' BUBBLES ON THE STREAM. "
fl.e the bubble as Uw7 float on tin stream,
rn? are mrnl
lou ihr ana movln wKUr on four
war;
I hnhold ynil m, anil then
Kind myitrlf a t'(ul ldr, an4 I V
Than and ilreiim.
Una the Ittlla bubbles buratlnf art tlr
atari:
Set th bubblea thai havt troubles at they
.
flinch In sum nna'a counterpart,
Kuril la duumwl to weal nr woe.
H.,me ara carried with Ilia currant, torn
an deattcd
To dentructlun on lha shore! aoma art
dnirhnd
I)r Ilia water, which la Fete.
And Ilia bubble that la grant
Oft la whlrld around lorevertnsosMMrx,
awiuilMl pool,
WMIs there'e many a lltlla fool
Of a bubble lluit o floallnt smoothly
pail.
Ah, lha bubble ara but man-aomt ara
toatcd
Fiercely out agalnat otoatruatloni and an
lust,
Rome ara eeal '
In lha stream where all ll clear,
Anil l Ult.
Whether, Juetly or unjuitly, II hat nt
Far away trom where It atarud forth or j
not, . , !
Each frail bubble hai to biarat and disap
pear Whi rt they apitrkle now and fltam
nh.T ihsll anpvar again;
The bulibl- a mine and go upon the ilream,
Thi-y are di.ii,
-. E. Klaur, In Chlpato neourd-Herald.
MUHIM lltlHIIII
The Way the
Stories End
By t. a. rtr
II rial.?" I naked, aa ahe laid
yy down the K.vly-c overed mag
azine. I wa aurry for the ending of
the tale, when the grny eye eeaaed U
ftinh and the kijid lip to quiver.
"It la a pri'tly atury, Mr. Norton,"
aha kl. "0, no, you needn't ahaka
your head. I'm not aiivlng to Jual be-
..II,. ll'. ciiim. I cHtiiiot iuiAuine now
m.ii i-milil write it." ' 1
"Pen and ink, whinkyanu aooa, taii
or'a bill u a ttimultihl"
"I'Uaae don't make fun. I want to
be aeriiuiis." W hen ahe look at roe in
her earneat way I am hrlpleaa.
"Jlnea that mean crlllelam?" I In
quired, bailing a little toward her.
"Crlllclni and Inquiry If I may?"
"Inquiry by all menu. I'm rather
afraid of your eri:lclm,doyou know,"
fihc la very bright, nnd her rrniarka
ofteu help me, aa a mailer nf fact.
Kht opened and abut the magar.lne
aluently.
"What I waa wondering." ahe anld,
"waa why you wrote to aerioiwly, and
talked 10 frivolously; whether one
mood waa the real you, and Ihe other
a about you: and which wtia which!"
"I think." I prutrated, "I would
rather have the crillcltin, If you don't
mind.
flu laughed aoftly. I like her laugh.
"It la rather on obtnialve quettlon.
J!ut I ahould very much like to know.
You do mean thia" ahe touched the
book "a little, don't you?"
"Ye ea." I aald, "I auppnat I do. , I
did when I wrote It, anyhow."
"And afterward?"
"I keep my aeriotuneM for aeriou
occanlona."
"Which la a rbuke for my inqtilai
tiveneaa, I aitppoae?" She fluahed a
little. She i rather pale generally.
Some people wouldn't call her good
looking. I do.
"1 didn't mean It to bt," I apologlawt.
"I ought to be flattered at your Inter
eat" "In your tale," he corrected.
"In my talea, of ootirae. I auppoa
the real anawer la, that I do not carry
niy heart upon my ileeve."
"But you have on, all the aame?"
A touch of wlatfulneatuiakea her voice
perfect.
"Try!" I caught her yea for a mo-
ment and tipped. I had made up my
mind to keep heart-whole before I met
her.
"Now for the crltleitm," ahe on
tinued, hastily.
"Or as large an Installment a I can
tand."
"The criticism mnet not be misun
derstood. You will remember, pleaae,
that I like the tale like It very much,
in fact." I Imwed.
"The criticism Is r
"That It la a repetition of your oUier
talea." I gasped.
"Why, I thought It was quit differ
ent!" She ahook her head. "Fresh
eharacteH, fresh cenry, new plot,
original phrase"
"The machinery is different, but th
try is really the aine."
"In what way? In beingaboutaman
and a woman?"
"Ye." 1 laughed. 1
"If you can invent a third kind of per
son," I told, "I'll utilize It with pleaa
ure. At present I haveat made the
discovery."
"Don't be abaurd. What I mean ia
that your men and women alwaya do
Ibc mine thing."
"Kail In love."
( "Rxactly."
"There are lot of way of doing It,"
1 suggested.
"At the preaent rat you will oou
exhaust them. Whatever will you do
then?"
I lit eigarett with, her prmla(on
I
to aid itfiYctlon, "
'Tm hnntM If I know. I've often
i wondrd mysiflf, Muka them fall out
of love, I iiipoa,"
i "Anil whim you've .xhaiistrd that?"
"Make them fall In aitKinl" She
' .tamped her foot Impatiently. '
' "Do you abaalutrly refuse -to b
original? J cannot think you do your-
lf justice In kepln to such a hock-
neyed - the me-thotigb I drnlt you do
it very nicely "
t might do It better if I had more
nractlcal exnerlenee." I animated.
Tiiere it aoiuethln j about her big eye.
and the HttW droop at the corner of
her month which make a fellow .ay
that aort of thing, you know.
"Now, remember our compact," ahe
warned ma. We were plrdprd to a
: nnrolv nl.lnnli Avm tilri I'm t.ejl
1 that aort of thin In my tale, but it
I atlwayn broke down
I "The keepingof aplatflnlcoompaet,"
I mid I, "would ba a novel the me, don't
you inuiK Y
"Would It be Intereating enough?"
ahe aakru, aoiintriuiy.
"There! What at ranger defenae
could I have? 1 propose to leave out
the love-maklnif, and you any lhatthe
Intereal would be cone," Slurdruuimed
upon the table with her rmifrra.
Hureiy there la aorrw other theme?"
I knocked the aah deliberately oil my
"'"Upim'my word," I cot.feaaed, "I'm'
not aura that there la. Hut I'll thl.uk
UV lt'"v , v .
Then her brother came In and w
hned the aubjict until Iwaagoinif.
It la part of the compact tlmt alieahall
aee me out of the door. I inal.ted
ul'"n "
"When ahall I communicate the re-
' ault of my dellberationa?" 1 aaked la
i "And Weilneaday, I'm due at a
amokcr. Thuradayr
I T&.Mh..Conanlht,MSr,.''
! It I In the compact tht I am not to
call her Mary, but I do. SomMlmeaah
..i.i.., ki. .i, .,..' iin
tH. . I., nnlv tnil h.r head
and half turned away from me. She
la aware tnavane looaa w... in prou.e. , k ,1!m, the line of the
I aiiililenlv bent over her. and I . , . , ,
j "How dure .votit" ahe cried. hotly, icutn'.inalion ill the ftitliM immeil.
"I couldn't help It, Mary; you looked I "Anew method in to be used to
; M tenipilng," Dut .be ran upllr. j j ,; . lhiB reltpni(.nt. Th.
with her fnce aiarlct. ! ,
"I ahall not be In on Thtiraday," ihe Harrimiin Hyndicate, through tin
I ea'.led. a ahe turned the corner, "or (,ft'i'') of the different road, lint
""fiV; wlntut. feeling triumphant,, '-P'M . of leetilier, wh.
fon!lah. will travel over the hunt and ten-
Next Thurday I called, and ahe',.,,1 Wit, uivint' free lecture on
,1 J t
Jy, and kept the table between ua.
"Look here, Mary," I began.
"Mls MniilnRiie, If you plenne!"
"1 dim'l pleaae. It ! quite natural
to call a friend by herChri- tian nam."
"Ye ea; but people might mlHiinder-
i tund, we agreed; and
I'm not g"lr.g to pander to other
people' atupiility." I mid, Indignant
ly; "and I don't consider that friend
ahip ahiiuld have to he weighed and
ntraaiirrd In exact words." I hud pre
pnied thia remark beforehand.
"No o: uerhiitiK not." I knew It
would eore. "Si 111, there are bounda j
to friendship." She shut her little
mouth decisively.
"If you mean laat Tueaday "
"I don't want to talk about It," ahe
interrupted. "Have you considered
about the atorlea?"
"Yea; I have reasoned out my posi
tion moat carefully Mary." She
frowned, but paaaed the familiarity.
"And your conclusions?"
"la in vera."
"0! how nice!" Women alwaya like
a fellow to run to verae. I auppone It
ia because he it sure to give himself
away! "Let me see It."
"On condition that you rend Itnloud."
Rhe looked objection. "I want to
hear if I have got the awing."
So ahe declaimed aoftly. I think I
', id that he had a pretty vole.
j TO MART.
I made mt a tale of the tempest at ,
full of thunder and lightning above,
And the terrora that be when th ttorm
j winds are free
j But the end of the etory waa love!
I aan; me a aong of a raid In the glen.
With -a lilt of Ihe piper who played,
Strike again, strike again, and die fighting
I like men!
And the struggle wss over a maid!
I I planned me a play of a monarch of fame,
i And hit courtiers In tllkea attire,
I And hla atateanien, who cams Ilka a moth
to the flame
For a pair of bright eyet were the Art!
I paeaned the prater of an hero so ealm.
And so strong in the tumult to itand.
, When I found me the charm that had
j strengthened hit arm
, It wa only the touch of a hand!
And I? If my heart for a moment beatrong,
If my tale for a page ring sincere,
Or If merits belong to the play or the song
They ara only your echoes, my dear!
When ahe came to the hist line her
voice waa very aoft, and just a little
tearful. I put my hand on her shoul
der, and we stood looking silently at
the paper for a minute. Then I drew
her gently to me th way th atorie
end! Black and White.
Hnadreda of PI .ye Offere.
Th reading committee of the Play
goer' club, of ondon, which haa un
dertaken to supply George Alexander
with a play by an author whose ato
riea hare heretofore not been staud,
up to date, haa read over 300 playa.
Mr. Alexander' offer to product
auc.h play by an unknown" author
win In the nature of a ehallrnif
wnrrby be wlshad to dlaprov th
harn;a that manager nKletI th
work unknown playwright. Tl.e
eommlttea atill baa more tban 100
manuscript whleh have not bee
rel"1'
aacr.iory 01 me cwnmineej
"J" th,t ,0 'Br P1 h,,Te bvrn
ltd. Two of tbe war by well-
known writera who bad not written
PlT The oth" ,H"r we"
T unknown wrlLra. Three out of
the all author, ware woman.
" ' I"1"
"Tha only objetlon, aald the atrn
parent, "I have aKaint the youn
man, mT dar ebM h thlt he h" no
noble' ambltlon-no high or worthy
00 lei' t In Ilia.
"Why, papa, how can yon aay that?
He wanta me!" Stray Btoriea.
EaeUr talal Tkan Done.
The French have dlacovereii that
they can Invade England with eaae,
but It la fro(ta' left to becftteake,
aaye the Chicago Tribune, that they
won't do it.
Kcttlfm Kor Ort'C'ii.
Chicago Ri;cori-lfcriilil of
The
Feb. 12, av "A novel plan for
nettling tlm lunik in Oregon,
Waliiiglon, Idaho. California and
olhfr WeMern SlnUw tribulury tt.
tin: line of the Hiirriiiiitn nyudi-
...
alf IB Iwing worked out by ol-
(Iimts of thwo riiilroud. The of-
f . g nf . Ul(, H.lrri.
, ' 1
tm.n syndicate lmve (leUrriiinod to
,.,lfrv on a jirorefxive cnnlialj.'!
llil linen, not only in going aflei
jtn.Hic, hut in coloiiiiiif; lmnh
f.tnre l.uin,
tor till! compilim-n; Jiiirticiile.rly in
i y l,inKt(,n. Iha nd 0.0 0 .
Iytnsaedberhead.lt l intemlwl 10 Martin'! tawi-
It l IHtelltleil 10 Slitrl I T J
pri'n by ilidiuing 1 lliir. ifrrjJ n eJ to
the Filbjcet of setlh'itient , in tin
Went mid Northwe-t. The hi tur-f.-H
will illu-trutft their talks will
Vi'i'!'t:oonn mid ni , g jn:
turi'F. Hut ihi)toj!ra.h will show
the land offered f'ir tale, and the
development, of the cotintrv. Thev
will chow the products, tiio rail
made, water fueilitiea and every
thins: clue that will lend to induct
innvfH from the older reyions of
country to the promised land
'Jn addition to the lei tur , the
entire United States and Europe
are to be flooded with tons of liter
atim bearini; on the advantages of
the great Northwest. The syndi
cate will establish general agtnciei
in London, Puris, Hamburg and
Genoa, and other points from which
to work business.
"These plans will he fortified by
unusually low rates during the
proper seasons for prospective n-t-tlers
to visit the pomis along the
lines."
Had to Conqusr Or Die.
"I was jut about gone," write Mrs
Koe Itieliaiilson, of biuirel Spring?,
N'. (J , "I Ion! Consumption an bud that
the beet doctors said I could not live
more than a month, but I tiegnutotiee
Dr. King's : ew Discovery ami u
wholly cured by seven bottle and am
now Htutit and will." It' an unrivnUl
liTo eavnr in Consumption, l'mmninnia,
l.a ttrippe and lironchitia; infallible
fur Cough?, Cold?, Asthma, H.-iy Fil
er, Croup or Whooping Cough. Gnivr
uileek bottles iVks Mini t.00. Tiisl
:i,,ttle freu at Adanison it Wiiiiiel
v'o.'n drug store.
Notice,
Kotico is hereby given ltat my wile
Missouri A. liitrmirtt, hiiviii); leit m
isl unti buiird against my will inn:
onsen t, I ill not. I rtpontilile foi
icy liills or c jpeuee sbn :i,ny here
ii'tor con tract or iiuui. ,
.1. ll. ,1'S.VRD.
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