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
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during which time thouianda of eaaea have
been cured, and no poor man or woman waa
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The St Louie DUpenarry has a italr of tne
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Rheumatism y!".
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Young
these old
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Mock bees and spiders I A writer
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"How did tbe captain know it was
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denly. That meant something, and he
bustled on deck. A good captain watches
bis barometer as a cat watcnes a mouse.
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