WHOM OTHERS ENVY.
"TK TT nf rmrhut tofl and larrffirn
Hscilinbed fame's ladder round by rovnd,
Kor rated til his hand bad grasped ue priza
For which be toiled. Self made, self crowned
He stood araotiz his lofty dream and weighed
Their worth, together with the price be paid. .
A millionaire! He bartered lore for this.
Lore binds the wines of him who would arise.
He rose unfettered. Now with famished eyes
He saxes on another's Paradise.
While memory taunts him with a shy, sweet kiss.
A mgbtened, nattering thing, the first, the last
Mo childish voices echo through his past:
He wears bis laurels, but ba paid their price.
Boss Hartwiclc Thorpe in LippincoU's
MIEIAM GUNTER
' As I was hurrying homeward from my
office one evening in October I was de
tained on a fashionable thoroughfare by
many carriages. . A society wedding re
ception was taking place.
I watched a few ladies pass out of
their carriages to the awning, and thence
into the residence. It was rather inter
esting to a novice the begloved men
were so thoroughly conversant with the
minutisa of attending to the wants of
the fair ladies. From my position 1
could look into the vast drawing rooms.
There stood the "happy couple," a
handsome pair. Re tall and dark, but
with eyes and mouth that spoke of a will
it would be dangerous to cross. She was
also tall, with a winsome face of unusual
brightness.
il was a i nee mat cnangea witn every
breath. The blue eyes would grow black
with excitement. The merry looking
little month disclosed most of the time a
set of beautiful white teeth. A wealth
of brown hair ruffled and curled all over
the well shaped head.
Yes, she was a very bonny, bride, and
1 did not wonder the young man looked
at her with such an endearing gaze. No
one would dare monopolize her attention
with him around. .
I finally moved on,' considering I had
sentimentalized long enough.
Six months later my circumstances
were materially altered. I was in a po
sition to enter society if I so wished, and
at the urgent request of my uncle I did
so. It being known that 1 was .heir to
considerable wealth, I had no trouble in
securing plenty of partners.
One evening at a large ball given by
Mrs. Fred Deiancy, 1 was introduced to
Mrs. Clarence Gunter, in whom I imme
diately recognized the bride of a few
months before.
The face was the same, yet changed.
The eyes seemed larger than ever. This
was probably owing to some dark lines
under them.
When the flush of excitement would
go the face looked rather pale. It was
an interesting face, and looked as though
it held a story.
Her husband stood near her, jealously
guarding her. At least it looked that
way. 1 asked her for a dance, but she
glanced nervously at her card and said:
"Yon must excuse me this evening,
Dr. Warren, but the little I dance will
be with Mr. Gunter."
"At least I may sit oat a few." I mur
mured.
"Oh, certainly." with a bright smile.
Well, that was the beginning of the
end. I forgot that she was married, for
got everything except that I was sitting
by the side of the sweetest woman I had
ever met Her husband had left us with
ecwL .......
f I von tiered if she was in the habit of
using those blue eyes to such deadly
effect on all the gentlemen she met. If
jfo, bow many slain there mast have
been. i
i That evening I never forgot. Many
more happy ones were passed by her
side, but they never seemed the same.
All that season 1 met Mrs. Gunter. I
called frequency at her I house, became,
friends with her husband, whom I soon
got to like exceedingly. He. was very
fond of his wife, although be had a pe-''
culiar way of showing it
She was never sure of her position. At
a dmner- piurty lie- would sharply ,.repri- .
mand her until at times I felt like chok
ing him.
She never hpf?ed by.asigr.that she
noticed it. A laugh would turn' the con
versation, but 1 knew it cut like a knife.
I met her once alone, after such a time
in the hall She did not see me at first.
Her face was ashy white, and her blue
eyes were dilated and looked like coals
of fire. No one would ever have dream
ed of calling them blue; her hands were
clasped convulsively, and in a hoarse
whisper I heard:
"I hate him! I hate himl On. God!
take him or me!"
I stepped quickly forward, and in my
excitement unwittingly used her first
name.
"Don't, Miriam, dontl You know not
what you are saying,"
"I wish I didn't," she sullenly replied,
and pushing by me hurried into the
drawing room, and there I found her
brightly discussing the merits of some of
"Whistler's etchings.
1 sat by her side and endeavored to
converse rationally, but my heart's cry
would not be stifled.
"Oh, Miriam, Miriam, why did 1 not
meet you first!"
She caught the passionate look in my
eyes,' and involuntarily shuddered. I
collected myself and arose, saving I
would take a turn in the gardens.
As I did so there was a report and a
bright flash, and there lay "Miriam ; white
as death.
I rushed to her, and although nearly
wild with excitement managed to use
my medical knowledge to advantage,
and she soon opened her eyes.
By this time the gentlemen who had
remained in the dining room rushed into
the room, and upon seeing Mrs. Gunter
lying senseless the wildest excitement
reigned.
Her husband could not be calmed, and
insisted that he should shoot himself if
anything happened to Miriam.
We calmed him finally by frequent
assurance that she would recover. I
had her carried to her room, and asked
Mr. Gunter what - medical attendance 1
should summon. : '
. ""Why, Warren. IT1 trust her to you,
of course. If any one can pull her
through you can."
My beart throbbed at the thought of
holding her life in : my hands, but I was
determined to prove worthy in thought
and deed of the responsibility.
In the mean time the police had been
summoned and the place ransacked, but
no trace of the would-be murderer. I
had had no time to speculate on that,
being fully occupied in writing prescrip
tions to be filled and ascertaining the
exact amount of danger Miriarn was in.
I found that the ball had entered her
left side, just escaping the heart. When
my instruments arrived I probed for tho
ball and soon extracted it, leaving her
free from danger.
For several weeks I tended her, and
I she gradually gained strength rontil at
last she could sit on the piazza for an
hour each bright day. During all the
weeks the detectives had been at work,
but no clew could be found. . No reason
able theory could be formed.
I questioned her if she knew of any
one who would have any motive for such
a deed. She only shuddered, and it
seemed to retard her recovery every
time it was spoken. '
So finally it became accepted as a mys
tery. I had called one afternoon and found
her sitting in her boudoir. She held out
her hand and said:
"I am glad you have come, doctor. I
want to talk to you."
"I am always glad to be talked to," I
inanely remarked, wondering what was
coming.
You overheard some words one night
that require an explanation," she began.
and her face was bright scarlet. "They
were wicked words, I am afraid, but I
have thought them many times.
"I met Mr. Gunter when I was 17. and
the fascination he bad for me 1 mistook
for love, so that when he asked me if 1
would marry him I said 'Yes.' In a few
months I saw my mistake, but knew not
how to communicate the fact. I threw
out a few hints, and he immediately be
came of ashy whiteness, and said if he
should lose me he never would live an
hour, and rather than see me another
man's wife he would shoot me.
I was very young and believed him
In fact, I believe still he spoke the truth.
I had no courage to face these' facts, so
gave myself up to the inevitable. 1 soon
learned, even before marriage, that he
had a violent temper. No one ever
crossed him. , -
"I have been humiliated time and
time again by that cursed temper. God
knows, I am naturally of a happy nat
ure, and tried to make the best of it. "
"I thought marriage would soften
him, but no, it hardened him, and I had
no love to help me bear .it.- I knew he
loved me with a wild, selfish love, but it
was not the kind to make me happy.
You will wonder why I tell you all of
this; no, don't interrupt I cannot help
knowing your feeling toward me, and 1
think it best that we should part.
"One thing more," as I tried to inter
rupt. "I have my suspicions about that
horrible night. Dont, for God's sake,
ask me any questions. .. Now will you be
merciful and go?" . '
I was shivering.' '5
The mere thought of going away, never,
perhaps, to see her again, was almost
beyond my power. But 1 saw to cross
her would be detrimental to- her health.
So I said, "Yes, I will go." :
"Thank you. Bentley," she said, using
my Christian name for the first time.
"You see you could not stay here after
knowing my story. It would not be
right." .
"I shall try to see you again. Good
by, good-by, Miriam, God bless you,
child!" and rushed from the room.
A week later 1 sailed for France. For
months I traveled through Europe,
then I 'went into the Holy Land and
thence through to Japan. For nearly
two years I thus wandered about.
One day while at Cairo I received my
European mail, which had chased me
for some time. I noticed a letter with
a strange handwriting and immediately
opened it. It ran thus:
Deab WiaaKN When you receive this I shall
be among the "(rone before." I am tired of life
But first I must ease my conscience, as all sinners
on their dying bed are wont to do. When you
were first introduced to us I noticed that you lost
your heart to Miriam, and J was wildly jealous,
but I finally got to liking and also trusting you.
The night of the dinner party 1- worked myself
into a passion after you left the table, and leav
ing the room ou the pretense of speaking to my
man I crept around to the drawing room window
and saw you two close together.
A passionate glance passed from your eyes, and
I imagined that she returned it. ' The demon was
aroused in me. and 1 lifted my revolver and fired
at you.
My hand was unsteady, and ft passed you as
you know. 1 hurried in, and my horror was ter
rible when I saw Miriam. I gave' her into your
charge, because 1 knew If any one could bring
her through you could.
The remorse has been gradually wearing ma
away. You will hear 1 died of heart disease.
Don't contradict it, and let Miriam think the same.
Take care of her, and forgive me if yon can. I
liked you. Warren, and I leave M irirr, to your
care. Classics B. Gmnxs.
Oct. 8, "The Vetner." ,
I could not believe the letter at first.
It seemed as if it must be a fabrication
of my brain; but no, there was the let
ter to prove the truth of it. Gunter
had tried to kill me, and now had com
mitted suicide. : '
It was nearly a year later that I ar
rived home. I called on Mrs. Gunter at
once, and she looked very pale and sweet
in her mourning garments.
Before I left she had promised to leave
them off for . wedding govru a year
from' that day.' - I never told her the
truth about her husband's death. She
had no suspicion about that, though.
I I always thought she knew who fired
the shot that nearly deprived her of life.
However, that is a subject we never
discuss in our happy married life. T. C.
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In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for
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O. D. Taylor, plaintiff, vs. Thomas J. Freden-
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uuriu'wtajt. quarir oi cecuon iwenry-eignt In
Township one, north of Range ten, east of the
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and for a sale of said real estate, according to
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