The Corvallis gazette., August 28, 1891, Image 3

THE COKVALLIS GAZETTE, fRIDAIf, AUGSUT 28- l9i,
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"fonosyllables.
'; force of words that tax the
; speak 1 hem round and full and
nit tuf! ?ioocli, of sonjr, or suit the ear,
I..1.1!' I.oi.s tliut j; ivc one tone when they are
ru:ir:
Or 1 i hotos on tho air. like rain-drops flungr.
That pour their joy for all who pause to her.
'iheir short, quick chords and dull sense
charm and cheer.
That tires and shrinks from words to great
length strung.
Stronor words, of old, that shot right to the
hraln.
And hit the heart as soon, were brief and
terse.
Who finds tbem now, and fits them to his
slinir.
Smo th stones from brooks of English arc his
gain.
Which shall make strong his thought, in prose
or verso.
Wills he with scribes to write, or bards to
sing.
-William C. Richards, in Harper's Magazine.
HIS COUSIN.
She had never really liked Henry
0rden never, from the time when, a
slip of a girl in short dresses, she had
Btolen away from parties through back
doors, and" once through a kitchen
window, to prevent his going home
with her.
"But he is a fine young man a thor
oughly estimable young man," said
her father impati;utlj
She was twenty now, and expected
to use a little reason.
"I know it," said Beth.
"And I don't want to influence you
on that score, Elizabeth," said her
mother gentry; "but it would be such
a good thing for you, my dear! He is
the best-off young man in town. With
all the property bis father owns, and
bis own good business, his prospects
are quite brilliant."
"I know it," said Beth dolefully.
"And there is nobody else you care
about," said her father conclusively.
'Don't be reckless, my child!"
And so it happened that when Beth
went to the Ogdens' big new house to
tea, to meet some distant cousins of
Henry's who were visiting him, there
was a sparkling diamond on her left
band.
She could have guessed that Mis9
Knapp was a near relative of Henry's.
She had the same statuesque tallness
and self-res jtectf ul dignity of manner.
Beth had pronounced it stiffness be
fore she wore the diamond; but now
she dutifully forbore to give it a name.
But her brother Frank! Beth would
never have dreamed that he was a
cousin. He was bright-eyed, curly
haired, quick-motioned, with a ready
smile and a clever way of saying
things, and a happy faculty of keeping
everybody amused.
Henry and Miss Knapp, to be sure,
did not seem greatly amused. They
sat calmly in two large chairs in the
porch corner, looking over a book ot
engravings and talking on dignilied
subjects.
But Beth sat on the top step, with
Frank on the next, and laughed gaily
at his pleasant drollery, and admired
his handsome good-humored face, and
enjoyed herself as she hadn't for ever
so long. He was so different from
Henry.
She was not sure that she should
have laughed when he got her hat and
jacket, and pretended to be Ophelia in
the mad scene; or when, on their way
to supper, he stopped to mount the
hall stairs and slide down the baluster.
She was afraid she shouldn't have,
because Henry looked distinctly disap
proving, and Miss Knapp remained
serious.
And she wis rather glad when, in
the pleasant dusk of the evening.some
body proposed a little walk, since Hen
ry's cousin had seen nothing of the
town.
"Now we can laugh all we want to,"
said Frank with a whimsical smile, of
fering her his arm outside the gate.
'Now we can" giggle and not be lec
tured." Beth tried not to smile, or to return
his bright glances smypathetically;
but she did both.
"Alice is the best girl in tho world."
Frank proceeded, "and Henry's a good
fellow; but to spirits like ourselves
thev're a little oporessive, don't you
think?"
He was looking at her eagerly, with
a warm admiration under the smiling
brightness of his eyes.
And Beth drew back in sudden conscience-stricken
alarm.
"No I don't know. Certainly I
oughtn't to say so."
"Why not?" he questioned blithely.
Beth looked at him. No it was
plain that he didn't know she was to
marry his cousin Henry. He had not
been told, or he had not understood.
There was a queer little sinking at
her heart. She was to marry Henry,
of course; but how different they
were! And why did he look at her in
that way?
She caught her breath with some
thing like a sob, and began hurriedly
to talk fast about the houses they were
passing
"It's a pretty street," Frank ob
served ; "and this little side-street looks
prettier yet. Let's investigate. Just
leave us to our own devices; we're go
ing to explore," he called to the state
ly couple behind them, and whirled
Beth around the corner.
It was a pretty street, and the moon
was rising softly, and a warm breeze
was stirring.and Frank was in the gay
est mood imaginable.
Beth laughed helplessly, till her
cheeks were crimson and her breath
wasgone.
"Peaches!" said the young man halt
ing to look over' the high fence of a
back yard. "Now, Miss Moody, who
could resist them? Look at them."
"J could resist tbejn, and so should
U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889,
you," Beth responded promptly, "if
they didn't belong to my Uncle John.
This is his place, and he gives us all
we want. Don't think I'd let you get
them if they weren't his," she said
with a laughing dignity.
"It's a providence," said Frank from
the other side of the fence. "Get your
handkerchief or something ready, Miss
Moody. We can treat the other peo
ple." "Dear me! What was that, Mr.
Knapp?" Beth queried.
It was an ominously low growl.
"A dog!" said Frank from a lower
limb of the tree. "Does your Uncle
John keep one?"
No," Beth responded. "Mr. Knapp
merc3"! Do you know why, how
could I? How stupid! It isn't Uncle
John's yard; his is next. Don't you
see? The two are so much aliKe, and
in this light Do come down Mr.
Knapp! somebody's coming."
It was too late. A burly form,
grasping the chain of the big dog
which followed, came trotting pant
ingly round the corner of the house, a3
Frank stepped to the ground.
"Hold on there, young man!" a
wrathful voice called out. "Don't ye
stir a step, or ye'll be sorry for it!"
And the burly man, breathless and
red with anger, confronted him.
"Keep still, Tiger! Guess I can man
age him," he muttered grimly. "Now
then, young man, I'm going to have
the law on ye. I've said I'd do it with
the first one I ketched in my peaches,
and here ve be."
"Mr. Mullet it is Mr. Mullet, isn't
it?" Beth gasped.
"Two of ye, be there?'' said Mr. Mul
let, eyeing her sharply. "Yes'm, that's
my name."
"We thought,"said Beth affrightediy,
'that this was Uncle John's place. We
wouldn't have thought of getting your
peaches. Mr. Mullet."
"Ye can't get around me that way,
young woman!" said Mr. Mullet
with sarcasm. "I'm going to have the
law on ye; said I should, and I will.
You can get readv to go 'long to tho
jestiee's with me; that's where ye're
going."
"Sir, said Frank indignantly, "do
you doubt this voting lady's word?"
"Well, rather," Mr. Mullet respond
ed gruffly.
"Hut you know my Uncle John Gor
don, don't you?" Beth implored. "He
lives next "door. And won't you be
lieve me?"
"Yes'm; I know John Gordon enough
to know you ain't no kin o1 his not
much," said Mr. Mullet irately. "Come
now, ye'll find I mean what I say. I'm
going to take ye to the jestice."
"You'll allow me to settle with yon,
won't you, Mr. Mullet?" said Frank
with amused eyes. "I hadn't taken
any peaches. I believe I brushed one
to the ground, and you'll probably find
it there; but in ease it was iujured, al
low mo to reimburse you."
He held out a coin to the scowling
old man.
"No. sir," said Mr. Mullet with surly
obstinacy "no, sir. I'm goin to have
things settled 'cording to my notions.
I'm going to have the satisfaction of
the law."
He tied the dog to the tree, and stood
grimly waiting.
Frank got over the fence coolly.
"Never mind, Miss Moody," he whis
pered, drawing her arm through his
own. "Dou't be distressed don't,
please. Of course you know the jus
tice?" "Oh yes Squaire Dowell," Beth re
joined strangely quieted by his unex
cited tones and his gently-protecting
air.
"Well, of course a word from you
will be enough. The ignorant old cur
mudgeon will get the worst of it; and
nobody will hear of it in all probabili
ty. Don't you see? There isn't the
slightest cause for alarm, Miss Moody.
Why, I regard it as quite a joke. It
would have been rather dull if some
thing hadn't happened."
And Beth, soothed and comforted des
pite herself, found herself smiling with
him.
"Well, Mr. Mullet?" said Frank
briskly, and all three went forward.
Of course it was embarrassing for
Henry, standing at the corner with the
Dowells, whom he and Miss Knapp
had met, and seriously discussing the
weather and like eminently proper
topics of course it was embarrassing,
the sudden appearance of his cousin,
his fiancee, and Mr. Mullet Mr. Mul
let, a common old person to whom he
had. never even spoken!
And the ensuing occurrences were
still more embarrassing.
His cousin a relative of his and the
young lady he was to marry, in such
a predicament!
It made no difference that it was all
smoothly settled that everybody, with
the exception of himself, was laugh
ing quite wildly, and that even Mr.
Mullet departed finally, grimly smil
ing. It made no difference; he was
shocked, offended, seriously displeased.
He took Beth's arm as they turned '
homeward. - -j
"You appear to consider it a mere'
joke Beth," he said severely.
"But it was funny, Henry," said
Beth mirthfully.
"It was an absurdly undignified af; .
fair!" Henry pronounced with stern-'
ness. "It was highly discreditable.
If it should become known, I should
be deeply mortified. X am by no means
pleased."
Beth walked at his side silently for a
while. Then she drew her arm from
his, and drew his ring from her hand,
and put it into his own.
"Don't think I am angry with you,
IIeDry,"sbe said gently. "J. am "not,
truly. it was ridiculous, and you
have a right to be annoyed. It isn't
that. But I think I am beginning to
see that I could never be happy with
you. I am not suited to you, don't
you see? I am afraid we should both
be quite miserable."
"No no!" said Henry, amazed and
conciliatory.
"Yes, I am sure of it," said Beth
quietly.
"Well, I am very much astonished,
said Henry with dignity.
Possibly he was not so much aston
ished when his cousin Fr.tnk stayed two
weeks longer than he had intended to,
and once gone continued to come back
with startling frequency; and also
when, a few months later, he knew
that he was going to marry Beth.
And, with a sudden recognition of
the fitness of things, he gave his dia
mond ring to Miss Knapp. who took
and kept it.
Buttermilk as Medicine.
With the rapid growth of re-constructive
medicine, comes opportunely
. the re-introduction of old and well
1 known demcstic remedies, anion?
which buttermilk demands a respecta
ble place, says the Popular Science
News. A young lady patient of the
writer was suffering from a severe con
sumptive cough. None of the usual
antispasmodics, expectorants, etc.,
seemed to do any good, simply because
her stomach was too weak to bear
enough medicine to effect the purpose.
Finally I suggested to her mother the
use of hot buttermilk. It was adopted
at once. Her first night's experience
was one of comparative freedom from
cough and pain, and pleasant slumber
for several hours. It was continued
for a long time, with an unvarying re
lief of all her previous distressing
symptoms, and an almost perfect free
dom from cough for several hours after
each draught of hot buttermilk.
Lingering at one time for weeks from
an attack of congestive fever, dosed
with calomel ajid quinine almost be
yond endurance, the writer began to
desire buttermilk to drink. The phy
sician "didn't believe in humoring the
whims of patient," as he expressed it;
i besides, he contended that a single
drink of the obnoxious fluid might pro
duce death, as acids and calomel were
incompatible dwellers in the same
stomach. But I was a good persuader,
I and my mother was a susceptible sub
ject, ihe buttermilk, "fresh from the
churn," was procured and drank. No
evil resulted; instead came a perspira
tion and a speedy recovery.
Many years afterward I had missed
my usual noon meal. It was about 2
or 3 o'clock p. m. dinner, of course,
was over when I reached a farm
house, weak, tired, hungry, and "all
; out of condition" for active work,
j Dinner was suggested by the house
I wife. "No, indeed!" said I, "not this
j time; I am nearly home. But if you
have any buttermilk iwul take adrinK
of that to stay my stomaeh." A good,
kind-hearted woman, ehe soon brought
up a pitcher of buttermilk from the
cool spring-house, while I examined
my patients and prescribed for them.
Perhaps a pint was drank during the
stay of nearly an hour. For months
indigestion had held his unfriendly
grasp on my stomach. From that not
able day forward his reign was broken,
! my stomach was healed, and I could
ride all day, if necessary, without feel
ing so woe-begone from the lack of
food as before the drinking of the but
termilk. There are people, however, who can
not use buttermilk at all, and some
who carinot use milk of any kind, nor
butter; but to others it proves both
food and medicine.
Asphalt Lake of Trinidad.
Asphalt is a substance as familiar
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This wonderful bituminous sheet
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oozing up from below, which becomes
hardened by the evaporations of its
constituent oil in the sun. Night sup
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The method of skimming the great
bowl may be illustrated by comparing
it to a pond from which blocks of ice
have been cut and the water solidified
again by the action of frost, the differ
ence being that heat is the agent in
one case and cold in the other. YoutJi's
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