The Independence west side. (Independence, Or.) 18??-1891, April 17, 1891, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextMOONUOMT. Tt Mlettiie nf the m.nilt .tr, .Vis'in ar mimiu, Uw frritc f Ut brie, Th. mif KKln water n):w her Yh. whfepM-ln M rv liuh illvih Lrofiww of mil murmnrta ttuk them's rim, laftntt. ItliBiiuKI. , W hnn lb (mtl w hail ll rh t high hlMlllMa4ii thKM diwiw Uh rlltti ttrhoM thrt hoauiyut Hit alfhl, Tk Kttxttn tenderum, (be mu pcofivua.1. The mjNterf ! hl It) Ihe light Aiut ilnrktwM hath- hi. ,r (n twejr tnittult Ik iknt wad Wtoohl tbtw hn4 Id halt linu Naur ami tri An Vsrw hr imll I -vh Vlii i CVtur. DORA.- The nltsW lift or hi stepfather, Squir fUUlml whipped Harold Hurr fur thing he bad nut done, Haruld ran awty No on knew it but I, and I m notsxly Lint I thought a nmou of Harold mi evwr human twin eoiild think of another. And 1 knew that h tM wronged, and I felt that Mr. Koulin hd dime a dread ful thing when the Uxik SiUir lUIjdd for her second biisliand, and li t him ruin her, take poMewdon of her mowy, and til ne her handtom ly. I had had my share f it too, for wall Mr. Kobltnc lived, and while th tt a widow I wa tik danitlitvr of Ui house,, lut uo wxwier had the xwi Wk from her booevtuoon trip tli.tn all that was altered. The tnir. Wlsl at me coldly, and t heard him ak Mr. Hal. Sted Who t . "llerwotherdied whindiew born Mrs. HaUted taid. "and 1 took th baby to my own nursery, whew If tuvld lay In ! th cradle, j "Mom find yon. my dear," said th j irulne. j "The fthr went away," Mid Mm ! HaUted, "and u Uwt lit - they sid-nd I kept Hi tiltl tiirl" 'Yoo rout rvtueiuber thai she will! need to om her own btvatt,' eatd the tiaiiu "Sb 1 not Udy Let ih prvaut kwp her in tlirtr part of lha boum! and teach her her duui aa watt- i ma." j -Oh,. Mr. lUlttrd.- erieJ th bride, "l eaunot do that -My dr, tid Mr. HnUtml, "I am! aukiter brrw." Th xor lady waa ht'Udtwa. Sho hail no longer any eontrul of her own roowy. 1 waa six ywim old, tandd tha aauia a-o, and a tomble life w had had of it. 1 ru rery wrU in th kitchen, but 1 (. it cat down anl diirradHL I wur cittti aproni that cotrn-J m from htad to fot, iimttfad of my jirrtty mu lui and silk drmnM. I waa dpliratit, and waiting ia bard work when your wruta are !ndt Mr Uubtttfd did all h could far tnft 1 lined to hrar her lradirig with tli ninire to Wt ber tnd uie to a boarding i-htxil to tram to lw a Imchrr. but ht called hr a "Utile gvioao,' and the fan cinl him Tery wto. Cut for Harold I .hould never have known anything, a after nchool be omhI to come to me and teach me what be bad learned himself. ; Cook would whisper. j "That right. Mooter Harold. It' good deed you are doing. Uod opare you. I wa never taught to rade me elf. on account of an evil minded tep father iv me own that put me to Mrvice before I could get tcbooliu', an' I know, the loe. j And not a nrvant but would have; waited In my place, for they aaid 1 w , too kmall to carry dih; but the cruel ; atjuire would have me come in to maki 1 are that he was obeyed. Mr. HuUtc.nl really felt badly about It, i know. But two little gjrl came aoon, aud then a little boy, and ooti )i cared nothing for her own plriidid boy, and why thoold the care for me? j But I am watideriiiK away from tb morning when Htirold Kobling, jut eighteen that day, walked down th gar den path ij) the gray morning light, and 1 with him. choking down my nob. For now the one being I loved waa going way from me, pcrhap forever. It waa only & o'clock, and no one wa up. The gnm wa wet with dew, and there were, only a fow piuk streaki In the ky to tell tlint d.'iy w coming. We did not dare to upenk until we got out of bearing of the houe, but then 1 aid: "Oh, Harold, what will you do with no money and no friend alone in tlw world;-" j "Many a young fellow haa done the tamo sort of thing," Uurold wtiiL "No man with hi limb aud kiumi need to itarvc, and 1 meiui to make my fortune. But I'd rather work in the trenche for my daily bread than to live In Hquire UubU-ad' liouse, and with a mother be i i 1 :..tu .t.A t., 1 uaauewiicueu iiiiuuuiiiH muabiiv wiauen, m""7,", ''""r n uiakearvantofyou I ttlo ti.ur. Bnt SfrKi U-ET" will writ to you, and you thall know j juit how I get on." i But now wo bad got to the wharf wbero he wat to tako a little market boat to New York, ami I wat obliged to leave bun, for he did not want tha tquiro to find out what he had done on- nine wat lainy irai o. rawn. n men out of 1 alxmt 1. ..... 1 ; nn "? u" "- my waitt and "Ooodby, little titter," he tuid, "good- by, Dora, my pet Keep up good bwui aud never forget to antwer my letters." And be wat off, and I went homo wiwp- iug a though my hart would break. There wat a terrible time nt tho honte when they found he wat gone, and the tquire twore be thould never enter hit door ognin. Bat the tquiro' daughter, who bated Uurold at their father did, though he waa their own mother' child, taid they wwo glad he wat gono. And only 1 remembered bim, 1 think, very long. A weak woman waa Mrs. Hoisted, and ber hatband had got her under hit power. The way he managed her bat always made me think that there most ba something in magnetism or bypno- titin, She teemed to have lost her tentet or to have grown mentally blind, and be lud her where he wonld. I Just about thit time 1 fell very 111, and when 1 grew bettor the tqulre, knowing I wa good at my needle, made a tcauustreHtf of mo. 1 wat aehamed to tay why, but it is because-! looked rather stylith uud was called pretty, and so many questions were asked mo by guests. As a seamstress I could ttuy in my upper room and work. I was to thankful for the change. Now I could read a little and be inoro to myself, I made the fiuery for the young ladies of the family, and 110 ie troubled me. Once, indeed, a rich old gentleman, having somehow grit my story from good old cook, sought me out and nuulu me a proposition of marriage, saying it wat a shame that such an elegant woman should live as I did. But I thanked him and declined his offer. I was not un happy now, esept that I pined for news of Harold, for in nil these years no word had come from him none of those let ters he had promised. I felt sure he was not dead, and it was very natural that he should forget to write; but my heart had no rest. He wae twenty-six years old by this time, and in all that time much might have happened. Mv nillow was often wet with tears from thoughts of him fancies of what tow that rke's yoke of oxen were work lie bad suffered, and longing to meet ers, and a desire came over him to pos- tiirn, or only see hira from afar but once Again. At last news came. Mrs. Halstead cam running into my nvm wild wiin Joy. "Newa of my U) ! she aid, htdding a U'ltor toward ms "I thouiilit yon liad forgottrn all about him, madam,' I aald. 1 wa nary tb not tnomrat, for tit burnt Into Won and faltvtvd through bet obo: "You don't know what it la to t tha wife of a man who dominate your Willi 1 ni-vrr haw forgotten or raMl U) ra grvt llnr thing. tt lliw alia wijd Iwr ry and aaids "Out, aa far aa Harold gt, tt la all ow, 1U haa written to tun. lie la rich fUy rich. 1U haa maU a fortune In Caitfumia, and he la coming home to in, ile la In New York and will be bera Unnorrow, The aiiiir ia tdeaamh the girt are wild to i him; lit little brother la dolixliUoL Sln ran out of tha rm agaiu, look ing young R"d hapiiy, and I aat down to my machine, awallowing a grt lump tltnt had riwu In my throat lie had not written to me. Welt, I fta only trvant, and he waa rich man now. They were redoing In hit rotultiK fr that rraaoo the atinire and hi children, lie wa a very diffurnnt Ivrwm from the (khit Harold Hobling who went away, 'i rimi be will give n lota of pre wit, 1 hrard on f the girl y. "An oldor brother who i rich i a grmt thing to bare. We mut -t him and malt him gtKl natured," "Oh, ye," laid the other. "When girl have a atingy a father aa we have a generous elder brother t a godevnd." Antl I oht If he returned In rag. begKlng hi bread, I thould bar Web corned him. I cared fr him, not for bit money. And tf be had returned poor It wa I to whom b would have written, I knew well. Gut I tried to put the nrlf Wi thought away al rejdc fur hi ake that he had prtwpered, even If lie hml forgvttn bit 111 tie Meter LXira. j The morrow came. A I aat at my max'hlne 1 heard the nud below that told be bad arrived. I heard hi mntlier cry out and the qulr aay heartily, "Wrlcum hiune, my boyT and hi li.ter ural and giggle after a way they bad. Then the great drawing room dor were cloeed, (hutting tu out j I, who loved him o dearly, weut bw k to my room alone, nncarrd for, wretched! , i felt a though my heart would break, ; I cuil.l no longer keep back my tear. Htlf an hour paieed; then euute oue came to llie dr aervant- who told me briefly that I waa wanted In the par- ht. I Trembling, quivering, feeling a 1 had never felt before, 1 obeyed the (ututuuu I ofMied the drawing rouin door. The ulro etood before the 8 re, tut pi r taut a oeual, one hand In the bret of hi owl, the other waving toward me a be uttered theee word: "Dura, 1 have arnt for you becaue M wtcr Harold ha returned, and wulio to meet a faithful ervantof the family." i Hut before the word were out of hi mouth, Harold, handeomer aud larger, but lh; Min f,'r u tht-th very Har- old that I knew rushed forward and t..k both mv band and bent down and kied me, "I told you, ir," be aid, "Ut I wauteit to we IXira the deareat being alive to met Such word a you utter I cannot (rrnut you to tak a thongb they were mine. You have never re ceived any of my letter. Dora, but have gueeM-d why." "I never liave received a letter, Har old," I autwered. "So I thought." taid he. "W will not ak who kept tl'm from you. I have no with to quarrel with any one-, but yon wore my only friend year ago when I went out into tlw wurld home Ice and peitnilee. and I have come now hi aek you to thare with m the bom that I can now offer to jou." "Share your home, Harold? cried lb tqtiire. "The girl u not yonr nUter. It cau't be done. It would be improprrr "I am glad, ir, that the girl I not my tinter," replied Harold, "for the it thegtr! 1 want for my wifet aud here, befitfo you all, I xk her for her heart and bund, and proud thall I be if ahe will give them tome," i 1 could uot atwwer, bnt be taw all 1 felt in my face, and led me awty with ; him. ; There wat no quarreling. People like ; thetnnire and bit family never offend I rich people, and I am tha happieat wo- nmu living. Mary hyle Dulla in rire tiile Companion, Capture of a whale th k c'i-! A whale nearly fifty feet in Ungtb wtt enptnrod in the River Crouch, ne-.r! Bumhain, Eatex. The river it. a mile j wide, and the whal had become ttrand-1 ed on the bank. HpediU tralnt conveyed thoutandt of people to liwpect the mon , . u-A v, t. i..,ttt.,mM ,.rtl errand told for teventeen pound tt.r Malblllon purpoteV It I. In Wntopretorv.tlf.L.ton.tu., VATTTIfUl 0YF iAIJ UWiLUAL. Among hit neighbor Job Hnlnet wtt conirideml a nrutty fuir tort of a man. Jla tlluI KttM lu tuo itta t,jwn jn tne .,nth-T nart of Kanaaa. where ha lived ,', . . . . ,, . , , aa an immigrant from New Uumphire, 'ronght hi Yankw thnrpnot with him, but at he dealt fair and at- tended to hit own btulnpt ha pnatiil. The only member of th fuinily betide Job and bit wifo wat Ike, a nephew whom Job had taken to bring np, at bo had no children of hit own. Iko wat typical Now Kniflund boy alxmt fifteen yean old. He had been brought np in 0110 0f (he count villtge of Maine, and had a great love for the tea. Job, like the majority of Yankee furm- OTt, wut a firm believer in cattlu, and did imt of hit work with oien. On ,iy ho said to Ike; "Ike, If yon'll take that pair of yearling tteer and break them to work you can have them." Ike wat exceedingly well pleated at that, and at once awmmed charge of his new posHesdons. If ever a pair of young oxen wero well taken cure of they were. je groomed them at carefully at the hornet, to that their iloek coat thoue at tmy as tilk, and he was to kind with them that tbey were as gentle as sheep, Ile named them Jack and Billy. In bis western home Ike never forgot the far off ocean. It had been the one hope of his life to bo a tailor, but hit lieing writ west had destroyed it. When bis uncle gave him the steers to break, the idea came to bim that though be could never expect to tread the dock of his own ship, he could use ship phrases in the education of his oxen, uud thus always be reminded of his own home be side the tea. Thus it wat that Jack and Billy were educated to work, "broken" totally Ignorant of the nsual commands by which oxen are managed. "Oee" and "haw," "git up" and "whoa" had uo meaning for them whatever. It wat "haul away" and "port" and "star board" nnd "belay," "Stern all," wot bock. The oxen grew and waxed strong, and his uncle of ten ' remarked that he never saw a team that could do more work than those oxen and Ike. No one but Ike ever thought of handling them, The nearest neighbor to the Haines' was Deacon Morwin, a good man and pillar of the church. The good deacon Bess them. lie olierea to buy thera tev' eral timet, but Job always said that they I belonged to Ike and wero not.for sale. lb deacon toked (ke If be would aell them, but met with ntrh an Indignant refuMl that ha fnlt angered, bnt did m4 give up the idea of poMemlng the callle, Finally ha went to Job and eaidi "Neighbor liaiiie. If them (wttlell work good every way I'll give you iot) for 'em. Tlie're too much rorty fur a boy like Ike to have, and It ia apt to create In him a bad rrit and make him feel above hi elder, . "Well. 1 don't know, deacon. The boy acta a dMtl by them cattle, and ItromiM t a lromtt. I gave thi'in to din If he would break 'em, and he haa, an I'm bound to keep my part" "That' all true enough, neighbor Itainea, but tke't ottty a boy, and then, remember, $100 ain't offered every day fi a yoke of cattle. Why not eel I me theae and give him another wlr to break) Uiat 'ud do him jut aa well. The deacon' fiou and iterenwhrn finally weakfueil job' arruploa, and be gave in. The doacou wa to try them, and if they worked all right wa to have them for (N'W. How to tell Ike what he bad done wa a ptr to hi uncle. Hi aunt declared It a downright mean piece if bujunnw, and told Job plainly what lie thought of him. It wa Onally decided not to bty any thing to Ike until after the ale had been made and the cattle gone. In order that ike might not be on band to ee hU pet told ha wa given a holiday, and tent to apemi we nay ai a netgiioor, a puttpie mile away, where, there waa a boy of hi age who wa eurt of a chum of hi. The nett mortthig Ike wa vtl blight and early, and the deanm wa on hand hurt I y ftr. It would not b fair to Job to ay t'tut he did not have any mi giving, lie would have harked out of the bargain at the lewt chance, and he really bod that the deacon would not be ntthed with them. The en were bntught out and yoked to the cart wilu' out diftlrultr, tiurtigh the dew-on re tnarkeil that they did erm "kinder tooiiid." Job and the deacon climlied up into the rart "( ieo Upr The oxen tnnird their big ri. hu., . Inquiringly. "Cee np, therof" repeated Job; but tuey did not move a hi f. i "That don't apar like good brtk I lug," remarks! the deecon. "They're broke all right," replie 1 J.iti . "Come, gee np, there!" at the mine iimr ) be gve each a prod with the gwi In RMpunae to the pnl ling liie cattle walked off to wwd the open gk, in which direction litelr heal hn-ite. Ui le turned. Job did not wnt theip to go In the road, he thouled out, 'Hoy' boyT to tuni Uietn arouudi hot the oen hail no Idea what "hoy" meant, and kept going eirnlght !) .). Job huute t louder aud truck UiUy with the gtud They ijiiickeue.1 their guil into a Irot and turned ont Into the road. Then Job (boated, "Vh(! wlior but thry did not mind Umt rither. "They don't apjrar to he an well brt.ke a I reckoned on," retnarkl the deee a be atood in the rart and viewed tb proceeding. "Tbey re broke well enougU," replied Job, rather nettled, "bnt I'm trainee to Ihem; nobody but Ik ever drove tlwm. "Well, turn them about, aald Ut d'0', . , ! Hut they paid m hee.1 to any w - Hioux, wiu iihwi, ..,-....-... w ttrui k them both with the r. 'l : t)u itarted at a full run down the mad. ' CUtlery bang! the cart went, and lth Job and the ibacon were compelled to bold on the cart ttaket to prevent Iving bouucel out of the cart "Htop 'em! Stop "cm!" thoute.1 the "won. "I want t gt out Whoa! whoa) wlioal ye varniluur But the oien only UmrvA their head and rati the fatter. "Htop 'em, can't yr Job wa downright uid by thla time. "Wop 'em yourself, you old foolT tnaptied he; "you knw a much how to atop 'em a I do," I "Well U chucked out and killed!" i booted the deacon, at th cart banged over a ttone. Tlw oxen were now thoroughly fright- s ned and rnnning away for fair, and both men were badly m ured and bidding on for dear lifa. All tt one an idea ttnick Job, "ay, deacon, ran't yoq talk tome tea talk ta 'em? That' what I've allow heard Ike talk to 'em." he called out at U rart bumped aliwg. "Brother Hainee, itch tea talk aa I've heard ain't proper fer a pillar of the church bl rejM-.it, and I'll call mnetin' on you fer thit if we git ont alive," rrplii the deacon, with at much dignity at Is coold aamiine while holding to the ttake "Do try, deacon!" tbouted theterrifiwi Job; "it may aave otir live," Jiwt then the cart gave a fearful lurch, tnd the drawn bangitl bit brad agaliwt the tUke he wa holiling to with ronald- 1 erauie torre. iiu uiuae nun txiinng mad In addition to hit fear. "Splice, the main bracI Shiver my timbers! liie all hamU to grog!" and then, a that hail no effect on the frantic tram, "Boat ahoy!" and then lining all control of himself, "Ahnyl Ahoy! drat ye, ye blaiiknty blank brutes!" and the deacon let out inch string of profanity that Job turned thadv or two paler. While thit wat going on the oxen had gotten over considerable ground. The people along the road gated In open mouthed aatonithmeut to too two tuch ttiiid citizen going along to furiously with an o team, and wore terribly scandalized at their appareut hilarity. Ike, totally niivoimcioiit of what wut going on nt home, was plodding along toward bit clium't, when he beard fearful clatter coming behind him. He turned, ami could hardly believe bit eyes. There cmuo hit pet Jack and Billy at a furious pace, uud hit uncle and the deacon in the cart. "Htop 'em, Ike! stop 'em!" tbouted hit uncle when he taw Ike. Ike stepped to one tide of the mad, and at the cattle dashed np culled out, "Belay, Juckl Belay. Billy!" At the sound of the familiar voice and com mand they stopped at 01100, and went quietly np to their young matter. "I'll have the law of yon for tnis, Job Haines, snarled the deacon, at he pain fully descended from tho cart. "And I'll call church on you!" retorted Job us he rubbed bis bruises. "I won't belong to any elmreli with a man that kin swear like yon kin, A putty deacon you be!" "if I bud a brat like that I'd skin bim alive!" roared the deacon as ho glared nt the bewildered Ike, "Isaac, take them cuttle homo at once," said his uncle. "As for this wicked man hero, I sliull never notice bim again." Ike took the cattle liome, HI uncle walked. His aunt told him about the contemplated sale, and though he ex pressed commiseration for lilt nnc.le It is doubtful if he felt any. His aunt said it served them just right. Ike kept bis oxen. Texas Slftlngs. Not Hunt, bnt CIihiik nt Oneuuatlmi, At for the feeling that wo need rest, rest, rest, it Is often a fallacious one. It is action which makes muscle. The spirit of life enters Into us when we take a vital part In today, Often we suffer from rest. ; A change of occupation is what we most need, as a rule, and the relief honrs of an active person turn out to be very Intelligent. We must rest, but we need not lose our electricity, which the will, the thought, can com mand At all times, and which ought to be on guard, like un orderly, to summon us when we should become alert, Headache evannruJ if we nn onweive. tor th w love, or wealiiuwt forget the ln, whl.-h I the aim .thing, and HI temper tantiot flonrudi unlee we have Idlenee In which to rettect upon the motea Monglng to . one el-. With energy leading the way, ennui llfu from th boriwm, and w. m culor and ditanr again. 1 here r wuu.rn who lalr dav by day In hunger and deepair. It eeem a if other might U- Ixir in comfort and health, limtead of titling down to latitude and tigh. Harper' Itatar. The a Artltl. In a uninuwr bididay every mie'a fc and band are more or Ima tanned by the im. Aud the Mine artl.t I all th time active among the tenant of th orchard and the garden. A enow apple, ripening on It um In October, ahow tin plaluly. Th uuwatd aide Inki on a vivid tt urlet, while the treewrd half remain a pale pink, rtometiitie a lef, blown dowu lit a nt.irin, will Imtgo near u apple talk, Cemented with little llioiatened '!(.(. it rlllig to the fruit long enoutfli to leave the record of II lay lu an outline of Ita crumpled trm Where the leaf came between the ( pie and tlie un, the colring touch of the notar bemu waa eerurelr kept off, Youiij ieipU III Kranee and tJermnny liiiitaie till iry work of the leaf with very pretty cuVt An anchor, heart, tliteid or an lulii.il U cut in wper aud gummeil to a ripening etKh, tppl or pear. The fruit l plucked in due e ton, aud when th bit of ptijier it re moved It outline t dU'tinnl In line mn!i f.UnU'r I'mn thowuf HienurrounJ' tli ririd.- Yi'U.h' t'oiapdK.un A loif rw linimi mine lum lcei) dlctv cred in Florida. TIIK GOLD NUGGET. It wm given "to I'.iTin to take car of. It wa not a great prl, for it weighed only teven outivea, but It reprenenUnl th only reatilt of a atrong man' Ml fur many week, and a nugget go It wa ctuttidered by no mean a bad "find." Juhn Archer dwided that th nngi;et would I tafer tit H little daughter' keeping tlwn in hi own. Titer were thieve and Uwlem men at thit new gold rush, a at all new gold runbm, and they would know of bl prtte. They would probably try to anne it They would acarch all aurtauf running hiding place In the neighborhood of hit tot; they might even creep into th but t niKht, to feel ninW hi pillow ami among bit hnh holding f the yellow earth that folk hated each other for. If , be raiiuht th thief be would thoot him, but lietter not tit rnn the rik of bmtiig hi treasure, and he gave it to f'flle l i put In her old workboi. The thieve of Itie T diggititr would l bw running think of examining (tu b a improb biding place, "Yon mnt take great car of it, dar ling." mi I Jcdin Archer. "It U for yonr mother." And Kfli ttowed the little nuirget away in a c-omer of the old work u, . ltft r,M.I Iim..,, Itnw m.i.i hv i,iim. dt,f,hB wlm Btl), thm M tUntlnn for her father. Hhe flt duly! weighted with th reponlbi!ity. Hb iMWtUf4.ftili"t.rfi: f,tf I... ,.. .. lu,vll.l?lieri..lher wbo wa very delicate, wtlh-mie friend. in llrtnlutiie, bad coin a hmg, weary way to find It, and the bad teen bit irniw, bit tbtair, at day after day he had i eerly workeil with pick and tpade without finding what be nought ) Having bidden the tittle nuxgot away, 1 Kffle cuiiie out of tb but to took maud and tin if any one wat near who might i mt mi n her. Ko. No one wa near I who might hnve reii her out y Hilly the . ! black-King Hilly, the aburtginal mon- arch, who loved rum and Mwco. and who w chopping firewood for her. King Hilly evidently ba.1 not teen, for ! be wat wielding the at with quit ex- I ceptional vikr; and if Hilly had teen it j wouldn't have mattered very much, for ! Kfile trutd blin. j The In tie girl' reason for troMiiig King Billy, the black, wot somewhat strange, and it worthy of being recorded. Hhe fronted him because tb bad been kind to him. But Kflie wa ily twelve. ! As thetl' t I .litxl in the broad lixht, her tumbled buy lined hair klcd and illumined by the bold ray. of the auu, and her round, truMful blue eye ahaded 1 from the glare by two little brown i hands, watching King Billy at hit work, 1 a flock of laughing jockos alighted In neighboring .;mu tree, and set up a d moniuc racbiiuttion. What made the 1 ill omened birds to madly merry? What wat the jok7 Kffle't trust? Billy't grati tude? They failed to explain, bnt their amn'incnt wtt huge and sardonic "Drive them away, Hilly," cried Efflo, and the obedient king dropped bit ax and threw a fnggot of wood at the tree, which itoppt-d tlie Iniighter and disjoined the merry milkers, "Billy tired now," said the block grin ning; "too much workplenty wood," , and he pointed to the result of hit labor "Yet, that will Iw enough, thank yon. You're a good boy. I'll give yon tome tobacco." "Billy's thirsty." "Then you shall have tome tea." "No tea. Hum." "No. Billy. Hum Isn't good fur you. "Uood for miners; gixid for Billy." "No, it's not g(sl for miners," said Efll emphatically! "it make, them fight and say wicked tblliirs." "Makes black feller feel good," de clared Billy, rolling hit dusky eyes. This last argument wat effective. Eflle went Into her hut her father had re turned to his work nnd poured a little spirits from John Archer's flask Into a "pannikin." Billy drank thespirits with rolling eyes, smacked his lips, and then lay down in the shndow of the hut to tleep. The long iiflernoon passed very tlowly for Klllo Her few trilling duties as houHckeesr wero soon done. The little : hut was tidied and the simple evening ; meal prepared, and tome hours must past before her rather returned. How could she past the time? She hud only two book 11 Biblo and a volume of itorles for ltttle girls, which she bud won at a prize at school In Brisbane. I But she was too young to appreciate the I 'nni u small It was dilllct It rending, and she mo grown nejron i appreciating tne stories for little girls, having known them by heart three years before. She would like to have slept. Everything around her suggested and Invib.'d the siesta the steady hat; the brightness of the light without the hut; tlio distuiit murmur of miners' voices, which came from beyond yonder belt of wattle gums; the monotonous hum of tho liK'iistt in tho forest; the occasional fretful cry of a strange bird, and the regular snores of tho fullon king, who slumbered In tha shade of the hut. Even the buzz of the annoying llios assisted the general effect and brought drowsi ness, To remain still for a few minutes would have mmint Inevitably fnlling nnlip, ICfllo felt this, and remembered the little gold nnggot. If she slept, some thief might come and take it. And so she put on her hat, and, forsak ing the seductive cool und shade of the kut, went out into the brightness and heat, Archer's hut stood on the edge of th valley, over against the foot of the blue, Heavily timbered hills. About fifty JtffU ()Utat from It, hidden among tb j tmB( M.M , htgH mfJ(Krt,W0 ror, at th. wWl h Km, hmI a.red t0(t (lu)4j,t m& tweeteet of natural arffing. T Mwf y,, chuJ working Itaeb oft,n ,0 lbat M on projrh4 (b mil , ,r uthe ht fac , , ,BW mlottU ilm retan.. drying f., hr ,(riB ,ml Mng fe,, i,.,. i , ht e.n., but King Billy wa now awake, and wa alouching litily off toward tha btuh. KOI laitgbmi a h aaw him hi great bead bent forward, and bU thin, narrow boulder bowed, rill laughed to think of hi latitiea. and that b thould look to tired after m:h a very II til wood cbopplug. bh waa (till langhlag at King Hilly th oiened the old workbol to tak another peep at the yellew treaaure, nod to make uniui ur that th heat hadn't melted it away. And it wa quit tlow- ly that the laugh died from tin. pretty f yet and mouth-quite tlowly, becauM of I lie moment it took to rralla and ac- rept a mUf.iriuite to terrible when th I.,.. 1 , i. ...1. I t... i. 1 ,itn-i , m m m iwwei aaw no Hill gold nugg"t-w nothing. Then horror and great fear grew in th blue eyss. an t pal agony crept over th ciuiuimi im q muu IUWC l UllA lUf p.. little heart eme. to Up braUng. Ww , itor ,), brt-nU Ml Mid MUmj " 7. Republican , ha. been appointed ndjn bnt .he doted hrr eye tightly fur . not Aritona, vu W, U Nu.Uwmw.UM. the liitl nugget wt not t ner ine nrti goiu ner tatner bad found, which had been intnmted 14 ..u . i... i ..u ... l i. iiu ... down tlie bog quit quietly and walked out into Uie day, but th tun wa thin- ii,- i,t .b. i,..t i.t...b t.. tree teemed to mov weinlly, nndth locueta ua.1 ceaed bmuuilug fmw few. but th ttrange .bini waa tomewher near hrikini( brokeulvi "What will father tayf What will father aayr Order bv been received at Victoria But a the child atood there, detpair- from th depart went of militia and de iiur. her .iii'ut Itrew clearer, and alia aaw feiua at Ottawa for th formation bl black fitfur amuog th tree and tb wat conn'iout of a pair of dtudtyeyr; watching ber through th leave. Then only the remembered, and tlie knew who biul done thit cruel thing. King Billy) And th bad bten kind to bim. ErBt tuddenly buret into patdimat tobbing j The bWk njrur .nil hovered among' Uie tree, often changing lu position, j and tlie dmdsy eye .till peered Uirougb the lravet,aud th hmjrhlng jackaawt uew uuwit w (iv uej iitj aiu, mtli tauglml mora mailly than before UtuKlied at WTlo" lrut-tl Btlly't grali tudet t . t t t It wat 10 o'clock, and darkuei and qniet Hgned In Jdin Archer' btit Over a&Ang the tent behind th wattle gtiiii a few gamblera and heavy drink' era were ttill awake, and their voice, raicd in anger or ribald merriment, miiiht oci'MiuHttlly have been faintly beard from the but. Bnt Archer, who bad town bit wild oat, waa trot worker: and he had bit little daughter, for whoee take he had built the but away from the notny ramp Archer had come home Uie and weary, at utual, bad eaten hit tupper and gone to rent without to KlhVt intent relief, tpeaklng uf tb little gold nugget The child wat afraid to tprak of the Iota, and tlie wat not without vaifiie hope that beneficent providence wuuld restore the nugget during th darkneatand tar ber from thla great trouble. Fur thit be prayed very earnestly l fore the lay down to tleep Or did th tlcrp at all I toil 11 1 u lit? Hhe never quit knew. But the think, that It wa then that tlie lirxl experienced that terrible. purtftturiAl condition which it ueitliei Wakefulneat nur tleep, wlk-n the body and mind are weary enough to bring the profound tleep which they require, but which the brain la tM overladen and too cruelly ai tive to allow-, when dreamt eein realitiet and reaJiliet dreamt It iuut h.tv been a dream when the taw toiulhing m alt and yel low final through the tiny window on the gluwlly nlver moonbeam. And yet, when, hiiving cloned her eye, the opeuotl them again, it wat ttill tliort hovering about in the diirkueea lent bright now, and with a pule yellow h o. But It fueled quitu away; it wat a cruel mocking dream. Then wtit it a dream when th old cur tain which divided her corner of the but from her father' moved near the ground bulged tightly toward hert It would bo ciinniH t ten, and the lay alill Kroiu under the curitiin tiwmed to com thin trtn, and tlowly, cauUoutly, aftet the arm, a head with a great ahock ol hair. And the mooiibeama just touched deep wster harbor on the Pacific coast a fuce. I think they kitted it, though it between Point Loimta and Point Capia Was black, fur they found in block trano. bond the little yellow object which bad floated in tbe first dream. It was all to real, w beautiful, that the child lay ttill, trarc daring to breathe but the vision should melt away, and when in her dream cam tb voice of her father, with the words, "Speak or I'll fire!" her lip refused to open. But it wat no drettn when th thot came, ami the Black King rolled over oil the earth, dead, wilh the little gold nug get he had come to restore preexml in the death agony against bit heart, where, too, was a little gold. And the laughing birds in the old tree, startled from their sleep by th thot, luiigltHl ouce morn, wildly and madly, at Billy's honesty; but there was bitter ness In their merriment, for their mat ter, the devil, had been cheated of the soul of a Bbick King. C. llitddon Cham bers in Oak Bough and Wattle Blossom. A Cjiieer Rnpentllloa. ' "My father believes in divining rods," said one urchin solemnly to another. "No; honest?" "Yep. Every time he wants me to 'fees np he takes the rod to mo. I guess that must be a divining rod." bt Joseph News. Tape's Old CoU. "My fnt her gave mo fits this morning," taid Jimpsey. "f wish mine would give me some," said Qeorgie, who wears trousers made from the paternal sleeves. "All I get is misfits." Uarper's Baxar. Wors Than Leprosy I-cnbirrn, aim thorn s one one pre- mr ,, tiint doe. cure that disease, and thiii is the California Positive nnd Nega live l'.teeino Liimment. Hold by all druuuists. It also cures neuralgia, rheumatism, beadnehe, sprains, burn, and nil piin. Try It nnd toll yon negilibor where lo get it, 'The Jersey Illy." Amii.KSK C0TTAO.K, I,, n., July fii'iitlcmi'ii: A 1 1 ho' It I. very unusuiil for m In UKd nny Intlmisnr wuslius, still. In nn iwnr to your rmUiNt, I have ti led Wimliim't Inlet ('resin tint llolwrlln.. The former I emmlcler iwiieelnlly ellleseloiis In euxes ot rouuhiiiwHortheHkln, nnii I hnvo been umnr It every day Tor the lucl I'urinliilit. I Imv fciinct the llolMirtlna 1111 excellent prepm nl Inn lii eiiHiis uf Inn, .unburn, 'ti cmieil by exK.ura to Mnreh winds and. July sun, Your, niltlinilly, Iili,is l.ANorav, To Messrs, Wisdom a Co, Tsk It Bfor Brskfast The ifrcut apiei tier, tunto and liver regulator. In umi for more thun W year. Ill Kugland, l'lwttlvn upei'llle Air liver oomplHint, llnd lnMie In tho month on nrl.lntr ly tlie mnrnliiK, dull pnlns In the head tnd naok of the eye., tired feeling, dltslness, lunnnur symploms or liver mmpfiilnt. Itemedy Dr. Henley's Kng IIhIi Dnndellon Ton In. Kelleve. oon.tlpatlnn, slmi'iHin. the appetite and lone, up the entire system, net tne tJiuitune iroin your druggist j tor II, and take auoordlug to directions, COAST NEWS. Pert Town tend to building arhou) bettaa. Thttealing' homier Lily wat wre lovJ off Dcdge Cov, Wt 0t If. R. Jefford. Unlbd Hlatel attorney for th diatrtut of Artma, It dead. Th winer t lb Black Diamond coal mint at Nvwrturll. Wah., tr on ttrtkn. Tb navel orang crop in the Month I not tt heavy a in ltWO but tb quality it better. Tb caroaat of rm whal ninety, ftvt feet long, waalwd whore near Cap Arago, Or. Th Whitewater river in rtauutem California ba tndditily diaplered( leaving dry bed. The big gun Intended for th defent of Han Framnac harbor will l in po- aition by July I, IWit Th Oreiton rltate Bntrd of Education u acti vly work rtUing money to . ...... . i . I..-- - niaae an etnioi ai ne www r, a wim. rmddent of Brooklyn, y lt i, Angele on wedding ffom , atreet rartud broke hi 0iKJ ,'th. Dltot. feU fmm. ------- - - .. . "1 jlM S way Inlerfere with hU coming Bgat with Jim CorMt Toro , WM S??? ' ki" ,norY 1 . . . , . ?J! from the rack. H loctleu in iw- olniue county in IM9. Frank Wright lu been eonvUid of mayhem at Nettda City. Cat off one Henry Kuller't etrt whila tnn latter w trying to prevent ngnu that city of two batter let of artillery, Xh queatlon of exterminating th ola the Cliff Hme, raa KrancUco, b again axitated. It I chanted that P h animal deetruyt twenty pound of ah s day, (111 crltn Walker, aged 83, ton f wwjtny parent, living at Oakland. mHntted enicide in BentU iut boute. U had run ont mt j u,wnpy mid could get no work. The people of Sacramento art alarmed at tlie poMtbilllie opened by tb pas ta!; of a law by the legwUtnr which repealed the .lalute making it a felony for city and connty ofUcers to lictm gambling game. Taeotua ha a scandal which ha re tulled In the injured wlf alrnont luring ber mind The young woman clerk ta the office of Connty auditor William It Hollit, the cause of th difficulty haa gone violently inan. Two hundred and fifty .hoe maker quit work from on thop in San Fran ruco. The trouble grew out of the firm of Buckingham & Hecht refuting to dis charge an employ who wat objection able to th other workmen. The following figure .how th pop ntttion of California by race In 10 and 18; White, 1. 111.5511; 1, T7 IB1; colored, 11.4.17; 1HMO,,0!8; Chinee. l,6l; l, ti.VSi; Japanese, 1.0W; IK), Hfl; Indian, 13.W.1); W4.8M. Jame II. Budd. in hit opening d drest fur the defense in the Oltcn trial at Menwd. claimed a conspiracy wa at work to convict Obwn, and that the par tie to it were men of questionable char acter. Th object had been to lUirt money from Mr. Ivett Troopt will be placed at the ditpraal of the interior department on May 1 U patrol the Sequoia park in California It It ptawible the Kaweah colony will bt dUpoM!ied of It property, but In thai cate the government recognises that th coloniste sr entitled to ptyment for tb improvements made. The San Joe Board of Trade ha ap pointed commit te to take ttep to bnild road from Han Joe to Alviso, to connect with freitcht steamer to San Francisco, Thecititenthavetnlincribed fTJ.WW and but .W.OO0 is yet needed. The movement wa started by tbe lumber dealers, owing to tbe high rate charged from the mountains to San Francisco. Tha report of Cut Reynsurd on desp water facilities at Redondo, Cat, bat reached Uen. Caaey, chief of engineers. It will lie considered by him in connec tion with the Veport of the commission concerning the proper point to locate a Mrs. Mott, a teacher of Yuba county, Cal., was seriously Injured while return ing home from a day's work. Her horse ran swsy, throwing her ont of th rart and draKifing her torn distance. She tnttained a compound fractnreof the right arm, dislocation of the right shoulder, ber elbow was badly braised and her head rut. Her hnthand, Oscar Mott, eloped with woman recently. The grape grower of the Sunt Clara valley have organised under the nam ol the California UrapeGrower and Wine makers' Association of Santa Clara Val ley, West Side. Tb purpose of th as sociation is announced to be au effort to free wine growers from the control ol trnstt and combinations, t rgulat prill's for the coming vintage and to market the product. To this end an advisory board of ten members hn been appointed. The store of B. F. Shepherd at George town, Placer county, Cal, wss entered by a burglar. Shepherd's son Frank discovered that someone had entered I bole made In a brick wall at th back ol , the store. Arming himself with a shot ' gun he stationed himself there until tin burglar emerged, when he gave an ordei I to surrender. Tlie surprised thief int. mediately predentin! his pistol but befor he could lire Frank shot him througt 1 the hand holding th weapon, tearing part of it away. Th man was thoi captured, no had a complete set a burglar's tools and about (73 in booty. STATS 0 OlIIO.ClTVOVTol'.RIlO, l.t'CAS Oohnty. FlIANK J. Oiiknky luiikes ontli Hint he l the senior purl ner nf Hie tlrm of F, J.Ciiknsy a 111,. uoiiig Diiainess in tu L'llv or Tolptlo, (flinty snd H!ile aloresald. nnd Ihnt unld flnr will pay the suiii of (INK HUNIUtKl) Dol.l.AIW for eneh slid every ta of Oatashii thnl esnmit he cured by tlie us or 11 ALL C ATAHHH (JUK. FUANK J. CHKNF.Y, Sworn to before me snd siilmerlbed in mv presence, thla St h day of lHwemlier, A. 1 ISSB. A.W.ULKAHUN, t I . A'ornry Public, Hull's ("ntnrrh Curt I. taken liilcrnnllv and tel. illreelly 011 the IiIihmI nnd hhicoum .or nice, of the .VHtem, Hend ftir tentlmoiiliils Ire. K. J. t'HKNKY A t!0 Toledo, O, .Hold by Druggists, 75u. Exoitmnt Runs high nt the drmt stores in this pise over System Builder as everybody is using it for oatnrrh, of stomach, dys pepsia, constipation aud impure blood, aud to buildup the system it oertaiuly possesses wonderful merit when all speak so well of it, A Itargslil. For thirty days only, we are author ized to offer twenty-two feet front on Main street Independence fur the sum of $500 Location valuable. Term easy. Apply to Independence National Bank. 21 Prescott & Veness, Mornmu or Independenr : Saui mill. MajiortcTVMa war -tt n FIR AND HARD WOOD, ROUGH AND DRESSED MJMBEH 1 k. Winin, Mar.gr THE NEW Livery, Feed and Sale Stables. aifftiTttr .'': rOUNO HORSES. P U jjEW BUGGIES YOUNG DOUBLE SINGLE TEAMS. e flnt-CUt Turnout, tor Commercial Trtrslers. prim. wmomU. tad BatttW tioa riaraotosd. Oi v B fcfclL. VOBTH END MAIS STREET, J- 'OSES, Pbow. -THE CHURCH. LL- Sasli. Door and Manufacturing Co. uOo- luring la fall opertiioo s siorwwn itj "b "rT""" - ieiilB,wiHrBir4t81l aojf and all order. mill wi. Ort totktie rrum toy perl of in valley, wfck wilt eeeetv prompt Miration. To oar twal nwtomer. m tb to w that will l re mmnwaHy m ban all tb lHM dMlfn. In vat trade. Prompt attention wtll b given and prtnm m k.w u ourwtaietit wllb food rOfflet, eomer Trad and Hlfh ureett, Hal em; P. U bus No. S. School Books and -FOR BUSTER 1 LOCKE. Tbe Tubllc i Most Cordially Inribed to Call and Price Our Latet MecteH Stock of Writing Papers, Tablets, Penn, Ink, Balers, etc, alHO AH Uie School Books in Use in the Public Schools. Wagon Making A!D Carriage Repairing 1 1. wENSEKHOTi Ln . mi .,i, lu 0. aauie toulldiu eitS E- K. K vutoi'. Merkmlia .hup, H U a etiwil nfi erk.n h.rln lrtHd Kl intl t unM. 11 iirlu hr ol lb nl ortaiM Miufai'Uua. -: THE :- iivM leal Estate Co. Independence, - (nrgou. Tnuisact s ircneral Rett! Ftate lluti' Hi's, bujm and mdls pMpert y, rflects InKUranoe and din's a (teneral Convevanoe Knslues. Parties having Iuds for sale will Mud It to their advantage to List Their Property With this Company, as they are daily ending lists of land east, thus plac ing desirable proicrty before the resi dents of the Eat, JAMES GIIUSOX, J.W. KIHKLAND, President. Secretary. Lewis Kelso, DEALER IN DRY AND FANCY GOODS ladies and Gents Fur nishing Goods. Most Complete Stock of Boots and Shoes In tbe City H. M. LINES, FUNERAL DIRECTOR -AND- UNDERTAKER, IMPENDENCE, OREGON. Ml A full and complete line of Funeral goods Always on liand. MEMORY Mind wwid.Hn mroi, Bonknlwnwd In one reailin. Tnntimenlnlii (nan all lT4 01 m. ftloliM. H-tiwtl.iu peer THSS. e-n en i "ell, tl,m lo j-rof, A. Uotolio, Si 1'iMU , N.w Yuit, fTTT mm mm mm Buy your ticket. Kasr ot LJ Willi K. C. PeuUaud. Lowent rate, and uio.t favors arauted. Cull at th W.t aid Mo. A - - A Indeprndnrr, Orefoo, GOOD RIDING HORSES. Stationery BALE BY- -THE- JW-:-lID-:-i:ill! Oil; Itelli lal U i MANUFACTURED. Co traduat th irpved of wheel a. Kiw a inkr per minute la .tmng wind. We on only It different pkve In the entire eonntruc tkm of ine Iron wnrk. Kur Mill cmnuot b equalled Str.iinpliciiy, power and governing principle, We manufacture Tanks, Pumps, Wind Mill Supplies Of every demlpikm. Reliable agent wanted lo iKccuple4 territory. Addrau, P. B- STEARXS & CO., Rusbville, lmL, U. & A. send for ratalogute. The Racket Store We are not selling at cost, but we are selling ch aper than those who are Belling at cost We quote some of our prices : Ladies' Shoes: 1 2.73, 2.90 and 3.75 lllc-eno' Una . K W. 25 cents. Ladies' Hose: Tt, SO, 40 aud cents. Everything else proportionately cheap. B. r. ANDREWS, Prop. FNI"irRUW K piphlM of taiennMloa .nd at- 'J iroi in laeuuwmt How loJ unuin i-wmi, i .rwiifk, ITml , ar. ivpTri.ni, mi 7r.y l BSUNN CO. .31 Breariwar. .n.w 1 rk. Sueoassor to EkKINS & Co., PROrWETOKS OF CityTruck and Transfer Co. Hanlinrr of nil Ivinda Done at Keasonable Hates. Feed, Oak, and Ash Wood. FOR SALE Collection Made Monthly- INDEPENDENCE, 0RE30N Ton can boy tickets East to any poinf direct from Independeno to destinatlo st lowest rate ot , 0. Fbmtland.