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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, 8EPTEMBER 20, 1907.
UTERES IE !
You arc Cordially invited to at
tend a
Free ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
On tho Development nnd Prog
ress of tho
TELEPHONE
SINCE ITS INVENTION BY
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Illustrated With 140 Views
Pertaining to Telephone Mat
tors in All Tarts of
the Country.
Lecture by V. K. MERRILL
of the
Pacific Telephone ani
Telegraph Company
Tuesday, Sept. 24, at S p. m.
Willamette Hall, Oregon City
An Instructive, Interesting and
.. Entertaining Hour Is ..
Promised You
I her
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FREE! FREE! i
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MIL Ul I U
A Bunch of Divorces.
Judge McBride handed down fifteen
Acwraa rt rlivnm In his rilllrt Satlir- I
day. They were: Edna E. Meyers vs. j
E. S. Movers. Mabel S. Patton vs. Roy i
F. Patton. Edith Borger vs. Charles L.
Berger. Frances F. Ross vs. John E.
Ross, William O. Wilmer vs. L. Delia
Wilmer, Lena M. Nelson vs. Andrew
Nelson. Maude Cameron vs. McLeod jsition. she thinks, ought to entitle her
Cameron, Mary Janz vs. Frederich U separation, and so asks for it.
Janz, Lulu B. Park vs. Ambrose Park. Zelma A. Borgman is al -o tired of
Orpha Pendergrass vs. Albert Pender- th wlich John Borgman leads
jrrass, Willburg F. Brock vs. Ella , her and wants separation. Alleges
Brock, Fannie Halloway vs. Harry G. cnie! treatment, drunkeness, etc.
Halloway. Dora A. Scott vs. S. T. The will of the late Jonas .1. Kauft
Scott, Mary L. Roberts vs. John C. jnian. a wealthy farmer of Needy, who
Roberts, Emma Lundeen vs. C. Lun-;died July 13, 1007. was admitted to
deen. ! probate Monday. Kauffnian left
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in me iasi case me piainim auegeu
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mat sne marnea winaeen at boaer-
r. 1 o cco 1
nam, Bweuen, jjecemuer wsj, auu
that her husband was guilty of deser-
Orders of default were entered in .Bonner vs. the Crown-Columbia Pulp
the suits of William Lawrence vs. Lib ;& PaP('r Company, Judge McBride or
lian Lawrence, and Minnie Harris vs 'dered the case transferred from the
Abe A. Harris. The case of Eben JClackamas County Circuit Court to
Grant vs. E!la Grant was dismissed. ; the United States District Court In
The court made a record 'in the suit Portland for trial,
of Edea E. Wagner vs. E. G. Warner, j Jennie A. Johns fi'ed a suit for di-
who were married in Portland. Feb
ruary 2, lf07. The complaint was
filed on Saturday, personal service of
summons v.-as obtained on the defen
dant, and the default and decree wre
entered S'xin after. Mrs. Wagner al
leged that he husband was insanely
Jealous, and that he abused her and
tK'reater.pd to kill her and her friends,
Four Want Knot Cut.
Sadie II. Kilmer and Arthur K. Kil
mer were nnrrie-.l June 2-1. lfto, r
River Falls, Wis., and she alleges thai:
ce is a habHual drunkard and that he
possesses a violent and quarrelsome
disposition. Mrs. Kilmer ays that
In March, Ifx'.j, in a fit of drunken
rae, Kilmer tlrasged her from h"r
tfd, and forcibly ejected tK-r from her
fc'uise into the snow and rsin. On
Bovera! occasion!' Kilmer took l.rT
money, according to the wife's story.
Constance 'Adeline Chpnan and
Oscar L. Chapman wer? married No
vember 21, I'S'i, at HaTibT, O.. and
J'rs. Chapman charg"-i her husband
with deserting her in September, l!)'ij.
They have one soi. Ob-n. ageri 10
years, now under the care and cus
tody of his mother.
Desertion is cl irged by Julia K.
Moore, who was married in Baker
City, September 14. ISM" to Harry Liv
ingstone Moore. She says he left her
July 6, 1303, less tfian one year after in tnP County Court, and Walter Ke
their marriage, and she desires to re- i12 was Tuesday appointed adminls
Kume her maiden "name of Brisco. trator. The property is valued at. $123.
All Fence Wires, Nails,
and Farm Tools SOLD
Herbert Plaits was married to Mary
Platts at Salem, In May, IstOS, and al
leges that his wife deserted hint Sep
tember 1, l!0tl.
Mrs. Genini Win First Round.
Tone Genini secured tho presence of
his little daughter Sophia in court on ;
Saturday on a writ of habeas corpus.
I bavins asked tho court to give blm
possession of tho child. This Judge
iMcllrido refused to do; tho child was
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I given into tno ousto.ty ot ner granu
'parents Monday, Mr. and
Mrs. F. M.
I Mai hews, of Mucksburg. Oeilinl makes
I iifily charges against the character of;
his wife while she in turn sues for
'divorce and fills her allegations with
'stories not to tho credit of her has-
baud. There was a temiMrary lull on
I Wednesday, when tho attorneys of
Tonv Genini and Mrs. Elina U Ceninl ,
istipulated that tho child should re-
main in tho care of Mr. and Mrs. F.
m. Mathews, her maternal urumipar
jents, at Maeksburg, until the disposi
tion of tho suit for divorce proceed
ings instituted by Mrs. (lenlni Against
husband and now pending is de
cided.
Want Right-cf-Way.
! The Peavorton & Willsburg
Rail-
- road Company has filed a suit nsninst
J. O. Story and wife and Joseph M.
o'Hart for tho condemnation of a right
of
wav between Hoavorton and Wills.
burg. embracing H
acres
200 f
In a strip
ot wide.
; 21S2.3 feet Umg and
The company alleges that tho damages
of the defendants will not exceed
$2000.
Notes
Carrie M. Tilbury wants a divorce
from Chas. E. Tilbury. She alleges .
thnf sho hni tw(ln f.irri'it f,i mmp
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times in four and a half years and
'tninKs mat s me limit. utner 111
(treatment added to the moving propo-!
olvn..t "ftftr.O irnrtt, f .nnl
w-, . 1 ii
,.,ti.n ,.f ni.... r 1 ui..
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'aetata la In lit il!v,.!3jl Aminllv n.,tir
- "ius
;h!s 12 children.
I Tn the Riilt for rt.imni-p nf Atieha.!
1
orce aiainst Robert Johns Saturday
afternoon. They were married in
j Portland, October 2n, lfoii, and at the
time of tVdr marrias. according t )
; Jlrs. Johns, s-he wa.a widow and sup
ported herself and two daughters by
'keeping Inwders. She alleges that
;nf'r husband contributed only a trifle j
towards the maintenance of the fam-j
ny, ana sne u sires to resume tier ;
'ormer nam e' Mrs. Jennie Stephens.
At a sp-r.!in of the Police Court on .
Tuesday afternoon Fred Smith, ar- !
r"-ted on a chariri of carrying con-'
c ak-d wcap ins, plead' d guilty and .
received a ntence of 20 days. He is
a straoser.
Nettie 01s"n has instituted suit in
the Circuit Court a?ain.-t Mary Jane
Torrence et al., to quiet the title to
in rf.res of land in the Lot Whlteomb
elriin.
The r.ili of tb late Jonas .1. Kauff
man, wd diod tit N''dy. July 13, lfio;,
was aim'tt'..! to prr.'.ntn Monilay. At
torney II. F,. Cros r.-ii). for the
executors. The vain of the real prop
erty, con.-iKting of 2fi:j acres of land in
Section 01, T. i S.. It. 1 E., is $20,000,
ami deceased V- several thousand
dollars' worth of personal property.
The estate is to be divided equally
among the 12 children,
i The estate of the late
Ferdinand
Sch'i'.tz has b(
n admitted to probate
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STATE NEWS.
Henry 11. Stewart Is a new post tints-
'or at Myrtle Point, this state.
Attempts are being nutiie to estuh -
"'"I' coiidenserles at Newborg tiud ,
Springfield.
It Is reported that tho exhibit of I
stock at the district fair at Uosclnnsj, 1
this year was far ahead of anything)
nny '"'r l tJnit place hereto-
o
for, "Wo had occasion to transact some
F. A. Kosor. brooder of pure bred j business In Oregon City one day tills
Berkshire at Rickorall, has a htmrjwock. and while there we nnw some
pig five months old that weighs r7.' jthliu; that shocked us very much. Wo
pouuds and Is tho largest for Its tipo entered n building to get something tu
yet reported on this Coast. jdrlnk (It happened to bo soda that
Salem's business men's league- bnsjtluie. when wo heard u gentleman
resolution demanding a low-
''-lK of tho gas rate in that city. The
rate now charged is 12 rtVr l.ooo feot. iproprioior asreeti m u. we muni
and a cut to $1 Is linked. ' stay to see who won wo were so shook-
5 V. It. Newell, of Polk county, says od. Now If this had boon la Mliwau
Oregon fruit erfells because nature ,klo w hero people don't know any hot
has rIvou tho stale a soil containing tor wo would not have thought tiny-
the necessary plant food and cliiuato thing of It, but In ii Christian (?) city gothor some capital, and by uiireiult
i without extremes. iwhoro all Is supposed to bo douo Just i ting effort thin had been doubled and
Miss Wava Harrington, who has
been tho ctiest of the Misses Craco
aiui .Mayme Itabetn-k. left this mornlnc
i(r ju.r home in Oregon City. Capitol
(journal. Salem,
jolin Satza- n frllu,r residing seven
i miles southeast of Albany, sustained
serious injuries In a runaway Satur- j
day. His jawbone was broken, one
iarm i,iuly B1,rained nnd his face badly j
: out. '
Tho effect of Irrigation In tho West
Ihnn var.l m.r All,-ni. U lw.l,, ,lm.,n.
: . - -." -',., ... .v ... 10.
jstrated as. picking progresses. The
yard is yielding about double what it
I"1""1"11 ",sl """""n. auu me increase
Is attributed to tho Irrigation
"
I Mr. C. W. Joohnke, of Oregon Cltv.ii:
I who has been visiting friends and theiQ"ecn
fair, has returned to his home. Mrs.
Jwhnke Is tho guest of Miss Llla
Swafford, of East Salem. Capitol
Journal, Salcni. 1
Sheriff Chrlsman, of The Dalles, ar
rested Clyde Cribbins. a boy 13 years
old for stealing a horse at Lexington.
Morrow county. The boy ntole a horso
from a Mr. Barrett, ami rode the ani
mal to Rock Creek, fill miles distant,
u'hoi-n Cf.t.1 l f.m tin ...1.
" " - I "!. WO H U W W . 1 I O
: fii .-,,,
iluny -"0.
Th h
J
widow of Congressman Tongue, six
miles north of Hillsboro was burned
M,A - 1 ..- .1
... i 1 T f,t.ruili H'il Uttn His". .IS
I Tongue came near being severely
j burned as her clothiifg ignited w hile
she was trying to save Rome of the
' house.
j J. F. Adams, a Tule Lake farmer
j won the prize bull at the National Ir
'rlgation Congress by making tho best
1 exhibits of the products of a single
irrigated farm. This prize went to
lAdams from the California commit too
; which offered the bull, California
'. Promot ion Boy, bo the man who show
ed b"st what an irrigator! farm could
do. ,
Citiz-'iis of Eastern Oregon are won
dering why they cannot engage cars
for shipment of slabwitod from Port
land, when the O. It. & N. I hauling
ernrity wheat cars Into that territory
day aftir day right past the Western
Oregon sawmills. For some reason
fhe railroad has been practically re- ry t0 place tJiem under tlie nearest slid
fusing to furnish cars for slahwood tor. The nearest sin Iter Is of eouro
tfor Walla Walla, Pondl-ton, Ib-ppner the littio piles of twigs, ami under each
and lone.
1 The car situation in Polk county Is
deplorable. Every mil! in Falls City
and Black Itock has closed down. anil,
now the Willamette Valley Lumber
Co.'s hi;r plant In Dallas has stopped
i!-; wheels until reli"f comes. The 1 -
Dallas Lumber Co.'s mill has been Idle ! n Cold Gtorcga.
for several weeks. All these mills are j An Oregon attorney, representing a
receiving orders., at profitable rates, client whose title to 11 certain cold stor
but are unable to get cars. Dallas , age plant was under fire, closed nn
Observer 'able argument before the Oregon wi-
: Suit to romnol the Southern Pad-! Iri"'e c,")1't w1"' ,h" '',1K 't
fic Company to sell a
.
tract of 100
acres, situated in Columbia enmity ami
,ncM,""! lrl Ul'' rallr"a" ,an" rnnt'
!was fll''!l ln th! I'0'1''' Court Mori-
nay. 1 ne piaintirr is John s. Snyier,
of Columbia county, and tho defen-
dants are the Oregon & California
Stoves, Carpets, Chairs,
at REDUCED PRICES.
Railroad Coinpn: tho t'nlun Trust
Comptui.v. S. T. (iago, N. T. Smith and
jV. K. llrown. trustees, they being tho
i holders of a trust mortgage on the
;
laud. Snyder filed on the land July
:;u, lust, and nulMoquoiitly tendered the
.nlli - ond company $100' lu, payment fur
tho quarter section, Tho offer
wan re-
fused, and Snyder now
KCeliS to on-
force tho nalo.
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WOUND STILL HURTS.
Apropo the closing of the Mllwuu-
'.Mo Club tho lteo says:
propose to tho proprietor to shako
;dlro w Kh him for tho treats, and the
rly.ht, wo wanted some place to hide
cur bhodios."
HnU With Tempers.
I There are l;.;t i ulth tempers, as ov-
i cry wotnau Is n ware-tho hats that
i't on' ln'MUtfullv inn. lnv ifoi m-ol'.
, ,,. lia, ,,,,, 'Vl,
i.-.r,.,.,. .i,,.,. ,-,. 1,0111-101 ..! uiii. h h,
the next refuse o asumo the right
pose ami i.i o for love or money.
i'i!unv '"'' conditions more trylnu
M" O' UKI I. . . IT l!IO HUH Of II lllll H
dimple-" -ere. T'ie only thhiij to U done i
1 r,. tt i- 'ii' (. v 11 i,-,m,L' .ip Mi, !
,,,, ,. ,,. . .,.,.,,, from i(H
..vore:- fiko a iiMiithtv child. One can
11 I
1k""!1 " !
not u.!:" v.i;a a luit atul snuu
: 11 I . ivcu;.im.Midod. London 1
He L'rx'frstood.
I l'o ju b-o l. i-6 personal ilppenr-
was a-.- loiprepusHissIng as his h
Uu vie ;e was profound 11 ml his
!!i,'eiii o ke -u lutei rupii'd a female
A
.1111
k'.i!
Illte
W it lie .s:
"U01 .'a:;: J on
What lo ".! io'T-.i
tr.'
ly
g, d
that'"
woman:
said he
uteruly.
"Well, my lord." rvd'ol the woman,
"I don't know h.ov t 1 explain It exact
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1,, iniv 0 .1 11 .i,.. , "ii ., 'nini, ..
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Hil 111 I, .1 I .III' H ! I 1 llUllll'llh j
ping yo i." - I.e ......i Tit hits. j
Wd' irj tj R'k It.
Mr. V::.n -icdy : A noletl phy
s'.i ! n : 'ia' 1! :.!!;. baeterlil lurk
In In";'; .( '. !! i".r'.v I'lseaes, es
P"i hil'y - ;!'.;!' ' ;, nvo ttpri'iul that way.
Mrs. Wli-:- svv. en us! (i!v( me
ti.l (on ' , 1' l,.'oii vaeeliuited,
ou !.-i- v. . - , I,!.. r..,i.!i!,i Imiuircr.
The Ants'
f,'LS eoliM'
Ej3 Trde.
In the malu
Ants' es come In the main from
Kussla. They are the best f'tod obtain
ablo for gohlfi-ili and canaries and other
cage birds thrive on them wonderfully.
They cost about .";) cents a pint. In
the forests of southern Lu-ski ant nests
abound. The Luskin og; hunter does
.t.. 1.:.. tt....i;..., tl. ...... '11,,
liui lej ion 1111 1 nun uiiii iin-ie. u-
makes the p ior mils do it for him. Se-
1 iccung u 1101, sunny nay, me ursi 1111111
freet.s littio piles of twigs, 11 dozen or
more or tueiu, near tiio iniikest colo
nies, and then he klrl.s open all the
nests in the neighborhood. The nuts
know that their o'g. thus exposed to
the sun, would be made sterile In a few
hours, anil they take tlu-iu no and hur-
of these! there are soon heaped the c.-gs
from a hundred nests. Tin- egg linaler
after a smoke and a nap has nothing to
do but gather up his spoil iimt dump It
In his sack. He ships the eggs in hun
dredweight bugs all over the world.
New Orleans Times Iietiioeraf.
Iinujos: jour iioikuh, mere in 111010
,
IL'ni INK J'MU ii'irtiwu 1 ii'i 11 iiit.T
cold fctora.;e phmt. A liiiinan life Is at
; stake. My client's life's efforts are la
this cold storage: his llfeblood Is !:i
Uiis colli .storage; ins iiooy mai 10111 are
wrapped up tu this cold storafj" Law
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OREGON CITY I
OREGON I
CORTHELL'S
II HEALTH CURE.
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Hy w. r.
DKYAN
, v vi'j i itiiiiu, 'J u. nun mho. ,i
ivVVVVV.'i'1..'irti !
l .L.l.t.l Hut1 1... t, U..I..IOV..
Cortholl strode along briskly. Tho
clear morning air, the bright sunlight
mid tho fertile fields bordering on t In
road wero ail a source of delight to
til in. '
Nut In years had ho enjoyed a meal
as much us lie had tho homely break
fast provided at tho little eoiiuiry ho
tel where ho hud put up tlio night ,o
foro and where he had left tho trunk
that hold his city clothe. Now In a
well worn milt ho was t riimpl iitf along
tho dusty road Willi much tho miiiiio
feeling us that enjoytsl by a boy who
jdayn hookey from school for tho tlrst
tune.
In yearn Corthell had not felt Justl
lled In taking n vacation. Finally
I through a conihluntlon of clrcuni
i alum-ex ho hud been alilo to get to-
iremeti uuu iuo roriuuo unit imuio iiiui
prominent In the money markcl
Thou caiiio the breakdown. The fa
mous Hpei-lallsi In nervous dlseasi.
Insisted upon 11 vacation. "1 I'm either
a few week;' vacation or year In nil
liisauo asylum," ho nald Idtintly, "You
know Inst whleli you want. Mako
jour own clinlci-."
In tho end t'ortlicll hiol capitulated
mid had nuggeslril Newport tlx tlm
pliu-o for 11 vacation. Tho Hpcehillrit
rek'arded U I tu with disgust.
"1 think I should have mivimI time by
Bending you to tho asylum Ilrt," lie
aid. lie wax paid $'25 for a consulta
tion 11 lid could afford to nay what lio
'leased. "You get 11 n ohl Miiit and a i
comfortable pair of hIioo and take n
walking tour. Mou't go to nny placo
where you are liable to meet frleiidn. j
I know Just the route. I will send you .
a road map.'' j
I llo luiwed Corthell out. Three tlayit
I later tho broker wus net tbnvii lu a
; tiny hamlet In the northera part tf
! tho dtitt j, ami thin wa tho first day of
tils trip. ;
I lie had stopped to watch Homo men ;
I linylng, hen one of them t amo to
j ward him. ,
j "Looking for a Job?" ho demanded. ,
Corthell laughisl. "I don't know that
i I Jf.ii." ho answered. "I wan going 1
,
farther on
"I'll give a dollar and 11 half a day
to drive one of tho rakes," he offered.
"Know how to drive?"
t'ortliell smlli-d. HI team of bay
hail tt do7.cn blue rlbboiut to their
credit.
"1 can drive Home," he admitted.
. "Jump up ami drive that rake then,"
was tho man's curt answer, and, to
t, j
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1 t :
j j,
I HL'I'l'OHi: I HIIAM, III'. TIIIIHI Oil llYTIIH
l:Nii 1V TIIK Wlil;K," hAU) 111:,
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surprise, Corthell found himself
climbing the fence mid moving toward
tho horsu ruUe,
It seemed ages since ho had per
formed similar services 011 his falher'a
farm. The bony horso ho wan driving
bore little resemblance to his own
prize winners, but ho derived more
real pleasure from the task than had
ever come from 11 spin along tlm boule
vard, llo was surprised at the flight
of time when the horn blew for dinner.
He wan still more surprised at tho
appetite he' had for the porlc and pota
toes that formed the menu. Ho ac
cepted two helpings nnd still had room
for u generous cut of tho green applo
pie.
In the afternoon he was expected to
Qneip illicit 1110. sweet Hcenieu nay upon
I tlm iii'f I Tu woi'triwl until tlm Diiiu.
cles of Ids back were sore mid Hinart-
Q ; trig, but gavo no sign of his dlstj-ess,
oniy wonted away wiin ciiiieneii iceiii.
When at Inst the men knocked olf and
tho final load starled to tho hnrn Im
heaved 11 High of relief.
Most of the men were from nearby
farms, and these were paid off and
started for (heir own homes. . Corthell
was the last of tho line, and the farm
er paused.
"I won't take anything off for the
time before you came," lie said,
"Want to stay on till hnyln's over?"
Curl hell nodded,
"I guess I will," he agreed. "Work
(teems to agree Willi me."
"Como on up to supper," ordered tho
farmer. "I gtft-Hs mother can fix you
tip Willi u place over Ihe wood i hed."
CoiLhel) followed his grim ei iployor
! Wi hs - 4 l '
': H.f '
1 w i,7;imm$i '
nil efi'orU tm the part of tho shipper
itnd the hU men woic futile. They
drll'led ami drifted until It booiiino u
norleun inddem, Wlml wan to tm tlono
and who was to do Iff lty HiIh tlmo
(lie launch had drifted Itilo a eovu
about a mll from laud, and after luuclt
dlHi'UHHloli Leigh voluideered to nwllil
to tin laud and K t lieli, The olhern,
'
Ifl,,,wln ll" w,m faiaeua nwlu r,
ngreeii id inn piau, ami without; iiiurii
delay ho was overboard ami with huig,
nloaily strokes was covering the dis
tance. When ho tlually reached tho
Hlmro ho roiled iiwlflo, nnd (lieu nturt
' cd to walk toward 11 luindHoino wl
deiiro lit the (op of the cliff.
Suddenly from the IuihIii-h near him
caiuo 11 clear Hnprumi voice, Ilgli
' Ml opped lllld lli-lened and looked. Not
far from whore ho nud there wan n
lltllo rustic Mummer house, and leaning
! ngaliiNt the side of It was n young girl
! dn-Mseil nil In white, lie crept it lltllo
nearer to make ipilio mire that bo wim
not ilreaiulng, no near thai, a the girl
j Ntopped Hinging, ho breathed heavy
j nigh, and Leigh could hear it. llo
longed for a nlghl of her face nnd won
. ilereit If it Were half 11 it ttweet us the
I voice ho bad heard, mid ho made hriiv
to creep a lltllo nearer. The ruMlo of
I the luisbeH made her turn, and ncelng
him nho cried;
! "Leigh-Mr, tllchards! Is It really
. you'" f
I "It U really Leigh Uh haidH, MIm Ap
pletoli. nnd I lipdogl.e for mnrllliig
1 )oil so. but I was climbing up tho .HIT
' nnd heard your voice, o noppe to IU
1 ten. 1 am 011 an errand of mercy ami
. perhaps you can help inn out."
"An errand of nun y. In a bathing
' unit! Why. I do lud unite iinderMuud.
j Where Is tho ret.t of your party':"
Leigh noon cxiliilucd to her tho
plight of tho buys, mil llnlhhe.1 by
miylng, "Your father tllsllkfn 1110
that I expect If ho klenMt w lio'n III
; tlm party he'll never let one of his
men to go to our help. Will lie?'
l lH,,,,r ',M ", r T" ,
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"Father has irout, o r to tho
and onr men are on Hie ground dolnu
nothing, one of them can take our
little laiiio h out Hint tow your In "
"That'H nsklug nluiiiitt too iiiiu h. but
If you could direct mo to hoiiio other
place"
"Don't nny that to me after what
you did butt year. Do you think I
have forgotten how you nnvitl my llfo
when I was drow ning In that trvm her
ons hike? Why tl !! you go away with
out ever giving mo 11 ihaiieo to thank
you?"
".Minn Applet.ui L'dltl) 1 didn't
know J011 wanted to tin vt lie nlny.
nny, anyway, your father had no into
for 1110, Ho wan right enough, too, at
the time, but I'm a nteady obi sh!l
tmw, tl urest. If you will only under
tuko to guide me,"
"I didn't know I thought you didn't
care," nhe murmured.
."Dllii't tare -why. darling, that day
that I hehl your Unties form In my
arms wan the happlei-t moment In my
lltilo life. I looked lit J our white
faee mid knew Jut how uiieb yt
Were to Inc. I couldn't tell J oil no
then, dear, 1:0 I went wn until 1
could. Wl'l you have me now, Ldlth?"
T-olg'
nr. I've Us-ii waiting for
you a whole lo'i-j eiir, twelve w holn
mouths, nnd t-.o h month . enu d 11
year, I, t io, have been yum-n rwr
nhiee that dip' joii held mo In your
arms. How much longer nnr-.t wo
wait '"
- "Jiift long enough for re to g.-t rid
Of the l.oJS all l t'.ll'l h"'.(. l loilo-s "
"I-el's go to the boys .. ;et!n r, Leigh.
Mini tell them-, for. you e, If Ihe old
hiuueli had hot l. ik n. iji.v, n. I w ould
have been Walling Jet."
Ths Usual Tin.-.e,
"Here, now-: h :t lii g g ul ib In all
this rumpus nbo-itV" .demanded Aver
ago ( 'Itb-.eii, thrusting his le-a l out of
a HCeond story window nf bit domicile
nnd glaring liidign.iiiily down at the
disturber below, "Who r,i. Jou, and
why In the name of ihe bird with tho
broad nnd sweeping wing are you try
ing to break Into my Inm ,c';"
' J am Opportunity, knocking at your
door," was I ho reply. "Mndiy descend
tit once and admit lue liefoie It U ever
lastingly too lute. am In great basic,
lis, tle:plte my host olTortn, am run
ning far behind my sehednie."
"Well, then, glide along, rolling your
hoop and disposing of your War Cries,"
somewhat Kiircastirally answered Av
erage Citizen, "Vou will tm vp to get
Join-self Idenlllled before jou can tlo
any business with me. I Imve been led
to believe Unit yon iiiu;.t bear a mark
ed reseinlilanee to a page advertise
ment in a Sunday new spaper nnd lililko
u noise like 11 11 Investment which in
KUaranteed to pay a dividend of -It) per
cent In the near future. Possibly you
are all that you claim to be, but you
look more llliu havd work to me,"
Puck.
Fat Womnn's Human Lever.
She was unusually fat, ho xtout In
fact (lint when alio prepared to drop
Into tho heller part of two sontn In tho
crosHtown car the two women who
wero on either nlde of the n e slit;
was going to fill to repletion crowded
awny from her an far an they could.
Ami when a woman will make room
for nnntlicr In a street car it In plain
there is something the mat lor. Sho
puffed and panted for several minutes
after sho had become seated, niulvhon
tho car had gone 11 few blocks It was
apparent Unit she Wauled to get up
and leave. The si niggle wan 11 hard
one nnd, as It proved, 1111 Impossible
0110 lhriiigh her own efforts. There
chanced to be a mini stnndlnn In front
of her, mid wllhoiil a word she reach
ed up. caught his arm and deliberately
lulled Viwlf out of tho sent. Tho
man looked at her with an expression
of pain on his face nnd, apparently un
couscloim of the amusement on the
faces of tho other passengers, Htood
rubbing his iirm and idarlng lifter the
fat woman 11s long nsiho wan hi night.
Nj;w York Press.