Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, November 06, 1914, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextDIABLO AND S.'LDIER One of the Many Tales Told in a Mexican Market Place. By J. 8. M'GRATH. Once upon a time a country whose, l.ame Is always In the big history books had one of its many wars with a neighboring country, but It was over now, so the soldiers were dismissed until the next war, because In time of peace their services were not needed. One Duuth especially, who had been one of the most valiant In the cam paign, found himself without knowl edge or means to gain a livelihood, as outside the business of killing men he had learned to do nothing. He took bis gun, then his only possession, and started out seeking some way to pre serve the life which ao many times he bad risked in battle with boldest temerity. For some time be lived more on alms than anything else. One day when he wag very tired from having walked not a few leaguea he seated himself under the shade of some trees by the roadside and In a trice was sleeping profoundly. Presently he was awakened and raising his head he saw before him a very grand personage. Richly dressed indeed was be, with a cloak of dark red silk and a great sword at his belt; but he had a face that Inspired terror, with a long and pointed nose. The soldier understood at once with whom he must deal; that the stranger was no other than the devil himself. "1 know very well what you need," said the strange man. "That Is easy money, much money," exclaimed the soldier. "You shall have all the money you rare for If you will do all I tell you. Hut firBt I wlBh to be convinced you are not a coward." "Soldier and coward! You should know that cannot be." "We shall see. Turn ycur head." The soldier turdned hla head and saw coming toward him a great bear, with open mouth and the Intention, without doubt, of devouring him. The soldier aimed his gun, saying mean while: "It seems you like to snarl and growl; I will rellove you of the habit by putting a bullet Into your mouth." The gun was fired, and as the sol dier had said, the bullet entered by the mouth, bringing the bear to the ground. "I see you are very courageous," said 1 the devil. "Now If you want to be very rich you muBt do as I say." ! iUBt do as I say." ! I will, unless It be to sell you my ' soul," replied the soldier. That will depend upon yourself.! Listen. During the next seven years you must not bathe yourself, nor cut your hair, nor your finger nails, nor wear any other clothes, nor cloak than thla of mine which I shall give you. It you do these things, when the seven years are completed you will remain entirely free and rich rich as the rtcbost. But If )ou die before finishing the seven yean your soul will go to the Infernal regions." "Accepted!" cried the valiant youth, after reflecting a moment. The devil threw him the long man tle which he wore, saying: "Always when In need of money yon will have no more to do than to put your hand Into your pocket and you j will take out all the gold money you ; want' And without another word he disap peared. t The young soldier put on the cloak the devil had given him aud wished to make tike test at once. He ran his band Into the pocket, and sure enough took It out full of shining gold. So. VerV hntmv h t nff n hi. luck and enjoy without stint all that can be acquired with money. Ill . -..II J . - ... M . ! wrui ni-ii uuriug iue nrai year, for although be did not wash hlmsell nor cut his hair nor his nails ha did not yet Inspire great repugnance. Hut when the time bad about half passed his face had become more like that of wild beast than of a man. and be had to pay well In gold for all he got. Even so the day came when no one would shelter him. he was so 111 looking. With his long hair, the face of the poor soldier was taking the look of a wild animal, and hla nails resembled the claws of a tiger; his Hollies were torn and dirty. More than once be had to sleep out of doors because no one would rent him lodgings, not evon the poorest, and the aoventh year of bis promise had not arrived. One day when the poor soldier was half sitting, half lying on the grass under some bushes In the country, pondering over his condition aud wish ing the end of the seven years would ' come quickly, he beard the voice of a man. It was the devil who approached and said. "You have won. You were courage ous. Free you are and free you re main forever, and forover rich." And then be planned to disappear, but the soldier called to blm: "Hear me, Senor Diablo. It falls to thee to rid me of all this load I bear and leave me clean a 1 was seven year past" There wa no way out of It, the devil had to obey, and In the twinkle of an ) left the soldier a handsome as before, and even handsomer, after which be disappeared, grumbling and muttering to himself. The happy soldier hastened to the first city on bis road and there bought the richest garment he could Bod, and Urn aplmddly attired went to the bouse of the good and beautiful don cella. No one recognized him. All thought him a gran senor. So the two older girls retired to array themselves In costumes to receive him worthily, while the youngest remained near him, sad and pensive. Then the soldier filled a crystal cup U-lth U'ttia mill rfKnnnlni tlin linlf rt t V. . .. . fere(j to the lrl t0 drInk Thla gua did and gaw tne plece of rlng M once she produced the other half and, In the midst of her suspense, the soldier em braced her, saying: "You have been faithful and remem bered me. I then have come to keep my word." FORECAST OF COMING YEARS Life It May Be In the Future If the Present Tendency of Thing Continues. ' "And now, Henry," said Mra. Weak ersex, ai she rose from the break fast table and lighted a cigar, "don't neglect anything while I am at the office. When the mllkwoman comes get a double quantity and see that she gives you full measure. "Then ask the mallwoman about those letters that were to be sent here Instead of the office, and when the plumberess comes to fix the bathtub get her to attend to the faucet at the kitchen sink. . "I think, In all probability, the palntress who Ib going to varnish the hall stairs will be here today, and I am sure the woman who Installed the furnace will be here this morning to open it up for the winter. "Then I wish you would call up some brlcklayereBB, my dear, and get an estimate on a little strip of three foot wall to run from the stable to the garage; and while you are about tt see If you can't get a competent woman to clean out the cistern and put In the coal, won't you? "I'm going to change the stable girls, too, but I shan't bother about that today. I want to keep my mind clear about all worries, for those Wall street operatoresses are getting too keen for any use. They keep me guess ing all the time. When I am a bullosa I Bee where I should have been a bearess, and vice verBa. "Hut I'll beat 'em yet Just watch me. I haven't been going to a nerve doctoress for a year for nothing. "And, now, whatever you do, keep a sharp eye open for pedlereBses and trampesses. Don't let them In the house. And as for Ella, the chauf-feuri-SB, It I hear of your making eyes at her again I'll discharge her to- morrow "And. finally. If any such thing as a man should come a a man should come about turn him over to ,he policewoman immediate- ly.M Exchange. GOT THE HORSEFLY RATTLED Ferocious Insect Couldn't Draw Blood From the Auto, and Consequently Was Annoyed. Now that automobiles have become so numerous and the number of hones on the country roads Is dimin ishing, the horsefly has tackled the au tomoblle. Any automoblllst that drives along the country roads may notice the old-fashioned horsefly, the pest and the terror of good old Dobbin, as it darts In, over, under, and around his machine. A horsefly will follow an automobile for miles In thla wav. and It strikes at the machine Just as It used to strike at a horse and make him Jump In agony. One automoblllBt who was on the road a few days ago found a big horse fly fitting around and in and out of his machine. The fly struck at the sides of hla machine, but of course. It made no Impression. Apparently i surprised at Its failure to "nick or' I an BhnAtlvIn mnraul tha flv trunk 1 again and again. It tried the glass of the windshield. Next It struck at the hood of the machine with the same unsatisfactory result. After It bad been baffled In thla manner and had tried every post of the machine with out getting a bite of anything to eat, the horsefly seemed to get a "hunch.1 He abandoned the unproductive metal structure of the machine, on which he would have starved to death, and made a dash at the occupants of the car. Again and again he struck at them, and they were kept as busy for a halt mile a any horse ever was by a horsefly. Finally, however, the fly gave up the chase and full by the roadside. Tea Temper English Wrath. Tea, It would seem, baa bad some thing to do with th production of the calmness for which the Englishman Is supposed to be famous. In the days of the big breakfast (with beer) vast quantities of wine were also taken, and, according to Sir Dalter Desant the stimulating diet generally made our forefather far more easily moved than w are. All classes of men he say, were wlfter to wrath and more prone to sudden outburst than at present Tboee were the day when men ate honey with their beef and put sugar In everything, ao that the teeth of the nation were almost entirely black. London Chronicle. Ladle First "Borne day you may be president of the United States," said the candidate who waa out getting next to tbe heart of the people. "You won't make any hit with that kind of talk around here.' replied the email boy. "We're a votes for-womeo j family. Uo tell It to slsur." BRITISH WOUNDED ARRIVE AT FOLKSTONE - IIS i t tv- . "VM I rM f ) ;i I - feu She'll Wnmnmn m il , ,nri..r i ) in i MMlHIaasWSWIWMl Two wounded soldlor of a Highland regiment aeni back to Enaland for treatment, photographed on their arrival FRENCH TAKE THINGS EASK While Cherishing Love for Academy They Never Miss Chance to Make It Object of Wit Tbe French are not inclined to tak things too seriously. Thus, while they love and respect the venerable French academy, they never refrain from making It tbe subject of a little good natured wit Even the member them selves, as this entry In Victor Hugo'i notebook will sbow, Indulge In occa slonal sallies against the famous In stitution. On December 17th, 1846, Vlctoi Hugo, himself one of the forty "Im mortal" member of the academy, wrote In hi notebook: 'Today, Thursday, In the academy. I spoke there with Dupln the eldei about Balzac and of his chances ot election to the academy. "'Thunderl' Dupln Interrupted me So you really believe that without any more to-do, Balzac will be chosen the first time he come up for elec tion! You quote example where that has occurred, but these prove noth ing. Think of It I Balzac, at the first presentation ot his name! You havt thought the matter over carefully I Good! But you have forgotten oni reason why It Is quite Impossible thai Balzao should be elected to the aca demyhe deserve It!'" Look That Way. Belle Ha he proposed yett Beulah Not yet "What's the matter with blmr "I dont know; he Just lit and watches me." "Oh, I gueaa he believe In the pol icy ot watchful waiting, probably." HELIOGRAPHER OF :5aJTm'iKfrffrrrT Hellographer of the famous "Death's Head" regiment commanded by tbe merman crown prince, sending dispatches to the troop on the battlefield. at Folkstone. ACTRESS CAPABLE OF IDEAS Maude Fealy Sees Many Possibilities In the Popularity of the Mov ing Picture. Maude Fealy Is an actress whose conversation radiates Interesting idea. Here are a few words from the Hps of the tar: "To be a moving picture artist, only half of the requisite are required, because diction and voice are lost by tbe screen actor, I think picture will bring back one act plays. Pictures teach us. brevity, that la, good pic tures do." For near ly a year Maude Fealy baa been appear ing In feature pic ture, and during Maude Fealy. that time In addition to her picture work haa also been responsible for numerous scenario. She photograph well, and ha brought to bear her varied experience a a dramatic star all of which baa contributed to ber success on the screen. Dlegueted. , John I see that ft New York police man I charged with mendacity. Jim That's the way with tboee high-brow official. Always tramping up something new and far-fetched Why don't they get after the liar an1 grafter?" Cleveland Plain Dealer. THE CROWN PRINCE $ P I in (DM SLANG m tommrrp aoc oe the New Fable of the Two Phllan- throplo Native 8ons Who Brought Home the Bacon. Once there were two Home Boys who (allied forth from a straggling Village In search of an Irrational Fe male known a Dame Fortune. When they bad covered enough Ground to be far away from the elder ly Relatione and no one could point out the House in which they were bom they began to Deliver. It waa a sad Jolt to the Walking Vegetables back In the Stockade when they beard, on Good Authority, that Ezra and Bill were slamming It over the Plate and batting above .400. They simply wagged the ossified Domes and hoped the Boy were get ting It Honestly. Ezra and Bill, up among the Inflam matory Poster and the nervou Elec tric Signs, kept on playing Tag with the Sherman Act until they bad It In Oodle and Bundle and Bale and Stacks. Finally, when they became so pros perous that they had to wear Shoes specially made, with Holes In the top, they began to be troubled with Tender Recollections of Humble birthplace. They yearned to elbow out from the Congested Traffic of the cold and heartless City and renew Sweet As sociations. They wanted to wander once more down the Avenues of Rhubarb and clasp hands with Old Friend whose simple Hearts averaged about 14 Throbs to the Minute. It is the regulation Dream of every Financial Yeggman to go back to bis Old Town wearing a Laurel Wreath and have the School Children throw Moss Rose In hla Pathway. So Ezra sent on a Proposition. ' He wanted to build a Library at the corner of Fifth and Main, thereby ma king It easy for his old Neighbors to read tbe Six Best Sellers without plugging tbe Author's Game. He offered to give 20,000 bucks If tbe Citizens would raise 8,000 more and maintain the Thing. Ezra bad not been In the Habit ot reading anything except the Tape and he cared about as much for George Bernard Shaw as George Bernard Shaw cared for blm. Nevertheless, be wanted to bo re membered 60 Years hence as tbe Man who built the Library and not as the Guy who dealt from the Bottom of the Deck, utilizing the Sleeve Device and the Bosom Hold-Out By the use of Anaesthetics and For ceps the 6,000 was secured. Then the Building was erected and the only Criticism made was that the Location waa poor and the dod blasted Concern looked like a Barn and It waa arranged wrong Inside and nobody didn't want no Library nohow. When Ezra came down to tbe Dedi cation to face an outraged and tax burdened People be was Just as popu lar as Tonsllltls or Sciatica. Bill came back also. He floated into Town one day and appeared in Jimlson'a General Store 'and called for a Good Cigar. He told Mr. Jlmlson to take one and called up tbe Boy around the Stove and even those who were chew ing were told to put 'em In their Pocket and smoke 'em after while. When the Word got out that Bill wa Buying over at the Bee Hive rep resentative Citizen came on the Jump from the Harneaa Shop and the Under taking Parlors and the Elle Bowling Alley. Every Man that showed got a Lot tie Lee with a Band around it and when Bill left on the 8:40 a Mob fol lowed blm to the Train. Ever after that the Word was freely passed around that Bill wa a Prtnco. MORAL la scattering Seeds of Kindness do it by Hand and not by Machinery. The New Fable of the Passing Up of the Wonderful Meal of Vlttles. Once upon a Time a Rugged Char acter from the Middle West waa In New York City fixing up a Deal. Although he wore overlapping Cuffs and a ready-made Tie, be bad a Rat ing, so a certain Promoter with an Office in Broad Street found It ad visable to make a Fuss over blm. The Promoter invited the prospec tive Mark to Luncheon and arranged to bave tbe same served In a snug Corner entirely screened by Oleander and Palms. When the Visitor entered the far famed Establlehment and found him self entirely protected from the Vulgar Gaze be knew that at last he was In the Headquarter for sure-enough Food. "What I Itr he asked, gaxlng Into the limpid Amber of the First Course. "Turtle Soup," replied the Host "We shoot the Blame Thing Just for Practice, out our Way," said the Gueet, "but If I went Home and told my Wife I'd been eatln' Turtle sh wouldn't live with me." 8o the Alsatian Nobleman hurried It away and substituted a Tld-BIt with Cray Fish as the principal Ornament la the Ensemble. "It's a Craw-Dabber!" exclaimed the aorrlfled Man from the Prairie. 1 see Ten Million of them little Cusses every Spring, but I wouldn't touch one with a Ten Foot Pole." To relieve the embarrassing Situa tion, the Host gave a Sign and the Menials came running with the Third Course, a tempting array of Frog Sad dles. "A Frog Is' a Reptile," arid the Hoosler, backing away from the Table. "I've beard they were Et, but I never believed it I can go out any Morning and gather a Car-Load." The next Serving was Breast ot Guinea Hen with Mushrooms under Glass on the Side. "On my Farm I've got a lot of these Things," said the GueBt poking at the Guinea Hen timidly with bis Fork. "We use them as Alarm Clocks, but I'd Just as soon eat a Turkey Buzzard." "How about the Mushrooms?" "Eight People In our Townahlp were poisoned this Summer from fool In' with that Truck. My pasture's speckled with 'em, but we never pick 'em. Most of them are Toadstools. I tried a Real One once at a K. P. Banquet It tasted a good deal like a Rubber Glove." The only remaining Hem before Des sert waa a tempting Salad of Water Cress. The Guest identified It as something that grew In the Crick below tbe Spring and was commonly classified as Grass. "Perhaps you bad better order for Yourself," said the Host, as the lowly Water Cres followed the other Into the Discard. The Guost motioned the Walter to come close and said: "I want a nice Oyster Stew and some Sparkling Bur gundy." MORAL A Delicacy Is Something not raised In the same County. The New Fable of the Unruffled Wife and the Gallue Husband. One day a Married Woman who waa entitled to a long row of Service Stripes on her Sleeve sat In the Motor and watched the remainder ot the Sketch try out bis new trick Mono plane. He scooted away with the Buxzer working overtime and soon was cloud hopping about a Mile overhead. When be began dplng tbe Eagle Swoops and the Corksorew Dips, which so often serve as a Prelude to a good Wlfey Never Batted an Eye. First Pnge Story with a picture of the Remains being sorted out from the Debris, most of the Spectator gasped and felt their Toes curling Inside of their Shoes, but Wlfey never batted an Eye. With only one little Strand of Wire or perchance a 8toerlng Knuckle standing between her and a lot of In zurince Money she retained both her Aplomb and the Lorgnette. "How can you bear to watch It?" asked a Lady Frlond, who waa heaving perceptibly. "Linen." replied the Good Woman. "For many Snows I have been sitting on the Sldo Lines watching the Dear Boy take Desperate Chnncos. To be gin with, he mnrrled Into Our Family. Onco, at Asbury Park, he acted as Judge at a Baby Show. Laser he put a lot of Money Into a Bank, the Presi dent of which wore Throat Whisker and was opposed to Sunday Base BalL He has played Oolf on Publle Links, hunted Deer during the Open Season In the Adlrondacks and essayed the Role of Claude Melnotte In Amateur Theatriculs. Once he attended a Clam Bake and took everything that waa Passed. At another time be made a Speech when the Alumni celebrated a Foot Ball Victory. Frequently he goes Shopping with me. Last year he acted as Angol for a Musical Comedy. The Driver of our Car Is a Frenchman. And don't overlook tbe Fact that for Six Years he has been a Stock Broker. He may fall at any Moment but It he does be will pick out a Haystack on the way down." MORAL-The Wright Brother were not the first to be Up In the Air.