OREGON CITY COURIER-HERALD. ! 1 FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1901.
Edward Blake:
College Student.
V
' -By Charles M. Sheldon.
-Continued (rom last Issue
"""-Are you sure?" asked Edward, read
Stag the verses. lie began reciting
45iem aloud, and Miss Seton interrupted
. tie reading by suddenly snatching the
; paper away from him.
"It makes no difference, sir," she
maid, holding the paper behind her and
tlll laughing at his apparent aston
.Ishinent over the whole affair. "The
.'promise you made Freeda was $1
; apiece to any of us who had an article
: accepted and paid for. There was
nothing said about the kind of paper,
or; who owned It, or the price paid,
was there, Freeda?"
"No, not a thing."
'.'I didn't say anything about verses,
though," said Edward, trying to be
ibold.
-"Fie, Ned! That Isn't like you, try
ing to get out on a technicality!"
"Anyhow, It seems to me like Impos
ing on me to make me pay $1 for 00
cent poetry, raid for In postage
stamps at that!"
'Toetry has gone up since I wrote
that There's a trust been formed In
Hope, aud we're going to buy out all
the little poets among the boys," said
'.Miss Seton, smiling.
'I don't believe in trusts, and 1 shall
Tight this one," replied Edward, grin
ding. 4'111 pay the dollar all right. It
will serve you right to print the verses
'In The College Journal and make peo
jls icad them."
Tm sure It won't hurt them any
:more than the reading of your article
'Sa yesterday's Issue. Miss Field had a
r sirTt headache after reading It, and 1
V beard of several other girls who were
k'lnable to attend afternoon classes on
MBceount of it," she retorted.
' Edward did not reply to this thrust,
lyhlch was In keeping with the conver
t national habits of many of the girls In
zthv hall.
""I might as well pay now," he said
fsobcrly as he rose to go. Me gave each
-of the girls a dollar, and they accepted
with merry thanks.
When he had gone out. Miss Seton
sobered down quite suddenly.
"Do you think I hurt his feelings by
what I said nbout his article?" she
ifel rather slowly and eyed Freeda
vthotiglitJ'ully.
"Of course not. Ned understood your
. nonsense."
"I don't think he did," replied Miss
Seton positively. "He takes most ev
erything seriously."
"But he Isn't slow In that sense,"
ald Freeda. somewhat sharply for her.
"Maybe not, but he Is very serious
.-about most ererythlng. When I told
Tuliu the other night that I had given
-up the Sunday study, he looked as sol-
nin as If something dreadful had hap-.-IMMied.
It would kill me to take every
irJhJng as seriously as that."
'"There's no danger of your dying
aiuldeuly, Ida," said Freeda as they
went out of the parlor.
"And est ill." persisted Ida as If trying
vio (lefeud her own lack of seriousness,
"I don't object to It In other people. 1
'like your brother a good deal better
dhoti the chattering, grinning kind, like
Willis Preston. 1 think there is some
thing very nice in your brother's sober
.face."
Freeda did not reply to this frank
admisslou, aud, after staying In the
..'hall to that with some uowoouiers a
Millie while, she went up stairs. As
she went Into her room she wondered
for the (list time how- she would feel
it Ida aud her brother should liegiu
no like each oilier. It was only a
m momentary thought. The life of' the
students at Hope college was remark
. ably free from any foolish, sentimental
- ar harmful loveimiklng. The students
'.had their social meet lugs I'reiiucntly; j
'. -bey were constantly seelii;,' one nnoth
r.fr lu chapel. In the classroom and
.Jbmry and on the grounds, and, In
etieral, there was a healthy, natural
: atmosphere about, the relations that
"Vilsied hi'lweeii them thai was the
'Inwt possible argument tor the co
educational Idea, so far as ilils particu
lar part of it was concerned. I'erhaps
PrvsJdent Hoyco expressed the truth
-..about It best when he said once, lu
.answer to a question put to him by a
-visiting stranger who was mil'amlilar
with the student life of America- "The
;fact Is, there Is no more lovcniaking
i among the boys and girls In our co
Jieatloii:il schools than there Is
rnif.ug the same boys and girls as
trbey meet In one another's home out
wide of college. And the fact Is, also,
that most of them are too busy with
lu regular work of tlie college course
tn contract engagements or to net In
mnyway so as to Interfere seriously
'With the purpose for which they are
Hun. The association of the students
tu the college Is based upon healthy,
-natural, frank associations, esaotly
lh same that exist in any circle of
neighborhood families In a Christian
community of the United States where
toys and girls grow up together with
..nit restraint and in a freedom which
i 's Avlilom :i bused."
.While ail this was emphatically true,
! trie' that only otiee of twice lu -the
I llsti.'i't !' the college had anything
Vwipi" n'fi that even the eneinl.s of a
i -lxvbies:' 'ei Vt Idea could quote a :.':!ist
i?t. lit the :!'iie Cine the president knew
if.tiat, hh several hundred students to
iC'lif.ir lu t!v Institution, It would be
reniT!-Rbli if some of them did
firt o vaslouully tind a warm friend-
hlp or a.-qnalntance ripening Into
MOnethlng moiv serious. I'.ut It Is safe
rte ay tliat ia was thoroughly surprls
in3 that winter at an event which open
ed his eyes to one side of the student
life as he had never seen It before.
It was fully three months after the
debate, and Edward was developing In
many ways with a rapidity that he
htaself was not conscious of. His nat
urally slow, dogged, somewhat phleg
matic temperament was changing un
der the Influences of his training. His
mind was more alert, his faculties be
coming more ripe lu their powers, his
acquisitive faculties growing In capac
ity as well as In active perception.
With all this he had developed even
further yet, If possible, the qualities of
obstinate determination, and his real
love for the truth was no less mingled
with his consciousness of moral up
rightness. He was apparently no near
er a positive decision as to the personal
Christian life. His satisfaction with
himself was as strong as ever. If the
result of the debate had humbkd bis
Intellectual pride at the time, his moral
pride had not been touched or lessened.
It was therefore an event to him of
farreaehlng seriousness when, late In
the spring, he began slowly, but none
I I 1 I fA
Edward greeted the visitor warmly.
the less surely, to renllze that he was
thinking a good deal more about Miss
Seton than about his college work. lie
had never cared for girls, and now that
he began to think of this one be was
troubled about It. The change In him
was gradual, lie had met her with
Freeda, naturally, ot'toncr than he met
the other girls, lie liked her bright,
almost Impertinent, remarks even when
they were directed against himself.
There was a hubit among the girls
in Hope college that winter of saying
smart things about one another aud
a fashion for epigrammatic flings at
the teachers-and things In general that
was not commendable. A few girls,
like Freeda, never Indulged lu the
habit, "It Is not v. It; It Is a kind of
whiplash talk that stings afterward,"
she would say. Aud yet even Edward,
who was the poorest kind of talker
himself, found himself attempting the
same style of repartee wheuever he
met Freeda's roommate. She answer
ed him, but. more than that. Interested
him lu her. She had a serious side to
her character that appealed to him.
She had a shelf next to Ids In the
laboratory, being one of the few girls
taking a full course In chemistry, aud
very ofteu during their experiments
on test problems Edward would And
occasion to help her. He was an ex
pert In laboratory work, haviug kept
up his practice through the preceding
summer. He was planning to be a
doctor, and Miss Seton more than once
declared her Intention to study for the
degree of M. ).
"I dou't want to teach or go Into
music or any of those things," she
used to say. "1 want a profession
that calls for nerve and lias some dis
coveries possible In it."
Edward I Make did not reason very
profoundly over the facts, as they be
came more and more facts, while the
term drew to lis close and commence
ment was near. Hut that Is not saying
that he did not know what the facts
were. And It Is true of him Hint, be
ing of the character he was. lie was
disturbed more deeply than he cared
to confess. For the first time In his
life he experienced a feeling that
threatened to Interrupt his other am
bitions. He had always sneered quiet
ly, all to himself. t the few men In
college who had dc-.ieed attendance on
the girls in such a way as to be notice
able, lie began to le.ul::,' that he was
drifting along Into. If net the same
category, a position where he had
never been before
He was silting i:r his table one even
ing thinking of the whole matter, with
his books open around lil and his
mind restless over the fact of Ills In
creasing thought (if another person
who had silently grown thus to ('
niand a place there, when he was star
tled by a knock at the door. He had
not heard any o;i" e me up stairs, and
he bad been so occupied that he hail
not expeeteil or lueii prepared for an
Interruption,
lie went to the door and saw Presi
dent lloyce standing there with a lady. '
"Hlako, this Is rs. Preston. Willis'
mother," said the president as thev
came In.
Edward greeted the visitor warmly.
Mrs. Preston's face was serious as she
returned the greeting. As she sat
down Edward knew from her manner
that she had some news of Willis that
must be or grave Importance, lie wait
ed for It with genuine Interest, his own
affairs for the time being forgotten at
the sight of this sad faced woman,
whose history was only partly known
to him.
CIIAPTEIi IX.
"1 am on my way to San Francisco
to see Willis," Mrs. Preston began,
looking nt Edward earnestly, "and I
could not resist the Inclination to come
to Knynor on the way and see you."
"On your way to see Willis!" Ed
ward exclaimed In great s&rprtse.
"Why, I did not know he had come
borne."
! "He was badly wounded In an en
gagement shortly after that one of
which he wrote you. He may lose an
1 arm. He is to be sent home on one of
! the hospital transports that is expected
. In San Francisco in about two weeks.
The time of its arrival is uncertain. I
j am going on, so as to be with him as
! goon as be arrives."
Mrs. Preston looked earnestly at Ed
ward, who returned her look gravely.
Her face bore marks of severe suffer
ing. "When he wrote last, he confessed
that he was sick of the campaign .and
would be glad to come back to Hope
college again That Is partly what I
came to see jrou for. I want you to
continue to room with Willis. He said
In his letter tbat he didn't think you
tvould care t It will relieve me of a
great source of anxiety to know that
you are together."
"I am sure I am willing to do what
I can to serve you, Mrs. Preston," Ed
ward said, In a few voice. He was
troubled a little at the possibility of
Willis' coming back, partly on Freeda's
account and partly on his own.
"You will promise me to do all in
your power to help Willis, won't you ?"
Mrs. Preston asked anxiously.
"Yes, madam, 1" Edward hesitat
ed a little. "I am afraid you exag
gerate my Influence over him. I do
not have much In some directions."
"I am sure you are more of a help
to him than you realize," Mrs. Preston
replied eagerly. "Willis thinks every
thing of you and thinks you are nearly
perrect. ,
"Of course I will do all I can,". re
plied Edward, looking at the presi
dent and remembering what had been
said in the little talk about the Chris
tian life compared with morality.
"I feel quite sure, Mrs. Preston,"
said the president cordially, "that Mr.
Blake will help your son in every way
possible."
Mrs. Preston looked and spoke her
thanks, and In answer to several ques
tions from Edward she described as
well as she could the facts concern
ing Willis as they had been forward
ed to her by the regiment.
"I don't think that even the loss of
his arm will prevent his coming back
here next fall. For one, thing I am
glad. I rejoice that he has had enough
even of the fun and glory of war.
Evidently his wound has sickened him
of it."
Mrs. Preston remained a little longer
and then rose to go. She wanted tc
call upon two of Willis' society friends
to whom he had sent messages, and,
as they roomed on the floor above, the
president went up and Introduced her
to them and then came down to Ed
ward's room again. Edward was sur
prised when he heard him say that
there was a matter he would like to
talk over with him.
He sat down a little way from Blake
and looked at him earnestly, yet with
a slight movement of uncertainty at
llrst tlint wns new to Edward. When
It passed away, the president faced
hiin with the strong, open look that
was so characteristic of him. The first
thing he said revealed to Edward the
fact that the president more than
guessed at the trouble he was having
over the feeling he was beginning to
experience for Miss Seton.
"Blake, I want to question you frank
ly about your studies. For the last
two months I have noted a very seri
ous falling off In your efforts. What
Is the matter? Are yon working too
hard at other tilings? Whet are you
doing In addition to your paper route?"
Edward told lit 1 1 in a low voice and
with an embarrassment that was so
evident that even a stranger would
have seen it.
"What a:-e your plan; f;)r the sum
mer?" the president asked abruptly.
Edward was wtrprlmJ.
"1 haven't made any yet. I suppose
I shall do as 1 did lnt year remain
here and carry my paper and do any
thing else 1 can get to add to my lu
come," The president was silent a moment,
still looking at Edward keenly.
"it's a disappointment to me, Blake,
that you have dropped down In your
studies. You don't seem to be inter
ested In them as you used to be. Tell
mo, my boy, honestly now, are you
keeping something back from ine that
I have any right to know? I'm nut a
priest, and I'm not linking you to sit In
confessional" the president said It
with a smile that made Edward feel
easier "but 1 am genuinely interested
In your we 11' a v. and I w ant to help
you If you are In need, as perhaps you
are, of a little wholesome, kindiy coun
sel. Of course you needn't con tide In
ine unless you want to. avd tl eii you
won't do It anyway. I n:i in years
older than you and have s, en a little
more of the world than ymi have Are
you willing that I sho.iid ask a few
questions? I think I know aio;i! your
present trouble, and I cannot help lei 1
lug that it Is a part of my business to
help you."
"No, sir; I dou't mind If you ask the
questions." replied Edward, feeling a
little startled at the president's last !
sentence aud at the same lime ex-
perleiiclng a feeling almost of relief at
what was coming.
"How old are you. Blake?"
"I'll be L'l next August."
"What are you planning to do In the
world?"
"Well. sir. 1 have always thought I
would be a doctor My mother's fa
ther was a doctor, and mother has often
expressed a wish that I go Into the
same profession."
"It's a noble profession. You are
taking special chemistry this year
with that lu view?"
"Yes, sir."
"You have two more years lu Hope
college and then a three years' medical
course?"
"Yes. sir, li 1 can go right on. I may
have to do nmi thing one year to make
my way."
"Of course yon are figuring on all
this in case you don't lose your health
or break down or in case your mother
does not need you on the farm?"
"Yea, sir j I've thought of that some,",
replied Edward, beginning to wonder
some at the president's questions and
still expecting something diffeent.
"You've been ambitious to get on in
your studies here, which are prepara
tory to your life work, haven't you?"
"Yes, sir; I've tried to do my best"
"But lately, my boy, you don't seem
lo interested. Aren't you well?"
"Yes, sir; I'm well enough," said
Edward, in a low voice, anticipating
the next question.
"Tell me now, Blake, frankly, are
fou beginning to think a good deal of
one of the young ladies, a good deal
more than you ever did before? Is
fhut what's the trouble with you?"
"Would you call It 'trouble,' sir?"
asked Edward, with an unexpected
gleam of humor that surprised the
president at first. But Edward was
really relieved that at last the subject
had been broached.
"That depends," replied the presi
dent gravely. "I do not know, of
course, how far your feelings have
gone. A feeling so strong as to render
you unfit for the business that brings
you to college would be trouble, would
it not?"
"Yes, sir; I suppose. It would," Ed
ward answered again in a very low
voice. There was not another man on
tarth that he would have confided In
with such a matter except President
Royce, and even with him It was em
barrassing work.
"Are you willing to tell me, Blake, If
your feelings let us call it 'love' for
this girl are clear to you? Do you un
derstand them?"
"I never was In love with anybody
before," Edward answered slowly, and
the president almost smiled at the way
he said itx
"Does the young lady"
The president stopped purposely, and
Edward colored deeply.
"No, sir; I am sure she doesn't care
anything In particular for me."
"Have you ever said anything to
her?"
, "No, sir, but I've looked It. I guess,"
replied Edward, with his usual straight
forward desire to tell the whole truth
and keep back nothing.
Again the president was tempted to
smile, but he did not because he plain
ly saw that the affair was very serious
for Edward.
"What do you think 1 ought to ad
vise you, Blake?" the president asked
after a pause.
Edward was plainly confused by the
question and could not think of any
thing to answer.
"Do you think you ought to go on as
you have begun and allow yourself to
fall In love with this girl If It Is going
to embarrass your plans for your life
work?"
"I dou't know. Can I help It. sir?
Do, you advise me to keep away from
her entirely?"
"No," replied the president very
quietly. And the reply came as a great
surprise to Edward. But the president
understood human nature better than
the student knew It. and he was face
to face with a problem now that was a
part of a young man's life, and a seri
ous part of it. According to the way
the (Problem was met and answered
might depend the young man's whole
career not only In college, but all
through his life.
"No," repeated President Royce; "1
don't advise you to try to crush out the
feeling yon have begun to have for
this young woman, If It is genuine and
you know It Is genuine, for I believe
that every feeling of love toward any
one Is always unselfish and ennobling.
But If love Is unselfish and ennobling
It Is also not wanting In wisdom. You
would not be willing. In case your feel
ing toward the girl were perfectly
right for you to have-you ceriainly
would not bo willing to allow It to
harm Instead cf help you or her.. Your
main business In this college is to pre
pare yourself for the work of lif;. To
do this you cannot form attachments
in such a way as to render you im.'lt
for the purpose that makes this cc'.lege
of any value to you. it hi entirely pos
sible for yon or any other true, i-.ia ily
student to come to have a wholesale.
manly affection for a young woman In
the college, just the same as a young
man In society outside of a college
community, and still ro on his way
preparing for his life work, not hinder
ed or embarrassed by the fact of his
feelings, but rather helped by them.
In all frankness, Blake, 1 myself feel
as if, generally. In coeducational Insti
tutions like ours the less said and
thought about serious lovemaking the
better. The students are here to study,
not to court one another, as a rule.
Hut In case of an honest, sincere at
tachment that conies as naturally to a
student as It might come to any other
young man anywhere else In the world
I do not fee! as If my business was to
advise 1 1 i in to crush It out. Let him
be a man In this experience, as In any
other. Now. I want to say honestly,
Blake, yon have not been a man so far
! this matter. You have dropped your
Interest in your studies; you have let
your feelings harm you Instead of help
von. Am 1 right about that?"
"Yes, sir; I'm afraid yon are," replied
Edward lit a low tone again.
"Be a man about It. Blake. If your
feeling Is '.with having. If It Is not sim
ply a sentimental fancy for a face or a
manner. If It is something ym ought
iti; to be aslianieil ot, let it maue a ... .
ter nau out of you: a better, net a
worse, student: n better, not a vo'.-se.
child of Cod."
The president rose as a step t-S'.n
down the stairs, and Mrs. Prestr.t:
knocked at ti e door. "If there Is any
thing 1 can do for you. tuy hoy." sa;d
President Unyce. going up to Edward
und pi'ttin-: a hand on his arti "yo
know I am at your s"-vW"."
"IT"-.'- ,vo;v ; -i.t have he!p.V a.
already," said Edward, and thei .
opened the door, and Mrs. Preston cuj!
in. She simply repeated her message
concerning Willis aud soon went out
with the president.
When they were gone Edward Biak&
college student, did some really serious
thinking. . The president's talk bad
cleared up the atmosphere a good deal.
, He was able to see some things more
clearly. As he sat by bis desk, going
j over the conversation he had just had
with the president, he felt the force of
'lis argument He was not so much in
love, or rather be was not feeling to
ward Miss Seton In such a way, that
be was Insensible to any and every
form of counsel from another person.
He was somewhat surprised at some
things the president bad said, but he
understood bis position, on the whole,
Very clearly, and the more he thought
af it the more he respected It.
As he sat by his desk he opened one
of the drawers in it, and, after lifting
off some papers that lay on the top, he
took out a photograph of Miss Seton.
It was, to tell the truth, a very poor
picture, and, to tell the truth again,
Edward had actually taken It out of a
book that Ida bad left in the parlor of
the hall one night while Edward was
calling on Freeda. Ida had charged
one of the other boys present that even
ing with taking the picture, never
dreaming that Edward Blake, the un
demonstrative, bad taken It. There
was a scrap of Miss Seton's writing
with the photograph, that Edward had
found In the ball also, and he placed It
alongside the photograph and looked
gravely at them. Then he put them
back In their places In the drawer and
shut it up, and after a moment he rose
and walked up and down through the
room.
The boy wns actually at one crisis of
his life. There are more crises In every
young man's life than he himself is al
ways aware of. But Edward probably
realized this one with more or less un
derstanding of Its gravity. It Is not
easy to state Just what his final resolve
was In so many terms. It is perhaps
enough to say that he realized the fool
ishness of allowing a new and growing
passion to spoil his college course, and,
even more than that possibly In the
end render the life of another person
unhappy, or nt least throw an element
Into It that would hinder Its free and
natural development.
This much can truly be said for Ed
ward, at this place In his college
course. He weut out the next day and
began his work under different Im
pulses from what he had felt for a long
time, no had a conscious feeling of
dread at the thought of meeting Miss
Seton In the laboratory that afternoon,
almost as if she had been present dur
ing the president's talk, or at least had
been where she could hear It. , But he
was relieved to find that she was just
the same, and he discovered that he
was able to meet her and talk with her
In a freedom from embarrassment that
of late he had not been able to assume.
It Is not the place here to tell what
Edward's whole experience was in the
matter, nor how the Interview with
the president shaped It all for him as
the year weut on.
It Is enough to say that he had the
manliness to go on with his studies In
his old time spirit of vigor, and if. as
the days went on, he found no lessen
ing of his feeling, but perhaps a deep
ening of it, he realized that the feeling
was uot spoiling his life. That much
lie was at hast conscious of, and even
more in time.
The term bad come to an end, and
another summer vacation faced him.
Freeda went home again, aud, as the
year before, Edward planned to stay
In Ilaynor aod carry his paper. lie
went home for a few days, Just to see
the folks, and then came back again to
resume his work. The hall was again
3"ser;ed, and It was lonesome business
to keep up the same old life, with the
boys gone. The (president, too, had
Tone to Europe on a summer visit to
tiermnuy, and there was no secretary's
work for Edward to do, as there had
been the year before.
lie had been back from the farm
two weeks and had settled down to a
regular routine of vacation work when
he began to feel a physical weariness
that was new to him. ' He had been
takln;; his meals with a few of the
itoys at the club, but they had all left
at the end of two weeks, except two
or three who were carrying papers,
and then Edward had begun to board
h,Imse!f. lie bought a suinll oil stove
and experimented more or less with
cooking, but did uot get on very well.
He disliked the business of getting his
own meals and only continued it on ac
count of economy.
He woke up one morning with a
strange feeling of lassitude, and with
great difficulty he got up aud cooked
some oatmeal and made a cup of cof
fee. But when be went down to the
laboratory, Avhcre he had secured per
mission to continue his chemistry, he
dragged himself with difficulty through
the forenoon, and wheu dinner time
came he did not feel hungry and lay
down on his bed.
He must have lain there two heurs
In n drowsy condition when some one
knocked on his door, and wheu he call
ed out "Come In!" who should come
but Wheatoa.
Wlup.ton roomed and boarded out
side cf the college buildings, hut he
carried n paper ir.'tl was working his
way through. Edward tr.d tai.cn a
dislike to hl;u and seldom met him and
did not really know him. He put h.:n
down as pious and knew that he ws
active in the college Y M. ('. A
T') bf (jouiinu 1.
Lis sijimature Is on every lxx of the genuine
uixative BromoQuinine Tablets
remedy that curat, a coll In ne day
The ias-t in T.,m 0' jbanters M iss
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. FRATERNAL NOTES.
Oregon City Lodge No. 1, Ancient
Order of the Red Cross, elected the fol
lowing new officers at the last regular
meeting: Pjesident, Mrs. Dora Gray;
vice-president, J. L. S waff ord ; secre
tary, W. B, Shively, jr. ; treasurer, W.
W. Marrs; inside guard, ;
outside guard, Mr. Simmons; trustees,
Mrs. W. B. Shively, Mrs. Charles
Wright, Mrs. I. S. Rambo. The new
officers will be installed this Friday eve.
ning.
Steps are being taken toward organiz
inga lodge of Lady Maccabees, and
prospects are favorable for a large char
ter list.
Last Friday night the newl elected
officers of My .tie Lodge, Degree of
Honor, were installed 6y Mrs. M. A.
War aer, past chief of honor. Nearly
100 members of toe order were present,
and the exercises were of unusual int
terest. Refreshments were served. The
complete list of officers was recently
printed in this paper.
Grand President Sol Blumauerhas is
sued a dispensation for McLoughlin
Cabin No. 4, to initiate severdl new
members at the meeting to be held next
Monday night. Charles Barclay will
paint a large picture of Dr. John Mc
Laughlin, to be hung ou the walls of
the cabin. Mr. Barclay will do the
work on cinvas, before he goes to sea
again.
Oiegon LodueNo. 3, 1. O. O. F., in
stalled the following new officers Thurs
day evening : Noble gran d, E. D. Olds ;
vice grand, E. A. Leighton : recording
secretary, Thomas F. Ryan ; treasurer,
Sol S. Walker; financial secretary, Jud
son Howell; inside guard, G. W. Tucker;
right supporter noble grand, George T.
Howard; warden, H. W. Trembath ;
riht supporter vice grand, John W.
Jones; left supporter noble grsnd, E. H.
Cowing; conductor, J. J. Cooke; left
scene supporter, Wm. Shanrton; chap,
lain. W. H. Howell. Sol S. Walker,
district deputy grand master, was the
installing officer.
The new officers of Pioneer Chapter,
Order of Eastern Star, were installed
Monday evening by Past Grand Patron
Thomas F. Ryan, assisted by Past Ma
tron Mrs. Gertrude M. Strange, as grand
marshall, as follows: Worthy matron,
Fai.nie France; worthy patron, T. J.
Gary; associate matron, Mrs. 1 B.
Martin; treasurer, Mrs. Minda Church;
secretary, Jennie E. Rowen ; conduct
ress. Mrs. It. C. Ganong; assistant con
ductress, Myrtle Buchanan ; Ada, Jessie
Humphrey ; Ruth, Betta France ; Esthe-,
Mrs. Henry Mtldrum; Martha, Mrs.
Jacob Cassell ; Electa, Airs. George T.
Howard ; warden, Grace Johnson; or
ganist, Mrs. E. E. Williams; chaplain,
Mrs. D. W. Kinnaird; sentinel, A. W.
Fr.tnce.
The newly elected officers of Falls
City Lodge, A, 0. U W., will be installed
Saturday night. 0. O. T. Williams,
the new finencier, is giving excellent
satisfaction, and doing up bis woikin
good style.
S. ,S. Walker, district deputy grand
master, installed the followi-g" new of
ficers of Lone Star. Odd Fellows lodge at
Clackamas Wednesday night : Noble
grind, S. J. Garrison; vice-grand, J. A.
Talbert; secretary, E. P. Dediuan;
treasurer, E. 0. Chapman; warden,
Frank Talbert; conductor, F. M. John
son; inside guud, Herman Naa; out
side guard, Willi Imql; right Biipporter
noble grand, Milo Thompson ; left sup
porter noble grand, W. EI. Counsell;
right supporter-vice grand, M. L. Rycl -man;
right scence t-upporter, I. W.
Johnson; left scene snppoiter, J. R.
Welch. County Clerk Cooper and H.
W.Treinbath were presunt at the in
stallation ceremonies.
Attempted MtirCef.
At 12:30 o'clock this (Thursda")
morning W. L. Wade, of North Salem,
tabbed Will O. Evans, a salesman in
W. H. BurgliarJt'a bookstore four times
and the wounds may piove fatal. The
young men had been to a party, and the
attack is supposed to have been the re
sult of jealousy . Wade at first knock td
Evans down, then repeatedly Btabbed
him with a knife with insane fury.
Evans was at large, but it h believed
tbat he will be caught. The almost
fatal tragedy took place on the street,
and the cries of the injured man at
tr. c:ed the attention of people in the
vielnitv.
Ills Wife S ired Uim.
My w ife's good advice saved' uiv
fo
writes V. M. Ross of V ii.fi ,. Tvnn
for I had such a bad cough I could
hardly breathe. I st, a. lily L-rew worse
under doctor's treatment, hoi my wife
u.ged nie to use D.. Kind's NV DUeov
e.y for Consumption, whi dl c i iipletely
cur. d nie." Coiuh.. O.d U, H.oi.chitig,
Latnppe, Pneumonia, A thin, Hay
F. ver ,.nd nil nia'a lies ...f Che-t, Throat
and Lungs ae positive cured by :h;8
maivelloiii m -diciiiee. 5)c. and $L 0.
Even bother ,rant-eJ. fiial bo: ties
free at ueo. A. Hardina's rtrug sture.
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