MEASURED BY INCHES
LITTLE THINGS GOVERN LIFE'S
SUCCESS OR FAILURE.
A Little Contemplation Will Show th*
Truth of the Statement—Man Who
Consider. It I. the One
Who Succeeds.
ne KM 5TODY
MARir VAN VOD5T >
ILLUSTRAT ION5>? RAY WALTE R5
I cut him down In the prime of hit
youth. and now, according to Brunel
"there wasn't much use'"
i'ltchoune wna bandaged around hit !
hind quarters and his adorable little
head and forepaws came out of th«
handkerchief bandage.
"He won't eat anything from me |
mon Capitaine," said Brunet, and
Sabron ceromoiilously opened th« pup
py's mouth and thrust down a dose
Pitchoune swallowod obedlonlly.
Sabron had just returned from «
long hard day with his troops, and
tired out a* he wan. he forced hlmacll
to give hts attention to Pitchoune A
second Invitation to dinner lay on Ml
table; he had counted the day* until
this night. It see tuod too good to be
true, he thought, that another picture
wai to add Itself to his collection' lie!
had mentally enjoyed the other*
often, giving preference to the first
when he dined at the chateau; but;
there had been a thrill In the second!
caused by the fluttering of the whits
dress down by the poplar walk.
To-night he would huve the pleasure
of taking In Mias Redmond to dinner
' See. mon Capitaine,” aald Brunet
"the poor little fellow can't swallow I
It"
The water trickled out from either |
»Ide of Pitchoune'* mouth The sturdy ,
terrier refused milk tn all form*, had |
done so since Sabron weaned hint; but
Sabron now returned to hl* nursery
days, made Brunet fetch him warm
milk and. taking the quill, dropped a
few drops of the soothing liquid, into
which he put a dash of brandy, down
LEARN
Pitchoune’s throat.
Pitchoune swal AUTOMOBILE REPAIRING AND DRYING
lowed, got the drink down, gave a at th« twMt «qulpiMki. !•»•«•< up to-daf« and only
Aut«>m*>bU« School In th« Northwest
feeble yelp, and closed his eye*. When Eraclfcal
.AM Auto Repair Co . JAS
Am. Pwtl»< Or
he opened them the glazed look had
gone.
The officer hurried Into hl* eve
nlng clothe* and ordered Brunet, aa hr Nrw and Second-hand Aif«nta ft Thor anti K»i-«l
Wr't» h>r Cat ah« lima and Second-hand !■»»■ •«
tied hl* cravat, to feed the puppy a lit •lor
LtoU
Art! lit Till lO. 124 1.1 IM Tl. PeWaJ 0"«a>
tie of the stimulant every hour until
Everybody knows what a little thing
an inch is. but few realize what a big
coh-cuvr Jr / w ¿aaas wvtut a
thing It is. Few stop to contemplate
what the difference of an inch really
means, says a writer in the New York
CHAPTER I.
and busied himself at bls table with
American. A tailor knows when an
his correspondence
Among the let
inch too much or too little has cost
A Serious Event.
ter* was an invitation from the Mar
him anywhere from JIS to ISO. A
Le Comte de Sabron. In the undress quise d Keclignac. an American mar
dressmaker knows when an inch too uniform of captain tn the------ Cavalry, ried to a Frenchman, and the great
little of the goods on hand may cause sat smoking and thinking.
. . . lady of the country thereabouts.
her, after an arduous day of planning, What is the use of being thirty years
"Will you not." she wrote, "come to
to abandon a chosen pattern for an old with the brevet of captain and dine with us on Sunday? I have my
other. An engineer knows when his much distinction of family If you are niece with me She would be glad to
train, with its carload of human a poor man -In short, what is the good see a French soldier. She has ex
freight, has gone one inch off the track of anything if you are alone In the pressed such a wish She comes from
over a precipice.
world and no one cares what becomes a country where soldiers are rare. We
Some men have minds one inch off of you?
dine at eight "
the judgment track, and that causes
He rang his bell, and when his
Sabron looked at the letter and its
all their schemes, gigantic and bril ordonnance appeared, said sharply:
fine clear handwriting
It* wording
liant as they may be. to run amuck.
"Que diable is the noise in the sta was less formal than a French Invlta
Every calamity and every success in ble. Brunet '
I»on't you know that tlon Is likely to be. and It gave him
life is controlled by inches.
when 1 smoke at this hour all Taras- a sense of cordiality
He had seen,
Men rarely go to their doom in an oon must be kept utterly silent?”
during his rides, the beautiful lines
hour; it is inch by inch.
Tarascon is never silent. No French of the Chateau d Esclignac.
Its tur
All successes are won inch by inch. meridional town is. especially in the rets surely looked upon the Rhone
As inch by inch the waters of life warm sunlight of a glorious May day. There would be a divine view front
creep in to ingulf us. so inch by inch
“The noise, mon Capitaine." said the terraces
It would bo a pleasure
Have in Arctic Bunk?
the obstacles that impede our progress Brunet, "Is rather melancholy.”
to go there He thought more of what
A "bunk" houae Is an Arctic hotel
move aside.
"Melancholy!" exclaimed the young the place would be than of the people
mad* of logs, with moss eblnka, a
The man who attempts to leap over officer "It's infernal. Stop it at once.” In it, for he was something of a her
dirt roof and a dirt floor.
A great
the inches to reach his goal gets there
The ordonnance held his kept in his mit. rather a recluse, and very re
■beet Iron stove keep* It warm Two
with a broken leg.
hand. He had a round good-natured served.
row* of bunk*, covered with gras* or
The word inch has a forbidding face and kind gray eyes that were
lie was writing a line of acceptance
bru*h. extend aloug the wall* The
sound. It is because it holds us in its used to twinkle at his master's humor when Brunet came in. a Muy bundle in
old (aahlonrd string and latch hold the
clutches. We cannot ignore an inch, and caprices.
bls hand
ahlp-*a»«d door closed and there I*
or it immediately thwarts our inten
"I beg pardon, mon Capitaine. but J
"Put Pitchoune over there In the
a place to cook the meals. To atny
tions. Every simple thing is performed a very serious event is taking place." sunlight," ordered the officer, "and we
over ulght costs * dollar
by man. as the saying goes, "within an
“It will be more serious yet, Brunet, shall see If we can bring him up by
CnniP In
” yur mouth ©«»ininml
inch of his life.”
if you don't keep things quiet."
Il < ere. Whit. You Welk.
' Olili III
hand.”
Allen'. Foot r.».. I. * .ertala cure for hoc
! » K \ " h( I \ | ,
All diseases move Inch by inch. Be
"I am sorry to tell, mon Capitaine,
•M >ting.ralla*,a».I .wollen. a< hing '.,l
huld
A-‘»ll>‘» Waahina<«»n Hl-. Portland
fore the scarlet fever breaks out in a that Michette has just died.”
CHAPTER II.
t>r all liruggi.t.
frier ..w
Ih.n’t ac< 11 any
<uK.tllul<-
Inai
I a. I>a.:--
I Ill i. A.blr,*.
"Mlchette!" exclaimed the master.
child it has been developing inch by
_
JUTLAND BARBER COLLECT^ Allei, H. Ulm.le.l, I.« Boy, S. V
“What relation is she of yours. Bru
inch for nine days.
Julia Redmond.
Teach
«
ni
the
Traile
8
Week*.
Scalp.
A man built a magnificent structure net?'
He remembered all his life the first
Do Your B**t.
Far« M dmuuh a Specialty. Tool* Free,
the other day at an enormous expense,
"Ah. mon Capitaine,” grinned the or dinner at the Chateau d'Esdlgnac,
Poaitiuna Guaranteed.
PAY while LEARNING.
Play th* gam»' Wo are not her«
and when it was proved that he had donnance. "relation! None! It is the where from the terrace he saw the
Fort la nd. Oreana.
2B3 Madison HL.
to whine and complain, to *l*y down
encroached a few inches on the land little terrier that Monsieur le Capi- I Rhone lying under the early moon
because we sro knocked down, to
of another man the law accorded the taine may have remarked now and light and the shadows falling around
J?;
blame the Inequalities of tho ground
then
in
the
garden."
other man the right to pull It down.
fort anti ntany rurce; pajmrnt« Il week. with
the castle of good King Rene.
or tho unfalrne** of the umpire.
munrt-bark vunrantee
Writ* f^r FR> K l»»»k.
Sabron nodded and took his cigarette
The overstepping of an inch in the
As he passed in. bis sword clanking
Where there are no difficulties them
Jay W. Wilson.
Commcr«-al Club huibhn*«
proprieties of life brands us. If a girl out of his mouth as though in respect —for he w-‘-nt in full dress uniform to
Portland. Orogwt-
can be no victories. Wo are hero
for
the
deceased.
In a theater laughs an inch too loud
dine with the Marquise d’Esdlgnac—
to win If we can In every condition
"Ah. yes," he said, "that melancholy he saw the picture the two ladles made
the audience locks around and puts
that confront* u«, to do our best In
little dog! Well, Brunet!"
upon her the stamp of “not a lady.”
In their drawing room: the marquise
auy case, and to do It to tho end.
Uth «ad Wa«hla<ian Kl«.. Portland. Or«.
“She has just breathed her last, In a very splendid dress (which he
Art is controlled by inches. A pic
Rooms with bath. fl M) g»er day
|U«»ma without
bath.
SI
(4)
per
«lay
ture an inch too high or too low, and mon Capitaine. and she is leaving be never could remember) and her niece,
To the Blttsr End.
All Outside Rooms—Fireproof Coastruclma
the entire artistic effect of the wall hind her rather a large family."
a young lady from a country whose
Redd What do you think of the
“I am not surprised," said the officer. name it took him long to learn to pro
upon which it hangs is lost.
Spw;»l li.tr. fur |wrn>«u*rnt ,'ir.ti
new baseball league?
Ito*. Finnegan. Mgr.
Victor Brandt. !'n«>
“There are six,” vouchsafed Bru nounce. in a dress so simple that of
Deportment is measured by inches,
GrevO«—It mean* war lu tho base
and woe unto the man who falls to ob net. "of which, if mon Captains is course he never could forget it! He
ball world.
serve its dictates. Even In the deep willing, I should like to keep one.”
remembered for a great many years
“Sum, it will be diamond cut dlw
est grief, if one goes too far in his
“Nonsense,” said Sabron, “on no ac the fall of the ribbon at her pretty
■ mmu L”
wailings the grief is questioned, if not count You know perfectly well. Bru waist, the bunch ot sweet peas at her
ridiculed, and sympathy turned aside. net, that I don't surround myself with girdle, and he always remembered the
Hepplneee.
An inch too far in the poet’s flight to things that can make me suffer. I face that made the charm of the pic
Happinoja Ilea In tho consciousness
1 ture.
imagination's realms and the world have not kept a dog in ten years
wo have of It. and by no means In the
try not to care about my horses even
laughs at his best efforts.
way the future keepa its promise.—
Their welcome to him was gracious.
A single inch in any direction may Everything to which I attach myself The American girl spoke French with
George Hand.
throw away a man's chances for the dies or causes me regret and pain. an accent that Sabron thought be-
I.Wryot R RKAL kbtatb ani »
Resourceful Ssllr.re.
world's approval, and yet some men And I won't have any miserable little wllderingly charming, and he put aside
KuBtnsMM Opportunités« with nw. 20
A tale from the Pacific relates that
puppy to complicate existence.”
activ« »glchiiH-n hunting f<«r ru*’«'ffi
do not even consider the yards.
some of his reserve and laughed and “He Won't Eat Anything From Me." rr« mil th« t!nv
K m I Calais and Ituihlinr Mara«Inr
a steamer whose rudder unexpectedly
It is the man who considers life
"Bien, mon Capitaine.” accepted the talked at his ease After dinner (this
Contain*« 200 drarrpti«>ns -.f city pt - ¡x-rtir«. farm*,
stock
ranch«»,
tfrnhrr
and btiaiitcnd ««p|»or ♦ unit tra
broke was Hteered for several days by
within an inch of every detail present ordonnance tranquilly. “I have given ho remembered with peculiar distinct he should return. Pitchoune* eye*,
for aa'r aiw! ««chanr«. I'rrhap« it contains juat
packing bote* hung over the «Idea.
ed who succeeds.
away five. The sixth is In the stable; ness) Miss Redmond sang for him. and now open, followed hl* handsome ma* what you »tr look in* for
if Monsieur le Capitaine would come although he understood none of the ter to the door. As Sabron opened It 1 UMlt ntarni-B
is. W. Mct'OY, l-arffrat Realty Advertiser.
Dally Thought.
down and look at it . .
words of the English ballad, he learned he gave a pathetic yelp which made
132 ( ham ber of Com merer, Portland. Or.
World’s Richest Church.
No
man
at
bottom mean* tnjustte« ,•
Sabron
rose,
threw
his
cigarette
the
capitaine
turn
about.
the
melody
by
heart
and
It
followed
Trinity church, New York, which
t la always for some obscure distort
"Believe me, mon Capitaine." said
has just voted a handsome donation away and. following across the garden with him when he left. It went with
'd Imago of a right that ho contends.
to the preservation fund of St Paul's In the bland May light, went into the him as he crossed the terrace into the the ordonnance with melancholy fa
$9.000 <»ffrrr*l for certain
—Carlyle.
n
stable
where
Madame
Mlchette,
a
V
rut
Ion«.
I
B*
’
1|OW
t
«»
<
»M/el
»I
tallty,
"it
I*
no
use
If
I
am
Mt
Alli
moonlight
to
mount
his
horse;
It
went
cathedral, is the most richly endowed
n I'ntrnl’* and “What to liiweni**
home with him; be bummed It. and Pitchoune it will be to *<«e him die I
parish in the world. It has a fast-in-
arti I free. Send rough sketch for frr«
A Dsfinltlon.
rr|M»rt as bi patentability. Patenta a-b
when he got up to bls room be hummed know bls spirit, mon Capitaine. He
creasing income—not fully disclosed,
vortlsrd f«»r «alo al <>ur eipeuao In Man*
William—"Pop, what's a paradox?"
lives
for
you
alone."
a
fact
»I
n*r«'
Journal*.
it
again
as
he
bent
over
the
little
roll
but believed to be about 12,500,000 a
CMANDUE A CHANDUE, PrtAt Atty's Father—"A paradox, ray son. Is n worn-
"Nonsense," said the young officer
of flannel in the corner and fed the
year—which Is mainly "unearned in
cut«« 10341. St. WaüSegtm. 0.0. tn who wears silk stockings and tries
impatiently, drawing on hl* glove*.
puppy hot milk from a quill.
crement," derived from lands given by
to keep It a secret." Puck
Pitchoune gave a plaintive wall from
Queen Anne that have become price
This was a painstaking operation
Worse Than Work.
less through the growth of the city
and required patience and delicacy, . the bandage* and trted to stir.
Chase th* Mice Away.
"A* for feeding him, mon Capitaine,"
“After a man has loafed awhile.”
during two centuries.
Out of this
both of which the big man had at his
Mice will not reopen a hole which
vast revenue are paid the stipends of
finger-tips. The tune of Miss Red the ordonnance threw up hl* hand*, aald Uncle Ebon, "he generally de ha* h«en filled with any mixture con
cides dat he’d rather go to work dan taining lye Hour and lye make a good
the clergy and choirs of Trinity and of
mond's song did for a lullaby and the “he will be «tiff by the time . . .”
But Sabron was half way down the be co lonesome."
eight daughter churches, and the ex
puppy fell comfortably to sleep while
paste for the purpose
penses of Trinity hospital and Trinity
Sabron kept the picture of his eve- [ atair*. The door wan open, and on the r
■
cemetery, and contributions to poorer
ning's outing contentedly In his mind. ‘ porch he heard distinctly a third ten
Photography and Tact.
No. 17. ISIS
P. N. U.
parishes, and charitable institutions.
But later he discovered that he was ! derly pathetic wall.
A photographer has to be a man of
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Some time ago Trinity vestry voted
not so contented, and counted the
rare tact In order to get his subject
WUKN writing to sdortlm.
a subscription towards the repair of
hours when he might return.
to look pleasant Instead of laughing
tlon
thlw
papor.
the organ of Bow church. Cheapside,
himself.
He shortly made a call at the Cha FACTOR IN MODERN WARFARE ■
England, and were delighted with two
teau d'Esdlgnac with the result that
return gifts, which consisted of a
he had a new picture to add to his col Commanding General* Could Not
Handle Present Enormous Armies
Roman tile and a chunk of stone from
lection. This time It was the picture
Without the Motor.
the old Norman crypt.
of a lady alone; the Marquise d'Eri-
cllgnac doing tapestry. While Sabron
With millions of men drawt up In
found that h" bad grown reticent
Salts Down Frog Chorus.
again, he listened for another step and battle array at one and the same time,
Cudahy, Cal., boasts of a magician
another voice and hoard nothing; but! to handle them effectively by old time
■who has power over frogs. This mar
before he took leave there was a hint methods would have been impossible.
vel, a woman, lives where the ground
Even before "e opposing front* were
of a second invitation to dinner.
is low and the water gathers when it
extended to their fullest degree in
The
marquise
was
very
handsome
rains And in the rain the frogs come
France alone, they were officially de
that afternoon and wore yet another
home to roost and to croak.
clared to have attained a length of
bewildering dress. Sabro’ 's simple
Mrs. M. H. Murphy, who lives on
300 mile«, and one of 270 miles In the
taste was dazzled. Nevertheless, she east—fig”r/»s which not only convey
Mary street, stood the serenade the
6abron Looked at the Letter.
made a graceful picture, one of beau
first night very well. But the second
some Inu.cation of the stupendoua
night her nerves got ragged around small wire-haired Irish terrier had ty and refinement, and the young sol size of the engaging forces, but even
the edges and on the third night she given birth to a fine family and her dier took It away with him. As bls more emphatically suggest tho tre-
racked her brains for a way to silence self gone the way of those who do horse began to trot, at the end of the mendeu* responsibilities of the com
frogs.
.heir duty to a race. In the straw at alley, near the poplars at the lower manders in chief.
Her subconscious mind came to the his feet Sabron saw a ratlike, unpre end of the rose terrace he caught a
Nevertheles , although they have to
rescue and suggested a remedy she possessing little object, crawling about glimpse of a white dress (uu-<ot:Liagly deal with millions Instead of tens of
first heard la childhood.
This was feebly In search of warmth and nour a simpler dress than that w> by thousands, the commanders concerned
to feed the melodious frogs with salt. ishment, uttering pitiful little cries. Madame d'Esdlgnac).
have never had their forces so com
Five pounds of salt covered Frogtown Its extreme loneliness and helpless
pletely under .ontrol; in every phase
CHAPTER III.
next morning and the singers moved ness touched the big soldier, who said
of the warfare, whether of transport,
In S. S. S. You Get a Twl.d on Rheumathm that SctUea It.
curtly to his man:
out.
attack, defense or supply, the keynote
Many
a
rheumatic
sufferer has been to them neutral and scatters those peculiar
A Second Invitation.
"Wrap it up, and if you don't know
of the operation ha* been effectiveness the drug .tore for a bottle
of 8. H. 8. nn>l formations In the nervo centers that
how
to
feed
it
I
should
not
be
sur
"I
don
’
t
think,
mon
Capitaine,
that
it
of tho completeat kind.
Entirely Too Modern.
been handed something claimed to be enuse such mystifying ami often bafflln.
prised
if
I
could
induce
it
to
take
a
Is any use,” Brunet told his master.
"Chicago censors say three feet of
The motor, in short, has “speeded "Just aa rood.” Truly, to n*k for bread rheumatic pains.
Sabron, in his shirt-sleeves, sat be up" the war In a way that could never and bo riven a Mono It atilt In practice.
film is long enough for a moving pic little warm milk from a quill. At all
And best of all thia remarkable remedy
If you are troubled with rhemnatlxm In
ture kiss. Los Angeles censors think events we shall have a try with IL fore a table on which, in a basket, lay have been dreamed of by former gen any form bn auro to uxe 8. 8. 8. and note Is welcome to the weakest stomach. If
you
have drugged yourself until your
Fetch
It
along
to
my
rooms."
Mlchette’* only surviving puppy. It erations. Never have the movement* Its wonderful Influence.
two feet a plenty. What is your opin
B. 8. 8. baa the j>ecullar action of aonk- stomach I. nearly paralyzed, you will bo
And as he retraced his steps, leav was a month old. Sabron already knew of troop* been so rapid; for, Instead
ion?”
Ing through the Intestine, directly Into aatonlahed to And that 8. 8. 8. gives no
Measuring kisses by feet, eh? Weil, ing his order to be executed, he how bright Itn eyes were and how al of men having to wait for ammunition the blood. In five minutes Its Influence la sensatlan but goes right to work. Thia I.
thought
to
himself:
The
little
beggar
luring Its young ways.
and food supplies, these have been at work In every artery, vein and tiny because It la a pure vegetable Infusion, I.
personally I prefer the old-fashioned
"Be still, Brunet,” commanded the conveyed by motor wagons which can capillary. Every membrane, every orrnn taken naturally Into your blood Juat as
method of measuring a kiss by the is not much more alone in the world
pure air la inhaled naturally Into your
clock on the mantelpiece."—Exchange. than I am! As be said that he re officer. "You do not come from the travel. If need be, much faster than of the body, every emunctory becomes In
called a word in the meridional patois: south or you would be more sanguine. the armies themselves—Charles I* effect a filter to strain the blood of Im ,
Ô Zottle of S. B. 8. today, and ask
purities. The atlmulatln. properties of 8.
Pitchoune, which means "poor little Pitchoune has got to live.”
Frees ton In Scribner's Magazine.
8. 8. compel the akin, liver, bowels, kid for 8. 8. 8.
Fires Caused by Lightning.
neya, bladder to all work to the one end
The puppy's clum*y adventuresome
Tou may depend upon It that the afore
Of the 3.691 fires occurring in the thing.”
of caatln. out every Irrltatlnr, every pain. that sells you what you ask for la a good
"I shall call it Pitchoune," he feet had taken him as far as the high
Will Not Stick.
forests of Idaho, Montana. Oregon and
Infllctlnr atom ot poison; It dislodges by place to trade. Write to the Swift
To prevent postage «tamps from Irrigation all accumulations In the Joints,
Washington last year 2,032 were thoughL "and we shall see if it can't road, and on this day, as it were In
Specific Co, lot Hwlft Illdg, Atlants. Ga
do better than its name suggests.”
order that he should understand the «ticking together, rub them over tbs nausea acid accretion, to dlsvlv«, renders fur their book on Jtheumatlam.
'
caused by lightning.
Ho went slowly back to his rooms struggle for existence, a bicycle bad hair before putting them away.
MOTORCYCLES»»» BICYCLES
r—8AVE YOUR TEETH—«
p
RUPTURED
HOTEL CARLTON
TYÛ0R1DEAS
Gets Right Twist
n Rheumatism
Makes Short Work of Cleaning Ont Your Entire
System—Aches and Pains Go Fast.