewhere might
' . sometime be seen.
Far' aides iptndin my sil l bed brok'
. an dqwa too, ; .
Wax a shattered old man, .tho bat
man, the
then fifty4wo.
Havin' riven mv health an
1 1 .
strength to pull through .
My bcy-hr I loved hint If ever mei do.
Bat, no. It appeared tbet be hadn't no
beartt
Mot onoo did ha thank me, 'nd never
naked whs
1 sussed fhlnt to :life,7stid o' lettin
Vhtniato:- '; - -
His waata was demands, "na nis
wishes eommanda;
Nd onoe in tho dusk as we set on the
', :.sende. '-."
Of atream (bet raa -byihe reached
alth his hands ' -
Grabbed ace by the hair, pulled out a
long knife
And demanded my gold . I tho ugbt fer
mjllfe
He was Jokln: but no! when 1 seed
' that fierce look
Of robbia' an' murder, I knowed what
IMdone -I'd
thawed oat a viper a pon my hearth.
.' atana ; .
'Nd now was beoomln' its pre v.
But, I'd none--I'd
spent all tbo dust I'd laid by, savin'
; him; .
I'd missed all tho aummer 'nd fall to
- nosshlm t
Who now like a tiger demanded my
life.
'Hold on, say dear Jothl but wait my
dear boy I'
No further I got fer his hands clutched
nay throat;
I wrenched myself looae,but, grapplin'
if my coat
He tbrowed mo agin, now a madman
Indeed
UU towie waa rauwu; ,mu. - w t
v beat
I've give to yoa now everything I
possessed
l;ut life; take It ii you like.
' And he struck .
"; ' r VI ' :: " :
"Howjong I (aid thar on 'the ground,
I don't know
Bat when Income to L-wui lay in' in
bed ' I
Nd the people wuz walkin' 'n' talkin'
so low
'Nd 1 knowd bf- the bandages too,
on my head.
That I bed been nigh to the gates of
tho dead. '
'It where wuz Josh Clark,' did yoa
' 'sayt I don't know;
Ho never wuz seen in the diggin's
below, ' i .
Nor beard of agin in them parts; fer I
i know T
He'd a swung from the limb that fast
e me in the way
'Cause. tho boys in them days bed
little to say
But was mighty In doin'; but he'd got
,'ewayv
VII
'So it seems thet some people Is jest
' so depraved
There aint a thing In 'em thet ort to
be saved:
Twas that way with Josh who I loved
' as a son
Ho lived fer hlsself and fee nlsself
, alone. .-,..
That's why I remarked at the fust
of
.: this yarn , ,
Tho thing thet it cost me so dearly to
sJarn.. : !,. .. ', '..
I panned, him out oyer 'nd over agin
N. found nary algn of a color."
La lirande, Juay 3rd. 05
-: The price of a pretty face Is $1.00
three paakagta; of t Uollister'a , Rocky
Mountain Tea. i Brings red Hps, bright
eves and lovely color, so ceute. xea
or Tablets. : Newlln Drug Co. ''
1 OUR ' MONEY BACK
IF. NOT SATISFACTORY
Thrifty Housewives know
j the Difference when it
cdme to Flour
.A A Irial order ( will con--vince
any good cook, that
La a Grande Floiir
" is ioperior to all other.
Your grocer handles La ;
' Grande Flour,' and is '
ready to hand your ;
; ,money back if it is not
u satisfactory . We make!
the' following : brands:
: Jersey Cream
; . XashSpldal
r. ' ;., Sta Foam
- 'Royal Patent
Ask for these brands . at!
any upto- date i grocery'
':klbiumits
TeAcherof vcval irid piano
Graduate of Chicotr' s
Musical College - PhoLO 1976 e
0LASSiriCDADVCRTlSMCNT:
For Sa!e
FOB SALE Set of Encyclopedia Brit
aonlca at a bargain .nearly new,
; latest edition.' Write to U D John -.
son.Bummerville RFDHo L dAw
FOB SALIC Four room house practi
cally new and 60 x 110 ft. lot, O et.
-between 7 and 8 at. For particulars
, spply on premises. ' 5-7
FOB 8ALK Three quarter sections of
good land, capable of making good
homsa. and a Dayina investment
r Situated five and . one ball miles j
1 from La Grande oh the road to
' Cove. "or' Information and parti
culars apply to H T Buell, La
J,. Grande, Oregon. ,
FOR BALE A bugRy, hack, wagon
' and harness Inquire at A V Oliver's
S v feed store. ' '
FOB SALE Complete housekeeping
. outfit. Will sell oheap it sold at
j once. Owner going to leave. Call
at 1204 Monroe Ave from 1 to 4 p m
. ' .' tf
For Rent
FOB BENT Five - room . furnished
. house, for housekeeping. Inquire of
JUTS. W M allies, una umiiii....
FOK ' BENT Housekeeping rooms,
also new five room cottage. Apply
Mrs. Shearer, opposite Star Grocery.
FOR RENT Two unfurnished rooms
Electric light, bath. Phone 811.
FOR BENT-Nice furnished rooms
for rent, Apply of Mrs Stultz, cor
ner of 6th and Q streets.
FOR RENT Farnlahed rooms for
light housekeeping, apply at 1517 4tb
Street.
FOR REST Large, , well furnished
rooms at 7.00 per month. Inqnlre
of Mrs A L Stover, at the Hilts
house, one block north of the round
bouse, i
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- Attention Hungry Men
The centennial Hotel has room for
a few slditlohal table boarders. Good
board furnished at $1,50 per week.
Table always furnished with tha best
the market affords The Centennial
Hotel opposite Farmers Feed Yard.
Board and Lodging by Mrs Goodall
211 3rd et. Phone 707 tf
DRESS.: MAKING Ladie'e, Misses'
and Children's dress making, Mrs
W S Wines, comer of Depot and U
Streets. Phone No 2078 A 201
. v Boarding Hous
Mrs. Joseph Pollman, Cor. 6th and
Washington. Board and rooms, or
board without rooms by the day, week
or month. 6-8
Centennial Hotel
RATES It per day meals 25cts.
Hpeolal rates furnished monthly, pa
trons. Mrs A E Mnrcheson and Miss
O M Garni proprietors. No
Adams Ave. Phone No 1101 '
IN A HURRY?
i THEN CALL
Wf1. EETIiOLD5
The transfer man.
He will take that trunk to the
Depot or your home in lees
time than it takes to tell it.
Wagon always at your Bervice,
Charges moderate. Day phone
1751, night phone 1863.
'baaanW'S' I M
There are many kiuds of meat,
but we sell only the. best kind. A
trial order will convince , you of
the truth of this statement We
kill only the-best specimens and
kill it correctly.
Our prices are as low as
consistant with the best quality.
Bock & Thomas
Homeseekers
Dontforset that G H Powers tO-A
Uni man baf any thing In The shape V
of Beal Estate from hu acre of Garden
to a 2000 acre ranch. All property
sold on oommlssloo sad titles guaran
teed OH Powers .
Minnesots Land Man
Mcb 23 tf
Jersey Cream Patent Flour
Every sack guaranteed by Romig
& Staples, ... ' ; . .
Bids Wanted
i
I will receive sealed bids from this
date, April 27th, until six o'clock p m
May 9th, 1905, for the material and
workmanship required and to be fur -.
niahed for the construction of a : one
story brick building, in the ! city of
La Grande, Union County, Oregon, tbe s
same to be constructed according to
plans and specifications in my pos
session, which oan be seen by apply,- ,
ing to me. All the bids must bo seal,
ed and accompanied with a deposit of
ten percent, of the amount of the bid,
and I reserve the right to reject any
and all bids. I Harris '". 6-7
" Exposure
To cold draughts of air, to keen and
and cutting winds, sudden ohangea of
temperature, scanty olothing, undue
exposure oi the throat and neck alter
public speaking and singing, bring on
coughs and oolds.- Ballard's Hore
bonnd Syrup is the best cure. '
Mrs. A Rarr, Hccgton, Texas, writes
Jan. 31, 2902: "One bottle of Rallard'e
Horehound Sprup oared me of a very
bad cough. " It Is very pleasant lo
take." 25o, 60o, $1. Sold by Newlin
Drug Co. ...
. LA GRANDE. .
MARBLE WORKS
E. CpAVIS, Proprietor, '
Complete assortment of4fin
est marble and granit
blv ays on hand. Estimates
cheerfully famished kupon
application,
Headstones'and Monuments
A Specialty
Here is a Bargain
For You
Eighty aorea of land in Malheur -
county, with good water right, good -
nouBe ana ouiuuuaings. ttvery food
of this place is In cultivation. Will
raise from 9 to 11 to, is ol alfalfa par :
acre. The val ie of this property may
be estimated from the fact that it reuts
annually for $10 per acre and renter
pa s the taxes. This place oan be
rented for five years lunger at this
Crice. Here ie an Investment tbat
eats ten per cent. For sale on easy
terms.
Write to C, T. McDANIEL
Ontario. , Oregon.
PASXU R El
I have leased the Silk pas
ture for the season and am
therefors in position to care
fos all kinds of stock, and
especially the "town cow"
at rates which are just. I
will "guarantee first class
treatment, good feed and
water. Address
E. E.Jones,
Phone 1276 La Grande
The 8l!k pasture consist of over 800 aorta
aua ia divided into sis separate lota
"u ww win noi ruu together
LA GRANDE SCHOOL
OF MUSIC
PROF. DAY, Principle
MRS.DAY.,AuitUnt
Thta one of the.best.Imuaical.In
ant uuons In tho state Daring the
year 1904 there were nearly Four
thousand lessons given. The people
In this city and valley are begin
ing to discover the great advantage
oi mis school. Tho .system used is
the lateat and most "praotlcal, and
Inoludet all the latest disooveriaa
I in the art of teaching mualo. Ths
scnool, is divided intc two depart
ments; No. 1 la for beginners, from
5 years up, and taking in the 1st to
3rd grades. In this department
pupils oome one hour every day.
N?'2 tn sradea are from 3 to
in. 'Here they graduate. Pupils
take one or two lessons a week as
they desire. No scholars will be
permitted to remain in this echooi
wto do net study.
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