LOCAL EVENT Or utK'li rii'. ... .. u ..mimii It II I li il my x'P Willi ItM wiulth. Tlum rumt tlm iMwitiiiiiHl who kimw Nut r.xhI nr urifH. but overthrew My rx. and in Hit. Iimlu'n xt KumhI fuat rir mIiiitm within Hi" rot Hit rmiiiil, fuiiiul with mulling pride, Dnwp in I he Imiin n wurm. a lug, Tuo whilu my ruwi trim died Ah. nii'l the pity "lie tin true. The fiilnwt rim; thu rtrhiMt mold, The rutin r mold the ranker grew Horn Inni'ly llfu wilhin I In fold From fi rut to IuhI Wouldxt Uruatbe the row yt bniik the it nml msw and noeur Nay, plmul nut I for wlf at liml. The pwt, I hiivi- mirvivcd thu pant. My ruiniil row. my wrecked repose; But plead I fur that column wing, The swwttir, fuirurnnw. Ood i not fur. man la nut fur From heaven 'a porch, whero pawn roll And yet luill a'uk from alar to eutr lu hllcnl lutiKUuir" of th anul ; Tun atur strewn aktiw be hut town With Hnu'i'l" pnHHinK up and down "I leavu my niKj with you." 1x1 tbeeo. HI aevun wound, tin ploiudna Pieree heaven's porch. But rwitlUR thore The new moon runkn the Child Christ In Her ailmr rocklnK ohuir Joaquin Miller In Ororuuid. A MISTAKE. I bad been trodging for 13 hours through the steaming raiu, which bad penetrated ovou the thick tweed suit 1 wore. It bad raiuod steadily for 24 hoars, nud, judging from the thick, oolorloss sky and the white cloud wreaths that baug about the lower slopes of the mountains, thore seemed ijerj probability that a spell of bad weather had set lu. Driven an with a goad by tho utter discomfort of the dirty inn I had loft behind iue in the morning, 1 pressed on in tho raiu lushed gloaming toward the old Roman wuteriug place on the south ern side of the Stolvio pass, Bad Bor nria There, 1 knew, the joys of good food, clean linen and luxurious bnth watted for ma Of oourse 1 ought not to bave oast one thought on these comforts of civilization, for the Stolvio pass is one of the grandest in Europe, and it had been my privilege to behold tho :grent MadatHch gluoior and tho cloud veiled head of the Urtlor Spits, as 1 stood at the top of the paes and looked over the glories of the Tyrolean Alps. But 1 was very wot. very tired, very hungry, and I longed for my Cnpnadown in the pleasant valley. My portmanteau had gone ou by post the carry all, om niscient past of foreign parts. At Bor mio I would rest me for throe whole days; good dinners would 1 eat and sparkling Asti would I drink, and I wonld make merry with any pleasant folk chauce might throw in my way. And so tho puins and penalties of the poor pedestrian would be forgotten, or rmnenibored only as a foil to the com forts of the present 1 hurriedly pulled myself up at this stage of my reflections, for anticipation had uiade me forget for a brief moment what was then my couditiou. The re lentless rain had worked its way to my nkin. Only my feet wore dry, thanks to toe waterproof boots and stout leggings 1 wore. 1 was as yet within some miles of my goal when I overtook two pedes trians whoso case was much worse than my own, lor these two belated wander ers were womeu, and the poor creatures' skirts were wet and draggled and clung miserably about their limbs. Both were slender and young, and the heavy raiu beat heavily ou their beads and shoul ders. Bedraggled though tbey were, I saw at a glance they were ladies, and a tew words uttered by one told me that they were countrywomen of my own. My interest and sympathy were at once unlisted. "Another hour, Betty, at most, and we can knock off. What a tramp we've bad, and bow it can rain in this won derful country I" The girl who spoke (she could only have been in her early twenties) bad a fair, ruddy complexion, her cheeks look d like roses that bad bad a thorough drenching, and a great lump of light brown hair, which showed beueath her soaked gray felt hut was heavy with diamond drops of water Both girls wore neat ulsters, but the raiu had evi dently soaked them through, ud they clang tightly to the slim outlines of their forms. 1 glanced quickly at the girl addressed as Betty. She was wet. but eveu pret tier than her companion. The steady tramp of my steps probably caused Betty some alarm, for she looked nervously over her shoulder. It was then that 1 saw what a very pretty girl she was, despite her somewhat disheveled stata On the impulse of the moment I raised ray bat aud muttered some sort of salu tation: "Oh, you're English!" The accent of pleasure was unmistakable aud grati fying. The exclamation came from Betty, whose dark eyes were turned full on me. Evidently the result of the inspec tion was favorable, for Betty Broiled and showed a row of -gleaming little teeth, whose whiteness was accentuated by the rich red of the lips that enframed them. The young lady's complexion was slight ly browned by exposure to the sun, but the lashing of the rain bad brought a flash of pink to the smooth cheek, whose perfect contour was apparent as she turned toward me. "Yes, 1 am English, " I said in a com fortable, elder brotherly tone, calculat ed tn win the confidence of these two in dependent damsels errant, "and 1 am on my way to Bad tJormio. Sn urn wb and we are so horribly wet, and the road teems as if it would never end. "It is a long tramp from Trafoi." 1 remarked. nh wa onlv came from Franzen- hohe this morning. We had some lunch at Santa Maria, and we hope to reach Bormio by dinner time," said tbe other girl, wbose name 1 afterward knew to be Kate. "for. to tell you tbe truth, we m hnth awfnllv hunfTT. " "What hotel are yo bonad for?" 1 inquired. rrrts'uovi Ungiit. " "Ah. 1 nm going thore too. Will you allow mo la walk with you and to curry tliut bug?" 1 lidded, pointing to a fair aismel rnckhiick strapped to the stiiiplo bitJk of Miss lii tiy After a little dniiiiirtlie rucknaok vrns unstnipiii'il mid uttnolit'd to the haver sack 1 curried. I kiiw with satisfaction that the slmiilr.r figure, re I loved of its burden, drew itself more erect and moved forward with gTeuter ease. The two girls, trumping unprotected long thut lonely road which winds down from the summit of the pars to Italy, seemed Quito freo from any fear of danger. The discomfort of rain soak ed clothing, boots heavy with mud, aud tho fatigue consequent ou the long tramp doomed to bo the only cause of complaint they hud. "You see, wbon ouo is on a walking tour, one oau't stop for woathor," re marked Betty, witb a comprehensive glance round at tbe mist shrouded moun tains, the rain lushed rocks showing their rich brown in vivid contrast to tbe gray sky aud patches of vivid green most. "One must tuke the good and the bad just as they oome, like tbe rough and the smooth places ou the road. My friend and 1 are good walkors, and we enjoy a tramp like this in spite of tbe weather." ' 1 bad got tbe idea that tbe girls wore sisters, although tbey were quite unlike in personal appearauce. Bit by bit I got to know more about my damsels erratic Tboy had walked most of tbe way from Innsbruck, through the Brenner pass to Botzon. There tbey bad takon tbe train to Morau, aud thence bud pursued their trump, stopping several days on the road at Spondelnk, Trafoi and Frauzenhohe. "We shall stay at Bormio a few days and rest, and then we shall meet our bags again. You can't think how glad we are to tee those bags. We quite love the vory straps and buckles. Do you know Bormio at all?" I avowed my iguoranoe. "Nor do we. There was an American lady we met at Innsbruck who recom mended the Nuovi Bugui tons. I tbink she thought us quite mad, but tbe was extremely kiud. "Kittie, the added, suddenly ad dressing her companion, "do look down bere at that leaping water. That niUBt be the Adda. " "Ob, our first Italian river, Betty) How jolly I" cried the enthusiastic Kate, ber gray eyes beaming out from under ber dripping hat brim. Then she looked down tbe valley and tried, I think, to realize that tbis rain beaten scene roally was Italy. "Cheer up, Kittie; it will be fine to morrow aud won't we revel in tbe suu- sbine when it comes?" It was Betty who spoke. The manner of tbe girls toward euch other amused me. Tbey seemed to take the role of. guide and consoler in turns, just us, 1 have no doubt, they bad taken it in turns to carry the rucksack which I bad now in my care. Independent though they were, tbe girls seemed glad of my companionship, especially when we passed through one of tbe dark, cavernous galleries roofed witb stones, built to protect the road from avalanches. They chatted in a friendly, unembarrassed manner, and tbe sound of the fresh, young voices and the sight of the two pretty faces did much to redeem the dreariness of tbo long, monotonous road. Tbe next morning was a sumptuous one. 1 was soon (tressed ana out ot doors. I caught tbe sound of a woman's voice trilling out the refrain of an Itul ian volkslied. Tbe larklike joyousncss of the song seemed in harmony with the glorious morning. In a dreumy mood I listened. The singing voice floated nearer. I caught sight of a white straw tailor hat and a pink ootton blouse. Italian peasant girls do not attire themselves thus, i am a trifle short sighted, but in a very few moments I was aware that tbe early rising song stress was Miss Kate Morison. A glance at the hotel register had informed me of the names of my fellow pedestrians. She looked very pretty and fresh. The mass of light brown hair was twisted up neatly at the back of ber head. Clearly the luggage of the two girls had turned np, for there were no signs of travel stain about tbe trim blue serge skirt aud tbe crisply starched pink blouse. 1 wished her good morning and in anired for her absent friend. "Oh, Betty is all right, thanks, only rather Bleepy. I thought it a pity to waste one single hour of this heavenly morning, and I wanted to make a little sketch from tbe bridga "An artist as well as a singer?" I in quired, smiling. "Oh, you heard my chirruping, I sup pose. One must sing when one feels so utterly happy isn t the air exnunrac ing? But 1 must make my sketch. 1 can sit on tbe parapet so aud get just the view 1 want Her busy pencil did its work with great rapidity, aud when I asked per mission to look at the sketch I was real' ly surprised at the masterliness of ber touch and her knowledge or perspective. She closed her sketchbook, and we walked back together to the hotel. In tbe garden we. met Miss Betty. She, too, looked dainty and fresh ufter her nisht's rest The same source of infor motion that bad made me acquainted with Miss Kittie's name bad told me ber's Blount At breakfast I happened to mention ber by name, and I fancied a look of surprise crossed her face at the glibness witb which I uttered it But ber man ner showed do displeasure, and 1 was encouraged to offer my escort for an ex pedition to tbe town of Bormio. Tbe quaint, old world place, witn its rougn pavements and narrow streets, so itai ian in its aspect, with the yellow wash ed bouses and curious loggias, and musty, tileut church, delighted Mist Kittie and gave much occupation to ber pencil. But Mist Blount, wbose artistio superiority ber friend bad proclaimed, did out make any sketches, although, no doubt, she stored up impressions for futuro iiho. Nothing but n violent wrench would huvo enabled me to leuve Bormio. 1 liugnred (Mi, hugging iny chiiiim, and tho two girls, for what roasou 1 know not, lingered ton. Thu tiliuie hud a curious charm, it bad the stroiujth und grandeur of the mountains and tho glory und glamour of the south. A week pussud, during which the two girls und I were almost always together. Thoir utter unconveu tionulity surprised me, but it delighted me too. Their tiluns were not fixed, but something hud been said once or twico about extending their walking tour to the Engadino, by way of the Boruina pass. I bad just mudo up my mind that where they wout I would go, for the thought of Betty tramping unprotected anil exnosed to the chance of insult filled me with dismay. Already I assumed to myself tho man's right of protection. The two girls listened respectfully, al most obediently, to my advice and mado no objection whatever wbeii I deolared that I, too, intended to visit the Enga diue and would go when they went In mv own mind I bud fully planned how my romance was ' to end. I would marry Betty. We should be poor, but I knew her tastes word simple, and I would work trebly hard and win suc cess for myself and weaitn ior uer Be fore we were five years older, ui suon visions is love guilty I As tbe girls were resolute to keep to their nlan of walkina from Bormio to Poutresina we set out in true boheinian fashion, like respectable gypsies, Tbe roads were good, the weatner perfect, aud we tramped joyously to Bolladore and Tirano, staying a day bere and a day there, juBt as the fancy took us. It was at Tirano thut the climax of my briof madness came aud tbe denouement of tbis adventure befell. We were boused in the Hotel San Mlnhelfl. one ot the nnaintost bostelries surely wherein a man might tuke his eaBO, for tbe building hud formerly shel tered a peaceful sisterhood, me Ded- nir.tu irorfl Vnnltprl fllA floors WftTO Of stone, and all tho doors opened on to k broad, cloistorlike gallery. At tne eun of tbis winding gallery was an immense lntrffia. which looked on the piazza and the cathedral a pilgrimage church Whither on great festivals tne launiui were authored together from all the sur rounding villages. Perhaps it was the bo Dor Hi g innuences of the gray old building, or tbe conven tual nir of the nlaoe. or the asoetioism wbiob breathed from those cell-like bed rooms, but certajuly on that third even ing of our sojourn there the girls' man ner had changed. Betty's beautiful face was Bad and clouded, and Kittie's gay ety had vanished After dinner she pleaded a beadnohe and went to ber room, and Betty looked troubled as sbe left us, but did not offer to follow. 1 suggested a stroll iu the convent gar den, whence came the olick of the bowls, for that old world game was al ways in full swing after tbe day's work was over. Tbe garden, being large, served as an open air club to tbe towns people. Betty agreed, and we were soon in the cool, bigb walled pleasance a quiet spot, where all we heard of the players was the click of tbe bull and the distant sound of laughter and talk. Tbe sun had set, and a cool breeze was whispering among the broad leaves of tbe fig trees. Iu the grass the drone of the grasshopper made a sleepy mur mur. Betty was curiously silent, a trifle embarrassed in manner, and somehow tbis unwonted shyness and taciturnity gave me confidence in myself. I talked to ber about many things, at if I were entitled to her sympathy, told ber of my struggles, of my ambitions, of my hopes talked as a man rarely talks save to tbe woman be loves and hopes to win for hit wife. Somehow or . other made bold, 1 tbink, by a tender softening of her face when I spoke about the burliness of the struggle for fame whou the struggle is made single bunded 1 blurted out my secret I loved her, and life would be a desert without ber love. . Then in the gray twilight I taw a white, astonished face and two large frightened eyes look at me almost in horror. "Mr. Aslehurst," the panted, "you are surely mad I It is not I you love. It it" she stopped aud bit ber lips. Good heavens) It was the old compli cation. 1 read ber unspoken thought in a flash. She believed it was Kittie I loved; that it was for Kittie's sake that I bad dangled at their heels all tbis time. I was about to protest that it was she Betty, and she only that I loved when she resumed, in a calm, self pos sessed tone: "You must forget that you have ever spoken so to me, Mr. Aslehurst; that you have ever thought of me in that way for 1 am marrifed already. My bus band is coming to join us at Poutre sina." I stared at ber incredulously for a moment "But. Mits Blount" "I was Miss Blount once. I am Mrs. Field now. Perhaps you know my bus band. He is a barrister too. He could not get away sooner, because he bad some important case to work up, " she went ou rapidly. "It is all Kittie Mori sou's fault this this dreadful mistake. Kittie was my greatest cbum before I married last year. "She was very angry with me for marrying, and she persuad ed me, just for the sake of old times, when we used to come abroad together for walking tours, to bo Miss Blouut again. It was sbe who wrote tbe name in tbe hotel book at Bormio, and when you called me Miss Blount Kittie was delighted and insisted on keeping up tbe joke. " "That was a little rough ou me," 1 taid in a crestfallen way. Tbe comical tide of the situation was apparent to me, and for the moment 1 forgot tbe pangs of despised love. We did not mean any barm," tbe murmured humbly " We used to have such splendid times together when we toured about. Kittie and L When 1 beard yoa call me Miaa Blouut, 1 almost forgot that I bud a husband in London. " "Poor Field) He would not be flut tered" "You know1 my husband?" "Slightly. We meet pretty often in hall," I answered dryly. "Oh, Mr. AHloliuwt, what must you think of me? But 1 do lovn Edward, and I I shall bo so happy to see him at Poutresina. We are n model couple, and over so con ton ted, 1 I thought that you udmirod Kittie Morison. She is such a deur, good girl: She hns always been very independent and high spirit ed, but" Aguin she stopped, and I read in Mrs. Field's beautiful faco tho gist of a little ronmuco that hud no doubt been simmering in hor brain over since our meeting iu the rain swept pass of Stolvio, Alas, bow easily things go wrong! I bad fallen in love witb the wife instead of witb tbe maid, thanks to Miss Kittio Morison 's little freak. Betty I must call her by the name I have called ber always in my thoughts Betty had al lowed tbe freak to be indulged, and I was a broken hearted man for fully 80 hours. But I oould not in mere civility leave tbe two forlorn women to trudge together to Pontresina, especially Jiow that I knew one of them was the wife of a brpther barrister. By the time we reached our Alpine Meoca we were tbe best of friends again. Field turned up a day or two later, aud I staid ou. for we all found four a pleasanter number than three in our mountain expeditions, and really, Kittie Morison sbe has an other name now was aud is a vory pretty girl, and she is certainly much less independent than when I first made ber acquaintance. Strand Maguziue. Faal Jnnea and the Privateer. Tbe French embassador, the Duo de Vauguyou, committed tbe astounding faux pas of suggesting to Paul .tones that be tako command of a French pri vateer and thus escape from his danger ous situation iu theTexel. Paul Jones' reply to this was an instant and haughty demand for an apology, which was promptly forthcoming. No man hated privateering and its "infernal prac tices, ' as be calls them, more cordially than Paul Jones. He wrote of privateers at "licensed robbers," and was natural ly indignant at tbe affront offered bim. Some years afterward in a French port he hud an amusing controversy ou tbe subject with Captain Truxtou, after ward tbe celebrated commodore. Trux ton was then iu the humble capacity of oaptain of a private ship bent ou plun der. He hud tbe assurance to raise a pennant in tbe presence of Paul Jones without usking bis permission and in defiance of the act of congress forbid ding a privateer to hoist a pennant un der such circumstances without the per mission of a naval ship's commander. They had a tart correspondence, and Commodore Truxtou was evidently mightier with the Bword tbnu with the pen, as Paul Jones writes of him that there are in his letter "several words 1 do not understand and caniTot find in the dictionary. " Paul Jones tent him "a polite message"; to haul down the pennant This being disregarded, an other polite message and Lieutenant Richard Deal with two armed boats were sent, aud the pennant came down. "Paul Jones," by Molly Elliot Sea well, in Century. Are ThanlM Cnneceaaair? "A great deal is taid about men be ing thanked for giving up their teats in tbe street cars to women," said a man in conversation with a friend. "Now, for my part, 1 don't want to be thanked for simply doing my duty. " "But is it your duty," asked the friend, "to give up a seat for which you bave paid and stand up the eutire trip to acooramodate a stranger; "I look at it as a duty. It is a deal easier for a man to bang to a strap than it is for a woman. The fact that a woman is standing while I sit annoys me. It does not matter in the least to me that sbe is a stranger. I feel under obliuatious to give ber my place." "That is gallantry," sneered his friend. "It comes nearer to being reciprocity. Every few days some man gives my wife or mother a seat in a crowded car, so i trv to pass tbe courtesy on. Only yes terday I taw every man in a Oratiot avenue car give up bis teat to tome woman. Not one was tbanked, or look ed as if he expected to be, or indeed gave the woman in the case a chance to thank him. It was done as u an oe longed to one family, but the true spirit of politeness was in the atmosphere, and thanks, though not audible, were leit To tell the truth, it embarrasses roe to have a woman repeat that set formula, 'Thank you, sirl " "I guess you're not often embar rosscd, " retorted his friend cynically, and there the conversation ended. De troit Free Press. A Mother! Lament. It was in tbe Black tea that he fell from the bridofl. and the captain said, "Is it Jack that is overboard?" For be loved bim like a ton, aud be plunged in tn save him. And the water was Wild, and be grasped but it was only his cap. And a sad present it was tnat tney sent me that Christmas his silver watcb and chain. Aud sinco then I have been weak aud weary, for he was tho fin of 1 a, and I loved him the best Ah, Jesus sent and Jesus took! I know itmnct tin n. bat Wben 1 Sit on tllC rnrka I think mavbe Ood took my "on to tome island iu the sea, and wben 1 ana the birds skimming on the water J think mavbe he was not drowned, but will come up out of the tea to hit mother, -who nursed nim to aear. Blackwood't Magazine. Heotlmad. Scotland was named from tbe Scot), a tribe which bad its birtb in north Ire land. It was called by the native Cale donia, "the little country of tbe Gaels," (imnl nrnrvrlv sicuifvins "a bidden rover. " Tbe Picts, wbo inhabited tbe lowlands of Scotland, were "painted tueu." 15 YEARS IN OREGON. THE OLD ST. LOUIS , Medical and Surgical Dispensary. Thli la tat oldtnt Private Medical Plipcnaarjr In the city of Portland, the Brit Medical Die penury ever atarted In thia city. 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