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I've brought yer ter this pase. L e a s e bear the brunt o' it.” NEWS NOTES OF CURRENT WEEK Oregon Legislature OLDL Opens 28 th Session Resume of World’s Important State Capitol, Salem -Ren Selling, of Portland, was elected speaker of the house of representative at the opening of the 28th legislative assembly Mon day by a vote of 37 to 22 for Allen Eaton, of Eugene. The Selling forces remained intact and voted solidly for their man on the first ballot. Likewise the Eaton strength was undisturbed by the efforts of the oppositon. Selling had 37 votes on the first ballot. Cardwell, of Douglas, one of his supporters, was absent. Eaton had the remaining 22 votes. The four Democrats, including Miss Towne, the only woman member, voted for Eaton. Selling had the support of the Mult nomah delegation with the exception of Gill. On the other hand. Selling gained the vote of Stewart, of Wheeler, who previously had been counted with th£ Eaton forces. Upon Eaton's own motion the elec tion of Selling was made unanimous Ben S ellin g , o f M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty . S p e a k e r o f H ouse. and Selling was escorted to the chair by Eaton himself, and Hinkle, of Uma tilla. Chief Justice Moore administered the oath and the new speaker lost no time with speechmaking. He imme diately proceeded with the organiza tion. The following named attaches were elected by the house: Chief clerk, W. F. Drager, Salem; journal clerk, Harold A. Wilkins, Portland; reading clerk, Dudley, R. Clark, Portland; calendar clerk, Charles Erskine, Bend; sergeant-at-arms, H. T. Bruce, Port land; doorkeeper, George Miller, Baker; mailing clerk, W. S. Mc Adams, Independence. The speaker appointed Joseph F. Singer, of Portland, assistant sergeant- at-arms. The committee on rules also was named. The committee is com posed of Forbes, Jeffries, Eaton, Lewis and Hinkle. The committee on resolu tions is formed of Handley, Irvin, Rit- ner, Davey and Hare. The house reconvened at 2 :30 in the afternoon and immediately went into committee of the whole for the elec tion of clerks and other officers. Dav ey, of Malheur, was chairman of the committee and Olson, of Multnomah, secretary. Before reporting back to the house the committee voted to destroy its rec ords and pledged its members to keep secret the vote and other proceedings of the committee. It was not until then that someone noticed that the newspaper reporters had been present all the time and had taken notes on all the proceedings. Whereupon the re porters agreed not to use the informa tion with the understanding that they be admitted to future so-called secret meetings. The committee of the whole reported back to the house the result of its de liberations. The speaker then ap pointed his committees on rules and of resolutions and named Gerald Knewes, Edward Heenan and Farrell Olds as pages. Coon Bay to Seek Jetty. Marshfield — L. J. Simpson, of the Port of Coos Bay; Captain T. J. Mac- genn, of the steamship Breakwater, and C. A. Smith, of the Smith indus tries, were chosen one day this week by the Port of Coos Bay to represent this district at Washington about the middle of January in a request to con gress and the board of engineers of the War department for reconstruction of the north jetty on Coos Bay and a new jetty on the south side of the bar. The party will leave Marshfield Jan uary 9. State Capitol, Salem -Disposing of preliminaries with celerity, the state senate early Monday afternoon per fected its permanent organisation, and the announcement of committees made it ready for active work. W. Lair Thompson, of Lakeview, was elected president without serious opposition, although Senators Dimick of Clackmas, and Kellaher, of Mult- monah, voted for Senator Wood, of Washington county. Mr. Thompson also voted for Senator Wood. The vote was, Thompson 26. Wood 3. As was predicted, 1. N. Day, of Mult-, nomah. was elected tem|iorary presi dent and John P. Hunt, of Marion, temporary secretary. So far along did the senate get with its work resolutions were introduced by several members and three mes sages were recieved from Governor West. The only exciting race was that between Glenn O. Holman. Theo dore Rowland and James Church for calendar clerk. Eight ballots were W. L a ir T h o m p so n , o f C rook. K la m a th a n d L ake C o u n tie s, P re s id e n t o f S e n a te . taken without any candidate having a majority. Then a recess was declared and when the session was resumed Mr. Holman’s name was withdrawn. On the next ballot Mr. Church was elected by a large majority. The senate was called to order at 10:20 o’clock by W. D. Wood, dean of the upper house. I. S. Smith, of Marshfield, nominated I. N. Day, for temporary president; Dan Kellaher, moved that the nominations be closed, and Mr. Day was elected by a unan imous vote. W. Lair Thompson, of Lakeview, nominated John P. Hunt, of Marion, for temporary secretary, and there be ing no other nominations, Mr. Hunt was declared elected. Upon motion of Burgess, of Pend leton, the temporary president, a com mittee of three on credentials, com posed of Von der Hellen, of Jackson; Hawley, of Benton, and Smith, of Josephine. Burgess, Perkins, of Multnomah, and Hollis, of Forest Grove, were ap pointed a committee on permanent or ganization. The report of the committee on cre dentials called attention to the va cancy in Douglas county because of the resignation of Senator Neuner to be come district attorney. Order of bus iness was outlinedjin the report of the committee on permanent organization. Woman Appointed Senator. Salem — Miss Marion Towne, of Jackson county, will not be the only woman member of the next General Assembly if the plans of Governor West, announced Thursday, do not go astray. He said that he would appoint Miss Kathryn Clark, who conducts a hotel at Glendale, state senator of Douglas county, to succeed George Neuner, recently named district attor ney. The state senatorship was offered to Dexter Rice, of Roseburg, but he declined it, giving as his reason press of private business affairs. Events Told in Brief. Brazilian diamond dealers are lower- ing|prieea. Three Aberdeen, Wash., lumber mills have resumed operations. Villa with an army of 8000 is march ing north to attack many towns on the border. A suit has been filed to test the validity of the Arizona mothers’ pen sion law. The bill proposing that the govern ment purchase ships fur commerce, is being pushed in congress. Hordes of Turks are reported swoop ing into Russia, with the intention of crossing the Armenian mountains and attacking Tifiis. Germans admit that the allies had an opportunity three months ago to split the retreating German army in two, but the chance was lost and the gap closed by the timely arrival of German reinforcements. Great Britain decides to relax ban on commerce between that country, Italy and The Netherlands, whereby commerce to the latter two countries from the U. S. ia expected to undergo a minimum of molestation. The Chilean government has decided to send the battleship Captain Prat, the finest vessel in the Chilean navy, to take part in the international naval parade in connection with the formal opening of^the Panama canal. Work on 8000 portable kitchen wagons for the French army was be gun at Louisville, Ky., this week. The value of the order is placed a $260,- 000. The French governmentt speci fied that the wagons be ready in three months. President Wilson has practically de cided that he cannot attend the open ing of the Panama-Pacific exposition unless the European war ends before that date, as he feels it incumbent upon all high officials to be at their posts of duty during the conflict. A German submarine boat reported by wireless to the admiralty in Berlin that it has torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Plymouth the Brit ish battleship Formidable. The Sub marine was pursued by British de stroyers but escaped undamaged. Two negroes, Edward and Will Smith, of Montgomery, Ala., were taken from the Wetumpka jail early one day this week and lynched by a mob. They had been accused of im plication in the murder of R. A. Still well, an Elmore county farmer. Searching parties later found the negroes' bodies hanging in the woods. New Orleans celebrates 100th anni versary of peace between English- speaking nations. The ceremonies were opened with the firing of a 21- gun salute, so timed that the last gun boomed at 8:20 a. m. Friday, 100 years to the minute, according to his torians, after General Jackson finally triumphed over the British on the field of Chalmette. The recent lull in the activity of the German forces seemed to indicate preparation for a renewed attempt to pierce the Russian lines before War saw, and the fighting of the last few days shows that this attempt is being made on the lines from the Vistula south along the Bzura and Rawka rivers to a point east of the town of Rawka, which is in German hands. The Austrian government has noti fied the Italian foreign office that she is striving to ascertain whether four Italian subjects were taken as host ages after the capture of Belgrade, as has been widely reported in Italy. The Austrian foreign office has given notice to the Italian foreign office that she is prepare! to remedy the mistake, if one was made, and will offer repara tion. The German army authorities have issued a general order prohibiting in future troops in the field from frater nizing with forces of the enemy, as they did at several points in the west ern theater of the war at Christmas. To such an extent was this fraterniz ing carried out that at one place where the Germans and British played foot ball Christmas day they agreed to sus pend hostilities for two days more. The fourth trial of Dr. B. Clarke Hyde, of Kansas City, charged with the murder of Colonel Thomas H. Swoke, was reset for April 6 in the criminal court. The prosecutor asked for the continuance because, he said, the funds to pay necessary expert wit nesses are not available at this time. Frank P. Walsh, attorney for Dr. Hyde, opposed the postponement on the ground that it was depriving the defendant of his right to a speedy trial. Because of the advancing price of wheat Chicagoans are advocating the Roseburg — By an order issued by consumption of “ day-old” bread to Judge Harris, of Lane county, the keep the price per loaf at 6 cents. Roseburg Brewing & Ice company, a A representative-elect to the Oregon corporation organized here many years legislature will submit a bill to put ago, has been deprived of its right in the future to manufacture, dispose of the state under a commission form of or keep in storage any quantity of government, proposing to establish beer. The order is the result of action twelve departments. taken about two years ago by Governor The British admiralty says the cap West, when he instructed District At tain of the Formidable, when his bat torney Brown to begin proceedings to tleship was struck by German torpe annul the brewery’s charter. In his does, signalled nearby vessels to es decision Judge Harris held that the cape at once from the vicinity, instead brewery had violated local option laws. of helping him. Brewery Lone» Charter. Ó r IO U I5 E IÖ R 5 5 AUTHOR OTTHC OT"THE“ STORY O f SARAH/' “THC SHIP OF DREAMS.” ETC. corvmcnr or we cerrrurtr ca . p rid e and poverty m ak es uneasy b e d fe lle rs " H e loam d hack In th e uld Chair, c ro ak in g o u t a dism al echo to th e a u c tio n e e r's "G oing, going, g o n e !" w hile th e fiusb deep en ed lu A ngy’s ch eek A gain sh e fasten ed h e r gave upon th e Indom itable red ro se w hich hung a p en d an t e a rrin g on th e rig h t sid e of A b rah am 's head "Yew w o uldn't 's ' had folks s c o rn in ' h e re te r bid Jest o u t o' ch a rily , would y ew ?" alio dom audod. ''A n' auybow ," In a m ore g e n tle tu n e — th e g en tly p o si tive to n e w hich sh e had acq u ired th ro u g h forty y ours of Uvlug w ith A b rah am —"w e h a ln 'l so bud uff w ith o ne h u n d red dollar* uu' tew c e u ts , an ' — beholden te r ilotUMyt' H 'g k iw c e u ts tn o re'n yew need te r git yew In te r the Old M en's, a n ' th em ex try tow c e n ts 'll pervtde for m s Jest bew tlful." A bra h am sto p p ed rock lu g to s ta r e h a rd at hla re so u rcefu l w ife, an In v o lu n tary tw in k le of a m u s e m e n t In his blue eyes. W ith Increased firm ness, sh e re p eated , “J e s t b e w tlfu l!" w hereupon Abe, s c e n t ing se lf sacrifice on his w lfs's p a rt, s a t up s tra ig h t a n d sn ap p ed , " lla o w so, haow so, m o th e r? ” " It'll buy a postuge stam p , w on't It? ”—sh e w as fa irly ag g re ssiv e now — " a n ' th a r'e a envelop w hat w a 'n 't put up te r au ctio n lu th e cu p b o ard a n ' a p a p er bug 1 kin Iron o u t ketch m e a-gw lne te r th e n eig h b o rs a n ' a beg g in ' fe r w ritin g p a p e r an ' I’ll Jest sot daow n a n ' w rite a line to M iss' H al sey. H er house h a tn ’t a a tu n 's throw from th e Old M en's; a n ' I'll offer te r com e a n ' ta k e keor o' them a ir young 'u n s o' b e r'n fe r my board a n ' keep a n '— tun c e n ts a w eek. 1 w as a-gw lne te r say a q u a rte r, but I d o n ’t w an t te r Im pose oa nobody. Beeln* th a t they h a ln 't o v er w ell-ter-do, I w ould go fer n o th in ', but I got te r hav e so m e th in ' te r keep up a p p e a ra n c e s on. so yew w on't have no c all te r feel ash am ed of m e w hen 1 com e g v is itin ’ te r the h u m ." In v o lu n tarily , as she spoke, Angy lifted h e r k n o tted old h a n d and sm o o th ed back tbo h a ir from h e r b ro w ; for th ro u g h all th e stru g g lin g y e a rs sh e had k e p t a c e rta in , n o t un- pleaslng, g irlish p rid e In h e r personal a p p earan ce. A braham had rise n w ith c re a k s of hla rh e u m a tic Jo in ts, and w as now w alking up and dow n th e room , hla feet lifted slow ly an d patufully w ith e v ery step , y et still hla blue ey es flash Ing w ith the fire of In d ig n an t p ro te st. "M e a-b u n k ln ’ co m fo rta b le In th e Old M en's, a n ' yew s ta k in ' k e e r o' them H alsey young 'u n s te r te n c e n ts a w eek! I w o uldn't ta k e k eer o ' ‘out fe r ten r e n te a s h o r t b reath . T h a r be young 'u n s a n ' youog ‘u n s,” h e elu ci d a ted . "b u t th ey be ta r ta r s ! Y'ew'd bo in y er g ra v e afo re th e fu s t fro s t; a n ' w ho’s gw lne to r bury y e r—th e ta o w n ? " H is to n e becam e g e n tle and b ro k e n : "N o, no, Angy. Yew be a good gal, a n ' dew Just as we c a lc 'la te d on Yew Jlne th e Old L ad les’; yew 've got frie n d s o v er th u r, yew 'll g it erlo n g sp len d id . A n' I'll g it erlong tew . Yer know ”—th ro w in g his sh o u ld ers back, he assu m ed th e lig h t, b a n te rin g to n e so fa m ilia r to h is w ife—"th e p o o r h o u se doors is alw ay s open. I'd Jest a d m ire te r go th a r. T h a r’s a ro ck in g c h a ir In every room , and th ey sa y th e g ru b Is A No. 1.” He w inked a t' her, sm ilin g his b ro a d e s t sm ile In b is a t te m p t to deceive. B oth w ink and sm ile, how ever, w ere lo st upon A ngy. w ho w as busy d iv id ing th e ap p le sa u ce In such a way th a t A be w ould hav e th e la rg e r s h a re w ith o u t su sp e c tin g It, hoping th e w hile • h a t h e would not n o tice th e ab sen ce of b u tte r a t th is la s t hom e m eal. Bhe h e rs e lf had n e v e r believed In b u tte r ing b read w hen th e re w as "Bass" to e a t w ith It; but A bo's e x tra v a g a n t ta s te s had alw ay s c a rrie d him to th e p o in t of d e sirin g both b u tte r and sa u ce a s a re lish to h is loaf. "N aow , f u r ’s I'm co n cern ed ," p u r su e d Abe, “ 1 h a ln 't got n o th in ' agin th e poorhousc fe r n e ith e r m an ncr w om an. I'd a s lief let yew go th an 'stid o' m e; fe r I know very well t h a t ’s w hat y ew 're a-layln' o u t fe r te r do. Yes, yes, m o th er, yew c a n ’t fool m e B ut th in k w h at folks w ould say ! T h in k w hat th ey w ould say ! T h e y ’d crow , ’T h a r’s Abe a -tak ln ' his com fort In th e Old m en 's hum , a n ' A ngellne. s h e 's s e a tin ' h er h e a rt o u t In th e poor- h o u s e !' " A ngellne had. Indeed, d e te rm in e d to be th e one to go to th e p o o rh o u se; but all h e r life long sh e had cared, p erh ap s to a fau lty d eg ree, fo r "w h a t folks would sa y .” A bove all, she cared now fo r w h at th ey had said and w h a t th ey still m ig h t say a b o u t h e r h u sb a n d and th is flnnl en d in g to h is dow nhill road. She re s te d h e r tw o h an d s on th e ta b le an d looked h a rd a t th e ap p le sau ce u n til It danced b efo re h e r eyes. She could n o t th in k w ith an y d e g re e of c le a rn e ss. V aguely sh e w ondered If th 6 lr su p p er w ould d an ce o u t of sig h t b efo re th ey could s it dow n to e a t I t So m any of th e good th in g s of life had van ish ed e re sh e and Abe could touch th e ir lips to them . T h en she felt h is sh a k in g h and upon h e r sh o u l d e r an d h e ard him m u tte r w ith husky te n d e rn e s s ; "M y d ear, th is Is th e fu st ch an ce sin ce w e've been m a rrie d th a t I'v e had to ta k e th e w u st of It. D on’t say a w ord agin It naow , m o th er, d o n 't yer. it More th a n one faded, fr a g ra n t ro m an ce Is rev ealed In th e chap- te re of th la hom ely little sto ry . T h ro u g h It ru n e like a golden th re a d , th e te n d e r devotion of the aged husb an d and wife. C H A P T E R I. T he T ea T able. A ngellne'* sle n d e r, w iry form and sm all, glossy itray head b en t o v e r th e sq u a t brow n te a p o t as sh e shook out th e last b it of leaf from th e ca n iste r. T h e c a n is te r w as no lo n g e r hers, n ei th e r th e te a p o t, n o r even th e b a tte re d old p ew ter spoon w ith w hich sh e tap p ed th e b o tto m of th e tin to d is lodge th e la st flicker of tea-leaf dust. T h e th re e had been sold a t au ctio n th a t day In reaponeo to th e a u c tio n e e r's Inquiry, "W h a t am 1 bid for th e lotT’’ N othing In th e fa m ilia r old k itch en w as h ers, A ngellne reflected, except A braham , h e r ag ed h u sb an d , w ho w as tak in g hla la st g e n tle rid e In th e old rock in g c h a ir— th e old a rm c h a ir w ith p ain ted ro ses bloom ing as b rillian tly ac ro ss Its back as they had bloom ed w hen th e c h a ir w as first p u rch ased fo rty y e a rs ago. T h o se ro se s had co m e to be a so u rc e of p e rp e tu a l p o n d er to th e old wife, an e v e r-p re se n t ex am ple. N e ith e r tlm o n o r s tre s s could wilt them a sin g le leaf. W hen Abe took th e first m o rtg ag e on th e h o u se In o rd e r to In v est In an Indefinitely lo c a t ed M exican gold m ine, th e m clodeon dropped o ne of Its k*ys. but th e ro ses nodded on w ith th e sam e old sunny h ope, w hen Abe had to ta k e th e se c ond m o rtg ag e and T enafly Gold be cam e a fo rb id d en topic of c o n v e rs a tion, th e m in u te h an d fell off th e p a r lor clock, b u t th e flow ers on th e buck of th e old c h a ir blossom ed on none th e less seren ely .* T h e soil grew m ore and m ore b a r ren as th e y e a rs w ent by; h u t still th e ro ses had k ep t fresh an d young, so why, arg u e d Angy, sh o u ld not sh e ? If old age an d th e pinch o f p o v erty had failed to c o n q u e r th e ir v a lia n t sp irit, why should sh e listen to th e c ro a k ing ta le ? If th ey bloom ed on w ith th e sam e crim so n flaunt of color, though th e ro c k e rs b e n e a th th em h ad grow n w arped an d th e body of th e c h a ir cre a k e d an d g ro an ed ev ery tim e one v en tu re d to s it In It, w hy should sh e n o t lgnoro th e stiffn e ss w hich th e y e a rs seem ed to b rin g to h e r jo in ts, th e co m p la in ts w hich h e r body th r e a t ened e v ery now an d ag ain to u tte r, and fa re on h e rse lf, a h ard y p eren n ial b rav ely facin g life's w in ter-tim e? E ven th is d re a d e d day had not ta k en on e fra c tio n of a sh a d e from th e glory of th e ro ses, as A ngellne could se e In th e bud a t o ne side of A b ra h a m ’s h ead and th e full-blow n flower below h is rig h t e a r ; so w hy should 9bo droop b ec a u se th e sa le of h er h o usehold goods h ad been so m ew h at d isa p p o in tin g ? S o m ew h at? W hen th e c h ild le ss old couple, still sailing u n d e r th e b a n n e r of a charlty-forbld- d ln g pride, becam e p ra c tic a lly reduced to th e ir la s t co pper. Ju st a s A be's jo in ts w ere "lo o se n in ' u p " a f te r a five y e a rs ’ sieg e of rh e u m a tism , an d d e cid ed to sell all th e ir w orldly p o sses sio n s, a p a r t from th e ir p atch ed and th re a d b a re w ard ro b es an d a few m ea g e r k eep sak es, th ey h ad depended upon ra isin g a t le a s t tw o h u n d re d dol la rs, one-half of w hich w as to secu re Abe a b e rth In th e Old M en's hom e at In d ian V illage, an d th e o th e r h a lf to m ak e A ngellne c o m fo rta b le fo r life, If a little lonely. In th e Old L a d ie s' hom e In th e ir ow n n a tiv e h a m le t of Shore- ville. B oth In s titu tio n s had been g en ero u sly endow ed by th e sa m e e s ta te , an d w ere s e p a ra te d by a d is ta n c e of b u t five m iles. “M ight a s w aal be five h u n d erd , w ith my rh e u m a tlz ’ a n ’ y e r w eak h e a rt,” A b rah am had grow led w hen A ngy first proposed th e plan a s th e only d ig n i fied so lu tio n to th e ir problem of living "B u t," th e little wife had rejo in ed , “ It’ll be a m ite o’ co m fo rt a-k n o w ln ’ a body’s so n e a r, even ef y e r c a n 't g it tew ’em ." N ow, a n o th e r so lu tio n m u s t be found to th e p ro b lem ; fo r th e au ctio n w as over, and In ste a d of tw o h u n d re d dol la rs th e y had succeeded In ra isin g but o ne h u n d re d d o lla rs and tw o cen ts. " T h a t a ir tew c e n ts w as fe r th e flo u r-sifter,” in w ard ly m ou rn ed Angy, " a n ’ It's w u th double a n ' trlb b le , fer It's been a good frien d te r m e fe r nigh on te r e ig h t y e a r." “T ew c e n ts on th e second h u n d erd ," said A be fo r th e te n th tim e. " I’ve co u n ted It o v e r a n ’ over. O ne h u n d erd d o lla rs a n ’ tew pesky pennies. A n' I n e v e r h e a r a m an tell so m any lies In my life as th a t a ir a u c tio n eer. Yew’d 'a ' th o u g h t he w as s e llln ’ o u t th e em p ery o' R ooshy. H y-guy, It soun d ed sp len d id . F u st off I th o u g h t h e'd ra is e u s m ore ’n we expected. A n' m ebbe he would h av e tew . A ngy," a b it ru efu lly , "e f yew ‘d a ' le t me a d v e rtis e a little sooner. I d o n ’t s'p o se h a lf S h o rev llle know s y lt th a t we w as gw lne te r h av e a au ctio n sa le .” H e w atch ed th e color risin g In h e r ch eek s w ith a cu rio u s m ix tu re of p rid e In h e r p rid e and re g re t a t Its c o n se quences. " I t's no u se » ta lk in ', raoLb- Ab, th e g re a te s t good of all bad not vautshud, and th a t w as th e love they bore o ne to th e o th e r. T h e su n s h in e c a m s flooding back Into m o th e r's h e a rt. S he lifted h e r face, b eau tifu l, rosy, e te rn a lly young. T h is w as th e m an for whom sh e had gladly risk ed w ant and poverty, th e d is p le a su re of h e r ow n people, a lm o st h a lt a c e n tu ry ago. Now a t la st sh e could point him out to all h e r little w orld abd say, "Hue, h e gives m e th e red sid e of th e a p p le !” Hhu lifted h e r eyoa, tw o b rig h t sa p p h ire s sw im m ing w ith the diam ond dew of unshed, happy te a rs ‘T in a-th ln k ln ', fa th e r," sh e tw it tered , " th a t naow uiu a n ' yew be a-gw lae so fu r a p a rt, we be a g lttlu ' c lo se r te rg o th e r lu ep u ro t th a n w e've e v e r been afo re.” Abe bunt dow n stiffly to b ru sh her ch eek w ith bis rough beard, so d then, aw kw ard, as w hen a boy of six te e n he had first k issed h er, shy, ash a m e d a t th is ap p ro ach to a re tu rn of th e old tim e love m aking, he seated him self a t th e sm all, b a re table. T hla w arped, hill and dale ta b le of th e drop leave«, w hich had been b ro u g h t from th e a ttic ouly today a fte r re stin g th e re fur ten y eara, had se rv e d as th e ir first d lu lu g -tsb le wjieu tho honeym oon w as young. Abe th o u g h tfu lly drum m ed his hand on th e' board, and as Angy bro u g h t th e te a pot and sa t dow n o pposite him , he r e c a lle d : "W e had b read a n ' te a a n ' ap p le «ase th e day we s e t u p housekeepln',. dew yew rem em b er, A ngy?" "A n' I burned th e upplu ease." she su p p lem en ted , w hereupon Abe c h u ck led. an d Angy w ent on w ith a thrill: of g en u in e g lad n ess o v er th e fact th a t he rem em b ered th e d e ta ils o f th a t' long-ago honeym oon as well aa a h a :' "Yew d o n 't tnlud h a v in ' no b u tte r to n ig h t, duw yer, fa th e r? " H e recalled how h e bad said to h e r a t th a t first sim ple borne m eal: "Xew d o n 't m ind bein' poor w ith m e, dew yer. A ngy?" Now, w ith a sile n t sh a k e of his head, lie s ta re d at her, w o n d er ing how It would seem to e a t a t ta b le w hen h er face no lo n g er looked at him acro ss th e board, to sleep a t n ig h t w hen h e r faith fu l h and no lo n g er lay w ith in reach of hie own. Hhe lifted h er teacup, he lifted his, th e tw o g a z ing a t each o th e r o v e r th e b rim s, both half d istre sse d , half-com forted by th e fa c t th a t love still rem ain ed th e ir to u e tm a s te r a fte r th e passing of all th e years. Of a sudden Angy ex claim ed, "W e ferg o t te r say g race.” Shocked and c o n trite , th ey covered th e ir eyes w ith th e ir trem b lin g old1 h an d s and m u rm u red to g e th e r: "I>ear Lord, we th an k th e e th is day for o u r dally b read .” Angy opened h e r eyoa to find th e red ro ses ch eerfu lly facing h e r from th e back of th e rock in g ch air. A robin had hopped upon th e window sill Ju st o u tsid e th e p atch ed and ru sty sc re e n and w as joyfully c aro lin g to h e r hla view s of life. T h ro u g h th e w indow v in es In w hich th e b ird w as alm o st m esh ed th e su n lig h t sifted softly Into th e strip p ed , b are and lonely room . Angy felt s tra n g e ly en co u rag ed and com forted. T hu ro se s becam e sy m bolical to h e r of th e "lilies of th e field w hich toll not, n e ith e r do th ey s p in ;" th e robin w as one of tho “tw o s p a r row s sold for a fa rth in g , and one of th em sh all n o t fall to th e g ro u n d w ith o u t your F a th e r ;” w hile th e su n lig h t' seem ed to call o u t to th o little old lady w ho hoped and believed and' loved m uch: " F e a r ye not th erefo r* . Ye a re of m ore value th a n m any s p a rro w s !” C H A PT E R II. "Good-by.” W hen th e la s t look of p a rtin g had been g iv e n to Lhe old k itch en a n d th e couple passed o u t of doors, hushed and tre m b ltu f, th ey p re se n te d a n In congruously b rave, gala day a p p e a r ance. B oth w ere d re s se d In th e ir best. To be sure, A b rah am 's Hunday su it had long s in c e becom e h is only, e v e ry day s u it as w« II. b u t he w ore h is S ab b ath day hat, a b eav er o f a n c ie n t de sign, w ith on a ir th a t c a s t Its reflec tio n o v er all h is ap p arel. A ngellne had on a black silk gow n as sh in y aa th e fresh ly polished sto v e sh e w as leav in g In h e r k itch en -a gow n w hich testified from Its volum inous hem to th e so ft yellow n et g t th e th r o a t th a t A ngollnn wiis ns n e a t a m en d er and d a rn e r as could be found In Suffolk county. A black silk b o n n et sn uggled close to h er head, from u n d e r Its brim peep ing a sin g le pink rose. E very sp rin g for ten y ears A ngellne had ren ew ed th e youth of th is rose by tre a tin g Its p etals w ith th e te n d e r red dy* of ft budding oak. (TO B E C O N T IN U E D .) Boys W ill Be Boys. Doe*' th e m odern sm all boy really c a re w h e th e f candy le a trifle sh o p w orn o r not? W ill s tra w b e rry c ream so d a gu rg le less deliciously dow n h is g u llet b ecause It foam s In a semi- o p aq u e g lass? C an he re s is t th e lu r* of highly rouged candy, and will h* p o stp o n e gluing h is jaw s to g e th e r w ith a s tic k of licorice w hile h e co n d u cts an au to p sy to d e te c t th e p re s e n ce of lam pblack In It? If he h as a tta in e d all th is m a ste ry o v er h is e le m e n ta l n a tu re , a s th e council of th e H o u sew iv es’ leag u e w ould h a v e u s be lieve, he m u st h av e becom e a m ost In sufferable young prig. A las for th e d ay s of Tom H aw yer and H u c k leb erry F ln n l A verage C onsum ption of W ate r. W hile th e a v e ra g e am o u n t o f w a te r used dally In th e c itie s of th e U n ited S tU e s varies from 60 to 160 g a llo n s p er c a p ita, th e r e Is an alm o st uni form consum ption of a little m o re th a n h a lf a gallon by e ach p erso n fo r I r la h log purposes.