THE TEMPTER Adam Didn't Wait For Eve to Offer Him the Apple. By KEITH GORDON. The ptrl on I ho porch In lit hor book f:ice downward lieslde hor. faint, skeptical smile visihle about hor iihu!li. "H do Jiu go about !t?" was the question, that hor eves asked of tho ra diant landscape. "It's all very well to my that a woman, If she lias not a lump upon her Kick, may marry whom iho will, hut how would she M about it-" Tho sonitelmij of a match broke tho stillness, and her meditations were sud denly precipitated fmut the general to the oonorete. She glanced where a aian's fonu lulkel in one of the huge wicker chairs, Willi his hand forming a screen he was lighting a fresh ebr.ir, seemingly oblivious to everything In life except that and a journal ou engi neering w UK h lay in his hip. lie was her brother' best friend, ami she had known him for years, uot with much satisfaction, It must le con fessed, sitnv he was notoriously a "Iran's man." living In a nniu's world and regarding the rustle of femiuine skirts wi;h something of tho same feel ing that he did the bmuiuiug of a mos quito. But ho was good to look upon o good that a sudden, quick resentment hot through her heart at his Indiffer ence. It assumed the likeness of ier sor.al affront, a sort of insult to her lex. It would serve him right If some girl should just make np her mind to Biarry him and do It, too, lofore he knew what he was about. Meanwhile he had tossed away the match and picked up the journal again as frupertiirhsibly as if he were alone, a pair of half indignant eyes watching him Willi a combination of pique and amusement. It certainly would serve him right, kcr thoughts ran on. If some lady should just wind Mm im:id and round her finger, make him fete!) and carry it her lock and call, reduce him to a perfect nmsli of sentiment. Something ai hor stoatly gaze can.-ed him to move itieas:!y, then lo k up. j "I'iit you speak "J" j lie had the perfunctory manner of a person who kn -ws lie must keep guard ; over himself or lie will K guilty of i some remissness. A heroic resolution j to (lo his duty was visible in his face. '; "No,- she drawl, d, "I didn't speak, j But it you don't mind very much I ! think t will. I'd like to ask you, for I instance, if you have ever had a la- j dies' day?" "A ladies" day!" he repented help- lessly. shaking off his eyeglasses with j a characteristic movement, while his tormentor watched him as If he had been some sort of specimen that she had impaled upon a pin. Then a light dawned upon him. -You mean such as they have at the ciulis a day wh"n the place is given . ,z , occupied hr a weasoi. that I ever had." j "Don't you think it is time?" she 1 Tentured. j 'Possibly. he admitted, but he still ; sold the jonrnnl in a way that sug- posted a well nigh unconquerable d- ire to return to it. She stretched out I her hand. Iteluctantly he handed It j ftver. "bid it ever occur to yon." she asked ; blandly, "that the creature who tempt- j d Adam so successfully, who Is at the bottom of everything as it were, ! must be as as Intricate as your old 1 snirlueoring prob'ent-,7" ' "I have always considered Adam , weak, very weal;." was bis evasive au- u't like that nowa- ; had returned to the closely printed col umns before htm, but after a half hour he rare up. "I'm stale," he murmured, throwing the paper on the table. "Wonder where' she none. Never before real I zed bow Interesting she is- for a girl. Had 1 ever bad a ladles' day? 1'niph! That was funny!" And he smiled at the recollection of It. tor the next two or three days she voided him as much as possible. "1 must give hliu plenty of line." she decided craftily, "mid never let him : suspect that lies taken Hie bait" Pit the third day be proposed a long tramp to her. j "You don't want a silly thing like j mo." she protested, with modest self I depreciation. "I can't talk alut I bridges and buttress,", and caissons i and all these intcivsiing ihingn that j you Know about. 1 shall only bore , you." j "What was It you said the other ; day about the coat ure that tempied . Adam';" was his laughing reply. "1'er- haps I want to take up a new line of : study." I "1 just made him think I was tho most deemlent thing that ever lived." she oontided shamelessly to her mir ror that night. "My timid little feet could scarcely got over the ground without help, and as for climbing fences"-- She went, off into a peal of laughter as siio ronicuilHuvd how solicitous he had been aUv.it her getting over a fence that was In their way- aud she ' who could turn a handspring as well as either of her brothers: j -of course I couldn't do It If I really ' liked htm." she murmured. Then the I girl in the mirror averted her face quickly. "I'm just going to give him a much needed lesson, you know." she went on. This time the girl looked Into her eyes for a moment. After that she threw herself on the IhhI and burled a hot face in the pillows. As the weeks wont by the startling conviction that there was one girl in the world who never boird him. never made him long to escape and got lack to his own kind, came to lie a certain ty to the man. With the coming of this knowledge the world seemed a brighter, livelier place. The idea of marriage, which had hitherto seemed as remote as that of suicide, came and bulged within his brain as if ll were an old friend. He thought, with some scorn, of his former views. IF YOU INTEND TO BUY A Spring Wagon OR A HACK Splendid Line. Best Make in 1 1-8 and 1 1-4 Selling very lowjthis month Collins W. Elkins They wen- sumling under the big anple tree in the luck gar.ien. From the ground she picked up one of Hie round. smo-ta apples and N'goi to eat it. Something in the action brought back to him tho conversation they once had about Adam, and he wondered how ho could ever have Nvn so cross, so dense. Ho held out his hand. "Please, Kve." he lvsinvhcd. "But yon are uot like Adam." she begin an hly. No." he sudl meaningly. "He wait-. ed for temptation. I don't Intend to j wait" ; And that night she whispered to the ' girl In the mirror, "What Thackeray i says is truer 1 The Brosius Bar Finest Brands of Wines, Liquors and Guars. LAGER BEER ON DRAUGHT F. E. BROSIUS, Proprietor "Men s a re :n i:i h 1 was ihiad pi red H-r ex should fia.l an onh'u't have eaten In her v.. e a challe Ice. swer. days. At these l.ca.s;.r;. n-,,r,s a resolutr that hail l. cm t-!::::. f. 1.-..1!!.,. full fvW.l S: wi'li th- .,,, ,.r a noghi-tci it: h.-r. "ion th el the appie. th,a, ;" There vv.is a ii"W n-'t It vas at the s.nr.e tit and mi appeal. As ;f it were something absolutely new It came lo his mind tliat girls ! were delicate, helpless creatures, and ; a wave of tenderm-ss f t the ser swept ' over him. Still he was very positive : that lie wouldn't have eaten the apple. 1 and something in the soft, babyish, yet dependent way in which she looked' at him caused him to explain at great i length why. "Has talked fifteen minutes by the clock." she was thinking In high glee. ! but outwardly she was all deferential, ! honey sweet attention. j "I'm sure he wouldn't have yielded j if he'd been like you!" was her earnest I comment when he finished speaking. ! and at the words he was conscious of ! a pleasant expansiveness, a caressing 1 sense of satisfaction as delightful as ft was unusual. It was as If he were growing taller, broader and more se Terely strong, before her very eyes. "Go back to your reading. I'm not going to bother you another minute." j the jumped up and. laying her hand on his arm, finished Ingenuously: "You ion't mind my bothering you, do you? -i girl gets so tired of woman talk! A ; ehat like this is like a plunge in a cold ' stream." And she vaulted Into the j house and scurried to her rooui, where ' she threw a kiss to her image in the j mirror, with the remark, "You're doing ! wen ror a beginner, my love.' Down on the broad piazza the man 1 worth. The Dispute. A rabbit went out walking one day. and when he came home he found his He was greatly astonished at finding a stran ger in his house. "See here. Madam Weasel." he said, "what are you doing here? This is not your home. Tlease get out of my bur row." "Your burrow, Indeed:" cried the weasel. "I'll do no such thing. I am perfectly at home." "Well, now." said the rabbit gently, "let's take the dispute to (irimalkin." Now, ilrlmalkin was n cat, the Judge of all controversies that came up in the forest, and so the weasel could do nothing less than consent to do as the rabbit suggest"! They set ont together and scion arrived N'fore the judge. "ionie near to me, my children," said (Irimalkin: "I am dinf." They i.boycd. not dreaming of any harm that might come, and the cat, ' asrliig oat a lawed foot at each side, gripped then l'th ni.d sotthd the dis pute by eating them one after the oth- Millinery July Clearance Sale Prices on all kinds of Millinery greatly reduced after July 1st Mrs. Estes Millinery Parlors. PRINEVILLE,- OREGON. Moral.- People of! en ruin themselves by lawsuits. It is better to come to r.a agreement out of court. French of Perrin. j " RECEPTION " i Smith & Allingham, Props. C'hauip Smith's old stand. Imported and Domestic Cigars Famous Whiskies Loafing. "I loaf and Invite my soul," sang 'Walt Wbifniitn in (ino nt liiu "lei rt.oiy. yawps- that has sounded "over the J Old Crow; Hermitage; Red roofs of the world." And it Is no doubt the N-st. profoundest and highest thing ever said or sung about loafing. The soul if we may tie so fortunate as to have one in the real and high significance of the word will hardly come to our mundane aid, no matter bow often we may Invite it. unless we loaf. We do not in our ordinary busi ness of living give It a chance to vis it ns. Like the virtues of art, it de mands a large leisure and far horizons. That is why the ioots and thinkers possess "soul" and we ordinary mor tals do not. Our life Is too narrow, too "cabined, cribbed, confined." Soul es capes or shuns us while we grope In our huddled and cluttered existence. We must "loaf and Invite it. Loafing Is good for us now and then. As a habit It is very bad, but even a "good custom." as Tennyson assures ns. would "corrupt the world" were it not for wholi-some change and variety. And an occasional loaf, whether vol untary or enforced, may be salutary. Columbia State. J Top Rye; Yellow Stone; t Canadian Club; Cream : 4 Rye; James E Peppei , 4 Moore's Malt J Porter, Ale and Olympia Draft Beer on Tap. ; 5 Imported Wines r; and Liquors. j A straight line is the Khortest in i mnmls or in mathematics. Edce- Notice to Creditors. nti , !i hcrt-l-y sriven thr th un1er!(rnd ha lr.-n ly the county cmrt of Crook county, Suie of ' irt-Kon, 'luly appoint"! Administrator of the eslBt oi (reoriffr W. Bar no, tiwt-a!, anil All r.vuiti havi'iic lini nifuimt enid eit-18U- art hTfiy rrquirvl to prv:nt the name, duly vt'rit)(-1, toiuiiil a'ttiiint-lrutor at the law offl'-; of r. C. Brix, iu Ithm-viUc. On-iron, Hh in nix months from the date oi the tirat puhli nation of thiw notice. Intel iubilhel first time July 13th, A. D. ltfU. WILLIAM H. PV,:VK. Administrator of th' r-i' of 1 Oeorgt W. barm, dectastd. STRAWS STRAWS That sizzling sound Ss only the Thermometer Boiling internally. It's great weather for wearers of straw hats. Come in and let our Clerks show you some of our styles Better visit our SHOE DEPARTMENT and see those nifty models in Black and Tan Oxfords $3.50 and $4.00 See the new Pug Toe, Flared Soled oxfords; the new raised toe shapes, and the many other special styels not Freaskish, but very distinctive. All sizes. THE LEADER Mrs. I. Michel Prineville I lere's great news for you men who like smart shirts. We've just received a lot of new effects in plain and striped Shirts that Will certainly make a hit with the Critical Dresser. Big doings at $1.25 to $2.50 and a complete line of work shirts 50c You can't beat them THE LEADER Mrs. I. Michel PtineviOe D. P. Adamson & Co. Druggists Prineville, - Oregon ALMOND AND CUCUMBER CREAM. Prolerl llic Complexion, ll prevents injury to tltf Lire and hands il applied Wore exposure lo the sun, wind and wrallier. When not so used il promptly relieves all distressing conditions ol llie skin il applied on relurnlny indoors. Almond and Cucumber Cream is nol a greasy preparation, and does not re semlilc the paste lorm creams and cosmetics, ll is a pure antiseptic lulion. pos sessing remarkable rleanipg and healing properties that have been used and tested lor years by the highest society ladies ol the land. It will give the most gralilying restdts in soliciting rough, dry or irritated, skin resulting Irom any cause Price 50 cents. Headquarters for Thoroughbred Hata Summer Exhibit of Peters Shoes for Men and Women Mod era "The Kind Gentlemen Wear.' Cloth es ' ITH the opening ol our Spring and Summer Season, we wish to express our heartiest (hanks to our many customers and hit-mis who have shown us their patronage during I tie past year. We hope that our methods ol doing business have been s.ilislarlory lo one and all and once a cuslomer always a customer. Our methods will be the same lor this coming year: Everything Marked in Plain Figures and One Price to One and All. We don't sell you an $10.00 suit lor $15.00; our $18.00 suils are marked SlH.00. that's our price; no other. But we are nol talking prices, Quality First and Last. Wc are today carrying the B t Clothes to be found in Prineville. Modern Clothes designed and laid out by Brandegee, Kincaid & Company, Utica, New York riottiea well neliwU-1 and worn cannot lie overlooked by wiln of iliieriiuiiiiitinn. l-'xeUiimtions of (jrciit joy arc certain to be called forth by our dinpliiy of "Collrite Cloii" Cliithee, bt'cuimo of tlieir imrticulsrly brii"k style, ami lieeaime they tit ') perfectly that tliey cunnot lint be well worn. Tbe fabrics are totally different from tlioim ordinarily een. The many Kraceful and eharaeleriatic features which liiftinituish the well-dressed man from the multitude of careless dressers will be found in these splen did garments. Knowing how to design and how to duvelop his mudo "College Chap" Cloths what they are, "tho clothes you want." 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