OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, M vY 29, 190
QUEEN
MARY
ANN Jo
7Sy Mabel FotUp Smith $
CopiHflM, HO!,
Bit Mabel FoOtn 9mOh
T J ART ANN was Ironing vlgor
ftfjl ouslr when I entered.
jJ "Miss CUre," kbe Mid,
"which name do yon like
ke;t for a girl, Irene or Maud T
T really don't know," I said. Tby
Ire both pretty."
"I like fine names," Mid Mary Ann.
They don't cos' no mo' than common
eoea. All my chlllen bas splendid
names the best 1 could find. An' I
was thtnklu' If I bad another baby
what would I name It If It's a boy,
111 name him RoaiBey. I like Rom
y; It sounds fine. But If It's a girl I
fcasn't decided between Maud an'
Irene."
"Yes, your children have fine names,
Mary Ann. Where did you find them 7"
"Found 'em all In novels. Miss Clare.
When I was a girl down there on the
"' HAD A REAL NIC! ORU'lfUS TRBB."
old jlantatlon lu Virginia, my missus
Miss Clayton she had ill the novels I
giiess that ever was printed, an' I read
II of m that had purty paper covers
printed lu red an' blue an' yaller.
Hasn't you noticed that a novel ain't
real good unions It has a heap of color
oil ttn cover? Them plain covered
novels deals too much with po' folks,
laws, I don't have no occasion to read
bout po' folks. I sees enough of them.
.What's the name of this here English
novel writer the white folks talk so
much about?"
"George Eliot?" I ventured.
"No, not him. It's somethln' like
Dickson or Diekerson."
"Dickens?" I said.
"Yes, that's the name. Now, I tried
to read one of Mr. Dickons' novels,
an' he started off with a po' boy Hviu'
with n blacksmith. That was enough
for me. I don't want to read about
paupers an' blacksmiths. Why, I can
ec a blacksmith right down the street
liere In this village, an' the po'house
back of Tnrrytowu Is Jes' filled with
paupers.
"1 wants to read about rich folks an'
lords on' ladles an' princes, llvln' In
Style; about how the Trlnee Mortimer
rides up to the castle on his gayly com
pardoned horse an' carries off the Lady
CSraiiiillne, an' how the ole lord follers
'em with a hunderd men in armor, an'
how riinee Mortimer gets away an'
has the laugh on his father-in-law;
about (ho grand balls an' maskerades;
bout people who uses line words an'
men that's always bowln' an' scrapln'
befo" the ladies an' lighlln' over 'em an'
iWorslilpIn' 'em; about tine ladies In line
clothes, with nolliln' to bother 'em but
a vp k lot of men niaklu' love to 'em.
"Yes, 1 learned a heap from them
novels, rrom 'em I named my oldest
boy Koland, an' the next Rupert, an'
the last one Aubrey. An' then 1 named
the jjirls Claudia an' Lucille an' Rosa
llnd an' Ueraldinc. Them names do
eouiKl grand, don't they?
"To tell you the truth, Miss Clare, 1
Ui) like things line an' grand 1 ain't
fot ho patience with common things.
If I was white an' rich, I'd put on mo'
tyle tliun 'most any white woman In
Kew York, I reckon. I wouldn't be
afraid to wear di'monds In the day
time, an' lots of 'em, an' feathers an'
lace an" furs. An' I'd carry my head
high an' throw out my chest an' try to
lwl. .i.slingulshed. 1 tell you."
Aid Mary Ann did draw her (all tig
re "to Its full height." as they say in
the novels, as she walked from the
tove to the Ironing table with spar
Ming eyes nnd a distinguished air,
laughing merrily nnd thereby showing
month full of fine teeth.
' 1 hud known that Mary Ann, a mil
flatto with a nice figure and comely fea
tures, was good looking, but I had not
realized her possibilities In the way of
tyle before.
"My lovln' grand things don't come
fo much from the novels I've read as
from my 'maglnatlon. I don't suppose
If i was white 1 eould have mo' 'magt
nation thau I 1ms.
"I ee. In my 'vtfijattan I caa be
Jes as rich an' fin an walte why, I
can be jes' as white as whit folks.
Miss Clara, an' pretty an' yotmg.
"An' then all tht (H times I hare In
my 'maglnatlon! I don't have the trou
ble that goes With really bavin' things.
I build great, bic, splendid booses, pal
aces an' castles, an' then I J?s' let 'em
go an' don't bother about repafrin' 'em
or payln' taxes. When I wants anoth
er house, I Jes" build it out of my mind.
That's a good deal easier an' cheaper
than takln' care of the old ones."
And Mary Ann laughed as she mois
tened her finger and tried the heat of
the Iron.
"None of my horse ever has the eUe
or goes lame," she continued, "as.' no
body has any finer e-aes. Too Jes ought
to see me sallln' In ray 'magination
through Fifth avenoo behind my pranc
lu' steeds, while people ittp to look at
me an' say, 'I wonder Who that gor
goous an' lovely creachnre la.'
"An' then the travertn'! While I'm
washln' an' ironin' hero ha this oi
laundry I Jes soar est to Saratogy an'
Newport an' Bnglaad an Faris an'
Asia an Afriky. WelL do, I don't go
uoeh to Afrtky. It ain't stylish enough
for me. But I go to the north pole hot
days Jes' to cool off. I dent find no
difficulty In roachin' the pole. I've
climbed that pole many a time lu my
'magi nation."
And Mary Ann again laughed mcrrl
ly over the pleasant pictures which she
had drawn.
"Did I ever tell you ahoat the fun wo
bad las' Chris'mus, Miss Clare? I
didn't? Well, I must tell you about
that.
"You see, we was kind of po' last
Chris'mus. Your folks had done gone
to the city, an' I hadn't no extra work,
an' the chlllen all needed winter
clothes, an' we had only 45 cents left
for Chris'mus, an' Peter he said thai
we couldn't affo'd no Chris'mus tree,
but I said; 'Go 'way, Feter. I'm goln'
to have a Chris'mus tree.' Bo I went
out In the village the night before
pbrls'mus an' found a po' little runty
tree that nobody wouldn't buy, an' 1
got it for 3 cents, an' I fixed it up with
a lot of little baubles that your mom
mcr had given me, an' we had a real
nice Chris'mus tree.
"An' then I said: Now, chillen, we
ain't got very much for Chris'mus
that is, not much occJMtalty an' so we
must draw on our minds for what we
noed. Now, Just foller my lead, an'
we'll have the greatest Chris'mus that
ever any family over ho4 with only 45
ceats.' ,
"I'd bought some stick eandy aa' a
little cheap present for oach eae, an'
thou I brought oct a pafcae of oM
letters my sister k4 writ to me from
home in Virginia.
"Now, chlllen,' I taM, 1 wait you
to understand that all through this
Chris'mus I'm a quaes, aa' poyay he's
a king, an' you're all prlMM an' prin
coasea, an' that we'ro to have every
thing to eat an' drink an wear an'
look at that the mlad oan thltk of.'
"They all seat up a whoop an' soenv
ed mightily tickled, an' Roland, he
says: 'Moramer, you're to be QueeD
Mary Ann, an' poppy he's to be King
Peter no,' says he, 'poppy's to be Pe
ter the Great. I've Just been readiu'
about Feter the Great at school.'
"Then I takes up the bundle of let
ters, an' I says, 'We must first read the
congratulations of the season from our
friends.' The first letter I read wn
from Queen Victoria that was before
the queen died, you know to Queen
Mary Ann, callln' me her dear cousii.
an' honored friend an' telllu' me that
she had sent me a diamond necklace
worth $700,000 as a testimonial of he
uudylif love an' affection.
"An' then the Trince of Wales wroti
to King refer the Great, semlln' hi;;
valuable presents, includln' seme clc
phuuts au' tigers. An' then all the roy
altles from nil over Europe sent Chris'
unis gifts im' lovln' messages to Fruici
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"SHE KAU SENT lit A PTAMOND NKCKLAOl
WOKTH 7W1,000."
Roland an' Trliice Rupert an' Prlnca
Aubrey an' tlie Prinoetises Claudia an'
Lucille an' Iiosalind au' Geraldluo.
"Tlien after awhile we got' down to
the presents an' letters from our hum
ble subjects at liome In America that
sent their kve to the lovely on' noble
Quern Mary Ann, to the brave nn' au
gust King Peter the Great an' to all
the noble, Imperial an' royal princes
an' princesses.
"Ar' then wo urd the Chris'mua
laaat I ordered up all the royal por
tors an' waiters an' butlers to set the
royal tablo, an' the royal buglers to
: bufflo, an' the royal tervln' bob to
serve all the temp tin' dlshea an' drinks
, to tfckto all our royal an' noble appe
tites. An' we oat an' we drunk an'
feasted on all of the finest thlags wo
eould think about, an' none of us was
sick from overeatin' afterward. That s
one of the good p'ints about feastln In
: your 'maglnatlon, Miss Clare. There
ain't no injurious consequences aftor- ,
Ward to your Indigestion.
"Oh, we had a great time! We spoke
to each other nice an' polite. 'Will our
royal immer, the noble Queen Mary
Ann, deign to do this or to look at that?
"THEN VB HAD THE CHRIS'MDS FTAST."
MT111 his Imperious highness King Pe
ter the Great grant this favor?" an' so
on.
"Whatever we wanted wo Just had
ln our minds. I never had so much fan
before, an' the chillen all said that if
we't had 5 to spend it wouldn't have
keen bettor."
A SLEEP FANTASY.
ffce ComfwH a4 AbarMt That
Om to I Ik Dims.
If jeu wewM know what sesrf ofeeanM
ore sss4 of, reed the fWie m sag eVo
ttrtgtUm of a sieep fantasy firom V.
ktaftDn Crawford's novel, "Osoorhtr
iosnotlmos In nieanddortnc throngh a
mm of absurdlttaa in which Wo tool
m BMn mutt, believing ourserroa
to ho ethers than ourselves.
Conceiving the laws of natne to he
reversed for our advantage or our rnln,
leelng right as wrong and wrong as
right In the pathetic Innocence of the
Idiot or the senseless rage of the nta
niae, eonvinoed beyond all argument
that the absolutely Impossible is hap
pening before our eyes, yet never in
the least astonished by any wonders,
though subject to terrors we never feci
when we sr awake. Has no one even
understood that confused dreaming
must be exactly like the nwmtal state
of the Insane? Inanimate thlnss..turn
Into living creatures, the chair. we sit
on becomes a horse, the armchair is
turned into a wild beast, a;id we ride
a-hunting through endless drawing
rooms, which are full of trees and un
dergrowth, till the trees are suddenly
turned Into people, who dance and
laugh at us because we have come to
the hall in attire so exceedingly scanty
that we wonder how the servants could
have let us In.
The Xan'H IIcndtlrcNft.
Very few persons, says a French pa
per, know the origin of the headdress
which so many 'inns wear nnd which
hides so much of their faces. It was
formerly the custom for convents to
send nuns to the various cities and
towns for the purpose of collecting
alms, nnd, as a rule, two nuns, one old
and the other young, Went to each
place. They wore small caps nnd were
popularly known as "Swallows of
Lent."
On a certain Ash Wednesday two of
them succeeded in obtaining admission
to the king's palace in Paris, nnd,
though the monarch and his courtiers
were at dinner, they did not hfc 'tate to
solicit alms from them. Ono of the
nuns was very pretty, and the young
nobles who were feasting cast such
bold glances at her that she b'ushed
with shame, whereupon the kit g rose
from the table and, taking his ;iapkln,
folded it iu two and placed it on her
head In such a manner that it con
cealed her blushes. Ever since that
day, It is said, this kind of headdress
has been worn by nuns.
A Shallow Suhirrrnue.
"Why is that i)ii!.'ivssman so op
posed to beautifying the city of Wnsh
inftou?" "Well, he's constantly posing a a
servant of the people, and he' afraid
his constituents will get an Me.i tlt
the servants' ijuarters are too luxu
rious." Washington Star.
Patient.
"Well, Jones Is certainly a patient
man, with a temper hard to ruffle."
'Tatient is no name for him. Why,
that man has 'been known to go tut
With his wife to select wall pair and
ICO through the ordeal without losing
his temper." Baltimore Herald.
Man, like everything else that lives,
changes with the air that sustains him.
HAVE YflDU TRIED
Thomson's Bargain Store
9 Dry Goods
Read carefully a Money-Saving, Abridged Catalogue
HATS Men
SOX Good wearers in cotton, per pair, 5c
UNDERWEAR Light weight for men,
NOTE-Makc no mistake. This is indeed the "Bar
gain Store" of Oregon City, located on Main Street, half
block south of the Court House.
The Fine Draft Stallion
Will make the season of 1903 at my stable
! near Currlnsville, and dose to Eagle Creek,
! in Clackamas county at J6.oo to insure a
i mare in fold. Description and Pedigree:
! Bob is a fine draft stallion, chestnut, good
build, fine form and action and a sure foal
I getter. He is by Imported Cubidon, who
I weighed 2,16o pounds. He is twelve
years o'd and in the very prime of life.
He h-is maJe the season in this county fo
many years, :id has as fine a lot of coalts
and draft hoes as can be seen In this
part of the world. If you want to raise
the best draft and farm horses to be found
I breed your mares to Boo.
More.' is due .vhon mare is known to
te in fo.;IJ or waited with.
J. W. DQWTY,
x Cur tins v I'le, Ore.
Wanted.
We would 1 Ue to itsk, throuu'h the
columns of your p iper, if there is any
person who lias used Green's August
Flower for the cure of indigestion, Uy.
pepuit and Liver Troubles that has not
been cured and we also mean their re.
suits, such as sonr stomach, fermenta
tion of food, habitual costivenesa, ner
vous dyspepsia, headaches, despondent
feelings, sleeplessness in fact, aty
trouble connected with the ptomvhor
liver? This fhe'licine h:ts been sold for
many years in all civilized countries, and
we wish to correspond with you and
send you one of our boks free of cost .
If vou never tried August Flower, try a
LlS cent bottle first. We have nev r
km wn -jf its failing. If bo, something
more serious is the matter with you.
The ?.) cent fine has just ben intro
duced this year. Regular size 75 cents
At all drugL'fst.
G. G. Ghken, Woodbury, N. J.
Cures When Doctors Fail.
Mm Vrmik Chl.usnn. Ft'rfOn, I. , wntei
June Sth. MU: "I hud mnUrlft fever in vry b.1
foim wa under tvirunent bj doctor, but M "on
us I lopiwl tnkinn Uielr moitieine the ft vtr
woulb rt'lurn 1 uwd Minpl boltle of Horbine,
fiiuiiil It Ii.1m1 m. Tlwii bouht two bnillM,
which oomilt'ly cured int. I tel grat.ful to
vou lor furnmlimi ueh plrudld im-dlrineai.il
can honestly nvouimeiid II to llo sn(frl"i!
from malaiia, wn' itiely cure llinu." Her
bite, JOo botil at Charman A Co.
EXECUTRIX'S NO I ICE.
Notice 1 hereby given that the undersigned
ha beeiUuly aon.niued by the Hod. Thomas t,
Kvan. County Jud f fW.-kn w -omity "re
gcin, tuvturii of the will aud estate ot Au !rtw
P. Andereon deceased.
All persons having claims aainst am estate
are ri"iilied to present the same with vouchers at
Hie olttee of w .nt.irtleys. l 1. and P. C. l.atollr.
etie In Or City, Oregon, wilbiu tx uiouiUs
from this ute ... ,
Puled tins May loth I'M
UiSNi E. ANDR0!.
Kxecutrix aforesaid.
Tor Close Prices on
Shoes
AND
Clothing?
VESTS-Slcvelcss summer for ladies at 10c
HOSE Ladies' and children's good cotton, JOc
BELTS For ladies, black mercerized 25c
HANDK'S--White and col'd, ladies, childr'n, Jc
CORSETS -Sky. pink and gray, latest style 50c
T. BLETS Fine values in writing tablets at 3c
SKIRTSGood mercerized satine, special,' $1.00
SHOES See our ladies Vice kid at
LACES-Wide, narrow, Val., Torehon, yd 2c
RIBBONS Fancy silk neck ribbons, JOc
T0WLTNG Good values in crash, 4c
SHEETS Ready hemmed; fifty ct pillow cases
and boys' crash or straw,
15c
7ic
SHIRTS Soft bossom, fancy stripes. 50c
CLOTHING See the men's suits at $5.50
TRUNKS and Telescopes at very close prices.
Daily River Excursions
OF
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TIME CARD
DAILY and SUNDAY
Leaves Portland
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6 15 "
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io oo "
i 20 P. M
4 30 "
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ROUND TRIP 25 Cents
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Reduced
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the "Senile Line of tln V',ii,t," haa auuouuced
greatly itMlurtM round-trip rilca from Pafilic
Coast poinis for the benefit of teachers who will
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Passengers soiiiK via the IVnver Jl Rio tir'an.ie
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