MONDAY, NOVliMIIKU 2.
Collection day.
The spare rib seasou ha arrived.
Considerable rnln last evening for
time.
(luy Pavl liiu returned home frora !
Huietn.
Rev 1 II Hurnclt preached at (lush
vii yesterday.
Walter Bhelley, of Portland, la vl
UIiik frleud 111 thin city.
Halloween . wm not celebrated this
year iu Eugene to any extent.
-Dr Kuykendall and Hherlfl Johnson
went down the road this forenoon.
MrsJ II Kelt, of Dailu. is visiting
In till city, tbe guest of Mr and Mrs J
11 Chamber.
Henry lluddletilou went to New
port this morning. He will return
home tomorrow.
Miss Grace Gill, of Sclo, who bat
been theguet ol Mint Dottle govern
In this city, bus returned bome.
Arthur Comgvi went to Hulsey
yesterday morning to relieve Hie H p
operator at tbat place for a week.
Superintendent D A I'ulne, W II
Abraina aud Wm 11 rsiullb. of the
Baleru Insaue asylum, arrived II. Is
afternoon.
Eighty-eight persons bave been in
carcerated In tbe Lane county jail
since Sheriff Johnson went iuto olllco
July 6, ltM.
Councilman Fisher, the leading
chicken laacler of Kugene, received a
very line game cock this morning
from lariutogton, vva.ii.
Atlanta Constitution: Up North a
boy is suing a newspaper for dumnge.
A copy of its Sunday edition fell on
him aud crippled hitu for life.
Youkers Statesman: The minister
I suppose, these times, a man bus got
to keep his eyes open? The Dencou
Yes, Indeed, except on Sundays.
The judges and olerks of election
are appointed for two years; conse
quently those who served at tbeJuue
eleetlou will also act at the election to
morrow.
De song birds dep bab lef de lull';
Wedoan know wbah (ley's at;
But de eagle Is a screamln' an'
De turkey's gittin' hit.
Washington Star.
Prlnevllle Review: A Roberts left
last Wednesday for Eugene. He was
accompalned by Dull Newsome, who
will resume bis studies In the State
University. Gail was a witness In the
Camptiell case.
Chicago is bubbling over with hap
piness. The registration books of that
city show aliout 411,000 more voters
than are registered In New York, and
( 'hlcagoan claim to bave passed New
York In point of population.
The Noonday Mining Compnny's
mill and trnmway at Noonday City,
are completed, audJiave started up. A
trlul ruu of the mill was commenced
as soon as ore reached the bin. It was
successful, atnl tiie mill has lieen run
ning uninterruptedly since since.
Ashland Record: - The eensatlo.ial
raise in the wheat markets of the world
and the drop of 20 cent within tbe
past week is making great excitement
In this valley. W F Crosby aud L C
Coleman, two Sm Francisco buyers in
this county bought up a number of ear
loads when the market was booming
but when delivered the San Fiancisco
markets bad subsided and their prollt
was not as large. They are still ship
ping. About ten days ago a spectacle agent
"did" Corvallls. He unloaded his
wares In different ways. On the pre
tense that he had a gold-fUbd-case
watch worth 25 to trade, he worked
himself so successfully Into the good
graces of a youth that the boy gave a
silver watch worth $15 and a dollar to
bnotforthe worthless trinket of the
rogue.
An Antelope mother recently in
vited tha minister to dinner, and
then Bave her little boy Instructions
hnnrtnant. "If be asks your name,
say Willie," she told the boy. "If no
ubi vour sire, snv live years, tind If te
asks where bad boys go, rctiiemh-r
what I have often told you. Th-y
an to hell." The minister came and
tbe Orst thin he did was to ask the
bov his name. Quick as a Hush, the
boyiepliedr "Willie. Five years old.
Go to hell."
The Oregon Poultry Journal Just re
ceived says among other tilings con
cernlng the poultry exhibit at tbe state
fair: To our j-ane county un-cuci,
Messrs. Amos Wllklns, W E Wilcox,
T J Vaughn. Elvln Taylor and others
great credit is due for the splendid ex
hibit of tbat county. Especially does
the superintended feel indebted to
Mr Amos Wilkins for his continued
etlorts In bringing about so tine an
exhibit from tbe Lane county breeders.
The wife of Mr Leonard Wells, of
East Brlnifleld, Mass., bad beeu sutler
ing from neuralgia for two days, not
being able to sleep or hardly keep still,
when Mr Holdeu the merchant there
sent her a bottle of Chamberlain's lain
Balm, and asked that she give it a
thorough trial, On meeting Mr Wells
the next day he was told that she was
all right, ue pain bad left her with
in two hours, and that the bottle of
Palrt Balm was worth o.00 If It could
not be had for less. For sale at 50
cents rer bottle by Osburn 4 Delano,
druggists. "
Last Monday at Lakevlew, W L
Keys was seutenced to six month in
the penitentiary, and Sheriff Lane ex
pected to start with him for Salem on
Tuesday night. Monday evening.
when Deputy Blieriit 7.011011 i i"-"
the Jail door to take Keys and Ken
drlck to supper, Keys stepped out and
Keudrlck remained Inside. 1 he dep.
uty sheriff looked In to see what bad
become of Keudrlek, when Keys took
to his heels and disappeared. A tne
night was intensely dark, It wa next
to impossible to catch the runaway.
is Is the second time Keys lias es
caped. Tbe Palrl.t's Uuir " Privilege.
Cottage Gbovk, Or, Nov 1.-About
ino miners came In from Bohemia to
div, and about that many more v. i
follow-tomorrow. They are all enthu
siast to over the election, coming a dis
tance of forty Ave mile to
to ascertain the general result throng
tbe telegrapti.
New Citizens -The following ad
ditional new cltixens have been ad
mitted: Wm F Tipps, s native r
Great Britain; Andrew Nuiuan ol
Germany.
lliii Hop Outlook.
Tile s!i
liortiiL'c In this v.ni'. l
I.HU I..- . I 1 1
hiwii iimu uus mtu antici
pated by even the dealers who uio
eupoed to keep posted on the lion
taken
..... ..,. a uousci uence non line..
a decided raise In mil-., ulih
every irosiect that there will be no
dropping buck to ruinously low rate if
two months ago. The ,mi .juniitit v
hat vested is only partiully responsible
for the raise in price, the leading
factor b ing the sura-rior quality of
this year's croii over Unit ol the pitst
two ywir. There is enough of old
hops on hand to last the brewers for
another year, hut iiality d ies not
coiuinre mi mat oi mis year, llcrv
. ., , . .
.io,o uie Kn.ers ewiu sell anyiiii ug i mtcd Slates treasury to prevent a de
thev baled, with tne result that mucli dine of the reserve, is the most hiimil
oftlie hops put on llio market was , luting spectacle this country lias ever
curelcsly picked and not always dried witnessed. It is but a tacit admission
and cured us they should have lieen to ot the control of our national tlnanoes
produce the tiesl article. At the be- being in the hands of private tliian
glutting of the bop harvest this yeur jclets. If the banks of ttie country can
the extreme low prut? of hi ps made it I bo'ster up a declining public treasury
apparent that ouly first class bops , they can rob It when it is to their in-
could be -out, making it imperative
that onl the most perfect bolls should
be picked and thai the gi.-atest care
idiould le exercised to secure a
clean, w II cured article. This care
with the .reater experience that' they
have ul uied ban made Uie crop of i
w one mo uenr, ever pur, on uie
market. As a result ot the tine article
o He red t if brewers are buying the
new crop in preference to the old,
even at un advuiiced price. The lesou
that tliis year teaches our Imp raisers,
is that there is yet money in the busi
ness, If tl.ey will heed the demands of
aud ouly send out a strictly first class
article. The indications are that the
nrlce will tie at a baying rate next
year for there w ill be no sm plus of
tills year's crop and the old crop of
lust year can not be sold so as to break
the market for a new crop especially
when the luttvr is of asua-rior(iiality.
After glviug their yards the necessary
cultivation the growers who have
realized the best prices tiiis year are
the ones w ho bud an expert ii spec
tor precede tho pickers s.'ich day
through tho yard aud break down
every vine that showed Indications of
mould or was inferior in any way, so
as to preclude the possibility of the
pickers from getting liiu poor imps,
which they so often do by reason of
their lack of experience in judging the
quality, or baste in lllling their boxes.
A rigid yard inspection make it im
possible for the sale of the crop to lie
injured by a few mouldy or ball-ripe
turns that the nickers may have gat ti
ered and with the proper skill iu cur
ing, our hop men can build up a
reputation for Oregon bops that will
give them a paying market for each
year s crop.
Filial Report of lriud .lilt')'.
bully Uuanl, Ovtiir 31.
Iu the circuit court of the Slate of
Ongon fr Lane county.
To the Hon J O Fuliei ton, Judge:
Tho grand jury would respectfully
make this our linul report:
That e have been in sessio i during
the week and have examined aud re
ported to the cou t till ca-es where
parlies were bound over for their ap
pearance before the gland juiy, return
ing true and not true bills Ihinln us
tbeevideiicc produced before us seemed
to wurraul.
Also that we have examined into
all other criminal matters prisenteil
for our consideration, and deposed or
tbe same according to law.
That we have made the usual visit
to county olllces and the county jail
and having ended nil business brought
before us we make thi final report,
and respectfully ask to lie excused from
further attendance by the court.
V. Li. iiot STOX,
Foreman.
Dated at Eugene, Oregon, October
31, WM.
Birthday Suwkihk. Sunday was
the day on which Iloraco B' rnett
reached the 21st milestone ii the jour
ney of life, and on Saturday evening
he was t ndered a surprise party by a
number of bis friends at his home
on Put tifm street In lu nor ol the
occasion. It was indeed a complete
ornrlsB. The evening was pleasantly
uiuint Ii social L-ulues i lid other
amuseme its and a beautiful luncheon
wnaar-rvi.iat 11. It WUS Hear lllld-
nicrlit win ii the iruests lett for their
homes, but not until they all wished
ii,. v,,on,- lumt iiiunv lmoi'V returns ot
Tlmw u-hn poiiinrlned this
UIO Ullji - - . t
i,.,tr ri.ilierinir were: Misses Leila
ll lys, Mae Awbri-y, Alice Baldwin,
i.Miiii Dhiimv. Laura Burnett, Ida
Cuminn Mnri'lllVt llolleli beck, Do-
...n, T),,u Alice Smith. Fdna Bur
nett Ida Houston, Clarliv Eveiison,
Pearl Likin, Florence Burnett, Belle
!..,...... Vi.hiIh Knaiin. Stella Row
l i Messrs Horace Burnett, ill J
wi.iL A K Oardner. John A Palmer,
i i UnrrU. Frank P Willie. Walter J
Shelley, of pnrtlnud.
Tto Vcancr In t oos.
Salem, Or., Nov 1. Another ques
tion has come to tne auumey-genc
relative to the vote in Con county for
representative, wiiioli will las held
Tuesday to decide the tie vote for that
olllce In June. Tie question asked
whether or not a voter for a can lidate
for this office can vote lu any precinct
within the county. The attorney gen
eral le of 'he opiuiou that be moy.
Ms Warns in Time.
When the campaign's over
Bannon? laid away.
Those who have no clover
Will compromise on nay.
When tho campaign's over,
With Its fus and foam,
Many a ruined rover
Will take the high road home!
Atlanta t'onststutlon.
OvK MoRK BoY.-Sulem Statesman:
Orville Hcndershott, aged 10 years,
"aVyestcrday received at tbe reform
school upon a commitment from
Multnoinah county. oiing llender
shott was convicted of petty larceny,
and on account ot his voi.l I,, I He was
atnt to the reform school ln- eadofa
n i-o.i. This makes tiie total i.um K-r
of IkivsIii the Institution lix, or widen
mare oh Pole. leaving 110 actually
in tbe cure of the officials.
pally Ouar-l, Siivatntri.
ClTl.KNSH'P PAI'KKH.-The follow-
l-H" . , ...... .1... milllilv
I.. ..ururn.
today, is iiim- -
.ii. .i ii.uis intentbdl
or nccoiii
l.-ra o " w.ot- M
l.ii. ..illens (if tht
L. lin'i -i"-
Pi ter Soverrison and
native ( f Dv-niHrk,
N S Hovernson,
V MbULN Com.KSIU.
The Cottap.) (Jruve-I.einati MoJ
orator wu.a tinu supporter of freo
silvir ami Win J Bryan until fep-l
tcmlier "Jii ui.cn the editor cairn? !
here hobnobliiii with the repulili-i
Cm leaders. Tin! very next issue
he was out f,r "s mud" money."1
Why, the sdildcii ll.'p? To!
prove that wo are coorreot we will ,
first quote from the Moderator of;
Aus 1,
"The recent ruse on the pint of the
banks of New York and other Kastcrn
Clli.-S ill .'ollllllil li tl... ........ t .1...
' " H'V l . Ml' , l III-
Merest to do so. Where is the dignity
and authority of this government,
j that It must submit to ihe humiliation
of allowing private corporation to
control Its atlaiis? Banks ami private
, concerns should be subjected to the
.llctates of the government, and the
govertiinciit should have sulllcleiit
wisdom, discretion and dignity to
manage its national finances. The
l itelligeht people of the country can
not be convinced but the tactl.'s on tbe
part of the banks is but a campaign
dodge to prevent further distrust con
cerning our natloual policies; bad it
Ix-en at any other time they would
have taken advantage of the depicted
condition of tl e treasury. These re
lations of the lunik with tbe national
treasury portend no gisid fur Ihe eoun -try.
llcpeuted deals show con -luslve-Iv'that
the financial policies of the
United States are wholly and ei.liielv
regulated by private financiers."
Mr Itoss vrus at this date cer
tainly an advocate of sound doc
trines.
We ncain (iu te from tho Mod
erator of August 29th.
"The latest hug-a-hoo turned out of
tbe Oregonlan's fiction factory Is a
story to tbe ellect tbat if Bryan is
elected creditors will Immediately
foreclose all due, or over due dents, in
order to n-alizu upon them while on a
sound money basis, aud in this wav
bring greater distress upon the credit
or before the next administration.
Don't be alarmed. Ninety-nine one-
hundredth of the loans and credits
are written iu gold, and those who
have them so written will iw In no
hurry to take them up for the reason
that they will never have an opportu
nity to secure tliem again. ah loans
called in before the next administra
tion would have to lie re-loaned agnln,
if at all, upon the basis of debased
currency, or wnn tne pn speci oi us
being repaid in the 'coin of the realm'
or the currency of the country. Any
administration that will adopt tbe
free coinage of silver will make It lull
legal tender, and the only way to
make it full legal tender Is to s. op the
discrimination against it by gold con
tracts. In wlncn case u win ue io
the creditor's advantage over due gold
contract loans undiaturtK-d. mere
will lie no staninede to call in gold
contract loans if Bryan Is eli cted, tor
If he Is elected the same money can
never tie loaned again on sucli terms.'
Alter conversation with Mr Ron
wc were rurprised that ho should
go over to the McKinley forces.
2000 Beer Killed.
Ashland Record: "J K Leulio was
here from Elk creek this week with
mother load of fine venison. DJ
(irabam accompanied him. Jim has
killed and marketed some lo line ucer
ilil K.-uson. The hunting III that iel-
bruted aeclion this season his lieen un
usually successful. Of the regular pro
I hunter, it is estimated that
l uvvU Mart iu has killed LUU, Jonu
Wlnnlngham 15u, Sam Oeary and Oeo
Weeks 1J5 apiece, Cal Wlnnlngham
1M), Thos and Joseph Bolen and Geo
tiilluud about 100, Mark Wliiiilng
i,i,i l.Ml mid Dave Pence, who doe
deary's imddliug and packs out, alsmt
in These ara nrilielnul hunters living
in that section. Tho other hunters
from tho valley towns. Tbe
il.w.yi bm-k of the season was killed
Saturday by Scott Morris. He wss a
six pointer and weigtied 130 lbs dress
...1 Morris lias killed alsitlt a dozen
i h lu uj-nsnn. It is estimated this sea
ii.mpu bus been 2000 deer killed by
I t.tru 111 bat district, tho meat be-
I,,., ail imr sold nr nreserved. The Klk
rivuk breeding ground and fawning
range where this great supply of deei
......... fr.iiM Htid are killed Is about
tiL-UfttV III ilea round, tbe Cow Horn
...... i,.. ;. ii.m I'lonoua divide being the
furthest boundary aud Klk creek,
which empties into Rogue river, the
u,i.,..nn this side. They como down
the mounttttu in the winter and work
ul. un the suow recedt lu
ii. .nrinV About fawning time the
wood are full of young deer around
the licks, a saltpeter substance that
.......a ..oi of the edires of rocks or In
i..nks. for which deer have a great
appetite for. Thousands of deer an
bred there and killed annually."
Dally Uuard, KojemLer 2.
Tub Casino M Eton so. The re
niiblieans closed the campaign Satur
,b.v eveiilmr lii tills city at the opera
nronosed to have li nl
.... ...I' r,.iu but the rain prevented
i.i ll.iucver the uniformed club
......o . -hurt nsrade. The opera house
7...... ...... U.-.1 full iifneonle to bear the
..i,...,.r tha ni-eiialoll. Hull S M
sin un. i 1 ... .
Voran, and hundreds were turned
u av for luck of room. It was a grand
.-li.,.!.. i.i Mr Yorau. us a citieii
a neighbor. After a selection by ' the
McKinley quartet, Mr Kuykendall in
troduced the spi-aker in a few well
,-hoseii word. Mr oraii discus ed
Ihe Issues of the campaign In a uian
fuliv, logical and conservative man
ner." Hi speech was certainly the
ablest etlort made on the republican
side this campaign.
' bally f.iiarit, OrtoW r, .11.
! JIor.-On! of 11 cents per pound
' were made for bops at M.iiem
and
' depeiidem-e yesieruay.
fused to sell.
Growt r
Stovt repairs,
eiMiklurf stove or
any piece of Mby
beater furnished or
F L ChsmlsT".
put in to orJer.
i
I f EAR NO POWER A WOMAN WIELDi.
I f.-tr tin IS'Wrr tk Kumjll wtrlil !
Whll- I ean Ilivo Hi.. . n.l 11,1.1a, ,
WttU iMinriMl, klilp al na ot tr.in, i
l.r.ij mrh wiwtv ana in,- liurumg iuo. 1
F'r sri, iba henrt' nic,t iwilnaiil ln
Will nr ny 11. ntli ru'l una rain.
Ami mh "f w.u.l ilm us!i 1 r-ui,-h,- lru,
Wllb Bnuit't lillitf nil In iiu an. I duru.
Tlio lon. ly w.iti'b tval.lu tlui ah. r-,
Tho wllil (nwl'a cry, ihn j uf ,wr,
Anil (Mlb of vlrttu ky to waii,
l'urro,l, un.l o uuourHsl by man.
Oramerry fur thy tumitlnir fa v.
Thy rharin uf ri Uv anil Iivk hii urae,
I iVar no Hwrr a o'.inian wn-l.!
While I can bare the iv! an. I Iti lita.
-Krni.1 M.tijlTiy.
A rilXCTl'llED tiki:.
I defy any one to produce; a more is-rfivt
isvliiien of tho td.-yi-lo llml tu.m I was1
when I left tli manufacturer on a N-.-iu-tlful
May uiornlng just two month o;;n.
They were proud of moat the liop-.
Indml I think there was siiiitliliig nlsnit
my praeeful fnimo and isillslusl eiuimel
finish tbat nm.lo mo stand outaaoiieii;mrt
from tho tliousarnlsof otlierwlnvl around
Ilia Tho first Jnurner I timk wa w hen I
left my native city and was shlppixl. with
miiiiy roiiiviuliiu, tn V;islilnK-ton. I liked
this beautiful Capital City ntid longed fur
a spin on tlio smooth asphalt (lavements.
tint It seemed for a tlmo tlutt I wa doom
ed bi disappointment.
I was taken t.) tlio blcrclu school, w hero
I spent most of my day watching the
trango amies of beginners, tho earnest
effort ot those who had taken several les
sons and tho lofty, though sometime un
certain, air of tho ones almost nvuly to
rido lit the street
In all of this I had no jiart. 1 was a new
wheel and must wait quietly until pur
chased. Sometlmosmy Indignation would
bo aroused by tho rough treatment be
stowed uhiii tho poor machines on which
tho beginner were taught by their Inex
perienced riders. How they slammed
those wheel around!
Day ufter day I watched these sight un
til I was weary of It all, and hcyoru! mak
ing a firm resolution to throw myself down
precipice Ix'foro descending to sih'Ii work
I did nothing for several week. At last.
ono beautiful morning I rememlH-r well,
It was May IU tho manager of tlio phwo
camo In tho mrk nccomtmiilcd by a very
pretty girl and an older Luly, whom I Usik
to Is) tho girl's mother.
Ihey camo over to tho rack In which I
stood, and, drawing mooiit, he said: "Hero
Is ex.u-tly what you want, mis. 1 here. Is
not a liner wheel In tlio city. lik nt that
frame, good and strung, Ivautifully Un
lslietl; light weight; Just lift tt, nut S3
pounds, all tho Is-arings turned from tool
stool" Tlio girl's pretty face wa a
study as sho looked me up and down In an
anxious effort to Mud tho illlTerent part
to which tlio manager niferrtsl so glibly.
I Uko It," sho said at length. "Don't
you.motlierl' You si," turning to tho man,
Ihavo Isvu aboutamoiithtrylngtobuy n
whwl. I thought It would lio iitilte easy,
but wo have had a dreadful tlmo. lli-sldcs
having gone to ulxiut tO iihu-e ourselves,
WO havo hiul at least DO agents, who hoard
wo wanted awheel, como after us, and tho
most puzzling imrt of It till Is that meli
one says all tho others aro perfectly wort Ii
It's. So motlier and I made up our mind
to glvo them all tho slip, and that Is why
wo camo hero this morning. Let us ta ko
this wheel, mother. "
Tho mother aptiroached me, tried tolisik
crlthvil, gavo mo a gentle shako, and said:
''null, It soems to Isi a gissl strong ono.
I do hoio you won't havo any accident. "
That very aiterniMin I was sent to my
new homo, a magnificent hrowiistono on
Connecticut avenue, and In a few day I
know all alwut tho family, for gossip Is
rife In tho servant' hall, In a Utile room
adjoining which 1 was kept.
My young mistress was named Ilcsslo
Balnhrldgo. Sho wa tho only and mist
loss to say overindulged child of wealthy
parents, and Inst now, of course, sho was
suffering from a IwmI rase of hlcyclo fever.
Almost every ovening after dark the do-
Totod father and mother would sit out on
tho porch and watch Ilcsslo and mo strug
gllng up and down the street. A young
friend of hors was teaching her to ride, and
of all putlout and devoted Instructors that
handsomo man took tho livid. Ito was a
uloo follow, too, and never seoined too hot
or tired to Invent suitable answers to tho
parents' endless nuiwtlnns as to why Ilcsslo
oouldn't ride along like thn other girls uld,
and what mmlo the wlnvl waliblo so,
wasn't something tho matter, and hadu't
thoy better go biu-k to the man and com
plain, and wo ho sum there was no dun
gcr. The last tlmo Ilcsslo had run Into
tho troo box It looked from where they sat
as thouuh Bho might havo had a serious
fall If he hadn't caught her In tlmo.
A I lay, ho was wonderfully patient, for
Besslo, to toll tho truth, Was very stupid
and had a silly llttlo way of grabbing one
of my handle bars tightly und throwing
all tior weight on that sanio sldo, which
was enough to mako any self mss-ctlng
wheel turn her over In tho gutter. I must
oonfos I did this numls-rlcs time and al
so tihiyod o few other llltln tricks on her,
ono of which, turning Into tho pavement
whon tho rider Is trying to mount and
turn you out, Is a grout favorite among
the ladles' wheels.
Later on. however, I got to Uko Ilossle,
who WO as clever off a wheel n she was
stupid on, and Iloh.as they called tho young
man. was my friend irom l no ursc.
Ho In about a week wo lsgan to muko a
most harmonious trio, and then Hob would
brlna lit own wheel around, mid that
mmlo DlooAbiit oomimny fur ruo.
Ono thlna I objected to from the first.
and Dob airnxxl with mo, I think, was
friend of Ueaslo's, who oamo to the house
almost every nlitht and sat with hi r ir
ents calmly sipping simo cool drink aud
enooiiraglng us by calling out from tlmo
to tlmo how such and such a thing might
be avoided or bow to tw t under certain
clroumstnnrc. Then ho would add to tho
comfort of tho parent by a low remark to
the cffi-ct that "Hob Richard didn't know
a thing about a wheel," and sometime ha
would keep Jlesalo s courage up r.y promis
ing to tiko her for some long rides a wmn
as t ie had masunxi ino wary oicyrin.
I didn't liko htm, and IVih didn't, and
Ilesslo Well, wo couldn't fell alsiut her.
I only know after wo had put In an hour'i
exhaustlna bilxjr sho would get oil b re-it,
ond, leaving Boh to si-o to me, would run
tin tho su-ps to Ov.lt If J'.r. jn-rwiitii c.iuu
think sho was doing better, i.d wasn't It
entirely Hob's fault thai she fell over that
taut tlmo. Sho thought ho hud le.ld of thi
wheel, and when she found he hadn't, of
coursoHho full off, and It was a lucin trlrk
to play her. And then the whole party
lnibxl poor li d), whuvj m-looffermnaisiiii-ed
to Iw n ditlru V hasten her progrus.
JVih neviT would suy a word In his own
liehalf, but I used V c-,sn up matM;rs ny
g :iirf . ry carefully when I felt hint Id
1 go. until U--!e would cry out lu delight:
! "(ih, 1 i ,k at me! I am riding hcnutl
' fully'" und Mr. M-nllili would say Lin
! gulilly: "llmvol Now, ninemlaT what I
, told you alsiut tho jsiLila." Aud then I
1 would I.,' my t-nis'r and (b p suddenly
In ,i hit of mud, und nfl would go lkaulo
la .' -re y.ui ciuld say Jack ltnliliixin.
f-lic itiilu t know a thing alsuit making
lv- If in i-i r-s of a w his l. All alio want
I c,l iv. i to ..I t eii and ride, s-ho wa ono
j of til s- jrirt who will never iminugK any
j tiling in h-ss, maylsi, a lui-lvnul.
I "All thing cm id t.i him who alt"
I A ml i at length Mr. Meredith, who bad I
I Isi ii lining the waiting to 'rfecttoti, had
' !, --ic iMiii-i to htm with tho glad news
tti.it she could rido splendlilly now, and
couldn't they muko up some luirlles and
go out on the Mad. Then u had si-veral
icry piitKint riili's. ir.vasinimiiy tiieru
Would 1st ipdUi a croud, but very often '
only four llcs.lo with Mr. Meredith and
II ill releg.ibxl to her chum, a Miss (irey,
who really was Ismullful rider.
1 did not like this arrangement, a Mr.
Meredith le one of tht gaudy, eoiisphv
unit affair that no nvilly nliv whis-l
w. nlil li.h to Is' ks-ii w ith in the stnvl,
but IU-lt and I were quite friendly alsiut
that time, and I was trying to ploitso her
by giving us little trouble as possible,
ltcfcre long Ilcsslo Isvamo convinced of
the Idea that alio wa a famuli rider and
suggested that wo all take a trip out to
I'abliiJnliii llrlilgo. I hoard llohmlvlso her
burr ash, .rtcr run first, but then Mr. Mer-
dllh came up and said It would be delight
ful and of course Mis Ilcsslo could do tt
easily, there wasn't a ts-tter rider In the
city, and ho (lied on tho next day lor tho
trlii.
Tho next day dawned clear and warm,
and we set out alsiut 4 :80 o'clock. I must
admit that Ilcsslo looked as pretty as a pic
turo In her dainty suit, with Its many but
tons and Jaunty cap. Ilcfuro wo started
Hob ram up to me, as ho always did. to
sco that all my part were aecuro and firm
and that no is'hblc or bit of dirt were
senitddng against my chain. He did net
lisik particularly pleased over tho trip, and
Indis-d I fully agreed with him that It wus
far Usi long for lkswlo to attempt
At length wa wero spinning merrily
along. 1 was determined bi act my Iswt,
so bsik tho lead, with that rlrcut wheel of
Mr. Meredith', leaving Hon and Ml
lirvy to follow. All went well for alsiut
four miles, and then Ikmslo began to weak
en. Sho was tired, very tlnsl, a I could
easily tell by the feeble way sho pushed on
my Mslnls, tint sho wa determined not to
give up Isiforo Mr. Meredith and own Hob
right. l)h, not
Suddenly sho gavo a cry, something lie-
twivri a gasp ami a scream. "Oh, bsik
In front of us six) that drove of rows!
"They won't hurt you," said Mr. Mere
dith In a superior way. "Umio on."
Hut my whwl It always always
shies at cow." Kusis-d poor Iksislo.
Mr. Meredith's Hp curlixl. "I really
can't face those row," avilil Ihsutlo again
Ixitwivn gasp. "Is'lla, como and rido In
front. Then you and Mr. Meredith can run
Iuto them tlrst."
1 gladly slowed up In pursuance of this
Idea, for Hosslo wa tii tlnsl bi havo the
sltghtt control over me, and dropiHst bo-
hlnd with li.dk,
Hesslo, you am Mrixl to death," ho ex
claimed Injudiciously.
1 in not," replied Hesslo, furious at
once. "Hut I in otnild of those ornri
Walt till you sco how this wheel shies!"
Kivp It txilntwl straight, and I bcllovo
It will go by all right." said Hot) sooth
lugly. "Ix-t us get elT and rest, I am as
tlnsl a"
No I won't got off. I'm not a bit
tlniL"
Take tho center of the road then," ald
Hob, as wo mvin-d tho meek hsiklng coiva.
They can't hurt you; I tit on their sldo.
Don't go up on that path or you'll get a
punctuni sum."
That gavo mo an Idea. Hesslo was lind
out and bsi pnmd to own It, She would
certainly fall oil If she did not get down In
a few minute. A puncture would Isian
exivllent picuso for resting. Then, again,
sho had said twice that I shied at cows-
well, 1 would mako her word trim.
Without further heal tat Ion I run down
a llttlo Incline lu tho rood and uiudo for
the bypath Hob hod warned us of.
I'riinch, crunch, bid 1 A silvery reeling
along my tiro, an ogonlu-d ory from lk
slo. "Uh, Hob, Hob I Look, I told you I"
In a moment Hob wa beside us and had
lifUst bur to the gniund.
"Your tiro I punctured, ho ald brlof-
ly. "Walt a mlnuto, let mo think what
to da"
I felt a personal Interest In tha affair,
so let my breath go out as slowly a pos
sible until nt lcnirth Boh suld. "I have
It!" and pulling out Ids knlfo ho rlptsxl
iiunctuni In Ids own tiro thut put mine to
shamo. 1 hen hs shouUnl to Men-dlth and
Miss limy, who oame flying bank.
" Wliut 1 tho mattort" thoy cried.
"We both got In a hod bit hero," said
Huh. "ond have iiunctuni InoonsouuencA
Will you two rido on to Calilu John ana
sunn somothtnir after usr
" Ye. I b i less we bad ts-twr go on. no
uso of our all listing tho ride, you know,"
said Mr. Meredith, but Miss (Iny would
not aunio to that, so they finally derided
to rido back to Hesslo' homo and send the
currlriKo oftur lier.
Ami then off thoy wont, and liossio,
who was uin-rly exhausted, Is-gan to ory a
llttlo, and Huh found a cool place under
tho tree aud was trylug to comfort her,
much to my Interest, whon I suddenly
dlseovorod tlutt I wa dipping from whore
Uessbi hod Insecurely stood ma up bosldo
a tnw.
Ilown, down I went, until seeing a nloo
soft sjsit I fell over on my aide and lay
thoro oontontt-dly Tor alsmt an Hour.
1 was aroused ly Bob's voice hailing
farmer driving by In a wagon. After soiuo
talk tho man airrced tolukothrm In town,
"Why. whore. Is your whoulr" I hoard
Huh say.
"Isn't It against that big trout I put It
there alsiut tun minute ago," said Hosslo,
nd her vote sounded strangely happy,
Then Hob went hsiklng round until ho
found mo. and havlniraacurtulnod that be
yoiid tho Ucll.iUsl tiro I had no Injuries, ho
packed mo, with tils own wnrau, in mo can,
and then ho and Jinssie ciimrsxi in oy us.
As wo drove slowly toward town I huurd
Boh say In a low voloo:
'Wo will have to get a tundum, now,
Ilossle, dear," and she unsworn!:
" Yes, I lob. Hut, do you know, I like this
wheel of mine and want to keopltalways,
eren" with a smllo "If It doe shy ut
oow."
And Ikih laughed happily and said, "Wo
will always keep It, and It ahull have a
brand new tiro tomorrow."
"How alsiut your ownf " aakud Bosslo,
with a twinkle In her eye.
"Mn.e ahull have a new tiro, too," said
Huh. "I fis-1 Uko irlvlnir pnssmU U
everything and every laxly, I arif s) per
fis tlv hiirmy. lies.
Then In the mrly twilight of a sum
mur's evening wo all drove Into Washing
ton tog.-thcr. Washington Post
A liKAl YKAli LKTTKR
"WiJI, lam bhsd!"
It wa no wonder that Huh Klrk stan-d
at the Idler he held In Id hand, for It
nuiiumcd a pniposul of murrlagi. and It
Ismi l!ie s.go.iliirn -'Katie Ariuxtning "
Kaile! Sain y, chaniiiiig Katie, who luid
n fu. d a dii ii nt Ii it.
"1'isir llttlo thing! It must have Iss-u
hunt for her to write," he thought. "Xa
dotilit sho wlslusl to help me. Hy Jove,
I'm a lucky fellow."
"My darling Kate," ho la-gan, " I'm a
blunt, stupid fellow slid never could say
wlmt 1 fell, hut 1 hue yoti and have loved
Joii longer tluiu ymi havo any Idea of. If
you will have me, I shall lm Hie happiest
jU,n alive,
i,,ti."
May Ic.ill tliiaevenliigr tours,
Miiiuwhilii Miss ArmstMiigwa going
alsiut her dally aiistillou a if then.' wei
no such disturbing clement a lovers and
pnttswal In tho world. Hie ws tho only
lively Individual ut tlio breakfast table,
for Tom and Will, her Irrepressible schisil
tsiy bmthers, wero not lu their usual splr
It. K.tte rulllisl them on their abstraction
a she pninsl their lunch.
"You lusslii tell me, loin, i Kuow
Is-tter," for the youth was earnestly pro
testing thut hi conaclcuco wo 'rf tly
clear. "You'll tsith Uwuntliig me to help
younutofascmisi. Now, I've warned you,"
And slie shook her pn-tty li.iul nt llicin a
they demrteil, with guilty ciunU'iuinii
"'Kate, item"
It was her mother's voice. Tlirglrl bsik
eit ruefully at lliebuketssinl and Hour bar
rel, then run up stair.
"I want you to run out to Krown's to
match this wool, dear. I can't g'( on with
my knitting."
"I'll get on my luit at oncis" she said
brightly, ond pn-svntly l.aikisl In agalu
with a face an sunny that ono hanlly Ins
tlml how shabby wn the little huteoquut
tlshlv pen-lad mi Ihe bmwn curia
"Katie!"
"Hob!"
Her brown eye met hi as frankly as
usual. Her smile wa unembarniiiMsL It
was the gentleman ho bltiahed and look
ed conscious-
"You did ymi gid iny note!" he stain
mensl; thru, noting her bsik of surprise:
"No, uf course not. What am I thinking
oft"
"Your note?" she repented Innocently.
"No, w hat was III It, ls.U Anything par
ticular" Anything uirtlculurl And Hob felt her
letter nt that Identical liniment cr.u-kllng
lu hi Imvtst (ss Lcll Kuto hsiked at him
with wondering eye.
"I It Is tinMslhlo to explain hens" lie
snld, with hclglitenetl color. "Aro you to
l at Inline tonight, Kntlef"
" Yis, certainly. I'oino to t.-a, Hob. I'll
havo scones and marmalade."
htcotic nnd niarmaladel Uih wondered
vaguely as ho sat ut his di-sk a few mo
ment. later w het her ho had ilnwincd It
nil Aud Katie wondenil w liat uiado Hob
so unlike himself mid w hat on eurth he
luul Iss-n writing to her alsiut
"Hero' your 'sil, mother tho exact
alinde, und hen-are some (lowers. I oouldn't
resist them. 1 was tempted with cowslip.
but"
"Cowsllisd"
"In tho milliner's," laughed Kntbv
"Ohl Did you meet Trillin Charming?"
with n smllo.
"No, only Hob Mik. He Is coming to
bm, so I must ntnue scone.
Just then tiie ilisirls'll rang.
"Tho post," thiuiKlit Kc.tie nnd opened
thodisir. It wo Hob h lb r. ViomlvriBg
muiJi, sho tore It o'U.
"My darling kalo
She lis, kill Miiud starthsl, tho rich color
dyeing i hn-k ucd bnnv, then quietly shut
herself lu tier ll'tle r i ia ami nsm mo
short unto through. Hie was riot mlstakeii
then. It vn n pnisiil fnmi Hot) Just
tho kind nt n-isivd she might havo ex
pected fnifu him, dear old tellow, If sho
had ever thought nf such a tiling. Hut ho
hud never said a cm! of hue till today.
Tom and lilll were rot often uirth-ulur
about their t-.ilet. As a rule they threw
their nips In the hull, tumbling over cm-h
other In thiinagcriics to Ih first at tho
tea tublo.
tin this particular evening tliey were
late, but when at l ist they mudo their ap-
prwiraius) their fui-e shone f mm nsvut ab
lutions and their entrance was decorous.
Will came first, urgitl from behind, liu "
stopi! short on tiie threshold, hta rye
rutiud with iiatoiiisiimrnt.
Mind ymir eve,' gniwhsl Tom. ' i ou
needn't tramp on a fullow' Usm." T hou
he, t'i, oprneil lis eye.
'llellol I say I
"It's all rigid, youngster," saldarhorr-
ful voire. It w is Hols sitting In inm's
particular chair, beside Kuto and tha tea
kettle. Ho wa holding hrr baud In his,
and, wlmt was inoro astonishing, Katie
soemed to like It, and the umterwa beam
ing approval.
"This Is my sent now," explained Hob,
and Tom meekly drew Id chair to a re
spectful dlsliini-o.
It wa all rigiiieviunuiy, as o sain,
but Tom nnd Will wore not easy In their
mind and haunted the lovers thniuglsmt
the evening, to their aroat discomfort, un
til Hob had fairly said good night Tiien
they slipped out after hint
' I say, Hob"
"Wollf" Hob felt amiably disposed to
atl Katie's belonging, even to Tom and
Will.
"It' all right with you and Katlo."
"All rlglitr I should thluk so," with
emphasis.
s' Did you did she I moan" Tom
had dllllcultyln Coding word. "'WmlS
hrr letter that did IU"
"What do you iiieonf"
"Honoiiso," Torn blurted out the word.
"sIm didn't send tliat lottor. II wn Will
and I tlmtflldlt"
1 he murder was out Hob caught the
culprit by tho collar. Tom squlrnua.
"Don't, Hob. Hhe wrote It, really and
Uuly, and Will nnd I found It and put the
names anil sent It to you for fun. Wo wore
sorry this morning when w thought of
It," ald Tom ri'inorsefully In conclusion.
"H was a low thing to do, Tom, but
seeing you havo confessed and are sorry,
I'll forgive you on condition that you nev
er let Katlo Und out. You hour und Will
toof Kor sho would n't forji-.r any of u
and tt might load to inuiblo."
Wo Katie had v-ritUMi tt nfluralll It wo
very puzzling.
The mvstery wis expL.lned a fortnight
later. Win n lloo oiencd Tlio Penny Plus
mvr of that dub', he stupid nnd rublaxl hi
eye, for there wa Katie's lottor, word for
word And, roiling tun her, ho saw that
Tho Pioneer l...d le.isur.i In nniioiinctng
that tho ul" b r i'.c Lit letter contain
Ing a leap yiv. r I r- s..l ;ntd Iss-u gained by
X. Y. Z. An i. a.
Al , ., ,
,r iKita.
.1 .iiiu to bo up to
"Your vifo i-i
dale, Tugby." . , , .
"L'p to htc! M'i'1 y ahead; slit) .4
got a lot of troubln I . rrowed for year after
next." till cn llivonL
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