Crook County journal., January 09, 1902, Image 5

A Sinner Unrepentant
By Soplil Cute Kerr.
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MY, HUT your riiornln' glorlea do
look nice, Mlssl'hemeyl Wih
you U savu ine Homo seed often Unit
whim one." It wn Mm. Ulcliey com
ing up tliti wulk,
"I will, Mm' Ridley. Come In mid
set down, There's n pn'in leaf on the
lining, bii- iinililm you'll take a glims
if cool wafer. It's fi scorchlii' morn
ing," snlikMIs l'heiiiey.
"I would Ilka a drink, tlimik you,"
responded Mrs. llitjlcy, "Hcems like
when anybody' fitt ns I nut, they Just
get bet up Ilk ucohI stove. My, Unit
taste good. Vou got a grand wi-ll,
XI lim I'heniey,"
Tim IkwIhhm mulled flnf ti-ri-d smile,
but before she could speuk Mm. Itidlry
Went tin: "I brought over three, of
Wr. l(ldly' vests, Miss I'heniey, to get
yon to mend 'em, lie's bu'sted 'em
ever' one right down the hack, f'r nil
the world like 11 acven-yeur locust, I
lull 'Ini, nn't seems like 1 got no time
1o fix 'em, with ICininn Muy gittlu'
married next week. We're just llvln'
In a regular whirlwind, an' sorry ni
I'll be to see Kniuui Mny go not that
1 don't I1k Charlie Knot, but you
know what I meanl en rt'ncy shall he
glad when all thin fua la over."
"I expect It la trying." Hynipnthlr.ed
Mlaa I'brmry. "Hut Emma May's al
waya been a good daughter, an' ahe
deserve a (Inn weddln',"
" Taln't that I don't want her to
ha It." tald SIra. Kidlry, hastily.
"Hut I'm jut dog-tired thl mornln'
lor the bind sake, it'a half-past ten
o'clock already; I got to go. Vou
bring them vests over when tlhy'r
done., Mlxa l'hemey, an' I'll pay you
f'r 'em. I'd send one o' the boya over,
but Kmma May want you to com per
tickler an' ace her presents, ao'll bt
klllin' two blrila with one atona." Hhe
chuckled comfortably at he stepped
outalde the door.
Mine Pheniry looked after her de
parting form with resentful ature.
"Yes," she muttered, "ah can get MUt
Maxwell to make Kmma May's wcddln
elothra, but I'm good enough to mend
p Jim Itidlry' old vesta. I'll charge
her U eriita apiece, are 'f I don't;
that'll be 45 crnta. linen eem a good
bit to charge f'r niendln' three vests."
"Kmma May wnnta you to com per
tickler to ace her presents! 'Taln't
no hint; oh, nol Sally Kidlcy needn't
'a'troubled herself to any that. I got
a present fur Kmma .Mny, an' I'm going
to give It to her. I'd like to get even
with the in, the whole kid band of 'em.
leat oa if 1 couldn't 'a'nindfl Kmiiia
Mny' weddln' clo'al They tall m
Alius Maxwell nan a chain-stlteh ma
chine. I alwaya did aay chnln-slltrk
machine waa mode for the careless,
an' I don't ae no re anon to change my
mind. Well, 'pen word, thla vrat ain't
on'y bu'sted, but (rayed Int' the bar
gain." Mis Pheiuey fell briskly to
ewing.
The next day, despite th threaten
ing rumble of a diatant atorm. Mini
l'hemey drraaed In her beat and Mart
eel toward the Hldley. carefully car
rying two packagea. Mia was gra
cioualy received by Emma, May, a fin.
fair girl of pleaaant mien and placid
diapoalllon.
"I brought home them veata," ex
plained Ml l'hemey; "and here,
Kmma May, la a little preaent 1
brought for you. It'll be nice f r your
dining-room table., I thought." She
held out a amnll white pant? board
box, with an expression of the hrap-lng-c.oals-of-flr
kind.
"Ma," called Emma May, "come here;
ills I'hrmey'e brought me a butter
knifel Wluht you'd look! That cer
t'ney 1 beautiful."
"If aolld ailver," aaid the donor,
proudly. "My niece down to New
l'ork got it for m'e." Hhe received the
thanka, delivered a trifle embsrrassed
ly, of mother and daughter, with po
lite coolness.
When the bride-elect Invited her to
n Inspection of the preaenta, Mlat
l'hemey looked them over and made
few comment. She turned the act of
ailver apoon, "presented by the
groom'a parent," ao that the plate
mark wa visible, and ahe tapped the
globe of a gaudy china lamp with the
remark that they were just two dol
lar and thirty-nine centa down to
lleedham'i. When ahe had looked at
all, ahe mid, cheerfully; '
"Now I want to e your clothe,
Emma Mny."
Mr. and Mr. Ridley exchanged
glancea of annoyance, but the latter
led the way to the spare room, where,
on bed and chair, lay the creation of
Mine Maxwell, "City Modiste."
There Waa the white ailk wedding
dreua, the tan traveling dress, aome
odd walata, a block satin, stiff with
Jet, and a "tea gown." No girl In a
country town marrle without these
last Independable garments; they
are the real backbone of the troue
ran. Mlsa Phemey looked at the display,
felt the quality of the material, and
examined the despised chnln-stltch-ing,
without a word. At last ahe
aaid, pleasantly couacioua of paying
old core:
"If I might peroom to criticise, I
really do think It's a pity you got
ytnir wedding drew made with a
p'lntfd oversklrt. Aft the Intent
fashion books aay they're not worn
at all thla sriisnn; and box pinks, tio,
la kind of dropping out. I was read
In' only yesterday that 'twas just the.
cheapest goods wus made up ny
more. That, black satin' mil pretty,
though. Did yon ee Lena Hullivuii'e
bliiek Matin? Hera waa a beauty
fluent piece o' satin I ever cut Into,
an' all made up with these plaited
ruffles. Why, Kmiiia May, seems If
you'd be moat afraid to leave all
mean nne things in insre with the
winder open, this room on the
ground Door, like It la. It's been a
real treat to see such elegant clot lies,
on' I hope your married llfe'li b
hnppy, The. Kootes have nil got ter
rible unreasonable tempers, they
say; but I hope you'll lie able to man
age (.'harlle. Oood-hy, all."
Mis l'hemey walked home slowly.
Even the thought of the darts she
had planted in Mrs, liidlry'e cupa
cloua breant brought her no real
comfort, when the vision of the
snowy wedding dress rose In-fore her.
"Things ain't edge even yet," .she
murmured. A low growl of thunder
stint led her, and she hastened Into
the house to shut out the cutting
flare of the, lightning. When the
kettle twilled she art her lonely table
and made tea. The quick thump of
heavy rail! drops on the roof made
ber tart nervously. Night had
come with tha torm, and after her
aupper waa over, Miss Phemey silt In
the dark and meditated. About !m
o'clock the rain ceased, and ahe flung
the shutters open. The stars were
shining now. The air outside was
cool and dump and frnirrant. She
looked over tnwardMhe ltidley house,
and as she did o their Inst light went
out, Misa l'hemey strnlned her eyes
to no avail. All was darkness there.
"I'm a-goin' to do It," ahe said
aloud, determinedly. Itumaglng over
the table, she found a pair of eel
aors. She took a match from the
box beside the window and unlocked
th door. The moon was creeping up,
a flat disk of pale yellow. Ml
l'hemey looked down at herelf and
saw that ahe still wore her best
dress. "It'll b all drabbled," she
thought; then, recklessly; "1 don't
care, nohow."
She brushed against the dripping
flowers beside the garden path, and
held her breath as th gat gave a
whining cr- ak. Out on the road,
walking noiselessly, ahe went. Once
she heard a team coming and
crouched In a corner of the worn
fence. behind a little gum tree sprout,
till It wa past. Rhe recnnUrd the
doctor' rig, and Tier hnrt cam up
in hr throat nnd beat there with
great frightened lenps; but lie passed
by and safely she crept on.
At last, after a seemingly unending
Journey, ahe reached the Klilley's
gate. The maples threw deep shad
ows, and, so, sheltered, ahe reached
the house. Hound to the left wing
slowly slowly and the window was
still open! Rhe topped and looked In.
The monnlipht lay In palchca on the
floor, the dresses spread upon the
bed, and there, within reach. It. fell
full upon the wonderful pearl bead
ing of the wedding dress and made
scintillating lights. Miss Phemey
saw all thl, and slowly slowly her
hand went out toward those glisten
ing beads. A quick 1rk, and the
waist of Kmma May Wdlcy'a wedding
dress lay aeros her knees. She
sought the enm In the middle of the
back. She could feel the despised
ehln atltehlng, and ahe slipped her
Angers deftly along toward the col
lar. What was this? A loose nd of
thread- littl pull r-l-l-l-l-lp-lt
was done. In a spasm of fear Miss
l'hemey hustled the waist through
the window, back Into places and ran
Into th concealing shadow. Out to
the gate, down the road again she
waa almost home. Suddenly ahe
topped and gave a little chuckle.
"Them bastlnVll hold It together
o nobody'll s'spect lucky ahe left
'em In. But when Emma Mav puts It
on, big an" fat aa she ia. It'll bu'st
square up the back like a frog." She
couldn't help laughing at the Idea: ft
tickled her fancy o. She forgot her
wet feet, her draggled, muddy skirts,
and went to bed with a smile still
pulling at the corner of her mouth.
The next morning the exposure
had done It work. She waa hoars
and feverish, and there was a sharp
pain that stabbed her at every
breath. "Threatened with pneu
monia." the doctor said, and , com
manded her not to tlr from her bed,
though ahe eould not have done so
had he wished. The neighbors were
very kind, and attended her faithful
ly, and the tenth day found her alt
ting up, very weak and frail, but with
life in her eyea and voice.
Mra. Emerson, the town gossip,
came In and brought a bundle.
"Jest aa aoon a you git able, Miss
Themey. 1 want you to make me a
dresa. It'a one Mr. Emerson got me
over to Bristol, an' he showed real
good taste for a man, I must say.
I.ook-a-ther. ain't that fern leaf
real pretty?"
"It's Just beautiful," assented Miss
Themey. "Seem If you'd have Miss
Maxwell male It up, beln ahe'a from
the city an' all,"
"She'll never cut Into piece of
good f'r me, I o'n tell you," aaid Mr,
ORDER OF WASHINGTON.
A subordinate union of this organization is now being organized in thiss city by Deputy
Supreme Organizer
Capt. JAV N LEONARD, Assisted by Deputy A. C. SLY.
, This is a 5crieficml, Social and Fraternal Order, incorporated under the laws of the State
of Oregon, with headqi artora at Portland, where there are over 4(XK) member,'!, It pays in
Hiiranco during life from $5(X) to $301)0. It pays weekly sick and accident benefits from 86 to
?10. at a ( -o.it of from 00 cents to $1 per month, and $100 at death. It has paid in benefits to
its members during the pant 17 years, 11,006,004.30, .The Supreme officers are prominent
men, well and favorably known to many of the business men of this city. All who wish to
connect themselves with this organization should do so now and take advantage of the Charter
Hates. Ladies are eligible fo
of the order the same as the male members. The order is
Unions having been organized
Emerson, with emphasis. "Ain't no-1
body told you how she mad l.ioma
May Itidlry' weddln' drt-.ia and never
sewed up the back, an' Kmma May,
not sMspiclonln', put It on an' busted
it clean wide open? 0' course, you
was sick art' didn't git to the'weddin';
but 1 was there, an' the wediliu'
party wa nigh an hour late jest on
that account. Nothin' but a bnstin'
thread to hold It together; such shif
lessness! Course, bein' bad luck,
Kmma May never tried on th dres
after it come home, like ahe did the
other, an' I e'n tell you she was hop
pin. People at the church didn't
know what waa the matter. . No'n-
deed, Misa Maxwell make no clo's f r
me."
After her visitor waa gone, Ml
Phemey lay back on her pillows and
looked out of the window a long
time.
" 'Twaa an awful mean trick, I
know," she said, at last. "'Twaan't
right; but I got this spell o' aicknesa
to pay up fer it, an' that butter knife
wae aolid ailver and real expensive.
I'm evened up all 'round an' aoiue
how 1 jeat can't care."
Hi.-ab In Waeo County.
The following extract from UN-
report of A. A. Bouncy, stock in-
epcelor of Wacro county,', will no
dotilit be intcreating to our sheep
men itn a number of them have
ranged their Bloc'' on or near the
uime. ringc an that wed by those
that were so scabby.
I find in the county at this time
about 90,000 sheep 1 year old and
1-1,300 latiibf, total 113,900. The
sales of hunt tbu patt peason have
been much cmuller than for any
wasen since I have been keeping u
record.
I believe the pheep to. be free
from scab at t iif time, but in the
early fall quiui a number of bandit
were affected, thovgh most only
showed a truce supporting the be-
1 ef that I hey picked up the infec
tion on the trail home from the
summer ranees. I he fallowing
persons bad this early etage and
were compelled to dip Geo. A.
Young & Son, Wallace Fargher'
E. C. Fitzpatrick, Thos. Brogan, T.
II. McOrees & Son. Some others
were dipped on suspicion. But the
worst remains to be told. The
sheep of C. P. U'Ren were a long
ways gone into that severe stage
designated by sheep men as rotten,
and Were 'brought .across Crook
county in that condition and herd
ed for two weeks on his range at
home before dipping began. It is
the most inexplicable thing I have
found in all my experience in this
olliee thut a man of notoriously
sound judgment and long years of
experience in the sheep business
should so far forget his own inter
ests, to say nothing of the danger
to his neighbors and violation of
theh.w, as to allow sheep to get
into that condition. The violation
of the law was so flagrant in ibis
case that I reported it up to the
prosecuting attorney for investiga
tion. The Hon. F. N. Jones also
had Fome scabby sheep, but as there
were grave doubts whether Mr.
membership and are entitled to
in this department during the
Jones also bad knowledge of their
condition I deemed it best not to
prosecute.
If I have erred in the treatment
of scab in sheep I think it has been
in the line of leniency. I have
thought a man with his sheep full
of scab was punched enough with
out having fines to pay. But I
have known cases where it would
have been much cheaper for the
county at large to kill and pay for
one band of tbep than to cure
them. So to my successor I would
say it will lie better for the stock
interests of the county for you to
be rigid than too good natured.
Arid Land 11111 Prepared.
The committee in charge of arid
land bill met on December 16th
and perfected a bill and will sub
mit it to the full committee of west
ern senators and congressmen. The
RED FBQNT BAZAAR.
We carry a full line of
:eA.isrc"3r g-oods
Of all kinds afprices VERY LOW.
Gentlemen and Ladies Shoes, former price 12.50, now selling at
$1.00. 13.00, now at $2.10. $4.00, now at $2.75. $5.50, now at $3.90.
$0.00, now at $4.00.
For 30 Days Only.
Ladies Heavy Fleece Lined Vests, special at 30c.
Ladies Dress Skirts at $1.10.
Ladies Silk Flowered Handkerchiefs 17c eaoh, S for 50c.
MisseB Mackintoshes at $1.95.
We have 300 pairs of Ladies Shoes. Your choice for 50o per pair.
We have Crockery and Notions, Fancy goods of all kinds.
Step into our store and price our goods.
RED FRONT BAZAAR
N. A. TYE & BROS., Proprs.
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all of the benefiis and privileges
growing rapidly, over 00 new
past six months.
bill is based on Senator Hans-
brough's bill including a few feat
ures of the Newlands and Shafroth
bills. It provides for raising funds
by the sale of the public lands ia
the and and semiarid states and
directs the secretary of the interior
to make surveys and build irrigat
ing works. 4The lands under irri
gation are to be sold to settlers at
$5 an acre, and when the majority
of the lands are paid for, the man
agement of the works is to bo
turned over to the settlers under
such rules as the secretary of the
interior may prescribe. The title,
however, to the reservoirs and the
rest of the system, is to remain in
the government.
The Journal and Or
egonian $2.50 a year
in advance.
Merchants.
Tailor.