MORNING ENTERPRISE. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1912.
ANNOUNCEM
Middle Aged
:-: :-: Courtship
By ALEXANDER D. CHASE
Copyright by American Press Asso
ciation. 1911.
ENT
OF
THE
The marquis, a man of forty; the
baroness, a woman of thirty-six. a
young man of twenty and a girl of
nineteen made up the group.
"Now. go." said the marquis to the
two younger ones. "You, my dear
nephew, have received my consent,
. and you. Cecile, have obtained the
same from your aunt. I will take
care of you, and the baroness . will
- probably not be lacking in gifts." '
"I certainly will do my part," said
. .the baroness.
"Uncle," said the young man Joy
ously, "you are one of nature's as well
as one of the nation's noblemen."
"Aunty," said the girl, "I shall en:
deavor to. be worthy of your kind
ness." The young couple strolled off Id to
another of the suit of rooms, leaving
the older ones together.
"Nature as well as history," said the
, marquis, "repeats itself. Do you re
member the day we received your fa
ther's blessing?"
"Perfectly, and how Joyous I was.
Then when the trouble between us
came I wasln despair. I did not know
it was a blessing in disguise."
"How do you know it was a bless
ing?" "From friends who have married
and been miserable. I can count them
on my fingers. There's Elise." putting
the forefinger of her left band on the
little finger of her right, "and Annette.
. and Fanehette"
"Yes, and among my friends I' can
count as many who are supremely
happy."
"The romance fades"
. "But it gives place to an enduring
affection."
"These young people who have Just
left us will keep up a pretense of de
' ferring to each other till the day after
they return from their wedding tour;
then they will begin to quarrel."
"But they will gradually grow near
er and dearer to each other: They will
wrangle, but that is because each
knows the other will endure such
wranglings from a mate."
"But there are those whose quarrels
grow more and more violent."
"They are but a small proportion of
the whole."
"Ah, marquis, you have been 'on
verted too late. You are not old. but
too old to feel love based on compan
ionship." "First love I have passed through
Unfortunately fate did not permit in
my case the succeeding state, t nave
been, as it were, in a condition of sus
pense." She cast her eyes to the floor.
"Whose fault wm it '!" she asked.
"Fate's. I said fate prevented. did I
not? Nothing but fate can come be
tween a boy and girl who love. 1 was
young, and I did not understand you
Lovers need to be tied together to pre
vent their flying apart. Marriage
does that Once married, they have to
learn to bear with each other. And
when the child comes there is another
reason why they must not fly apart.
Married and with a child, disunion fa
frightful. They will endure real
wrongs rather than rust."
"And think of the absurdity that
caused us' to fly apart!"
"1 have forgotten wbat it was."
we were playing tennis."
"i remember."
"A ball I sent you you claimed to be
foul.".
"Now I recollect"
"1 accused you of purposely seeing
wrong."
"So you did."
"And you told me you were not In
the habit of being accused of cheat
ing." "That's Tight. Go on."
"Ithrew down my racket and. with
Tfiy nose in the air. marched off the
court"'
"Ah. yes. I have it now. and I said
. to myself. I don't want a wife who
acts like that "
"And from then till now not a word
of love has passed between us."
"How stupid!"
"We should have been whipped and
ordered to make np like children."'
There was a short silence between
them, broken by the marquis.
"Something of more substance than
romantic love drives me to marriage.
Youth having passed, t need, compan
ionship. Had I a companion I ?ould
bear a great deal from her."
"And children."
"For their sake I would beat any
thing." "If you. a man. would bear anything
for the dear little ones, bow would it
be with the woman who is much near
er to them than the man?"
"It Is not too late."
' "Yes: it Is too late."
"No. Shall we risk it?"
She smiled.
"What amuses yon?"
The difference between this court
ship and our former one." ' '
"And I trust our relationship shall
fcot be broken by a tennis ball. See
that, young rascal In there? He Is
stealing his arm around your niece's
waist He is imprinting a kiss on her
lips." ..
"Yon are crushing the flowers in my
porsige."
"And taking the dew from your
Ips."
. "Enough of this. We are too old."
, "Well, when shall we get through
the preliminaries and be settled?"
"When jou like."
j' Because.
Mother Run ' away. Johnnie! John
"j nie Why? Mother Because I'm busy.
' Johnnie Why are you busy? Mother
Because I am in a hurry. Johnnie
: Why are you in a hurry? ' Mother
. Because father's bringing home two
? gentlemen to dinner. Johnnie Why's
; father bringing home two gentlemen
' to dinner? Mother Because the boil
. er"s sprung a leak, because It's the
; cook's day out. because I've got a
headache, because the butcher has not
brought the meat and because oh. I
wish you'd go away! London Globe.
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Heart to Heart
Talks.
By EDWIN A. NYE.
HANLY'S OPPORTUNITY.
Ever hear about Bill Hanly?
Bill Hanly has a farm of 200,000
teres in the interior of Oregon.
It is made up of mountains and val
leys, rivers and meadows and marsh
lands and dry spots and rolling lands.
Last year Bill Hanly cut 215.000 tous
f hay off his big . ri. and he has cat
tle on a thousand hills.
He and his cowboys drive his herds
Df fat cattle to the railroad, and it re
juires fifteen lays to make the tip.
When Bill Hanly rode into the cat
tle country years ago his property con
sisted of one horse, one lariat, one
Mexican saddle, one cowboy hat and
the clothes on his back. Now be
loesn't know how much he is worth. .
But his friends say he is the same
Bill Hanly today as then.
Do you envy him?
And begrudge him his great prosper
ity? .
Not if you know how he got his
lands and cattle. He got them by dep
rivation and short dinners, by the iso
lation of weary years and by patient
waiting. He began with a herd of five
tows and worked and bided the time
of increase.
Besides
He got his possessions by clean liv
ing and temperate habits. While the
other cowboys made their semiannual
trip to the railroad, "shot up the town"
tor diversion and spent their money in
riotous living, Bill stayed by his cattle
and saved his money.
Listen!. "
He used to lie oh his back and count
the stars and say to himself he would
wme day have as many cattle as the
stars in heaven.
Bill's blue eyes saw Opportunity and
he promptly grasped it by the forelock.
And you?
Do you say there is no chance?
Perhaps not Bill Hanly's chance, al
though there are yet thousands of
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ern states, away from railroads, that
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Are you willing to keep clean and
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There are no tables In 'ihe bouses of
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OF FLAID WOOIi AMD VELVET.
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The latest in neckwear is the' ex
tremely large bow of black or white
plaited malines. Frequently both col
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other.
Kimono sleeves are essentially be
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they retain all their favor. The dress
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The Proper Missile.
Judge And what did you do to curb
his passion? Prisoner Hit him with
a piece of curbstone.
The Shah's Advice to Catherine I.
A shah of Persia, not only congratu
lated Catherine I. on her accession to
the throne of Russia, but offered her
majesty earnest paternal advice. He
sincerely hoped, be said, that she would
not give way to drink, and be held up
his own case as . horrible example of
the truth of the temperance gospel
which be preaehed. His eyes, he wrote,
were like rubies, bis nose was like a
carbuncle, and his body was like a bar
rel as tbe result of the self indulgent
habits which he bad acquired in bis
youth and could not shake off in bis
old age. But the empress, who liked
her glass, was not", even with that
warning before her. persuaded to be
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40c.
EGGS Oregon
zvc.
SACK VEGETABLES
$1.25 to $1.50 per ' sack; parsnips,
$1.25 to $1.50; turnips, $1.25 to $1.50;
ranch egg3, 25c to
Carrots,
beets, $1.50.
POTATOES Best buying 85c to
$1.10 per hundred.
hundred; Australian, $2 per hundred.
ONIONS Oregon, $1.25 to $1.50 per
Lvestock, Meat.
BEEF (Live weight)
and 5 1-2; cows, 4 l-2c;
VEAL Calves bring
13c, according to grade.
MUTTON Sheep, 3c and 3 l-2c;
lambs, 4c and 5c.
Steers, 5c
bulls. 3 l-2c
from Sc to
A Way the Baby Has.
"Has the baby had tbe measles yet
Mr. Popps?"
"Sh-sh: Don't speak so loud. When
ever flint i-liild hears anything men
tioned til l! In- hasn't irot he cries for
I " Kx ti!in;re
E CENT
IN PRICE OF EGGS
There Kras a drop of lc a dozen In
the price of eggs along Front street,
Portland, Wednesday.
While an oecasional dealer might
have possibly "held some one up" for
31c, providing he was a small buyer,
general sales were made at 30c
a dozen.
As a rule eggs are being sold along
Front stieet at this time uncandled.
The quality is extremely good and for
that reason candling is not only un
necessary, but expensive to both boy
er and seller. -
Receipts of eggs along the street
were very heavy and on this account
the market softened quickly. Outside
mirkets are again softer and the trade
in Montana and the north, which form
erly went to this city, is going to Cali
fornia interests owing to the lower
price available there.
Present receipts of eggs would indi
cate a very heavy increasing in the
production. The outlook therefore for
the immediate future ia for lower
prices, although weather conditions
may affect the market one way or the
other for awhile.
Prevailing Oregon City prices are as
follows:
DRIED FRUITS (Buying) Prunes
on basis of 6 1-4 pounds for 45-50's.
Fmits, Vegetables.
HIDES (Buying) Green hides, 7c
to 9c; salters, 5to 6c; dry hides, 12c
to 14c; sheep pelts, 25c to 75c each.
Hay, Grain, Feed.
HAT (Buying) Timothy,- $12 to
$15; -clover, $8 to $9; oat hay, best,
$9 to $10; mixed, $9 to $12; alfalfa,
$15 to $16.50. . -jk.'.w
OATS (Buying) Gray, $28.50 to 1
$29.50; wheat, $28 to $29; oil meal,
$53; Shady Brook dairy feed, $1.25 per
100 pounds.
FEED (Selling) Shorts, $26;
ed barley, $39; process barley,
whole corn, $38; cracked corn,
bran $25. -
: FLOUR $4.50 to $5.25. , .
. Butter, Poultry, Egg.
POUL.TKY (Buying) Heu, 10c to
lie spring, 10 to 11c, and roosters,
8c. -
Butter (Buying) Ordinary coun
try butter, 25c to 30c; fancy- dairy,
roll-
$40;
$39;
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