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hort 1 "Because I—I lova har, I suppose.' By REX BEACH. Copyright by Otis U Wood. 'M lila choir jour pro to folloW h . Use f< > Iler ( r «ouipHi Led tils siiix'k of rr. you are a pieliti even If you can’t 7* :ir ruli "1 IwKII t a mull look Ilk«* tli«> devil In the««* loirs?" Austin posed awkwnnlly In front of » mirror. “There's only one |x-r«on that can look worse In rilling clothes than n man. Tbat'a u woman.*' "Wtiat heresy, particularly In a socl ety doctor! But I agree with you. 1 leurncd to ride oil her nicoutit. you know As a luntier of fact, I hate IL The sight of a horse Illis me with ter ror.” I'r. Kuydnm laughed outright at thin. "8bc tells me you have u very gtxxl neat." "R«*allyr Austin's eyes gieamed sud detily. "You know I never bad a ctmn<*e to ri<le when I wns a youngster. In fart, 1 never hnd nil op|x>rtunlty to do anything except work. That's what makes me so crude and awkward, What 1 know 1 have picked up during the last few yearn." "You make me tired!" declare«! the former. "You aren't”— "I don't skate on waxed floors, nor spill trs. nor clutch at my chauffeur In a tight place, but you know what I mean. I f«*el lonesome In n «Iress nulL a butler Alls me with ghxmi. and—well. I'm not one of you, that's all." "I’erliaps tbat'a what makes a hit with Alarm Ion. Hlie'n uaed to the other kind.” "It s«*rms to me that 1 have always work«*«!." ruminated the former s|x>nk er. "| don't remember that I ever hud time b> play, even after I came to the city, It's a mighty «nd thing to rob a tx»y of his childhood: It makes him a dull. unattractive sort when lie grows Up. I use«! to read nlxiiil people Ilk«» Miss Mixirt* but I never ex|>ect<sl to know them until I met yon of course that «-orn «leal rather changed things." "Well, rather!” Siiydam agreed with emphasis. "The result fa that when I am with her I forget the few things I have «lone that are worth while, ami 1 lie come tho farm hand ngnln I'm natu rally rough ami lingular, mid she sees It ’ "Oh, you're too sensitive! You hnve a heart like a girl underneath that saturnine front of yours, and while you look like the Hphynx, you are really as much of kid at heart as I am Where do you ride t«xlay?" "Riverside Drive." "What horse Is she riding r % "Pointer." The doctor shook hla head, •Too many automobiles on the Drive. Tie's a rotten nag for a woman anyhow. Hla mouth la as tough as a sflrntp, and be has the disposition of a tarantula. Why doesn't she stick to the park?" "You know Marmlon.” "8ay, wouldn’t It be great If Pointer bolted and yon saved her life? She couldn't refuse you then." Austin laughed. "That's not exactly the way I'd care to win her. However. If Pointer liolted I'd probably get rat tie«! and fall off my own horse. 1 don't like the brutes. Come on I I’m late." "That's right Throw me out the minute I get comfortable." grumble«l the younger man ns he rose. "Stay here If you prefer. Th«™ •— in«« cigars— you snhw me place. ' "Hurel Anil watch the squirrels oui yonder In the park while you mnk«* loy«* to the nicest girl In New York No. sir. I'm going down to the office and amputate aomelxHly." They descended the single flight t<* th«* street, where Austin's grrmin wu* struggling with a huge black. "It's coming pretty soft for you broken." the doctor growled xs IH m companion swung hltnself Into H m * mu <I dte "Th«« next time I get a friend I'll keep him to myself." AttaVlu leaned forward with a l'x>k of grave anxiety upon his rugged feature« mid «aid: "Wl«1i me luck. D«x- |'m going to nxk her lodity." ood for von. old f. Ilow." The.-t great fondness In the yonngei « eyes as he wrung th«* rider'• and wav«v| him ndleu. then lic<! film <1lsa|>tx*nr »round thecor •'ll take "Khe's it York has He hulled n-d to Ills oil ns jierl • mu -rd ulti eve then be went back to the aldo of bls friend, where other bands less uusteady were nt work "Poor lonely old Bob!" be murmur«L "Not a soul to care except Marin Ion and me. uml God knows whether abe enrea or not” But Robert Auatln did not die. al though the intending surgeons said be would, said he Bliould. In fact «-Ise 18 teachings of their science were at fault He even offended the traditions of surgery by being removed to Ids own apartments in n wee!: There Kiurdam. who bad watched hliu night and «lay. told him ttiul Mlns Moore Lad a broken shoulder and hence could not <*ome to see him. "Poor girl!” said Austin faintly. "If I’d known more nl>out horses I might have snveil her." "If you'«! known more about horses you'd have let Pointer run." declared his friend "Nolaslv but an Idiot or u Bob Austin would have taken the chance you did How Is your head?” The sick man closed his eyes «en rllv "It hurts nil the lime Whnt'e rhe matter with It?" "’.Ve've non«* of ro«'*r what Isn't Why In thunder < long?” "Because I - I love her. I suiqxixe. “Did you nak her to marry Kuydarn had I h -»- ii Itching tu question for «lays L*<*l tin] I was r bdled <*d to Ills chniiffeur In such to|n*« I nt«xl!*-al hdi ixer. mid ¿vhiie lie r«*gulu lb«* fellow tan to the Marling j ed the most of his bodily vigor the In guv«* ft out* violent whirl. tb«*n jury to Ills eve« b:i!l)e«i even the most d to his seat. ' skillful «jM*clnlists He wuis very up MitdlMin avenue, theres lex« brave iitxint it. however, mid wrung there And for God's afcke the heart of Dr Suyduiu by the tin hurry f «omplalning fortitude with which tn* I During two years' service with Ne« bore examination utter cxai:.iii:it! n. York’s ntoxt fasltionnbl«* physician the operation upon <>|ienitlon. 1-earned «triver had never received a cotumami «x'ulists theorized vaporously ntxiut op like tills, and In* opened up his mu tic atrophies, fractures and brain pres chliii*. A policeman warned him ut sure of one sort and another, and Thirty third, and the car slowed down, meanwhile Robert Austin, in the high at'wlilvli Sttydam leaned forward, try est perfection of Ixxllly vigor. In the Ing roughly: fullest possession of those fncultl«*» "Never mint! the regulations! There's thnt hail raise*«! him from an unschool- a uinn dying!" <«l farm tiov to an eminence in the Tin* last word was Jerk«*«! from hlui business world, went slowly blind. as In* was snnp|i«*d back Into the ton The shadows crept in upon him with tientt. Ilecardl«*ss of admonitory shouts a deadly, merciless certainty that from iiatrultucu, the French car sang would have flll«*d the stoutest heart Its growling song, while truck drivers with gloom, and yet be maintained a bellowed curses and pedestrians fl««i smiling stoicism that deceived all but from crossings at the scream of the hts closest associates. To Dr. Suydatn. siren. A crosstown car block«*d them, however, the tncontrotable progress of and th«* brakes screech«*«! hi agony the malady was frightfully tragic. He wbllo Dr. Suydiitu was well nigh ent alone knew the man’s dominant spirit, apult««! into the street, then they were bls lofty ambitions and bls active hab under way again with the car leaping its. No one but he knew of the over from sjH*«*d to ipml. It was the first mastering love thnt had come so late time tho driver hail ever dared dlsre and was destine«l to perish unvoiced. gard those upraised, white gloved an<l he raved at the maddening limits bands, and it flll<*«l his joy riding soul of bls profession. In Austin's pres with exultation. A street repair loom ence he strove to be cheerful and e«l abend, whereupon, with n sicken llghttui the burden he knew wns crush Ing skid they swung Into a aldo street; Ing hitn. bnt at other times be bent Hie gears clashed again, and In au In every energy toward a discovery of stant Inter they shot out upon Fifth some means to check the affliction, avenue At th«* next comer they lay some hand more skllle«! than those be motionless In a blix-knde, while the knew of. In time he recogniz«»d the motor shuddered, then they dodged futility of Ills efforts, however, and re- through an opening where the mud slgnixl hlms«*lf to the worsL "Why?" questioned Suydatn savage guards missed by tin Inch and were whirling west toward Broadway At ly. “Why don’t von ask tier to mnrry O ik * Hundred and Ninth street a bi you. Bob? Sh<> couldn’t refuse, and *« cycle officer stared in aniazcmeiit ut G«xl knows you ne«*d her!" "That’s Just it; she couldn't refuse the dwindling numlier iH'iientli the rear axle. then ducked his head ami This Is tlx* sort of thing a fellow must began to pedal. He overhauled the bear alone She’s t«x> young and beau speeding machine as It throbbed be- tlftil and fine to lx* haruesstsl up to a for«' the doors of Mercy hospital, to be worn out old cripple." "Cripple!” the other choked. "Don't greeted by a grinning chauffeur who waved him toward the building anti talk like that. Don't be so blnmed re signed It tears my heart out. 1—1— told of n doctor's urgency why. I believe I f«*el this more than , inside Dr. Suydaui, pallid of face | you do." and shaking in u most unprofessional Austin turn««! Ills face to the sjieaker '■ manner, was bending over a figure In ' with a look of such tragic suffering | riding clothes, the figure of a tall, j thnt the younger man fell silcnL muscular man, who lay silent, deaf to Dr. Suydatn hnd a furious desire to tils words of greeting acquaint Martnlon Moore with the They told him all there wns to tell. truth nnd to tell her. with all the bru In the deadly, int|>ersoual way of emer tal frankness he could muster, of her gency hospitals, while he nodded swift part in tills calamity. But Austin comprehension. There ha«l Iteeu a run would not hear to IL away; a woman on a big, evil eyetl bay "She doesn't dream of the truth." j I hat had taken fright at an automo the sick man told him. “and I don t bile; a swift rush up the Drive, a want her to learn. She thinks 1 am I lungo over tho neck of the pursuing merely weak, anil It grieves her terri horse, then a man wrenched from bls bly to know I haven't recovered. If saddle and draggtsl beneath cruel, mur she really knew It might ruin her life, derous hoofs. The bay had gone down, for she la a girl who feels deeply. I i and the woman wns senseless when want to spare her thaL It’s the least the ambulance arrived, but she^i»*! re_ 1 can do.” rived and had lx*en hurried to her ••But she'll find It out some time.” home. In the man's hand they found “1 think noL She comes to see me the fragments of a bridle rein gripped every day." with such des|>cratlon that they could "Every day?" not remove It until he regnlne«! con “Yes; I'm expecting her soon.” sciousness He had askeil regarding “Ant! she doesn't know?" tlie girl’s safety, then sighed himself Austin sfiotik his head. “1 never let Into oblivion ngnln They told Suydatn her see there's nn.flhing the matter I hut he would die. with my slghL She drives up with hec With sick heart the listener runted mother, and I waft for her there tn nil high spirlt«*d women mid high the bay window It’s getting hard for strung horses, declaring them to be me to distinguish her now. but I recog works of the devil, like automobiles- nize the hoof beats. I can tell them V every <i>oe "But I don't im«ier«tan<! "I pretend to he very r.eak." plnlned the elder man with a guilty flush* "1 alt In the l>lg < hair yonder and my Jap t«oy waits on tier Mbe 1« very kin«! " Austin’s voice grew husky "I'm sorry to lose sight of the park out yonder, an«! the trees and the children I-J like they're growing Indistinct children I've always want««! sonx for I've dream«*! about IL" Hla myself thin, haggnrd face broke Into a wist- ful smile "1 guex« that Is all ovei with now." "I'm glad I cun tilde my feelings.' he eaid slowly, "for that Is what I have to do every instant she Is with me. I don't wish to Inflict unneces sary psln upon my friends, but don’t you xupr>ose I know «vhut It means? It means the destru<*tlon of all toy tine hopes the death of all I hold dear tn the world I love uty work, for I am —or I was—a success; this means I must give It up. I am strong In body and brain: this robe me of my useful ness. All my life I have prayed that ! might some time love « woman That time has come, but this means I must give her up and be lonely all my days. I must grope my way through the dark with never a ray of light to guide me. Do you know how awful the darkness Is?*' He wrung tils baud- "I must go hungering through the night with a voiceless love to torture me Just at the crowning point of nil Ife I've tx»en snuffed out I must fnl oehind anti se«* my friends desert me "Bob’" cried the other In ahocked denial “Oh. you know It will come to that P«*of>le don't like to f«**?l pity forever F'vp bw»n n lune I ; tugging at them fellow snd toy friends- nre numbered For s time they will come to see me and try to ebe«*r me up: they will even ■ pleasures trv t<> Include rue In their Then when It I» no tonffer a new stor« Don t Let Skin Troubles Spread ________ COME TO the new Till Shop in Lents 91 and Foster STOVEPIPE ELBOWS STOVE and FUR NACE REPAIRING We make all kinds of chicken supplies, champion Sanitary Fountains, Grit and Shell Boxes, Dry and Wet Mash Hoppers and Troughs. We will Make Anything You Want out of Sheet Metal GUTTERING and ROOFING Bring in Your Repairing, No Job too Small A. PEARCE Novelty Resemble« th« Fatigue Hat of National Guardsmen. bions for men have tiegun intake From Spain recently ill«* new tn the form whl< ti. according to s fxipular when the And n< >w a new as l»eeu found to r sailor It made w York. . where it The Herald is Only $1.00 Per Year DO IT NOW ! Patent Lawyers. Estab. 1889 307 Seventh St,, Washington, D. (\ ■ Pendleton Normal School Proven Necessity (Copied from Portland Oregonian.) MONMOUTH, Ore., June 26.—The Oregon Normal school opened this week . . . students enrolled 785, largest on record for state Normal in Oregon .... how to care for large student body a problem .... 800 being crowded into auditorium with seating ca pacity of 550. Galleries filled with extra chairs In aisles. More than 150 students seated on platform. New boarding houses completed, additions to room Ing houses built and tents used. One hundred girls sleep on upper floor of school. The official school report gives 150 grads pupils in Monmouth, for teacher practice. Read what those you have elected to handle the affairs of your state and who are thoroughly informed regarding school conditions in Oregon have to say concerning measure 308 on the ballot at the coming election: By James Wlthycombe, Governor of Oregon: ••Oregon Is unquestlonsbly In need of more normal school work and Pendleton is the logical place for a school of this class in Eustern Oregon " By J. A. Churchill, State Superintendent of Public Instruction: "I trust that the voters of the State will assist in raisins the standard of our schools by establishing a State Normal School at Pendleton * By P. L. Campbell, President of the University of Oregon: "At least one additional Normal School 1s urgently needed In Oregon " By W. J. Kerr, President of the Oregon Agricultural College: _ ■ Since the people of Pendleton are Initiating a measure for the establishment ot a Normal School at that place, it will give me pleasure to support this measure.” By J. H. Ackerman, President Oregon Normal School, at Monmouth: "A careful analysis of the situation will convince any »ne that Oregon needs a Normal School In Eastern Ore gon and Pendieton fills all the government requirements.” By «re County School Superintendents of Oregon: ”> «solved, that It Is the sens« of th« County School Fu, .-rlntendents of the State of Oregon, In convention assembled, that th« h«st interests of the schools of th« State demand Increased facilities for the training of teachers, and that we, therefore, endorse the initiative measure to establish a Normal School at Pendleton ” By Mrs. Charles H. Caatner, President of ths Oregon Federation of Women's Clube: "1 most heartily endorse th« location of said Normal School at Peudleton " Prof. Robert C. French, Former President of the Normal School Located at Weeton: "An Immediate establlehment of such a school at some central point such as Pendleton would prove a great aaaet to the State of Oregon ” B. F. Mulkey, Ex-Presidsnt Southern Oregon Normal Sahool: "1 shell support ths location ef an Eastern Oregon Normal School at Pendleton ” State Board of Regents of Oregon Normal School declares that “the necessity for additional Normal school facilities in Oregon is apparent.” Portland Chamber of Commerce endorses measure 308 and say Pentileton most logical location for Nor mal school in Eastern Oregon. vote for your children Eastern Oregon Stat« Normal School Commttt««. By J. H Gwinn. Bevy.. Pendleton, Or«. Ecn •» Kern Park Chris tain Church Corner 09th St. and 40th Ave. 8. E. 10 a. in. Bible School. 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. in. preaching eer* vice. 6:30 p. tn. Christain Endeavor. 7:30p. m. Thursday, mid-week prayer meeting. A cordial welcome to all. * Rev. G. K. Berry, Pastor. One block south of Woodmere station. Holy Communion the first Sunday of each month at 8 p. m, No other ser vices that day. Every other Sunday the regular ser vices will be as usual. Evening Prayer and sermon at 4 p. m. Sunday School meets at 3 t». m. B. Boatwright, Supt , L. Maffett, Sec. Rev. O. W. Tavior Rector. Lents tvanqelicai Church D. SWIFT & CO. (raid Adv I Seventh Day Adventist Church 10 a. m. Saturday Sabbath School. 11 a. tn. Saturday preaching. 7 :30 p. m. Wednesday. Prayer meeting 7 :45 p. in. Sunday preaching. Sermon by the Pastor, 11 a. m. and 7:15 p. tn. Sunday School 9:45 a. in., Albert Fankhauser, Superintendent. Y. P. A. 6:45 p. m. Paul Bradford, F resident. Prayer meeting Thursday 8 p. m. A cord:al welcome to all. • T. R Horuachuch, P.iator. - f «tu SLARCH .'.ilitjr. Weaetnat- e far our ti-e buck 308 X YES is a St. Peter s Catholic Church Sundays: 8 a. m. Low Maas. 10:30 a. tn. High Mass. 8:30 a. m. Sunday Sohool. 12 M. Cboii rehearsal. Week days: Maes at 8 a. m. St. Pauls t pise opal Church (Contino <1 next we* k.) NEW STYLES FOR MEN At The Churches i Trivial blemishes are sometimes the ■_ first warning of serious skin diseases. Artete Baptist Church Neglected akin troubles grow. Dr. 9:45 a. tn. Bible School. Hobson’s Eczema Ointment promptly 11 a. tn. Preaching service. 8:00 p. m. Evening services. stops the progress of eczema, heals 7:00 p tn. B. Y. P. V. meeting. stubborn cases of pimples, acne, 8:00 Thursday Prayer meeting. blotchy, red and scaly skin, The anti- Everyboiiy welcome to any and ail o! septic qualities of Dr. Hobson’s Eczema these services. W. T. S. Spriggs, pastor. Ointment kill the germ ami prevent the spread of the trouble. For cold sores or chapped hands, Dr. Hobson's Eczema Millard Avenue Presbyterian Church Ointment offers prompt relief. At your IG a. tn. Sabbath School. 11 a. m. Morning worship. Druggist, 50c. 7:p. tn. Y. P. 8. C. B. Linn county will pave 200 miles of 7 :45 p. m. Evening worship. 7 JO p. m. Thursday, midweek service. county highways in five years. 8 p. Mt. Thursday, choir practice. Rev. Wm. H. Amos, Pastor. / Lents friend’s Church 9:45 a. m. Bibie School. Clifford Barker Superintendent. 11:00 a. tn Preaching services. 6:25 p. m. Christian Endeavor. 7:30 p. m. Preaching Services. 8:00 p. m. Thursday, mid-week prayer meeting. A cordial welcome to all these ser vices. John and Net ie Riley, Pastors. Lents Baptist Church Lord’s Day. Bible School 9:45 a. m. Morning worship, 11 a. tn. Elmo Heights Sunday School, 2:30 p. tn. B Y. P. U., 6:30 p m. Evening worship, 7:30 p. m. A cordial welcome to these services. J. M. Nelson, Pastor Fifth Church ot Christ Fifth Church of Christ. Scientist of Portland, Ore. Myrtle Park Hall, Myrtle Park. Services Sunday 11a. tn. Sunday School 9:30 and 11 a. m. Wednesday evening testimonial meet ing 8 p. tn. Lents M. t. Church Sunday School 9:45. a. m. Preaching 11:00 a. m. Bible Study Class, 5:30 p. m. Epworth League 6:30 p, m. Preachihg 7:30 p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 7:30. F. M. Jasper, pastor. Residence 5703 Bird St. Laureluood M. E. Church 9:45 a. m. Sunday school. 11:00 a. in. preaching. 12:30 a. m class meeting 6:30 p. m. Epworth League. 7:30 p. m. preaching. The pastor is assisted by a chorus cho r and the Amphion Male Quartette. 8:00 p. m. Thursday evening, prayer service. Dr. C. R. Carlos, pastor. GermdH Evangelical Ketormed/hurch Corner Woodstock Ave., and 87th ..St. Rev. W. G. Lienkaemper, pastor. Sunday School 10 a. in. Morning Worship. 11 a. m. Y. P. 8. at 7:30 p. m. German School and Catechetical Class Saturday 10 a. m. Third United Brethren Church 10 a. m. Sunday School. 11 a. m Preaching. 3 p. m. Junior Christian Endeavor. 6:30 p. m. Senior Christian Endeavor. 7:30 p. m. Preaching. ------------------------------- k Brentwood M. E.JChurch 10 a. m. Sunday School. 11 a. m. Preaching service. Rev. W. L. Wilson, Pastor. LODGE DIRECTORY Magnolia Camp No. 4026, Royal Second Neighbors, meets regular and Fourth Weilneedays of each month at I. O. O. F. Hall. Second Wednesdays social meeting. Neighbors bring your families and friends. Fourth We«inee<iay, business. All Neighbors requested to come. By order of the Camp. f