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CANYON" CITY", OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1879
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
C. TV. Parrisit.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Canyon City, Oregon.
M. L. OLMSTEAD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Canvn City, Oiiegon,
Geo. 1. CruuEY,
Canyon City, Oregon.
M. Dup-'in,
Attorney at Law,
Canyon City, Oregon.
F. C. HORSLEY,M T).
Graduate or the itvivkusity of penn
pylvauia, April 8, ISIS.
Canyon City, Oregon.
Office in his Drug Store, Ma;n
Street Orders for Drugs promtly filled.
No professional patronage solicited
unless directions aic s rictly followed-
J. W. HOWARD, M. D.,
Canyon City, Grant Co., Oregon.
0. It TODSON, M. D.,
Prairie City, - O
N. H. BOIEY,
tsDentnl Booms, Opposite th ethodist
Cburob.
Canyon City, Oregon.
G. I. IIAZELTINE,
Fliotograplior,
CANYON CITY, OREGON.
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MILK-MAN.
The best of Milk furnished to
the citizens of Canyon City ev
3ry moaning, by the gallon or
quart; at reasonable rates.
JOHN SCHMIDT,
Carpenter and Wagox Maker.
Canyon City, Oregon.
Dealer in Hardwood, Spokes
and Felloes, Furniture,
Ohalrs, Faints, Glass, and
Window-sash.
GEO
S0LL1EE
Hotels.
N. Rulison,
A. H, Grotii.
CITY HOTEL
Canyon City, Oregon,,
RTJLISOtf & GROTH, - - Proprietors
Bog leave to inform their frienda
And tho Public Generally1
That they can bo found at the
OLD STAND,
And aro alwaws ready to furnish good
Board and Lodging
AT MODERATE PRICES.
STSINEE W
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Tbe undersigned takes ploasuro in announc
ing to the general public thattbey havo open
eJ a FIRST CLASS HOTEL iu tho building
known as The Golden Eagle,
Canyon City, n - - - Oregon,
Where you can find the
BEST TABLE
North of Portland,
Tlio jES.o cl js
Are all now, and tho rooms have been furnish
ed new throuchout.
Board, S5. er week; $1. per day
Moal, 50 cents.
Seokruaiil it Roijekts, Proprietors.
Grange Hotel.
PRAIRIE CITY, OREGON,
J. TL Ilardnian, Proprietor.
The accommodations at the above Hotel are
good, and every caro will ba taken to iruko
quests feel at homo.
ji1f"Comfortab!o bpda, ard a! gO"d a tnble
B8 tba mtrkot nffjrd? f.ircisheJ at reasonable
MkPMEY HOTEL
Fort Harney,
Oregon.
Proprietor.
Having completed my TTotel
I am prepared to entertain the
traveling public with care and
comfort. The table is supplied
with the best the market affords.
The beds are neat and clean.
STRAWBERRY VALLEY
FLOURING MILLS,
MO REREAD & CLEAVER
PROPRIETORS.
Manufacturers and dealers in
Flour of the Best Brand, Gra
ham Flour, Corn Meal, Shorts,
Bran and Feed. For a
Superior Article
oe flour go the Strawberry
Mills. These Mills are located
in Strawberry Valley, in the
upper John Day Valley, Grant
County. 3iS Accommoda
tions a speciality. Reasonable
prices. Give us a call. -gJf
DALLES AND BAKER CITY
STAGE LINE,
Vaile & Co., Proprietors.
Departs from Canyon City for The
Dalles and Baker City, Daily.
Arrives from the same points, Daily.
R. CI Williamson, Sup't,
CA2STT03ST CITY & McDERMIT
STAGELINE,
IHANKJffcBEAK, - - Proprietor
Departs from Cannon City
on Monday, Thursday, and Sat
urday of each week.
Arrives at Canyon City on
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Sunday, Wednesday and jm-
day of each week.
THE COUSINS.
From tho Chicago News.
II had got himself into a scrape, and,
manlike, had do defioate idea how he
was to get out of it.
Last winter, in a flush of enthusiasm,
he had rewarded Miss Mowbray's ser
aphic Bmiles by an offei of his hand
and fortune, and she hud accepted the
priie with & show of tenderness that was
perfect in its way.
The. marriage, in all human probabil
ities, would have been consummated,
hud uot the grim hand of Pate beckon
ed the unfortunate Con up to a little vil
lage on a fishing excursion ostonsibfy,
but, iu reality, to fall in lore with pret
ty little Dora Blair.
He met her at a village gathering and
it being a fixed principle nf his lo at.
tach himself to the prettiest girl in tho
room, he adherred to his purpose with
a rigidity which would have been ex
tremely amusing, had it uot so soon be
come serious, for, after two or three
meeting., Master Con was fairly infat
uated.
Eor a week the dream was bright and
undisturbed.
Then Con began to feel uncomfort
able.
With the prospect of being married
to one girl in a month he wu hardly
dishonorable enough to propose the
same course with another.
But being neither very clever nor
original, he could'nt aee the slightest
loophole; so he lingered on at Doru's
sida, and she, pour child ! was happy,
even in the uncertainty.
Of course people talked as they al
ways do talk, and some during than the
rest eucompnsied Con, and looked uu-
utterable things as they spoke of Doru's
parentage.
"LiveB with her father and mother 1
Oh, yes' but then they don't happen to
he her father and mother- well, we
don't know, and the Bhiirs take caiv. to
;ive us no information."
Theu Con was angry.
lie was just young enough to be
Quixotic, and of course, he wanted to
marry her; to take his little star-faced
angel to himself; to transplant his little
field daisy to a more luxuriant Boil.
lie went up to see her with a letter
from Mis Mowbray in his pocket and
on ominously guilty feeling about his
heart.
Pretty Dora, Pat with her white f: ce
up. raised, and her wouderous hair fall
ing around her like a glorious golden
cloud.
4,J thought you would come," she
said, slyly, the color faintly flushing
her fair cheeks, and then, though Na
ture had'nt made him so, Con felt more
utterly foolish than ever.
"As if I could stay away' he an
swered, half reproachfully. "At least
until I have to, for I am going away
in a day or two."
"Oh ! aro you ?" very faint and trem
ulous. "Yes, but Vll come baok again if any
one wants rue."
She stole one quick glanco at him
from under her downcast lids.
'Do you want me, Dora? Will I
eomo back to you 1"
No answer camo from the parted lips,
but I think he knew she wanted, for,
leaning over the garden gate he answer
ed hor Bilence by Baying:
"Very well, dear, Til be back ir. a
very little while, and you'll bo waiting
for me, won't you 1"
It was not very definafco, to say the
least of it.
C.n went home chat night, cstatic
ally but guiltily happy.
And when he reached home hi foui'-d
a lettor awaiting him.
A letter from his mother, the dow
ager Mrs. Creignton, demanding his
instant return.
"Gertrude is very ill," she said, "and
certainly your place should be beside
the lady who in four weeks will become
jour wife. I have heard but totally
disbelieve, a rumor of some girl whose
pretty faca has attracted your attentions.
It might have troubled me, had I not
known that I could trust your dignity
as being a member of the Creighton
family, and youa honor as being en
gaged to Gertrudo Mowbray."
Con crushed the letter in his hand,
and tried to stare clrouuastancea in the
face, but eiroumstances baffled him, and
in a state of semi-torture, ho retired to
his dream-disturbed couch.
Tho next morning he returned to
Londou.
Miss Mowbray was much better
when he reached home.
Mrs- Creighton greeted him with dig
nifiod pleasure, and poor Con felt as ut
torly mean and dishonorable a3 his
moat inveterate enemy could have de
sired "Mr. Creighton, I would like to speak
with you for a moment, please."
Oou was walkiug down the strand
considering how he should break oil his
engagement, when the words struck his
ear.
Coo turned with a start, and eoeoun
tewd his lawyer, Arthur Gray.
"Certainly, Mr. Gray ! What's the
business now 1"
"Rather an unpleasant business, I
am sotry o say, sir. But you will step
into my, oflice where I oan fully ex
plain." So Con followed him in, and waited
to hoar what the uupleusunt business
might bo.
'Yon are awnte air, that ynar Into
uncle, from whom you inherited your
fortune, died intestate, or I should pay,
was thought to have died intestate,
wheieon you were kis heir-at-law. A
few dnys since, however, wo made what
muse prove a painful discovery, name
ly, the certificate of his marriage, and
a half drawn up will, in which he be
queathod all hi possessed to his unao
kaowlcdiied wife, or her children,
should ahe have any.
"After diligmt inquiries, wo have
discovered that the late Mrs. Creighton
died in giving birth to a, child, but the
child is Btill living, so I must inform
you that ycu are'
"Penilcss," finished Con, gloomily,
but with deliberation.
"Not quite, Mr. Creighton. Your
father left you 2,000, which is some
thing. Your cousin arrived to day, I
believe."
Poor Con, he managed to get out
without disgracefully showing his feel
ings, for it's mo joke 6o End ouoself sud
denly precipitated from the pinnacle of
a millionaireBhip.
"Well, alter all, thero'sono comfort,"
he said, returning to his soliloquy.
"Gertrude Mowbray won't want me
now, bo I'll give hor wnrniug. Dora
will take me, rioh or poor, and I hope
I'm not such a miserable coward as to
shirk the labor of a man,"
His meditations brought h? ha front
of the Mowbray mansion.
Five minutes after he was citting in
the dantiest of boudoirs, Gertrude be
fore him in tha meat recherche of French
morning robes.
"You look dreadfully tired, Con.
Have you been walking very far V
"Not particularly far. but I bavo had
bad news, and as a general thing, that
is more harrassing than the mero effort
of walking."
"Why, whst nowa have you bnd "
Nothing very carious, I hope."
''Oh, not at all; only that I've losl
every penny of tho fortune my uncle
left me."
"Lost, oh'. Gh.nol Howl"
"Oh, in a romantic way, of course,
it seems thai my supposed bachelor
uncta wr.s, in r6ality, k B&nedict, buc,
a& Lis as his marriage was m secret,
and the girl was a country lass, nobody
knew anything about it; so he told her
the ceremony was false, and left her.
She died heartbroken, and left an heir
or an heiress, I don't know whioh.
This child take the silver spoon out of
my mouth, and I, as you see am ruin
ed. Of oourse, Gertie, I 08me to you
first to release ycu, if you wished, from
our engagemont. Raarod as you have
been, I could not expect you to marry
a poor man, and, indeod iu my changed
circumstances I could bo no fit husband
for vou."
Then Mb Mowbray showed, that,
girl though sh was, sho was equal to
the occanion.
" orn readily preceivo, Mr. Creigb
tou, that it is youi wish that our en
gagement should o:id, ami, knowing
that, I ahould he last one to oppose
vour inclinations. As regards to your
loss, I sympathize with ycu sincerely,
but I cannot fail to ojoice that it hap
pened before I awoke to the fato of an
unloved wife."
So, for the last timo, Con went down
tho steps, saying to himsidf:
"At any rate, I still have 2,000 and
Dora I"
Ho walked along, feeling his spirits
considerably lighter, his troubled con
science comparitively at rest
But just as he reached hia mother's
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residence, Gray once more encountered
hint.
"Ah ! Here you are again; tho very
fellow I want. Your cousin has arriv
ed and is anxious to Fee you. Could
you go to her at once ? Sh is with
some relatives at th.3 hotel."
Con turned on him, a sulky express
ion wreaking his handsome face.
"Look hero, Gray; ia'nt it enough for
a fellow to be left penniless, without
making him play lackey to the girl
that's got his money ? As you're so
desperately interested, you can tell my
cousin that I am very much engaged to
day, and can't go to her. If she wishes
to see my mother, I presume she can
find her."
Arthur Gray turned his back upon
his late client.
He was young and still unmarried,
so it uiftj bo presumed ho did not feel
very badly a he returned t' pay his
devoirs to the heiiesa
But Con did feel badly as he pissed
through his mother's door, and strode
impatiently down the halls that were
no longer theirs.
ne was aicending the stairs when
the servant called:
"I forgot to give you this note, Mr.
Creighton. It was left hero about five
minutes ago."
Con took it up end glaneed carelessly
at it, a dainty little envelope whoso
delicate address ho did not reoognize,
broko the oeal aad read.
"Miss Creighton'3 compliments to
Mr. Creighton, and dabe3 his immedi
ate presence :'
"By Jove! She"! offer me the post
of footman next, I presume; but I'll go
to her now and lot hor oc hor mis
take." So, In anything but on amiable hu
mor, he wended his way to her "intme
dirte presence."
"Miss Croigton ;o engaged at present,
but will be down in flv minutes," the
waiter oaid; and, ator ho had disappear
ed, Coa began to mv.ttor something
very contemptuous about "country
chrams " etc.
Thon, finding Lad to wait, he re
signed himself to a comfortable arm.
chair, u?.til a light oiep mounded in tho
hall, until a glih, figure, with clouds
of gcldtn hair -nd diaphaneus robes of
fleecy gauze, camo Costing into tho
room, until a awest vcice oried out:
"Oh Con, I am so glad to see you I"
Then, whllo he uaa staring and won
dering, TJora'n two white hands were
laid in hie.
Dora's svet ace was upturned to
him.
Do:a'j, violet eyes rested upon him,
the tender love-light lurking in their
depths.
"Dora, my darling I My own little
Dora, what does this mean !"
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