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Newspaper Page TextTHJS MIWA&b; PORTLAND. OREGON. h M FROM I POOBHOUSE to PALACE 1 BY MARY J. HOLMES J OIIAPTIMt XVI. "Oh, mother, won't you tnkc till pil low from my head ami put niiotlior blan ket on my feet, nod fix the fire, nml give mo Borne water, or Romotlilnjr? Oh, dear, dcnrl" eronncd poor Koo Lincoln, an with netting head and Iuiiri she did pen ance for her Imprudence In crossing tho wet, ullppery street In thin slippers and tllken Iioip. Mm, Lincoln, who knew nothing of this exposure, loudly lamented the extreme delicacy of her dniiRliter's constitution, Imputing It wholly to Mount llolyoke din clpllni', and wishing, as shu had often done before, that "she'd been wise and kept her at homo," Jenny would have wished so, too, If by this inriim Hose's Illness could have been avoided, for It was not a very agreeable task to stay In that close sick-room, listening to tho complaints of her fault-fludluf sister, who tossed ami turned anil fretted, from morning until night, sometimes wishing herself dead, and then crying because she "wanted something, and did not know what." "Oh! dear," sold she, one evening sev eral days after the commencement of her illness, "how provoking to be obliged to Ho here moping with the dullest of all dull company when there's Mrs. Russell's party next week, and I've such n lovely dress to wear. Why ain't I as strong nml healthy as you? though I wouldn't bu so fat for anything. I'll go to that party sick or .veil. I wouldu't miss It for anything." , Jenny looked up In surprise, asking why her sister was so particularly anx ious to attend tho party. "Hecause," returned Itoso, "Mary How ard will be there, nml you know as well as I how awkward she'll appearnever was In any kind of society In her life." "I don't seo what Inducement that can be for you to expose your heulth," said Jenny, and Itoso continued: "I want to seo Ida mortified once, for he might know better than to bring n green country girl here, setting her up as something wonderful, and expecting everybody to believe It Just becausu Miss Bclden said so. Come, bring me my dress, Jenny: I want to seo If the Honl- ton lace on tho caps Is as wldo as Ida Seidell's." "What do you mean?" asked Jenny, turning quickly toward her sister, whoso white, wasted faco looked litter for n hroud than a gay party dress, "I mean what I say," returned Itoso; "I'm not going to be cooped up hero any longer. I'm going to tho party to-morrow night, If I never go again," "Why, Itoso Lincoln, nro you craiy?" iked Jenny. "You haven't been In tho street yet, and how do you expect to go to-morrow night? Mother wouldn't let you, If she weio hero.' "Well, thank fortune! sho and father both are In Houthhrldge; and besides that I'm a great deul better; so hand mo my dress." Jenny complied, and reclining on pil lows scarcely whiter thnn herself, Itose Lincoln examined nml found fault with a thin gosatucr fabric, llttlo suited for Huyouu to wear on a cold, wintry night, ml much less for her. "Theie, I knew It wasn't as wldo nH Ida's Into an eighth of an Inch," snld she, measuring with her flngor the expensive lace. "I'll huvu some new. Gome, Jen uy, suppose you go down street and get it. for I'm bent unon itoliiic:" and tho thoughtless girl sprang lightly upon thu I floor, and chnsed halfway across the room to show how well and strong shu was, Jenny knew that further expostulation from her was useless, but she refused to go for the' luce, and Surah, thu Hcrvnut girl, was sent with n note from Itoso NuyliiK sho wanted a nice article, eight or ten dollars per yard. "I don't believe father would like to have you make such a bill," said Jenny, when N.iriih was gone. "Mother didn't dare to tell him about your new dress, for ho told her she mustn't get anything charged, and ho said, too, something about hard times. Perhaps hu's going to fall. Wouldn't It bo dreadful?" If Hose heard tho last part of this senteueu shu did not hood It, for to her tho Idea of her father's falling was pre postcroun. When thu dinner bell rung ho throw on a heavy shawl and de scending to the dlulug-pnrlor, remulued below stairs all tho afternoon, forcing back her cough, and chatting merrily with n group of young girls who had called to see her, and congratulated her upon her Improved health, for excitement lent u deep glow to her cheek, which would easily deceive thu Inexperienced. Tho next day, owing to overexertion, I Hose s temples were throbbing with pain, iitnl more than once sho hiilf-dotermlnod not to go; hut her passion for society wits strong, and Mrs. Hussoll's party had o long been anticipated ami talked about that situ felt sho would not miss It for tho world, and, as shu had confessed to Jenny, there was also a mean curiosity to see how Mary Howard would appear Ht n fashionable party. "Saturate my handkerchief with co logne, and put tho vinaigrette where I can leaeh It whllo you arrange my hair," hlio said to Saarah, who at tho usual hour camo up to dress her youug mis tress for the evening. "There, bo careful uml not brush so hard, for that ugly palu Isn't iiiltt gone now bring mo thu glass mid let mo see If 1 do look like a ghost." "Palo, delicate folks Is alwnja mure Intcrchtlng than red, hourly ones," said tho flattering servnut, "Mercy, huw shito I ami" exclaimed Hose, gluuclfig at tho asheu face reflect ed by the mirror. "Hub my cheeks with cologne, Surah, and sou if that won't bring some color Into them. There, that'll do, Now hand mo my dress. On, Ihii't It beautiful?" sho continued, as she threw .isldu thu thickly wadded double gown and assumed a light, thin dress, which fell In fleecy folds around bar light llgure. ' When her toilet was completed Hose stood up before thu long mirror, and a low of pride came to her cheeks as aht saw how lovely she really was. "You's enough sight handsomer than Miss Jenny," whispered Sarah as tho door opened and Jenny appeared more simply arrayed than her sister, but look ing as fresh and blooming as a rosebud. "How beautiful you ore, Hose," she sold, "only It makes inn shiver to look at your neck and arms. You'll wear your woolen sack, besides your shawl and cloak, won't you?" "Nonsense, I'm not going to lie bun dled up this way, for don't you seo It musses the lace," sold Hose, refusing the warm sack which Jenny brought her. A rap at the door and a call from Henry that tho carriage wos waiting ended the conversation, and, throwing on their cloaks and hoods, tho girls de scended to the hall, where, with iinusunl tenderness, Henry caught up his Invalid sister, and, drawing the veil closely over her face, carried her to tho covered sleigh, so that her feet might not touch tho Icy walk, "What? Hose Lincoln here?" exclaimed half a dozen voices as Hose bounded Into the dressing-room. "Yes, Hose Lincoln Is hore," she re plied, gnyly, divesting herself of her wrapping. "I'm not going to die just jet, I guess, nellher am I going to be housed up all winter. The fresh air has done me good already see," and she pointed to a bright, round spot which burned hur cheek. A young girl, whoso family had one by one fallen victims to the great New England plague, consumption, shuddered and turned nwny, for to her eye tho glow which Hosu called health was but tho hectic bloom of death. "How beautiful sho Is!' sold more than one, as with her accustomed graco Itoso entered tho brilliant drawing-room. And truly Hosu was beautiful that night, but like the gorgeous foliage of thu fading autumn, 'twas the beauty of decay, for death was written on her hluc-veincd brow, and lurked amid tho roses on her check. Hut little thought she of that, ns with smiling lip and beaming eyo sho received thu homage of thu admiring throng. Just then Ida and Mary wcro an nounced. Hoth Aunt Martha and Ida had taken great pains to have their young friend becomingly dressed, and shu looked unusually well In tho em broidered muslin skirt, satin waist and blonde borthn which Aunt Martha had Insisted upon hor accepting ns-a present. The rich silken braids of her luxuriant hair were confined at tho back of her finely formed head with n golden arrow, which, with tho exception of n plain band of gold on each wrist, was the only or nament sho wore. This was her first In troduction to the env world, but so keen fvH her perception of what was polite and proper that nono would over have suspectod It; and yet thero wnB about her something so fresh und unstudied, that she had hardly entered the room ere muny weru struck with her easy, un affected manners, so different from tho practiced airs of thu city belles. ICIlit watched her nnrrowly, whispering aside to Henry how sorry she felt for poor Mary, sho was so verdant, and real ly hoped she wouldn't do anything very awkward, for 'twould mortify her to death! "Hut look," sho added, "and seo how many peoplu Ida Is Introducing her to." "Of course, why shouldn't she?" asked Henry; and Hlla replied: "I don't know It seems so funnyj to seo Mary here, doesn't It?" Heforo Henry could answer, n young man of his acquaintance touched his shoulder, saying: "Lincoln, who Is that splendid-looking girl with Miss Seidell? I huveu t seen a finer fact in Huston for many a day." "That? Oh, that's Miss Howard, from Ulilcopco, An Intlmnto friend of our family. Allow mo tho pleasure of In troducing you," and Henry walked nwny, leavlug Kiln to the tender mercies of Hose, who, ns one nfter another quitted tier sldo and went over to thu "enemy," grow very uugry, wondering If folks were bewitched, nud hoping Ida Seldon "felt better, now that she'd made so mauy notice her protege.' Later In the evening, William Homier came, aud Immediately Jenny began to tulk to him of Mary, nud tho Impression sho was making. Placing her hand familiarly upon his arm, as though that weru Its natural resting place, she led him toward a group, of which Mary seemed the center of attraction. Near her stood Henry Lincoln, redoubling his flattering compliments in proportion as Mary grew colder and more reserved In her manner toward him. Silly and con ceited as he was, ho could not help no ticing how illfforeutly sho received Will iam Hondor from what she had himself. "inn an m goou lime, luougnt no, glancing nt Klla, to see how sho was af fected by hU desertion of tier and his fllrtatlou with hor sister. Sho was stand ing n llttlo apart from any one, and with her elbow resting upon a marble stuud. her cheeks flushed, und her eyelashes moist with the tears she dare not shed, sho was watching with feelings in which more of real palu thuu jealousy was min gled, for Kiln was weak and simple hearted, aud loved Henry Lincoln far better than such as he deserved to be loved. "Of what are you thinking, Klla?" asked Hose, who fludlog herself nearly ulouo, felt willing to converse with al most anyone. At the sound of her voice Ella looked up, and coming quickly to her side, said: "It's so dull and louesome here, I wish I'd stayed at home." Iu her heart Itoso wished so, too, but sho was too proud to acknowledge It, and feeling uuusually kind toward Klla, whose uueasiuess sho readily understood, sho replied: "Oh, 1 seo you are jealous of Henry, but he's only trying to tease you, for ho can't be Interested In that awkward thing." "nut he Is, I almost know he Is," re turned Klla, with a trembling of the voice she tried in vain to subdue; aud then, fearing she could not louger re strain her emotion, she suddenly broke away from Rose, and ran hastily up to the dressing-room. Nothing of all this escaped Henry's quick eye, and ns sundry unpaid bills came looming up before his mind, he thought proper to make some amends for his neglect. Accordingly, when Klla returned to the drawing room he offered her his arm, asking: "What made her eyes so red," nnd slyly pressing her hand, when bIio averted her face, saying: "Nothing they weren't red." Meantime, William Ponder, having managed to drop Jenny from his arm, hnd nsked Mary to accompany him to fho con servatory. Ab they stood together, ad miring a rare exotic, William's manner suddenly changed, and drawing Mary closer to his side, he said distinctly, uhuih minium; "i uoucc, unr?, mm t cHtltlirl jum oi-cu, i-uiiiHiuisii-u in wjr ijiusuiiiu, and I have, therefore, sought this oppor tunity to nssiire you that I shall not again distress jou by n declaration of love, which, If returned, would now glvo me more pain than pleasure, for ns I told you nt Mr. Seidell's, I am changed In more respects than one. It cost mo a bitter struggle to glvo you up, but ren- "Didn't you liavo trouble In Retting po ninny antiques?" "Dear trie, no I hnd tlicnl made to order." Whispered. Tho Friend Her fnce In her fortune. The Enemy How Inter- Mndc It herself, too. didn't she? Hnrletn Life. ' .Toggles Is thnt hotel very exclusive? Waggles It must be; no children nre taken, und It 1ms accommodations for pet dogs. Town Topics. Mamma (to Freddie, Just returned from a enll upon his mint) Well, Fred- NEW LIFE TO OLD FENCESI Sfi"n fflVSS Anchor Clamps and Uprights. Tna Old Fxncx. Thi Acnoa Fxscb. .cfc -' ' -w1.' !-"-..-- '"rzfi-t son nnd judgment finally conquered, and die, wlint did nuntle Bny? Freddie (dls- now I can calmly think of you ns Borne giistcdly) Don't Freddie. Brooklyn time belonging to another, nnd with all , Life. it brothers confidence can tell you that I, too, love anoUier not ns once I loved you, ifor thnt would lx Impossible, but with n calmer, more rational love." All this tlmo Mnry hod not spoken, though tho hand which William hail tak en In his trembled like an Imprisoned bird; but when he came to speak of lot lug another, sho Involuntarily raised his hand to her lips, exclaiming, "It's Jenny, It's Jenny!" "You hnvo guessed rightly," returned William, smiling at the earnestness of her manner. "It is Jenny, though how such a stnte of things ever camu about Is more than I can tell you." Foiling lint tlio.v might he missed, they nt lust return l the parlor, wheia they round Mini - at the piano, play ing a very spl..UJ jd:a. Henry, who bonstcd he "uiulil wind her around his tittle finger," had suet coded In coaxing her Into good humor, but not at all de siring her company for die rest of the evening, he asked her to play ns tho easi est way to bu rid of tier. When sho look ed around for commendation from the ono for whose car alouo she had played sue saw him across tho room wholly enj grossed with her sister. Poor Kiln! it was with tho saddest heartache she had over known that she returned from a party which had prom ised her so much plensurc, and which had given her so much palu. Hose, too, was utterly disappointed. Ono by "ono her old admirers had left her for tho so ciety of tho "pauper," as sho secretly styled Mary, and more than onco during tho evening had sho hoard tho "beauty" and ''grace" of her rival extolled by tnoso for whoso opinion she cared the most; and when nt 1 o'clock In tho morn ing sho threw herself exhausted upon the sofa, sho declared, "'twas tho last party sbo'd over attend." Alan, for thee, Hose! that declaration proved too true! (To be continued.) HUNTING WITH THE CAMERA. A Delightful nnd Profitable Way of ttulylnn illrtl Life. Of tho many delightful birds I bad tho good fortune to know, tho worm eating warbler family have afforded mo the greatest pleasure; for they bo come absolutely fearless of the cam era, nud they place n degreu o( trust In one thnt was as unusual as It was de lightful. Helng anxious to secure pho tographs of tho young, I paid frequent visits to tho nest, mid wlint n wonder fully concealed nest It was, tucked away In n small depression and hidden by the roots of an oak sapling. It would forever have remained undlscovored by uio hnd I not, by lucky chance, observ ed one of tho parent birds visiting It Only at drat did tho owners object to my Intruding, nud by various methods did thoy try to coax me away from tholr homo. First one and then tho other would feign broken wings, and half -rolling, half scrambling, they would make their way down tho steep lilllsldo In tho hope of luring mo away. Then, Utiding that I was not to be taken hi even by bucIi un artful device, thoy endeavored to accomplish their object by scolding tit me. In less thuu two hours they quieted down nud simply looked on In silence. The next tlmo I visited tho neat they made no objec tions, and I Imagined they recognized me, and realized thnt I meant no harm either to themselves or to their young, for thoso hud hatched since ni lust visit. Day by day I camo to watch tho little fellows, aud they grew rapidly, us all young birds do. Finally they wero ready to make their first venture into tho great world that, should not acci dent befall them, was to bo their feed ing ground for many years to coino. As I looked Into tho nest tho family of fledglings scrambled out as though they had been scattered by some divis ible baud, so nearly simultaneous was their action, nud in less time than It takes to tell It each llttlo mite of down nnd rust-colored feathers was hidden among the dead, crackling leaves with which tho ground was strewn, Though I had tried my best to watch where each bird concealed Itself, It was some tlmo before I collected them nil pre paratory to photographing them. Of course tho parents were grently excited birds always are when their young first leave "the nest and when they saw tho entire brood captured by ono whom they bad considered n friend they seemed, to regret having placed so much confidence In me. Hut only for n very short time did their doubts con tlnue. As soon ns I placed tho young sters ou a suitable porch they both censed to utter that lisping note of anx ious protestation, and to show that they no longer feared me they hopped about on the camera whllo I was arranging It World's Work. "Johnnie, glvo me nu example of a combination of meaningless phrases." "Ycs'm. A burglnr proof safe stood In n fireproof block."-01ovclnnd Plain Dealer. Sentimental nnd ahem thirty (?) Did ho sny ho knew me when I was a girl? "Sweet Twenty"-Oh. no! Ho said he remembers you when ho was a boy! Punch. Blobbs Wealth will not buy happi ness. Slobbs Well, for my pnrt. I think I should bo happier with wealth than with happiness without It. Phila delphia Record. "So you'ro singing for money now, eh?" "Thnt was my expectation when I Joined tho new opera company, but I find I have to 'whistle for lt. "Rich mond Dispatch. Maggie Dut lobster, Jlmmlc O'Roo ncy, don't realize wot n womnn's love means! ICntlo Nope: Ills muddcr's Avhalcd hlin so much she's queered de 1 1 nil unv t Tiu1fi "De man dat's alius tellln 'bout what ho used tor do or what he's gwlnter do," said Uncle Kben, "Is ununlly wns'ln' his time jes' nt present." Washington Star. Mrs. Oaley Percy Ondsby has had dreadful luck at bridge, lately. Mrs. Inswymm (eagerly) You don't Ray? Dear me! I must Invito htm up before It changes. Puck. Mrs. Cobwlgger Poor thing, sho tried to reform her husband nnd fail ed. Mrs. Dorcas Wlint Is she trying to do now? Mrs. Cobwlgger To re form tho world. Judge. Hill How much did you giro up to sec tho ball game? Jill Fifty cents. "How was the gnme?' "Neither sldo cored." "Then you didn't get n run for-your money." Yonkers Stntesmnn. "Aren't you promising more than you can pay?" "Yes," answered the China man. "It struck me thnt this fact might on occasion bo offered ns an ex cuse for not paying It." Washington Star. His Busy Day. Quarrymnn Blddyl His Wife Phwnt do yo want now, sure? Qunrryman Pour some kcro sense on th' tiro an' make It hot, so 01 can thaw out mo dynamite. New York Weekly. Mrs. FIJIt-Why doesn't Mr. Smith era como to our house any moro? Mr. FIJIt I can't Imagine; I'm sure I al ways tried to entertain hltn by the smart things our baby does, too. Ohio Stato Journal. I At the Seaside. Alice I'm so glnd that you nre engaged at last! Qracc Yes, George nnd I wilt bo mnrrled Iu September. Alice Good gracious! You" don't mean to marry him. do you? Brooklyn Life. Jack I mndo two calls this after noon, and I must have left my umbrel la at tho last plnco I cnllol. Tom- How do you know but that you left It at tho first placo? Jock Hecauso that's where I got It. Scotsman. "Aren't you ashamed to go away nud leavo your wlfo In tears?" nsked the near relntlve. "Oh, I don't know," an- 'swerod tho brutal man; "that's the way sho has it good tlmo vhen she goes to tho theater." Washington Star. "My, what an untidy innn," exclaimed the fair visitor to our sanctum. "Who Is tho ono with his deqk In such a lit ter?" And then she was sure she was being Jollied when her guide said It was tho literary editor. Philadelphia Press. First Youug Thing I am going to wear evening dress nt tho party next Thursday. Second Young Thing And aren't you looking forward to It? First Young Thing O, dear, no! The bnre Idea frightens me. Somervlllo Journal. "No, I don't like Dr. Thirdly." said Mrs, Kllduff emphatically "What's ho done?" nsked Mrs. Teuspot. "Well, he asked all the ladles Iu the congregation to remove their hats, Aud It was East cr Sunday, mind you!" Cleveland Plain Dealer. 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