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Ned I- ruiikIlii wun Die aou of a man
who hud graduated a« a pluiuainan,
drifted i-nat and made money. Ned
went weal to ace w hat Ida futber hud
aeen. lie had been gone Just two
week* when Ida futber received the
following telegram from blui:
fitrnmli-d T«l«sr«ph money for return.
When be got home bu told them of
Ida week'* adventure* in the laud of
the apura. the revolver aud the rllle.
It wiih ua follow*:
lie found iHuiver, which bla fattier
hud known ua a amall town, a large
city and pushed on weal ward. When
lie came to the end of the rails lie
took coaches. Me waa now In the
land where travelers talked about road
agents, where tbo«« In tbv tow ns S|ioke
M Y W IFE’S
BIRTHDAY
B 1 C A R I SA R G EN T C H A S E
"ily dear," I Bald to my wife, "next
Thursday will be your birthday. You
(’reaching; every, ,Suiiduy||at*ll*a. m
T o t a l ....................... $3.00
know how buay I am und how th e fur-
and at 7:30 p. m. by Kev. A. C. Kat
nUliIng of glfta for member* of the
Bjth Papers One year, . $2.00 on. Sunday (school a t 10 a. in., A. J
fuinlly dlatreases me. Hobby inuat
Caldwell, supt. II Y I* U at 6:30 p. m.
tinva a birthday gift for you ns well
Mra. Kuton, preaident.
aa
me, and I muat provide bla aa well
Tlio Semi
ua mine Will you please relieve me
Weekly
of tile reaiemslbillty by buying some
Catholic
Publishes the latest «mi mimi complete
thing for me to give you und some
thing for Itobby to give you?’’
t. !i.«ri.|.hi.- now« of the world; givi*
( 'i t n i ' it o r n u t I mmai i ’I. atk Concur*
This wus not displeasing to my wife,
reliable m arket rc|>ort*, ns It I n pul'.
lio n , S tav to ti; Hev, A. Lainck
for she Is a frugal woman und would
priest in charge. H igh ton«« second
Il-hed at l ’u ri lumi, where the m arket
rath er buy glfta for herself than th a t
io u rth and tilt 1 1 Slindaya 8 30 a. in..
I should tiuy them for her, fearing
n wa can be hiii I I b corrected to date
I’rient’a addre««: S ublim ity, Oregon.
th a t I would be too ex tra v ag a n t In the
f <r eiirh iaxuc. It al«u bau a page of
matter.
Besides, glie ha* for som e
a '<cinl m utti-r for the farm ami home, T. HoairAOK'H C atholic C honch ,
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Kev
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provided
tbe family gtfta for
a en tertain in g »tory page and a pane
birthdays and Christm as. However,
Kow ilia*« 8 a. m., high man« |i :t"
o more of comic each week, anil il
a. in., tirat and th ird Sunday« in the
there Is one feature of tbe m atter th a t
g >ea to the aubaeriher twice ever)
m o n th ; high inn»« 10:30 a. ill , »ee incidentally o f the last guD tight, or needs careful attention. O ur hoy. Hob
week 104 time* a year.
en d , (ourlb and tilth Sunday« Ve« how much money bad becu wou or lost by. aged ten, la not taken Into th e
by som e prominent citizen a t faro. secret. He is supposed to assum e th a t
|H*r h a t eventide.
Ned. who believed the only way to I buy bla and my own g ifts for hla
learn the manners and custom* o f a mother.
people wa* to make M m lr acquaint
Christian
On tbla anniversary, being very mucb
Civea all the local newa ami hnpix-nlngH
ance. told everybody th a t he had come engaged, a fte r throw ing the burden on
and ahouM bo in every home in thia
Services will be held every Sunday. out to see the country nnd m eant to my w ife's shoulders 1 did not eveD
vicinity,
,
Preaching a t II u. m., and 8 p. m. sec It thoroughly, l i e had no atuck take tbe precaution to hnve tbe usual
The two pa|x-r* make a aplendid com- Sunday school at 10 a. m ., Mra. W. H op notions about him; not lie. H e felt consultation with Hob as to w bat 1
t nation and you nave $1 i.y «ending H o I ihou , superintendent. Y. 1*. S. C. E. ns much at home w ith a stage driver should procure for him for bis m other's
) ur aubaeription to ua.
a t 7:30 p. m., Mra. K. L. Dunn preai as he would with the veriest dandy at birthday. The day In-fore the anniver
We can alao give our aubaeribera a dent. I .allies Aid society m ccta each home. The consequence of this tie- sary carne round 1 suddenly rem em ber
tmvlor was Hint he made friends In ed the m atter, reminded him of it and
g id clubbing offer for the Unity and Wvdneaday a t 2:30 p. m., Mra. U. D.
stil tiler.
asked him w hat he would like to give.
Sunday, ot Sunday Journal, in con Thomas, 1’rea., 11. S'. Kossell, pastor.
One evening a t th e A n telo p e-a ta v He prefers to pay for bis gifts o c t of
nection with
ern. gin mill and gam bling bonne com Ids owu money and, having an ey>> to
bined—It was suggested by a man who business, suggested caudy, well know-
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Methodist
was allowing Ned the town, th a t he lug th a t nine-tenths of It would go Into
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Methodist Episcopal Church, order of Invest a few dollars a t fnro, Just to his own stomach. He gave me :he
services: Bible school a t 10 a. m ., see bow It worked. Ned looked a t his money for the purchase, and I straig h t
P O L K ’S
friend, smiled, slapped him on tbe
way Informed bis m other of bis choice,
A. S. 1‘uncoast,
superintendent- back, winked and said:
f O R E G O N a n d W A S H IN G T O N
telling her Just w hat kind of sw eets
Preaching at 11 a. ni. and 7:30 p. rn.
“ Not much. I’m a young man from
Midweek P ray er and Bible Study, th e city, and you c a n 't come fnro on lie preferred for her, or, rather, for
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himself.
Wednesday, 7:30 p, m.
Kpworth me.”
A 1 »lr*«t ic>r y of Mi ft ct«y. Tc»wn nn!
My wife left s box containing my
V,
V i l l a « « . « I v i n * t 1 * * - r l p f h * irk««• It o f
•’You're dead right, pnrd.” said the
le a g u e , Sunday, 6. p. m ., Clark
on ( I t p in « «, l o c a t i o n ,
Ion.
otlicr.^'Injt^w
bnt'iTiennt'vvns
To
Invest
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f*r*
[or her *“
c l« e t and so busy
Mace, Pres.
Ladies' Aid Society,
was I th a t I never thought to look a t
1 •• • l>H. *tiij>pln« an d Lankin« i*oint;
r ia sa in c d U l w i o r y , compiled by
Thursday afternoon, Mrs. J . it. Card |L’ to see tbe game. Just ns you'd spend IL The aftcruoou before her birtb-
basil»«*» ami iiroioMion,
ner, Pres, P asto r of the church. E. tbe sam e for n round of drinks.”
M. I- POLK * CO., BRATTLE
T he man left Ned, but a fte r aw hile day we walked out together, and d u r
S utton Mace,
returned and asked If he proposed to ing the w alk she dropped In a t a candy
go w est In the stage tbe next morning. store and. finding a b etter article th an
Ned said be did; whereupon bis friend Hob had suggested for less money,
T o h e a d off a
trv Dr. Miter
asked
If ho would mind tak in g charge bought It. carefully instructing me as
A n il-P a in Pill.
t Mom fall.
of a young lady. Neil rem arked th a t to t,le reasons 1 should give Bob for
he would lie only too happy to do so. the ctiaDge from his order.
Jcs. Sectak & Sons, Props.
T hat evening 1 took Bob into my
He was seeing n good deni of the men
D«dHr< In
of th e country, but had th u s fa r met study, sh a t tb e door eo th a t hla m other
few of th e women. He w as assured could not overbear our conversation
fresh, Sait and Smoked
flint th e young lady, Mlsa Iver, was and showed him tb e candy, explaining
th e daughter of a wealthy ranchm an, at the sam e tim e why th e change had
a id bad ls-en to Denver on a shopping been mnde. U nfortunately I told him
tour nnd was returning to her home. double the price paid. H e heard me
M i r i f l I V k r V o i d fo r Slock nr
This pleased Ned very much, nnd he through then said:
hide*.
“Pnpa, 1 didn’t suppose you woufd
anticipated a bit of a flirtation with
allow any one to m ake such a guy of
Miss
iver.
llow
It
would
su
rp
rise
his
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fa th e r If he should m arry a ranch you.”
B Y B U Y IN G Y O U R
"W hat do you m ean 7" I asked, quite
m an's d au ghter and turn ranchm an
taken aback.
himself.
"To charge you 50 cents for h alf a
Ned was introduced to Miss Iver at
th e conch door by tb e man who bad pound of candy.”
Not Itelug able to explain the m atter,
asked him to escort her nnd wns
Means Money Saved
som ew hat disappointed In her. Her I tried to get out of it by directing bis
We make all garm ents with utm ost
walk was aw kw ard, and her voice wns attention elsewhere, so 1 took th e box
not refined. However, she w as a wo containing my own present for his
care 'th e quality of m aterial and
of the
man of th e country, and he w as curi mother from tb e closet aud began to
excellent Work mat hip Insure every
ous to learn all about her. lie asked open IL
order executed by us to be almoldte-
her If she w ouldn't like to sit outside,
Now, It suddenly occurred to me th a t
ly right and satisfactory, Thare is
but she declined on th e ground th a t 1 wns Ignorant of th e contents of th a t
real money saving quality in our
the sun freckled her, so they entered box. While unw rapping It Bob nsked
the coach, Ned taking a sent beside me several tim es w hat It was.
! her.
“ You shall see." I said. But th e im
Tlio young woman wns disposed to patient Bob did not see. for there w as
John Henkel, The Tailor
tie quiet and uncoimnunlcntlve during n knot In tbe strin g th a t bound It
the early p art of th e Journey, but ns which 1 found It difficult to untie, so I
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one by one tb e passengers left the kept repeating, "You shnll see, my boy,
I conch, none others taking th eir plnces, w hat it is If yon will only be patienL”
she tbnw ed mid took pleasure In giv
When I got the cover off I discovered
ing her escort Information about the tlint th e gift hnd been packed In ex
country, occasionally pointing out ob celsior. nnd I wns obliged to hunt for
jects of interest. Ned. w arm ing up, It. Tills enused more delay, during
began to pay her com plim ents ns he which Bob continued to ask “W h at Is
hnu tteen used to paying them to girls Itr* and I to reply “You shall see."
at home, "but she wns not used to But I wns cornered a fte r all, fo r when
FOR
them , or did not seein to know how I produced n little round glass recep
to tak e them ; but she evidently wns tacle profusely gilded, with a hole in
try in g to make It appear tlint she had th e cover. I d id n 't know w hat it wns.
ls-en paid com plim ents before.
"W hat is i t papa?" again Bob que
She told Ned th a t she expected her ried. this tim e with a new meaning,
fath er to meet her nt the Junction of for he hnd never seen one of th e kind
the stage road and another lending to
before any more th an I lind.
the ranch. When the conch readied
H ere w as n pretty predicament. 1
the Junction Ned expected to see a
hnd I Height n present for m other w ith
four mule team nnd n four seated coun
out knowing to w hat use it was to be
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try wagon. Hut he saw nothing. Nei
IOGOlNi SHASTA»
put. Thnt wns n dead giveaway. I
ther did the young Indy. She looked
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looked It ever, turned It upside down
very much troubled. Ned nsked her
and took off the lid, b ut for the life of
w hat she would do. Sho snld she sup-
me I could not rnnke out for w hat it
posed she would hnve to w n lt F o r n
wus
intended. Finally I hazarded;
young woman to w nlt nt n crossroads
“Why. don’t you know w hat th a t Is,
w ith no house w ithin miles scorned to
Bob? Why. It's a —a thing a lady puts
Ned little short of madness.
The
on her bureau to hold powder, and
Has authorized a low round trip fare from all points on its
stngecoach m ust go on, nnd Ned tried
to persuade his fnlr charge to go on th a t hole In the top is for th e handle
lines in Oregon: from points on the Corvallis & Eastern;
too Rut she said her pnpn would be j of the thing she puts the stuff on her
fnoe with. T he handle sticks out
Salem, Falls City & Western and the Pacific Railway & Navi
aw fully worried when ho arrived nnd
through
the hole.”
gation Company of
•
did not find her.
H aving said this I directed Bob’s a t
There wns nothing for Ned to do, es
tention again to his own p re se n t and
pecially since she h id been plnced In |
lie asked me If It would lie allowable
Ills charge, but to remain w ith her.
for him to take Just one
She declined to |>ernilt him to tnnke
H aving staggered through the m atter
the sacrifice unless he would promise
with Bob nnd come o ut whole by the
to spend his tim e till the conch passed
skin of my teeth. 1 w ent to his m other
SALE DATES
the next day a t her fnther's ranch. In
nnd said:
deed. she declared thnt pnpn would not
"F or heaven's sake! Why d id n 't you
hear
of
Ills
doing
anything
cNe.
December 21st to 25th inclusive, and from December 28th to
tell me w hat wns the gift you had
So they alighted, nnd the conch went bought for me to give you nnd w hat It
January 1st, 1918, inclusive, with final return
on. As soon ns It turned n t>cml In the
wns for?"
limit January 2nd. 1913.
road nnd wns out of sight Miss Iver
"1 did. but you forgot."
took n revolver out of n pocket In her
"W lint Is the thing anyw ay? I told
dress nnd. covering Ned, snld:
For specific fares from any station, train service, sale dates,
Bob It was for face powder."
"Voting feller. If you’ve got nny vnlu-
“I t’s a hair receiver."
limits, etc., call on nearest agent, or write to
nbles In yoor clothes shell 'em ont."
"W h at's a hair receiver?"
When Ned recovered from his su r
" It's to put th e hairs lo th a t com i
prise he necepted th e situation. The out of a woman’s head when she
JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent, PORTLAND, ORE.
Indy threw off her fem inine apparel combs her hair.”
ami stood before him n ntnn with his
“ Do they go In a t th e hole In the
trousers In his boots. Ho took $S00 top?"
Ned handed him nnd snld:
"O f course."
“Now, you galoot, move on."
"W ell, w e've escaped this time, but
Ned walked back ten miles to n re don't roll ever buy any more presents
lay, w here the driver of the returning for yourself or nny one else w ithout
eonc’i took him nltonrd and enrrled him telling the giver beforehand w hat they
to a telegraph station.
are aud w hat for.”
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