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About Corvallis daily gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon) 1909-1909 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1909)
Cl0 A GENEROUS FELLOW i ji M, Is millinery a nd Furnishings i mm mm i mm sy Ml - RE - ItSMf aw Special Sale on All Trimmed Hats ALL PRICES REDUCED Large assortment to choose from. Make your selection early erson SB m B Benton County Lumber Co, Manufacturers of all kinds of Fir Lumber, Mouldings, Cedar Posts, Sawed and Split. Gedar Shakes - .- "Dealers in Dccrs, Windows, Urns, Bncx'. Cement, Shingles, etc Occidental Lumber Co. Successors to CorvalHs Lumber Co. We are here to supply your needs in the Lumber line. Please call on J. B IRVING for information and prices. And take notice that if we have not got exactly what you want we will get it for you. G. O. BASSET f, Local Mer. I DUUDSiOdd Paints add Varnishes are the Best. Sold by Qrsihum 4k Welts WOODS BROTHERS GENERAL REPAIR SHOP Prompt attention given to repairing all'kinds of gasoline en ' gines, autos, bicycles. Plows and axes sharpened. Saws filed. All work guaranteed satisfactory and done on short notice. Give us a call. We can please you, Located back of Beal Bros-' blacksmith shop on Second street. Phone No. 3145 Ind. Hilars QpJ&m r itmnr e em mourn isrs 1 There is no betterpaint made for appearance and durability than ... k, -r " Acme QzaaiiSy Pmm . . Specially prepared for exterior and interior use. T "FLOOR VARNISH THAT WEARS" WALL PAPER AND PAINT STORE '. ' v Second Street, Near Palace Theater , By ELBERT T. BENTLEY. Copyright, 1909, by" American Press Asso-. ciaiion. 1 June, as everybody knows, Is a de lightful month. A young man was walking on a suburban road on a June morning. The heavens were blue, without a single fleecy dash. The air was dfy and warm, an atmosphere that accords with the hum of insects and the occasional piping of a bird. - lie stopped and leaned upon a neat fence. Within were spacious and highly cultivated grounds. Directly " before him was a flower garden partly hidden by little clumps of low trees. He was a flower lover. He coveted especially some beautiful Jacqueminot roses he saw within. Surely the own er of the place would not grudge him ne or two. The house stood back within a grove, jno one was about. He felt again the glow of boyhood in stolen fruit. To his right was a gate not the main gate a little one for side entrance. He went and stood by the- gate and looked and fell before temp tation. With a quickly beating heart he opened it, stepped briskly in, picked a rose and was about to retire when he saw a bed of American Beauties osing themselves in a leafy recess. It occurred to him to gain the recess be fore doing any more stealing. Hur rying into it, he ran up against a girl sitting on a rustic bench with a lapful of roses. She uttered an exclamation of .sudden fright. "Pardon me," he said. "I-I" The girl said nothing. She was try ing to regain her equanimity. Instead of looking as if she had surprised a thief she looked as if she had been surprised doing something she "was ashamed of. "I am very fond of flowers," he added. "I love flowers too." "So I judge by the roses in your lap." "It was wrong to pluck them, but I couldn't help it." Why wrong to pluck that to which I'm sure you are welcome?" She looked at him inquiringly. She was herself a trespasser. It occurred to her that he was the owner. "Then I may keep them?" He saw the situation. He, a thief, had stumbled on a thief who thought him the possessor of the place. Put ting his hand on his heart, he bowed low and said: "All of them and more." r He broke off a dozen and threw them In her lap. " "Oh, how kind of you!" She was very pretty and, dressed as she was in sheer white, formed a love ly contrast with the green background and the roses in her lap. ' If 1 ; were an artist," he said, "I i would wish for nobetter subject." ,! Won't you show me your place?" she asked. " "Certainly, but may" ! not sit for a few minutes ip this entrancing bower?" She moved aside" and made room for him on the bench. "I am fortunate," she said, "in find ing one so lenient with me, a tres passer." - ... "Rather I welcome another choice flower in my garden." A few quick steps crunching the gravel and a gentleman of middle age entered the recess, ne stood looking at the pair in surprise. The girl glanced at her companion, expecting him to excuse her presence to one whom she thought was another of the occupants of the place. He did not speak. He' was hunting for a story to cover the situation. "This gentleman," she said to the newcomer, "has been so kind a's to give me some roses." "You are quite welcome to them," said he who was the real owner. ? "I I knew you vould have done as much yourself," said the man tres passer, coloring. The owner took In the situation at least enough of it to-give him "a cue. He' fancied the trespasser had brought the girl there and yielded to a tempta tion to give her the roses. , "Would you 'like to see my place?" he said. The girl gave her companion tres passer a surprised look, "why.j 1 thought you lived here!" ; The owner crane to the rescue of a fellow man. "He is always welcome here," he said. . "Oh, a friend?" said the girl. -"An esteemed friend," the owner put in. "Come, we will walk through the place." - - . . The girl gathered up her roses, and they were led through the place, the owner calling their attention to this and that rose, tree, or plant. When they had seen it all, he. asked them in for a glass of wine and a biscuit. This offer was declined, and they were con ducted to the gate. ' "Haven't seen 'much of you lately, old man," said the host at parting. "Are you going to' desert us entirely?" "Will you be at home this evening?". "Yes; happy to see you." , . , ' "I'll call." When they were alone the girl said, "How nice it was that I was caught by two such nice men." - " "Oh, we men can always depend upon one another. Any guest of mine in thafplace is a guest of my friend." "Delightful! I bid you good morning. Thank you very much for the roses." "Don't mention it." C In the evening the trespasser" called on the owner. "Y"W are not only a gentleman," he said, "you are a man and a brother.!' ' ' "There is nonor among thieves," re plied the host, "and in such matters we men are all thieves. Will you take jours dry or sweet?" "Dry, thank you." - . ' Then the guest told the story. 1 " a Shirt Waist Sale ESS The event o. the season. This line of Shirt Waists includes the very latest styles, the .most season able materials and the lowest prices. The ladies can find here a selection suited to every taste. Come while this special sale lasts and secure the. best bargains. MEN'S When you buy your clothes here you have the sat isfaction of knowing that you are correctly dressed and that you have" saved money on your outfit. LADIES,. DON'T FORGET ' That, our NEW HOME; SEWING MACHINE is a standard make and that you can buy one for $25 to 835. 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