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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON. OREGON, MARCH 20. E. M. 302 (1902.)
OCR STORY TELL ER .
T h eo lo g y an d B ird s.
RY AS OREGON FARMER.
God m ad e th e bird?,
th e v r“ ty b ird s,
th a t sin g a b o u t so m ery.
b u t alo n g in J u n e ,
it s A d iffe re n t tu n e ,
w hen th e y pack otf every c h e rry .
G od m ade th e Ja y .
he s h e a r to stay,
he sin g s a song of sco rn ,
a n d w ith a yell,
p lay s m ery h. 1.
a n d p u lls up all o u r co rn .
G od m ad th e owl.
to frow n anil scow l,
sta y u p all n ig h t a n d h o o t,
b u t b efo re th e daw n,
he 1 gap an d yaw n,
th e n v isit y o u r c h ic k e n coop.
“ N ev er—at lea st no t to m y k n o w l­
edge. You kuow 1 have been a b ro a d a
g rea t d eal d u rin g th e p ast te u y e a rs
a n d a t su ch tim e s have n o t k ep t i n ­
fo rm ed a b o u t h e r.”
••Tom B ax ter,” I m u tte re d , sh a k in g
m y fist at him , “ you m ay d ro p th a t
c o n v e rsa tio n fo r a ll m e. 1 will n ev er
be th e wife of a m an w ith so little s e n ­
tim e n t.’
D o u b tless m ore of b is b u siu e ss m e th ­
ods w ould a p p e a r in th is affair of th e
h e a rt. I m u st kuow th e w o rst.
“T he m ost im p o rta n t m a tte r of all,
T om c o n tin u e d , “ is h er d isp o sitio n .
K now ing, as you d o , w hat 1 w ant h er
for, 1 am q u ite su re you w ould never
advise me to ta k e h e r u n le ss she is
k in d an d g e n tle . I'm going to rely in
th is e n tire ly u p o n y o u r te s tim o n y . If
she has an y te m p e r w h atev er, I d o n 't
A gents W anted
In every tow n (run, San Francisco to New Y ork. andI New O rleans
to Chicago, to sell t BA*’ O AIL* A f O 1 1 l.E
At 15c per pound.
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w ant h e r.”
U pon my word ! W h at im p u d e n c e ! I
If 1 have an y te m p e r w h atev er he
d o e sn ’t w ant me ! I sh o u ld like to see ,
him g et me ! He is to rave a n d sw ear
G od m ad e haw k.
T o scream a n d squaw k,
an d sm ash th e f u r n itu r e , w hile I, p o o r
a n d keep us in c o n s ta n t grief,
g irl, am to be m eek a n d lowly ! 1 sh a ll
he play s th e dicken§.
show my te m p e r w henever 1 ch o o se,
a n d ste a le s o u r ch ic k en s,
Sole p ro p rieto r an d d istrib u to r of CRAG O Al 1JSA_ Coffee ¡or U ¡L A
b u t n o t to him . To him I am s u p re m e ­
fo r he is A n o ted th ie f.
ly in d iffe re n t, th e im p u d e n t, self-
G od m ade u s to o ls,
a ssu m in g , o v e rb e a rin g c re a tu r e !
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to vo te fo r fools,
“ Oh, as to th a t,” said p ap a, “y o u 'll
to p ass law s to p ro te c t su ch gam e,
w hen, of co rse he co u ld ,
have to d riv e w ith a tig h t rein . S h e
if he o n ly w ould,
fre ts o cca sio n ally , b u t sh e's very easily
hav n e v er c re a te d th e sam e
k e p t u n d e r .”
(Incorporated.)
O h, papa, to th in k th a t y o u sh o u ld
o t e .1 810 cam e w ith th is . T h e E d ito r
• th e T o rch , o ften b lam ed fo r e d itin g apeak so a b o u t y o u r own d a u g h te r . 1
iid c h a n g in g MSS. lets th is go as it is. have h e a rd th a t m en alw ay s s ta n d t o ­
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o rry th e c a llig ra p h y m u st be lo st t o
g e th e r a g a in st w om en, b u t I n ev er b e ­
le re a d e r.
lieved m y fa th e r a u d m y lo v er w ould
CAPITAL STOCK $50,000, IN SHAKES OE $10 EACH.
ta lk lik e th is .
T he E avesd rop p er.
“O n th e whole, you th in k sh e ’ll do?
“ W h at do y o u th in k y o u rse lf? ”
e l e e ,i n o f ’direldura, " C i a
BY JOAN TREVOR.
“ 1 ? Oh, th e re are sev eral th in g s
a b o u t her 1 d o n 't like a t all.
reg u lar sto ck h o ld ers’ m eetm g.
tre a su ry to be sold a t p a r -
It was all s e ttle d betw een Tom Bax-
“S u ch a s ”—
110 ^ s h ^
iUaking im ProVem ent8’ re p a i” aUd
r a n d m y self, a n d n o th in g rem a in e d
“ In th e first place h er g a it is very
a d d itio n s to th e L. U. O. buildings and grounds.
c e p t fo r him to a sk papa. 1 did n o t
b a d .” Oh, you v illia n ! “ In th e se c ­
p e ct th a t any o p p o sitio n w ould be o n d , h e r e ars are a lto g e th e r to o larg e j
The stock
for side a’t par, th e m oney
o n d , h e r e ars are a lto g e th e r to o large
ised to o u r m arriag e, b ecau se 1 om to in d ic a te good b reed in g ” Yon sc o u m ^ M r . U e e r a t a i l ^ u n t , an
mn
,
lo t
id p a p a w ere th e b est of frie n d s. If d re l. “ Then th a t large h ead a t th e e n d
lan(J (n( which ¡8 erected a
teachers and som e of th e
3m was a b o u t to engage in an y busi- of a long n e c k ”—
ab o u t 200 stu d e n ts, and a sm a11Id I
aC(.otIinio(iations. Besides th is,
iss v e n tu re , he w ould n o t do so u n til
I th re w open th e s h u tte r w ith a b an g ! stu d e n ts “ re
worth $1,000.
ip a h ad e x p re sse d his o p in io n . If a u d sto o d c o n fro n tin g M r. T h o m as th e com pans o
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ru »inn provide th a t all the education shall be kept for-
om p ro p o sed to buy an a u to m o b ile , Ba.xter w ith H ashing eyes^
b ^ k ever Vr'ee from and unhittuenced by
ip a m u st reco m m en d th e carriag e be- was tu r n e d , o r I s h o u ld h a v e a n m h ila
8U pernatura|igm , C h ristia n or o th er a 1 \ . t a t i „ * fl or religious exercises
>re th e b a rg a in was clo sed . A nd, as ed him too.
, dogm as, public prayers m asses
^ ^ " s e s u n d er its control.
>r h o rses, n e ith e r w ould p u t one in to
“ If you w ant to kuow , sir, w h e th er I shall 1* allowed upon its prop
.
I
p u rch ase sh ares in
is s ta b le w ith o u t c o n s u ltin g th e o th e r, have a te m p e r, you m ay a p p ly to me
It is hope.! th a t l iberals gene.
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estab lish in g an d eq u ip p in g th e
h e refo re 1 felt no c o n c e rn as to th e p erso n ally . 1 will show y o u m y dispo- ^ ¿ ¡ ^ U t y .
rs a ^ r e s s
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Asult of an in terv iew w ith re sp e c t to
sitio n a t first h a n d .
[M r .] P E A R L vv. u n n u ,
S ilverton, Oregon.
u a llia n c e w hich w ould draw th e tw o
He sa t lo o k in g a t me, stu p e fie d . Pa­
nly th e closer. O ne th in g tro u b le d m e pa tu r n e d a n d a lso su rv e y e d m e with
-T om was so p ro n e to c o n su lt m y
a tro u b le d c o u n te n a n c e .
at h er a b o u t e v e ry th in g th a t it o c cu rred
“ D a u g h ter, a re y o u ill? ”
o m e he w ould sc arc ely sc ru p le to ask
“ 111? N o—in s u lte d ; ev ery feeling •0W»
dm w h e th e r I w ould m ake a good
o u tra g e d . T e m p e r!
B ad g a it!
Big
Fife. Of c o u rse th is was a silly n o tio n head a t th e end of a lo n g n e ck ! And
h a t h ad go t in to m y h ead , b u t once y o u ,” tu r n in g to T om , “ a re th e m an to
here 1 c o u ld n o t get it o u t.
w hom b u t fo r th is re v e la tio n , I m ight
O n th e m o rn in g a p p o in te d fo r th e have been tie d to fo r life !
n o m e n to u s c o n fe re n c e I espied p a p a
“ H ap p y escape !” m u tte re d T o m .
tnd T om on th e p iaza engaged d o u b t-
“ W h a t’s th e m a tte r K i t ? ” asked
ess in d isc u ssin g th e m a tte r so n e a r p ap a.
n y h e a rt. I w ould have been c o n te n t | “ M a tte r ? M a tte r e n o u g h ! A nd you,
;o w atch a n d h e a r th e r e s u lt from Tom p a p a ”—m y voice tre m b le d —“ how could
S tu d e n ts m a y E n ter a t a n y T im e.
aad it n o t been for th e rid ic u lo u s d re a d y o u d e scrib e y o u r ow n K ate as you
NEW BUILDING IS READY.
th a t he w ould ta lk me over as he w ould
w ould a h o rse ?
any a rtic le w hich he was a b o u t to p u r ­
Student» given hoard and room» at Dormitory at low rate»
“ 1 have d e sc rib e d a h o rse .
lorn
chase a n d u p o n w hich he w anted his w ished to kuow w h e th er he h ad b e tte r
frie n d ’s o p in io n . My w om an s call it buy M a rtin ’s bay filly fo r y o u to drive
COURSES.
Scientific.
c u rio s ity ) d e sire to be su re d ro v e m e a fte r you a re m a rrie d .”
K indergarten.
Normal.
in to th e p a rlo r, w here, th ro u g h a w in­
1 collapsed. T h e first th in g I d id was
P rim ary.
L aw .
dow , o n ly th e b lin d s of w hich were to cover m y b u rn in g c h e e k s w ith my
P reparatory.
Classical.
c lo sed , I c o u ld o v e rh e a r every w ord h a n d s, th e seco n d to ru s h u p s ta irs to
Commercial.
C
o m m e r c ia l.
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sp o k e n . T he first se n te n c e u tte re d by m y room , th e th ir d to b u ry my face in
,
in Medicine,
. « i l l he added u won w p r a c tiw N e ^
m y lover c o n v in ced m e th a t his h a b it
a pillow.
O N L Y IN S T IT U T IO N O F IT S K IN D IN T H E W O R L D
had led him to a c t as I feared . lie a n d
T h e n e x t day T om B ax ter went
p ap a w ere b o th sm o k in g . Tom ta k in g a b ro a d . W hen six m o n th s a fte r the
STRICTLY N o N -T H E 1 'I . o b K A L.
his c ig a r from his m o u th d e lib e ra te ly , la m e n ta b le o c c u rre n c e I sw allow ed ni)
p rid e au d w rote him t h a t I w ould tor-
F o r C atalogue and fu rth e r p a rtic u la rs, address
ask ed , w ith p ro v o k in g co o ln ess.
give him for h is in a tte n tio n if he would
T. B . W A K E M A N , Pres’t, o r P E A R L W . Q E E R , Sec’y ,
“ Do you c o n sid e r h er p re tty ?
com e back, he w rote me in re p ly :
“ N o t e x a c tly ,” was th e re p ly , “ b u t
“To s k ittis h . O nly th e k in d a u d gen­
SIL V E R T O N , O R EG O N .
you kuow th a t fo r w hat you w a n t h e r tle w ill do fo r fam ily u se .”
r\
I am fo rty a u d a n old m a id .—
she d o e sn ’t need to be show y.'
A la sk a n .
“ N ever sick, is she ?
Ja m e s C raig, S ilverton, Ore.
Liberal Untomity Company!
proprietors of the Liberal University. Oregon.
Publishers of the to rch of Reason.
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