Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921, April 03, 1902, Image 3

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ALWAYS A 80METHINQ,
Triers Is always a lummlilng, (htlwn
your lot;
And. ulil how that aomXhliK snnoysl
Though Hi merest of syecks, It becomes a
In blot
A iiunx ut Hit heart of your Joys.
Vli I in.itti.ri tlx manifold Messina's
"o v not,
If ihere'i unn Unit rloud In th blue'
Tlit.ru l always umathlni, whaevr
your lot,
Ana It It's not ons thlnr-tt' twol
1 It won't for somsthlnf loft In at teit
out,
Our happlnres would b complete;
'Tin tha lack of on room thut ws worry
shout,
Or tin CwrllluK U on th errant- etreet.
If v. only wire thin, if wortly v.r stout,
If we hnit iirimrltilnif dinY.rnt to tin;
Thr U always a souieihliiit lift In or loft
out,
And If , lt' not one thin -It's twol
There la alwayi a onathlnf, tortala
at fat.
A fly In tha olntfflant wa meet;
The rich and tha poor, and tha lowly and
"!,
Kind bluer mln-d In with tha sweet,
Fur e.n.'h haa an If wlih hla neighbors to
Aril it follows Ihlt rliaiilnlll ihrnusS;
Tltere la alwaya omlhli,a;, aj certain
aa lata,
Ami If H'a not one ihliu-ll's two!
Hunter Hat Culloi-h, In N. V. Wtckly.
Aa Told at
Martin's dt
By lltatrls Bcllldo D Luna,
IOe) riafek UOI, by aelaote Syaeieele-J
T11K night was warm, and tie
drink refreshing to our rliistv
mntitlia, Waiters passed nisWely
l nnil fro, ln-H.rin.if trays laden with
ti.ll ir'asacs, thi' electric fan overhead
1 tutvd with a (tidily whirr, and there,
una a daticnr ua the stupa who waa
It nod ti louk upon. Altopnlirr, Mnr
tin 'a waa a much mor pleasant place
In he than lu l)i sullrjr aliuosphrrs
ontMldr.
" That, (flrl," aaiil firown, slowly, ty
jtf ll)r danor through curling t-luuds
if .'.moke, na ahe si.niiped brr can
t uiH . and twlulcd tier lithe fiffure In
tlir rlivllniiir inruHUrra of m fyaiiisli
air, "reminds ma of a woman I knew Lo
t niia."
"Is it a story. Brown?" questioned
I. ruler.
"Will, rather," our friend replied,
riimhutlralty. "Like to hear It?"
We lumt-ntril ea-rrlr, for Rronn's
a'orlos were usually worth listening
t.
"A I aald before." he. rwfran, "It waa
In ( una, I wan there fi r the paivr.
Ii.it before lb Hpaiiirh-Amrrtran war
hrol;r, out, and I m the conflict
iIh-oiikIi. Mot of the time, after B"-lilitit-a
were, declared. I waa all over
I he lilend. wherever the flohtliiu was,
Vut at flrat I waa quartered' at Ila
Mtim, and it waa there that I knew
Antonina.
"fie, had come from Pnrla and waa
(Innclnir at the Taron theater. TUe
lijr wa mnd over her, after the faih
Inn of the IjiIJij race, and, In fact, nhis
Mini evrn my phlegmatic Anglo
hr.XMii blood run quicker than waa ita
wutit. Hhe waa hardly beautiful,
tluiUf-h I have never aeen anch eyes be
fore, or aince. fihe had a email wicked
fane, waa alender almost to thlnneai,
nnil not very talL Hut to aee her
lance! ! am anre do one haa equaled
her. Every motion waa daring-, poet-
and poaaeaaer the very eaaenne
-f Krace. She waa abaolutrly mlatrtaa
if h'-r art, mid of her audiencva.
"I don't know what ahe waa, but
iiKMtly Kpaninh blood, although aome
tiid Klie bad a atraln of French some
nid Arnbian, and aome evn hinted at
the Africnn, but whatever her nation
ality, hi-r niairnetlam waa mnrreloua.
"The ra"nl flw wildly at her
fi-et. Hbe waa looked upon with hor
ror by the. church, although It waa
id -but never mind that. She tan
tnlied her lovern, laughed at them,
Jilted them, yet rhftlned them to her.
Amoiij her moat cotiHtant admircra
v a a Urn. liula, of the Rpaniah army,
lie aeemed to he more favored than
the ollicra, but was Inaunely Jealoua,
lu fMct bereft rf all rcaaon.
"I'olitii-al mat tern were very much
vl rained-fecllnif bttween Spanlarda
and the Cubnna had reached ita hifb--at
piMi. Not a day pained without
n duel, or a quarrel, or an errenti. Vet
In spile of this, Antonina danced every
niirht to a crowded houar, and thr
ph nmre lovlnir city, although honoy
4'inibi'd by plota ii nd liitrljruea, for
got, for the moment, all save the mo
inent'a enjoj ment.
"The man moat dreaded by the Span
ih i.tllclulo waa one Juan Sanchez, an
iuailryrnl Under. He m the aon of
u wealthy ptauter who had flgured
priuuii'.iMiily in a former outbrrak,
mid had bren exiled to Ceuta, Spaln'a
pei.al coioii) In Africa. The aon, pruw
intr to manbiiod and flntlinir himielf
to nuu.at, embraced the rebel rauie
an'', had made hlmaelf trnublraomr.
lie had iithrred hia recrulta from
I elhliiiriiiif provincei. and lived In
lhr nijunlniui, evadintr every effort
i.f the p;. i tin ment to capture him.
"I do not know how it came about,
but Hull eroivtd the idva of affecting
hie capture Ihruugh Antonina. The
K-rncrnl vokae-aaed a diamond of enor
noua va.ue, a family jewel, and thia
k oromiicii to ibewomae if ahe would
lure the outlaw to her tiouae, ' An
tonina had long coveted the atone,
and end tried every one of her wllet
to obtain It, eo It ean be understood
that ihe readily promised to svUe-mpt
the task. -
"It might be thought that this wai
moat difficult undertaking, but Kiiir.
had his aples everywhere, and An
tonina her willing sJavri, One night,
when Honchrr. was In the city on a
secret mission, be waa taken to thii
theater, by one of hit own friends, to
aee Antonina dance; waa introduced
to her after the performance, and,
Ilka all the other, fell under her
spell. To a man of bis character no
half way method was possible. She
dlainrsaed the other of her admirers,
and rumor soon spread that Bniioiiei
rode in every night and openly visited
her at her houee,
"This was what Hulr. was waiting
fur, and oua evening the place was
surrounded and baucbez taken pris
oner, lie waa, of aourse, aeutenced
to be shot.
"Antonina, apparently, thought no
more of the matter, bhe appeared at
the theater on the following even
ing, and had never been more cIki rul
ing. Ihe story of her share in the
rebel' capture gotubotit, and ahe woe
cheered whenever the was seen by the
loyalists, lluii was more Infatuated
than ever, and wm worse than helpless
Ln her bands.
"ihe day that Ssnchex waa to be ex
ecuted Autoiiln oVmnnded of liuiz
that he should gain perjnlaaion for
her to see her former lover aione. It
wsa not known what eicuie she gave
for thia seemingly strange request,
but, at any rale, it was grunted her.
What took piece at the lutrrvirw was
never diacioaed. Immediately after it
waa over Kiinchrz was marched into
the courtyard, placed with hia face to
Uie wait and idiot todreih. llenietlila
fate with gallant indifference.
"Antonina wutrhrd him die, from
one of the windows, without aign of
emotion, save a narrowing of the eye
lids and a alight compression of the
Hps. Hhe danced that night, but can
celed her engagement for the follow
ing week, Miying ahe waagoiug to leave
the city for rest.
"A few dys later I happened to be
In one of the shabbiest part of town,
and there met t woman whose re
semblance to the dancer was so at rik
jng that I turned and looked after her
aa the paaaed ine. She wcnl Into a
in w ruble Woking hovel and. as 1 loi
tered near, hoping to solve Hie
mystery, she came out uin, and
walked swiftly by me. This time 1
wssconrlncedithai It waa Antonina.
Much piusied at her appearance In
such a place, I followed her, bill toon
ahe diappenred down a narrow side
street, and being unfamiliar w Ith thai
part of the town, I lost track of her.
"Next day I was called awnv from
Ihe elty, and when I returned I found
ine locial world in n atnle of epe,
laflon over a rrnnd reception to be
(riven by On. Uulr. In honor of a lire
of the American officers. Tha H-if
.'itra.'tion waa the announcement
tlmt Antonina had been engAgi-d to
annce for the entrrtnlnment of ihe
gurata. I determined to accept my
iiitltitt-on, as the woman posaeaaro.
a greet attraction for me. I waa
I resent at the reception.
"The salaa were crowded with a
brilliant assembly. Scorn of be iuH
ful vomen, and the handsome jpan
lab (ftirer In their ahovey milformj.
mingled with the mor sober Urea
of our country, jrav a moat pictur
esque effect to the acene. It wa
bcirly midnight when the dancer ar
rived. She had driven directly from
the theater, and waa attired in a
mosl magnificent eostume, while ou
h'T breast glittered the Ruix t in
mond. At she came into thi ball
room, he was greeted with ,i-iu'o
and was showered with floweri. 'She
pnuacd u moment on the threshold,
ami responded with a fn'nt." half
mocUng Hi, lie. Then alowlv rtil-utif.
her snns, she stepped forward, In
i'antly the orchestra atruck up win
ihe ueinuate muaic of El Pol, tind
the jrueata drew away from the cen
ter of the robm, Iravine; her ntnit'liiiif
in blare of color and jewel--alone
in tha pollnhed floor.
"I will not attempt to describe ihe
dance. We watchpd her wl!h doep
drawn breaths, and dizzy brnlna, a
he Ttbirled herself from tha lary
Iniiuor of the beginiiing to tb mail
abandon at the end. Ruiz, unable t'
eonlaln bi emotions, mucin, tip n
flower that had dropped frm her
hnir, and, unmindful of oWrverv.
Kikred it, Khe saw the ndior, nn:1
wlih a sidelong glance tore the scar
let enrf from her waist, and. stil1
ilnrcinc. threw it over hin neck.
Something gleamed In her h";id, and
mn inatirct wsrned m of inlnehlcf.
1 atenpi'd to Uuls' eide. Antntilna
lreMicd out her hand, nnd hi M ii
bnek, and If ever I saw the devil lool
mil from a woman's eyes, I saw it
Mning then between her half cloned
Ids.
" 'Adlos.'eompnneros,' she said in
cler.r, ringln? tones, 'I go to with
for vou in hell.'
"tVlthaswift motion she buried the
dru'i'er, which had been concealed If
Vr hand. In her heart, nnd a fie
Jn.it strains of the niulc died nwny
!,c fell to the floor, the wicked aiuili
l"wa nn her rnnnth.
"T'irea e.el later, Cen. Ruii and
every on of his subordinate officer
died of the most mnllglnunt kind ci
rmmllpox. Antonina had ..iiniicil
iMilll she had found n rnse. as 0fi
ritvurd discovered had expno-d San
chez' sword bell to the Infection, an I
lima carried the Infection to Unit..
gaining a venfeanre whic: -fPM
brains could have evolved. Hhe hud
loved the man whose life she had
sold for a lowel,"
"Why did she tak her life?" quea
tloned Lester.
"That," answered Brown, "was a
dime of her character which I
foUnd hard to understood, though I
believe that she preferred death to
tli loss of her charms, and knew
that hr surely must have bad the
dread disense herself. To me ,he
most wonderful thing about her wns
that she could love so inienaely, nnd
never by word or.algn betray herself.
ven when she saw him die, and
knew that she wa responsible for
tils death. That i something I have
never seen in any other woman, nnd
gave evidence of a will that could
have moved empires, had It nut spent
11 its energy on one man."
Frisky J.ukevlew lilltrn.
About six week" ago, nays the
Lak-ivicw Examiner, the Police
Gazette publinbed a challenge
from George Dimmick, an 80-year-old
youth of Salt Lake, Utah, to
outtulk, outeing, outrun, outwalk
any 80-year-old Christian in the
world. Thii defy fell under the
glance of Whorton A Smith, of
Lakeview, who at once accepted
the challenge of the gay and fes
tive youth from Rait Lake, in the
following language:
"We hereby accept the challenge
of George Dimmick, of Salt Lake
City, Utah, published in the Ga
zette three week ago, 'to any
Christian in the United States, or
the British Kingdom, to run, walk,
fcing or talk for two hours.'
"We accept thin challenge in bej
half of Jim William, of Lakeview,
Oregon, (as hia backers,) and
would like to make a bet of $2500.
We will put our man against
George Dimmick, or any other 80-year-old
man thiff aide ot the
Rocky Mountains, to sing, dance,
walk, jump, box, wrestle or lift.
Jim Williams is 80 years old next
June stands G feet 3 inches, weighs
216 pounds, and is tho "slickest
onion" that ever made love to a
pretty girl. We agree to meet
Uncle Dimmick half way, and if
he has money to do business with,
he can easily get a call."
Me Dreaded Frank Menefce.
The Observer shack, hidden in
upon the alley back of R. G. Ginns'
handsome brick building, was dk.
covered and visited by many friends
this week who were attending court.
Judge Bradshaw, Peter Flank, Geo.
Thompson, Judge O'Day, Frank
Menefce, B 8. Huntington, C. C.
Huck, John Dunohoe, R. L. Camp
bell, et al. One of the lawyers told
the story of a revival 10 miles from
Moro, when a young man aroso for
prayers, saying, "Friends, I feel the
spirit moving me to tell what a
wicked man I am, but I can't do it,
as the grand jury will be in session
in Moro next week." The preacher
shouted amen brother, the Lord
will forgive you, go on' "no I
can't; others are implicated; and
the Lord ain't on the jury. I dread
Frank Menefee.",
Strikes a Bioh Find.
"I wa troubled for several years
with chronic, indigestion and nervou
debility," writes F. E. Green, of Lan
caster, N, II., "No remedy helped me
until I began using Electric Hitters,
which did me more good than nil the
niedioinca I ever used. They h-ve
also kept my wile in excellent health
for years. She anya Electric Bitters
lire just splendid for female troubles;
that they are a grand tonic and iuvig
orator for weak, run down women. N"
other medicine can take its place in
our family." Try them. Only SOo.
tifnotinn guaranteed by Ad:iiii)ti
& Win nek Co.
Hogs Wanted.
I wsnt to buy about 200 bead of
stock bog. Pvtlm having hnjw for
iile will please call on me at the farm
ur stldres me t Culver, OreKoa.
T. F. McCalustu.
Gary House Bar.
Ilendcraon & Pollard, Proprietors.
LIQUORS, CIGARS
MAIN STREET.
A Complete and Choice Line of
Beef, Veal, Mntton, Pork, Bacon,
Lard, and Country Produce.
Mail! St. Prifievie,
Stock boarded by day, week or
II ji fi 11 month. Fine saddle horses ami
llHOllllOn M2D1CS livel7 turnouts. Rates reasonable.
Good accommodations.
Remember us when in Pririf
l?p4flV FppH Ram ville, and we guarantee that yuor
and IlCuuJ IVySU 1M1H. patronage will be appreciated
and deserved.
' 0. M. CORXKTT; Proprietor.
ED X. WHITE, JOHN COMB.
White dc
-DEALERS IN-
WINES, LIQUORS,
DOMESTIC and pTp A T?Q
IMPORTED . . . Vxl JYO.
COUNTRY ORDERS FIRST DOOR SOUTH
SOLICITED. - POLN DEXTER HOTEL.
PRINEVILLE, OREGON.
Journal Real Estate Agency,
la now prepared to handle your
Property if you want to sell.
By placing your property with u you get the benefit of free adver
tising. .
Having had years of eiperience in this line we know where to adver
tise in order to reach prospective buyers.
There will be a large influx of immigrants to this coast in the spring;
and in order to sell advantageously it will be necessary to place the
ndvantages of your property where buyer? will he attracted by them.
List your property with us and we will treat you right.
FOR 8AI.E A two try dwelling witli rlc.vur. A (rood lm 40x100 and all miT
barn and nutbmwn In the city of rinov illo. fence. Ity hmw snil uthr ordinary biiprnvr
Thi pmpvrty in well it"ted svl in ouvml menu. UinhI garden rained tvery yer and a
by irriKtiin, It covers nne-fourlh nf a bKk variety of suisll frnita. I'-1 screu of tine siv
sud i one of the beet renidenc locutions in j timber that will eventually he aorUi ui.'.x
tin town- Price reasonable. I '' K'w n"K ked lor the -ntire farm.
r-OKSALK-Oneoi thebwt located j All u,ler privst. inhaling- ditch thut
In the famous clover Mt in the Squaw crtek j w:lh PV
country, oonnistiuji of ItiO aerse. 40 acrei is '
JOURNAL REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
. Prineville, Oregon.
CORNETT & ELKINS.
South End Blacksmith Shop
We Have
Cauton (iing Plows,
Canton Sulky l'lows,
Canton Walking Plows,
Canton Blue Jay Plows,
In both Chilled Iron and Steel.
We also carry in stock the Famous Canton I"iic Harrows,
U Bur Harrows and Favorite Pipe Frame Harrows.
Call u. EiamlMOitf Scotch Clippers
PKIKEVILLE, OREGON
- Foster k Lehman i
Ju PrnnrielorS-
r
Oregon. TfaOIie 31.
Combs.
We Have
Superior Hoe Drills,
Superior Dise Drills,
Superior Shoe Drills. .
Superior broad cast steilrf
.With Cultivator attachment.
A Steel Plow tlft Cast Sktf.