ORflQON CITV.jCOURlBR, MUDa. DEC. 27, 1912
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A Daughter Objects
Her Mother's Second
Marriage
By ELLEN 0GILV1E
I was twelve years old when paw
died old enough to know tlmt his
dentil was a double calamity to me. I
had lost lilm, and I stood In dancer of
a stepfather. I could not recall hliu,
but I vowed that If any man came Into
the house to take his place lie would
hnve to walk in over my dead body.
I drew mental pictures of puttln a
fork Into his vitals, scaldln' lilm or
servln' hlin as Jack served the giant
by dlggln' a pit for hlin.
When the danger really came I was
leventecu years old. Joslah Shadwell,
owner of the adjoiuin' farm, luHt bis
wife, lie and maw had always been
very friendly, and I no sooner heard
that Mrs. Shadwell was dead than I
began to tremble. Maw, sho Just took
chargo of the Shodwell home till after
the funeral. The Bhadwells had only
ono child, a son, Jim, twenty years old,
and he wasn't home when his mother
died. When ho came his father per
Biindcd him to stay and relieve him of
some of the responsibility of workln'
tho farm.
Jim consented, partly because I per
suaded liiui to stay, for we had pla.wd
together as children, and I liked Jim
first rate. Hut as to assumlu' the re
sponsibility of the farm, my experience
Is that when an elderly man talks
about throwln' off his responsibilities
It means he's bent on takln' a tighter
grip on 'em; just as a woman in house- I
to t
keepln' the older sho grows the less
willf n' she is to let any one else do any
thing. It wasn't three months after Mrs.
Rhad well's death that I began to ob
serve Indications that the widower had
Intentions on maw. Nobody but me
noticed any change In his bearln' to-
want her, and there didn't seem to be.
But there was-that Is, I knew it by
that womanly Intuition that knows
things that ain't so which nevertheless
are so. Not very long after tills Jim
and his paw got to coiniu' over even
ln's to sit by the open fireplace with
, me and maw.
Then I knew somcp'n else that Jim
didn't see ut all. JIow could lie, belli'
a man with a mini's stupidity about
Biich things? Mr. Shadwell saw through
me as I Haw through him. Hut it wasn't
any credit for him to see through uie,
for I untile it as plain as a barn with
the doors wide open. Ho knew that In
Ms designs on maw he had to down
uie and I wouldn't be easy to down.
Well, do you know the old. feller went
Great
Entire Stock will be
the Dollar.- To Late to put in particulars, but
ing' is believing.
. . - . - ' " ' , ' "
The Carpenters must have room to work.
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aoout to circumvent me."Tb thfnfc' of
a man's try in' to circumvent a woman!
I guess not I And be didn't suspect
that I'd see through his designs. What
he was after was to come over to our
house with Jim, intendln' Jim to dis
tract my attention from him and maw.
When we was settln' around the Are,
eatln' doughnuts and drlnkin' cider,
after we was through with the eatln'
and drlnkin' Mr. Shadwell would make
some excuse to git maw Into the set-
tin' room, lookln' at Jim and me as
much as to sny: "Young folks haven't
any use for old folks. Let's give 'em
a chance."
If I hadn't been so riled I'd 'a' laugh
ed, and If I hadn't been as bent on
clrcumventln'. him as he was on cir
cumventln' me I'd said: "You, old fool!
You're speakln' one word for' me to
two for yourself."
One Sunday eveniu' Jim he come
over alone. Maw got out some nuts
and things for him and me and left
us, sayin' she'd got a headache and
was goln' to bed early. Jim wasn't
long dolu' somcp'n he had never done
before. He sidled up to me" and put his
arm around my waist
"Whut you dolii that for, Jim?" I
asked.
"Because I like you."
"That's not the only reason, Jim."
"What's the other one?" he asked.
"Your paw la angllu' for my maw.
lie sent you over here to make up to
"M WHY 'r b 1TKM MOV IT HACK AOAIM."
nie, hoplu' to put me where I wouldn't
have any objection."
Jim Just drew oiT u bit and looked
at uie kind o' sin prised.
"How did you u.ow that?" he asked.
" 'Cause It's as lam us u yellur pump
kin," I answered.
"I didn't know it myself till you told
me."
"What do you mean by that?"
'Why. dad. t'other day he said to nic
Remm
FOR. MEN AND YOUNG MEN
j iui, juunay flnfnesTs a nice girl, Isn't
she?' 'You bet,' I says. 'Why don't
you try to git her?' says he. 'I been
thlnkln' that for some time,' says I.
That was a week ago Monday. This
eveuln' dad said he thort he'd stay
home and read his farmer's Journals. I
wonder If he didn't do It to give me a
chance to do some sparkin'?"
"That's plain esfcugh," said I. "And
I wonder whether maw and he un
derstand each other? I can see through
a man, but when one woman sets her
self to hoodwink another It's a differ
ent matter." .
I give Jim just enough encourage
ment to keep him where I wanted him,
and no more. If I couldn't have htm
for a husband without his paw for a
stepfather I wouldn't have either of
'em. Before I listened to Jim I had
a-mlnd to settle matters betweon Mr.
Shadwell and maw. We kept a few
pigs Just to eat up the leavln's from
our tablo and to Bell when they got big
enough. First thing I did was to com
plain to mother that the sty was too
near our house. It smelt bad. And I
kept dlnglu' at her to let me move it
till she give In. Then one day when
she went to the county fair I stayed
home and had the sty moved close up
to Mr. Shadwell's fence. -
Nobody made any objection till one
night I got out of bed, went to the sty,
let out the pigs, scraped a hole under
the fence between our yard and the
Bhadwells' potato patch big enough
for the pigs to git through and put 'em
all In the patch.
The next niorntn' I looked out of my
window and saw Mr. Bhadwell stand
In' over his potatoes those that the
pigs hadn't eaten swearln' like a pi
rate. Maw, she happened to take the
swill to the sty at that time, which
was mighty lucky for me and unlucky
for them.
"What's the matter, Mr. Bhadwell?"
she asked, kind o' soothln.
"Matter, ma'am! Why, the movln'
o' your sty up here has cost me most
o' my potatoes!"
"I'm sorry."
"What did you move It for?"
"Mtindy did It"
"All I've got to say la Mandy better
move It back again. Mandy seems to
be boss In your house anyway!"
This mndo maw mad, and without
auswerlu' bIio dumped the swill into
tho trough and come back Into the
house.
Jim come over that night and told
me his father was mighty sorry he'd
lost bis temper. I said to Jim that his
father better come the next Sunday
night and not say anything about any
unpleasantness and all would go
smooth again. He said he'd give his
father iny recommend aud went away
early to make the old man feel more
comfortable.
I'd been lookln' for a weak spot In
the fence between the two farms and
bad oue In mind. That night I pulled
away enough of It tclet our cows Into
the Shadwell cornfield. You ought to
seen that cornfield the next mornln'.
I almost felt ashamed of myself. When
maw saw the damage that had been
done she went over to pacify Mr. Shad
well, and It ended In tbelr glttln' Into
a regular fight Ue .said soma on;
Sacrificed at 45 CENT
Proper
must 'a' done It a-purpose. This riled
maw a little, but she kept steady. She
said she'd been wonderln' for some
time why be didn't mend the weak
spots In bis fence, and be said there
wasn't any weak spots, except what
had been made a-purpose. Maw ask
ed if he was referrln' to her, but she
wouldn't give blm time to answer. She
just let out on blm.
Mr. Shadwell be didn't come over the
next Sunday night; no more did Jim,
I thought mebbe Jim bad begun to see
through a milestone, and be had. The
next day, after the cow destroyed the
corn, he and his father was bammerln1
at the fence all day. I didn't go near
'em. I Just waited. Next day when
I was goln' to the store I met Jim In
the road. He hardly spoke to me. I
asked blm what was the matter, and
he Bald I'd spoiled everything between
us. His father bad taken a great dis
like to me and had forbid his couilu
over to our bouse evenln's any more.
"What's he got against me?" I asked
In a voice smooth, like peaches and
cream.
. "He'd have more against -you than
he has," said Jim, "if he'd seen you
the other night, as I did, turnln' the
cow into our cornfield."
I knew his paw and my maw had
done too much fightln'. to be likely to
make It up, so I said to Jim: "There's
notli'ln' mean about me. If the old
folks love each other as we do I
wouldn't stand In their way to beln'
happy." Jim said that was just like
me always givln' way for other peo
ple's benefit
When the trouble had blown ovet
Jim and I was married, his paw mak-
ln' no objections after Jim told him my
"noble words," as Jim called 'era, about
not staudln' In the old folks' way. But
the spell between 'em wasn't so thick
as If they'd been younger, and It was
broke clean through. Mr. Shadwell
treats me fairly well, but he hasn't the
confidence In me Jim has or had when
we was married. I expect the father's
nearer right than the son. I do think
a man in love can make the biggest
fool of himself. He always seems to
me to have taken leave of his, senses.
Maw and Mr. Shadwell are pretty
good friends; but laws, they don't
want to get hitched! They'd fight
awful!
Joinder tnat she had some sucfTexpe
rleuce as the one referred to on hei
mind. But It was also plain that sh
had not considered the man In the case
unworthy oVher. She entered upon a
byMjthetlcal defense of him.
"I can understand a man's momen
tarily yielding to temptation, and yet
love his wife truly," she said. Then,
pausing, she seemed moved by a sud
den resolution and continued in a tone
that Indicated deep feeling: "Margaret
I am going to make a confession to
you. And yet it Is not a confession, foi
that Indicates an Injury, a wrong, and
there was no wrong on my part nor
on the part of the one who was Im
plicated with me In what I am about
to relate.
"You remember that John and I were
both of artistic temperament We were
fond of the fine arts, music, sculpture,
painting, Uttrature. Be was the only
ml poet X ever kflsw wrKjnsJir ills
deling'
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appreciation tor music was of Tiie'keen'-
est. Do you remember that period
when your mother was taken 111, you
were called awuy to attend her, and
she liuully died? You left John In my
charge, and I recall your exact words
when1 you did so. 'John and I have
not been long married,' you said, 'but
long enough to have come upon that
period when a newly married pair be
gins to Buffer from their Incongruities.
Leaving blm at such a time Is danger
ous, for be Is liable to seek solace with
another woman. Help him to stand
by his better instincts, so that when I
return nothing shall have occurred to
make a breach between him and me.' .
"This Is all you said, but It was
enough. I knew you meant that In
case I should see your husband about
to fall under a bad Influence to have a
care of him and draw him away from
temptation. I was sure that so great
was your confidence In me that you
would not ask anything of me on a
matter between blm and me.
"I kept John with me during near
ly all bis idle time In the period that
you were absent. We visited what gal
leries there were, went where we could
listen to music and read together from
the works of our favorite poets. One
evening he took me to the opera.
'Faust' was given and given beautiful
ly. John sat entranced by the music
and seemed also under the spell of that
legend which contains In condensed
form the story of humanity. After the
opera we rode to my home and during
the ride John did not speak a word to
me. I invited him to come In and led
him to the drawing room. Suddenly
he began to talk strangely.
"'I feel,' he said, 'that I am Faust
and that a mephistopbeles Is dragging
me to hell.'
"'And by the same passion he
secured Faust's soul ?" I asked.
'Yes.'
'And who,' I asked, 'Is Marguerite?"
I was trembling and spoke the words
so low as only to be heard by one in
tent on bearing.
"Ills hand was near mine, and he
took It In his. I arose aud stood apart
from him.
'John,' I said, 'stand firm. This Is
a passing madness occasioned by that
weird drama acting upon an Impressi
ble nature. Your wife will return soon,
and by her presence banish what is
but un evauesceut emotion.'
'He stood looking at me as one bo a
dream for a time, then said:
'Helen, from the bottom of my
heart I thank you for having saved
my self respect' And, turning, he left
me. Your mother died that same even
ing and within another week you were
at home.
You know the rest so far as John Is
concerned-that he was snved from a
momentary teuiptntlou. and that yours
nd bis happiness were not marred by
the iucldent. What I have to confess
Is this: From that moment I was "a
changed woman. The word of love
that bad been spoken entered Into my
belug and I could not eradicate it. But
no more than this, Margaret, did I
wrong you. John never sought me.
nd that I uiij;ht not meet him I left
blm aud ypn for .sori'ier. dace of "i-
on
see-
6th and
oeuce. I never saw mm arum. '
The woman who listened to tills con
fession gave no other evidence of its
eflfect upon her than to reach for the
confessor's baud and press It. Helen
continued:
"From that moment I took on a life
long suffering. But not from your
displeasure, for I am sure -even now
since you know my secret that you are
too strong, too Just, too generous to
bliimeuio for what I could not help."
Margaret, who had retained the hand
she held, bent forward and kissed her
friend. Then she said:
"I do not blame you now, nor have
I ever blamed yon, for I have known
of this from the moment of my return,
when I heard It from John, though a
different version. He told me that he
loved you and would always love
you."
Helen's head dropped on her friend's
breast. There was a long silence,
which was broken by Murgaret.
'You would hear?" she said. "Why,
knowing what I did, I remained John's
wife, keeping you two apart Perhaps
my conduct to you seems that I grudged
you what I could not myself possess."
"I have no such thought. I am sure
you had a reason, and that reason was
a noble one."
"Had I believed that you would
hav been happy with John," she said,
"I would have given him to you. But
you would not have been happy with
lilm. He was too volatile, too intense
In his feelings, too unsteady in every
way. You would have been the blind
lending the blind. You would have
suffered under perpetual misunder
standings. He needed a different
hand from yours to manage him. A
time came when he recognized this
himself."
"Hut you?" exclaimed Helen, look
ing up with a wonder akin to pain.
"I did my duty by him and you."
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SUMMONS.
In tho Circuit Court of the State
or uregon, for the County of
Clackamas.
D. C. Yoder, Levi Yoder, Delilah
Troyer, Sarah A. Yoder, Mary E.
Hartzler, Ella M. Miller, Fena Vo
der, Silas A. Yoder, Oliver Yoder
and Fannie M. Yoder, Plaintiffs,
vs. John L. Zook, Viola M. Zook,
Elsie P. Zook, Zephniah Yoder
and Fannie Yoder, Defendants.
To John L. Zook, Viola M. Zook,
Elsie P. Zook and Zephniah Yo
cer, tho above namod defendants:
In the name of the State of Ow.
son, ou and each of you a:fc
hereby required to uppear and i.a
swer tho complaim filed agaiust
you in the above entitled suit on
ft ki
timers
Main Streets
on or before the 7th day of Feb
ruary, 1913, said date being after
the expiration of six weeks from
the date of the first publication
of this summons, and if you fail
to so appear ami answer said
complaint for want thereof,
plaintiff will apply to the Court
for the relief prayed for in said
complaint, to-wit, a decree of
partition of real property accord
ing to the respective rights of
the owners therein, in and to the
following described property, to
wit: The South half of the North
west quarter of Section One (1)
Township Five (5) South, Range
One (1) West, except three (3)
acres in the Northwest corner ly
ing in Marion county. Also be
ginning at the Southeast corner
of the above described parcel of
land and running Ihenco south
eighty (80) rods; thence East six
ty (isuj rous; tnence iNortn ono
hundred and sixty (100) rods;
thence West sixty (00) rods;
thence South to the place of be
ginning. Also beginning at the
half mile corner slake on the west
side of said Section and running
thence west to PuddingRiver four
(4) chains, more or less, ami
thence down said river to the sec
tion line; thence South to the
place of beginning, containing in
all one hundred and forty (HO)
acres, more or less. Situate in
Clackamas County, Oregon.
Also the following: Beginning
at a point 2.74 chains North of
the Northwest corner of Section
18 in T. 5 S. R. 1 E. of the Wil
lamette Meridian, running thence
East one hundred and fifty-two
(152) rods; thence South one
hundred and sevenly-one (171)
rods; thence West seventy-two
(72) rods; thence North eighty
(80) rods; thence West eighty
(80) rods; thence North to the
place of beginning and contain
ing 120 acras, more or less. Also
the Southwest quarter of tho
Northwest quartep of Section
Eighteen (18) in T. 5 S. R. 1 E. of
the Willamette Meridian, con
taining 45.72 acres, more or less.
Situate in Clackamas county, Ore
gon.
This summons is published by
order of the Hon. J. A. Eakin.
Judge of the above entitled Court,
and which order was made and
entered on the 20th day of Dec
ember, A. D., 1912, and which
order required that the first pub
lication of this summons be made
on December 27th, 1912, and the
date of the last publication there
of on February 7th, 1913.
Dimick & Dimick,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
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