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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1898)
j ' M. st,f i i j. J" ''..'""l ' trrEa ouy is itk&M& ACTION. "Dl.boue.t Lfadere audPseuul Poll Uluua" t'auuot 'Prevent a Cotil lion " turvall.S Timet, IC 'U. "Yamhill 1-tt.l 4 off iu it uuion of ruP.nii fir.f, anl tun exma'Aa set th. ri laal .SiiuriJ.iv, alien the Dem it rntiu mul l'wiW and the Union liiiiie'.al i.; irtu j Jin"! issues fj" iinxl )f.ir' Un-tfun elections will lr'iitti;- f relidov 'Vnti that will laj.eu i lm wline iii the elate. "The utter folly of either of the reform elmm-nt in attempting without tho ai 1 1; Ihe other two to overthrew IhH g.M pariy next year in fjctKiiiiiK itself uon the rank anl lile ( the three parties, and it will be dillicult for dishonest leul era and peanut pulit'cnine in either, to prevent a coalition. "Willi a senator and two con wilh u full slats ticket uci. I the leiUtuM ts the Blake, it will taKO a vuat aii.OUilt of con ttt vi ii tf, juiliiiif, ami tronpirinif : for h i -tailed 1-a lor with neeta to leather or axes to grind, to fool and delude the jm tple into disun Ion, duuioraliziliuii and itnpo-tency." OKIOIN Or TIIK WOUII "IIUOII 1,LM." The old pro f-reader waa holding forth uion tli'i uetion of typo graphi al errors and their occasiuii al inll'ieiK M on posterity. The wrd "honllum" it an iu-unce of thia, he said. Out in ian Francisco twenty-live year ago there waa a notoriou eh i racier niiued Mul doon, w ho waa tue leader of a Rang ofyounjt rulliuis. 'IVy were a terror on the community, and about an tough a lot of cilusim as you could find on tin count. A re lator who had been aligned o a Btory in which they had figured, undertook to coin a word deaigna tinn the gang. He ravcred the name of the leader, and referred to linen a noodluins, tiio om)ob tor miftook the u lor an !i, and aa IdkIIuiiis the word passed the proofreader, and now hoodlum is ft recognized word, and will probably aurvive, 1 FAKE ADVBIITISISW. Kugeno people are getting shy of lake advertining propositions. The one here the other day failed, to make all t'oiineotions. lie succeeded at Albany, aa witness the Demo crat: 'Another advertiser haa just done the citv.and a good many in- vealed Hu.ul 1 sums, gettinn little promised in return. He left the town with H imuhilU unliiuidated. Aa our pepla always go into tbeae things with their eye open there ia no particular reamtn why there should beany very big kick com- 1111?. A I'ortland jury baa decided that an itiau ranee company must pay a loss about which were very atrong probibilities ofeollusum and in- cendiariHin. The trend .f recent deciHiona ia to compel the payment of inaurance whore there iathe leant evidence that an honest loss baa b nil aiHt iined. It U the business of the iiisuranoo conpaniei to com pel their amenta to guard againat over iiiHiiraiice and to conaidor the character and aurroun linga of the men with whom they do business. Such decision have the effect of making insurance companies more careful, and ia a benefit to the gen oral public in that . the inaurance firebug seldom fail to destroy other property than bis own when he kindles a fire. European pswers, without ex coption, have war vessels in Chinese waters, rise are getting them there in abort order. The keen scent and sight of the bui iiird are never responsible for bis loss of carrion. If a partition is down on the programme etch wants a share. Why are the bankers in favor of the plan of Secretary Gage? ' B cause Mr ago proposes to give them all tho money they are will ing to receive and loan if they will allow the governmert the priv ilege of safely keeping and paying interest on what the government owes them in bonds. o BENO BIMATH THE lLAlT. WhM arrow'a twipia roaad nd oranrtwln tii auol. CU. tnul tbua tv In worliilf prld Or wtmk tlx Imnptlof bowl. But with tin and tnutlof baart Head luw Utuatb Ilia blast. And ba abura who ebaatmatb Ibaa Will ralaa tbaa when 'tii paat. Tba bjftr oak, tba moanUla plaa. Ho atatalr Id tbalr prlda, Ual band or break Lefura tba aturaa Tlial os tba Blht wtnda rtda, Whlla tba mask willow lowly atoopa Man tha raainf blaat And llfta lu bad In bmatj dackad WbitD norma and elooda ara paat. Mo thou, oh, man, moat lowly band Vih-n aorrowa round tiu praaal Tt7 H'7 ba angola In dlaKUlaa To liail to haiiplnnak )h, tnwt to hlia who rul"a abora And nl brnnalb tha blaat. And ba will ralaa thy drxnlnf aoul Wbcn atorma of llfa ara paat I Kini'- Jolinaon In iew Vork IMf- HIS LAST PUPIL. "Tba beat thing you can do," said mf doctor, "U to Uike to bloycllnf." ''At pnatnl, of coiirae, una bloyolaa," aid I ha man of tba world. yon'ra ujImIdb tha flnett potiltjla en- iynii-nl by not bicycling," in Id mj ath iitlo friend. In fnot. trbi'Wtr I went I waa mat by LIctoI1w wbo luiitfi'd to make others bi cycle. It waa not for health, nor fur fnab Ion, nor for t-xordae that I Anally took to tho imiohlne. Il was alinnly from the preaauro of nubile opinion. When I bad flimlly Klvon In and made up my mind to ioll my clothe, brulaa my body, and ruin my temper by li-nrmng to rue, i oiiKht out my athletlo friend and aaked blm U toll me If there wive any Initruotor whom bo could eapcclnlly recommend. " Yea." he aulil, "there la. There la one man. lturklnntoim by name, who ha quite a email (hop In the Kmlerdowo road. Ha knows more about tba bike than any two other men In Kngland put together. I would not droii m of buying a new ma chine myai'lf without ooniultlng liarkln tono alraut It, though he would charge me a gulm for his opinion." I aald that that eoemcd rather a lot of unmey, My friend ootifoneetl tlint It waa aa " Hut If you want tho very boat you always have to pay for 1U Uarklnatone'a thor ough, that's what he la lie nover adver tlaua and never mukna any fuaa, but on hie merit alone be always has mura work than he can do. lie never employe an as Intunt expt, of course, In his work hope. If lie coiikonts to tveah you, be will charge you &, no matw how fuw or bow many leaaoni you may rwiilro. It Koina a good deal of money, I dare aay, but then remember that If you pay for llnrklniitone you gut liarkluitone. He dure not hand you over to aoine under trapper who knowa nothing of the real aclencu of tho thing, ami he will turn XUU out purfoct. . Vuiir atyle will be abeo luU'ly oorrvot. You will rldo eoally and oonlldeiitly. You will thoroughly under tnnd the lueebnnlain of your bike, and If any trilling accident orctirt be able to put It right for youraulf limtond of ruahlng off to a repairer. Iton't tlo It unloea you Ilka, but If you do I ran guarantee tbat yon will get yuur money'a worth." "Did he t.ai h your' I aaked. "Well, I'll tell you. I lenrued to ride all right, an I thought then, from a friend of ii ilno. After I had ridden for about a yrar I met one of llnrklnatone'a pupils, a Imly, and when I watched her I fell dis annulled with niyielf and unoaay about my riding. I got an Introduction from hor ho wou't take a pupil without an In troduction and wont to llarklnatone. 'Look here,' I auld, 'I want you to try us and see It I ride properly." He put luo a 1(4 of teat, and I thought I got through moat of them fairly well. 'Yea.' anld liar klintono, 'your machine doean't ault you, and your enddlu'e not right You get along anyhow and rldo 11 ko the average man.' 'What do I want?' I aktd. 'Two fluliihlnglcMohint a guinea each,' heeald. I took them, and I tivver apent money bet ter. I gut mil In oomfiirt, gained In apeed and got un mulnrntniullng of the machine (hat win alone worth tho money." Tbat dovlded me. With an Introduction from my athletlo frleud I eought out llar klnatone In the Kmlurdown road. He waa a lull, thin man, with a looon Hp and Inquiring eye. Ho heard what I wautvd and then looked up entries In a notebook. "I'm full tip for a fortnight," ho aald. "You ran take tho ooureit then If you Ilka. I iball require tho tit In advnnue and a written protuleu to koep my ayaUiut of tui tion eevrel That la my uaunl ouatoin." I gave bl m the money and tho promise and aald good morning. "Walt a minute, air," aald llarklnatone, "I muat have a machine exactly right rendy for you to Kvirn on. tcp thta way." Ho took mo Into another room, weighed mo carefully, mcaiurcd mo fnsiienUy anil aoeurntely and told mo exactly what clothe I waa to get. Ho bnd a model ault there and explulued It to mo. Ho had a tame tailor, wbo waa Intrusted with tha making of thceo ault. Ho would not rink hla accret by allowing you to employ your own tailor. At tho end of a fortnight I returned to him. I puld altogether (exolualve of a moder ate charge for tho olothea) IS 8a to llar klnatone, a'ft . fur tuition, 1 guinea fur chooalng a tunrhlne fur ine and S guineas for procuring, altering and Uttlng a epeclnl Milillo. In four day I could ride alralght up a ail ft bill without bending my buck end. with my hamU off. I could tako my machine to plccoe and put It together n Kl ii. On tho llfth day I rode 40 inllea without feeling particularly exhausted. Now, I am by no iiionna nn uthlote, and I am particularly alow at learning any thing. In abort, Marklnatono waa expen tlve, but ho waa alio tha muat nmaxlngly clever and thorough Initruotor that the world haa yet produced. I aent him four puplla, ami tho limt of them had to wait three tuotithi Wiforo llarklnatone oould take him. At a rough guraa I ahould any that Har klimtono waa making frtun A'SO to a'tHI a wivk elenr prollt I heanl tudlrtvtly that he waa luvinllng largely In houee property. Atwut a year after this I waa In a fish ing vtllugo ou the Yorkshire ixwit. I waa lliero for a holiday, alid (Uko muat writing men) found that I gut rather mure work dune In my hulldny than I did any other lima One but day I had been titling out In the garden moat of the morning and afternoon, doing bad revlewe of worse nov rli at my leUura. After dinner I flnlshed the revlewi and took them out to the pol 1 olwrveU tlmt there wa a glurloua full moon; that the ronilt were In capital con dition, and I remember that I had taken oo exerolee all day. I want back to tha bouaa, brought out tuy blcolt, lit a to tally oimxfiry but ttiictly lagul la9 al rodo oO Tba But faw miles I want alaw ly, with my hands la ruy U. Than I settled down to some good baM Wosi. I bad not taken any particular nut of tha Unction In which I was going, nor hew long I bad been riding, when I thought I board a village clock lo the dutanoe strike one. Then I glaneid at my watch and found that It waa indeed an bour aftr midnight. I decided to rids on to tha vil lage and then turn bock and go borne. Tha rtd lu re atreu bed long and wblu. On n.o ald i waa the low stone wall of a trk, on the other wa a atp, downward alope covered with great and brnmhlca. I notloed In the dlatanoe a tiny ipnrk dart ing hlthor and thither, ooconlonally atfip ping suddenly and then xlgzagglng again. Aa I came neanr I peroelved that this tiiark wet a bicycle lamp and that the ma chine wet being ridden by aoroa one not expert, eome one wbo ocoailonally col-lapei-d and deapi-rately reraounU-d. Nean-r till I drew. The other cyollut wat vlalble now, lilt tbouldert bunched, bis kneea turned lo and bit Inttepa well over the pcdala. I prepared to dodge, and It wat aa well I did, for juit at wa mat he guve another lurch and oame at me. I eaoo-d blm. and ba went hang Into the wull, aboved lilmaelf off with one hand, tbot acroea to the other tide of the road and tumbled atralgbt down tha embankment. Then'fMiu motives of humanity I got oil my machine. I called down the embank ment, "Are you hurtf" After a moment a voloe came from the middle of a bramble both: "Not much. The Like s er-rutlur en tangled, but I cun manage Don't tlop for ma " Howover, I leaned my maohliie ngftlnut tho wull, took off the btmp and tllinU il down the embniiknient with It In my bund. Agiilnatthe bramble buah waa the rider, itooplng down and rubbing hit thins, lb-aide him wat a lump of mixed machin ery that had once been a bicycle. He looked up at I nppnviched, and the light of my limp f 11 full on hla foce. "bnrklntonel" I exclnlincd. "Barkln atone of the Kodcrdowu road, by all thut'a miraculous'" "No, no," be utld, "my name la er Drown." "Not a Hi of II," I replied. "You taught me to ride, and I know you. You're IJarklnatone. " "I knew this would huppen one of these daya," he aald to himself mournfully "Yet. sir. III no good to Buy otherwise I'm IJarklnatone." "And the nuiarlng pirt of It It you don't talk In the lonrt nt If you were drunk." "I'm not drunk. I know my hiitlneii well enough sin look at this." Ho took a couplo of tool from hla pocket. Then ho picked up a bundle of spokre, tome acrnpa of tiro, a handle bar and what was left of the Middle, nnd In a very few min utes hud iniiile a blcyiln out of them. "There, d'tratliatlnnkni If I weredrunkf" "No," 1 aulil. "It d'Ktii't. And, drunk or aolier, noUuly but you could have done It Hut why did you r lo like that?" "Ilerniisu I ran'l rl le any better. In fact, that rlile tonight wns the best I've ever done. I've never l-wii so fur bvfore without fulling oil." ".tlll 1 lion t iimleMtuiid. You tuuglit me lu ride Yon have taught hundreds to rldo." " Yaa, but I eau'l teach myself." "You bays a lhajry of riding that It ab eoluUly ei-rrei t. Il has been teaUd." "Yea, the theory la correct In nine hun dred and tilnrty nine rii t out of a thou Kind. I'm the thoiiMiuUh. Wot I riding proirrly I . r. ymi saw mef" "You e.-i: pcilnllng very unevenly Mid badly. Yin riling burd to the luiliille. You kept poking at the front wheel You" "Oh, yon needn't go ont I waa doing everything I oughtn't to do. I know II The theory fulls wllh me because I urn the tboiisnniltli eate. hi you think It takea any roiirngu to burn to rldo tho bi cycler" "Nono whntover not In tho least." "I'll put It In a different way. Cun you conceive of a wnnt of nerve an terrible, a physical cowardice so grcut, t hut It lnliiht absolutely prevent a man from Iciirnlng to bike, or at any rate rauno lilm to take yean over II, where other men would only take days?" "No, I can't" "Very likely not, sir. Hut I sulTor from just tlmt want of nerve, Juxt that physical cowardice. I stand Inside tho nine hi no and my norve'a nil right, and I know all there Is to know nlxnit riding. I've only gut to put my foot on the step and my nervu't gone, and lu a moment I've for gotten everything. Then I lloundur about and come off and hurl myself nnd break things." Ho limped up the embankment to tho road, currying his mnolilns and refining any nsslatunon. "Going to get on ngnlnf" I asked. "Oh, yeat I've got perseverance) and morn I courage If I haven't gut pbyMcnl courage nnd nerve." Ho placed his left foot on l!is step, pro. polled the machine lu a slow curve with three convulsive kicks with hit right fnot, rose slowly Into tho air, thin slipped off the step nnd came down In the ruud with tho machine on tup of blm. He was ap parently quite tilled tu this ktvl of thing, for he observed In an milium" vnlco from under the machine, "Tlieru was one thing I forgot to mention, sir." "Well, what wns Itf" " Yuu would do ma a ureal favor," he anld, rising slowly, "If yuu would fur tho present keep this Incident a secret Yuu know what the publlo Is, sir. If tho pub lic knew that I could not rldo, It would never beltovo that I could teach other eo pie tu rldo. 1 urn about to retire. In an other six months 1 shall lo nblo to give up tha buslncKS and llvo In comfort In a tine house In tho country fur the rest of my dure. After tlmt It doesn't much matter what yuu any, fur no pupil hut ever been dliwitlstlcd with ma Hut until then It lulghl spull business." " Hut why give up your business? You're fur l.xi yuung a man to retire. What tntorest have you got In tho country! What would you tlo with yourself!" "Learn the bicycle. I shall tie my own pupil. It will tukc me nil my life. Goad night, sir. Well, thanks it you'd Just give me a hand." Ho relit his lump. 1 held tho machine while ho mounted nml then shoved hlniuff. Ho vanished like a diamond pointed cork screw, more or leas In Ihe direction of the village. He has utlred uuw. The grounds of his country house are secluded by high walls. I am told that Inside an nsphall track has been constructed. It hurt to fall on as phaltWoman al Home. Uar Logle, "Cleanliness Is next to godllneea, yuu know," aald the mistress In the middle of a douiestlo lecture to her careless spouse. "I tuppoee thai la the reason wash day oomca next to Sunday," ha rejoined, and aa said ha was Imrmit MARY ELLEN. Mart Ellen looked over the sl of her gUasea as If deliberately summing op tha merits and demerits of her vhilr. B faded, rather pretty face, outlined by crimped dark hair, gave no sign of agita tion. It's been 16 years, hasn't lt" sbasald, "Fmn years," ba aasentsd, with clalntMs emphasis. He was a thin man, with a Urge, bulg ing forehead and a faoe tapering almost to point at the chin. He pulled al bla scanty brown wuitache and looked al her t If waiting for an answer. Hla rather womanly band waa really pitiful In Its bonlneaa. ... ' "Yon ought not to have wasted 10 years on tue," aha aald, with a fnlnt, tearful smlla , Ho shifted bit feet on tba Boor In pro- 'Fifteen years la a good long time," the meditated, beeroa Ilka H onghtn t Just to go for nothing. ' Bha took off ber glasses and toncbed tha corners of bcr eyes with ber handkerchief. "Well.' shs said meekly, "I can get on with 'most anybody atid make mytelf sat isfied with 'most anything. If you ara so tot on It aa all that, 1 reckon this time I'll have to any yea." Ho lookd at her for a moment at II daxud. His fnoe tbons ss be caught her bands In bit, and his cbln trembled. "Mary Ellen!" he laid. hhe looked at him with the tame tear ful tinlle. "It cortolnly does sound fun ny, Mr. Hasklnt. to bear you call mo 'Mary Ellen.' without any 'Miss.' It's mighty hard for settled people llko ut to change In their ways." "You bavealwaya been 'Mary Ellen to me," be answered rapturously, "no mat ter what I have called you. And now I've got you," bo said, an exultant tmllu dawn ing on bit face. "Getting married le a mighty risky thing," the remarked. "But If we'll learn to have patience and do our duty I rock on wo can manage to get along together." "Yes, I reckon wa can," he laid hap pily. "You certainly did bold on," tho con tinued, with the air of ono reviewing a game at which the bad been beaten. " Yet, and 1 wnt going to keep on hold ing on. 1 hadn't any notion of giving up. and I got you," ha replied. She removed her gloasot nnd elaborately wiped her eyee. "Il ccrtululy duct tocm etrange," the murmured. "It seems to me," the continued, with a mournful smile, "that eomo poovlo take root, Just llko trooe. That old iwcut gum out yon der ain't a bit more rooted to thlt place than I am. I never did know bow people could get up and leave the place where they were born and relied, but It'a well every body don't feel like I do or there'd be mighty little marrying done. The Toddt ain't that way near at much at tho Watts ea I gel It from ma'l people. It't right bad to be at tot In your wnyt at the Wuttset are. Now I couldn't any more call you anything, but Mr. Hasklnt tbnn I could fly, uulest II came borne to tue thai It wat my duty to change. I don't think n per son's gut any right to think of their own feelings when a duty comet up. It'a go ing to bo uphill work with me getting In to yonrwnys, but I hupe I ain't ao bent on pleasing myself at sonio people. And you oertitluly do deaerva something for the time you have waited." 8 ho looked nt him with the air of a real murtyr. Ho nroeo and stood Irresolute for awhile In illence, hit faco full of something akin to misery and remorse. "What's your hurry!" tie asked. "I reckon It la time for lue to go. Good night. Miss Mary Ellen," be sulci. "So you've taken up the 'miss' again?" tho anld, not without a abado of coquetry vlalble In ber quiet face. "I wusn't find ing fault with pluin 'Mury Ellen.' " Mr. Hatklna tut staring Into tho flro In bit own room, with unnlrof the most pro found thought Ho wnt obviously torn by oonlllctliig emotions. Tho next afternoon taw bl in waiting upon the porch of Mary Ellen'a home, a small fraoio house, gray from want of paint, but pleasant wltb grass and tree It was an old landmark of lirownsvlllo, of which quaint Virginia village tho Todd family had for tuauy gen erations been res poo ted cltliens. Mary Ellen herself opened tho door. "I taw you coming," sho auld, "nnd I thought I might at woll save anybody else the trouble of coming to the door, at you were my company." Ho shook hands with ber In an odd, constrained wuy, and followed ber lu without a word. "It'a getting to feel like spring," tho began. "I'll tea tho crocuses peeping up in the grass pretty toon, I reckon. The yard's full of them." " You'vo got a mighty nloo ynrd hero," he said, affecting to glauco ourvjUssly from the window. "I don't wonder you bate to loavo It " Sho gave a fnlnt tlgh. "Youdtdu't think about leaving hero and breaking up, und all that, when you said yes, did you!" honskod tremulously. teho shook her head with gentle pathos. He sighed deeply, and his brow furrowed. "Getting married It a mighty risky thing," be broke out, "and 'tit uprooting. I duu't know but what I wat too strong about urging It 1 I really ain't to set on It It It comet to that I don't know whether 'twas fair to beg you luto It You Just do what you waist to do, without minding mo In tho least" ho tat rigidly lu her chair for awhile In alienee. "Things arc very well at they are," tho said coldly. "I'm notniuklug any complaint." "No, but you'd better think It over, Mlaa Mary Kllcu. I'll let you off In a min ute. It dou't make a bit of difference about your promise. Don't you think you'd rather atuy nt you nro?" Sho meditated over hit wordt awhllo without speaking. "I'm nut generally given to breaking my promises," the wild. "Hut It I'm willing to let you off!" he asked. "I'll bo glud to let you off If you want to be let off. Your promlso ain't anything If I don't want to hold you to it We are very woll off as wo nro. You might find that a change wat a chunga for the won Hudu't you ratbor Ut thing! bv as they have been?" Her lids reddened, but sho said nothing. "Don't yuu mlud about my wasting 15 yours ou you, ns you call It 'Twu'n't wasted, If It nil does oume to nothing. I gut pleasure out of It all tho time. And, theu, I Just used up odd timet that wa'n't worth much for anything viae. I bollovo 'Iwat that that iiiiulo you say yea Now, won't you think better of U!" bo asked persuasively. SHU she aald nothing. "You cau beg a person Into anything," be went on, "but It ain't right 1 alwnyt wat a regular beggar. When I wat a lit tle fellow, many and many a time I've begged tor things that wa u l good fur tue, and got 'am, and been sorry for It Not that II wouldn't ba good tor ma to gat tod." ks hattextd to add, saooksd al tht Woroi, "hot it mightn't os bettforfoa, And Idniwant to bars It on my con Hter.. that I bagged " l-",f" you think il It. Wlas Mary ElK-iil "1 dou t know whnt to think of It," sbs said, tcaroely opening ber llpa to speag. "Don't you mind about disappointing ma What It ono disappointment, mora or less, In thla uncertain world. 1 short. Involuntary groan escaped blm, t ol ne coughed and went on with elaborate cheer- fulness. "AUU won w;--r minting mo. It'll be all my doing, don I iou ! If you feci like you onghtn I to lr. uk your word and all that, I U Jus alve rluht un myself, here and now. I in giving you up, not you giving roe up. His faco wnt radiant with the glory of renunciation. rihe mired down at the carpet and tpoxo not a word. "And now, If you ain't happy It won I be any fault of mine." Ho wiped hit brow and drew a deep breath with an air ilmott of triumph. "Tbat wnt a mighty bort engagement, wa'n't It!" bo added, with an uimtoudy lUtlo cbuokle. He glanced about blm wltb a sprightly tlr "Speaking of crocuses," be remarked casually, "they hud a itrlped kind at our bouse lust year that wat mighty pretty. 1 wltb now I'd thought to get you tome roou, but the yellow ones nro mighty pret ty too. Did you ever toe the itrlped kind, Ml Mnry Ellen!" "I don't rememlier," she said briefly. Tha lublert to obviously fulled to Inter est her that he cutd around In hit mind for another. "I'm glud tho fruit trees have not been blooming so early tins yeor, no observed. "If they bold back a little lon ger, we'll hnvo a good chance of a crop. Lnkt yenr certainly wns a ouu yonr. xou ain't feeling very well today, are you, Mist Mary Kllen!" bo Inquired, wltn ten der tolloltudu. "I reckon you didn't lleep very well lust night," lie tuggoeled, wnlt leg for her answer. Sho did not ) culi. "I wnt mighty troubled myself," ha continued. "Hut don't you worry nliout that now. That Is nil over, 'lliero nin t a sparrow hopping out yonder in tho trcet tliut'i any freer than you uro. auu at ior taking back your word" Tho muscles nrouud ber mourn worueu fur a moment "I haven't taken back my word," sho said. 'No, of course not," ho assented cor dially. " 'Tuln't your way to tuko back your word. Thut'a tlio reuson I tuko tho buck truck in It mysoll." no arose anu offered ber his Imiid. "Well, I reckon I'd better lie gottlng i." His hund closed convulsively over her limp lingers, and n pang of pnln thot over the thin fnco that betrayed bit emo tion. Ho looked nt her wistfully. "I ain't saying tbut I uln t sorry It couldn't be," ho said. Tho lions, hold wondered nt the cessa tion of Uio visits of "Aunt Mary Ellon's beau," but no explanation was forthcom ing. "Where's Mr. Husklus, Mary Ellen!" her sister ventured. "Don't you reckon he's sick or tumctlilng!" Mary Elk-n winced. "I havon't heard anything about his being tick," sho said. Sho wut stnmllng ut the window look ing down tho street. She drew back with a little Uush on her faco, but wltb studied deliberation. "There ho Is now," tho auld, "but maybe lie's Just passing." She cast an eyo on tho glass and touched her bulr with agitated lingers. "You let blm In, Fanny He He," she suld to her young niece, who regarded her lu silence. "I ain't qulto ready." She paused n moment at the foot of the stairs, ns if to catch ber breath before the entered. Ho wnt standing, looking enRorly at the door. They shook hands In sulemn silence. "Hnvo you got real well, Mist Mury Ellen!" "I haven't been sick," ihe said. Tho subject admitted of uo more dis cussion. "Fanny Hello Is getting to boa mighty pretty girl," ho began ngnln. "Don't these young ones grow up fust! She'll piny the wild with theso young fellowa beforo lung. Slio'a mighty llko whut you used to be." "Ahl" ilio suit). "How's Mrs. Waggoner, Miss Mury Ellen!" "Sister Mely Is very well, I thank you," the answered. Ho pondered for awhllo In silence. "I haven't seen yuu till fur right lung," he observed In an offhand manner. Sho made no reply. "I thought limy Im somebody bad been tick or something hud been bothering you," he suggested. She suld nothing for a moment "Ev erybody's been pretty well," sho finally responded. Ho looked mildly nt her, evidently at the end of his conversational resources. Sho laid tho liem of ber handkerchief In fold. "Speaking of Sister Moly," the wont on suddenly, "I don't know whnt I'd do but for Sister Mely. Thero't nobody to bo de pended on like your own born relations. I don't know whether you ever do get to un derstand people you wa'n't raised with." "Yea, that's so," ho assented, not with out perplexity. "Some people nro so excitublo," sho pro ceeded, "tlmt you never know Just where to Und 'em. If Sister Mely says a thing today, she'll stick to It tomorrow." "You aro mightily tbut wuy yourself," ho suld. Sho Hushed over licr faco nnd nock. The blood rushed to his own fuco ns he saw tho drift of ber thoughts. "Nobody'a any stricter about a promlso than you aro," bo suld In a reassuring manner. "You'd stand up to it if it killed you if you wa'n't let off." Sho glanced nt blm and looked away. "I don't know bow you know all thut," she suld. Ho seemed n little bewildered, as If he bad lust his bearings in tho conversation. Her ghmce nguln turned to him for un Instant "I dun t generally make prom ises 'twould kill me to keep." A sort of Hash passed over his faca as he looked nt her. "It seemed mighty hnrd on you tbo other night thut promlso did," ho begun unsteadily. "Wa'n't It hard on you, Miss Mary Kllon?" With the eagerness of the drowning man who sect n itruw he cutched tho nrmi of his chair so that hla knucklei whiteued. "Wa'n't It hard. Miss Mnry Ellen!" She sat rigid in every muscle, gazing serenely Into her lap, but lu splto of her self her face Unshed and luftcned. "Not to very," sho answered In a tweet, faint voice. Annie Stegor Wilton In Ladlot' Home Journal. Tho duy that riillllpt Brooks died the mother of a little child oitmo Into the room whero tho little one wns playing, and, holding the bright face between her hands, said tearfully, "lilshop Urookt lint gone to heaven." "Oh. mummn !,,. t,nn. the angv.li will bet" was thexeplyof the ihlld. A JUMPED CLAtM. 'Juit ns ws go to press," annoo.noa the New Boaton Clarion In Its first lartte, "ws Uarn that Ben Fargo'a claim haa been Jumped again. Ban's wrturn It tx. pec ted tomorrow, and wt predict that be will attend to tha evlotlon In hla nana! prompt and thorough manner." No fault could hove bean found with this item eaccpt per ha pa tbat It might bavn been a little Indefinite to tba nolo ItlutiKl. New Boaton fully understood It "Who's Jumped It this timet" atked. Colonel Pride, aa Cy liloksoo retailed the tews to the cltlxent lounging on tba porch of the Eureka general store. "Dun know," answered the mall oat. rler. "Didn't atop to find out 8mok wnt coiuln out of the aback, an acan'loui lookln linchpin wagln an a pair of rickety olo mulct waa atandin by " " Waal," prediotod Colonel Pride, "about five mlnutoa after Bon gits tnore thesa rickety niules'U be pulling tbat soandalgge looking wagon away from tbat claim." "You bet I" agreed the eltlxens. " 'Pears like Ben Fargo'a claim Is all at buln Jumped." "And unjumped Just as often," said tbo colonel. "Had to laugh, tbe other day, as I was rldln past," suld Mr. Cy Hlokson. "Fel ler front Mlzxury'd Jumped the claim tbat time an was bakln a Johnny cake in Beo'i tklllet. ' Five minutes to git your Johnny out of my tklllet,' says Ben. 'The year lWl will find me right yere,' says Mis- xury. fc'ays Bon, 'This is my olalm, an' 'Mebby 'twas 'fore I Jumped it,' broke la Mlzzwy, tumln over tbe Johnny oaks. Yet, an 'twill be aoon's you unjump It, wblcb'll be In 'bout three mlnutea,' eayi Hen. 'C'ruck your whip,' says Mlxxury. 'I'm able for you, I reckon; 'sides, the law's on my side, an' 'Hang tbe law!' broke in Ben an sailed in. They tangled, an In about two ralnutoe Mlriury found ho'd mndo a mistake. Fer awhile I 'lowed llen'd drive hla head Into the ground. Then, after tukln hlin around awhile, Ben nut on hlin. 'Whose claim 'a thla now! says Hen. ' Your title to It 'pea.s to ba a very strong one,' says Mlxxury. A little later Mlzzury bnd his team hitched to bla wagln anwasa-eatln his Johnnycaks as hedruv away." Mr. Ben Fargo, returning to New Bos ton the following dny, became aware tbat bis olalm bad been Jumped. "Well," he said, half aloud, "lam In hurry to get to New Boaton, but I reckon I enn sparu time to start thla Jnmperon his way. Not overly well fixed," be com mented ns he left the road. "Wagon don't look safe, nnd the mules seem rickety, but they brought the Jumper bore, and they've got to Hello, herel" Tho pretence of tbe object tbat Le bad almost ridden over surprised blm a good deal more than tbo presence of the Jumper. It waa merely a little grave, roughly rounded up In the midst of the long prairie Brass, Tho clods of tbe ragged little mound shuwod that it bad been there only a short whlla. A tattered prairie rosebush had bean planted at the head of the tiny tuouud. The tips of Ita loaves had with' erod and tho bios soma It had borne at transplanting were yellow and shriveled, but one bud bad opened, and the ragged little flower, striving Ita best to be bright and pure, lay on one rough, black clod of tho ragged little grave. "Bubyt" Forgo muttered. At tbut moment a woman left the shack and came toward tbo grave. In her band she bore a cup of water. Ber eyee were swollen. Fargo started as he saw her face. Scarcely glunalng ot him, she returned the salutation and bent and watered the rag ged llttlo rosebush. " Your baby!" Fargo asked awkwardly. "Yes," tho woman answered, oboklng with her oppressed feeling. "She waa all IhadV She flung herself prone on tbe grave, embraced tbe llttlo mound and sobbed aloud. Fargo looked nnoomfortable. "Now don't cry so. I you Where's your hus band! In tho shack!" "No," lifting hor faoe from the oloda "He's doad. I was on my way home. The baby well, I dug tbe little grave myself. I had no coflln, and I burled her In hrr little nightgown. I cannot go on yet oh, It seems as if I oould never go I Maybo tbe owner would not object if X lived In tho shack a little while till" Furgo squirmed a little uneasily la his saddle. "After a little I must start on to ward Indiana," . "What part of Indiana?" Fargo blurted. "Champion oounty. The little oroasroad village Just below Fountalnvllle." "Ever kDow'a darned fool there named Forgo?" "Ben Fargo? Ho wasn't a fool, though. Ho" "Yet, he was tool Got mad at nothing! Ought to have boon shot on tho spot" "Not Ho we" x " Mary, don't you know mef" "Bon Fargol" " Yes. A durned fooL Got mad at Both lng." A llttlo later the dispossessed owner ol the shuck was smoothing up the mound that oovorod the child ot tbe person wbo had Jumped his claim, and the Jumper sat on tho grass near by looking less deso late. Whon, later, Mr. Fargo was passing tbe Eureka general store, he was stopped by Colonel Pride, "Did tbe jumper out up rusty, Ben?" "Nopol" Fargo answered shortly, toot ing awuy. "Go without trouble?" "Nopel" More shortly. " Reckoned he wus able for you?" "Nopel" Farther away. "Waal, then, what did" "Nothing. There yet" Fargo turned the corner. Hlokson, the mall carrier, as be was go ing from New Boston, saw Ben Fargo smoothing tho buby'e grave and marveled thereat When be returned from the trip, be retailed tho news to the prominent cltl iens. "Waal, I'm beat," announced Colonel Pride. "Mo too," ngreed several. The attempt to Interview Ben Fargo when next ho appeared was not a brilliant suocess. That personage Informed tbem, first, that whatever occurred at his olalm wut the business of no one but himself, and, tecond, that be was both able and willing to thrnsh any man wbo desired to make it hit business. No one acknowledged toadeslro. But one day The Clarion publithed the follow ing Item of Interest: "Married, this morning, by Ber. Mr. Prouty, at the claim given to the bride by the groom, Mrs. Mary Stono and Mr. Ben jamin Fargo." And tbla time Ben Fargo'a olaim staid Jumped. Exchange. rp to Date Traseat. The glrli don't bleach their alr any mora. They have It londlked. Phila delphia Beeord.