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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1913)
I MIKE REILEY'S I : MJNfcKAL 2 Showing That a Mistake May Breed Mistakes I I By OSCAR COX The inrldont of thin story vni a re cent occurrence. This Is ment limed beforrhnnil tipcnusp there nre cnrplug rrlth-s who would nn.v after rending It thnt tlie plnn wns farfetched; ttint such happening! nre only to be found In stories mid there Is nothing probable In It. Mike Hi'llev, n young mnsnn, started nut to work on a bright morning, light hearted, for by the end of th week, when pit Id off. In- would hnve the IVK) that In- hn.l rrsohri) to snve before uiarrylnu Nora OTimle. the girl he IovimI mid who loved hint better thsn all tlie world. The bin ills had been published. Mid everything was tielng made ready for the weildlng, which .Fs to occur in Just ten days from that date. I Mike said "So long" to his mother, who was n widow, and to his sister, Kathli'cii, who worked In n paper, mill, and then walked briskly along till be en nic to the house where Nora lived .mil where he expei ted to ';ee her sit ting In the second story window sew ing on her Pcilillnu outfit, for Norn knew the time th.it Mike went to work and was always there to give und re ceive n smile, and sometimes they bnd ii brief clmt together. This looming Norn threw up the sash, and Mike lopped, nnd Norn ask ed lilm If be iini attended lo this and to thnt In preparation lor the wedding or the lining np of the nest In which they were to live, a four room house near Mike's present home. lie li.nl satisfied her that he hud done the painting needed, and replaced the broken glass In the windows, nnd nii'inled the roof, nnd they both ngreed thnt there was nothing more to be done on the premises except what could ha done lifter they moved In. Mike ktaftl lis hand to her. She threw hint it kiss lu return, and Mike went on his way, while Norn drew down the sash and resumed her sewing, sin- was ver happy ronslderlui that she wns to be mnrii.'d so soon to the tun ti she loved nnd idled her noodle briskly It seenuil to go through the fulsrlc of Itself. Hut suddenly presentiment cntne over her thnt something was about to happen. In her mind's ej e she snw n eotnn with Ml!:e lu It nnd n lot of Bonnier sitting about si n funeral. I Inn it H.i ined to l.er Hint Mike sat up In his cottln and sulci: "What nre you slttln' around Hint way for when viiu'vt eoine lo n voddlii'V lie! up and shako n leg." Hut Norn drove it out of her bend. About It o'elis'k Hint night Mike's sister, Kathleen. npsin.l nt Norn's home and asked if she hud seen any thing of Mike, for be hud not come. I ie Nora wns a lilt troubled, for Mike, especially xluce lie had begun his preparations to lie married, bad Iteeli very regular III Ills hoiueooiullig after k king off work at " in the afternoon She told Kathleen that she had not seen him since lie went by In the morning, when he was I, Hiking ii well and very cheerful She ask ed Kathleen lo tell 111 ill when he re turned to come mid let her know of his arrival, for she would not go to IsmI u, .11 she had news of htm. Mike did not come home that night. and In the morning her mother, his sister and Ids sweetheart were nil very much tioiililed Hlsiut his absence. They ho,,-d thill Hie poMiuull would Ioiiij a note from him stating that ht had been called upon to ih some work which would lake lom too fur froiu home to warrant his coming In (he eveiiii.j and going out again the next inori.liig Hut the iMiktmnn passed, whistling at the door of eiery other hone on bis wnj evoi'i'l Hint of the Kelleis. not leaving them a single leti. i I'he day ended without liny word from Mike They would liuie sent to where be worked la laqatre aismt him. but Mike had never tal.n pains to keep them infoi tued aa to the placaa Whele he was .mploji.' '..- was fri-'iuei Hy cbanglug sonietiinee work lug on two or tin a i hi'! hUke i.i not turn up His toother was broken down with worry. Nora ni.s.sl her preparations, for the eeddl - Kaiii-1,-,-n al i I i" '" to work v nnd wb mind wa . up under tlie i , All three of them era nned what newnpapeN they conM get haM of to age il I hid.v had Us n found anj nrhere that sttkaa one iiiorniiig just MMV Kathleen went to the f.i. t'T.v -!: saw lu-r moth er. who I . Ill .. new-. f..r n.ws of Mike, fall in a faint. If I III tana ran 1 1 li-r. mil her first ta .ifter regaining eooacioaaaaaa Mi I- I -Wrier is it iberl ti,.-i tt n.r si i tin a man : Ion? It tent v' I . "Theres no O' to out Tes, tt Is. replied tin.' poor woman. "Tlie newspapers never get names right, mid like enough the hospital people iiuiile the mistake themselves " Now. don t ,,n worry, mother. danft I'll go to the hospital 111 do no work today- and see If It's Mike. Hut I'm sure it Isn't." So Kathleen. Instead of going to the factory, started for the hospital and on machJng It Itthed to see the body of the man who luul died there the day before. She wns taken to where the body Iny. unit the moment she looked it It the tears started to her eyes, and she turned them nwny nt once, so ghastly was the sight "It's my brother, Mike ReHey," arte monned. She went nwny. stopping nt Norn's to break the snd news to her. Norn wns broken hearted, but bore her nffllrtlnn with reslgnntlon. She went with Knthleen to Mrs. Reiley nnd told her that the Ixxly In the hospital wns Mike's. After nwhllc when they had become quieted they took steps to have the body brought to Hie house for the fu nernl They enlled In friends, who took the burden upon themselves of making nil the prcpnrntlons. An un dertnker wns Instructed to bring the body, and nil other details were at tended to. The same evening the body arrived, already In Its cotlln. A number of friends looked nt Mike, each making sonic remark. "He looks very natural," sold one. 'Tie must have died a peaceful dentil." "How changed:" sn!,, nnother. "I'd sentvely know htm." And so the roiumeiits went on Mrs. Itelley giwed down upon the corpse, her fine blind. si with tears. Nora would not look nt tt. saving that she preferred to remember tlie happy conn teuniM'c of her lover as she snw It when lie looked up nt her while she wns sitting nt her window the hist day he ever went to work. When the day of the fnuernl came round the mother, tlio sister mid the betrothed were given seats near the coffin, while Hie friends of the family tool. I h. ilrs behind them There they await ill the opening of the funeral ceremony. We left Mike on Ills way to Ids work He wns engaged In laying brick nil day. nnd Just before knocking off the boss drove up In n buggy nnd Mild to him "Mike, I've got n cull for n chimney out lu the country. Tile carpenter irert Is nil done, nnd they can't do at. more till the ekitnnej is put in. I've agreed to send ii man out tonight to gO p. work tlie llrst thing In the morn lug 1 want you to go." Mike demurred, but the hoaa offered him double pay. nnd lie consented. A trntn was leaving In half an hour. which was barely enough time for Mm to catch It He arrived at his destination at 11 o'clock nt nl::ht and found n team waiting for Mm that car rlcl him fifteen miles Into the country, where there was no other house Hum the one being built within a consider n hie illslaii. c Mike worked several days on tlie chimney. He thought he should try to get word to his family as to the rea sou for his absence, but lie was too busy to think much about It. He hud ouce or twice remained on a Job for several days without going home or sending word and did iml expect to Ik- longer on this one Hut Is-fore be Mulshed It lie was ealhsl hi to put lu the foundation walls for a house ready to lie built a few miles away ami was offered double pay If be would do It. lie thought what a beautiful bridal gift lie could buy for Norn with the extra inoiie.v he was earning He would take tlie Job and If Norn is mi plained of Ms Isdng a way so long Just before the wedding ho would console her with the gift When Mike finished his work nnd went home, ns be approached Hie house where his mother llisl lie raw a hearse and cairiagas Btandlog before the door. Torriiieil. he went iii, eager to know who was dead There sat his mother and lstr and bride to be In a row Is-fore a coffin His mother gave him one look and l.il i.cl Nora drew buck from Mm. Those occupying the rear seals tumbled over ca. n other l.i get through the narrow ttoaf Kathleen alone seemed I" take In tlie situation "Mike." she cried, "v.. re I dead, after all! " "Iii-aA? Win should 1 be il.-inl?" "I made a mistake Mebbe I didn't look . lo-.- . "What's the nnilter with ou aaked Mike My this time V"' i 'I her wit- .ml flew o h.r lavm! anus bin lu.; her face on -t and crvlng "Oh. Mike sun- . ' We thought ...u weie in v.nir 0000 ' "In mv cotfin': Do I hs.k like t'nit '' This l.-d to a loiupaiison mat It was agreed that tin di though gat unlike Mike, andor otbei i Ircuoi t Would hot b.iv a b. en ml 1 ,!.en for him "liet It out at once:" I Ii. d V Iii a rwtokltng all waa changed The nt ..fT t:.. ..'p. arauce Of mourning and pat on the hag preeeioti of wedding for It wn decided to biirr.v i, the bridal pi. tl -lis and turn toe funeral Into a mar riage That verv , the pair ' r, t' ! I ' d for their ! . ta t . . I Mike' ad tl Id I i NEWS FROM OUR NATIONAL CAPITAL Serate Completes First Read ing of Tariff Bill and It May Pass Within Week. J Washington. The senate has com pleted the first reading of the new tariff bill, although many of the most Important new fentures of the meas ure remain to be settled. Senate lead ers agreed thnt the disposal of the first reading of the bill had brought the passage of the measure within view, and thnt nnother week ma wit ness Its completion and passage. The rates of the new Income tax, the proposed tax on cotton futures, many provisions of the administrative features of the Inw, the suggested tax rebate of .r. per cent for Imports brought In American ships, and many other sections of His measure that will occasion debate were put over without action, mid will be taken up ngnin this week. Senator Norrls an nounced thnt before the bill wns com pleted he would propose an amend ment directed nt the Brazilian coffeo monopoly, giving the president au thority to levy a 25 per cent duty on products controlled through monopoly or conspiracy In another country. Several Important Changes Made The sennte made several Important chnngoH In the bill. The proposal of the democrats to give circuit courts of appeals rqunl Jurisdiction with the United States customs court was with drawn by Senator Williams In behalf of the democratic committee mem bers. He said the committee had de elded It would lie better to leave the final Judgment In custom casea en tirely to iho customs court. A provision prohibiting the Importa tion M ..,'U made by convict labor. or "principally by children under 14 years of age" waa adopted. The provisions giving the President power to establish retaliatory duties much higher than the usual tariff rates against certain Imports from countries that mlghl discriminate against the lulled Stale- were adopt ed after several fruitless attempts by the republicans to amend them bv in creasing the list of articles on which (he intra duties could be levied. President Hopeful of Peace In Mexico President Wilson Is still hopeful of favorable culmination of the negotln lions undertaken by Hits country lo bring about peace In Mexico. Ills urgent appeal to Americans In Mexico to leave the country was de clared to have been determined on nf ter wise counsel, not alone because of the present situation lu Mexico, but because ol conditions which mlghl tie velop In spite of the efforts of the pro visional government to pipveni any Minn coining in foreigners. That the administration Is content to give the situation plelitv of time to work itself out Is dein. iiiHir.it .-.I b the present attitude of the president nnd hts advisers, and Is regarded as one of the explanations for Special Kuvoy Mud's remaining In Vera Crua. Ltgal Lights Mset. Montreal The address delivered by the Lord High Chancellor of Kng land, Vtaoaaat HaMaao of rioan. formed Hie prlnctpb. feature of the opening noting In the American liar gin HOB Viscount llaldnne held an OUdle uii.il.-ieh filled the I't Ii I heat, i anil retailed many of tl,. tr.-.il legal llitlns of t Li ra coiiiiieiii and mental ft i Kumpe Legislators Called to Sulzer Trial Albany. A formal call for the state legislature lo eOOMOble here at noon September 18 for the Impeach men i araanadhsgg agalnot Oovaraar William Sulzer, ohargod with malfeasance in office, baa been issued. Compulsory Illuminations. The WOOl end ot Loudon a always ablaze with lights on the evening of the :. int'.s birthday, but ne living og doner can claim to liiw seen a gen- , .r tin- motrnpnito in ilecollaction and Itntaatina1 J it. i bin . I LoudoU w - thai eeiebiat- kng Ike battle i u Now ih.-ie Mill dl-plnys. but tills on., o il Not a wi'.dow I out bail Its I hi tile stuck In a I l II. ol clay w Idle in bouses of more pretension one blazed lloho paraded the mo- trop.,1 Hyde hark earn White. Impel with cries of 'Light Up!' sud smashed every window that did a dj;. in aaaa i H Charm of the Nutmeg Tree. ' ' tl il of n bit I With f i There's Something Doing in the way of novelties all the time at our moving picture show. Constant changes of films and subjects make it The Most Attractive md Original place of its kind, and always the most entertaining. Hit is where you get your mon ey's worth of fun and in struction. Dreamland Theatre j 200 Acres for Sale OR TRADE Fifty acres has been seeded to alfalfa. Some buildings. All under fence. Railroad line through tract. On Snake river. Well drained bench land. Klec tric pumping plant can be installed for . $12 per acre. Will cut up to suit buyer. Address Box 128, Ontario, Oregon BUTTER WRAPPERS Must Be Printed We are printing more wrappers than any other two offices in thisjsection. There is a reason. We have the machinery, type and workmen necessary and we take the same care with Butter wrappers that we do with wedding invitations. Take your next order of lint trr Wrappers to the Argus Office Empire Lumber Co. Ontario, Oregon Rock Springs and King Goal June and July $7.50 Delivered At yard $7.00 After Aug. 15 $8.00 And $7.50 HARRIMAN Townsite Now Open Situated near the Malheur Lake, on a high, fine gentle sloping tract of land. This site offers exceptional opportunity for making a good city. Vast areas of ara ble territory spread out in all directions. Every valley and streamlet of the distant mountains lias its ranches and flourishing livestock. Considerable land in the valley is still subject to homestead entry, and with the advent of the Oregon-Eastern Railway Now building toward Harney Valley, this '.'rand new empire will teem with land seekers and peopl ' ing business opportunities and professional locations. GET IN EMILY Good opening for a newspaper, blacksmith shop, hot and implement I at well as other Iii A limited nui fio( are now offered for ale al either foi rah or un easy terms, which prices will . is built e f lat in valley. REMEMBER, rUrrinian will be tile nat important point in tl ' Harney Valley to have railroad. UTAH-OREGON LAND COMPANY ( . II. MOREHOI I ah. If. M HOIttH I N. F. Taylor, Agent, Ontario, Oregon. I f