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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1913)
a Where Did the Flowers Come In? Bv El-SIE. B. MATTESON A SOCIAL EPISODE Bv RF.C.IN'AI D D. HAVEN THE ARGUS Has made arrangements and is giving to its readers A Special Legislative News Service Keeping them informed as to the actions of each individual member as well the laws that are likely to be, or have been, passed during the present term For the moderate price of $1.00 You get The Argus for one year YXf I T H special equipment The Argus office is now pre pared to do the highest grade of COMMERCIAL & SOCIETY PRINTING Bob (JarWOOi) aged thirty, hml bur led hi rather, then Ids mother. He Mini hW lt r hml kept up the fiimll.v home till the sister died iniil lloli found himself nlnne. lie was ill a loss what to do. He had boon horn In tho bOMI ami had never lived anj where else, the thoUKht of leaving It and going to a hotel, ii hoarding house Of bin hclor npartmeiilN wan repulsive to him. lie determined to atay where he was. He ntiMHl the loneliness of ll log In house nil hy himself for several months, then gave It up Me pre ferret! tO take his meals elsewhere so that It seemed useless to keep a htv ant. 'I'lie .nnsfqueufe wan that ovorv thing grow dingy He could not see through the window panes since they were covered with dirt; he considered It useless tO make his bed since there was no one to see It except himself, and he didn't care Iblsl and cobwebs began tO appear. He wrote on n card. "This house t let. Inquire within to ll a. m . ." to ' p. in ." and tucked It on the front door Ueturiilng I loin Imxliiess at ." o'cloek, he .'it down in hi in I iitoincd neat bj the window, opened his evening paper, sighed and lttl t) lend the news Abotll half 1'nst d there came a flu ir of the door hell liarw I llowtj W I from hN chair nnd answered the sum mons. There BtOOd I lady bOtWMD twenty live and thirty with a little fill tin her fine was a melancholy look The hild might have booh four veins old and was tho only one of the three who was not Number. "I Ml IhN house Is to lei," said the lid) "May I hs.k at It V "(eilaliily: Come III." OorWOOd showed her through the room, told her what rent I peeled to net and that possession could he given at an.v time 'Tin sfrald," she said, "I'll lietter Hot tllke It I should hae I like the rent I lotting rooms, and If I cotildn I llml roomer 1 should lie In (rouble, lin not much of a business woman I wiimi'i brougfcl up to it My auoband died only a onr after c w mar to. I and left me some money, but I didn't know how to take euro of It, mid It I all (lone I havcn'l 80 h-tt " 'I might takO a room with von mi aclf." MM Mob ' Would .Mu." said the widow, with a faint show of hope "If I were to keep one room ni. MJ '.'.". II lllolilh Hint would leave llie rent out bill J'J.t 'I he la.lv eiuu'ht at till, ami In help the mailer out llnl'H I lold her she could BM what si onl.l do In routing Hie other rooms aid he would "ol lei the hoiie till he heard from her Hie departed .put inforled. ami as soon M -he was .ml or sight he went mil and loot, ilow ii the notice li.irwooil wulltl a week for word from the widow, When he received I null' from her Mating that she had lieeii able to l:nd bill "lie pel son who would agree to take u r with her. ID M tonlcd slie would have In glVH up I b plan of taking I he hoiie Oal wo.hI en I led o see hel ami said he tbOUgkl lie would like to keep two ad joining us. tor wbi.h he would pay $Xt a month, leaving I he rental but 1B The Widow seemed BDCOUI anil siil. I III.. I It he could give h.l nunc time she thought sh ul'l BMka Bf Ml .. menls thai WOUld warrant her Inking Ihe house tjniwootl told her iml to bun v Not hearing Ir hei for MUM nine. he called on her to le.nn w hat pro r..ss si,,, w.is waking she isi I., i kvoUtllM llllll wall IIW el'l tleln.v bv wtyllia Hi it I"" dlffcioiil per .vhoin she ii..i'..i 10 iro as roomer bad boeu unde. dad lion ,.,,., . i . n hi Ii h nig I t,,,l . M I ifl I III! impatient she ,,,,! ,-, p I:, in walllllU any lll ' ' mi ii,.- iiii .1 ..I lakla , led In-r llllll he Wis n .1 inHilieiil nnd i.e.'e.l her i" pi i, I,, i ,oi lii I lie III' It I Ult) be mm I I it to I f'p I he r" i,i .-, i, 1 1, for a hi' Ii '" nroukl i monlli. aud till I I ,';,v "' '"''' no rent lo puv I ., ,, i I,,. I.olv lepl ed in I. now led:.' ih.- iii.cr.il. I v ..f his i.i uia, bui un i.l her rn I In the h- ll UOl .il I lo ' opinion of Hm II lone in I be - m .U-. M 'Ii ;i iii. ii. i . I l.o. ll I ii ii lie i could lii Ihe luatlvl ill. 'I ileemed I'lB I I, id. i ,ght III tie p .-linn -lie Md ' ,., Iml) e.l Ii. I. II ll il.''. obi i.l liim to ilotflM foi h.u i . II,, 1. 1, p pro I lllon Hull .."led. I ..HI ,.! il gu he a i s,.,. ih,. n.lv :, . ii ,il. il espinilii.l he bad sii.p,.s,., h.- H mild I.i l I I.i I ive or ..I l.el I l - II v bo Y gl:id of a ll mie a ll luml p IJ IIU i rent The widow ih i n i lie a oi 'ii and i. rj To Ihl- I ...l i d idled i liul he v n , lu Ihi He le'l MSHIII Ir ' . I...I . . p I hi- . ' . . ll I I'OI III - W;l I. Ill ll the Hill Del U lo i. nt hi- I. ...I -c I lie H ld"W vv '.e Lille 'I I i.ul do .it nil w llbolll nun i i s.. he i, .am .1 hi I i iroMMUll vv I ' h. n hei i ol been in a young Bogttahuiaa visiting Ameii ca appeared at that dub which I ihe exmnent Of New York's I'mir Hun dred and presented an Introduction card from LogTaUd I'uNifer, one w hose position had been at the apex of the so cial Manhattan pyramid for scvci.il generalli.il. The name on the card whs li.iiph Mallravers, and he wlm bore It was a gOOd looking vouuk Ban with the Anglo Haxon light hair, blue eyes and rosy complexion. Having; got through with the formalities, be lit A pipe and snt down to a newspawr. Half a doen men, smelling; the odor of pipe tobacco, lifted up their heads, ms.de wry faces aud scowled. A few minute later one of the clilb'a I .. keys Informed the gentleman that only cl gars or cigarettes were permitted In the club The stranger liumcdlateljr put out his pipe and apologized on the ground that he was unaware of the rule. Had II not been for this Infringement the stranger might have DON milTercd to remain unnoticed, but. having thus attracted attention, the member pres ent liegan to ask who had Introduced a man who didn't know any more than to smoke n pipe In the club l'ulstfer enine In and. BOOlng Ihe KnglMiniHil silting alone, sat down with him, and ihcv bad R long chat when Pulalfar lert hi friend several men galhered round him and aked who had Inlro ducod Unit .ad to the club. I'ulslfer admitted that he had done so himself ami evphii I tli.it he had tnel Mai travel- Iii IliiL'laml .iml found bin nil ti er a good fellow III III win He had therefore cnOOOU tO show him some nl leiitlon I'lil Isdng a falul bucking, the proleleis thercnflei look pains to sit with Ihelr bUCka to tlM newcoiner whenever 1 1 icy happened to Is- lu the sauie room vv lib him , New Vol K . lull I BO place lo innke iiciualutaiu e. nnd Ml Mallrav ci-h would not Icivc been wel.oine even had hi' mil followed the uiilvei -il I .oil d.m . Baton of pipe moving Hut It SO hiippi I llllll sev.inl of the gen llelllel. i.iesehl w I the I .iiclishm.in had appcaleil at the club afterward met liim ai i aortal gathering, given bj i mi Ton Ejrcfc, a nisi f Lograud nlslfer. and there round It ealer I. hovv their disapproval of llllll. Vol thai Ihe.v vvele bv nuv mean. Itllpollle I'll- from II I lle.v Wcle ev eessivelv pollle. while lo each ollic I be) were evlleinelv urn el eliionlons ll ilier words ImJ mill. -ated a mill i swell can Indicate Ikal the atcaniia was not nnd I mild Iml be one of I hem Who I I'ii fellow. I.euranil. 1 1 1 1 w . . f asked one ol lliclii Pulalfar nhrug0ad hi ataiuMofi U oilil "M.v dear Ihiv. he did me u fnv. when I wiis lu London What woiil Von huve me do when ll. lues I in... i. ,i I ..w ever. 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