OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1907..
Cbc Little
Red Rouse.
By JEROME SPRACUE
Copyrighted, 1507, by Joule Morgan.
Brady, whizzing along Riverside la
his big automobile, was a lonely mail.
Before he had made his money hi
had Ured on a farm, and In his trips
back and forth from town there had
been the greetings of good neighbors
and the welcome of the farm hands, ,
and at home the sociability of th
meals at the great table, where maids J
and men gathered with the family. . I
There was no sociability In New I
York. For days he had wandered Into !
the theaters and through the hotels, j
avoiding Instinctively the men who !
would have cultivated him merely for
what they could get out of him, but
finding no friends. j
At last, in desperation, he had learn-'
ed to drive an automobile and spent j
his days in making long trips into the
country, hobnobbing with the farmers
wno leaned over the fence rails to
talk to him and leaving them wistfully
when they returned to their toll.
Today as he sped down the drive,
with Its rows of clifflike buildings, he
ue migm eat ana arms witn a
And It was at this moment that his eye
was caught by a sign in the window
of the little red house.
The little red house was set at the
edge of a vacant lot, and it seemed a
very shabby neighbor to the stately
white apartment house that flanked it
on the left It had a sloping roof, a
few vines clunir to the Dorch. and lust '
above the door was the sign that had and you ,a your w"S"
attracted Brady's notice, and the sign Sne lauKaed- "Such air castles!"
read, "Fresh Cherry Pies." I wa8 ner way ot settling the question.
Brady swept up to the curb and But Brady's chin was set with
climbed out of his machine. His great j luareness, and there was deternilna
form filled the low doorwav and shut 1 11011 ln hls tu9- "I don't see how I
"l iok't wosdeb that people came,"
COMMENTED BBADT.
out the sunlight, so that at first he
'could not see clearly the figure behind
the counter.
"I came In to ask about the cherry
pies." he said. "Can I eat one here or
must I carry It away with me?"
There was a ripple of laughter, and
Brady moved to one side and saw that
the person In charge was a girl, fresh
faced, pretty and trim.
"You can eat It here." she said, tak
ing a pie out of the case. "People usu
ally take them away, but there Is a
little table and a chair, and I could
make you a cup of coffee."
"Could you?" Brady's tone was
eager. "I'm awfully hungry, and it la
so pleasant here."
She was cutting the pie. but she
looked up as be said that "Oh, do you
like it?" she asked "1 hope every bne
will. 1 am just Ieg!nniHg business,
and I want to make a fortune."
Brady, who had made his fortune ia
oil, was much Interested in this more
picturesque method
"Do you sell many?" he asked.
"Twenty yesterday," she confided "I
worked at night to get them ready, but
it seemed as if every one wanted cher
ry pies. The people In the apartment
bouse came, and 1 have sold out every
thing today except this one pie."
It was a beautiful pie, with a deli
cate brown crust overlaid with pow
dered sugar and all rosy and juicy and
delicious within.
"I don't wonder that people came,"
commented Brady as be sat down at
the little table, which she had spread
with a spotless cloth.
She was like a child in her delight at
bis compliment
"It was the only thing in the world
that I knew how to do." she said, "and
when I was left alone and lost the lit
tle income that my father had left me
I decided to bake for a living."
She was sitting opposite him, and he
liked the unconsciousness with which
she gave him her confidence.
"I lived in the country when I was a
little girl, and my mother taught me to
cook."
"I'm from the country, too," Brady
said
"I thought so," she said with a wise
nod "I think that is why I could tell
you things. One can't always be sure
of city men."
"Don't you hate the city?" Brady
asked.
She shook her bead. "No," si sakL
"It would be beautiful if one hat
friends or any one to care," .
"Well, that's what I mean," Brady
Mid. "it's so dead lonesome." . :
He had finished his pie, and he got
up reluctantly. "I'm sorry," ho said,
"but I guess I'd better go."
She went to the door with him.
"What a beautiful automobile!" she
said when she saw It.
Tea. It's pretty ulce," Brady agreed.
"But it Isn't much fuu driving around
by myself."
"No, I suppose not." sympathetic
ally. There was a moment's silence. Then
Brady spoke his thoughts boldly.
"Let nie drive you out Into the coun
try." She hesitated "I don't believe 1
ought." she said.
Brady looked down at her. "Can't
you trust me?" he asked.
Her eyes met his steady blue ones.
"Yes," she said simply and went to put
on her hat
"Yon see." she told him as they swept
along between the green fields, "if
I sell twenty pies a day at 25 cents
that will be $0 a day. 1 ought to
clear $100 a mouth." And she leaued
back, with a sigh of content
Brady, whoso Income was $100 or
more a day. asked with interest,
"Wbat are you going to do with all
that money?"
"Save It and buy a cottage in the
country, with a fireplace and a cat and
a dog aud a cow."
Will you bake cherry pies?"
"Yes," she planned. "I am going to
have a cherry tree and an apple tree.
You have never tasted such apple tarts
as I can make."
Brady turned in his seat and looked
at her. "I am coinir to taste them."
ne ""ormea ner. "i am going to come
can wan ior you 10 DUlld mat cottage.
I shall do It myself, and there shall be
a fireplace such a fireplace with two
big chairs on the hearth"-he paused
expressively "and a cat, a comfortable
tabby cat, and a nice, confiding dog.
and a mild eyed cow, and I am going
to invite you to my cottage to make
my apple tarts."
She smiled at him without self con
sciousness. "What dreamers we are!"
"Well, maybe you think It's a dream"
Brady's tone was dogged "but some
day I shall ask you to come."
There was no mistaking what; he
meant
"Please don't." she begged
Brady gave her a whimsical glance.
"Well, I suppose It Is too soon to talk
about It" he agreed "But that cot
tage will need something besides a cow
and a dog and a cat for me to be hap
py. It will need a wife nnd a woman
worth loving and until today I hadn't
seen such a woman."
"You have known me but three
hours."
"Three hours or three years! What's
the difference when I know I have
found the one I want?"
They were back again on the city
drive, and the little red house was in
sight
"We don't have to settle anything
now." Brady told her quietly. "Of
course I couldn't expect you to feel the
way I do. But what I want to know
Is this may I come again?"
She hesitated; then, as he lifted her
out of the car with his strong nrtns,
she smiled up at him.
"Yes." she said "if you like you may
come again."
A Tart Answer.
"I was writing by my study win
dow," writes a clergyman, "and a lit
tle child was busying himself by throw
ing beans at the window. Losing all
patience, I rushed out of the house,
determined to frighten the boy. It
happened that his mother was coming
after bim at the same moment and we
met by bis side.
"I stormed at the child, and then, as
the mother seemed excessively stupid
I gave her a piece of my tulnd. Final
ly as a grand and overwhelming con
clusion to my scolding I said:
'"A little discipline now with your
children will save you much pain if
not disgrace ln the future. Think of
that, madam that is, if you ever do
think.'
"Tbiiik. Is itr she replied. 'I think
If you'd go back to your bedroom and
wipe the Ink aff av your nose you'd
be prettier even If you didn't make bo
much av a sensation.'
"It was not a soft answer, but It bad
the effect of turning away wrath."
London Tit-Bits.
An Ideal 8ittar.
A Washington artist while sketching
ln North Carolina was one day la
search of a suitable background of
dark pines for a picture be bad plan
ned At last be found tbe precise situ
ation he was seeking, and, best of all,
there chanced to be a pretty detail in
the figure of an old colored woman in
the foreground.
The artist asked tbe old woman to
remain seated until be had sketched
her. She assented with the greatest
good nature, but ln a few minutes
asked bow long the artist would be.
"Oh, only about a quarter of an
hour." he answered.
Three minutes or so later the old
darky again lnqulred-thls time with
manifest anxiety how long the opera
tion of sketching would take.
"Not long," was the reassuring reply.
"But why do you ask so anxiously?"
"Oh, nuthln. sah." the old woman,
hastened to respond, "only I's sif.tln' on
an ant hill, sah."-Harper's Weekly.
NEXT MARYLAND SENATOR.
Ex-Govtrnor John Waltsr 8mlth,,.the
Choics of Dtmocrats at Primarltt.
This year was the tlrst time that the
primary pinu of choosing United States
senators was tiled In Maryland, the.
Democrats voting In accordance with.
KX-COVEHNOH JOHN WALTKH SMITH. '
this plan aud the result belug the !
choice of ex Governor John Walter j
Smith for one of Maryland's seats In
the senate. The Democrats will con-
trol the legislature and will elect Sen-
ator William I'lukuey Whyte to fill '
sut the unexpired term of the late Sen- '
ator Gorman and Mr. Smith for the j
full term. Mr. Whyte was appointed
to fill the vacancy caused by Souator
Gormau's death. j
Mr. Smith was his party's uomiuee I
for senator in 1S00,. He was born In 1
1S45 in Snow Hill. Md.; received bis 1
education from private tutors and at I
the Washington academy aud has been :
Identified with politics for tunny years. !
lie served several terms lu the leglala-!
tune, was elected to congress a d in j
1000 was chosen governor. '
Taking No Chancas.
"It Is a rule to which good lawyers
usually adhere." says a Philadelphia j
attorney, "never to tell more than one !
knows. There was an Instance In I
England not many years ago wherein
a lawyer carried the rule to the ex
treme. "One of the agents In a Midland re
vision court objected to a Krson whose j
name was on the register on the !
ground that he was dead The revl- j
slon attorney declined to accept the j
assurance, however, and demanded I
conclusive testimony on the point i
"The agent on the other side arose !
and gave corroborative evidence as to i
the decease of the man In question. 1
"'But sir. bow do you know the
man's dead?" demanded the barrister.
" 'Well.' was the reply, i don't know.
It's very difficult to prove."
"'As I suspected,' returned tbe bar
rister. 'You don't know whether he's
dead or not'
"Whereupon tbe witness coolly con
tinued: 'I was saying, sir, that I don't
know whether he Is dead or not but 1
do know this: They burled him about
a month ago on suspicion.'" Harper's
Weekly.
AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY.
Da. David Jmyy Hill, Rsccntly Ap
pointed to That Poit
In the appointment of Dr. David
Jayne Hill as ambassador to German
President Roosevelt has selected a man
of extensive attainments In tbe fields
of diplomacy and scholarship. He Is
fifty-seven years old and has been pres
ident of two colleges, Buckuell univer
sity and Rochester university, and has
filled the post of first assistant secre
tary of state. He was sent to Switzer
land as our representative In 1903 and
in 1903 became minister at Tbe Hague."
While Dr. IIIII was president of Roch
ester university tbe small daughter of
his mathematical colleague was very
r
DB. DAVID JAINB HILL.
fond of him, and she had a great habit
of picking up long words and making
him tell her what they meant
"What's the difference between gas
tronomy and astronomy?" she asked
one day.
"Astronomy." replied the president,
"Is the science of the heavenly bodies,
Dorothy. Gastronomy is er well, a
heavenly science of the earthly todj'."
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H W Eximinid.
Francois Arago, the great French
scientist, was a precocious yoath. Ho
was prepared for the rigid examina
tions of the Ecole I'olytsuhukjue be
fore be was seventeen years old. Tbe
examiner was almost brutal in bis
manner toward the young candidates.
A favorite companion of Arago was
badly frightened at. bis severe ques
tions and failed to pass the examina
tion. At length Arago's turn cauie.
"Young man," said the examiner
sternly, "you are probably as Igiioraut
as your companion I advise you to
go and complete your studies before
you risk this examination"
'Monsieur." replied the boy. "timid
ity was ail that preveured my compan
ion from passing. Ho knew much more
than he seemed to know."
"Timidity!" exclaimed the examiner.
"The excuse of fools! Perhaps you are
timid also."
"Far from It." returned Arago short
ly. "Take care. It would be wise to spare
yourself tbe disgrace of being reject
ed r
"Tho disgrace for we would lie ln
not being examined," said the young
candidate proudly.
Arago's solution of tbe problems set
before him was so accurate end so
brilliant that at last his examiner
sprang from his chair and, throwing his
arms about the boy's Deck in delight
exclaimed:
"Bravo! If you are not received Into
the Ecole Polytechnlque. no one will
te admitted."
And Arago then began a career which
idded greatly to the stock of human
tnowledge.
A Clay Pipe Trick.
Tbe ordinary clay pipe has under the
bowl a projection or heel which It
would seem impossible to break from
the opposite side of an ordinary table
without Injuring the bowl or breaking
the stem. Yet It can be done with ease
after two or three attempts. Break off
a piece of tbe stem about a couple of
inches will do and place It on tbe ta
ble so that it projects a little over the
edge. Ask a friend to hold the pipe
obliquely heel upward and the bowl
higher than the end of the stem. Ho
can do this by Inserting his little fin
ger ln the bowl. Now get your piece
ini proper line with the stem of the
pipe aud strike It forcibly and well
with the palm of your hand. The
piece will fly across the table along
the stem and break the heel clean off.
This seems amazing it first sight,
bnt an,v ne with n 'straight eye"
can do It with very llttlf practice.
KJOOD THINGS TOGIVE
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Main
Hn on Rang.
When bent are ou range, the amount
of food tln-y u'rt N an unknown qiiuuti
ty ami as they are sure of exercise
en iiikIi, It Is usually safe to fi-od them
nil they will eat. I' I but twice a
day. Give lu the iimnilng its much of
either nmxli or grain at they will eat
clean and g for.'iic'rg after eating. In
the evening ttlve them all they will nit.
Raiting Phaijnts on Chick Fd
Pheasant ,are eoiiHliU'ivd hard It
raise. They' :i:e cert ilnly haribf to
rear than chle'.-.eiH. They ro being
." Scully raked nmv ,, vU-k ltunl.
Formerly It wi eousMereil i,ary
to feed them mi iii:;'gim; but thU haa
been proved to he ,i fillucy. Golden
are most common cml are ioiisIiUtmI
one of the most hardy varieties.
Poultry Industry's Aids.
Tim Western Poultry .f.Minial be
lleves that "the 1'n-ubator. brooder,
spray pump, liquid lire klUer ami dry
ebb'k feeds have been the greatest
aids In the nilvnneeiiient made by the
poultry Industrv."
MORE MONEY FOR
PACIFIC COAST.
SEVERAL NEW DEPOSITORIES TO
BE ESTABLISHED IN THE
FAR WEST.
Senator Bourne announces that as
a result of repeated conferences with
the President and Secretary Cortel
you, the Treasury had authorized In
crease of Federal deposits with the
First National Hank of Portland to
the extent of $ 5.000.
This Is not a direct deposit from
Washington, but the bank Is author
ized to retain excess deposits of Gov
ernment funds until that limit is
reached, making the total Govern
ment deposit 11,175,000. That is to
say, the fund will accumulate at the
rate of about $15,000 dally.
The Senator has bIho Induced tho
President to make the Commercial
National Bank, of Pendleton, and tho
First National Bank, of Ashland, Gov
ernment depositories, and each has
been given fno.OOO of Government de
posits. He now has promise that
$50,000 additional will be deposited in
the First National Bank at Baker
City by the first of the year. Just as
sion as sulllclont cash Is received
from the bond suIoh, shipment of
$120,000 In currency will ho made to
the First National Bank at Pendleton.
Senator Bourne has hopes of se
curing still further deposits for other
Oregon banks as quickly as the
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Treasury Department has rush to dis
tribute. In addition to this relief. Senator
Bourne, arter considerable effort se
cured an order from the p.wtottlce
Department rwrmittliiK moiicy-onler
offices lu fnu.ii i,a wullowa coun
ties to iiiako, thflr shipments of re
tclpts In NeW vrl4 ,.X(.IIlllK,.H ,.
stead or shipping out currency. As
these shipment averiiKe $000 n ilny,
this order leaves a lnn;e quantity
of currency In circulation In those
two counties.
Kenator liourne says ord-rs have
been ,.nt t mi nioney-order offices
directing them to cash pension checks
as usual and turn In checks with their
reports. This In compliance with a
demand received by the Senator from
several Oregon pensioners, who have
had difficulty lu getting pension
checks cashed.
Tho former limit of Government dm
posits with the First National Bank
of Portland, was $1,000,000. The In
crease Is $175,000, Bonds w ,n de
posited with the Government by tho
bank to that amount and upon the
approval of tho bonds, tho increase
Just authorized will become effective.
Tho deposits by the Government,
from postal, revenue and other
sources. In the First National will he
retained here to the Increased limit
before shipments must be made to
the sub-Treasury at San Francisco.
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