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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
In the House of Many Flowers
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X TUB MIDST of lb? dirt, the f"y$&
VrreeS.,SSu.rm N" -ndcr UlUo MlsHBlBl,e,l ns .ho
" '. . ....... i....o our. mnt over 1'nnca 8 ui-nuiB.
do. stretch the shacks of pov locKcn
erty, crusted with grime d -- - -j", ,)t
with foul odors; but the 't0 '""' J,prt as thw tuned to wave a good-
hit reflects the ky In Ihonildrt of a sometnnc t icy uu.u
muddy street. Some cnllll tno aei- imc u . .(,-
riowiro. iiuic) in mv
rooms, they meet togciuer, uu f, miwc-u ui" i- "j - ,
nil nnHnnniiiioq. liolil tocetlur by the Into the garden. Duslc had come, nnd
common bonds, ignorance and pov- the tangled shrubbery was nil nqulver
X u u n tlu, ,ght um.2C.. Kr()m without
It' was a warm Saturday afternoon, camo the sound of calling, of busy
and the Settlement was full of chll- wagons, of clanging bells, but wltliln
drcn. Little Miss sighed as alio bent everything was quiet. Sutldenlj Lilt
over Panca and adjusted tho tangled tlo Miss heard a step, nnd looking up
with which she was striving io found mat sue was noi aioue. a uum
-I-,-- J 1.1. .. flMK.Mmnl Tim efftMfl 1ntirt lint Tin tVIIQ linnHV
"s&asS. Sit
'qh-rtm
floss with wjilch
nmtirnlriril n hit
girl looked up with
Menu
PORTLANiv.
ropuLAR mn
Hill. !,..... " '
a i.ii- :." i,,"! i t... '
niout more. Now ti'i'W
jinn.li i.uo n, Up inm,
" moots nil trains
Hosts wuu tiiiiii ouv u,o . wi iv...... ....... o......w -.wv... -- ---
cmliroltlor a oil oi caruuuuru. i u biuou uuiuru hui . uu ii w
. . a .... - . f..t M..lln .1 .I .. .... .t 1...1 1.. .ni ri,
a gnuuiui oiiiiiv uruKsuu, uivii i"hb''i - o "'
H IhIa ! iifirtr r. Hinn r9 , I. n Mrtl ttlil.nilinnil Iff.
BS BIIO UII6 lier lieeuiu iuiu hci " iiiiiii ui mu uujuraiiiu. ...
Little Miss turned away. Tho child loomed before her, large, shambling,
who hnd clvon her that name had evidently 111 at case. Llttlo Miss was
long SinCO ICll Hie Liruiu nuu " uu. uiKiuuiiuu. oiiit mitt uei-u i
.lnn,l nr rnu nn nnu knniv whore, rnlla nf linln nl nnv hour nf llin nlcht
but the name sflll clung to her. She "Well," she said kindly, "Is thcro
was a slight llttlo woman of perhaps anything I can do to help jou?"
fifty oars. Her hair was gray and The mnn (00 Bton forward out
waved nbout a face n little worn, a or (10 shadowu. "Llttlo Miss," he
llttlo lined with care, but full of a saj( , pnt8y pnt8y o'llarren."
sweetness that mirrored tho boiiI Ti. ..,,,,, i,nPt ,. inn
within. Tho twenty years that Llttlo nm " wns C)no of ho? bovs
Miss had spent In the Settlement had , j ,0 'had conio bark! u ino? k
given her more things than her name, g ,oward h?m nnd hold mil ho?
There had been joys that almost V0?.?. h,JS t"nd''yS, Patav "
erased tho thought of tho tragedies ".""". ,. '..'"Q.1 BC0 ou' IatB'
sho had witnessed: but today Bomo- Tho mnn innkn i n i.nr f...n..u.
how, today seemed different. After Yo ?vn nrn ii.n l?,Lu9 ,furlU'cl
twenty years Llttlo Miss hnd paused H, 8"" l 'n,fnn"r87 ho n8k,etl;
to think, and today sho was passing ' "J ? " '"n ' 0,.n . . but
Judgment on her work. motioning him to follow, ontercd the
jHugiiicni. on ucr worK. house, whero sho drew the curtain
It had begun that morning when nnd uUlod tno i eht Theii hi mint-n
Llttlo Miss, at her solitary breakfast "y" ,UZ J B, ; JJl? .? p?hcV
had picked up tho paper and on tho nulctly "Hi mnl vnn on ,S'S
front page had found tho story of n g , fu'rrlod nbon f 1,r IS . ,
convict's escape. Llttlo Miss rnroly T 'S "V0 'l ,cr prtlclp"ra,r,0,V8,
read tho more sensational parts of ,ZTnJSV iier(' ,hC
tho paper, avoiding them with tho 0 " " I?", w ',b ' 'i n tts Ui?"Kh
nlco distinction of ong practice, but mollis I, nwinin H1r lnd,nB
today tho picture of tho convict hnd u o ! tho h u 5 Lu S,1 l"(fil!; l"!
boon published, and Llttlo Miss Sund tho wnl? Umt 8ld
caught and held by tho oyes. Tho "..'"," V'" "".. .. .
young face reminded her of some- Mf v, . J ' ,T ,0..8D ot
thing, eomeone-sho scarcely know K .lSn Biif ? ".,0t1V,no
what, nnd sho paused to rend tho col- li-n't n lTid i h.,!BV ! b!,' THoy
umn beside It. "Patrick O'llarren" km" Ifo iM,n?i ttm jrfci,ho dn"
-tho nnmo was familiar. Hor mind fho'-hnV. nf i LU '. l8S W
worked back along tho years, nnd y0?,ES"tnr Bn ", on tfnE;. P
suddenly sho remembered. So ho TS111M,1I11',I,I'. "?
was a convict now, tho llttlo Patsy w oii.r n J".1""1 dIlfrcmcmoercd
O'Harrou who had worked and played M PuKL. , , .,
In this vnrv Imn.n Ion vnnr- l.f, IiltUo MISH, looking back t irOllcll
Sho romembered with a pang that ho ? Jii1 n, mdr0?.v nd. T?nls re
had commute souio small offense nnd l$,"g "? " Io- "Vea." sho said,
had left hor for tho reform school, a .. ?. v tI,om' nnd J romombcr
lad of ten or twelve 8ho had lost fi"n ,0"' lo,u wcre 8"cl1 a o t
track of him, and now now ho was ".,re,Icm' nn(I yu enjoyed tho work
an outlaw, being hunted like nn nnl- Ti,n mn ,
mnl. Sho searched tho column for , J, ! ""L m?,?v t"rMctl ...n 'or nlmost
his crime. Somo Jowolry, a mntter of ""'f' P " know." he said, "'twas
a year. Ho was an "old offendor," It ?,? thllV; l bud ",nt wn"t bad.
seemed an old offender at twenty- . . .' lho ,on,' tlnt5." It ull
twol it was on his way to prison m"' , u '? n torrent, n stream of
that ho had made his escape, and now "I"108.1 .V10?. I,crc"t "' "My moth
It was reported that ho was In tho i.nr,6"'..!11 ot say anything ngln
South. Llttlo Miss had thrown nsldo f ,,r' for tW08 not "r fault, but tho
tho paper nnd risen rrom tho tnble. "Vf 'Vn?, . h,.81 f'al clenched.
Sho felt tired and very, very dlscour- ,.. ,y .U, t,lno ' ve comc hero with
agod. Sho tolled with thorn, taught !" bJc fnw from boatln'. They
thorn, loved them, and they ended In ,"? al,' I'nd' ro!ten "ad, but this wuz
pilson, or worse. Sho hnd worked l ,8;T .,eavon. Somo "light have
for twonty years and failed, and joi J'"01 J"0 otlier without goln' down.
Bho wondered wherein tho fault lay V. i l,1z rotten, too, I guess. Tli'
what sho could Imvo dono to mako ." .B0 8a,d h0- '"" rate, nn' I got
her Influence moro lasting. fnl "',,,f.(p thlovln' an' gonornl dov-
Somowhero within, tho clock uJJL ,)m cn l cnm. 0,lt' tll0y U
chimed tho hour, nnd Llttlo Mlw bur- i, i nl ie Weren ' nolh1"' to do.
rled nbout her accustomed tasks. Hor ?, J... ,, nC(1 S0In.c 8tu" nn got sent
assistants Joined, nnd soon after enmo i1'', r lwClmllH' '"' then I didn't ,
tho children. At their ndvont the i....0.' . "on they caught mo thin
rooms seemed to blossom Into llfo. " " ,y clia'!ct "" ' t, an'
There was llttlo time for thinking R11fSnciow.' l JUBt come here"
now, nnd yet the smiles on tho fncos noM0dod simply,
of tho children brought n Hort of Inil'f0n0,r. ' ' Bald llttlo MM, "yon
pain to Little Miss, nnd as sho bout mu5Mt' , .
over thorn, directing their awkward wnrinVin1!l dou,,od ' length nwk
f ngers, putting n stitch hero, n m, Vyi nto n.'0 clinlr sho drew up o
atlteh there, tho same question rS ou.Ivf HaM.1.fo" .,0 f rnvcE
again and again In her mind. How Snitf ?f iho thlBK8 ll cntalned. Slid
long would they rememberT n, .l rc was c'n8lnK from wl h.
Llttlo Gulseppo with the soulful c n' irnnPra,nB from n' chair. A
oyos and tho grimy fingers, would he crailAW n0m h'8 ,,and and
K,out of her life forever and loavo rTh Vh? n?or wnheeded.
n'l w wl?.1."," l bru8h wlUl ro,an'c hubbub m C."'n'ied pa8t and the
.k.U-,ou,d they, too, paM on nnd -U subshled Braa.
wiSf.-Js Wi'ff pSsra SrW." 8P0keD-b!?
muro. Kanakltebl r,lv l h"r oni le t K!" Ho no longer n
of admonishment with an Inscrutable Tx ',' he was a child, a fr sbteaoS
express on In his shtt eyw. Usual? Ani'1' C0,mJns ,0 ''er tor help I mi?,
the lnc dent wouhi ..-- i.... .""".". Miss put hor !.nn,i n u. 1 . J 1-IUI
&?hf'w?'''ntdw. "WW' . !$.,,!
Buy
it now
Get what voin
need in the Sni
now, and help
prosperity along,
COUld 10 nnyilling Olll nn uarmum tuu-
vlct .whllo If you go back"
"do buck!" cried tho mnn "to
that?" ,,
"Listen, I'nlsy," alio plentloil. "Clo
linrlr and tnko your puiilslimutit Hko
n mau, go back, nnd then coino out
nnd start afresh "
"Start fresh I" cried the othor,
U....I I.... In mi 1i.il. Il'ifilii "Wlwi'il
give mo tho clmnrt nftor this?"
it was n question Hint had puzzlod
wiser theorists thnn Llttlo MIbs, nnd
sho vvns Bllont for a liilnuto. Thoro
woro BtcpB on tho walk, nnd somo
ono rapped heavily on tho door. Lit
tle MIbs went white. Suddenly sho
turned to tho man.
"Don't you bco," she crlod, "your
chanco e hero, among your own pco-
ils.9 fiimn linnl.' in inn tlllil T will
yivi wui.li. u.tv.v V .', ...... f...
give you work here in Tho House, of
Many Flowers."
Tho knocking was repented, nnd
oho hurried down the hnll nnd un
bolted tho door. On tho nlepa fli'i
found n pollconiau of tho bent with
Bcvornl others.
"Pardon, Miss," snld the officer,
scraping, "wo n.'iw a uum como lu
hero awhile ngo. Is ho &tlll hero?"
For tho frnctton of if second Llt
tlo Miss nnuscd. uncertain of hor
reply.
Then n volco ro3o behind her. "I'm
here," said Patrick O'llarren, hb ho
stopped Into tho hnll. "And it you
want to tnko mo, be quiet and don't
alarm the lady."
Tho man behind tho officer put Ills
hand .to his hip, but hltt companion
arrested 1Mb arm. "Ho'b Biirrenderod,
you fool," ho said gruffl), nnd drew
from his pocket a couple of metallic
objects Hint gleamed In tho 'lamp
light. Tho mnn winced ns the hand
cuffs touched his wrists, hut sub
mitted quietly. Tho detective beside
him put his hand on his shoulder.
"Better got a movo on," ho said
curtly.
Patrick ralsod his head nnd looked
nbout him from tho chairs nnd low
tables to tho flower pots nt tho win
dow. Then ho turned to the woman
who stood beside tho tnble staring at
him, white nnd islcnt.
"I'll como back, Llttlo Miss," ho
said slowly, "I'll come back In n
year."
Tho woman started forwnrd, hor
hnndK outstretched. "You wou't for
get?" Bho pleaded. "Oh, you nro
very, vory suro you won't forget?"
Tho man turnod nnd looked down
nt her, and IiIb oyos wore the eyes of
tho llttlo Palsy of long ago.
wo. Mitio Mtss," he said, "I'll not
forget."
Then ho passed Into the hall bo
yond, the burly policeman nt his el
bow. The trnllinllnir nlnn nnnii.l .Imvn
tho hall, tho door slammed, the gnto
clicked, and Llttlo MIbb was nloue lu
The Hoiiso of Many Flowers.
.
The Mlhrr IJulnK.
T hero In no cloud can hlu for lonj
Tho beauty of tho breath of Minn-;
In dnrlc nnd heavy fold, wc cry.
They li.itiic above us In the ky,
But wectnes through the llver ny
Soon blown tho ilrcnrltut pal! away.
...n,d. u,wnr'' to 'ho huh wo shine
Mid old rcvenllnus grown divine.
All llfo the silver lining run
llchlnil the shnilows uruy nnd lun.
And thero nmld the heaviest Rlooui
A sudden beauty burst. In bloom.
Trnnmnutlim ull our grief nnd woo
Into tho old, ntiKello kIow
Of Joy nnd cheer and Ihliik- irraco
Beneath the ulory of his fnce.
m&W&F" Cash Register Bargatl
rt.. -i ... -I.... . .
ern. Uo imv hlchcut nrlce foriw
JHtem. We do eioitt if
stinrnntvo our work. Wit
HILL
MILTTAi
AC'ADQ
A Sleet Non-flcotnrlan Doiris
Day tielinnl fnr tl,.. ..,..
clplliio; Hmnll ClftMcii JUaTJ
Cnroful nupcrvlulon ttmui
for cntnloBTue.
nSI Alnrwhnll trr, r0
tsttni
j'ailluUl
SALES MANAGER WAS'
a iiowiv orKnillxnl Portllnj Ct
inurlditlnR nAniout urcn(Ji
liouucliolil nrtlnln ami.i.V. ...p(
nf n fnlffuiiiniihtf r .- 1B' f1
lory, isitiwa" iiannS"-?JH
kooiI stnnillnir nnd aiillltr to tSd
could fin thlH position VrltiMl
tloulnm In flrit letter. vmSS
t umimny, .ilorcnn llldg rtliij
Ear-Rings and Hairi
ror '.io wo will sotnl yomtci
p,i.nivno ..I.-! '; i
.mu-iunug, UIIO1C0 01 JflWI
or n TANOO HAIR PLV. 1
rngo now. M. Jf. Greene C,tl
j-ji, i.os AHgcics, e'al.
SUDAN GRASS
Ituprcttd. in
I'liro. nffli! nllv
fudun Ornsii. Heed In utamKun
""B. nrepnld. 6-pound pnekum
v-iiuuiiu. ,i.uv. ianii io acCM
order. U'rlln uv fnr nrif..
pounds or more. Our prlccurtr
nn Tuit.vi:n rtiti: si:i:o
I.uliliork, Trin.
A d there the .tinny IiIIIn lift up
?iCilril'."9,kH..nn.d vty ,n,B cup
To hold (lodV beauty, hrlm to brim,
fihlnes with lho utmost s"eet of him.
Brlnr'b-ci"11 l,l,In,,'lll "ornc irtlier.
weather. f ,0(",n,
Th silver llnliiK-lt U there,
slid all our .orrow nnd our care.
n, v ..". . V ur- " ""KM, mi pure
?hIVVi.h nU we. lmvo ,0 know "" to
That they nro bent who best endure
The crow of each day'n calviry.
To t,er It with nu earnest will
lho silver llnlnB gloweth still.
Haltlmoro Sun.
i ',!w 'rr""Hfonimtlon.
In ndillllnn In It. n.n.i. ... .
the troops the Great Eastern ItJlE
way of England Is eonver S b ros"
ournnt nnd kitchen cars t0 ambu
lances. Tho Interior fittings nn re
moved and tho In tho interior ar
ranged with amhulnnco materials
everything being done on ho most
opproved principles. ,no3t
hitnil tav
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intf nud k
clmnccn to milt your requisite
nuni n,H,i, n, nuo ;( arcDHI
c, . 1'noiio .Main 1188.
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Plant Complete $10
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"n ui ino cuy.
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DO AM) KUIUKUV 10,
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prised
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