THE OREGON , DAILY JQURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY 'EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, .1906. .
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V IT F ITH a firm hand Mllllcent (5 row
: Tiff back a stubborn sprig of la
V V f ' rel pushed1 Into a pretty
glade that waa certainly
" haunt of fairies If -ther-were"iny t
rlaa In the vicinity. She stepped timid
ly through the long greases. v She
paused a moment when the flowera and
fern began to five way to water
plants. The lines around her eyea and
mouth spelled snakes If ever an ex
pression did. But with a look of deter
mination creeping- over her features,
ha set out again with a resolute step
that told of a preconceived project,
which aha Intended to carry through.
.sudden rustling In a patch of .short
rushes evoked I rem her a very shrill
feminine squeal and brought her to an
abrupt halt. The snake,, if indeed It
were a serpent, naatenea away quiet ly
without any further disturbance; for
snakes, notwithstanding the bad fepu
tatlon they enjoik.espeelally In the fern
Inlne mind, are a very gallant sort, and
ran never be accused of Intentionally
frightening a lady. But the mysterious
movement In .-the rushes . had aroused
KMUUcent'a timidity, and shaken her
resolution to the very . roots and foun
dations.
"Twas only a frog, young lady," ahe
hoard soma one at her elbow say softly
la a thoroughly southern drawl. "'Twas
nothln' but a, bullfrog fo' suah and I'll
bet he waa a heap more frightened than
jro all."
Mllllcent relieved either on account
of the established identity ot the rep
tile or assured by the presenoe of an'
other parson in the lonely spot, turned
to inspect the speaker. Her assurance
grew greater When Instead of a 'young
man, before whom she would, have been
forced to show a, certain amount of re
serve, she confronted a ' bronsed, old
southern warrior, with snowy hair and a
white mustache which. In spite of its
rakish military demeanor, told 'of age
and discretion. It waa In a . year- not
lone after the close of the great rebel
lion. The old man's entire carriage and
general aspect told of a campaigner
through and -through.
"He's a oolonel at least," said Mllll-
eent to herself. Mllllcent was from the
north and did not know that her mental
estimate was little better than dubbing
him a corporal. - -,
The old soldier had left the trees on
the edge of the glade, and with a cour
teous smile on his face was making his
way toward her.
"I am very much telleved to hear It,'
recited Mllllcent. :
' The southerner scrutinised her with
yes that sparkled, beneath the shaggy
white eyebrows.
"To look like a strangah In these
heah parts," he said, as though think'
inr out loud. ' "Tou aren't lostH .
"Well, not exactly," replied Millicent,
with some hesitation. "I don't know
just where I am, but I - am . not lost
yet. Tou see, I am one of the guests
up at the Spring house. As' things
were somewhat,tlresome up there this
afternoon, I started out to find the
fountain of youth. They say it's around
here intmewhere." I
. "WhyT"' said the old- man with a
mile, as he looked Into her young face.
"I wouldn't suppose yo' all would .be
looking .fox; that for mnr.yax
come."
"I waa In the neighborhood, so I
thought It would do as well now as any
other time to look Into the matter,"
said Mllllcent. "Anyhow, that's Just
what I am hunting for,. It seems to
me that it ought to be , around here
somewhere. It is pretty enough."
"It Is," said the old man with a smile.
"And there are. at least a dosen such
fountains of youth to my knowledge
heah Jn ..the. vlclnily. . Ifjild. Poncede
Leon had come up to Virginia he would
have found what he was looktn' for fo'
suah. It has always been-- the marval
of man life that Ponce waa such a poor
huntah." '
"Thla Is very-encouraging," returned
Millicent '"Would you tell me Where
Is the beat fountain of youth?"
"I have nevah dabbled In such things
myself," returned the old man, "but
lust about 10 paces ovah yondah Is a
spring that all the nlggahs 'round tell is
a swlmmln' hole of the fairies and
dwarfs. That ought to (Is It some. But
fl wouldn't advise you to put too much
dependence in what the nlggahs say."
"The landlord said it waa out', here
somewhere."-
"Huh," replied the old man, with a
hrug. "I can't say that that's any bet
tan authority than the nlggahs."
"But It won't hurt to try," said Mllll
cent; and shs produced a very nnpoetle
looking lineup that she had brought with
a manifest purpose -of capturing the
waters of the fountain of youth.
"My dean young lady." said the old
man with a look of mock diorror, "you
would not think ot dipping the watahs
of eternal youth with a tlnoup now,
would you? Fancy nld Ponca rambling
around Flortdah with a tlnoup tied to
hla belt Why. young lady, wheah's
yoah poetryt Wouldn't Horace, Virgil,
Homer have shivered with horrah at the
thought of defiling the fountain nf youth
with an ordinary 10-cent tlncupT"
"It really la shameful, sir," said Mllll-
petit, In an apologising tone, "but One )
really must drink somehow. It waa the
only thing I could bring. What would
yeu have me drink from?" '
"From yoah own pretty hands.? said
the old man, with a how of a cavalier.
I am certainly suah that the waters of
the fountain of eternal youth would
then feel no reproach. But a tlncup.
my deah young lady"1--
I should never trust ma valuable med
ical waters as those of the fountain X
youth in the palm of. my hand,"' said
Millicent very severely. "I have heard
somewhere that to gain the best effects
a person should take one draught of
the water and no more. A second drink
counteracts the first According to my
X reasoning I thought that I should- get
more out of a tlncup than- Anything .
In a matter so Important as eternal
youth one should not run any chances."
"Ah, me!" aald the old man with a
sigh. . "Such a calculating . spirit
sprung up- in the minds and hearts of
young people. It Is tha spirit of the
timea In which theah Is a gauge fob
everything. But who would avah think
that romantie youth and beauty should
come to the point wheah it measured
eternal by tha pint!"
Mllllcent looked at the speaker curl'
ouslyy for be waa certainly a whimsical
old fellow. She studied htm all. the more
omrexuiiy eyecmuee into um uhqij inu'
taring there had crept a note of sad'
ness.
"Tou are becoming serious, sir," she
sald. "Tou will end by making me
doubt the value of tha spring over
there." .
'Try it and see," said the old man
"Tou should hurry, for they are gurg
ling away so riotously that one almost
feaba that they wlU not last1
"And who - la materialistic : now?"
asked MUlloent with a teasing laugh.
The old southerner shrugged his shoul
ders and led the way- to the spring.
! "It la certalnly'bubbllng away as fast
as the minutes," he said, half, medltat-
Ingly. "It doea not seem aa if anything
so unstable and quick to run away as
this watah could brine eternal youth.
The man half-serious spirit affected
Millicent strongly and she was - about
half-convinced aa she stood by the little
fountain that she waa ar some mys
terious power.
The old southerner bent over tner ciesa
water and studied It carefully as though
he were looking for something at the
bottom of the spring. Grasping an over
hanging branch o ateady herself. Mini'
cent stooped to cut the waters of the
spring. She half expected to sea some
protesting fairy or water sprite spring
from the sparkling water aa she dipped
Into its depths. She felt some disap
pointment as she brought the tlncup
filled with limpid . water out into the
flecked light of the glade. With a smile
the old man, watched her drink.' Except
for that peculiar tremor which one feels
when drinking spring water, the draught
might have been from the most proaalo
hydrant in tha most materlallstlo city.
"It s a fraud," cried Mimoent, I aon t
feel one bit younger." .
"What do you expect r- jaugnea uie
old man. 'Tou did not want to turn
into a- little maiden In pinafores, . did
you, right on the spot?"
won t you anna, uor- ens usaea,
making a movement to secure another
cupful,
nock, half In real fear, ,
"Whv should I? No, Indeed, eternal
youth is tha last thing I am looking
for."
"Now you are cynical," said Mllllcent,
reprovingly. "And no cynlo, has a tight
to live In the woods, much less near the
Fountain of Eternal Touth. If you era
going to talk in that strain I shall re
gard you as a man or exceedingly ae-
plorable character, who has been mak
ing Tun of me. There 4a only one way
in which you can regain your posiuon,
and that is to drink, and from a tin
cup, too."
Bha filled ner cup again ana nsnaea
it to her companion. If there were any
fear In tha old tnan'a mind, he met the
situation like the old soldier that he
waa. ' With a bow he took tha offered
oup. drained It and Pt It -
'My deah young may. i nave uvea
In these hesh part for a, great many
yeabs. In fact all my life except during
the wah, and I expect that I have drunk
from this heah spring almost avery dsy
in all that time."
Then It's a fraud." cried Mllllcent
reproachfully. "What did you tell me
torV' ' . .. .. ; .:. ..
'I never said it was a rraua, snia
the old man. 'It all depends on whnt
you call eternal youth. My hair Is more
white than It used to in epite. ox tne
many times -I have a run rrom tnis
hesh spring, but after all. young lady,
eternal youth ain't a matter of age. I
am pretty certain that If you were to
tav 'round heah and drink from this
hesh spring that you will be Juet as
young Jo years from now as yo' ah to
day. But I suspect that you had bet
tsh be going bek to the tiotl, for It
le getting powahful close onsundown,
and I rathah suspect that .you do not
Just exactly know what way to go."
Mllllcent looked- arouna ina giaae
dubiously, and felt; that aha mnst agree
ltn the old man.
"It don't make any difference," he
ald.v"because r am going youah way
and nothing would suit me bet tan than
to escort a young lady what has just
obtained . Immohtal youth, and such,
beauteouei immohtal youth." '.
' They penned out of the glade Into the
forest and down the gentle slope ot the
mountain. The M man showed th
wsy with a certainty . that spoke of
great familiarity.
Mllllcent turned suddenly to her eon
panir i
"Tou must be tha hermit of the
baa . -aw".-. '.. 'WVJVlV?!'?'&'n.l'&r jw-r Xar ... V .
mountain." she exclaimed. ' "I might
have known It from the beginning."
"IT" cried the old man with a depre
catory wave of the hand. "Do I look
like an anchorite? I am only an ancient
warrlah beaten In battle. ' who
crept off to his haunt to live out his
days.1
; "But you lira the. hermit of tha mOun
tains, replied Mllllcent with convle
uon. "And you are quite a personage
In the neighborhood. Tou are. the most
talked about personage about the Spring
noune. -Every one hae been wanting to
catch sight of you, and here I am stum
bllng right aordss you. X shall be con
sidered a very lucky person.
L"I am suah it U not. such a difficult
matter, to catch sight of me," said the
old man coldly, "and I am much more
suah It Is hahdly worth while, I have
nevah had any offaha to go with the
circus, or foil that mattah any over
tures from the landlord of tha hotel as
a drawing cahd."
MUltcent saw that she had hurt tha
old man's pride and she looked at him
quickly with an apologising, expression.
"Tou misunderstand them." she said.
"the young girls, I mean. .They say
down at the Spring house that you have
had such a romantic life, and are In fact
the most roraantlo person in the whole
siaie.
'An astounding mistake," replied tha
old man, with a smile. "Whoevah heahd
tell of romantics and gray ha(h? Rheu
matics would be .more like It" -
But all hermits must have a love af
fair, an unfortunate love affair," said
Millicent banterlngly,
All love affalha are' unfortunate,"
retorted the old man. . "But It is a great
mlntake to look upon me as a hehmlt f '
usten while x teah away all thla ro
manticism. This mysterious recluse
lives up theah yondah." ...
Tha old man paused and waved hla
hand upward, where, among the clus
tered foliage of the mountain could be
seen the roof and part of the white fa-
cad a of a stately southern mansion.
"Theah ah, to my recollection," he
went on, with a sort of sad pride, "al
most IS rooms in that theah house.
That's wheah this recluse lives. "And
whoevah heahd -of a hehmit wandering
about J5 rooms. An theah- ah . th
old nlggahs up theah who look aftah
the wanta of thla romantlo old anchor
ite, it certainly la not propah for a
hehmlt to be pampahed by suvants."
"So that's where tha hermit lives.1
said Mllllcent, catching her breath with
surprise. "I ' wonder . that I did not
know. .Ton are Mr. - John Randolph
Shelby, then"
Tha old man startled at the sound of
the name, aa though a sound once fa
miliar but forgotten for a long time,
Then he bowed his acquiescence. They
had come to a stop at a place whence
the hotel of the springs was In full
View.. - ,
"I reckon you won't have any trou
ble reaching the hotel," said 'the old
man, 'vnd I shall leave you heah If you
will pardon me,"
Won't you come down to the Spring
bouser'-aahed Mllllcent "It will take
you a long time to get up to your home,
and I should like to have you take
dinner with me.' It would be such a
triumph to have eaptured "the hermit
nf the mountain and to have borne hlra
Into tha Spring house. I should be the
envy of all the guests." - , .
Bo, young lady, you will -Insist that I
am a hermit. I ask you, then, would
It be at .all fitting for a hermit to de
scend to an unromantlo hotel?"
"Even If I Insist?1 asked Mllllcent. -The
old man shook his bead with de
cision. . ' , .
"To bo frank, my vouna friend." ho
said firmly, "I do not care much Tor
that 'hotel, and I have taken a vow
that I'd nevah have anything to do with
It Toh see,-.my fathah stahted that
place and I grew up around It I reckon
I know about every boahd and nail In
lU lnfehnal makeup. There was a time
wnen I thought -a heap of that hotel,
but .that waa long ago. Bight aftah the
wan .1 sold that plana, and a mighty
good riddance It was, ,
.The old man spoke so savagely that
MUlloent kept her peace. : ,
"I reckon that old hotel,' continued
tha old man. with a menacing gesture
at the unoffending summer hotel.
been responsible foh more trouble than
anythlng'-around these heah mountains.
Let me give you a word of advice.
youpg, lady, for you look like a nice
young gurl the quicker you pull up
ana get out down theah tha bettah It
Is going to be foh you. Now. If I had
not spent so much time around that
hotel when I was young I would not
have met my wife. I would not have
married heh, and if I. had not married
heh I'd a been a heap bettah off. All
of which shows why I do not like that
norei,
.The old man's reasoning was - so
whimsical that Mllllcent would have
been forced to laugh had 'there not been
genuine pathos underlying 'his words.
SOME; OF -THE RECENT
NEW EXCAVATION SYSTEM
Prevent the Surrounding Earth and
f Rock From Caring In.
A new method for bracing tha walla of
a caisson excavation, to prevent settle
ment of the surrounding earth or rock, la
shown In th accompanying Illustration
Tha Inventor la a Civil engineer of Chi
cago. ' The essential portion of ' the de-
MADE OF NUMEROUS JACKS. ":
, - i -
vice consists of a system of adjustable
jacks and ribs. These, ribs are made of
woodeA . "lagging," which, may no left
In position. If desired, when the con
crete is set By means of the 'Jacks-f
the earth surrounding the shaft can be
kept- constantly ..compressed and held
back firmly In plaeer thus preventing the
adjacent building s1nKlnfJ tipping on
fioatlng foundation, which Is a" frequent
oupce of trouble, with tnis improved
system, it is Claimed, a larger number
of caissons ran be started at one. time
than u rider the old method, without In
creasing the danger of a cave-In.
Curious Chinese Medicines. '
Harriet Qulmby In Leslie's Weekly.
There are few places more interest-
ng In Chinatown- than the oriental
laboratories and drug stores.- Quaint
and mysterious are some' of the pre
scribed remedies, although many of
them axe. composed of herbs and are
excellent for some maladies. This fact
la pretty generally recognised for the
"That was all before the wah," con
tinued the old warrior In a -reminiscent
tone. "In those days the gurla came
down from - the no'th In-droves, and
that's wheah my wife came from, and
that's wheah she went In the end. , Now,
I ain't a-blamln. hoh, 'cause things wah
mighty bad about heah during tha wah.
and they cleaned out most of us. But
somehow I thought she had mo' grit
Of course, heh people were wealthy, and
she was used to fine things all heh
life, and the unpromising aspect 'round
thla place was enough to -trouble most
pretty, young gurla, but It wah not
brave in heh, and - no- eouthem - gurl
would have done it. Why, It ,wae al
most like running under flah. - That'4
whaf.mywlfe did. little gurl. right
when I .was off at the wah. Annom.
attox Wag looming' Up 'riearp'and neah
sit the - time.- Then she pklks up and
goes off up no'th just 'cause she
UP-TO-DATE SPRINKLER
Tiny Streams Guth From Hole In
: Tubing in the Curb. .
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, A novel method of solving the problem
of street cleaning has bean devised by
an inventor of New Orleans.' By . his
Invention each property-owner can set'
tie tne question ror. himself. He can
have the street In. front of his 'property
as wet or aa dry as he pleases.' In addl
ing, theToldrfaahloned watercart will be
eliminated.- This device Is. In the form
of a curb attachment which will sprinkle
one side of the street whenever the
water - Is turned on by the Individual
householder. A metal tube, perforated
STREAMS OlTflH FROM CURB. "
on tha outer side, la embedded .In the
oonereta ourb ' This' tube ts" connected
to a street hydrant, and when the water
Is turned on numerous tiny streams gush
from tha holes in the tubing and sprinkle
the street as long as Is necessary. Tha
upper part of the Illustration shows
section 1f the curb with the sprinkling
attachment . la ' place, ' the lower part
showe how It looks from the street'.
average Chinese doctor who ean speak
English "counts among his patients
Americana aa well as grlentals.
It Is a well known fact that the late
Leland Stanford' pinned hla faith to
Chinese herb treatment and waa a reg
ular and unashamed patron of Dr,
WongWoo, prominent Chinese phy
sician of Snn KrancUco. In one of
the large drug stores of. , New Tork
SIP
thought theah would be a hahd time
when 1 came back. . Why, I'd managed
somehow so that we could live well.
But New York and Europe along with
such things was all she cahd. foh. She
went bsck on Dixie In the darkeathour.
It would not' have- been so bad." he
went on in a broken voice, "but she took
our little gurl along.' She did not have
4o do that Though our marriage was
not a success, snd we both knew It I
, snd we both knew It II "Not for one who. has drunk so Often
"she StfuTir evaTT 'saya-rTromlha2buntain of youth." answered
to make the best of it Mllllcent smilingly.
do noTTHIhk
I did not try
And It waa not falh to take the little
gurl. But It was only the natural se
quel to a summer love affalh. . Now,
you take my advice about It'
"Haven't you ever heard from her,"
aald Mllllcent quietly.
"I nevah cahd to." said the old man.
They shoot desertahs In the army. She's
dead to me. f I Judge I oan stand de
feat aa well aa any one." went on the
old man. "That wah awept away 'most
everything I "cahd foh, but it left me
one thing my love foh 'the old Lost
Cause. I nevah have taken any oath
of allegiance, and I nevah shall, and I
can" stay up theah at my place and live
out my life by myself. I merely want
4o live and die loyal to that Bonnte
J31UO riBBV '
"Perhaps I' know something of your
wife and Jittle girl," said Mllllcent
softly.
The old man started,, then drew him
self up stiffly.
"I am not lookln' fob 'em nor want
to know anything,"--he - said bitterly.
though I aseuh you it is vsry hind of
you to speak of It"
"But would you not like to hear from
them, something at least," said Mllll
cent - 'T 'think you would after you
have considered it, end I should like to
have you come . down to the Spring
house this evening and we will talk it
over. '.
The old man shook his head, and with
a bow-left her,
As' Mllllcent made ner way to the
hotel, ahe debated with herself whether
or not the hermit of 'the " mountain
would live up to - hie determination.
8omehow she half expected htm to hunt
her "up. That la why at the usual even
AND NOVEL
SUPPORT FOR FLOWERS
A Dofcn or Mora Cart Be Arranged
... One Above the Other, ,
'Amateur gardeners and 'floriculturists
will find the flower supporter Illustrated
below of interest The Inventor, an In
diana florist .designed It for maintaining
carnations and other flowers In an up
right posltioVdurlng the period of their
FLOWER8- ON EACH SIDE.
growth or at any time. It Is made up of
a series of horlsontal rings adjustable on
a standard in the center. The lings ean
be Canned either singly or In pairs, the
latter being preferable,- aa It' gives- ex
tended use of the support The rings
can also be mad of different slses, and
the support utilised for either large or
smalt . plants. The supporter Is con
structed entirely of wire, bent and twist
ed In the shape required. The standard
is Inserted In the soil of' the flowerbed,
with the flowers on each side. The rings
ran be adjusted. In-different positions of
elevation on th standard, according to
the height of the flowers. 1
there are over -t,00 different barks,
roots arid herrlea, all Imported from
Chins. Some few of the "herbs grow
In this country, but they have not tha
strength of the Chinese plants.
For Inatance, glnaeng grown , In
Pennsylvania, from which state large
quantities are exported, brings only 80
cents 'a pound, while Chin. ne glnaeng
ell for II and It a pound. A certain
ing dance she sat aloof from the gayet
In a sequestered corner of tha veranda.
It' was from thla. retreat that she heard
a soft southern voice going about in tha
darkness 1 of the1 veranda and -asking
for a young lady with golden hair, much.'
to tha amusement of many of the
guests. In a moment the. old southernei
stood. near her aa sbe sat in tha path
way of light from the dancing-room.
. ,"8o you did come." she called to hiss
In order to make known her preaanoet
and for answer US' -old man bowed, be
fore her., . .. '
"I am a apectah am ldat all thla heah
youth and gayety," ha aald with a -
sugni quiver.
She moved up into the full light from .
the ballroom. Aa tha old man looked at
her - he started. Like a flash he must
have been taken back to the days before
the war when, as a rare gallant, he had
rambled through the recesses of that
same veranda. .
"I hsve much to. tell you," she said,
of her." ' -
The old mart was silent but hla eager
gase told her he wished to listen.
It waa not that she deserted Dixie tn '
the dark days," said Mllllcent softly. -
"She left after" one sad nlxht when
there came-a dispatch from Richmond '
that said that you had-fallen at Peters
burg, and tn the turmoil that followed, -when
all seemed chaos in the', south, -when
Dixie lay at the feet of the victor,
she fled to her old home tn the north.
which alone could afford her protec- i '
tlon. Even then she did not feel eon-' :'
tent among the conquerors of ' bet .
adopted land, . and she soon left foi
Europe. She died In Paris among ex
patriots of Dixie.", " '
The old southerner was. silent for aj
long time.
1 "I nevah knew," he said In a broken ' -voice,
"fob. I had no way of . knowing,
but it all looked - the worst And tha
little gurl?" he asked eagerly.
For answer MUltcent laid her hand
over the. trembling fingers of the old
southerner and looked in his face. With
a flash of intelligence the old man's .
eyes lit up and he caught MUUceot's
hands. :
A she looked 10 years ago,"' he said.
softly,' scanning Milllcent'e -upturned -face.
."She sat wheah you alt now. .
Tes, they ah genuine tha watehs of the ..
fountain ot youth. . ,
INVENTIONS
EXERCISE FOR CHICKENS
Designed to Give Fowl a Beneficial
' Amount of Exercise." " '
Physical culture has been extended
to Include ohlckens, bens - and other
fowls by a recent Invention of a Penn- -sylvanla
man. As man undoubtedly '
benefits by exercise it follows that '
fowla should do likewise! This devloe
Is so constructed that tha fowl la order
to secure food la compelled to undergo
Increased exercise aa compared with tha
ordinary manner of feeding. To carry
the plan Into effect . a circular plat
about two feet In diameter la made to
revolve on a wooden support tha cir
cular plata being at an angle from the
ground. Adjacent to the edge of tha
plata Is a feeding box, open only at the
CAuet-s
CHICKENS '
LIVKLT,
TO, STEP
side next to the plate. Fowla desiring
food step upon the platform causing it
to revolve under their Weight The re
sult la that they ere compelled to move
rapidly forward to maintain a poeltlmf
on the platform which will enable thern
to reach the food in- the boa. The
framework supporting .the circular
plate can be adjusted to accommodate
fowls of different weight . .
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pieces, discloses a silvery-colored el"r-1
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