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MORNING E&TERPBISE. TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1912.
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By PHILi? VANDEVEER
Copyright by American Press Asso
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LOOSE LEAF SYSTEMS
The Morning Enterprise is the best
breakfast food you can have.-
The Cutlery Family.
"I call 'em the cutlery family."
"Why so?"
"Well, the daughter spoons, the fa
ther forks out the money and the
mother knifes the other guests." Lou
isville Courier-Journal.
Haste to Reimburse.
While carrying a ladder through the
cfowded streets of Philadelphia the
other day a big Irishman was so un
fortunate as to break a plate glass
window in a shop. Immediately drop
ping his ladder, the Celt broke into a
run. But he had been seen by the
shopkeeper, who dashed after him and
caught him by the collar.
"See here!" angrily exclaimed the
shopkeeper when he had regained his
breath, "you have broken my win
dow!" "Sure I have," assented the Celt,
"and didn't you see me running home
to get the money to pay for it;" New
York Herald.
My engagement with Edith wa
ihort, sweet and fiery. We parted
after a quarrel and never spoke again.
The only things "which passed be
tween us after the break were the
gifts I had bestowed upon her and
our letters. When mine came back
to me I towed them into a drawer in
a writing desk I kept for personal use
In my home, intending to destroy them
when " I had time. But somehow 1
disliked to touch anything that re
minded me of this love turned to
tate.
My engagement to Mildred that fol
lowed was a very different affair. 1
resolved that I would write no such
twaddle as I had written Edith. Mil
dred was one of those undemonstra
tive girls whose feelings are often
very strong, but who keep them pent,
fearing that some one may detect them.
Such people rarely moke friends. Those
they meet casually are never drawn
to them, but the few who break
through their shells adore them.
Our engagement was a long one, for
I was obliged not only to set my
house in order, but first to get the
house. I was satisfied that Mildred
was the woman I wanted for a wife.
We' were companionable, interested in
each other and our joint affairs and
had complementary tastes. But there
was no gush. When we parted and
met our kiss was more like one be
tween brother and sister than be
tween lovers. Nevertheless we were
wrapped up in each other.
Our engagement had lasted a year,
and so used had I become to consider'
Ing Mildred as my own personal prop
erty that I gradually dropped what
few endes.rm.enls I had Deen usea 10
giving her. I was away from her fre
quently, and so great was my aversion
after my experience with Edith to
love letters that I never wrote one to
Mildred. Finally, during my absences
I did not write her at all. Mildred
never complained of this in the slight
est Indeed, she never wrote me except
in reply to a letter of mine, and it was
usually shorter and less demonstrative
than mine.
Then came a thunderclap. While
from home I received a letter from Mil
dred's sister Clara informing me that
Mildred was intending on my return
to break our engagement. The reason
she would give was that she had found
that she did not love me well enough
to marry me. The real reason was my
unloverlike treatment of her. "You
have mistaken her." wrote Clara. "She
is brimful of romance, feeling, every
thing that tends to bring out a grand
passion. She loves you devotely, as
you would have known had you treat
ed her in a way to bring out the
strength of her passion."
With a mute blessing upoitClara fot
giving me a chance to avert the calam
ity before it should fall, I sat about the
work of rectifying my mistake. I be
gan at once a letter ignoring, of
course, the information I possessed--which
would mee my Mildred's .most
ardent desires. What was my disap
pointment, m? chagrin, my terror, to
discover that I could not write In the
required vein. I wrote a dozen letters,
none of which satisfied me. Those that
were exuberant of love seemed to be
lle me; those in which I expressed what
I conceived to be a full modicum of
the tender passion seemed cold to me.
Every one of them I destroyed. Wheth
er it was that the attempt to write a
love letter awakened a remembrance
of my affair with Edith that had made
such effusions repulsive to me I could
not conjecture; I only knew tnat i.ney
were now impossible to me.
Then a brilliant thought struck me.
I had once written such letters, and
they were still In my possession. I
could copy them, or when they did nol
enter into any particulars were sim
ply love letters I might use the orig
inals. 1 telegraphed Clara to send at
pnee a package marKeu io uu ue
Btroyed" contained in a drawer at my
desk at home. Two days later I re
ceived it by express.
Nearly all the letters began ''Dear
est," or "Dearest sweetheart." or
"Dearest, sweetest, loveliest," with no
name at, the end of the string. I se
lected one which I had written during
an absence from Edith, and it fitted the
case exactly. With a little acid I took
out the date and wrote another. I put
in a postscript saying that since we
had been engaged I had been longing
I put it "dying" to write as I felt, but
her coldness had induced me to . re
frain; Absence, which makes the heart
grow fonder, had burst the bonds.
Then, sealing the epistle, I sent it to
Mildred.
I received a reply which thrilled me
with delight. The poor girl poured
cut her heart as spontaneously as a
bird singing for its mate. The spell
was broken. I was enabled to reply in
kind. When I returned we sprang into
each other's arms, a pair of real lovers.
That was years ago. Now that I have
been married twenty years, my power
of writing love letters to my .wife has
fleserttd me. Feeling that a cold, un
lovable condition was arising between
us. once when on a journey I sent her
one of the letters I had written to my
first love. Expecting that ft would
draw us together as had been. done in
the past. This is the reply I received:
I have iust taken from the .postman a
letter from you which makes me fear you
have gone daft. I am fearfully anxious
Do try to get some one to telegraph me at
once an explanation. I am ready to go tc
you at once if you have received a stroke.
LIFE'S STRUGGLE.
Whaf shall we do with this life
of ours bear it patiently and
bravely? Yes; bear it patiently
and bear it bravely, and more. Take
it up gladly as a heritage; enjoy it
rationally ; trust God, not fearing to
use what he gives, and go forward
with all courage. If we live truly
we shall count no duty small and
no sacrifice great. We shall love
strongly, aspire unceasingly and find
life's highest end in being. Charles
A. Murdock.
lot a 1 ransient.
- HubbubsSo you don't agree that the
age of miracles is past, eh? Subbuba
Not on your life! There's a man
out my way who has had the same
cook for Dearly a year. Philadelphia
Kecord.
Because He Isn't.
" If the keeper of a jail is a jaiier,
why isn't the keeper of a prison. 1
prisoner ? E xchange.
Marriages In England.
Marriages in England must take
place between the hours of 8 t to.
and 3 p. m.
Swimming and Running.
To cover a hundred yards takes aa
expert swimmer about six times as
long as a champion sprinter.
China's Tobacco.
China erows a great craantity of to
bacco, but it is all of a somewhat low
grade.
- Iron Mills.
The first iron rolling and slitting
mill in Pennsylvania was erected at
Thornby in 1746.
Pretty Slow.
Innkeeper Going to make an early
start to see the glacier today, I see.
Do you know, it moves at the rate of
only one mile an hour? Tourist Yes,
but my wife is so slow getting ready
that I'm afraid we'll miss it after alU
Traveler's Gazette.
Where the Paint Was.
Regular Customer (who has just en
tered restaurant) Strong . smell of
paint here. William. Waiter (coughing
apologetically and indicating young
women about to leave table) Yessir
soon puss off, sir they're just going.
Punch.
Opposites.
Wigwag The secret of a happy mar
ried Hfe, they say, is to marry one's
opposite.
Cynicus Yes; I have frequently re
marked that your wife was a most
charming woman. Philadelphia Rec
ord.
His Oversight.
"He asked her when he proposed if
she knew how to keep house."
"That was a happy thought."
"Yes. and still he overlooked a bet"
"How was that?"
"He forgot to ask her if she knew
how to keep still." Houston Post
How He Gained 'Success.
"Didn't he make a failure of life at
flrst?"
"Well, yes; he failed at everything
until he struck the happy idea of sell
lne advice on how to succeed to young
men who have more ambition than
sense." Chicago Post.
What They Missed.
"Did you attend the Wilson obse
quies?" asked Mrs. Oldcastle,. "Gra
cious, no." replied her hostess. "Have
thev had some? Why. me and .Tosiah
was at the funeral of their grand
mother only last week."-Chicago Rec
lird-Herald
Where He Is Weak.
"My husband has no idea of the value
f money."
"Why. I thought he was a good busl
ness man?"
"He thinks he is, but I can't get him
to realize what a lovely hat I can buy
for $10."
THE SMOOTH HANDLE.
Every tomorrow has two han
dles. We can take hold of it by
the handle of anxiety or the handle
of faith. Emeison.
FIVE HUNDRED PARTY
A. C. Christensen entertained a few
of his friends at Five Hundred at his
home at Bolton Saturday evening. The
rooms were very prettily decorated
with Oregon grape and Easter lilies.
Refreshments were served and a most
enjoyable time was had by those at
tending. Present were: Mr. and Mrs. Christ
ensen, Mr. and- Mrs. August Rakel,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Armstrong, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Doty, Mrs. Anna John
ston, Miss Ella Crummell, Miss Miller,
Miss Gertrude Sigardson, Miss Erma
Draper, Miss Nellie Lindquist, Miss
Nancy Lindquist, Miss Mary Lind
quist, Miss Edna Simmons, Miss Maud
Lightbody, Messrs. August Christen
sen, Jack Draper, Leon Draper, Harry
Bressler, Ernest Douglas, John Mont
gomery, Jack Payne, Fred Baker.
How strong are you going in the
support of your candidate in the En
terprise automobile contest?
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
John B. Bowman to C. F. and Ida
Hurst, 3.956 acres of section 28, town
ship 3 south, range 4 east; $1200.
W. H. and Mercy G. Bromley to Carl
C. Vance, land in section 29, township
2 south, range 1 east; 450.$
Herman and Bertha Bethke to Zo
beda Schawper, south-half os lot 4,
block 43, Oregon Iron & Steel Comp
any's first addition to Oswego; $10.
The Mount Hood Company to Mount
Hood Railway & Power Company, land
in Clackamas County; $10.
John C. and Minnie Elliott to ""lal
entine Kirchbaum, 11 acres of section
32, township 1 south, range 3 east;
X- -
B. S. and Alice Payne to Frank H.
Lawton lots 5 and 18, block 93, 'first
subdivision of portion of Oak Grove;
$1.
Frank G.'and Leila S. Owen to Glen
morrie Company, land in sections 9,
10, 11, 14, 15, township 2 south, range
1 east; $1.
The Glenmorrie Company to Frank
G. Owen, land in sections 9, 10, 11,
14, 15, township 2 south, range 1 east;
$10.
The Glenmorrie Company to S. B.
Stewart, land in Glenmorrie Park;
$10.
B. F. and E. R. Hart to A. F .Her
shner, land in section 6, township 3
south, range 3 east; $10.
Ora Erion Fowler and James Fow
ler et al to Theodore Volger and Otto
Gerber land in section 27, township 1
south range 3 east; $1.
Mrs. Ora Fowler, administratrix to
Theodore Vogler and Otto Gerber,
land in section 27, township 1 south,
range 3 east; $1.
A. Faulkner and Mary Short to Ot
to Gerber and Theodore Vogler, land
in section 27, township 1 south, range
3 east; $1. "
J. H. and Anna Colby to John B.
Hurst, lots 1, 2, 3 block 1, Weed s
Addtion to Canby; $1300. .
E. E. Marchall to Hans Nelson, 5
acres of section 28, township 1 south,
range -1 east; $10.
How strong are you going in the
support ot your candidate in the En
terprise automobile contest?
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