. THE LOST SMILE.
tost, t mtry, anod-mnrnlriit smllf,
With cunning dimple on allhar slda '.
(it Ooivil,,, that are iartei1 wide,
howl,i trriA tuvth. Ilae pearls!
It haan'i I),.,, -,() tint a mile while,
And ntaichM a pair of haael area,
Clouded now Ilka the summer skies,
And 1 mop at tangle-', llaltn curl.
It was loat In lh nursery tkK mora-,
when ,y , , . ,
TMrothr, fresh and roar from aleep,
Looked out and iw the Irnuhleeume ralai
tiMlIni ti greeting- agelnet Ike p.
Bain In, iht bloeeoms ud bandit. IM
rata) , "
Ami would you believe M-tkere aJ '
Ilk Iht eklee, hiu t )!
If rou find II, don't (tut It ta shel,
Whir Hundtf boaneU and manner art
torad,
Rut tiring II 11 one to Nuraary Row.
For inoihar tnd brother both mlat II adi
And )ou ihall reeelee t rleh raward,
for It will repay fan lit own twaal aalff
-Mary L, C. Kobuieoa, In Tovth'i Companion.
I Confirmation!
of a Bachelor
By LUIUUIAM BNNI8.
I AM nut tiy nature cruel or violent
mini, and as 1 lirnr Muster Umrlus
unci lilt slater lire giilug about nucut
tiiff mo of Mug nil thle, 1 think It la
due to mysHf to wrltu out a true ac
count, from thr,lii');liiiiiiiK, of tlila mls
eriililc affair. My urin still aelius, but
1 will art duwu tlie facta while the)'
are jut trash In my memory.
It was on Noicmhar 8 that I re
crivrd the Invltntlon. 1 have It b
fore me at I write. It It at fullowt:
"Mr. J Unit ilgh: Mre Bt phen Kreeh.
fl-M . Al noma. Monday. Deoemuar I.
lBnelng, IO:lu. Fanny dreaa." '
My name and the worda "fancy rtrres"
were written, the rrst waa printed.
I would here mention that, at that
time, I entertained feellna of sin
eere admiration for Mrt. Freahfleld't
daughter Dolly. Sli wat more than
ordinarily food luoklntf, and In addi
tion, 1 thought, well-mannered and of
1 11 let dlapotltion. (It only thowthow
one may be deceived.) Nothing la to
be gained by the concealment of the
fart that I aspired to her hand. A
it.ntrh with her bad itemed to me, aft
er mature deliberation, eminently de
slriibl, though the halani e of the ad
vantage would have retted with her.
She, at I hove snRwas young and pret
ty. , Her father wna In Imaineii, and
certainly not wealthy. I, thuiiirh Jut
pnt middle age, am wl reerved nnd
have ample meant. I am a barrlsH-r-at-low,
but I do not practice. Not a di-iiM-d
lawjrr, urulcrstnntl; J limuiiiwr
prni tU'ed, I do nothing,'. In ndditlnii,
my fnrnlly i, of ci.urae, of Itilltiltely
liliir otuiidli'i; than turn. It would,
ill fact, In ti e cjci of innnyof my rein
litre. line bier) ii.c.nllinn( c. I hnd
ii'. t ycl, III no many wun!, tlleclnsrtl
iny iiilentioii'i to her, but ly f r-iili-nt
UMt lit her dome, unit in many little
.: entirely correct, I need acnrcely
mi - I had slmwri I waa pnrlliil to her.
Hi attitude to mn wna nlwnya re
ieciful. ihoiich It lacked the warmth
tlmt I could have dolred. That wo
one of the reatont why I had not ac
tually propoaed matrimony. There
waa nothing to be gullied by rurhlng
m.'ittera, nnd I felt aure that It would
otily he a matter of time before the
reciprocated is? feelinga of affection.
Her father, on the other hand, enter
tained a alncere regard for me. Her
mother wat an Invalid, and uneteldoin
taw her; but I felt that the, too, liked
me. The only other member of the
family wat Mlat Frethfield't brother,
Charlie. He wat ten yrnrt old, and
thia boy, for torn reaion or other, took
a dlallke to ma. He wat a boy of the
moat objectionable type, Impiah and
rude. Mlaa FrethAeld, curioutty, wat
attached to him. Heiug a boy, and the
only one, he waa tpoiled. One often
teet it. I made eeveral attemptt to
become f Hernia with him, for the inke
of bla alater, but it wat no good. The
vileiieft of hit character may be evi
denced by the fact that he would take
a bribe from me on one day, and yet
be at Irreconcilable at ever on the
morrow.
! Iii appearance he wat like an ape.
Well, 1 spent tome time In thinking
out nliut costume I thould wear. I
finally decided on a clown's drete., Peo
ple ivho kumv tin: will be Mtrprited at
tl.c choice. Hut there wcru reasons.
1 , inlly wnntt'd to please Ml
Kre: blicli! nl the dance. Herself being
vouii!.', !i'' ""B "f all aorta und I
ivin'iv she llniinrlit me loii serious. She
its in -it-ii 11s said ro one (iny. Not that
I am sl aiiii.'l of Ik 'lug scriuus; iiiiie
Hie contrary. There are. in my opiiiiou,
a i;re:.i deal too in.my wnijs and foi.ln
jt 1 . vviis' ii ; lint I wnnl"d to create a
piml iiiiprosion on Mi's Ki-cshtlelil
l :t: cM Iiisl ,'. for I thought that if si c
m i-iik dsuilicienllysympalhetie 1 111 it; ht
tiisc loic I lie stale of my feelinga to her.
and 1 did not tee why 1 should n,,t gi,P
mysrlf every ndvaiilngv. After nil,
for till I knew, there might be younger
suitors.
The dreca wits a truly wonderful ere
ntion. I went to the best costumer't
to have it made, and let them know
they were not to consider expense, but
to do the thingwell. It wns made pnrt-
ly of eatina. not of cotton like the cum
nton (Jlown'a thing. On the chest part,
which wna red. there wng a huge yel
low donkey, and there were comic ani
nials in other placet. The whole ef
fect was entirely absurd, a, of course,
was intended, though I retolved that
it was the lout time that I would sub
mit to tomfoolery of tills kind. She
would not find me 80 tractable after
marriage.
The night of the dance nrrived. I
drove up in a brougham. An aggravat
ing incident nt the stort was that quite
a number of gamins sighted me near
the house, and ran after the carriage
at the door. Thit wat especially an
noying to me. I hold that it la on);
outaldnrt who attract attention 1 HfOOKHTtt A HKMKDV.
tliemselvea, und tlitttlielatvell-ilreaaed e.rnimlxHlmier of lnd lliTtiinn on
who does not do an. As I alighted, the , ,,..
tinwaahed rained a cheer and indulged
In tome al lipid gutter humor. At usual, WASHINGTON, L. C. Nov, 8.
there wat no conttable near, Nor wat Tim lillliuiil rcixirt (if Land Com
my temper Improved by the fact that, . , .. ..
at la Invariably the cate at th. Fresh. ""HHIotior Hlinritttl cbIIh (attention
field house, I waa kept fully three min to violation of tin: timber ami tftonc
utea before the bell wat .nawered. 1 t , w, j , rg(. corporation
And, whan th door at Intt opened, th , ' ' , . V . .
aerraht forgot her place and guffawed. I llttVC HOC'Urt'd title to Urge tractH Of
It wat an Impertinence for her to ha timber luiidH ill OrCgDD and Otll'T
muted. J told th giggling fool of ! nr.... u, ..!..,. 1 ., -n
aereant not o announce mt, and
hastily made my way to the ballroom.
On D17 way I patatd tevtral couple
(who teemed ttartlad try mt) In ordi
nary tvenliig drras. That, In my opin
ion, waa what tpolltd to many fancy
dree ballt. Either all ougdt to b in
fane y draat or none at all. Mlat Fresh
field waa atandlng, with her father,
Jutt at th entrance to th room. They,
too, curiously, were In ordinary even
ing draat. Hhe looked her beat, and at
tight of her my bad temper teemed to
vanish.
"Hera wt art again!" I said. 1
Mil fresh field appeared to be cot
ired with confusion. She at flrtt turned
while, and then crimson, and then,
with smile (which waa almost a,
laugh) taldi "Oh, I thought you were
never coining."
At for h', father, he teemed tcared
out of hit life, "Good gracloua, Mr.
I-elghtl" he tald. "You, of all peo
ple I"
I then looked about me and bunt
Into a peraplrution.
There were fully a hundred people
there; dancing had ttopped, and ev
eryone waa ataring at me. I wat th
only guest ill fancy drettl
I turned angrily to Mr. Freahfleld.
"What la,the meaning of thia, sir?" I
asked.
"I aak you," he replied, gravely.
"It la a breach of hospitality," I tald.
"You Invite me to a fancy dress ball"
"Fancy drrtt ball?"' he Interrupted.
"Whatever put that In your head?
Heally, Mr. Lelght, I mutt repeat It. I
am surprised at your coming like this."
"Fortunately," I antwerad, curbing
my temper with difficulty, "I have kej.t
the cord."
At that I tltlked out of th room
dignified, In spite of tin cot tiime,
, I drove baek.furlom. Arrived home,
I at once looked at the card. Hut I
had never been In any doubt about it.
Ther stood "fancy drts", rlglit
enough. t. ' ' -' ' ' ,"
I tore th costume Into tliredt and
burned It.
The mortification of the thing made
me feel positively ill. That I should
have been made to look ludicrous be
fore Mist y'reshfleld of all people. 1
wi uld not rest until I had found out
who was responsible foi and I would
have my roenge. '
The next morning I drove to Mr.
Frcah field's office, with the card, lie
appeared to think at first that I had
come to apologize.
"Oh, It's all right," he said. "Every
one was very amused very amused.
Mistakes will happen."
I contnlned myself. I showed him
the curd, and asked him whose the
writing was. He read it, then exploded
vulgarly Into peals of laughter.
"O, the young rascal," he tald. "0,
thr young rascal. Ah, well, boys will
be boys, yon know." .
80 It wat that ape, Charlie.
"Well," I taid, when he had reent
ered himself, "and what do you propoae
doing to blm?" - . ,;
"0, I'll give him a good talking to,
the young rascal!" laid hia father.
I again managed to contain myself.
"A talking tot Good heavens! Mr.
Frcshfleld," I tald, "you do not seem
to appreciate the situation. If you
do not severely punish the lad I shall
certainly have to consider what rights
the law gives me over him."
However, the father refused to thrash
the young ruffian or, anyhow, he
begged me not to Insist on it, and Anal
ly gut me to content to be satisfied
with a personal apology from the boy.
I was annoyed, ns toon at I had left,
that I had been as lenient at this. I
kate your Indulgent parents. They
are a danger to the state. Still, after
all, it ns .M!s Kreshfield'a brother,
- In the evening the boy came round,
looking sufficiently shamefaced.
"Well, sir?' I said.
"0, t have come to say I am sorry T
I made you look such a fool yesterday
evening. . . . Have you got mo any
more foreign stamps?"
So litis was his apology.
I stared nt him for a moment; then
a great rage came over me. In I lie
corner stood my walking cane. Per
haps 1 should not have done it. Hut I
am humnn. A lady writer once taiil
i lie re is not Mug more be am if ill to hear
than the Inuehter of n liitlerhild. Stic
had not heard Charlie's yells. It is
good to me- passing good- to reflect
that for some time to come Vaster
Charlie will never sit down without
thinking of inc. nnd, when he sleeps,
he sleeps on his side.
As I remarked, perhaps I should not
have done it. Hut who shall say that
the provocation wns not great? Nor
do 1 believe that any harm wus ever
done by thrashing a boy. If I.wcre a
father I would thrash regularly every
night. He may be sure that It has
beci; earned. .
Others think differently. This morn
ing I received a note from Miss Fresh
field: '.',' - ' '
"Penr Mr. Leigh: Tou are a coward, and
no tcentlemsn to beat a little boy. I do not
wlh to see you asln. Voun faithfully,
D. Fraahfleld P. 8 I may add that It waa
1 who told Charlie to Insert the words In
the Invitation." , .
Chicago Trlbun. ! ' : 1
A Crashing Conaneet.
"Oh, 1 can marry anyone I please,"
said he, and curled his lip conceitedly.
"You'll never marry me, then," said
Madge, the tease, "for there are none
that you could please, you see." I'liil
adelphia Tress.
amendment to wcure control off
tlioHe land by thia office.
The Land ComminMioner how
14 mineral patent InHUed In Ore
gon, and 81 claim filed for a total
mineral area of 650,265 acre.
Patent were toued at the Ore
gon branch of the Central Pacific
road for 32,691 acre of land lant
year, and to the Oregon & Cal
ifornia road for (14,778 acre. Pat
ent to tho Oregon Wagon Road
companies; aggregate Kfl,778 acre.
The Htato received patent for 259
acre of land under a wnmp grant,
making a total of 241,000 acre
patented.
The report hliovt 31,873,071
urn of vacant public land in the
Htate, of which 23,fJ7,9fiO acre arc
Hiirveycd and 8,257,71 1 acre 11 n
Hurvnyed. The reserved area in
tlientnt include 5,878,411 acre
and 23,525,358 acre appropriated.
Tho area covered by survey ac
cepted last year aggregated 794,104
acre.
Tic commlwdoner report experi
ment by Colonel R. C. JuiIboh,
near Coyote, Ore., in growing uc
ceHfully alfalfa on dry deert land
heretofore considered worthier,
and urges trial elsewhere.
One hundred and eighty-eight
thousand ebeep and 4,000 cattle
and horKf were allowed to graze
on the Caxcade forest ref erve dur
ing tho year.
Oregon to Lead,
The few Oregonians who attended
the recent meeting of the National
Irrigation Congress held in Colo
rado came home enthusiastic ad
vocates of reclaiming the arid
wastes by use of water, and at once
went to work interesting the pen
pie of this state in irrigation. As
a result an irrigation congress has
been called to meet in Portland on
November 18 and 19, to which
everybody interested in the subject
will be welcome.
It is well Oregon is going to take
the lead in this matter, for Eastern
Oregon especially is deeply con
corned in the reclamation of itreo
called desert lands, of which there
are thousands of acre that will
never be reclaimed eftccept through
government aid, and this can be
secured only by concerted action.
Let Eastern Oregon send an
enthusiastic delegation to this con
gress, men who are alive to the
needs of tho country and who will
stir up tho drybone with an en
deavor to get recognition from the
national government for their state.
Prompt and intelligent action from
this congress will aid our delega
tion in Washington to get Oregon
set apart as on irrigation district
in accordance with the law passed
by the last congress. Now is the
time to begin looking about to rind
men who will attend the congress.
Palles Mountaineer.
Grjnt Luck of an Editor.
" Kur two years nil etliirts to cure
l'Vzcinu in lie palms of my liamN
failtd,'' writes Kilitor II. X, Lector, nt
Syiaoiise, Kas., " then I was wiintlv
etireil by liuckleifs Arnica Salve." Its
tlio world's le-st tor Kniptions, Sorei
and all skin diseases. Only 2'k at all
druggists.
Sound lteeiii'oelty.
Tho Republican .League wlijcli
met nt Chicago last week evidently
recognized. the fact that reciprocity
on any other lines than those
tinder which we have so eucccso'
fully extended our foreign trade is
a humbug, for it declared ' dis
tinctly in favor of adhering to( Pro
tection as strictly fjs of yore. A
country with as great a free list
ns the United State has offers
plenty of opportunities ior recipro
cal trade. Everything we can'jiot
profitably, produce ourselves is sup
posed to be on the free list; if ex
perience teaches us that we are
still 1 ulting a high tariff on thing
wo cannal Imps to produce" profit
ably, they should be removed from
ihe Protective schedules and placed
on the free list. The American
people are too sensible to desire to
go abroad for things which they
may profitably produce at home,
and wher. they fully understand
the subject they will regard with
derision all projiosalf which have
lor their object the increane of trade
at the expense of production, be
cause they know by experience
that the invariable result of at
tempt to subordinate the latter to
the former end in disaster and de
feat the very object they' seek to ac
complish. San Francisco "Chron
icle. 6
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